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T he Presidential election is going to have a faceoff between Yashwant Sinha, a choice for Opposition parties, and Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand Governor, who is NDA’s candidate. Earlier in the day if the Opposition agreed to pitch former BJP rebel leader, Sinha, as its candidate, late in the day news surfaced of the BJP-led NDA announcing Murmu as its candidate. Murmu would become the first tribal President of India and second ever female President if she is elected. Born on June 20, 1958, Murmu served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. Sinha, a former BJP leader who resigned from the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday, became the common choice of major political par- ties, including the Congress, the NCP, and the TMC, and Left parties. The presidential election would be held on July 18 to elect a successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind and the result would be out on July 21. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar claimed to have support from the AAP, the TRS, the Samajwadi Party, the RJD, the Shiv Sena, and the National Conference. Sources said the team Opposition will also seek support from BJD leader and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in this regard. Briefing the media after announcing Sinha’s candida- ture, Pawar said he has spoken to a cross-section of leaders from various parties which included Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the AAP and Telangana’s K Chandrashekar Rao from the TRS. KCR was not present in the meeting, though. Pawar said he also spoke to TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Tejashwi Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal), Farooq Abdullah (National Conference) and Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena). They all supported Sinha’s candida- ture, he said. “I am grateful to Mamata for the honour and prestige she bestowed on me in the TMC. Now the time has come when for a larger national cause I must step aside from the party to work for greater Opposition unity. I am sure she approves of the step,” Sinha tweeted. The parties that attended the meeting included the Congress, the NCP, the TMC, the CPI, the CPI(M), the Samajwadi Party, the National Conference, AIMIM, RJD and AIUDF. Five regional parties considered non-aligned --- TRS, BJD. AAP, SAD and YSRCP --- stayed away. These parties had also stayed away from the June 15 meeting con- vened by Mamata. “We will also try to convince the BJD and the YSR Congress,” Pawar said when asked whether they are on board.Opposition lead- ers, who gathered at the Parliament annexe for the meeting convened by NCP chief Sharad Pawar to decide on a common candidate for the Presidential election, unani- mously agreed on Sinha’s name. Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and Randeep Surjewala, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s D Raja, RJD’s Manoj Jha, VCK’s Thol Thirumavalavan, NC’s Hasnain Masoodi, RSP’s NK Premchandran and AIMIM’s Imtiaz Jaleel were among those who participated in the meeting. The veteran politician will file his nomination papers on June 27. “We regret the Modi Government made no serious effort to have consensus on a presidential candidate,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who read out a joint statement after the meeting, said. Continued on Page 9 I n an obvious effort to claim that the protests against the Agnipath scheme were waning, the Government on Tuesday claimed aspirants for a career in the Armed forces have start- ed their physical training for the upcoming recruitment process. Massive country-wide protests had broken out in several States against the scheme rolled out on June 14. The Army and the IAF announced the schedule for the recruitment on Monday and the Navy said the process will start from Friday. The Armed forces also clarified that the procedure followed earlier for the recruitment process will be followed and there is no change. It means like in previous years the aspirants will have to first clear the physical fitness and medical tests before becoming eligible for the writ- ten test for the Army. For the Navy and the IAF, the candi- dates will have to clear the writ- ten tests online before the final call for medical test. Continued on Page 9 A gainst the backdrop of massive agitation against the Agnipath scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the imple- mentation process with the Chiefs of the three Services. General Manoj Pande, Admiral Hari Kumar, and IAF chief VR Chaudhari apprised the PM about various aspects of the new scheme and selec- tion schedule of the Agniveers, sources said. Modi met each Chief sep- arately for nearly 30 minutes, they added. The three Chiefs, last week, reached out to the agitators and tried to allay their apprehensions about the Agnipath scheme. Continued on Page 9 P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that yoga has become a global fes- tival as there is a widespread acceptance of the ancient Indian practice. The PM par- ticipated in the eighth International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations in Karnataka’s Mysuru. He was joined by tens of thousands of people, including Ministers and commoners across the world, who performed asanas and breathing exercises to mark the Yoga Day. Speaking before the yoga demonstration which he joined for 45 minutes, Modi said, “The acceptance of that amrit spirit of India which gave ener- gy to India’s freedom struggle. That is why mass yoga demon- strations are being organised at 75 iconic locations across the country.” President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted that yoga is India’s gift to humanity and it is a holistic approach to health and well-being, balancing mind, body and soul. He also asked everyone to make yoga a part of their daily life and experience its benefits. The Prime Minister said the physical fitness regime was forming a basis for cooperation among countries, and that it can become a problem-solver. “Yoga brings peace to our universe and gives the hope of a healthy life to humanity. Yoga brings peace for us, the peace from yoga is not only for individuals, yoga brings peace to our society, nation, the world and the universe,” Modi said, quoting rishis, maharshis and acharyas. He said, “This might feel like an extreme thought to someone, but our sages have answered this in a simple mantra that this whole universe starts from our own body and soul. The universe starts from us and yoga makes us con- scious of everything within us and builds a sense of aware- ness.” Stating that things start with self-awareness and pro- ceed to awareness of the world, he said, “When we become aware of ourselves and our world, we begin to spot the things that need to be changed both in ourselves and in the world. They may be individual problems or global problems like climate change and inter- national conflicts.” Continued on Page 9 T he Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi Government in Maharashtra appeared to be on the verge of collapse on Tuesday evening, hours after influential senior Sena Minister and leader Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party lead- ership. Shinde walked out with his 30-odd supporting MLAs to join hands with the Opposition BJP which is eager to form the next Government in the State. A day after it suffered a massive setback in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls in which the Opposition BJP mustered at least 26 extra votes from other parties and Independents to win five out of ten seats, Shinde dropped a bombshell on the Sena by staging a rebellion along with a band of 30-odd Sena MLAs, including two Ministers. In a belated damage con- trol move that looked more like locking the stable door after the horses bolted, Sena leadership removed Shinde as the Sena group leader in the State Assembly and replaced him with its senior party func- tionary Ajay Choudhury. Notwithstanding a vehe- ment denial by the principal Opposition party in the State that it had anything to do with the major crisis facing the Sena, 58-year-old Shinde — a close aide of late powerful Shiv Sena leader from Thane Anand Dighe — is understood to have been in touch with the State BJP leaders before he quietly moved out of Mumbai along with his supporting MLAs and landed at Le Meridien Hotel at Surat, a city that comes under the BJP-ruled Gujarat. Continued on Page 9 A yoga event organised by the Indian Government in Male was disrupted on Tuesday by protesters who claimed it was against the Islamic tenets. Maldives President Mohamed Solih said those responsible for the disruption will be booked. Reports said an irate group stormed into the national foot- ball stadium in Male and dis- rupted the yoga event organ- ised by the Indian High Commission. More than 150 people, including several diplomats, Government offi- cials and Ministers from the Maldives Government, were also present at the event when the mob barged in. The police had to resort to firing tear gas shells to control the situation. The programme later continued. Before the event, the pro- testers brandished placards proclaiming yoga was against the tenets of Islam. A report from a Maldivian news agency, The Edition, mentioned that a section of Islamists believes performing yoga is akin to worshiping the Sun, a heretic act against Islamic tradition. The yoga and meditation hour was an initiative by the Indian Cultural Centre (ICCR) in association with the Union Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga. The agitators carrying banners, placards, and shout- ing slogans reportedly demand- ed that the Yoga Day celebra- tions be called off and the attendees vacate the stadium immediately. Some attendees said they were threatened by members of the mob. Videos shared on social media showed miscreants armed with sticks and flags charging towards people who were practising yoga and med- itation on their yoga mats. Continued on Page 9
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The Presidential election isgoing to have a faceoff
between Yashwant Sinha, achoice for Opposition parties,and Draupadi Murmu, formerJharkhand Governor, who isNDA’s candidate.
Earlier in the day if theOpposition agreed to pitchformer BJP rebel leader, Sinha,as its candidate, late in the daynews surfaced of the BJP-ledNDA announcing Murmu asits candidate. Murmu wouldbecome the first tribalPresident of India and secondever female President if she iselected. Born on June 20, 1958,Murmu served as the Governorof Jharkhand from 2015 to2021.
Sinha, a former BJP leaderwho resigned from theTrinamool Congress onTuesday, became the commonchoice of major political par-ties, including the Congress,the NCP, and the TMC, andLeft parties.
The presidential electionwould be held on July 18 toelect a successor to incumbentRam Nath Kovind and theresult would be out on July 21.
NCP supremo SharadPawar claimed to have supportfrom the AAP, the TRS, theSamajwadi Party, the RJD, theShiv Sena, and the NationalConference. Sources said theteam Opposition will also seek
support from BJD leader andOdisha Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik in this regard.
Briefing the media afterannouncing Sinha’s candida-ture, Pawar said he has spokento a cross-section of leadersfrom various parties whichincluded Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal from the AAPand Telangana’s KChandrashekar Rao from theTRS. KCR was not present inthe meeting, though.
Pawar said he also spoke toTMC supremo and WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee as well as Akhilesh
Yadav (Samajwadi Party),Tejashwi Yadav (RashtriyaJanata Dal), Farooq Abdullah(National Conference) andSanjay Raut (Shiv Sena). Theyall supported Sinha’s candida-ture, he said.
“I am grateful to Mamatafor the honour and prestige shebestowed on me in the TMC.Now the time has come whenfor a larger national cause Imust step aside from the partyto work for greater Oppositionunity. I am sure she approves ofthe step,” Sinha tweeted.
The parties that attendedthe meeting included the
Congress, the NCP, the TMC,the CPI, the CPI(M), theSamajwadi Party, the NationalConference, AIMIM, RJD andAIUDF. Five regional partiesconsidered non-aligned ---TRS, BJD. AAP, SAD andYSRCP --- stayed away. Theseparties had also stayed awayfrom the June 15 meeting con-vened by Mamata. “We willalso try to convince the BJDand the YSR Congress,” Pawarsaid when asked whether theyare on board.Opposition lead-ers, who gathered at theParliament annexe for themeeting convened by NCPchief Sharad Pawar to decideon a common candidate for thePresidential election, unani-mously agreed on Sinha’s name.Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge,Jairam Ramesh and RandeepSurjewala, TMC’s AbhishekBanerjee, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva,CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury,CPI’s D Raja, RJD’s Manoj Jha,VCK’s Thol Thirumavalavan,NC’s Hasnain Masoodi, RSP’sNK Premchandran andAIMIM’s Imtiaz Jaleel wereamong those who participatedin the meeting.
The veteran politician willfile his nomination papers onJune 27. “We regret the ModiGovernment made no seriouseffort to have consensus on apresidential candidate,”Congress leader JairamRamesh, who read out a jointstatement after the meeting,said.
Continued on Page 9
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In an obvious effort to claimthat the protests against the
Agnipath scheme were waning,the Government on Tuesdayclaimed aspirants for a careerin the Armed forces have start-ed their physical training forthe upcoming recruitmentprocess. Massive country-wideprotests had broken out inseveral States against thescheme rolled out on June 14.
The Army and the IAFannounced the schedule for therecruitment on Monday andthe Navy said the process willstart from Friday. The Armedforces also clarified that theprocedure followed earlier forthe recruitment process will befollowed and there is nochange.
It means like in previousyears the aspirants will have tofirst clear the physical fitness
and medical tests beforebecoming eligible for the writ-ten test for the Army. For theNavy and the IAF, the candi-
dates will have to clear the writ-ten tests online before the finalcall for medical test.
Continued on Page 9
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Against the backdrop ofmassive agitation against
the Agnipath scheme, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onTuesday reviewed the imple-mentation process with theChiefs of the three Services.
General Manoj Pande,Admiral Hari Kumar, and IAFchief VR Chaudhari apprisedthe PM about various aspectsof the new scheme and selec-tion schedule of the Agniveers,sources said.
Modi met each Chief sep-arately for nearly 30 minutes,they added. The three Chiefs,last week, reached out to theagitators and tried to allaytheir apprehensions about theAgnipath scheme.
Continued on Page 9
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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday said that
yoga has become a global fes-tival as there is a widespreadacceptance of the ancientIndian practice. The PM par-ticipated in the eighthInternational Day of Yoga(IDY) celebrations inKarnataka’s Mysuru. He wasjoined by tens of thousands ofpeople, including Ministersand commoners across theworld, who performed asanasand breathing exercises to markthe Yoga Day.
Speaking before the yogademonstration which he joinedfor 45 minutes, Modi said,“The acceptance of that amritspirit of India which gave ener-gy to India’s freedom struggle.That is why mass yoga demon-strations are being organised at75 iconic locations across thecountry.”
President Ram Nath
Kovind tweeted that yoga isIndia’s gift to humanity and itis a holistic approach to healthand well-being, balancingmind, body and soul. He alsoasked everyone to make yoga a
part of their daily life andexperience its benefits.
The Prime Minister saidthe physical fitness regime wasforming a basis for cooperationamong countries, and that it
can become a problem-solver. “Yoga brings peace to our
universe and gives the hope ofa healthy life to humanity.Yoga brings peace for us, thepeace from yoga is not only for
individuals, yoga brings peaceto our society, nation, the worldand the universe,” Modi said,quoting rishis, maharshis andacharyas.
He said, “This might feellike an extreme thought tosomeone, but our sages haveanswered this in a simplemantra that this whole universestarts from our own body andsoul. The universe starts fromus and yoga makes us con-scious of everything within usand builds a sense of aware-ness.”
Stating that things startwith self-awareness and pro-ceed to awareness of the world,he said, “When we becomeaware of ourselves and ourworld, we begin to spot thethings that need to be changedboth in ourselves and in theworld.
They may be individualproblems or global problemslike climate change and inter-national conflicts.”
Continued on Page 9
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The Shiv Sena-led MahaVikas Aghadi Government
in Maharashtra appeared to beon the verge of collapse onTuesday evening, hours afterinfluential senior Sena Ministerand leader Eknath Shinderebelled against the party lead-ership.
Shinde walked out with his30-odd supporting MLAs tojoin hands with the OppositionBJP which is eager to form thenext Government in the State.
A day after it suffered amassive setback in theMaharashtra LegislativeCouncil polls in which theOpposition BJP mustered atleast 26 extra votes from otherparties and Independents towin five out of ten seats, Shindedropped a bombshell on theSena by staging a rebellionalong with a band of 30-oddSena MLAs, including twoMinisters.
In a belated damage con-trol move that looked more likelocking the stable door after thehorses bolted, Sena leadershipremoved Shinde as the Sena
group leader in the StateAssembly and replaced himwith its senior party func-tionary Ajay Choudhury.
Notwithstanding a vehe-ment denial by the principalOpposition party in the State
that it had anything to do withthe major crisis facing theSena, 58-year-old Shinde — aclose aide of late powerful ShivSena leader from Thane AnandDighe — is understood to havebeen in touch with the State
BJP leaders before he quietlymoved out of Mumbai alongwith his supporting MLAs andlanded at Le Meridien Hotel atSurat, a city that comes underthe BJP-ruled Gujarat.
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Ayoga event organised bythe Indian Government in
Male was disrupted on Tuesdayby protesters who claimed itwas against the Islamic tenets.Maldives President MohamedSolih said those responsible forthe disruption will be booked.
Reports said an irate groupstormed into the national foot-ball stadium in Male and dis-rupted the yoga event organ-ised by the Indian HighCommission. More than 150people, including severaldiplomats, Government offi-cials and Ministers from theMaldives Government, werealso present at the event whenthe mob barged in.
The police had to resort tofiring tear gas shells to controlthe situation. The programmelater continued.
Before the event, the pro-testers brandished placardsproclaiming yoga was against
the tenets of Islam. A reportfrom a Maldivian news agency,The Edition, mentioned that asection of Islamists believesperforming yoga is akin toworshiping the Sun, a hereticact against Islamic tradition.
The yoga and meditationhour was an initiative by theIndian Cultural Centre (ICCR)in association with the UnionMinistry of Youth, Sports, andCommunity Empowerment onthe occasion of theInternational Day of Yoga.
The agitators carryingbanners, placards, and shout-ing slogans reportedly demand-ed that the Yoga Day celebra-tions be called off and theattendees vacate the stadiumimmediately. Some attendeessaid they were threatened bymembers of the mob.
Videos shared on socialmedia showed miscreantsarmed with sticks and flagscharging towards people whowere practising yoga and med-itation on their yoga mats.
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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Tuesday
broadsided the SamajwadiParty in Mohammad AzamKhan’s bastion Rampur, sayingthat the BJP’s double-enginegovernment worked to liberatethe poor from the land mafia.
“Bhu mafia ki rassi jal gayipar ainthan nahi gayi” (Theland mafia lost all their powers,but they are still showing theirattitude). The BJP won’t letRampur become a ‘den of ter-rorism’ again,” the chief minis-ter said while addressing pub-lic meetings in the Bilaspur andMilak areas in Rampur parlia-mentary constituency ahead ofbypolls in support of BJP can-didate Ghanshyam SinghLodhi.
“Earlier, the mafia used toencroach the land of the poorand suppress them. However,after coming to power, our gov-ernment gave the land back tothe poor and took actionagainst the mafia,” he said.
The CM went on to saythat the district has a resplen-dent history but some peopleattempted to destroy the her-itage of Rampur. “If anyonetries to destroy Rampur’s iden-tity, people know how to teachthem a lesson. Today, no onecan dare encroach the land ofthe poor,” Yogi said.
He also lambasted theSamajwadi Party for using theRampuri ‘chaku’ (knife) for“capturing the property of thepoor”.
“It is up to you to decidewhom to give the Rampuri
knife to. Good people will useit to protect the poor, butwrong people will use it forlooting and capturing yourproperties,” the CM said.
He claimed that after com-ing to power, the BJP govern-ment freed about 640 hectaresof land from the mafia inRampur and gave it back to thepoor.
Comparing his govern-ment to the previous regimes,Yogi said: “During theSamajwadi Party regime, thoseaccused of rioting were calledand honoured at the CM’s res-idence. After 2017, students arefelicitated and ‘Gurbani’ isrecited at the CM’s residence.We are also organising ‘BalDiwas’ in the memory ofSahibzadas.”
Highlighting the worksdone by his government duringthe pandemic, the CM main-tained that the double engineunder the leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi pro-
vided free ration, free treatmentand free vaccines to people.
In a veiled attack on AzamKhan, the CM said: ‘Inki rassijal gayi par ainthan nahi gayi’We gave the free vaccines toeveryone without any discrim-ination. In fact, those whowere in jail were also given freetreatment, but they did noteven acknowledge it.”
Yogi also accused theopposition parties of hatchinga conspiracy and misleadingthe youth regarding theAgnipath recruitment policy.
The CM appealed to theyouth not to get misled by theopposition’s propagandaagainst the new recruitmentscheme for defence forceswhich, he claimed, was in theirand the nation's interest.
He also announced that theBilaspur sugar mill would bemodernised soon as the gov-ernment has already given theapproval.
Speaking at the Milakh
assembly constituency, heappreciated the villagers for‘Amrit Sarovar’ prepared with
the help of people and govern-ment in the Patwai gram pan-chayat. The CM said that the
dirty pond which was thereearlier was a symbol of thethinking of the Samajwadi
Party while ‘Amrit Sarovar’reflects the thinking of theBJP.
Lucknow (PNS): The campaigningfor the bypolls to Ramnpur andAzamgarh Lok Sabha seats ended onTuesday evening. The polling will beheld on June 23. The Samajwadi Partyexpressed confidence that it wouldretain both the seats while the BJP wassaid to be struggling to make a dent inthe SP’s bastion.For the SP, the battle isabout retaining the momentum it gen-erated in the UP assembly elections ear-lier. For the BJP, it’s about breaking thecontrol of the Yadav and Khan familiesin the two Lok Sabha constituencies.
The Bahujan Samaj Party contest-ing only Azamgarh seat is struggling toremain relevant in Uttar Pradesh pol-itics. A prestige battle is on the cardsfor the SP on the two seats represent-ed by party president Akhilesh Yadav(Azamgarh) and its Muslim face AzamKhan (Rampur). The two leaders vacat-ed these seats after being elected to UPVidhan Sabha in March earlier this year.
For the SP, it’s a do-or-die battle as
after a stellar show in the recent UPassembly elections, this party cannotafford any setback as a loss or even avery tight result could send wrong sig-nals before the 2024 general elections.
In 2009, 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabhaelections, the SP had won both the seatstwice while the BJP only once. In fact,in 2009, the BJP won Azamgarh afterit fielded SP ex-MP Ramakant Yadav.
While the BJP has fielded formerSP MLC Ghanshyam Lodhi (OBC) inRampur, the SP has given a ticket toAzam Khan’s loyalist Asim Raza. TheBSP has not fielded any candidates.
In 2019, the SP won the seat by amargin of 1.1 lakh votes and recorded52.7 per cent vote share while the BJP’svote share was 42.3 per cent. As the SPand BSP had contested together as‘mahagathbandhan’, the transfer ofvotes of Mayawati’s party helped the SPclinch the seat. Rampur in western UPhas a high minority population of 50.57per cent while the SC population is
13.38 per cent. In the UP assembly elec-tions earlier this year, the SP won threewhile BJP two seats across the fiveassembly segments of Suar, Chamraua,Bilaspur, Rampur and Milak as com-munal polarisation played a key role inRampur. The Prophet remark row islikely to make an impact in the electionsand lead to polarisation. With the BSPnot in the contest, opposition votes arenot likely to be split, thus giving the SPan advantage. All eyes are on AzamKhan in his family stronghold.
In Azamgarh, the SP has fieldedAkhilesh Yadav’s cousin DharmendraYadav while the BJP has repeated its2019 candidate and Bhojpuri starDinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’. The BSPhas given a ticket to Guddu Jamali, whocontested on an AIMIM ticket in the2022 assembly polls from MubarakpurVidhan Sabha seat and bagged 36,000votes.The SP swept all the 10 assemblyseats in the district in the assembly elec-tions earlier this year, riding on the con-
solidation of Muslim-Yadav votes. Itsalliance with caste-based parties likeSBSP, Mahan Dal and Apna Dal (K)helped it gain the OBC/MBC votes aswell. Five of these 10 seats — Sagri,Gopalpur, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh andMehnagar — are the assembly segmentsof Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat.
In 2019, the SP won the seat by amargin of 2.6 lakh votes with a voteshare of 60.4 per cent. The BJP’s voteshare was 35.1 per cent. The SP and BSPseparately got 3.4 lakh and 2.6 lakhvotes respectively in 2014 whileAkhilesh bagged 6.21 lakh votes in2019. However, an analysis of thenumbers shows that the BSP managedto retain its votes in the assembly pollsearlier this year. In Azamgarh, the BSPperformed well as compared to the restof the state, owing to its high SC pop-ulation. Including Guddu Jamali’s votesin Mubarakpur, the BSP’s vote share onthe seat was 24.3 per cent, almost dou-ble the state average of 12.9 per cent.
