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Centre rolls out second wave stimulus, expands credit relief for health, tourism Nirmala Sitharaman also announced an additional Rs 1.5 lakh crore for Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) expanding its limit by 50% to Rs 4.5 lakh crore. Agency News: New Delhi IN a first set of measures to mitigate the economic impact of the devastating second Covid wave, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a series of steps aimed to push credit off-take in priority areas such as health infrastructure and the severely hit tourism sector by providing interest-rate concessions. Alongside a move to expand the scope of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme — for small and medium firms — from Rs 3 lakh crore to Rs 4.5 lakh crore, she announced a credit guarantee scheme amounting to Rs 50,000 crore to ramp
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Delhi Schools Can Charge Fee For Now, Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere The Supreme Court has said it will not stay a Delhi High Court order banning collection of annual charges or fees from recognised private and unaided schools in the city till they physically re-open. A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar refused to overturn a May 30 High Court order that said Delhi government orders of April and August 2020 forbidding collection of fees was “illegal” and “ultra vires” the applicable laws. The court also directed the petitioners to raise their grievances before a division bench of the High Court that is still examining last month’s order, which was issued by a single-judge bench.
Rajasthan’s Pushkar Temple, Ajmer Dargah Reopen With COVID-19 Protocols The two famous religious sites in Rajasthan - Pushkar’s Brahma Temple and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah - reopened on Monday. The state government gave persmission to reopen places of worship but with strict Covid-linked guidelines in place. Devotees were seen at the religious sites offering prayers. At Pushkar, the administration of the Brahma Temple, on Sunday, made all preparations to ensure that devotees adhere to the Covid protocols. The doors of the Pushkar temple were opened for the common people at 5 AM. All preparations regarding the Covid protocols have been made. The police force has been duly deployed. The temple will remain open from 5 AM to 4 PM daily for the devotees,” Temple manager, Ganesh Vaishnav was quoted as saying.
up healthcare infrastructure beyond the eight major metros. And a credit guarantee of Rs 60,000 crore for other sectors impacted by Covid.An outlay of Rs 23,200 crore to be immediately made available to the Health Ministry with special focus on paediatric health infrastructure across the country was also announced. Other measures include steps to boost the tourism sector, including credit guarantee loans to tourism stakeholders and guides and free visas to 5 lakh tourists this year. While Sitharaman pegged the financial impact of these measures — which included many announced earlier – at Rs 6,28,993 crore, the direct
stimulus is limited to three main initiatives. For now, the cash outgo on these new announcements is estimated as under Rs 20,000 crore. This includes the Central share of Rs 15,000 crore on public health; Rs 100 crore on free visas; and Rs 77 crore on revival of North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation. Announcements amounting to Rs 2.67 lakh crore are related to credit guarantee
Twitter appoints American Jeremy Kessel as new grievance officer for India Under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, social media intermediaries have to appoint an official to address complaints from Indian subscribers. Agency News: New Delhi Twitter has appointed its global legal policy director as the new grievance officer for users in India, reports said on Monday, a day after the interim resident grievance officer quit from the post. Dharmendra Chatur, who was recently appointed to the post, has quit amid Twitter’s ongoing
tussle with the government. However, California-based Jeremy Kessel’s appointment could add to the row with the central government as the new digital rules call for an Indian resident as the grievance officer. Under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, social media intermediaries
Over 1.15 Crore Covid Vaccine Doses Still Available With States: Centre Over 31.69 crore vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to states and Union Territories so far through the Government of India free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category. Agency News: New Delhi More than 1.15 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories (UTs) to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Over 31.69 crore vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to
states and UTs so far through the Government of India free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastage is 30,54,17,617 doses, the ministry said “More than 1.15 crore (1,15,22,543) balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered,” the ministry said. The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21.
have to appoint an official to address complaints from Indian subscribers.On May 31, Twitter brought Chatur as the grievance officer for India. Before this, he was a partner at a law firm that represented Twitter.Kessel’s appointment is coming at a time when the micro-blogging company is engaged in a rift with the central government over the new IT rules, which came into effect on May 23. The government has slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country’s new guidelines that mandate appointments of chief compliance officer.
schemes; Rs 1.21 lakh crore of economic relief is related to insurance cover for exports — project and merchandise. In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the measures will help stimulate economic activities, boost production and exports, and generate employment. The past announcements included: fertiliser subsidy worth Rs 14,775 crore; free foodgrain under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (Rs 93,869 crore)
and financial cost of reform in power distribution (Rs 97,631 crore) which was a budget announcement, made earlier this calendar.Besides, the FM also announced Rs 19,041 crore for Bharatnet to cover all gram panchayats across the country.Under the health credit scheme, banks will provide credit to private hospitals to expand or create new health facilities beyond the top eight cities. While the maximum amount of the loan has been set at Rs 100 crore.
Uttarakhand HC stays Char Dham Yatra, raps state govt
HC expresses unhappiness at state’s failure to present a convincing roadmap in wake of looming threat of third wave of Covid-19 Agency News: New Delhi Hetalkumar Kothari can’t see, but he has set up an example for others to look up to. Most teachers are grappling with the challenges that come along with the online mode of
teaching. While majority of those working in the rural areas, where the internet hasn’t reached till now or smart phones are not owned by many, complain about visiting remote localities to conduct physical classes. But Kothari, a blind 50-yearold government primary teacher, handles both online and physical classes — with aplomb. He even travels to students’ homes in faraway villages to spread the light of knowledge in these dark pandemic times. Kothari lost his eyesight in an accident in a chemical unit in 1995. He used to work as a chemist at a unit in Ankleshwar, but blindness forced him to let go of the job. But Kothari did not let go of hope and tried his hand at new things like physiotherapy.
