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Ahead of the Assembly elec-
tions, the Uttar Pradesh
Government is all set to bring
a population control Bill that
provides for debarring those
with more than two children
from contesting in local polls,
as well as preventing them
from applying for or getting
promotion in Government
jobs, and even receiving
Government subsidies.
The provisions are part of
the draft Bill, titled The Uttar
Pradesh Population (Control,
Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill,
2021, highlighting the concept
“Bacche Do He Acche”.
The Bill,
drafted by the
Uttar Pradesh
State Law
C o m m i s s i o n
(UPSLC), is
uploaded on its
website and is
open for public
suggestions till
July 19.
The Bill is expected to
kick-off a political storm before
Assembly elections of 2022 as
it may be objected by a partic-
ular community which has
higher birth rate than Hindus.
Moreover, under the shad-
ow of this Bill,
Chief Minister
Y o g i
Adityanath
will unveil a
new popula-
tion policy on
Sunday, July 11
— the World population Day.
Under the proposed pop-
ulation control Bill, any couple
who follows the two-child pol-
icy will receive perks from the
Government, said State’s Law
Commission chairman Aditya
Nath Mittal on Saturday.
“We have proposed that
any couple that follows the two-
child policy will be given all
government benefits. They will
be able to avail all government
welfare schemes,” said Mittal to
a select group of journalists.
The UP Law Commission
chairman said the new Bill has
provisions to debar people who
have more than two children
from benefitting Government
schemes.
“If somebody doesn’t fol-
low this policy, they won’t be
eligible for such schemes. Their
ration card will be restricted to
four units. They will not be able
to apply for Government jobs
and if they are already
Government employees, then
they won’t get a promotion,”
Mittal stated.
However, the Law
Commission chairman added
that adherence to the policy
will be a voluntary exercise. “If
a person voluntarily keeps the
number of his family members
limited, they will be eligible for
Government schemes.
We are planning to present
the Bill to the Government by
the second week of August,” he
added.
Meanwhile listing out ben-
efits for public servants who
adopt the two-child policy, the
draft Bill said, “Public ser-
vants who adopt the two-child
norm will get two additional
increments during the entire
service, maternity or as the case
may be, paternity leave of 12
months, with full salary and
allowances and three per cent
increase in the employer’s con-
tribution fund under national
pension scheme.”
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Legendary Ayurvedic physician
Dr Panniampilli Krishnankutty
Warrier, popularly known as Dr
PK Warrier, is no more. He
breathed his last on Saturday
noon at his residence in Kottakkal.
Dr Warrier took Ayurveda
system of medicine to the global
arena. He was the managing
trustee of Kottakkal Aryavaidya
Sala, a position he was holding for
the last six decades.
The All India Ayurvedic
Conference, the apex body of the
country’s Ayurvedic physicians,
had honoured him with the title
Ayurveda Maharshi. The President
of India bestowed him with the
country’s top civilian honours
Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan
in 1999 and 2010 respectively.
On June 8, the great Ayurvedic
scholar celebrated his 100th birth
anniversary.
His wife Madhavikutty
Warassyar, a poetess of repute, had
predeceased him. He is survived
by his son K Balachandran
Warrier and daughter Subhadra
Ramachandran.
Kottakkal, a remote and under
developed rural area in
Malappuram district of Kerala
has become a hub of Ayurveda
and arts thanks to the initiatives
of Dr Warrier, one of the founder
patrons of the Communist Party
of India.
Though engineering and
mathematics were his passions, Dr
Warrier ended up as a student of
Ayurveda. Vaidya Rathnam PS
Warrier, his maternal uncle was his
“guru” and guardian. He joined P
S Warrier Ayurvcda College as a
student and since then the branch
of medicine was his life and mis-
sion.
Political, social and cultural
Kerala expressed sorrow and sad-
ness over the demise of Dr
Warrier.
President Ram Nath Kovind
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi expressed condolences over
the passing away of Dr Warrier.
“Saddened by the passing
away of Dr PK Warrier. His con-
tributions to popularise Ayurveda
will always be remembered.
Condolences to his family and
friends. Om Shanti,” the Prime
Minister said in his message.
“In the demise of P K Warrier,
Ayurveda has lost one of its great-
est modern proponents.
Honoured with Padma Shri and
Padma Bhushan, he exemplified
the efficacy of Ayurveda through
his active life spanning 100 years.
Condolences to his family, admir-
ers and associates,”the President
said in his message.
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Within the next four to six
weeks, the World Health
Organization (WHO) will
decide on including Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin in the emer-
gency use list (EUL). Sources
said once the decision is taken,
it will boost the export status of
the Hyderabad-based pharma
maker and make it eligible for
“green passport.”
WHO chief scientist
Soumya Swaminathan has said
the global body is reviewing
Covaxin as the manufacturer
Bharat Biotech is uploading its
entire data on the official por-
tal. As per WHO guidelines,
EUL is a procedure to stream-
line the process by which new
or unlicensed products can be
used during public health
emergencies.
“There is a process to be
followed for EUL and pre-
qualification of vaccines under
which a company has to com-
plete phase 3 trials and submit
the whole data to the regulatory
department of WHO which is
examined by an expert advi-
sory group,” Swaminathan
said at a webinar organised
by the Centre for Science
and Environment (CSE)
here recently.
Currently, six vaccines have
been granted EUL and have
recommendations from
Strategic Advisory Group of
Experts (SAGE).
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The Delhi Government on
Saturday issued orders that
people violating noise pollution
norms will have to pay C10,000
to C1 lakh fine. Those using
loudspeakers without permis-
sion or diesel generator sets will
be penalised as the Delhi
Pollution Control Committee
(DPCC) has asked authorities
to strictly implement the
revised rules.
According to the Central
Pollution Control Board’s
(CPCB) revised penalties, one
will have to pay C10,000 fine in
case of noise violation by a
loudspeaker or a public address
system at a public place with-
out permission or during night,
and the equipment will also be
confiscated. “A fine of C1 lakh
has been set for diesel genera-
tor (DG) sets of over 1,000
KVA, C25,000 for DG sets
between 62.5 KVA to 1,000
KVA and C10,000 for DG sets
upto 62.5 KVA,” the DPCC
order said.
In Delhi, the permissible
noise level in residential areas is
55 decibel during day time and
45 decibel during night.
Similarly, in commercial areas,
the permissible sound limit is 65
decibel during day time and 55
decibel during night. In sensi-
tive areas it is 50 decibel during
the day and 40 decibel at night.
Other than this, there are
silent zones that includeareas
which lie within 100 metres of
premises of schools, colleges,
hospitals and courts.
According to the order, in
case of bursting of firecrackers
beyond the prescribed limit
within premises of any RWA or
at a marriage function, the
organiser and the owner of the
premises will have to pay
C20,000 for the first violation.
“For the second violation, the
organiser and the owner will
have to pay C40,000. For more
than two violations within a
fixed premises or at a marriage
function, the organiser and
the owner will have to pay a
fine of C1 lakh.
The premises will also be
sealed,” the DPCC order stat-
ed.
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With the arrest of four peo-
ple, including an Afghan
national, the Special Cell of
Delhi Police on Saturday
claimed to have busted a syn-
dicate involved in smuggling
drugs in the country. Police
have recovered a record quan-
tity of 354-kilogram Afghan
heroin worth over C2,500 crore
in international markets.
The accused have been
identified as Rizwan Kashmiri,
a resident of Ghitorni and
native of Anantnag in Jammu
and Kashmir, Gurpreet Singh
and Gurjot Singh, both resi-
dents of Jalandhar in Punjab
and Hazrat Ali, a native of
Kandhar in Afghanistan.
Police said recently it came
to notice that Kashmiri was
involved in drug peddling in
Delhi and other States like
Punjab, Madhya Pradesh
and Haryana.
According to Pramod
Singh Kushwah, the Deputy
Commissioner of Police
(DCP), Special Cell, on
Monday, information was
received that Kashmiri was
going to deliver contraband in
south Delhi’s Ghitorni area.
“Following the inputs, a
trap was laid and the accused
was arrested when he was
going to deliver a packet of one
kilogram of heroin.
On interrogation,
Kashmiri revealed that he
works under the command of
an Afghan national Isha Khan
who recently left India for
Afghanistan. Khan directed
him to contact Gurpreet and
Gurjot who were currently
operating a drug racket from
Faridabad Sector-65 in
Haryana,” said the DCP.
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Cracking its whip against the
Government employees,
including policemen harbour-
ing terrorists, the Union
Territory administration in
Jammu Kashmir has termi-
nated the services of at least 11
employees with immediate
effect. Among the sacked
employees are two sons of
Hizbul Mujahideen founder
Syed Salahuddin.
A senior bureaucrat of the
Jammu and Kashmir General
Administration Department
confirmed the news to
The Pioneer.
Syed Shahid Yusuf and
Shakeel Yusuf, both sons of
Syed Salahuddin, came on the
radar of the National
Investigation Agency when
they started a probe in the ter-
ror funding cases.
