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SPARKLERS
Have noble resolves.
With the help of willpower,
determination and
sincere effort, you will be
able to achieve your
divine goals.
H. H. Swami Avdeshanand Giri
Bike-borne gunmen shoot dead mining MP: 22 dead, several injured as bus falls off bridge in Khargone
official engaged by NTPC in Hazaribagh
Hazaribag, May 9 (IANS) A senior offi-
cial of a mining developer cum operator
(MDO) firm engaged by power utility
NTPC was shot dead in Jharkhand's
Hazaribagh district on Tuesday, police said.
Two bike-borne gunmen fired at Sharad
Kumar, a senior vice president of the MDO,
from close range near Barkagaon Forest
Guest House while he was proceeding to a
site office in an SUV.
His bodyguard was also injured in the
attack, Hazaribagh Superintendent of
Police Manoj Ratan Chothe said. Kumar
and the bodyguard were brought to a pri-
Khargone, May 9
(IANS): At least 22 people
were killed and many oth-
vate hospital where the former was
declared dead on arrival. Kumar had ers sustained injuries after a
received two bullets - one on his chest and private bus fell off from a
the other on his stomach. The body was bridge in Madhya Pradesh's
sent to a Ranchi hospital for post-mortem Khargone district on
examination. The bodyguard suffered Tuesday.
injuries on the waist. The miscreants were The incident occurred at
masked and appeared to be sharpshooters, Dongargaon bridge near
the SP said adding that the motive of the Dasanga area in the district.
According to Home
murder is not yet clear though the attack
appears to be planned. The SP said that a Minister Narottam Mishra,
case has been registered at the Barkagaon the bus fell to a dry riverbed
police station. All nearby police stations after hitting the railings of
were alerted. the bridge.
A magisterial probe has
been ordered into the inci-
dent, he said. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
expressed grief over the bus
accident and announced ex-
gratia to the families of the
deceased.
The incident took place
around 8.40 am. The bus
was carrying around 50
passengers when it was met
with the accident.
Police had rushed to the
spot and started the rescue
operation. Those injured
were admitted to the district
hospital in Khargone.
Locals in the area rushed
to the spot after the accident
and they pulled the people
trapped inside the bus from
the windows and backside
of the vehicle.

Imran arrested by Pak Rangers on NAB's orders

Patna HC rejects govt's
plea for early hearing on
caste-based survey case
Patna, May 9 (IANS)
Patna High Court on
Tuesday rejected the Bihar
government's plea seeking
an early hearing in the case
pertaining to caste-based
survey in the state. Earlier
on May 4, the high court
put an interim stay on the
caste-based survey saying
that "it looks like a census
and the Bihar government
has no right to conduct it".
The court categorically said
that conducting a census is
in the domain of Centre and
state cannot do it. The court
had also given the next date
of hearing for July 3. After
the interim order, Solicitor
General P.K. Shahi, on
behalf of the Bihar govern-
ment, had filed a plea on
May 6 seeking urgent hear-
ing in this matter.
Islamabad, May 9
(IANS) Based on orders by
the National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), former
Pakistan Prime Minister
Imran Khan was arrested
by the Pakistan Rangers
from outside the Islamabad
High Court (IHC) on
Tuesday.
Khan had travelled to
Islamabad earlier in the day
from his Lahore residence
to appear before the IHC
seeking bail in the Al-Qadir
trust case lodged by the
NAB.
However, upon his
arrival at the IHC, the
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
(PTI) chief was arrested by
the Rangers and took him to
the NAB office.
According to NAB offi-
cials, arrest warrants for the
former premier in the Al-
Qadir trust case were issued
on May 1. The arrest was
made under the same refer-
ence, the officials added.
Confirming the arrest,
PTI's lawyer Faisal
Chaudhry said that as soon
as Khan arrived at the IHC,
a large number of Rangers
troops surrounded the court
premises. He also said that
PTI lawyers and supporters
were assaulted.
"Imran Khan has been
Imran's supporters storm Pak
Army headquarters
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) In unprecedented scenes,
supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on
Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Army headquarters in the
garrison city of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander's
residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corrup-
tion case. As the news of his arrest by the Rangers spread,
massive protests broke out in several cities across
Pakistan. Protesters at several places turned violent and
burned police vehicles and damaged public property. In
Lahore, a large number of PTI workers stormed into the
Corps Commander Lahore residence and smashed the
gate and window-panes. The army personnel present on
duty there, however, did not try to stop the enraged pro-
testers who surrounded them and chanted slogans against
the 'handlers' of the PML-N led government in the mili-
tary establishment.
arrested by Rangers outside and PTI workers and sup-
the IHC. Lawyers have porters are also being
been subjected to torture arrested," said Chaudhry.
Kurmi leaders call for boycott of
panchayat polls in Bengal
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The cold war between the
Trinamool Congress and the people belonging to the
Kurmi community in West Bengal, who are staging a mass
movement demanding Scheduled Tribe status for them,
now seems to be taking a serious turn as the community
leaders have called for a total boycott of the forthcoming
panchayat polls in the state. The call for boycotting the
rural civic body polls came soon after the community
members launched the 'All Wall to Kurmi' campaign in the
three tribal-dominated areas of Jangalmahal scattered over
West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts, sending
across a message to all political parties that the walls of the
properties of the community members cannot be used for
political campaigns for the forthcoming panchayat polls.
Trinamool MLA Ajit Maiti's comments on Sunday equat-
ing the Kurmi agitation with the Khalistan movement have
irked the community members further, who have now
called for a total boycott of the panchayat polls. Although
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself has apologised on
behalf of Ajit Maiti for the latter's comments, it didn't seem
to have satisfied the Kurmi leaders. According to Kurmi
leader Ajit Prasad Mahato, the Chief Minister has always
ignored their demands. "Our single-point demand is that
the state government should send the content and justifica-
tion copies notifying the Kurmis as Scheduled Tribe to the
Union government.

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Day 2 of 'Venture-23' commences with tribute to Tagore Chuna Shah Baba's 54th annual Urs
commences with Quran Khwani
Srinath Public
School Mail News Service

Mail News Service Jamshedpur, May 9: The 54th

Jamshedpur, May 9:
The second day of the
summer camp, 'Venture 23'
commenced with yoga
exercises followed by a
function that saw the
faculty and participating
students paying tribute to
'Kobi Guru' Rabindranath
Tagore on the occasion of
his 162nd birth anniversary,
the 25th day of Boishakh,
which according to the
English calendar this year
coincides with May 9.
Floral tributes were offered
on the occasion followed
by cultural presentations on
Tagore's songs and dances
presented with grace and
aplomb by the teachers and
students of Srinath Public
School in Adityapur.
The art and craft
activities on the second day
of 'Venture-23' included
puppetry, finger print and
glass paintings, pottery and
mug painting. According to
one of the event guides,
"The co-curricular
activities aim at developing
inventiveness, spontaneity,
language interaction, social
field enhancement,
decision making and risk
taking skills."
Participants at the
summer camp were taught
to develop their skills in
logical approach to finding
solutions as they practiced
Sudoku, puzzle and abacus.
(w/gsd)
annual Urs of Hazrat Badshah Abdur
Rahim Rahman alias Chuna Shah
Baba commenced at 8 am on Tuesday,
May 9 at his Dargah in Bistupur with
the reading of Fateha.
Followers of Chuna Shah Baba
from West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and
Jharkhand including Jamshedpur
started arriving at Baba's Dargah
since Monday to participate in the
four day Urs celebration. His devotees Ramgarh and Maulana Ishaque Qawal Kolkata who will present their
belonging to other faiths also Anjum and Kari Ibrar Aurangabadi compositions.
participate in this annual event and will be present. On Friday, May 12, the concluding
offer Chadar in prayers for the The schedule for Thursday, May 11 day of Chuna Shah Baba's 54th Urs
fulfillment of their wishes. will include Chadar and Sandal observation, Langar-e-Aam will
SM Qutubuddin, Secretary of the Gast from 10 am, Chadar Poshi at commence from 2 pm. nationally
Dargah Committee, said that on 1.20 pm, Langar-e-Aam from 2 pm renowned Qawwals, Qawal Mehboob
Wednesday, May 10, Isha Takreer and Qawali from 9 pm with the main Taj from Kanpur and Shabbir Saif Ali
would be held after Namaaz during attraction being the participation of Chishti of Varanasi will present Sufi
which Maulana Qutubuddin Rizvi of the famous Qawwals, Jani Warish Kalam at Mahfil-e- Shama from 9
Ranchi, Jam-Jam Fatehpuri from Qawal Nawada and Shah Warsi pm. (w/gsd)

Khatian holder seeks compensation

for land used for NH
Tata Steel UISL inaugurates 3 MGD water treatment plant at Ramadhin Bagan
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9: To
meet the growing
consumption for drinking
water, Tata Steel UISL has
constructed a 3 Million
Gallon per Day (MGD)
water treatment plant at
Ramadhin Bagan, near
Seraikela, May 9 : Land owner Ramesh Singh attended ISWP Transportation Park.
the Janata Darbar of the Deputy Commissioner on This WTP will be
Tuesday to demand compensation for land acquisition catering to drinking water
done for NH 32 road widening in Pitki village under needs of various locations
Lupungdih Panchayat of Neemdih block. According to like Namda Basti, Mishra
Ramesh Singh, all the papers of Khatian and land are in the Bagan, JEMCO Azad Steel and Ritu Raj Sinha, through Electro- for physico-chemical as Corporate Services, Tata SteelUISL.
name of his grandmother, Late Revati Singh. However, Basti, Gowala Basti, Managing Director, Tata chlorination plant, thus well as micro-biological Steel, Capt. Dhananjay The plant is expected to
Kartik Singh, a resident of Adardih village of Neemdih, Ramadinbagan, Manifit Steel UISL today. eliminating the usage of analysis. The automation Mishra, Sr. General play a critical role in
along with some middlemen, is claiming compensation for Basti, Mohananda The plant is equipped liquid chlorine. system consists of PLC Manager, TSUISL, Sanjiv meeting the growing
the land by making fake documents and genealogy. Basti,etc. with the latest technologies The wastewater controlled Filter Bed, Pump Kumar Jha, EIC demand for purified water
Rayatdar Ramesh Singh has demanded a ban on the The plant was and equipment, which generated in filter beds is house and Clarifier systems (Water & Wastewater in the region and support
wrongful withdrawal of compensation for the land and that inaugurated by Chanakya ensures the highest level of recycled back to the inlet The inauguration Services),TSUISL, Senior the sustainable
compensation should only be paid to the real owner Chaudhary, Vice President, efficiency and reliability. zone.The plant is equipped ceremony was attended by leadership teams from development of the
according to the rules. (w-nm) Corporate Services, Tata Disinfection done with a laboratory facility Pranay Sinha, Chief, Tata Steel and Tata industrial sector. (W-mb)

MNPS hosts skill building workshop for mothers TWU pays tributes to SK Benjamin on 14th death anniv
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9: Two days
of skill building workshop for
Mothers club members was
organised at Motilal Nehru Public
School on 8 and 9 May.
The workshop focused on skill
building and more card and envelope making, thereby
sustainable lifestyle. boosting their green credentials.
On the first day, Such handy products are required
Bindu Ahuja, in every household in everyday
Excellence co- life. The workshop was conducted
ordinator of the by Rajshee Agiwal.
school conducted Principal of MNPS Ashu Tiwary,
hands on training on Secretary of the school managing
baking, icing and ice committee Dr DP Shukla,
cream making. Junior Coordinator Poornima
Mothers were Tripathy along with the
excited, and happy representatives of TEEP (Tata
that they needn't Excellence in Education Program)
depend on readymade appreciated the effort by the club Mail News Service Shailesh Kumar Singh 'Manas', a union employee
packaged products members. addressed the gathering and and Jaideo Upadhyay,
Jamshedpur, May 9: highlighted the life and Director, MJC gave a
from the market. Mothers' Club moderator The 14th death anniversary
Variety of flavours Archana Singh along with Malti contribution of late detailed version of late
of SK Benjamin, former Benjamin to the Union and Benjamin's life.
could be used at home to cater to Mukherjee played an instrumental President of Tata Workers'
every individual's taste. role in making this workshop a workers of Tata Steel. They Also present were
Union (TWU) was said, "SK Benjamin, apart Shatrughna Kumar Roy,
On day 2, women learnt the art of success. (W-mb) observed on May 9. Union from being the union Vice President, Sanjay
leaders led by TWU president, was a mild Kumar Singh, Vice

Srinath University's tribute to the Bard on 162nd birth anniversary
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9:
Srinath University in
association with Srinath
College of Education
organised a cultural
programme to
commemorate the 162nd
birth anniversary of 'Bard'
Rabindranath Tagore.
The entire faculty and
students assembled at the
University auditorium to
salute the Nobel Laureate
for his immortal creations
that have embellished not
only Bengali but
international literature for
posterity.
Dr. Govind Mahato, Vice
Chancellor of Srinath
University offered floral
tributes to Rabindranath
Tagore and in his address
observed, "Revered across
the world for his
remarkable contribution to
the world of literature,
music and art,
Rabindranath Tagore was a
legendary figure and a
cultural icon. The greatest
tribute to icons while
observing their birth
anniversaries is to imbibe
their philosophies and
purposeful pursuits and
make them a part of our
ways of life.
We look upon the Nobel
Prize recipient as a definer
of all that is beautiful and a
motivator of noble thoughts
and ideas and these will
continue to inspire
generations through time.
Rabindranath's writings
show his command over
the language. The more we
read his writings,
understand his music and
dance creations, the more
we will understand the crux
of life and living."
Anju Mahato of B Ed
Department presented a
dance on Rabindranath's
song composition and
Kusum also of the same
department spoke on the
thematic values of Tagore's
literary creations. The
program was jointly
anchored by Devbrat and
Shravani, both of the B Ed
Department. (w/gsd)
President Sanjeev Kumar
Choudhary paid floral
tribute to portrait of SK
mannered man but with
steely resolve who fought
for the right of workers and
President, Nitesh Raj, Asst.
Secretary, Hari Shankar
Singh, Treasurer &
Benjamin. remains a burning example Accountant and executive
President Sanjeev Kumar of fortitude. He served the committee members and
Choudhary, General union dedicatedly for 50 union employees also paid
Secretary Satish Kumar years." tribute to former TWU
Singh and Deputy President Earlier Dr MS Singh President. (W-mb)
Drug peddlar nabbed by Chowka police
Seraikela, May 9: The Chowka police
have arrested a 28-year-old man, Mongol
Munda alias Mangal Munda, on charges of
drug possession. The police recovered
about 450 grams of wet opium from him,
along with a motorcycle, a mobile phone,
and some cash. The arrest was made during
a raid conducted by the police, CRPF, and
District Armed Police Force in the Mutuda
village and surrounding forest areas.
Munda was caught while trying to
escape on his bike and was found with the
drugs during a search. A case has been NDPS Act, and further investigations are
registered under Section 17/18 of the
underway. (w-nm)

