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The Supreme Court on
Thursday steeped in to deal
with massive hardship faced by
commuters in traversing across
National Capital Region (NCR)
after Delhi, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh imposed restriction
on inter-State movement in and
out from their territories.
First Haryana and then
Uttar Pradesh imposed restric-
tion on entering of vehicles in
their territories from Delhi to
check the spread of coron-
avirus.
The Delhi followed the
suit and did the same by seal-
ing its own borders. The result
has been chaos and tremen-
dous hardship to office-goers,
common citizens, and those
wishing to catch trains and
flights, etc.
The SC on Thursday said
the Governments of Delhi,
Haryana and UP must hold a
meeting and consider evolving
a common policy and portal to
facilitate inter-State movement
in the NCR.
A bench headed by Justice
Ashok Bhushan said these
states should endeavour to find
out a common programme
and portal for inter-state move-
ment within the NCR.
The bench, also compris-
ing Justices SK Kaul and MR
Shah, further stated that there
should be a consistent policy in
this regard for the NCR.
The SC was hearing via
video-conferencing a plea, filed
through advocate Anindita
Mitra, which has raised the
issue of alleged restriction on
movement for permissible
activities in the NCR owing to
sealing of borders due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
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Scientists at Hyderabad’s
Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology (CCMB)
have discovered a new virulent
strain of the coronavirus,
known as Clade A3i, which
could be responsible for the
widespread death being wit-
nessed in Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu and Delhi.
“Here is a fresh preprint on
genome analysis of SARS-
CoV2 spread in India. The
results show a distinct cluster
of virus population, uncharac-
terised thus far, which is preva-
lent in India — called the
Clade A3i,” CCMB tweeted.
“This cluster seems to have
originated from an outbreak in
February 2020 and spread
through India. This comprises
of 41 per cent of all SARS-
CoV2 genomes from Indian
samples, and 3.5 per cent of
global genomes submitted into
public domain,” the CCMB
further tweeted.
The research institute has
named this unique cluster of
the virus as ‘Clade A3i’, which
it says is found in 41 per cent
of the genome sequenced in
India.
According to the study,
which is still under peer review
by bioRxiv journal, Clade A3i
has not been found in any other
part of the world. The CCMB
scientists say the virus has
mutated in India because of the
different genetic material found
here. The coronavirus strains
found in other countries have
been named as A2a, A3, B and
B4. This cluster has four dif-
ferent strains. Of these,
C13730T has been found to be
the most virulent.
The study said this strain
has been found in the highest
proportions in Tamil Nadu,
Telangana, Maharashtra, and
Delhi. It was found in lower
concentrations in Bihar,
Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Gujarat, and Madhya
Pradesh.
Scientists collected samples
from Telangana on March 11
and subsequently from Delhi,
Maharashtra and other States.
When these samples were
analysed, it was found that a
new cluster had emerged in
February and led to the muta-
tion of the virus and further
spread of the infection.
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North-eastern States as well
as Jammu  Kashmir,
Haryana, Uttarakhand, and
Bihar saw a huge spike in the
number of cases on Thursday
that pushed the countrywide
tally to 9,000 plus for the sec-
ond day in a row amid indica-
tions that the coming days
could see worsening of the sit-
uation in the country.
India’s total count in the
country to 2,26,494 as 9,770
cases were reported on
Thursday including 224 deaths
taking the toll to 6,362.
Maharashtra achieved yet
another dubious feat on
Thursday, as a record 123 peo-
ple succumbed to coronavirus
and 2,933 others tested positive
for the pandemic, taking the
total number of deaths to 2,710
and infected cases in the State
to 77,793.
A day after 122 people
died of Covid-19, the State sur-
passed its earlier day’s highest
tally and registered a record 123
deaths on Thursday.
Mumbai accounted for 48
deaths, while there were 21
deaths in Jalgaon, nine deaths
in Pune, eight deaths in Thane,
seven deaths in Solapur, six
deaths in Navi
Mumbai.
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Unknown miscreants have
vandalised the statue of
Mahatma Gandhi outside the
Indian embassy in the US with
graffiti and spray painting,
prompting the mission to reg-
ister a complaint with the local
law enforcement agencies.
Vandalism of the statue of
the apostle of peace happened
during the week of nationwide
protests against the custodial
killing of African-American
George Floyd in Minneapolis
on May 25.
The incident is reported to
have taken place on the inter-
vening night of June 2 and 3,
officials said.
The Indian embassy has
informed the State Department
and registered a complaint
with local law enforcement
agencies, which are now con-
ducting an investigation into
the incident.
On Wednesday, a team of
officials from Metropolitan
Police in consultation with the
Diplomatic Security Service
and National Park Police visit-
ed the site and are conducting
enquiries.
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Days after US President
Donald Trump invited
India, Australia and South
Korea to join the G-7 summit
in September and China
slammed the gesture,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and his Aussie counter-
part Scott Morrison held a
video summit on Thursday
and discussed a range of issues,
including coronavirus pan-
demic, terrorism, maritime
security challenges in the Indo-
Pacific region and reforms in
the World Trade Organisation
(WTO).
The two countries also
inked an agreement for recip-
rocal access to military bases
for logistics support besides
firming up six more pacts to
further broaden ties.
The Mutual Logistics
Support Agreement will allow
militaries of the two countries
to use each other’s bases for
repair and replenishment of
supplies besides facilitating
boosing overall defence ties.
India has similar pacts
with the US, France and
Singapore, seen as part of
broader security cooperation to
balance China’s growing eco-
nomic and military weight in
the region.
Given the ongoing face-offs
on the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and
diplomatic and military level
efforts on to defuse tension,
Ministry of External Affairs
said the China issue was not
discussed during the talks
between Modi and
Morrison.
In his opening remarks,
Modi favoured a coordinated
and collaborative approach to
come out of the adverse eco-
nomic and social impact of the
epidemic that has infected
around 65 lakh people and
killed 3.88 lakh globally.
He said a process of com-
prehensive reforms covering
almost all areas has been initi-
ated in India as his
Government viewed the Covid
crisis as an “opportunity”.
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The Centre has blacklisted
2,550 Tablighi Jamaat
members from nearly 40 coun-
tries in the past two months for
the visa rules violations. They
will be deported after comple-
tion of judicial proceedings
and would not be allowed to
enter India for more than 10
years.
Detailed report on Page 4
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Ahead of Rajya Sabha elec-
tions on June 19, the
Congress on Thursday suf-
fered a jolt in Gujarat after at
least two of its MLAs resigned
and a third one is said to be on
the way out. The development
can turn the Rajya Sabha elec-
tions into a close contest this
time too.
Karjan MLA Akshay Patel
and Kaprada MLA Jitu
Chaudhary have submitted
their resignations. Congress
leaders said there are uncon-
firmed reports that a third
MLA could also resign.
Congress leaders were
taken aback when the trouble
reported last night and frantic
attempts by leaders, the party
could not reach the MLAs.
“India is in the midst of its
independent history’s biggest
health, economic and human-
itarian crises.
The BJP, though, cannot
think beyond putting all its
energies in poaching legislators
for RS polls, people be
damned!,” AICC in charge of
Gujarat Rajeev Satav had
tweeted.
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In Birsa Bhagwan’s own coun-
try, people are praying and
offering medicines to save an
injured elephant.
Unlike Kerala where a
pregnant wild elephant suffered
a painful death after unknown
miscreants offered her fruit
laced with explosives, villagers
of Hesadih and Rigrigram of
Ranchi in Jharkhand are sup-
porting forest department to
save the life of a 12-year-old
wild elephant.
About a week back local
residents found an injured,
limping jumbo stranded in
hillock of Mahilong forest
range under Silli block of
Ranchi district about 70 km
from district headquarters and
immediately informed the for-
est department.
The forest department con-
tacted senior veterinary doctor
of Bhagwan Birsa Biological
Park, Dr Ajay Kumar, who
gave the elephant broad spec-
trum antibiotic and non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs along with proteolytic
enzymes.
Villagers have joined the
drive along with forest depart-
ment officials and serving ele-
phant pumpkins and bottle
gourds stuffed with medicines
for quick heal of injury. Besides
they are offering paddy for
feeding the jumbo.
They are desperate to save
life of this elephant even know-
ing well that the same elephant
had trampled two people to
death last month and also
damaged standing crops and
houses in Rahe, Silli and
Angarha blocks which are ele-
phant corridors.
“The elephant has injury
on his left leg caused when it
trampled people when people
hit elephants with stones to
save life. After villagers
informed us we started locat-
ing injured elephant and final-
ly traced. Villagers are offering
all kind of support. Though ele-
phant and man clashes are
very common in these locali-
ties, people never harm ele-
phants.
They are providing pump-
kins and bottle gourds that we
use to stuff medicines to cure
injured elephant. We put it near
the waterbody where elephant
comes to quench thrust,” said
RK Singh, ranger of Angarha
forest.
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Filmmaker and screenplay
writer Basu Chatterjee, best
known for portraying middle
class India with its realism
and hope through such films
like Rajnigandha and Chitchor,
passed away in Mumbai on
Thursday. He was 93 and the
cause of his death is cited as
age-related ailments.
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit,
president of Indian Film and
TV Directors Association, took
to twitter to confirm the news.
He tweeted, “I am extremely
grieved to inform you all the
demise of Legendary
Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee ji.
It’s a great loss to the industry.
Will miss you, Sir.” He also
posted about Chatterjee’s last
rites, which were performed at
the Santacruz Crematorium at
3 pm yesterday.
Born in Ajmer, Rajasthan,
on January 10, 1930, Chatterjee
began his career as an illustra-
tor and cartoonist at the week-
ly tabloid Blitz. After working
there for 18 years, he switched
to filmmaking and made his
directorial debut with Teesri
Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor
and Waheeda Rehman, an ode
to aspiration and wish fulfil-
ment, a bridge he traversed in
his many other films.
Chatterjee was known for his
innovations in cinema, which
will be known for decades to
come.
He scored on TV too. It
was his Byomkesh Bakshi
(1993) that grew to be the most
loved series for India in the
days of State television. Yet the
show became such a huge suc-
cess that even subsequent gen-
erations became fans. This is
why it made a comeback with
a second season in 1997 and
continues to have re-runs on
Doordarshan.
Known to be a pioneer of
the 70s’ middle-of-the-road
cinema, along with Hrishikesh
Mukherjee, Chatterjee’s film
made it from small to medium-
budget entertainers of the time
and highlighted the everyday
stories of common people,
much like the genre of realism
widely be seen in Bollywood
today.
Besides a National Film
Award for Best Film on Family
Welfare (for Durga), Basu
Chatterjee also won Filmfares
for best screenplay for many of
his films.
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The Centre on Thursday
said that it will seek probe
into the horrendous killing of
the pregnant elephant in a
fruit blast in Kerala which has
enraged the activists and the
common man alike.
“Central Government has
taken a very serious note of the
killing of an elephant in
Mallapuram, #Kerala. We will
not leave any stone unturned to
investigate properly and nab
the culprit(s). This is not an
Indian culture to feed fire
crackers and kill,” tweeted
Union Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar.
Earlier, Kerala Forest
Minister K Raju assured strict
action against those involved in
the killing of the elephant and
also clarified that the incident
had taken place in Palakkad,
and not Malappuram. The ele-
phant had died on May 27 after
she ate the pineapple stuffed
with crackers and died stand-
ing in the river Velliyar after it
suffered an injury in its
jaw.
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As shopping malls,
hotels/hospitality units,
restaurants and religious places
are set to open from June 8
except those in the contain-
ment zones, the Union Health
Ministry has issued separate
standard operating (SOP) pro-
cedure to ensure check on
spread of coronavirus.
The SOP will be in addi-
tion to specific measures to be
taken at particular places. The
Government has advised per-
sons above 65 years of age, per-
sons with comorbidities, preg-
nant women and children
below the age of 10 years to
stay at home.
While disinfection of the
premises is to be taken up if
any person there is found pos-
itive, thermal screening, a
minimum distance of 6 feet in
public places as far as feasible,
mandatory use of face cov-
ers/masks, practicing frequent
hand washing with soap (for at
least 40-60 seconds) will be
mandatory at all these places
to ensure hygiene.
Only asymptomatic per-
sons shall be allowed in the
premises whether it is temple,
mall or hotels. In temples,
staggering of visitors has to be
done and touching of stat-
ues/idols/holy books, etc, will
not be allowed.
In view of potential threat
of spread of infection, as far as
feasible recorded devotional
music/songs may be played
and choir or singing groups
should not be allowed while no
physical offerings like
prasad/distribution or sprin-
kling of holy water, etc, to be
allowed inside the religious
place.
Similarly, all restaurants
will encourage takeaways,
instead of dine-in. Food deliv-
ery personnel should leave
the packet at customer’s door.
The staff for home deliveries
will be screened
thermally.
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London: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday
pledged USD 15-million as
India's contribution to the vac-
cines alliance GAVI at the
Global Vaccine Summit host-
ed by the UK.
The summit, held virtual-
ly given the coronavirus pan-
demic lockdown around the
world, was opened by British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
to urge nations around the
world to pledge funding for
vaccinations to save millions of
lives and protect the world
from future outbreaks of infec-
tious diseases.
Addressing the summit,
Prime Minister Modi said,
“Our support to Gavi is not
only financial. India's huge
demand brings down the glob-
al price of vaccines.”
“In today's challenging con-
text, I want to reiterate that India
stands in solidarity with the
world. Our proven capacity to
produce quality medicines and
vaccines at low cost, our own
domestic experience in rapidly
expanding immunisation, and
our considerable scientific
research talent are all at the ser-
vice of humanity,” he said.
Modi was among around
35 heads of State and
Government participants,
including US President Donald
Trump, to virtually join the
conference aimed at raising
USD 7.4 million to immunise
a further 300 million children
in the world's poorest countries
by 2025. Modi pledged that
the world can “count on India's
support” in the critical mission
of vaccination against infec-
tious diseases, highlighting the
country's role as the world's
fourth-largest producer of vac-
cines.
The Indian prime minister
also pointed to the govern-
ment's Mission Indradhanush,
which aims to ensure full vac-
cination of children and preg-
nant women, as a sign of the
importance attached to immu-
nisation within the country.
He said: “We are fortunate
to contribute to the immuni-
sation of about 60 per cent of
the world's children. India
recognises and values the work
of Gavi, which is why we
became a donor to Gavi while
still being eligible for Gavi's
support.
“Gavi is not just a global
alliance, it is also a symbol of
global solidarity and a
reminder that by helping oth-
ers, we can also help our-
selves,” he said. The UK
government said the funding
raised from the summit will not
only protect children from
deadly diseases like polio, diph-
theria and measles and save up
to 8 million lives, but will also
help ensure a global recovery
from the coronavirus.
“Just as the UK is the single
biggest donor to the interna-
tional effort to find a coron-
avirus vaccine, we will remain
the world's leading donor to
Gavi, contributing 1.65 billion
pounds over the next five years.
I urge you to join us to for-
tify this lifesaving alliance and
inaugurate a new era of global
health cooperation, which I
believe is now the most essen-
tial shared endeavour of our
lifetimes,” Johnson said in his
address.
The UK said that vacci-
nating millions of children
against these other deadly dis-
eases would help protect
healthcare systems in the
world's poorest countries so
they can cope with rising coro-
navirus cases.
Health experts have
warned that if the virus is left
to spread in developing coun-
tries, this could lead to future
waves of infection reaching
the UK, Downing Street said.