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With an aim to ensure pro-tection of women and
children, the Yogi Adityanathgovernment plans to set up newwomen shelters and child pro-tection homes across the state.
Women shelters with acapacity of 100 beds each willcome up in Ghazipur,Moradabad and Ghaziabad ata cost of Rs 20.21 crore.Government children’s homeswith a capacity of 50 bedseach will be set up in Agrawhile state observation homeswith a capacity of 100 beds eachwill be constructed in RaeBareli, Kanpur, Mirzapur andChitrakoot.
“On behalf of the depart-ment of Women and ChildDevelopment, a proposal wassent to the Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment to build new children’shomes and shelters and it wasgiven the nod by the govern-ment,” Deputy Director,Women and ChildDevelopment, Brijendra SinghNiranjan said.
“The problem of capacitywill be solved by the construc-tion of new children homes,women shelters and govern-ment observation homes inthe state,” Niranjan said,adding: “It is our responsibili-ty to provide shelters with bet-ter facilities to orphans andmake them self-dependent.”
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Emphasising on the impor-tance of smart and quality
education, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath interacted with thetoppers of Uttar PradeshMadhyamik Shiksha Parishad(UPMSP) in Moradabad onTuesday. During his interac-tion, the chief minister saidthat children are the pillars ofthe golden future of a newUttar Pradesh.
“Students should workhard with dedication withoutany fear of failure as thegovernment is here to takecare of all their needs inachieving their goals,” Yogisaid. He lauded the toppersand also congratulated theteachers and family membersof the students. Maintainingthat his government is work-ing to provide smart and qual-ity education to students in thestate, Yogi said that the‘Abhyudaya’ scheme is benefit-ing all the underprivilegedchildren coming from familieswith lack of financial resources.
Speaking about betterimplementation of the‘Abhyudaya’ scheme to benefitmaximum children, the CMsaid that the government isworking to assist every candi-date in each district in their
preparations for various com-petitive examinations.
Flaying the previous gov-ernments for not workingtowards improving the educa-tion sector in the state, Yogisaid: “Whenever selfish peopleenter politics, they only try todivide the society on the basisof language, religion, cultureand caste. Their politics is
restricted to dynasties andcasteism, but our governmentworked to provide smart-phones and tablets to under-graduate and post-graduatestudents to help them honetheir skills.”
The CM went on to saythat the government is provid-ing optical fiber facility inevery gram panchayat and
every person and every schoolshould also move towardssmart and quality education.
Stressing on e-learning,the chief minister said nochild should remain deprivedof access to quality educationand e-learning platformsshould be used to bridge thegap between tutors and students.
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The sugar industry of UttarPradesh wants the Union
government to allow exports of80 lakh MT of sugar under opengeneral licence (OGL) duringthe next season (2022-23)beginning October 1. Theindustry represented by theIndian Sugar Mills Association(ISMA) has written to UnionMinister of Commerce andIndustry, Food and PublicDistribution Piyush Goyal inthis regard. ISMA presidentAditya Jhunjhunwala said animmediate announcement ofnext year’s sugar export policywould help the sugar mills enterinto future contracts at betterprices. Reiterating that this is theright time to review the current
sugar export policy for next yearsince as the current global pricesare firm, Jhunjhunwala statedthat mills can plan their produc-tion for the next season inadvance and that this systemwould give a fair chance andequal opportunity to all themills to participate in exports.
According to ISMA, thearea under sugarcane cultivationis expected to be 2% higher thanthe current season. Backed by agood monsoon, as predicted bythe IMD, sugar production isalso likely to be higher than thecurrent season’s production of39.4 MT. “Even after a higherdiversion of sugar towards pro-duction of ethanol next year,there will still be sufficientstock available for exports,”ISMA said.
Lucknow (PNS): A youth stabbed his elderbrother to death over a petty dispute in BanjariyaHussain village of Rehra Bazar police station areaof Balrampur on Tuesday morning. Family mem-bers later informed police who reached the placeand sent the body for autopsy. The accused wasarrested after a case was registered on the com-plaint of the deceased’s wife. The knife used in themurder was also recovered.
Reports said that Nasima Bano, a resident ofvillage Banjariya Hussain’s Majre Badki Banjaria,said her husband Aftab (43) had a minor disputewith his younger brother Imtiaz (23) on Tuesdaymorning. “Imtiaz attacked Aftab with a knife,killing him on the spot,” she stated in the FIR.Inspector-in-charge JP Dubey said the body wassent for the post-mortem examination and theaccused arrested.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, three peo-
ple of a family died under suspicious circumstancesin Atara village of Sadar Kotwali area in Kannauj.District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Mishra and SPPrashant Verma reached the spot on beinginformed about the incident. The DM said dur-ing his interaction with the kin of the deceased,it came to the fore that an elderly woman vomit-ed and died on the way to a hospital.
A few hours later, her son and granddaugh-ter complained of vomiting and diarrhoea and theyalso succumbed. All of them had a simple meal—dal, roti and rice. The DM said that the causeof deaths would be ascertained in the autopsy. Thedeceased were identified as Shanti Devi Valmiki(70), her son Ramesh (52) and granddaughter (2).
Elsewhere in Kushinagar, three bike-borneaccused stabbed a customer service centre oper-ator and robbed him of his bag containing Rs 7.05lakh on Monday night. Reports said the robbers
sped off towards Bihar. The incident took placenear Gopalpur intersection on Tamkuhi-SiswaNahar road under Taraya Sujan police station area.Police took the injured to Tamkuhiraj CHC fromwhere he was referred to the district hospital.
Ramji Patel, a resident of Kurmi Tola ofDaniyadi village, runs a customer service centrein Siswa Nahar Bazar. He was going to his homeby bike along with Bankkhas resident NeerajChauhan after withdrawing money from PNB’sTamkuhi Road branch. Three bike-borne robbersstopped him on the way and snatched the cash bag.As Arvind offered resistance, the robbers stabbedhim and fled towards Bihar.
CO, Tamkuhi, Jitendra Kalra, inspector-in-charge Kapildev Chaudhary and the SOG teammet the injured in the hospital. SP Ritesh KumarSingh inspected the spot and directed a police teamto track down the robbers.
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Four separate road mishapsclaimed over a dozen lives and left
several others injured since Mondaynight.
In the first incident reportedfrom Ishwarpur Khas village underTahbarpur police station inAzamgarh, people taking part in awedding anniversary celebrationwere crushed by a pick-up vehicle onMonday night, killing three people,including a father-son duo.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathexpressed grief at the incident anddirected officials concerned to ensureadequate treatment to the injured.Police said that around 11 pm onMonday, a pick-up vehicle crushedpeople celebrating a weddinganniversary. The driver was said tobe in a drunken state.
The deceased were identified asHariram (45), his sons Angad (18),and Ramsamujh (17). The police sent
the bodies for autopsy and startedfurther investigation.
In another accident, a truckrammed a car on the Lucknow-Delhihighway near Lalpur outpostAhiladpur under Izzat Nagar policestation in Bareilly on Tuesday morn-ing. Five occupants of the car died inthe mishap. SSP Rohit Singh Sajwansaid the deceased were the residentsof Ramnagar in Uttarakhand andwere on their way to Bilgram inHardoi.
Around 3:30 am on Tuesday, oneof the tyres of the car burst all of asudden, after which the driver lostcontrol of the vehicle and crossedover to the other side. It was later hitby a truck coming from the oppositedirection.
The deceased were identified asMohammed Saghir (35), Muzammil(36), Mohammed Tahir (40), ImranKhan (38) and Mohammed Farid(35).
In a similar incident in
Kushinagar, a speeding bus rammedinto a stationary truck on NH28 nearHata Kotwali. Four bus passengersdied while 29 others were injured.The injured were admitted to a hos-pital where the condition of 10 wassaid to be critical.
The bus was going to Punjabwith labourers from Madhepuradistrict of Bihar. The labourers saidthe bus was being driven at a highspeed and the driver lost control ofthe vehicle in the process. The busrammed into the stationary truckaround 2 am on Tuesday. The injuredwere rushed to the district hospital.SP Dhaval Jaiswal himself visited thehospital to ensure proper medicalcare to the injured.
Meanwhile, a car rammed into amoving truck on the Agra-LucknowExpressway from behind in Kannaujon Tuesday afternoon. A High Courtadvocate died on the spot while twoof his friends were injured.
The police reached the spot and
sent the body for autopsy. Theinjured were rushed to a hospital.Reports said Suryabali, who was aHigh Court advocate and a residentof Mayur Road in Ashoknagar local-ity of Prayagraj, was going toHaridwar with his friends PrahladYadav and Vishwadeep Patel. As theyreached near Saurikh, their carrammed into the truck from behind.Suryabali died on the spot.
Elsewhere in Auraiya, 25 passen-gers were injured in a collisionbetween a roadways bus and adumper on the Lucknow-AgraExpressway in Airwakatra area. Thebus going to Jaipur from Bahraichwith 56 passengers collided with adumper at Mile No. 136 near NaglaDaulat village on the Lucknow-AgraExpressway on the intervening nightof Monday and Tuesday.
Some of the injured were nativesof Nepal. Airwa Katra police stationchief Ramshay Patel reached the spotand sent the injured to hospitals.
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The Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) on Tuesday
condemned the Ashiyana incidentin which a Dalit food delivery guywas allegedly thrashed, spat at andshowered with casteist remarksand expletives by a customer andhis supporters. The party alsodemanded the arrest of the accused.
CPI (ML) state secretarySudhakar Yadav said the delay inthe arrest of the accused despite astrong case against them raised aquestion mark on police working.“A delay in action against such peo-ple will only embolden them andothers with Brahmanical and aris-tocratic mindset,” he said.
Taking a jibe at the BJP govern-
ment, Yadav said it claims to bedeveloping Lucknow as a smart citybut such an incident was reportedunder their nose and no action hasbeen taken by police so far.
The CPI(ML) leader said thatDr BR Ambedkar fought against thecaste system and established theconstitutional and democratic setup, but social democracy and equal-ity is a far cry and the present gov-ernment should work on theselines.
Meanwhile, police teams werescanning the CCTV footage tospot the prime accused and his sup-porters who allegedly thrashed andabused Vipin Kumar Rawat andalso refused to accept food fromhim. The incident was reported onthe night of June 18.
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Congratulating all thosewho participated in the 8th
World Yoga Day celebrationsheld at 75,000 places acrossUttar Pradesh, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath expressedgratitude to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for taking thegreat legacy of India calledyoga to a global platform.
Yogi said the prime minis-ter not only took the initiativeof highlighting the importanceof yoga within the country butalso abroad. “Over 200 coun-tries where World Yoga Daywas celebrated must also beexpressing their gratitude tothe heritage and culture ofIndia. India should also takepride in its legacy and this isthe realisation which we aregetting from the World YogaDay,” Yogi said.
The theme of this year’sYoga Day was ‘Yoga forHumanity’.
“World Yoga Day is beingcelebrated in a grand mannerafter two years of restrictionsdue to the COVID-19 pandem-ic. The whole world has under-gone the pain and trauma overthe past two years and theyhave also observed that the one
with strong immunity can fightoff the disease. The body is amedium and the religion is themeans, which implies that ifyour body is healthy, karma willsucceed automatically.However, if the body is dis-eased, there will be a questionmark on whether you will beable to do any work successful-ly. Yoga makes us disciplinedand gives us mental and physical health,” the chief min-ister said.
“When the world is wit-nessing several events, includ-ing a war, Uttar Pradesh is cel-ebrating Yoga Day with 25crore population. Yoga isbeing performed at 75,000places across the state. Ibelieve 5 crore people in thestate are directly connected tothe programme,” he added.
Lauding GovernorAnandiben Patel for herenthusiasm in participating inthe programme, he said shehas been working actively forthe welfare of the people evenat this age. Yogi said the Covidmanagement of India has beenbetter as compared to that inother countries for the resultsit gave and the systematic aswell as successful manner inwhich it was carried out.
“There is no other countrywhich has the same kind ofexample regarding the mea-sures taken — testing wasincreased and so many liveswere saved,” he said. He addedthat India decided on its ownhow to take the vaccinationprogramme forward and how200 crore vaccines needed tobe administered.
“We not only vaccinatedpeople in our country but alsoprovided vaccines to othercountries,” he pointed out.
Speaking on the occasion,Governor Anandiben Patelsaid she was happy that theRaj Bhawan had the opportu-nity to organise Yoga Daycelebrations after two years ofthe pandemic. “This is a his-toric moment for the RajBhawan. Yoga was restrictedand limited only to India butnow the whole world knowsabout it and several people arelearning it,” she said.
However, yoga should notbe limited to an occasion.Whenever you get time dur-ing the day, practise yoga.There are several places wherepeople can do yoga. Onlywhen yoga becomes a part ofour life that we will begin tosee its impact,” she added.
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It was an enthusiasticresponse to the World Yoga
Day as scores of people per-formed yoga at various loca-tions across the state capital onTuesday. Yoga sessions wereheld at almost all the parks,educational institutes, CCSIAirport, government depart-ments, hospitals etc even aspeople also celebrated theoccasion at their homes.
At the Residency, the chiefguest was Sadhvi NiranjanJyoti who thanked PrimeMinister Narendra Modi forbringing global recognitionto yoga. “Yoga leads to ener-gy, health and has boosted theprestige of India globally,” shesaid. Also present on the occa-sion was Deputy ChiefMinister Keshav PrasadMaurya.
Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia,along with the corporatorsand officials, took part in ayoga session at the park infront of the Lucknow NagarNigam headquarters.
At Lucknow University, ayoga session was organised infront of the Arts Faculty inwhich students and staff, ledby Vice-Chancellor Prof AKRai, took part.
Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of MedicalSciences also celebrated theoccasion with zeal. Thedepartment of hospitaladministration, under theaegis of Dr R Harshvardhan,was tasked with organising theYoga Day celebrations thisyear. SGPGIMS director DrRK Dhiman was also amongprominent doctors who tookpart in the Yoga Day celebra-tions.
The Indian Institute ofSugarcane Research organiseda yoga session in front of theadministrative building.Scientists, officers, employeesand students of the instituteparticipated in the pro-gramme. More than 20 yogaasanas were performed by theparticipants.
Terming yoga a holisticapproach to health and well-being, principal scientist DrAjay Kumar Sah requested allthe participants to give spaceto yoga in their daily routine.A health check-up camp willbe organised at the institute onWednesday and a team ofspecialist doctors will examinethe staff. A drawing competi-tion will also be organised inthe library building for school-children in the age group of 6-12 years and 13-17 years on
‘Role of yoga in personalitydevelopment’.
Meanwhile, students andstaff of SKD Academy per-formed yoga at their respectivebranches. Director of SKDAcademy Manish Singh high-lighted the importance of yogaand said a healthy body andhealthy mind makes a healthyworld.
The NSS and NCC unitsof Avadh Girls’ Degree Collegealso organised a yoga camp onTuesday. The session was con-ducted by Amrita Gupta, acertified yoga instructor andacupressure therapist. Theevent saw active participationof NSS and NCC volunteers aswell as faculty members.
The month-long ‘YogaMahotsav-2022’ organised atBabasaheb BhimraoAmbedkar University con-cluded on Tuesday. More than500 teachers, students andstaff members practised yoga.Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Singhsaid yoga is important to bringbalance in life.
“Practicing yoga hashealth benefits and we also getrelief from problems like men-tal stress, insomnia and hypertension by performing yogawhich can also cure manydiseases. Students shouldmake yoga a part of theirdaily routine,” he added.
The Public WelfareDepartment also organised ayoga session for the employeesand staff. The occasion alsowitnessed the participation ofchief engineer Vikas Gupta.
UPMRC also organised ayoga session on the occasionin which managing directorKumar Keshav and other offi-cials and staff performed var-ious asanas.
Meanwhile, LucknowInternational Airport Ltdemployees, along with CISFmembers, performed yoga atthe airport. Lok BandhuHospital also organised YogaDay celebrations.
Meanwhile, NCC cadetspractised yoga at AMC Centrein Lucknow Cantonment dur-ing the ongoing camp of 19UP Girls Battalion. Apart from500 NCC cadets participatingin the camp, 350 cadets andNCC alumni from otherschools, colleges also tookpart in the yoga session.Besides, 15 associate NCCofficers, along with 28 staff ofthe battalion, also practicedyoga.
Yoga Day was also cele-brated by 20 UP GirlsBattalion of NCC and 67 NCCBattalion.
Yoga Day was also cele-brated by 3 UP Naval Unit,NCC Group HQ at GomtiRiverfront, Khatu ShyamMandir, La Martiniere Collegeand also on the whaler boats.The yoga sessions included atotal of 600 cadets, NCC alum-ni, combatant sailors and civil-ian staff.
The Lucknow division ofNorth Eastern Railway alsocelebrated World Yoga Day atthe multi-util ity hall ofDilkusha Club. DRM MonicaAgnihotri, senior officials andemployees took part in theprogramme. The Lucknowdivision of Northern Railwayalso celebrated the occasionwith a function at the NRStadium in Charbagh. DRMSK Sapra and other officialstook part in the programme.
Meanwhile, more than 100officers and their family mem-bers practised yoga in a pro-gramme organised by RDSO.DG, RDSO, Sanjiv Bhutaniand other officials also tookpart in the programme.
In a function at ModernRail Coach Factory in RaeBareli, GM SS Kalsi and otherofficials took part in a yogasession. Kalsi motivated theparticipants to include yoga intheir daily routine.
In Mohanlalganj,UPCLDF chairman VirendraTiwari, along with villagers,took part in a yoga session atShakti Kendra in Sisendi.
All campuses of CityMontessori School celebratedWorld Yoga Day on Tuesdaymorning. The main event was held at RajajipuramCampus I. CMS founderJagdish Gandhi was also pre-sent on the occasion.
46�������������)����������Lucknow (PNS):Astrophysicist Dr Alka Mishrashowed an amazing view of‘zero shadow day’ to studentsat Lucknow University onTuesday. “There are only twodays in a year when the sunshines right above our head atnoon in places falling between 23.5°N and 23.5°Sdegree latitude,” Mishra toldthe students.
“This is the reason whyeven our shadow leaves us atthat time. Astronomers callthis phenomenon a ‘zero shad-ow day’. Since Lucknow islocated at 26.85°N latitude,there is no absolute ‘zero shad-ow’ but the lowest shadow canbe seen on June 21 aroundmidday,” she explained.
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President of PHDCCIPradeep Multani, along
with ASG Yogesh Srivastav,resident director of UP ChapterAtul Srivastava, and executiveofficer Amresh Rastogi calledon Chief Minister YogiAdityanath in Lucknow.
Deliberations were madeupon the industrial aspect ofthe state as also on ways to pro-mote and boost industrialisa-tion in UP. They stressed on theneed to further simplify ease ofdoing business. Deliberationswere also made on expectationsfrom the industry to enhanceand improve employability inthe state, the role of industryin doubling farmers’ incomeand enhancing Ayush
Ayurveda sector in the state.Multani also apprised the
chief minister of the recent andforthcoming activities of PHD-CCI in general and of UPChapter in particular. The CMappreciated the good work.
Multani also invited Yogi asthe chief guest at the upcom-ing 6th International AgriHortiand Food Tech, UP-2022,scheduled to be organised byPHDCCI in November.
The CM consented andassured all support to the expo,the objective of which is toinfuse the latest technologiesand equipment in the field ofagriculture and food process-ing so as to enhance the pro-duce and double the farmers’income.
Several strategies to opti-
mise the underlying opportu-nities in agriculture, food pro-cessing, Ayurveda and tourismwere also discussed.
Multani said PHDCCI isdedicated towards the aim ofmaking UP a USD 1-trillioneconomy and would do its bitto transform Uttar Pradeshinto Uttam Pradesh.
PHDCCI also proposedawareness workshops in allthe 75 districts of the state fordissemination of schemes andpolicies of the state governmentto all the small and large busi-ness entities and citizens forbetter and more effective gov-ernance. The PHDCCI presi-dent also invited Yogi to thePHD House in Delhi for a real-time interaction with theindustry members.
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Describing his meeting withChief Minister Yogi
Adityanath as a great fortune,‘Major’ actor Adivi Sesh applaud-ed his efforts for eradicating cor-ruption and breaking the back ofcriminals in the state.
“We have been hearing aboutthe kind of work Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has done to endcorruption and check crime inUP. I also came across a taxi driverin Lucknow, who told me that theCM has broken the back of crimi-nals in the state,” said the actor, whowas accompanied by his team andparents of martyr Major SandeepUnnikrishnan.
The film ‘Major’ starring AdiviSesh is based on the life of 31-year-old Sandeep Unnikrishnan, whowas one of the NSG commandoswho saved several people duringthe 26/11 Mumbai attacks andattained martyrdom in the process.
Adivi said everyone in the filmindustry is looking forward to theupcoming film city in UttarPradesh and the kind of subsidiesbeing offered by the government isgoing to turn the state into a hubof filmmaking. “We will not have
to go to a different country forsome kind of subsidy to makefilms. My team and I have been dis-cussing shooting some portions ofour upcoming films in UttarPradesh,” Adivi said. ‘Major’ will bescreened at Lok Bhawan inLucknow next week.
“I was mesmerised by the wayCM Yogi welcomed and congratu-lated us. Most importantly, he
understood the genuine cause forwhich we made the film. Gettingfelicitated with a shawl and silvercoin was a real honour for me,” theactor said. He further said that thechief minister watched some scenesof the film and promised to helpthem popularise Major SandeepUnnikrishnan among the youth ofthe state.
“I really appreciate the entireteam of ‘Major’ for making themovie about a brave soldier whosacrificed his life at such a youngage,” Yogi said.
In his message to the youth ofUttar Pradesh, the actor said,“Major Sandeep Unnikrishnanalways thought of others and thecountry first. We have tried to showthe same thing through our film. Iappeal to the youth of UP to appre-ciate and celebrate heroes whonever shy away from sacrificingtheir lives for protecting thenation.”
Directed by Sashi Kiran Tikkaand produced jointly by GMEntertainment, Sony PicturesInternational Productions and A+SMovies, ‘Major’ also stars SaieeManjrekar, Sobhita Dhulipala,Prakash Raj, Revathi and MuraliSharma in vital roles.
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A70-year-old heart special-ist looking for a prospec-
tive bride for re-marriage hada heart break as he was dupedof Rs 1.8 crore by the womanand her aides. The victimwas contacted by a womanwhose ghost name wasKrishna Sharma. He hadplaced an advertisement in aprominent English daily inthe city.
The woman introducedherself as a marine engineerstaying in Florida. She toldthe doctor that she was shift-ing to India and that she wasshipping South African goldworth USD 70,000 to anagency in Lucknow to avoidany hassles.