Salahuddin’s eldest son
Shakeel Yusuf was arrested by
the NIA in connection with a
2011 terror funding case for
allegedly receiving money from
his father in August 2018. At the
time of the arrest. Shakeel was
working as a laboratory assistant
at a prestigious Government
hospital in Srinagar.
In October 2017,
Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid
Yusuf was arrested in the same
case for allegedly receiving
money from his father, who is
currently based in Pakistan.
Shahid Yusuf was working in
the Agriculture department.
Official sources claimed
some of these employees,
including two policemen, were
working as overground work-
ers for terrorist organisations.
These employees were involved
in arranging logistics, provid-
ing shelter, transporting
arms consignment and spread-
ing propaganda on social
media platforms.
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Anew study of antibodies
produced in saliva after the
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vac-
cine shows both the impor-
tance of the second vaccine
dose and updating vaccines to
combat new variants of con-
cern. The study showed that
the number of antibodies pro-
duced and protection offered
by vaccination increased sub-
stantially after the second vac-
cine dose was given.
The team, including Nicole
Schneiderhan-Marra, at the
University of Tubingen, also
examined whether it offered
protection against Alpha and
Beta variants.
While there was no reduc-
tion in neutralising antibodies
against the Alpha variant, there
was a substantial reduction in
neutralising antibodies against
the Beta variant, indicated the
study, presented at the
European Congress of
Clinical Microbiology
Infectious Diseases.
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In order to prevent crowding
by visitors at tourist destina-
tions and check the resulting
Covid-19 threat, the State
Government is expected to
ask hoteliers to put a cap on the
booking in hotels in Nainital
and Dehradun districts.
The authorities in
Dehradun and Nainital strict-
ly enforced Covid guidelines
and other measures to prevent
crowding in popular tourist
destinations like Mussoorie
and Nainital. In Dehradun dis-
trict, only those tourists with
RT-PCR negative test con-
ducted not more than 72 hours
earlier and with prior hotel
bookings are being allowed to
enter Mussoorie, while similar
measures have been adopted
along with a changed traffic
management plan in Nainital.
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QHow has your experience been doing
Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 11?
It was the most crazy experience I have
ever had. It is something which not many
people have done in life and I am extremely
lucky to have been a part of this show.
QWhat are your biggest fears?
Iamterrifiedofsnakesandwater.Ihave
considerably overcame them, but you can’t
be fully comfortable under water because of
the sinking feeling, but still I have overcame
it to a certain extent.
QHowaboutheights?Areyoucomfortable
with it?
It is of course scary. No one would be
abletowalkwithconfidenceonthe17th
floor of a building. Sab ke paer
kaanpenge. But Khatron Ke
Khiladiistheonlyshowwhich
makes you do the most
adventurous fun games at
utmostsafetyandalsopayyou
to play these games. What
else does one needs?
QDidyouhaveanystrategyinmindbefore
doing the show?
I never strategise anything in life. To go
with the moment has always been my
philosophy. But, I had a bad back issues, so
that was the only I was careful about. And
the only promise that Disha (Parmar) has
takenfrommewasthat:Youaredoingashow,
you can take as much time as you want, but
comebackinonepiece.AndIhavelivedup
to that promise of mine.
QWhom did you bond well on the sets?
Many people ask this question, I don’t
know why and I find it hard to answer. As
artists,weallaredoingourjobtogether.Being
a part of a show is work for us. We already
have our separate set of people whom we
resonate with, and when we are working
together with a group on a show, it is
professional.But,havingsaidthat,Ididbond
wellwitheverybodyandallofthemarelovely
people. There’s no particular person.
QWho is your favourite contestant?
IthastobeVishalAdityaSingh.Theway
he pulled off and nailed a few stunts was
commendable.
QHowhasyourlifechangedafterBiggBoss
14?
BiggBossisoneshowwhichisfollowed
by a variety of people and this is the most
beautifulthingaboutit.Theotherday,there
was a painter in my building, he happened
to see me and he was like: ‘Sir, aap mujhe
bohot pasand aaye the Bigg Boss me’. Then,
I met a bureaucrat who was also a fan of the
show. Theonlyreason IoptedforBigg Boss
was togetcolloquialwiththenewgeneration.
Going to the show has been of my best
decisions and I feel fortunate.
QDo you feel you should have done
something differently in Bigg Boss?
Not at all. I never see my work and
neither do I think what if I had done this or
that.Ibelieveinwhat’smeantobewillhappen
andwhatdidn’thappenwasbecauseitwasn’t
meanttobe.There’snopointofthinkingwhat
should or shouldn’t have been done. It is as
simple as that. I never regret something that
didn’t happen. Every person tend to react in
different ways, in different situations. It is
natural.
QYou have done Bigg Boss and now
Khatron Ke Khiladi, both of which are
verydifferentfromeachother.Whatelse
will we see you exploring in the near
future?
Likeyousaid,BiggBossisdone,KKK
isdone,nowadanceshowisleft.Maybe
will do that as well. Honestly, with my
back issues, until and unless those are
sorted, I wouldn’t be doing a dance show
anytime soon. Also, I don’t enjoy dancing,
that is why I don’t do it. But I am getting a
lotofofferstocomeasjudgeonsomereality
shows,soprobablyIwilltakeuponeofthat.
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controversies...
IknowyouaretalkingaboutIndianIdol,
butthatshowisthereasonbehindwhatIam
today. My only answer is that at the end of
the day, all these shows are made for
entertainmentpurposesandifcertainthings
are changed for entertainment, I don’t think
it is a big deal.
QButifyouarejudgeonarealityshowand
youareaskedtopraisecontestants,would
you do it?
I will never lie about my feelings and I
have never done that. I will only do what I
feel is correct.
QYou have recently announced your
wedding on July 16, 2021. With so much
going on, how are you managing things?
It’sextremelydifficult.It’slikeeverything
has come together at one point. I am getting
marriedinlessthanninedaysandmyclothes
are still not sorted. It’s crazy.
QHow’s Disha coping with your busy
schedule?
She is extremely patient. She had let her
groom-to-be togoinadifferentcountryand
do a show only about a month before the
marriage. People plan for months for such
occasions, but I have given only 20 days to
it. But, like I mentioned, she has been
extremely supportive and patient.
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here are no guesses why this
movie has this title; it is self-
explanatory — a bomber who
enters a school with a bomb around his
neck which needs to be diffused
provided certain tasks are completed.
Nothing new here. There have been a
number of movies that have been made
where the hero has to pander to the
whims and fancies of a terrorist so that
he doesn’t blow up the place!
Collar Bomb comes with a twist and
as the story unfolds one gets pulled into
the story that gets bizarre as the minutes
pass. From the word go, we know that
our hero or should we say anti-hero
Manoj Hesi played by Jimmy Shergill
has a past where his hands are not so
clean.
Director Dnyanesh Zoting, however
takes the viewers on a rollercoaster
journey with plenty of turns and twists
that will keep one engrossed for 86
minutes. For a Hindi movie, it is a
welcome change. The film doesn’t lose
pace and the way it moves forward is
rather intriguing. The reason for the
short run-time could stem from the fact
that Zoting has in the past directed three
short films. In fact, many of our
directors should take a leaf out of Collar
Bomb and not drag the plot for the heck
of it, taking away the essence of the
storyline.
Shergill along with the other star
cast do their part well. But it is Shergill,
who plays the not so clean cop who
shoulders the film as the plot unravels.
It is here that the movie loses steam and
while it had started off on a high note,
the end is a damp squib just like a dud
bomb that refuses to light up.
Over all, Collar Bomb makes for a
one time watch if you can get past the
many loopholes and the whimpering
end.
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In a massive show of strength,
the Uttarakhand unit of
Congress party held a protest
march for the residence of
Uttarakhand chief minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami on
Saturday in Dehradun. The
protest was organised against
what the party alleged the fail-
ure of the BJP government of
Uttarakhand in controlling
spiralling prices, skyrocketing
of prices of petrol, diesel and
cooking gas and deaths due to
government’s negligence dur-
ing Covid -19 period.
The march to the CM’s res-
idence started from Rajiv
Bhawan located on busy
Rajpur road in the afternoon.
Addressing the party workers,
the Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) president
Pritam Singh said that the BJP
believes that it will secure
power in the state and country
always by dividing people in
the name of religion. He said
that the people of the state gave
a big mandate to the BJP in the
elections of 2017 in the hope
that the double engine gov-
ernment would give employ-
ment, waive off loans of farm-
ers and adopt Zero tolerance
on corruption. Singh said that
instead of reducing prices the
price hike broke all records and
unemployment is at an all
time high. He said that two
MLAs and one general secre-
tary organisation got
embroiled in cases of sexual
harassment. The PCC presi-
dent said that the people of the
state are desperate to throw
BJP out of power in
Uttarakhand.
The In charge of
Uttarakhand Congress
Devendra Yadav said that the
image of BJP has got tarnished
to such an extent that the
people don’t believe in the
promises made by their lead-
ers now. He said that the BJP
has maligned the image of
Uttarakhand by the Covid-19
test scam in Kumbh Haridwar.
He claimed that the BJP is
bound to lose the assembly
election and the Congress
would emerge victorious.
