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Covid: Mixing of Covid vaccines is not protocol yet, says Centre Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown and Cases India reported 1,27,510 fresh cases, the lowest in 54 days, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 6.62 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. Agency News: New Delhi The Union Health Ministry Tuesday said the mixing of Covid vaccines is not the protocol till further updates. “The same vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) will
be administered for both doses. There’s international research underway on the mixing of vaccines as the possibility of a positive effect is also plausible but a harmful reaction cannot be ruled out either. It is an unresolved scientific question,
CBSE 12th Board Exam 2021: No Exams for Class 12 CBSE, CISCE Students
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Khan Chacha Owner Navneet Kalra’s Arms Licence Suspended The licensing branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday suspended the arms license of businessman Navneet Kalra, accused in a case relating to the alleged hoarding of oxygen concentrators in South Delhi. The Delhi Police said that the cancellation process has been started. Earlier on Saturday, a Delhi court granted bail to businessman Navneet Kalra on furnishing of a personal bond and two sureties of ₹ 1 lakh each. Navneet Kalra was arrested on May 17 after the Delhi Police registered a case under various offenses dealing with cheating, disobedience to order promulgated by a public servant, criminal conspiracy.
In Madhya Pradesh, 2 Men Assaulted Over Friendship With Woman A 20-year-old man and his friend were allegedly assaulted and their heads partially shaved over his friendship with a woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district. The woman’s father and three others have been arrested. They have been charged under the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act filed by the man, a Dalit, over the incident that reportedly took place on May 22. The complainant, Rajkumar Deharia, told the police that he was friends with a 19-year-old woman from an influential family belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community. He said the woman had told him she was not allowed to go out and did not have a phone to communicate with him, so he borrowed.
UP Board has cancelled 10th exam and proposed conducting 12th exams 2021 in the second week of July. The UP Board Class 12th date sheet 2021 will be released soon Agency News: New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting on Class 12 board exams. The Prime Minister, during this meet, will be briefed about all the possible options for Class 12 students, Government of India sources said. The Union government will file their reply in Supreme Court on June 3 on CBSE Class 12 board exams 2021. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ who is now admitted in AIIMS due to post-Covid related complications, on May
23 said that an “informed, collaborative” decision will be taken by June 1. A high-level meeting was convened on May 23 to discuss the issue of pending board exams 2021. After the meeting, the minister informed that the majority of the states are in favour of holding the 12th board exam 2021. However, states like Maharashtra said that the “non-examination route” for Class 12 board students should be actively examined and Delhi and Kerala governments suggested vaccinating 12th students before the board exams 2021. Rajasthan 10th Board exam date 2021 is yet to be decided and the 2nd PUC exam time table 2021 of the Karnataka board is expected to be released on the official website soon.
Father of Bihar girl, who cycled 1,200 km with him last year, passes away Jyoti had shot to fame after she had cycled 1200 km from Gurugram to Bihar over eight days with her ailing father in tow during the nationwide lockdown last year. Agency News: New Delhi Mohan Paswan, the father of Bihar’s ‘Cycle girl‘, passed away on Monday after he suffered a cardiac arrest at his native village in Darbhanga district, Jyoti had shot to fame after she had cycled 1200 km from Gurugram to Bihar over eight days with her ailing father in tow during the nationwide lockdown last year. Fearing that they would soon be turned out by their landlord from their Gurugram lodgings, Jyoti had asked her injured father to sit on the rear side carrier of her cycle as she pedaled home. Jyoti started her journey on
science will settle it,” it said. Earlier, had reported that India might soon begin testing the feasibility of a regimen that mixes two different Covid-19 vaccines to see if it helps boost immune response to the virus. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said, “Active cases are down by 50%, there is a 1.3 lakh decrease in active cases in a day. In 30 states/UTs, cases have been consistently declining for one week. This is a positive trend.” He added, “A total of 1,27,000 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. Since May 28, the country is reporting less than 2 lakh cases. There is a decline of infection in the country.” Earlier on Tuesday, a consignment, comprising as many as three million doses of Russia’s
First human case of H10N3 strain of bird flu reported in China Agency News: New Delhi China’s National Health Commission on Tuesday revealed the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, raising eyebrows across the world. A 41-year old man in Jiangsu province of China tested positive for the viral strain.Notably, the man was hospitalised on April 28 after he exhibited symptoms which include fever. A month later on May 28, he was tested positive for H10N3 avian influenza virus. The National Health Commission said that the strain of the avian influenza virus is relatively less severe and found in poultry. The commission also said that the chance of it spreading on a large scale was very low.
Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, the biggest tranche so far, landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is in a pact with Russian Direct Investment Fund to sell the first 125 million people doses (250 million vials) of Sputnik V in India. It has received approval from the Indian drug regulator for restricted emergency use of Sputnik V. On Tuesday, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was admitted to AIIMS, most likely for postCOVID complications. He had tested positive for Covid a month
ago. The Union Health Ministry said, “Mixing of vaccine is not the protocol yet, same vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) will be administered for both doses. There’s international research underway on the mixing of vaccines as the possibility of a positive effect is also plausible but a harmful reaction cannot be ruled out either. It is an unresolved scientific question, science will settle it. Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID19’, a new system of processing of insurance.