Anju Bobby George to inaugurate

Summer Camp at JRD Sports Complex
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9: The Tata Steel
Sports Division is all set to organise
Summer Camp 2023 at the JRD Tata
Sports Complex from May 12-30, 2023.
Renowned athlete, Anju Bobby George
would be the Chief Guest during the
Opening Ceremony of Summer Camp on
May 12 (7 AM) at the JRD Tata Sports
Complex. George is recipient of Arjuna
Award in 2002, Khel Ratna in 2003 and
Padma Shri in 2004 for her outstanding
achievements in field of athletics.
She made history by winning Bronze
Medal in long jump at the 2003 World
Championships in Athletics in Paris. She
became the first Indian athlete ever to win
a medal in a World Championships in
Athletics jumping 6.70 metres (22.0 ft).
Till now, Tata Steel Sports Department
has received 2000 entries for the camp.
This is the last opportunity for the children
to register for the camp as seats are filling
fast. Registration are open at JRD Tata
Sports Complex along with online
registration
https://forms.office.com/r/KLSzFgAxHS.
22-disiplinary summer camp will offer a
host of sports training ranging from
Swimming to Horse Riding to Cricket to
Hockey to roller-skating and others.(W-mb)
BJP felicitates AMC while Ward 29 protests lackadaisical approach
Mail News Service
Seraikela, May 9 : On
one hand, a felicitation
ceremony was organized by
the Bharatiya Janata Party
RIT Mandal to celebrate
the successful completion
of the tenure of BJP-backed
public representatives of
Adityapur Municipal
Corporation while on the
other hand in Ward 29 of
the Municipal Corporation,
there was a huge gathering
of over 200 people of the
area protesting against the
at
pending works of the
Municipal Corporation.
In the meeting, the works
of Adityapur Municipal
Corporation and the works
of the elected public
representatives of the
Municipal Corporation
were reviewed and
different ways to remove
the problems of the people
of the area were discussed
till the new executive
committee of the Municipal
Corporation was formed.
On the other hand in the
meeting at Ward 29 it was
decided the people will
protest and efforts will be
made for the completion of
the stalled works of the
ward.
Manmohan Singh, son of
Late Councilor Late
Rajmani Devi on the
occasion assured everyone
that until the election of the
Municipal Corporation is
held and the new executive
is formed, every happiness
and sorrow of the people of
the area will be taken care
of. Each of their demands
will be taken to the
appropriate platform and
every effort will be made to
solve them.
Singh expressed his
concern by saying that the
previous tenure of the
Municipal Corporation was
very unsatisfactory.
People's representatives
will have to give details of
their works.
Hundreds of women and
men from the area
including Chandan Jha,
Surendra Singh, Harendra
Tinku Lala, Vinay Shankar
Singh, Awadhesh Thakur,
Ranju Mukhiya, Lakshmi,
Savita were present in the
meeting. (w-nm)

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Marandi welcomed in Rajnagar

Dr Nagendra Singh: Parallel thinker driven by sense of purpose beyond just material gain

Mail News Service

Seraikela, May 9: Former Chief Minister Babulal

Marandi on way to Chaibasa to participate in sit-in protest
against the district administration, was welcomed in
Rajnagar by BJP leaders led by Ganesh Mahali. Marandi
garlanded the statue of Sidho-Kanho.
Fish farming to start from today
Mail News Service them to participate in the guests. Dr. Kulkarni praised Dr. be waived off, and in such a heart, opening his doors forever
program. Some of them even Singh, stating that in today's situation, doctors like Dr. Singh to those in need.
Jamshedpur, May 9: On arrived with some vegetables as world, it is rare to find a doctor are truly a manifestation of God. Dr. Singh's mother passed
Monday, several individuals from gifts, which surprised everyone. who not only provides free check- Dr. Singh shared that his father away on March 2, 1997, and
Ghatshila, Dhalbhumgarh, Dr. Singh has been performing ups but also performs free had passed away due to a lack of every year, he organizes camps in
Bahragoda, and other places these surgeries annually in surgeries and even arranges for treatment, and his mother's dream her memory, providing free
made their way to Ganga memory of his mother. ambulance transportation for his was for him to become a doctor, surgeries for the poor. This year's
Memorial Hospital on Dimna At the program's closing patients. which she helped him achieve target was to perform surgeries
Road. These individuals had all ceremony, Dr. Nitin Madan He cited Dr. Singh as an through her teachings while on 400 patients, and so far, 365
been recipients of life-saving Kulkarni, Principal Secretary to exemplary figure for society. spinning yarn on the charkha. His surgeries have been completed.
surgeries performed by Dr. the Governor, Jugsalai MLA Senior Prabhat Kumar noted that mother advised him never to stop Dr. Singh has done free surgeries
Chaibasa, May 9 : Fish farming will be started with Nagendra Singh, completely free Mangal Kalindi, and SSP Prabhat he receives calls daily from treating the poor because of for over 15,000 patients thus far.
cage system in the mine located at Kamarhatu. It will be of charge. Dr. Singh had invited Kumar were present as chief patients requesting their bills to money, and he took her words to (W-nm)
inaugurated by the local MLA Deepak Birua and Deputy
Commissioner of the district Ananya Mittal at 1 pm.
Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries will also announce the
start of boating in the reservoir of the mine. On this
occasion, District Fisheries Officer Jayant Ranjan, Zilla
Parishad member Rajshree Sawaiyan Mukhiya Juliana
Biswajit Manimela organises cultural programme Biker hit by uncontrolled trailer,
sustains serious injuries
Mail News Service
Devgam, Pansas Deenbandhu Devgam, Munda Birsa Mail News Service
Devgam and Kamarhatu Matsyajeevi Sahyog Samiti
prepare for the inauguration. (w-pb) Jamshedpur, May 9: Gamharia, May 9: A bike rider was hit by an
uncontrolled trailer on the Kandra railway overbridge
Tribute to Kavi Guru Biswajit
organized
Manimela
cultural under the jurisdiction of Kandra police station. The injured
programme on the birth person has been identified as Gurupad Mandal, a resident
anniversary of Kavi Guru of Raghunathpur, who sustained serious injuries in the
Rabindranath Tagore on collision. The incident was reported to the Kandra police
Tuesday, May 9. Social station and JRDCL ambulance by the local villagers.
worker Shekhar Dey was Upon receiving the information, the Kandra police
present as the guest of promptly arrived at the scene, while Gurupad Mandal was
honour and Chandrakant taken to Shiva Nursing Home in Adityapur for treatment
Zatakia as special guest. under the supervision of Dr. Falguni Mahato from JRDCL
The programme began with ambulance. The incident caused traffic disruption for some
welcome dance presented Guest of honour Shekher Shekher Dey in his cultural programme. time, with a long queue of vehicles, both big and small,
by Sambhav Dance Group Dey honoured the winners speech delivered BS Prakash Rao, forming on the Kandra overbridge. However, the Kandra
and Biswajit Manimela and Tarit Sarkar who has motivational speech which President of Biswajit police cleared the vehicular jam after sending the injured
Dance Group. Followed by been selected in The Grand inspired the children. Manimela, Secretary Sujit person to the hospital, and the movement of vehicles on
poetry and speech Theatre (Nita Mukesh The final dance Paramanik and Treasurer the overbridge resumed. (w-nm)
competition among kids at
Manimela.
Ambani Cultural Centre)
received special honour.
performance
curtains down on the
brought Arun Kumar Mal were
present. (W-mb)
Woman falls from auto during
collision with car, sustains injuries
Chaibasa, May 9 : The 163rd birth anniversary of Poet
BJP Lok Sabha tour program
Mail News Service
Guru Ravindra Nath Tagore was celebrated today in the
Ravindra Bhawan premises, on this occasion the people of
Uncontrolled SUV rams
into electric pole Gamharia, May 9: A collision occurred between a car
Bengali community offered wreaths and flowers on the
statue of Rabindra Nath Tagore, along with the members
of Nikhil Bang Sahitya Sammelan. also offered flowers to
in West Singhbhum district Mail News Service
and an auto near the Kandra toll plaza under the
jurisdiction of Kandra police station in Jamshedpur. The
the idol. Bengali Seva Samiti Secretary Subroto Bose said
that in the morning wreaths and flowers were offered on
from May 15 Seraikela, May 9: A white Scorpio vehicle with
registration number JH01EY-1739 collided with three
auto collided from behind the car, causing a woman to fall
in the middle of the road. According to eyewitnesses, the
auto was traveling from Kandra to Gamharia, while the car
the statue of Tagore and a cultural program was also Chaibasa, May 9: The state president of BJP, Deepak roadside shops at Kolabira market on the Seraikela-Kandra was also heading in the same direction in front of the auto.
organized in the evening, in the cultural program local Prakash, is scheduled to undertake a Lok Sabha tour main road on Tuesday afternoon. The uncontrolled vehicle When the car suddenly hit the brakes upon reaching the
artists of the city presented Rabindra Sangeet. (w-pb) program in the district from May 15 to May 19. A hit an electric pole, causing damage to several two- left of the Kandra toll plaza, the auto coming from behind
preparatory meeting was held at the district office of West
Two-day Indoor Games Singhbhum, which was chaired by District President
wheelers and bicycles parked on the roadside. The exterior
of the BJP office at Kolabira was also damaged in the
collided with it. As a result of the collision, Pooja Kevarto,
a 24-year-old resident of Adityapur Shere Punjab who was
commences at KCC Satish Puri. During the meeting, detailed information
regarding the five-day stay and visit of the state president
accident. Two adjacent shops belonging to Santosh Mahto
and Apan Das were badly damaged as well. Zila Parishad
sitting on the side of the auto, fell off and got injured. The
villagers immediately informed the JRDCS ambulance,
was provided by J.B. Tubid. Responsibilities for member Shambhu Mandal informed that fortunately, no and Pooja Kevartae was admitted to Shiva Nursing Home
organizing programs and meetings in the five assemblies one was present on the roadside or around the road at the in Adityapur under the supervision of Para Medical Dr.
were assigned to the different individuals. Chaibasa time of the accident due to the scorching heat outside, Falguni Mahato of JRDCS Ambulance, where she is
Assembly was assigned to J.B. Tubid with Mazgaon which helped in narrowly avoiding a fatal accident. (w-nm) receiving treatment. (w-nm)
Assembly going to Barkuwar Gagarai. The Jagannathpur
Assembly was assigned to Vipin Purti,
Manoharpur Assembly to Gurcharan Nayak and
Chakradharpur Assembly to Shashibhushan Samad.
It was revealed in the preparation meeting that a special
BJP West Singhbhum holds sit-in protest
meeting will also be held to discuss the organization of the Chaibasa, May 9 : BJP
Honorable State President, Booth President, Block West Singhbhum party
President, and Mandal President in-charge of Shakti leaders and workers staged
Kendras in the five assembly constituencies. one-day sit-in protest
During the five-day tour, special attention will be given against the arrest of Hinduist
to the Honorable State President's organizational meeting, leaders in Jamshedpur, at
Jamshedpur, May 9: Karim City College organized a public relations, beneficiary contact, new voter contact, Pillai Hall in Chaibasa on
two-day Indoor Games Tournament 2023, where about and direct communication with the public on the Tuesday. Large number of
800 students participated in competitions of sports such as prevailing public problems in the five assemblies. party leaders including
badminton, table tennis, chess and carrom. The Additionally, the work done by Honorable Prime Minister former CM Babulal
tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Mohammad Zakaria, Narendra Modi in the entire district will also be Marandi, Dineshanand Oraon, JB Tubid, Jawahar Gagrai, Gurucharan Nayak, Bhushan Samad, Ganesh
Secretary, and former Principal of the college, who highlighted to make people aware of it. (w-nm) Goswami, Shiv Shankar Lal Banra, Bangkunwar Putkar Hembram, Shashi Mahali and others.
highlighted the importance of sports in a student's life.
Principal Dr. Mohammad Reyaz also congratulated the
participating students and expressed the significance of
sports in one's life. The tournament included various sports
activities held throughout the day, and the semi-final and
final competitions will be held the next day, followed by
Tagore Society's tribute to Kobi Guru with the Bard's multifaceted creations
prize distribution to the winners. (w-nm) Mail News Service their ode to Rabindranath
with their presentation of
Wild elephants cause panic on Jamshedpur, May 9: the Bard's dance dramas
Kandra-Chowka Road Tagore Society's
celebratory programme on
and the Hindi version of his
play, 'Dena-Pawna.' They
Gamharia, May 9: A herd of 30 wild elephants Rabindranath's 162nd birth will also present 'Kunti
emerged on Kandra Chowka road, causing panic among anniversary celebrations Karna Sangbad' in Shruti
the people passing through. The incident occurred near the commenced at 5:30 in the format. On May 11, the
Kandra Happy Lucky Hotel in the morning and the morning on Tuesday with students of the Rabindra
villagers had to remove the elephants from the road with teachers and students of Bhawan branch of Tagore
great difficulty. The herd then camped in the bushes beside Tagore School of Arts and School of Arts will present
the road between Aadal Kocha and Bod Beda under Tagore Academy jointly short plays of the Vishwa
Dumra Panchayat of Kandra. The camping of the organized a Prabhat Pheri Guru as well as the
elephants on the road also caused the speed of vehicles to from the Rabindra Bhawan critically hailed dance
stop. (w-nm) complex and moved along drama, 'Shyama.'
Baug-e-Jamsheed Chowk, On the conclusion of the
Sakchi main roundabout, first day's celebratory
The Bengal Club crossing, event, Tagore Society's
the Jubilee Park Chowk General Secretary, Ashis
before culminating at the Chowdhury said, "It is
Bhawan compound. In his beyond doubt that Kobi
tribute to Kobi Guru on the compositions, his art and plays and above all, be it School of Arts presented a Baridih and Cable branches Guru Rabindranath was, is
occasion of the Nobel music remain a towering through his paintings or programme of Rabindra continuing the gala of and will continue to remain
Laureate's 162nd birth lighthouse in the oceans of written masterpieces, his Sangeet and dances Rabindranath's song and a cultural and literary
anniversary celebrations, time as generations creativity had the flavors of composed on the poet's dance compositions as showcase. Celebrating
Tagore Society's Vice continue to blend with the kindness and compassion lyrics. Kobi Guru's birth glowing tributes to one of Rabindranath is
President, Dr Gautam colours of nature as for all forms of life. anniversary celebrations the most revered universal strengthening the link
Dasgupta said that such portrayed by Rabindranath Rabindranath Tagore again came alive in the litterateurs. Gurudev's between the generations of
great persons were born for in his poetry and lyrics, of relished and celebrated the evening with teachers and birth anniversary yesterday and today to be
the uplift of mankind. distinctive moods, social seasons in a manner that students of Tagore Society's celebrations will continue extended to those of the
Mango resident Bijon Sarkar donated single "Rabindranath's creativity observations as he observed remains unique." Tagore School of Arts and on May 10 and 11.e many more tomorrows."
donor platelet for the 13th time on Tuesday. through his literary in his essays, stories and The students of Tagore its Telco, Sonari, Kadma, academy teachers will pay (w/gsd)
 THE AVENUE MAIL, Jamshedpur NATION Wednesday, May 10, 2023 4

End of Covid emergency to affect sales of diagnostics cos: Report

New Delhi, May 9
(IANS) With the World
Health Organisation
(WHO) declaring that
Covid-19 is no longer a
global emergency, medical
device companies are
likely to see a decrease in
sales, according to a report
on Tuesday.
In the last three years of
the pandemic, many
medical device companies
made billions through tests
and pharmaceuticals.
The report by data and
analytics company
GlobalData predicts that in
the coming years, fewer
new Covid-19 tests will be
hitting the market; instead,
existing tests will be
improved. This could mean
improving tests' specificity
and sensitivity and creating
multiparameter tests with
Polling officials collect EVMs and other voting materials ahead of the Karnataka Assembly existing technology.
elections, at a polling booth in Bengaluru, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 "Companies have
reported decreasing sales
of Covid-19 related
products for the past two
quarters. Therefore, having
the Covid-19 pandemic
declared over and instead
an endemic virus, and with
the emergency use
authorisations on Covid-19
tests lifted, in vitro
diagnostics (IVD)
companies are scrambling
to minimise their losses,"
said Selena Yu, Medical
Analyst at GlobalData, in a
statement.
In vitro diagnostics
(IVD) are tests done on
samples such as blood or
tissue that have been taken
from the human body.
Currently, there are 132
active clinical trials, out of
310 trials on infectious
disease IVD devices,
developing Covid-19 tests.
In January 2023, many
companies involved in
Covid-19 tests, like
Danaher, Abbott, Labcorp,
and Becton, Dickinson and
Company, also known as
BD, made statements on
their significant drops in
Covid-19 tests.
"Now that the pandemic
has been announced to no
longer be an emergency,
the drops will become
more significant in the
coming months. There
could be peak sales in the
fall and winter seasons as
the respiratory disease
season starts up again," Yu
said.

