P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said poli- cies introduced by his Government over the last eight years “carry an insistence on environmental, biodiversity and wildlife protection.” At the function organised by Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev at Vigyan Bhawan, the Prime Minister said that India’s efforts to protect the environment have been multifaceted. Attending the programme ‘Save Soil Movement’ on World Environment Day, Modi said India has achieved the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending, five months ahead of schedule. Elaborating on the achieve- ment, Modi said that in 2014 ethanol blending was at 1.5 per cent. “The 10 per cent ethanol blending has led to a reduction of 27 lakh tonnes of carbon emission,” he said. “India’s role in climate change is negligible but India is working on a long-term vision in collaboration with the international community on protecting the environment”, he said while addressing the func- tion. “Be it the Swachh Bharat Mission or programs related to waste-to-wealth, construction of modern sewage treatment plants in cities under AMRUT mission, or the campaign to get rid of single use plastic or the Ganga cleanliness campaign under Namami Gange, India’s efforts to protect the environ- ment have been multifaceted,” he said. “India is making this effort when its role in climate change is negligible. Large modern countries of the world are not only exploiting more and more resources of the Earth, but maximum carbon emission goes to their account”, he said. The Prime Minister said that the average carbon foot- print of the world is about 4 ton per person per annum com- pared to just about 0.5 ton per person per annum in India. Modi said India is working with the international com- munity and established organ- isations like Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the International Solar Alliance. Continued on Page 9 I n a crackdown on hatemon- gers within the party, the BJP on Sunday suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled the head of its Delhi media unit Naveen Kumar Jindal from the party. The party also issued a state- ment saying that it “strongly denounces the insult of any religious personalities.” The crackdown came in the backdrop of an alleged insulting remark made by Nupur Sharma against Prophet Muhammad and rising protests over it. The Kanpur communal violence is seen as the outcome of Nupur Sharma’s sacrilegious comment against the prophet. Besides protests across Indian cities, Nupur Sharma’s comment has evoked outrage among Muslim nations with reports of a call for the boycott of Indian goods in the Gulf region. The BJP suspended Sharma from the party and relieved her of all responsibil- ities with immediate effect “pending an inquiry” for expressing positions contrary to those held by the BJP on var- ious issues and in violation of rule 10 (a) of its constitution, according to communication to her from the party. Suspended from the BJP following her alleged deroga- tory remark against Prophet Muhammad, Nupur Sharma on Sunday unconditionally withdrew the controversial statement made in a TV debate and said it was never her inten- tion to hurt anyone's religious feelings. Expelling its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal from the party, the BJP said his views on social media vitiated communal harmony and were in violation of its fun- damental beliefs. Nupur Sharma allegedly made derogatory comments against the Prophet in a televi- sion debate though she denied it later, saying her comments were distorted by a so-called fact-checker. She has also said that she has been receiving threatening death and rape calls from unknown persons. Continued on Page 9 T he Union Territory (UT) administration in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has launched a massive exercise to reach out to the disgruntled Kashmiri Pandit migrant employees after their transfer list was leaked on various social media platforms. To calm their nerves, the administration is now directly getting in touch with the employees and inti- mating them about their new place of posting. Meanwhile, the UT admin- istration is working overtime to relocate Kashmiri migrant employees to safer zones where they will be provided adequate security cover. Several migrant employees posted in other district head- quarters confirmed they have been informed about their new place of posting on telephone by the officers concerned. The exercise was initiated after serious security concerns were raised over the leaked transfer list of 177 teachers from Srinagar district. All those employees who are still camping in the Kashmir Valley find them- selves at the receiving end. The authorities have directed them to report to their new places of posting after receiv- ing the relieving orders. Their colleagues, living in rented accommodations, have returned to Jammu and are not expected to return soon. In the absence of any clar- ity, chaos and confusion pre- vail. After several rounds of meetings, the representatives of these employees are struggling to find an amicable solution to the crisis. Continued on Page 9 I ndia logged 4,270 new coro- navirus infections on Sunday with a daily positivity rate of above one per cent after 34 days, sparking concerns of another wave just as the coun- try started returning to some level of normalcy. At the same time, at least 12 cases of Omicron variants BA4 and BA5 were detected from the samples collected in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu State Minister Ma Subramanian said on Sunday 12 samples of the 150 samples were sent to the lab in Hyderabad which confirmed the presence of the new vari- ants, marking the emergence of new coronavirus variants in the State. “As many as four people have been detected with the BA4 variant while eight people have been diagnosed with the BA5 variant. All of them are isolated. We are closely moni- toring these 12 people. They are all doing fine,” he said. This comes amid concerns that about a fifth of the above- 12-year-old population is yet to be fully vaccinated while the delivery of boosters is pro- ceeding slowly. Dr Jugal Kishore, Director Professor and Head of Community Medicine Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, said, “This up and down in the Covid-cases will contin- ue for quite some time. This is all about the immunity among the population and their social activities. “There is not much to worry about as the cases are mild and hospitalisation is not required. However, one should not lower guard when in the crowd and ensure maintaining hygiene and social distancing. Initially, it was thought that the behaviour of the virus is relat- ed to temperature and in win- ter it will be more active. Continued on Page 9 K anpur Nagar Commissioner of Police Vijay Singh Meena set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday for a detailed probe into the violence which erupted in the Parade area on Friday. “A SIT has been formed to destroy the network of the accused and check their mobile phone call details. Besides, one more team has been formed. The formation of these teams will decide the progress of the investigation into this case,” Vijay Singh Meena said. Meanwhile, the police arrested seven more accused involved in the Kanpur Nagar violence. Continued on Page 9 T wenty-five glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China and Nepal have record- ed over 40 per cent rise in their water spread areas since 2009, posing a grave threat to five Indian States and two Union Territories (UTs), a new report stated. According to the report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the seven States and UTs which are under threat are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), and Ladakh. However, it is not just the rise in water spread that is con- cerning. The data published in the report titled 'State of India's Environment 2022: In Figures' tell a worrying tale. The report said that over a third of India's coastline witnessed some degree of erosion between 1990 and 2018. West Bengal is the worst hit with over 60 per cent of its shoreline under erosion. An increase in the fre- quency of cyclones and rise in the sea level, and anthro- pogenic activities such as the construction of harbours, beach mining and building of dams are some of the reasons for coastal erosion, it said. Citing Government data, the report said three out of every four river-monitoring stations in India have record- ed alarming levels of heavy toxic metals -- lead, iron, nick- el, cadmium, arsenic, chromi- um and copper. In one-fourth of the monitoring stations, spread across 117 rivers and tributaries, high levels of two or more toxic metals have been reported. Of the 33 monitoring stations in the Ganga River, contaminant levels in 10 are high. The report said 45 to 64 per cent of India's forest cover is likely to become climate hotspots by 2030. By 2050, almost the entire forest cover of the country is likely to become a climate hotspot. “The sever- ity, in terms of damage due to climate change, is set to increase in 2085,” the CSE report stated. A climate hotspot refers to an area that is likely to face severe impacts of climate change. The report revealed that India recycled 12 per cent and burnt 20 per cent of the 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste it generated in 2019-20. There is no information on the remaining 68 per cent of plas- tic waste, which most likely would have ended up in dump- sites and landfills, it stated. T aking exception to contro- versial remarks made by BJP spokespersons against Prophet Mohammad, the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Indian envoy Deepak Mittal to regis- ter its protest. He was handed an official note expressing “disappoint- ment” and “total rejection and condemnation” of the remarks. Clarifying his country’s posi- tion, Mittal responded that the tweets do not reflect the views of the Government of India. These are views of fringe elements, he said. The Qatar Ministry said, “HE Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the State, handed this note to the Ambassador of the Republic of India. The State of Qatar welcomed the statement issued by the ruling party in India in which it announced the suspension of the party's official from practicing his activities in the party due to his remarks that angered all Muslims around the world.” Continued on Page 9 P resident Ram Nath Kovind, on Sunday, said that Sant Kabir Das showed the path of equality and harmony to soci- ety and inspired it to do away with the evils, pomp and dis- crimination. Kovind, who reached Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district on Sunday morning from Gorakhpur, planted saplings along with Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on World Environment Day and after that he inaugurated sev- eral projects, including Sant Kabir Academy and Research Institute. President Kovind was also presented a telegraphic angavastram written by Kabir Das by the chief minister and a memento of the One District One Product scheme. A short film related to tourism was also shown during the programme. Addressing the pro- gramme, President Kovind said that the place of Nirvana of Sant Kabir Das was a wonder- ful example of communal unity. "Here the mausoleum and the tomb are built together. Even after 700 years have passed, his teachings and speech are popular from the common man to the intelli- gentsia," he said. President Kovind said that the earth becomes pure with the arrival of saints. "Sant Kabir lived in Maghar for about three years. This land, which was consid- ered barren and cursed, blos- somed with his arrival. On the invitation of Kabir Das ji, the Siddha Purush of Nath Peeth also came here. Due to his influence, the pond here was filled with water. Kabir Das ji was a true Pir. He understood the suffering of the people and used to take measures to remove that suffering," he said. President Kovind said that the whole life of Kabir Das ji was the best example of human religion. "Kabir Das ji did fine spinning of social interaction to bring harmony in the divided society of that time. Painted beautifully with the colours of knowledge, created a strong fabric of unity and coordina- tion and wove the sheet of building a harmonious society. He covered this sheet very carefully and never allowed it to become dirty," he said. President Kovind said that Kabir was born in a poor and deprived family, but he never considered that deprivation as his weakness, but made it his strength. He said Kabir Das always emphasised that humanity cannot be protected without having sympathy for the weak- est section of society. Continued on Page 9 C hief Minister Yo g i Adityanath, on Sunday, stressed to follow the preach- ing of Sant Kabir Das and claimed that the country and society would only progress if one did not leave the work for tomorrow and started it immediately. "We have to understand our responsibility. Kabir Das ji had warned about duty and said - 'Kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab'. Do not make a habit of postponing work. Whatever you have to do tomorrow, do it today and what you have to do today, start now. Many people watch muhurta, it is a habit to avoid work. Avoidance does not solve the problem. Only by following the path of karma, we can progress our society, our country," Yogi Adityanath said while stressing to follow the paths shown by Sant Kabir Das. Addressing a gathering in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Yogi Adityanath said that Sant Kabir Das always opposed orthodoxy. Continued on Page 9
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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday said poli-
cies introduced by hisGovernment over the last eightyears “carry an insistence onenvironmental, biodiversityand wildlife protection.”
At the function organisedby Isha Foundation founderSadhguru Jaggi Vasudev atVigyan Bhawan, the PrimeMinister said that India’s effortsto protect the environmenthave been multifaceted.
Attending the programme‘Save Soil Movement’ on WorldEnvironment Day, Modi saidIndia has achieved the target of10 per cent ethanol blending,five months ahead of schedule.
Elaborating on the achieve-ment, Modi said that in 2014ethanol blending was at 1.5 percent. “The 10 per cent ethanolblending has led to a reductionof 27 lakh tonnes of carbon
emission,” he said.“India’s role in climate
change is negligible but Indiais working on a long-termvision in collaboration with theinternational community onprotecting the environment”, hesaid while addressing the func-tion.
“Be it the Swachh BharatMission or programs related towaste-to-wealth, constructionof modern sewage treatmentplants in cities under AMRUT
mission, or the campaign to getrid of single use plastic or theGanga cleanliness campaignunder Namami Gange, India’sefforts to protect the environ-ment have been multifaceted,”he said.
“India is making this effortwhen its role in climate changeis negligible. Large moderncountries of the world are notonly exploiting more and moreresources of the Earth, butmaximum carbon emissiongoes to their account”, he said.
The Prime Minister saidthat the average carbon foot-print of the world is about 4 tonper person per annum com-pared to just about 0.5 ton perperson per annum in India.
Modi said India is workingwith the international com-munity and established organ-isations like Coalition forDisaster ResilientInfrastructure and theInternational Solar Alliance.
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In a crackdown on hatemon-gers within the party, the BJP
on Sunday suspended itsspokesperson Nupur Sharmaand expelled the head of itsDelhi media unit NaveenKumar Jindal from the party.The party also issued a state-ment saying that it “stronglydenounces the insult of anyreligious personalities.”
The crackdown came inthe backdrop of an allegedinsulting remark made byNupur Sharma against ProphetMuhammad and rising protestsover it. The Kanpur communalviolence is seen as the outcomeof Nupur Sharma’s sacrilegiouscomment against the prophet.
Besides protests acrossIndian cities, Nupur Sharma’scomment has evoked outrageamong Muslim nations withreports of a call for the boycottof Indian goods in the Gulfregion.
The BJP suspendedSharma from the party andrelieved her of all responsibil-ities with immediate effect“pending an inquiry” forexpressing positions contraryto those held by the BJP on var-ious issues and in violation ofrule 10 (a) of its constitution,according to communication toher from the party.
Suspended from the BJPfollowing her alleged deroga-tory remark against ProphetMuhammad, Nupur Sharmaon Sunday unconditionallywithdrew the controversialstatement made in a TV debateand said it was never her inten-tion to hurt anyone's religiousfeelings. Expelling its Delhimedia head Naveen KumarJindal from the party, the BJPsaid his views on social mediavitiated communal harmonyand were in violation of its fun-damental beliefs.
Nupur Sharma allegedlymade derogatory commentsagainst the Prophet in a televi-sion debate though she deniedit later, saying her commentswere distorted by a so-calledfact-checker. She has also saidthat she has been receivingthreatening death and rapecalls from unknown persons.
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The Union Territory (UT)administration in Jammu
and Kashmir (J&K) haslaunched a massive exercise toreach out to the disgruntledKashmiri Pandit migrantemployees after their transferlist was leaked on various socialmedia platforms. To calm theirnerves, the administration isnow directly getting in touchwith the employees and inti-mating them about their newplace of posting.
Meanwhile, the UT admin-istration is working overtime torelocate Kashmiri migrantemployees to safer zones wherethey will be provided adequatesecurity cover.
Several migrant employeesposted in other district head-quarters confirmed they havebeen informed about their newplace of posting on telephoneby the officers concerned.
The exercise was initiatedafter serious security concernswere raised over the leakedtransfer list of 177 teachersfrom Srinagar district.
All those employees whoare still camping in theKashmir Valley find them-selves at the receiving end.The authorities have directedthem to report to their newplaces of posting after receiv-ing the relieving orders. Theircolleagues, living in rentedaccommodations, havereturned to Jammu and are notexpected to return soon.
In the absence of any clar-ity, chaos and confusion pre-vail. After several rounds ofmeetings, the representatives ofthese employees are strugglingto find an amicable solution tothe crisis.
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India logged 4,270 new coro-navirus infections on Sunday
with a daily positivity rate ofabove one per cent after 34days, sparking concerns ofanother wave just as the coun-try started returning to somelevel of normalcy.
At the same time, at least12 cases of Omicron variantsBA4 and BA5 were detectedfrom the samples collected inTamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu StateMinister Ma Subramanian saidon Sunday 12 samples of the150 samples were sent to the labin Hyderabad which confirmedthe presence of the new vari-ants, marking the emergence ofnew coronavirus variants in theState.
“As many as four peoplehave been detected with theBA4 variant while eight peoplehave been diagnosed with theBA5 variant. All of them areisolated. We are closely moni-
toring these 12 people. They areall doing fine,” he said.
This comes amid concernsthat about a fifth of the above-12-year-old population is yet tobe fully vaccinated while thedelivery of boosters is pro-ceeding slowly.
Dr Jugal Kishore, DirectorProfessor and Head ofCommunity MedicineSafdarjung Hospital, NewDelhi, said, “This up and downin the Covid-cases will contin-ue for quite some time. This isall about the immunity amongthe population and their socialactivities.
“There is not much toworry about as the cases aremild and hospitalisation is notrequired. However, one shouldnot lower guard when in thecrowd and ensure maintaininghygiene and social distancing.Initially, it was thought that thebehaviour of the virus is relat-ed to temperature and in win-ter it will be more active.
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Vijay Singh Meena set up aSpecial Investigation Team(SIT) on Sunday for a detailedprobe into the violence whicherupted in the Parade area onFriday.
“A SIT has been formed todestroy the network of theaccused and check their mobilephone call details. Besides, onemore team has been formed.The formation of these teamswill decide the progress of theinvestigation into this case,”
Vijay Singh Meena said.Meanwhile, the police
arrested seven more accused
involved in the Kanpur Nagarviolence.
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Twenty-five glacial lakes andwater bodies in India,
China and Nepal have record-ed over 40 per cent rise in theirwater spread areas since 2009,posing a grave threat to fiveIndian States and two UnionTerritories (UTs), a new reportstated. According to the reportby the Centre for Science andEnvironment (CSE), the sevenStates and UTs which are underthreat are Assam, ArunachalPradesh, Sikkim, Bihar,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu andKashmir (J&K), and Ladakh.
However, it is not just therise in water spread that is con-cerning. The data published inthe report titled 'State of India'sEnvironment 2022: In Figures'tell a worrying tale. The report
said that over a third of India'scoastline witnessed somedegree of erosion between 1990and 2018. West Bengal is theworst hit with over 60 per centof its shoreline under erosion.
An increase in the fre-quency of cyclones and rise inthe sea level, and anthro-pogenic activities such as theconstruction of harbours,beach mining and building ofdams are some of the reasonsfor coastal erosion, it said.
Citing Government data,the report said three out ofevery four river-monitoringstations in India have record-ed alarming levels of heavytoxic metals -- lead, iron, nick-el, cadmium, arsenic, chromi-um and copper. In one-fourthof the monitoring stations,spread across 117 rivers andtributaries, high levels of two ormore toxic metals have beenreported. Of the 33 monitoringstations in the Ganga River,contaminant levels in 10 arehigh.
The report said 45 to 64per cent of India's forest cover
is likely to become climatehotspots by 2030. By 2050,almost the entire forest cover ofthe country is likely to becomea climate hotspot. “The sever-ity, in terms of damage due toclimate change, is set to
increase in 2085,” the CSEreport stated. A climate hotspotrefers to an area that is likely toface severe impacts of climatechange. The report revealedthat India recycled 12 per centand burnt 20 per cent of the 3.5
million tonnes of plastic wasteit generated in 2019-20. Thereis no information on theremaining 68 per cent of plas-tic waste, which most likelywould have ended up in dump-sites and landfills, it stated.
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BJP spokespersons againstProphet Mohammad, the QatarMinistry of Foreign Affairs onSunday summoned Indian
envoy Deepak Mittal to regis-ter its protest.
He was handed an officialnote expressing “disappoint-ment” and “total rejection andcondemnation” of the remarks.Clarifying his country’s posi-tion, Mittal responded that thetweets do not reflect the views
of the Government of India. These are views of fringe
elements, he said. The QatarMinistry said, “HE Mr. Soltanbin Saad Al-Muraikhi, theMinister of State for ForeignAffairs of the State, handed thisnote to the Ambassador of theRepublic of India. The State of
Qatar welcomed the statementissued by the ruling party inIndia in which it announcedthe suspension of the party'sofficial from practicing hisactivities in the party due to hisremarks that angered allMuslims around the world.”
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President Ram Nath Kovind,on Sunday, said that Sant
Kabir Das showed the path ofequality and harmony to soci-ety and inspired it to do awaywith the evils, pomp and dis-crimination.
Kovind, who reachedMaghar in Sant Kabir Nagardistrict on Sunday morningfrom Gorakhpur, plantedsaplings along with GovernorAnandiben Patel and ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onWorld Environment Day andafter that he inaugurated sev-eral projects, including SantKabir Academy and ResearchInstitute.
President Kovind was alsopresented a telegraphicangavastram written by KabirDas by the chief minister anda memento of the One DistrictOne Product scheme. A shortfilm related to tourism was alsoshown during the programme.
Addressing the pro-gramme, President Kovind saidthat the place of Nirvana ofSant Kabir Das was a wonder-ful example of communal unity.
"Here the mausoleum andthe tomb are built together.Even after 700 years havepassed, his teachings andspeech are popular from thecommon man to the intelli-gentsia," he said.
President Kovind said thatthe earth becomes pure withthe arrival of saints.
"Sant Kabir lived in
Maghar for about three years.This land, which was consid-ered barren and cursed, blos-somed with his arrival. On theinvitation of Kabir Das ji, theSiddha Purush of Nath Peethalso came here. Due to hisinfluence, the pond here wasfilled with water. Kabir Das jiwas a true Pir. He understoodthe suffering of the people andused to take measures toremove that suffering," he said.
President Kovind said thatthe whole life of Kabir Das jiwas the best example of humanreligion. "Kabir Das ji did finespinning of social interaction tobring harmony in the dividedsociety of that time. Painted
beautifully with the colours ofknowledge, created a strongfabric of unity and coordina-tion and wove the sheet ofbuilding a harmonious society.He covered this sheet verycarefully and never allowed itto become dirty," he said.
President Kovind said thatKabir was born in a poor anddeprived family, but he neverconsidered that deprivation ashis weakness, but made it hisstrength.
He said Kabir Das alwaysemphasised that humanitycannot be protected withouthaving sympathy for the weak-est section of society.
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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, on Sunday,
stressed to follow the preach-ing of Sant Kabir Das andclaimed that the country andsociety would only progress ifone did not leave the work fortomorrow and started itimmediately.
"We have to understandour responsibility. Kabir Dasji had warned about duty andsaid - 'Kal kare so aaj kar, aajkare so ab'. Do not make ahabit of postponing work.Whatever you have to do
tomorrow, do it today andwhat you have to do today,start now. Many people watchmuhurta, it is a habit to avoidwork. Avoidance does notsolve the problem. Only byfollowing the path of karma,we can progress our society,our country," Yogi Adityanathsaid while stressing to followthe paths shown by Sant KabirDas.
Addressing a gatheringin the presence of PresidentRam Nath Kovind, YogiAdityanath said that SantKabir Das always opposedorthodoxy.
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President Ram Nath Kovindwill address the joint sitting
of the UP legislature onMonday.
The Uttar Pradesh VidhanSabha has invited PresidentKovind to mark the Azadi kaAmrit Mahotasv -- 75th year ofindependence of the countryfrom British rule.
The UP assembly hadunanimously passed a resolu-tion in this regard during thebudget session whichadjourned sine die on May 31.
The assembly is yet to be pro-rogued.
During the budget session,Parliamentary Affairs MinisterSuresh Kumar Khanna hadtabled a special resolution toinvite President Kovind toaddress the House and guidemembers on June 6. SpeakerSatish Mahana, after seekingthe views of the members, hadpassed the resolution.
Besides President RamNath Kovind, UP GovernorAnandiben Patel, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath,Speaker Satish Mahana, UP
Legislative Council ChairmanManvendra Singh and leader ofopposition Akhilesh Yadav willbe present on the dais.
President Kovind is on atour of Uttar Pradesh fromJune 3 and it will conclude onJune 6. This will be the secondaddress to the joint sitting ofUP legislature by a president. InJanuary 2013, the thenPresident Pranab Mukherjeehad addressed the UP legisla-ture on the occasion of 125years of UP Legislature. Apostage stamp was also issuedto commemorate the occasion.
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Lucknow (PNS): As part of its mission toprovide pure and safe drinking water to childrento protect them from diseases, the Uttar Pradeshgovernment has decided to set up water treat-ment plants based on ultrafiltration technolo-gy in 28,041 schools spread over 14 districts ofthe state initially under the Chief Minister's RODrinking Water Scheme.
The government plans to set up similarplants all over the state later on to ensure pro-vision of clean drinking water in all the schools.The main objective behind the Yogi govern-ment's move to set up water treatment plants inschools is to ensure protection of schoolchild-ren from all diseases caused by contaminatedwater. Provision of safe drinking water will alsogo a long way in the prevention of communi-cable diseases.
It is worth mentioning here that the Yogigovernment 2.0 has increased the budgetary pro-vision under the Jal Jeevan Mission from Rs15,000 crore in the financial year 2021-22 to Rs
19,500 crore in 2022-23 and aims to provideclean tap water to every household in the stateby the year 2024.
Yogi Adityanath has been working contin-uously since his last tenure as chief minister ofUP to provide safe drinking water to all in thestate and has done commendable work in thisregard in the Bundelkhand region, which hasbeen battling with water crisis for severaldecades.
Yogi Adityanath has always reiterated hiscommitment to the well-being of children andhas taken several initiatives in this regard sincetaking over as chief minister of UP for the firsttime in 2017.