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Consignment of 3 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia land in Hyderabad A GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) press release said the vaccine consignment arrived from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours Agency News: Hyderabad A consignment of three million doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday. A GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) press release said the vaccine consignment arrived from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours. “While GHAC has already handled several import
Agency News: New Delhi The Supreme Courtwhich has tasked the Centre and states with protection of children orphaned by Covid sought details of the scheme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard today. The court has also asked the Centre to submit details on identification of
beneficiaries, mechanism for monitoring the scheme and other related issues. The court, which took up the issue suo motu while hearing a case about Covid outbreak at childcare homes, will hear the case again on June 7. Several states, including Delhi and Kerala, had already announced schemes for such children. The
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May 7 last year and reached her home on May 16. Running out of savings, struggling to afford two meals, and with no train or bus available, the daughter decided to take the road, “on an impulse”. Mohan was nursing a fractured knee from a road accident. yoti’s story had touched many from politicians to bureaucrats and business tycoons to NRIs. US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump had also heaped praise calling her journey a “beautiful feat of endurance”. She was also offered a trial from the Cycling Federation of India, which she later declined.
shipments of vaccine prior to this, today’s shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment of COVID-19 vaccines handled in India till date. This shipment completed all processes and was dispatched in less than 90 minutes,” it said. The Sputnik V vaccine requires specialised handling and storage, required to be kept at a temperature of -20 C. GHAC has been working closely with the experts from the customers supply chain team, officials from customs department and other relevant stakeholders over an extended period of time to ensure that the necessary infrastructure and handling processes are fully in place at the Air Cargo Terminal for smooth handling of the vaccine shipments.
Supreme Court Seeks Details Of Centre’s Scheme For Covid Orphans Central government stepped in on Saturday, announcing that it would bear the cost of these children’s education and hand them a corpus of ₹ 10 lakh when they reach the age of 23 years. On Saturday, as his government was about to complete two years in power in its second term -- PM Modi had announced the welfare measures for children. The scheme, he said, will be funded by the PM Cares Fund. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said those between 11-18 years of age will be given admission in any central governmentrun residential school or their fees will be paid. Also, fixed deposits will be opened in the names of such children and they will receive the
India records over 1.27 lakh COVID-19 cases, 2,795 deaths in a day The health ministry on Tuesday informed that over 1.27 lakh fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India in the past 24 hours. The addition of the fresh cases has taken the COVID-19 case tally past 2.81 crore. It is the lowest single-day surge in cases since April 9.The ministry also informed that over 21.60 crore COVID-19 jabs have been administered so far. Of it, over 27.80 lakh people were vaccinated on Monday. India has already surpassed Brazil in terms of cases. It is now the second-worst hit nation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the US.3.31
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lakh deaths due to COVID-19 Also, 2,795 COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the ministry during this period. The addition of the fresh fatalities has taken India’s death toll due to the deadly virus to 3,31,895. Previously, the death toll had
touched 4,529-mark on May 19. Of the over 2.81 crore coronavirus cases reported so far, over 18.95 lakh are active cases of the virus. It is 6.73 per cent of the total caseload. Interestingly, over 2.59 crore cases have recovered from the viral infection so far. Thus,
the country’s recovery rate stands at 92.09 per cent. The recovery rate had marginally dipped for the first time on August 27, 2020, because of the surge in active cases. It again dropped marginally on September 7, 10 and 11, and on November 25, 26 and 27 due to a surge in cases. It also dipped on February 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and is dipping throughout the month of March, April and May. However, the recovery rate has again started improving from May 10 onwards.Over 34.67 crore samples tested So far, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), over 34.67 crore samples for COVID-19 have been tested in the country.
money when they turn 23. At least 577 children across the country have been orphaned by COVID-19 between April 1 and May 25, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has said, citing reports of states and Union Territories.
IMD predicts normal monsoon for India in 2021 Agency News: New Delhi Although the onset of southwest monsoon in Kerala has got slightly delayed, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted a normal monsoon for the country this year, with rainfall likely to be in the range of 96-104 per cent of the long period average (LPA).Notably, the long period average of the monsoon season is calculated based on the rainfall received during the monsoon season across the country for the period from 1961 to 2010. The long period average rainfall for India stands at 88 cm.The IMD predicted that rainfall is likely to be normal in north (92 to 108 per cent) and south India (93 to 107 per cent), above-normal in central India (over 106 per cent) and belownormal in east and northeast India (less than 95 per cent). In Northwest India, monsoon rainfall is expected to be normal. In Northwest India, monsoon rainfall is expected to be normal.IMD’s director general Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that the onset of monsoon in the Indian subcontinent is delayed by two days and monsoonal clouds are going to enter Kerala on June 3. Notably, India’s agriculture sector predominantly depends upon monsoon for irrigation.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Centre-Bengal Tussle Is Hurting The Very Concept Of Cooperative Federalism If West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee does not leave any opportunity to settle political scores with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, nor does the Centre (BJP) with Banerjee. Last week, to show her annoyance, she opted out of the meeting to review the cyclone havoc in the state. In a rare violation of the protocol, Banerjee also kept the PM waiting for 30 minutes, met him briefly, and left even while the deliberations and damage assessment was on. The BJP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and some central ministers like Rajnath Singh criticized Mamata for playing petty politics. One can understand the bitterness between the political parties during the elections. After a landslide victory in Bengal, the campaign heat has not come down even as the post-poll violence and the vendetta politics continues from both sides. After the election results in West Bengal, the CBI arrested four Trinamool leaders. Eyebrows are raised when the Centre called back last week the Chief Secretary without consulting the Chief Minister. And only on Monday, the Centre served a chargesheet to the Chief Secretary even though he took his due retirement and was appointed as a chief adviser to the Bengal government by Mamata. Mamata has been complaining about the way Modi has been treating non-Congress chief ministers in Covid review meetings. “We feel insulted and humiliated. A