“I Get 5 Lakh A Month, But Pay More Than 50% In Taxes”: President Kovind President Ram Nath Kovind, on a threeday visit to UP, made a stopover at his hometown Jhinjhak on Friday. At a function, he urged people to pay taxes as a duty to the nation. Agency News: New Delhi President Ram Nath Kovind, urging people to pay taxes regularly for the sake of development, said at an event in his hometown in Uttar Pradesh last week: “I pay taxes too”. He also remarked that others earned more than what he could save in a month after paying taxes. President Kovind, on a threeday visit to UP, made these remarks during a stopover at
the Jhinjhak town on Friday when he was travelling from Delhi to Kanpur by a special train. Jhinjhak is close to the President’s birthplace, the Paraunkh village of UP’s Kanpur Dehat district . At a function organised at the Jhinjhak railway station, the President urged people to pay taxes as a duty to the nation. “Sometimes in anger if say a train is not stopping at a particular railway station, we stop it forcibly we even set
it on fire. If a train is set on fire who loses? People say it is government property. It is the taxpayer’s money. I am mentioning this because everyone knows...there is nothing wrong...the President is the country’s highest paid employee but he also pays tax. I pay ₹ 2.75 lakh as tax each month. Everyone says I get ₹ 5 lakh a month, but it is taxed too,” Mr Kovind said, as his audience clapped and cheered.“But how much is left? Whatever I save, our officials earn more than that. The teachers here...they earn the most,” the President chuckled.He continued: “I am only saying this to illustrate that these taxes lead to development. So whose loss is it? Yours and mine.”Yesterday, at an event at his village, the President said he had never imagined that “an ordinary village boy” like him would have the honour of occupying the highest post in the country.
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Second attack thwarted as Army repels drones
Agency News: Jammu Within 24 hours of an attack by two drones at an Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu, two similar devices were spotted hovering over the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military area in the region, prompting soldiers to open fire at them, officials said on Monday.Experts say a new security threat has emerged from across the border with Pakistan, with drones being used for the first time to carry out attacks at military installations. Early on Sunday, drones were used for two “low-intensity” explosions at the IAF station in Jammu, leaving two personnel injured and prompting multiple teams to launch investigations. On Sunday night, two more drones were spotted over the military area. While the first
drone was sighted around 11.45pm, the second one was seen around 2.40am. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said soldiers opened fire at the two drones but they flew away. “On midnight of 27-28 June, two separate drone activities were spotted over RatnuchakKaluchak military areas by alert troops. Immediately, high alert was sounded and quick reaction teams engaged them with firing. Both the drones flew away,” Anand said.“Searches were launched… and we are also ascertaining whether they were being operated from a vehicle on the adjoining road,” he said, adding a “major threat was thwarted” because the troops were alert. Hours before the incident, the first blast at the Jammu airport, which is used for VVIP.
Tokyo Games: India’s Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das won gold in the Archery World Cup mixed team event on Monday.
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Sail’s Raw Materials Division Must Remain In Kolkata
There is little business or commercial reason behind the government’s move to dismantle the age-old Kolkata-based raw materials division (RMD) of public sector Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). The move appears to be totally political and engineered by the national government. The division has done very well over the last three decades. In fact, it needs to be strengthened by linking to SAIL’s coking coal import. The country imports about 56 million tonnes of metallurgical (coking) coal, worth around Rs. 72,000 crore. SAIL is the largest single importer. Surprisingly, this is handled by SAIL’s commercial office in Delhi and not its RMD in Kolkata. Like Tata Steel, SAIL should also have its commercial office in Kolkata and not in Delhi. The SAIL board is unlikely to take such a crucial decision as shutting down the decades old RMD in Kolkata and distribute its function to its two steel plants, Rourkela and Bokaro, without the government support and provocation. Importantly, SAIL must explain why does it want to deprive Indian Iron and Durgapur Steel, both based in Bengal, of their captive iron ore mines if RMD mines are awarded to Rourkela and Bokaro plants. This is totally unjustified. In the past, all SAIL plants had captive iron ore mines. In fact, the century-old Indian Iron is the only SAIL plant to boast its own coal and iron ore mines. Its iron ore mines at Chiria, Gua and Mandharpur are known to be the country’s best. The ore deposits in Chiria constituting nearly two billion tonnes are the second largest such deposits in the world after those in Russia’s Urals. Apart from this, Indian Iron had three collieries, at Chasnala, Jitpur and Ramnagar. The deposits in the mines are sufficient not only to meet the steel plant’s own requirement, but also that of other steel plants in the country. It will be unfortunate if Indian Iron is cheated of its priceless mineral assets that made some of the world’s top steel makers interested in the company in the 1980s and ‘90s. In fact, during the late 1980s, when V. Krishnamurthy was SAIL’s chairman cum CEO, Japan’s Nippon Steel was keen to take over Indian Iron. Why did the political dispensation in Delhi fail to grab the opportunity, then? Honestly, the present government or the SAIL board should have no right to rewrite Indian Iron’s history by depriving the plant of its valuable mineral assets. The political government at the centre or states is impermanent. In contrast, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are expected to continue to live and prosper until they are sold or deliberately shut down. The SOEs in China, which helped the communist country emerge as the world’s second largest economic power, are the best example in this regard. The periodical top level changes in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not alter the organisational character of its SOEs. Why does the India government always fiddle with the commercial structure of its SOEs? Unfortunately, the reasons have always been political. Often, they are influenced by the centre-state political rift. That would probably explain why over the years SOEs in Bengal, governed by political parties opposed to those at the centre in Delhi, were at pains to grow. This would explain why the Durgapur-based alloy steel plant (ASP) was made to feed raw materials to over 1,000 km away Salem steel plant in Tamil Nadu and why Durgapur Steel, having the country’s first major wheel and axle plant, was not allowed to grow while the government decided to set up another wheel and axle plant in Karnataka. There are many such examples. All the SAIL’s five integrated steel plants, using blast furnace technology, are located in Eastern India, the major source of their key raw materials such as iron ore, coking coal, dolomite and limestone. The SAIL’s oldest steel plant, Indian Iron (Iisco), formerly belonging to Burn & Co., was the only one with its own iron ore and coal mines. Rourkela Steel (RSP) is based in Odisha, Bhilai Steel (BSP) in Chhattisgarh and Bokaro Steel in Jharkhand. The BSP, RSP and DSP were originally part of India’s premier SOE, Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL), the earlier avatar of SAIL. HSL was based in Ranchi, which was close to all its steel plants and raw material supply sources. It operated out of Ranchi between 1959 and 1973. What made the government to shift the management of these public sector units close to its political headquarters in Delhi remains a mystery as much as its latest bid to shift RMD function out of Kolkata. Under an act of Parliament, SAIL was incorporated in January, 1973. And, for no business or commercial reason, it was headquartered in Delhi, the nation’s political capital, located several hundred kilometres away from the steel plants and - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara their raw material sources.
