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Launch of mYoga app, socially-distanced events. How the world marked International Yoga Day 2021 Agency News: NEW DELHI
Half-cooked water Calling Yoga a ‘ray of hope’ amid the testing times policy put on of the coronavirus pandemic, back-burner Page : 4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Monday launched the mYoga app to promote the Indian practice worldwide and mark the 7th International Yoga Day.“In collaboration with WHO, India has taken another important step. We will be launching the mYoga app which will have yoga training videos in different languages for people across the world. This will help us achieve our ‘One World, One Health’ motto,” he said at a virtual press conference.This year, the theme is ‘Yoga For Wellness’, which emphasises physical and mental well-being, especially amid the pandemic.“When the unseen coronavirus knocked on the doors of the world, no
While several socially-distanced events were held across the world to mark the 7th International Yoga Day, political leaders also stated that the relevance of Yoga country was prepared for it in yoga marathon was organised terms of resources, capability in the state, and over 10 lakh has increased and mental state. We all have people registered to participate during Covid-19. seen that in such difficult times, Yoga has become a great source of inner strength,” Modi said.Yoga’s relevance increased amid Covid-19’ Several political leaders echoed the prime minister’s thoughts. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel stated, “in this time of Covid-19 crisis, the relevance of yoga has increased manifold.” A virtual
in it.Yoga is India’s invaluable gift to the world, and it has helped several people deal with the Covid-19 crisis, said Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who also participated in a programme at Fort Aguada.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also stated that the relevance of Yoga has increased during Covid-19. “Yoga has helped
us to maintain our physical and mental health. We should make Yoga or other physical activities a part of our daily life. These will help increase our immunity against coronavirus,” he said. Several hospitals and Covid care centres also organised a Yoga session for patients to mark the occasion.
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Centre to increase pace of Covid-19 vaccination in July-August: Amit Shah Agency News: AHMEDABAD On the International Yoga Day on Monday, the drive of free vaccine for all is being launched across the country, Amit Shah said, adding that India was already on top in the vaccination programme. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the central government has decided to increase the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 in July and August.Talking to reporters after visiting a vaccination centre here, Shah said with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to provide free vaccine against Covid-19 to people aged 18 and above, “we will fast achieve the goal of inoculating almost everyone”.“The central government has decided
Thakur said he went to the border areas following “inputs” after the violation of the state airspace last year by Chinese helicopters and some construction activities, including those of roads near the border. to increase the pace of vaccination in July and August,” he added. Shah said from Monday morning, an important journey has started in the fight against Covid-19 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. The PM had taken an important decision that the Centre will provide free of cost vaccination to those aged 18 and above, he said.In a country having such huge population, providing free vaccination is a big decision, he said.
Record 69 lakh Covid vaccine doses adminis- Sharad Pawar calls mega opposition meet, sets political circles abuzz tered on day one of revised guidelines Agency News: NEW DELHI
Malaika Arora was photographed in Bandra.
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Two Agra villages achieve 100% Covid-19 jab-one Following door-to-door campaigning by health department teams and block development staffers, Bicholi and Rasulpura villages of Agra’s Fatehabad block have achieved 100% vaccination. As many as 859 residents of Bicholi and 1,020 Rasuplura have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.AK Singh, Fatehabad community health centre in charge, said, “All those above 18 years of age have received the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine. Spot registration was done at special camps organized for vaccination at both villages.
‘If you raise temptation, young guys have nowhere to go’, Imran Khan’s Barely two months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments on sexual violence drew severe backlash, he again invited trouble by suggesting that avoiding “temptation in society” is the way to prevent sexual violence against women.In April, during a question and answer session with the public, Khan had said that the rise in sexual violence in Pakistan, particularly against children, was caused due to “fahashi” (vulgarity). Defending his earlier remarks, Khan in an interview with Axios’ on HBO said, “...I said the concept of ‘purdah’. Avoid temptation in society. We don’t have discos here, we don’t have nightclubs.
The Union health ministry on Monday said that more than 69 lakh vaccine doses were administered across the country till evening on the first day of the revised guidelines for Covid-19 vaccination coming into effect. It is the highest number of doses administered in a day since the vaccination drive started on January 16. India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage is now nearly 28.7 crore.”Central Government is beginning the ‘Free Vaccination For All campaign’ for every Indian from today. The biggest beneficiary of this phase of India’s vaccination drive shall be the poor, the middle class and the youth of the country. All of us should pledge to get ourselves vaccinated. Together we will defeat Covid-19,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre will take over the existing Covid vaccination drive, which was
It is the highest number of doses administered in a day since the vaccination drive started on January 16.
partly being carried out by the states since May 1. The Centre’s new policy came days after Supreme Court slammed the ongoing vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group and called it “arbitrary and irrational.”According to the revised guidelines, vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states and UTs based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination, and all above the age of 18 will be eligible for the free jabs.The Centre will now procure 75 percent of the vaccines being produced by the manufacturers in the country. Earlier, the Centre allowed states and private hospitals
to procure 50 percent of the vaccines following demands for decentralisation of the process.In order to incentivise production by vaccine manufacturers and encourage new vaccines, domestic vaccine manufacturers are given the option to also provide vaccines directly to private hospitals. This would be restricted to 25 percent of their monthly production, the new guidelines stated.Within the population group of citizens more than 18 years of age, states and UTs may decide their own prioritisation factoring in the vaccine supply schedule, the revised guidelines issued by the health ministry stated.The states and UTs would aggregate the demand of private hospitals keeping in view equitable distribution between large and small private hospitals and regional balance, they said. The Covid vaccination in the
country commenced with the vaccination for all healthcare workers from January 16.The programme was expanded with time to include vaccination of frontline workers, citizens more than 60 years of age, citizens more than 45 years of age and eventually citizens more than 18 years of age.Under the National Covid Vaccination Program, from January 16 to April 30, 100 percent of vaccine doses were procured by the Government of India and provided free of cost to state governments.State Governments were, in turn, asked to administer vaccination free of cost to defined priority groups.To increase the pace of vaccination, participation of private hospitals was also enlisted where individuals could also choose to get vaccinated at a prescribed rate, the ministry said.In response to the suggestions.
The announcement comes just hours after Pawar met poll strategist Prashant Kishor for the second time in ten days.