dictatorship is going on. The Prime Minister is feeling so insecure that he did not even listen to the chief ministers. What is this fear about?" Mamata Banerjee asked. Going down the memory lane, the Nehru era did not witness such behaviour as most Congress chief ministers ruled the states. Their relationships were cordial. Prime Minister Nehru regularly kept in touch with the chief ministers informing them of his tackling of the current affairs. Nehru’s successor Lal Bahadur Shastri ruled for a brief period and had to face a Pakistan war as well as other problems. The jolt for the congress came from its humiliating defeat in the 1967 polls. After Indira Gandhi succeeded Shastri, the number of non-Congress chief ministers also began to grow. Tamil Nadu was one example where the chief minister Karunanidhi confronted Mrs. Indira Gandhi combining with non -Congress chief ministers. Karunanidhi did not have good relations with Prime Minister Chandrashekhar also.The chief minister and AIADMK founder M. G. Ramachandran followed a dictum of being on the right side of the Centre even during the Morarji Desai government. He had a comfortable relationship with Mrs. Gandhi. His disciple Jayalalithaa had a cordial relationship with both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi but she confronted P.V. Narasimha Rao and the first BJP Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. She even pulled down Vajpayee’s government in 1998 though she was an ally of the NDA. Jayalalithaa also broke the protocol by not seeing off Vajpayee in 1999 when he visited Tamil Nadu. She deliberately went out of Chennai. During P.V. Narasimha Rao’s time, she was annoyed for appointing Dr. Chenna Reddy as Tamil Nadu governor. There was a war of words between the two egoistic leaders. She demanded the recall of the governor but Rao did not agree. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao had a public spat with Indira Gandhi and paraded his MLAs before the president in 1984 when she got his government dismissed in1984 and she was forced to reinstate him. Modi too is not comfortable with non -BJP chief ministers. Just last month Prime Minister objected to Delhi chief minister Kejriwal showing a live Covid review meeting between him and the chief minister. Chiding him, Modi said “Let me say this is strictly against our tradition, our protocol. “ Bad vibes between some chief ministers and governors are also not something new. WestBengal, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Delhi are shining examples where the chief ministers and the governors have a running battle. Modi had been talking about cooperative federalism and competitive federalism as well as “Team India”. Cooperative federalism is a concept which reflects the relationship between the Centre and the states where both come together and resolve the common problems. Modi was successful last year when he took the chief ministers on board to implement his Covid strategy. But in 2021, with elections to five states, politics took over. NonBJP states have c o m p l a i n e d - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara about the scarcity.
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Uttar Pradesh is due to go Assembly elections in early 2022. It has 80 Lok Sabha seats, 403 assembly seats and a population of over 200 million. Agency News: New Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary (organization) BL Santosh met senior party leaders of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday as part of two-day review exercise on functioning of the party. The meeting holds significance as the state is set to witness elections next year. Santhosh earlier met deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and labour
minister Swami Prasad Maurya. He is scheduled to meet ministers of state later in the day.“We will win 300 seats in 2022 polls,” Keshav Prasad Maurya said after the meeting.On Monday, Santhosh, along with Union minister Radha Mohan Singh, had met ministers and key functionaries before holding a dinner meeting with chief minster Yogi Adityanath at the latter’s official residence in state
Television actor Karan Mehra, who played Naitik in the hit TV show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on June 1 and later granted bail. The actor’s wife, Nisha Rawal filed a complaint against him following a fight. The couple, who have been married for nine years and known each other for 14, have a son. There were marital problems between the two since a while and in March they decided to go their separate
capital Lucknow.He reached the BJP’s state headquarters in Lucknow on Monday. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, his party colleagues JPS Rathore and Govind Narayan Shukla, and minister Mahendra Singh. Shukla said that during his visit, Santhosh and state BJP leaders will also review the helpdesk started during the Covid-19 pandemic and other programmes.
Huma Qureshi looks sexy in the red top and shorts.
“Darkest Year In Over 4 Decades”: P Chidambaram Slams Government On GDP GDP numbers released by the government showed the economy had contracted by 7.3 per cent over FY20/21- its worst performance in over four decades Agency News: New Delhi FY 2020/21 was “the darkest year of the economy in four decades” - one that resulted in record negative growth and left “most Indians poorer than they were two years ago” Congress MP P Chidambaram said Tuesday, shredding the government over its handling of the country’s finances. Mr Chidambaram also slammed
the government for misleading the people - a reference to the “green shoots” claims of the Finance Ministry in July last year, after the first wave peaked. He said the Congress had then called for measures like direct cash injections, but its pleas went unheard. “2020/21 has been the darkest year of the economy in four decades. The performance in the four quarters tells the
story... the first two witnessed a recession (-24.4 and -7.4 per cent)... performance in the third and fourth quarters did not herald a recovery,” Mr Chidambaram said. He said (marginally) positive Q3 and Q4 rates - 0.5 and 1.6 per cent - should be seen in the context of “a very low base of 3.3 and 3.0 per cent in the corresponding quarters of the previous year”. On Monday
GDP numbers released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed the economy had contracted by 7.3 per cent over FY20/21- its worst performance in more than 40 years. The Q4 numbers - 1.6 per cent growth - have been seen as disappointing because all sectors were open in the January-March period and the situation was as close to normal as things have been.
4th Covid Sero Survey This Month, Bengal Governor Says MamFocus On Children And Rural Areas ata Banerjee Had Threatened Agency News: Kolkata
The government will conduct a fourth national sero survey to monitor the spread of the SARSCoV2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, and prep for a potential third wave of infections. The survey - to be led by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) will take place in June with 28,000 blood samples - 14,000 each from adults and children over the age of six - to be analysed. Apart from focusing on children, it will also focus on rural areas of the country. The sampling of children comes amid global concerns the virus is targeting kids as it mutates; several countries, including Singapore, have already reported cases among younger citizens.
Last month authorities were alarmed after 8,000 children and teenagers tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, accounting for about 10 per cent of cases in the district. Concerns children could be affected (at least, in greater numbers than they have so far) is a sobering and frightening thought, especially considering the number of deaths in the second wave. AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria last month said there is no indication children will, in fact, be severely, or more, affected - a conclusion shared by the Indian Academy of Paediatrics. But the Supreme Court on Monday asked the government if any study had been conducted on these aspects. Concerns over children being affected has also focused.