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Will not allow Devendra Fadnavis to take sanyas: Shiv Sena Last week, Devendra Fadnavis had said that he would take sanyas if he does not resolve the OBC reservation issue in three months. Agency News: Pune Days after former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he will take political sanyas (renunciation) if he fails to grant reservation for the OBC community, the Shiv Sena has urged him not to take the “extreme step as talented leaders like him are badly needed on political terrain.” Reacting to Fadnavis’s remark, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said, “We will not allow Devendra Fadnavis to take sanyas. He is a talented leader. Already there is a dearth of good leaders in the political field, he should not talk about becoming a fakir or take sanyas. It will be an injustice to Maharashtra and
BJP if he takes sanyas. He is a fighter…he should cooperate with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The issue of OBC reservation will be resolved.” Last week, Fadnavis had said that he would take sanyas if he does not resolve the OBC reservation issue in three months. “Give me the reins of power…I will ensure reservation for the OBC community in three-four months,” he had said during a protest. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece, Saamana, also urged Fadnavis not to sound so helpless. “BJP leaders are well-learned and are legal experts. Therefore, they should continue their fight along with the government for getting Maratha and OBC reservation.
Arunachal child home refuses court order to send rape survivor to kin of accused
In a clear message to China from eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India will never forget the sacrifice of the ‘Galwan bravehearts’ and asserted that the country’s armed forces are capable of giving a befitting reply to every challenge. Addressing an event
Agency News: Balasore (Odisha) India successfully testfired the nuclear-capable Agni Prime ballistic missile - a more advanced version of the Agni class of missiles - from a location off the Odisha coast on Monday morning A statement by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, or DRDO, said the successful test - which began at 10.55 am - was a “textbook launch”, and took place at a testing facility on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island, which located is around 150 km
Child rights experts have alleged mishandling of the sensitive case involving a minor’s sexual exploitation. Agency News: Mumbai A childcare home in Arunachal Pradesh has politely refused to comply with a local court’s June 4 order to hand over a minor rape survivor to a relative of the accused, claiming it will further traumatise her. The childcare home has instead requested the court to appoint a neutral person as the guardian of the minor, whose rescue after years of sexual exploitation is mired in allegations of mishandling of the case. The 14-year-old Nepali citizen was trafficked to India many
years ago and allegedly raped repeatedly by a government employee, at whose residence she worked as a domestic help. She somehow fled from his residence located in Roing of Lower Dibang Valley district in March this year, following which the accused was jailed and the matter reached the court. The court’s ruling on her custody has however left the childcare center protesting.“On June 4, a session court at Tezu in Lohit district asked us to hand over the child, who has been with us since March this year, to her local guardian, who is the sister-in-law of the accused. The child is already traumatized by her ordeal and handing her over to a relative of the accused, who is out on bail, could hurt her further,” said Desai Linggi, chairperson, Nani Maria Children Home (NMCH).
the the Indian Army has the capability to give a befitting reply to every challenge. Twenty Indian Army personnel laid down their lives in clashes with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley on June 15 last year that marked the most serious military conflicts between the two sides in decades. In February, China
officially acknowledged that five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in the clashes with the Indian Army though it is widely believed that the death toll was higher. The defence minister also inaugurated 63 infrastructure projects implemented by the Border Roads Organisation in Ladakh.
east of Bhubaneswar.“Various telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile. It followed textbook trajectory... meeting all mission objectives with a high level of accuracy,” the DRDO statement said.The Agni Prime missile is a next-generation, nuclear-capable weapon made fully of a composite material, sources added. It is a canisterised missile with range of 1,000-2,000 kilometres, they said. Two days ago the DRDO also successfully test fired an extended range
version of the indigenously developed ‘Pinaka’ rocket from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur.A total of 25 ‘enhanced pinaka’ rockets - launched from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) were fired in quick succession at targets at different ranges.An official quoted by news agency PTI said all mission objectives had been met and that the enhanced range version could
Red Fort Violence Accused, With ₹ 1 Lakh Reward On Head, Arrested A total of 43 different cases were registered with the crime branch, special cell, and local police, and over 150 persons were arrested in connection with various cases relating to Republic Day violence. Agency News: New Delhi
Singh’s three-day visit to the region came amid a deadlock in the next stage of disengagement with China at several friction points. on the second day of his visit to the region, Singh said efforts should be made to find solution to issues through dialogue with neighbouring countries but at the same time noted that India will not tolerate if someone tries to threaten it. India will never forget sacrifice of soldiers who laid down their lives in Galwan Valley for the country,” Singh said adding
India successfully test-fires Agni Prime missile off Odisha coast The sleek missile of the Agni series was test-fired from a mobile launcher off the Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha at 10.55 am, said a DRDO source.