Agency News: NEW DELHI NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Monday invited opposition leaders and other prominent personalities for a meeting on June 22 at 4pm. The announcement comes just hours after Pawar met poll strategist Prashant Kishor for the second time in ten days, giving credence to the rumours that the NCP chief is trying to stitch a coalition of non-BJP parties for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. “Pawar is working to unite all opposition leaders. May be, the meeting was to discuss it. The party’s national executive meeting is also taking place in the national capital tomorrow,” NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said when questioned about Pawar’s meeting with Kishor.Farooq Abdullah, Yashwant Sinha, Pawan Verma, Sanjay Singh, D Raja, Justice AP Singh, Javed Akhtar, KTS Tulsi & Karan Thapar are among those who are expected to
attend tomorrow’s meeting “Ashutosh, Advocate Majeed Memon, MP Vandana Chavan, former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, KC Singh, Sanjay Jha, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Colin Gonsalves, economist Arun Kumar, Ghanshyam Tiwari and Pritish Nandi will be among the attendees of the meeting called by Sharad Pawar,” Malik said on Twitter.Kishor had called on Pawar at the latter’s residence in Mumbai on June 11. The two held talks for around three hours. Kishor, who had been part of the BJP’s 2014 Lok Sabha
campaign, later became a poll strategist for several non-NDA parties.He handled the poll strategy of the TMC in the West Bengal Assembly polls and for the DMK in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections this year.According to news agency IANS, the invitation has been extended to 15 opposition parties, but a few of them have confirmed participation so far. The Congress is yet to confirm its participation as well.The meeting comes weeks after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had said that opposition parties will hold discussions over the possibility of forming an opposition alliance for the 2024 general election.
BJP’s north Bengal leader, UP’s next CM to be decided by party after Amarnath Yatra canseven others join TMC assembly polls, says Swami Prasad Maurya celled due to Covid-19 Agency News: KOLKATA
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In yet another jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party’s Alipurduar district president, Ganga Prasad Sharma, and seven other party leaders from the region joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday. Roy, addressing a press meet here, said the BJP’s rise in the state began with the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when it managed to bag several seats in north Bengal, and its downfall, too, will start from the region. This is just a glimpse of what lies ahead... The BJP’s fall in the state is imminent,” Roy, who was the saffron party’s national vice president until recently, underlined.Sharma alleged that the BJP has ignored the sentiments of grassroots workers while choosing candidates for the assembly polls, “inducting
Uttar Pradesh labour minister Swami Prasad Maurya has said that the next chief minister of the state will be decided by the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the completion of assembly elections early next year. “The chief minister will be finalised by the central leadership after the assembly elections,” said Maurya in reply to a question at the BJP headquarters here on Sunday.Speaking to newspersons in Etah last week, the BJP’s state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh had said that the next assembly polls will be contested under the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath. “Corruption and hooliganism have ended and development is taking place. We will fight the 2022 elections under the
The BJP’s fall in the state is imminent,” Roy, who was the saffron party’s national vice president until recently, underlined. people at its own will and flying them to Delhi”.“We felt neglected but still gave our best to the organisation and ensured that five saffron camp candidates from Alipurduar district get to win the assembly elections.
The chief minister will be finalised by the central leadership after the assembly elections,” said Maurya in reply to a question at the BJP headquarters hardworking and honest CM here on Sunday. Yogi Adityanath,” Swatantra Dev had stated.Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya had earlier said in Bareilly that the party’s national leadership will decide under whom the upcoming elections will be fought.When asked if there was any confusion in the party over who would lead the party in the coming polls and who would be the chief ministerial candidate as seen in the recent statements of party leaders, BJP spokesman Harishchandra Srivastava
said, “Swatantra Dev is the state unit president and what he has said is important. What Keshav Prasad Maurya and Swami Prasad Maurya have said is on the basis of the party’s norms and traditions.” “Formally, the announcement of chief minister’s name is decided by the parliamentary board, and so Keshav Maurya and Swami Maurya would have said this,” Srivasatava added.
Agency News: NEW DELHI The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), headed by Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha, on Monday decided to keep the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine “symbolic” in view of the Covid pandemic, with no physical darshan by the devotees.However, all traditional religious rituals shall be performed as per practice, with the morning and evening aartis to be streamed online, allowing the devotees “virtual darshan” of the holy ice-lingam.“It is important to save people’s lives. So, it is not advisable to hold and conduct this year’s pilgrimage in the larger public interest. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board is aware of and respect the sentiments of millions of devotees, and to keep
Sinha said after chairing a threadbare discussion with other shrine Board members. the sentiments alive, the Board shall continue the live telecast of morning and evening aarti from the holy cave shrine,” Sinha said after chairing a threadbare discussion with other shrine Board members.The LG who also held deliberations with J&K chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta, DGP Dilbag Singh and other senior officers, directed that devotees should be enabled to attend to morning and evening aarti in online mode. He said it would help them to pay their obeisance while also avoiding travel and exposure.
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BJP Still Considers Rahul Gandhi As Biggest Threat To Sangh Parivar
It is obvious that the secular camp is hoping against hope to revive the moribund Congressso that it can take on the BJP. Some in the group are also banking on Rahul Gandhi to shedhis part-timer tag and take to the field in real earnest. The validity of both the objectives cannot be doubted.For a start, the Congress’s position as the only pan-Indian opposition party at the nationaldespite its patent weaknesses is undeniable. The 136-year-old formerly Grand Old Party is still the only one among the non-BJP parties whose influence stretches across the land despite its patchy nature.From Punjab and Rajasthan in the north to Maharashtra in the west to Chhattisgarh incentral India to Tamil Nadu in the south, the Congress can boast of its presence in these provinces unlike any other party on the Left-Liberal side of the political space. All the others are confined to their respective states whether it is the Trinamool Congress (West Bengal) or the Nationalist Congress Party (Maharashtra) or the DMK (Tamil Nadu) or the CPI-M (Kerala) or the Aam Admi Party (Delhi) or the Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar) or theSamajwadi Party (U.P). Other regional parties like the Tel angana Rashtra Samithi, the YSR Congress, the Biju Janata Dal and the Bahujan Samaj Party are outside the Left-Liberal fold because of their overt or covert saffron connections. It is understandable, therefore, why the Congress remains the fulcrum of the secular group. And why as a possible future president of the party, Rahul Gandhi remains indispensable as a leader if only because there is no one else with a pan-Indian image. Notwithstanding his laidback attitude, the BJP appears to have realized that Rahul cannot be ignored because he poses a kind of an incipient threat. What is this threat? It is the possibility of a realization among the people that for all the charge of being a part-timer, Rahul is essentially a decent individual, vastly different from the arrogant, vindictive, scheming and unscrupulous top honchos of the Hindutva brotherhood whose guiding motto is “jail not bail” so far as its political opponents are concerned. It is because Rahul is a gentleman and not a bully that the BJP wastes no time to traduce him as Pappu or a juvenile delinquent, as Union minister Smriti Irani called him, lest his personable qualities expose the crude pugnacity of his perennial critics. This is