The Vice President of
Uttarakhand Congress Surya
Kant Dhasmana said that the
massive crowd in the protest
proves that the people of the
state have made up their mind
to form Congress government.
The rally was stopped by
the police at Hathibadkala
where a minor scuffle broke
out with the Congress leaders.
In this the PCC President suf-
fered minor injury in his arm.
The Congress workers court-
ed arrest and were taken to the
police lines where they were
released after some time.
The protest was attended
by secretary of AICC and
MLA Qazi Nizamuddin, for-
mer PCC President Kishore
Upadhyaya, MLA Adesh
Chauhan, Mamta Rakesh, for-
mer minister Surveer Singh
Sajwan, Dinesh Agarwal and
others.
3A1:BB0=90H
World Population Day is
observed on July 11each
year. This day was established
by the United Nations and is
dedicated to focusing on the
importance of the population
issues. This year the theme is,
“Rights and Choices are the
answer: Whether baby boom or
bust, the solution to shifting
fertility rates lies in prioritising
the reproductive health and
rights of all people.” Many sci-
entists think estimating all
available resources, the earth
has a maximum carrying
capacity of 9-10 billion popu-
lation. The current popula-
tion of the world is about 7.8
billion and if it is not controlled
then by the end of the century
it is estimated to rise to 10.8 bil-
lion.
There are many causes of
overpopulation like high birth
rate, low death rate, better
medical facilities, rise in the
number of immigrants, agri-
cultural and industrial revolu-
tion and lack of family plan-
ning facilities, especially in
rural areas. India has all these
factors which result in over-
population thereby causing
other problems like exhaustion
of natural resources, climate
change, pollution, overcrowd-
ing, unemployment and many
others. I will confine myself to
the issue of unemployment.
Overpopulation is the root
cause of all ills. Health, educa-
tion, nutrition are the funda-
mental needs of every individ-
ual. Nowadays all these needs
can be bought or acquired
with money which can be gen-
erated from employment. It is
not easy to get government
employment for each and every
body. As such there are almost
2.15 crore central and state gov-
ernment jobs in the whole
country and the same number
of jobs could be in the organ-
ised private sector.
In our country many peo-
ple are employed in various un-
organised sectors. Agriculture
and farming is the major unor-
ganised sector which employs
almost half of the population.
According to the economic
survey (2018-19), 93 per cent
of the total workforce of 45
crore people of India is from
the unorganised sector.
According to a report by a pri-
vate economist, one-third of
the workers in the country are
daily wagers. The census of
2011 revealed that almost 22
per cent of the total population
of the country was considered
below the poverty line whose
daily income was about Rs
142 or less.
Though the share of
Indians working in agriculture
is declining, it is still the main
sector of employment. It was
estimated that 80 per cent of
the population was engaged in
agriculture sector at the time of
independence. In 2020 nearly
a half (42%) of the workforce
in India was employed in agri-
culture while the other half was
almost evenly distributed
among the two other sectors-
industry and services. The
types of employment in agri-
culture sector are for those who
are unskilled in most of the
cases and semi-skilled in
minority of the people. Skilled
and highly-skilled people are
rarely interested and employed
in this sector. This influx of
overpopulation has fuelled dis-
proportionate amount of com-
petition in general in all sectors.
This competition has not only
given stress to the candidates
but to their parents and grand-
parents as well. Stress of unem-
ployment is increasing day by
day due to mismatching of the
merit and the desire of the indi-
vidual. Happiness comes only
when whatever you desire is
gained.The impact of that stress
is being reflected in the form of
deterioration of physical and
mental health of all age
groups.It is estimated that 70
per cent of all diseases are
caused due to stress. People are
carrying many kinds of stress
like non-availability of food,
shelter, security, education and
healthcare needs etc. In my
opinion most of the Indians are
under stress due to overpopu-
lation, even those who are
having one or two children-
because they all have to share
with others the common
resources which are limited in
the current scenario.
Poor quality education is
compromising the quality of
work hence employers are not
keen to hire such poor quality
candidates. In other words
education and employment are
interrelated. The number of
seats for any employment is
limited though the country is
overpopulated. As people are
not getting enough employ-
ment hence their mental status
is not as stable as it should be.
I think the number of incidents
of crime are increasing day by
day because of overpopula-
tion because everybody wants
to earn the money for suste-
nance. If an individual does not
get the enough money for liv-
ing from the legal means then
such individuals indulge in
illegal means which becomes
vicious-circle to generate crime
and corruption. If we want to
improve the situation in the
country then the government
should make policies to provide
the employment opportunity
proportionately to the need of
increasing population.
Awareness should be
spread about the ill effects of
overpopulation. If it is not
done there will be more and
more conflict to control the
natural resources. The quality
of employment will improve
the quality of education and
ultimately the quality of under-
standing. The people will
understand the meaning and
value of the fact that if one is
divided by more than one, the
quotient will be less than one
which applies to all resources
whether natural or man-made.
Overpopulation is causing
depletion of all our natural and
manmade resources across the
world. A two baby norm per
couple if enacted, with prefer-
ably a girl and a boy child, is a
sustainable and a very effective
way of curbing the population
menace and maintaining the
sex ratio which will be sta-
tionary at each generation.
Overpopulation can be
contained and controlled. This
can be implemented only by
humans.
There should be global
population policy as efforts of
one or few nations would not
be so impactful. Depleting sup-
ply of vital non-renewable
resources will be issues of
future conflicts like terrorism
and war. The policy makers are
appealed to enact the law to
curb the ever increasing pop-
ulation. The sooner, the better.
(A Padma Shri recipient,
the writer is an orthopaedic sur-
geon based in Dehradun. Views
expressed are personal).
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In support of the demand of
free electricity to every
household in Uttarakhand, the
state unit of Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) organised a march to
the residence of the chief min-
ister on Saturday. Led by the
president of the state unit S S
Kaler and colonel ( retd) Ajay
Kothiyal, a large number of
party workers assembled at
Dilaram Chowk on the day and
marched towards the residence
of CM. The police however
stopped the march near
Hathibadkala. The slogan
shouting party workers and
leaders squatted on the road in
front of the barricading.
Addressing the workers,
Kothiyal said that the promise
of 100 unit free power by the
BJP government is only
rhetoric. he claimed that the
government was on a sleeping
mode for more than four years
in the state and when the AAP
cornered the government on
the issue of electricity then the
Government awakened from
its slumber and now in des-
peration it has said that 100
unit of electricity would be
given free. Kothiyal said that
there is discordance in the
statements of minister Harak
Singh and Chief Minister who
has clarified that the issue
would be discussed in cabinet.
He said that 300 units of elec-
tricity should be given free in
Uttarakhand as the state is
producing power for other
states too.
Giving the example of
Delhi where the AAP govern-
ment is giving free electricity,
Kothiyal said that when Delhi
which does not produce power
can give the benefit then why
Uttarakhand cannot do the
same?
The state president of AAP,
S S Kaler said that the BJP gov-
ernment of Uttarakhand is
immersed neck deep in cor-
ruption. The Vice President of
state unit Deepak Bali said
that Uttarakhand is called
Power surplus state so the peo-
ple here have the right for free
electricity.
The protesting leaders of
AAP then courted arrest with
a large number of party work-
ers. They were taken to the
police lines where they were
released.
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In an indication that the sec-
ond wave of the Covid-19 has
subsided in Uttarakhand only
49 new cases of novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19) and
no death from the disease were
reported by the state health
department on Saturday. A
total of 200 recoveries from the
disease were also reported in
the state on the day.
The cumulative count of
Covid-19 patients in the state
has now increased to 3,41,137
while a total of 3,26,651
patients have so far recovered
from the disease. In the state
7338 people have so far lost
their lives to Covid -19. The
recovery percentage from the
disease is now at 95.75 and the
sample positivity rate is at 5.89
per cent in the state. The
authorities collected 27,968
samples in different parts of the
state on Saturday.
The department reported
15 new patients from
Dehradun, six each from
Haridwar and Rudraprayag
and five from Nainital on
Saturday. All other districts
reported less than five cases on
the day. No new case was
reported from Pithoragarh dis-
trict on the day.
The state now has 1,165
active patients of the disease.
Dehradun district is at top of
the table in the list of active
cases with 437 cases while
Nainital is in the second posi-
tion with 132 active cases.
Pithoragarh has 106, Chamoli
90, Bageshwar 78, Rudraprayag
and Haridwar 50 each, Udham
Singh Nagar 47, Pauri 43, Tehri
38, Champawat 33, Uttarkashi
31, Champawat 75 and Almora
30 active cases of the disease.
The state reported four
new cases of Mucormycosis
(Black fungus) and no death
from the disease on Saturday.
A total of 522 patients of the
disease have so far been report-
ed in the state out of which 104
have died.
In the ongoing vaccination
drive, the health department
vaccinated 24,369 people in 321
sessions held on Saturday. A
total of 9,88,945 people have
been fully vaccinated so far in
the state while 38,96,016 have
received the first dose of the
vaccine in the state.