Indian armed forces capable of giving befitting reply to every challenge: Rajnath Singh in Ladakh
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Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested one Gurjot Singh,
who was wanted in the Red Fort violence case and had a reward of ₹ 1 lakh on his head, from Amritsar in Punjab“One person namely Gurjot Singh, who was wanted in FIR number 96/21 ( Red Fort case) and a reward of ₹ 1 lakh has been declared on his arrest, has been arrested
by a team of Northern Region (NR) of special cell from Amritsar, Punjab,” said police. A total of 43 different cases were registered with the crime branch, special cell, and local police, and over 150 persons were arrested in connection with various cases relating to Republic Day violence.On Republic Day, protestors did not follow the prearranged route and broke barricades to enter Delhi, clashed with police, and vandalised property in several parts of the national capital during the farmers’ tractor rally. They also entered the Red Fort and unfurled their flags from its ramparts. Farmers have been protesting at the different borders.
destroy targets at distances up to 45 kilometres.In March the DRDO also successfully testfired a missile with a unique propulsion system - one based on solid fuel ducted ramjet (SFDR) technology from the ITR in Chandipur. The DRDO said all subsystems performed as expected and that SFDR technology would it a big advantage in developing longrange air-to-air missiles.
Two jabs protect, shows survey of Covid-hit in Mumbai Agency News: Mumbai The first vaccine shot works, the second works even better.Of the 2.9 lakh Covid patients in Mumbai, who were surveyed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from January 1 to June 17, just 26 reported being infected after receiving the second vaccine dose and 10,500 after the first dose. According to data compiled by the BMC’s war rooms, Mumbai recorded 3.95 lakh Covid cases during this period, which includes the severe second wave. Of these, the war rooms were able to contact 2.9 lakh patients.
Zydus vaccine trial to be over soon. when 12-18-yr-olds can get jabbed Agency News: Mumbai Zydus Cadila is expected to complete the trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, by the end of next month and children above 12 years can be vaccinated against the coronavirus in August, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) chief Dr NK Arora has said. “Trial will almost complete till July-end and in August, we will be able to vaccinate children aged between 1218 years,” Arora said, Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19 vaccine will become the fourth one to get a nod for use against the viral infection in India, if approved by the Drugs Controller General of India. The company has so far not released any data from its trials. The company’s Covid-19 vaccine, once approved, will be the second indigenously developed one to receive clearance in the country and the first DNA vaccine in the world. It will be a three-dose vaccine and will have to be administered intradermally. AIIMS Delhi director Dr Randeep Guleria that the Zydus Cadila vaccine is a new platform that is being used and its “something that we should be proud of.” “A platform for which research isn’t done in past in our country and now making this new type of vaccine, the data is still being collated and one is hoping that they will be able to submit the data to the DCGI for regulatory approval,” Dr Guleria said.
Rubina Dilaik looks breathtaking in the green kurta and pink pants
New Folk Song - Maar To Mele by Ishani Dave Agency News: Mumbai I have been thinking to do this song since 2019. We have merged two Folk songs. Maar To Mele and Rupali Mele Haal. We shot this song right before first lockdown in Rajasthan. It was most probably last MELA in India. When we shot covid had not picked it up in India. It was hectic 3 days shoot. It is sung by Ishani Dave and
additional vocals by Hariom Gadhvi. Bhargav Purohit wrote additional Duha which comes in the beginning of the song. Quote from the singer:
Maar To Mele is very naughty groovy song. Something I had not sung it before. Exploring our folk has always been my subject of an interest. And bringing back our folk in new form to the new generation is something I always wanted to do. Singer – Ishani Dave Music - Traditional. Produced by White noise Lyrics Traditional. Additional lyrics by Bhargav Purohit.
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Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee who has been entertaining her fans and followers on social media, recently took to the virtual platform and shared a video of her attempt at belly dancing.The Bong babe captioned it as, “Practice. Practice. Practice. In love with this dance form. I am not yet learnt properly to post a full dance. Still learning. But I am sure as soon as I finish my course will share with you all for sure.