The unsuspecting doctortransferred over Rs 1.8 croreto the woman for excise, ship-ping, air ticket and otherduties to help her settle inIndia, only to reliase later thathe had been taken for a ride.
The heart specialist had
placed the advertisement afterthe death of his first wife in2019. On March 2 last, thedoctor got in touch with thewoman in question whointroduced herself as a marineengineer in Florida. Later,they started talking to eachother on WhatsApp.
In the meantime, thewoman expressed her desireto shift to India to look afterher parents in Gujarat. Shesaid she wanted to transportgold from South Africa whichwas under the threat of beingstolen from pirates of Somaliaand had to be transferred toa security company inLucknow.
The doctor agreed to helpher out. He got calls from thecustoms security companyfor clearing dues of the goldconsignment which hadarrived at the airport. Thedoctor was duped of Rs 1.80crore on the pretext of cus-toms, insurance and foreignfees. The septugenarian doc-tor became apprehensive afterhe did not receive the con-signment 10 days after thetransaction. He called thewoman but her phone num-ber was found to be switchedoff. The security company‘officials’ who had called himfor the money were alsoincommunicado.
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Close on the heels of the arrestof a sub-inspector of
Chinhat police station foraccepting bribe by a trap teamof the anti-corruption wing, theAziz Nagar (Madiaon) policeoutpost incharge was alsoaccused of accepting bribe froma complainant. The accused SI,Santosh Singh, was placed undersuspension after a purportedvideo showing a man countingcash in front of him went viralon social media late Mondaynight. The video is said to beone-and-a-half-month old.
ADCP, North, Prachi Singhsaid the commissioner of policeordered to place the embattledSI under suspension.
“Santosh is presently the
incharge of Aziz Nagar policeoutpost. Prima facie, his role wasfound suspicious and an actionwas initiated. A probe has beenordered to find out facts relatedto the video,” she said in an e-byte. In the video, two youthswere standing in front of Singh,whose voice was also audible,and they were counting cash.The video was said to be relat-ed to an incident in which twoyouths had struck a compromisebefore Singh. Even as Singhdenied the allegations, seniorofficers were were not con-vinced. Sources said Singh wasaccused of taking bribe frompeople in the area in the past too.“He could not explain why hedid not stop the youths count-ing cash. The police are trackingdown the youths seen in the
video. The police will also quizothers seen in the video,” onesource said.
In the Chinhat incident,the trap team had nabbed SIPradeep Kumar Yadav acceptingbribe on June 15. Yadav haddemanded Rs 5,000 from acomplainant who wanted to getmore sections of IPC added tothe case lodged by him.
The trap team officials hada verbal spat with the Chinhatinspector who was unhappywith the way the operation wasconducted and even interrupt-ed the procedure. DIG, Anti-Corruption Organisation,Rajeev Malhotra said the trapteam working under him hadgiven a complaint against theChinhat inspector and he hadforwarded the application to the
commissioner of police. “Aprobe by into the allegations willdecide the course of action,” hesaid.
Meanwhile, a youth manwas killed in a road mishap inMohanlalganj police station areaon Tuesday. The deceased wasidentified as Dharmveer (27) ofSulsamau village in the area. Asper reports, Dharmveer wasreturning home from Banthra.When he reached near a juniorhigh school in Dhanuwasandvillage, a speeding mini-truck hithis bike. The victim died on theway to Mohanlalganj CHC.
Preliminary investigationrevealed that one of the tyres ofthe mini-truck burst, followingwhich the driver lost control ofthe vehicle which knocked themotorcycle.
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,and National Highways Infrastructure
Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL),signed an MoU to boost mutual cooperation inthe field of highway engineering and other infra-structure works. The MoU was signed betweenProf Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT, Kanpurand Chanchal Kumar, MD, NHIDCL. TheDirector said the purpose of this MoU was toestablish the basis of collaboration betweenboth the parties so that the NHIDCL and IIT,Kanpur, can take up various activities of com-mon interest such as sharing of knowledge on
innovative ideas and technologies in the fieldof highway engineering and other infrastruc-ture works as per mutually agreed terms andconditions. He said both NHIDCL and IIT,Kanpur were leading premier national organ-isations in their respective fields and had comeup to work together as a team to achievenational objectives, undertaken with their bestabilities and maximum mutual cooperation.He said NHIDCL, being the leading govern-ment organisation that surveyed, established,designed, constructed, operated, maintainedand upgraded national highways and strate-gic roads, including interconnecting roads,had a strong grasp on the nation’s entire web
of road infrastructure. He said similarly IIT Kanpur possessed a
cutting-edge research in various areas of sci-ence, engineering, design, management andhumanities and in taking lead in innovationworks across various fields. He said the duowill leverage their respective expertise towork on road infrastructure and highwayengineering projects. He said the MoU pro-vided a formal basis for initiating interac-tion between NHIDCL and IIT Kanpur andwill play a significant role in realising theaims and objectives of the recently launched PMGati Shakti- national master plan for multi-modal connectivity initiative.
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The Special Investigation Team(SIT) probing the 1984 anti-
Sikh riots that erupted after theassassination of former PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi, has arrest-ed two more accused involved in thekilling of Sikhs from Gatampurpolice area late on Monday night.Earlier on June 15, SIT had alreadyarrested four accused — Safi Ullah,Abdul Rehman, Yogendra Singhand Vijay Narain Singh fromGhatampur. The list of wantedaccused also included the name ofRaghvendra Kushwaha, nephew offormer state minister Shivnath
Singh Kushwaha in Congress gov-ernment, who could not be arrest-ed so far. DIG (SIT) BalenduBhushan said police have arrestedGora alias Amar Singh of Ramsarivillage and Mobin Khan ofGhatampur town late on Mondaynight. During questioning, it wasrevealed that Amar Singh wasinvolved in over 10 criminal caseslodged against him under relevantsections of dacoity, loot and otherserious crimes. Kanpur Outer policehad been informed about his arrestand asked to submit criminal his-tory of the accused. Mobin Khanwas also identified as one of the riot-ers who was taken by Raghvendra
Kushwaha with him in the bus dur-ing the riots, DIG (SIT) said.
SUICIDE BID: Upset withfamily squabbles, a shiksha mitramade a futile bid to commit suicideby jumping into the Ganga fromJajmau bridge under Jajmau policestation on Tuesday morning. Whenpeople present on the bridge raisedan alarm, boatmen rescued him inan unconscious state. Local policerushed to the spot and admitted himto hospital. On gaining sense, theman confessed to have attempted tosuicide due to family squabbles.Rajiv Dwivedi (40) of Anand Vihar,Naubasta, is employed as shikshamitra in Unnao. His wife is a
teacher in Basic Shiksha departmentin Bajpur village in Vidhnu policestation area. On Tuesday morningRajiv reached Jajmau bridge andafter parking his bike, immediatelyjumped into the Ganga. Boatmeninformed the police which got himadmitted to a nearby private hospi-tal. Family squabbles and financialhardship were stated to be the rea-son behind the incident. JajmauSHO Pawan Kumar said the shikshamitra had jumped into the Ganga ina drunken state. His family membershave been apprised of the incidentand the exact reason behind the sui-cide attempt will be ascertainedafter quizzing them, he added.
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On the occasion of InternationalYoga Day, Kanpur
Development Authority (KDA)organised the programme at 75places of the city, including itsparks situated in different housingschemes, on Tuesday. At theBotanical Garden developed byKDA near Ganga Barrage, all of itsofficers and employees took part inyoga practice. MP Devendra SinghBhole was the chief guest on theoccasion, while MP SatyadevPachauri and MLA Abhijit SinghSanga, were present as specialguests. Besides, Commissioner,Kanpur Division, Dr Raj Shekhar,
after attending the Yoga Day cele-brations at Green Park, took part inthe event at Botanical Garden also.KDA Vice-Chairman Arvind Singh
welcomed the guests with the bou-quet, shawl and memento. Speakingon the occasion, Vice- ChairmanArvind Singh said efforts were on
to restore the glorious past ofKanpur city. Apart from planneddevelopment of the city, there wereplans to develop it as a tourist placealso. He said in the Botanical Gardendeveloped by KDA on the bank of theGanga, efforts were on to set up natur-opathy, ayurved, meditation, satsangbhavan, yoga kendra, food court, golfcourse etc. to develop it as a beauti-ful picnic spot for citizens. Otherprominent places where the Yoga Daywas organised included Boat Club,Mahavir Nagar, Shatabdi Nagar, KDADreams, Signature Greans, KDAResidency, Jajmau Gate, PhoolbaghPark, Ekta Park, Gautam BudhaPark, Dayanand Vihar Central Parkand Navsheel Dham Central Park.
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Speaker Satish Mahana, whileinaugurating the yoga camp at
Green Park Stadium on Tuesdaysaid Yoga and cleanliness are mostessential for a person to stay healthy.He said this was the reason thePrime Minister Narendra Modi,emphasised on the need to placeYoga on the global horizon andsince then the world was celebrat-ing Yoga day in a big way. He saidto say that all over the world it wasbeing celebrated with pomp andshow will certainly not be wrong.He advised people to remain‘Swasthya and Mast’ (healthy andcarefree) and thus with a healthybody and mind work towards thenation’s uplift.
Divisional Commissioner DrRaj Shekhar while addressing a hugegathering at the Green ParkStadium said today if Yoga day wasbeing observed as a ginormousevent then the credit goes to PrimeMinister. He said the credit for thesuccess of programmes carried outthroughout the city went to everyindividual who had made sus-tained efforts to make this eventmemorable. He said it is no exag-geration to state that Yoga cankeep the body healthy and thus ahealthy body possessed a healthyand constructive mind highly essen-tial for nation’s uplift. He said whenone did Yoga, cells in the braindevelop new connections andchanges occur in brain structure aswell as its function, resulting inimproved cognitive skills, like bet-ter learning and memory. He saidscientifically it had been provedbeyond doubt that Yoga strength-ened parts of the brain that playeda key role in memory, attention,awareness, thought and language.He advised the youth to ensure theycontinued practising Yoga regular-ly and said it was equally essentialfor girls and women as well. DistrictMagistrate Visakh G Iyer whileaddressing the gathering said Yogais the most popular complementaryhealth approach practised by adultsacross the globe. He said is no doubtthat it was ancient mind and bodypractice with origins in Indian phi-losophy. He said Yoga combinedphysical postures, rhythmic breath-
ing and meditative exercise to offerpractitioners a unique holisticmind-body experience.
IT DEPARTMENT: ChiefIncome Tax Commissioner (UPWest, Uttarakhand), Shishir Jha,while inaugurating the yoga sessionat Phool Bagh on Tuesday appealedto entire officials and staff to reli-giously practice yoga. He saidresearch had long since shown thatyoga helps boost IQ. He said it canbe used to increase memory, ben-efit health, co-ordination, reactiontime and memory. He said acade-mic performance was concernedwith quantity and quality of learn-ing attained in a subject or group ofsubjects after a long period ofinstruction. He said excessive stresshampered individual’s performanceand improvement in academic per-formance and alertness had beenreported in several yogic studies aswell. Dr Preeti Jain Das, SSBhadauria, Anantharaman V Iyer,Sanjay Kumar Chaurasia, AnkitTiwari and many more took part.
CSA: Yoga was practised in abig way at Chandra Shekhar AzadUniversity of Agriculture andTechnology and Vice- Chancellor,Dr DR Singh, addressing the par-ticipants said Yoga was a coordi-nation between man and nature andsaid it was not alone a physical exer-cise but was also a search for innerpeace and camaraderie a keen huntfor nature. He said Yoga helped uscounter climate changes as it createdawareness in one who practised it.He said June 21 is one of thelongest day of the year. The entirefaulty and a big number of staff andstudents took part in the great event.
OPF: General manager ofOrdnance Parachute Factory, a unitof Gliders India Ltd, Sushil KumarSinha emphasised on the need forpractising yoga and said in the cur-rent times yoga was ‘ Sanjeevni’. Hesaid Yoga was meant for people ofall ages. He said today it had alsobeen proved that by practisingyoga regularly one can counter allkinds of diseases. He said Yoga wasmuch beyond mere physical exer-cise rather it led to holistic healingand restoring of body homeostasishence prevention of disease and dis-orders. He said it also promoteshealing, health and longevity and
said Yogis residing in Himalayaswere a perfect example who notonly survived but live for 100s ofyears under all adversities andscarcities purely on the basis of yogasadhna. He said therapeutic poten-tial of Yoga had been accepted andadmired by modern medicine prac-titioners also.
SPSEC: Sir PadampatSinghania Education Centre cele-brated Yoga Day in a big way on thecampus. The session commencedwith the welcome of Bhavika a yogatrainer. She had been rendering herservices in the field of Yoga for morethan a decade. Signifying the impor-tance of yoga and meditation onInternational Yoga Day Bhavikareiterated that practice of yoga wasnecessary to clear energy channels,detox and heal harmful emotions.Principal Bhawna Gupta expressedher deep sense of appreciation to themanagement for encouraging theschool to hold such empowering,awakening and enriching sessionsfrom time to time. In all about 250students, staff and stakeholdersexcitedly took part.
ALIMCO: The staff of ALIM-CO performed Yoga under theguidance of Vinod Kumar Sharmain the premises on Tuesday.General Manager (Project andCommercial) Pravin Kumar andGeneral Manager (Administrationand Finance, Atul Rustagi were pre-sent. Both of them emphasised theneed to practice Yoga in a princi-pled manner.
CSJM UNIVERSITY: Memberof Parliament, Satya Dev Pachauri,inaugurated the Yoga session at theChhatrapati Shahu Ji MaharajUniversity, on Tuesday and said theentire world doing Yoga on one par-ticular day was a gift to India. Hesaid our sages had promoted itwhich has been picked up by theworld. Vice- Chancellor, Prof VinayPathak, addressing the gatheringsaid it was the collective responsi-bility to embrace Yoga sensibly andsaid varsity had decided to makeYoga compulsory for students. Hesaid on June 24 the University willagain host another session of Yoga.Pro-VC, Prof SK Awasthi, VandanaPathak, Dr AK Yadav, ChiefProctor, Dr Pravin Katiyar, andAkanksha Bajpai were present.
IMA-KANPUR: The IndianMedical Association, Kanpur organ-ised Yoga day at its Parade premis-es where the member doctors tookpart in yoga. Addressing the gath-ering president Dr Brajendra Shuklasaid it had been proved beyonddoubt that yoga cured diseases likediabetes, heart problems,orthopaedic and gastrointestinalproblems besides many other dis-eases to quite an extent. He said allthose who regularly practice yoga,especially in morning, were alwayshealthy. Dr VC Rastogi, DrGulshagufta, Dr PK Jain, Dr DilipAgarwal and others took part.
VSIPS : The Virendra SwarupInstitute of Professional Studiesorganised a special Yoga camp inthe college premises where all stu-dents participated along with thefaulty members. Principal DrPoonam Madan, explained theimportance of Yoga and appealed toeach person to adopt Yoga to remainphysically and mentally healthy.The special training session was con-ducted by Prof Prerna Arora.
MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA:The students and faculty of MahilaMahavidyalaya, took part in thespecial Yoga session conducted atGreen Park Stadium. The collegealso conducted a virtual yoga ses-sion where Prof Rajeev Chaudharyperformed yoga and the studentsparticipated. Spokesperson for Yoga,HoD of Physical Education DrDeepali Nigam said Yoga hadumpteen benefits, especially relat-ed to mind and body and thus inthis stressful world it was highlyessential to practice yoga and keepone’s body and mind healthy.Principal Dr Anju Chaudhary wel-comed the guest and advised thestudents to adopt yoga in their lives.
CANARA BANK: The CanaraBank, Regional Office observedYoga Day on Tuesday. AGMMukesh Malhotra while addressingthe participants said today thewhole world had come to realise thatyoga was highly beneficial for bothmental and physical health. Headvised bank staff and officials topractice yoga regularly to remainhealthy. He said this year the themeof International Yoga Day was “Yogafor Humanity”. The entire staff andofficials took part in various asans.
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This holy city of Kashi,which was eagerly waiting
for 8th International Yoga Dayby seeing functions galore forthe last one week, gave a spir-ited response to the same hereon Tuesday. As the day isobserved across the world withthe initiative of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and it is hisparliamentary constituency,the people from all sectionscame forward to participate inthe programmes held at differ-ent places. However, the mainfunction of the day was organ-ised at newly-developed Namo(Khirkiya) Ghat in which theUP Minister of Tourism andCulture Minister Jaiveer Singhwas the chief guest.
‘Yoga is a symbol of ourSanatan culture which isaccepted by the whole worldtoday,’ Singh said, whileaddressing the people afterlighting the lamp and praisedthe PM as after his address tothe United Nations GeneralAssembly on September 27,2014, the day started being cel-ebrated from June 21, 2015.‘Yoga not only makes a personphysically and mentally healthybut it also develops the personsocially. Yoga also helps in cre-ating a balance between themind, body and spirit,’ he said,welcoming the theme of thisyear’s ‘Yoga for Humanity’.
Divisional Commissioner(DC) Deepak Agrawal saidthat the yoga tradition is veryancient. ‘Due to a hecticlifestyle, people do not havetime to do yoga and exercisebut in the corona period, peo-ple have understood the impor-tance of yoga very well. Toincrease their immunity andstay stress free, people resort-ed to yoga,’ he said. DistrictMagistrate (DM) Kaushal RajSharma, MunicipalCommissioner Pranay Singh,BJP state co-in-charge SunilOjha, Mayor Mridula Jaiswal,
MLA Saurabh Srivastava,District BJP President HansrajVishwakarma and many otherswere also present.
About 5,000 people tooktheir places at 6 am to watchthe PM’s programme live fromMysore on the LED screens.The main attraction of theevent was 75 points made byconnecting the jetty, givingthe message of Amrit Mahotsavbeing celebrated on the com-pletion of 75 years of indepen-dence. Some people did yoga ina queue at the jetty too. Apartfrom Namo Ghat, programmeswere also held at all the 84 ghatson the banks of river Ganga.
A section of batuks(Sanskrit students) also prac-ticed various attractive forms ofyoga at ShastrathM a h a v i d y a l a y a ,Dashashwamedh. CivilDefence wardens and volun-teers practiced yoga atHanumangarhi Ghat and manyother places. Besides, the policedepartment organised its pro-gramme at Reserve Police Lines
in which ADG (Zone)Ramkumar, Commissioner ofPolice (CP) A Satish Ganesh,IG (Range) K Satyanarain andother senior police officers didyoga under the guidance ofYogi Prakashnath Yogeshwar.At Sampurnanand SanskritUniversity (SSU), the pro-gramme was held in presenceof Vice-Chancellor ProfHareram Tripathi.
At Banaras LocomotiveWorks (DLW), the programmewas held at New Block Shopwhere apart from listening tothe addresses of PM andRailway Minister live, the offi-cers and employees led byGeneral Manager Anjali Goyaldid yoga practices. At MahatmaGandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth(MGKV), the programme washeld at its sports grounds incooperation with CRPFChandauli. Speaking on theoccasion, CRPF DIG RakeshKumar highlighted the scientif-ic importance of the selectionof June 21 for Yoga Daybecause on this day, the sun
rays fall on the earth for max-imum time.
The VC Prof AK Tyagi saidthat today the entire worldaccepted the importance ofyoga and it is the reason why177 nations accepted to observethe day. Dean of EducationFaculty Prof Sushil Kumar pro-posed the vote of thanks.
Besides, 95th CRPFBattalion organised its pro-grammes at Sarnath and TeliyaNata Ghat on river Gangaunder the leadership ofAssistant Commandant VinodKumar Singh and SecondCommand Officer NitindraNath.
A section of BJP workersdid yoga under the leadershipof BJP state co-in-charge SunilOjha at Jagannath temple(Assi), while another group ledby Regional party chief MaheshChandra Srivastava at NeelCottage Park (Maldahiya). Notonly this, various departments,organisations, banks and insti-tutions also organised theirprogrammes separately.
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International Yoga Day wasobserved in the district on
Tuesday. The district adminis-tration organised the day atGIC ground Mahuariya inwhich MLC Shyam NarainSingh ‘Vineet Singh’, MLARama Shankar Singh Patel,Divisional CommissionerYogeshwar Ram Mishra andothers participated. Speakingon the occasion DM PraveenKumar Laxkar threw light overimportance of Yoga in humanlife. A Yoga programme wasorganised under the joint aegisof Zila Ganga Samiti and otherorganisations in a ground onAngarh road which was joint-ly convened by DFO PSTripathi and Dev PrakashPathak. In it hundreds of peo-ple took part and did the Yogaasanas.
In a programme organisedunder the aegis of RSS the gath-ering did yoga asanas.
M E E T I N G : U n i o nMinister of State for Commerceand Industry and MP of thedistrict Anupriya Patel while
presiding over the meeting ofDistrict DevelopmentCoordination and VigilanceCommittee at the meeting hallof Divisional Commissioneron Monday asked the officialsto make available benefits ofschemes to the needy by pub-licising them on a large scale.Reviewing the schemes theminister directed the officialsconcerned to expedite theworks under Jal Jeevan Missionand get them completed with-in the stipulated time. Aboutthe SHGs she was informed bythe CDO that 12,185 had beenformed which were more thanthe target. On her direction torepair irrigation canals underMGNREGA DM PraveenKumar Laxkar apprised herthat some works had beenincorporated in the work planof gram panchayats, some hadbeen taken under the depart-mental budget of the Irrigationdepartment and even theIrrigation department had beenasked to submit the proposaland get the budget to make thecanals fit for irrigation purpos-es. About PMGSY the minister
was informed that out of 10roads RES had completed fivetill the May end and the workon the remaining roads was inprogress. About the conditionof schools under basic educa-tion she was apprised thatunder Kayakalp scheme 98.39per cent work had been alreadycompleted along with con-struction of 12 smart schools.During the review the ministerbecame aware with progress ofall schemes and asked to layemphasis on skill developmentto make the youth of the dis-trict skilled. The meeting wasattended by MLCs ShyamNarain Singh ‘Vineet Singh’,Ashutosh Sinha, MP ArunSingh's representativeDhanendra Pandey, and others.