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The experts at the All India
Institute of Medical
Research (AIIMS) Rishikesh
here have advised the dis-
charged patients of
Mucormycosis to keep a con-
trol on their blood sugar levels.
They warned that such patients
had to be hospitalised again if
sugar levels were not kept in
check.
The director of AIIMS
Rishikesh, Dr Ravi Kant said
that people with sugar prob-
lems are at higher risk of
Mucormycosis. “People who
have been infected with Covid
19 should be serious about
their sugar level.
It is not necessary that
patients, who have been dis-
charged after getting treatment
for Mucormycosis, cannot get
infected again from the disease.
If the sugar level in the blood
increases, then Mucor fungus
can again infect the same
organs or other organs of the
body,’’ he said.
The ENT Surgeon and
Head of Mucor Treatment
Team AIIMS, Dr Amit Tyagi
explained that a patient of
Mucormycosis has to be hos-
pitalized for a minimum peri-
od of three to six weeks for
treatment. He said that so far
126 Endoscopic surgeries, 92
Maxillectomy surgeries and 64
Orbital exenteration have been
done in AIIMS.
During the second wave of
Covid-19, there was a sudden
increase in the cases of
Mucormycosis in the month of
May. Since then 348 patients of
Mucormycosis were admitted
and treated at the AIIMS
Rishikesh.
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The Delhi Chief Minister
and national convener of
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),
Arvind Kejriwal would be on a
day’s visit to Uttarakhand on
Sunday. His visit is expected to
give a boost to the morale of
the party workers of the state.
The party is trying hard to
make its presence felt in the
politics of the state which has
remained dominated by BJP
and Congress. During his visit
Kejriwal would meet the party
workers and leaders of
Uttarakhand. The Delhi CM
himself informed about his
plan to visit the state on Sunday
on social media. “Uttarakhand
generates electricity even then
it is dearer for the people of the
state. Delhi does not produce
power and purchases it from
other states but electricity is
free here. Should people of
Uttarakhand not get free elec-
tricity? Meeting in Dehradun
tomorrow,’’ he tweeted.
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Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami met Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
discussed various issues relat-
ed to the state on Saturday. The
discussion was so detailed that
instead of the scheduled 15
minutes, the PM continued
the interaction for more than
an hour.
Congratulating Dhami on
becoming the Chief Minister,
Modi expressed hope that
Uttarakhand will progress
swiftly under a youth leader.
Dhami informed the PM about
the preparations in
Uttarakhand for a possible
third wave of Covid-19.
He also talked about the
Char Dham Yatra and Kanwad
Yatra. Informing Modi that
works amounting to Rs 108
crore are to be started in phase
II of Kedarnath reconstruction
project, he sought time from
the PM for foundation lay-
ing/virtual ceremony for the
same. Stating that various
important initiatives have
been taken with the Centre’s
help to improve the health
sector in Uttarakhand, Dhami
said that All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
Rishikesh is a vital provision
made by the centre. Citing the
difficult geogra-
phy of the state,
the Chief
M i n i s t e r
requested that
another AIIMS
be established in
the Kumaon
region.
Stating that
the state govern-
ment will pro-
vide the land
needed for this,
he said that
establishment of
AIIMS in
Kumaon will
benefit the people of the
region with its world class
health facilities. Dhami also
requested the PM that the
cabinet committee on eco-
nomic affairs grant approval to
the Lakhwad multipurpose
project for its swift imple-
mentation. He said that this
300 MW capacity project of
national importance will
enhance water availability in
the Yamuna river and benefit
six states- Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh and
Uttarakhand. All approvals
have been received for this
project except the approval of
the cabinet committee on eco-
nomic affairs, after securing
which the construction of the
project can be started.
Dhami later said that
Uttarakhand is becoming one
of the leading states under the
PM’s guidance. He said that
Modi granting an hour more
than the scheduled time for
the interaction with him was
a sign of the PM’s affection and
concern for the state’s people.
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After making a courtesy visit
to the President Ram Nath
Kovind, Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami met
about half a dozen Union
Ministers and discussed vari-
ous issues and requirements of
Uttarakhand.
Meeting Union Home
minister Amit Shah, he
requested that the centre-state
ratio for reimbursement for
posting of central security
forces during famous fairs and
festivals in Uttarakhand should
be 90:10 as with North
Easternb and special category
states. Stating that Uttarakhand
shares borders with Nepal and
China, he said that remote vil-
lages in these areas are being
abandoned due to lack of eco-
nomic opportunities. Removal
of inner line restrictions will
open tourism opportunities
and the resulting economic
activity will stall migration.
He requested Shah to consid-
er the proposal for removing
inner line restriction in the Niti
valley in Chamoli district and
Nelang valley (Jadung village)
in Uttarkashi district.
Dhami also requested two
air ambulances for the state,
establishment of disaster man-
agement research institute in
the summer capital Gairsain,
approval of disaster affected vil-
lage relocation under state dis-
aster relief fund and a perma-
nent system for declaring per-
sons missing in disasters as
dead.
Meeting Union Health
minister Mansukh Mandaviya,
Dhami informed him about the
state’s preparations for a possi-
ble third Covid wave. Stating
that Covid had been brought
considerably under control in
Uttarakhand, he said that the
state government is still alert.
Requesting establishment of
AIIMS in Kumaon region, he
said that the state government
will provide land for it.
The chief minister also
met the Union Education min-
ister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Informing him about the state’s
achievements in education, he
said that the state was ranked
fourth in education in the sus-
tainable development goals
report 2020-21 and is includ-
ed in front runner states. He
also sought the centre’s coop-
eration for establishment of vir-
tual classrooms in schools,
smart classrooms, e-tablets for
students in aspirational dis-
tricts, teachers real time atten-
dance monitoring system, spo-
ken English programme, vir-
tual reality lab, digital literacy
and other initiatives.
He also requested the min-
ister to grant approval for
establishment of centrally fund-
ed Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research in
Uttarakhand.
Meeting the Union minis-
ter for Housing and Urban
Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri,
the CM requested release of the
remaining central share for
processing and disposal
schemes for eight legacy
waste/old dumping sites in
seven urban local bodies.
Dhami also requested that
under Swachchh Bharat
Mission II the budget allocation
to Uttarakhand for solid waste
management projects be raised
from Rs 89 crore to Rs 150
crore.
Dhami also discussed var-
ious issues with the Union
Agriculture and Farmer
Welfare minister Narendra
Singh Tomar and Union min-
ister of Heavy Industry
Mahendra Nath Pandey. Chief
secretary Sukhbir Singh
Sandhu, additional chief sec-
retary Anand Bardhan and
secretary Shailesh Bagauli were
also present in the meetings.
The CM also met the Bharatiya
Janata Party national presi-
dent JP Nadda.
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In continuation of the obser-
vance of Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsavcelebrating75yearsof
India’s independence – energy
major ONGC launched its sec-
ond handicraft project for the
promotion of the country’s
indigenous art works. Through
a virtual meet, HR director
Alka Mittal launched the project
which aims to train for liveli-
hood and boost entrepreneur-
shipdevelopmentoftheBhotiya
tribe in Chamoli district of
Uttarakhand.
The project undertaken by
ONGC under the aegis of
Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas is expected to kin-
dle the love for handicraft
among the lesser privileged
members of the Bhotiya tribe
and will cater to the livelihood
needs of over 400 artisans –
mostly women. It aims at pro-
moting the Bhotiya tribe
through woolen weaving craft.
Stating that the initiative is
among the rare positives amidst
the pandemic gloom, Mittal
noted that such projects are a
major factor in the economic
stability of the women in the
area, providing them with the
freedom of standard living. She
mentioned that the initiative is
to protect and uplift Indian tra-
dition and its art works. For its
second handicraft project,
ONGChaspartneredwithSewa
International. Mittal asserted
that the NGO is committed to
help in providing marketing
support post project develop-
ment. Abhishek Kumar from
the Sewa association stated that
the NGO, with support from
ONGC, intends to provide the
artisans with three ‘Ts’ – tools,
training and technology.
The ONGC Foundation
CEO Kiran DM and director
(Exploration)RKSrivastavaalso
expressed their views on the
occasion.
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Ahead of the Assembly polls,
Punjab BJP on Saturday
expelled former state minister
Anil Joshi from the party for six
years after he gave his reply to
a show-cause notice issued by
the state unit of the party for his
“anti-party” activities. The next
political move of Joshi is being
watched now.
According to the notice,
Joshi had been making state-
ments against the Union gov-
ernment, party's central lead-
ership and policies. He was
expelled on the directions of
state unit chief Ashwani
Sharma, according to a party
statement.
Joshi did not give up his
stubborn attitude of going
against the party whereupon
state BJP chief Ashwani Sharma
on the recommendations of a
disciplinary committee
expelled him from the prima-
ry membership of the party for
six years.
Earlier, in a two-page reply
to the show-cause notice, Joshi
said he never spoke against the
Centre’s farm laws and asked
the state party chief if it is indis-
cipline to talk about farmers.
The former Amritsar North
MLA asserted that he always
spoke about the party's inter-
ests. “I neither spoke against the
Centre's farm laws nor against
central leaders,” Joshi
replied.