Will inform ICC that we are shifting the T20 BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD World Cup to UAE: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah Days after her wedWe will inform ICC today that we are shifting the T20 World Cup to UAE. The dates of the tournament, the ICC needs to decide Agency News: Mumbai The T20 World Cup was scheduled to be held in India in 2021. However, due to the coronavirus situation in the country, there has been speculation that the tournament might be shifted out of India. Now it has been reported that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah
has confirmed that he will be informing the International Cricket Council (ICC) that they are shifting the T20 World Cup to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “We will inform ICC today that we are shifting the T20 World Cup to UAE. The dates of the tournament, the ICC needs to decide, Earlier, the ICC had clarified that BCCI would keep the hosting rights of the
tournament even if it is moved out of India. Meanwhile, the Indian Premier League (IPL)’s 14th edition will also be completed in the UAE. The IPL is set to get underway on September 19
and the final is to be played on October 15. This would also mean that it is just before the T20 World Cup. And that has seen franchises sweating over whether foreign players would be made available to
Sydney McLaughlin breaks 400 hurdles mark on historic day at trials Agency News: Mumbai Sydney McLaughlin looked to her left and saw the numbers “51.90.” Her first thought: “Oh my gosh!”Now, at long last, the 400-meter hurdles world record belongs to her.On Sunday night at U.S. Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced Dalilah Muhammad to earn the victory, and the record, that Muhammad kept grabbing whenever they met. McLaughlin’s 51.90 was good enough to beat Muhammad by 0.52 seconds. It shattered Muhammad’s old
world record by 0.26.“It’s one of those moments you think about and dream about and play in your head that you’ll put it together,” said
McLaughlin, who not long ago aligned with coach Bobby Kersee.Her record was the highlight of a day that included other kinds
of history. Noah Lyles won the 200 meters to punch his Olympic ticket, then celebrated by kneeling on the track and clasping his hands together: “I just stopped stressing and let my body do what it does,” he said after posting a world-leading time of 19.74 that came on the heels of some lackluster runs through the 100 and 200 rounds. He shared the spotlight with 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton, whose third-place finish makes him the youngest male member of the U.S. Olympic track team since Jim Ryun in 1964.
them. Some of the franchises are planning to have their officials head to the UAE post-July 6 to finalise the logistics, keeping a strict eye on the COVID-19 protocols. Cricket West Indies President Ricky Skerritt has already confirmed that CWI, the BCCI, and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are engaged in talks for a tweaked CPL schedule to accommodate the second phase of the IPL. The CPL, which was originally scheduled to commence on August 28, will now be played in St Kitts and Nevis between August 26 and September 15.
Britain’s Johanna Konta out of Wimbledon because of Covid-19 contact Agency News: Mumbai Britain’s Johanna Konta has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after a member of her team tested positive for Covid-19. The All England Club confirmed the development, stating that the three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist was determined to have been in close contact with the team member and is required to self-isolate for 10 days. The 2017 Wimbledon semifinalist becomes the first singles player, in either the women’s or men’s bracket, to be withdrawn from the field.
Sensex jumps over 150 pts to fresh high; Nifty crosses 15,900
ding, Yami Gautam to kickstart the shoot
Known to be the girl with a Midas touch, the film will feature Yami in a neverseenbefore avatar.
Agency News: New Delhi Rightly hailed as one of the most versatile actors in the block, Yami Gautam has a jampacked schedule for the year. After giving the audience a sweet surprise by tying the knot with the ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ filmmaker Aditya Dhar, the actress is back to her work mode.Back in Mumbai, the critics’ favourite will soon commence shooting for her next highly anticipated thriller, ‘A Thursday’. Known to be the girl with a Midas touch, the film will feature Yami in a neverseen-before avatar. Helmed by Behzad Khambata, it also stars Neha Dhupia, Atul Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia. Just a while ago, the self-made actress had wrapped up her shooting schedule for the film Dasvi. Playing the role of an IPS Officer, the stunner will share the screen with Abhishek Bachchan and Nimrat Kaur. Apart from that, the stunner also has the spooky adventure comedy ‘Bhoot Police’ with Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez and Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Lapata in the pipeline. Ready to take the box office by storm this year, Yami has eight releases lined up this year.
After touching a lifetime high of 53,126.73, the 30-share BSE index was Pearl V Puri breaks silence on ‘ghastly’ trading 142.85 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 53,067.89 in initial deals. rape allegations: ‘I was, overnight, made to Agency News: Mumbai were among the laggards.In the shares worth Rs 678.84 crore emerging from higher crude feel like a criminal’ previous session, the 30-share on Friday, as per provisional prices and weakening rupee,?
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty scaled fresh intraday records in opening trade on Monday, tracking gains in heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and HDFC.After touching a lifetime high of 53,126.73, the 30-share BSE index was trading 142.85 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 53,067.89 in initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was trading 42.25 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 15,902.60. It touched a lifetime intra-day peak of 15,915.65 in the opening session.Asian
index Sensex closed 226.04 points or 0.43 per cent higher at record 52,925.04, and Nifty advanced 69.90 points or 0.44 per cent to 15,860.35. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded
Paints was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 1 per cent, followed by Dr Reddy’s, NTPC, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries.On the other hand, Titan, TCS, UltraTech Cement, Bharti Airtel and L&T
The Model Tenancy Act, 2021 to create an effective rental marketplace in India: Knight Frank India and Khaitan & Co Agency News: Mumbai Knight Frank, a leading International Property Consultancy, and Khaitan & Co, one of India’s largest law firms, released its latest research report – 2021: A New Era for Rental Real Estate in India. The report highlights that this Act has farreaching implications for both the residential and commercial real estate asset classes and will help create a three-tiered regulatory ecosystem for stakeholders. From a residential
standpoint, the report cites that India’s high vacant stock of total residential census houses can be brought within the fold of formal rental housing once this Act is implemented by states and union territories in letter and spirit. Gurugram has 25.8% of vacant houses as a percentage of total residential census houses.Pune has 21.7% of vacant houses as a percentage of total residential census houses. Greater Mumbai has 15.3% of vacant houses as a percentage of total residential census houses.
exchange data.According to Binod Modi Head-Strategy at Reliance Securities, domestic markets look modestly good as of now.A sharp fall in daily caseload and satisfactory ramp up in vaccination process overshadowed concerns
he said, adding that betterthan-expected 4QFY21 earnings performance of companies has also supported the market’s uptick.Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo were trading with losses in mid-session deals.