As the world focuses on
tackling coronavirus, the World
Health Organisation (WHO),
UNICEF and Gavi have
warned that the pandemic is
disrupting routine immunisa-
tion, affecting approximately 80
million children under the age
of one across 68 countries.
“The world is quite right-
ly focusing on responding to
the invisible killer that is coro-
navirus. But we cannot allow
this pandemic to disrupt rou-
tine immunisation in some of
the world's poorest countries
and cause other deadly diseases
to spread across the globe,” said
UK International Development
Secretary Anne-Marie
Trevelyan.
“We know vaccines work,
which is why at today's summit
we need others to step up and
pledge funds to Gavi, so it can
continue to save the lives of
millions of children and protect
everyone from infectious dis-
eases,” she said.
Gavi is addressing the
immediate needs triggered by
coronavirus, including provid-
ing essential medical supplies
and helping to increase testing
and surveillance of the disease.
As part of the global effort
to find a coronavirus vaccine,
the UK is also the single largest
donor of any country to the
Coalition for Epidemic
Preparedness Innovations'
(CEPI) urgent appeal.
If a safe and effective coron-
avirus vaccine is developed,
Gavi will have a role in its deliv-
ery around the world. Global
access will ensure a collective
international recovery and
reduce the risk of future waves
of infection. Dr Seth
Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the
Vaccine Alliance, said: “Over
the past two decades we have
witnessed incredible progress
boosting vaccine coverage in
the world's poorest countries:
more children in more coun-
tries are now protected against
more diseases than at any point
in history.
“However, these historic
advances in global health are
now at risk of unravelling as
Covid-19 causes unprecedent-
ed disruption to vaccine pro-
grammes worldwide. We face
the very real prospect of a glob-
al resurgence of diseases like
measles, polio and yellow fever,
which would put us all at risk.
“That's why the
Global Vaccine Summit is so
important, bringing together
leaders from around the world
– led by the UK – to build glob-
al health security and keep us
all safe from further outbreaks,”
Berkley said. PTI
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Melbourne: After trying his
hand on the crunchy samosas
and delicious mango chutney,
Australian Prime Minister Scott
Morrison on Thursday
promised his Indian counter-
part Narendra Modi that he will
prepare Gujarati khichdi in his
kitchen before their next meet-
ing in person. The two
leaders shared some lighter
moments during the first-ever
India-Australia virtual summit
midst the Covid-19 pandemic.
It doesn't surprise
me, this is how (virtually) we'd
continue to meet in these cir-
cumstances.
You (PM Modi) are the one
who started hologram in your
campaigning many years ago,
maybe next time we can have a
hologram of you here, he said,
recalling Modi's 'hologram'
campaign ahead of the 2014 Lok
Sabha elections.
The virtual summit was
wrapped up with ''Samosa-
Khichdi'' diplomacy.
I thank you for the
samosas....We had a lot of fun
with it over the weekend,
Morrison said, referring to him
making the samosas and tweet-
ing about it.
Morrison said he
wished he could be there for
what has become the famous
'Modi hug' and share his
samosas with his Indian coun-
terpart.
Responding to Morrison,
Prime Minister Modi said,
Your samosas have become a
topic of discussion in India. As
you spoke about khichdi, the
Gujarati's will be very happy to
know this. There are so many
Gujaratis settled in Australia.
However, khichdi is a very
common cuisine that is known
by different names across the
country. PTI
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NewDelhi: In what appeared to
be a spontaneous show of emo-
tion, few personnel of an
Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) unit based in Jammu
and Kashmir took pledge to
boycott all China made prod-
ucts amid the recent standoff
between the forces of both the
countries in Ladakh.The pledge
was taken on Tuesday in Jammu
and Kashmir's Sopore district.In
a viral video, the CRPF per-
sonnel in uniform could be
heard taking a pledge to boycott
‘Made in China' products like
eatables, clothings and elec-
tronic gadgets.A CRPF
spokesperson at its Delhi head-
quarters, M. Dhinakaran, called
the act an emotional activity
done at the local level, saying the
matter was under considera-
tion.It was not an official
announcement. It was done at
a local level on emotional
grounds. We are looking into it,
Dhinakaran told IANS.The 3.5
lakh strong paramilitary force is
mandated to maintain law and
order in Maoist-hit states, carry
out anti-terror operations in
Jammu and Kashmir and per-
form other internal security
duties across the country. IANS
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Allahabad: The Allahabad
High Court has dismissed a
bunch of pleas for direction to
state authorities to let peti-
tioners rectify their incorrect
entries in their on line appli-
cation forms for assistant teach-
ers recruitment exam held in
2019 for selection of 69,000
teachers in Uttar Pradesh.
Justice Prakash Padia gave
the ruling on May 30, dismiss-
ing pleas by aspirant Ashutosh
Kumar Srivastava and 60 oth-
ers on May 30 last. A L dif-
ferent Lucknow bench of the
court had on Wednesday
stayed the appointment of
69,000 assistant basic teachers
in Uttar Pradesh, holding that
there has been an 'error' in the
evaluation of question paper.
Dismissing appli-
cants' plea to given them an
opportunity to rectify the errors
in their application forms, sub-
mitted online, Justice Padia
on May 30 ruled, The error
committed by candidates can-
not be said to be human in
nature. The petitioners should
have read the instructions
issued time and again and
should have correctly filled
the entries relating to the marks
obtained by them in their pre-
vious examinations.”
“The contention that this was
an error committed by the
computer operator cannot sim-
ply be accepted. If the courts
were to accept such pleas of
petitioners, it would result in a
situation where the petitioners
would get the benefit of a
wrong had it gone unnoticed
and if noticed, the petitioners
could have always turned
around and claim that this
was a result of a human error,”
the bench added.
“Each candidate necessar-
ily must bear the consequences
of his failure to fill up the appli-
cation form correctly. From
perusal of the record, I am of
the opinion that the
error/errors committed by peti-
tioners are neither minor nor
human error/errors, the court
said. Competitive exam-
inations are required to be
conducted by the commission
for public service in strict
secrecy to get best brains, the
bench observed, adding the
instructions in answer sheets
must be complied with in let-
ter and spirit. As per
the facts of the case, the peti-
tioners had applied for assistant
teacher recruitment examina-
tion, 2019 and had duly
appeared in the examination on
January 6, 2019, while its result
was declared on May 12, 2020
in which all petitioners were
declared qualified having
obtained the prescribed qual-
ifying marks.
The petitioners, however,
had claimed that they had
committed some “human
errors” in entering their B Ed
marks inclusive of its theory
and practical papers.
The counsel for petitioners
had argued that the aforesaid
human errors crept in the
online application forms of
petitioners submitted by them
online at the official website of
the respondents.
It was further argued that
the mistakes committed by the
petitioners are only human
error but the same was not
been accepted by the
bench. PTI
New Delhi: The CBI has
booked a Delhi-based jeweller,
Ginni Gold Pvt Ltd, and its five
directors for alleged bank fraud
causing loss of Rs 53 crore to
Union Bank of India, officials
said Thursday. A l o n g
with the company, the CBI has
also named guarantor compa-
ny S K G Doors Pvt Ltd and
its two directors, panel advo-
cates of the bank in the case,
they said. It was
alleged that the said borrower
company, engaged in the man-
ufacturing and trading of
gold/diamond-studded jew-
ellery had obtained cash cred-
it facilities and bank guarantee
and standby Line of Credit
limit from Union Bank of
India, East Patel Nagar, New
Delhi, CBI spokesperson RK
Gaur said here. It is
alleged that the guarantor
company submitted false title
deeds of sold-out properties as
a mortgage for the credit facil-
ities enjoyed by the company,
he said. PTI
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Ashram in Rishikesh com-
mitted suicide on Thursday.
According to the police, the
man was depressed due to
relationship issues with his
female friend.
The body of a foreigner
was found hanging in a room
on Thursday. Police said the
body of 49-year old Brazilian,
Leandra KP Barbe Petra was
found hanging from a noose in
his room. He had been staying
in the room with his 34-year
old female friend from the
United Kingdom since March
17. He was reportedly under
depression as his female friend
was not communicating with
him for some days.
He also left a message for
her before commiting suicide,
said the police.
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Assistant engineers were
appointed in the
Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan
through the Uttarakhand pub-
lic service commission in 2011.
Later, the assistant engineers
presented their contribution
report in the department after
which the engineers who had
completed seven years working
as assistant engineers in 2018
were promoted to the post of
executive engineer.
However, there were some
assistant engineers who were
higher on the seniority list
than those promoted but did
not receive a promotion as
they were one month short of
completing a period of seven
years as assistant engineers. For
such senior assistant engineers,
there is a provision for notion-
al promotion on completion of
seven years at the post, from
the date their juniors were
promoted to the post of exec-
utive engineer. The then
potable water secretary had
also issued orders to this effect.
Despite this, these assistant
engineers have not been grant-
ed promotions despite being
senior.
According to official
sources, it is being stated that
the promotions are not being
granted as the seniority list of
assistant engineers was can-
celled by the court. However,
those from the same and sec-
ond seniority list who were
promoted to the posts of exec-
utive engineer are not being
reverted to the post of assistant
engineer.
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Ahardcore Maoist rebel
Rakesh Munda alias
Sukhram Munda, who was
wanted in connection with
more than half-a-dozen naxal-
related cases, on Thursday sur-
rendered before the police at
Seraikela Kharswan along with
his beloved who was also a
rebel. Munda along with his
beloved Chandani Sardar
received one lakh each as part
of the State’s surrender
policy.
SP (rural) Mohammed
Arshi said that it is a major
achievement for police forces
involved flushing out rebels and
helping them join mainstream.
 It is a good step taken by
both. The surrender only goes
to show that there is better way
but to lead a peaceful life.
Youths must join mainstream
and contribute to the social
development. We hope more
rebels would return to the
mainstream, said Arshi while
addressing the media.
He said as Munda and
Sardar have already surren-
dered before the police, it is the
responsibility of the police to
ensure their proper rehabilita-
tion as per the state govern-
ment's surrender policy.
We are here to welcome
the youths who shun violence.
As per government's surrender
policy, we will provide the two
rebels plots of land for build-
ing house and also Rs 2 lakh so
that they may build a career of
their own, said an official.
The lady rebel, who had
joined the outfit at young age,
said that she wanted to return to
mainstream andmarryherlove.
Based on the inputs pro-
vided by duo, the police and
paramilitary forces have start-
ed frisking commuters in the
bordering areas. At some places
common people are also being
interrogated by police and
paramilitary force on suspicion.
Forces have been deployed in
strategic locations.
Security forces plan to raid
all Maoist hideouts along the
Bengal-Jharkhand border. A
number of Maoist squads have
also become active in
Banspahari and Simulpal in
West Midnapore. Joint forces
are expected to raid both places
when operations begin.
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Achartered flight, carrying
180 Jharkhand migrants
stranded in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, landed in
Ranchi on Thursday. This is the
fourth such flight that has
brought migrants from far off
places back to Jharkhand in less
than a fortnight.
The flight took off from
Port Blair at around 3.30pm
and landed at the Birsa Munda
Airport here at 6.15pm, said the
Airport Director Vinod
Sharma.
“All the safety protocols
were followed in the flight as
well as the airport, he said.
More than 500 stranded
migrants have returned to
Jharkhand in chartered flights
so far. It started with an alum-
ni group of National Law
School, Bangalore, leasing an
Air Asia flight from Mumbai to
Ranchi for 180 migrants on
May 28.
Later, the government air-
lifted 60 migrants from Leh and
180 from Andaman and
Nicobar. The flight that land-
ed in Ranchi on Thursday is the
second such flight from
Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
airport officials said.
The cost of the flight was
borne by Interlink Foods
Private Limited, a Delhi-based
firm, sources from the chief
minister's office said.
The company decided to
help migrants reach home after
Chief Minister Hemant Soren
sought support of the corpo-
rates in bringing stranded
migrants back to Jharkhand.
At a time when migrant
workers are reportedly cover-
ing miles on foot to reach
home, this development is one
of the rare positive happenings
for migrants in India. Over a
dozen Jharkhand migrants
have died in a road accidents in
Uttar Pradesh while returning
home during the lockdown,
while many have fallen prey to
COVID-19 infection.
More than 70 per cent of
the total COVID-19 cases
reported in the tribal state so
far are that of migrant workers
who returned home, said
health officials.
According to National
Health Mission (NHM), at
least 781 cases of COVID-19
infection have surfaced in
Jharkhand so far, and 546 of
them are migrant workers who
returned to their home state
after May 5.
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In the TEDxKanke Webinar Series titled ‘The Rise of a New
World’, the speaker for the event on June 3 was Deepak Gupta
Former Chairman UPSC (IAS- Batch 1974) and the talk was titled
Future Energy Scenario in India. The session was moderated by
Senior Assistant Editor, Deccan Chronicle Ritwik
Mukherjee.
The series which was started on May 2 is slated speakers from
the fields of technology, innovation, leadership, creativity and
art and culture of national and international acclaim. The ses-
sions are being streamed live on the facebook page
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Federation of Jharkhand
Chamber of Commerce and
Industries president Kunal
Ajmani has asked the State
Government to prepare an
action plan for starting indus-
trial activity in the State as
other states are taking initiative
in this front.The Federation of
Jharkhand Chamber of
Commerce and Industries
(FJCCI) the highest trade body
intheStateinthisconnectionhas
even written a letter to Chief
Minister Hemant Soren urging
him to take initiatives so that
industrial activities in the State
can gain pace. The letter also
consists of earlier demands
FJCCI has made to the Chief
Minister.The letter mentions
that the Centre has announced
a relief package for industries
with even banks opening their
doors for providing loans, but
at the same time the July 31 has
been fixed as the last date for
availing loans from banks.
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Chief Minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat has
announced that in case a
Covid-19 positive person of the
state dies, an ex-gratia of C1
lakh will be provided to the
dependent of the deceased.
Further, considering the situa-
tion in Dehradun, the
Niranjanpur wholesale veg-
etable market will be closed
down and an alternative
arrangement will be made.
There will be a complete bandh
in Dehradun on Saturday and
Sunday (barring essential com-
modities shops and essential
services). Complete sanitisation
of the city will be undertaken
on these two days.
Reviewing the Covid-19
status through video confer-
encing on Thursday, the CM
directed that containment zone
guidelines be strictly enforced.
Public awareness should be
generated constantly about
physical distancing and
mandatory use of mask even
outside containment zones.
Strict action should be taken
against those not following
these regulations. Special focus
should be laid on field surveil-
lance for this purpose.
Considering the situation
in Dehradun, Rawat directed
that there will be complete
closure in the city on Saturday
and Sunday, and these two
days will be used for complete
sanitisation of the city. Further,
the Niranjanpur vegetable
mandi will be closed and alter-
native arrangement will be
made. Warning that there
should not be any complaints
regarding black marketing of
ration, he directed strictest
possible action against those
involved in such crimes, adding
that ration should reach every
needy person.
The CM directed officials to
ensure necessary facilities in
quarantine centres. Regular
checks and surprise inspec-
tions should be conducted to
ensure that home quarantine is
being followed as per the regu-
lations. Special focus should be
laid on quarantine facilities in
villages. Funds should be pro-
vided to the Gram Pradhans for
this purpose according to direc-
tions. Trained staff and neces-
sary equipment should be facil-
itated in Covid care centres.