CEREMONY: MLA andformer minister Rama ShankarSingh Patel while addressingthe responsibility taking cere-mony of Bharat Vikas Parishadas chief guest said it was a mat-ter of pride for him that he wasinvited by that organisationwhich has a record of servingthe needy whether it wasNavratri festival or Corona
pandemic. He appreciated theteam spirit of the organisationwhich was also serving theDivyang under the principles ofSanatan Dharm. Regional gen-eral secretary NaveenSrivastava and regional secre-tary Pramod Ram Tripathithrew light over different pro-jects and ongoing activities.Before the address the aboveoffice-bearers inducted newmembers. The programmestarted with the lighting of cer-emonial lamp and garlandingof the portraits of Bharat Mataand Swami Vivekananda by thechief guest. The programmewas conducted by Dr GaneshPrasad Awasthi. Some werehonoured by outgoing presi-dent Sushil Singh for theiroutstanding contribution tothe society, including DrVeerendra Singh and AmareshMishra. Raj Pati Ojha,Rajendra Agrawal, KK Pandey,Ram Kumar Kesarwani,Vishnu Malviya, JawaharYadav, Dr Manoj Dwivedi, DrSachchidanand Tripathi,Praveen Patel and Shesh ManiChaubey were present.
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International Yoga Day wascelebrated on Tuesday across
North Central Railway (NCR)on the theme of ‘Yoga forHumanity’. A yoga camp on thetheme was organised in theNCR headquarters premises. Itwas organised under the lead-ership of NCR GM PramodKumar and in the presence ofPresident, North CentralRailway Women’s WelfareOrganisation (NCRWWO)Poonam Kumar and NCRAdditional General Manager(AGM) Ranjan Yadav. GMinaugurated the camp by light-ing the lamp and administer-ing oath to officers andemployees.
At the outset the message
and programme of RailwayMinister from Konark andthen the message of PrimeMinister was broadcasted live.After this a yoga session wasorganised under the guidanceof trained yoga instructorAnupama Singh.
After this all the railwaypersonnel present and theirfamily members also formed ahuman chain under the leader-ship of GM with the aim ofspreading public awarenessregarding Yoga.
This entire programme wascoordinated by Chief PersonnelOfficer/IR Awadhesh Kumar.On the occasion all the princi-pal heads of departments, othersenior officers and a largenumber of employees of NCRwere present.
Yoga camps were organisedin all the three divisions andworkshops of NCR. Divisionalrailway managers, chief work-shop managers, officers andemployees along with familymembers participated in theevent.
In Prayagraj Division, yogasessions were organised in var-ious places, including at DRMauditorium under the leader-ship of Mohit Chandra,Divisional Railway Manager, atDSA Ground, Tundla College,Prayagraj, Kanpur, Mirzapurand other important stations,in crew lobbies, runningrooms, electric training centre,Kanpur etc.
The programme wasorganised under the leadershipof Ashutosh Divisional Railway
Manager (ADRM), Jhansi, atsenior institute in Jhansi.Yoga sessions were also organ-ised at various stations of thedivision.
Yoga session was orga-nized at Officers’ Club, Agra, inAgra Division, under the lead-ership of Additional DivisionalRailway Manager (Agra) MuditChandra. Similar yoga ses-sions were held at different sta-tions of the divisions. Theevent was widely publicisedusing social media tools likeTwitter, Facebook, Instagramand WhatsApp etc. TheNational Yoga Day programmewhich was telecast onDoordarshan was also dis-played on TVs and screens inofficial clubs, venues and var-ious places etc.
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UP Deputy Chief MinisterBrajesh Pathak was here
on Tuesday morning on theoccasion of Yoga Day. Theholy confluence of Ganges,Yamuna and the invisibleSaraswati resonated with Omhere on Tuesday as the thou-sands of people practised yogahere. Along with the people,Deputy Chief Minister BrajeshPathak also practised yoga. Hesaid “Do yoga, stay healthy andbe cool, incorporate yoga intoyour routine”. Pathak said onSangam bank that Yoga is alsoa tradition that enriches ourcultural heritage. The spirit ofVasudhaiva Kutumbakam isalso contained in it. Earlier, theDy CM performed Ganga Aartiand did group yoga for about45 minutes. Certificates werealso distributed to all the par-ticipants.
Pathak was given a rousingreception by the BJP memberson his arrival here. He said thatthe Samajwadi Party has beenderailed. The people of the state
had rejected it which is a sink-ing ship. In an informal conver-sation with reporters, he saidthat the SP had to face defeatin the assembly elections. Heclaimed that BJP will win big inRampur and Azamgarh byelections. He said that gradu-
ally party leaders and workersare also not ready to work withthe SP. Brajesh Pathakappealed to youth to maintainpeace and order on the violentdemonstrations taking place inmany cities of the state regard-ing Agnipath scheme. The
scheme which has beenbrought by the central govern-ment is in the interest of every-one, he said. Youth should jointhe army in the interest of thenation. The government is withthem. No injustice will be doneto anyone.
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The eighth InternationalYoga Day was celebrated at
IFFCO Ghiyanagar Phulpur.Yoga and Pranayama programswere organised in Muktangancampus. The theme for thisyear is “Yoga for Humanity”.The programme started withSurya Namaskar by YogaInstructor Shailendra Mauryaand presence of all people. Hegave training to people ofGhiyanagar family in variousyoga asanas and pranayamasuch as Anulom-Vilom, Kapal-Bharati, Bhramari Pranayama,Chakrasana, Sarvangasana,Salabh Asana, Vajrasanaetc.Unit Head ExecutiveDirector Sanjay Kudeshia saidthat Yoga has now becomeglobal today. Yoga has longterm benefits, so everyoneshould adopt it and we shouldmake Yoga a part of our dailyroutine. The programme wasconducted by IFFCORecreation Club Secretary DKShukla. Senior GeneralManager and Club PresidentGiridhar Mishra, DGM P&ADanveer Singh, JGMs APRajendran and PK Singh, ColDinesh Singh, IFFCO OfficersAssociation President SanjayKumar Mishra and generalsecretary Swayam Prakash,
IFFCO Employees’ UnionPresident Pankaj Pandey &General Secretary Vinay Yadav,a large number of IFFCOemployees, women and chil-dren were present in the pro-gramme.
STUDENTS PARTICI-PATE IN YOGA DAY CELE-BRATIONS IN SHUATS”:Hundreds of students per-formed yoga asanas on theInternational Yoga Day cele-brated at Sam HigginbottomUniversity of Agriculture,Technology and Science (SHU-ATS) which was organised byNational Service Scheme (NSS)units, SHUATS sponsored byMinistry of Youth Affairs andSports, Government of India.
Giving this informationNSS coordinator Dr DeepakBose said Yoga Day was organ-ised in collaboration withDepartment of PhysicalEducation. The Yogabhyaas(yoga practice) started withthe encouraging words byresourceperson Dr Santosh.He spoke about the differencebetween yoga and exercise.
On Yoga Day at theUniversity, various yogic exer-cises were performed such asMandook Asana, Tarakasan,Tirthak Asana, Bhadrasan,Vrikshasan, Kapal Bharati,Anulom Vilom, Shankhasana,
Shitali Pranayama, Vakrasanetc. Dr Deepak Bose gave spe-cial thanks to Vice-ChancellorProf. Rajendra B Lal, Prof SBLal, and Prof Robin L Prasadfor their guidance and support.
Assistant coordinator ofNSS Satyam Kumar Kesari saidyoga training for InternationalYoga Day was being given tostudents for several days. Thenearby residents also partici-pated in the International Dayof Yoga at SHUATS. AjayKumar, Dr Prashant AnkurJain, Dr OP Verma, Dr HiraBose, Praveen Rai, Vipin etcgave their contribution inorganising the event.
RED EAGLE DIVISIONCELEBRATES YOGA DAY:Red Eagle Division celebratedthe International Yoga Daywith a majestic event here onTuesday. Hundreds of soldiers,women and school children ofthe Army’s Red Eagle Divisionperformed Yoga. Many asanaswere performed as part of theevent and the crowd was edu-cated about the importance ofYoga. Addressing the audi-ence, Officiating GeneralOfficer Commanding statedthat the purpose of Yoga is tobuild strength, awareness andharmony for our mind, bodyand soul. He also emphasisedthat Yoga should be a way of life
in every individual’s lifestyleand not just a single day event.
Strike One Corps of theIndian Army has been con-ducting a three-day trainingprogramme of yoga for itsjawans as part of ‘Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav’ at variouslocation in the country.
YOGA AT IIIT-A:Hundreds of people joined theeighth International Yoga Daycelebrations at the IndianInstitute of InformationTechnology, Allahabad onTuesday morning. All IIIT-Afraternity including students,teachers, and staff gathered inthe main auditorium at Jhalwacampus where they jointlyperformed yogaasanas,pranayama and meditation ses-sion. To mark IYD this year, theinstitute is organising a five-dayYoga Mahotsva on the campus.The morning session was con-ducted by Art of Living facul-ty Dr Komal Jaiswal who intro-duced everyone to the variousdimensions of Yoga. Shedescribed yoga as not justdoing asanas, but developmentof whole personality.Participants were apprisedabout Tadasana, Vrikshasana,Trikonasana, Shishu Asana,Hastapadasana, NadiShodhana, Surya Namaskar,Pranayama and meditation.
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UP Minister of Tourism andCulture and Minister In-
charge of division Jaiveer Singhhas instructed the officials toimplement the welfare schemeson a war footing as per theintention of the government.After laying the pipeline underthe Har Ghar Nal Yojana, onthe complaints of two localMLAs, the Minister asked theJal Nigam officials to ensure anearly repair of the roads afterlaying the pipelines. He wasreviewing the progress of devel-opment works at Circuit Househere on Tuesday.
On the complaints aboutlack of infrastructure facilitiesand proper cleanliness in 84gram sabhas included in theMunicipal Corporation, hedirected the MunicipalCommissioner (MC) not to doany unplanned work in thesegram sabhas. In another com-plaint relating to the release ofuntreated water from RamnaSTP, Singh instructed the JalNigam to increase capacity ofSTP, asking them to prepare theDPR and make it available tohim.
During the meeting, theMinister directed the ChiefDevelopment Officer (CDO) toensure proper arrangementsof the food and lodging for thedestitute cows at their sheltersites. While reviewing thepower supply, he directed thedepartmental officers to ensure
uninterrupted power supplyand an early repair of shabbyand hanging electric wires.‘Any laxity in this direction willnot be tolerated,’ he said,expressing displeasure on thecomplaint of the public repre-sentatives that some JEs of theElectricity department wereinvolved in illegal collection ofmoney. Singh asked theDivisional Commissioner (DC)and District Magistrate (DM)to look into the matter. He alsoordered for immediate transferof a JE posted at a place for thelast 10 years and another oneat a gram sabha for 13 years.‘The transfer policy of the gov-ernment should ensure 100per cent compliance,’ he said.On the information that theone-time settlement scheme
of the Electricity departmentwas not being implementedeffectively, he directed to ensurewide publicity arrangementsfor it.
While reviewing theprogress of the ongoingtourism development pro-grammes in Varanasi, theMinister directed the executingagencies that projects should becompleted on time, maintain-ing their quality. Through apresentation by the Tourismdepartment, detailed informa-tion was given about the touristplaces and projects of the dis-trict. The Minister said thatalong with promoting thetourism industry, people asso-ciated with it should be encour-aged from time to time. He saidthat by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, theentire city of Varanasi is beinggiven an attractive look fromthe point of view of tourism.The antiquity of this cityattracts tourists towards it, headded.
In the meeting, ZilaPanchayat ChairpersonPoonam Maurya, MayorMridula Jaiswal, MLAsSaurabh Srivastava (Cantt), DrAwadhesh Singh (Pindra), TRam (Ajgara), Regional BJPPresident Mahesh Srivastava,District President HansrajVishwakarma, DC DeepakAgarwal, DM Kaushal RajSharma, MC Pranay Singh andother public representativesand departmental officers werealso present.
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Rich tributes were paid to thesenior pracharak of
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and founder of SanskarBharati Padma Shri BabaYogendra at a condolencemeeting held at VishwaSamvad Kendra (Kashi), Lankahere on Monday. Whileaddressing the meeting,Kshetra Karyawah of RSS(Eastern UP) Dr VirendraJaiswal said that Baba Yogendrainspired the society as a truefollower of RSS founder DrHedgewar and secondSarsanghchalak Guruji. ‘BabaYogendra is with us today as athought, not in his body,’ hesaid, adding that by establish-ing the spirit of ‘Satyam,
Shivam, Sundaram’ in the fieldof art would be a fitting tributeto Baba Yogendra by the artistsof Sanskar Bharati. Seniorpracharak Ramashish said thatthose who played in his lapmade him Baba. ‘A person hasrisen from among us who wasan ascetic in thought, word anddeed,’ he said and sharing amemory, he said that 35 yearsago, when he went to Agra, heexpressed his desire to see theTaj Mahal, then Baba askedwhy only the Taj Mahal in sucha big city of Agra, why therewas no desire to see theDayalbagh temple? He furthersaid that once Baba Yogendrawas upset after seeing the pro-gramme of IPTA, whichopposed Indian culture, inwhich the existence of Lord
Rama was shown in a distort-ed form and told that SanskarBharti did the work of eliminat-ing the negative mentality ofIPTA activities in the wholecountry. Head, Fine Artsdepartment, MGKV Dr SunilKumar Vishwakarma said thatBaba Yogendra would alwaysbe a source of inspiration forinnumerable painters like him.Coordinator of Gram Vikasunit of RSS (UP Region)Chandra Mohan said that BabaYogendra was not an artist buta sage who lived art in life.General secretary of AkhilBharati Sant Samiti andNational General Secretary ofGanga Mahasabha SwamiJitendra Nand Saraswati saidthat an era ended with thedeparture of Baba Yogendra.
Organisation secretary (Kashi)Deepak Sharma said thatBaba's life was very restrained.In the beginning, Dr GyaneshChandra Pandey and DrMadhumita Bhattacharya ofthe Music department ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU) paid homage to Babapresenting bhajans. State rep-resentative of Sanskar BhartiSunil Kishore Dwivedi con-ducted the meeting. Amongthose who were also presentwere Rajendra Saxena, RamSuchit Pandey, Dr RajeshwarAcharya, Dr Harendra KumarRai, Nagendra Dwivedi, DrVed Prakash Sharma,Nageshwar Singh, Deendayal,Ramashish Pandey, SudhirPandey, Brijmohan Yadav andRaghavendra.
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�������������� �����Sir — Alarming unemployment crisis inIndia for the last eight years forced theCentre to announce the Agnipath schemefor short-term recruitment in the armedforces. Thousands of angry unemployedyouth came out on the streets and wenton a rampage, setting trains on fire, torch-ing vehicles, damaging both private andpublic properties and even attackinghouses of leaders of the ruling party. Theprotests spread to various States within ashort span, and continue to spread. Thereality is that it is a general outburst of mil-lions of unemployed youth against theCentre.
The new India under the incumbentGovernment, ironically has the worst levelof unemployment since Independence.The Centre failed to do enough on theunemployment front despite getting aninsider’s view of the growing crisis.Unemployment rose to 6.1 per cent by thebeginning of 2018, according to theNSSO data, which was the highest in 45years. The immediate reasons for thesharp increase in unemployment wasdemonetisation in November 2016, whichled millions of enterprises to shut downand countless others to drastically scaledown their production. The Governmentmust come out with a comprehensiveemployment policy.
Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai
���������������������Sir — The ongoing agitations by the youthacross the country against the newAgnipath scheme of recruitment in thedefence forces have again exposed the factthat the Government had not learnt anylessons. The intensity of the protest ismore in those States from where the Armyrecruits the most soldiers. Last two yearswere wasted with no appointments madedue to Corona. The recruitment processthat had started after that was abruptlycancelled, as the recruitments of the threeservices will now be done in a fresh startprocess under the Agnipath scheme.
Evidently, behind the anger of theyouth is the worry about the future. Asper the recent data of the Centre forMonitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) datafor April 2022, the unemployment levelamong men in the age group of 15 to 19years was 50 per cent. The pivot of theseprotests is Bihar, where the unemploy-ment rate was found to be 76 for this agegroup. Recruitment in the Army has beenconsidered a surefire career guarantee forthese youth. This is why lakhs of youthof these States spend many years prepar-ing for it.
Amrapali Roy | Tatanagar
�������������������������Sir — Tuesday was the National Yoga Dayand every year it is celebrated with atheme. The theme for National Yoga Day2022 is “Yoga for humanity”. This year'stheme aims to focus discussions on theimportance of yoga in serving better men-tal health practices in our lives. But what
is yoga? Is it defined as a forenoon exer-cise which you can proudly boast abouton social media or just a tool to lookyoung and beautiful? No, beauty doesnot come from outside adornment.Instead, it should be that of your innerself, the unfading beauty of calm andquiet spirit.
Yoga helps people to feel the best theyhave felt all day. It also helps to reduceheart disease risk, stress and anxiety. Anumber of studies show that people aresuffering more from stress nowadays.Concerns about money , work and econ-omy top the list of most frequently citedsources of stress but amazingly it makessense that the second most cited reasonpeople selected as to why they do yoga wasto relieve stress. So let’s hope that thisNational Yoga Day made us unite our-selves with body, mind and soul.
Ishika Asodiya | Ujjain
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and one pistol. Coincidingwith these incidents, PunjabPolice arrested two personsand recovered anotherImprovised Explosive Deviceequipped with RDX from avillage in Tarn Taran district.
The timely action by thepolice in both the Stateshelped prevent the imminentattacks and the police claimedto have busted a Pakistan-based terror module run byHarvinder Simgh alias Rinda.The investigation revealedthat explosives were suppliedthrough drones from acrossthe border, from Pakistan.Punjab has become a breedingground of criminals and anti-social elements as 70 gangswith over 500 members arereported to be active in theState, with 300 of them lodgedin various jails from wherethey are actively leading theirgangs due to the laxity of theprison authorities. In view ofthe rampant use of socialmedia by these criminals whoglorify gun culture to lurerecruits, the law-enforcementagencies face an uphill task ofapprehending them before it’stoo late. The gangs are organ-ised and networked overseaswith terrorist intentions tothreaten and exhort moneyfrom businessmen based inPunjab.
Some experts feel thatbarring a handful of inci-dents, once in a while, there isno ‘Khalistani movement’ inIndia and abroad the way itexisted in the 1980s. But thepertinent question is: Who isresponsible for these recentattacks? Organisations like theBabbar Khalsa and Sikhs ForJustice have often owned upthe responsibility for theseattacks. Punjab had witnesseda serious phase of militancybetween the mid-1980s toearly 1990s and the demandfor Khalistan remained at theforefront. Undoubtedly, themovement has lost popularsupport but the recent spo-radic incidents should betaken seriously as an apparentattempt to revive the move-ment by the use of fringe ele-ments and vested interests.The chain of events indicatesthat ‘sleeper elements’ havealways been active. It wouldnot be correct to believe thatthe Khalistan movement isdead. There are people with-in the country and abroad whohave vested interests in fuellingthe fire of Khalistan and theyrarely miss any opportunity tofoment trouble in the borderState. With the swearing-in ofthe Bhagwant Mann-led newAam Aadmi PartyGovernment in Punjab, which
is not exposed to handling thiskind of situation, the onus lieson the Central Government toprovide all possible help, sup-port and guidance to the Stateto deal with the unravellingsituation.
In the given situation, it isimperative to build consensuson ensuring peace and stabil-ity in Punjab by rising abovepolitics and party lines andmaking a combined effort tofight the decisive forces benton creating trouble and unrestin the sensitive border State ofPunjab in particular and otheradjoining States of Haryana,Jammu & Kashmir andHimachal Pradesh in general.All these States should form aSpecial Task Force to deal withthe situation and the policeforces of all the four Statesshould work in close coordi-nation to tackle the sensitivesituation. The CentralGovernment, which is also amajor stakeholder in thecountry’s internal security,should provide these Stateplayers all possible help toensure that the “blood -soakedera” of terrorism should not berepeated in Punjab.
(The writer is a seniorjournalist and Chairman,Panwar Group of Institutions,Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Theviews expressed are personal.)
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Even as experts dismissthe revival of the‘Khalistan movement’ inthe absence of popular
public support, the recent spateof incidents of attacks and mur-ders by the hardcore criminalsand pro-militant elements spreadacross the northwestern States ofPunjab, Jammu & Kashmir,Haryana and Himachal Pradeshhas clearly indicated the presenceof ‘sleeper cells’ and the activerole of pro-Khalistani elements,obviously, with the support fromvested interests within the coun-try and those based overseas.
On April 29, a clash brokeout between different groups ofpeople in Patiala amid a con-frontation surrounding the hold-ing of a march against the back-drop of the announcement bybanned outfit, Sikhs For Justice(SFJ), to mark the foundationday of ‘Khalistan’. SFJ is a pro-scribed outfit which with itsstrong virtual influence, isknown for radicalising people,raking up bygone sentiments andreviving the movement forKhalistan. On May 8, a few‘Khalistan’ flags were foundhanging on the main gate andboundary walls of the HimachalPradesh Legislative Assemblypremises in Dharamsala. The fol-lowing day, the Babbar KhalsaInternational (BKI), a terrororganisation striving for a sep-arate Sikh state, took responsibil-ity for the act and warned theHimachal Pradesh Governmentto be ready for such incidents infuture as well.
On May 9, the headquartersof the Punjab Police Intelligencewing headquarters in Mohaliwitnessed a rocket-propelledgrenade (RPG) attack. A secu-rity alarm was sure to go off inthe wake of these events, andmore that followed. There is nodenying the fact that the nexusof gangsters, anti-social ele-ments, members of the BabbarKhalsa International andPakistan’s Inter-ServicesIntelligence is behind all theseattacks. On May 6, based on theinputs from Punjab Police,Haryana Police arrested fourpersons from Karnal and recov-ered from them three impro-vised explosive devices (IEDs)
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everything. You can always try tolead them to your area of interest.
Keep a cool head. Be observantso that you don’t miss any impor-tant aspect of the question youhave been asked.
Your biodata submitted to therecruiters will be the basis of yourinterview, so be very careful whilefilling up you’re the informationabout you. Know fully well aboutyour home town, district, andstate, and also about the places youstayed for long, your hobbies,your favourite sport and author,the last book you read, and so on.
There are some additional softskills and traits you need to devel-op. Always treat others with thesame respect as you expect fromothers.
There are many who havebeen very successful and have allthe money, education, and luxuriesof life. But there are still many oth-ers who may not be so privilegedor successful; that, however, does-n’t mean that they need to be treat-ed differently.
Respect the rich and the poor,the educated and the uneducated.In fact, help all those who are notso lucky and successful; you maybe the trigger to be successful.
Be humble as you climb theladder of success and do not for-get those who in one way or theother helped you in your journeyupward because you will meetthem on your way down.
Learn to coexist: as you movealong in life, you will get variousopportunities to work with differ-ent people; never hesitate to part-ner with the underprivileged; be ateam player; take everyone withyou. As the legendary businesstycoon Rattan Tata said, if youwant to walk fast, walk alone, butif you want to walk far, walktogether.
Hard work: it is the essence oflife to survive and succeed in thecorporate world or anywhere else.You must be a willing worker andalways ready to take on addition-al work; only then can you provethat you are better than others.