TV actor Karan Mehra spills the beans on the fight with his wife, Nisha Rawal, last night that led to his arrest. He claims she is bi-polar, violent and wanted more money than he could give after their divorce ways, says Mehra. Talking about what happened, he says, “We were going through a strain in our married life and were trying to figure a way out. In the last few days, we came to a point where were decided to mutually separate and do our best for our child. On May 31, we were talking about finance and how we would distribute things and we disagreed on certain points. She wanted more than what I could give. I told her, ‘What you want, I can’t give and what you want, can’t be given’. I explained to her
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To “Boycott” PM Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had called him before the meeting with PM Modi at Kalaikunda in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district and indicated that she won’t attend it if Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is present Agency News: Kolkata
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today stirred fresh controversy by saying “ego prevailed over public service” on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting to review post-cyclone damages on May
28. Terming the Governor’s comment “unfortunate”, the ruling Trinamool in Bengal asserted that the Chief Minister is involved in public service 24/7 and all her actions are prompted by her concern for the interests of the state. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said the Chief Minister had called him up before the meeting at Kalaikunda in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district and indicated that she won’t attend it if Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is present in it. “Constrained by false narrative to put record straight.
DRDO issues directions for use of 2-DG, its drug for Covid-19 patients Agency News: Mumbai
that the pandemic is still here, and who knows what happens tomorrow and I would want to give my son the best.” After the heated discussion, Rawal and her brother Rohit Sethia stepped out and returned later that night. Mehra adds, Sethia then told him that if he didn’t agree, they would go to court and fight They can’t hold me ransom, so I told them to go ahead. Later, Nisha barged into my bedroom,
as we have been sleeping in separate bedrooms since a while. She began shouting and abusing my family, told me, ‘I will ruin your life, spat on me and I calmly told her not to behave in this manner and to go back to her bedroom. I didn’t want to talk right then. I got up to go into the bathroom when she suddenly banged her head on the wall and said, ‘ab dekho kya hota’.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday said its anti-Covid drug, 2-deoxy-Dglucose or 2-DG, can be given to patients under the care and prescription of doctors as it issued directions for its use. “Ideally, 2DG should be prescribed as early as possible by doctors for moderate to severe COVID patients for a maximum duration of up to 10 days,” DRDO said. Patients of uncontrolled diabetes, severe cardiac problem, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe hepatic and renal impairment have not
been studied yet with 2-DG, and hence caution should be exercised, DRDO said. It added that 2-DG should not be given to pregnant and lactating women and patients below 18 years. ”Patients and attendants are advised to request the hospital to contact Dr Reddy’s lab Hyderabad f organisation said in a tweet. The oral drug 2-DG, developed in collaboration with Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), was approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on May 8 as an adjunct therapy – one that supplements regular treatment – for Covid-19.
Education Minister Admitted To AIIMS Over Post-Covid Complications COVID-19 India: Ramesh Pokhriyal is admitted under Dr Neeraj Nischal, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at AIIMS, sources told news agency Press Trust of India. Agency News: New Delhi Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has been admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on Tuesday morning, news agency ANI reported. He has been admitted due to postCOVID complications. He was taken to the hospital around 11:30 am after he complained of breathing difficuty. According to sources, the minister is admitted under Dr Neeraj Nischal, an associate professor in the Department
of Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). “He (Pokhriyal) was admitted due to post-Covid complications on Tuesday morning. He is admitted under Dr Neeraj Nishchal,” a source This is to inform you all that I have tested COVID positive today. I am taking medication & treatment as per the advice of my doctors. Request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant, and get themselves tested,” the minister tweeted.
Sushil Kumar’s arms license suspended, says Delhi Police
The crime branch of Delhi Police on Sunday, in a bid to investigate his hideouts, took the 38-yearold wrestler to Haridwar, where he had allegedly fled to after committing the murder. Agency News: Mumbai The arms license of Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who was arrested in connection with the murder case of wrestler Sagar Dhankar, has been suspended, Delhi Police on Tuesday. The procedure to cancel the licence permanently has also been initiated, police added. Meanwhile, the crime branch
of Delhi Police on Sunday, in a bid to investigate his hideouts, took the 38-yearold wrestler to Haridwar, where he had allegedly fled to after committing the murder. Earlier, Kumar and his associate Ajay were taken to Bathinda and Chandigarh to ascertain the sequence of events following the incident. The 23-year-old Dhankar died following a brawl with Kumar and his associates at New Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium on May 4. Two of Dhankar’s friends, Sonu and Amit Kumar, were also assaulted by the two-time Olympic wrestler, police said after making the arrest on May 23 from outer Delhi’s Mundka area.A video of the incident had also surfaced on social media, in which Kumar and his associates were seen attacking a man who was lying on the floor with sticks.
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‘Still no one knows how WTC points work’: Trent Boult wants New Zealand to ‘create ‘history’ in final vs India Trent Boult, who will be one of Kane Williamson’s main weapons to unsettle the strong Indian batting line-up led by Virat Kohli, said he still has doubts about how the points are calculated in the World Test Championship. Agency News: New Delhi Backing his side to ‘create history’ in the World Test Championship final against India, New Zealand pacer Trent Boult said he is raring to be a part of the marquee event in Southampton starting from June 18.“The way the group has travelled and performed around New Zealand and the world, the boys are in a great place to hopefully create a bit of
history,” Boult told reporters at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.The left-arm seamer, who will be one of Kane Williamson’s main weapons to unsettle the strong Indian batting line-up led by Virat Kohli, said he still has doubts about how the points are calculated in the World Test Championship.“I’ve taken a while to understand the process with qualifying, how everything works with the points, still think no one
England skipper Root hit on hand by a ball delivered by coach Silverwood: Report Agency News: New Delhi England are in preparation mode ahead of the start of their Test series against New Zealand and the hosts were handed a big injury scare after captain Joe Root was hit on his right hand during practice. The ball that injured Root was delivered by head coach Chris Silverwood from the ‘dog-thrower’ training device, according to a Daily Mail report. England’s first Test against New Zealand begins Wednesday at the Lord’s in London. The Kiwis will take on India in the final of the World Test Championship
in Southampton from June 18, after completing their series against England. India will then face England in a five-match Test series. The report further stated that Root immediately left the nets to seek attention after the painful blow and then worked indoors with assistant coach Paul Collingwood before returning to the nets again. Root was the mainstay of England’s batting during their tours of Sri Lanka and India earlier this year, where his knocks brought him back into contention as among the leading batsmen of his generation.