Stressing that data feed
should be taken seriously,
Rawat directed all district mag-
istrates to evaluate future
requirements which conduct-
ing a gap analysis of infra-
structure and logistics.
Ensuring facilities and equip-
ment according to the gap
must be done.
The Chief Secretary Utpal
Kumar Singh stressed on
increasing testing and laying
special focus on contact trac-
ing. The administration should
be informed immediately in
case of any type of requirement.
Health secretary Amit
Singh Negi informed that a
budget of C686 crore has been
provided for Covid-19.
This includes C160 crore to
NHM, C150 crore to medical
education, C16 crore from
SDRF to health, C150 crore
under district plan, C70 crore
in DM fund, C50 crore from
CM relief fund and C90 crore
from SDRF to district magis-
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Our unique planet which
has been supporting
incredibly diverse forms of life
for billions of years, is a delicate
yet intricate balance between all
these life forms. The sheer
variety as well as richness of the
species encapsulating Earth
(be it terrestrial, aerial or
marine species) constitute its
biological diversity or what we
call since 1985 as biodiversity.
What exactly is the impor-
tance of earth’s biodiversity
and why should we move
mountains to protect it? These
fundamental questions are
acquiring cardinal importance
as we are rapidly transitioning
into a world affected by climate
change, dropping agricultural
productivity and altered glob-
al water cycle. In fact the need
to conserve this biodiversity is
better understood in the light
of the United Nation’s move of
declaring the decade,
2011–2020 as the United
Nations Decade on
Biodiversity. ‘Celebrating
Biodiversity’ has also been des-
ignated as the theme of World
Environment Day 2020
observed on June 5.
The importance of biodi-
versity has to be understood in
two facets- first is its indis-
pensability to human life in
multiple ways and second is its
intrinsic value—that is, each
species has a unique value and
right to exist, whether or not it
is of any known value to
humans.
When it comes to the role
of biodiversity in human life, it
is well known that from sus-
taining ecology, food produc-
tion to generating economy, it
impacts each and every realm
of human life. Nature depen-
dent livelihoods such as glob-
al farming and fisheries, har-
vesting of medicinal plants all
are manifestations of biological
diversity.
The varied tropical and
temperate forests are a rich
source of raw materials for con-
sumption and production too.
Further biodiversity is also
responsible for oxygen cre-
ation, sustaining water bodies,
pollination of plants, pest con-
trol, natural wastewater pro-
cessing and many other ecosys-
tem services.
In the contemporary
world, where several countries
are economically dependent
on tourism, their indigenous
flora and fauna provide for
commercial recreational pur-
suits like birdwatching, hiking,
camping and fishing. Many
tribal communities have their
spiritual beliefs and cultural
identity strongly embedded in
their ecology.
India is a megadiverse
country, with barely 2.4% glob-
al territory, but housing at
least 8% of the world’s flora and
fauna species. Besides India is
also blessed with a tremendous
genetic and ecological biodi-
versity. The massive varieties of
plants and animals in the four
biodiversity hotspots across
India have sustained the econ-
omy and defined the cultural
heritage of India since ages.
However since the last cen-
tury, a significant loss in bio-
diversity has rapidly occurred
globally. According to the esti-
mates of some environmental-
ists, over 30% of all global
species may be on the verge of
extinctinction by 2050. In geo-
logical sciences, the Earth is
presently undergoing the sixth
mass extinction namely the
Holocene extinction.
The disappearance of
many prominent varieties of
flora and fauna species during
this epoch, has been attributed
to anthropogenic causes, given
the role of humans as a global
superpredator in the scheme of
ecology. The over exploitation
of ecology by humans has been
responsible for reduction in
rich pockets of biodiversity in
India and across the
world.
Mindless residential and
commercial development, for-
est clearance for farming and
cattle grazing, commercial
abuse of land and sea animals-
including the endangered ones,
mining and biotechnological
modifications have been some
critical anthropogenic reasons
behind dwindling bio reserves
in India.
In agriculture the rise of
monoculture to meet trade
demands has also been respon-
sible for declining biodiversity
in the country. The effects of
global warming in a country
like India have spelt disaster
when combined to the already
existing ecological malprac-
tices like deforestation, com-
mercial plastic usage and
humongous waste generation,
which has a mighty environ-
mental price to pay given its
improper disposal. No wonder
then, as has been mentioned by
the World Wildlife Fund earli-
er that in most countries
human population has far
exceeded the land’s bio capac-
ity. As we inhabit a world
which has become extremely
vulnerable to the effects of
population pressure as well as
deteriorating ecology, remedi-
al measures towards conserva-
tion of biodiversity are no more
a matter of choice.The ongoing
Covid -19 pandemic which is
threatening the lives and liveli-
hoods of communities global-
ly, has demonstrated how crit-
ical it is to restore the ecologi-
cal balance of the earth, if
newer diseases and health prob-
lems are to be avoided in future.
As various international
panels on climate change and
heads of governments have
been working on implementing
several ex- situ as well in- situ
strategies on biodiversity con-
servation, a transformation in
mindsets of people becomes
equally necessary.
The present battle of human
civilisation with this pandemic
is a proof of how helpless we can
become in the face of natural
disasters. It also shows that
from the tiniest form of organ-
ism to the gigantic mamilians,
each species is equally impor-
tant and integral to smooth
functioning of the ecosystem. It
is the interaction between the
different components of bios-
phere which enables the prop-
agation of oxygen and water
cycles. An ongoing human
intervention attempting to alter
this delicate balance results in an
eventual ecological chaos.
Thereforeitishightimethat
eco friendliness assumes a new
dimension in human life and
reuse, recycle and reduce
becomes a universally adopted
mantra.Thisisalessonlearntthe
hardwaythatnatureneedstobe
coexisted with and not simply
exploited for human require-
ments. A minimalistic life style
in harmony with all elements of
ecology is the pressing need of
the hour.
(The author is a retired
civil servant)
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As the Uttarakhand
Government is considering
the possibility of opening the
Char Dham Yatra in a limited,
controlled and safe manner
after June 8, stakeholders of the
Char Dham shrines and local
people have expressed their
opposition to this idea.
The chief priest (Rawal) of
Badrinath shrine and other
priests have requested the chief
minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat that the Badrinath
shrine should be kept closed to
public till June 30.
In a letter directed to the
CM, the Rawal of Badrinath,
Ishwari Prasad Namboodari,
Dharmadhikari Bhuwan
Chandra Uniyal and other
stakeholders of Badrinath said
that the Char Dhams of the
state are closed to pilgrims at
present in view of Covid-19
and as per the information
available the State Government
is considering the scope for
starting the Char Dham Yatra
from June 8.
“At present the Badrinath
Dham is free from contagion of
Covid-19 but the way the infec-
tion from the virus is spread-
ing, we at Badripuri are very
scared. In view of the prevail-
ing situation it would be dan-
gerous if any outsider visits the
shrine. Since this place is far
away from medical facility and
AIIMS, the spread of infection
here could be very dangerous,’’
the letter reads.
In the letter, the stake-
holders and priests sarcastical-
ly commented, “First Jamatis,
then migrants and now pil-
grims would devastate the
state.’’
The opposition Congress
party has also questioned the
decision of the state govern-
ment. Reacting strongly, the
vice president of Uttarakhand
Congress Surya Kant
Dhasmana said that it appears
that the state government wants
to send the novel Coronavirus
to the Char Dhams. He claimed
that the state government does
not have any blueprint for the
commencement of the Yatra.
“The Teerth Purohits, local
people and shopkeepers are not
in favour of start of Yatra
under present circumstances.
Would the government quar-
antine the pilgrims for 14 days
before allowing them to visit
Char Dhams? How many pil-
grims would be allowed in
one vehicle?”
Meanwhile, cabinet minis-
ter and state government
spokesman Madan Kaushik
said that religious places would
be opened on June 8 with
some limitations.
On the question on the
apprehension raised by the
Teerth Purohits and other
stakeholders on Yatra, the min-
ister said that CM has assured
that the government would
take them into confidence on
the issue.
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With 68 new patients, the
number of novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19) affect-
ed patients in Uttarakhand
jumped to 1153 on Thursday.
On the day, two Covid-19
patients admitted in the All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh
died which increased the death
toll to 10 in the state. The
health authorities discharged
16 patients from the hospitals
after their recovery from the
disease.
On Thursday, 36 patients
were reported from Dehradun
district while 10 patients each
were reported from Nainital
and Tehri districts. Four
patients were reported from
Pauri while three were found in
Champawat district. Two
patients surfaced in Bageshwar
while one patient each was
found in Almora, Uttarkashi
and Udham Singh Nagar dis-
tricts.
The Sabji Mandi connec-
tion in spread of Covid-19 in
Dehradun is continuing to
scare people. On Thursday 21
patients having contact histo-
ries with the earlier reported
patients from Sabji Mandi were
reported. After it the state
administration has decided to
close the Mandi.
The additional secretary,
state health department, Yugal
Kishore Pant said that reports
of 702 samples were found
negative for the disease on
Thursday. He added that
reports of 6920 samples are still
awaited by the department.
On Thursday, a total of 571
samples were collected for
Covid-19 testing. The author-
ities have so far taken swab
samples of 35117 suspected
patients for Covid-19 test. Out
of the total samples taken, 4.19
percent samples have been
found positive for the
disease.
The doubling rate of dis-
ease in the state is 9.16 days
while the recovery percent in
the state is now at 24.63. A total
of 33942 persons are in kept in
the institutional quarantine by
the state health department.
Uttarakhand now has 843
active cases of the disease.
Dehradun with 260 active cases
is maintaining its position at
top of table of Covid-19 posi-
tive active patients.
Nainital district is at second
position 181 active cases. The
Tehridistrictisat thirdspot with
96 active cases while Haridwar
has 73 active patients of the dis-
ease. Almora district now has 46
active cases while Udham Singh
Nagar has 38 active patients.
Pauri and Pithoragarh dis-
tricts have 32 and 27 active
cases respectively while
Champawat district has 28
active cases. Chamoli and
Uttarkashi districts have 25
and 15 active cases of the dis-
ease respectively.
Bageshwar has 13 active
cases while Rudraprayag dis-
trict has eight active patients of
the disease.
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In view of the increasing load
on its existing testing centres,
the Uttarakhand government
entered a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with
central government’s
Chandigarh based premier
research and development lab,
CSIR- IMTECH. The addi-
tional secretary, health depart-
ment, Yugal Kishore Pant said
that the testing capacity of the
state would be increased by this
development.
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The Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC)
President, Pritam Singh has
demanded that the
Uttarakhand should increase its
testing capacity to control novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19).
The PCC president
presided over a meeting of the
senior Congress leaders at the
state headquarters of the party
on Thursday. Expressing con-
cern over the increasing cases
of Covid-19 in the state, Singh
said that the disease has spread
into the mountainous districts
of the state.
He accused the state gov-
ernment of adopting a laid-
back attitude in dealing with
the disease. The PCC president
said that due to mismanage-
ment and pathetic conditions
of quarantine centres, deaths
are occurring and the death of
newly married woman at a
quarantine centre which was
made inside a cow shed, in
Thalisain of Pauri district is
another example of the satia-
tion prevailing in the quaran-
tine centres.
He said that the insensi-
tivity and mismanagement of
the administration has got
exposed by the incident. The
PCC president also held tele-
phonic conversations with the
presidents of the district units
of the party and took their
feedback.
He said that the Congress
party workers should remain
alert on spread of infection and
provide necessary help to the
needy. The meeting was attend-
ed by general secretary organ-
isation, Vijay Saraswat, vice
president Surya Kant
Dhasmana, Ajay Singh, Lal
Chand Sharma, Garima
Dasauni and others.
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In first of its kind operation,
the Survey of India would
undertake detailed aerial map-
ping of residential properties in
the inhabited areas of 6227 rev-
enue villages of Pauri, Udham
Singh Nagar and Almora dis-
tricts of Uttarakhand.
The survey would be done
with the help of drones. An
understanding between
Revenue Board of Uttarakhand
and Survey of India was inked
for the project on June 4.
Uttarakhand is among six
states which are chosen as pilot
states under the central gov-
ernment’s ‘Swamittwa scheme’
for the purpose. Haryana,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
(MP), Maharashtra and Uttar
Pradesh are the other states
where Swamittwa scheme
would be implemented.
The Ministry of
Panchayati Raj, government
of India is the nodal agency for
the ambitious project. In
Uttarakhand the project is
being undertaken in three dis-
tricts in the first phase.
The additional secretary
and director Panchayati Raj
department, Harish Chandra
Semwal told The Pioneer that
the progress of the scheme
was reviewed by the joint direc-
tor, Union ministry of
Panchayati Raj, A P Nagar on
Thursday in a video confer-
encing session.
He said that the Nagar
expressed happiness that con-
tract for the scheme has been
signed between the revenue
board and Survey of India and
directed that the scheme should
be brought in the implemen-
tation phase soon.
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Governor Baby Rani Maurya
checked the arrangements in
some of the quarantine centres in
the state by talking to the centres
in-charge on the phone. She also
talked directly to one of the per-
sons lodged at a quarantine cen-
tre and sought feedback.
Maurya also talked to the district magistrates
of Pauri and Tehri, seeking information about
the quarantine centres.
She directed both the district magistrates to
lay special focus on random testing, cluster test-
ing and detailed screening.
The officers were also directed to facilitate
ration cards for migrants and work on employ-
ment opportunities for them.
During her telephonic conversations, the
governor talked to a youth from Rudraprayag
currently in a quarantine centre at Paundha in
Dehradun. She sought information from the
youth about the sanitation, food and condition
of toilets in the quarantine centre. The in-charge
of a quarantine centre in Udham Singh Nagar
informed the governor that there were 53
migrants at the centre. After one of them test-
ing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, sam-
ples of all the inmates had been taken for tests.
She also talked to the in-charge of a quar-
antine centre in Nainital. Talking to the Pauri
DM Dhiraaj Garbyal, she sought information
about a woman who had died and the condi-
tion of quarantine centres in the district.
While talking to the Tehri DM Mangesh
Ghildiyal, she sought information about the
pending test reports in the district. Maurya has
directed officials to provide a list of the names
and phone numbers of those in-charge of quar-
antine centres in all the districts.
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To prevent crowding in the
premises of the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun
(MCD) amid the Covid-19
pandemic, municipal commis-
sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey
recently directed the officials to
set up three counters in Town
Hall from Thursday to hear the
queries and problems of the
public. Pandey said that this
initiative is taken to minimise
the risk of contagion among
people as well as the officials of
the corporation. Pandey has
appointed six MCD officials
who will hear the issues of
locals on working days.
On the first day, deputy
municipal commissioner Sonia
Pant and senior municipal
health officer Dr R K Singh
were assigned the duty in Town
Hall. Pant informed that she
received about five complaints
which were about blocked
drainage, sanitation, damaged
streetlights and sanitisation
besides two queries regarding
death certificate and property
tax. She said necessary action
has been taken by MCD on
every complaint. Pant said that
anyone who has any queries
and complaints can visit the
Town hall from 11 AM to 1
PM.
Meanwhile, the toll free
number of municipal corpora-
tion is still not functional since
the first lockdown and accord-
ing to Pandey it would not be
restored anytime soon too.
Pandey said that it requires
about 15-20 people to operate
a call centre which would not
be possible while maintaining
social distancing in the centre,
therefore people can approach
MCD officials in Town Hall for
their issues. He said if any local
needs to meet him or the
mayor for any particular issue,
they will be available to hear
out their problems.