Ahead of polling, K'taka Cong

& BJP leaders on temple run
Bengaluru, May 9 (IANS) As Karnataka is all set for
22 Jharkhand students evacuated from Manipur
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) :
polling on Wednesday, leaders of the BJP and Congress Twenty-two Jharkhand
are vying with each other over temple runs. students evacuated from
The BJP leaders are taking part in 'Hanuman Chalisa' violence-hit Manipur will
recital programmes at temples while the Congress leaders be back home by Tuesday
are also visiting temples and claiming that they are evening, an official said.
seeking blessings to counter BJP. The students hail from
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' West Singhbhum, East
Welfare Shobha Karandlaje, who is also the president of Singhbhum, Bokaro,
Karnataka election Management Committee took part in Dhanbad and Ranchi.
a 'Hanuman Chalisa' recital programme at the famous "Twenty-two students
Hanuman temple of Mahalakshmi Layout. from West Singhbhum,
Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar paid a East Singhbhum, Bokaro,
visit to the Hanuman temple at the Mysore Bank circle in Dhanbad and Ranchi
Bengaluru, and offered special worship to counter the stranded in Manipur were
'Hanuman Chalisa' recital by the BJP leaders. He also brought safely to
claimed that he is a great devotee of Lord Hanuman. Jayprakash Narayan
He also went to Chamundi Hills with Siddaramaiah Airport, Patna. Students
and offered special 'puja' for Goddess Chamundeshwari. will reach their homes late
Shivakumar said, "Even Lord Shri Ram's father in the evening. They will be
Dasharath's temple is not there...We have Lor Hanuman's brought to Jharkhand by
blessings all the time on us. I have prayed to Hanuman to bus," the official said.
empower us with the same strength to take up social The Jharkhand
service," he said. government started steps to
He further said that along with Siddaramaiah, he evacuate students stuck in
worshipped Goddess Chamundeshwari seeking welfare trouble-torn Manipur at the
of the entire state. "Goddess Chamundeshwari is initiative of Chief Minister
regarded as the deity of the land. Before taking up any Hemant Soren after a list of
good work, it is our duty to seek blessings of the deity", 34 students stranded in
Shivakumar stated. Manipur was received at
the State Migrant Control
Room- run by the Labour
Department, a statement
said. "A list of total of 34
students was shared with
the control room. All of
them are students studying
at different universities.
Tickets of 22 out of 34
students were done by
Labour Department and
Disaster Management
Department," the statement
said. The government also
circulated numbers of
control room of the Labour
department Jharkhand -
0651-2481055, 0651-
2480058, 0651-248008,
0651-2481188, 0651-
248202 and WhatsApp
numbers 9470132591,
9431336398, 9431336472
besides 9470132591,
9431336398 and
9431336432 for providing
information about the
students of Jharkhand
pursuing different courses
in Manipur. An official said
the process for evacuation
of the remaining students is
also being done. On
Monday, the state Congress
submitted a list of 10
students of Jharkhand stuck
in Manipur to the state
government. Manipur Chief
Minister N Biren Singh had
on Monday said that 60
people were killed, 231
injured and 1,700 houses,
including religious places,
burnt in the ethnic violence
that rocked the northeastern
state in the past few days.
Violent clashes broke out
between tribals and people
belonging to the majority
Meitei community in
Manipur on Wednesday,
displacing thousands of
people. The clashes erupted
after a 'Tribal Solidarity
March' was organised in the
ten hill districts to protest
against the Meitei
community's demand for
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
status. Meiteis account for
about 53 per cent of
Manipur's population and
live mostly in the Imphal
valley. Tribals - Nagas and
Kukis - constitute another
40 per cent of the
population and reside
mostly in the hill districts.
The clashes were preceded
by tension over the eviction
of Kuki villagers from
reserve forest land which
had led to a series of smaller
agitations.

MYMSC Surabhi branch 2023-'24 sworn in SC objects to Shah's statement

Five needy girls to get one year free education
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9:
Marwari Yuva Manch Steel
City (MYMSC) Surabhi
branch's executive team for
the term 2023-'24 was
sworn in on Tuesday, May
9. Newly elected President
Nisha Singhal and
Secretary Kavita Agarwal
and their team took the
oath of office.
Members of the outgoing
Surabhi committee who
performed commendably
during their 2022-'23 were
honoured on the occasion.
The new committee
headed by Nisha Singhal
highlighted the new social
projects that would be
undertaken during their
tenure. The programme
on 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on
Tuesday said public statements should not be made in a
sub-judice matter, after the court was informed that the
prominent persons present Union Home Minister had made statements in connection
during the event as were all with Muslim reservation in Karnataka.
former Presidents and Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing the
Secretaries of MYMSC petitioners, cited before a bench headed by Justice K.M.
Surabhi wing. Joseph a statement made by Union Home Minister Amit
Five girls to get one year Shah.
free education The bench said the court cannot permit politicisation
The new Surabhi team like this, "when we are ready to hear the matter" and
adopted five girls from further added, when the matter is sub-judice and before the
economically weak apex court then such statements should not be made.
families and undertook to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the
pay for their education for a Karnataka government, submitted that any religion-based
period of one year. reservation is unconstitutional. The Home Minister is
A needy woman from reportedly said to have called the Muslim reservation
Bagbera was gifted a Pico- against the Constitution. Mehta denied any knowledge of
Fall machine, courtesy such a statement, however he stressed that "in the
social worker Santosh manifesto, one is entitled to".
Agarwal while another Dave contended that he can bring on record the
was anchored by Kavita Mukesh Mittal and Arun outgoing Surabhi Nirmal Kabra, Vimal financially weak lady was minister's statement before the court. The bench
Agarwal (Sitaramdera). Gupta were special invitees committee. They also Ringasia, Vivek provided a wheelchair that emphasized that the court has nothing to do with politics
Social workers on the occasion. They assured of all possible Chaudhary, Pankaj was sponsored by by Purvi and public statements on this should not be made.
Ramkrishna Chowdhary, applauded the exemplary cooperation in Surabhi's C h h a v c h h a r i a , Singhbhum Zila Marwari The top court recorded Mehta's statement that no action
Omprakash Ringasia, social projects undertaken community welfare Nandkishore Agarwal and Sammelan (PSZMS). would be taken on the state government's March 27
Rajkumar Chanduka, and executed by the projects. Umesh Shah, others were other decision to scrap the 4 per cent reservation to Muslims.

Daring robbery in Delhi: CCTV footage reveals clues as police probe inside link
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Days
after a group of five armed and masked
robbers forcefully entered a residence
belonging to a businessman in
northwest Delhi, reportedly making off
with Rs 1.3 crore in cash and over two
kg gold, the Delhi Police have
recovered CCTV footage. However,
the identity of the robbers is yet to be
ascertained, an official privy to the
probe told IANS on Tuesday. The
official said that they are probing the
incident, which occurred in the early
hours of Saturday, with all angles,
including the involvement of an insider
as some CCTV cameras in and around
the residence were tampered. "We are
scanning CCTV cameras of the area to
know the route of the accused, as it is
suspected that they even did recce
before committing the crime. So far,
we have several footage and we believe
the accused will be nabbed soon," said
a senior police official. According to
police, a group of masked robbers
infiltrated the residence of the victim,
who is involved in the paper trading
business and is the son of a contractor,
in Ashok Vihar early Saturday morning
by cutting through window grills.
Israel minister cuts short India
visit, to return after meeting PM
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Within hours of his arrival in
New Delhi for a three-day visit, Israel's Foreign Minister Eli
Cohen has cut short his visit to return home owing to certain
security related developments in that country. Official
sources said that Cohen is expected to return later on
Tuesday after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Cohen informed about his change of plans in a tweet. Cohen
had arrived earlier on Tuesday for a three-day day visit.

IIM Sambalpur announces new optional dual-degree course

Massive Fire broke out near Dayananda Anglo Vedic
(DAV) School in Ranchi on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
ED raids bookie Anil
Jaisinghani's house in Thane
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A team of Enforcement
Directorate (ED) from Gujarat conducted a raid at the
house of a bookie Anil Jaisinghani in Thane's Ulhasnagar
on Tuesday. He is currently in the ED custody in
connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering
(PMLA) case. A PMLA case was lodged against
Jaisinghani in 2015 by the Gujarat ED. Amruta Fadnavis,
the wife of Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis, had lodged an extortion case of Rs 10
crore against Jaisinghani at the Malabar Hill police
station. In connection with this case, the bookie was
arrested and lodged in the Taloja jail.
Sambalpur, May 9: Indian
Institute of Management
Sambalpur, one of the most
promising and premium
management institutes among the
country's new generation IIMs,
announces the opening of its new
campus in New Delhi. The new
campus will be a well-appointed
campus located in the Vasant Kunj
Industrial Area in South Delhi in
The Institute for Studies in
Industrial Development (ISID)
campus. IIM Sambalpur also plans
to conduct short as well as long-
duration executive and other
programs in management from the
new ISID campus, drawing upon
the ISID infrastructure as well as its
faculties. The objective is to cater
to a lot of working professionals,
executives, and entrepreneurs who
want to pursue management
studies (along with an option of a
dual degree from international
universities) on weekends from a
premium IIM besides continuing
their respective trade and
profession. Dr Subhas Sakar,
Minister of State for Education,
Government of India said, "I
congratulate IIM Sambalpur for
taking this crucial initiative to
support the startup ecosystem in
the country. IIM Sambalpur's logo
is a whole graphic depiction of the
core values of IIM Sambalpur i.e.,
Innovation, Integration, and
Inclusiveness. IIM Sambalpur with
its core values will nurture our
future leaders whose primary goal
will be sustainability by keeping an
entrepreneurial mindset. I hope this
executive MBA program will
provide many future leaders to the
nation with a global outlook and
dynamic approach to solving the
problem."
Adding this G20 seminar, Dr
Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director of IIM
Sambalpur, said, "IIM Sambalpur
is known as the 3.0 version of IIMs
since it is built on three main
pillars, i.e., Innovation, Integration,
and Inclusiveness. It is a third-
generation IIM that focuses on
three primary aspects: Teaching,
Research, and Incubation. IIM
Sambalpur is the only IIM where
we have set a benchmark of having
an equal number of male and
female students, a trend that is set
by IIM Sambalpur. IIM Sambalpur
has announced a one-of-a-kind
project which is called
'weaversvallys.com' to provide
upmarket access to products of
30,000 world-class weavers from
Sambalpur and other regions of
Odisha through a digital platform.
We have inked an MoU with
Flipkart and SIDBI."
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DSE issues instructions to provide
educational-training certificates
Jamshedpur's natural beauty captured in Bhojpuri movie, 'Khamoshi'
Mail News Service Mail News Service
Seraikela, May 9 : District Jamshedpur, May 9:
Education Superintendent Charles Jamshedpur, known as the
Hembram has written a letter to the Steel City, is also known
Block Education Dissemination for its cultural and sports
Officer of Seraikela, Kharsawan, pursuits amidst an
Kuchai, Kukdu, Chandil, Neemdih, environment of natural
Ichagarh and Rajnagar blocks of the beauty which, very few
district, providing academic- other industrial cities can
educational certificates of 27 government teachers boast of. If one turns back
appointed in mercury and non-mercury category. the pages of celluloid
Instructions have been given to do so. history, the Bengali movie,
In which he has said that within 4 days for the necessary 'E Jahar Shei Jahar Noi'
was one of the initial
work, the academic-educational certificate of the
concerned teachers should be made available to the celluloid ventures that was
shot in Jamshedpur in the
District Superintendent of Education very urgently. Jograi
Champia from Kharsawan block, Shivnath Singh Munda, late '50s of the last century.
Later, much later, a few
Sushma Dorai and Ravindra Nath Tudu from Rajnagar
block, Diwakar Soren, Shailesh Oraon and Subal Chandra more films were shot here.
The more recent was the
from Seraikela block are among the teachers appointed
from mercury category in the list issued for academic- block buster and critically
acclaimed film produced
academic certificates. Singh, Deepa Balmuchu and Doli
Jamuda from Neemdih block, Singrai Murmu from by Anurag Kashyap and
directed by Vikramaditya
Kuchai block, Sanjeev Kumar Kumbhkar from Ichagarh
block, Nirmal Kumar Ghosh from Chandil block, Ram Motwani, 'Udaan.' In
between, some more
Krishna Mardi from Neemdih block, Surajmani Gagarai,
Brahmaketu Sardar and Rajni Tripathi from Ichagarh movies, mostly Bhojpuri
including director Md
block, Shukla mandal is included in Nimdih block. (w-pb)
Nizam's, 'E Sipahi Sainya'
Red Cross Day celebrated and Md Habib's 'Pyaar ke
Anjaam' which is awaiting
at Xavier Public School release, have captured the
beauty of Jamshedpur in
all its glory.
Santali and Rarhi Bangla
films have heightened the
alluring draw of this steel
city that has been nurturing
its natural heritage through
more than a century. In
MNPS Summer Camp for allround development
Jaduguda, May 9 : Red Cross Day was celebrated on Jamshedpur, May 9 :
Monday at Xavier Public School, Dorkasai, Jaduguda. On Around 80 excited students
this occasion, by making a painting, the children made the of Motilal Nehru Public
children aware of the importance and usefulness of the School (MNPS) on the first
Red Cross. On this occasion, the director of the school day of the summer camp
Sunil Singh gave information about the reasons for organized in the school
celebrating Red Cross Day and said that the work of this premises of MNPS learnt
organization is service religion. 'BE A TIGER' project. The
This organization helps people without any project that aims to
discrimination. Blood donation is an important work of inculcate the importance of
this organization. On this day, Red Cross also organizes different skills and qualities
blood donation at different places. This blood plays an like confidence, curiosity,
important role in saving the lives of needy people and courage, observance,
lakhs of people have been saved from it. The program was calmness, energy, power
hosted by school principal Anju Das, deputy director and leadership that a person
Nibha Singh. Rajeev Ranjan, Dharmendra Kumar, Babita should possess like the tiger
Singh, Meena Sahu, Vijay Narayan Rai, Seema Das, were portrayed. Keeping in
Sunita, Nikunj Hembram, Khiroda Sahu, School PRO mind the 360 degree
Yash Raj were present on the occasion. (w-pb) development of students,
Dipak Prakash, Dineshanand greet various other activities
which included estimation
Bharat Singh on wedding anniversary
Government cannot force biometric attendance on personal smartphone: Kunal Das
Seraikela, May 9 : The
government cannot force
teachers in state
government schools to use
personal smartphones to
mark biometric attendance.
For this, the government
should provide adequate
resources in each school.
Jamshedpur, May 9: Jharkhand BJP State President These things were said by
and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash and former Kunal Das, President of
Jharkhand party State President Dineshanand Goswami Para Teacher-Non Para
visited the Bhuinadih residence of the party's State JTET Successful
Working Committee member Bharat Singh to offer their Candidates Association
good wishes on his 25th wedding anniversary. It may be Jharkhand during a press
mentioned that Bharat Singh's 25 the wedding anniversary conference on Monday.
was celebrated on May 4. Deepak Prakash and He said that even in
Dineshanand Goswami met the family members. Bharat today's era, there are many
Singh welcomed both the BJP leaders with the party's teachers, especially para
scarves. (w/gsd) teachers, who either do not
Virangana Foundation pays Fruit packets distributed among patients
tribute to Maharana Pratap Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9: The Kolhan unit of International
Kshatriya Virangana Foundation paid tribute to Maharana Seraikela, May 9 : On
Pratap on his 483rd birth anniversary by garlanding his the occasion of
statue at Sakchi International Red Cross
Marine Drive, Day, fruit packets were
Jamshedpur. distributed among the
P r a b h a patients treated in all the
Singh, Saroj indoor wards by Civil
S i n g h , Surgeon Dr. Vijay Kumar
S u n a n d a and Red Cross Secretary
Singh, Manju Devadhidev Chatterjee at
Singh, Gyanati Sadar Hospital Seraikela.
Singh, Purnima During this, civil surgeon
S i n g h , Dr. Vijay Kumar took stock
Kanchan Singh, Pratibha Singh, Madhavi and Neelam of the health condition by
Singh of Antrashtriya Kshatriya Virangana Foundation talking to the patients being
wer present on the occasion. treated in various wards. In
They resolved to strengthen their community and the this sequence, Dr. Vijay
nation by treading on the path of valor as the brave warrior, Kumar talked about
Maharana Pratap had laid down. (w/gsd) benefiting the TB patients
JHRC raises questions on number of autos plying in city
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9:
Manoj Mishra, Chairman
of Jharkhand Human
Rights Commission
(JHRC) while presiding a
special meeting at the
Chhayanagar office raised
the issue of number of auto
rickshaws plying in the city
by taking a sharp dig at the
administration when he rickshaws? Commercial constant threat of accidents.
questioned, "While helmet vehicles including auto Why are they not fined or
and document checking is rickshaws block main their vehicles seized?"
being conducted strictly in thoroughfares of the city by He claimed that autos
the city for two-wheeler drivers who park their plying in the city exceeded
riders, why are permits not vehicles where they are not the number officially
being checked for auto allowed to. These add to the permitted to run in and
State & Neighbour
2021, director Raja
Gangopadhyay captured
the city's environs in his
film, 'Mystery, a Truth.'
Presently, Md Habib is
back again to shoot for his
latest Bhojpuri endeavor,
'Khamoshi' which is fast
nearing completion.
Established Bhojpuri stars
like Raghav Pandey, Ayaz
Khan, Ritika Sharma and
Sneha Sharma are sharing
screen space with
Jamshedpur actors thereby
opening the scope for the
city's talents to make it big
in the country's more
popular tinsel towns.
Actors Raghav Pandey,
Ritika Sharma and Ayaz
Khan who are first-timers
to Jamshedpur were swept
off their feet by the locales
the city had to offer.
Raghav could barely
mute his excitement when
(to help students measure
the height of trees and
buildings with the help of a
pencil), zumba, story-
telling, personality
development, yoga and
Spoken English are also
being organized.
use smartphones or
only one
smartphone is
available for the
whole family. Many
people do not use
smartphones much
for other reasons as
well.
In such a T
situation, it is not at
all justified by the
department to pressurize
teachers to make biometric
attendance through
personal smartphones.
The government should
provide necessary
resources in every
government school
and the beneficiaries /
patients who are eligible to
get benefits under the Chief
Minister's Medical
Assistance Scheme, by
connecting them with the
government's welfare
schemes.
During the inspection, he
gave several necessary
guidelines to the present
doctors including keeping
around Jamshedpur.
"Tempos carry more
passengers than their
capacity and yet they go
unchecked. Many of these
autos do not have permit to
ply in the city but they are
being run and the police are
in the know of it all.
This is a clear example of
double dealing as two
wheeler riders are not
spared for any flaw in the
observance of traffic
norms, the tempo drivers
go scot-free. Many autos do
not have permits for the
city and yet they are plying
in the city with the
he observed, "There are so
many fascinating locales
here (Jamshedpur) where
you will be spoilt for
choice.
Films can be shot here
extensively. The city offers
a wide scope for shooting
big banner films."
About 'Khamoshi,' both,
Raghav and Ritika said,
"This is a family
entertainer with a love
twist. There is absolutely
no vulgarity in this
movie."
Ritika Added, "I am
simply bowled over by
Jamshedpur and its scenic
beauty. If I get a scope to
come to Jamshedpur again,
I will not give the offer a
second thought and grab it.
If the government provides
financial exemptions,
more films from film cities
will come to Jamshedpur
Extending the skill
building opportunity to
stakeholders, the members
of Mothers Club were
introduced to the art of
baking, icing and ice cream
making. A quiz on the
occasion tested the learning
to register
biometric
attendance.
Apart from this,
eVidyavahini
has been facing
technical
problems since
its inception.
h e
government
needs to fix it by paying
attention to this as well.
Das said that until the
government does not fix all
the technical problems by
providing machines to
register biometric
attendance in schools, the
union will strongly oppose
an eye on the health
condition of all the patients
and providing medicines on
time.
On this occasion, apart
from the above, DPM
Nirmal Das, Hospital
Manager Sanjit Kumar, Dr.
Khelaram Hembram and
other doctors and other
Sadar Hospital workers
were present. (w-pb)
knowledge of the police.
But no action is being taken
at the administrative level."
Other speakers said that
the JHRC would take
initiative and run a
campaign on issues related
to public interest issues on
education and health
including irregularities
prevailing in the ESCI
Hospital.
Among those present in
the meeting included
Salawat Mahto, Abhijit
Chanda, Renu Singh, DN
Sharma, Jagannath
Mahanty, Anima Das and
Debasish Das. (w/gsd)
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 5
IWC East administers
HPV vaccine to five girls
Jamshedpur, May 9 : Inner Wheel Club of Jamshedpur
East administered
the first dose of
HPV vaccine to
five girls under
the age of 15 to
prevent cervical
cancer. The
second dose will be given after six months. Club member
Dr Neelam ensured the drive went on productively. Club
President Archana, Vice President Sampa Upadhyay and
Dr Neelam were present on the occasion. (W-mb)
to shoot and what's more,
more local talents will get
greater exposure."
Director, Md Habib who
hails from this city, said
that thus far, he has
produced and directed half
a dozen films in
Jamshedpur. One of them,
a Bhojpuri venture, 'Pyaar
Ke Anjaam' is awaiting
release. Habib stated, "The
shooting of 'Khamoshi' is
almost complete.
Jamshedpur's artistes are
now getting more
opportunities to showcase
their talents. They just
need to work hard and
then, nothing could stop
them from making it big in
the celluloid world."
Habib informed that
shooting of four more
films are in the pipeline
and will commence soon.
(w/gsd)
of mothers. Teacher Bindu
Ahuja of MNPS was the
chef for the day. Members
of the SMC along with the
representatives of TEEP
(Tata Excellence in
Education Programme)
appreciated the efforts by
the school.
The Junior Heritage Club
students on the occasion
learnt intricacies of Paitkar
Painting (Natural colour
painting), an old age tribal
painting of Jharkhand.
Chitrakar Vijay used natural
elements such as stones,
leaves, flowers, mustard
seeds, turmeric and barks of
trees to create the colours
used in paintings. (w-nm)
if teachers are forced to
make biometric attendance
on personal smartphones.
Also, in the
present circumstances, if
the department show-
causes any teacher in the
matter of biometric
attendance, then the union
will not hesitate to go to the
court. (w-nm)
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Asad Mirza
Strained Indo-Pak ties to stay As dedollarisation picks up steam, it will
I
ndia taking down Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet is
indicative of changing diplomatic might of India. India will not stick to fake goody words
any longer. It signals Pakistan about the need to do more to shed the tag of being a
global headache on terrorism.
have positive cascading effect on Rupee
Coming soon after the recent Shanghai Cooperation Council's (SCO) Defence Ministers' Arun Kejriwal them, but things seem to be not
Summit in New Delhi, India last week hosted the Foreign Ministers of the SCO at Goa. moving as either of them would