This will always help you dur-ing your annual appraisal as wellas prepare you for the next high-er post. Further, you must bethorough in your work, no onelikes mistakes repeatedly; it doesnot matter how small these mis-takes are or how apologetic you arefor making them. Zero errorshould be the goal.
Humility will always pay yourich dividends, so be humble.Never try to boast that you are bet-ter than others, let your bossdecide that. Always maintain goodinterpersonal relations and beamicable. No one can take awayyour strong points and it will addvalue if you remain humble andamicable.
Always extend a helping handto your peers if they are in a dif-
ficult situation. Don’t expectrewards every time you have donesome good; rewards will find a wayto come to you when due.
Time management is anotherimportant skill you need to devel-op. Try to manage your time well;always plan your work and pro-ceed accordingly. There should besome time for unplanned workalso, because your boss may askyou for something to be donewhich you haven’t planned.
There are only 24 hours in aday and it’s the same time availablefor everyone; it depends how youplan your day and that decideshow effective you are.
Emotional stability andresilience should be your traits. Inlife, there are good days and baddays. Good days everyone likes; it’sthe bad days, and how you dealwith them, that will decide whatkind of stuff you are made of. Youhave to face such times upfront.Don’t sweep the problems underthe carpet, for the dirt will comeout, and then it will be too late toget rid of. Such times are part ofthe learning curve; they will sure-ly add to your experience.
Moreover, this experience willmake you more adaptable in thechanged environments.
Finally, remember what youwant to be and then behave likethat always, irrespective of whereyou are and what you are. Thinklike that and act like that.
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Presidential elections arethe buzz of the season asIndia is poised to get its
new President next month fol-lowing the end of the incum-bent Ram Nath Kovind’s term.Since Independence, these pollshave witnessed close contests,surprises, and upsets.Generally, the ruling party getsits candidate elected, and thecontests are a mere formality.The Opposition, too, puts up acandidate as a symbolic gesture.
This time, the rulingNational Democratic Allianceand the Opposition are lookingfor a suitable candidate. Theelectoral college—consistingof 776 members of Parliament(543 from the Lok Sabha, 233from the Rajya Sabha) plus4,809 members of state legisla-tive assemblies—will elect thenext President on July 18. The
Modi government is comfort-able even as it is short of therequired majority mark (lessthan 20,000 votes). To fill thisgap, the BJP might rope in neu-tral parties like the BJD, YSRCP,and the AIADMK
In the past 75 years ofIndia's Independence, fromfirst president Rajendra Prasadto Ram Nath Kovind, NeelamSanjiva Reddy (sixth presi-dent) was the only unopposedindependent who won thepresidential race in 1977. Theelection authorities had reject-ed 36 other nominations.
Ironically, a decade earlier,in one of the most nail-bitingpresidential polls, the sameCongress Party's official candi-date, Sanjiva Reddy, had lost toindependent V.V. Giri, sup-ported by Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi. Before and after
that, the official candidatescarried the day. The Congressparty split took place afterthat.
Everyone looks to theRashtrapati Bhavan after everygeneral election if no party getsa majority, as the Presidentinvites the majority party leaderto form the government. Someof them faced tricky issuesand handled them in differentways.
Presidents like R.Venkataraman, Shankar DayalSharma, and K.R. Narayanantook sensitive and controversialdecisions during their terms.Sharma gave the BJP leaderAtal Bihari Vajpayee, the leaderof the single largest party, achance to form the 13-daygovernment in 1996. However,the government fell because itcould not mobilize support
for a majority.When Indira Gandhi was
assassinated in 1984, PresidentZail Singh installed her sonRajiv Gandhi in strange andtragic circumstances.
It would have been idealhad the relationship betweenprime ministers and presidentsbeen smooth. RajendraPrasad's letters speak of the dif-ferences between him andNehru on the Hindu CodeBills. Sanjiva Reddy and IndiraGandhi were not on the samepage. Giani Zail Singh andRajiv Gandhi did not hit it off.PV Narasimha Rao andSharma were also not on thebest of terms.
Presidential polls have wit-nessed some surprising candi-dates. In 2002, Vajpayee sprunga surprise and chose the'Missile man' APJ Abdul Kalam
as the presidential candidate.For the first time, Congress andthe BJP supported his candida-ture. In 2007, the Congressdecided to support PratibhaPatil against the NDA's BhaironSingh Shekhawat. It was a closefight, resulting in the victory ofPatil, who became the firstwoman president.
In 2012, Congress leaderPranab Mukherjee got the sup-port of the Left and otherOpposition parties to win thepolls.
Kovind was a completesurprise, and he is finishing histerm without any controversy.Prime Minister Modi mightspring another surprise thistime.
What kind of President dowe need? Most occupants ofRashtrapati Bhavan had beenmen of stature, some of whom
won the highest civilian titleBharat Ratna—SRadhakrishnan (1954), Prasad(1962), Zakir Hussain (1963),VV Girit (1975), and AbdulKalam (1997).
Secondly, most communi-ties and professions had achance to see one of their ownoccupied Rashtrapati Bhavan.Narayanan was the first Dalitpresident (1997), Abdul Kalamthe first scientist (2002), andPatil the first woman (2007).
Three Muslims—ZahkirHussian, Fakruddin AliAhmed, Abdul Kalam—andone Sikh, Zail Singh, have beenpresidents. The only twoprominent groups not repre-sented since Independencehave been OBCs and tribals. So,the ruling dispensation mightfield a candidate from eithercommunity.
Thirdly, the person shouldnot be a rubber stamp, asFakruddin Ali Ahmed wasperceived to be. Presidents likeNarayanan, Pranab Mukherjee,and Venkataraman had beenrule-book presidents andassertive.
In the next few days, we willknow the names of the candi-dates. As of now, Prime MinisterModi keeps his cards close to hischest. The Opposition is yet toarrive at a consensus candidate.
Modi is reaching out to theOpposition as he should. Itwould be ideal to have a con-sensus President. In thesepolarised times, a widely-respected person and a consen-sus candidate would be perfect.After all, as the country's high-est constitutional functionary,the President is also theguardian of the Constitution.
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porate world or getting any other job oftheir choice in accordance with their qual-ifications.
The academic part of their competen-cy is tested through examinations as partof their selection process. Those havingcrossed the laid-down threshold would begetting ready for the next stage of theselection process—group discussions,interviews, etc.—for placements to grabwhat best is available. There is still a dearthof jobs in India.
This makes proper self-groomingvery important, for youngsters have to facethe world. Life is not always a bed of roses;there are ups and downs, but once you areready to face challenges, you will do farbetter than others.
After your academic excellence, softskills are the next most important require-ment. You must be able to present your-self at all times, you can’t say that onlywhen I go for an interview that I willshave, wear a tie, or dress up smartly.
You have to remember that each day,every moment you are being observed. Itis not that you must have expensive clothesbut one must be meticulously dressed up.
Communication skills are the nexthighest priority; it is the way you commu-nicate with others. One doesn’t necessari-ly have to have very high-flown English butone must be grammatically correct. Easy-to-pronounce words will do the trick. Forthis, one has to practice and practice; ifneeded, stand in front of the mirror andspeak to yourself; you will see a markedchange in the way you communicate.
One must do a lot of reading, be itnewspapers, books or even fiction. It’s thesure way to improve communicationskills. Also try to talk to your friends anddiscuss the current national and interna-tional issues, so as to be more comfort-able when interacting with others.
Before you go for the most importantevent called an interview, you must fullyprepare yourself to face it. Sometimesthere’s only one person who interviewsyou, or two persons. There can also be aboard to consider your candidature. Youmust do adequate research and readeverything about the prospective employ-er, company or organisation, and also, ifpossible, about those likely to be there forinterviewing you. These days everythingis available on Google and you must useit to your advantage.
It goes without saying that you mustreach the interview destination well intime so that you can familiarise yourselfwith the surroundings. Ensure that thereare no delays due to a traffic jam.
During the interview, never lie or offeranswers you are not sure about. If youdon’t know something say so; you are notGoogle that you ought to know each and
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The CBI has arrested JointDrugs Controller S Eswara
Reddy, Associate VicePresident of Biocon BiologicsL Praveen Kumar and threeothers in a case of bribery towaive Phase 3 clinical trial of‘Insulin Aspart' injection, aproduct developed by the com-pany to manage Type 1 andType 2 diabetes.
Biocon Biologics, a sub-sidiary of Biocon, however,denied the allegations ofbribery. Biocon is led by bil-lionaire entrepreneur. KiranMazumdar Shaw.
Besides Reddy and Kumar,the CBI has also arrestedDinesh Dua, director atSynergy Network India PrivateLimited, who allegedly gaveReddy Rs 4 lakh bribe, GuljitSethi, an alleged conduit ofBiocon Biologics, as well asAssistant Drug InspectorAnimesh Kumar in the case,
officials said. Reddy, posted atthe Central Drugs StandardControl Organisation(CDSCO) here, and Dua wereapprehended on Monday dur-ing a 'trap operation' while theformer was receiving the bribeto favour Biocon Biologics towaive phase 3 clinical trial ofthe insulin injection.
They were formally arrest-ed after necessary paperworkand would be produced beforethe special court soon, theofficials said.
The CBI has booked all thefive accused under IndianPenal Code (IPC) Sections ofcriminal conspiracy, cheatingand forgery besides provisionsof Prevention of CorruptionAct. A spokesperson forBiocon Biologics refuted theallegations.
In its FIR, the CBI hasalleged that Sethi, acting as aconduit for Biocon Biologics,conspired with PraveenKumar, head of the company's
National Regulatory Affairs(NRA), and other senior exec-utives of the company to payReddy a total bribe of Rs 9lakh.
The bribe was meant forfavourably recommending thefile of 'Insulin Aspart Injection'to the Subject ExpertCommittee (SEC) meeting onMay 18, 2022 for waiving thePhase 3 clinical trial, it alleged."Phase 3 clinical trials are animportant regulatory mecha-nism to assess the safety of apharma product. Any attemptto waive it can have seriouspublic health safety repercus-sions," an official said.
Reddy had attended theSEC meeting on May 18, 2022and supported the waiver, theCBI has alleged in the FIR.
He manipulated the min-utes of the meeting of SEC heldthat day by changing some keywords in the recommenda-tions, giving “substantialwrongful gain” to the compa-
ny, the agency alleged. The CBIwas working on the sensationalcase for over a month after get-ting inputs that Reddy wasdealing with the processing offiles related to applications forapproval of drugs and vaccinesby various pharmaceuticalcompanies.
Tracking Reddy’s activi-ties, the CBI also learnt thatthree files of Biocon Biologics,including one related to thewaiver of Phase 3 clinical trialof the under developmentInsulin Aspart Injection, werereferred to him for processingand approval.
The CDSCO functionsinclude approval of new drugs,conducting clinical trials andlaying down the standards fordrugs. The CBI also receivedinformation that Sethi handledgovernment regulatory worksrelated to Biocon Biologicsand had business relationswith Dua, the CBI FIR alleged.
The agency dug into her
background to find that shehad several pharmaceuticalcompanies as her clientele.She allegedly delivered hugebribes through Dua and othersto senior officers of CDSCO ondifferent occasions for pro-cessing the files favourably onbehalf of her clients, officialssaid.
Praveen Kumar also toldSethi about the favourabledecision taken during themeeting, it said. In return,Reddy provided his residentialaddress at Chanakyapuri tomeet him personally by theend of the week, the agency hasalleged.
Praveen Kumar allegedlygave Sethi the go-ahead to paya total bribe of Rs 9 lakh toReddy.
On her instructions, Duawent to make a partial pay-ment of Rs 4 lakh to the offi-cer on June 20 at his residencefor acting in favour of BioconBiologics, officials said.
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With PILs started coming,the Centre on Tuesday
filed a caveat in the SupremeCourt and urged that it beheard before the court passesany order on petitions againstthe Agnipath scheme.
Caveat is a petition askingcourts that actions may not betaken without hearing theopposite side. Already morethan five petitioners claimedfiling PILs to stop the Agnipathscheme.
Meanwhile another PILwas also filed in the apex court
for an SIT probe on thenationwide violence againstthe scheme. This petition wasmentioned on Tuesday andthe vacation bench agreed tolist.
Already more than fivePILs are filed against Agnipathscheme, terming it as halfbaked one, seeking cancella-tion. The pleas sought to quashthe June 14 notification/pressnote claiming it to be illegal andunconstitutional.
With Centre filing caveat,Government will get amplechance to explain and oppor-tunity to prevent stay orderwithout hearing.
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Ateam of doctors from superspecialty hospital, SRM
Medical College Hospital andResearch Center (SRMMCH&RC), Kattankulathurhere has successfully performeda major surgery of the liver ata very nominal cost.
According to a statementhere, 47-year-old Lakshmi(name changed), came to thehospital with complaints ofdiscomfort in her upperabdomen. Following investi-gations, the doctors found thatthe patient had developed atumor (15x15 cm) on the leftlobe of her Liver.
After confirming that itwas the primary cancerousgrowth coming from the Liver(Hepatoma), a multi-discipli-
nary team including a generalsurgeon, surgical gastroen-terologist, and medical oncol-ogist evaluated the patient anddecided to go ahead with resec-tion (removal) of left lobe ofliver as a means of initial treat-ment for the patient.
Major surgeries like liverresection are offered only inspecialized centres and thecharges levied will be enor-mous. SRM MCH&RC, whosemission is to offer quality med-ical care at a very nominal rate,took up this challenge, said thestatement. The team led byDr.Balamurugan, Dr.Athira,Dr. Sivamareswaran,Dr.Mallikarjun, Dr. Padma,
Dr.Elakkiya, Dr.Jayadharshini,Surgical GastroEnterology headDr. A. Ratnasamy andAnaesthesiologistDr.Mirnalini,Dr.Sujina, Dr. K.Karthik oper-ated on Lakshmi, said the state-ment. After a two-hour-longsurgery, the doctors removedthe left lobe of the liver (lefthepatectomy).
The patient required onlyone unit of blood transfusionduring the surgery and was puton oral feeds the very next day.Lakshmi was later put in thepost-operative ward and laterdischarged within a week.
Dr Balamurugan said thatsuch major surgeries can bedone safely in SRM MCH&RCand entire procedure was cov-ered under CM InsuranceScheme, without much finan-cial burden to patient or herfamily.
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APIL was filed in the DelhiHigh Court on Tuesday
seeking direction to Centre toascertain feasibility of confis-cating 100 per cent black moneyand benami property andawarding life imprisonment tooffenders in offences relating todisproportionate assets, moneylaundering, tax evasion, andhuman-drug trafficking.
The plea also sought toconstitute an expert committeeor direct Law Commission toexamine stringent anti-corrup-tion laws of developed countriesrelating to bribery, black money,benami property, tax evasion,disproportionate assets, moneylaundering, profiteering, hoard-ing, adulteration, human and
drug trafficking and black mar-keting and prepare a compre-hensive report within threemonths.
Petitioner and advocateAshwini Kumar Upadhyayclaimed that the total budget ofCentre, states, and local bodiesis Rs 70 lakh crore but due tomassive corruption in everypublic department, around 20per cent of budget, that is, Rs 14lakh crore becomes blackmoney.
“The government can savethis huge money by recallingcurrency above Rs 100, restrict-ing cash transactions above Rs5000, linking assets above Rs50,000 with Aadhaar, confis-cating 100 per cent dispropor-tionate assets, black money,benami property, and awarding
life imprisonment to looters,”plea said. It said corruptionundermines democracy andrule of law which leads to vio-lation of human rights, distortsmarkets, erodes quality of life,and allows organised crime likeseparatism, terrorism, naxal-ism, radicalism, gambling,smuggling, kidnapping, moneylaundering, and extortion andother threats to human securi-ty to flourish.
“It hurts EWS (economi-cally weaker section)-BPL(below poverty line) familiesexcessively by diverting fundsintended for their development,undermines government's abil-ity to provide basic services,seeds inequality and injusticeand discourages foreign aidand investment,” it said.
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Amid instability in the rul-ing Shiv Sena-led coalition
Government in Maharashtra,the Congress on Tuesdaydeputed its senior leader andformer Madhya Pradesh chiefminister Kamal Nath as AICCobserver to the State.
The decision came soonafter reports that some ShivSena MLAs led by dissidentleader Eknath Shinde arecamping in Gujarat and couldpose a threat to the rulingMaha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)Government. "The Congresspresident has deputed Kamal
Nath as All India CongressCommittee (AICC) observer inthe wake of recent politicaldevelopments in the state, withimmediate effect," said an offi-cial communication from theCongress.
Congress shares powerwith the Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) and Shiv Sena inthe MVA government inMaharashtra.
On the sidelines of theMaharashtra crisis, theChhattisgarh Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel accused theCentre of trying to destabilizehis government and claimedthat "illegal phone tapping" isbeing done in the state.
Baghel alleged that thosestanding with Congress leaderRahul Gandhi are being tar-geted.
Citing the CBI raids againstRajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot's brother and"illegal phone tapping" inChhattisgarh, he alleged thatthe Centre is trying to destabi-lize state governments run bynon-BJP parties.
Baghel made the remarkswhile talking to reporters dur-ing a sit-in in front of theEnforcement Directorate (ED)office here to protest againstGandhi's questioning by thecentral agency in the NationalHerald case.
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After several rounds of con-sultations on its presiden-
tial pick, the BJP ParliamentaryBoard, the highest decision-making body of the party, meton Tuesday to finalise its nom-inee for the top constitutionalpost. Draupadi Murmu, theformer Jharkhand Governor,was picked as the NDA candi-date.
The parliamentary boardmet soon after the oppositionhad reached a consensus onformer union ministerYashwant Sinha as the jointopposition candidate for thepresidential election.
The parliamentary Boardmembers deliberated on theNDA choice for thePresidential candidate. The
long-drawn meeting discussingthe NDA candidate was attend-ed, among others, by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,Nadda, Shah, Rajnath Singh,Nitin Gadkari and MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan in the Party’sheadquarters at Deen DayalUpadhyay Marg. Heavy policedeployment was made on allroutes leading to the partyoffice.
A number of candidates,including the names of presentand former state governors,were mulled over by the partyover the last one month withfinal approval being left to thePrime Minister, sources said.
During the day Unionministers, Amit Shah andRajnath Singh and BJP presi-dent J P Nadda met Vice
President M Venkaiah Naiduahead of a crucial party meet-ing on the presidential elec-tions, creating a buzz aboutNaidu being considered by theruling combine for the topconstitutional post. Partysources, however, said that thetop leadership had yet notzeroed in on any single candi-date. A formal announcementis likely to be made a day later.
The ruling combine hasover 48 per cent vote share inthe electoral college to pick thenew president, and its candi-date has a clear advantage overthe opposition.The voting toelect the new president in placeof Ram Nath Kovind whoseterm will come to an end onJuly 24 will take place on July18. The last date for filingnominations is June 29 and the
votes will be counted on July21. As per article 62 of theConstitution , an election to fillthe vacancy caused by theexpiration of the term of officeis required to be completedbefore the term ends.
On Sunday, BJP presidenthad held a key meet to brain-storm on the upcoming elec-tion, where members of themanagement team were pre-sent. The meeting was attend-ed by senior leaders likeGajendra Singh Shekhawat,Ashwini Vaishnaw, G KishanReddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal,Vinod Tawde, CT Ravi, SambitPatra and others.
Nadda and Rajnath Singhwere entrusted with theresponsibility of holding talkswith all political parties ,including opposition, over the
candidate for presidential polls.With the announcement of
Sinha as the opposition con-sensus candidate, a contest forthe presidential post hasbecome all evident.
The president is elected bythe members of the electoralcollege consisting of electedmembers of both houses ofParliament and elected mem-bers of the legislative assem-blies of all states includingnational capital territory ofDelhi and Union territory ofPuducherry.
“The NDA candidate hasa clear edge over the oppositionnominee and the announcedcandidate by ParliamentaryBoard would be new occupantof the’ Rashtrapati Bhawan’”,said a senior BJP leaderinvolved in deliberations.
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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Tuesday ques-
tioned Congress leader RahulGandhi for the fifth time inconnection with the NationalHerald money laundering case.
The former CongressPresident appeared at the EDheadquarters here at 11.15 AMand his questioning beganabout half an hour later aftercompleting formalities likemarking his attendance.
The Congress MP fromWayanad has been questionedfor nearly 50 hours spread overfive days. Gandhi sought abreak for 30 minutes andagency allowed it at around8PM on Tuesday. He did nottake a break post-noon as inearlier four sessions, officialssaid. A strong contingent of
police and paramilitary per-sonnel was deployed aroundagency's office and Section 144of Code of Criminal Procedure(CrPC) was clamped in area toprohibit people from amassingin wake of Satyagrah call byCongress. During multiple ses-sions of questioning, Gandhi’sstatements are being recordedunder the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act.
Last week, he was ques-tioned for three consecutivedays.Gandhi left agency officeafter midnight on Monday. Theprobe relates to alleged finan-cial irregularities in Congress-promoted Young Indian PrivateLimited, which owns NationalHerald newspaper.
The ED questions revolvedaround incorporation of YoungIndian Private Limited, opera-tions of National Herald, the
loan given by party to newspa-per's publisher AssociatedJournals Limited (AJL), andtransfer of funds within thenews media establishment asalso decision-making hierarchywithin three entities, officialssaid.
Congress president SoniaGandhi has also been sum-moned by agency for ques-tioning in case on June 23. BothSonia Gandhi and RahulGandhi are major shareholdersof Young Indian.
She was discharged from aprivate hospital on Mondaywhere she was admitted forCovid-related issues and hasnow been advised rest. TheCongress has accused Centre oftargeting Opposition leadersby misusing investigative agen-cies and has termed entireaction a political vendetta.
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Defence Minister RajnathSingh and his visiting
Australian counterpart RichardMarles will explore new initia-tives to further expand bilater-al defence engagements in theirtalks on Wednesday.
The defence ministry saidthe two ministers will alsoexchange views on regionaland global issues of sharedinterest. It said the India-Australia comprehensive strate-gic partnership is based on ashared vision of "free, open,inclusive and prosperous"Indo-Pacific region.
The visit by Marles is thefirst high-level trip to Indiafrom Australia after PrimeMinister Anthony Albanese'scentre-left Labor Party came topower last month defeatingpredecessor Scott Morrison'sconservative coalition in theparliamentary elections.
Marles, who is also deputyprime minister of Australia,began his four-day visit toIndia on Monday. "The twoministers will review thedefence cooperation betweenthe two countries and explorenew initiatives to furtherstrengthen bilateral engage-ments.
They will also exchangeviews on regional and globalissues of shared interest," thedefence ministry in a state-ment. Marles visited GoaShipyard Ltd in Goa.