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The Kumbh Mela officer
Deepak Rawat visited the
Mela control room here on
Thursday to check preparations
for the Kumbh Mela to be held
in Haridwar during 2021.
Checking the renovation
work of the control room with
other officials concerned,
Rawat issued necessary instruc-
tions to the officials.He said
that as part of the renovation
works,electrical work is cur-
rently underway.
He directed officials to
ensure that work on the first
floor and ground floor is com-
pleted by June 8 and June 10
respectively, after which civil
works will be started.
Meanwhile, the additional
Mela officer Lalit Narayan
Mishra visited the Kanwad
track and inspected it to sam-
ple the quality of the work
done.
Superintending engineer
(Kumbh Mela) and assistant
engineer of Irrigation depart-
ment were also among the
officials present on the occa-
sion.
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For the first time, the Union
Home Ministry has black-
listed as many as 2,550 Tablighi
Jamaat members from nearly
40 countries in the past two
months for visa rules’ viola-
tions. These blacklisted persons
will be deported soon after the
court procedures and would
not be allowed to enter India
for more than 10 years.
According to Union Home
Ministry officials, the black-
listed Tablighis are basically
from Bangladesh, Myanmar,
Indonesia, Malaysia and
Thailand among others. The
blacklisted Tablighis are also
from the US, the UK, France,
Australia, Russia, China, Sri
Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam,
Saudi Arabia, Algeria,
Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ivory Coase , Djibouti,
Egypt, Ethiopia,Fiji, Gambia,
Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, the
Philippines, Qatar,Senegal,
Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania,
Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia and Ukraine.
This is perhaps for the
first time that the Government
has blacklisted a large number
of people in one stroke and
banned their entry into India
for such a long duration under
the Foreigners Act.
The action has been taken
by the Home Ministry after var-
ious State Governments pro-
vided details of the foreigners
who were found to be illegally
living in mosques and religious
seminaries across the country.
Almost all of these foreign
Tablighi Jamaat activists had
come to India on tourist visas
but were engaged in missionary
works, thus violating the visa
conditions, the officials said.
Action against the foreign
Tablighi Jamaat members was
first taken after over 2,300
people, including 250 foreign-
ers, belonging to the Islamic
organisation, were found to be
living at its headquarters locat-
ed at Delhi’s Nizamuddin soon
after the nation-wide lock-
down was announced in
March. Several of these mem-
bers had tested positive for
coronavirus.
The Tablighi Jamaat mem-
bers were blamed for the spread
of coronavirus in more than 20
states and Union Territories
with more than a thousand
COVID-19 positive cases and
over two dozen deaths traced
to them. After finding about
their illegal stay in India,
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba
had also told the states and UTs
to take action against foreign-
ers, who have participated in
the missionary activities of the
Tablighi Jamaat, for violation of
visa conditions.
In April, the Home
Ministry had directed DGPs of
all the states and UTs, and the
Delhi Police Commissioner to
take necessary legal action
against all such violators, on
priority, under relevant sections
of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and
Disaster Management Act,
2005. Last week, the CBI has
registered a preliminary
enquiry (PE) against the organ-
isers of Tablighi Jamaat for
alleged dubious cash transac-
tions and hiding of foreign
donations from authorities.
The enquiry was regis-
tered on a complaint that the
organisers of the Jamaat are
indulging in dubious cash
transactions through illegal
and unfair means, the officials
said. The Delhi Police has also
registered a case against the
Tablighi Jamaat and its office
bearers.
The head of the organisa-
tion, Maulana Saad, is still to be
apprehended by police.
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With the possibility of
reopening of schools
post-lockdown, the HRD
Ministry is preparing a
Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) for the school transport
system wherein 50-55-seater
school buses will accommodate
a maximum of only 25 students
at a time.
While it anticipates that a
majority of the guardians will
give up transportation pro-
vided by the schools and that
parents will make alternate
arrangements to drop and
pick their kids from school,
nevertheless, those opting for
private vans can have only one
child accommodated on one
row of seat. In case of autorick-
shaws too, only one child will
be allowed in it.
A senior HRD Ministry
official said social distancing
needs to be maintained not
only during classes but also
during transport facilities like
school bus service.
The guidelines are likely to
mandate that even on a three-
seater row in a bus, only one
child will be seated. A big bus
with seating capacity of about
50 will carry only 25 students
and the bus operators and the
school administration have to
ensure that the buses are sani-
tised after every trip and they
have a medical kit with hand
sanitisers in place.
“They will have to ensure
and check that only masked
children are allowed to board
and deboard. While public
schools can mandate face
shields though there will be no
strict directions from the gov-
ernment, mask will be com-
pulsory for all schools, said an
official of the Department of
School Education at HRD
Ministry.
The SOP will also have the
schools use different gates in
a staggered manner for trans-
port operations. The same
guidelines will be for those
using private transport facili-
ty like vans, mini buses and
three wheelers.
“After all, the stakeholders
of education including the
parents and guardians have to
be cautious round the clock in
maintaining the SOP and edu-
cation simultaneously during
the crisis and no leniency will
be accepted, added the offi-
cial.
Earlier, the HRD Ministry
had announced modified seat-
ing arrangements, change in
timings and further division of
the class into different sections
as the measures to be followed
in schools when they re-open
by July end.
As part of the Centre's
unlock plan, schools and aca-
demic institutions have been
put in the last league and will
be opened phase wise in con-
sultation with the Centre and
State administration.
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Industrialist Rajiv Bajaj on
Thursday came out with a
strong criticism of the Centre's
“hard” but “porous” lockdown,
which he said, flattened the
“wrong curve” and termed the
stimulus package “too little” to
revive the economy
In a candid online conver-
sation with Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi, Bajaj said, “We
tried to implement a hard lock-
down which was still porous.
So, I think we have ended up
with the worst of both worlds.
On one hand, a porous lock-
down makes sure that the virus
will still exist and as you said,
it is still waiting to hit you when
you will unlock. So, you have
not solved that problem, said
Bajaj.
Bajaj commented that a
hard lockdown implies an air-
tight, impervious lockdown.
And to the best of my knowl-
edge, this has not happened
anywhere in the world. To
physically constrain yourself to
your home and see absolutely
no one, he noted.
Coming hard on the
Centre's stimulus package,
Bajaj said: “Only a tenth of the
20 trillion worth of stimulus
the Centre announced last
month, to help people and
businesses to tide over the
covid-19 crisis, makes for
direct support which is way
less than what other countries
have offered.”
“In many places in the
world, two thirds of what the
Government has handed out
had gone to organisations and
people as direct benefits.
Whereas in India, it has only
been 10 percent,” he added.
He cited examples of
direct cash benefits given to
big and small businesses as
well as citizens from
Governments in other coun-
tries to stay afloat during the
crisis.
He said the Centre's lock-
down to slow the spread of
coronavirus ended up flat-
tening the wrong curve and
left the country with the worst
of both worlds.
When Rahul praised Rajiv
Bajaj for his braveness for
speaking to him, Bajaj said,
“I'm speaking with Rahul and
the first reaction was from a
friend, don’t do it. I said, but
why not?. “Mat karna, this can
get you into trouble”. But I
said, I may have said some
things, perhaps a little too
vehemently.”
He also shared how his
father (Rahul Bajaj) raised a
similar point last year in the
presence of the Home
Minister.
Bajaj said he strongly
believes that to revive demand,
the government must do
something to boost sentiment.
“We need some mood ele-
vator. And I do not understand
why there is no strong initia-
tive, even if it is for a period
of 6 months-1 year to strong-
ly lift the mood of the people
and provide a stimulus to
demand, said the managing
director of Bajaj Auto.
This was fourth in the
series of online conversations
that Rahul Gandhi has been
holding with experts to discuss
the fallout of the pandemic
and the ensuing lockdown.
Earlier, Rahul did similar ses-
sions with former RBI
Governor Raghuram Rajan,
Nobel Prize winning econo-
mist Professor Abhijit
Banerjee, and Prof Ashish Jha
from Harvard University.
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The Supreme Court has dis-
missed the plea filed by the
CBI seeking review of its ver-
dict granting bail to former
finance minister P
Chidambaram in the INX
Media corruption case.
The apex court had on
October 22 last year granted
bail to Chidambaram in the
case saying he was neither a
“flight risk” nor was there a
possibility of his abscondence
from the trial.
A bench headed by Justice
R Banumathi rejected the
review plea filed by the CBI
saying the last year verdict
does not suffer from any error
apparent warranting its recon-
sideration.
“Application for oral hear-
ing the review petition in open
court is rejected. We have
perused the review petition and
the connected papers careful-
ly and are convinced that the
order, of which review has
been sought, does not suffer
from any error apparent war-
ranting its reconsideration,
the bench, also comprising
Justices A S Bopanna and
Hrishikesh Roy, said.
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The Supreme Court on
Thursday extended till June
12 its earlier order of May 15
asking the Government not to
take any coercive action against
companies and employers for
violation of Centre's March 29
circular for payment of full
wages to employees for the
lockdown period.
A bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R
Shah reserved the verdict on
a batch of petitions filed by
various companies challeng-
ing the circular of the
Ministry of Home Affairs
issued on March 29 asking the
employers to pay full wages to
the employees during the
nationwide lockdown due to
the coronavirus pandemic.
In the proceedings
conducted through video
conferencing, the top court
said there was a concern that
workmen should not be left
without pay, but there may be
a situation where the
industry may not have money
to pay and hence, the
balancing has to be done.
Meanwhile, the apex
court asked the parties to file
their written submissions in
support of their claims.
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The Supreme Court
Thursday sought finance
ministry's reply on waiver of
interest on loans during the
moratorium period after the
RBI said it would not be pru-
dent to go for a “forced waiv-
er of interest” risking financial
viability of the banks.
The top court said there are
two aspects under considera-
tion in this matter — no inter-
est payment on loans during
the moratorium period and no
interest to be charged on inter-
est.
A bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul
and M R Shah said that these
are challenging times and it is
a serious issue as on one hand
moratorium is granted and on
other hand interest is charged
on loans.
The bench was hearing a
plea, filed by Gajendra Sharma,
in which he has sought a direc-
tion to declare the portion of
RBI's March 27 notification as
ultra vires to the extent it
charges interest on the loan
amount during the moratori-
um period, which create hard-
ship to the petitioner being
borrower and creates hin-
drance and obstruction
in “right to life' guaranteed
by Article 21 of the
Constitution of India”.
Sharma, a resident of Agra,
has also sought a direction to
the Government and the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
provide relief in re-payment of
loan by not charging interest
during the moratorium period.
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the
Centre, said that he would like
to file the reply of finance
ministry on the issue and
sought time.
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The elections to 24 Assembly
seats in Madhya Pradesh,
results of which would be cru-
cial for the stability of the
State BJP Government, are
unlikely to be held any time
soon and dates may get pushed
ahead “indefinitely” on account
of the Coronavirus pandemic
and related Central
Government guidelines against
public gathering or meetings.
BJP leaders are expecting
that the bypoll results in
Madhya Pradesh would yield a
result “similar to Karnataka”
where the party had “success-
fully toppled” the HD
Kumaraswamy government as
Congress MLAs crossed over to
the BJP after quitting their
seats and later won their
bypolls on BJP tickets.
BJP leaders point out that
the party has a stronghold in
the Gwalior-Chambal region
where it won “ even the seat of
Jyotiraditya Scindia” who is
now with the BJP. A majority
of bypoll seats are to be con-
tested in the Gwalior-Chambal
division in the North Madhya
Pradesh.
The Pandemic, which does
not seem to be reversing its
trend, however, has put a ques-
tion mark on the dates for the
by polls to MP assembly seats
and also seemingly cast a shad-
ow of uncertainty over a firm
schedule for Bihar Assembly
elections, due later this year,
said a senior BJP leader.
The Rajya Sabha polls, to
be held on June 19, were
rescheduled due to the out-
break of coronavirus but since
MLAs exercise their franchise
in the RS poll, the Lockdown
norms could be easily observed
, said the key BJP functionary
who affirmed that assembly
poll and voting cannot be held
under the current laid down
norms of Ministry of Home
Affairs.
“RS poll is not a public
election but assembly elections
would involve active partici-
pation of large public for vot-
ing. The election commission
will have to take a call on
this..situation is unprecedent-
ed”, said the BJP leader.
The bypoll to Madhya
Pradesh assembly are manda-
torily to be held before
September as resignations by
22 Congress MLAs who
crossed over to the BJP at the
behest of erstwhile Congress
General Secretary Jyotiraditya
Schindia in March, this year.
The high stake bypolls in
the Gwalior-Chambal region
could swing the balance of
power in the state assembly
where BJP now commands
majority in the 230-membere
assembly after 22-
Congressmen quit the erst-
while Kamalnath government,
leading to the installation of
the Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Government.
Since a majority of seats
would be contested from
Gwalior-Chambal region, the
role of former Congress
General Secretary Jyotiraditya
Scindia who joined BJP in
March and played central role
in the fall of Congress
Government, would be tasked
the BJP to play the key role to
win most of the 24 seats for the
party.
Scindia who has been
nominated to Rajya Sabha by
the BJP would be required to
prove his political mettle int the
region which is considered his
family bastion.
The BJP, which currently
commands 107 seats in the
reduced House strength of 204,
will need to win at least 10
more seats to cross the magic
figure of 116 in the 230-mem-
ber Assembly and stabilise the
government comfortably in
the State.
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Changes in eating habits and
an overall decrease in phys-
ical activity due to the closing
of schools, playground and
summer camps in the wake of
the Coronavirus lockdown
have negatively impacted over-
all health of the children with
obesity, researchers have said.
“The tragic Covid-19 pan-
demic has collateral effects
extending beyond direct viral
infection, said study co-author
Myles Faith from the University
at Buffalo in the US.
“Children and teens strug-
gling with obesity are placed in
an unfortunate position of iso-
lation that appears to create an
unfavourable environment for
maintaining healthy lifestyle
behaviours, Faith added. In a
study published in the journal
Obesity, they have suggested
need for establishing and eval-
uating telemedicine programs
that encourage families to
maintain healthy lifestyle choic-
es during periods of lockdown.
Children and adolescents
typically gain more weight dur-
ing summer vacation than dur-
ing the school year, which led
the researchers to wonder if
being homebound would have
a similar effect on the kids'
lifestyle behaviours.
For the findings, the
researchers surveyed 41 chil-
dren and teens with obesity
under confinement throughout
March and April in Verona,
Italy.
Lifestyle information
regarding diet, activity and
sleep was collected three weeks
into Italy's mandatory nation-
al lockdown and compared to
data on the children gathered
in 2019.
Questions focused on
physical activity, screen time,
sleep, eating habits, and the
consumption of red meat,
pasta, snacks, fruits and veg-
etables. The results confirmed
the negative change in behav-
iour, indicating that children
with obesity fare worse on
weight control lifestyle pro-
grams while at home com-
pared to when they are
engaged in their school cur-
riculum.
Compared to behaviours
recorded a year prior, the chil-
dren ate an additional meal per
day; slept an extra half hour
per day; added nearly five
hours per day in front of the
phone, computer and televi-
sion screens; and dramatical-
ly increased their consumption
of red meat, sugary drinks
and junk foods.
Physical activity, on the
other hand, decreased by more
than two hours per week, and
the number of vegetables con-
sumed remained unchanged,
the study said. “Recognising
the adverse collateral effects of
the Covid-19 pandemic lock-
down is critical in avoiding the
depreciation of hardfought
weight control efforts among
youths afflicted with excess
weight, Faith said.