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The common thread between these two summits was the tough posturing by India against ndia has traditionally traded have desired.
its two neighbours Pakistan and China. with the global community in While the first steps to de-
At the Goa meeting, India's External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, revealed that US Dollars and a basket of dollarisation have started and the
India had twice called out China and Pakistan at the summit for violating India's sovereignty currencies. Against the basket we system is doing reasonably well,
through their connectivity projects. have done well and have there is a long way to go before it
The statement was made in response to a question on the China-Pakistan Economic appreciated against the British becomes the norm. The good part is
Corridor (CPEC), which runs through Indian territory currently under Pakistan's illegal Pound and Euro, but it is against the way the country has moved to
occupation. the US dollar that our performance digital transactions and the
Earlier, India had sort of reprimanded the Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu at the has not been the best. popularity of the UPI system where
New Delhi meeting, on the issue of the stalled talks over the Line of Actual Control (LAC). To add to our concerns is the fact the same is being used across the
India's critique of Pakistan Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in Goa that many countries have their length and breadth of the country
to represent Pakistan at the SCO-CFM. A visit, which happened after a 12-year gap. currency pegged to the US Dollar. and across various strata of society.
The last Pakistani Foreign Minister to visit India was Hina Rabbani Khar, when she met Some examples are the UAE This would also help in making the
her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in Delhi in 2011. Dirham, Malaysian Ringgit and de-dollarisation that much more
However, what soured the atmosphere this time in Goa, was references made by Zardari Hong Kong Dollar, among others. successful.
over Kashmir and Pakistan being a victim of terrorism itself. Though he also called for India has been trading in Indian situation has changed and India has do business and import items from In conclusion, the trade pact that
reviving the stalled talks. Rupee with bilateral pacts for time been able to do trade with Russia India which had earlier become a India is signing up with countries
India, in a strongly worded response to Pakistan's overtures for talks, said victims of immemorial with the best example for crude oil at favourable prices bottleneck. and introducing the concept of
terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terror. being the Rupee-Rouble trade and also in rupee denominated Against the imports of crude oil trading in the local currency is
Rebutting each of the points made by Zardari, EAM Jaishankar said he (Zardari) was "a which has been going on even currency. and edible oil our exports are gaining momentum. The moment
promoter, justifier and spokesperson for a terrorism industry which is the mainstay of before I was born (or over 65 years I am not sure how many would primarily matched against software we are able to tie up say around
Pakistan. The tough Indian response came after the news of death of five Indian Army ago). The same was extended for recall the large department store in exports. This is one item that helps two-thirds of our crude oil and
soldiers in a terrorist attack near the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday". trade between India-Iran when Singapore known as 'Mustafa' India stay afloat comfortably edible oil in rupee or non-dollar
Jaishankar said Bilawal's suggestion to sit together and talk was "hypocritical" and said there were sanctions on Iran which was very popular with amongst others. Going forward as trade, India would have arrived.
India was feeling "outraged" by the incident. imposed. Now the same is Indians visiting that country. This the Rupee and the de-dollarisation This would have a big positive
India's stand on China Jaishankar had a similar position on China whose readout on the happening between the UAE, Sri store always accepted Indian movement picks up steam, it will impact on our markets as the Rupee
bilateral between him and its Foreign Minister Qin Gang described the situation on the Lanka and Bangladesh among currency and the same was at the have a positive cascading effect on dollar depreciation that FPI's factor
boundary as stable. Jaishankar said that there is an abnormal position in the border areas. others. official rupee-SGD rate. Even the Rupee. when they buy equity being
"We have to take the disengagement process forward. I have made it very clear. India-China There would be no short-term today the rupee is accepted all over Besides India, which has its own factored as a cost, would stop. This
relations will not be normal if peace and tranquillity in the border areas is disturbed. This impact of this de-dollarisation from the Middle East and Ru-pay has advantages in floating the rupee as would be the moment for India as
message was on the same lines as delivered by the Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a stock market perspective. become very popular. a trade and acceptable currency, our markets would then receive a
to his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, a fortnight ago." However, in the long term this Bangladesh is foreign currency even China is pushing de- big boost. This would be the time
Responding to Zardari's diatribe, Jaishankar said Bilawal's opposition to a G-20 meeting would impact the markets in a very starved and is struggling with its dollarisation as a viable alternative. when our markets start benefiting
to be held in Kashmir had no basis since Pakistan was not even a member of that grouping. positive manner. India's biggest forex reserves. The trade with India Its expansion into multiple in a manner that they have never
On Bilawal's opening address at the SCO conference where he said the issue of terrorism imports are crude oil and edible oil in rupee has given a new lifeline to geographies with its one road seen till today.
should not be used to score diplomatic points, the Minister said: "We are not scoring and most of the trade of these the country and they are now able project is now meeting stiff (Arun Kejriwal is the founder
diplomatic points. We are exposing Pakistan. As a victim of terrorism, we are authorised to commodities has traditionally to manage their business and resistance from many countries. of Kejriwal Research and
do so. We have put up with it. It speaks so much about the mindset of that country." happened in USD. economy. Small traders and Our immediate neighbour Investment Services. The views
He asked Pakistan to "smell the coffee" regarding its grouse about the abrogation of Post the Russia-Ukraine war, the businessmen are once again able to (Pakistan) is totally dependent on expressed are personal)
Article 370 as a violation of international agreements. "370 is history. Sooner the people
realise it, the better," Jaishankar said. Indian response to CPEC
EAM Jaishankar also took an exception at the mention of CPEC at the SCO meeting, both
by Pakistan and China. And rightly so, as SCO is a multilateral forum, not a bilateral one and
further India's adversarial stand on the CPEC has been very clear from the beginning, as it
With MP polls not far away, corona is the latest political abuse
passed through the PoK. India has consistently opposed the Belt and Road Initiative and Sundeep Pouranik harm to Madhya Pradesh than what
CPEC, as these projects violate India's territorial integrity and sovereignty. coronavirus did to the state."

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Jaishankar very clearly stated that connectivity is good for progress, but connectivity ith elections in Madhya
cannot violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations. Bilawal's overture Pradesh just a few
On his part Bilawal Bhutto Zardari blamed India's Kashmir policy for the "frozen peace" months away, the
between India and Pakistan. The India-Pakistan relationship soured significantly after India political temperature has started
announced the withdrawal of special powers from Jammu and Kashmir and the division of rising slowly in the state. The
the state into two union territories in August 2019. statements of the leaders are also
India has always maintained that it wants regular neighbourly ties with Pakistan while increasing. Now a new remark
emphasising that the onus is on Islamabad to create a safe environment for such an 'coronavirus' has entered the
engagement.The tough Indian response to both Pakistan and China, mainly stems from its political field for targeting each
exhaustion with its neighbours, who in spite of several Indian initiatives to better relations, other.
prefer to stick with their age-old stands on the contentious issues, preferring not to respond Elections in the BJP-ruled state
positively to any Indian efforts in this regard. are scheduled to be held by the end
The SCO meet also showed yet again that body language speaks volumes in geopolitics of this year.
and diplomacy. The distance between the two foreign ministers while posing for The effect of Covid has also
photographs was noticeably gaping. However, the cold Indian demeanour, a departure from started showing in politics. Many
customary diplomatic niceties, and continuing with its old parroting by the Pakistani Minister leaders are connecting each other to
were more targeted at their respective domestic audiences. Covid.
The Indian leadership in view of the forthcoming elections in Karnataka wanted to be seen Madhya Pradesh politics heated
as acting tough, while the Pakistani Minister wanted to showcase his ability to rake-up old up again as the BJP and the
issues in the backdrop of the economic woes of Pakistan. But overall this posturing does not Congress engaged in a war of
augurs well for friendly relations between the neighbours in the foreseeable future. words over Digvijaya Singh's
(Asad Mirza is a senior political commentator based in New Delhi. He can be recent 'Covid' remark.
contacted at www.asadmirza.in) State Water Resources Minister
Tulsi Ram Silawat took a jibe at the
former CM and Rajya Sabha MP
Digvijaya Singh over his remark
"Hey Mahakal, a second
Jyotiraditya Scindia should not be
born in the Congress."
Silawat said Digvijaya Singh is
the coronavirus of the Congress,
adding that Singh should be born in
China in his next life.
Responding to Silawat's
statement, Singh said, "Yes, I am a
coronavirus for the BJP and the
Sangh."
Slamming the Congress leader
for claiming that he is a
coronavirus for the BJP and the
RSS, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan said, "Digvijaya Singh
and Kamal Nath have done more
As the elections approach, there
is a flood of political statements
and the attacks are also
intensifying.
Political analysts say that both
the political parties are talking
more on such topics instead of
serious issues.
The upcoming assembly
elections are challenging for both
the BJP and the Congress, which is
why both the parties are treading
cautiously, focusing on political
strategy.
The Congress government in the
state under Kamal Nath, which
came to power in December 2018,
collapsed and the BJP again
captured power after MLAs loyal
to Union Minister Jyotiraditya
Scindia joined the saffron party
following his rebellion in the grand
old party.