Joshi rather asked Punjab
BJP chief Ashwani Sharma
whether it was indiscipline to
talk about farmers. “Is it indis-
cipline to talk about arhtiyas,
industrialists, small traders and
labourers,” he asked. The for-
mer minister said workers are
leaving the party and asked the
Punjab BJP chief whether giv-
ing a suggestion to save the
party was indiscipline.
Joshi also pointed out that
initially, farmers protesting
against the farm laws in the
state had a few demands that
could have been handled had
the BJP's Punjab unit made
some efforts.
Joshi has been blaming the
party's state leadership for not
giving a correct feedback to the
Centre on the farm laws. He
had also stated that it had
become difficult for party
workers to come out of their
homes.
Earlier this week, the for-
mer legislator from Amritsar
North segment slammed the
state unit for giving “incorrect
feedback” to the Centre on
farm laws, and severely impact-
ing the state party unit by
“misguiding” the central lead-
ership. Mincing no words to
attack the state’s senior leader-
ship in wrongfully dealing with
the issue of farmers’ agitation
over the controversial laws,
Joshi demanded the resignation
of the state unit president
Ashwani Sharma.
“State BJP president
Ashwani Sharma should admit
his failure and resign rather
than issuing me notices. He
should resign for failing in
securing the party leaders and
workers in the State, who are
feeling suffocated or suffering.
He failed to stand by the party
MLA who was thrashed and
stripped,” said Joshi who was
asked to respond to notice in
two days explaining why
repeatedly he has been making
anti-party statements and act-
ing against the interests of the
party.
Joshi maintained that the
state party leadership did not
conveyed the real picture of
farmers’ issue to the high com-
mand but always “misguided
the Centre”, projected com-
mon people as farmers by
making them wear turbans
during video conference meet-
ings with the central leaders;
He said that the state unit,
led by Ashwani Sharma, “lied
to the party’s senior leadership
by telling them that they had
made farmers in villages under-
stand the benefits of the farm
laws by holding programmes
and functions, whereas the
truth was that farmers were sit-
ting on toll barriers and railway
tracks to protest these
laws”.
Joshi had shown support to
the farmers’ agitation by saying
that they have to contest the
elections in Punjab and they
cannot ignore the voice of peo-
ple from Punjab. Joshi had
held state leaders of BJP
responsible for the condition of
party workers and attacks on
them.
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Punjab police on Saturday
said it has busted another
Madhya Pradesh-based illegal
arms supply network and
arrested its main supplier. This
is the third such MP-based ille-
gal weapon manufacturing and
supply module busted by the
Punjab Police in the last eight
months.
The accused has been iden-
tified as Baljit Singh alias
Sweety Singh, a resident of
Barwani district in MP. He was
found indulging in manufac-
turing and supplying high-
quality illicit weapons to
Punjab and other states in
north India, said Director
General of Police (DGP)
Dinkar Gupta here. The police
also recovered three .32 bore
pistols, along with three mag-
azines from his possession, he
added.
Earlier, Amritsar Rural
Police had unearthed two such
modules, including one illicit
small arms manufacturing unit
in MP with the arrest of smug-
glers, who were supplying
weapons to gangsters, criminals
and radicals in Punjab.
DGP Gupta, in a state-
ment, said the development
came 10 days after the
Kapurthala police in the follow-
up operations led by SSP
Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh
had arrested four robbers after
recovering 10 pistols and one
rifle along with ammunition
from their possession. He said
the arrested robbers revealed
they were getting the supply of
weapons from MP-based
smuggler Sweety Singh and
were hatching a conspiracy to
carry out robberies, snatch
money from petrol pumps as
well as farmers.
The DGP said following
these inputs, the Kapurthala
police procured arrest war-
rants of Sweety Singh and a
special police team from
Kapurthala was despatched to
Barwani district to arrest him
after coordinating with the
Madhya Pradesh Police. After
vigorous efforts, the Punjab
Police team, while working
closely with MP police, man-
aged to arrest Sweety Singh,
who unsuccessfully attempted
to evade arrest by crossing the
Narmada river to enter the
Maharashtra border, he said.
Senior Superintendent of
Police Khakh said Sweety had
disclosed that he and his elder
brother, Sumer Singh, were
into the weapons manufactur-
ing and supply trade from
many years and they used to
upload videos of pistols on var-
ious social media platforms to
lure their customers and this is
how the present robber mod-
ule of Punjab established con-
tact with them. He said initial
investigations found that
Sweety was running a YouTube
channel in the name of ''Azad
Group Munger'' on which he
used to flourish his illegal
weapons business and when
buyers ask about price, the
group used to share their
WhatsApp number.
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The power woes in Punjab
continues as the state is
witnessing all time high power
demand due to prolonged dry
spell, increase in demand of
power from agricultural sector
and reduced power availabili-
ty due to low reservoir levels
and reduced generation from
hydro power stations including
BBMB and outage of units of
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited
(TSPL) Mansa.
To bridge the gap between
demand and supply, PSPCL on
Saturday said it has been con-
strained to impose power reg-
ulatory measures on industri-
al consumers.
CMD, A.Venu Prasad said
that keeping in view of per-
sistent demand of the indus-
trial consumers of the state,
Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited has
relaxed power regulatory mea-
sures on general category LS
consumers having sanctioned
contract demand up to 1000
KVA with effect from
Saturday.
Industrial consumers have
now been allowed to operate
up to 100 KVA of load, while
the earlier exemption limit
was only up to 50 KVA only.
This shall increase the load on
the PSPCL system by about
600 MW. The CMD said that
PSPCL has arranged to pur-
chase 752 MW power at the
rate of 3.08 Paise per unit for
July 11.
He informed that on
Saturday peak demand was
recorded at 12500 MW and
PSPCL supplied nearly 8 hours
power supply to the agriculture
sector. He also said that due to
tripping of TSPCL thermal
unit generation to the extent of
1980 MW was lost.
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In one of the largest raids, the
Haryana Power Department
has detected 5,508 cases of
power theft in the last two days
across the State, Power Minister
Ranjit Singh said on Saturday.
Talking to reporters, he
said that a highly confidential
raid was been conducted after
constituting 507 teams includ-
ing officials of Power
Department, CM Flying Squad,
Vigilance and Police personnel
headed by the Officers of Uttar
Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(UHBVN) and Dakshin
Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(DHBVN) utilities of Power
Department in the State. About
27,307 premises including
poultry farms, industries,
mobile towers, water RO’s,
water and milk chilling plants,
brick kilns, cold stores and road
side situated Dhabas were
checked during the raid and
5,508 cases of power theft have
been revealed, he
added.
Ranjit Singh said that fol-
lowing the raid, FIRs have
been lodged against the power
theft defaulters and power con-
nections have been discon-
nected. He said that so far,
more than 12.5 MegaWatt of
power theft has been revealed
and a penalty of about Rs 24
crore has been imposed against
defaulters.
The Minister said these
power theft cases will increase
revenue in crores in the power
sector which will further
decrease the power losses and
increase power supply in the
commercial and domestic sec-
tor. He said that the permanent
consumers, whose power con-
nections were dysfunctional
will clear their dues and seek
new power connections which
will lead to generation of more
revenue in the Power Sector in
the State.
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Former Himachal Pradesh
chief minister Virbhadra
Singh was on Saturday cre-
mated with full state honours
at a royal crematorium in Jogni
Bagh near Shimla's Rampur.
His son and MLA
Vikramaditya Singh performed
the last rites around 4.30 pm.
A police contingent gave the
guard of honour and gun salute
to the former chief minister.
Thousands of his well-wishers
gathered at the crematorium to
bid adieu to the leader.
Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Jai Ram Thakur,
Urban Development Minister
Suresh Bhardwaj and Forest
Minister Rakesh Pathania also
attended the last rites.
A delegation of Congress
leaders represented party pres-
ident Sonia Gandhi at his cre-
mation on Saturday. The dele-
gation comprised Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel and
Congress treasurer Pawan
Kumar Bansal.
Earlier before the crema-
tion, his son Vikramaditya
Singh's coronation as the
king of Rampur Bushahr took
place in the morning.
Remembering Virbhadra
Singh, Chief Minister Thakur
said he contributed immense-
ly for the development of
Himachal Pradesh and welfare
of its people during his long
political career spanning over
six decades. Virbhadra Singh
will always be remembered by
people of the state for his con-
tribution, he added.
Meanwhile in a tweet,
AICC secretary incharge for
Himachal Pradesh Sanjay Dutt
said, Final farewell to our vet-
eran leader Resp
#VirbhadraSingh Ji, with tears
in our eyes resolve in our
hearts that we shall unitedly
strive to fulfill his dream of
restoring old glory progress
of #Himachal, by bringing back
#Congress Govt in the State.
Raja Sahab Amar Rahe.
Earlier the body was kept
at Rampur's Padam Palace
from 8 am to 2 pm before the
funeral. His body was taken to
the crematorium at 2.45 pm.
The 87-year-old veteran
Congress leader breathed his
last after prolonged illness at
Shimla's Indira Gandhi
Medical College on
Thursday.