"India and Australia sharea comprehensive strategic part-nership since June 2020 anddefence is a key pillar of thispartnership. The partnership isbased on a shared vision of free,open, inclusive and prosperousIndo-Pacific region," thedefence ministry said.
"The two democracieshave a common interest inpeace and prosperity of theentire region," it said in a
statement.The deputy primeminister also participated in aYoga session on the occasion ofInternational Yoga Day.
"An early morning startwith some yoga, ahead of abusy couple of days here inIndia. Looking forward to apacked couple of days, meetingmy counterparts and seeingfirsthand our close partner-ship," he tweeted.
In his response on Twitter,Sing said: "Glad to see theDeputy Prime Minister and theDefence Minister of Australia,@RichardMarlesMP doingYoga on the#InternationalDayofYoga."
"His participation in theYoga Day programme makesthese celebrations remarkableand special. Looking forward tomeet him in New Delhi," Singhadded.
On Monday, Marlesdescribed India as one ofAustralia's "closest" securitypartners and said Canberra iskeen to work closely with it foran open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
The ties between India andAustralia have been on anupswing in the last few years.In April, the two countriesinked a trade pact to diversifybilateral trade.
In June 2020, India andAustralia elevated their ties toa comprehensive strategic part-nership and signed a land-mark deal for reciprocal accessto military bases for logisticssupport.
The Mutual LogisticsSupport Agreement (MLSA)allows the militaries of thetwo countries to use eachother's bases for repair andreplenishment of supplies,besides facilitating scaling up ofoverall defence cooperation.
The Australian Navy waspart of Malabar naval exercisehosted by India in November2020 as well as last year.
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Acocktail of many toxiccomponents could be
transported from the lungs tothe brain via the bloodstreamwhile breathing in pollutedair– potentially contributing tobrain disorders and neurolog-ical damage, a new study pub-lished in the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Scienceshas said.
Though it has been knownthat air pollution is significantlyassociated with an increasedrisk of hospital admissions forseveral neurological disorders,including Parkinson’s disease,Alzheimer’s disease, and otherdementias, the scientists fromthe University of Birminghamand research institutions inChina discovered a possible
direct pathway used by variousinhaled fine particles throughblood circulation with indica-tions that, once there, the par-ticles stay longer in the brainthan in other main metabolicorgans.
The study conducted atthe Emory University’s RollinsSchool of Public Health andColumbia University’sMailman School of PublicHealth is the first nationwideanalysis of the link between fineparticulate (PM2.5) pollutionand neurodegenerative dis-eases in the United States. Theresearchers leveraged an unpar-alleled amount of data com-pared to any previous study ofair pollution and neurologicaldisorders. The scientistsrevealed they had found vari-ous fine particles in humancerebrospinal fluids taken from
patients who had experiencedbrain disorders – uncovering aprocess that may result in toxicparticulate substances endingup in the brain.
Co-author Professor IseultLynch, from the University ofBirmingham, commented:“There are gaps in our knowl-edge around the harmful effectsof airborne fine particles on thecentral nervous system. Thiswork sheds new light on thelink between inhaling particlesand how they subsequentlymove around the body.
“The data suggests that upto eight times the number offine particles may reach thebrain by travelling, via thebloodstream, from the lungsthan pass directly via the nose- adding new evidence on therelationship between air pol-lution and detrimental effects
of such particles on the brain.”Air pollution is a cocktail
of many toxic components,but particulate matter (PM,especially ambient fine particlessuch as PM2.5 and PM0.1), arethe most concerning in termsof causing detrimental healtheffects. Ultrafine particles, inparticular, are able to escape thebody’s protective systems,including sentinel immunecells and biological barriers.
The team of scientists dis-covered that inhaled particlescan enter the bloodstream aftercrossing the air-blood barrier- eventually reaching the brain,and leading to damage of thebrain-blood barrier and sur-rounding tissues as they do so.Once in the brain, the particleswere hard to clear and wereretained for longer than inother organs.
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Women are "significantly"more likely to suffer
from long Covid than malesand will experience substan-tially different symptoms, findsa study, underscoring a criticalneed for sex-disaggregatedresearch.
Long Covid is a syndromein which complications persistmore than four weeks after theinitial infection of Covid-19,sometimes for many months.
Researchers from theJohnson & Johnson Office ofthe Chief Medical OfficerHealth of Women Team, who
carried out the analysis of datafrom around 1.3 millionpatients, observed females withlong Covid are presenting witha variety of symptoms includ-ing ear, nose, and throat issues;mood disorders, neurological,skin, gastrointestinal andrheumatological disorders; aswell as fatigue.
Male patients, however,were more likely to experienceendocrine disorders such asdiabetes and kidney disorders.The odds of females develop-ing long Covid syndrome is 22per cent higher than males, theresearchers noted in the studypublished in the journal
Current Medical Research andOpinion. "Knowledge aboutfundamental sex differencesunderpinning clinical mani-festations, disease progression,and health outcomes of Covid-19 is crucial for the identifica-tion and rational design ofeffective therapies and publichealth interventions that areinclusive of and sensitive to thepotential differential treatmentneeds of both sexes," theresearchers explained."Differences in immune systemfunction between females andmales could be an importantdriver of sex differences in longCovid syndrome.
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Pakistan-based two terroristoutfits Lashkar-e-Tayyeba
(LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) have suffered the max-imum brunt of sustained anti-terrorist operations acrossKashmir valley this year. Outof 118 terrorists killed so far 77belonged to LeT and 26 werecadre of JeM.
Meanwhile, a joint team ofsecurity forces Tuesday elimi-nated four more terrorists intwo different encounters inSopore area of Baramulla andTujjan area of Pulwama.
According to SeniorSuperintendent of Police,Pulwama GH Jelani Wani,"one of the killed terrorist inPulwama encounter, identi-fied as Mazid Nazir, wasbehind the killing of police SubInspector Farooq Ahmed Mir.His associate Abid was alsokilled in the encounter, policesaid.
Two local terrorists werealso eliminated in the Tulibalarea of Sopore town in theBaramulla district.
The operation waslaunched in the area on thebasis of inputs about the pres-ence of terrorists in one of thehouses. As the security forceslaunched a cordon and searchoperation they were fired uponby the hiding terrorists leadingto an encounter in which boththe terrorists were eliminated.
So far 17 terrorists havebeev gunned down since June15 in different anti-terroristoperations in Kashmir valley.
Compared to previous yearthe security forces have elim-inated 63 more terrorists than2021.
According to IGPKashmir, Vijay Kumar, "so farsecurity forces have killed 118terrorists including 32 foreignterrorists since Jan 1, 2022.However, 55 terrorists includ-ing 2 foreign terrorists were
killed in 2021 during the sameperiod". Kumar said, Pakistanbased Lashkar-e- Tayyeba ter-rorist outfit has suffered max-imum damages. Out of 118killed terrorists, 77 were LeTcadre & 26 from Jaish-eMohammad terror outfit.
Ever since the securityforces have launched sustainedoperations against the terroroutfits and targeting foreignterrorists they are receivingpinpointed human intelligence
leading to elimination of theseterrorists hiding in their safehideouts.
In Srinagar, police attachedfive houses as per section 2(g)& 25 of UAP Act for beingused for purpose of terrorism.It was also clearly found thatsuch harbouring was wilful,repetitive & without any coer-cion. Many attacks on civilians& security forces were plannedfrom these houses, Srinagarpolice tweeted.
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Even as the ruling TrinamoolCongress leaders congratu-
lated Mamata Banerjee for tak-ing the “lead role” in unitingthe Opposition parties in thepresidential elections theBengal Chief Minister was onTuesday all praise for the TMCvice-president Yashwant Sinhawho would be the combinedOpposition face in the race forthe Raisina Hills.
Congratulating Sinha a for-mer Union Minister in the ABVajpayee Government theChief Minister wrote “I wouldlike to congratulate Shri …Yashwant Sinha on becomingthe consensus candidate, sup-ported by all progressive oppo-sition parties, for the upcom-ing Presidential Election. Aman of great honour and acu-men, who would surely upholdthe values that represent ourgreat nation.”
Her nephew and party gen-eral secretary AbhishekBanerjee who represented the
TMC in Tuesday’s all-partymeeting in Delhi also congrat-ulated Sinha saying the formerUnion Minister was the mostappropriate candidate and thathe firmly believed that “for allprogressive parties who sharethe same vision for our nation,there could not have been abetter choice!”
Sinha was the third optionput forward by the BengalChief Minister in an all partymeeting called by her earlierthis month. While NCP chiefSharad Pawar turned downthe offer to contest in the pres-idential polls as the first choiceformer Jammu and KashmirChief Minister FarooqAbdullah too opted out of therace.
In Bengal the TMC leadersinterpreted the Tuesday’sdevelopment as “Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee’s first bigsuccess in the central politics,”adding Sinha’s victory in thepresidential elections wouldpave the way for Banerjee inplaying bigger role in New
Delhi in 2024.Though all leaders would
prefer to remain anonymous asenior TMC minister said,“2022 is the beginning and2024 will be the end whenMamata Banerjee will be calledupon to play a very big role inDelhi much like Sinha ji… If he
wins it is half the work done.”On what he meant by thephrase “half the work” hewould refuse to comment fur-ther.
Bengal Opposition LeaderSuvendu Adhikari however,said Sinha’s nomination was abig mistake for the Oppositionas “he will face a humiliatingdefeat … even the TMC MLAswill vote against him … I willappeal to all concerned to cutacross the party lines to vote forthe NDA candidate against anincompetent candidate beingput up by the so-calledOpposition parties.”
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In another measure to douse the firethat is threatening to burn down theSena citadel, Sena president and ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray deputed tohis close aides -Milind Narvekar andRavindra Phatak - as emissaries tomeet and placate aggrieved Shinde atSurat’s five-star hotel. While it is notimmediately known as to what messagethey had carried from Uddhav, the twoSena emissaries had a half an hour-longmeeting with the rebel Sena leader.However, the outcome of the meetingwas not known.
Through a tweet put earlier in theafternoon, Shinde had virtually dis-tanced himself from Uddhav’s leadershipby claiming that he is a dedicated fol-lower of late Sena chief Bal Thackerayand that he had learnt lessons ofHindutva from late Thackeray, andlearnt his early lessons in politics fromlate Dighe. The rebel Sena did not referto Uddhav’s name even once in histweet.
Shinde was later quoted as tellingUddhav’s emissary Narvekar that he iswith the “Hindutva”, but the Sena hadgiven up “Hindutva” and that he wouldnot return to the Sena, thus slammingdoors on the Sena.
On his part, Uddhav --- during hismeeting the leaders of the MVA that heheld at his official residence “Varsha”later in the evening - reportedly offeredto put in his resignation as the ChiefMinister if it anyway helped to find asolution to the current crisis facing hisGovernment.
Though it was not clear till late inthe evening as to the exact of the SenaMLAs who are in the process of mov-ing out with Shinde, informed sourcesin the Sena said the figure is anywherefrom “30 to 35” MLAs, a number safeenough for the rebel Sena leader to walkout of the party (having a total strengthof 55 MLAs) without attracting the pro-visions of the anti-defection law.
Before long, the number-crunchingbegan within the Opposition BJP (aparty that had fai led to form aGovernment in November 2019 with thesupport of the NCP’s then break-awaygroup leader Ajit Pawar) which was itch-ing to form a government with the sup-port of Shinde.
Maharashtra BJP presidentChandrakant Patil claimed that hisparty had nothing to do with Shinde-related developments in the Sena, buthastened to add that if his party received“any proposal” from the rebel Senaleader to form a Government, it would“definitely consider it”.
Another senior BJP leader SudhirMungantiwar was more forthcoming in
revealing his party’s intent, when he said,“In Monday’s MLC elections, our partymanaged to secure 134 votes, whichtechnically means we are short of 11votes in the 288-member MaharashtraAssembly. The number is good enoughto stake a claim to form a Government.But it is easier to say it than actuallymake it happen.”
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He noted that the initiative to havea consensus candidate for the highestoffice of the Republic should have beentaken by the government. “We arehappy to announce that we have unan-imously chosen Sinha as the commoncandidate of the opposition parties forthe presidential election, which will takeplace on July 18, 2022,” Ramesh said.
“In his distinguished career in pub-lic life, Sinha has served the nation invarious capacities -as an able adminis-trator, accomplished parliamentarianand acclaimed Union Minister ofFinance and External Affairs. He is emi-nently qualified to uphold the secularand democratic character of the IndianRepublic and its Constitutional values,”the statement said.
The leaders also announced that acommittee formed to steer Sinha’s pres-idential campaign will start workingsoon.
Ramesh said they have appealed toall political parties to support Sinha asthe President so the country couldhave a worthy “Rashtrapati” electedunopposed. His par ty col leagueMallikarjun Kharge said DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh had called himand a few other leaders to ask whetherthey had a name for the top constitu-tional post. “This was just for the sakeof contacting, This cannot be termed aserious effort,” Kharge said.
The joint statement also said Indiais passing through difficult times and theBJP Government at the Centre hasfailed totally in fulfilling its promisesand commitments. “It is misusing ED,CBI, Election Commission, Governor’soffice and other institutions as weaponsagainst opposition parties and stategovernments run by them. Therefore, weassure the people of India that the unityof opposition parties, which has beenforged for the presidential poll in a spir-it of equality, common commitmentsand consensus-building through dia-logue, will be further consolidated in themonths ahead,” the joint statement said.
Sinha’s name came up after Pawar,Gopalkrishna Gandhi and FarooqAbdullah declined the Opposition’soffer to be their joint candidate for the
top post. Their names were proposedduring the meetings of Opposition par-ties on the issue.
According to Left party sources,Sinha, who was vice president of theTMC, resigned from the party after theCongress and Left parties wanted himto be an Independent candidate and notassociated with any one party.
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The meetings between the PM and theServices Chiefs took place hours after thethree Services said the Agnipath schemewill not entail any change in the existingsystem of recruitment for soldiers and thatit will not at all impact their operationalreadiness.
Meanwhile, National Security Adviser(NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday stronglydefended the scheme and ruled out with-drawing it in the face of protests.
In an interview to ANI, he said, “Weare going toward contactless wars.Technology is taking over... If we have toprepare for tomorrow, then we cannot dothings like we did in the past. India hasamong the youngest populations in theworld, so our Armed forces cannot con-tinue to have an average age that isamong the highest in the world.”
Speaking about the future of Agniveerswho would be demobilised after four years,the NSA asserted that the age of “settlingdown” is around 25-26 now.
“People are speaking of one life-twocareers, even three careers now. Whenrecruits from the first batch of Agniveersretire, India will be a 5-trillion-dollar econ-omy; industry will need people who haveage on their side. These men and womenwill still be young and won’t have familycompulsions,” he said.
The NSA said it was “injustice” whenthe soldier was earlier released only after15 years. “At that time, the soldier couldgo back to the village, till the land and liveon a pension. Now the scenario haschanged,” said the NSA.
He reacted to recent statements thatAgniveers will be good plumbers andguards after four years. “We are talkingabout 22-23-year-olds with Army service;compare them with anyone else their age- these Agniveers will have discipline, skills,and will be highly trainable... No avenueis debarred for them. They will have Rs 11lakh, with which they can even study fur-ther.” He cited reservations in otherGovernment services, including policeforces, announced so far.
Doval also said, “There’s a need to lookat it from a [different] perspective.Agnipath isn’t a standalone scheme in itself.
When PM Narendra Modi came to powerin 2014, one of his priorities was how tomake India secure and strong. Thatrequired many avenues and steps.Agnipath is in that direction.”
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Addressing a news conference here onTuesday, Lt General Anil Puri, AdditionalSecretary, Department of Military Affairs(DMA), said “credible” information fromStates indicated youngsters had startedtraining for the physical fitness test in theright earnest. It indicated “rumour mon-gering” and “negativity” was slowly wan-ing, he added.
He said the main objective of theAgnipath is to have a youthful profile andbring down the average age from the exist-ing 32 years to 26 years in the next six toseven years.
The induction of nearly 46,000 jawanscalled ‘Agniveers’ over a course of next fouryears will address the issue of bringingdown the age to 26, Puri said adding afterten years nearly 90,000 to one lakhAgniveers will be recruited.
Defending the scheme, he said severalcommittees since 1989 had expressedconcern over the ageing profile of theIndian jawans and called for reducing theage to 26 years from 32 to fight modernday war.
On misgivings about the future of theregiment system, Puri said the tradition-al system will remain intact adding theAgnipath scheme was deliberated upon atvarious levels before the final decision wastaken.
With youths at several places resort-ing to violence to protest the scheme, Purisaid all applicants for ‘Agnipath’ will haveto give an undertaking that they were notpart of any violence.
“There is no place for arson and vio-lence in the Armed forces,” he said.Referring to police verification, he notedthat it has always been a part of the recruit-ment process.
Over the years, the profile of com-manding officers in the military hasbecome younger. Now, the profile of sol-diers will become youthful, he said.Backing the scheme, he also said the induc-tion of Agniveers will not dent the com-bat effectiveness of the Armed forces. Healso said Agniveer can also get ParamvirChakra or any other gallantry medal likethe regular soldier.
Regarding employment avenues fordemobilised Agniveers, Vice Admiral DTripathi said they can join merchant navystraightaway after their stint with theArmed forces. The director general of
shipping had announced this on Monday,Tripathi said.
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Yoga today is not just a part of life, butis becoming the way of life, and it shouldnot be limited to any particular time orplace, Modi stated adding that the picturesof yoga until a few years ago were limitedto houses and spiritual centres but they arenow coming from every corner of theworld, and at a time when the world facedthe pandemic over the last two years, thusdepicting the excitement towards YogaDay, leaving behind the barriers of coun-try, subcontinent and continent.
“This proves our vitality,” he said.“Yoga has today become an internationalfestival. Yoga is not limited to any indi-vidual, but it is for the whole of humani-ty. So this year’s International Yoga Day’stheme is Yoga for Humanity,” he said, ashe thanked the United Nations and all thecountries for taking the message of yogato the entire humanity.
Speaking about the “startup Yogachallenge”, the PM called upon the youthto participate in new ideas and possibili-ties in the field of yoga.
The event was attended by, amongothers, Karnataka GovernorThaawarchand Gehlot, Chief MinisterBasavaraj Bommai, Union AYUSHMinister Sarbananda Sonowal, Mysururoyal scion Yaduveer KrishnadattaChamaraja Wadiyar and “Rajmata”Pramoda Devi.
In his address, Sonowal said that“integrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsavwith celebrations of 8th IDY, mass yogademonstrations have been organised at 75iconic locations across the country underthe leadership of as many Union Ministers”.
Union Health Minister MansukhMandaviya joined the celebrations at theStatue of Unity in Gujarat’s Kevadia andcalled on citizens to take a pledge to behealthy and contribute to the country’sdevelopment while in Arunachal Pradesh,Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju led theevent at Dong in Anjaw district, border-ing China.
Similarly, Union Minister of State forExternal Affairs V Muraleedharan led yogademonstrations at the east entrance of theSree Padmanabha Swamy temple in Keralaand Minister of State for Road Transportand Highways and Civil Aviation, V KSingh took part in an event at the ParadeGround near St Francis Church in FortKochi.
Minister of State for ParliamentaryAffairs and Culture took part in an eventorganised by the National Institute of
Ayurveda at Jantar Mantar in Jaipur,Rajasthan while Union Minister of Statefor Finance Dr Bhagwat Karad led a crowdof nearly 7,500 people in performing yogaat the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad,Gujarat.
Environment Minister BhupenderYadav joined the celebrations at Ram kiPaidi on the banks of the Saryu river inAyodhya and called on people to adopt alifestyle conducive for the environment.Union Minister of State for FoodProcessing Prahlad Singh Patel attendeda Yoga Day programme at Fort Aguada inSinquerim village in North Goa district,while Union Minister of State for TourismShripad Naik participated in a function inOld Goa.
Union Minister of State forEnvironment, Ashwini Kumar Choubeyperformed yoga at Inche Monastery inSikkim, Gangtok along with Governor ofthe state Ganga Prasad and Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang while Union Ministerfor Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqviperformed yoga with a large number ofpeople at the historic Panch Mahal inFatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra.
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A video posted by Raajje TV showedhow the protesters destroyed the venue andtrashed food stalls meant for the partici-pants.
President Solih said an enquiry intothe incident was ordered.
“An investigation has been launchedby @PoliceMv into the incident that hap-pened this morning at Galolhu stadium.This is being treated as a matter of seri-ous concern and those responsible will beswiftly brought before the law,” Solihtweeted.
In a tweet later on Tuesday, theMaldives police sought citizens’ assistance,by way of any evidence or information per-taining to the incident.
Prior to the event, authorities noticedmessages on social media deriding theYoga Day event. The messages claimedyoga was a Hindu mode of worship, urg-ing people of the Islamic country to stayaway from the practice.
The Maldives was among the 177nations that voted in favour of co-spon-soring the UN resolution to commemo-rate June 21 as the International Day ofYoga.
The announcement of hosting anevent to commemorate the InternationalDay of Yoga was met with severe criticismby the citizens, who had even threatenedagainst holding the event.
The ruling Maldivian DemocraticParty (MDP) “unequivocally condemned”the “violent attack”.
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NDRF was rushed to Cacharin Barak Valley of Assam
for rescue operations as theflood situation in Assamremained critical on Tuesdaywith Brahmaputra and Barakrivers along with its tributariesin spate and affecting nearly 48lakh people, officials said.
The devastating flood,trigerred by incessant rainssince last week, has inundated32 out of 36 districts of the statein its second spell and 11 per-sons were reported missingduring the last 24 hours, theofficials said.
A total 44 people have losttheir lives so far in floods andlanslides in the state since June14.
Chief Minister HimantaBiswa Sarma said that fourunits of the National DisasterResponse Force were rushed
from Bhubaneswar to Silchar tocarry out rescue operations asthe f lood situation inKarimganj and Cachar dis-tricts worsened due to the ris-ing waters of Barak andKushiyara rivers followingheavy rains.
''Four units of NDRF fromBhubaneswar with total 105personnel have been sent toSilchar to carry out rescueoperations in Barak Valley'', hesaid and thanked Union HomeMinister Amit Shah for the''prompt action and help".
In Cachar, a population of2,07,143 in 449 villages havebeen affected, while inKarimganj 1,33,865 in 305 vil-lages were hit by the flood,according to the bulletin issuedby the Assam State DisasterManagement Authority(ASDMA).
A total crop area of113485.37 hectares and
33,84,326 animals have beenaffected while 5232 animalshave been swept away in thestate, it said.
The calamity has affected125 revenue circles and 5,424villages across Assam forcing2,31,819 people to take shelterin 810 relief camps. At least11,292 people and 27,086 ani-mals have been evacuated byagencies engaged in rescueoperations in the past 24 hours.