The government launched OperationKayakalp way back in 2019 to equip 30,000 sec-ondary schools with smart classrooms, play-grounds, toilets, libraries, computer laboratories,art rooms and other modern facilities. The ini-tiative also aimed to make pure drinking wateravailable to children in schools.
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Finding itself in a tight spotafter the Bahujan Samaj
Party announced to field aMuslim candidate fromAzamgarh, sitting MLARamakant Yadav is likely to bethe Samajwadi Party candidatefor the bypoll to Azamgarh LokSabha seat.
Earlier, the SP had indicat-ed to nominate Sushil Anand,a leader from Dalit communi-ty and son of former BSP MPBalihari Babu, who is one of thefounding members of All IndiaBackward and MinorityCommunities EmployeesFederation (BAMCEF).
The bypolls to two LokSabha constituencies of UttarPradesh -- Azamgarh andRampur -- have put theSamajwadi Party in a tightspot. Samajwadi Party had wonboth Azamgarh and Rampur
seats in the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections. While AkhileshYadav won from Azamgarh,Mohammad Azam Khan wonfrom Rampur.
Both the leaders resignedtheir Lok Sabha seats afterbeing elected to UP assemblyin March this year.
Sources in the SamajwadiParty said the Bharatiya JanataParty and Bahujan Samaj Partyseemed to have joined hands tomake the SP bite dust inAzamgarh, which has a sizeableMuslim and Yadav popula-tion. Azamgarh is known to bea stronghold of the SamajwadiParty.
The BSP has fielded ShahAlam Guddu Jamali fromAzamgarh with an eye on theMuslim-Dalit votes. Jamali is apopular Muslim leader in theconstituency and if he getssupport from his community aswell as Dalits, he could pose a
big challenge to the SP.The BJP, in fielding popu-
lar Bhojpuri star Dinesh LalYadav Nirahua fromAzamgarh, clearly has an eyeon Yadav votes. Nirahua hasalready launched a high-octanecampaign and two otherBhojpuri stars and MPs, ManojTiwari and Ravi Kishan, arealso likely to campaign forhim.
Nirahua's campaign focus-es on the fact that AkhileshYadav has 'abandoned' the peo-ple of Azamgarh and Akhilesh'sinaccessibility is being used tomake inroads in the Yadavvote bank.
Sources in SP confirmedthat Dimple Yadav was not acontender in the Azamgarhbypoll. "In the present sce-nario, Azamgarh is not a 'safe'seat and the party would notlike to expose Dimple Yadav tothe possibility of a defeat," a
party leader said.In Rampur, the BJP has
fielded Ghanshyam Lodhi, aformer acolyte of Azam Khan.The BSP has alreadyannounced that it will not fieldits candidate from Rampur.
The sources in SP said,,"The Samajwadi Party fearsthat losing Azamgarh andRampur Lok Sabha seats-- oreven one of them -- would sendout a message that Muslims aredeserting the party and thiswould cast a shadow on the2024 Lok Sabha elections."
The party's concerns weremanifested when a few Muslimleaders showed anger towardsAkhilesh for not raising voiceagainst atrocities of the Yogigovernment against AzamKhan and Akhilesh's estrangeduncle and PragatisheelSamajwadi Party (Lohia) chiefShivpal Singh Yadav warmingup to Azam.
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The 13-year-old Dalit girl, who was avictim of gang-rape in a village under
Pahari police station of Chitrakoot district,was murdered after the sexual assault.
This sensational fact came to light afterthe autopsy report confirmed the death ofthe girl by strangulation.
Pahari police station in-chargeInspector Ajit Pandey said on Sunday, "Thepost-mortem report of a Dalit girl from avillage in the police station area has con-firmed her death due to strangulation."
The autopsy report received late onSaturday evening also confirmed gang-rape. It did not mention any internal orexternal injury.
"It appears that the girl died beforereaching the hospital," Pandey said.
The three accused, arrested on Sunday,were also present along with the girl's fam-ily members in the vehicle that took herto the hospital.
According to reports, the victim hadslept outside the house with her family
members on Wednesday night, but she wasfound lying unconscious on Thursdaymorning in a drain at some distance fromthe house. Both her hands were tied.
On regaining consciousness, the vic-tim told the family about the gang-rape,but the family kept the incident hidden andtook her to a private hospital inManjhanpur town of Kaushambi districtfor treatment, where she later died. It wasonly when the hospital authority informedthe police that the body was sent for autop-sy but the family still not confirm any sex-ual assault.
After the arrival of the post-mortemreport on Saturday evening, the local policescanned the CCTV footage of the hospi-tal and found that all the three accused,Nadeem, Adarsh Pandey and VipulMishra, were present in the hospital andthey brought the girl along with the fam-ily members. The family later confirmedthat the victim was gang-raped.
The cops subsequently picked up allthree and after they were grilled forwhole night, they confessed to kidnapping
the girl, gang-raping her after tying herhands and legs. They claimed that fearingthat the victim would reveal their names,they strangled her and later, to misguideeveryone, informed her family about theincident. They also claimed to haveaccompanied the girl to the hospital toensure that she did not reveal their names.
The local police registered a caseagainst all the three accused and sent themto jail on Sunday.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man wasarrested on Saturday for allegedlyraping a 15-year-old girl, police said inBareilly.
According to the police, the wife of theaccused runs a coaching institute in theIzzatnagar police station area where thevictim is a student. On June 2, the mantook the minor to his house on the pre-text of a class there and allegedly raped her.Senior Superintendent of Police RohitSingh Sajwan said the man was bookedunder sections of the Indian Penal Codeand the Protection of Children fromSexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, on Sunday,
stressed the importance ofgram panchayats in ensuring agreen, clean and a healthyenvironment and said that anygoal would be realised only ifthe government's vision pene-trates the basic unit or roots ofa government structure-- thevillages.
While addressing theConference of Panchayats 2022'on Sunday to make local insti-tutions capable of handlingrisks arising out of climatechange and generate solutions,Yogi Adityanath said, "Ourgovernment, in the span of thelast five years, has worked in aplanned and phased manner,keeping protection of our envi-ronment as one of our top pri-orities. However, it is veryimportant that our gram pan-chayats work to ensure ahealthy environment and elim-inate risks of climate change forour upcoming generations."
Yogi Adityanath wasspeaking on the occasion of theWorld Environment Day. Theconference was held to assesshow gram panchayats could beused to safeguard from climatechange and its effects.
On the occasion, the chiefminister said that UttarPradesh had the most grampanchayats in the country. Hesaid schemes need to be devel-oped and implemented at thesmallest levels to bring aboutactual change.
Yogi emphasised that thepresence of a healthy, clean andgreen environment was thekey to the well-being and devel-opment of every individualand overall progress of anystate, nation or a country.
Yogi Adityanath also urgedall the gram panchayats toplant at least 75 saplings eachon the occasion of VanMahotsava. The chief ministerwent on to say that to mark the'Amrit Kaal', 'Amrit Sarovars'were being excavated or reju-venated in each of the 75 dis-tricts and this would not only
regulate the groundwater levelbut also give a boost to localtourism.
"The work of developing atleast two Amrit Sarovars mustbe done in every gram pan-chayat in a time-bound man-ner. These sarovars shouldbecome a medium of purewater and extensive planta-tion should be done aroundthem to encourage eco-tourism. These sarovars mustbecome the medium for vil-
lages to attain self-reliance," hesaid. He added that the grampanchayats must work in orderto present themselves as modelgram panchayats with presenceof essential amenities in the vil-lages and making them opendefecation and disease free.
Stating that his govern-ment was working for theempowerment and holisticdevelopment of gram panchay-ats to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi'svision of 'Gram Swaraj', the
chief minister said that a net-work of optical fiber would belaid in every village to make thelives of rural dwellers easier andto take development to far-flung areas.
The chief minister saidthat his government had plant-ed over 100 crore trees in thelast five years and the state'scapacity had today increased toplant over 35 crore saplingsannually. He also sought coop-eration from over 58,000 gram
panchayats for checking waterand air pollution.
Stating that protection ofthe environment remains hisgovernment's priority, Yogisaid there was need to plantheritage trees and promote,save and conserve all treesabove 100 years of age as wellas encourage natural farming,start horticulture on banks ofwater bodies and promoteusage of cow-dung basedmanure.
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President Ram Nath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh, Home MinisterAmit Shah, Deputy ChiefMinisters Keshav PrasadMaurya and Brajesh Pathak,and leaders cutting acrossparty lines wished ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onthe occasion of his 50th birth-day on Sunday.
Even though the chiefminister was at his workplacein Gorakhpur on Sunday, sincemorning he was getting greet-ings through internet media aswell as other social platforms.
President Ram NathKovind congratulated ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onhis birthday. The presidenttweeted, "During his stay inGorakhpur, the Presidenttoday extended his greetingsand best wishes to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onhis birthday."
Prime Minister NarendraModi also greeted YogiAdityanath on his birthday.Modi tweeted, "HappyBirthday to the dynamic ChiefMinister of UP. The state hastouched new heights ofprogress under his able leader-ship. He has ensured people-
friendly governance for thepeople of the state. Praying fora long and healthy life in theservice of the people."
Amit Shah congratulatedYogi on his birthday. Shahsaid, 'Happy birthday to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath.Under the guidance of Modi ji,the way you have given adevelopment-oriented govern-ment to Uttar Pradesh by free-ing it from gunda raj andmafia raaj, the state is makingnew records of progress. Ipray to God that you stay
healthy and have a long life."In a tweet, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh said,"Happy birthday to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, whois working with full force forbuilding a new Uttar Pradesh.For the welfare and develop-ment of the people of thestate, he is working tirelesslywith a dedicated spirit. MayGod keep him healthy and helives long."
Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya tweet-ed, "Happy birthday and best
wishes to you, Honorable ShriYogi Adityanath ji, a brilliantspeaker and a hard workingpersonality and the successfulchief minister of Uttar Pradesh.Pray to Lord Shri Ram ji thatyou live long and always behealthy and happy."
Deputy Chief MinisterBrajesh Pathak also posted atweet congratulating ChiefMinister Yogi on his birthday."Happy birthday to YogiAdityanath, the hard workingand successful chief minister ofUttar Pradesh."
Bahujan Samaj PartyPresident Mayawati, who oftenattacks the Bharatiya JanataParty-led government in UttarPradesh as well as the Centre,congratulated Yogi Adityanathon Twitter on Sunday. Shewrote: "Hearty congratulationsto Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath ji onhis birthday today," and alsowished him a long life.
Samajwadi Party MLA andPragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) national presidentShivpal Singh Yadav posted atweet to wish Yogi Adityanath."Wishing a very happy birth-day to the saintly heartedChief Minister of UttarPradesh Yogi Adityanath. Iwish you good health and ahappy and long life."
644) qualified for the UPSCCivil Services exam, results ofwhich were declared recently.According to CMS officials,these students credited their-parents, teachers and the peace-ful atmosphere of school fortheir success.
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standing was signed betweenSanjay Gandhi Post-GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciencesand Post-Graduate Institute ofChild Health (Noida) to shareintent in teaching, training,skill building and research inbiomedical research and basicsciences. The agreement wassigned by SGPGI director Prof
RK Dhiman and his PGICHcounterpart Prof Ajay Singh.Both the institutes will work forjoint research projects, toorganise seminars and confer-ences, training of post gradu-ate students as per norms, fac-ulty interactions between twoorganisations and collaborativeefforts in social outreach pro-grammes.
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event of NCC Cadets, 63 UPBattalion, NCC, organised‘Combined Annual TrainingCamp 215’ at St Joseph’s Schoolin Ruchi Khand. The campwhich commenced on June 1will conclude on June 10. The
cadets will undergo severalactivities encompassing phys-ical training, drill, field craft,battle craft, map reading etc forholistic personality develop-ment. A few selected cadetsfrom across the UP NCCDirectorate are also beingimparted SSB training duringthis camp. Expert instructorsare imparting relevant aspectsrequired for cracking the toughSSB exam, a mandatory test forcommissioning as an officer inthe armed forces. GroupCommander, Lucknow NCCGroup, Brig Ravi Kapoor vis-ited the location and motivat-ed all the cadets. He also over-saw the arrangements made forthe cadets and appreciated theefforts put in by the com-manding officer and other staffof the unit.
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Montessori School — MohdFarzak Raza, Aditi Agrawal
and Shubhraj Sehgal — wereselected in the prestigious man-agement institutions of thecountry through the CommonLaw Admission Test (CLAT).Aditi of Chowk campus andShubhraj of Rajajipuram cam-pus were given admission toIIM-Lucknow while Farzak ofChowk campus was givenadmission to IIM-Kozhikode.The trio credited their parents,teachers and the conduciveenvironment of school for theirsuccess. Congratulating thesestudents, CMS founder JagdishGandhi expressed confidencethat they would take the mes-sage of ‘Sarva DharmaSambhav’ and the Indian ethosof ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkum’forward.
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Montessori School, UnitedWorld campus, have beenawarded certificates andmedals for their outstanding
performance in theInternational English competi-tion under the InternationalBenchmark Test (IBT).Ajeshveer, Bhavya Mandhyan,and Namrata Kalani have beenawarded the ‘Certificate ofHigh Distinction’ while AshitaSharma and Nairitya the‘Certificate of Distinction’.These students presented anexceptional display of their
knowledge in this competi-tion which saw participation bystudents from about 17 coun-tries.
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ken English, dance etc. On theconcluding day, a presentationwas made by the students on allthe knowledge assimilated dur-ing the camp. Certificates weregiven away to the students.Excellia School chairman DSPathak, vice-chairpersonManju Pathak, director AshishPathak, and director (EMCC)Shalini Pathak were the guestsof honour.
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Wastewater genomesequencing offers a sen-
sitive method of detectingmonkeypox infections in anygiven area. This method of sur-veillance may serve as a check-point for the success of pre-emptive pandemic response,said Jitendra Narayan, who is asenior scientist in the Instituteof Genomics and IntegrativeBiology (CSIR-IGIB).
“As an adjunct to clinicaldisease surveillance that mostcountries are trying, waste-water monitoring can detectthe presence of pathogens suchas the monkeypox virus acrossmunicipalities and estimatethe incidence of the diseasewithout relying on individualtesting. Wastewater surveil-lance requires fewer resourcesthan large-scale clinical testing,making it an ideal tool for long-term monitoring and earlydetection of viral circulation inthe population,” Narayan said.
“Our latest SARS-CoV2study and analysis haverevealed the accurate identifi-cation of viral gene fragments
in wastewater samples across allmetro cities. Furthermore,wastewater virus titers corre-spond with new clinically diag-nosed Covid cases, and waste-water trends are 4–10 daysahead of clinical reports, mean-ing that wastewater data can beutilised to define public healthand hospital planning as anearly warning of approachingepidemics,” he added.
The senior scientist saidthat while recognising thepotential usefulness of waste-water surveillance, the Centresfor Disease Control andPrevention, WHO and otherstate & local health agencies areadopting wastewater-basedmonitoring programmes toimprove their Covid replies.
“We demonstrated thatintegrating wastewater surveil-lance data in addition tonational SARS-CoV-2 clinicalreporting data can help usidentify crucial historical, cur-rent and future viral dynamicstrends,” he said
He said that based on theirexperiences with the Coviddata, wastewater viral genomesequencing could provide asensitive means of detecting
monkeypox infections in anygiven location.
“Additionally, the diseaseprevention ring vaccinationtechnique can help immunisethose who are at high risk. Thisprocedure is used to vaccinatethe contacts of confirmed casesas well as those living nearby.In this way, everyone who hasbeen or could have beenexposed to a patient receivesthe vaccination, resulting in a‘ring’ of protection ‘box’ thatcan aid in disease prevention,”he explained.
The senior scientist saidthat the ring vaccination neces-sitates close monitoring andrapid epidemiologic case eval-uation. This ‘ring’ strategy wasused with great success by theIntensified SmallpoxEradication Programme toeradicate smallpox in the sec-ond half of the 20th century,and it can be used again thistime, he pointed out.
He said globalisation andair connectivity has brought theworld closer than ever before.However, it has had the unin-tended consequence ofincreased likelihood of pandemics.
“Practically, any country inthe world can be visited in lessthan 24 hours, which is lessthan the incubation period formany of the infectious diseases.Covid is a perfect example ofhow improved air connectivi-ty contributed to rapid spreadof the disease across the globe,”he pointed out. He also under-lined that while many countriesare still trying to cope with theongoing pandemic, the news ofmonkeypox outbreak has setthe alarm bells again.
“What is more alarming atthis time is that monkeypoxcases have been reported inmore than 20 countries wherethe disease is not endemic.While it is encouraging that nocases have been reported inIndia so far, it is critical toremain vigilant and keep an eyeon the disease’s epidemiologi-cal situation. Though ourrecent experience in handlingthe Covid pandemic can betranslated into immediateactionable plans in case of anuntoward monkeypox inci-dence in India, we should bevigilant of the key issues thatmay lower the output of thepandemic response,” he said.
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Jaipuria Institute ofManagement organised its
26th annual convocation onSunday. The chief guest on theoccasion was ManagingDirector (IB &TS) of StateBank of India Ashwini KumarTewari. The convocation ofthe 2020-22 batch saw a total of262 students of PGDM, PGDM(Financial Services), andPGDM (Retail Management)receive medals and diplomas.
Tewari congratulated thestudents and said it is a new,exciting and tough world out-side. He also talked about howSBI went through variouschanges through its 260-yearjourney.
Addressing the students,Jaipuria Institute ofManagement (Lucknow) chair-man Sharad Jaipuria said:“Your convocation is the begin-
ning of a new, more excitingand challenging journey, espe-cially now when the worldorder is changing at a fasterpace than most of us thoughtof. However, I am sure you allwill contribute to the economywith your knowledge, skillsand the positive attitude thatyou have acquired.”
Director Kavita Pathak pre-sented the annual report andcongratulated all the studentsfor getting through the hardtimes due to Covid.
Lucknow (PNS): A trainingprogramme has been initiatedby Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of MedicalSciences to sensitise the staff onbetter communication. A pro-gramme in the series was organ-ised by the department of PublicRelations and it was attended byreceptionists, junior receptionofficers, public relations officers,medical social workers, nursingstaff and data entry operators ofreception desk, registrationcounter, OPD bays and wards.
SGPGI director Prof RKDhiman underlined the impor-tance of communication skills inhospitals and said that trainingprogrammes would help them
in this regard. He reiterated theneed to treat every patient withrespect and empathy irrespec-tive of their social, economicand educational status.
Chief medical superinten-dent Prof Gaurav Agarwalexpressed the need to have bet-ter communication skills inorder to understand patients’perspectives and emotions. Hesaid that patients who come tothe hospital are in distress andshould be properly attended to.
“Patient may lose temper,but the staff attending to themshould neutralise the frictionby their generous and politebehaviour,” he added. Medicalsuperintendent Prof VK
Paliwal expressed explainedthe need to listen actively andalso differentiated betweenhearing and listening.“Communication skills includeactive listening while beingpatient and positive.Empathising with the patientsis also an important part ofactive listening,” he said. PROKusum Yadav said, “Effectivecommunication skills inhealthcare prepares us to knowthe social determinants ofpatients and their attendants,thus creating synergy by coor-dinating with different depart-ments. Proper coordinationwith every related departmentwill minimise their problems.”
8�#9�������������:;*0�Lucknow (PNS): Students ofLucknow University have madea mark in the all-India GraduateAptitude Test (GAT-B) forBiotechnology, conducted foradmission to MSc inBiotechnology. Results of thisexamination conducted by theNational Testing Agency weredeclared on Saturday. Amongthe successful students are BSc(Genetics) students Sumit Singh(AIR 35), Subhash ChandraChaurasia (AIR 114) andShivanshi Madeshiya (AIR 129).
DSW Poonam Tandon saidthat the students of LU havealways had a special interest inhigher education and researchand many of the alumni, notonly in the country but in manyuniversities and research insti-tutes abroad, are doing well andsetting high standards. Thisexam is conducted for admis-sion to many universities,including Jawaharlal NehruUniversity and Banaras HinduUniversity, funded by theDepartment of Biotechnologyestablished by the Governmentof India.
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Several programmes at vari-ous institutions across the
state capital marked WorldEnvironment Day celebrationson Sunday.
The celebrations at CSIR-IITR were spread over twodays. Delivering the ‘26th DrCR Krishnamurthy MemorialOration’, molecular biologistand senior scientist Rup Lalsaid understanding microbio-me science could lead to a bet-ter handling of human healthand environment. “In addition,studying the environmentmicrobiome, especially micro-bial populations from extremeenvironments, can help inefforts towards mitigating envi-ronment pollution,” he added.
IITR director Prof SK Barikhighlighted the contributionsmade by the institute for envi-ronment conservation. On theoccasion, IITR signed an MoUwith the Institute of PesticideFormulation Technology(IPFT), Gurugram. Both theinstitutions agreed to shareexisting facilities and availableexpertise at the respective insti-tutions in developing newernanoagrochemicals and assess-ing their toxicity/safety.
Meanwhile, chief scientistand head of Medicinal ProcessChemistry Division Dr AtulKumar said that CSRI-CDRI iscommitted to protecting theenvironment through its ‘GreenChemistry’ approach for drugdiscovery and development.
“We are trying to avoidexcessive use of harmful chem-ical as well as multistep reac-tions,” he said.
A programme was alsoorganised by the residents ofCentral Control Room, ApexTrauma Centre (SGPGIMS),under the stewardship of ProfRaj Kumar and Dr RHarshvardhan.
A programme was alsoorganised at BabasahebBhimrao Ambedkar Universityunder the joint aegis of thedepartment of EnvironmentalScience and Society forEnvironmental Sustainability.Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Singhpointed out that though WorldEnvironment Day is every year,the situation is not improving.“We have to understand why.We need self-analysis,” he said.The guest of honour was DFORK Singh, who said humanshave destroyed nature for theirgreed. “Since we have limitedresources, we must use them
wisely. We don’t have to getourselves to a point of noreturn,” he said. Following the
conclusion of the programme,saplings were also planted inthe BBAU premises.
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A40-year-old man died athis house in Cantonment
police station area under mys-terious circumstances onSaturday night. However,police claimed that DineshKumar of Sharda Nagar underNeelmatha was drunk and hefell off the bed while sleeping.The police said Dinesh fellunconscious as he sufferedinjuries and was rushed toCivil hospital where was pro-nounced dead.
“Dinesh had returnedhome in an inebriated state lastnight,” his wife Geeta wasquoted as saying by the police.The body was sent for autop-sy while further probe wasunderway. Locals expressedsurprised and suspected thepolice’s claim.
“Someone losing his lifeafter falling off the bed ishighly unlikely,” the localssaid. However, they suspectedthat he might have died due toexcessive consumption ofliquor. “Action will be initiat-ed on the basis of the autopsyreport,” the police said whilerefusing to divulge detailsregarding the injuries sus-tained by Dinesh.
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In his address, he saidthey are taking measures to cutdown on the carbon emissionand promoting activities tomake the environment healthy.“Under these arrangements,the Lucknow division of NRwill install solar panels at theDRM office building inHazratganj. We have also set upsolar panels at the Charbaghrailway station,” he said. As peran official, the Lucknow divi-sion of NR reduced around4,800 tonnes of carbon emis-sion during the year 2021-22against solar generation fromthe 3.071MW solar plant.
A water dispenser plantwas also installed at theCharbagh railway station.Employees and officials plant-ed saplings while a nukkad
natak was organised to spreadawareness about the impor-tance of environment protec-tion. The Lucknow division ofNorth Eastern Railway also cel-ebrated World EnvironmentDay on the theme ‘Only OneEarth’ at Lucknow Junction.
DRM, NER, MonicaAgnihotri inaugurated thenewly set-up green belt at thepower cabin and later took partin a tree plantation pro-gramme. She also flagged off aprabhat pheri in which scoutsmade the passengers aware ofchallenges due to growing car-bon emission and about theimportance of environmentconservation.
In an urban farming work-shop held at Badshah Nagarrailway station in which theDRM (NER) also participated,the patron of an NGOexplained the simple methodsof growing organic vegetables.
Meanwhile, WorldEnvironment Day was alsocelebrated by RDSO. DG,RDSO, Sanjiv Bhutani inaugu-rated the newly-developedHarmony Park and also plant-ed a sapling there. RWWApresident Nisha Bhutani alsoparticipated in the programme.
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The district inspector ofschools (Ghazipur), his
wife and their two relativeswere accused of duping a res-ident of Papermill Colony onthe pretext of investment in areal estate company.