why Nirmala Sitharaman lost her cool when Rahul was portrayed sitting on a pavement with migrant labourers because she knew that the snooty, self-aggrandizingmembers of her party will never deign to converse on familiar terms with ordinary people andthat their conceited attitude may be widely noted to the BJP’s detriment. Edited, Printed & Published by Nitya Chakraborty on behalf of Panchsheel News Pvt. Ltd.at D-34, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi110049This is not to deny that Rahul has his disadvantages. The most grievous of them is that heacks the killer instinct which the BJP has in oodles. He also appears to be unconcernedbout letting restive Congressmen look for greener pastures or formulating clear guidelines for the party to follow.So, a Jitin Prasada can desert what he thinks is a sinking ship or Nana Patole can raisedoubts about the viability of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra to the BJP’s delight. Thiscarefree attitude was on display when Rahul played with his dog when Himanta BiswaSarma was voicing his dissatisfaction with the Congress leadership in Assam before jumpingship. Although Rahul had once said that he tends to be more stern than his mother, this strictnessis less in evidence than a kind of laissezfaire attitude towards organizational discipline.Such leniency was a part of the Congress’s working style as an umbrella party which onceaccommodated everyone from E.M.S. Namboodiripad on the Left to K.B. Hedgewar on theRight.Except during the Emergency, such an easygoing mode of politics marked India’s public lifewhen Jawaharlal Nehru could single out Atal Behari Vajpayee as a future prime minister.Although bureaucrats were on their way to becoming caged parrots, professionalism had no yet been totally extinguished.The scene is different today with the government even threatening to act as the super-censor of films unlike in any other democracy and a poem not appreciated by the Hindutvabrigade being branded as the work of literary Naxals. The Congress and other “secular”parties can no longer afford, therefore, to pursue the kind of relaxed politics practised in thepre-2014 period. Since the Congress, willy nilly, cannot but be the pivot of opposition politics at the national level, Rahul will have to brace himself for a more assertive role without compromising his gentlemanly ways which are his answer to a - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara crass adversary.
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Zee TV’s Teri Meri Ikk Jindri celebrates the completion of 100 episodes Agency News: Mumbai Ever since its first episode aired, Zee TV’s show - Teri Meri Ikk Jindri has beensuccessful in entertaining the masses through its unique love story of two starklydifferent personalities - Mahi (Amandeep Sidhu) and Jogi (Adhvik Mahajan). WhileMahi’s undying spirit and determination has inspired many young women to becomeindependent, Jogi’s carefree nature and optimistic spirit has also been a goodinfluenced many people across India. Having received immense love and appreciationin the last few months, the untiring efforts of both the stars have finally paid off as theshow recently clocked its first milestone and stepped into the 100-episode league. Commemorating their first step towards success, the cast and crew members roundedup at the set to
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Tamil Nadu to form economic advisory council to CM with Esther Duflo Agency News: CHENNAI
Tamil Nadu government will constitute an “Economic advisory council to the chief minister” with leading economic experts from all over the world as its members. The government assured that a white paper detailing the true state of Tamil Nadu’s finances will be released in July.Addressing the state legislative assembly, governor Banwarilal Purohit said the council would consist of Nobel laureate Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute
The government assured that a white paper detailing the true state of Tamil Nadu’s finances will be released in July.
of Technology (MIT), USA, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan, former chief economic advisor to the central government Dr Arvind Subramanian, development conomist Jean
Dreze and former Union finance secretary Dr S Narayan.”Based on the recommendations of this council, the government will revitalise the state’s economy and ensure that the benefits of economic growth reach all segments of society,” Purohit said.The focus of the state will be on to further diversify the industrial base of the districts and to ensure technological
upgradation.The governor also said an expert committee consisting of industrialists, banking and financial experts and government officials will be constituted to formulate the schemes for revival of MSMEs. On the power front, Purihit said the state-run power utilities “Tangedco and Tantransco were facing severe financial crisis due to mismanagement
in the recent years.”A detailed strategic study of the finances and governance structure of the utilities will be carried out.The state government also announced that necessary steps would be taken to hold local body elections after the intensity of the Covid pandemic subsided and after ensuring that the delimitation exercise undertaken previously was appropriate in all respects. The government provided Rs 10,068 crore towards livelihood assistance after assumption of office.
Sonia Gandhi convenes meet on June 24 to discuss Cong’s plan to hold protests against govt Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of the party’s general secretaries and state in-charges on June 24 to chalk out a strategy to plan protests against the government on issues such as the hike in petrol and diesel prices.In the meeting, which will be held virtually, party leaders will also discuss the current Covid and political situations. They will give their suggestions for taking on the government and reaching out to the people to highlight its failures, sources said.Besides the hike in fuel prices.
Calcutta high court dismisses 20 cases of new Delta-plus variant in India, 8 in Maharashtra Mamata govt’s plea, NHRC to probe post-poll violence Agency News: MUMBAI
The count of samples that have tested positive for the emerging Delta-plus variant has reached nearly 20 in the country, experts confirmed on Sunday. Maharashtra accounts for at least eight of these cases with almost all being reported from Ratnagiri. The highly infectious Delta variant (B.1.617.2) has further mutated to form the Deltaplus or ‘AY.1’variant. “We have found 15-20 cases of Delta-plus from Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh, among other states. We need to watch it closely, although for now, Delta remains the dominant and the stronger variant,” said Dr Sujeet Singh, director, National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi.Aspects about transmissibility or severity of Delta-plus are being studied by INSACOG (Indian SARSCoV-2 Genomic Consortia),
The highly infectious Delta variant (B.1.617.2) has further mutated to form the Delta-plus or Dr Singh said, adding that ‘AY.1’variant. they would also be analysing samples dating to previous months to see if it already existed in March or April. This variant has been seen in Europe since Marchalthough it was brought into the public domain on June 13. “We are studying retrospective samples too. We have begun to look at the clinical details to understand it better,” he said, adding that the Centre will be making a statement about the variant in a day or two. Till June 7, India had reported six cases of Delta-plus. In Maharashtra, five cases of Delta-plus were first detected in Ratnagiri in May, following which 50 samples were sent for genome sequencing to
Situation due to post-poll violence in Bengal alarming, worrisome: Governor Agency News: SILIGURI West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday called the situation arising out of the alleged post-poll violence in the state as “alarming and worrisome”, and questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her “ostrich-like stance” on the issue.Dhankhar, who embarked on a week-long visit to North Bengal earlier in the day, slammed the state government for how it dealt with complaints of violence following the assembly elections.”I am worried about the post-poll violence happening in West Bengal after May 2. This is unacceptable. The situation in the state is alarming and worrisome. This kind of violence has put a question mark on the democratic set up.”Even after so many
CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB). The second batch returned three positive results in early June. Ratnagiri is among only three districts in Maharashtra to have a weekly positivity rate of over 10%. In the week ended June 17, Ratnagiri had a positivity rate of 11.9%, while the state’s average was 5.2%.Dr TP Lahane, head of medical education and research department, said all eight patients suffered from mild Covid and have recovered. “The cases have been in the district for over a month, but we haven’t seen any significant jump in transmission,” he said.