Man behind BJP's experiments, B.L. Cong top brass cools down on Pilot,
Santhosh draws the ire of state bigwigs follows path of least turbulence
M.K. Ashoka charged. Archana Sharma
Senior BJP leader Prabhakar Kore

P T
olitical circles here are abuzz
with BJP national general
secretary (organization) B.L.
Santhosh's role in the saffron party's
new experiment in Karnataka ahead
of the assembly polls.
The BJP's decision to rest senior
party leaders Jagadish Shettar,
Laxman Savadi and K.S. Eshwarappa
has been taken by Santhosh. He also
ensured the sidelining of former chief
minister B.S. Yediyurappa and the
denial of a ticket to his son B.Y.
Vijayendra from Varuna constituency
in the 2018 assembly elections,
according to sources.
Though there was a tussle between
Yediyurappa and Santhosh
throughout his tenure, surprisingly
Yediyurappa has now defended
Santhosh and condemned statements
against him.
It is claimed that Santhosh is
nursing ambitions of becoming the
CM of Karnataka as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had earlier become
the CM of Gujarat. Modi was also
holding the position of national
general secretary (organization).
Presently Santhosh also has the same
post.
The BJP faction against Santhosh
says that he wants to take over the
post of CM from the backdoor and on
the pretext of strengthening the party
is preparing the ground for himself.
Those in his favour say that Santhosh
is grooming a new generation of
leaders for the future and he is not
interested in power.
Former BJP CM Jagadish Shettar
who joined the Congress had lashed
out at Santhosh, holding him
responsible for his exit from the
saffron party. The BJP is losing seats
one after the other. The party is not
sure whether it wants to come to
power, Shettar said.
In the past, Santhosh has been made
the in-charge of elections in other
states, but the BJP could not win
anywhere. In spite of this, he had been
given the charge of Karnataka. This is
only being done to make the party
lose in the state, he claimed.
One individual has become
important and he has kept everything
under his control. Santhosh will
ruthlessly trample on those who are
not in his favour. "His protege
Mahesh Tenginakayi has got the
ticket for my constituency in the BJP.
To get him this ticket, I was
humiliated and thrown out by
Santhosh," Shettar stated.
There is a conspiracy to finish off
the BJP in the state. Even
Yediyurappa is helpless. There is
suffocation in all district offices. State
BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel is
a close associate of Santhosh. Kateel
will act as per his directions, Shettar
stated that the developments in the
state were not brought to the notice of
PM Modi. The middle persons are
carrying them out. "If they think they
can finish off the Lingayat
community leadership, it is
impossible," he said. There are
rumours that Kore is also seriously
contemplating quitting the party.
Reacting to these charges, B.L.
Santhosh, who keeps a distance from
the media, replied on his social media
account with a quote from the
Upanishads, "Charaivethi,
Charaivethi yahi to mantra hai apna"
(Keep Moving, Keep Moving, this is
my mantra).
Sources said that Santhosh and
Union Minister for Mines, Coal and
Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi,
who hails from the state, are together
hatching a plan to gain supremacy in
state politics. They have now
managed to sideline Yediyurappa,
Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar and
Laxman Savadi.
Former deputy CM R. Ashoka has
been given the formidable task of
defeating Karnataka Congress
president D.K. Shivakumar in his
constituency. Another senior Lingayat
leader V. Somanna has been entrusted
the uphill task of trouncing
Opposition leader Siddaramaiah in his
Varuna constituency.
If these frontline leaders who are
competitors for the CM's post are
sidelined or thrown out from the
party, there will be no one to raise a
voice against Santhosh and Joshi in
Karnataka, sources explained.
By and large Karnataka is a
peaceful state and the north Karnataka
region is known for unity among
Hindus and Muslims. Unlike other
places, it is common in the villages of
north Karnataka to see Hindus and
Muslims living as good neighbours.
The Hindutva card won't work here
like in Uttar Pradesh, as the state does
not have a similar atmosphere.
he silence of the Congress on
Rajasthan ex-deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot is now
being seen with raised eyebrows in
political circles. Not long ago, the
party in-charge of Rajasthan,
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, termed
Pilot's one-day fast against Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot's inaction
against former CM Vasundhara Raje
as an act of indiscipline. Now,
Congress veterans are calling him an
asset for the party.
Recently Pilot was kept out of the
star campaigners list for the
Karnataka assembly polls. Since then,
speculation was rife if Pilot was still
an asset for the party.
However, the recent stand of
veteran leaders made it clear that Pilot
is still being seen as an asset by the
high command.
As per the national secretary of the
Congress and co-incharge of
Rajasthan, Virendra Singh Rathore,
"The Pilot issue is not just a challenge
but a home matter. It is a matter of
organization. Where Ashok Gehlot ji
has huge exposure and has experience
of both government and organization,
at the same time Pilot has an image of
a young and energetic leader all over
the country."
Rathore said it is our good fortune
that experienced leaders as well as Thursday. She was talking to the different from those of the parents.
energetic leaders are with us. We will media at her hotel. Parties are also like family. Opinions
all move forward in harmony. On the issue of Sachin Pilot, Amrita may differ, but we will fight the
Rathore was talking to the media Dhawan said "We have been sent by elections together. The Congress party
after reaching Jaipur for the first time the party with folded hands to is a family."
on Thursday after becoming co- strengthen the Congress. You can say In fact at a programme recently,
incharge. as much as you want on the party Ashok Gehlot told the media that
Amrita Dhawan, the new co- platform. Everyone is given a chance. 'they should not try to make us (Pilot
incharge secretary of the Congress in Everyone will be heard. Our party is and Gehlot) fight. We have done a
Rajasthan, also indicated that the not like the BJP and other parties that survey which says that we are coming
party is not in a hurry regarding action if they speak, their neck will be cut. back to power."
in the Sachin Pilot case. We will not do this. We will listen to With the veterans toning down their
Dhawan said "We (Congress) never everyone."Dhawan added "There are voices on the Pilot issue, it is clear
behead anyone for expressing their differences and differences of opinion that the party, as of now, continues to
views unlike other parties. We listen in the party. Differences happen even see him as an asset which Rahul
to everyone." at home. Even in the family, the views Gandhi also said during his Bharat
Amrita too reached Jaipur on of the children may sometimes be Jodo Yatra.
 THE AVENUE MAIL, Jamshedpur SPORTS Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7

Selflessly contributing for Gujarat instead of Test call-up on Wriddhiman Saha's mind
Ahmedabad, May 9
(IANS) On Sunday, in the
Gujarat Titans-Lucknow
Super Giants match at the
Narendra Modi Stadium,
openers from both teams
scored half-centuries. But
undoubtedly Wriddhiman
Saha continued his power-
play brilliance since last
year's IPL by smashing a
dazzling 81 off 43 balls.
With the ball coming
nicely on to the bat, Saha
was effortlessly toying with
the lines and lengths of
Lucknow's bowlers,
especially of Avesh Khan
and Mohsin Khan, making
54 out of the hosts' 78 runs
in power-play, bringing up
his fifty in 20 balls and
setting the base for Gujarat
to bat Lucknow out of the
game.For someone who
began his IPL career in the
middle order and hit a
century in an IPL final
while coming at number
four, Saha has now adapted
quietly and quickly to the
role of power-play enforcer
for Gujarat, where he has a
strike-rate of 137.18 in IPL
2023. "Since childhood, I
had the nature of hitting the
ball hard even if the circle
is up. Yes, when I started in
the IPL, I was batting at
number six or seven in
KKR, CSK. Sometimes
chances came of opening
the batting or playing in the
top-order. Even when I was
at Punjab Kings and
Sunrisers Hyderabad, I
played a lot of innings at
the top of the order."
"Looking at my cricket,
the team management
thought that I can play
selflessly and fearlessly as
well as take the advantage
of playing in power-play.
There, the thinking of team
management and my style
of play matched, which has
made life easy in terms of
contributing for the team
and helping in them doing
well," he said on his
adaptability while going
through various roles in
IPL in a virtual interaction
organised by the franchise.
With Saha doing great in
IPL 2023 and averaging
52.16 for Tripura in Ranji
Trophy, many felt he would
'I get goosebumps seeing him doing what he's been IPL-2033: Sam Curran couldn't execute what he
needed to, says Simon Doull
doing', Russell hails Rinku after KKR clinch thriller
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) New Delhi, May 9 (IANS)
Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounder Simon Doull believes that Punjab
Andre Russell expressed that the Kings (PBKS) seamer Sam Curran
fearless batting displayed by Rinku failed to perform well under
Singh has helped alleviate the pressure during the team's IPL
pressure as the duo sealed a 2023 encounter against KKR.
thrilling victory against Punjab He said that the tactic used by
Kings (PBKS) at Eden Gardens. the English all-rounder to deliver a
Chasing 180, Kolkata needed 26 slower ball ended up having a
needed in two overs, Russell negative outcome. With Kolkata
delivered big time smashing Sam requiring 26 off 12 balls, Curran
Curran for 3 sixes in the 19th over conceded 20 runs as Russell
to bring down the equation to just smacked back-to-back maximums.
7 of the last 6 balls. After a dot ball, he went for
PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh another six and finished the over
held his nerves and created with a single, leaving 6 runs for the
immense pressure as Russell was final over to win. However,
should we go for the run? I said for fighting over from pacer Arshdeep of the World Cup. He gets those
run out in the penultimate ball sure, I have faith in him to finish it
trying to sneak in a cheeky signal. Singh created immense pressure yorkers right. He is under
off the last ball," Russell said after and Russell was run out in the enormous pressure, I get that. And
With 2 needed off the final ball, collecting the Player of the Match
Rinku found the fine-leg boundary penultimate ball trying to sneak in bowling to a big powerful player,
award. "I get goosebumps seeing a cheeky signal. With 2 needed off you are under more pressure. But
and pulled off the nail-biter with a him doing what he's been doing. I
five-wicket victory. "I wanted to the final ball, Rinku Singh swiped they were length balls. He bowled
have company at the back end, he the last ball wide of fine leg for a two length balls leg side, got
finish the game off, but we have a soaks the pressure off and he's
finisher this year in Rinku. He had four to seal the thriller against picked off both times into the
been here for years now, a really Punjab Kings on Monday night. grandstand for half a dozen,"
told me what if the ball beats you, hard-working guy.
"He (Sam Curran) was the Player Doull told Cricbuzz.
Injured Archer returns home for
rehabilitation, MI names Chirs
Jordan as his replacement
Emergence of young left-handed batters, finishers augurs well for Indian cricke
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The emerged to be mainstays for their Riders' playoffs hopes alive on
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) English pacer Jofra Archer wide-spread talent pool in India respective teams in middle as well Monday, is the highest run-scorer
will return home from the has always brought up a sense of as lower order. For Suresh Raina, among lower-order batters from
ongoing Indian Premier envy amongst other cricketing a former left-handed batter for overs 16-20 in IPL 2023,
League (IPL) with nations. But in the 2022 Men's India and Chennai Super Kings, amassing 214 runs in nine innings
immediate effect to focus T20 World Cup in Australia, the Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma are at a strike-rate of 187.72, while
on his rehabilitation, the lack of a left-handed batter in the promising left-handed batting averaging 53.5.
England & Wales Cricket top as well as the middle-order prospects for the national team in Tilak, on the other hand, has
Board (ECB) confirmed was a huge talking point. middle-order. been in scintillating touch for
on Tuesday. Left-handedness of Axar Patel "Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma Mumbai Indians, mixing
Archer, who has been was used as either at number six impressed me the most because conventional shots with T20
replaced by Chris Jordan or seven in the absence of these two play in the middle- innovations like reverse-heave.
in the Mumbai Indians Ravindra Jadeja, till India brought order. Sometimes it becomes very He has been the glue for the five-
squad, will return to the Rishabh Pant, who was not a important to see the situation and time champions in middle-order
UK this week and will guaranteed starter, in place of how the game is going and and death-overs, combining big-
work on his rehab with the Dinesh Karthik in the middle- understanding the demand of the hitting and consistency.
ECB medical department order. But it was too late an game, which I have really loved His middle-order numbers of
and Sussex County addition as Pant didn't leave the about Rinku Singh and Tilak 149 runs in seven innings at an
Cricket Club, desired impact as an explosive Varma. Rinku hit those five sixes average of 49.67 and strike-rate of
respectively. "Archer has been recovering from right left-handed batter against and is batting at another level," 128.45 look impressive. But it is
elbow surgery. However, pushing through the discomfort Zimbabwe, as well as in the semi- said Raina, an IPL expert for death overs numbers in IPL 2023
whilst recently playing, hoping it will settle, has proven final against England. JioCinema, in a select virtual which make for a jaw-dropping
challenging. Therefore, it has been agreed for him to In IPL 2023, it has been interaction. look: - 118 runs in six innings at
return to the UK for a period of rest and rehabilitation to witnessed that a younger crop of Rinku, who slammed a four off an average of 39.33 and strike-
give him the best opportunity for a full recovery," the uncapped left-handed batters have the final ball against Punjab Kings to keep Kolkata Knight rate of 218.52.
ECB statement read.
even think about it." to him in whatever is left in began out of enjoyment. As my physical activities. I try my efforts." Saha's re-
have been the ideal fit as such thoughts about it.
K.L. Rahul's replacement in "Right now, I am playing With a controlling the his playing career. of now, that enjoyment to continue enjoying doing emergence as a maximiser
controllables mindset and "As I am getting older continues to be there, be it that. Whether the team of power-play began in fag
India's World Test franchise cricket, which is
Championship final squad. the IPL. So, I am thinking not pondering over the and my cricketing career is be at domestic or IPL." picks me or not is a thing end of IPL 2020, smashing
uncontrollable elements, almost at its last phase, "Another thing is, being which will be seen later, but 214 runs and striking at
While that hasn't of my IPL team first.
happened, Saha, who has Regarding other things, it's Saha is now eyeing to enjoy when I started out playing able to contribute to the right now my aim is to give 139.86 with two half-
whatever roles are assigned cricket as an individual, it team and enjoying doing more than 100 per cent of centuries.
40 Test caps, said he had no not in my hand and I don't

Afghanistan to tour Sri Lanka for ODI series in June Focus on Sarabjot as Air Pistol shooters take first shots at targets
Kabul, May 9 (IANS)
The Afghanistan cricket
team will tour Sri Lanka for
a three-match ODI series in
early June, the Afghanistan
Cricket Board (ACB)
confirmed on Tuesday.
Afghanistan will arrive in
Sri Lanka on May 29 and
the three matches will be
played on June 2, 4 and 7
respectively. All the
matches will be played at
the Mahinda Rajapaksa
International Cricket
Stadium in Hambantota.
The ODI series is part of
the two countries' long-
term commitment, which
will serve both teams in
preparing for the ACC Asia
Cup 2023 and the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2023 in
October and November this
year.
"We are pleased with our
communications and the
outcome of our
negotiations with Sri Lanka
Cricket regarding this
event. Aside from a
thorough ICC Future Tours
Program, the ACB is
dedicated to arranging
more bilateral series with
the other boards. We have
our sights set on the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2023,
and we are working hard to
arrange more bilateral
cricket for our National
team in the buildup for the
event," said Naseeb Khan,
CEO of the ACB, in a
media release.
"Our previous tour to Sri
Lanka was an incredible
experience in which both
countries played
competitive cricket, and we
are looking forward to
engaging in some high-
voltage cricket this time as
well," he added.
Afghanistan last toured
Sri Lanka for an ODI series
in November 2022, when
the sides engaged in a
competitive battle.
Afghanistan stunned Sri
Lanka in the first ODI,
winning the contest by 60
runs. After a no result in the
second contest, the
Lankans roared back by
winning the third ODI by
four wickets and levelling
the series.
New Delhi, May 9
(IANS) Sarabjot Singh,
Shiva Narwal and Varun
Tomar will lead the Indian
challenge in the men's
event as two gold medals,
one each in the men's and
women's 10m air pistol
events, will be contested on
the opening day of
competitions at the
International Shooting
Sport Federation (ISSF)
World Cup Rifle/Pistol in
Baku, Azerbaijan, on
Wednesday.
A 22-member Indian
squad has its full quota of
three medal contenders in
each event who will look to
impress ahead of what will
be the squad's last
international assignment
before the crucial world
championships in August.
While Sarabjot Singh,
Shiva Narwal and Varun
Tomar lead India's
challenge in the men's
event, Divya T.S, Esha
Singh and Rhythm
Sangwan will vie for
podium places in the
women's competition.
The squad reached Baku
in two batches by Monday
and has been training at the
competition range over the
past couple of days under
the watchful eyes of high-
performance director
(HPD) Dr. Pierre
Beauchamp and foreign
coaches Thomas Farnik
and Munkhbayar
Dorjsuren.
Speaking ahead of the
year's fourth Rifle/Pistol
world cup stage, team HPD
Dr. Beauchamp said, "It is
yet another step in the
journey. An opportunity to
sharpen up, fine-tune, and
improve our process goals.
That is how I see this
World Cup. Medals are
always a result of a good
process!"