In his complaint, victimDeepak Rai of PapermillColony in Nishatganj said hegot Rs 7.5 crore after he soldhis parental land in Bagiamauvillage on Sultanpur road inLucknow in 2015. “In thesame year, I happened to meetone Praveen Kumar Rai andhis elder brother Vinay Kumaraka Bunty Rai (both of Mau),who asked me to invest inShashi Infra Pvt Ltd, a realestate company located inBarabanki,” Deepak stated inhis complaint.
He said Bunty introducedhimself as the president ofKisan Union Morcha.“Praveen and Bunty told methat Shashi is the wife ofGhazipur DIOS Om PrakashRai and they are their kin,” the
victim said. After the dealwas sealed, a contract wassigned between Deepak’sfather Ashok Rai (50 per centpartner), Shashi Infra Pvt Ltd(20 per cent partner) andPraveen Rai (30 per cent part-ner) in a new company which
they named ASR Green City.The company started pur-chasing lands and Deepakinvested Rs 7 crore in the busi-ness even as other partners didnot invest a single penny.
In due course of time,Bunty demanded Rs 4 crore
from the victim, saying he wasgoing to contest assembly elec-tion from Madhuban seat. Helater took Rs 2.5 crore worthof the assets in the name ofcontesting as an independentcandidate. “My father con-fronted the above-named per-
sons but we were issued deaththreats. I later met the DIOSand asked him to intervene inthe matter. To my surprise, theDIOS told me that I would loseboth my land and money,” thevictim alleged.
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the life of a 70-year-old manwho was hit by knocked down by a car while crossinga road in Manak Nagar police station area. Themishap occurred near SringarNagar metro station in Manak Nagar.
The deceased was identi-fied as Kailash Chand Kurra ofSringar Nagar. As per reports,he was crossing the roadaround 7:30 pm on June 3when knocked down by aspeeding car. He was rushedto Lok Bandhu Hospital butwas referred to KGMUTrauma Centre where he diedduring treatment. Police reg-istered a case on the complaintof Kailash’s nephew AdityaBadhawan of Ashiyana.
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Lucknow (PNS): In a bizarrecase, a sum of over Rs 16 lakhwas fraudulently withdrawnfrom the bank accounts of aman and his two sons inAliganj by an unidentifiedaccused who obtained a newSIM with the same number asthat of the victim after lodg-ing an e-FIR and attachingwith it fake documents,including Aadhaar.
As it turned out, the vic-tim never applied for a newSIM, nor did he give hisAadhaar card to anyone. The
victim lodged a case with thecyber police.
In his complaint, DrSanjay Singh of ChandGarden in Aliganj said hechecked the balance of hisbank account on June 3 andcame to know that someonehad withdrawn money fromhis account.
“I later came to thatmoney was siphoned off fromthe bank accounts of my twosons. A sum of Rs 16.04 lakhwas fraudulently withdrawnfrom all three bank accounts,”
he stated in his complaint.The victim contacted the
bank and was told that themoney was withdrawn onMay 31 through netbankingand his BSNL mobile numberwas used by the accused.
“When I enquired fromthe BSNL office inMahanagar, I was told thatsomeone applied for a replace-ment SIM after submitting ane-FIR and Aadhaar details,”said Singh, who suspectedthe involvement of bank andBSNL officials in the fraud.
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Uttar Pradesh will soon crossthe milestone of adminis-
tering 33 crore doses of Covidvaccine.
Making this claim here onSunday, a governmentspokesman said that owing tothe sustained efforts of the YogiAdityanath government in keep-ing the pace of Covid vaccina-tion in the top gear, the state wasset to achieve another milestoneas Uttar Pradesh continues toconduct one of the most success-ful vaccination campaigns in thecountry since the rollout of themass immunisation drive.Standing on the top, the state ofUttar Pradesh has so far admin-istered over 32.91 crore Covidvaccine doses. Out of these, over17,45,04,444 are first doses,while over 15,14,32,772 individ-uals are fully vaccinated, accord-ing to the official.
So far, over 2,47,91,010Covid vaccine doses have beenadministered to children in theage group of 15-17 and over1,07,57,191 doses to children inthe age group of 12-14 in thestate. In terms of percentage,nearly 93 per cent of the adultpopulation is fully vaccinatedand 100 per cent of the popula-tion has received one dose of theCovid vaccine. In the age cate-gory of 15-17, over 98 per centof the children have received atleast one dose of the vaccinewhile over 77 per cent in this agecategory are fully vaccinated.
Uttar Pradesh startedadministering booster shots(precaution dose) from January10 and over 31.96 lakh 'precau-tion doses' have been adminis-tered in the state so far.
UP is followed byMaharashtra with 16.71 croredoses of the Covid vaccineadministered so far.
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After successfully combatingthe COVID-19 pandemic
in Uttar Pradesh, the YogiAdityanath government hasstepped up measures to controlspread of various vector-borneand water-borne diseases.
The Covid surveillance sys-tems will now be used to curbmalaria, dengue and chikun-gunya cases in the state.
Upgrading its guard againstthe vector-borne, water-borneand other communicable dis-eases ahead of the monsoon, asper the change in surveillancesystem adopted by the stateHealth department, instead ofwaiting for an outbreak, whichmeans cases from more thanone houses in a particular area,now each case will be record-ed for contact tracing.
According to Dr RameshChandra Pandey, additionaldirector, malaria and vector-borne diseases, each case ofmalaria, dengue or chikun-
gunya will be notified to theoffice from all over the state.Within a day, a rapid responseteam will reach the house of thepatient and screen people in 50homes in the surrounding area.Under the stringent contain-ment mechanism adopted bythe government, the peoplewill also be made aware of mea-sures to check mesquite breed-ing and educated about precau-tionary measures.
In case of confirmation ofa positive case, each positivecase will be reported on a CRS-pro portal monitored by thenodal officer. In COVID-19cases also, contact tracing foreach positive case was doneimmediately and sampling of allthose with symptoms was doneto check if infection had spreadamong the contacts of a novelcoronavirus positive case underthe 'Trace, Test and Treat' mech-anism adopted by the govern-ment. In order to prepare forthe fight against dengue, rapidresponse (RR) teams have been
formed at the block level to takeswift action. Earlier, the RRteams were formed only at thedistrict level. The surveillanceby rapid response teams willmostly check fever, which is acommon symptom, apart fromother symptoms. If someonehas fever, the blood slide will bemade on the spot to check thecause. Dr Vikas Singhal, jointdirector, vector-borne diseases,said, "The initiative has begunand will be intensified soon asmonsoon approaches the state."
Surveillance would alsoinclude leptospirosis and scrubtyphus, diseases caused by bac-teria, though they do not occurfrequently. Since January, 97dengue cases have been report-ed in the state. While the gov-ernment and nodal agenciescan ensure proper medicalfacilities, schemes and initia-tives to fight the spread ofthese diseases, it requires coop-eration from people to succeedin this fight against vector-borne diseases.
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The murder case of the con-stable Desh Deepak, post-
ed in Bilhaur police station, hasbeen worked out. Police havearrested the paramour of thedeceased and her brother, whoimmediately confessed theircrime and sent them to jail onSunday.
Addressing mediapersons,inspector Bilhaur Arvind SinghSisaudia said that in 2020, thegirl, a student of class XII hadcome in contact with the con-stable through Tik Tok videoand Facebook. Thereafter, thegirl also confessed to have vis-ited Bilhaur several times andestablished physical relationswith the constable. The con- stable had prepared objection- able videos and snaps.
After his marriage wasfixed elsewhere, when sheasked the constable to deletephotos and videos he had start-ed blackmailing her by callingher to Bilhaur for establishingphysical relations.
On the day of the incident,after her brother had gone outof the room for some work,when the constable again insist-ed on establishing physicalrelations, she stabbed him andthe knife pierced his throat.Thereafter, she with the help ofher 19-year-old brother slit thethroat of the constable.Inspector Arvind SinghSisaudia said the case had beenworked out with the help of calldetails of the mobile phonesand electronic surveillance.
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Alarge number of home-opaths of Kanpur Nagar
Nigam (KNN) and doctorsassociated with Arogyadhamtook out an awareness rally atParushram Vatika to mark theWorld Environment Day onSunday.
The theme was ‘Sirf EkPrathvi’. On the occasion, emi-nent homoeopaths and thepriests of ISKCON templehighlighted the importance ofplants in people’s life and dis-tributed 51 saplings for plant-ing them at appropriate places.
Addressing the rally, notedhomeopathic and MedicalOfficer of KNN Dr HemantMohan warned if trees werenot grown and protected, thetime was not far when peopleliving upon this planet Earthwould have to carry oxygengas cylinders for their exis-tence. Elimination of greentrees would disturb the cycleof seasons and would alsoaffect the fertility of the soil.Dr Arti Mohan said thatfelling of large number ofgreen trees would affect theavailability of oxygen and
would cause critical diseasespertaining to heart, lungs,kidney and other vital organsof the body.
The chief guest on theoccasion was RSS PracharakAmarnath and the guest ofhonour BrahmchariLokeshwar. Krishna Prabhu ofISKCON Temple spoke aboutthe medicinal value of every
plant in one’s life and urgedpeople to grow more plants. Aneminent speaker RR Mohanasked the children for takinglead in tree plantation activitiesto build a healthy future envi-ronment for a healthy and dis-ease free life.
He also stressed upon con-serving underground waterand harvesting rain water.
Pushpa Mohan proposed thevote of thanks. Over 250prominent persons, includingDr Abhishek Singh, BhajanGovind Prabhu, ChandanPrabhu, Mohit Prabhu, MohitPathak, Gurpreet Singh,Gurmeet Kaur, Sunil Misra,Shruti Misra and Uma Sharmaand were present in the aware-ness rally.
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To participate in the forth-coming National Sub-
junior Powerlifting and BenchPress Championship in Kanpurfrom June 19 to 22, the trials ofplayers were held at GauravInternational School onSunday. As many as 145 play-ers took part in the trials andthe team of successful candi-dates was announced on thespot.
Team: Boys (sub-junior) -Ankit Yadav, Shobhit Yadav,Anuj Yadav, Ayush Katiyar,Ashish Joseph, Saurabh Kumar,Harsh Chaurasia, KartikeyGangwar, Nagendra Prajapati,Anurag Shukla, Aryan SinghGautam, Udai Srivastava,Aryan Gupta, HiteshSrivastava, Dheeraj Kumar,Ritesh Thakur, Akshat Pandey,Saksham Bhadauria, NamanGupta, Prabhjot Singh, MayankKumar, Baudhik Yadav, AnmolDeep Singh, Mangal Yadav,Alok Singh. Girls: ShivaniVerma, Akriti Katiyar, KhushiRajput, Shreya Gaur, KajolRajput, Kalpana Nishad, Nancy
Katiyar. Bench press (junior/senior)
Men: Abhay Singh, AbhishekSingh, Vipin Batham,Himanshu Nigam, BhujbalPratap Singh, Deepak Gautam,Mahanand Verma, VipinKumar Gautam, GauravJaiswal, Priyansh Prabhakar,Ravi Gupta, Kapil Gupta,Manish Katheria, AbhishekKatihar, Sadab Ahmad, Ujjwal
Gautam, Rahul Tewari,Abhinav Srivastava, Veer Singh.Women (junior/senior): ShreyaSingh, Shivani Batham, BhumiChaudhary, Jasmeet Gulati,Deepika Sankhwar. MasterBenchpress (men): ManishMishra, Amit Kumar Bajpai,Mohit Verma, Manish KumarChaudhary, Jeeshan Ahmad,Satpal Singh. Master Category(women): Sarika Gupta, Dr
Rhampa Ramani. During the trials, secretary
of UP Powerlifting AssociationRahul Shukla, secretary ofKanpur PowerliftingAssociation Saurabh Gaur,Rajesh Dixit, Manish Mishra,Amit Bajpai, Abhilekh Sinha,Anchit Agarwal, Manoj SinghChauhan, Ankit Tewari, MohitVerma and Prashant SinghChauhan were present.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate the
iconic week under ‘Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav’ on Monday atVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi at10.30 am. This event will betelecast across 75 major citiesof India. During this pro-gramme, Ministry of Financeand Ministry of CorporateAffairs will be showcasingvarious governance reformsfructified under both theministries encompassing evo-lution of financial sector andeconomic development of thecountry. PM will also beinaugurating the digital exhi-bition outlining the stellarwork of the Ministry ofFinance over the years andlaunch special edition of five
coins in various denomina-tions with the AKAM (AzadiKa Amrit Mahotsav) logoembossed on them. He willalso launch Jan-Samarth por-tal - a single unified nation-al portal which will provideease and convenience to allbeneficiaries of credit linkedgovernment schemes.Through this portal, the ben-eficiaries can now log on andreview all criteria for eligi-bi l ity and apply online.Income Tax Off icer(Headquarters) SatyendraKumar at the office of thePrincipal Chief Income TaxCommissioner, Kanpur, in apress statement issued onSunday said, “the financialinclusion is emphasised dur-ing the event as it is indeedthe flow of money on the
basis of which the peopleprosper. As people prosper,the nation/motherland ishappy. All the efforts of thePrime Minister have been inthe direction of rapid andwholesome progress of thenation. Under this theme, ashort film namely MoneyFlows, Nation Grows will beshown.” He said various otherprogrammes will be held byvar ious departments ofMinistry of Finance andMinistry of Corporate Affairsacross India like CentralB oard of Direct Taxes ,Central Board of IndirectTaxes and Customs,Department of FinancialServices, Controller Generalof Accounts, Arun JaitleyNational Institute of FinancialManagement etc from June 6
to 11. He said, “Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav is an initiative of theGovernment of India to cele-brate and commemorate 75years of independence and theglorious history of its people.This Mahotsav is dedicated tothe people of India who havenot only been instrumental inbringing India thus far in itsevolutionary journey but alsohold within them the powerand potential to enable PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’svision of activating India 2.0,fuelled by the spirit of AtmaNirbhar Bharat. The officialjourney of Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav commenced onMarch 12, 2021 which starteda 75-week countdown to our75th anniversary of indepen-dence and will end post a yearon August 15, 2023.”
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Reverse vending bottlecrusher machine was inau-
gurated by cutting the laceand crushing the bottle by thechairperson of DivisionalWomen’s Welfare OrganisationSujata Pandey at Platformnumber 8 of Banaras railwaystation on the occasion ofWorld Environment Day hereSunday.
The machine was installedby Dalit Indian Chamber ofCommerce and Industry(DICCI) under its CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR)programme. DivisionalRailway Manager (DRM)Ramashrey Pandey, who wasalso present on the occasion,understood the complete work-ing of the bottle crushermachine and crushed threeempty bottles in the machinehimself. In this machine, firstof all, after reaching there,press the start button on thekiosk, then enter mobile num-ber, put in the empty bottle andfollowing this the inlet lid of themachine will open and the pas-senger will crush it by puttinghis empty bottle in it.
Later, three options will
appear (Cash Back PayTM,Free Wi-Fi and Donate) andafter selecting the option amessage will come on themobile in which the rewardpoints can be used by the
passengers through theirPayTM. This process willencourage passengers andthey will play their active rolein plastic waste management.On the occasion, ADRM
(Infra) Gyanesh Tripathi,ADRM (Operations) SPSYadav and many other seniorVaranasi Division officers andmembers of DWWO were alsopresent.
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received a remarkable gift whenas many as nine of its trainswere awarded ISO 14001:2015,ISO 45001:2018 and ISO9001:2015 certificates.Divisional Railway Manager(DRM) Ramashray Pandeygave these certificates toBanaras Coaching DepotOfficer Pradeep Kumar Singhon the occasion of WorldEnvironment Day here onSunday for safety, security,operation, passenger conve-nience, environmental protec-tion and use of advanced tech-nologies. Most popular12559/12560 Shiv GangaExpress; 15125/15126 Kashi-Patna Janshatabdi Express;15103/15104 Banaras-Gorakhpur Intercity Express;12537/12538 BapudhamExpress and 01747/01748Bhatni-Varanasi CityUnreserved Express have beenawarded with ISO 9001:2015certificate for QualityManagement System, ISO14001:2015 for EnvironmentalManagement System and ISO45001:2018 certification forHealth and Safety ManagementSystem. Besides, 12581/12582
Banaras-New Delhi SuperfastExpress; 22535/22536 Banaras-Rameswaram SuperfastExpress; 15127/15128 KashiVishwanath Express and05173/05174 Banaras-Prayagraj RambaghUnreserved Express havereceived ISO 9001:2015 cer-tificate for QualityManagement System and ISO14001:2015 for EnvironmentalManagement System.
While congratulating theBanaras Coaching Depot, the
DRM said that it is a matter ofpride for the Varanasi Divisionof NER that safety, security,operation, passenger conve-nience, environmental pro-tection are being maintainedin the depot helping ninetrains which are maintainedwith advanced technologieshave received these certifi-cates.
On the occasion, thechairperson of DivisionalWomen Welfare OrganisationSujata Pandey, ADRM (Infra)
Gyanesh Tripathi, ADRM(Operations) SPS Yadav, SDME(C&W) SatyaprakashSrivastava, CMS Dr RR Singh,SDCM Sanjeev Sharma, SDE-I Rishi Srivastava, SDE-IISatyam Singh, SDE-III AnujVerma, SDPO Sameer Paul,SDS&TE Tryambak Tiwari,SDSC Dr Abhishek, SDSOAshutosh Shukla, DEE(Traction) Vineet Kumar, DMEDushyant Singh, AOM SK Rai,Assistant Town Engineer VPSingh were also present.
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Aone month ‘Summer training pro-gramme on VLSI Design
(STPVD)-2022’ will be organised byIndian Institute of InformationTechnology (III-T) Allahabad fromJune 6 at Jhalwa campus. This train-ing programme will cover digital andanalog integrated circuit design aspectsalong with design methodologies usingvarious simulation tools. The coordi-nator of the workshop Prof ManishGoswami informed that the partici-pants from various government andprivate institutes including NITs, IIITs,BIT, LPU etc have registered for thistraining programme to gain knowledgein this highly demanded field. ProfManish Goswami told that presentlythere is a great demand for semicon-ductor chips in almost all the sectors.The pandemic has suddenly increasedthe demand. In the pre-covid era, onlyone laptop was catering to one familybut suddenly a family of four requiredfour gadgets be it tablet, laptop or smartphone. That also indirectly raised thedemand for more routers or separateconnections. As a result more skilledmanpower in VLSI domain is therefore
required to contribute in the produc-tion of semiconductors chips. He alsofeels that AICTE, by introducing BTechin VLSI Design and IC technology hastaken a good initiative to make Indiaa self-reliant country. He said that theprocess of integrating millions and mil-lions of transistors onto a chip iscalled as very large scale integration(VLSI). VLSI is the need of the hour asintegrated circuits often referred to aschips are used everywhere from con-sumer electronics, home appliances,electronic gadgets to smart phones,computing devices, intelligent vehicles,rocket science. These highly efficientand specialised chips are part of newage technologies such as AI/ML, secu-rity, IoT, AR/VR, Cloud etc. Initiativessuch as Make in India, Digital India,Smart City have further pushed thedemands of integrated circuits.Semiconductor crisis now a day isclearly visible to all, especially in auto-mobile sector. In addition to this,India is also emerging as the next majorsemiconductor hub with major com-panies planning to set up their plantsin India. Semicon India 2022 atBengaluru was a grand success in thisdomain. To resolve semiconductor
crisis issue, AICTE has also introducedcourses in IC Manufacturing and VLSIDesign Technology. All these factorsrequire highly efficient and trainedVLSI manpower.
���5���!���On the occasion of Vinod Rastogi
birth centenary year, a 30-day theatri-cal workshop organised by VinodRastogi Smriti Sansthan in memory ofsenior theatre artist Kalyan Ghosh theplay ‘Charulata’ was staged in theauditorium of North Central ZoneCultural Centre (NCZCC) on Sunday.
The play ‘Charulata’, based onBengali society delved into the heart ofthe audience. The fabric of the storywas communicated in the auditoriumby the actors with their excellent per-formances and the audience receivedit with laughter and sometimes withtearful eyes. Charulata is a Hindi the-atrical adaptation of RabindranathTagore’s Bengali novel ‘Nashtneed’,and was adapted by senior theatre artistParimal Dutta and the skilful directo-rial work was edited by AjayMukherjee. Many stories have beenwritten on love and separation ofmarried life, but the story of Thakur
Rabindra Nath ‘Nashtneed’ is a won-derful creation in itself. In this story,there is a sensitive depiction of theunique aspects of married life. A veryfine depiction of a woman’s feelings, herloneliness is the specialty of this story.The misery of not getting the partnerof the mind destroys all the materialpleasures of married life and brings thehusband and wife to such a point whereall the ways to understand each otherseem to be closed and this becomes thereason for destruction of a settledhouse. In the role of Charu, GarimaKushwaha exposed the woman’s state ofmind, while Saurabh Shukla in the roleof playful Amal made every moment feelfresh. Ahona Bhattacharya and RohitYadav played the negative characterwith entertainment in the play. AbhilashNarayan was also effective as a busy cul-tured businessman and Ashish Yadav alsoleft his mark in the role of servant. Thosewho supported from behind the stagein making the play a success included -stage and rangdeepan - Sujoy Ghoshal,stage operation - Pooja Kesari, musicsteering - Shubham Verma, roopsajja -Sanjay Choudhary, presenter - AlokRastogi, music, vision and direction -Ajay Mukherjee.
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Local unit of the Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV)on Sunday organised a blood donation
camp on the 50th birthday of the Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath. The religious programme'yagya' was also organised at GorakshnathMandir in Maidagin to mark the occasion. TheHYV held a blood donation camp at Shiv PrasadGupta Government Women Hospital inKabirchaura under the leadership of its divisionalincharge where the activists of the organisation,formed by the CM, donated their blood. The chiefguest Padma Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh saidthat the blood donated by a person saves the lifeof another person and so, the people should comeforward for this human service in large number.The guest of honour and state vice-president ofHYV Manish Pandey said that the blood is sucha thing which stops producing in the body andin such a critical situation, the patient needs theblood from others and so, the blood donation isa pious deed and it saves many lives. The HWVactivists also organised the religious programmeof yagya at Gorakshnath Mandir in Maidaginhere and the workers performed yagya prayingto the almighty for the long life of the CM. A cul-tural programme was also organised besides hon-ouring some personalities and Batuks. ManishMishra, Sunil Kushwaha, Ajay Singh, SunnyGupta, Saurabh Singh, Ashwani Gupta and manyothers were present on the occasion.
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Under the aegis of ‘Late Dr AK BansalFoundation’ a free health check-up camp was
organised at Mustafa Garden, Qaramat KiChowki, Kareli, on Sunday. Around 350 patientswere examined free of cost at the health check-up camp organised under the supervision ofJeevan Jyoti Hospital Director and eminentgynaecologist and IVF expert Dr Vandana Bansaland Advanced Laparoscopy and Cancer surgeonDr Arpit Bansal. Patients suffering from hernia,gall bladder stone, appendix etc received free con-sultation from Dr Arpit Bansal who also sharedsome health related tips to the patients. Surgerypatients registered at the camp were provided 25per cent discount on the operation charges.Expert doctors of different specialties, includingobstetrics and gynaecology, laparoscopy surgeon,physician, orthopaedic surgeon, skin and eye spe-cialist, dentist, ENT etc were also present at thecamp. The doctor’s team comprising Dr DevendraTripathi, Dr Syed Misket Ahmed, Dr ManasTewari, Dr Nalini etc examined the patients andprovided consultation accordingly. Most of thepatients who turned up at the camp complainedof fever, joint pain, stomach disorder etc. Testslike diabetes, blood sugar etc were also conductedfree at the health check-up camp.
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District Magistrate PraveenKumar Laxkar and
Superintendent of Police (SP)Ajay Kumar Singh jointly heardthe complaints of the aggriev-ed persons during SampoornaSamadhan Diwas organised inMadihan tehsil on Saturday. Onthe day out of 151 applicationsonly four could be disposed ofon the spot and for the restteams were formed for dispos-ing them of with the directionto inform the authorities con-cerned within the stipulatedtime. On excessive complaintsrelated to Patehra block theDM directed the BDO con-cerned to ensure presence ofstaff in the Panchayat Bhawanso that problems could beredressed in the village. Several
complaints regardingencroachment on public prop-erties like chak roads, gramsabha land etc were lodged forwhich the DM asked the rev-enue staff to go to all the vil-lages, become aware of thecurrent situation and initiatethe action without waiting anycomplaint. He expressed dis-content over the lethargic atti-tude of the field staff.