Agency News: NEW DELHI The Special Cell of the DIn a setback for the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta high court on Monday rejected its plea for recalling the order that directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate post-poll violence in the state.The high court on June 18 had directed the chairperson of the NHRC to form a panel for examining all cases of alleged human rights violations during post-poll violence. A five-judge bench of the high court dismissed the plea of the West Bengal government for recalling the order passed in respect of a bunch of PILs alleging displacement of people from their residences, physical assault, destruction of property and ransacking of places of business owing to post- poll violence in the state.The state government had moved
weeks, the state government is in denial mode. Why is the chief minister silent on this issue? The ostrich-like stance of the state administration is not acceptable,” he said.
further said that allegations that police superintendents didn’t act on many such complaints needed to be verified.In its petition, the state said that it “did not get any opportunity to peruse the report or to look into the complaints mentioned in the report of the WBLSA and verify the allegations made in the complaints as referred to in such report and assist this hon’ble court.
India now 2nd in daily cases after leading for 2.5 months Agency News: NEW DELHI
Dhankhar, who embarked on a week-long visit to North Bengal earlier in the day.
the HC urging it to recall or modify its order directing the NHRC chairperson to form a committee to probe post-poll violence complaints and report back to the court, with details including that of offenders and officers who didn’t act. The state had also pleaded in court for remarks made against it to be “expunged” from the order. The petition by Bengal home secretary B P Gopalika had said the state government should be given a chance to probe and report on the list of 3,423 complaints provided to HC by West Bengal Legal Services Authority (WBLSA) on June 10. The government
The high court on June 18 had directed the chairperson of the NHRC to form a panel for examining all cases of alleged human rights violations during post-poll violence.
After recording the highest number of daily Covid-19 in the world for more than twoand-a-half months during the lethal second wave, India’s average case count has dropped to second place with Brazil taking the dubious top spot again. In the last seven days ending Thursday, Brazil registered 4,88,882, narrowly inching ahead of India’s count of 4,88,626, as per data from worldometers.info. This was the first time since late March that the seven-day average of daily Covid cases in India has been overtaken by another country.Brazil has been in the midst of a long Covid outbreak with daily cases staying mainly
In the last seven days ending Thursday, Brazil registered 4,88,882, narrowly inching ahead of India’s count of 4,88,626, as per data from worldometers.info.
between 60,000 and 90,000 since the beginning of March. India, on the other hand, saw cases spiral sharply from the beginning of March, touch a peak on May 8 and then fall just as steeply since then.The US, the only country apart from India where daily Covid cases have crossed 1 lakh, witnessed a peak in infections around the second week of January. Cases
in that country have been steadily dropping since then except for a brief rise around mid-April.In India, the sevenday average of daily cases dropped to 66,660 on Friday, nearly one-sixth of the peak of 3,91,263 recorded on May 8. The seven-day average of daily deaths (not counting old deaths being reported now mainly by Maharashtra) had dipped to 1,399, down to a nearly third of the peak of 4,040 on May 16.On Friday, the country recorded 60,959 fresh cases and 1,200 deaths. In addition,
450 “backlog” deaths were reported by Maharashtra. The state recorded 198 fatalities in the last 24 hours, second highest in the country after 287 reported from Tamil Nadu. Karnataka was the only other state to report a daily toll of more than 100, with 168 deaths on Friday.For the second day running, Kerala was the only state to post over 10,000 fresh cases. Kerala recorded 11,361 new infections of the virus, while the count in Maharashtra was 9,798 and in Tamil Nadu 8,633.
SC asks Centre if PM-headed NDMA Bond among MVA allies strong; attempts decided on ex-gratia compensation to create rift won’t work: Sanjay Raut contest future elections and it Attempts to create Agency News: MUMBAI to families of Covid-19 victims will be taken at an appropriate Agency News: NEW DELHI
have a small cake-cutting ceremony while keeping all the precautionarymeasures in mind. Although everybody was on an equally elevated emotional state,relishing the victory, Amandeep Sidhu and Adhvik Mahajan were on cloud nine and justcouldn’t control their excitement. Stating her joy, Amandeep said “I can’t believe we have managed to complete 100episodes of the show. It feels like yesterday when we had just started shooting for theshow and I walked into the set feeling a tad nervous about playing my character.
The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre whether NDMA, headed by the Prime Minister, has taken a decision not to pay Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to families of victims of Covid, and observed that “to avoid heart burn” among beneficiaries, framing of a uniform compensation scheme may be considered.The Centre, which in its affidavit said that paying ex-gratia compensation was beyond the fiscal affordability and the finances of central and state governments as they were under severe strain, told the top court however that it was not
the case of the government that “it does not have money”.“Our case is that we are utilising the funds available for other things rather than utilising funds to build health infrastructure, ensure food to all, vaccinate the entire population and provide financial stimulus to boost the economy.“You (Centre) are right in clarifying
Observing that the Finance Commission’s recommendations on dealing with disasters cannot override statutory schemes on compensation under section 12 of the Disaster Management Act.
because saying that the Central Government has no money has very wide repercussions,” a special vacation bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said the coordination among allies of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra was a model example of how a coalition government should function. Attempts to create a rift among the ruling allies - Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress - will not work, Raut told reporters.”The bond among the three parties is strong,” he asserted and said all of them were also working to strengthen their respective party organisations.Raut’s comments came days after Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole spoke about going solo in future elections.There is no decision yet on how to
time. The commitment of the three parties is that the present government will last for five years. The common minimum programme (CMP) is the soul of this alliance,” the Rajya Sabha member said.Raut also made it clear that any attempts to create a rift among the allies will not work, and said chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is maintaining an excellent rapport with the Congress and NCP.Notably, Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, who is under the Enforcement Directorate’s scanner for alleged money laundering, has urged Thackeray to reconcile with the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “before it is
a rift among the ruling allies - Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress - will not work, Raut told reporters.
too late”, saying such a move will save leaders like him from problems being created by “Central agencies”.In his June 10 letter addressed to Thackeray, Sarnaik alleged that the Congress and NCP were weakening the Shiv Sena by creating divisions in its ranks.Asked about Sarnaik’s letter, Raut said the Shiv Sena has only one faction -led by Uddhav Thackeray.