Rupee falls 6 paise to 74.26 against US dollar in early trade As many as 25 lakh people will be benefitted under this the new credit guarantee scheme. Agency News: Mumbai The Indian rupee slumped 6 paise to 74.26 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as firm crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened lower at 74.24 against the dollar, then fell further to 74.26, registering a fall of 6
paise over its previous close. On Friday, the rupee had settled at 74.20 against the US dollar. “The apparent risk for the rupee this week is persistently higher crude oil prices. That, coupled with the market expectations for a slightly stronger dollar in the short run, will continue to weigh on the local unit,” Reliance Securities said in a research note.Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.22 per cent to $76.01 per barrel. Asian currencies have started flat to marginally weaker against the greenback this morning and
could cap appreciation bias, the note added.Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.02 per cent up at 91.86. On the domestic equity market front, BSE Sensex was trading 39.17 points or 0.07 per cent lower at 52,885.87, while the broader NSE Nifty declined 6.85 points or 0.04 per cent to 15,853.50. Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market on Friday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 678.84 crore.
Agency News: Mumbai
Television actor Pearl V Puri has broken his silence on the allegations of raping a minor. He said that it has been a ‘gruelling’ couple of weeks for him, as he was also coping with testing times personally. He added that while he is ‘still numb’, he is grateful for the support of his friends, fans and well-wishers.Pearl V Puri was arrested earlier this month and is currently out on bail. He was accused of raping a minor girl on a film set in Vasai, where he was shooting in October 2019.In a note posted on Instagram, Pearl talked about losing his grandmother and father in quick succession, a few months ago. After that, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Even as he was coping with these developments, he was hit with a ‘ghastly accusation’, he said.“Life has its own way of testing people! I lost my nani ma few months back , then on her 17th
day I lost my dad post that my mother got diagnosed with cancer and then this ghastly accusation. Last couple of weeks were gruelling for me like a nightmare. I was, overnight, made to feel like a criminal. All of this in the midst of my mother’s cancer treatment, it shattered my sense of security, making me feel helpless.” “I am still numb .... but I felt it’s time to reach out to my friends, fans and well-wishers who’ve showered me with their love, support and concern. Thank you for keeping faith in me and I am a firm believer of #Satyamevjayate. I trust in the Law, judiciary of my country & God up there. Please keep your duas coming!” he added. Several of Pearl’s industry colleagues, including producer Ekta Kapoor and actors.
Pearl V Puri, who has been accused of raping a minor girl, called the allegations ‘ghastly’. He said that he is ‘still numb’ but thanked his friends, fans and wellwishers for their support.
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You won because of PM Modi’s popularity: Gujarat BJP chief to local body leaders
LOCAL NEWS
HC Issues Notice To Guj 112 new cases of Govt Over GSOS Results Covid-19, 3 deaths
in Gujarat Vaccination figures drop by 1.36 lakh doses on Sunday compared to previous day amid reports of shortage
C R Paatil made the remarks while addressing the elected representatives of various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats in Patan on Sunday. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Tamannaah Bhatia gives colour blocking her own twist
Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil has said the party’s elected representatives of local bodies must not forget that they won because of the “popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”.Paatil made the remarks while addressing the elected representatives of various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats in Patan on Sunday.According a party release issued on Monday, Paatil said the
‘Propaganda against Covid vaccine’: 8 held in Vadodara According to police, a patrolling team of Sayajiganj police station arrested the group in the evening for allegedly “spreading anti-vaccine propaganda” through pamphlets in Hindi at the busy Kamati Baug Band Stand area Agency News: Vadodara Eight persons, including two women, were arrested in Vadodara on Sunday for allegedly spreading propaganda against Covid vaccine at a public place in Kamati Baug area in the city.According to police, a patrolling team of Sayajiganj police station arrested the group in the evening for allegedly “spreading antivaccine propaganda” through pamphlets in Hindi at the busy Kamati Baug Band Stand area.The accused have been identified as Narendra Parmar, Chand-rakant Mistry, Vishal Ferwani, Kewal Pathadia, Jagvinder Singh, Irfan Patel, Avni Gajjar and Bhumika Gajjar — all residents of
Vadodara“A patrolling team received information that a group was involved in spreading anti-vaccine propaganda at Kamatibaug Band Stand around 1.45 pm. The persons, found to be members of ‘Awaken Gujarat Movement’ and ‘Awaken Vadodarians’, were involved in spreading the propaganda without wearing masks or maintaining social distancing at a time when a campaign is being carried out by the Union government on vaccination,” said a senior police officer of Sayajiganj police station. According to police, all eight accused were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 120b for criminal conspiracy, 143 for unlawful assembly, 188 for disobedience to order given by public servant and 270 for malignant act likely to spread infection of a disease, along with section 51 B of the Disaster Management Act for refusing to comply with the directive issued by the central or state governments and section 54 of the Disaster Management Act for false warning.