Referring to cases whichhad not been disposed of theDM directed to the teams to goto the spot, call the parties con-cerned and dispose of the mat-ters on merit basis to the sat-isfaction of the aggrieved. Themeeting mainly attended byCDO Srilaxmi VS, DFO PSTripathi, PD (DRDA) AnayMishra, SDM Ashwini KumarSingh, DPRO Arvind Kumar
and other district level officers.In Chunar tehsil the meetingwas held under the presi-dentship of Additional DistrictMagistrate (Finance &Revenue) Shiv Pratap Shukla inwhich cases related toencroachments on drain and‘kharanja’ were raised andorders for their removal werepassed. Some landless peoplerequested for patta for resi-dences. Out of 192 only sixcases could be disposed of onthe spot. In Lalganj tehsil themeeting was presided over byADM (Namami Gange)Amarendra Verma and anencroachment in PuraKashinath village was razed bythe bulldozer in the presence ofthe force and revenue offi-cials. In Sadar tehsil the meet-ing was held under the presi-
dentship of sub-divisional mag-istrate (SDM) ChandrabhanuSingh and out of 208 cases onlysix could be disposed of on thespot.
MEETING: A meeting ofVindhya Vikas Parishad washeld under the presidentship ofDM PK Laxkar at Collectorateon Saturday in which the issueof constructing a new buildingof Vindhya Vikas Parishad wasdiscussed. City magistrate andsecretary of the VVP apprisedthat under Vidhya CorridorProject the existing building ofVVP was to be demolished. Themeeting was attended by ADM(F&R) Shiv Pratap Shukla,tehsildar Sadar, Anuj Pandey,Tejan Giri, Pankaj Dwivedi,Bhanu Prakash Pathak, KarNirdharan Adhikari NPPArvind Yadav and others.
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Sw a m iAvimukteshwaranand,local representative of
Shankaracharya SwamiSwaroopanand Saraswati JiMaharaj and incharge ofSrividya Mutt continued hisfast on the second day onSunday demanding permis-sion to perform puja and offerbhog at 'shivling', as claimed byplaintiffs of Gyanvapi-ShringarGauri law suit to have beenfound in Wuzu khana ofGyanvapi mosque. He decidedto keep silent during the fast.His health deteriorated as hisblood pressure increased andsugar level decreased while healso lost weight. The disciplesof Swami Ji blamed the districtadministration for not sendinga medical team to examine hishealth. Heavy police force wasdeployed at the math; thepolice personnel allowed any-one to enter the mutt afterinquiring with them.Meanwhile, the local court willhear on the application ofSwami Avimukteshwaranandon Monday in which he hassought permission from thecourt to perform puja andoffer bhog at shivling in Wuzukhana.
It is learnt that Swami
Avimukteshwaranand hadsought permission from thedistrict administration andpolice to perform puja andoffer bhog at shivling in Wuzukhana of Gyanvapi mosquebut the permission was notgranted to him by giving thereason that the matter is pend-ing in the court and Wuzukhana was sealed on the courtorder.
Despite this, SwamiAvimukteshwaranand tried togo to Wuzu khana to performpuja and offer bhog at shivlingon Saturday morning last bysaying that it was the order ofhis Guru ShankaracharyaSwami Swaroopanand
Saraswati Ji Maharaj and hisorder is supreme for him andthe court is not above him. But,the district administration andpolice did not allow him to gooutside the mutt and in protestagainst the police action, he saton fast announcing that hewould eat anything until hisdemand was met.
On Saturday late after-noon he submitted an applica-tion in the court of the DistrictJudge seeking permission forthe same and the court decid-ed to hear on the application onMonday.
S w a m iAvimukteshwaranand contin-ued his fast on Sunday too and
decided to keep silent duringthe fast. His health deteriorat-ed and the mutt claimed that helost 2 kg weight and his bloodpressure increased while hissugar level came down to 44which indicates the criticalcondition. The math alsoblamed the district administra-tion for not sending a medicalteam to ecamine his healthdespite being informed abouthis condition.
Heavy police force wasdeployed at the math on thesecond day too and the visitorswere allowed to enter the muttonly after inquiry.
It is learnt that five women,one of Delhi and four ofVaranasi, have filed a petitionin a local court seeking the per-mission of worship at ShringarGauri temple and other idolslocated at Gyanvapi mosquecomplex. On the court order,the commission survey wasconducted by the court com-missioner last month and theplaintiffs claimed that a shivlingwas found in the Wuzu khanaof Gyanvapi mosque during thesurvey. Apart from the plain-tiffs and some others, SwamiAvimukteshwaranand is seek-ing permission to perform pujaand offer bhog at shivling byasserting that the shivling is isof Adi Visheshwar.
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Various functions wereorganised on the occasion
of World Environment Dayon Sunday and the day's themewas ‘Only One Earth’. A plan-tation was done in BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW)where General Manager (GM)Anjali Goyal, along with otherofficers, planted saplings ofmany medicinal plants in thepremises of Health Unit (WestSuburban area). Apart fromthis, the officers and employ-ees of BLW also planted treesin the courtyard of their respec-tive houses in order to makethe BLW premises more greenand clean with a target ofplanting 10,000 saplings duringthe year.
Besides, responding to thecall given by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi under JalShakti Abhiyan and workingon the tagline ‘catch the rain,where it falls, when it falls’, theGM had started the work of awater harvesting at a pond inKanchanpur Colony onDecember 1, 2021 and now thework at this pond continues.This pond will be 7517.76square metres (114.60 metres x65.60 metres) and the waterstorage capacity will be 311lakh litres. This will help inimproving soil moisture andraising the groundwater level,
said the PRO Rajesh Kumar.On the occasion,
Divisional Railway Manager(Varanasi Division, NER)Ramashray Pandey, along withthe officers, did a massive treeplantation at Nandi Udyanlocated in the premises ofBanaras station. The saplings ofNeem, Amaltash, Ashok, Palm,Sita Ashok, Gulmohar etcsaplings were planted.According to PRO AshokKumar, similar plantationswere also organised at severalleading stations of the divisionincluding Azamgarh, Ballia,Chhapra, Deoria, Ghazipur,
Mau, Siwan etc.Meanwhile, taking a pledge
to clean the tributaries ofGanga, Namami Gangelaunched a cleanliness cam-paign on the banks of Varuna.By offering dugdhabhishek inriver Varuna river at ShastriGhat, the activists led by Kashiunit convenor Rajesh Shuklaalso offered a symbolic chunariat river Varuna and performedaarti.
The Department of Postsalso celebrated the day by mak-ing a plantation drive in theVaranasi Region. PostmasterGeneral (PMG) of Varanasi
Region Krishna Kumar Yadavinaugurated the drive by plant-ing saplings in the postal colonycampus along with SeniorSuperintendent of Post OfficesRajan Rao.
Under the joint aegis ofNational Service Scheme (NSS)and Pandit DeendayalUpadhyaya Shodh Sansthan,Mahatma Gandhi KashiVidyapeeth, a one-day nation-al seminar was organised apartfrom plantation programme.The plantation was done by theVice Chancellor Prof AnandKumar Tyagi, Coordinator DrKK Singh, Dr Sanjay andothers and in his presidentialmessage, the V-C urgedall the teachers to protectthe environment and come tothe university campus by bicy-cles.
Besides, under the leader-ship of Uttar Pradesh BJP's co-incharge Sunil Ojha and formerMayor Ram Gopal Mohley, aplantation programme washeld at Gandhi Nagar Park,Sigra. Apart from these pro-grammes, about 1,000 Tulsisaplings were planted under theaegis of Paryavaran AvamUpvokta Sanrakshan Samiti atNavagraha Vatika,Parmanandpur and about 500saplings were distributedamong the children by thenational vice-president ArunKumar Singh.
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World Environment Daywas celebrated in
Patanjali Rishikul with greatfervour and warmth on Sunday.The main purpose of the cele-bration was to spread aware-ness about the need to protectthe environment and the waysto get involved in environ-ment friendly activities.
The day was flagged off bya tree plantation drive insideand outside the school campusby NCC cadets of PatanjaliRishikul in association with 16UP BN NCC Prayagraj. TheNCC cadets participated in anAwareness rally to review aboutthe threats to the Earth’s roofthat is environment and howeach one of us can contributetowards compensating for theselosses. They also made mean-ingful posters with inspiringslogans based on the conserva-tion and protection of the envi-ronment. They also took thepledge to live in harmony withnature for all of their life.
Apart from this the stu-dents enjoying the summerholidays were also engaged indifferent activities based on the
preservation of the nature.Vice-President of school
Dr Krishna Gupta said it is theutmost responsibility of eachone of us to take care of nature.
Director of the schoolRekha Baid Gupta and secre-tary Yashovardhan urgedeveryone to keep their nearby
surroundings safe and clean sothat everyone can have a clean-er, greener and more prosper-ous tomorrow ahead.
Principal of the schoolNityanand Singh in his messagesaid that we are a part of thenature and if we hurt naturethen we hurt ourselves.We
must always remember that thegifts and blessings which natureendows on us are priceless. Itis rather essential to conservethem all for a better time aheadand life for all. Even small stepswill help all of us to reach ourgoal and to live in harmonywith nature.
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Prayagraj on Sunday record-ed 46 degrees Celsius with
no respite from sultry weatherconditions in the coming days.In the afternoon, the hot windi.e. heat wave continued trou-bling the denizens. Thereseems to be no respite from theheat and humidity even atnight due to the increase in theminimum temperature.
The Meteorological depart-
ment has forecast thatPrayagraj and surrounding dis-tricts will be in the grip of heatwave for the next four days. Inthis case, there is a need to becareful.
From 10 o'clock in themorning the heat wave startsblowing. In the afternoon thefiery rays of the sun are alsodisturbing.
The effect of this is that thecrowd of people in the citymarket has started disappear-
ing at 11 o’clock in the morn-ing.
There is silence on thestreets too. People are trying toescape from hot air and rays ofthe sun with a gamchha, cap,glasses etc. on hot roads.
The maximum tempera-ture recorded in Prayagraj onSaturday was 45.8 degreesCelsius, which was four degreesCelsius above normal. Theminimum temperature wasrecorded at 30 degrees Celsius,
which was two notches abovenormal. On Sunday also themaximum temperature was 46degree Celsius. At thesame time, the minimum tem-perature is was 27.8 degreeCelsius.
If the forecast of theMeteorological Department isto believed, then Prayagraj willbe in the grip of heat wave tillJune 8. In such a situation, peo-ple need to be very carefulabout their health.
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Apolice team was attacked inPratapgarh. Two police-
men were injured in this attack.In Usrauli village of PattiKotwali area, the police teamhad gone to resolve the disputefollowing information of a fightbetween two parties.Meanwhile, the villagersattacked the police team.
Two police personnel wereinjured, while on the otherhand half a dozen people fromboth the sides were injured inthe fight. Police sent all theinjured to the CHC.
A case has been registeredagainst 15 named and 70unknowns in the attack on thepolice team, including fatalattack, rioting, obstructing gov-ernment work and other sec-tions. Five accused have beenarrested and sent to jail.
In Usrauli village, a fightensued between PawanKanojia and Raj Bahadur Sarojover election rivalry. On infor-mation inspector SachinKumar reached the spot alongwith the police personnel andintervened and tried to pacifythe dispute. On this the vil-lagers got furious and chased
the police personnel with sticksand started pelting stones onthem. Patti Kotwali constableSaurabh Yadav and Ramratanwere injured in this attack. Onreceiving information aboutthe attack on the police team,Kotwal Nandlal Singh reachedUsrauli village with a largenumber of police force andcontrolled the situation byusing mild force.
On the other hand, RajBahadur Saroj, BhagwantaPrasad and Phoolchand of RajBahadur side and PawanKanojia, Preeti Kanojia andChamela Devi of the other
side were injured. Police sent allthe injured to CHC Patti. Thepolice arrested Pawan Kanojia,Suraj Kanojia, Raj BahadurSaroj, Phoolchand Saroj andBhagwanta Prasad Saroj,accused of attacking.
SHO Patti, Nandlal Singhsaid that the police team, whichreached the spot followinginformation of dispute betweentwo parties regarding electionrivalry was attacked by the riot-ers. Two police personnelwere injured in this. Fiveaccused were sent to jail afterregistering a case against therioters.
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Some people duped AshokKumar Yadav �12 lakh in
the name of getting job inRailways (NTPC) and HighCourt. He and his son werethreatened with dire conse-quences if they demanded themoney back.
Troubled by it Ashok hasfiled a case against his sisterAsha Yadav, niece Aditi aliasAnshu, Saurabh alias RohitDubey and his father HNSardar alias Vijay Anand atDhoomanganj police station.The police is investigating thematter
Ashok Yadav is basically aresident of Belthara Road,Ballia. He lives in Harwaralocality of Dhoomanganj. It isalleged that his sister Asha, aresident of Nagra Ballia, took� 4 lakh in the name of getting
younger son Saurabh a job inRailways (NTPC) in the year2019. Meanwhile, his elder sonKumar Gaurav filled the formafter the recruitment of ROpost in the High Court. Thenhis sister and niece said thatthere is a good hold in the HighCourt and will get his son a job.Asha named HN Sardar andSaurabh of Baraut area inPrayagraj. She also said that ifthe job is not given, the entiremoney will be returned.
Being a real sister Ashokabelieved her. Then he gave atotal of �12 lakh to Anshu andSaurabh in separate install-ments. When the RO resultwere declared in June 2020,Kumar Gaurav told Anshu onthe phone that his name wasnot among those who passed.On this she talked to SaurabhDubey and asked to give themoney soon, but later she
backed out. Saurabh Dubeythreatened over the phone toforget the money or else he willbe murdered. Disturbed by itthe victim complained to theSSP a few days ago, on whoseinstructions the Dhoomanganjpolice registered the case.
BUILDING NEW HOUS-ES WITHIN 3 KM RADIUSFROM AIRPORT MAY BEBANNED : In Smart CityPrayagraj, there may be a banon building new houses with-in a radius of three km from theairport. Keeping in mind thesecurity of the airport, now thePrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority (PDA) has takenstrict steps in this area.
The PDA is also preparingto not pass the map of buildingin this area. Now such peoplewill also be identified who hadgot the map from the PDA tobuild a house of one or two
floors and have got three tofour storeys constructed.
Talks are going on betweenPDA and Airport Authority onthis important issue. Due tosecurity reasons, the construc-tion work of ROB to be built inBegum Bazar has been stalledfor the last several months. APDA official said that soon ameeting will be held betweenthe two authorities on thismove.
There will be no damage tothe houses which have beenbuilt according to the rulesafter passing the map inadvance.
Action can be taken againstthose who build buildingsagainst the map. A survey ofthe buildings constructed inthis area will be done soon. Anotice will be given to thebuilders of the building oppo-site the map.
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President Ram Nath Kovind,along with his wife Savita
Kovind, offered prayers atKashi Vishwanath temple hereon Sunday evening. He alsooffered Rudrabhishek seekingthe blessings of the Almightyfor the universal peace andprosperity of the nation.During his stay there he alsosaw the grandeur of newly-developed sprawling premisesof Shri Kashi VishwanathDham (corridor). He alsoplanted a sapling of Bel in thecorridor premises to send themessage to the people onWorld Environment Day.When Kovind reached there,he and his wife were welcomedby the Governor AnandibanPatel. Since the opening ofthis corridor, it saw frequentvisits of the VVIPs as apartfrom the visit of Prime Ministerand Chief Minister, the premis-es was also visited by the primeministers of Nepal andMauritius and vice-president ofIndia recently.
Earlier, when the Presidentlanded at Lal Bahadur ShastriInternational Airport, Babatpurby special plane fromGorakhpur for his six-hourvisit to this holy city, he waswarmly welcomed by theGovernor Anandiben Patelapart from UP ministers AnilRajbhar and Ravindra Jaiswal,MP BP Saroj, MLAs SaurabhSrivastava, Dr Awadhesh Singhand Sunil Patel, Mayor MridulaJaiswal, Zila PanchayatChairperson Poonam Maurya
and many others. Besides,District Magistrate KaushalRaj Sharma, AdditionalDirector General of PoliceRamkumar, AdditionalCommissioner of PoliceSubhash Chandra Dubey andother senior officers.
From the airport, thePresident visited BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW) by ahelicopter and on his arrivalthere, DivisionalCommissioner DeepakAgrawal, BLW’s GeneralManager Anjali Goyal andother officers accorded him awarm welcome. Later, Kovind
reached BLW Officers’ GuestHouse and after staying therefor a few hours, he reachedKashi Vishwanath temple in amotorcade.
In view of the arrival of thePresident, elaborate securityarrangements were made at allthe places where he visitedapart from all the routes fromwhere his cavalcade passedthrough during his stay in theholy city. More than 30 magis-trates have been deployed at allother places including Airport,BLW, Shri Kashi VishwanathDham etc apart from deploy-ment of heavy police force. In
the wake of the recentGyanvapi episode, the securi-ty personnel were more alert.They have also made fool-proof security arrangements asjust a few hours prior to thearrival of the President in thecity, a bomb hoax call wasreceived. After receiving thefake call of bomb, securitypersonnel thoroughly checkedGanga Sutlej Express atVaranasi Junction (Cantt) rail-way station and the train wasonly allowed to move forwardon its destination when noth-ing was found suspicious in thetrain.
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seek policy changes.Opposition parties represent-ing different shades of publicopinion were formed to artic-ulate their views. The institu-tion of free media emerged asa powerful tool to criticallyappraise Government policiesand actions.
Earlier, the BritishGovernment needed Section124-A to sustain its colonisa-tion but now, in a free country,it was no longer required. Thescope of free speech and rightto expression in Article 19 (1)(a) of the Constitution furtherstrengthened the democraticrights of the citizens andrestricted the validity of Section124-A. Although there areenough provisions to deal withcommunal and defamatoryacts and speeches which inciteviolence but, over the years, theruling Governments havelodged a series of cases underthe sedition law against cru-saders on flimsy grounds toserve their purpose of curbingdissent.
Indians have spent nearly3 million hours in prison oncharges of sedition since2010.The accused spend up to50 days in trial courts and 200days in High Courts in prisonsuntil courts grant bail. The datagenerated by Article 14 dulycorroborated by NCRB revealsthat more than 13,000 Indians
are trapped in prisons. Duringthe last seven years, 2,862 cit-izens were charged with sedi-tion during the anti-CAAprotests; 133 farmers duringthe farm protest of 2021; 42persons after the Pulwamaattack and 59 journalists werecharged with sedition forreportage on the farm Bills,COVID-19, Hathras gang rapefor being critical of theGovernment. Each year, therehas been a 28 per cent increasein the number of seditioncases. It is an alarming situationand makes one suspicious ofthe Government’s intentions.
Besides the law of sedition,another draconian law hasmore stringent and far-reach-ing implications. The UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) was passed in freeIndia with the purpose of pro-viding more teeth to law-enforcement agencies to actagainst anti-national elements,terrorists and communalforces. In the past, the UAPAhas been used along with sedi-tion law to curb the voices ofdissent. In case of seditionlaw, the accused are entitled tocertain safeguards and consti-tutional remedies like easybail, provision of anticipatorybail and the police have to filea charge sheet within 90 days,failing which the accusedarrested is entitled to bail
whereas UAPA permits deten-tion without any charge sheetfor 180 days, creates a pre-sumption of guilt, places theburden of proof on the accusedand creates a strong presump-tion against bail. Although thearrest rate under sedition lawis on the rise, the convictionrate is low at 2.25 per cent.During 2014-20, of the 399cases, only nine were convict-ed. As per the NCRB data,UAPA is better placed in termsof conviction rate. During2014-2020, 27.5 per cent of thecases saw conviction.
Both these draconian lawsare not desirable in an evolv-ing democracy like India. Asretired Justice ManmohanSingh says: “UAPA containsmany aspects of the seditionlaw with far-reaching conse-quences.” The removal of sedi-tion law would not serve thepurpose until and unless theUAPA provisions are not dilut-ed. We already have sufficientprovisions in our judicial sys-tem to take care of offences ofall nature. What is required ishonest and effective imple-mentation and total freedomfor our law-enforcement agen-cies to discharge their duty.
(The writer is a seniorjournalist and Chairman,Panwar Group of Institutions,Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Theviews expressed are personal.)
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��������������� �������������Sir — Like an annual ritual, this year alsothe United States’ State Department in itsannual report to the Congress on interna-tional religious freedom has alleged thatin India in 2021, attacks on members ofthe minority communities, includingkillings, assaults, and intimidation,occurred. People wonder whether PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s week back at theTokyo Summit was truly a “partnership oftrust”? As usual, India rejected the criti-cism, saying it is unfortunate that “votebank politics is being practised in inter-national relations”. But the question is, isthe US exceptional? No, the US hasracial violence, gun violence and incidentsof hate crime. Just like in India.
The crucial difference is that, in theUS, these acts don’t have the blessings ofthe ruling party. Where is the “culture” ofthis great country, which the top brass ofthe country brags of? Even with all thisdrawback, one tries to understand thatIndia has its problems just as the US hasof its own. We will solve them in the bestway we can, but what about the US gunviolence even in schools, Black LivesMatter, Drug N Pharma mafias, whereeight murders, six rapes and a robbery arecommitted every 20 minutes.
Bidyut K Chatterjee | Faridabad
������������������������Sir —It’s only a matter of time before castecensus becomes a reality. Caste countingis necessary; it is beneficial to the over-whelming majority of the population aswell. The findings of the caste census canbe used as inputs into formulating poli-cies and implementing programmes forthe emergence of a more equal and egal-itarian society. No one can have any viewagainst advancing the cause of social jus-tice. The lower castes certainly stand togain from a caste census. It need not makeanyone squirm to discover the truthabout castes, their numerical strength andtheir socio-economic conditions.
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among lower castes will reveal casteinequalities. But then, it is not somethingto be overlooked, but to be addressed inearnest. Caste data are needed to achievethe goal of ‘proportional representation’ ineducation, employment and elected bod-ies for those in the lower rungs of the casteladder. A comprehensive caste census willyield economic data and details of the cor-relation between caste and class. BJP is notquite enthusiastic about a caste census; itsets great store by the overarching appealof Hindutva. But the annihilation ofcasteism is not unachievable.
G David Milton | Tamil Nadu
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minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier,equalling Venus Williams’ record for thelongest winning run by a woman in the21st century. Swiatek celebrated her sixthstraight title this year in the players’ boxwith her friends and family in a fitting way.
Swiatek, only the 10th woman to winmultiple French Opens in the Open era,lost just one set in the tournament —against China's Zheng Qinwen in thefourth round. She has now won all threeof her career meetings with Gauff, whowas playing her first major final. Swiatekimproved her remarkable record in finals,having won the last nine on WTA Tour.Swiatek expressed her support for Ukraineduring the trophy presentation, despitesaying before the final that she does notfeel ready to speak about off-court issues.
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the ruling BJP Government’swillingness to reconsider therepeal of the colonial law has,once again, brought this issue tothe forefront. The law of seditionwas inserted into the IndianPenal Code (IPC) in 1870, soonafter the British Governmenttook over direct control over Indiaand 10 years after the IPC wasenforced in 1860. It was coveredunder Sections 121 to 124 inChapter VI entitled “Of offencesagainst the State” dealing with theoffence of waging war against theQueen. The colonial masterswere apprehensive of Indiansafter the declaration of the 1857War of Independence.
Consequently, Section 124-Awas carefully worded to coverbringing or attempts to bring intohatred or contempt, or attempt to“incite disaffection towards theGovernment” established by lawfor punishment with transforma-tion of life. The scope was broad-ened by including into its ambit“disloyalty” and “feeling of enmi-ty” against the Government andalso comments expressing disap-probation of the measures of theGovernment to obtain alterationby lawful means if accompaniedby excitement or attempt to excitehatred, contempt or disaffection.The British Government’s objec-tive was to keep the Indians sub-jugated and to maintain andexpand their rule of exploitation.These penal provisions facilitat-ed in crushing people’s movementto deprive them of their civilrights and keep them subjectedand subdued.
After attainingIndependence, the scenario expe-rienced a sea change. Indiaadopted a Constitution withstrong democratic traditionsensuring civil liberties by provid-ing fundamental rights to its cit-izens. Now, people had the rightto criticise the Government, putforth their views and get themaccepted through democraticmeans. The workers, farmersand other sections of societycould freely raise their voice,oppose adverse decisions and
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1872. Later, India became free onSri Aurobindo's birthday in 1947.At the age of five in 1877, he wasadmitted at Loretto ConventSchool in Darjeeling, where hemoved mainly with British chil-dren and learned to speak Englishas a matter of course. His father lefthim in England for studies.