Men's World Boxing C'ships:

Deepak, Nishant register dominating
wins to enter quarter-finals
When Andre Russell gets going, that ground is simply too small for him: Swann
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Kolkata
Knight Riders kept their play-off
chances alive as they walked out of
the Eden Gardens with a IPL 2023
win over the Punjab Kings by 5
wickets. Batting first, the Kings set a
target of 180 runs, led by a 57-run
performance by captain Shikhar
Dhawan. Chasing, the KKR captain
too top scored for his team as Nitish
Rana hit 51 runs off just 38 deliveries.
Rana got out in the 16th over but
the KKR finishers Andre Russell and
Rinku Singh made them win the
thriller that stretched to the last ball.
This win helps Kolkata rise to 5th on
the table, proving they're still in the
fight for a playoff berth while Punjab
falls to 7th place with the same win-
loss record but a worse run rate.
Andre Russell had an impactful 42-
run performance in the latter half of
the game, hitting three sixes in four
balls against Sam Curran in the 19th
over of the match. He was awarded
the Player of the Match for his efforts.
Russell's massive scoring outburst
led to JioCinema IPL expert Graeme
Swann complimenting his efforts on
the night.
"It's the start of his innings, he
always comes out with pressure on
him. He's going to get a short delivery
and he doesn't like short balls early
on. If he gets in and gets past the first
three balls, he's normally alright.
When he gets going, that ground is
simply too small for him and we saw
that tonight."
Sports Authority of India felicitates
17 medalists from Moscow Wushu
Stars Championship
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India
(SAI) on Tuesday felicitated medal winners from the Moscow
Wushu Stars Championship, which ended earlier this month
in Russia. The Indian girls, who bagged a total of 17 medals
from the competition, were felicitated by the SAI's Deputy
Director Generals, Ekta Vishnoi and Shiv Sharma. The girls,
who also participated in the Khelo India Women's leagues
held in India across a year, bagged 10 gold, 4 silver and 3
bronze medals in the junior girls, sub-junior girls and senior
girls categories across Sanda (Fight) and Taolu in Moscow.

Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman, Thailand skipper Naruemol crowned ICC Players of the Month for April
Tashkent (Uzbekistan), May 9 (IANS) India's Deepak Dubai, May 9 (IANS) The
Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) continued their International Cricket Council
scintillating forms at the ongoing IBA Men's World (ICC) on Tuesday announced the
Boxing Championships as they stormed into the quarter- winners of the ICC Player of the
finals of the tournament with dominating victories, here on Month awards for April 2023
Tuesday. with Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman
Playing against Jiamao Zhang of China in the pre- and Naruemol Chaiwai of
quarterfinal, Deepak controlled the bout right from the Thailand bagging the award for
start and ended up winning it by a 5-0 unanimous decision. their brilliant performance
Deepak had a measure of his opponent and called the throughout last month.
shots in the first round with his Swift movement and Fakhar won the ICC Men's
accurate punches. He went into defensive mode at the start Player of the Month award and
of the second round and used his counter-attacking game Thailand skipper Chaiwai
to strike some heavy left hooks on his opponent. secured the ICC Women's Player
In the third round, Deepak was on his toes as Zhang tried of the Month after both produced
to be more aggressive with a combination of punches. dominant match-winning
However, the Indian pugilist was too quick for his rival performances for their countries
and comfortably won the bout. in the One-Day International
(ODI) format, the ICC informed
in a media release. Both batters
were identified as April's
outstanding performers following
a vote conducted among a
specialist panel comprising ICC
Hall of Famers, former
international players, and media
representatives, who, in
combination with global cricket
fans, had been voting since the
nominees were announced last
week. Fakhar overcame fellow
nominees Mark Chapman (New
Zealand) and Prabath Jayasuriya
(Sri Lanka) in the global vote.
The left-handed batter became
the first Pakistani player to win
the monthly accolade since Sidra
Ameen in November 2022 and
did so on the back of two crucial
match-winning centuries in
team's ODI series success against
touring New Zealand.
Following a quiet T20I series,
Fakhar was at the forefront of his
side's success in the subsequent
ODI showdowns. Chasing 289 in
the first match in Rawalpindi, the
batter enjoyed a 124-run opening
stand with Imam-ul-Haq in a
superb display of control and
counter-attacking play,
eventually securing a five-wicket
win thanks to 117 runs in 114
balls. Set a mammoth target of
337 in the second ODI at the
same venue, Fakhar once again
shone in an outstanding display
of hitting and partnership
building. His memorable,
unbeaten 180 in 144 balls was the
key contribution as Pakistan
recorded their second-highest-
ever successful ODI chase.
Reflecting on his success, Fakhar
told the ICC,"It is truly an honour
for me to be named ICC Player of
the Month for April. This month
has been one of the highlights of
my career and it was an amazing
feeling to play in front of my own
people in Lahore, Rawalpindi
and Karachi."
 THE AVENUE MAIL, Jamshedpur CURIOSITY CORNER Wednesday, May 10, 2023 8

5 things you can't miss in Anjarle 'Vande Mataram' dance ballet celebrates India's Rich Cultural Diversity
New Delhi, May 9
(IANSlife) Nestled on the
pristine Konkan coast,
Anjarle is a hidden gem
waiting to be explored.
With its serene beaches,
ancient fort and lush
forests, Anjarle has
something for everyone.
Whether you are a history
buff, a nature lover, or
simply looking for a
relaxing getaway, Anjarle
has it all. Located just about
230 kms from Mumbai and
240 kms from Pune.
Here are five things you
must do when you visit this
beautiful coastal village:
Olive Ridley Turtle
Festival: Anjarle Beach is
one of the few places in
India where you can spot
Olive Ridley turtles. These
turtles come to the shore
every year to lay eggs, and
you can witness this
incredible spectacle
between January and
March. Make sure to take a
guided tour and follow the
rules to avoid disturbing
these gentle creatures.
Spot Dolphins in the
Arabian Sea: Take a boat
ride from Anjarle Beach
and head out to the Arabian
Sea to spot playful
dolphins. You can watch
these majestic creatures
leap out of the water and
swim alongside your boat.
The best time to go dolphin
sighting is early morning or
late afternoon.
Enjoy Birdwatching
Tours: Anjarle is home to a
wide variety of bird
species, making it a haven
for birdwatchers. Take a
guided birdwatching tour
and spot colourful birds
like kingfishers, egrets, and
herons. The best time to go
birdwatching is early
morning or late afternoon.
Explore the Fort: Anjarle
Fort, also known as
Suvarnadurg Fort, is a
magnificent structure built
in the 17th century. The
fort offers a glimpse into
the region's rich history
and architecture. You can
also take a boat ride from
the fort to the nearby
Harnai village and witness
the bustling fish market.
Indulge in Local
Cuisine: Anjarle is famous
for its seafood, especially
the fresh catch of the day.
You can try out local
delicacies like prawns,
pomfret, and crab at one of
the many small eateries in
the village. Don't forget to
try the kokam sherbet, a
refreshing drink made with
kokam fruit, a local
specialty.
Trek to Parshuram
Bhumi: Parshuram Bhumi
is a beautiful trekking
destination located near
Anjarle. It is believed to be
the place where Lord
Parshuram, a Hindu deity,
meditated and attained
enlightenment. The trek
takes you through dense
forests, gurgling streams,
and beautiful waterfalls,
making it an unforgettable
experience.
Anjarle is a place that
will leave you mesmerised
with its natural beauty,
serene surroundings, and
rich history. With so much
to see and do, make sure to
plan a trip to this
enchanting village on your
next holiday.
(IANSlife can be
contacted at
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANSlife) "Vande
Mataram: Bharat Ek Sone ki Chidiya," a
stunning dance ballet that brought India's rich
culture to life through a visual feast of colour,
movement, and song, was performed by the
Urvashi Dance song Art & Cultural Society. The
choreography for the dance ballet was overseen
by Rekha Mehra. Viewers were amazed by the
amazing performance, which included elements
of classical, folk, and modern dancing. 80
disadvantaged girls were among the 100 artists
that performed for the audience.
The Satyam Shivam Sundaram theme and an
exuberant, lively taal played on the piano and
tabla set the mood for the rest of the ballet's
performance. Then came the Kathak and Chhau
dancers, who were decked out in stunning white
gowns and whose movements were graceful and
mesmerising. The Chhau dance added a unique
touch to the performance. A stunning jugalbandi
of sitar and mridangam was played after that,
delighting the audience. The next act was a
Manipuri dance that reflected the magnificence
of our country, which has always been referred performance an earthy taste, and the Dharmesh Yelande and Taran Mehndi, CEO
to as "Sone ki Chidiya." The dancers wore petals Bharatnatyam poses resembling yoga asanas at DRecords International Pvt Ltd.
and displayed the magnificent patterns and were a great compliment. The use of Talking about the event, Rekha Mehra said,
embellishments of nature in the background Malkham demonstrated the flexibility of the "We are delighted to present this larger-than-
while donning the petals. performers. Rekha Mehra's performance life dance ballet, which draws together the
With the G20 logo and the world in the honoured the empowerment of women by various art of Indian culture as well as artists
background, they performed Odissi and showcasing their talents and adaptability. from various nations. The entire performance
Mohiniyattam dances that showcased the Sword dances by the girls highlighted their was carried out using numerous props
beauty and grace of traditional Indian dance. might and might. Another wonderful imported from Singapore to bring life to the
The Shakti, Yukti Sambhritam Bhavatu performance that enthralled the audience was sets and the performances."
Bharatam performance paid homage to the Ganga Aarti. The last performance was a The magnificent performance captivated
valour of pioneers and soldiers who lost their celebration of India's grandeur and featured a the audience, which not only included a blend
lives to secure our independence and protect song in multiple Indian languages. The of classical, folk, and modern dance
us. The event became more joyful with the dancers paid tribute to Vishwaguru by giving techniques, but also a stunning background
Holi performance that came after. a loving and passionate performance to the and props imported from Singapore. These
Following was the Baisakhi festival, which music.The event was attended by several feature huge butterfly wings, large pink and
featured a rural scenario that immersed the important dignitaries, including Meenakshi yellow flower petals, golden bird attire, and a
audience in a rural setting, replete with Lekhi, Minister of Culture, ICCR President Led screen.
dancing crops. The Haryanvi beat gave the Dr Vinay Sehsrabuddhe, Film Actress (IANSlife can be contacted at
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Indians snack the most during parties...
New Delhi, May 9 (IANSlife)
Snacking has become a significant
part of every occasion in India.
Eating is a major component of all
festivals, parties, celebrations, and
other get-togethers since it is a
method to exhibit hospitality and
forge relationships.
Godrej Yummiez, a well-known
manufacturer of frozen ready-to-
cook foods, delved deeply into the
topic of snacking in India to create
the "STTEM -- Safety, Technology,
Taste, Ease & Mood Uplifter" --
The India Snacking Report
(Volume I). Weekends and
Parties/guest visits/celebrations
were the two major occasions for
snacking that tied for first place. An
average of 45 per cent of Indians
have personal memories of these
two events.
The Godrej Yummiez survey
shows that when regions are
compared, 47 per cent of Northern
and Eastern India's population
snacks when hosting parties or
having visitors over with the same
time, snacking was about equally
prevalent in South and West India,
with 44 per cent and 43 per cent,
respectively. The survey also finds
that weekend snacking is preferred
by 46 per cent of South Indians and
45 per cent of each of North, West,
and East Indians.
Speaking on the insights and the
report, Abhay Parnerkar, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), Godrej
Tyson Foods Limited (GTFL),
said, "As a category thought leader,
Godrej Yummiez understands
consumers well and shaped trends
redefining the frozen ready-to-cook
segment. The India Snacking
Report is one such initiative by
Godrej Yummiez to analyze and
predict snacking trends. Snacking
remains an integral part of various
occasions for people and this is
evident from the insight we
Taj and Air India unveil
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received from the report. Going
forward, the dynamics that will
shape India's snacking habits will
be based on the acronym STTEM -
- Safety, Technology, Taste, Ease &
Mood Uplifter -- the five pillars."
Amongst cities that prefer
snacking more during parties and
guest visits - Lucknow tops the list
with 54 per cent, followed by
Jaipur at the second place with 50
per cent and Kolkata with 47 per
cent secures third place. Whereas
46 per cent and 45 per cent of
people in Pune and Chennai enjoy
snacking during parties. Followed
by 43 per cent from Mumbai, 41
per cent from Ahmedabad and 44
per cent each from Delhi,
Hyderabad and Bengaluru prefer
snacking during parties and
occasions.For the second occasion,
weekend snacking, Delhi and
Lucknow come in third with a 46
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to snack. the Tata organisation. to the pioneer of Indian India's history even as we
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The India Snacking Report Chief Executive Officer, Maharaja comes alive in its amongst the best in the
(Volume I) was undertaken by IHCL, said, "Taj, with its specially-commissioned world."
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Check your kidney's health with these two simple tests!

Sunita Kapoor
New Delhi, May
9(IANSlife) Your kidneys play
a crucial role in keeping you
alive, just like your brain and
heart. These two fist-sized
organs, located in your lower
back, play a very vital role in
acting as filters by removing
waste and extra fluids from the
body. They also keep blood
pressure under control. People
are mostly interested in
knowing their cholesterol and
blood pressure numbers.
However, they should also
know about their kidney's status
to see if their kidneys are
healthy or if they have chronic
kidney disease, which is also
known as CKD.
CKD is a condition that
means the kidneys are damaged
and cannot filter blood the way
they should. Diabetes is a
leading cause of chronic kidney
disease. In India also, the
disease is commonly observed
in people with diabetes. Studies
have suggested that almost one
in two people with diabetes
suffer from CKD, which also
indicates that it is
underdiagnosed in our country.
Another estimate suggests that
one in eight Indians experience
the chronic condition.
Why is it important to know
about kidney health?
If you are diagnosed with
CKD, then it means that you
have had a kidney problem for
the past few months. You
might get chronic kidney
disease slowly and silently,
without even knowing. You
may be losing kidney functions
for many years without
significant symptoms. People
often get to know about their
condition only when their
kidneys have failed and it's too
late for preventive treatment.
In this situation, they usually
need dialysis or a kidney
transplant. That's why
knowing your kidney numbers
is important.
Two important markers to
detect kidney disease
Two important markers to
detect kidney disease are
estimated Glomerular
Filtration Rate (eGFR) and
urine Albumin-Creatinine
Ratio (uACR). While eGFR is
measured by a blood test,
uACR is measured by a urine
test. eGFR shows how well
your kidneys clean blood and
uACR shows that if there is a
protein called albumin in your
urine it may mean that your
kidneys are damaged.
eGFR is calculated from
stable serum creatinine levels
at least once a year, especially
in all patients with diabetes.
eGFR is more accurate than
serum creatinine alone. Serum
creatinine is affected by
muscle mass, and related
factors of age, sex, and race.
eGFR is not reliable for
patients with rapidly changing
creatinine levels, extremes in
muscle mass and body size, or
altered diet patterns.
A uACR test basically lets
the doctor or physician know
how much albumin passes into
your urine over a 24-hour
period. Kidney disease may
refer to a urine albumin test
result of 30 or above. The test
may also be repeated once or
twice to confirm the results.
We must get urine albumin
excretion assessed yearly to
diagnose and monitor kidney
damage in patients with type 1
diabetes for five years or more
or with type 2 diabetes. More
frequent monitoring may be
indicated in patients with
changing clinical status or
after therapeutic interventions.
Apart from your kidney
numbers, your doctor will use
your medical history and
perform other lab and imaging
tests, such as an ultrasound or
CT scan to get a picture of
your kidneys and urinary tract.
In this way, a complete
evaluation helps to confirm or
rule out CKD.
Tests like uACR and eGFR
can minimise the burden on
patients as well as healthcare
delivery centers, besides
supporting detection and
sustained medical care more
smoothly. Apart from that, these
tests offer reliable results in a
more convenient manner and
can be used as a screening tool
for risk stratification and early-
stage screening as well. Such
tests can also support doctors in
selecting and adjusting
treatment as per an individual
patient, providing a certain
degree of personalized
treatment.
The rising prevalence of
chronic kidney disease in India
not only takes a toll on patients
but also on the entire healthcare
system. CKD prevalence in the
country is a rising burden on
healthcare that needs to be
tackled by making people aware
and promoting screening to
enable its identification or
diagnosis at an early stage. The
good news is that when CKD is
found early and treated right,
then the outlook for chronic
kidney patients can be very
bright.
(Dr Sunita Kapoor,
Director and Consultant
Pathologist at City Xray &
Scan Clinic Pvt. Ltd.)
(IANSlife can be contacted
at ianslife@ians.in)
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Japan's lower house passes bill