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knows how that actually works, but to get into that final the excitement is ramping up now,” Boult said.Talking about the Dukes ball, which will be used for the WTC final, the 31-year-old said: “I haven’t had too much experience with it, played a handful of Tests over in England. It reacts a lot differently, then you
As the second wave of COVID-19 and the resultant restrictions again cripple economic activities, the State Bank of India (SBI) has revised India’s growth outlook downwards for the current financial year.The latest SBI Ecowrap report has projected a 7.9 percent
growth for India’s GDP, down from its previous projection of 10.4 percent growth, IANS said.However, it added: “We impart an upward bias to this number with the fervent hope of 1 crore vaccinations per day beginning midJuly as per Government projections.”It also noted that there is likely to be “disproportionately larger”
have to weigh in all these different venues.” “I’m sure the boys are very excited to get it in their hands and see it move around. Hopefully, we can entertain you a little bit over the next wee while.” Ahead of the WTC final, New Zealand take on hosts England for a two-match redball series.
Lisa De Vanna, Australia’s most prolific goal-scorer in women’s football has been dropped from the Olympic squad with coach Tony Gustavsson saying there was “no room” for the veteran forward. De Vanna, 36, was omitted from the Matildas’ 25-woman squad released on Tuesday for Olympic warmups away to Denmark on June 10 and Sweden five days later. With the squad to be trimmed to 18 for the Tokyo Games, De Vanna’s hopes of competing at a third Olympics are all but over. Swede Gustavsson said that with Caitlin Foord, Mary Fowler, Emily Gielnik and captain Sam Kerr in his squad.
Indian boxers to have three-week training camp abroad before Olympics The complete modalities of the planned trip will be revealed after the venue is finalised. The Indian boxing team has travelled quite a bit in the past few months for tournaments and training, including a lengthy trip to Europe. Agency News: New Delhi India’s nine Olympicbound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint after getting a few days’ break following a record-shattering medal haul by the country’s pugilists at the just-concluded Asian Championships in Dubai. Speaking to PTI, Indian men’s boxing’s High Performance
SBI lowers India’s FY22 growth forecast to 7.9%; recovery to be ‘W-shaped’
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Australia’s all-time scorer De Vanna dropped from Olympic squad
impact on economy this time and given that rural is not as resilient as urban, the pick up in pent-up demand is unlikely to make a large difference in FY22 GDP estimates, and hence it could only be a modest pick up.On Monday, India reported a 7.3 percent contraction in its economy. The SBI Ecowrap noted that the real GDP for FY21 in the provisional estimates has been revised upwards to Rs 135.13 lakh crore from Rs 134.09 lakh crore as per the second advance estimates. Thus, for FY21 the real GDP growth was registered at (-)7.3 percent against the earlier SBI estimate of (-) 8.0 percent.
Director Santiago Nieva said the boxers will reach Tokyo for the Games, five to seven days before the start of the event from July 23.“We will go abroad for training. The discussions are on and the place will be finalised in the next few days. It will be a three-week camp. We will come back to India to fine tune a few things, and then head to Tokyo five-seven
days before the Games,” Nieva said laying down the plan for the coming days. The complete modalities of the planned trip will be revealed after the venue is finalised. The Indian boxing team has travelled quite a bit in the past few months for tournaments and training, including a lengthy trip to Europe.
Yellow metal trades higher, price nears ₹50,000 per 10 gram Gold price edged to ₹49,483 per 10 gram, while silver was trading 0.93% higher at ₹72,565 per kg. Among other precious metals, platinum price has shown an uptick and rose 0.38% to $1195.0 per Troy ounce. Agency News: New Delhi Gold and silver prices were seen trading higher in India on Tuesday, with August gold contracts on the MultiCommodity Exchange (MCX) trading higher by 0.27% at ₹49,483 per 10
gram. In the previous session, gold was up 0.54% or about ₹453.1 per 10 gram. Gold futures had closed at ₹49,349 per 10 gram in the previous session.July silver futures, on the other hand, were on Tuesday trading 0.93% higher at ₹72,565 per kg. Silver had settled ₹71,898 per kg in the previous session. Among other precious metals, platinum price has shown an uptick. Platinum rose 0.38% to $1195.0 per Troy ounce. Also, the price of 24k gold in the Indian spot market was quoted at ₹47,710, according to agencies.The current gold and silver rates in India come in the backdrop of a positive international trend in the prices of these metals, which continue to show an upward trend. Spot gold rose by 0.32% to $1911.9 per Troy ounce.