For fourteen years between1879 and 1893, he stayed inEngland. He lived with his father’sfriend, Rev William Brewett atManchester from where he learnedLatin, French, history, geography,and mathematics. After five yearsin Manchester, Sri Aurobindomoved to St. Paul’s School inLondon and remained there foranother six years. He secured theButterworth prize for literature andthe Bedford Prize for History.
He left for Cambridge aftersecuring a scholarship that wouldease financial burden on his fam-ily. There he acquired his degree ofproficiency in English, German,Italian, and Spanish. While inEngland, he got a job with theMaharaja of Baroda and left forIndia early February. He joinedBaroda College first as a lecturerof French and later as Professor ofEnglish and Vice-Principal. Indiawas already in the throes of a rev-olution, at this point. SriAurobindo had resigned from hispost as a lecturer and was a part ofthe Indian National Congress.
Sri Aurobindo started organ-ising revolutionaries to opposeLord Curzon’s plan to bifurcateBengal. These activities landed himin trouble with the British author-ities, and he was soon arrested forhis suspected involvement in theAlipore Bomb Case.
On Friday, May 1, 1908, SriAurobindo was awakened from hissleep at about 5.00 am. Underinstructions from SuperintendentCregan, Sri Aurobindo was hand-cuffed and arrested.
The weekend passed in thelock-up. There was no bath till thefourth day at 11.30 a.m. He wasstill wearing the same clothes forfour days in which he had comefrom home.
From time to time the policewould make the prisoners line upin a long row, mixing up with thoseaccused of theft, murder, andother charges along with politicalprisoners.
During the period of solitaryconfinement, Dr. Daly and theAssistant Superintendent wouldcome to his cell almost every dayand have a chat. Sri Aurobindospoke very little. In order to gethim to speak, the AssistantSuperintendent said that he hadbeen able to get the big boss toagree to a walk outside of the cell,morning and evening.
Sri Aurobindo would walkreciting the ageless, powerfulmantras of the Upanishads andwalk for a long time.
He has been quoted as saying,“I tried to realise the basic truthsof God in every form, in thetrees, bushes, walls, men, ani-mals, birds, metals in the earthwith the recitation of the mantraSarvam Khalvidam Brahma. Theprison ceased to appear like aprison. The white wall, the greenleafed tree shining in sunlight,looked vibrating with a universalconsciousness. It seemed as ifGod himself was standing underthe tree playing his flute delight-fully. Sri Aurobindo was arrestedon May 1, 1908, and was releasedon May 6, 1909.
He inspired his 27 year old dis-ciple, whom he named Navjat, tostart a journal to highlight India’sculture. The journal was namedMother India in 1949. SriAurobindo approved the ideasand Aurobindo called it “mypaper.” He was confident thatIndia would definitely be united,and would include Afghanistan,Myanmar, and Ceylon. He had adream of a united India--an Indiathat is partitioned will not be freefrom communalism or civil strife.These ideas went as far as SwamiVivekananda. Will these ideascome true?
Gandhiji’s Congress, whilerefusing Cripps' proposal, ignoredSri Aurobindo’s advice. They wereall aware of the sublime state of SriAurobindo’s mind. Had he notbeen ignored, India possibly wouldnot have been divided.
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Eight years ago, the Indiastory seemed on the vergeof being written off. Large-
scale corruption, frequent terrorattacks, and a fragile economyclouded the future of a billionpeople. India’s global rankingswere in a free fall. It was a timewhen Indian citizens were los-ing their trust in Governmentand institutions.
At that critical juncture,Narendra Modi took over thereins and reignited the nation’scollective spirit. Since then Indiahas gone through unprecedent-ed challenges, and each time ithas risen above them, settingnew gold standards in good gov-ernance for the world to follow.Be it managing a global pan-demic, fighting terrorism, or res-cuing citizens from the mosthostile situations on foreignsoil, the Modi Government has
been leading from the front.In fact, an overarching view
of the past eight years would tellus how agile and sensitive thegovernment has been towardsthe people, especially during acrisis situation. During the glob-al pandemic, when multiplelockdowns were causing disrup-tions in people’s lives, especial-ly the poor, the ModiGovernment ensured that noone goes hungry.
Under the Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana,announced in March 2020, morethan 80 crore people were pro-vided with 5 kilograms of food-grains per month for free. Theadditional free grain is overand above the quota providedunder the National FoodSecurity Act (NFSA) at a high-ly subsidised rate of Rs 2-3 perkg. As per an IMF working
paper, it was found thatPMGKAY helped keep the per-centage of extreme poverty at thelowest level, i.e. less than 1 percent, in the pandemic year 2020-21. Even though the pandemicwas a sudden occurrence, thegovernment’s response to it wasanything but arbitrary. At everylevel, the Modi government waspicking up from the ground-work it had already done in theyears preceding the pandemic.For instance, the digital pushprovided by JAM trinity provedto be a potent tool in deliveringservices to the person at
the last mile.India’s vaccination drive was
systematic, transparent, and fast-paced. In a matter of a fewmonths, all of the adult popula-tion received a double dose ofCovid vaccinations, free of cost,hastening the pace of establish-ing normalcy. Its resoundingsuccess can be attributed to thetechnology-driven governancethat has been the mainstay of theModi era.
Just when the pandemicwas subsiding, the world wasconfronted with the Russia-Ukraine war. Thousands ofIndian students found them-selves stuck in the middle of awar situation. The Modi govern-ment, without any delay,mobilised all resources andleveraged India’s relations with,both Russia and Ukraine, tocarry out one of the trickiest and
largest rescue operations. PMModi sent Central Governmentministers to the borders ofUkraine to ensure that the res-cue operation is fast-tracked, asthe war was looking to escalate.
It is because of the promptresponse of the Governmentthat 22,500 Indian studentscould return to safety andreunite with their families. In thelast 8 years, several such large-scale evacuations, including theVande Bharat mission,Operation Rahat, have takenplace and each time the IndianGovernment has stood by its cit-izens like a rock, no matter howgrave the circumstances were.Despite back-to-back disrup-tions, first caused by the pan-demic and then by the Russian-Ukraine war, India has main-tained its position as the mostattractive investment destina-
tion. In 2021-22, foreign directinvestment inflows surged to arecord high of $83.57 billion,with the manufacturing sectorregistering the highest foreignequity inflows. There is a 23 percent growth in the FDI inflowspost-Covid, showing enhancedglobal confidence in India’sgrowth story. Under PrimeMinister Modi’s leadership, Indiacontinues to be the world’sfastest-growing economy.
The turnaround from beingamong the fragile five to beingamong the most attractiveinvestment destinations, in thelast eight years, has come at theback of an honest, hardworkingand grounded leadership thathas been working with themotto of ‘Nation First.’ It is a sen-timent which is reflected in PMModi’s foreign policy as well.India, under him, is increasing-
ly being seen as a voice of rea-son, stability and strength thathas always stood for globalgood, without compromisingon the well-being of its people.
From Jan Dhan toAyushman Bharat, from PMKisan to PM Awas, from SwachhBharat to Jal Jeevan, the philos-ophy of ‘Sabka Saath, SabhaVikas, Sabka Prayaas’ as pro-pounded by PM Modi remainsthe underlying force drivingIndia’s transformation. If there isone emotion that could encap-sulate the last eight years of theModi Government, it would bethe “spirit of seva”, or completedevotion to the welfare of thepeople. Most importantly, it isthe restoration of trust that peo-ple now have in the Governmentand the power of Indian democ-racy that has been the biggestwin since 2014.
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������(�/�� The Second World War was in fullswing in 1941-42. Hitler wasmarching unopposed in WesternEurope; Britain was being
bombed continuously. Britain sent theCripps Mission to India to negotiate acompromise with Indian leaders and askfor their cooperation in the war.
Sri Aurobindo from Pondicherryadvised all support to the allies and rec-ommended negotiating with the CrippsMission. But Gandhiji, Nehru, Patel, andAzad rejected the Cripps mission offer;Rajgopalachari’s support was ignored.Gandhiji’s decisions those days wereoften unilateral; he was brutal to Subhaswho found his way bravely to Europe andJapan and whose death is still a mystery.
Cripps, who had a soft corner forIndia, also had a good relationship withNehru during his early days. Cripps haddeveloped a liking for Sudhir Bose, ayoung man who was also Gandhiji’sfavourite, and told him in confidence thatCongress president Maulana Azad hadmade up his mind in favour of the parti-tion of India and had given a letter con-fidentially to that effect. Gandhi was dis-turbed upon hearing this, and askedSudhir to bring the letter and assureCripps that he would not use that letterto create an embarrassing situation for him.
The atmosphere of pre-IndependenceIndia was very tense. Azad denied hisposition on partition outright, whileNehru was angry about Sudhir’s meetingwith Cripps. Gandhi and Patel didn’t havethe same opinion on Azad.
Unfortunately, Gandhiji was oftensingle-minded in his decisions. Let’s con-sider an instance of Swami Ashokanand(1893-1969), a brilliant student who hada gold medal in English Literature whileat City College. He joined theRamakrishna Mission in 1920 and was ini-tiated into Sanyasa by the then presidentSwami Sivanand. He served as editor ofPrabuddha Bharat (an English monthlyjournal of Ramakrishna mission startedby Swami Vivekanand in 1896 publishedcontinuously for more than 125 years).Swami Ashokananda was its editor from1926 to December 1930, a time where hehad lengthy correspondence withGandhiji on non-violence and industri-alisation.
Shankari Prasad Basu, a great Bengaliintellectual who had written about 2,000pages on India of the days of SwamiVivekanand, says, “Going through all thearticles of Ashokanand and replies ofGandhiji we have to admit that Gandhiji'sreplies were no comparison toAshokanand’s sturdy and comprehensiveintellect.”
It was during this period that the ques-tion of Bengal partition arose. SriAurobindo, an important member of theIndian National Congress, led the revo-lution against the partition of Bengal.Before we understand Sri Aurobindo’s pol-
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Seeking to ensure that itscandidates win the Rajya
Sabha elections in Haryana,Rajasthan and Maharashtra,Congress president SoniaGandhi has appointed seniorparty leaders, includingMallikarjun Kharge andBhupesh Baghel, as observersto the States. The BJP has putits weight behind indepen-dent candidates in Haryanaand Rajasthan.
The BJP has alreadyappointed its CabinetMinisters as observers in allthe polling states. While someof the states have already sent41 members to the UpperHouse, the remaining presenta battle of prestige for the rul-ing BJP and opposit ionCongress.
Of the 57 vacancies inRajya Sabha, 41 candidates in11 states have so far beenelected unopposed. The elec-tions will be held for 16 seatsin four states of Maharashtra,Rajasthan, Har yana andKarnataka.
While Kharge has beenmade the obser ver forMaharashtra, Baghel andRajeev Shukla have beenmade observers for Haryana,and Pawan Kumar Bansal andTS Singh Deo for Rajasthan.Shukla has already got a RSberth from Chhattisgarh lastweek. For the four RajyaSabha seats in Rajasthan, theCongress has fielded threecandidates — RandeepSurjewala, Mukul Wasnik andPramod Tiwari.
While the Congress issure to get two seats, it needs15 more votes to win the third
seat of Tiwari. The BJP hasfielded its former MinisterGhanshyam Tiwari, andbacked media baron SubhashChandra as an independentfor the second seat.
Nearly 70 Congress MLAsfrom Rajasthan are campingat a hotel in Udaipur amidfears of horse trading by theBJP. After winning the twoseats, the party will have 26surplus votes, 15 short of therequired 41 to win the thirdseat. On the other hand, theBJP has 71 MLAs in the StateAssembly and is set to winone seat after which it will beleft with 30 surplus votes.
Congress has also shiftedits MLAs in Haryana to aresort in Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.
Former Union Ministerand party general secretaryAjay Maken is the Congress
candidate from Haryana. TheCongress and the BJP arelikely get one seat each, butthe BJP has backed indepen-dent candidate KartikeyaSharma for the second seat.
Sharma is the son ofVenod Sharma and son-in-law of former Har yanaSpeaker Kuldeep Sharma.Both are considered close toformer Har yana ChiefMinister Bhupinder SinghHooda.
Congress needs 31 votesto win the seat and has asmany MLAs while BJP isbanking on cross-voting.
In Maharashtra, the ShivSena and the BJP will battle itout for the sixth seat of RajyaSabha as none of the sevencandidates in the fray — fourof the ruling MVA and threeof BJP — withdrew theirnominations on Friday.
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India and Vietnam willreview the entire spectrum
of their bilateral Defence andstrategic ties during DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh’s talkswith his counterpart inVietnam.
Giving a boost to thestrong relations between thetwo nations, Rajnath will alsohand over 12 India-madehigh-speed guard boats.
Giving details of histhree-day visit starting June 8,Defence Ministry officialssaid here on Sunday the boatsare part of India’s 100 milliondollars defence line of creditto Vietnam.
"This project is significantin the context of the growingdefence industry cooperationwith Vietnam and exemplifiesPrime Minister NarendraModi 's vision of
'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and'Make in India, 'Make for theWorld'," they said.
Rajnath will hold wide-ranging talks with hisVietnamese counterpartGeneral Phan Van Giang. Heis also scheduled to call onPresident of Vietnam Nguyen
Xuan Phuc and PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh.
At the Hong Ha Shipyardin Hai Phong, the DefenceMinister will preside over thehanding over ceremony of12 high speed guard boats.
He will also visit the train-ing institutions of Vietnam atNha Trang, including theT e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nUniversity where an ArmySoftware Park is being estab-lished with the USD five mil-lion grant from India.
Officials described thevisit as historic as it comes onthe occasion of 50 years ofestablishment of India-Vietnam Diplomatic relationsand 75 years of India 'sIndependence. They said thevisit will further consolidatethe bilateral defence cooper-ation and the comprehensivestrategic partnership.
Rajnath will commencehis visit by paying respects to
Late President Ho Chi Minhat his Mausoleum in Hanoi.He will also attend a com-munity event organised by theEmbassy of India, Hanoi andinteract with the Indian dias-pora in Vietnam.
India and Vietnam sharea Comprehensive StrategicPartnership since 2016 anddefence cooperation is a keypillar of this partnership.Vietnam is an importantpartner in India’s Act Eastpolicy and the Indo-Pacificvision.
Bilateral defence engage-ments have expanded over aperiod of time to includewide-ranging contactsbetween the two countries,including defence policy dia-logues, military-to-militaryexchanges, high-level visits,capacity building and trainingprogrammes, cooperation inUN Peace Keeping, ship vis-its and bilateral exercises.
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Senior Congress leaders onSunday started planning for
the "Bharat Jodo Yatra"announced by the party at itsUdaipur "Nav Sankalp Shivir".
Former Congress chiefRahul Gandhi was also presentat the first meeting of the theparty's central planning groupfor the "yatra".
The "Bharat Jodo Yatra"will begin from Kanyakumarion October 2, coinciding withGandhi Jayanti, and concludein Kashmir.
"The first meeting of theCentral Planning Group forBharat Jodo Yatra took placetoday. The Kanyakumari toKashmir yatra will start onOctober 2nd and planning forit began in right earnest. RahulGandhi also attended the meet-
ing," senior party leaderDigvijaya Singh wrote onTwitter.
Singh is the convenor ofthe group set up by Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi forthe planning of the "yatra".
The "Bharat Jodo Yatra" isto help unite India, which theCongress alleges is being divid-ed with increased polarisationin the country.
Others present at the meet-
ing included Jairam Ramesh,Shashi Tharoor, Jothi Mani,Indian Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas, Mahila Congresschief Netta D'souza andNational Students' Union ofIndia (NSUI) president NeerajKundan.
The Congress president,in her concluding remarks atthe Udaipur "shivir", hadannounced that the party willlaunch the Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir "Bharat Jodo Yatra" onGandhi Jayanti, in which shewould also participate.
"The yatra is to strengthenthe bonds of social harmonythat are under stress, to pre-serve the foundational values ofour Constitution that are underassault and to highlight theday-to-day concerns of croresof our people," Sonia Gandhihad said in her remarks.
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External Affairs Minister SJaishankar on Sunday held
a meeting with a delegation ofCzech Members of EuropeanParliament and they had a“good discussion” on India'sties with the EU and the CzechRepublic, the Indo-Pacific, foodand energy security and digi-tal cooperation.
Jaishankar is here on thelast leg of his two-nation tourto Slovakia and the CzechRepublic to impart furthermomentum in ties with the twocentral European countries.
The Czech Republic will betaking over the EuropeanUnion presidency from July 1.
He arrived in Prague onSaturday from the Slovakiancapital Bratislava. In Prague, hebegan his engagements bymeeting a delegation of CzechMembers of European
Parliament (MEPs) JanZahradil, Tomáš Zdechovský,Mikuláš Peksa and VeronikaVrecionová. “Began myengagements in Prague bymeeting a delegation of CzechMEPs. A good discussion onIndia's ties with EU and theCzech Republic, the Indo-Pacific, food and energy secu-rity and digital cooperation,”Jaishankar said on Twitter.
India, the US and severalother world powers have beentalking about the need toensure a free, open and thriv-ing Indo-Pacific in the back-drop of China's aggressive mil-itary manoeuvring in theregion. China also claims near-ly all of the disputed SouthChina Sea, though Taiwan, thePhilippines, Brunei, Malaysiaand Vietnam all claim parts ofit. Beijing has built artificialislands and military installa-tions in the South China Sea.
Jaishankar, after his meet-ing with the delegation ofCzech MEPs, thanked them fortaking time out on a Sunday.
“Thank @ZahradilJan,@TomasZdechovsky, @von-pecka and @vrecionova fortaking time out on a Sunday,”he said in another tweet.
The External AffairsMinister's visit comes at a timeEurope is grappling with theimplications of the Russianinvasion of Ukraine. The issueis likely to figure in his talks inthe Czech Republic. During hisvisit to the Czech Republicfrom June 4 to 6, Jaishankar willhold discussions with ForeignMinister Jan Lipavsky.
The discussions will pro-vide an opportunity for a com-prehensive review of our bilat-eral cooperation," the Ministryof External Affairs had said ina statement ahead of his depar-ture.
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Acting in self defence fol-lowing an ambush by
smugglers, a BSF jawan onSunday killed an alleged smug-gler in an encounter in WestBengal’s Murshidabad near thefrontier on Indo-Bangladeshborder
A group of smugglersattacked a jawan while smug-gling Phensedyl, followingwhich the forces retaliated andone smuggler was killed in theexchange of fire, officials said.
The incident occurred inthe wee hours on Sunday in thearea of responsibility of BorderOut Post (BOP) Sagarpara,141 Battalion where a patrolparty was on alert for suspi-
cious activity following receiptof reliable inputs from the GBranch of the Border SecurityForce which gathers intelli-gence for the paramilitary, theysaid. At about 3 am, the troopsobserved the movement ofabout 10-15 suspected smug-glers in the area and informedthe patrolling party.
Soon after this, the smug-glers attacked the jawans of thepatrol party with stones anddah (an edged weapon). Thisled the jawans to retaliate in selfdefence.
Initially, the BSF personneltried to shoo away the smug-glers with a non-lethal weapon,but when it had no effect, thejawan was compelled to use hispersonal service weapon in
self-defence, they further said,adding shots were fired and asmuggler was killed.
The other smugglers fledunder the cover of darkness,leaving their injured accom-plice behind. The injuredsmuggler subsequently suc-cumbed to the bullet injury.
During the searches afterthe incident, the paramilitarypersonnel recovered 532 bottlesof Phensedyl (cough syrup) leftbehind by the fleeing smug-glers. The dead smuggler hasbeen identified as Indiannational Rohil Mandal, a resi-dent of Murshidabad.
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Expressing concern over ris-ing cases of monkeypox--
with over 780 monkeypox inci-dents being detected in 27countries — the World HealthOrganization (WHO) hasenlisted five actions that needto be taken on priority so thatthe spread of the virus can bestopped.
WHO official Maria VanKerkhove on Sunday said, “Wehave to raise awareness of whatmonkeypox is, and what itisn't. And we have to increasesurveillance. We need to raiseawareness and testing regi-men; stop human to humantransmission; protect frontlineworkers; utilise countermea-sures and accelerate research.”
We want to stop human-to-human transmission. Wecan do this in non-endemiccountries. And this is verycritical as we are in a situationwhere we can use public healthtools for early identification;isolation of cases, supportedisolation cases, talking withcommunities and listening tocommunities, and engagingwith communities to be a partof the solution, she said.
This transmission has "like-ly been ongoing for severalweeks, if not months," sheadded.
A zoonosis disease, whichis transmitted from animals tohumans, monkeypox is anorthopoxvirus that causes a dis-ease with symptoms similar,but less severe, to smallpox.
According to the WHO,
while smallpox was eradicatedin 1980, monkeypox continuesto occur in countries of Centraland West Africa.
Maria Van Kerkhove alsoadded, we also want to protectfrontline workers. Anyone whois out there taking samples fortesting or to take care of indi-viduals want to ensure that theyhave the right information andthat they have the right per-sonal protection equipment
and we want to utilize all thecountermeasures that are inplace.
As per the WHO, cases areoften found “close to tropicalrainforests where there are ani-mals that carry the virus”.Evidence of monkeypox virusinfection has been found inanimals including squirrels,Gambian poached rats,dormice, different species ofmonkeys and others.
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The Border Security Force(BSF) on Sunday said its
Bhuj unit launched a jointsearch operation with JakhauMarine Police near Jakhau portarea and seized 49 packets ofdrugs (suspected heroin) fromSayali creek worth Rs 250crore.
The BSF said the packag-ing of the drugs is marked with“Café Gourmet” and "BlueSapphire 555".
On the intervening night of
May 30 and 31, theCoast Guard and Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS) Gujarat Policeseized a Pakistani boatnear IMBL between SirCreek and Jakhau Port,and detained all sevenPakistani nationalsaboard the boat.During this operation,the boat's crewdumped the drugs in
the sea.“Assessing the situation,
BSF Bhuj had foreseen that thedrugs thrown into the sea bythe Pakistani boat could enterthe Indian side by the seawaves coming from thePakistani side. Soon after thisincident, BSF Bhuj was onhigh alert and launched con-tinuous search operations. Asa result, BSF Bhuj successfullyrecovered 49 drug packetstoday,” the Public RelationsOfficer of the BSF GujaratFrontier said in a statement.
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The Government plans tofocus on administering pre-
caution dose of Covid vaccineto 4.7 crore 60-plus population,due for it by July 31, under itsongoing door-to-door HarGhar Dastak 2.0 campaign,officials said on Sunday.
Of the estimated 13.75crore senior citizens in thecountry, 11.91 crore have beenadministered both the doses ofCovid vaccine till June 3. Of the6.67 crore beneficiaries in theage group due for the boosterdose till July 31, 1.94 crore havetaken the shot.
Besides, 1.04 crore of thetotal estimated senior citizensare yet to take the first dose ofthe Covid vaccine.
In 27 states, the coverage ofprecaution dose among 60years and above is below thenational average of 42 per cent.
These states includeNagaland (13 per cent),Meghalaya (15 per cent),Arunachal Pradesh (16 percent), Manipur (19 per cent),
Jharkhand (27 per cent),Punjab (24 per cent),Maharashtra (31 per cent),Madhya Pradesh (31 per cent)and Assam (29 per cent).
The second round of thedoor-to-door campaign toaccelerate the pace and cover-age of the COVID-19 vaccina-tion commenced on June 1. Itis a two-month-long pro-gramme.
The Union HealthMinistry has asked states andUnion Territories to focus onvaccinating all those due for thesecond dose and those aged 60and above eligible for precau-tion shot through the door-to-door activity.
States have also beenadvised to organise school-based campaigns for focussedcoverage of the population inthe 12 to 18 years age group.
According to official data,of the estimated 7.40 croreadolescents in the age group of15-18 years, 80 per cent havebeen administered the firstdose of Covid vaccine and 62per cent are fully vaccinated tillJune 3. Besides, 73 per cent ofthe estimated 4.71 crore chil-dren aged 12 to 14 years havereceived the first dose and 50per cent the second dose.
Overall, 95 per cent of thepopulation aged 12 years andabove have been administeredthe first dose of the Covid vac-cine and 84 per cent are fullyvaccinated. The countrywidevaccination drive was rolled outon January 16 last year withhealthcare workers gettinginoculated in the first phase.
Vaccination of frontlineworkers started from February2 last year.