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Ex-Ind, NZ cricketers slam ICC after rain threatens washout on WTC final Day 4 Agency News: NEW DELHI Former India and New Zealand cricketers expressed their disappointments over ICC’s decision to keep only one reserve day instead of allowing the game to go on for full 450 overs (if needed) no matter how long it takes for the World Test Championship final to complete at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Former India cricketers VVS Laxman, Sanjay Bangar and former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond reacted after rain threatened another washout on Day 4 in the WTC final.Laxman said ICC did not get the rules right
as both the teams would want to win lay their hands on the inaugural WTC trophy.“It’s very sad for the fans. I think ICC did not get the rules right. All said and done, you want a champion,” Laxman said on Star Sports.IND vs NZ, WTC final day 4: Live updates “With so much time available, I’m sure they could have at least allowed 90 overs in 5 days to complete 450 overs.
Former India cricketers VVS Laxman, Sanjay Bangar and former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond reacted after rain threatened another washout on Day 4 in the WTC final. That’s something I would have expected from ICC. We were excited that there is a reserve day but I’m not sure whether the game can finish.
TAjinkya Rahane on Sunday played a resilient knock for India against New Zealand in the World Test Championship in Southampton. He looked rock solid against the Kiwi pacers who were swinging the ball both ways under overcast conditions. However, he was trapped in a phenomenal manner by left-arm quick Neil Wagner with a short ball. Rahane played a half-hearted pullshot and was caught by Tom Latham at square leg. Former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar spoke about Rahane’s dismissal and highlighted a dip in
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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah heaped praise on off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, calling him ‘one of the greats of the game.’ Ashwin gave India their first breakthrough on Day 3 of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Ashwin broke New Zealand’s 70-run opening stand by getting Tom Latham out with a well-tossed up delivery, inviting the left-hander to play the drive, which he did and scooped in in the air to India captain Virat Kohli, who
took a sharp catch standing at short-cover.Bumrah said Ashwin has more than 400 Test wickets, which doesn’t come by chance. (WTC FINAL IND vs NZ DAY 4 LIVE) “I think he is one of the greats of the game because if you look at his records, it speaks of itself. He has done well with the bat as well as with the ball.
Former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar spoke about Rahane’s dismissal and said highlighted a dip in the latter’s form despite scoring a match-winning hundred against Australia in Melbourne, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. the latter’s form despite scoring a match-winning hundred against Australia in Melbourne, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While speaking with ESPN Cricinfo, Manjrekar said, “It’s just the same Rahane that we have been seeing for the last many years, barring one or two innings like that hundred against Australia in the Test that India won.
After that, he had a drop of form. It is interesting because, after a hundred, your form generally takes off, you feel more confident. But he has got a string of low scores. I think he really applied himself, so credit to him for just going through the grind.”The thing about Rahane is that there is not one particular mode of dismissal for him
in the last few years when he has got low scores. So, I have always associated his dismissals and low scores with his state of mind,” he added.Speaking about the shot that caused Rahane’s dismissal, Manjrekar said there was a lot of ‘tentativeness’ in it.“As for the pull shot on which he got out, there was a lot of tentativeness and not the kind of commitment you
see in Virat Kohli, or Rohit Sharma, or Shubman Gill or Rishabh Pant. The kind of commitment they have in their attacking shots.“It was an extension of Ajinkya Rahane’s play generally over the last few years of being a little unsure and tentativeness. It’s amazing he still contributes to India’s total and those 49 runs will be quite handy,” Manjrekar said.
This $600 billion wealth fund got caught in power struggle Agency News:NEW DELHI A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that’s roiling one of the world’s richest countries. The Kuwait Investment Authority, the world’s oldest state investment vehicle, has been in limbo since its board’s tenure expired two months ago.A new term has yet to be approved as
political differences spill over into a disagreement over the make-up of the ninemember board, according to a person familiar with the matter.The uncertainty
now hanging over the KIA, which manages Kuwait’s vast oil wealth through two key funds, is emblematic of a broader malaise that’s paralyzed policy making, prompted ratings agencies to warn of downgrades and perversely left the government of a major OPEC crude exporter scrambling for cash. KIA officials were not immediately available for comment.It’s all part of a deep
The Kuwait Investment Authority, the world’s oldest state investment vehicle, has been in limbo since its board’s tenure expired two months ago. standoff between members of the only elected parliament in the Gulf and a government whose leader is appointed by the ruling Emir, a deadlock that’s blocked the state from borrowing and left it with barely enough to pay public
sector salaries.The dispute’s also delaying investment and economic reforms, including an overhaul of the welfare state the government says is needed to end eight consecutive years of budget deficits.
German antitrust watchdog Sensex, Nifty end higher, helped by gains in heavyweights launches investigation into Apple Agency News: BENGALURU Equity indices closed higher on Monday, as gains in Reliance Industries, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Hindustan Unilever helped recoup losses from earlier in the session.The NSE Nifty index closed up 0.40% at 15,746.50, while the BSE sensex gained 0.44% to close at 52,574.46. Both indexes had fallen in the first half of the day, as investors continued to digest the US central bank’s surprise hawkish turn last week.However, gains in heavyweight stocks Reliance, Adani Ports and Hindustan Unilever helped both the Nifty and Sensex close higher.Reliance closed up 0.5%, and was among the top boosts to the Nifty 50. Investors will be focusing on the conglomerate’s
Both indexes had fallen in the first half of the day, as investors continued to digest the US central bank’s surprise hawkish turn last week. annual general meeting scheduled on Thursday. Separately, data from India’s telecom regulator on Friday showed Reliance Jio added 7.9 million wireless subscribers in March.Consumer giant Hindustan Unilever closed 1.3% higher for its fifth
straight session of gains. Demand for consumer goods and essentials is expected to rise as Indian states continue to relax pandemic-induced lockdownsAdani Ports ended 5.3% higher for its second straight session of gains, continuing recovery from a more than 17% fall last week, triggered by a report that said accounts of three foreign investor funds that own stocks in Adani Group companies had been frozen.Among other individual stocks in Mumbai, state utility firm NTPC closed 3.9% higher after posting higher March-quarter profit. The company was among the top percentage gainers on the Nifty 50.PNB Housing Finance closed 5% lower after India’s markets regulator asked the company to put on hold a share allocation to a clutch of investors led by private equity firm Carlyle Group.