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The India Meteorological
Department (IMD) on
Thursday announced the out-
lookforafreshlow-pressurearea
forming over the eastern parts
of West-Central Bay of Bengal
(off the Myanmar coast) in the
next four days (June 8), which
promises to sustain the orderly
progress of a nascent monsoon
over the country. According to
IMD, southwest Monsoon has
further advanced into some
parts of Central Arabian Sea,
entire Kerala and Mahe, some
parts of Karnataka, some more
parts of Comorin Area and
Southwest Bay of Bengal, most
parts of Southeast Bay of Bengal
and some parts of East central
Bay of Bengal.
IMD said that fresh low
pressure area forming due to
cyclone Nisarga from the
Arabian Sea that crossed the
West Coast near Alibaug in
MaharashtraonWednesdaywas
meandering its way
across Central India towards the
foothills of the Himalayas,
accompanied by moderate to
heavy rain and high winds.
“Inthenextfewhours,itwill
furtherweakenintolowpressure
area over Madhya Pradesh. It is
expected to cause some rainfall
activity over east Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and
adjoining areas during next 24
hours,” Mrityunjay Mohapatra,
Director General, IMD.
The IMD said a
depression lay over the con-
tiguous Vidarbha and Madhya
Pradesh about 60 km North-
West of Akola and 220 km
west-northwestofNagpur(both
in Maharashtra) and 230 km
South-South-East of Bhopal
(MadhyaPradesh).Asaresultof
the cyclone, parts of Madhya
Pradesh hasbeenreceivingrain-
fall since Wednesday.
Accordingtotheforecastfor
western parts of the state, heavy
to very heavy rainfall and
thunderstorm accompanied by
lightning is most likely to occur
at isolated places in next 24
hours.
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First Haryana and then Uttar Pradesh imposed restric- tion on entering of vehicles in their territories from Delhi to check the spread of coron- avirus. The Delhi followed the suit and did the same by seal- ing its own borders. The result has been chaos and tremen- dous hardship to office-goers, common citizens, and those wishing to catch trains and flights, etc. The SC on Thursday said the Governments of Delhi, Haryana and UP must hold a meeting and consider evolving a common policy and portal to facilitate inter-State movement in the NCR. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said these states should endeavour to find out a common programme and portal for inter-state move- ment within the NCR. The bench, also compris- ing Justices SK Kaul and MR Shah, further stated that there should be a consistent policy in this regard for the NCR. The SC was hearing via video-conferencing a plea, filed through advocate Anindita Mitra, which has raised the issue of alleged restriction on movement for permissible activities in the NCR owing to sealing of borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Scientists at Hyderabad’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have discovered a new virulent strain of the coronavirus, known as Clade A3i, which could be responsible for the widespread death being wit- nessed in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. “Here is a fresh preprint on genome analysis of SARS- CoV2 spread in India. The results show a distinct cluster of virus population, uncharac- terised thus far, which is preva- lent in India — called the Clade A3i,” CCMB tweeted. “This cluster seems to have originated from an outbreak in February 2020 and spread through India. This comprises of 41 per cent of all SARS- CoV2 genomes from Indian samples, and 3.5 per cent of global genomes submitted into public domain,” the CCMB further tweeted. The research institute has named this unique cluster of the virus as ‘Clade A3i’, which it says is found in 41 per cent of the genome sequenced in India. According to the study, which is still under peer review by bioRxiv journal, Clade A3i has not been found in any other part of the world. The CCMB scientists say the virus has mutated in India because of the different genetic material found here. The coronavirus strains found in other countries have been named as A2a, A3, B and B4. This cluster has four dif- ferent strains. Of these, C13730T has been found to be the most virulent. The study said this strain has been found in the highest proportions in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Delhi. It was found in lower concentrations in Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. Scientists collected samples from Telangana on March 11 and subsequently from Delhi, Maharashtra and other States. When these samples were analysed, it was found that a new cluster had emerged in February and led to the muta- tion of the virus and further spread of the infection. ?=BQ =4F34;78 North-eastern States as well as Jammu Kashmir, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Bihar saw a huge spike in the number of cases on Thursday that pushed the countrywide tally to 9,000 plus for the sec- ond day in a row amid indica- tions that the coming days could see worsening of the sit- uation in the country. India’s total count in the country to 2,26,494 as 9,770 cases were reported on Thursday including 224 deaths taking the toll to 6,362. Maharashtra achieved yet another dubious feat on Thursday, as a record 123 peo- ple succumbed to coronavirus and 2,933 others tested positive for the pandemic, taking the total number of deaths to 2,710 and infected cases in the State to 77,793. A day after 122 people died of Covid-19, the State sur- passed its earlier day’s highest tally and registered a record 123 deaths on Thursday. Mumbai accounted for 48 deaths, while there were 21 deaths in Jalgaon, nine deaths in Pune, eight deaths in Thane, seven deaths in Solapur, six deaths in Navi Mumbai. ?C8Q F0B78=6C= Unknown miscreants have vandalised the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian embassy in the US with graffiti and spray painting, prompting the mission to reg- ister a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies. Vandalism of the statue of the apostle of peace happened during the week of nationwide protests against the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. The incident is reported to have taken place on the inter- vening night of June 2 and 3, officials said. The Indian embassy has informed the State Department and registered a complaint with local law enforcement agencies, which are now con- ducting an investigation into the incident. On Wednesday, a team of officials from Metropolitan Police in consultation with the Diplomatic Security Service and National Park Police visit- ed the site and are conducting enquiries. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Days after US President Donald Trump invited India, Australia and South Korea to join the G-7 summit in September and China slammed the gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Aussie counter- part Scott Morrison held a video summit on Thursday and discussed a range of issues, including coronavirus pan- demic, terrorism, maritime security challenges in the Indo- Pacific region and reforms in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The two countries also inked an agreement for recip- rocal access to military bases for logistics support besides firming up six more pacts to further broaden ties. The Mutual Logistics Support Agreement will allow militaries of the two countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies besides facilitating boosing overall defence ties. India has similar pacts with the US, France and Singapore, seen as part of broader security cooperation to balance China’s growing eco- nomic and military weight in the region. Given the ongoing face-offs on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and diplomatic and military level efforts on to defuse tension, Ministry of External Affairs said the China issue was not discussed during the talks between Modi and Morrison. In his opening remarks, Modi favoured a coordinated and collaborative approach to come out of the adverse eco- nomic and social impact of the epidemic that has infected around 65 lakh people and killed 3.88 lakh globally. He said a process of com- prehensive reforms covering almost all areas has been initi- ated in India as his Government viewed the Covid crisis as an “opportunity”. ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Centre has blacklisted 2,550 Tablighi Jamaat members from nearly 40 coun- tries in the past two months for the visa rules violations. They will be deported after comple- tion of judicial proceedings and would not be allowed to enter India for more than 10 years. Detailed report on Page 4 ?=BQ =4F34;78 Ahead of Rajya Sabha elec- tions on June 19, the Congress on Thursday suf- fered a jolt in Gujarat after at least two of its MLAs resigned and a third one is said to be on the way out. The development can turn the Rajya Sabha elec- tions into a close contest this time too. Karjan MLA Akshay Patel and Kaprada MLA Jitu Chaudhary have submitted their resignations. Congress leaders said there are uncon- firmed reports that a third MLA could also resign. Congress leaders were taken aback when the trouble reported last night and frantic attempts by leaders, the party could not reach the MLAs. “India is in the midst of its independent history’s biggest health, economic and human- itarian crises. The BJP, though, cannot think beyond putting all its energies in poaching legislators for RS polls, people be damned!,” AICC in charge of Gujarat Rajeev Satav had tweeted. E890H34970Q A0=278 In Birsa Bhagwan’s own coun- try, people are praying and offering medicines to save an injured elephant. Unlike Kerala where a pregnant wild elephant suffered a painful death after unknown miscreants offered her fruit laced with explosives, villagers of Hesadih and Rigrigram of Ranchi in Jharkhand are sup- porting forest department to save the life of a 12-year-old wild elephant. About a week back local residents found an injured, limping jumbo stranded in hillock of Mahilong forest range under Silli block of Ranchi district about 70 km from district headquarters and immediately informed the for- est department. The forest department con- tacted senior veterinary doctor of Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Dr Ajay Kumar, who gave the elephant broad spec- trum antibiotic and non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs along with proteolytic enzymes. Villagers have joined the drive along with forest depart- ment officials and serving ele- phant pumpkins and bottle gourds stuffed with medicines for quick heal of injury. Besides they are offering paddy for feeding the jumbo. They are desperate to save life of this elephant even know- ing well that the same elephant had trampled two people to death last month and also damaged standing crops and houses in Rahe, Silli and Angarha blocks which are ele- phant corridors. “The elephant has injury on his left leg caused when it trampled people when people hit elephants with stones to save life. After villagers informed us we started locat- ing injured elephant and final- ly traced. Villagers are offering all kind of support. Though ele- phant and man clashes are very common in these locali- ties, people never harm ele- phants. They are providing pump- kins and bottle gourds that we use to stuff medicines to cure injured elephant. We put it near the waterbody where elephant comes to quench thrust,” said RK Singh, ranger of Angarha forest. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Filmmaker and screenplay writer Basu Chatterjee, best known for portraying middle class India with its realism and hope through such films like Rajnigandha and Chitchor, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. He was 93 and the cause of his death is cited as age-related ailments. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, president of Indian Film and TV Directors Association, took to twitter to confirm the news. He tweeted, “I am extremely grieved to inform you all the demise of Legendary Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee ji. It’s a great loss to the industry. Will miss you, Sir.” He also posted about Chatterjee’s last rites, which were performed at the Santacruz Crematorium at 3 pm yesterday. Born in Ajmer, Rajasthan, on January 10, 1930, Chatterjee began his career as an illustra- tor and cartoonist at the week- ly tabloid Blitz. After working there for 18 years, he switched to filmmaking and made his directorial debut with Teesri Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman, an ode to aspiration and wish fulfil- ment, a bridge he traversed in his many other films. Chatterjee was known for his innovations in cinema, which will be known for decades to come. He scored on TV too. It was his Byomkesh Bakshi (1993) that grew to be the most loved series for India in the days of State television. Yet the show became such a huge suc- cess that even subsequent gen- erations became fans. This is why it made a comeback with a second season in 1997 and continues to have re-runs on Doordarshan. Known to be a pioneer of the 70s’ middle-of-the-road cinema, along with Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Chatterjee’s film made it from small to medium- budget entertainers of the time and highlighted the everyday stories of common people, much like the genre of realism widely be seen in Bollywood today. Besides a National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare (for Durga), Basu Chatterjee also won Filmfares for best screenplay for many of his films. µ+ROG PHHWLQJ HYROYH FRPPRQ SROLF WR IDFLOLWDWH LQWHU6WDWH WUDYHO¶ 8QLTXH YLUXOHQW FRURQD VWUDLQ LQ ,QGLD #!ERS]ZXYZd e`SVUVa`ceVU !jVRcdSRc`_ V_ecjZ_e`:_UZR . SOXV FDVHV QG GD LQ D URZ VLWXDWLRQ JULP RYRe^R8R_UYZ¶d deRefV`fedZUV :_UZR_6^SRddjZ_ FDgR_UR]ZdVU 5VR]ZdaRce`WdVgV_ RXcVV^V_eddZX_VU SVehVV_:_UZRR_U 2fdecR]ZRZ_WZcdeVgVc gZcefR]df^^Ze 8]SXPic^dbTTPRW^cWTa´bX[XcPah QPbTb[P]SPaZSTUT]RT_PRcX]ZTS 3LRQHHU RI PLGGOH FLQHPD %DVX KDWWHUMHH QR PRUH #8f[RcRe4`_X =2dbfZeRd CDa`]]_VRcd -¶NKDQG YLOODJHUV UDOO URXQG LQMXUHG MXPER ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Centre on Thursday said that it will seek probe into the horrendous killing of the pregnant elephant in a fruit blast in Kerala which has enraged the activists and the common man alike. “Central Government has taken a very serious note of the killing of an elephant in Mallapuram, #Kerala. We will not leave any stone unturned to investigate properly and nab the culprit(s). This is not an Indian culture to feed fire crackers and kill,” tweeted Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. Earlier, Kerala Forest Minister K Raju assured strict action against those involved in the killing of the elephant and also clarified that the incident had taken place in Palakkad, and not Malappuram. The ele- phant had died on May 27 after she ate the pineapple stuffed with crackers and died stand- ing in the river Velliyar after it suffered an injury in its jaw. 4V_ecVdVVd Z_gVdeZXReZ`_Z_e` ecRXZTUVReY`W VcR]RV]VaYR_e F_]`T#!+9VR]eYj TR_gZdZe^R]]d,_` `WWVcZ_XdZ_eV^a]Vd?=BQ =4F34;78 As shopping malls, hotels/hospitality units, restaurants and religious places are set to open from June 8 except those in the contain- ment zones, the Union Health Ministry has issued separate standard operating (SOP) pro- cedure to ensure check on spread of coronavirus. The SOP will be in addi- tion to specific measures to be taken at particular places. The Government has advised per- sons above 65 years of age, per- sons with comorbidities, preg- nant women and children below the age of 10 years to stay at home. While disinfection of the premises is to be taken up if any person there is found pos- itive, thermal screening, a minimum distance of 6 feet in public places as far as feasible, mandatory use of face cov- ers/masks, practicing frequent hand washing with soap (for at least 40-60 seconds) will be mandatory at all these places to ensure hygiene. Only asymptomatic per- sons shall be allowed in the premises whether it is temple, mall or hotels. In temples, staggering of visitors has to be done and touching of stat- ues/idols/holy books, etc, will not be allowed. 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The summit, held virtual- ly given the coronavirus pan- demic lockdown around the world, was opened by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urge nations around the world to pledge funding for vaccinations to save millions of lives and protect the world from future outbreaks of infec- tious diseases. Addressing the summit, Prime Minister Modi said, “Our support to Gavi is not only financial. India's huge demand brings down the glob- al price of vaccines.” “In today's challenging con- text, I want to reiterate that India stands in solidarity with the world. Our proven capacity to produce quality medicines and vaccines at low cost, our own domestic experience in rapidly expanding immunisation, and our considerable scientific research talent are all at the ser- vice of humanity,” he said. Modi was among around 35 heads of State and Government participants, including US President Donald Trump, to virtually join the conference aimed at raising USD 7.4 million to immunise a further 300 million children in the world's poorest countries by 2025. Modi pledged that the world can “count on India's support” in the critical mission of vaccination against infec- tious diseases, highlighting the country's role as the world's fourth-largest producer of vac- cines. The Indian prime minister also pointed to the govern- ment's Mission Indradhanush, which aims to ensure full vac- cination of children and preg- nant women, as a sign of the importance attached to immu- nisation within the country. He said: “We are fortunate to contribute to the immuni- sation of about 60 per cent of the world's children. India recognises and values the work of Gavi, which is why we became a donor to Gavi while still being eligible for Gavi's support. “Gavi is not just a global alliance, it is also a symbol of global solidarity and a reminder that by helping oth- ers, we can also help our- selves,” he said. The UK government said the funding raised from the summit will not only protect children from deadly diseases like polio, diph- theria and measles and save up to 8 million lives, but will also help ensure a global recovery from the coronavirus. “Just as the UK is the single biggest donor to the interna- tional effort to find a coron- avirus vaccine, we will remain the world's leading donor to Gavi, contributing 1.65 billion pounds over the next five years. I urge you to join us to for- tify this lifesaving alliance and inaugurate a new era of global health cooperation, which I believe is now the most essen- tial shared endeavour of our lifetimes,” Johnson said in his address. The UK said that vacci- nating millions of children against these other deadly dis- eases would help protect healthcare systems in the world's poorest countries so they can cope with rising coro- navirus cases. Health experts have warned that if the virus is left to spread in developing coun- tries, this could lead to future waves of infection reaching the UK, Downing Street said. As the world focuses on tackling coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and Gavi have warned that the pandemic is disrupting routine immunisa- tion, affecting approximately 80 million children under the age of one across 68 countries. “The world is quite right- ly focusing on responding to the invisible killer that is coro- navirus. But we cannot allow this pandemic to disrupt rou- tine immunisation in some of the world's poorest countries and cause other deadly diseases to spread across the globe,” said UK International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan. “We know vaccines work, which is why at today's summit we need others to step up and pledge funds to Gavi, so it can continue to save the lives of millions of children and protect everyone from infectious dis- eases,” she said. Gavi is addressing the immediate needs triggered by coronavirus, including provid- ing essential medical supplies and helping to increase testing and surveillance of the disease. As part of the global effort to find a coronavirus vaccine, the UK is also the single largest donor of any country to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations' (CEPI) urgent appeal. If a safe and effective coron- avirus vaccine is developed, Gavi will have a role in its deliv- ery around the world. Global access will ensure a collective international recovery and reduce the risk of future waves of infection. Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said: “Over the past two decades we have witnessed incredible progress boosting vaccine coverage in the world's poorest countries: more children in more coun- tries are now protected against more diseases than at any point in history. “However, these historic advances in global health are now at risk of unravelling as Covid-19 causes unprecedent- ed disruption to vaccine pro- grammes worldwide. We face the very real prospect of a glob- al resurgence of diseases like measles, polio and yellow fever, which would put us all at risk. “That's why the Global Vaccine Summit is so important, bringing together leaders from around the world – led by the UK – to build glob- al health security and keep us all safe from further outbreaks,” Berkley said. PTI Aa]VUXVd^_W`cgRTTZ_VWf_U Melbourne: After trying his hand on the crunchy samosas and delicious mango chutney, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday promised his Indian counter- part Narendra Modi that he will prepare Gujarati khichdi in his kitchen before their next meet- ing in person. The two leaders shared some lighter moments during the first-ever India-Australia virtual summit midst the Covid-19 pandemic. It doesn't surprise me, this is how (virtually) we'd continue to meet in these cir- cumstances. You (PM Modi) are the one who started hologram in your campaigning many years ago, maybe next time we can have a hologram of you here, he said, recalling Modi's 'hologram' campaign ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The virtual summit was wrapped up with ''Samosa- Khichdi'' diplomacy. I thank you for the samosas....We had a lot of fun with it over the weekend, Morrison said, referring to him making the samosas and tweet- ing about it. Morrison said he wished he could be there for what has become the famous 'Modi hug' and share his samosas with his Indian coun- terpart. Responding to Morrison, Prime Minister Modi said, Your samosas have become a topic of discussion in India. As you spoke about khichdi, the Gujarati's will be very happy to know this. There are so many Gujaratis settled in Australia. However, khichdi is a very common cuisine that is known by different names across the country. PTI $XV,QGLD ZUDSV XS YLUWXDO VXPPLW ^aaXb^]XbbTb ²^SXWdV NewDelhi: In what appeared to be a spontaneous show of emo- tion, few personnel of an Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) unit based in Jammu and Kashmir took pledge to boycott all China made prod- ucts amid the recent standoff between the forces of both the countries in Ladakh.The pledge was taken on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district.In a viral video, the CRPF per- sonnel in uniform could be heard taking a pledge to boycott ‘Made in China' products like eatables, clothings and elec- tronic gadgets.A CRPF spokesperson at its Delhi head- quarters, M. Dhinakaran, called the act an emotional activity done at the local level, saying the matter was under considera- tion.It was not an official announcement. It was done at a local level on emotional grounds. We are looking into it, Dhinakaran told IANS.The 3.5 lakh strong paramilitary force is mandated to maintain law and order in Maoist-hit states, carry out anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir and per- form other internal security duties across the country. IANS 2A?5_Tab^]]T[X] 9:cPZT_[TSVTc^ Q^hR^cc2WX]TbT _a^SdRcb Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a bunch of pleas for direction to state authorities to let peti- tioners rectify their incorrect entries in their on line appli- cation forms for assistant teach- ers recruitment exam held in 2019 for selection of 69,000 teachers in Uttar Pradesh. Justice Prakash Padia gave the ruling on May 30, dismiss- ing pleas by aspirant Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava and 60 oth- ers on May 30 last. A L dif- ferent Lucknow bench of the court had on Wednesday stayed the appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in Uttar Pradesh, holding that there has been an 'error' in the evaluation of question paper. Dismissing appli- cants' plea to given them an opportunity to rectify the errors in their application forms, sub- mitted online, Justice Padia on May 30 ruled, The error committed by candidates can- not be said to be human in nature. The petitioners should have read the instructions issued time and again and should have correctly filled the entries relating to the marks obtained by them in their pre- vious examinations.” “The contention that this was an error committed by the computer operator cannot sim- ply be accepted. If the courts were to accept such pleas of petitioners, it would result in a situation where the petitioners would get the benefit of a wrong had it gone unnoticed and if noticed, the petitioners could have always turned around and claim that this was a result of a human error,” the bench added. “Each candidate necessar- ily must bear the consequences of his failure to fill up the appli- cation form correctly. From perusal of the record, I am of the opinion that the error/errors committed by peti- tioners are neither minor nor human error/errors, the court said. Competitive exam- inations are required to be conducted by the commission for public service in strict secrecy to get best brains, the bench observed, adding the instructions in answer sheets must be complied with in let- ter and spirit. As per the facts of the case, the peti- tioners had applied for assistant teacher recruitment examina- tion, 2019 and had duly appeared in the examination on January 6, 2019, while its result was declared on May 12, 2020 in which all petitioners were declared qualified having obtained the prescribed qual- ifying marks. The petitioners, however, had claimed that they had committed some “human errors” in entering their B Ed marks inclusive of its theory and practical papers. The counsel for petitioners had argued that the aforesaid human errors crept in the online application forms of petitioners submitted by them online at the official website of the respondents. It was further argued that the mistakes committed by the petitioners are only human error but the same was not been accepted by the bench. PTI New Delhi: The CBI has booked a Delhi-based jeweller, Ginni Gold Pvt Ltd, and its five directors for alleged bank fraud causing loss of Rs 53 crore to Union Bank of India, officials said Thursday. A l o n g with the company, the CBI has also named guarantor compa- ny S K G Doors Pvt Ltd and its two directors, panel advo- cates of the bank in the case, they said. It was alleged that the said borrower company, engaged in the man- ufacturing and trading of gold/diamond-studded jew- ellery had obtained cash cred- it facilities and bank guarantee and standby Line of Credit limit from Union Bank of India, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi, CBI spokesperson RK Gaur said here. It is alleged that the guarantor company submitted false title deeds of sold-out properties as a mortgage for the credit facil- ities enjoyed by the company, he said. PTI D?72Yd]Zb_[TPU^a_TaXbbX^]c^aTRcXUh P__[XRPcX^]U^abU^aPbbccTPRWTabTgP 218Q^^Zb 3T[WXYTfT[[Ta U^aC$Ra QP]ZUaPdS ?=BQ 70A83F0A ABrazilian man living in an Ashram in Rishikesh com- mitted suicide on Thursday. According to the police, the man was depressed due to relationship issues with his female friend. The body of a foreigner was found hanging in a room on Thursday. Police said the body of 49-year old Brazilian, Leandra KP Barbe Petra was found hanging from a noose in his room. He had been staying in the room with his 34-year old female friend from the United Kingdom since March 17. He was reportedly under depression as his female friend was not communicating with him for some days. He also left a message for her before commiting suicide, said the police. 3T_aTbbTS 1aPiX[XP] R^XcbbdXRXST X]AXbWXZTbW ?=BQ 347A03D= Assistant engineers were appointed in the Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan through the Uttarakhand pub- lic service commission in 2011. Later, the assistant engineers presented their contribution report in the department after which the engineers who had completed seven years working as assistant engineers in 2018 were promoted to the post of executive engineer. However, there were some assistant engineers who were higher on the seniority list than those promoted but did not receive a promotion as they were one month short of completing a period of seven years as assistant engineers. For such senior assistant engineers, there is a provision for notion- al promotion on completion of seven years at the post, from the date their juniors were promoted to the post of exec- utive engineer. The then potable water secretary had also issued orders to this effect. Despite this, these assistant engineers have not been grant- ed promotions despite being senior. According to official sources, it is being stated that the promotions are not being granted as the seniority list of assistant engineers was can- celled by the court. However, those from the same and sec- ond seniority list who were promoted to the posts of exec- utive engineer are not being reverted to the post of assistant engineer. CU^Y_bQccYcdQ^d U^WY^UUbcQgQYd TeU`b_]_dY_^c ?=BQ 90B743?DA Ahardcore Maoist rebel Rakesh Munda alias Sukhram Munda, who was wanted in connection with more than half-a-dozen naxal- related cases, on Thursday sur- rendered before the police at Seraikela Kharswan along with his beloved who was also a rebel. Munda along with his beloved Chandani Sardar received one lakh each as part of the State’s surrender policy. SP (rural) Mohammed Arshi said that it is a major achievement for police forces involved flushing out rebels and helping them join mainstream. It is a good step taken by both. The surrender only goes to show that there is better way but to lead a peaceful life. Youths must join mainstream and contribute to the social development. We hope more rebels would return to the mainstream, said Arshi while addressing the media. He said as Munda and Sardar have already surren- dered before the police, it is the responsibility of the police to ensure their proper rehabilita- tion as per the state govern- ment's surrender policy. We are here to welcome the youths who shun violence. As per government's surrender policy, we will provide the two rebels plots of land for build- ing house and also Rs 2 lakh so that they may build a career of their own, said an official. The lady rebel, who had joined the outfit at young age, said that she wanted to return to mainstream andmarryherlove. Based on the inputs pro- vided by duo, the police and paramilitary forces have start- ed frisking commuters in the bordering areas. At some places common people are also being interrogated by police and paramilitary force on suspicion. Forces have been deployed in strategic locations. Security forces plan to raid all Maoist hideouts along the Bengal-Jharkhand border. A number of Maoist squads have also become active in Banspahari and Simulpal in West Midnapore. Joint forces are expected to raid both places when operations begin. 0DRLVW FDUULQJ C / UHZDUG VXUUHQGHUV ?=BQ A0=278 Achartered flight, carrying 180 Jharkhand migrants stranded in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, landed in Ranchi on Thursday. This is the fourth such flight that has brought migrants from far off places back to Jharkhand in less than a fortnight. The flight took off from Port Blair at around 3.30pm and landed at the Birsa Munda Airport here at 6.15pm, said the Airport Director Vinod Sharma. “All the safety protocols were followed in the flight as well as the airport, he said. More than 500 stranded migrants have returned to Jharkhand in chartered flights so far. It started with an alum- ni group of National Law School, Bangalore, leasing an Air Asia flight from Mumbai to Ranchi for 180 migrants on May 28. Later, the government air- lifted 60 migrants from Leh and 180 from Andaman and Nicobar. The flight that land- ed in Ranchi on Thursday is the second such flight from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, airport officials said. The cost of the flight was borne by Interlink Foods Private Limited, a Delhi-based firm, sources from the chief minister's office said. The company decided to help migrants reach home after Chief Minister Hemant Soren sought support of the corpo- rates in bringing stranded migrants back to Jharkhand. At a time when migrant workers are reportedly cover- ing miles on foot to reach home, this development is one of the rare positive happenings for migrants in India. Over a dozen Jharkhand migrants have died in a road accidents in Uttar Pradesh while returning home during the lockdown, while many have fallen prey to COVID-19 infection. More than 70 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases reported in the tribal state so far are that of migrant workers who returned home, said health officials. According to National Health Mission (NHM), at least 781 cases of COVID-19 infection have surfaced in Jharkhand so far, and 546 of them are migrant workers who returned to their home state after May 5. '^aTXVaP]cbaTcda]X] RWPacTaTSU[XVWcX]9´ZWP]S C_ebSUc_VVedebU U^UbWiQbUc_Qb XiTb_WU^*5h`Ubd ?=BQ A0=278 In the TEDxKanke Webinar Series titled ‘The Rise of a New World’, the speaker for the event on June 3 was Deepak Gupta Former Chairman UPSC (IAS- Batch 1974) and the talk was titled Future Energy Scenario in India. The session was moderated by Senior Assistant Editor, Deccan Chronicle Ritwik Mukherjee. The series which was started on May 2 is slated speakers from the fields of technology, innovation, leadership, creativity and art and culture of national and international acclaim. The ses- sions are being streamed live on the facebook page fb.me/tedxkanke20. 59228daVTb 9´ZWP]S6^ecc^ _aT_PaTX]SdbcaXP[ f^aZ_[P] ?=BQ A0=278 Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries president Kunal Ajmani has asked the State Government to prepare an action plan for starting indus- trial activity in the State as other states are taking initiative in this front.The Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) the highest trade body intheStateinthisconnectionhas even written a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren urging him to take initiatives so that industrial activities in the State can gain pace. The letter also consists of earlier demands FJCCI has made to the Chief Minister.The letter mentions that the Centre has announced a relief package for industries with even banks opening their doors for providing loans, but at the same time the July 31 has been fixed as the last date for availing loans from banks. 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  • 3. dccPaPZWP]S347A03D=k5A830H k9D=4$!! ?=BQ 347A03D= Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has announced that in case a Covid-19 positive person of the state dies, an ex-gratia of C1 lakh will be provided to the dependent of the deceased. Further, considering the situa- tion in Dehradun, the Niranjanpur wholesale veg- etable market will be closed down and an alternative arrangement will be made. There will be a complete bandh in Dehradun on Saturday and Sunday (barring essential com- modities shops and essential services). Complete sanitisation of the city will be undertaken on these two days. Reviewing the Covid-19 status through video confer- encing on Thursday, the CM directed that containment zone guidelines be strictly enforced. Public awareness should be generated constantly about physical distancing and mandatory use of mask even outside containment zones. Strict action should be taken against those not following these regulations. Special focus should be laid on field surveil- lance for this purpose. Considering the situation in Dehradun, Rawat directed that there will be complete closure in the city on Saturday and Sunday, and these two days will be used for complete sanitisation of the city. Further, the Niranjanpur vegetable mandi will be closed and alter- native arrangement will be made. Warning that there should not be any complaints regarding black marketing of ration, he directed strictest possible action against those involved in such crimes, adding that ration should reach every needy person. The CM directed officials to ensure necessary facilities in quarantine centres. Regular checks and surprise inspec- tions should be conducted to ensure that home quarantine is being followed as per the regu- lations. Special focus should be laid on quarantine facilities in villages. Funds should be pro- vided to the Gram Pradhans for this purpose according to direc- tions. Trained staff and neces- sary equipment should be facil- itated in Covid care centres. Stressing that data feed should be taken seriously, Rawat directed all district mag- istrates to evaluate future requirements which conduct- ing a gap analysis of infra- structure and logistics. Ensuring facilities and equip- ment according to the gap must be done. The Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh stressed on increasing testing and laying special focus on contact trac- ing. The administration should be informed immediately in case of any type of requirement. Health secretary Amit Singh Negi informed that a budget of C686 crore has been provided for Covid-19. This includes C160 crore to NHM, C150 crore to medical education, C16 crore from SDRF to health, C150 crore under district plan, C70 crore in DM fund, C50 crore from CM relief fund and C90 crore from SDRF to district magis- trates. 