Sensex jumps over 250 points in early trade; Nifty tops 15,650 The 30-share BSE index was trading 271.72 points or 0.52 per cent higher at 52,209.16 in initial deals, and the broader NSE Nifty rose 69.70 points or 0.45 per cent to 15,652.50. Agency News: New Delhi Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and SBI amid a mixed trend
in other Asian markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 271.72 points or 0.52 per cent higher at 52,209.16 in initial deals, and the broader NSE Nifty rose 69.70 points or 0.45 per cent to 15,652.50.Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in
the Sensex pack, rising more than 2 per cent, followed by SBI, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, L&T, Reliance Industries and IndusInd Bank.On the other hand, Infosys, TCS, Nestle India, Dr Reddy’s were among the laggards.In the previous session, Sensex ended 514.56 points or 1 per cent higher at 51,937.44, and the broader NSE Nifty surged 147.15 points or 0.95 per cent to its fresh closing record of 15,582.80. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market
as they bought shares worth 2,412.39 crore on Monday, as per provisional exchange data. “The ongoing bull run in the market has taken even the incorrigible optimists by surprise. FIIs, regarded as smart investors, have been caught on the wrong foot,” said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services. Their sustained selling from early April to mid-May has proved to be a wrong strategy and, therefore, now they are making
amends through heavy purchases. Massive FII buying in the cash market is an indication of the likely direction of this market, he added.Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Hong Kong and Seoul were trading in the positive territory in mid-session deals, while Shanghai and Tokyo were in the red.Equities on Wall Street closed higher in the overnight session. International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 1.20 per cent higher at USD 70.15 per barrel.
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Actor Huma Qureshi has appeared in back-to-back releases in two weeks -- the big-budget zombie film Army of the Dead, and the political drama series Maharani. While Huma played the lead role in Maharani, she appeared in a supporting role in Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder. In an interview, she said that she isn’t concerned about the length of her roles, and is grateful to her fans for wanting to see more of her.Drawing parallels, she continued.
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD ‘Gunda might have done it’: KRK alleges theft at home amid beef with Salman Khan KRK claimed that the man broke into his house through a window and then stole all his cash that was kept locked in his safe Agency News: Mumbai Amid the the Kamaal R Khan-Salman Khan feud, the former took to social media on Monday to reveal that there was an attempted robbery at his home on May 30. On his Twitter account, the selfproclaimed film critic also shared CCTV screen-grabs of the same.In the pictures, a masked man can be seen looking at the CCTV camera holding a knife.KRK claimed that the man broke into his house through a window and
then stole all his cash that was kept locked in his safe.“Last night this man did break window to enter in my house. Then he did break the safe and take away all the cash. I hope @MumbaiPolice @ CPMumbaiPolice will catch him soon!” he wrote and shared four snapshots from the footage.In another tweet, KRK claimed that this might
have been done to scare him amid the ongoing controversy with Salman Khan.“Gunda might have done it to make me scared, but I won’t get scared at any cost. Let them break into my house everyday!” read his tweet. Sharing a photo of the damaged safe, he also accused the manufacturer of fooling people since it was breakable.
Divyanka Tripathi gives befitting reply to query on her dupatta: ‘My body, my wish; your decency, your wish’ Agency News: Mumbai Actor Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, who is currently shooting for Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 in the South African capital Cape Town, has slammed a Twitter user for commenting on her clothes. Divyanka was questioned for not wearing dupatta with her suits in Crime Patrol, which she hosted. The user wrote, “Crime petrol episode me aap dupataa kyu nahi pahanati hai (Why don’t you wear a scarf in the Crime Patrol episode)?” She replied, “Taaki aap jaise bin dupatte ki ladkiyon ko bhi izzat se dekhne k i aadat dalein! Kripya khud ki aur apne aas paas k e ladkon ki neeyat sudharen, na ki aurat jaat ke pehnaave ka beda uthaayen! Mera shareer, meri aabru, meri marzi! Aap ki sharaafat, aap ki marzi! (So that people like you learn to respect women even if they aren’t wearing a scarf. Kindly change the way you and others look at women and don’t comment on what women wear. My body, my honour, my wish! Your decency, your wish)!” A fan wrote, “Indian men should start thinking about desexualizing body parts from their mind. Go slow but please act towards changing the thinking process.
Jacqueline Fernandez says her parents ‘desperately’ want her to move to Bahrain Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has said that her parents ‘desperately’ want her to move to Bahrain and stay with them, amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India. Agency News: New Delhi Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has said that her family is worried about her safety in India, and is ‘desperate’ for her to move out of the country, which is witnessing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.Although the caseload and the positivity rate is on the decline, Jacqueline said in an interview that her parents want her to move in with them in Bahrain.“My friends from Sri Lanka and my parents, who live in Bahrain, watch the news and panic when they see the situation in India. My parents desperately want me to live with them in Bahrain… even my uncles and cousins in Sri Lanka are asking me to come and stay with them. However, I am pretty intent on staying put here and continuing the work I am doing,” she told a leading daily.The actor moved in with Salman Khan and his family, at his Panvel farmhouse, last year, amid the first wave.
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2,204 hospitals operate without fire NOCs, say affidavits in HC In five of the zones (excluding Rajkot), 75 per cent of the 454 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals did not have a valid fire NOC, the submission stated. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Raveena Tandon waved at the shutterbugs as she was photographed in Bandra.