Shweta Tiwari and her daughter Palak Tiwari have shared pictures of fun times with her son Reyansh, as his father, and Shweta’s estranged husband Abhinav Kohli, accused her of not letting him meet Reyansh on Father’s Day. Shweta is in South Africa, shooting for Khatron Ke Khiladi 11.Shweta Tiwari took to Instagram Stories to post two pictures of a video call with Reyansh and Palak Tiwari, her oldest child from her previous marriage to Raja Chaudhary. The pictures showed Palak and Reyansh having fun in the rain.
Bumrah lauds India teammate Ashwin BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD
There’s a lot of tentativeness, not the kind of commitment you see in Kohli’ Agency News:NEW DELHI
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Agency News: BERLIN Germany’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether Apple was exploiting its market dominance, following similar proceedings into US tech rivals Facebook, Amazon and Google.Based on new competition law rules specifically intended for large digital companies, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) said it would assess whether Apple has a “paramount significance across markets” in a first step.”Based on this first proceeding, the (FCO) intends to assess in more detail specific practices of Apple in a possible further proceeding. In this regard, the authority has received various complaints relating to potentially anti-competitive practices.”The FCO said one complaint came from an association in the advertising
Boman Irani: Getting vaccinated and following protocol is the way ahead Agency News: Mumbai
Earlier this month, Boman Irani’s mother, Jer, 94, passed away. In a heartfelt Instagram post, the actor gave her a beautiful send off, and shared some glimpses of his mother’s life. Irani admits it will take some time to get better but “in my own way I am happy for her as she lived a good life.”“My mum’s passing on was not as sad or tragic, as other (death) cases have been. In my post, I wanted to inform others The actor talks about his about her, and also wanted to spread a message which was not gloomy. mother passing away recently; says it was not as sad or tragic We wanted to celebrate her life at the end of the day. The message was of as other cases have been, urges a happy realisation of life. There is everyone to get vaccinated enough gloom around us and people are really suffering,” says the 62-yearold. Irani calls his mother an unbelievable spirit who handled many responsibilities as a young widow. He explains, “She fed four little kids, including me, who was unborn when my dad passed away. I don’t know how she sailed the tough times. She wore the hat of a father, mother, provider and later, was an inspiration, urging us follow our dreams. She had a great spirit to make people feel wanted, loved, was concerned not just about her kids but others too, was great at giving advice and was a people’s person. I feel more for my wife, Zenobia, as she has lost a really good friend. Both of them would talk all day and enjoyed each other’s company.”Though the second wave hit everyone badly, overwhelming the health infrastructure in the country, talks about the third wave have been weighing on everyone’s minds. The actor feels we should be prepared but not worry too much. “I feel terrible to hear young people dying and the way things were a couple of months ago. Now, the numbers have reduced, thankfully. We have vaccines and we should all get them asap.
Kiara Advani celebrates 2 years of Kabir Singh, reveals June is her lucky month Agency News: Mumbai As the hit film Kabir Singh clocked two years on Monday, actor Kiara Advani celebrated the film’s anniversary revealing June is her lucky month. Having made her debut with Fugly in 2014, Kiara has, over the years, delivered good performances in films to emerge as a bankable actor.With Kabir Singh, Kiara Advani delivered her biggest blockbuster. The film also starred Shahid Kapoor in the lead role.Commemorating its two-year anniversary, Kiara took to her Instagram story and wrote, “June will always be the most special month for me! To the film that changed our lives forever. Major Missing! #2YearsofKabirSingh.”Sandeep Reddy Vanga had helmed Kabir Singh, which is a remake of the popular Telugu film Arjun Reddy Kabir Singh, starring Kiara that starred Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey. Kabir Singh crossed the ₹100 crore Advani and Shahid Kapoor in mark at the box office.However, a section of the lead roles, was directed by the audience and critics condemned Shahid’s role in the movie, saying it glorifies misogyny Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who and toxic masculinity. Meanwhile, on the had also directed the Telugu work front, Kiara is gearing up for the release of Shershaah. original, Arjun Reddy.
Kangana Ranaut says sister Rangoli was dumped by fiance after acid attack Agency News: Mumbai
Unveiling the revenueexpenditure data of the Union government for 2020-21, the Controller General of Accounts (CGA). and media industry and was aimed at Apple restricting user tracking with the introduction of its iOS 14.5 operating system. An Apple spokesperson said: “We look forward to discussing our approach with the FCO and having an open dialogue about any of their concerns.”
Kangana Ranaut on International Yoga Day has said that yoga helped her sister, Rangoli Chandel, recover from the trauma of an acid attack. Rangoli was 21 when a man threw acid on her. The attack left Rangoli with third-degree burns and loss of vision in one eye. Kangana said that after Rangoli began practising yoga, it helped her mental and physical recovery.Kangana Ranaut took to Instagram and shared pictures of Rangoli during a yoga session. Calling Rangoli’s journey ‘the most inspiring Yoga story’, she told fans that yoga prompted Rangoli to open up after the attack and even helped ‘regained her lost vision’.”Rangoli has the most inspiring Yoga story, a road side Romeo threw acid on Rangoli when she was hardly 21, with third degree burns, half of her face burnt, one eye lost its vision, one ear melted away and a breast severely damaged, she had to go through 53 surgeries in 2-3 years but that wasn’t all, my biggest concern was her mental health as she had stopped to speak, yes no matter what happened she would not say a word just stare blankly at every thing, she was engaged to an Air Force officer and when he saw her face after the acid attack he left and never returned, even then she did not shed a tear neither she uttered a word, doctors told me she is in a state of shock, they gave her therapies and put her on medication for psychiatric help but nothing helped,” Kangana recalled.”That time I was hardly 19 years old, I did yoga with my teacher Surya Narayan and had no idea that it could help patients with burns and psychological traumas also with retina transplant recovery and lost vision … I desperately wanted her to talk to me, so I took her every where with me even to my Yoga classes. She started practising Yoga and I saw dramatic transformation in her.
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Half-cooked water policy put on back-burner
The policy states that there will be no additional water charge if the family consumes within the 22.5K litres a month.
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A few months ago, the World Bank was assured that a water metering and tariff policy for Ahmedabad will soon be in place when a Rs 3,000 crore loan was sought for strengthening Ahmedabad’s water and drainage network. Now the newly constituted standing committee of the municipal corporation, the policy-making body, has put the policy under abeyance till the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections next year. The policy states that there will be no additional water charge if the family consumes within the 22.5K litres a
Sara Ali Khan recently shared a photograph on her Instagram, where she can be seen doing Eka Pada Pranamasana.
Book fair to lessen burden on students What happens to the textbooks once your child clears the standard he or she is enrolled in? Most of them are either dumped or sold to the local ‘pastiwala’ even as somebody in your neighbourhood ends up spending a handsome amount to purchase new ones for his or her child. The Vadodara Parents Association (VPA) is acting as a bridge between such parents by organizing textbook fairs where parents can deposit used textbooks and get them exchanged for the ones of next standard as per the requirement of their wards. We started this initiative on June 13 to lessen the burden on parents as well as help save the environment by organizing the textbook fair.