Relief materials were dis-tributed to the affected peoplewho have not taken shelters inrelief camps through 615 tem-porary relief distribution cen-tres and points opened by thegovernment.
Among the worst affecteddistricts Barpeta with a popu-lation of 12,30,721 is reelingunder flood waters followed byDarrang where 4,69,241peoplehave been hit and Bajali where3,38515 have been affected,
according to the bulletin issuedby the Assam State DisasterManagement Authority
(ASDMA).According to the bulletin of
the Central Water Commission
(CWC), Kopili river is flowingabove its high flood level atKampur in Nagaon district
and Brahmaputra atNimatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati,Kamrup, Goalpara and Dhubri.Puthimari, Pagladia, BekiBarak and Kushiara are flowingabove the danger levels.
Urban flooding was report-ed from Barpeta, Cachar,Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup(Metro) and Karimganj.Landslides occurred at Kamrupand Karimganj during the day,it said.
Two embankments werebreached, 349 roads and 16bridges were damaged onMonday, the CWC said.
Large-scale erosion of riverbanks was reported fromBaksa, Biswanath, Bongaigaon,Chirang, Dhubri, Hailakandi,Lakhimpur, Morigaon,Nalbari, Sonitpur, SouthSalmara, Tamulpur, Tinsukiaand Udalguri districts, itadded.
In Kaziranga National
Park 42 of the total 233 campshave been inundated by theflood water. Eight animalshave died due to drowningand vehicle hit so far, while 12,including nine hog deers andthree pythons have been res-cued by forest officials.
In Pobitora WildlifeSanctuary, 14 of the total 25camps have been inundatedthough there are no reports ofanimal casualty so far, officialssaid.
Northeast Front ierRailways has cancelled, shortterminated or diverted sev-eral trains following damagesin railway tracks due to floodinduced breaches atChaparmukh – Kampur andChaparmukh - Senchoa sec-t ions of Lumding andHarisinga - Tangla section ofRangiya divisions in thestate on Tuesday, NFR officialsaid.
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Russian attacks laid down a curtainof fire Tuesday across areas ofeastern Ukraine where pockets of
resistance are denying Moscow full mil-itary control of the region, almost fourmonths after the Kremlin unleashed aninvasion.
“Today everything that can burn ison fire,” Serhiy Haidai, the governor ofUkraine's eastern Luhansk region, toldThe Associated Press.
Russia's war has caused alarm overfood supplies from Ukraine to the restof the world and gas supplies fromRussia, as well as raising questions aboutsecurity in Western Europe.
The Russian military currentlycontrols about 95% of the Luhanskregion. But Moscow has struggled forweeks to overrun it completely, despitedeploying additional troops and pos-sessing a massive advantage in militaryassets. In the city of Sievierodonetsk, thehot spot of the fighting, Ukrainiandefenders held on to the Azot chemi-cal plant in the industrial outskirts.About 500 civilians are sheltering at theplant, and Haidai said the Russian forcesare turning the area “into ruins”.
“It is a sheer catastrophe,” Haidaitold the AP in written comments aboutthe plant. “Our positions are being firedat from howitzers, multiple rocketlaunchers, large-caliber artillery, missilestrikes.” The defence of the chemicalplant recalled the besieged Azovstal steelmill in the brutalised city of Mariupol,where Ukrainian troops were pinneddown for weeks.
The neighbouring Lysychansk, theonly city in the Luhansk region that isstill fully under Ukrainian control, is
also the target of multiple airstrikes.The Ukraine president's office said
Tuesday that at least six civilians hadbeen killed over the previous 24 hours,and 16 others were wounded.
According to its daily update,Russian forces over the day shelled thenorthern Chernihiv region, and inten-sified their shelling of Kharkiv,Ukraine's second-largest city.Explosions also occurred on Tuesdaymorning in the southern city ofMykolaiv.
Airstrikes on Sievierodonetsk andnearby Lysychansk have ruined more
than 10 residential buildings and apolice station. In the city of Avdiivka inthe Donetsk region, a school burneddown as the result of the shelling, thepresident's office said.
International support for Ukraine'splight was demonstrated once morewhen a Nobel Peace Prize medal auc-tioned off by Russian journalist DmitryMuratov sold Monday night for $103.5million, shattering the old record for aNobel. The auction aimed to raisemoney for Ukrainian child refugees.
Meanwhile, Russian authoritiesblocked the website of British newspa-
per The Telegraph over an article it pub-lished, the internet rights groupRoskomsvoboda reported Tuesday.
The group said in an online state-ment that Russia's media and internetregulator, Roskomnadzor, blockedRussian access to a story Moscowdescribed as “fake news”. The movemade the entire Telegraph websiteinaccessible for some Russians.
The Telegraph story alleged thatRussian forces had prepared a mobilecrematorium for use in its war withUkraine, possibly to hide its militarycasualties.
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NATO member Estonia saidTuesday that a Russian
border guard helicopter vio-lated the airspace of the Balticnation over the weekend, andRussia's ambassador was sum-moned and given a note overthe incident.
Estonia's military said in astatement that the Russian MI-8 helicopter entered the coun-try's airspace in southeasternEstonia in the Koidula area —not far from the Russian city ofPskov — without permissionon Saturday evening. The heli-copter was in Estonia's air-space for almost two minutes,Estonia's military said, addingthat it hadn't presented a flightplan, had its transponderswitched off and failed to main-tain radio contact with EstonianAir Navigation Services.
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The Nobel Peace Prize auctionedoff by Russian journalist Dmitry
Muratov to raise money forUkrainian child refugees soldMonday night for $103.5 million,shattering the old record for a Nobel.
A spokesperson for HeritageAuctions, which handled the sale,could not confirm the identity of thebuyer but said the winning bid wasmade by proxy. The $103.5 millionsale translates to $100 million Swissfrancs, hinting that the buyer isfrom overseas.
“I was hoping that there wasgoing to be an enormous amount ofsolidarity, but I was not expecting thisto be such a huge amount,” Muratovsaid in an interview after bidding inthe nearly 3-week auction ended onWorld Refugee Day.
Previously, the most everpaid for a Nobel Prize medal was$4.76 million in 2014, when JamesWatson, whose co-discovery of the
structure of DNA earned him aNobel Prize in 1962, sold his. Threeyears later, the family of his co-recip-ient, Francis Crick, received $2.27million in bidding also run byHeritage Auctions.
Muratov, who was awarded thegold medal in October 2021, helpedfound the independent Russian news-paper Novaya Gazeta and was thepublication's editor-in-chief when itshut down in March amid theKremlin's clampdown on journalistsand public dissent in the wake ofRussia's invasion of Ukraine.
It was Muratov's idea to auctionoff his prize, having alreadyannounced he was donating theaccompanying $500,000 cash awardto charity.
Muratov has said the proceedswill go directly to UNICEF in itsefforts to help children displaced bythe war in Ukraine. Just minutes afterbidding ended, UNICEF told the auc-tion house it had already received thefunds.
Online bids had begun June 1 tocoincide with the InternationalChildren's Day observance. Manybids came by telephone or online.The winning bid, tendered by tele-phone, catapulted the bidding fromthe low millions to astronomical lev-els.
Muratov had left Russia on
Thursday to begin his trip to NewYork City, where live bidding beganMonday evening.
Early Monday, the high bid wasonly $550,000. The purchase pricehad been expected to spiral upward— but not over $100 million.
“I can't believe it. I'm awestruck.Personally, I'm flabbergasted. I'm
stunned. I don't really know whathappened in there,” said JoshuaBenesh, the chief strategy officer forHeritage Auctions.
“We knew that there was atremendous groundswell of interestin the last couple of days by peoplewho were moved by Dimitry's story,by Dimitry's act of generosity, that theglobal audience was listening tonight,”he said.
Muratov and Heritage officialssaid even those out of the bidding canstill help by donating directly toUNICEF.
Muratov shared the Nobel PeacePrize last year with journalist MariaRessa of the Philippines.
The two journalists, who eachreceived their own medals, werehonored for their battles to preservefree speech in their respective coun-tries, despite coming under attack byharassment, their governments andeven death threats.
Melted down, the 175 grams of23-karat gold contained in Muratov's
medal would be worth about $10,000.Muratov has been highly critical
of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimeaand the war launched in Februarythat has caused nearly 5 millionUkrainians to flee to other countriesfor safety, creating the largest human-itarian crisis in Europe since WorldWar II.
Independent journalists in Russiahave come under scrutiny by theKremlin, if not outright targets of thegovernment. Since Putin came intopower more than two decades ago,nearly two dozen journalists havebeen killed, including at least fourwho had worked for Muratov's news-paper.
In April, Muratov said he wasattacked with red paint while aboarda Russian train.
Since its inception in 1901, therehave been nearly 1,000 recipients ofthe Nobel Prizes honoring achieve-ments in physics, chemistry, physi-ology or medicine, literature and theadvancement of peace.
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“Africa is actually takenhostage” in Russia's invasion ofUkraine amid catastrophicallyrising food prices, UkrainianPresident VolodymyrZelenskyy told the AfricanUnion continental body duringa closed-door address onMonday.
It took weeks of requestsfor Zelenskyy to addressAfrican nations, many ofwhom retain close ties toRussia and failed to support aU.N. General Assembly reso-lution condemning the inva-sion earlier this year.
Ukraine and the West hopeto weaken those ties by empha-sizing that Russia's actions are
to blame for dramatic shortagesof wheat and edible oils andskyrocketing food and fuelprices across the African con-tinent of 1.3 billion people.Russia's blockade of Ukrainianexports is a “war crime,” theEuropean Union's top diplo-mat, Josep Borrell, said onMonday.
They appealed to othercountries to ensure grain andfertilizer exports from Russiaand Ukraine aren't blocked.Millions of people in theHorn of Africa, includingEthiopia and Somalia, arenow struggling to find foodor even humanitarian foodaid amid a historic drought.The Associated Press was thefirst to report hundreds of
deaths this year in Somaliaalone.
“We know for a fact therewill be increased deaths ...Well into 2023,” USAIDEthiopia mission director SeanJones told the AP last week.Official reaction to Zelenskyy'sspeech was muted. AfricanUnion Commission chairMoussa Faki Mahamat, one ofthose who met with Putin,tweeted that African nations“reiterated the AU position ofthe urgent need for dialogue toend the conflict.”
Current AU chair andSenegalese President MackySall tweeted that Africa respects“the peaceful resolution of con-flicts and the freedom of com-merce.”
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The headlines on the newsstands in Seoulblared fresh warnings of a possible nuclear
test by North Korea. Out on the sidewalks, 28-year-old office worker Lee Jae Sang already hadan opinion about how to respond to NorthKorea's fast-growing capacity to lob nuclearbombs across borders and oceans.
“Our country should also develop a nuclearprogramme. And prepare for a possible nuclearwar," said Lee, voicing a desire that a Februarypoll showed was shared by 3 out of 4 SouthKoreans.
It's a point that people and politicians ofnon-nuclear powers globally are raising moreoften, at what has become a destabilisingmoment in more than a half-century of globalnuclear nonproliferation efforts, one aggravat-ed by the daily example of nuclear Russia tear-ing apart non-nuclear Ukraine.
That reconsideration by non-nuclear statesis playing out in Asia. The region is home to anever-more assertive North Korea, China, Russiaand Iran — three nuclear powers and one near-nuclear power — but is unprotected by the kindof nuclear umbrella and broad defense alliancethat for decades has shielded NATO countries.
Vulnerable countries will look to the lessonsfrom Ukraine — especially whether Russia suc-ceeds in swallowing big pieces of Ukraine whilebrandishing its nuclear arsenal to hold othernations at bay — as they consider keeping orpursuing nuclear weapons, security experts say.
As important, they say, is how well the USand its allies are persuading other partners inEurope, the Persian Gulf and Asia to trust in theshield of US-led nuclear and conventionalarsenals and not pursue their own nuclearbombs.
For leaders worried about unfriendly,nuclear-armed neighbours, “they will say to theirdomestic audiences, Please support our nucleararmament because look what happened toUkraine,' right?” said Mariana Budjeryn, aresearcher with the Project on Managing theAtom at Harvard's Kennedy School ofGovernment.
As a schoolgirl in 1980s Soviet-era Ukraine,
Budjeryn drilled on how to dress radiation burnsand other potential injuries of nuclear war, at atime that country housed some 5,000 of theSoviet Union's nuclear weapons. Her countryrenounced nuclear weapons development afterthe Soviet Union shattered, opting for economicassistance and integration with the West andsecurity assurances.
“Ultimately, I think a lot is riding on the out-come of this war in terms of how we understandthe value of nuclear weapons," Budjeryn said.
Around the world, the U.S. Military is reas-suring strategic partners who are facing nuclear-backed rivals.
Near the North Korea border this month,white-hot ballistic missiles arched through thenight sky as the U.S. Joined South Korea in theirfirst joint ballistic test launches in five years. Itwas a pointed response to North Korea's launchof at least 18 ballistic missiles this year.
In Europe and in the Persian Gulf, PresidentJoe Biden and U.S. Generals, diplomats andtroops are shuttling to countries neighbouringRussia and to oil-producing countries neigh-bouring Iran. Biden and his top lieutenantspledge the U.S. Is committed to blockingnuclear threats from Iran, North Korea and oth-ers. In China, President Xi Jinping is matchingan aggressive foreign policy with one of his coun-try's biggest pushes on nuclear arms.
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The European Union's topdiplomat said on Monday
he has written to all Africanforeign ministers to explainthat the bloc's sanctions onRussia are not responsible forthe looming global food crisis,and pledged to work out waysfor exports of food and fer-tilisers to reach their continent.
The EU has not bannedexports of Russian food orfertilizers to non-EU nations aspart of its sanctions package.
Earlier this month, thechairman of the African Union,Senegal's President Macky Sall,told Russian PresidentVladimir Putin that the fight-ing in Ukraine and Westernsanctions had worsened foodshortages, and appealed toother countries to ensure grainand fertilizer exports fromRussia and Ukraine aren'tblocked.
“Russia is blockadingUkrainian exports," JosepBorrell said after a meeting ofEU Foreign Affairs ministers.“Not us. Russia is destroyingports, and destroying foodstocks, destroying transportinfrastructure."
Russia's war againstUkraine has been preventingsome 20 million tons ofUkrainian grain from getting to
the Middle East, North Africaand parts of Asia.
Borrell said it is “a delib-erate attempt (by Russia) to cre-ate hunger in the world,"adding that the Kremlin'sattempt to blame Western sanc-tions for the crisis was just“propaganda."
Sall also complained thatthe collateral effects of the EUdecision to expel many Russianbanks from the SWIFT finan-cial messaging system will hurtAfrican countries' ability tomake payments for foodimports.
Borrell said he understandsthe concerns of African lead-ers about the consequences ofEU sanctions.
“If there is a problem, wewill solve it," he said. “But I
have to know the problem. Notthe whole financial system ofRussia is de-Swifted."
Meanwhile, Borrell saidthe bloc is ready to look intowhether sanctions imposed onBelarus before the war target-ing exports of potash — acommon fertilizer ingredient— can affect its distributionacross the world.
In addition, Borrell said theEuropean Commission, theEU's executive arm, will sendletters to all financial and eco-nomic actors to explain whatthey can do under the sanc-tions regime.
“Because our sanctionsdon't forbid them to participateon the trade on food, fertiliz-ers with Russia and third coun-tries," he said.
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As was his habit before eachflight, the veteran
Ukrainian army pilot ran ahand along the fuselage of hisMi-8 helicopter, caressing theheavy transporter's metal skinto bring luck to him and hiscrew.
They would need it. Theirdestination — a besieged steelmill in the brutalized city ofMariupol — was a death trap.
Some other crews didn'tmake it back alive.
Still, the mission was vital,even desperate. Ukrainiantroops were pinned down, theirsupplies running low, theirdead and injured stacking up.Their last-ditch stand at theAzovstal mill was a growingsymbol of Ukraine's defiance inthe war against Russia. Theycould not be allowed to perish.
The 51-year-old pilot —identified only by his firstname, Oleksandr — flew justthe one mission to Mariupol,and he considered it the mostdifficult flight of his 30-year-career. He took the risk, he said,because he didn't want theAzovstal fighters to feel for-gotten.
In the charred hell-scape ofthat plant, in an undergroundbunker-turned-medical stationthat provided shelter fromdeath and destruction above,word started reaching thewounded that a miracle mightbe coming.
Among those told that he
was on the list for evacuationwas a junior sergeant who'dbeen shredded by mortarrounds, butchering his left legand forcing its amputationabove the knee.
“Buffalo” was his nom deguerre. He had been through somuch, but one more deadlychallenge loomed: escape fromAzovstal.
A series of clandestine,against-the-odds, terrain-hug-ging, high-speed helicoptermissions to reach the Azovstaldefenders in March, April andMay are being celebrated inUkraine as among the mostheroic feats of military derring-do of the four-month war.Some ended in catastrophe;each grew progressively riski-er as Russian air defense bat-teries caught on.
The full story of the sevenresupply and rescue missionshas yet to be told. But fromexclusive interviews with twowounded survivors; a militaryintelligence officer who flew onthe first mission; and pilotinterviews provided by theUkrainian army, TheAssociated Press has piecedtogether the account of one ofthe last flights, from the per-spective of both the rescuersand the rescued.
Only after more than 2,500defenders who remained in theAzovstal ruins had started sur-rendering did Ukraine'sPresident VolodymyrZelenskyy first give wind of themissions and their deadly cost.
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Sri Lanka's Parliament ses-sions will be restricted to
two days this week instead offour days amid the current fuelsupply crisis in the country, theleader of the House DineshGunawardena said on Tuesday.
The island nation, home toaround 22 million people, iscurrently facing its worst eco-nomic crisis in more than 70years. Sri Lanka's economy isexperiencing extreme fuelshortages, soaring food pricesand a lack of medicines.
“In view of the current fuelsupplies crisis we have decid-
ed to limit the parliamentarysessions for today and tomor-row," Gunawardenaannounced.
When Parliament met thismorning, the main OppositionSamagi Jana Balawegaya partyand the Marxist NationalPeople's Power party said theywere boycotting the sessions toprotest the government's inac-tion to tackle the current eco-nomic crisis. SJB leader SajithPremadasa said since the gov-ernment lacked a strategy totackle the crisis there was littleuse in spending time inParliament.
“We see no plan on the part
of the government to solve thecurrent economic and fuelshortages issue," AnuraKumara Dissanayake the NPPleader said. He said the fuelqueues have lengthened sincethe new prime minister RanilWickremesinghe was appoint-ed in mid-May.
At the start of today's ses-sion Speaker Mahinda YapaAbeywardene said the mainopposition's proposal on the21st Amendment to theConstitution has been deemedto require a national referen-dum for most of its provisionswhich are inconsistent with theConstitution.
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Andy Murray faces a race againsttime to be fit for Wimbledonnext week, but believes he is in
a better position than he was ahead ofthe championships last year.
The three-time Grand Slam cham-pion was forced to pull out of last week'stournament at Queen's due to anabdominal injury suffered in losing thefinal of the Stuttgart ATP event toMatteo Berrettini.
"The positives are I've been able topractise but there are certain shots I'venot been able to practise, so that hasobviously disrupted my preparations.The injury is healing but still not per-fect," said the two-time Wimbledonwinner.
"I've been practising for the pastthree or four days and have been prac-tising well. But unfortunately in match-es you can't just not hit certain shots.In the next couple of days hopefully I'llget the chance to test that and hopeful-ly it will be fine."
Murray made it through to the
third round at Wimbledon last yeardespite an injury-disrupted preparation.
His form on the grass at Surbiton,where he reached the semi-finals, andStuttgart has edged the 35-year-old backup to 51 in the world.
And he is confident of performingwell at the All England Club, as long ashe is not hampered by injury.
"Going into Wimbledon last yearI'd gone in with hardly any proper prac-tice at all, hadn't really played much inthe build-up to it and the fact I gotthrough a few matches was a great effortconsidering what I was able to do in thebuild-up," added Murray.
"I was in a good position againstBerrettini as well before the issues sothat for me is the biggest thing.
"I practised really well the last fewmonths and worked on a lot of thingswith my team. I'm in a good place ten-nis wise. Physically I do feel good over-all, I just unfortunately got this slightinjury, which is frustrating."
Wimbledon begins on June 27.
������A�����Eastbourne: Garbine Muguruza kick-started a difficult season as the formerWimbledon champion beat Poland'sMagdalena Frech 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) to reachthe last 16 of the EastbourneInternational on Monday.
The number five seed earned justher third win on the WTA Tour sinceFebruary.
"The conditions were hard today.I feel like I fought hard against the wind,and I haven't played many matches ongrass either," said Muguruza.
"I could see today that if I didn'tfight as hard as I can, I wasn't going towin."
Muguruza next faces the winner ofthe second round match between 12thseed Camila Giorgi and Canadianlucky loser Rebecca Marino, who gotthe better of Britain's Heather Watson7-6 (7/1), 6-4.
Magda Linette produced an upsetto beat 17th seed Alison Riske in amarathon encounter lasting over threehours.
World number 66 Linette camefrom a set down to outlast Riske 6-7(3/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
In the men's event, Australia'sAlex de Minaur began the defence ofhis title with a 6-3, 6-3 win overChilean Cristian Garin.
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World Athletics presi-dent Sebastian Coe
has hinted track and fieldcould follow swimming inbringing in a tougher policyon transgender athletes com-peting in women's events.
Swimming's governingbody FINA announced onSunday it intends to set up an"open category" to allowtransgender athletes to com-pete in a separate class.
According to FINA'snew policy, transgender ath-letes will not be allowed tocompete in female eventsunless they can "prove they
have not experienced anyelement of male puberty."
That ruling came inresponse to American swim-mer Lia Thomas becomingthe first known transgenderathlete to win an elite US col-legiate title in March.
Thomas, a freestyle spe-cialist, competed for theUniversity of Pennsylvaniamen's team from 2017-19.
Cycling's governingbody, the UCI, has alsotoughened its rules on trans-gender eligibility by doublingthe time period before arider transitioning frommale to female can compete.
"My responsibility is to
protect the integrity ofwomen's sport and we takethat very seriously, and if itmeans that we have to makeadjustments to protocolsgoing forward, we will," saidCoe, who was present inBudapest for FINA's swim-ming world championshipson Sunday.
"I've always made itclear: if we ever get pushedinto a corner to that pointwhere we're making a judge-ment about fairness or inclu-sion, I will always fall downon the side of fairness.
"We see an internation-al federation asserting its pri-macy in setting rules, regu-lations and policies that arein the best interest of itssport.
"This is as it should be.We have always believed,and repeated constantly, thatbiology trumps gender andwe will continue to reviewour regulations in line withthis."
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World Cup winner withGermany in 2014, Mario
Götze has completed a return to theBundesliga, joining EintrachtFrankfurt after two seasons withPSV Eindhoven.