2[^bdaTX]3TWaPSd]^] BPcdaSPhBd]SPhc^ bP]XcXbTRXch=XaP]YP]_da P]SXc^QTR[^bTSS^f] =44A09:D0A?0=34 Our unique planet which has been supporting incredibly diverse forms of life for billions of years, is a delicate yet intricate balance between all these life forms. The sheer variety as well as richness of the species encapsulating Earth (be it terrestrial, aerial or marine species) constitute its biological diversity or what we call since 1985 as biodiversity. What exactly is the impor- tance of earth’s biodiversity and why should we move mountains to protect it? These fundamental questions are acquiring cardinal importance as we are rapidly transitioning into a world affected by climate change, dropping agricultural productivity and altered glob- al water cycle. In fact the need to conserve this biodiversity is better understood in the light of the United Nation’s move of declaring the decade, 2011–2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. ‘Celebrating Biodiversity’ has also been des- ignated as the theme of World Environment Day 2020 observed on June 5. The importance of biodi- versity has to be understood in two facets- first is its indis- pensability to human life in multiple ways and second is its intrinsic value—that is, each species has a unique value and right to exist, whether or not it is of any known value to humans. When it comes to the role of biodiversity in human life, it is well known that from sus- taining ecology, food produc- tion to generating economy, it impacts each and every realm of human life. Nature depen- dent livelihoods such as glob- al farming and fisheries, har- vesting of medicinal plants all are manifestations of biological diversity. The varied tropical and temperate forests are a rich source of raw materials for con- sumption and production too. Further biodiversity is also responsible for oxygen cre- ation, sustaining water bodies, pollination of plants, pest con- trol, natural wastewater pro- cessing and many other ecosys- tem services. In the contemporary world, where several countries are economically dependent on tourism, their indigenous flora and fauna provide for commercial recreational pur- suits like birdwatching, hiking, camping and fishing. Many tribal communities have their spiritual beliefs and cultural identity strongly embedded in their ecology. India is a megadiverse country, with barely 2.4% glob- al territory, but housing at least 8% of the world’s flora and fauna species. Besides India is also blessed with a tremendous genetic and ecological biodi- versity. The massive varieties of plants and animals in the four biodiversity hotspots across India have sustained the econ- omy and defined the cultural heritage of India since ages. However since the last cen- tury, a significant loss in bio- diversity has rapidly occurred globally. According to the esti- mates of some environmental- ists, over 30% of all global species may be on the verge of extinctinction by 2050. In geo- logical sciences, the Earth is presently undergoing the sixth mass extinction namely the Holocene extinction. The disappearance of many prominent varieties of flora and fauna species during this epoch, has been attributed to anthropogenic causes, given the role of humans as a global superpredator in the scheme of ecology. The over exploitation of ecology by humans has been responsible for reduction in rich pockets of biodiversity in India and across the world. Mindless residential and commercial development, for- est clearance for farming and cattle grazing, commercial abuse of land and sea animals- including the endangered ones, mining and biotechnological modifications have been some critical anthropogenic reasons behind dwindling bio reserves in India. In agriculture the rise of monoculture to meet trade demands has also been respon- sible for declining biodiversity in the country. The effects of global warming in a country like India have spelt disaster when combined to the already existing ecological malprac- tices like deforestation, com- mercial plastic usage and humongous waste generation, which has a mighty environ- mental price to pay given its improper disposal. No wonder then, as has been mentioned by the World Wildlife Fund earli- er that in most countries human population has far exceeded the land’s bio capac- ity. As we inhabit a world which has become extremely vulnerable to the effects of population pressure as well as deteriorating ecology, remedi- al measures towards conserva- tion of biodiversity are no more a matter of choice.The ongoing Covid -19 pandemic which is threatening the lives and liveli- hoods of communities global- ly, has demonstrated how crit- ical it is to restore the ecologi- cal balance of the earth, if newer diseases and health prob- lems are to be avoided in future. As various international panels on climate change and heads of governments have been working on implementing several ex- situ as well in- situ strategies on biodiversity con- servation, a transformation in mindsets of people becomes equally necessary. The present battle of human civilisation with this pandemic is a proof of how helpless we can become in the face of natural disasters. It also shows that from the tiniest form of organ- ism to the gigantic mamilians, each species is equally impor- tant and integral to smooth functioning of the ecosystem. It is the interaction between the different components of bios- phere which enables the prop- agation of oxygen and water cycles. An ongoing human intervention attempting to alter this delicate balance results in an eventual ecological chaos. Thereforeitishightimethat eco friendliness assumes a new dimension in human life and reuse, recycle and reduce becomes a universally adopted mantra.Thisisalessonlearntthe hardwaythatnatureneedstobe coexisted with and not simply exploited for human require- ments. A minimalistic life style in harmony with all elements of ecology is the pressing need of the hour. (The author is a retired civil servant) ?=BQ 347A03D= As the Uttarakhand Government is considering the possibility of opening the Char Dham Yatra in a limited, controlled and safe manner after June 8, stakeholders of the Char Dham shrines and local people have expressed their opposition to this idea. The chief priest (Rawal) of Badrinath shrine and other priests have requested the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat that the Badrinath shrine should be kept closed to public till June 30. In a letter directed to the CM, the Rawal of Badrinath, Ishwari Prasad Namboodari, Dharmadhikari Bhuwan Chandra Uniyal and other stakeholders of Badrinath said that the Char Dhams of the state are closed to pilgrims at present in view of Covid-19 and as per the information available the State Government is considering the scope for starting the Char Dham Yatra from June 8. “At present the Badrinath Dham is free from contagion of Covid-19 but the way the infec- tion from the virus is spread- ing, we at Badripuri are very scared. In view of the prevail- ing situation it would be dan- gerous if any outsider visits the shrine. Since this place is far away from medical facility and AIIMS, the spread of infection here could be very dangerous,’’ the letter reads. In the letter, the stake- holders and priests sarcastical- ly commented, “First Jamatis, then migrants and now pil- grims would devastate the state.’’ The opposition Congress party has also questioned the decision of the state govern- ment. Reacting strongly, the vice president of Uttarakhand Congress Surya Kant Dhasmana said that it appears that the state government wants to send the novel Coronavirus to the Char Dhams. He claimed that the state government does not have any blueprint for the commencement of the Yatra. “The Teerth Purohits, local people and shopkeepers are not in favour of start of Yatra under present circumstances. Would the government quar- antine the pilgrims for 14 days before allowing them to visit Char Dhams? How many pil- grims would be allowed in one vehicle?” Meanwhile, cabinet minis- ter and state government spokesman Madan Kaushik said that religious places would be opened on June 8 with some limitations. On the question on the apprehension raised by the Teerth Purohits and other stakeholders on Yatra, the min- ister said that CM has assured that the government would take them into confidence on the issue. DUUbdX@eb_XYdc cdQ[UX_TUbc_``_cU `Q^d__`U^IQdbQ APfP[^U1PSaX]PcW faXcTb[TccTac^2 aT`dTbcbSTUTaaX]V STRXbX^]cX[[9d]T ?=BQ 347A03D= With 68 new patients, the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) affect- ed patients in Uttarakhand jumped to 1153 on Thursday. On the day, two Covid-19 patients admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh died which increased the death toll to 10 in the state. The health authorities discharged 16 patients from the hospitals after their recovery from the disease. On Thursday, 36 patients were reported from Dehradun district while 10 patients each were reported from Nainital and Tehri districts. Four patients were reported from Pauri while three were found in Champawat district. Two patients surfaced in Bageshwar while one patient each was found in Almora, Uttarkashi and Udham Singh Nagar dis- tricts. The Sabji Mandi connec- tion in spread of Covid-19 in Dehradun is continuing to scare people. On Thursday 21 patients having contact histo- ries with the earlier reported patients from Sabji Mandi were reported. After it the state administration has decided to close the Mandi. The additional secretary, state health department, Yugal Kishore Pant said that reports of 702 samples were found negative for the disease on Thursday. He added that reports of 6920 samples are still awaited by the department. On Thursday, a total of 571 samples were collected for Covid-19 testing. The author- ities have so far taken swab samples of 35117 suspected patients for Covid-19 test. Out of the total samples taken, 4.19 percent samples have been found positive for the disease. The doubling rate of dis- ease in the state is 9.16 days while the recovery percent in the state is now at 24.63. A total of 33942 persons are in kept in the institutional quarantine by the state health department. Uttarakhand now has 843 active cases of the disease. Dehradun with 260 active cases is maintaining its position at top of table of Covid-19 posi- tive active patients. Nainital district is at second position 181 active cases. The Tehridistrictisat thirdspot with 96 active cases while Haridwar has 73 active patients of the dis- ease. Almora district now has 46 active cases while Udham Singh Nagar has 38 active patients. Pauri and Pithoragarh dis- tricts have 32 and 27 active cases respectively while Champawat district has 28 active cases. Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts have 25 and 15 active cases of the dis- ease respectively. Bageshwar has 13 active cases while Rudraprayag dis- trict has eight active patients of the disease. ')_VhTRdVdcVa`ceVU Z_F¶YR_Ue`eR]$ 2E83 ( ?=BQ 347A03D= In view of the increasing load on its existing testing centres, the Uttarakhand government entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with central government’s Chandigarh based premier research and development lab, CSIR- IMTECH. The addi- tional secretary, health depart- ment, Yugal Kishore Pant said that the testing capacity of the state would be increased by this development. 2B8A[PQ^U2WP]SXVPaWc^ cTbcDccPaPZWP]SbP_[Tb ?=BQ 347A03D= The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President, Pritam Singh has demanded that the Uttarakhand should increase its testing capacity to control novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). The PCC president presided over a meeting of the senior Congress leaders at the state headquarters of the party on Thursday. Expressing con- cern over the increasing cases of Covid-19 in the state, Singh said that the disease has spread into the mountainous districts of the state. He accused the state gov- ernment of adopting a laid- back attitude in dealing with the disease. The PCC president said that due to mismanage- ment and pathetic conditions of quarantine centres, deaths are occurring and the death of newly married woman at a quarantine centre which was made inside a cow shed, in Thalisain of Pauri district is another example of the satia- tion prevailing in the quaran- tine centres. He said that the insensi- tivity and mismanagement of the administration has got exposed by the incident. The PCC president also held tele- phonic conversations with the presidents of the district units of the party and took their feedback. He said that the Congress party workers should remain alert on spread of infection and provide necessary help to the needy. The meeting was attend- ed by general secretary organ- isation, Vijay Saraswat, vice president Surya Kant Dhasmana, Ajay Singh, Lal Chand Sharma, Garima Dasauni and others. 9^SbUQcU3_fYT!)dUcdY^W SQ`QSYdi*@bYdQ]CY^WX ?=BQ 347A03D= In first of its kind operation, the Survey of India would undertake detailed aerial map- ping of residential properties in the inhabited areas of 6227 rev- enue villages of Pauri, Udham Singh Nagar and Almora dis- tricts of Uttarakhand. The survey would be done with the help of drones. An understanding between Revenue Board of Uttarakhand and Survey of India was inked for the project on June 4. Uttarakhand is among six states which are chosen as pilot states under the central gov- ernment’s ‘Swamittwa scheme’ for the purpose. Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the other states where Swamittwa scheme would be implemented. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, government of India is the nodal agency for the ambitious project. In Uttarakhand the project is being undertaken in three dis- tricts in the first phase. The additional secretary and director Panchayati Raj department, Harish Chandra Semwal told The Pioneer that the progress of the scheme was reviewed by the joint direc- tor, Union ministry of Panchayati Raj, A P Nagar on Thursday in a video confer- encing session. He said that the Nagar expressed happiness that con- tract for the scheme has been signed between the revenue board and Survey of India and directed that the scheme should be brought in the implemen- tation phase soon. $HULDO VXUYH RI KRXVHV LQ YLOODJHV RI 8¶NKDQG ?=BQ 347A03D= Governor Baby Rani Maurya checked the arrangements in some of the quarantine centres in the state by talking to the centres in-charge on the phone. She also talked directly to one of the per- sons lodged at a quarantine cen- tre and sought feedback. Maurya also talked to the district magistrates of Pauri and Tehri, seeking information about the quarantine centres. She directed both the district magistrates to lay special focus on random testing, cluster test- ing and detailed screening. The officers were also directed to facilitate ration cards for migrants and work on employ- ment opportunities for them. During her telephonic conversations, the governor talked to a youth from Rudraprayag currently in a quarantine centre at Paundha in Dehradun. She sought information from the youth about the sanitation, food and condition of toilets in the quarantine centre. The in-charge of a quarantine centre in Udham Singh Nagar informed the governor that there were 53 migrants at the centre. After one of them test- ing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, sam- ples of all the inmates had been taken for tests. She also talked to the in-charge of a quar- antine centre in Nainital. Talking to the Pauri DM Dhiraaj Garbyal, she sought information about a woman who had died and the condi- tion of quarantine centres in the district. While talking to the Tehri DM Mangesh Ghildiyal, she sought information about the pending test reports in the district. Maurya has directed officials to provide a list of the names and phone numbers of those in-charge of quar- antine centres in all the districts. *XY FKHFNV FRQGLWLRQ RI TXDUDQWLQH FHQWUHV ?=BQ 347A03D= To prevent crowding in the premises of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) amid the Covid-19 pandemic, municipal commis- sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey recently directed the officials to set up three counters in Town Hall from Thursday to hear the queries and problems of the public. Pandey said that this initiative is taken to minimise the risk of contagion among people as well as the officials of the corporation. Pandey has appointed six MCD officials who will hear the issues of locals on working days. On the first day, deputy municipal commissioner Sonia Pant and senior municipal health officer Dr R K Singh were assigned the duty in Town Hall. Pant informed that she received about five complaints which were about blocked drainage, sanitation, damaged streetlights and sanitisation besides two queries regarding death certificate and property tax. She said necessary action has been taken by MCD on every complaint. Pant said that anyone who has any queries and complaints can visit the Town hall from 11 AM to 1 PM. Meanwhile, the toll free number of municipal corpora- tion is still not functional since the first lockdown and accord- ing to Pandey it would not be restored anytime soon too. Pandey said that it requires about 15-20 people to operate a call centre which would not be possible while maintaining social distancing in the centre, therefore people can approach MCD officials in Town Hall for their issues. He said if any local needs to meet him or the mayor for any particular issue, they will be available to hear out their problems. 23bTcbd_R^_[PX]cR^d]cTabU^a[^RP[bX]C^f]7P[[ ?=BQ 70A83F0A The Kumbh Mela officer Deepak Rawat visited the Mela control room here on Thursday to check preparations for the Kumbh Mela to be held in Haridwar during 2021. Checking the renovation work of the control room with other officials concerned, Rawat issued necessary instruc- tions to the officials.He said that as part of the renovation works,electrical work is cur- rently underway. He directed officials to ensure that work on the first floor and ground floor is com- pleted by June 8 and June 10 respectively, after which civil works will be started. Meanwhile, the additional Mela officer Lalit Narayan Mishra visited the Kanwad track and inspected it to sam- ple the quality of the work done. 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  • 4. ]PcX^]#347A03D=k5A830H k9D=4$!! 2E83 (DC1A40: !jcdV_ecjSR_#! ERS]ZXYZde`SVUVa`ceVU ?