Vadodara registers 20 Covid-19 fresh cases Vadodara city and district registered 20 Covid-19 cases, indicating a decline on Sunday. The total number of cases are 71,544.The results were from 1,576 samples tested in 24 hours starting Saturday evening. The official death toll stands at 623 since the beginning of the pandemic. Currently, there are 1,380 active cases of which condition of 1,312 patients is said to be stable while 68 are either being treated under oxygen support or BI-PAP machine. On Sunday, 119 patients were discharged including 11 from government hospitals, 24 from private hospitals and 84 from home isolation.
Teen rescued after portion of bldg collapses A teenager was rescued from under the debris after a portion of a dilapidated house collapsed in Golwad area on Sunday noon following heavy rains. The back portion of a four-storey building in Amdavadi street in Golwad, weakened over the years, collapsed. Fire officials said that the building was a wooden structure constructed around 40 years ago. When the family living on the first floor of the building heard the crashing sound, they rushed out, but 13-year-old Dev Rana got stuck under the debris.
month. If the water usage exceeds this limit then a charge of Rs 10 per 1,000 litres will be charged from consumers in residential areas.“Water charges will increase as per usage. For instance if the water usage is between 22.5K to 30K litres a month then an additional Rs 75 per month and any extra 10K litres consumed will invite an extra Rs 275, Rs 575 and Rs 975 per
month if consumption goes up to 1 lakh litres a month or above,” says a senior standing committee member.“One of the commitments we have made to the World Bank is to make water usage accountable by metering and charging citizens. Right now we collect blanket water usage charges which comes to around Rs 183 crore for the entire city. Of this, Rs 153 crore water tax is collected from large institutions, schools, colleges, universities, commercial properties and government
offices,” the official added.The water tariff policy has been revised four times since 2012 and has been put in abeyance by the elected standing committee of the AMC.“We are at present legalizing illegal water connection by charging a blanket Rs 500 per connection, but we do not have any data on water usage of the city till date. The World Bank will now require us to meter the water supply. There are little chances of postponing water charges this time,” he said.
Only 26% of Gujarat Uni- Liquor worth Rs 14L versity law students give seized from ready mix nod for online exam concrete machine Sunvilla News: AHMEDABAD
Of the 7,600 law students who were to choose between and online and pen-and-paper (offline) exams at Gujarat University, only about 26% or 2,000 students have chosen the online format.The university had earlier this month given the students of 2, 4 and 6 semester undergraduate law courses and students pursuing integrated law programmes the option to register for online exams till June 19. Those who did not choose the online option will by default be considered for the offline exams. “The university has now decided to extend the deadline till June 22 given that there are more than 5,000 students who haven’t chosen the online exam format. The deadline extension is a chance to them for a rethink on the matter,” said sources in GU. Gujarat University had earlier
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The university had earlier this month given the students of 2, 4 and 6 semester undergraduate law courses and students pursuing integrated law programmes the option to register for online exams till June 19. this month called off exams for LLB students as well as those pursuing integrated courses in law.
Busting another novel attempt in ferrying liquor surreptitiously in the city, cops caught a notorious bootlegger who hid his IMFL stock in a ready mix concrete machine, late on Saturday night. The police also arrested two men from Waghodia Road.Based on a tip off about a few men splitting liquor bottles among local bootleggers to be sold to customers, cops reached the spot and were stumped to see liquor bottles literally pouring out of the huge ready mix concrete machine container. “It has a huge container that can accommodate thousands of liquor bottles,” cops said.The cops took the concrete mixer machine to the police station and then within a few hours could fish out every single bottle of IMFL. The cops seized over 9,228 bottles and pouches
The police also arrested two men from Waghodia Road.Based on a tip off about a few men splitting liquor bottles among local bootleggers to be sold to customers. of IMFL worth Rs about 14 lakh that included whiskey, beer, rum and vodka.The two men, who were arrested have been identified as, Pratik Bhatt, resident of Panigate and Viral Mistry, resident of Wadi.
Downpour leaves Rajkot, Vadodara waterlogged Sunvilla News: RAJKOT Heavy downpour lashed Rajkot and Vadodara on Sunday resulting in waterlogging in many parts of the two cities. While a maximum of 51mm of rainfall was recorded at Rajkot, in Vadodara many trees were uprooted due to the strong winds that accompanied the rain.Rains continued to pound Rajkot for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Many roads in the city faced waterlogging issues within three hours of heavy downpour. On Sunday, the west zone of the city received the highest rainfall at 51mm followed by 44mm
in the central zone and 34mm in the east zone.Waterlogging was reported at Raiya Chokdi, Madhapar chokdi, Azad chowk, Popatpara Nala, Saurashtra Kala Kendra, Laxminagar Nalu and Prem Mandir area of Rajkot city.In Vadodara, the skies were overcast since morning and the weather department had predicted rain. It being Sunday, the Barodians thronged the
On Sunday, the west zone of the city received the highest rainfall at 51mm followed by 44mm in the central zone and 34mm in the east zone. Akota-Dandia Bazaar Road to enjoy the cool breeze and rains. But the heavy showers accompanied with strong winds left them surprised. According to weather officials, Vadodara city received 20mm of rain within an hour on
Sunday. The roads in the old city including Raopura, Dandia Bazaar, Mandvi, Panigate and Khanderao Market were left waterlogged for a couple of hours. “At least a dozen trees were uprooted due to the rains. We are still getting complaints,” said a fire official. The Vadodara civic authorities, though, are on overdrive to ensure that city roads don’t face waterlogging or witness potholes during the monsoons. Apart from the city, Padra taluka received 40mm of rain on Sunday.In Saurashtra region, Jamnagar’s Kalavad received the highest rainfall of 75mm.
Tribal Gujarat pays blood money in EMIs as Covid hits incomes Sunvilla News: AMIRGADH Corpses dangle from trees as dramatic reminders that the aggrieved want justice. Blood money is paid by the offenders called out by this age-old tradition of ‘Chadotaru’ (roughly translated, ‘hang ing’) followed by the tribal people of northeastern Gujarat.But Covid and the resultant hit on incomes have necessitated a concession — tribal elders have authorized the collection of blood money in easy monthly installments.The ‘panch’ (committee of elders) decided that allowing EMIs was a prudent move since it is impossible amid the pandemic and financial crisis to recover large sums from the offenders in one go.These sums can go up to Rs 8 lakh in cases of suspicious deaths. The Chadotaru amount is distributed among the family members of the victims.About five years ago, Chadotaru involved revenge. When someone was murdered, their family members marched to the house of the suspect. According to community elders
In my memory, the other longest stint was that of (SS) Khandwawala sir who was posted with police training units for eight years.