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on
March 1 last year for peopleover 60 years of age and thoseaged 45 and above with speci-fied comorbid conditions.
Vaccination for all peopleaged more than 45 years beganon April 1 last year. The gov-ernment then decided toexpand the ambit of the vacci-nation drive by allowing every-one above 18 years to be inoc-ulated against Covid from May1 last year. Inoculation of ado-lescents in the age group of 15-18 years commenced onJanuary 3. India began admin-istering precaution doses ofvaccines to healthcare andfrontline workers and thoseaged 60 and above with comor-bidities from January 10.
The country began inocu-lating children aged 12-14 fromMarch 16 and also removed thecomorbidity clause making allpeople aged above 60 eligiblefor the precaution dose ofCovid vaccine.
India on April 10 beganadministering precaution dosesof COVID-19 vaccines to allaged above 18 years.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi's plan to further
strengthen India's researchcapabilities in the form of theNational Research Foundation(NRF) has been put on fasttrack and will complement theexisting funding initiatives inthe field of science, technolo-gy and innovation, a top offi-cial has said.
The NRF was announcedby president Ram Nath Kovindin his address to the joint sit-ting of both Houses ofParliament in June 2019 andaims to support research pro-jects in State universities, col-leges and other institutions.
“The NRF was first moot-ed by the Prime Minister in hisaddress to the Indian ScienceCongress in January 2019. Wehave now put it on a fast track.It will have a comprehensiveway of dealing with funding,even large scale funding,because extra funds are comingin,” Principal Scientific Advisorto the Government AjayKumar Sood told PTI.
He said the NRF fundingwill be in addition to the exist-ing funding agencies such asthe Department of Science andTechnology (DST), Scienceand Engineering ResearchBoard (SERB), Council ofScientific and IndustrialResearch (CSIR) andDepartment of Biotechnology(DBT).
“The funds provided bythese agencies will remain.There is clarity about it. Somepart of their funding can bespent in consultation with theNRF. Some part, maybe 10-15per cent, that is being dis-cussed,” Sood said.
He said the NRF initiative,led by the Office of thePrincipal Scientific Advisor(PSA), will be a comprehensiveway of dealing with fundingand also coordinate withnational missions.
Besides NRF, the Office ofthe PSA is also working on pro-moting deep technology entre-preneurship and NationalOpen Access Strategy to pro-vide better access to researchjournals.
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including two shooters, in con-nection with the high-profilemurder case of InternationalKabaddi Player Sandeep NangalAmbia, taking the total arreststo nine so far. Jalandhar-RuralSenior Superintendent of Police(SSP), Swapan Sharma, onSunday said that those arrestedin the murder of Kabaddi play-er have been identified asHarwinder Singh alias Fauji ofBulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh),Vikas Malhe of Gurgaon(Haryana), Sachin Dhaulia ofAlwar (Rajasthan), Manjot Kaurof Sangrur (Punjab) andYadwinder Singh of Pilibhit(UP). The police have also
recovered seven pistols includ-ing five foreign-made .30 bore,two .315 country-made pistolsand three vehicles includingMahindra XUV, Toyota Etiosand Hyundai Verna from theirpossession. Notably, a promi-nent Kabaddi player SandeepSingh alias Sandeep NangalAmbia was shot dead by fiveunidentified assailants during anongoing Kabaddi match inMallian village in Jalandhar ataround 6 pm on March 14,2022. “Harwinder alias Faujiwho was nabbed from a villagenear Bulandshahr in UP is themain accused in the killing, whoalso provided logistics supportincluding weapons, vehicles,hideouts, training in weaponhandling, financial support, anddid recce for executing thecrime,” said the SSP.
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Days after Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee
attacked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for not payingBengal its dues the TrinamoolCongress on Sunday hit thestreets demanding early releaseof funds and threatened inten-sified stir in days to come.
Thousands of TMC work-ers on Sunday took out ralliesled by senior leaders in Kolkataand districts including Howrahdemanding early clearance ofthe State’s dues.
“We are not begging forfunds … we are demandingwhat it rightfully hours,” saidState TMC general secretaryKunal Ghosh adding “theCentre takes away taxes fromthe State and refuses to returnto us our share … if they do notrelease the funds, then how thepeople will get their moneyback,” he said leading a hugerally in Kolkata.
Another senior leader andminister Arup Roy led a mas-sive rally in Howrah where heattacked the Centre for itsvendetta politics. “As the BJPfailed to win Bengal … as they
suffered a humiliating defeat inthe hands of Mamata Banerjeesingle-handedly defeated her inthe 2021 Assembly electionsthey are not taking out on thepeople of the State by holdingback their money and makingthem starve,” said the TMCleader.
Bengal Minister FirhadHakim alleged that the Centrehad held back funds to the tuneof Rs 1 lakh crore. “Havingfailed to take Bengal political-ly they are now trying to starvethe people of this State … butthey must know that we areself-respecting people and willnever surrender to them.”
With panchayat elections
less than a year away andunder pressure from the villageparty units to clear dues piledup against 100-days’ work doneby the villagers the ChiefMinister had earlier alleged thatthe Centre was not clearingfunds against the works doneunder national rural employ-ment guarantee scheme.
“The Centre is playingdirty politics with us … afterfailing to win Bengal in theAssembly elections … Theyhave held back the funds to thetune of Rs 6,000 crore dueunder the 100-days workscheme for the past five months… this has made it extremelydifficult for the poor people
employed through 100-daywork scheme to get their pay-ments, Banerjee said adding theCentre was not doing anyfavours to the State by givingthat money. “It belongs to us asit is the part of the tax they takefrom the people of Bengal.”
She said that the her partymen including the “members ofour students' wing, women'sunit and the tribal arm willhold protests on June 5 and 6in various blocks of the state,seeking an explanation fromthe Narendra Modi govern-ment for this discriminationshowed against Bengal.”
She also alleged that theCentre was not releasing our
dues under Bangla AwasYojana. Incidentally, the BJPhas always alleged that theState Government had beenchanging the name of centralschemes as in the case of PrimeMinister Awas Yojna whichhad been rechristened asBangla Awas Yojana.
Meanwhile, the OppositionBJP hit back at the StateGovernment for makingBengal a hub of cut money andsyndicate. In an apparent expla-nation for the alleged centraldeprivation BJP national vicepresident Dilip Ghosh saidthat “most money that goes tothe State went to the syndicatesor spent in khelas or melas …funds are diverted for populistschemes and cut moneyextracted from there … this iswhy the State is now runningshort of funds … and to save itsface it is blaming the Centre.”
Another BJP leader saidthat a huge amount of moneywas being diverted to wastefulschemes like Laxmir Bhandaretc which were why the Statehad no funds to appoint schoolteachers a reason why mostschools were running withoutpermanent faculty.
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With the Amarnath Yatraaround the corner, secu-
rity forces in Jammu andKashmir are concerned overterrorist groups possessing"sticky bombs" — explosivesthat can be attached to vehiclesand detonated remotely — andare reshaping their standardoperating procedure for the pil-grimage, officials said onSunday.
According to them, inter-rogation of arrested terroristsand their sympathisers andother evidence suggest thatwhile some "sticky bombs"have been recovered by securityforces, many of them may havefound their way into terrorgroups in Kashmir Valley.
Recently a drone flying infrom Pakistan developed atechnical snag and was spottedby people in Kathua. Later, thepolice recovered arms andammunition, including sevenmagnetic bombs or "stickybombs", from the place.
Concerned over the devel-opment, the security agenciesreworked their strategy, espe-cially keeping in mind theAmarnath Yatra beginningJune 30.
About three lakh pilgrimsare likely to take part in the pil-grimage to the cave shrinelocated in the upper reaches ofsouth Kashmir. It is expected to end on August 11.
It has been decided thatvehicles of pilgrims as well asof security forces will be seclud-ed during their movement, theofficials said.
Instructions have also beenissued to the security forces aswell as those managing the pil-grimage not to leave vehiclesunattended.
When contacted, InspectorGeneral of Police (Kashmirrange) Vijay Kumar said thesecurity forces are dealing withthe menace. "We have takenadequate precautions," he toldPTI.
The "sticky bombs'emerged on the terror scene inKashmir in February last year
when these were recoveredfrom Samba of Jammu region,indicating initiation of a newphase of terrorism in the unionterritory.
It was the first such recov-ery of "sticky bombs", usedlargely in Afghanistan andIraq. In India, it was used bysuspected Iranian terroristswho targeted the vehicle of anIsraeli diplomat in February2012, resulting in injury to hiswife.
Sticky bombs, which werealso used by the British forcesduring the World War II, canbe put on any vehicle and det-onated through a remote control or an in-built timer, the officialssaid.
The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) is currentlyprobing a mysterious blast ona passenger bus in Katra inJammu last month that left fourpeople dead. Though policehad downplayed the incidentbut a little known terror group released a videoclaiming it to be their handi-work.
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The National Green Tribunal hasdirected the West Bengal
Government to close all hotels andrestaurants or camping stations insidethe Buxa Tiger Reserve in the northernpart of the State within two months,stating that the conversion of forest vil-lages to revenue ones cannot be allowedto permit commercial activities in suchareas. The NGT's eastern bench alsodirected that a facility run by the statetourism department be closed downand turned into an interpretation cen-tre, which if not done within two
months will have to be demolished.In its order on May 30, the tribunal
mentioned that the stand of the stategovernment is hotels, restaurants/camp-ing stations are not permissible in theforest area.
The NGT directed that establish-ments operated by private persons "mayaccordingly be closed within two monthsfollowing due process, which will be theresponsibility of the state PCB (PollutionControl Board), field director,Buxa Tiger Reserve and district magis-trate".
The state informed the tribunal thatestablishments run by it have been
closed while proceedings have been ini-tiated against the facilities operated byprivate players.
The tribunal had noted that thereare 69 establishments under privateownership in Buxa Tiger Reserve and 20facilities are owned by the state, of whichsome are in the core area of the sanc-tuary and some on the banks of riverJayanti.
The forest department had earlierinformed the NGT that the activities ofthese lodges are confined to areaswhich were once 'forest villages' anddesignated as 'revenue villages' in 2014.
It also said all the 69 tourist lodges,
hotels and restaurants operated by pri-vate owners are "confined to enclaverevenue villages which were earlier for-est villages".
The department stated that thereare 37 such revenue villages inside theforest areas of Buxa Tiger Reserve.
An affidavit filed by the state inFebruary this year had mentioned thatconversion of the forest villages to rev-enue ones was made in terms of theScheduled Tribes and Other TraditionalForest Dwellers (Recognition of ForestRights) Act, 2006, which "does notrequire approval of the ForestConservation Act, 1980".
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticisedthe ruling BJP at the Centre, claiming the
party was busy promoting some movies amidthe "targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits andMuslim security personnel" in Jammu andKashmir. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimedthe BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley'ssecurity.
"Did the atrocities against the KashmiriPandits stop with surgical strikes (conducted bythe BJP-led central government across the Lineof Control). They have increased," Raut claimed.
"There have been targeted killings of Hindusand Kashmiri Pandits as well as Muslim secu-rity personnel because they are serving the coun-try. The BJP is busy promoting movies, like 'TheKashmir Files and 'Samrat Prithiviraj'," the ShivSena's chief spokesperson said.
From Srinagar to Pulwama (in Kashmir), atleast 20 Muslim security personnel have beenkilled, the Rajya Sabha member claimed with-out specifying the details.
"The BJP leaders are not speaking about this.They are busy trying to find 'Shivling' in the TajMahal (Agra) and the Gyanvapi mosque (inVaranasi)," he said.
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Denouncing her statement without naming her,the BJP said, “During the thousands of years of thehistory of India, every religion has blossomed andflourished. The Bharatiya Janata Party respects allreligions. The BJP strongly denounces insult of anyreligious personalities of any religion.”
“The Bharatiya Janata Party is also stronglyagainst any ideology which insults or demeans anysect or religion. The BJP does not promote suchpeople or philosophy,” it said.
“India's Constitution gives the right to every cit-izen to practice any religion of his/her choice andto honour and respect every religion,” the party fur-ther said.
“As India celebrates the 75th year of itsIndependence, we are committed to making Indiaa great country where all are equal and everyonelives with dignity, where all are committed to India'sunity and integrity, where all enjoy the fruits ofgrowth and development,” said the statementsigned by BJP general secretary and headquarters-in-charge Arun Singh.
A section of Muslims in India has demandedstrict time-bound action against Sharma.
At least 40 people, including 20 police per-sonnel, were injured during the clashes after twogroups clashed on Friday in Kanpur over a call toshut down markets following the controversialremarks. The police have arrested 36 people andfiled cases against 1,500.
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With this, 29 rioters have been arrested so farin the city. A heavy police force remained deployedin the sensitive localities on Sunday also. Only a fewshops opened in the markets and people desistedfrom going out of their houses.
Sources in the police said that during the inves-tigation, it was observed that efforts were made totamper with and erase footage from the DVRs ofCCTVs in the area. “We will not spare anyone, eventhose who destroyed the evidence,” Meena said.
A senior police official said those involved instone-pelting had been identified and their posterswould be issued on Sunday itself.
“Posters with images of stone-pelting will be putup in different localities with an appeal to the peo-ple of the area to help police in getting the stone-pelters identified and arrested,” the official said andadded that important documents had been recov-ered from the main accused, Hayat Zafar Hashmi.
He said evidence of the conspiracy had beenfound by checking Hashmi's WhatsApp andInstagram accounts and the arrested accused hadrevealed the names of six other people involved invitiating the peaceful atmosphere of the city.
“Our teams are conducting raids to arrest thesepersons,” the top cop said.
The sources disclosed that during the investi-gation, documents of four organisations related tothe Popular Front of India were recovered from thekey accused Hashmi and many documents of organ-isations like AICC, SDPI, CFI and RIF were alsorecovered from him. He said all these organisationswere linked to the PFI which had been fundingthem in the past as well.
It may be recalled that Hashmi had earlier beenbooked for taking out Julus-e-Mohammadi pro-cession from Moolganj to Phoolbagh via MestonRoad, Shivala Bazar and Ramnarain Bazar inOctober 2021 despite Covid curbs. The Chamanganjpolice had booked three persons, including Hayatand several unidentified people, in this respect.
Meanwhile, appearing before the media, HayatZafar Hashmi’s wife, Uzma, and sister, Haseen ZafarHashmi, accused the police of falsely implicatinghim, and said that he had no role in the Kanpur vio-lence. They said Hayat was present at home till 9
pm on Friday and had gone out later to attend tosome urgent work.
“After coming to know about his arrest inLucknow, we have come here to present our sideof the story,” they said and added that Hayat hadgiven a call for a bandh against the statement ofBharatiya Janata Party's spokesperson NupurSharma during a TV debate. They said the call forbandh was later withdrawn after the police and dis-trict administration did not give permission.
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The note indicated that more than two billionMuslims across the world follow the guidance ofProphet Mohammed, whose message came as amessage of peace, understanding and tolerance, anda beacon of light that Muslims all over the worldfollow.
In a statement, Al-Muraikhi pointed out thatallowing such “Islamophobic remarks” to contin-ue without punishment, constitutes a “grave dan-ger” to the protection of human rights and may leadto further “prejudice and marginalisation”, whichwill create a cycle of violence and hate.
“The State of Qatar reaffirmed its full supportfor the values of tolerance, coexistence, and respectfor all religions and nationalities, where such val-ues distinguish Qatar's global friendships and itsrelentless work to contribute to the establishmentof international peace and security,” Qatar's ForeignMinistry said.
The Indian Embassy in an official statementsaid: “The Ambassador had a meeting in the ForeignOffice in which concerns were raised with regardto some offensive tweets by individuals in India den-igrating the religious personality.
“The Ambassador conveyed that the tweets donot, in any manner, reflect the views of theGovernment of India. These are the views of fringeelements,” it said. “In line with our civilisational her-itage and strong cultural traditions of unity in diver-sity, the Government of India accords the highestrespect to all religions. Strong action has alreadybeen taken against those who made the derogato-ry remarks,” it added.
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"Our society accepted his speech and educationwholeheartedly. This is the reason that the namesof many big civilizations of the world have beenerased, even then our country is standing firmly onits feet with its inexhaustible heritage," he said.
President Kovind said that Kabir Das alwaystried to remove superstitions, evils, pomp and dis-crimination and this was the reason that he leftKashi at the last moment and went to Maghar.
"He was a simple saint. He believed that Godwas not an external entity. God pervades every par-ticle. Kabir Das ji also lived the household life likea saint. His sacred speech influenced everythingfrom Srimant Shankar Dev in the Far East to SantTukaram in the West and Guru Nanak in the Northto Guru Ghasidas in Chhattisgarh," he said.
The president said, "As the governor of Bihar,I had the opportunity to visit the penance of SantKabir in Varanasi. As president, I had the oppor-tunity to participate in the programme of KabirMahotsav organised in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh inthe year 2017 and Kabir Ashram in Sagar in the year2018. I also participated in Sant Kabir Prakatotsavin Fatehabad, Haryana in the year 2018. I have seenthe great enthusiasm of the followers of Sant Kabiron this occasion."
President Kovind said that in the year 2003, for-mer President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam came toMaghar and had darshan of Kabir Chaura. He saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone of this research centre on June 28, 2018. "Onthe completion of that project, I am happy to inau-gurate the picture-exhibition of Kabir Das ji, audi-torium, library and residence for research scholarsetc. here today," he said.
The president said that on the auspicious occa-sion of World Environment Day, he had planted atree at the Samadhi Sthal of Sant Kabir Das andwhen this plant grows up later, it would provideshade and coolness to everyone.
He said that a few years ago, the sapling of Bodhitree brought from Bodh Gaya was planted inRashtrapati Bhavan and now it had grown quite big.
The president said that Saint Kabir wasdeprived of bookish knowledge, yet he gained expe-rience and knowledge from the association of saints.He first tested, then assimilated that knowledge andthen revealed it to the people.
"Kabir Das traveled from Bengal to Punjab,Rajasthan and Gujarat. He also went to Iran andBalkh outside India. He went among the people tospread the message of reverence, trust, love andfriendship in a harsh environment. He used tocommunicate directly with the people. Sometimeshe used very typical words. He first awakened thesociety and then warned," he said.
The president said that the state was getting theguidance of Anandiben Patel as the governor. "Shemakes conscious efforts to eradicate social evils byher conduct in accordance with the teachings ofSaint Kabir. On the other hand, the chief ministeralso makes constant efforts to remove superstitionand discrimination," he said.
Congratulating Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathon his birthday, President Kovind wished him a longand prosperous life. He expressed confidence thatunder the leadership of Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, Uttar Pradesh would continue tomove ahead on the path of development and har-mony.
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"He had raised a voice against it and that is whyhe came to Maghar. At that time it was said that oncoming to Maghar one gets hell. Kabir Das ji camehere against it and made it heaven. Today manyworks of tourism development are being done here,"he said.
The chief minister said that the inaugurationof three big projects was being completed in Magharon Sunday with the arrival of President Kovind.
These include the construction of Sant KabirAcademy and Research Institute at a cost of Rs 31.49crore, through which research work will be doneon Sant Kabir Das' folk literature, his sakhi, bijak,shabad, his accomplishment. Besides, constructionof Interpretation Centre at a cost of Rs 17.61 croreand beautification of Kabir Nirvana Sthali inMaghar at a cost of Rs 37.66 lakh is also includedunder Swadesh Darshan Yojana.
The chief minister said that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had asked for setting goals for thenext 25 years of the Amrit period to connect every-one in the year of Amrit Mahotsav. "When everycitizen joins with this resolve, then we can achievethis goal," he said.
The chief minister thanked the Tourism andCulture Department of UP and the CultureMinistry of the Government of India for taking for-ward this programme to make the vision of SantKabir Das alive in front of the coming generationaccording to the feelings and vision of the primeminister.
He said that this entire area would touch newheights of development and achieve success inattracting many devotees.
The chief minister said that the foundationstones of the projects inaugurated in Maghar onSunday were laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He said under the leadership of the prime minis-ter, many programs were being run to beautify and
recognise many places in the country. He said theSwadesh Darshan Yojana was an ambitious schemeof the Government of India to connect people ide-ologically, to provide a new direction to society andto develop tourism of the country's traditional pil-grimage places.
The chief minister said that many programmesof Ramayana circuit, Krishna circuit, spiritual cir-cuit, Buddhist circuit were being run at differentplaces in the country. He said under this, work wasbeing done to further the possibilities of tourismdevelopment, as well as to provide better basic facil-ities for devotees and citizens besides employment.
Kashi, where Sant Kabir Das was born, wasinaugurated by the prime minister on December13, 2021, at Kashi Vishwanath Dham. Today morethan one lakh devotees are going there for darshanevery day. Through this wide employment oppor-tunities have been realised. Similarly, in Ayodhya,Kushinagar, Kedarnath Dham in the highHimalayas, similar work has been done to increasemany possibilities of development.
The chief minister said that World EnvironmentDay was being observed on Sunday and "our saints,sages, and great men have always inspired us tomove forward with the environment".
He expressed happiness that the Aami river ofMaghar, which was highly polluted five years ago,had been made pollution free through a systemat-ic action plan. He said that the prime minister hadtaken a pledge to make Amrit Sarovar in every vil-lage during the Amrit Mahotsav year of indepen-dence.
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The Prime Minister informed that to save soil,India has focused on five main things.
“First, how to make the soil chemical-free, sec-ond, how to save the organisms that live in the soil,which are called Soil Organic Matter in technicallanguage, third, how to maintain soil moisture andincrease the availability of water till it? Fourth, howto remove the damage that is happening to the soildue to less groundwater and fifth, how to stop thecontinuous erosion of soil due to the reduction offorests”, he said.
The Prime Minister pointed out that effortswere being undertaken in the agriculture sector toalleviate the problem of soil issues.
Modi said earlier, the farmers of our countrylacked information about the type of soil, deficiencyin soil, how much water is there. To overcome thisproblem, a huge campaign was launched to give soilhealth cards to them.
Modi informed that the Government is con-necting the people of the country with water con-servation through campaigns like catch the rain.
In March this year itself, a campaign to conserve13 big rivers has also started in the country, he said.
In this, along with reducing pollution in water,work is also being done to plant forests on the banksof rivers. Estimates are that this will add a forestcover of 7,400 sq km which will add to the increaseof 20 thousand sq km forest cover in India that hasbeen added in the last 8 years, Modi said.
The Prime Minister noted that the “policiesrelated to Biodiversity and Wildlife that India is fol-lowing today have also led to a record increase inthe numbers of wildlife.”
“Today whether it is tiger, lion, leopard or ele-phant, the number of all is increasing in the coun-try”, he said.
He said that in natural farming, there is a bigsolution to some of our biggest problems. He said,in this year’s budget, the Government has decidedto encourage natural farming in the villages situ-ated on the banks of Ganga which will make a hugecorridor of natural farming.
He further said that India has achieved the tar-get of sourcing 40 per cent of our installed powergeneration capacity from non-fossil fuel 9 years
ahead of schedule. Solar energy capacity hasincreased by 18 times and policies like HydrogenMission and Circular economy-related policies,scrappage policy are examples of our commitmentto environmental protection, he said.
Modi on Sunday also digitally launched a glob-al initiative called ‘LiFE Movement’ programme fordeveloping right consciousness for earth and har-monizing life styles with nature that witnessed theparticipation of Bill Gates, Co-Chairman Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation; Lord Nicholas Stern,Climate Economist; Prof. Cass Sunstein, author ofNudge Theory; Aniruddha Dasgupta, CEO andPresident World Resources Institute; IngerAndersen, UNEP Global Head; Achim Steiner,UNDP Global Head and David Malpass, WorldBank President, among others.
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In the wake of the prevailing security situationand upcoming Amarnath Yatra, the migrantemployees are keen on working from home insteadof risking their lives. The migrant employees areexpected to brief the nodal officer ahead of hold-ing the next round of parleys with Governmentauthorities.
On the other hand, the UT administration isall geared up for the annual Zeshta Ashtami festi-val known as Kheer Bhawani Mela on June 8.Elaborate security and other necessary arrange-ments have been made at Kheer Bhawani templeat Tulmulla in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner,(Migrants), Ashok Kumar Pandita told The Pioneer,“So far, 1,400 pilgrims have registered themselvesto attend the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela fromJammu.”
He said special arrangements have been madeto ferry these pilgrims under tight security.