to amend immigration law
Tokyo, May 9 (IANS) Japan's lower house of
Parliament on Tuesday passed a contentious bill to amend
World at 'turning point', Putin says at V-Day speech
an immigration law allowing authorities to deport foreign Moscow, May 9 (IANS) country's "special military Russia launches biggest ever 'kamikaze'
nationals who apply for refugee status multiple times. As Russia celebrates operation" -- what Moscow
The controversial revision of the immigration law has Victory Day, President terms its invasion of Kiev. drone attack on Ukraine
been heavily criticised by organisations established to Vladimir Putin on Tuesday The President also said Kiev, May 9 (IANS) Air raid sirens have sounded
support asylum seekers, reports Xinhua news agency. said that the world was at a he is proud of soldiers who across Ukraine after
Such entities believe that should the bill pass "decisive turning point", are participating the so- Russia launched the
parliament's upper chamber and become enacted into law, with a "real war" being called "special military biggest ever
it could lead to individuals being repatriated to their home waged against Moscow. operation", adding that "kamikaze" drone
countries where they face persecution.The Japanese In his address to the Russia's statehood and attack on Kiev since
government believes the current system, which does not nation from Moscow's Red future depends on these Moscow waged its
allow for foreign nationals to be deported while their Square to commemorate people. war in February
application for refugee status is being processed, may be the erstwhile Soviet "There is no cause 2022.
being abused.It believes that foreign nationals have been Union's victory over Nazi stronger in the world than In capital Kiev,
applying for refugee status multiple times in the Germany during the our love for our armed Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said nearly 60 drones had been
knowledge that while the status of their application is Second World War, Putin forces," Putin said, adding: launched by Russia on Monday, adding that 36 were
pending, they cannot be deported from Japan.The said Russia was defending "To Russia, to our armed destroyed, the BBC reported.
envisioned amendment to the law, set to be debated in the its sovereignty, reports the forces."The day started Klitschko added that five people had been injured by
upper chamber of Japan's bicameral parliament, will bring BBC.He likened Ukraine's with a military parade with falling debris from downed drones.
an end to the extended detention in immigration facilities democratically elected the march of the Honor This was the fourth attack in eight days on Kiev and
for potential refugees, including foreign nationals who government to the Nazis Guard's banner group came just 24 hours before Russia's Victory Day, which
have overstayed their visas and have not complied with that were defeated in World carrying the Russian commemorates the erstwhile Soviet Union's victory over
deportation orders. War Two, accusing the national flag and the Nazi Germany during World War Two.
West of forgetting who legendary Victory Banner
Pakistan's dependence on China defeated the Nazis. across Red Square, TASS
Emergency services responded after drone wreckage
fell on a runway at Zhuliany international airport -- one of
could increase if IMF deal fails The President further
claimed that Russia wanted
News Agency.
The Victory Banner was
the capital city's two commercial airports, Kiev's military
administration said.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan's Power Minister a "peaceful" future, and hoisted over the Reichstag Civilians were injured after drone debris hit a
Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the failure to sign a blamed the West for sowing by soldiers of the Soviet residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi
staff-level agreement between the International Monetary seeds of "hatred and 150th Idritsa rifle division district, the administration added.
Fund (IMF) and Pakistan could lead to the country's Russophobia". in May 1945. Meanwhile in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, a
increased reliance on China, which the US and other Putin added that This year Victory Day warehouse was set ablaze after eight missiles were fired at
Western powers "must take into account", media reports everyone in Russia was Parade involves over 8,000 targets by Russian bombers, the BBC quoted Ukrainian
said.When questioned about the government's approach to united in supporting the troops, including 530 officials as saying.
the budget in the event of a failure to reach a deal with the soldiers taking part in what fighters of the "special
IMF, the minister said that the US and other Western he described as the military operation", and 125 items of military hardware.
powers should bear in mind that Pakistan's dependence on

13 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

China would intensify, Dawn reported.The minister also
noted that there is a trend of gradually shifting Uzbekistan to hold early
international oil transactions from the US dollar to other
currencies, particularly the Chinese yuan, the report said. presidential elections on July 9
Khan said that while Pakistan had met all the technical Gaza, May 9 (IANS) Region, and Tariq Tashkent, May 9 (IANS) Uzbekistan will hold early
requirements, there was still a possibility that the staff- Thirteen people, including Muhammad Ezzedine, who presidential elections
level agreement might not be reached due to geopolitical three commanders of the it said was "one of the on July 9 after
factors, adding that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar would be Islamic Jihad militant heads of military action" in adopting a renewed
better suited to provide clarity on the matter.The minister group, were killed and 20 the occupied West Bank. constitution, an
said that in the event the country is unable to complete the others injured in Israeli air "As we mourn our martyr official decree said.
staff-level agreement, Pakistan will fulfil all its financial strikes that pounded the leaders, along with their Addressing
commitments with the assistance of China or other Gaza Strip on Tuesday. mujahideen wives and a Parliament, the
friendly nations, and that the country will still strive to Palestinian security number of their children, government and other
present the best possible budget given the circumstances, officials in Gaza told we affirm that the blood of state bodies,
for the benefit of the people, Dawn reported. Xinhua news agency that the martyrs will increase President Shavkat
UNSC voices concern over the airstrikes hit buildings,
military facilities, and posts
our resolve," the al-Quds
Brigades said.
Mirziyoyev said that
the new constitution
deteriorating situation in Haiti mainly in the towns of
Rafah and Khan Younis in
"We will not leave our
positions, and the
sets urgent new political, social and economic tasks,
reports Xinhua news agency.
United Nations, May 9 (IANS) The UN Security southern Gaza Strip and in resistance will continue, Mirziyoyev said that under the new constitution, the
Council (UNSC) has expressed deep concern over the Gaza City. God willing." presidential election needs to take into account that "all
deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Haiti. An Israeli army which is ongoing. their families. Israel Defense Forces branches of power are being reformed".
The Council members condemned the increasing spokesman said in a Confirming the It identified them as spokesman Daniel Hagari The referendum held on April 30 approved a package of
violence, criminal activities, and human rights abuses and statement that the military development, the Islamic Jihad Shaker al-Ghannam, said the three Islamic Jihad constitutional amendments, including extending
violations which they said undermine the peace, stability launched the military Jihad's military wing, the secretary of the al-Quds leaders who were killed in presidential terms from five to seven years.
and security of Haiti and the region, calling on the operation "Shield and al-Quds Brigades, said Brigades' Military Council; the operation were "an The sitting President, who won two consecutive
perpetrators of the "abhorrent acts" to be brought to Arrow" against the Islamic three of its commanders Khalil Salah al-Bahtini, the undermining factor for presidential elections in 2016 and 2021, can now run for
justice, reports Xinhua news agency.They stressed the Jihad in the Gaza Strip, were killed, along with commander of its Northern security stability". two seven-year terms under the new constitution.
importance of restoring efficient judicial institutions in
Haiti in order to strengthen the fight against impunity.
The UNSC members noted with grave concern the illicit
trafficking flows of firearms and ammunition that enable
gangs and other criminal networks to fuel violence in
PTI leaders ask supporters to 2 Indian nurses shortlisted for
Haiti.They reiterated the urgent need to prohibit the
transfer of arms and related materiel of all types to non-
state actors engaged in or supporting gang violence,
protest Imran Khan's arrest $250,000 Global Nursing Award
criminal activities or human rights abuses in Haiti, as well Islamabad, May 9
as to prevent their illicit trafficking and diversion.In (IANS) In wake of the London, May 9 (IANS)
members reaffirmed their call to all political actors to arrest of Pakistan Tehreek- Two Indians are among 10
engage constructively in meaningful negotiations to allow e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran nurses shortlisted from
the holding of inclusive, free and fair legislative and Khan by Rangers personnel across the world for the
presidential elections in Haiti, "as soon necessary from the Islamabad Judicial $250,000 Global Nursing
conditions are met". Complex on Tuesday, party Award, organised by a
leaders have urged PTI leading healthcare provider
China suspects espionage by workers and supporters to in the GCC and India, to
recognise their
foreign consulting companies take to the streets in protest,
media reports said. contributions to humanity.
Shanti Teresa Lakra from
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) Chinese authorities appear to be The former premier was
arrested in the Al-Qadir the Andaman and Nicobar
running a targeted espionage investigation of foreign Islands, and Kerala-born
consulting firms operating in the country, according to a Trust case, said the federal
capital's top cop. "Situation Jincy Jerry from Ireland
state media report, after recent raids on the offices of will be evaluated by a
several international firmsThe latest known case saw is normal. Section 144 is in
place and violations will judging panel for the Aster
officers raid multiple offices used by the business Guardians Global Nursing
consulting firm Capvision in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou result in police action," said
IG Islamabad, Express Award, which will take
and Shenzhen, The Guardian reported citing the Chinese place in London on May
state media as saying on Monday.It followed raids on Tribune reported. centre, Dugong Creek the Ongee Island habitat
Islamabad High Court's 12, coinciding with the
Mintz Group in March, which saw five employees arrested International Nurses Day. where one of the Primitive and drove them deep into
and the branch shut down.US management consulting firm Chief Justice Aamer tribes Ongees are settled in the jungle, Shanti was
Farooq has taken notice of Lakra, from G.B. Pant
Bain & Company said its Shanghai office was visited by Hospital in Port Blair, is the remotest area of Little perseverant and made her
Chinese officers in April, and employees questioned.A the incident and has was arrested after an by Shah Mehmood Andaman. home with them and lived
summoned IG, Islamabad, "attack" at the Islamabad Qureshi, which was formed working amongst
report on CCTV on Monday alleged Capvision, which was Particularly Vulnerable Lakra is working for in an open tent," her
founded in China and has joint headquarters in New York the Interior Secretary, and High Court. by Imran Khan, would tribals in this region who citation read. She is a
the Additional Attorney "The whole world is announce a plan of action. Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in
and Shanghai, had paid employees of Chinese state-owned the Andaman and Nicobar are not well-informed recipient of several awards
companies to leak secrets.It did not say when the raids General. being shown that there is no The PTI Vice about medical procedures such as the National
PTI Secretary General law left in the country," he Chairperson said Imran's Islands -- home to six
took place, but reportedly said a multiagency investigation Scheduled Tribes and of and there is a language Florence Nightingale
had seen one employee of a state-owned company jailed Asad Umar took to his said, Express Tribune arrest was "rejected" (na barrier. They also have Award in 2010, Indian Red
official Twitter handle to reported. manzoor) and instructed these six tribes, five have
for six years for providing state secrets to Capvision's been classified as PVTGs. unclear medical histories. Cross Society Best
overseas clients, the Guardian reported. announce that "Pakistan's Umar added that a six- the entire nation to take to "In 2004 when the Indian Volunteer, and Best Health
biggest political leader" member committee headed the streets "immediately". In her early nursing days,
Ocean tsunami swallowed Worker Award in 2011.
CPEC to be extended to she was posted to the sub-