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Several industrial associa-
tions of Punjab on Saturday
held a protest in the industri-
al city of Ludhiana against the
power regulatory measures
imposed on factories, amid an
electricity crisis in the state.
As part of the measures to
deal with the shortage, the
Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
has cut down supply to facto-
ries, including to rolling mills
and induction furnaces, till
July 11.
The PSPCL has stated that
the regulatory measures were
imposed in the wake of a pro-
longed dry spell, rising demand
for power from the agricultur-
al sector and outage of units of
the Talwandi Sabo Power plant.
The protesting associations
claimed that industrial units
have been forced to shut down
in the wake of cutting down of
power supply to factories,
which were limping back to
normalcy following an adverse
impact on their operations due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Industry representatives
under the banner of the All
Industries and Trade Forum
burnt an effigy symbolising the
state government and said it
had not been able to provide
sufficient power supply for
meeting committed domestic
and international orders.
They claimed that due to
the PSPCL’s measures, indus-
trial units had suffered huge
losses because of lack of pro-
duction. Ludhiana-based
industrialist Narinder Bhamra
accused the state government
and the PSPCL of mismanag-
ing the power crisis.
He said if the state gov-
ernment failed to provide
power supply, industrialist
would hand over the keys of
their units to the state govern-
ment.
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Chandigarh: Congress leader
Navjot Singh Sidhu on
Saturday attacked the AAP
government in Delhi over its
petition in the Supreme Court,
which was later withdrawn,
seeking closure of 10 power
plants in three states, including
Punjab.
The BJP and the SAD also
slammed the Aam Aadmi Party
over the petition and accused
it of plotting against the inter-
ests of Punjab.
The Delhi government on
Friday withdrew from the apex
court its plea seeking directions
to 10 coal-fired thermal power
plants in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab
and Haryana, which allegedly
contributes to air pollution in
the national capital, to imme-
diately cease operations till
Flue Gas Desulphurization
technology is installed to
reduce harmful emission.
Sidhu, who has been rais-
ing electricity issues in the
state for the past few days,
alleged that the AAP govern-
ment in Delhi wanted the ther-
mal power plants in Punjab to
shut down amid the electrici-
ty crisis.
Today, forces bent-upon
Punjab''s destruction are clear-
ly visible ... Delhi govt wants
Punjab''s lifeline, our thermal
power plants, to shut down in
the middle of a power crisis
leaving Punjabis helpless in
this simmering heat and our
farmers to suffer in this paddy-
sowing season, the cricketer-
turned-politician tweeted.
BJP national general sec-
retary Tarun Chugh lambasted
Arvind Kejriwal for trying to
shut down thermal power
plants in Punjab on the pretext
of saving Delhi.
In a statement, he said
Delhi Chief Minister Arvid
Kejriwal had always been plot-
ting against the interests of
Punjab and now he was trying
to bring the state to
ruin.
Chugh said at a time when
Punjab is facing a power crisis,
the Kejriwal government''s
move could only be termed
heinous and criminal.
Shiromani Akali Dal''s
senior leader Daljit Singh
Cheema accused Kejriwal of
betraying the people of
Punjab by filing the petition. It
was a big conspiracy to fur-
ther worsen the power crisis in
the state, he
alleged.
Punjab is reeling under an
unprecedented power shortage
with urban and rural areas fac-
ing frequent
load shedding and voltage fluc-
tuations.
Congress MLA Navjot
Sidhu, in another tweet, blamed
the Badals for signing power
purchase agreements (PPAs)
during the SAD-BJP rule in
Punjab.
The Badals-signed PPAs
with thermal power plants and
(Bikram Singh) Majithia as
minister of renewable energy
(2015-17) signed PPAs for 25
years for solar power at Rs 5.97
to 17.91 per unit to loot Punjab
knowing cost of solar is
decreasing 18 per cent per
year since 2010 and is Rs 1.99
per unit today, said
Sidhu. Agencies
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Despite efforts to relocate
them at Aambagan
ground, vendors have returned
to the Mangala Haat at Sakchi
market after about three
months flouting norms. They
are flouting the social distanc-
ing norms. The shoppers and
other visitors too were found
disobeying the Covid appro-
priate behaviour amid threat of
a possible third wave.
Taking lessons from the
past incidents the district
administration is likely to con-
stitute a team of the adminis-
trative and police officials who
will make surprise visits to the
market to get hold of the shops.
Due to relaxations in police
vigil, footpath vendors entered
the commercial hub in large
numbers after 9 am.
For the first time in the last
three months the Sakchi mar-
ket witnessed a huge crowd
today, most of whom came to
shop from the footpath ven-
dors.
The footpath vendors have
been allotted a piece of land at
the Aam Bagan ground in
Sakchi for transacting business
. They have been using that
land for selling their wares for
the last three months. But,
today suddenly they turned up
in large numbers at their orig-
inal place at Sakchi market cre-
ating chaos.
The erstwhile Dhalbhum
SDO Nitesh Kumar Singh had
adopted strict measures and
was instrumental in shifting the
footpath vendors from the
Sakchi market to near-by
Ambagan ground. Following a
state government notification
on Monday Singh was trans-
ferred to the state tourism
department.
Commuters and visitors
blamed lack of coordination
between Jusco, JNAC and the
administration which has led
to encroachment menace
returning to haunt visitors.
We have been receiving
several complaints that the
marketplace in Sakchi has
begun to return to its previous
condition. But we have to
keep it free from encroach-
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Shiromani Akali Dal presi-
dent Sukhbir Singh Badal on
Saturday issued a “stern warn-
ing” against the proposed
move “to tinker with the cul-
tural and regional character
and curtail the territorial juris-
diction of the Panjab
University.”
He said this move would be
fraught with serious emotion-
al, religious and political con-
sequences, cautioning the Vice
Chancellor Dr Raj Kumar not
to rush headlong into this rash
and ill-advised venture which
concerned the sentiments of
the people of Punjab who were
already reeling under pro-
longed injustice and discrimi-
nation in various political, reli-
gious, economic and territori-
al spheres.
“It seems that the varsity
authorities are insensitive to
the emotional fallout of their
actions. Their motives strike at
the very roots of the ideals
which inspire SAD and which
form the cornerstone of the
Constitution of India. At stake
here are the country’s federal
character and the ideal of unity
and diversity. This move has
already given rise to fears of an
assault on minority interests,”
said Badal in a statement
here.
The SAD chief said that
this move would virtually
deprive this great institution of
its very character as an “insti-
tution of global repute sym-
bolising Punjab and its rich and
variegated culture.” He said
that efforts seemed afoot to
deprive this great institution of
its character as essentially the
heart and mind of
Punjabis.”
“There are credible and
disturbing reports of a move to
reduce and limit the jurisdic-
tion of this world famous and
historic edifice of academic
excellence to just the periphery
of the Union Territory of
Chandigarh. For this, they are
reportedly going through the
formality of having a High
Level Committee recom-
mending disaffiliation of more
than 200 colleges at present
with the Varsity spreading over
seven districts in the State in
the Malwa belt. This won’t be
allowed”.
The Akali leader also came
down heavily against the
reported move to change the
character and composition of
both the Senate and the
Syndicate of the university in
order to destroy their democ-
ratic academic character as
well as turn these into central-
ly controlled wings of the var-
sity.
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Talking to The Pioneer, the
Nainital district magistrate
DhiraajGarbiyal said that
though no orders have been
received yet to put a cap on the
bookings in hotels, considering
the recent Uttarakhand High
Court directions and the Covid-
19threat,variousmeasureshave
been taken to prevent crowding
inthelakecity.Touristsarebeing
allowed to enter only with an
RT-PCR negative report. In
order to prevent traffic conges-
tion, the authorities have direct-
ed tourists to park about 500
fourwheelersatRusibypassand
200 two-wheelers at
Narayannagar and then sent
them to Nainital by shuttle ser-
vice. As a result of this and other
steps taken to divert traffic to
nearby tourist destinations out-
side Nainital, the lake city did
not witness the congestion seen
on the previous weekend.
At the popular tourist des-
tination of Kempty Falls which
is located in Tehri district near
Mussoorie, the district admin-
istration has put a limit of 50
people to visit the spot at a time.
The police in Dehradun and
Nainital districts are imple-
menting Covid guidelines in
popular tourist destinations and
issuing challans to those not
wearing masks and violating
other Covid guidelines.
Following media reports
and after photos and videos of
tourists crowding popular
tourist destinations violating
Covid guidelines in hill stations
went viral, the Union
Government and even Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had
expressed concern about the
Covidriskfrom suchbehaviour.
The Uttarakhand High Court
had earlier directed the State to
reconsider the weekend relax-
ation provided to tourists.
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Highly transmissible Delta
Plus variant has now
reached the Northeastern
region of the country too with
Tripura, for the first time,
reporting 138 cases of the
deadly variant of Covid-19.
At least 90 per cent of
samples in Tripura that were
sent for genome sequencing
have been found to be con-
taining the highly transmissi-
ble Delta Plus variant, said a top
state official. So far cass ofDelta
Plus had been reported from
Delhi, Maharashtra, Guajarat,
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh besides a few other
States.