The buses will leave from different migrantcamps in Jammu on June 7. Pandita said we havealso provided one dozen buses to migrant employ-ees in Kashmir Valley (at their respective camps)to facilitate safe and comfortable travel on the aus-picious occasion. The District AdministrationGanderbal has already clarified that there has beenno cancellation of Mela Kheer Bhawani and urgedpeople not to pay heed to rumours about the can-cellation of the Mela. Deputy CommissionerGanderbal Shyambir Singh urged Kashmiri Panditsto participate in the annual festival in large num-bers.SSP Ganderbal Nikhil Borkar said that elab-orate security arrangement are in place for smoothconduct of the Kheer Bhawani Mela on June 8.
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But this has not happened. Hence temperaturehas nothing to do with the infection. Rather, infec-tion will depend on immunity and social activitiesof the people.” Among the Indian States, Keralareported 1,544 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, fol-lowed by Maharashtra (1,357 cases) Delhi (405cases), Karnataka (222 cases), and Tamil Nadu (105cases), respectively. Other States reported less thana hundred cases in a span of 24 hours.
The active cases rose to 24,052 and the deathcount climbed to 5,24,692 with 15 fresh fatalities,the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of thetotal infections, while the national Covid-19 recov-ery rate was 98.73 per cent, the Ministry said.
An increase of 1,636 cases has been recordedin the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.03per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.84per cent, according to the Ministry. On May 1, thedaily positivity was recorded at 1.07 per cent.
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Boris Johnson still faces a pre-carious future as the British
Prime Minister over the falloutof the partygate scandal as a lat-est opinion poll on Sundayforecast a bruising for hisConservative Party in a by-elec-tion scheduled later this month.
More than 40 of his ToryMPs have publicly called forJohnson's resignation as theparty leader over the scandal ofCOVID law-breaking partiesunder his premiership atDowning Street, an issue whichremains in the spotlight sincethe scathing findings of lead-ership failures in an inquiry bytop civil servant Sue Gray.
A survey of voters inWakefield, who go to the pollsfor a by-election on June 23 toelect a new MP, suggests theTories could lose by as much as20 points.
The polling by JL Partnersfor 'The Sunday Times' puts theOpposition Labour Party on 48points compared with 28 pointsfor the Conservatives, a 19-point drop on the winningTory performance two-and-a-half years ago.
Such a result is bound tointensify calls for Johnson'sresignation as Wakefield is partof the so-called "Red Wall" - tra-ditionally Labour-supportingareas in the north of England,the Midlands, and Wales whichhad switched their support to
the Tories under Johnson in theDecember 2019 general elec-tion. The byelection later thismonth follows formerPakistani-origin Tory MPImran Ahmad Khan's resigna-tion in the wake of his convic-tion over sexual assault. A by-election at Tiverton andHoniton in southern England,on the same day as Wakefield,is also being seen as a referen-dum of Johnson's leadership.
According to 'The SundayTimes', Sir Graham Brady, thechairman of the powerful 1922Committee of Tory back-benchers, will count the lettersof no-confidence submitted byemail and WhatsApp whenParliament returns on Mondaymorning.
Under Tory party rules, 54letters are required to trigger asecret ballot and whips andrebel MPs reportedly believethey are on the verge of thatthreshold. Johnson, who is keento move on from the partygatescandal and has repeatedly
tried to shift focus on otherpressing government matterssuch as the cost-of-living crisis,would have been shaken onFriday when he along withwife Carrie were booed as theyarrived at St. Paul's Cathedralfor the thanksgiving service tomark the Queen's PlatinumJubilee.
The Sue Gray report,released after a Scotland Yardprobe which saw Johnson andwife Carrie being fined for alockdown-breaching birthdayparty in the Cabinet Room ofDowning Street in June 2020,laid bare illegal gatherings andquestionable staff behaviourwithin government offices dur-ing the 2020-2021 lockdowns tocontrol the spread of coron-avirus. Johnson reiterated aprevious apology in the Houseof Commons last month, say-ing he took full responsibilityfor what went on under hiswatch and that steps have beentaken to ensure mistakes aren'trepeated.
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North Korea test-fired asalvo of eight short-range
ballistic missiles toward the seaon Sunday, South Korea's mil-itary said, extending a provoca-tive streak in weapons demon-strations this year that U.S. AndSouth Korean officials say mayculminate with a nuclear testexplosion.
South Korea's Joint Chiefsof Staff said the missiles werefired in succession over 35minutes from the Sunan areanear the capital, Pyongyang.
It didn't immediately sayhow far the missiles flew butnoted the South Korean mili-tary has heightened its moni-toring in case the North firesmore missiles.
The launch came a dayafter the U.S. Aircraft carrierRonald Reagan concluded athree-day naval drill with SouthKorea in the Philippine Sea,apparently their first joint drillinvolving a carrier sinceNovember 2017, as the coun-tries move to upgrade theirdefense exercises in the face ofgrowing North Korean threats.
The launch was NorthKorea's 18th round of missiletests in 2022 alone - a streakthat has included the country'sfirst demonstrations of inter-continental ballistic missilesin nearly five years - as it con-tinues to exploit a favourableenvironment to push forwardweapons development with theU.N. Security Council dividedover Russia's war on Ukraine.
Experts say North Koreanleader Kim Jong Un's
brinkmanship is aimed at forc-ing the United States to acceptthe idea of the North as anuclear power and negotiatingeconomic and security con-cessions from a position ofstrength.
South Korean and U.S.Officials say there are signs thatNorth Korea is also pressingahead with preparations at itsnuclear testing ground in thenortheastern town of Punggye-ri. The North's next nuclear testwould be its seventh since2006 and the first sinceSeptember 2017, when itclaimed to have detonated athermonuclear bomb to fit onits ICBMs.
On Friday, U.S. PresidentJoe Biden's special envoy forNorth Korea, Sung Kim, saidWashington is "preparing for allcontingencies" in close coordi-nation with its Asian allies as heparticipated in a trilateral meet-ing in Seoul with his SouthKorean and Japanese counter-parts over the nuclear standoffwith North Korea.
The United States hasvowed to push for additionalinternational sanctions if NorthKorea conducts a new nucleartest, but the prospects for fur-ther U.N. Security Councilmeasures appear dim.
Russia and China vetoed aU.S.-sponsored resolution thatwould have imposed addition-al sanctions on North Koreaover its latest ballistic tests onMay 25, which South Korea'smilitary said involved an ICBMflown on a medium-range tra-jectory and two short-rangeweapons.
Those tests came as Bidenwrapped up his trip to SouthKorea and Japan, where he reaf-firmed the U.S. Commitmentto defend both allies in the faceof the North's nuclear threat.
North Korea in Marchlaunched an ICBM almoststraight up at full-range capac-ity and saw it fly higher and forlonger than any weapon it hadever tested, demonstrating thepotential to reach the entiretyof the U.S. Mainland.
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The 21st Amendment to theConstitution to empower
the Sri Lankan Parliament overthe executive president will besubmitted to the Cabinet forapproval on Monday, JusticeMinister WijeyadasaRajapakshe said on Sunday.
The 21st Amendment isexpected to annul the 20A tothe Constitution, which givesunfettered powers to PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa after abol-ishing the 19th Amendmentthat will strengthen Parliament.
Rajapakshe said that a spe-cial discussion on the matterwas held with the backing ofPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksalast week. He along with PrimeMinister Ranil Wickremesingheand Foreign minister G L Peirisparticipated in the discussion,Lanka First, an online newsportal reported.
Rajapakshe said that the21st Amendment to theConstitution, including pro-posals submitted by politicalparties and various other par-ties, will be submitted to theCabinet for approval onMonday, the portal reported.
He said that the draft of theamendment will be gazettedafter receiving the approval ofthe Cabinet. Rajapakshe saidthat he expects to make a state-ment in Parliament on the 21stAmendment to theConstitution next week. PrimeMinister Wickremesinghe lastweek batted for the 21stAmendment to theConstitution, saying it will curbthe president's unlimited pow-
ers while enhancing the role ofParliament in governing thedebt-ridden country which isalso facing an unprecedentedpolitical turmoil.
The powerful Rajapaksafamily tightened their grip onpower after their massive vic-tory in the general elections inAugust 2020, which allowedthem to amend theConstitution to restore presi-dential powers and install closefamily members in key posi-tions.
The constitutional reformwas a major plank of theagreement betweenWickremesinghe and Rajapaksawhen he took over the job ofprime minister on May 12.
Sri Lanka has been grap-pling with unprecedented eco-nomic turmoil since its inde-pendence from Britain in 1948.
Sri Lanka's economic crisishas created political unrestwith protesters demanding thePresident's resignation.Underthe 21A, the President will beheld accountable to theParliament.
The Cabinet of Ministers isalso accountable to Parliament.The National Council is alsoaccountable to Parliament.Fifteen Committees andOversight Committees areaccountable to Parliament.
Sri Lanka in mid-Aprildeclared that it was unable tomeet its foreign debt paymentsand the International MonetaryFund (IMF) classified SriLanka's debt as unsustainable.Therefore debt restructuringwas key for an IMF pro-gramme.
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Three people have died andat least 11 other people
were wounded in a shootinglate Saturday night inPhiladelphia, authorities said.
Police officers werepatrolling the area on SouthStreet in downtownPhiladelphia when they heardmultiple gunshots and wit-nessed several suspects firinginto a large crowd just beforemidnight, Police Inspector D.F. Pace said during a news con-ference.
An officer shot at one ofthe suspects from about 30 feet(9 meters) away, but it isunclear if the suspect was hit,Pace said.
"You can imagine therewere hundreds of individualsjust enjoying South Street, asthey do every single weekend,when this shooting broke out,"Pace said.
Two men and a woman
were among those killed in theshooting, he said. Their nameswere not made public byauthorities. The conditions ofthose who were wounded bygunfire remains unknown.
Two handguns were recov-ered, including one with anextended magazine, police said.No arrests have been made.
The department said onTwitter to avoid the area. SouthStreet is known for its enter-tainment venues and night lifewith multiple bars, restaurantsand businesses.
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Pakistan's ruling alliance havequestioned Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif 's decision toempower the spy agency - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - toconduct verification of all gov-ernment officers before theirinduction, appointments andpostings, as well as promo-tions.
The Sharif governmentissued a notification on Fridayto give the status of a SpecialVetting Agency (SVA) to the ISI.The decision angered not justthe allies but also his ownPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N).
The ISI is Pakistan's pow-erful spy agency. In 1950, it wasofficially given the task of safe-guarding Pakistani interests andnational security, inside andoutside the country.
Some members belongingto allied parties even criticised
Prime Minister Sharif for nottaking the coalition partnersand parliament into confidence,vowing to take the matter to thecourt, The Express Tribunenewspaper has reported.
They quipped that the pre-mier should also considerincluding politicians in the noti-fication as "most of the traitors"were there.
"This has been done behindthe back of coalition partnersand parliament," PakistanPeople's Party (PPP) General-Secretary Farhatullah Babarsaid, asking why the decisionwas taken as it is not a single-party government.
In a tweet, Babar said thatthe decision must be unaccept-able to many coalition partners,and they must protest to reverseit, adding that unilateral alter-ation in civil service rules mustbe challenged.
Babar noted that the agencythat "failed to detect Osama bin
Laden hiding in Abbottabad"has been tasked with reportingon the competence and profes-sionalism of civil servants. Heurged everyone to say no to thedecision as it was "unaccept-able".
PML-N former informationminister Pervaiz Rashid alsoquestioned the move in a tweet,saying if the task of investigat-ing civilian officers was includ-ed in ISI's responsibilities, thenthe spy agency should also beplaced under civilian controland be accountable to the par-liament.
PPP Senator MustafaNawaz Khokhar chided thepremier on tasking the intelli-gence agency to vet governmentofficers by "requesting" thatSharif include all public officeholders in the notification atonce. "Why discriminate againstpoliticians?" Khokhar asked,adding that "after all, traitors aremore common in our ranks".
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Amassive fire and a series ofexplosions at a private
chemical container depot insoutheastern Bangladesh killedat least 49 people, including ninefirefighters, and injured morethan 450 others, officials said onSunday, as authorities were stillstruggling to extinguish theblaze.
According to doctors, thetoll could rise further as manyof the injured people were beingtreated with severe burns. Thefirefighters backed by armytroops were yet to enter deepdown the blast site to douse thefire nearly 23 hours after the firebroke out on Saturday.
"The fire was caused bychemicals including hydrogenperoxide, making the situationdifficult," fire service chiefBrigadier General MohammadMainuddin told reporters at thescene where the firefighterswere trying to extinguish theblaze amid intermittent explo-sions since Saturday evening.
The official expected thefirefighters to put out the blazeand halt the explosions bytonight. The disaster promptedauthorities to call out army sap-pers to prevent the spread ofchemicals in nearby canals andthe coastlines of the Bay ofBengal.
Fire service officials said
nine of their colleagues werekilled in explosions as theyrushed to the scene immediate-ly after the blaze was reportedat the BM Container Depot inSitakunda at the outskirts of theport city of Chattogram.
This was the first time inknown Bangladesh historywhen so many firefighters werekilled in the line of duty in a sin-gle such disaster.
"So far 49 bodies arrived atthe (Chattogram MedicalCollege Hospital or CMCH)morgue," police sub-inspectorat the facility MohammadAlauddin told reporters.
Doctors at the state-runCMCH, which accommodatedmost of the wounded people,said the fate of over a dozen ofthe burn-injured patients was
uncertain due to their criticalwounds. Dozens more includingfirefighters are being treated atthe Chattogram CombinedMilitary Hospital (CMH) whilePrime Minister Sheikh Hasinaordered military helicopters tobring the critically woundedpatients to Dhaka for bettertreatment. Hospitals in the areaare overwhelmed, with crowdsof people waiting in hallways fortreatment. Pictures of the after-math showed the twistedremains of metal shipping con-tainers and the collapsed roofof a warehouse.
Chattogram Divisional
Commissioner (DC) AshrafUddin said that families of thedeceased would be given USD560 (Taka 50,000) by the DCoffice, and USD 224 (Taka20,000) would be given to thefamilies of the injured, the DailyStar newspaper reported.
Bangladesh's parliament,which met on its maiden bud-get session on Sunday, adopteda condolence motion over thetragedy.
Officials and witnesses spec-ulated that the firefighters wereinitially unaware that the depotstored chemicals to cause blastswhile video footage which wentviral showed a teenage boydoing Facebook live andmoments later virtually van-ishing alongside the firemen.
"The deafening explosionsturned the sky a blazing orangethroughout the night," a residentin the neighbourhood told a TVchannel adding that the explo-sions threw several peoplemetres away from where theywere standing.
The residents said the explo-sions rocked the neighbour-hood within a nearly four-kilo-metre radius around the inlandcontainer depot which hasbeen operating since May 2011.
A pungent odour in the airforced rescuers to cover theirnoses in masks while they alsocomplained of itching eyesapparently due to chemicals.
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China on Sunday success-fully launched three astro-
nauts on a six-month missionto complete the construction ofits strategically significant spacestation this year to further itsdream to emerge as a majorspace power.
Hours after reaching thedesignated orbit, the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft carrying threeastronauts, Chen Dong, LiuYang and Cai Xuzhe, success-fully docked with the orbitingcore module of the space sta-tion called Tianhe and cargocrafts attached to it, the ChinaManned Space Agency(CMSA) said.
The spacecraft lifted offfrom the Jiuquan SatelliteLaunch Center in northwestChina.
Minutes later, the official atthe ground control declared themission a "great success", say-ing the spacecraft has reachedits designated orbit.
The crew members of theShenzhou-14 are in good shapeand the launch is a completesuccess, the CMSA declared.
The trio will cooperatewith the ground team to com-plete the assembly and con-struction of the Tiangong spacestation, developing it from asingle-module structure into anational space laboratory withthree modules -- the core mod-ule, Tianhe and two lab mod-ules -- Wentian and Mengtian.
The launch was telecast liveall over the country.
Once ready, China will bethe only country to own a spacestation. The International SpaceStation (ISS) of Russia is a col-laborative project of severalcountries.
The China Space Station(CSS) is also expected to be acompetitor to the ISS built byRussia. Observers say that theCSS may become the sole spacestation to remain in orbit oncethe ISS retires in the comingyears. In February, Chinaunveiled an ambitious plan forits burgeoning space industrywhich included over 50 spacelaunches and six manned spaceflights to complete the buildingof its space station.
The China AerospaceScience and TechnologyCorporation (CASC) said thatChina will carry out more than50 space launches in 2022,sending over 140 spacecraftinto space. Chen, who will bethe commander of the new
mission, participated in theShenzhou-11 crewed space-flight mission.
Liu was part of theShenzhou-9 mission and Cai isa newcomer to space, LinXiqiang, deputy director ofthe CMSA, said at the pressconference at the JiuquanSatellite Launch Centre.
The trio will stay in orbitfor six months, Lin said.
During their stay in orbit,the Shenzhou-14 crew will wit-ness the two lab modules,Tianzhou-5 cargo craft andShenzhou-15 crewed space-ship dock with the core mod-ule Tianhe.
They will rotate with theShenzhou-15 crew in orbit,and return to the Dongfenglanding site in north China'sInner Mongolia AutonomousRegion in December, Lin said.
China began constructingits three-module space stationin April 2021 with the launchof Tianhe - the first and biggestof the station's three modules.
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For Ridge Alkonis, a U.S.Navy lieutenant living in
Japan, a springtime trip withhis wife and three children toMount Fuji was intended as funand leisurely family time beforean expected deployment.
What happened next, andwhy, is a matter of dispute. Butit gave rise to a three-yearprison sentence.
In the telling by Alkonis'family and supporters, thenaval officer abruptly lost con-sciousness in the car, causinghim to slump over behind thewheel after suffering acutemountain sickness.
Japanese prosecutors andthe judge who sentenced himcontend he fell asleep whiledrowsy, shirking a duty to pullover immediately.
No matter the cause,
Alkonis' car veered into parkedcars and pedestrians in a park-ing lot, striking an elderlywoman and her son-in-law,both of whom later died. Witha Japanese court set to hear anappeal Wednesday of Alkonis'prison sentence, his parents arepleading for leniency for an actthey say was nothing more thana terrible accident but thatprosecutors view as deadlynegligence. He is home inJapan pending the appeal.
"The word that comes toour mind is fairness. We wanthim to be treated fairly for anaccident," said Alkonis' father,Derek Alkonis, of Dana Point,California. "We don't feel likeit's been that way.
We know it hasn't beenthat way. And it concerns usthat our son has been given athree-year prison sentence foran accident."
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Australia on Sunday said aChinese fighter jet car-
ried out dangerous maneuversthreatening the safety of one ofits maritime surveillanceplanes over the South ChinaSea.
The May 26 incident ininternational airspace saw aChinese Air Force J-16 inter-cept a P-8A Poseidon maritimesurveillance aircraft on routinepatrol, the Defense Ministrysaid in a statement on its web-site.
The intercept resulted in a"dangerous" maneuver that"posed a safety threat to the P-8 aircraft and its crew," theministry said. The Australiangovernment has raised its con-cerns about the incident withthe Chinese government, itadded.
There was no officialresponse Sunday from Beijingover the reported incident.
Such incidents are notunprecedented. A collisionbetween a U.S. EP-3 surveil-lance plane and a Chinesenaval air force jet in April 2001resulted in the death of theChinese pilot and the 10-daydetention of the U.S. Air crewby China. Relations betweenAustralia and China have beenpoor for years after Beijingimposed trade barriers andrefused high-level exchanges inresponse to Canberra enactingrules targeting foreign inter-ference in its domestic politics.
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Fierce thunderstorms andhailstorms around France
left one woman dead and 14people injured, ravaged vine-yards and delayed flights.
Lightning hit the EiffelTower, without causing dam-age, and set roofs on fire eastof Paris, according to localauthorities. Residents of south-west France posted photosonline of hail the size of tennisballs, and drivers in the Parisregion shared images of flood-ed highways and daytime skiesblackened by thunder clouds.
Thousands of householdsremained without powerSunday after the storms struckacross France on Sat, accordingto utility Enedis. Flights out ofParis' Orly Airport were tem-porarily suspended Sat, andthere were delays at Charles deGaulle Airport.
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Rafael Nadal won a 14thFrench Open and record-extending 22nd Grand
Slam title on Sunday with astraight-sets rout of CasperRuud to become the oldest malechampion at Roland Garrosand he vowed to "keep fighting".
In a disappointing final, 36-year-old Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 with victory coming 17 yearsto the day since he claimed hisfirst French Open as a 19-year-old in 2005.
Nadal won the last 11 gamesof the final and is now two Slamsahead of old rivals NovakDjokovic and Roger Federerwith Sunday's victory comingagainst all the odds.
Nadal, the oldest winner inParis since a 34-year-old AndreGimeno in 1972, had not beencertain of taking part after achronic left foot injury, whichhas plagued him throughout hiscareer, flared up again.
He also needed the best partof a gruelling 12 hours to see offFelix Auger-Aliassime, NovakDjokovic and Alexander Zverevin the previous three rounds.
"I don't know what I woulddo in terms of injuries if it was-n't for the team, my family andeveryone around me," saidNadal.
"I would've already retiredmuch before if it wasn't for you.
"I never believed, that I'd behere at 36, being competitiveagain. Being here, means a lot tome on the most important courtin my career. It helps me to keepgoing.
"For me, it's incredible toplay here. It's an incredible feel-ing. I don't know what canhappen in the future, but I'mgoing to keep fighting to try tokeep going."
His two-hour 18-minute
win on Sunday took his recordat the tournament to 112 winsagainst just three losses and alsoput him halfway to a rare calen-dar men's Grand Slam lastachieved by Rod Laver in 1969.
"The most important thingis to congratulate Rafa," saidRuud.
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This is the first time I have facedyou so now I know what it's liketo be the victim! There will bemany others.
"You have taken me intoyour academy with open armsand you are a true inspiration to
me. We all hope you continuefor some more time."
Nadal, unbeaten in 13 pre-vious finals in Paris and playingin his 30th Grand Slam decider,got off to a flying start againstRuud, the first Norwegian manto feature in a championshipmatch at the majors.
The Spaniard wrapped upthe opener in 49 minutes againsthis 23-year-old opponent whohas trained at his academy inManacor since 2018.
World number eight Ruud,the in-form player on clay sincethe start of 2020 with 66 wins onthe surface, was under siegeagain in the second set, havingto fight off three break points inthe opening game.
Ruud saved three set pointsin the ninth game but his firstdouble fault of the final handedNadal a two-set lead.
Without needing to hit topgear, he was in complete controlagainst Ruud, racing away to thetitle with three breaks in a thirdset which was over in 30 min-utes.
Nadal sealed the win with abackhand down the line, his37th winner of the final.
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Brazil no longer rely on superstar Neymarto win games, manager Tite said on
Sunday, with an Olympic Gold medal-winninggeneration looking to step up at the WorldCup.
Neymar underlined his importance toTite's side by netting the 72nd and 73rd goalsof his Brazil career in a 5-1 friendly thrash-ing of South Korea in Seoul last week.
That took him within striking distance ofthe legendary Pele's record of 77 goals for thefive-time World Cup winners.
Tite played down Brazil's dependence on
Neymar as his team prepared to face Japan ina friendly in Tokyo on Monday, saying a newgeneration of players are ready to share theload.
"I have been in charge of the national teamfor a long time, and in that time I have madelots of mistakes and also made some good deci-sions," he said. "We have a new generationcoming through and one good thing I havedone is to try out a lot of players. Now we arenot so dependent on one attacking player."
Brazil won Gold at the pandemic-delayedTokyo Olympics last year, beating Spain 2-1 inthe final after extra time.
Olympians like Richarlison and BrunoGuimaraes have broken into Tite's seniorsquad, and assistant coach Cesar Sampaio saidit was a "happy problem" to have.
"The players with experience and the play-ers who won the Olympic Gold here in Japanare now coming together," said the former mid-fielder.
"We have players with a lot of speed andcreativity, especially in attack."
Brazil will be looking to round off theirtwo-game trip to Asia with a win against Japanat Tokyo's Olympic stadium on Monday.
Japan, who will be playing at the venue forthe first time since it was rebuilt to host theGames, warmed up with a convincing 4-1 winover Paraguay last week.
Manager Hajime Moriyasu said his play-ers will have to be "brave and aggressive" tobeat Brazil -- something Japan have neverachieved in a full international.
"We want to make our mark at the WorldCup and the game against Paraguay was a starttowards that," said Moriyasu. "We need to gofurther than we've gone before and try to over-come our limits. I want the players to do that tomorrow."