On June 1, Anil Pratham, ADGP (women’s cell) of Gujarat Police’s CID (crime & railways), was promoted to the rank of DGP along with his 1989 batch mate Ajay Tomar, the Surat police commissioner. With that promotion, Pratham set a record of sorts — during his career spanning 31 years, he has worked at CID (crime & railways) for 12 years, about 40% of his service as an IPS officer! Pratham still has two years before retirement as one of the top cops.Talking to Pratham said it’s by chance that he had served as one of the two superintendents of police of CID (C&R)
when the setup was not very extensive, at the beginning of his career.Later, he served as DIGP, IGP, ADGP, and now DGP, in various capacities at CID (crime). He headed the economic offences wing (EOW) of the department for a short period before assuming charge of the women and children’s cell
at CID. Pratham was also the principal of the police training college at Junagadh and had a stint with the CISF on deputation. Pratham said that his is probably the longest stint of a police officer in the same department. “In my memory, the other longest stint was that of (SS) Khandwawala sir who was posted with police training units for eight years,” said Pratham. Khandwawala is a former DGP of Gujarat who was recently appointed as the head of the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit.A native of Delhi, Pratham holds
MCom and LLM degrees. Before joining the civil service, he worked with public sector banks and insurance firms. Associated actively with Buddhist organizations, he is also the national commissioner of Hindustan Scouts & Guides. Pratham said that his postings are a state government decision. “I see it as a continuation of several initiatives,” he said. “Spending an exhaustive period here (at CID) has allowed me to know several officers and personnel closely and implement policies effectively.”During his stint, the state government had launched
The Chadotaru amount is distributed among the family members of the victims. in Amirgadh, blood baths were common when vengeance rather than compensation was central to the idea of justice.“To end the violence, we introduced the provision by which the culprits could give monetary help to the victims’ families,” said Khimji Dungaisa, a panch member of the tribal community and the sarpanch of seven villages in Amirgadh. “The compensation is between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 8 lakh if the victim is a newly married woman or a young man who died during a visit to his in-laws’ house,” Dungaisa said.Dungaisa said that the EMI option has been adopted mainly by the Dungari-Garasia tribal people in the northeastern part of Banaskantha.“We have come across many cases in which people were unable to pay
Vapi man arrested for forcing woman to convert Sunvilla News: SURAT State’s second offence under the amended Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, which deals with forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage, was registered in Valsad district on Saturday.A 23-year-old married man named Imran Ansari, who lives in Vapi town, was nabbed from Indore and the 19-year-old girl whom he had allegedly forced to marry was also rescued. Ansari, who owns a mobile phone shop in Daman, and the woman knew each other since childhood as they were brought up in the same locality. Police said that initially on June 10, the girl’s mother had lodged a missing person complaint. But when police checked the CCTV footages, it was found that Ansari had abducted and compelled her to marry him. Later, using technical sources like Ansari’s mobile phone’s location, cops traced his location to Indore. Ansari and the woman were brought back to Vapi.On returning to Vapi, the girl told police that Ansari, despite being married, lured her into a relationship and was pressurizing her for marriage. She also said that he used to threaten to kill her
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a major drive to find missing children and schemes to address crimes related to women. “We have also launched a scheme for senior citizens’ security for which data collection is on,” he said.Pratham was in the news in 2019 for his post on rapes in India. “I read three newspapers in the morning. All over India we have news of rape,” Pratham wrote in his Facebook post while listing the remedies available to women.“Gujarat reported three rapes in the last 48 hours. I am shocked and thought it’s my moral and constitutional duty to share my unhappiness over the subject of women empowerment as I have been holding charge of additional director general of police (women cell) since 2012.”
A 23-year-old married man named Imran Ansari, who lives in Vapi town, was nabbed from Indore and the 19-year-old girl whom he had allegedly forced to marry was also rescued. brother if she did not agree to the wedding.“Answari took the girl to Ajmer where he tried to forcefully get married, but since the dargah there was closed due to lockdown, his plan failed. He then took her to Indore where he was able to find a house in a chawl with the help of an auto-rickshaw driver,” said inspector B J Sarvaiya of Vapi Town police station.
huge amounts due to the pandemic and the subsequent restrictions that hurt earnings,” said Dungaisa. “As for the EMIs, not only does the prime suspect pay but also his relatives.”Keshaji Rathod, a resident of Upla Khapa village, said that his brother was made to pay blood money after a woman riding pillion on his motorcycle died from a fall.“We were told to pay Rs 6 lakh as it was a case of accidental death. But we were unable to pay so much,” said Rathod. “So our panchayat directed us to pay an EMI of Rs 15,000.”A social activist working in the district said that the tribal people do not have faith in the state police and law enforcement agencies. That distrust sustains the tradition, he said.
No distribution of degree certificates at MSU this year The MS University will not be able to conduct mass distribution of degree certificates this year due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Even as the 69th annual convocation ceremony was organized on April 17, the university has not been able to distribute hard copies of degree certificates to the graduating students all this months. Usually, students who seek degree certificates in presentia receive the degree certificates within couple of days after the convocation ceremony gets over.The convocation had got delayed for months as the administration first remained indecisive regarding the chief guest for the ceremony and later because of second wave of Covid-19.The university has emailed soft copies of the degree certificates to all the students who had applied for certificates in presentia. Darshan Maru, deputy registrar (examination) at MSU said it cannot organize any system through which the degree certificates are distributed to thousands of students en masse like in the past.
Mass marriage of orphan women faces nCov strictures Sunvilla News: RAJKOT The organisers of a mass marriage event of 12 orphan women along with the manager of a marriage hall were arrested by Rajkot city police on Sunday on charges of violating Covid-19 guidelines. Aji dam police officials said they received a tip off about mass wedding where Covid rules were being flagrantly violated. “We have arrested the organisers Roshan Kumar alias Suraj Ramji Pandya (32), his wife Jagruti Pandya and manager of the marriage hall Mahesh Mayani (53) for inviting guests more than the maximum permissible limit of 50 as approved by the government for social gathering
under the Covid-19 guidelines. There were over 250 guests in attendance at the event,” police said. The marriage was organised at Shangar hall located near Ranuja temple on Kothariya Road in the city.The mass marriage was organised
Aji dam police officials said they received a tip off about mass wedding where Covid rules were being flagrantly violated. by Shree Ram Dhun Santvani Mandla managed by Roshan Kumar and Jagruti Pandya.
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