However, hours after the
announcement confusion pre-
vailed over the variant with the
centre claiming that it was the
Delta variant that was found in
these samples.
“About 151 samples were
sent to a government laborato-
ry in West Bengal. As many as
138 or 90 per cent of these sam-
ples have found to contain the
Delta plus variant,” Dr Deep
Debbarma, COVID nodal offi-
cer of Tripura said, according to
various reports.
However, a senior official in
the Union Health Ministry chal-
lenged the States’s claim saying
that it was the Delta variant that
was detected in these samples.
He also said that 161 cases of the
Delta Plus variant have been
reported in the country so far.
The State Government offi-
cial has also claimed that while
10 samples had Delta variants,
three contained Alpha variants.
“115 of the samples that
contained the Delta Plus vari-
ants were found in west district
alone while 8 samples in
Sepahijala district, Gomati dis-
trict (5 samples), Unakoti dis-
trict (4 samples) and 2 each in
North and South districts con-
tained Delta Plus variant,” he
said.
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The daily death toll from
the coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) in India crossed
the 1,000-mark for the first
time in the last 24 hours to
touch 1,206. The mortality
number was hovering below
the 1,000 figure for the last
few days but the
Government is concerned
about tourists throwing wind
to caution as they throng hill
stations.
On July 8th the death
number was 817. On July 6,
India recorded 553 deaths —
lowest since April 6. It was on
May 23 that India saw record
fatalities with 4,454 deaths in
24 hours at the peak of the
second wave.
Casewise, India recorded
42,766 new Covid-19 cases in
the past 24 hours, the 32nd
consecutive day when India
reported less than one lakh
new coronavirus cases. The
active cases have now come
down below 5 lakh. The
country has 4,55,033 active
cases presently and has wit-
nessed a total of 4,07,145
deaths so far.
According to the Union
Health Ministry, a total of
45,254 people have been dis-
charged in the last 24 hours,
taking the total discharge to
2,99,33,538 till date. The
Ministry said that a total of
37,21,96,268 people have
been vaccinated so far in the
country, including 30,55,802
who were administered vac-
cines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian
Council of Medical Research,
42,90,41,970 samples have
been tested up to July 9 for
Covid-19.
Of these 19,55,225 sam-
ples were tested on Friday.
The first death in the coun-
try due to the pandemic was
reported in March 2020.
In the meantime, the
country’s cumulative Covid-
19 vaccination coverage
crossed 37 crore on Friday
with 30,55,802 doses admin-
istered across the country in
the last 24 hours.
A total of 37,21,96,268
vaccine doses have been
administered through
48,04,423 sessions, as per
the provisional report of
the Ministry till 7 a.m. on
Saturday.
In the ongoing vaccina-
tion coverage, 1,02,44,459
Healthcare Workers
(HCWs) have so far admin-
istered the first dose of the
anti-Covid jabs and
73,84,439 of them have been
provided with the second
dose. A total of 1,76,51,159
Frontline Workers (FLWs)
have received the first dose
of the vaccine and 98,42,138
have been administered the
second dose.
The vaccination exer-
cise has so far covered
11,00,15,954 people aged
between 18-44 who have
got their first dose and
35,15,490 have received
their second dose.
In the drive, 9,29,29,982
people of the age group
between 45-59 have got
their first dose of vaccine
and 2,27,96,218 have been
administered the second
dose.
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Newly appointed Chief
Minister of Uttarakhand
Pushkar Singh Dhami on
Saturday met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and apprised
him about the ongoing pan-
demic situation and pre-
paredness for Assembly polls,
early next year.
In the backdrop of two
Uttarakhand Chief Ministers
losing their jobs and handling
of Covid-19 being a dominant
factor during and after the
‘kumbh’ religious gathering at
Hardwar the new Chief
Minister is taking no chances
and seeking to crack the whip
in the state.
The State has made it
mandatory for tourists enter-
ing the state to carry covid
negative test report with them.
This followed tourists openly
flouting Covid19 protocol in
cities like Mussoorie, Hardwar
and Nainital.
In Hardwar thousands of
devotees were seen bathing
and praying along Ganga
river this week throwing cau-
tion to wind, a recipe for a
potential third Covid19 wave.
The scenes of thousands
cramping around the ‘Kempty
fall’ at Musoorie without face-
masks or maintaining social
distancing too have been very
disturbing.
The state government has
now capped 50 percent occu-
pancy limit for hotels in the
state to restrain the tourist
flow.
In the nearly 40-minute
meeting with the Prime
Minister at his 7 Lok Kalyan
Marg residence, sources said
the Uttarakhand Chief
Minister informed him about
the preparedness to deal with
the possible third wave of
Covid-19 and the procedures
being taken to enhance vacci-
nation in the state to contain
the spread of the disease.
He also briefed Modi
about the party’s prepared-
ness about assembly polls
vis-a-vis the main rival
Congress.
It was the first formal
meeting of Dhami with the
Prime Minister after he took
over the charge of
Uttarakhand Chief Minister.
Aware of the Prime
Minister’s warning to not to
let down the guard against
the pandemic and recent
dropping of 12 cabinet min-
isters, the young Chief
Minister directed the state
departments concerned to
ensure all Covid19-related
arrangements by the end of
July to counter the anticipat-
ed third wave.
Besides the Prime
Minister, Dhami is slated to
meet party President J P
Nadda, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah, and
other top BJP leaders.
Dhami has a tough task
of limiting factional infight-
ing in the state BJP and beat-
ing anti-incumbency in the
run-up to the assembly polls
which are seven months away.
Two-time MLA from
Khatima constituency in
Udham Singh Nagar district,
45-year-old Dhami took over
on July 4 as Uttarakhand’s
new Chief Minister. He
replaced Tirath Singh Rawat,
who last week submitted his
resignation to the Governor.
Dhami is the third Chief
Minister of the state in near-
ly four months.
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NEW DELHI: Union Home
Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
on Saturday sounded a note of
caution against reported bla-
tant disregard of Covid-
appropriate behaviour at hill
stations and other tourist
locations, stressing that the
second wave of the pandem-
ic is not yet over.
The home secretary was
reviewing the steps taken by
the state governments for
checking the spread of Covid-
19 at hill stations and tourist
locations, a home ministry
statement said.
During the meeting, the
overall management of the
Covid-19 situation and the
vaccination status in Goa,
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand,
and West Bengal were dis-
cussed.
The meeting was con-
veyed that the decline of the
second wave is at variable
stages in the different states
and UTs in the country, and
while the overall case posi-
tivity rate may be declining,
the case positivity rate in cer-
tain districts of Rajasthan,
Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal,
Uttarakhand and Himachal
Pradesh is over 10 percent,
which is a cause for concern,
the statement said.
The Union Home
Secretary sounded a note of
caution in the wake of media
reports showing blatant dis-
regard of COVID-appropriate
behaviour at hill stations and
other tourist locations, the
statement said.
Bhalla emphasised that
the second wave of Covid was
not yet over and states should
ensure strict adherence to
the protocols
prescribed in respect of wear-
ing of masks, social distanc-
ing and other safe
behaviour
States were also asked to
follow the five-fold strategy of
Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate
and COVID Appropriate
Behaviour, as has been laid
out in the MHA order dated
June 29, 2021.
Adequate health infra-
structure preparedness, espe-
cially in rural, peri-urban
and tribal areas, was also
advised to tackle any poten-
tial future surge in cases.
The meeting was attend-
ed by V K Paul, Member
(Health), NITI Aayog;
Secretary, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Director
General, Indian Council for
Medical Research; and Chief
Secretaries, Directors General
of Police and Principal
Secretaries (Health) of the
eight states. PTI
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In what could be an indicator
of the improving Covid
infection scenario in the
Central paramilitary ranks, the
number of active cases in the
Forces has spiraled down, dur-
ing the last six weeks, from a
high of 5,973 cases on May 28
to just 724 as on July 9, which
is a drop of about 88 per cent.
Till now, the paramilitary
forces have recorded 84,245
cases of Covid-19 of which
83,190 patients have recov-
ered from the disease and 331
personnel have succumbed to
the viral infection.
The daily case count has
also dropped from 283 to 76 in
the paramilitary forces cover-
ing the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF), Border Security
Force (BSF), Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF),
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP), National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF) and
the National Security Guards
(NSG).
As on Friday, the total
number of Covid-19 infected
personnel in these Forces stood
at 84,245 including 76 new
cases of infection during the
24-hour period. Of this, 83, 190
personnel have recovered from
the disease and 724 men con-
tinue to be active cases. The
total deaths due to Covid-19 till
so far is 331.
On May 28, the combined
total infection cases in the
paramilitary forces was report-
ed to be 79,861 cases including
283 cases during the 24-hour
period as on the date of the data
collation. Of these, 73,928
patients had recovered, 314
infected personnel died due to
the disease and 5,973 patients
continued to be active till that
date.
During the six-week peri-
od, the total number of para-
military personnel infected
with the novel coronavirus
increased from 79,861 to
84,245 cases, adding just 4,384
cases during the period, which
is a jump of a little over five per
cent.