In six separate affidavits filed by regional commissioners of municipalities across six zones of the state before the Gujarat High Court, 2,204 hospitals were operating without a valid fire NOC across the state as of May 30. In five of the zones (excluding Rajkot), 75 per cent of the 454 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals did not have a valid fire NOC, the submission stated. Since the Covid outbreak last year, 36 people have died in four fire incidents in hospitals across the state, the highest being 18 deaths in a Bharuch hospital on May 1. In all, as per the affidavits, 5,100
schools and hospitals are without valid fire NOC and over 9,000 hospitals, schools and factory units were without valid building use (BU) permit.In Gandhinagar zone, 852 hospitals and 617 schools do not have a valid fire NOC as of May 30. Another 934 hospitals, 669 schools and 7,171 factories and industrial units do not have valid building use (BU) permits.The Regional Commissioner of Municipality of Gandhinagar zone, Amit Yadav, submitted that upon inspection of the total 170 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the zone, it was found that 123 of them did not have a valid fire NoC.Regional Commissioner of Municipality
of Rajkot zone Stuti Charan in an affidavit submitted that as of May 29, 241 hospitals and 477 schools did not have valid fire NoCs in the jurisdiction. Rajkot zone covers 30 municipalities, which includes those in the districts of Rajkot, Morbi, Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar and Kutch. As per Charan, a total of 3,235 buildings also do not have valid BU permits, which includes 353 hospitals, 653 schools and 2,229 factories and industrial units. In South Zone Surat, which covers 19 municipalities including in the district of Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Tapi, 201 hospitals and 338 schools were without valid fire NOCs and 201
Diamond consignments seized in Surat for wrong disclosure of weight Moreover, the company declared the diamonds to be lab grown, but in actual they were all natural diamonds. Agency News: Surat Surat unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs and Central Excise department officials of Surat on Sunday seized two consignments of Universal Diamonds from the Surat Special Economic Zone for wrongful disclosure of weight. The actual value is yet to be declared, but the officials estimate its worth to
Antibody cocktail given to patient in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A week after Cipla and Roche India announced that the first batch of the monoclonal antibody cocktail of Casirivimab and Imdevimab will be available in India, a private hospital in Ahmedabad administered the drug to a 38-year old diabetic patient on Monday. CIMS Hospital claims that it is “one of the first hospitals in the city to commence this treatment.” The cocktail of antibodies was also used to treat former US president Donald Trump in October last year. The monoclonal antibodies are laboratorymade proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight harmful pathogens and is to be administered for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults and paediatric patients (12 years or older), who are at high risk of developing severe disease.
be hundreds of crores. The consignments were supposed to be sent to Mumbai airport and from there to Hong Kong. All the diamonds seized were in loose form. Officials said that the owner of Universal Diamonds, Meet Kachhadiya, had declared the weight of one consignment as 12,000 carats but afterwards it was found to be 26,000 carats, while the declared weight of another consignment was
20,000 carats, while the actual weight was 27,000 carats. Moreover, the company declared the diamonds to be lab grown, but in actual they were all natural diamonds. On Monday, the officials have sealed the company. Search was also carried out
at the house of Kachhadiya. Firms having units in the SEZ import raw materials and export the finished products accordingly, but they cannot sell them in local domestic markets. The major benefit for establishing unit at SEZ is that they are exempted from all taxes. Sources in the agencies said that the firm started in Sachin SEZ in the month of February 2021. The officials examined the details of the firm and found that till date the firm had exported 25 such consignments while majority of the consignment landed in Hong Kong.
Gujarat Covid: 1,681 fresh cases reported, lowest since March 22 Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced Monday that students going abroad for study will get Covid vaccination on priority. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Gujarat on Monday reported 1,681 new Covid-19 cases – lowest since March 22. Meanwhile, 18 others succumbed to the infection even as 496 patients are on ventilators across the state.Test positivity rate has been on the decline, currently at around two per cent, from the month-high of over nine per cent throughout the first week of May. On Monday, the state tested 88,000 samples across the state. At least nine districts tested less than 1,000 samples. Among these was Porbandar, where 71 new cases were added against
hospitals, 298 schools and 172 factories and industrial units were without valid BU permits. Of the 39 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in this jurisdiction, 22 do not have valid fire NOCs. In the Bhavnagar zone, 36 of the total 38 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals did not have a valid fire NOC. The six zones’ affidavits submit that while notices
were issued to the violators, it was only with an intention “of seeking implementation of the Fire Act, the Fire Rules and the Fire Regulations…, but without taking any coercive actions, so as to avoid any harassment to the public at large, more particularly in view of the present prevailing unprecedented.
Man wanted in assault, extortion cases arrested Police also recovered two handguns and live ammunition allegedly from the scooty of the accused. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a 32-year-old man, wanted in several criminal cases of assault and extortion, from a residential society in Bharuch on Sunday night.According to ATS officials, Azhar Shaikh alias Kitley (32), a resident of Juhapura in Ahmedabad, was held by a team from Al Muqam society on Dahegam road in Bharuch on Sunday night.Police also recovered two handguns and live ammunition allegedly from the scooty of the accused.According to ATS, Shaikh was involved in over 25 criminal cases of extortion,
ransom and assault and was currently wanted.“ATS Deputy Superintendent of Police BP Rojia had received a tip that a wanted accused in several cases of extortion and assault in Ahmedabad city was seen in a society at Dahegam road. A raid was then conducted on Sunday and along with the accused, we have also recovered one unlicensed pistol, one countrymade pistol, six rounds of live ammunition and a knife from the scooty vehicle of the accused at the society. In our interrogation, the accused has revealed that he and his accomplices were involved in a recent loot incident of Rs 1.5 crore cash at Santej in Ahmedabad,” read a statement from Gujarat ATS. According to police, Shaikh was involved in several cases of serious assault since 2013 in which he had allegedly used sword or knife to critically injure victims in order to create a clout of fear around him.