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Atired England side wentdown to a surprise 1-0
defeat in Hungary in the UEFANations League on Saturday,while Germany had to comefrom behind to draw 1-1 withan inexperienced Italy team.
RB Leipzig star DominikSzoboszlai scored the only goalof the game from the penaltyspot in the second half inBudapest as Hungary beatEngland for the first time since1962.
Defeat on penalties to Italyin the European Championshipfinal last year was the only timeGareth Southgate's side hadbeen beaten in their previous22 games.
"We proved at Euro 2020what we're capable of doingagainst the best, and we'veshown this again. The toughthing will be to repeat this,"Hungary captain Adam Szalaitold broadcaster M4 Sport.
England's line-up featureddebuts for Leicester City full-back James Justin and WestHam United forward JarrodBowen, but the visitors failed totrouble the hosts, who wereroared on by a 30,000 crowdlargely consisting of schoolchildren.
"They are bitterly disap-pointed because we want tokeep winning matches. If wewant to be a team right at thetop tier of football, we need tocome here and win," saidEngland manager GarethSouthgate, before concedingthat fatigue played a role.
"It has been a long season.The heat was a factor and tooka lot out of the players."
Hungary were forced toplay the game behind closeddoors due to the behaviour offans during their home match-es at Euro 2020.
However, UEFA guidelinesallow children under the age of14 to be given free tickets
under such circumstances andthe Hungarian FootballFederation took full advan-tage.
The goal came in the 66thminute, with Szoboszlai beat-ing Jordan Pickford from thespot after England substitute
Reece James was adjudged tohave fouled Zsolt Nagy.
Southgate's men will nextface Germany and Italy, whoplayed out an entertainingstalemate in Bologna inSaturday's other League A,Group 3 game.
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Pellegrini gave a much-changed Italy team the lead 20minutes from time when heturned in a superb cross fromteenage debutant WilfriedGnonto.
Gnonto, 18, had just beensent on after impressing in FCZurich's run to this season'sSwiss Super League title.
However, Germany need-ed just three minutes to drawlevel as the home defence failedto clear Jonas Hofmann's ballinto the middle and JoshuaKimmich fired in.
Germany play England inMunich on Tuesday whileEuropean champions Italy —looking to move on followingtheir failure to qualify for theWorld Cup — host Hungarybefore travelling to faceSouthgate's side inWolverhampton next week-end. Elsewhere the Republic ofIreland slumped to a first defeat
in nine games as they suffereda surprise 1-0 loss away inArmenia. Eduard Spertsyanscored the only goal in the sec-ond half in Yerevan in theLeague B, Group 1 opener.
Armenia now travel to playScotland on Wednesday whileIreland host Ukraine the samenight before facing Scotland inDublin next weekend.
There were also NationsLeague wins on Saturday forMontenegro, Luxembourg andTurkey while Finland wereheld 1-1 at home by Bosnia andHerzegovina after taking thelead through a Teemu Pukkipenalty.
The winners of each of thefour groups in League A will gothrough to the final stages inJune next year with promotionand relegation between theother leagues and the chance toearn places in Euro 2024 qual-ifying play-offs for teams whofail to qualify via the usualroute.
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Sadio Mane scored a hat-trickas Senegal overcame Benin 3-
1 on Saturday in the first matchof their Africa Cup of Nationstitle defence, and hinted that hewill not be at Liverpool next sea-son.
Speaking to the mediabefore the Group L clash, Manesaid: "I will do what they (theSenegalese people) want.
"Like everyone else, I am onsocial media and see the com-ments. Is it not between 60 and70 percent of Senegalese wantme to leave Liverpool?"
Mane, who forms a deadlystrike partnership with two-time African Footballer of theYear Mohamed Salah fromEgypt, has been linked toGerman giants Bayern Munich.
He had said he would revealhis future plans after Liverpoollost to Real Madrid in theChampions League final lastweekend, but did not do so.
"We will see soon," hetold the media conference inSenegal. "Do not be in hurrybecause we will see thistogether."
The 30-year-oldreigning AfricanFootballer of the Yearconverted a 12th-minute penalty at thenational stadium inDiamniadio nearDakar.
Mane struck
again on 23 minutes, burstinginto the box and scoring at thesecond attempt after goalkeep-er Saturnin Allagbe blocked hisinitial shot.
Benin had Sessi D'Almeidasent off early in the second halfof the 2023 qualifier and Manecompleted his hat-trick on thehour from another penaltybefore Junior Olaitan reducedarrears.
Next up for Senegal is a tripto Rwanda on Tuesday, and it ishard to imagine any result other
than anoth-er victoryfor theTerangaLions.
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Playing the AFC Asian Cupfinal round qualifiers at a
packed Salt Lake Stadium willbe a "big boost" for the Indianfootball team, feel Pritam Kotaland Subhasish Bose, the BlueTigers' two local players.
India have matches sched-uled on June 8, 11, and 14.
"Kolkata is the mecca ofIndian football. The fans hereare great. So many clubs havededicated fans here, and thegreat thing is that they allcome together to cheer forIndia when we play as a nationin this city," said Bose.
"I hope there is a lot ofnoise from the stands. That willboost all of us. From our end,we need to pay them back witha qualification for the AFCAsian Cup."
The last time the BlueTigers played here was in2019, and Kotal said theteam can once again feelthe home advantage.
"It's a big advantagefor us to play in front ofour fans. Especiallybecause we have notbeen able to play infront of our own fans for
a long time due toCOVID. So, I
would like toencourage all the fans to
come ahead and support us
in these three games. We willtry to give our best - togetherwe can," said Kotal.
Both the Blue Tigersdefenders are focused on thejob ahead, as they prepare toface Cambodia, Afghanistanand Hong Kong.
"It's absolutely crucial forus as a nation to qualify for theAFC Asian Cup, and all of usin the team are completelyfocused on that. We will try ourbest and hopefully will make itto the tournament proper.
"We need to take it matchby match, and we must do wellin all the three games ahead ofus," said Kotal.
"All the teams are quitecapable of defeating each otherin this group, and it will be a
very tight contest. We need tomake sure that we do all thepositive things both on and offthe ground, and come out withthe results," he added.
Bose recalled the last edi-tion of the AFC Asian Cup in2019, when the Blue Tigers hadplayed in front of packed standsin the UAE.
"It was an amazing feelingin the UAE. So many Indianfans had come to the groundthere, it was great. We tried ourbest back then, but we couldnot make it to the knockoutrounds. "Of course, we wouldlove to go one better in the nextedition — but first, we need toqualify — and for that, we needto do well in these threeupcoming matches," Bose said.
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Iga Swiatek received a stand-ing ovation at Roland Garros
on Saturday with an emotion-al "stay strong Ukraine" peaceplea after winning her secondFrench Open title.
The 21-year-old Pole wasspeaking after a 6-1, 6-3 winover Coco Gauff in only 68minutes on Court PhilippeChatrier, equalling VenusWilliams' record for thelongest winning run by awoman in the 21st century.
"I wanted to say somethingto Ukraine, to stay strong,because the war is still there,"said Swiatek who has worn aribbon in the colours of theUkraine flag on her capthroughout the tournament.
"Since I made my speechin Doha (after winning thetournament in February) ithad started and I was hopingwhen I do the next tourna-ment speech the situation willbe better but I will still havehope."
Moments later, she toldbroadcaster NBC: "The war isstill there and people are suf-fering.""Many players have
taken off the (Ukraine) rib-bons and there is huge discus-sion about next tournamentsand points. It's not about thatbut the whole situation thereand I want people to be aware."
Swiatek consoled 18-year-old Gauff, the youngestwoman in a Slam final sinceMaria Sharapova atWimbledon in 2004.
The American sobbed asshe sat courtside at the end ofthe final and again on the tro-phy podium.
"First I want to congratu-late Coco because you aredoing an amazing job. You areprogressing all the time. Youwill find it and you will bethere I am pretty sure of that,"said the Pole.
"When I was your age, Iwas in my first year on tourand I didn't know what I wasdoing.
"I want to thank my team,you guys, I mean, oh my god,without you I wouldn't behere, I'm sure of that. I'm gladevery piece has come togeth-er and we can do this. Wedeserve to be here. Thanks foryour full support all the timeno matter what."
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Coco Gauff suffered a sec-ond heartbreaking French
Open final defeat when sheand American partner JessicaPegula were beaten byCaroline Garcia and KristinaMladenovic in the women'sdoubles final on Sunday.
The French pair won 2-6,6-3, 6-2 to add the 2022 titleto their 2016 Roland Garrostriumph. On Saturday, 18-year-old Gauff had lost the sin-gles final in straight sets to Iga
Swiatek of Poland. "Hopefully,we can win one in the future,"Gauff told the crowd andpraised the atmosphere. "Theband was pretty cool, I thoughtI was at an American footballgame." For Mladenovic, it wasa sixth Grand Slam women'sdoubles title.
"We had the luck to expe-rience this six years ago, it'sbeen a long time, I'm veryhappy to team up withKristina again and at RolandGarros, there is no better titlefor us," said Garcia.
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Bajrang Punia got his act together to claima Bronze medal after ultra-defensive tac-
tics resulted in his opening-round defeateven as Aman claimed his first Gold medalat the senior level with a commanding showin the 57kg competition at the BolatTurlykhanov Cup, here Sunday.
Bajrang, the Tokyo Games Bronze win-ner, struggled in his opening bout againstUzbekistan's Abbos Rakhmonov, losing 3-5 but competed much better in the Bronze-play off where he played smartly to score oncounter-attacks against Kazkahstan's RifatSaibotalov, winning 7-0.
Bajrang foiled a right leg attack fromSaibotalov and then scored two points oncounter attack after his rival went for hisright leg.
The 28-year-old converted a left-legattack into points and foiled another valianteffort from the home-favourite.
Bajrang was quick with his move-ments that was key inhis mix ofdefence andattack in thecrucial bout.
Earlier, theovertly defensivetactics that Bajranghas been adopting, oflate, continued againstRakhmonov and paid theprice.
Bajrang got the first twopoints when his rival was cau-tioned twice for foul play. He hardlymade a move but the Uzbekistan wrestlerconverted a left-leg attack into a take-downmove for two points to level the score.
The celebrated wrestler later got onemore point on the passivity of Rakhmonovand was leading but dropped guard when
only six seconds were left in the bout.It seemed Bajrang took it easy, think-
ing the referee has whistled to halt the actionbut Rakhmonov grabbed the opportunityto launch a leg attack and eventually gotdecisive two points.
Later Rakhmonov reached final, givingopportunity to fight for bronze.
In the 57kg, Aman, who trains atChhatrasal stadium with Tokyo OlympicsSilver medallist Ravi Dahiya, was veryimpressive. He began with a 15-12 win overMeirambek Kartbay in the high-scoringopening bout and followed that with a tech-nical superiority win over AbdymalikKarachov from Kyrgyzstan.
In his final bout, he edged outKazakhstan's Merey Bazarbayev 10-
9 to stay unbeaten in the five-wrestler category to claimGold. It is Aman's thirdmedal this season, havingwon a Silver at Dan Kolov anda Bronze at Yasar Dogu.
Meanwhile, VishalKaliramana (70kg) andNaveen (74kg) missedout podium finishes afterlosing Bronze medalrounds.
Gourav Baliyan(79kg) could not makethe medal round whileDeepak Punia forfeit-ed all his bouts due toinjury in 92kg catego-ry, where Viky lostboth his bouts.
India thus signedoff with 12 medalsfrom the Ranking
Series event with thewomen's wrestlers claim-
ing eight of them, includ-ing give Gold.
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Astar-studded Karnatakabatting line-up compris-
ing Devdutt Padikkal, KarunNair, Manish Pandey and tillrecently India's openerMayank Agarwal gives theteam a menacing look butthey will be up against a qual-ity seam attack from UttarPradesh that has stars MohsinKhan and Yash Dayal in itsranks.
If Karnataka's batting hasa scary look, the bowling is abit thin on quality comparedto the days when R VinayKumar, Srinath Aravind andAbhimanyu Mithun wouldrun through opposition sides.
Often the reserve pacer inthat line-up, Ronit More isnow the leader of the attackand it will be interesting as tohow he counters the likes ofRinku Singh, Akshdeep Nathand Priyam Garg.
The match will be playedat Alur (1) ground.
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Mumbai will strive to bethe Mumbai of yore in theirRanji Trophy quarterfinalagainst Uttarakhand, begin-ning here from Monday.
By the time the hilly state— looking to scale new heightswith a new generation of play-ers — came into existencenearly 22 years ago, the heavy-weights had won the country'spremier domestic tournamentan unprecedented 34 times.
From 2000 to 2022,Mumbai had placed anotherseven humongous title-win-ning cups in their envious tro-phy cabinet.
In the context of RanjiTrophy, using the word striveand Mumbai in the samebreadth is ironical, for winningthis title came naturally to theMumbai outfits of the halcy-on days, when they were supe-rior, stubborn, and maybe a bitsnobbish at times.
Of course, their game wasalso punctuated by their well-documented never-say-dieattitude and hate-to-lose
approach, something the once-upon-a-time cradle ofIndian cricket is trying torediscover.
Mumbai's entry into thequarterfinals of this editionwas far from smooth as theyjust about made it afterSaurashtra failed to win witha bonus point in their lastgroup match against Goa.
Nevertheless, the 41-timewinners are the firm favouritesheading into their latest chal-lenge.
Mumbai will bank on theirskipper Prithvi Shaw to leadfrom the front as the diminu-tive right-handed batter hasthe ability to take the inexpe-rienced Uttarakhand attackto the task at the Alur CricketStadium II.
A marauding Shaw isalways a threat to the opposi-tion in any format, andUttarakhand will aim to get
him early.Mumbai have a set of rel-
atively new batters, includingArman Jaffer, Bhupen Lalwaniand Hardik Tamore, who willneed to play their roles well.
However, the two playerswho can make a big impact areyoung opener Yashasvi Jaiswaland Sarfaraz Khan.
With his younger brotherMusheer picked in the squad,Sarfaraz will be more thankeen to put up a good showand show.
Sarfaraz, who did well forDelhi Capitals in the IPL-15,has pulled Mumbai out oftrouble on many occasionsand will again look to anchorthe innings.
Ditto for Jaiswal, in whomthe team management andcoach Amol Mazumdar havereposed faith time and again.The two have all the necessaryshots in the book and can
pummel the opposition attackto submission.
Experienced batter-keep-er Aditya Tare will need toshoulder more responsibilityalong with left-arm spinningall-rounder Shams Mulani.
Mulani had grabbed 11wickets in the team's lastleague game against Goa andwill look to spin his webaround the opposition batter,again.
He also forged a match-winning partnership withTanush Kotian in the matchagainst Goa.
With Mulani a certainty inthe playing XI, off-spinnerKotian could be preferred oversenior pro Shashank Attarde,given his ability with the bat.
Mumbai have a decentpace attack, led by the sea-soned Dhawal Kulkarni, whowill have company in TusharDeshpande. The tussle for thethird pacer could be betweenMohit Awasthi and RoystonDias.While the Muzumdar-coached side will be aiming tomove a step closer to its 42ndtitle, Uttarakhand would lookto spring a surprise.
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cessful outing with GujaratTitans in the Indian PremierLeague, the focus will be onopener Shubman Gill, whenhis side Punjab take onMadhya Pradesh in anotherquarterfinal match.
The elegant right-handedbatter will be up against a var-ied MP attack comprising left-arm spinner Kumar KartikeyaSingh, who also recently made
his IPL debut.The game is also a battle
between veteran coaches
Chandrakant Pandit andSurendra Bhave, two of theshrewdest minds in the
domestic arena and it will beinteresting to see how theycome up against each other.
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Their most decorated player,Wriddhiman Saha, may
have left the team in the lurchowing to his personal grudgeagainst the establishment, butthe Abhimanyu Easwaran-ledBengal will still start asfavourites against Jharkhandwith their pace troika ready tolet it rip in their Ranji Trophyquarter-final, starting fromMonday.
The trio of Mukesh Kumar(15 wickets), Ishan Porel (14wickets) and Akash Deep (10wickets) has been the most pro-lific pace attack in the countryand with a cumulative count of39 wickets among the 58 thatBengal got this season, they willcome all guns blazing at theJharkhand line-up, which hasshown firepower during theleague stages.
However, the likes ofKumar Deobrat, KumarKushagra, Virat Singh will liketo forget their overwhelmingnear 900-run innings scoreagainst Nagaland, which wastheir pre-quarter-final at theEden Gardens.
It will be a very differentfight against one of the bestdomestic bowling attacks in thecountry along with the gutsyspin-bowling all-rounderShahbaz Ahmed (8 wickets) forcompany.
Out of the Indian Test teamas the new management does-n't want a 37-year-old secondkeeper, an upset Wriddhimanhad cited "personal reasons" fornot playing in the league stages,where the team found a newstar in 19-year-old AbhishekPorel. However, after doing astar turn for Gujarat Titans in
the IPL, the India discarddemanded a public apologyfrom state body office-bearerDebabrata Das for allegedlyinsulting him.
Subsequently, he decided tonot play one of the most impor-tant matches of the season forthe state team, which made himthe cricketer that he is today.
In this backdrop, theBengal side, without arguably itsNo. 1 player with 40-Test expe-rience, is sure to feel let downbut will be determined to provea point that it has long backadapted to life without an India"star".
With the Just CricketAcademy ground producing aproper "five-day" wicket, Bengalcoach Saurasish Lahiri pointedout that a couple of slots are upfor grabs.
For the No. 3 spot, it will bea toss-up between two stodgy
left-handers with good defen-sive game — the diminutiveAbhishek Raman and the lankySudip Chatterjee.
"It's a tough call as both arequality players," Lahiri said.
The other position up forgrab is the all-rounder's slotwhere Sayan Sekhar Mondal,with his hard-hitting battingand good seam-up stuff at closeto 130 clicks, is considered abetter bet than WrittickChatterjee, who bowls off-spinand also have a double hundredin first-class cricket.
For Bengal, the key will beto counter the two left-armspinners Shahbaz Nadeem andAnukul Roy, who are seasonedperformers. The pace duo ofRahul Shukla and Varun Aaronmight not be a big threat, espe-cially with the latter not havingplayed any red-ball games inrecent times.
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Former captain Joe Root gavehis successor Ben Stokes the
perfect start to his reign atLord's, carrying England tovictory with a match-winningcentury to seal the first Testagainst New Zealand onSunday.
Root walked away as skip-per in April after five years anda record 64 games in charge butremains the team's most reli-able performer and produceda knock of 115 not out to set upa five-wicket victory.
In a decisive partnershipwith Ben Foakes, who made anunbeaten 32 in a stand of 120,Root shepherded the homeside to a stiff chase of 277 withhis first fourth-innings hun-dred.
By doing so Root becamejust the second Englishman toreach 10,000 Test runs - follow-ing in the footsteps of his ownpredecessor as captain, AlastairCook. The symmetry of theirachievements does not endthere, with both men exactly 31years and 157 days old whenthey crossed the threshold.
It was Root's 26th century,the same as West Indian greatSir Garfield Sobers, but he willbe even more satisfied by itsimportance to the team.
England were marginalfavourites as they resumed on216 for five, with 61 runs still
needed and five wickets inhand, but the task still lookeda taxing one.
With thick, grey cloudsoverhead and the floodlightsglaring from the first ball, con-ditions were far from ideal forbatting. A fragile tail, featuringat least three natural number11s, also cranked up theresponsibility on the overnightpairing of Root and Foakes.
But a game that has see-sawed back and forth with aseries of twists along the waywas put to bed in unusuallyserene fashion.
Root was the key man andhe was reliably measured as heconverted an unbeaten 77 inunderstated fashion. However,Foakes deserves huge credit forthe way he held up his end.
Having successfully shutout the Kiwi attack on the thirdevening, soaking up 48 balls forhis nine runs, the Surrey wick-etkeeper expanded his reper-toire.
With boundaries at a pre-mium he helped himself to twoin the space of three deliveriesfrom the dangerous KyleJamieson, punching him off theback foot towards third manbefore crunching an on-drive.Later, with the target dippingbelow 30, he rocked onto hisheels and pulled Tim Southeebetween two fielders for fourmore.
Root moved into the 90s by
drilling Jamieson back downthe ground and then had a sliceof luck when an under edgeevaded both his stumps andTom Blundell's dive on its wayto the ropes.
New Zealand had hoped tohang in and needed the secondnew ball to work some magicfor them. However, they couldnot halt England's scoring.Root started the 77th over on98 runs in the innings and9,998 in his career and pingedSouthee to mid-wicket for acouple to bring up a prouddouble.
He punched the air in joyand pointed to the pavilion asthe crowd showed their appre-ciation, with the winning linenow just a few shots away. Rootfinished the job in a blaze ofglory, taking Southee for threeboundaries in an over as hewrapped things up with amerry swing through mid-wicket.
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The Indian men's teamstormed into the final of
the inaugural FIH Hockey 5stournament with an unbeatenrecord after dominating winsover Malaysia and Poland hereon Sunday.
India f irst outplayedMalaysia 7-3, pumping in fourgoals in the second half in astunning show before beatingPoland 6-2 in the secondmatch of the day.
The Graham Reid-coached side topped the five-team standings after the
round-robin league stage with10 points from three winsand one draw. India had beat-en hosts Switzerland 4-3 anddrawn with arch-rivalsPakistan 2-2 on Saturday.
India will face Poland —who finished second with sixpoints — again in the finallater in the day. Pakistan wouldhave qualified for the final andfaced India had they wonagainst Malaysia in their finalleague match but the matchended 5-5 draw. Pakistan fin-ished third with five points.
The Indian women's team,however, failed to make it to
the final after drawing 4-4 withSouth Africa in the secondmatch after beating hostsSwitzerland 4-3 earlier in theday. The Indian women wouldhave entered the final hadthey beaten South Africa by amargin of two goals. They fin-ished fourth in the five-teamstandings with four pointsfrom one win, one draw andtwo losses.
In the men's match,Raheel Mohammed contin-ued his goal-scoring spree ashe fired in three goals againstMalaysia and then struck twiceagainst Poland to play a pivotal
role in India booking a sum-mit clash berth.
He had also found thetarget thrice on Saturday —twice against Switzerland andonce against Pakistan. He hasaccumulated eight goals fromfour matches to lead the tour-nament's goal-scoring chart.
Besides Raheel's threestrikes in the 8th, 14th and18th minutes, GursahibjitSingh (1st and 17th) andSanjay (10th and 12th) werethe other Indian scorersagainst Malaysia who scoredthrough Rosdi Firadus (4thand 13th) and captain Noor
Nabil (9th).The Indians led 3-2 at the
half time in the 20-minutematch.
India completely domi-nated the match againstPoland, surging to a 5-0 leadat half time through goalsfrom Sanjay (2nd), Raheel(4th and 9th), GursahibjitSingh (7th) and Mandeep Mor(10th).
Moirangthem Rabichandra(15th) added one goal for Indiain the second session whileArzynski Gracjan (13th) andcaptain Kurowski Jacek (16th)reduced the margin for Poland.
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Australian batter Travis Headsaid that he is unsure about
being in the playing XI in theupcoming ODI series against SriLanka.
Australia will play againstthe host's Sri Lanka in five-match ODI series starting onJune 14. Head is included inboth the ODI squad that depart-ed for Colombo and Australia Asquad that will be playing anumber of one-day and first-class matches in Sri Lanka. "Itmeans I probably won't start (inthe ODI series)," said Head asper cricket.com.au.
"I'm realistic in that Davey(Warner) and Finchy are backtogether at the top of the order,and then you've got a middle-order that's so set in that side it'sa hard one to get into," headded. The 28-year-old furthertalked about his plan, "I think theplan is to see the lay of the landfor the first couple of ODIs and,if the opportunity isn't quite thereand a spot doesn't open up, thenthere's a chance for me to play inthe second Australia A (four-day) game and turn my focus tothe Test series."
England batter Joe Root onSunday became the first
English player to complete17,000 runs in Internationalcricket.
Root achieved this featduring the Test match againstNew Zealand, scoring a bril-liant century to power histeam to take a 1-0 lead overthe visitors. Root scored 115*runs in 170 balls. Earlier, JoeRoot completed 10,000 runsin Test cricket on Sunday,becoming the second Englishplayer and 14th overall play-er to reach the landmark.
Former England captainAlastair Cook is the otherEnglish player who has scored10,000 runs or more. He hasscored 12,472 in 161 Tests atan average of 45.35. He alsoscored 33 centuries and 57half-centuries in the longestformat of the game.
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