Society Tea Brings Nature’s Wealth For Your Health With Its All-New Society Haldi Doodh Agency News: Mumbai Premium tea-makers and a celebrated household name, Society Tea, has recently launched the much-awaited immunity boosting Ayurvedic beverage, Society Haldi Doodh. Being a pioneer in their segment, Society Tea has adapted to innovative initiatives and ventured into the Dairy Category with the aim of manufacturing quality products. With the launch of Society Haldi Doodh, their aim is to help their consumers adapt to a healthier lifestyle and build strong immunity.Bringing nature’s wealth for your health, the Society Haldi Doodh, or as millennials call it, Turmeric Latte, is a premix, packed with the rich flavor of the Lakadong Haldi, grown on the foothills of Jaintia hills, Meghalaya. Lakadong Haldi is also referred to as the World’s Best Haldi or Wonder spice having higher curcumin content, thereby
strengthening its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Accompanying the Lakadong Haldi are spices like, ginger powder, black pepper, cinnamon and Ajowan seed oil, all of which have immunity boosting properties. Known for being rich in antifungal and antibacterial properties, Haldi Doodh helps fight infections and boosts ones immunity, accelerating recovery and most of all cleansing ones system.Haldi is always Healthy! Take your first step towards Haldi Doodh, and brew yourself a glass of healthiness, jaldi!Society Haldi Doodh is priced at INR 75/ In order to manufacture high quality Tea and Dairy products, Society Tea has set up a plant in Vadodara (Gujarat). It is one of India’s most advanced and completely automated milk and soluble tea processing units which manufactures products under strict hygienic standards, enabling the brand.
elected representatives of these local bodies must not become arrogant and insult small party workers by thinking that they won because of their own popularity.He warned of action against the elected representatives who insult party workers. “These leaders must not forget that they were also party workers before winning the polls. The elected representatives should keep in mind that they won only because of PM Narendra Modi’s popularity,” the release said quoting Paatil.
On the occasion, Paatil also refuted the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) claims that several BJP workers had quit the saffron outfit and joined the Arvind Kejriwalled party. The ruling BJP in Gujarat made a clean sweep in the local body elections held in February this year by winning over 6,000 out of around 8,000 seats in various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabda The Gujarat High Court issued notices to the state government and the GSHSB in response to a petition filed by Class 10 students of the Gujarat State Open School (GSOS) seeking declaration of their results along with students who are going to get mass promotion. The high court is likely to hear the issue on Monday next.The petition was filed by Madhavji Savaliya and two other parents of three students of Saraswati
Vidyalay near Bopal. They submitted that all students of Class 10 were given mass promotion except repeaters and students enrolled under GSOS. On June 19, the state government had announced that students who were enrolled as repeaters or others, including GSOS students, will have to appear in exams that start on July 15.The GSOS students submitted that if results of all students are not declared on the same day then 3 lakh students of GSOS and repeaters will be at a disadvantage.
Gujarat: Govt company to provide e-content to schools at affordable rate Gujarat Education Technologies Limited will act as a nodal agency not only for government schools but also private schools for reviewing the e-learning content that is provided to them. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad TO OPTIMISE the demand of e-content for schools amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Gujarat education department, for the first time, has formed a “wholly owned government company — Gujarat Education Technologies Limited (GET)” to create and provide e-learning platforms and e-content as well as develop the framework for imparting and managing quality e-education at affordable cost to schools in the state.The GET will act as
a nodal agency not only for government schools but also private schools for reviewing the e-learning content that is provided to them.This will cover private schools across boards, says secretary education Vinod Rao. “Since there is hardly much difference in the curriculum of state board affiliated schools and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as our schools are also following the NCERT framework. So, GET will cover private schools — both affiliated to state board and CBSE — which we are also
Amreli SP saved from drowning Agency News: Surat Amreli superintendent of police (SP) Nirlipt Rai and a constable had a close shave when they started getting dragged away in the sea near Jafrabad on Sunday. Sources said that the incident happened near Sarkeshwar beach close to
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Jafrabad where Rai had gone with family. Other policemen and Sagar Rakshak Dal (SRD) jawans present at the spot rescued him and another constable in time. They were taken to Jafrabad hospital and the condition of both is said to be out of danger, sources said
making in English,” Vinod Rao said.The process for framing e-content for schools has already started at GET which is soon expected to replace private e-content providers. “The company established to provide world class quality e-content at most affordable prices will replace companies that are today charging 30,00040,000 per child per year. The same content we will
provide at almost one tenth of that cost. We have outsourced and the process has started for e-content formation,” said Rao.Though the reason cited in the government notification for setting up GET states “to ensure uniformity of learning, assessments, remedial lessons and innovations in pedagogy across schools in the state in accordance with Section 29 (1) of Right to Children to Free and Compulsory.
1,500 IMFL bottles seized in Jamnagar, two held Agency News: Rajkot Acting on a tip off, Jamnagar police seized 1,500 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from Gulabnagar area ofJamnagar on Sunday morning. Police arrested truck driver Dharmesh Gohel (31), a resident of Navagam (Ghed) and Imran Sheikh (35), a resident of Kisan Chowk in Jamnagar. “We confiscated
IMFL worth Rs 7.5 lakh while we also seized a truck andplastic beans under which the bottles were hidden. We arrested two people who confessed to have brought the contrabandfrom the union territory of Daman and was going to unload it in JamKhambhalia in DevBhoomi Dwarka district. Five nameshave cropped up in this case and the arrests will be done soon,” police said.
Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar The number of daily cases of Covid-19 in Gujarat has hit another low. There were 112 fresh cases of infection in the state on Sunday. Three more patients succumbed to the infection in 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,051, the health ministry said.So far, the state has reported 8,23,244 cases of Covid-19. Of these 8,09,506 have recovered. There are 3,689 active cases, of which 21 are on ventilator while the rest are stable.24 cases in Ahmedabad; no case in 11 districts Ahmedabad reported 24 cases, all of which were in the city. There were 21 cases in Vadodara—14 in city and 7 in rural parts. Surat had 20 cases—13 in
city and 7 elsewhere. Rajkot had 9 cases, Junagadh 4, Jamnagar 3, Gandhinagar 2 and Bhavnagar 1. Elsewhere, Navsari and Valsad reported 4 cases, Banaskantha and Kutch 3, Gir-Somnath, Kheda, Panchmahals, Surendranagar 2 each, Amreli, Anand, Bharuch, Mehsana, Porbandar and Tapi 1 each. No new case was reported from Aravalli, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Dangs, Devbhumi Dwarka, Mahisagar, Morbi, Narmada, Patan and Sabarkantha. Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Bhavnagar reported 1 death each. On Sunday, 305 persons recovered from the infection. A total of 2,40,985 persons received the vaccine during the day, taking the total number of doses administered till now to 2.48 crore. However, Sunday’s figures are significantly lower than Saturday’s when a total of 3,77,439 doses had been administered. This is a drop of over 1.36 lakh. There have been reports of shortage of vaccine doses in the state, which has affected its vaccination drive.
Blind teacher takes learning to kids’ doorstep Kothari, a blind 50-year-old government primary teacher, handles both online and physical classes — with aplomb. He even travels to students’ homes in faraway villages to spread the light of knowledge in these dark pandemic times. Agency News: Vadodara Hetalkumar Kothari can’t see, but he has set up an example for others to look up to. Most teachers are grappling with the challenges that come along with the online mode of teaching. While majority of those working in the rural areas, where the internet hasn’t reached till now or smart phones are not owned by many, complain about visiting remote localities to conduct physical classes. But Kothari, a blind 50-yearold government primary teacher, handles both online and physical classes — with aplomb. He even travels to
students’ homes in faraway villages to spread the light of knowledge in these dark pandemic times. Kothari lost his eyesight in an accident in a chemical unit in 1995. He used to work as a chemist at a unit in Ankleshwar, butblindness forced him to let go of the job. But Kothari did not let go of hope and tried his hand at new things like physiotherapy.He even treated patients for some time before he got the job as a government primary teacher. Kothari was posted in Khangela village school in Dahod in 1999 and has been working there since then. The village is locatedon the Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh border. He teaches standard three students there. When schools shut down due to the Covid19 outbreak, Kothari along with his other colleagues started online classes as well as ‘falia shikshan’ where teachers went toclusters of hamlets and taught students living there.The biggest challenge for Kothari was to reach these hamlets as they are located on mounds or in remote areas. “I got the helpof a colleague who used to take me to the ‘falias’ and drop me back. Smart phones have also made things very easy for us.
“Good governance is built on the four pillars of transparency, sensitiveness, decisiveness and progressiveness” Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today directed DistrictCollectors and District Development Officers (DDOs) of the state at their one-dayjoint conference here today to proactively apply technology through transparency ingood governance to serve people’s welfare programmes.He described this conference as a platform for deliberations and as the guiding pathfor the coming days. He asked the officers to discharge their responsibilities andduties as district level public servant in a democratic system as laid down in theConstitution with full
devotion and honesty as per the aspirations and expectations ofthe public to create a bright image and perception about the government.Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel, Revenue Minister Kaushikbhai Patel andMinister of State for Co-operation Jaydrathsinh Parmar also joined the conference.Mr. Rupani exhorted the newly appointed Collectors and DDOs to apply technologywith the help of internet and websites, which disseminate any information around theworld in real-time. People also expect the benefits reached them in time. In such asituation, it demands change in work culture particularly for Collectors and DDOs
indischarging their duty in their respective districts.Even as the entire administration was busy day and night to combat and control thecoronavirus Covid-19 during the crisis, he complimented the officers for spiritedlyrising up to the occasion on a mission mode. The Chief Minister said that this government functioned as all its schemes are builton the four pillars of transparency, sensitive, decisive and progressive. The objectiveis to take good governance to the last man in the last mile, down to the lowest level.The district administration has to play a big role in building perception of good governance. He said public service is divine service.
Feeling towards the public, fastclearance of pending works, zero tolerance against corruption, taking initiative asdistrict heads, taking office and field karma yogis along, and improve thegovernment’s image on all employees.He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over good governance toGujarat and the state is developing on that path to make it even more developed. Heexpected the newly appointed officers’ posting in Gujarat cadre in the beginning ofcareer will help them deliver good governance for time to come. He suggested the officers try to solve people’s problems and keep track of development works onlineas far as possible,
so that they do not have to make rounds of different offices.Mr. Rupani said that government officers are not expected to be thick-skinned butsensitive to people’s problems and in no case allow wrong-doers. The public shouldhave faith on the administration. The Collectors and DDOs have to prove their abilityin this challenging age of social and electronic media as well. There could be bonafide mistakes, the government will stand by them. But there is no place for deliberatemala fide mistakes. He asked them to ensure law and order situation in their respective district and alsogive an impression of the rule of law, particularly in enforcing
Acts to checkgoondaism, land grabbing, forcible religious conversion like jehad.Mr. Rupani asked them to regularly upload data onto the statelevel CM Dashboardfor realtime monitoring of day-to-day feedings of key indicators, a necessity forstrengthening the district’s performance. They should be proactive, assertive, go onfield visits and have first hand feel at Seva Kendra, encourage others, seek feedbackand follow-up. Their performance is measured as per the people’s perception.Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel said that field visits, followed up withinstructions have salutary effect on the working of different works.
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