Agency News: Vadodara testing of 697 samples.Active cases have dropped to 32,300 from over 1.50 lakh active patients as was reported in the first week of May.Mumbai resident Chandrakant Patel, 66, who was admitted at CIMS Hospital in Ahmedabad for the past 55 days, was discharged. Patel was on holiday in Nainital in mid-March along with his family and friends, and had subsequently tested positive in the third week of March. Following deterioration in his condition, Patel was airlifted from Pantnagar to Ahmedabad. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced Monday that
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Dr. Jayanti Ravi transferred and appointed as the secretary of Auroville Foundation, Tamil Nadu Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar Gujarat cadre IAS officer Jayanti Ravi, currently serving as Principal Secretary in the state Health and Family and Welfare Department, has been appointed as Secretary, Auroville Foundation in Tamil Nadu, on deputation. The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet had approved Ravi’’s deputation on May 24.The committee has approved the proposal of the Department of Higher Education to appoint Ravi at Auroville on deputation, said the order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Tuesday.Ravi, a 1991-batch IAS officer, will remain, Secretary, Auroville Foundation, for a period of “three years with effect from the date of
assumption of charge of the post”, it stated.Ravi, 53, a native of Chennai, holds a PhD in e-governance and an M.Sc in Nuclear Physics among other qualifications. Auroville is an experimental township in Viluppuram district mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Surat reports 29 mucormycosis deaths so far Agency News: Surat Gujarat which is seeing a drop in COVID cases over the last few days continues to battle the surge in mucormycosis cases. Also known as black fungus, the case is being reported in patients who have recovered or suffered from COVID. Surat is no exception. On Monday Surat Civil Hospital reported four new cases of the disease. What is interesting is that despite being declared as a pandemic not much is known about the number of mucormycosis cases in the state, the death due to the disease, and how many people have lost an eye due to it among others. Every state agency is giving different figures. SMC said the government hospitals in the city have 146 patients under treatment for mucormycosis while private hospitals have 130. Thus in
all 276 patients are under treatment in the city. But data collected from government hospitals show that Surat has over 1000 patients under treatment, media reports said. Those in the know said Surat Civil Hospital alone has seen 20 cases every day. SMC officials told media that the discrepancy in the number is because while almost all COVID hospitals have mucormycosis patients, the city only considers those who are from Surat in its counting. Patients from outside the city who are getting treated in the city are not considered. Surat civil hospital ENT professor Dr. Anand Chaudhary said that on Monday 13 patients were operated for mucormycosis and one patient was lost to the disease. Surat Civil Hospital has so far seen 18 deaths due to the disease while SMIMER hospital has seen 11 fatalities so far.
Man arrested for selling fake covid RT-PCR reports for profit students going abroad for study will get Covid vaccination on priority. He stated that in the coming months, many students from Gujarat are expected to travel abroad for study. Priority will be given to them so that they do not face any hurdle in their foreign travel, a statement released by the state government said. District collectors and municipal commissioners will take care of this.Students from the districts are required to meet collectors in person with their I-20 form and DS-160 form along with a confirmation letter from the university.
The Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Tuesday nabbed a 35-year-old transport operator for allegedly selling bogus Covid-19 RTPCR reports to individuals in the city, without actually undergoing the test. The accused, Rakesh Mirchandani, has told the crime branch that he got initiated into the racket after initially preparing bogus RT-PCR reports for his own transport drivers.Mirchandani, charged individuals a sum of Rs 800 for providing a Covid-19 positive and Rs 300 for a negative Covid-19 report
The accused, charged individuals a sum of Rs 800 for providing a Covid-19 positive and Rs 300 for a negative Covid-19 report and edited original RTPCR reports of various laboratories of Vadodara, using the computer software. and edited original RT-PCR reports of various laboratories of Vadodara, using the computer software. Setting up a trap, one officer of the Vadodara DCB approached Mirchandani posed as a customer seeking a Covid-19 ‘positive’ RT-PCR report. He agreed to prepare a bogus report for the police officer posing as a dummy customer.
Ahmedabad’s MJ Library puts its book treasure online A digital library has been started at the Sheth Maneklal Jethabhai (MJ) Library in the city. The same was inaugurated by mayor Kirit Parmar. The facility will put 3700 ebooks at the fingertips of readers who can access the same online. Details of over four lakh books will be available online. Users can also leave feedback for the same. The digital services at the popular MJ Library have been
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is a boon as the physical srvices in the library had been closed
due to COVID. The digital services will now be available 24/7.It has also begun a free wifi service and will soon build a computer lab with several systems and e-readers that can be of use to students preparing for competitive exams. An online booking for books is also available.About MJ LibraryAs per the library’s website, Mahatma Gandhi came up with the idea of creating a public library with the books of the Ashram before the historic
Dandi March. Gandhi wrote about the idea in Free Press Journal on July 27, 1933, and the next day one Rasiklal Maneklal donated Rs55,000 for the construction of the library and in the memory of his father.Thus Maneklal Jethabhai Library or MJ Library as it is known came into existence. Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the library and it was built over five years using Jaipuri architectural design.It was inaugurated on April 15,
1938, by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.Later the library added the ‘Subhadraben Maneklal Vachanalaya’ and ‘Baalkishor Vibhag’. The latter was the children’s section. In 1950, AMC donated Rs50,000 to build a separate book treasury. The AMC further expanded it in 1974 with a fund of Rs16.50 lakhs. It added the Reference and Research Section and Gyanvihar –student reading section in 2004-05 with funding of Rs22 lakh.
The DCB also transferred Rs 800 to Mirchandani via an online payment app and as promised, he provided the positive report via WhatsApp to the officer. Thereafter, the Crime Branch nabbed Mirchandani on Tuesday. “The accused runs a transport business and frequently needs Covid-19 ‘negative’ RTPCR reports for the drivers
and staff of his two tempos that operate between Gujarat and the neighbouring states. Each time he had to procure a genuine report, it meant spending close to Rs 1000 for each test. He has told us that he decided to prepare bogus reports only for his staff, initially by using ready Covid19 RT-PCR report samples and editing them in available software like PDF editor and so on. When he realised that his trick was working, he also relayed a message across in his groups that he could arrange RT-PCR reports for anyone who needs it. He also put across the rates for the same.
Concerned for native places, NRIs pour support south Gujarat Agency News: Surat It would have taken several years for these trust run hospitals of Surat and Navsari districts to install oxygen plants if they had not got support from the non-resident India (NRI) diaspora. Support poured in from across the globe as the second Covid-19 wave peaked in Gujarat. Now, seven hospitals of Surat district and Navsari are now equipped with oxygen plants
costing between Rs 20 and Rs 50 lakh. NRIs have their roots in south Gujarat districts have come together undervarious forums in different parts of the world to help develop healthinfrastructure ahead of the third wave in their native towns and villages.Leuva Patel Samaj (LPS) of US has sponsored oxygen plants for at least half-a-dozen hospitals. “With focus on the third wave, NRI community wanted to develop infrastructure.
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