Likewise, the recoveries
recorded a marked improve-
ment from 73,928 to 83,190,
adding a tally of 9,262 patients
beating the virus during the
period, which is an improve-
ment of nearly 13 per cent.
The deaths during the peri-
od increased from 314 to 331,
adding only 17 casualties in the
last six weeks, which is an addi-
tion of a little over five per cent
casualties across the unformed
forces.
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Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) has y
secured trademark registrations
in three countries – Bhutan,
UAE and Mexico. This is a big
stride towards protecting the
identity of brand “Khadi” glob-
ally. Apart from these countries,
KVIC’s trademark applications
are pending in 40 countries
including the USA, Qatar, Sri
Lanka, Japan, Italy, Australia,
New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil
and others.
The KVIC obtained the lat-
est trademark registration in
Bhutan on July 9 , while trade-
markregistrationwasgrantedin
the UAE on June 28.. With this,
KVIChassucceededinsecuring
trademark registration for the
first time in a Gulf country.
Earlier, KVIC got the trademark
registration for “Khadi” in
Mexico in December 2020.
So far KVIC was having
Trademark registrations for the
word mark “KHADI” in five
countries--- Germany, UK,
Australia, Russia, China. The
European Union also granted
KHADI trademarkregistrations
in certain classes. However, with
recenttrademarkregistrationsin
Bhutan, UAE and Mexico, the
number of such countries has
gone up to nine. In these coun-
tries, KVIC has got registrations
in various classes that pertain to
Khadi fabric, Khadi readymade
garments and village industry
products like Khadi soaps,
Khadi cosmetics, Khadi incense
sticks among others.
KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai
Kumar Saxena said these trade-
mark registrations will prevent
any misuse of the brand name
“Khadi” globally. “In recent
years, Khadi’s popularity has
seen a massive growth in India
and abroad due to Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s
appeal to adopt Khadi. It has,
therefore, become very impor-
tant for KVIC to protect the
identity of Khadi and safeguard
the interest of consumers and
lakhs of Khadi artisans who are
manufacturing genuine Khadi
products. It is for the first time
that KVIC has made aggressive
efforts to safeguard Khadi from
such misuse. These efforts have
yielded significant results and
helped Khadi’s sales grow sig-
nificantly in the last few years,”
Saxena said, adding efforts are
beingmadetosecuretrademark
registrations in other countries
at the earliest.
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In a major initiative that
would boost mango export
potential from the eastern
region especially to Middle
East countries, a consignment
of Geographical Identification
(GI) certified Fazil mango vari-
ety sourced from Malda district
of West Bengal was exported to
Bahrain. According to a com-
merce ministry the consign-
ment of Fazil mango was
exported by APEDA registered
DM enterprises, Kolkata and
imported by Al Jazira group,
Bahrain.
According to the ministry,
the nine varieties which were
exported includes GI certified
Khirsapati (Malda, West
Bengal), Lakkhanbhog (Malda,
West Bengal), Fazli (Malda,
West Bengal), Dusshheri
(Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh)
and Amrapali and Chausa
(Malda, West Bengal) and
Langda (Nadiya, West Bengal).
Fazli mango is special
among all these varieties
regarding its size and weight. It
is commonly grown in Malda
district of West Bengal. It is
large in size and weighs up to
700-1500 grams. That is, this
mango can be up to one and a
half kilos in full size. The peel
of this mango is rough and
slightly thicker than other man-
goes. Mango pulp is light yel-
low, slightly hard and juicy. The
amount of fiber in mango is
very less and that too little is
found near the peel. The aroma
of this mango is very good and
the taste is very sweet. Fazli
mango gets its name from
Fazli Babu who is associated
with Fazal Bibi of Arapur vil-
lage.Apart from Bengal , it is
grown on a large scale in
Bangladesh abroad. This
mango is used extensively in
making pickles and making
jam-jellies.
It said that in June 2021, a
week-long Indian mango pro-
motion programme was organ-
ised in Bahrain where 16 vari-
eties of the fruit including
three GI certified Khirsapatin
and Lakshmanbhog (West
Bengal), Zardalu (Bihar) were
displayed. More than 200 farm-
ers from the Varanasi region
participated in the meet where
agricultural scientists and offi-
cials from the leading institutes
provided valuable inputs for
promoting agricultural prod-
ucts.
The GI tag helps growers
get premium price for the
product as no other producer
can misuse the name to market
similar goods.
A geographical indication
(GI) tag is used for an agricul-
tural, natural or a manufactured
product (handicraft and indus-
trial goods) originating from a
definite geographical territory.
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After Amul, Mother Dairy
has hiked milk prices in
Delhi-NCR and other cities by
C2 per litre from July 11, deal-
ing a further blow to the com-
mon man’s struggle to meet the
ever-increasing kitchen budget.
The price revision, which
comes after a gap of 1.5 years,
has been done amid rising input
costs and will be applicable for
all milk variants. The company
retails milk in more than 100
cities across the country. After
Mother Dairy and Amul, there
areseveralcompaniesinthepri-
vate sector like Nestle, Namaste
India, Patanjali, Ananda in the
country, which sell milk and
products made from it may
also follow the suit and increase
the price.
As per the revised prices,
bulk vended milk (token milk)
will be sold at Rs 44 per litre
from Sunday as against the cur-
rent price of Rs 42 per litre. Full
cream milk (poly pack) will be
available at Rs 57 per litre up
from Rs 55 per litre now. Prices
of toned milk has been revised
to Rs 47 from Rs 45 per litre,
while double toned milk (Live
Lite) rates have gone up to Rs 41
from Rs 39 per litre. Cow milk
will cost Rs 49 from Sunday as
againstRs47perlitrenow.Rates
of half litre milk pouch have
been increased by Rs 1, which
means an effective hike of Rs 2
per litre. Mother Dairy sells
more than 30 lakh litres of milk
per day in Delhi-NCR.
Justifying the hike, Mother
Dairy said it was “compelled to
raise its liquid milk prices by Rs
2 per litre in Delhi-NCR with
effect from July 11, 2021.” Prices
are also being revised across key
markets including east and cen-
tral Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai,
Nagpur and Kolkata from July
11 onwards to the tune of Rs
2/litre on the current prevailing
MRP in respective markets, it
added. “The company has been
experiencing inflationary pres-
sure on overall input costs,
which has increased multi-fold
inthelastoneyear,accompanied
by the distress in milk produc-
tion due to the ongoing pan-
demic,” Mother Dairy said in a
statement.
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Those suffering with mild
cognitive impairment
(MCI) and early Alzheimer’s
disease can try supervised
mindfulness meditation, a non-
invasive and cost-effective
approach, for brain activation
enhancements, researchers
from Shri Chitra Tirunal
Institute of Medical Sciences
and Technology, Trivandrum
have advised.
Mild cognitive impairment
and early form of Alzheimer’s
is a condition in which mem-
ory deteriorates, but a person
remains functionally indepen-
dent.
Dr Ramshekhar N Menon,
additional professor, SCTIMST,
Trivandrum, Dr. C. Kesavadas,
Dr. Bejoy Thomas, and Dr.
Aley Alexander (SCTIMST)
Dr. S Krishnan (Govt Medical
College, Trivandrum) con-
ducted a two-phased study
with separate objectives for
each phase.
The first phase was
designed to explore neural cor-
relations of mindfulness and
study regions of brain activation
enhancements among seasoned
mindfulness practitioners and
healthy non-practitioners
through Imaging Biomarkers,
which is the first of its kind
multimodality imaging work in
dementia from India.
The second phase was
planned to verify the changes in
cognitive performance of
patients with MCI prior to, as
well as subsequent to, mind-
fulness training. The team car-
ried out cognitive retraining
weekly for 1 hour and provid-
ed feedback on the perfor-
mance of the retraining tasks at
the end of each session.
The patients were given
home-based tasks for practicing
during the rest of the days.
They also developed a 10 Weeks
mindfulness meditation-based
program for patients called
‘Mindfulness Unified Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy (MUCBT)’
training program.
The results of initial rest-
ing-state fMRI indicated that
compared to age-matched
healthy subjects who did no
form of meditation practice in
their routine lifestyle, mind-
fulness practitioners estab-
lish increased connectivity,
based on resting-state brain
activity in medial prefrontal
cortex.
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Ten major trade unions
except BMS decided to
observe July 23 as protest day
against Central Government’s
decision to bring corporatiza-
tion in Defence production
and Ordnance factories. The
joint declaration was signed by
INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMS,
AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AIC-
CTU, LPF and UTUC. The
trade unions accused the BJP
led Central Government for
bringing privatization through
the backdoor and objected to
bringing of 100% foreign direct
investment in the defence pro-
duction sector.
“The Central Trade Unions
expressed serious concern and
voiced their condemnation of
hastily promulgation of the
Essential Defence Service
Ordinance by the Central
Government, meant to brutal-
ly suppress the rising discontent
and anger among the defence
production employees. The
Ordinance bans the right to
strike in defence production
sector.
It has various draconian
penal provisions extending
even beyond strike.
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