=BQ =4F34;78 For the first time, the Union Home Ministry has black- listed as many as 2,550 Tablighi Jamaat members from nearly 40 countries in the past two months for visa rules’ viola- tions. These blacklisted persons will be deported soon after the court procedures and would not be allowed to enter India for more than 10 years. According to Union Home Ministry officials, the black- listed Tablighis are basically from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand among others. The blacklisted Tablighis are also from the US, the UK, France, Australia, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coase , Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia,Fiji, Gambia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, the Philippines, Qatar,Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Ukraine. This is perhaps for the first time that the Government has blacklisted a large number of people in one stroke and banned their entry into India for such a long duration under the Foreigners Act. The action has been taken by the Home Ministry after var- ious State Governments pro- vided details of the foreigners who were found to be illegally living in mosques and religious seminaries across the country. Almost all of these foreign Tablighi Jamaat activists had come to India on tourist visas but were engaged in missionary works, thus violating the visa conditions, the officials said. Action against the foreign Tablighi Jamaat members was first taken after over 2,300 people, including 250 foreign- ers, belonging to the Islamic organisation, were found to be living at its headquarters locat- ed at Delhi’s Nizamuddin soon after the nation-wide lock- down was announced in March. Several of these mem- bers had tested positive for coronavirus. The Tablighi Jamaat mem- bers were blamed for the spread of coronavirus in more than 20 states and Union Territories with more than a thousand COVID-19 positive cases and over two dozen deaths traced to them. After finding about their illegal stay in India, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba had also told the states and UTs to take action against foreign- ers, who have participated in the missionary activities of the Tablighi Jamaat, for violation of visa conditions. In April, the Home Ministry had directed DGPs of all the states and UTs, and the Delhi Police Commissioner to take necessary legal action against all such violators, on priority, under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and Disaster Management Act, 2005. Last week, the CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against the organ- isers of Tablighi Jamaat for alleged dubious cash transac- tions and hiding of foreign donations from authorities. The enquiry was regis- tered on a complaint that the organisers of the Jamaat are indulging in dubious cash transactions through illegal and unfair means, the officials said. The Delhi Police has also registered a case against the Tablighi Jamaat and its office bearers. The head of the organisa- tion, Maulana Saad, is still to be apprehended by police. 344?0::D0A970Q =4F34;78 With the possibility of reopening of schools post-lockdown, the HRD Ministry is preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the school transport system wherein 50-55-seater school buses will accommodate a maximum of only 25 students at a time. While it anticipates that a majority of the guardians will give up transportation pro- vided by the schools and that parents will make alternate arrangements to drop and pick their kids from school, nevertheless, those opting for private vans can have only one child accommodated on one row of seat. In case of autorick- shaws too, only one child will be allowed in it. A senior HRD Ministry official said social distancing needs to be maintained not only during classes but also during transport facilities like school bus service. The guidelines are likely to mandate that even on a three- seater row in a bus, only one child will be seated. A big bus with seating capacity of about 50 will carry only 25 students and the bus operators and the school administration have to ensure that the buses are sani- tised after every trip and they have a medical kit with hand sanitisers in place. “They will have to ensure and check that only masked children are allowed to board and deboard. While public schools can mandate face shields though there will be no strict directions from the gov- ernment, mask will be com- pulsory for all schools, said an official of the Department of School Education at HRD Ministry. The SOP will also have the schools use different gates in a staggered manner for trans- port operations. The same guidelines will be for those using private transport facili- ty like vans, mini buses and three wheelers. “After all, the stakeholders of education including the parents and guardians have to be cautious round the clock in maintaining the SOP and edu- cation simultaneously during the crisis and no leniency will be accepted, added the offi- cial. Earlier, the HRD Ministry had announced modified seat- ing arrangements, change in timings and further division of the class into different sections as the measures to be followed in schools when they re-open by July end. As part of the Centre's unlock plan, schools and aca- demic institutions have been put in the last league and will be opened phase wise in con- sultation with the Centre and State administration. C?@V_bcSX__ RecUc*?^i% cUQdcd_RUVYUT ?=BQ =4F34;78 Industrialist Rajiv Bajaj on Thursday came out with a strong criticism of the Centre's “hard” but “porous” lockdown, which he said, flattened the “wrong curve” and termed the stimulus package “too little” to revive the economy In a candid online conver- sation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bajaj said, “We tried to implement a hard lock- down which was still porous. So, I think we have ended up with the worst of both worlds. On one hand, a porous lock- down makes sure that the virus will still exist and as you said, it is still waiting to hit you when you will unlock. So, you have not solved that problem, said Bajaj. Bajaj commented that a hard lockdown implies an air- tight, impervious lockdown. And to the best of my knowl- edge, this has not happened anywhere in the world. To physically constrain yourself to your home and see absolutely no one, he noted. Coming hard on the Centre's stimulus package, Bajaj said: “Only a tenth of the 20 trillion worth of stimulus the Centre announced last month, to help people and businesses to tide over the covid-19 crisis, makes for direct support which is way less than what other countries have offered.” “In many places in the world, two thirds of what the Government has handed out had gone to organisations and people as direct benefits. Whereas in India, it has only been 10 percent,” he added. He cited examples of direct cash benefits given to big and small businesses as well as citizens from Governments in other coun- tries to stay afloat during the crisis. He said the Centre's lock- down to slow the spread of coronavirus ended up flat- tening the wrong curve and left the country with the worst of both worlds. When Rahul praised Rajiv Bajaj for his braveness for speaking to him, Bajaj said, “I'm speaking with Rahul and the first reaction was from a friend, don’t do it. I said, but why not?. “Mat karna, this can get you into trouble”. But I said, I may have said some things, perhaps a little too vehemently.” He also shared how his father (Rahul Bajaj) raised a similar point last year in the presence of the Home Minister. Bajaj said he strongly believes that to revive demand, the government must do something to boost sentiment. “We need some mood ele- vator. And I do not understand why there is no strong initia- tive, even if it is for a period of 6 months-1 year to strong- ly lift the mood of the people and provide a stimulus to demand, said the managing director of Bajaj Auto. This was fourth in the series of online conversations that Rahul Gandhi has been holding with experts to discuss the fallout of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. Earlier, Rahul did similar ses- sions with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, Nobel Prize winning econo- mist Professor Abhijit Banerjee, and Prof Ashish Jha from Harvard University. BcXd[db_PRZPVT³c^^[Xcc[T´c^ aTeXeTTR^]^h)APYXe1PYPY ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court has dis- missed the plea filed by the CBI seeking review of its ver- dict granting bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case. The apex court had on October 22 last year granted bail to Chidambaram in the case saying he was neither a “flight risk” nor was there a possibility of his abscondence from the trial. A bench headed by Justice R Banumathi rejected the review plea filed by the CBI saying the last year verdict does not suffer from any error apparent warranting its recon- sideration. “Application for oral hear- ing the review petition in open court is rejected. We have perused the review petition and the connected papers careful- ly and are convinced that the order, of which review has been sought, does not suffer from any error apparent war- ranting its reconsideration, the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, said. B2aTYTRcb218b aTeXTf_[TPPVPX]bc QPX[VaP]cTSc^?2 ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till June 12 its earlier order of May 15 asking the Government not to take any coercive action against companies and employers for violation of Centre's March 29 circular for payment of full wages to employees for the lockdown period. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah reserved the verdict on a batch of petitions filed by various companies challeng- ing the circular of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued on March 29 asking the employers to pay full wages to the employees during the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the proceedings conducted through video conferencing, the top court said there was a concern that workmen should not be left without pay, but there may be a situation where the industry may not have money to pay and hence, the balancing has to be done. Meanwhile, the apex court asked the parties to file their written submissions in support of their claims. B2TgcT]Sb^aSTa^U]^ R^TaRXeTPRcX^]PVPX]bc T_[^hTabU^a]^] _PhT]c^UUd[[fPVTb B2bTTZb5X]P]RTX]Xbcah´baT_[h ^]fPXeTa^UX]cTaTbc^][^P]b SdaX]V^aPc^aXd_TaX^S ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Supreme Court Thursday sought finance ministry's reply on waiver of interest on loans during the moratorium period after the RBI said it would not be pru- dent to go for a “forced waiv- er of interest” risking financial viability of the banks. The top court said there are two aspects under considera- tion in this matter — no inter- est payment on loans during the moratorium period and no interest to be charged on inter- est. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah said that these are challenging times and it is a serious issue as on one hand moratorium is granted and on other hand interest is charged on loans. The bench was hearing a plea, filed by Gajendra Sharma, in which he has sought a direc- tion to declare the portion of RBI's March 27 notification as ultra vires to the extent it charges interest on the loan amount during the moratori- um period, which create hard- ship to the petitioner being borrower and creates hin- drance and obstruction in “right to life' guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India”. Sharma, a resident of Agra, has also sought a direction to the Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to provide relief in re-payment of loan by not charging interest during the moratorium period. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that he would like to file the reply of finance ministry on the issue and sought time. ,0' IRUHFDVWV RUGHUO SURJUHVV RI QDVFHQW PRQVRRQ LQ FRXQWU 344?0::D?A4C8Q =4F34;78 The elections to 24 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, results of which would be cru- cial for the stability of the State BJP Government, are unlikely to be held any time soon and dates may get pushed ahead “indefinitely” on account of the Coronavirus pandemic and related Central Government guidelines against public gathering or meetings. BJP leaders are expecting that the bypoll results in Madhya Pradesh would yield a result “similar to Karnataka” where the party had “success- fully toppled” the HD Kumaraswamy government as Congress MLAs crossed over to the BJP after quitting their seats and later won their bypolls on BJP tickets. BJP leaders point out that the party has a stronghold in the Gwalior-Chambal region where it won “ even the seat of Jyotiraditya Scindia” who is now with the BJP. A majority of bypoll seats are to be con- tested in the Gwalior-Chambal division in the North Madhya Pradesh. The Pandemic, which does not seem to be reversing its trend, however, has put a ques- tion mark on the dates for the by polls to MP assembly seats and also seemingly cast a shad- ow of uncertainty over a firm schedule for Bihar Assembly elections, due later this year, said a senior BJP leader. The Rajya Sabha polls, to be held on June 19, were rescheduled due to the out- break of coronavirus but since MLAs exercise their franchise in the RS poll, the Lockdown norms could be easily observed , said the key BJP functionary who affirmed that assembly poll and voting cannot be held under the current laid down norms of Ministry of Home Affairs. “RS poll is not a public election but assembly elections would involve active partici- pation of large public for vot- ing. The election commission will have to take a call on this..situation is unprecedent- ed”, said the BJP leader. The bypoll to Madhya Pradesh assembly are manda- torily to be held before September as resignations by 22 Congress MLAs who crossed over to the BJP at the behest of erstwhile Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Schindia in March, this year. The high stake bypolls in the Gwalior-Chambal region could swing the balance of power in the state assembly where BJP now commands majority in the 230-membere assembly after 22- Congressmen quit the erst- while Kamalnath government, leading to the installation of the Shivraj Singh Chauhan Government. Since a majority of seats would be contested from Gwalior-Chambal region, the role of former Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia who joined BJP in March and played central role in the fall of Congress Government, would be tasked the BJP to play the key role to win most of the 24 seats for the party. Scindia who has been nominated to Rajya Sabha by the BJP would be required to prove his political mettle int the region which is considered his family bastion. The BJP, which currently commands 107 seats in the reduced House strength of 204, will need to win at least 10 more seats to cross the magic figure of 116 in the 230-mem- ber Assembly and stabilise the government comfortably in the State. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Changes in eating habits and an overall decrease in phys- ical activity due to the closing of schools, playground and summer camps in the wake of the Coronavirus lockdown have negatively impacted over- all health of the children with obesity, researchers have said. “The tragic Covid-19 pan- demic has collateral effects extending beyond direct viral infection, said study co-author Myles Faith from the University at Buffalo in the US. “Children and teens strug- gling with obesity are placed in an unfortunate position of iso- lation that appears to create an unfavourable environment for maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviours, Faith added. In a study published in the journal Obesity, they have suggested need for establishing and eval- uating telemedicine programs that encourage families to maintain healthy lifestyle choic- es during periods of lockdown. Children and adolescents typically gain more weight dur- ing summer vacation than dur- ing the school year, which led the researchers to wonder if being homebound would have a similar effect on the kids' lifestyle behaviours. For the findings, the researchers surveyed 41 chil- dren and teens with obesity under confinement throughout March and April in Verona, Italy. Lifestyle information regarding diet, activity and sleep was collected three weeks into Italy's mandatory nation- al lockdown and compared to data on the children gathered in 2019. Questions focused on physical activity, screen time, sleep, eating habits, and the consumption of red meat, pasta, snacks, fruits and veg- etables. The results confirmed the negative change in behav- iour, indicating that children with obesity fare worse on weight control lifestyle pro- grams while at home com- pared to when they are engaged in their school cur- riculum. Compared to behaviours recorded a year prior, the chil- dren ate an additional meal per day; slept an extra half hour per day; added nearly five hours per day in front of the phone, computer and televi- sion screens; and dramatical- ly increased their consumption of red meat, sugary drinks and junk foods. Physical activity, on the other hand, decreased by more than two hours per week, and the number of vegetables con- sumed remained unchanged, the study said. “Recognising the adverse collateral effects of the Covid-19 pandemic lock- down is critical in avoiding the depreciation of hardfought weight control efforts among youths afflicted with excess weight, Faith said. A`]]W`c#%dVRedZ_A^Rj SVafe`WWZ_eZ^Vd`W4`gZU 2^eXS (WPbPSeTabT[hPUUTRcTS RWX[SaT]´b^eTaP[[WTP[cW)BdaeTh ?=BQ =4F34;78 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday announced the out- lookforafreshlow-pressurearea forming over the eastern parts of West-Central Bay of Bengal (off the Myanmar coast) in the next four days (June 8), which promises to sustain the orderly progress of a nascent monsoon over the country. According to IMD, southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some parts of Central Arabian Sea, entire Kerala and Mahe, some parts of Karnataka, some more parts of Comorin Area and Southwest Bay of Bengal, most parts of Southeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of East central Bay of Bengal. IMD said that fresh low pressure area forming due to cyclone Nisarga from the Arabian Sea that crossed the West Coast near Alibaug in MaharashtraonWednesdaywas meandering its way across Central India towards the foothills of the Himalayas, accompanied by moderate to heavy rain and high winds. “Inthenextfewhours,itwill furtherweakenintolowpressure area over Madhya Pradesh. It is expected to cause some rainfall activity over east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas during next 24 hours,” Mrityunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD. The IMD said a depression lay over the con- tiguous Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh about 60 km North- West of Akola and 220 km west-northwestofNagpur(both in Maharashtra) and 230 km South-South-East of Bhopal (MadhyaPradesh).Asaresultof the cyclone, parts of Madhya Pradesh hasbeenreceivingrain- fall since Wednesday. Accordingtotheforecastfor western parts of the state, heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is most likely to occur at isolated places in next 24 hours.