The 30-year-old has signed athree-year deal with the EuropaLeague winners.
Frankfurt will reportedly pay€4m for the attacking midfielderafter activating a release clause in hisPSV contract.
Götze won two Bundesliga titleswith Borussia Dortmund beforemoving to Bayern Munich in 2013.
The Germany international wenton to win three more league titles inas many seasons and scored the only
goal in the 2014 World Cup finalbefore he returned to Dortmund in2016.
A second stint with Dortmund
lasted four years before Götze movedto the Netherlands, where he scored11 goals and provided 13 assists inthe Eredivisie and Europa Leagueover the course of the last two sea-sons.
Götze sat out the start of pre-season training with Eindhoven onMonday as the club said the attack-ing midfielder was busy "finalisinga transfer".
Goetze burst onto the scene inthe 2010/11 season as a fresh-facedteenager whose goals helpedDortmund win the first of back-to-back Bundesliga titles.
Götze's arrival would boost theattack of Frankfurt, who beatRangers in the Europa League finallast month and finished 11th inGermany's top flight.
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This time, Novak Djokovic andRafael Nadal will be on oppo-
site sides of the draw.The seedings for Wimbledon
were announced on Tuesday, withDjokovic and Nadal being Nos. 1and 2, respectively, in the men'sdraw because of the absence ofDaniil Medvedev and AlexanderZverev.
The top-ranked Medvedev can-not take part as a result of the AllEngland Club's decision to notallow players from Russia or Belarusto enter the event in 2022 over theinvasion of Ukraine. Medvedev isRussian. The No 2-ranked Zverev isout because of an ankle injury.
That means Djokovic andNadal have been bumped up tobeing the top two seeded playersand cannot now meet until the final.
That wasn't the case at the FrenchOpen last month, when Nadal beatDjokovic in the quarterfinals en
route to winning a men's-record22nd Grand Slam title.
There will be a 23-time GrandSlam winner in the women's drawin Serena Williams, but she will notbe seeded.
The draw is Friday and thetournament begins Monday.
Since 2021, the seedings forboth the men's and women's singleshave been based on the worldrankings.
Williams hasn't played compet-itively since retiring from her first-round match at last year 'sWimbledon. She has been awardeda wild-card entry for the singlestournament at the All EnglandClub starting next week and couldtherefore be drawn to play anyonein the first round.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek ofPoland will be the top-seeded play-er at Wimbledon.
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Indian women's foot-ball team will begin its
preparation for theupcoming FIFA U-17World Cup by taking onItaly in a four-nationtournament at theGradisca d'lsonzoStadium near here onWednesday.
The ThomasDennerby-coached side,who had a preparatorycamp in Jamshedpurbefore coming here, willcompete in two tourna-ments during its exposuretour ahead of the U-17women's World Cup inIndia during October-November.
Italy and Mexico arethe two other teams com-
peting in the 6th TorneoFemale FootballTournament in Italy fromJune 22-26.
Coach Dennerby saidItaly would be a toughnut to crack but his pri-ority is not the result butthe overall progress of theteam.
"We are playing Italy,
and it is bound to be atough game. The onlyexpectation is to have agood performance. I amnot thinking about theresult, I want to see howthe team develops," theSwede said ahead of theiropening match.
"The players areadapting with each day,
and they understand howwe need to play in, andagainst different styles.This is the first real gamethe girls will play.Hopefully, we will have agood game.
"I have respect forthe opponents, and this isa really good start for theteam. It will show us the
work we need to build onuntil the World Cupstarts in October," the62-year-old added.
After their stint inItaly, the Young Tigresseswill move to Norway forthe Open NordicTournament WU16 fromJuly 1-7.
This will be the first
time the team will beparticipating in theNordic tournamentwhere eight teams willcompete against eachother -- Netherlands,India, Norway, Iceland,Denmark, Faroe Islands,Finland and Sweden.
"The preparation hasbeen good. We haveworked a lot on thestrength and condition-ing, as well as the techni-cal part. It is a step-by-step process, which isgetting better," he said.
"I have been with theteam for a while, and wehave been training at agood pace. I hope wefind a good way to han-dle every situation as ateam, rather than an indi-vidual." ss
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India's singles players yetagain failed to cross the
qualifying hurdle at the GrandSlam stage as both RamkumarRamanathan and YukiBhambri exited theWimbledon championshipswith first round defeats.
Bhambri lost to top seedfrom Spain Bernabe ZapataMiralles 5-7, 1-6 whileRamkumar fell 5-7, 4-6 toCzech Republic's Vit Koprivaon Monday night.
The 29-year-old Bhambrigot off a flying start as he gotan early break in the openingset and, at one point, was lead-ing 5-3.
However, despite Bhambribeing in an advantageousposition, squandered two setpoints and it was Miralleswho took the lead.
The second set, however,was a drab affair and Bhambriwas eliminated from the grasscourt event.
Ramanathan, on the otherhand, India's no.1 ranked ten-nis player, took on the 19thseed Kopriva, and the script
turned out to be somethingsimilar.
The 27-year-oldRamanathan, thanks to hisaces and winners, looked com-fortable but lost steam soonafter to lose the opening set.
He made a desperateattempt to bring things atlevel and even led 3-1 lead inthe second but Kopriva baggedfour games on the trot toregain control over the pro-ceedings.
With both Bhambri andRamanathan bowing out,Sania Mirza, who is in her lastyear on tour, remains the onlyIndian confirmed to play atSW19 this year.
The 35-year-old formerdouble's world number onewill is all set to feature in thewomen's doube draw along-side her partner LucieHradecka of Czech Republic.
Rohan Bopanna hasdecided not to play this eventsince ATP is not offeringpoints this year as Russian andBelarusian players have beenbanned from competing bythe organisers in the wake ofRussia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sadio Mane arrived in Germany on a pri-vate jet on Tuesday in order undergo a
medical with the Liverpool forward report-edly on the verge of signing for Bundesligachampions Bayern Munich.
Broadcaster Sky showed footage of the 30-year-old touching down at Munich airportbefore being taken to a hospital in the city cen-tre for a medical exam by Bayern's team doc-tor.
According to media reports, Mane'stransfer will cost Bayern around 41 millioneuros (£35 million, $43 million).
"I am happy he (Mane) has landed,"Thomas Mueller said while attending a golftournament in Munich on Tuesday.
Bayern's Germany forward, a golf fan,joked that he soon hopes to see Mane hit "lotsof birdies" on the city's courses.
The Senegal forward is expected to signa three-year contract and is set to hold his firstBayern press conference Wednesday.
Mane would be a replacement for want-away Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski,who has been linked to a Barcelona transfer.
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Ryan Giggs resigned fromhis role as manager of
Wales on Monday as the for-mer Manchester United greatawaits trial on an accusation ofdomestic violence.
Giggs has been on leavesince November 2020 when hewas arrested.
The 48-year-old is accusedof controlling and coercivebehaviour against his formergirlfriend Kate Grevillebetween August 2017 andNovember 2020.
Giggs is also accused ofassaulting Greville, causingher actual bodily harm, andcommon assault of heryounger sister, Emma Greville,at his home in the Manchesterarea in November 2020.
He has denied the allega-tions and pleaded not guilty toall charges.
His trial has was delayed
until August in January to acourts backlog.
Since then, his formerassistant Rob Page, has ledWales to their first World Cupsince 1958.
Giggs' decision to stepaside means Page will takecharge of games against theUSA, Iran and England inQatar in November.
"After much considera-tion, I am standing downfrom my position as managerof the Wales men's national
team with immediate effect,"Giggs said in a statement.
"It has been an honourand a privilege to manage mycountry, but it is only right thatthe Wales FA, the coachingstaff and the players preparefor the tournament with cer-tainty, clarification and with-out speculation around theposition of their head coach."
Giggs won 13 PremierLeague titles and twoChampions Leagues among 25major honours during a 24-year career with United at clublevel.
He began his coachingcareer at Old Trafford, takingtemporary charge at the end ofthe 2013/14 season after DavidMoyes was sacked beforeworking as an assistant toLouis van Gaal for two years.
Giggs was appointed Walesboss in January 2018 andhelped them secure qualifica-tion for Euro 2020.
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overs. Krturaj scored 141 runs off 91 balls.Athrav Singh also played a quickfire knock of35 runs. In reply, Sports Galaxy bowled out for147 runs.In another match, Yorker Cricket Clubedged past Shakumbri Cricket Club by four runsat NDBG ground. BRIEF SCORES:KSCC: 238 (Krturaj 141, Athrav 35; Aman 47/3,Ashmit 61/3)SGCC: 147 (Adarsh 25, Pradyuman 21;Surendra 30/4, Shiva 43/2)
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Senior off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin
has not travelled to theUnited Kingdom along withhis India team-mates for theone-off 'fifth Test' after test-ing positive for COVID-19,a BCCI source said.
Ashwin is currently inquarantine and will onlyjoin the squad after meetingall protocols requirements.
The Indian team had leftfor UK on June 16.
"Ashwin hasn't travelledwith the squad to UK as hehas tested positive forCOVID-19 before depar-ture. But we are hopefulthat he will recover well in time before the Test match starts onJuly 1," the BCCI source said.
"However, he might miss the practice game againstLeicestershire," the source added.
After the IPL, Ashwin had played a Tamil Nadu CricketAssociation (TNCA) League red-ball match where he had bowled20 overs to get some long form game time.
On Tuesday in a later update via IANS, it is reported thatAshwin will reach England in the next couple of days. He isexpected to join the squad in Leicester before the four-day warm-up game against the county which begins on June 24.
It has been learnt that new travel arrangements are beingmade for the veteran cricketer and he should be with the rest ofhis teammates soon, a Cricbuzz report said.
Jayant Yadav was kept as a standby should Ashwin fail torecover in time. The Haryana spinner was called to the NCA inBangalore. However, that option has been ruled out as Ashwinhas recovered fully and is expected to fly out in the next 24 hours,most probably on Wednesday.
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There's a common adage in sport."You never win a silver. Youalways lose a gold."
Mumbai cricket has followed thisold concrete jungle saying to the 'T' asits team now chases an unprecedented42nd Ranji Trophy title. It now finds abunch of bravehearts from MadhyaPradesh standing in its way with tricksof trade learnt from a Mumbaikar.
MP head coach Chandrakant Panditwon't let his team settle for anything lessthan a championship but AmolMuzumdar's men have dominated theproceedings since the start of the busi-ness end of the season.
On paper, the Mumbai team is over-whelming favourite in the final matchstarting on Wednesday with the bestGen-Next talent in its repertoire.
Sarfaraz Khan, after a few indiffer-ent seasons, has raised his game to analtogether different level with 800-plusruns in just five games.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is one youngsterwho is as passionate about his red ballperformance as he is about donning thegarish pink jersey of Rajasthan Royals.Three hundreds in four innings ofquarterfinal and semi-final showed hisvoracious appetite for runs.
Prithvi Shaw isn't the typicalMumbai khadoos (stubborn) batter butmore of Virender Sehwag mould withpenchant for butchering any attack.
Arman Jaffer is a chip of old blockand it will be good for him if he couldachieve even 50 per cent of what hisillustrious uncle Wasim did.
Add to it the likes of Suved Parkaror Hardik Tamore, who knew theopportunity of wearing the Lion's crest
on the white flannels come at a premi-um.
Mumbai have always had formida-ble batting line-ups that can scare theopposition team but this time the twounder-rated performers have been left-arm spinner Shams Mulani (37 wicketsand 292 runs) and off-spinner TanushKotian (18 wickets and 236 runs).Mulani or Kotian are by farthest stretchof imagination not India prospects oreven India 'A' contenders but they area rare breed of domestic performers whoknow how to win crunch games as theydid against Goa in a do-or-die situation.
However, MP is one of the mostimproved teams in recent times andunder Pandit inculcated the disciplinethat's needed to reach the summit clashin a tournament like Ranji Trophy.
Missing Venkatesh Iyer in battingand pace spearhead Avesh Khan in
bowling didn't do them any good butunheralded Kumar Kartikeya, with hisstamina to bowl for hours, has done thejob for his team.
The Himanshu Mantris and AkshatRaghuvanshis have all executed theirassigned roles to perfection.
In this team, there is only one play-er who is true blue talent and that's RajatPatidar.
For Mumbai, it will be imperative toensure that Patidar doesn't walk awaywith the game in one session with hiswide array of strokes.
MP, with its two spinners inKartikeya and Saransh Jain, will like toplay the waiting game, something thatPandit as a coach has injected in hiswards across the states.
It would be a game of chess playedon 22 yards but enticing enough for allthose who get to watch it.
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Only three half-centuries in five RanjiTrophy games doesn't match the lofty stan-
dards that he has set for himself but a pragmat-ic Mumbai captain Prithvi Shaw also knowsthat cricket is mirror image of life where thechange in graph is the only constant thing.
Leading domestic powerhouse Mumbai inthe Ranji Trophy final against a gutsy MadhyaPradesh team is Shaw's current assignment andhe doesn't want his tunnel vision to waverthinking about not being in England or noteven finding his name in the Ireland-boundT20I team.
"I have scored a couple (three) of fifties butthat's not enough for me for sure and no oneeven congratulated me after scoring a fifty andyou feel bad as well (jokingly)," the Mumbaiskipper said on the eve of the big final.
"It happens sometimes but I am glad thatmy team is doing well. As a captain, I have tothink of all 21 players I have got here and notjust about me," he added.
And then the flamboyant stroke-makerturned a tad philosophical.
"In cricket and in life, the graph always goesup and down and it's never going to always goup. So it's a just a matter of time that I middlethose balls and get those big runs again. Butright now, I want to ensure that my team isdoing fine and is enjoying its game," the skip-per said.
So doesn't national comeback bother himat all?
"It's nowhere near my mind you know —comeback to the Indian team. Getting the Cupis my main motive and not thinking anythingother than winning this one," the skipper madehis priorities clear.
"The preparation what we have done forthe Ranji Trophy and not focusing on what'shappening on the outside. It's about winningthe Ranji Trophy and getting those happymoments back."
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team, Arman Jaffer and this season's top-scor-er Sarfaraz Khan have one thing in common— they have all been students of the sameschool Rizvi Springfields, known for its formi-dable cricket team that dominates Harris andGiles Shield (iconic Mumbai school tourna-ments) events.
"Myself, Sarfaraz and Arman went to thesame school (Rizvi Springfield) at the age of9-10. We came up together and all three of usare doing pretty good so far for Mumbai crick-et," one could sense his pride.
While it is Prithvi's second Ranji Trophyfinal (he played one in 2017 vs Gujarat), Armanand Sarfaraz will be playing their first summitclash.
"It's about how we look at this game andit's going to be a different pressure for a lot ofpeople," he said.
"And we have got a young side and notmany of them have played these kind of finalsand are not experienced that much.
"But they are ready for it and what they aredoing since the league games is what I amwatching. We have got a skillful, talented sideand what they have achieved till now, they justhave to carry on for one more game."
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England captain Ben Stokesmissed training after feel-
ing unwell on Tuesday as hisside started their prepara-tions for the Headingley Test.
Stokes was absent whilethe rest of the squad trainedahead of Thursday's first dayof the final Test in the three-match series.
An England and WalesCricket Board spokesperson
indicated that Stokes had test-ed negative for Covid-19 onTuesday morning.
Stokes is being kept awayfrom the group as a precau-tionary measure.
The 31-year-old, in hisfirst Test series as skipper, willbe assessed again ahead ofWednesday's net session.
Stokes hit 75 from 70 ballsin the second innings ofEngland's second Test victoryover New Zealand at TrentBridge.
That was England's sec-ond successive win against theTest world champions, clinch-ing their first Test series tri-umph since January 2021.
New Zealand have hadseveral positive Covid cases intheir squad over the last cou-ple of weeks.
Black Caps skipper KaneWilliamson was forced to missthe second Test after testingpositive on the eve of thematch in Nottingham.
As well as Williamson,the tourists have seen HenryNicholls, Devon Conway,Michael Bracewell and twomembers of their backroomteam return positive resultssince arriving in England.
All four players are fitand available to play in Leedsthis week.
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India's T20 specialist Deepak Chahar willtake four to five more weeks to complete-
ly recover from the hamstring injury, whichhad kept him out of Indian Premier League(IPL).
Pacer Chahar and another centrally-contracted cricketer Washington Sundar,recovering from a hand injury, are current-ly doing their rehabilitation at NCA alongwith the likes of T Natarajan.
In another significant development, spinall-rounder Washington is set to fly toEngland to play for leading county sideLancashire.
"Washington is nearing full fitness andhe needs a lot of game time, which he willget only in red ball cricket. He is going to
play for Lancashire and this exposure willdo him a world of good," a BCCI source said.
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Chahar, who sustained injury duringhome series against West Indies in Kolkata,looked in good shape during his morningsession at the NCA.
"I am bowling four to five overs at onego as per my rehab programme right now.My recovery is going pretty well and I thinkit will take another four to five weeks for meto get match fit," Chahar told PTI after hisrehab session.
The Rajasthan seamer admitted that itwill not be possible for him to get fit by the
time India play T20 series against Englandin the second week of July.
"It's a step by step process as far as recov-ery is concerned. I don't think I will be fitfor England T20s. Once I am match fit, I willneed to play some club level games to checkmy fitness," Chahar said
He looked very comfortable when hebatted for a considerable amount of time.
So, can one expect that he will be fit fortour of West Indies?
"I can't say that but I will definitely tryand get fit by then. Let's see," the swingbowler said.
India are scheduled to play three ODIsand five T20Is between July 22 and August7 in West Indies.
������# India head coach RahulDravid on Tuesday joined India's Testteam in Leicestershire ahead of themuch-anticipated rescheduled 5th Testagainst England, scheduled to be heldin Birmingham from July 1 to 5.
In the pictures, shared by BCCI'sofficial Twitter handle, the head coachcan be seen interacting with the play-ers, who had their training session inLeicestershire County Ground.
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The Indian women's hockeyteam will participate in
next month's FIH Women'sWorld Cup 2022 without talis-manic striker Rani Rampal asthe former skipper is stillundergoing rehabilitation for ahamstring injury.
There were reports recent-ly that Rani has recoveredfrom her injury and had trav-elled with the squad toRotterdam for the last round ofFIH Pro League matches.However, on Tuesday chiefcoach Janneke Schopman saidshe is still undergoing rehabil-itation for the injury.
In her absence, goalkeeperSavita will continue to lead the18-member squad with defend-er Deep Grace Ekka as herdeputy. Savita led the Indianteam in the FIH Pro Leaguematches this year and the teamhad done well, presently in thethird position in the event.
Hockey India on Tuesdaynamed the 18-member Indianwomen's hockey team for the
FIH Women's Hockey WorldCup to be held in Netherlandsand Spain from July 1-17,retaining the majority of play-ers that had figured in lastyear's Tokyo Olympic Games inwhich the Indian team narrow-ly missed a Bronze medal.
India placed in Pool Balong with England, NewZealand and China will begintheir campaign on July 3against old nemesis England, towhom they lost the bronzemedal match in Tokyo.
The 20-member squad,including two replacementplayers as per Covid protocols,also includes defenders GurjitKaur, Nikki Pradhan, Uditaand midfielders Nisha, SushilaChanu, Monika, Neha, NavjotKaur, who all were part of theOlympics squad.
The forward line featuresthe very experienced VandanaKatariya, Lalremsiami, NavneetKaur, and Sharmila Devi. Theselectors have picked talentedyoung stars Akshata Dhekaleand Sangita Kumari as replace-ment players.
In the previous edition ofthe prestigious quadrennialevent held in London, theIndian team reached the quar-terfinals but lost to Ireland ina shootout after a 0-0 stalematein regulation time.
Speaking about the team
selection, chief coach JannekeSchopman said, "We have cho-sen the best squad for theWorld Cup. It is a mix of expe-rience and young talent whohave shown great promisewhen they were given a chanceagainst top teams in the FIH
Pro League.""Except Rani, who is still
not fully recovered from injuryrehabilitation, the team has allthe players who were part of theOlympic campaign with inclu-sions like Jyoti and Sonikawho have done well in theirroles when given a chance. Wewill also have Sangita andAkshata who will travel withthe team as replacement play-ers," Jenneke was quoted as say-ing in a release by HockeyIndia.
"The team is absolutelyexcited and eager to begin itsWorld Cup campaign and wewill utilize the next ten days tofinetune our game basis analy-sis from Pro League perfor-mances," she added.
The Indian team will playits group-stage matches inAmstelveen, Netherlands and ifthey top the group, they willplay the quarter-final too inAmstelveen. The semifinalsand final will be played inTerrassa, Spain. The crossovermatches for pool B will beplayed in Spain.
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Star opener Smriti Mandhanaheld on to her eighth position
but veteran pacer JhulanGoswami slipped a spot in thebowler's list in the latest ICCWomen's ODI rankings issuedhere on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Mandhana,who has scored 411 runs inODIs this year from nine match-es, including a century againstthe West Indies at the WorldCup earlier this year, is the loneIndian in the top 10 of the bat-ting chart which is headed byAlyssa Hailey followed byEngland's Natalie Sciver.
Goswami, on the otherhand, slipped one spot to num-ber six in the bowler's rankings.The 39-year-old has played nineODI games this year and hasscalped 12 wickets so far.
Goswami lost her positionto Proteas pacer AyabongaKhaka after her brilliant perfor-mance in South Africa's ODIseries sweep against Ireland.
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Sri Lanka edged pastAustralia by four runs to
take unassailable 3-1 led in theseries. After setting Australia a259-run target, the hosts tookwickets at regular intervalsuntil 19 was needed off the lastover. Matthew Kuhnemannmade things interesting by hit-ting three fours in the over tobring down the equation fiveneed off the last ball. However,Dasun Shanaka dismissed theAustralian batter to help hisscript a four-win win.
Earlier, Charith Asalankacracked his maiden ODI hun-dred as Sri Lanka finishedwith a competitive score of 258.
Dhananjaya de Silva gavethe middle order batter valu-able support and ended up with60.
The hosts, who wereinserted into bat, found them-selves in early trouble asNiroshan Dickwella, KusalMendis and Pathum Nissankawere dismissed within the first10 overs. With Sri Lanka in aprecarious position, Dhan-anjaya and Asalanka joined
forces to prop up the inningswith a stand of 101.
Despite losing his battingpartner, Asalanka continued toplay with a calm head on hisshoulders and found an ableally in Dunith Wellalage.Matthew Kuhnemann brokethe promising stand by removing Wellalage and fol-lowed it up by sendingChamika Karunaratne back to the hut. At that stage,Wanindu Hasaranga collecteda couple of boundaries offKuhnemann in the 45th over tokeep the scorecard moving. Inthe same over, Aslanka com-pleted his first ODI centurywith a single.
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