Afghanistan
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) The Foreign Ministers of
Pakistan, China and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their
Efforts on to repatriate body of Indian engineer killed in US shooting
commitment to strengthen trilateral cooperation under the New York, May 9 mortal remains of the local authorities, and is Aishwarya was shopping
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and jointly extend the (IANS) Efforts are on to deceased. Two other Indian closely monitoring the with a friend when they
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to repatriate the mortal nationals have been injured situation. were shot by gunman
Afghanistan.Following the trilateral dialogue, the three remains of the Indian in the tragic shooting "Our officers are on the Mauricio Garcia, a 33 year-
sides issued a joint statement, expressing their engineer who was killed in incident," the Consulate ground to render all old who had served briefly
determination to leverage Afghanistan's potential as a hub a mass shooting at a mall in General of India (CGI) in possible assistance. We are in the US army, but was
for regional connectivity, Dawn reported. the US state of Texas on Houston tweeted on closely monitoring the removed because of mental
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, May 6, the Indian Tuesday. situation," the CGI said. health problems.
China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Consulate in Houston said. "We are in constant touch A resident of Saroornagar He was shot dead by a
and Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir The Consulate added that with the local & hospital area in Hyderabad, law enforcement officer
Khan Muttaqi participated in the dialogue representing two more Indian nationals authorities, relatives of the Aishwarya was working as who was patrolling the
their respective countries.During the meeting, the three were injured during the injured and Acommunity project manager in a area.
Ministers emphasised the significance of ongoing projects mass shooting at the Allen leaders. Consulate officials company called Perfect Gun laws are among the
such as CASA-1000, TAPI, and Trans-Afghan Railways, Premium Outlets mall in are in Dallas to render all General Contractors LLC weakest in Texas.
highlighting their potential to boost regional connectivity Allen near Dallas. possible assistance," the in Texas. The Republican-ruled
and promote economic development and prosperity in the Aishwarya Thatikonda, CGI wrote in an update to Her family was in deep state has seen some of the
region.They also emphasised the need to advance "hard the 27-year-old engineer its earlier tweet. shock after receiving the worst mass shootings
connectivity" in infrastructure and "soft connectivity" in from Telangana, was Expressing condolences, news of her death. recently, including the
norms and standards.They agreed to explore measures to among the nine victims. the CGI had said on Her father Narsi Reddy massacre at an elementary
facilitate the movement of people and trade activities. "Consulate is facilitating Monday that it is in touch works as a judge in school in Uvalde last May,
They also decided to boost transit trade through the completion of requisite with the family of the Rangareddy district court, in which 19 students and
Gwadar Port, Dawn reported. formalities with regard to deceased as well as the IANS reported on Monday. two teachers were killed.
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Health
Genetic risk factors for non-
Alzheimer's dementia identified
'The Kerala Story' ban in Bengal: BJP mulling moving court
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS)
New York, May 9 (IANS) Scientists have identified After launching a scathing
attack on Chief Minister
'The Kerala Story' declared tax-free in UP
new genetic risk
factors for two Mamata Banerjee for Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) Uttar film. "The people in West Bengal will not
types of non- banning the screening of Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accept the ban on this film."
Alzheimer's the film 'The Kerala Story' has said that 'The Kerala Story' will be 'The Kerala Story', helmed by Sudipto
dementia. in the state, the West declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh. Sen, claims to portray the story of some
Though there are Bengal BJP is likely to "'The Kerala Story' will be made tax- women from the state who were
many, relatively challenge the interdict in free in the state," the Chief Minister converted to Islam and recruited by terror
rare causes of the Calcutta High Court. tweeted in Hindi on Tuesday. outfit IS.
dementia, the most A state committee Reacting to the UP government's This comes a day after West Bengal
common causes of dementia after Alzheimer's disease in member of the party said decision, deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee decided
the elderly are dementia with Lewy Bodies, vascular that the main contention is Pathak said, "Making 'The Kerala Story' to ban the movie, citing "threat to law and
dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. about the justification for tax-free is a very good decision. I want order in the state".
The team from the US National Institutes of Health banning it in Bengal, when the people of Uttar Pradesh to watch this Uttar Pradesh has become the second
(NIH) discovered several structural variants that could be the same is being screened film and understand how our sisters have state after Madhya Pradesh to make the
risk factors to Lewy body dementia (LBD) and in Kerala. "We will be suffered. We will also go and watch the controversial film tax-free.
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Their findings are consulting the legal brains
published in the journal Cell Genomics. and as suggested by them fanaticism. This decision West Bengal if this movie is we have decided to
Structural variants have been implicated in a variety of we might move the court marks the beginning of a screened? The decision to ban its screening
neurological disorders. Unlike more commonly studied against the decision to ban black era in West Bengal," ban the movie should be everywhere in the state.
mutations, which often affect one or a few DNA building on specific grounds," he he said. immediately withdrawn. Or The decision has been
blocks called nucleotides, structural variants represent at said. Leader of Opposition in else the chief minister taken to maintain peace and
least 50 but often hundreds, or even thousands, of Meanwhile, the state state Assembly Suvendu should resign if she is not harmony," the Chief
nucleotides at once, making them more challenging to spokesman of BJP in West Adhikari has claimed that able to maintain law & Minister told media
study. "If you imagine that our entire genetic code is a Bengal said that the by banning the 'The Kerala order," Adhikari said. persons.
book, a structural variant would be a paragraph, page, or banning of the film in West Story', which is against IS On Monday, while While announcing the
even an entire chapter that has been removed, duplicated, Bengal is a classic example and its modus operandi, the announcing the ban, the ban, she also took a dig at
or inserted in the wrong place," said Sonja W. Scholz, of the surrender of the state chief minister has indirectly chief minister said that the Left government in
investigator in the neurogenetics branch of the US administration to religious sympathised with the certain scenes in the film Kerala for not taking a
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke fanatics. minister also insulted the minority community who group. "Why would law can affect peace and similar step. "I do not
(NINDS), part of NIH, in a statement. "In a way the chief common people from the are equally against such and order get disrupted in harmony in the state. "So, support CPI(M).
By combining cutting-edge computer algorithms
capable of mapping structural variations across the whole
genome with machine learning, the research team analysed Jason Statham fights more sea Tom Cruise enjoys conversation with
monsters in 'Meg 2' first trailer Shakira at Formula One Miami Grand Prix
whole-genome data from thousands of patient samples and
several thousand unaffected controls.
A previously unknown variant in the gene TCPN1 was Los Angeles, May 9
found in samples from patients with LBD, a disease that is ecosystem, only to encounter these (IANS) Hollywood star
like Parkinson's, and is associated with abnormal deposits prehistoric creatures, reports Tom Cruise has apparently
of the protein alpha-synuclein in the brain. This variant, in aaceshowbiz.com. brushed shoulders with
which more than 300 nucleotides are deleted from the This time, Statham is joined by Wu Jing, Shakira at an unlikely
gene, is associated with a higher risk for developing LBD. Sienna Guillory, Cliff Curtis and Shuya place.
While the finding is new for LBD, TCPN1 is a known Sophia to face one of the biggest sea When attending the
risk factor for Alzheimer's, which could mean that this creatures in recorded history. Together, inaugural Formula One
structural variant plays a role in the broader dementia they have to keep terror off the shore, Miami Grand Prix, the
population. fighting these beasts with some advanced "Top Gun: Maverick" lead
"From a genetics standpoint, this is a very exciting technology and even literally bare feet. man was caught on camera
finding," said Scholz. "It provides a point of reference for 'Meg 2: The Trench' is described as a seemingly having an
cell biology and animal model studies and possibly down literally larger-than-life thrill ride that interesting chat with the
the road, a target for intervention." supersizes the 2018 blockbuster and takes "Hips Don't Lie" hitmaker,
By looking at a group of 50 genes implicated in the action to higher heights and even reports aceshowbiz.com.
inherited neurodegenerative diseases, the investigators greater depths with multiple massive Megs In a video uploaded, the
were able to identify additional rare structural variants, and so much more. 60-year-old Hollywood star
including several that are known to cause disease. "Dive into uncharted waters with Jason was seen hanging out with Fallout" actor kept his superstar, in the meantime,
The analyses also identified two well-established risk Statham and global action icon Wu Jing as the 46-year-old singer in a ensemble casual. He opted looked chic in her all-green
factors for FTD changes in the C9orf72 and MAPT genes. Los Angeles, May 9 (IANS) The makers they lead a daring research team on an VIP area for the sports to go with an unbuttoned outfit. She donned a fitted
These proof-of-concept findings bolstered the strength of of 'Meg 2: The Trench' Warner Bros. exploratory dive into the deepest depths of event. The two stood close white polo shirt and a pair top with several cutouts and
the study's new findings by demonstrating that the Pictures have released the first official the ocean," the official synopsis reads. to each other while of long dark-coloured matched it with a pair of
algorithms were properly working. trailer, unleashing more sea monsters. It continues: "Their voyage spirals into chatting. Joining the two of pants. He completed his loose matching pants. She
Because reference maps for currently-available In the upcoming film, Jason Statham chaos when a malevolent mining operation them was one of Shakira's look with a pair of black additionally accessorised
structural variants are limited, the researchers generated a returns as rescue diver Jonas Taylor, who is threatens their mission and forces them sons. On the occasion, the aviator sunglasses. her ensemble with a pair of
catalogue based on the data obtained in these analyses. back underwater to explore an ancient into a high-stakes battle for survival. "Mission: Impossible - The Colombian dark shades.

Rajkummar Rao to co-host
IIFA Rocks 2023 in Abu Dhabi
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Bollywood actor Rajkummar
Rao will be seen co-hosting
the upcoming IIFA Rocks
2023 in Yas Island in Abu
Dhabi. The two-day event
will begin on May 26 and on
May 27 will have the main
IIFA Award event. IIFA
Rocks highlights the music
and fashion of Indian cinema.
The event will have some
of the best actors coming
together and performing on
top Bollywood numbers for a fun-filled event.
On the work front, Rao will be next seen in 'Stree 2'. He
will also be seen with Jahnvi Kapoor in 'Mr & Mrs Mahi'
which is directed by Sharan Sharma.
Charrul Malik: Missed 'Bigg Boss' as I was under contract with a news channel
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Television
actress Charrul Malik, who used to be
a journalist before she started acting,
said that she missed the opportunity to
participate in 'Bigg Boss' as she was
under contract with a news channel.
"I'm very happy with my career
right now because I have come a long
way, from different backgrounds and
after doing different things. I should
say I have experimented a lot. From a
law graduate to a mainstream news
anchor to an entertainment producer
and anchor and now an actor."
"I'm very happy with my career
graph and I think it has shaped up very
well and I have really worked hard on
it and I'm still working hard and will
be working hard tomorrow as well.
Each day is a learning day," she says.
She added: "When I look back,
there were a lot of struggles. Without
struggle no one reaches where they're
in their life. I missed a few
opportunities. When I was in a news
channel, I was under contract. I was
offered Bigg Boss. I couldn't go
because of that contract and was
bound." "I missed that opportunity. I
still regret the same."
"We all have to handle the situation
well because we have no other option.
I was a little sad for a day. But later I
thought that maybe this opportunity
was not meant for me and after that
during my tenure with the news
channel, I was called to the Bigg Boss
house with Farah Khan and was there
for a good four to five episodes."
Spotify cleans up its playlists,
removes thousands of AI-made songs
San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) Music streaming
platform Spotify has removed tens of thousands of songs
from artificial intelligence (AI) music startup Boomy amid
complaints of fraud and clutter across streaming services.
According to the Financial Times, citing sources, the
company recently took down about 7 per cent of the
tracks, equivalent to "tens of thousands" of songs uploaded
by Boomy.
In addition, recording giant Universal Music had
flagged to all the main streaming platforms that it saw
suspicious streaming activity on Boomy tracks.
The report said that the music industry has been
grappling with the emergence of AI-generated songs and
the deluge of new tracks flooding streaming platforms in
recent months.
Spotify also confirmed it had removed some Boomy
content, saying, "Artificial streaming is a longstanding,
industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out

Saffron flags, 'Jai Shri Ram' After India, WhatsApp launches feature to
pay businesses within chat in Singapore
chants in movie hall prior San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) After
across our service."
"We are always encouraged when we see our partners
exercise vigilance around the monitoring or activity on
offline. Customers can pay businesses with
their platforms," Michael Nash, Universal's chief digital
officer, was quoted as saying.

to 'Adipurush' trailer launch
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS)
Ahead of the trailer launch
of the widely anticipated
film 'Adipurush', starring
Prabhas as Lord Ram, Kriti
Sanon as goddess Sita,
Sunny Singh as Lakshman
and Saif Ali Khan as
Raavan, flags walked in the
venue -- a multiplex in the
heart of Mumbai's Juhu
area with saffron flags
chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'.
As the media waited
with bated breath for the
trailer release, fans,
dressed in ethnic wear,
walked in holding
saffron flags and chanted
the name of Lord Ram,
who is essayed by
Prabhas in the film.
They also chanted
"Shri Ram Lakshman
Janki, Jai Hanuman ki"
(Lord Ram, Lakshman
and Sita, all hail Lord
Hanuman).
The religious emotion
was also drummed up by
the emcee who chanted
in unison with the crowd.
The coordinated
activity also saw
different placards on the
same lines. The chants
grew stronger as the
trailer release drew
closer.
Earlier, the film's
dialogue writer Manoj
Muntashir countered
Congress's claim for
putting a ban on religious
outfit Bajrang Dal as a
part of their manifesto
during the high-voltage
Karnataka elections.
'Adipurush', is set to be
released theatrically on
June 16.
launching the ability to pay businesses
within a chat in India and Brazil, Meta-
owned WhatsApp is now launching the
service to users in Singapore. Stephane
Kasriel, head of Commerce and Financial
Technologies at Meta, on Tuesday,
announced this on Twitter. "@WhatsApp
Singapore users can now pay local
businesses for goods and services
seamlessly and securely right within a
WhatsApp chat". According to
TechCrunch, Meta has partnered with Irish-
American financial services and SaaS
company Stripe to roll out the feature in the
region. WhatsApp created this payment
feature with Stripe Connect and Stripe
Checkout solutions, allowing in-app
payments to be made both online and
'Kantara 2' script finalised, fans await announcement
Bengaluru, May 9
(IANS) The script of
'Kantara 2' has been
finalised and an official
announcement will be
made shortly, confirmed
sources close to Rishab
Shetty, the director and
lead actor of the
pan-India superhit movie
'Kantara'.
Hombale Films which
produced 'Kantara' had
announced the production
of the sequel during the
celebration of 100 days of
the film. The script work
was taken up in the month
of March.
credit cards, debit cards, or the PayNow
fund transfer system in Singapore, the
report said. "Most people I know in
Singapore use WhatsApp to chat with each
other. Now, they can pay local businesses
using the app as well. The speed and
convenience of payments through
WhatsApp will help businesses expand
their revenue streams with new channels
and access a wider customer base," Sarita
Singh, regional head and managing director
for Southeast Asia at Stripe, was quoted as
saying. According to Meta, the feature to
accept payments through WhatsApp is
available only to a few businesses at the
moment, but the company plans to expand
the availability to more merchants over the
coming months, as per the report.
Further, the report stated that the Boomy songs were
removed due to suspected "artificial streaming" -- online
bots impersonating human listeners in order to inflate
audience numbers for specific songs.
Launched two years ago, Boomy lets users select from a
variety of styles or descriptors, such as "rap beats" or
"rainy nights," to generate a machine-generated track.
Users can then distribute the music to streaming
services, where they will earn royalties.
Boomy, based in the US, claims that its users have
created over 14 million songs, the report mentioned.
Meanwhile, Spotify has said that it has crossed 515
million monthly active users (MAUs) in Q1 2023, a 22 per
cent (year-on-year) increase from 489 MAUs in the last
quarter -- its strongest first quarter since going public in
2018. Premium subscribers grew 15 per cent (year-on-
year) to 210 million with better performance across all
regions, led by Europe and Latin America.
The team had given final
touches to the script for the
'Kantara' sequel and
producer Vijay Kiragandur
and actor-director Rishab
Shetty are happy about the
same, sources said.
The news has spread in
the industry and the fans of
the movie are eagerly
awaiting the release of the
film.
Sources close to Rishab
Shetty said that the film's
team is hunting locations
despite the rains.
If everything goes well,
the film will go to the floors
in June, sources stated.
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LinkedIn lays off 716 Chip-maker Intel confirms to cut

Hiring in startups up in April, despite 6%
annual drop in e-recruitment: Report further workforce to reduce costs
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Despite economic
uncertainties, the hiring activity among startups has San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) Chip manufacturer Intel

employees, shuts China app

significantly increased in April this year, while there has has confirmed that it
been a 6 per cent decline in e-recruitment for white-collar plans to further cut its
compared to the same period in 2022, a new report said on workforce to reduce
Tuesday.According to the report by foundit (previously costs while navigating a
Monster India & APAC), there has been a 4 per cent challenging macro-
monthly dip, indicating cautious hiring sentiments among economic environment,
Indian recruiters.Although some sectors like BFSI (+3 per New Delhi, May 9 get hired. as tech layoffs continue
cent), Travel & Tourism (+2 per cent), and Import/Export (IANS) Microsoft-owned The LinkedIn revenue unabated.
(+13 per cent) experienced a boost on a month-on-month LinkedIn has laid off 716 increased 8 per cent in the The company,
(MOM) basis, other sectors, such as Logistics, Home employees, as the company March quarter for the tech however, did not reveal
appliances, and Oil and gas, saw a significant decline. makes changes to its Global giant. In 2016, Microsoft how many employees will be impacted in the upcoming
"Although hiring has declined, there are still a plethora Business Organisation acquired LinkedIn for more layoffs.
of job opportunities in emerging industries for job seekers. (GBO), along with shutting than $26 billion. In a statement to USA Today, Intel said that it is working
Remarkably, the Indian startup ecosystem has taken a turn, down its InCareer app in The company was also in to accelerate its strategy while navigating a challenging
exhibiting resilience in hiring intent despite the prevailing China. the process of macro-economic environment.
job market challenges," said Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit. The company's CEO discontinuing product and "We are focused on identifying cost reductions and
Moreover, the report showed that the Retail (22 per Ryan Roslansky said in an engineering teams in China efficiency gains through multiple initiatives, including
cent), Travel & Tourism (19 per cent) are among the top email to employees that the and the downsizing of some business and function-specific workforce reductions
industries exhibiting positive growth year-on-year basis, move was aimed at corporate, sales, and in areas across the company," an Intel spokesperson was
while BFSI (-4 per cent) and BPO (-13 per cent) sectors streamlining the company's marketing functions. quoted as saying.
continue to be apprehensive.The overall hiring demand operations."As we guide Roslansky said that they According to reports, the semiconductor major may lay
among startups has noted a strong 19 per cent (year-on- LinkedIn through this will focus China strategy off up to 20 per cent of the employees at its client
year) growth this April 2023 compared to the previous rapidly changing on assisting companies computing and data centre divisions.
year. landscape, we are making team and a representative revenue growth"."In an operating in China to hire, "Very unfortunate news, but massive layoffs at Intel
changes to our Global market and train abroad. coming! Intel's Data Centre and Client computing groups
Overall connected vehicle tech grows 60% Business Organization
from our GTO," he evolving market, we must
"As we plan for FY24, are receiving 10 per cent budget cuts, It's up to divisions to
added.He admitted that continuously have the
in India in Q1 (GBO) and our China while the platform is conviction to adapt our we're expecting the macro figure out how to cut, given fixed costs, means as much as
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India's overall connected strategy that will result in a environment to remain 20 per cent layoffs in groups," tweeted Dylan Patel, chief
making meaningful strategy in order to make analyst at market research firm SemiAnalysis.
vehicle (CV) technology grew more than 60 per cent (on- reduction of roles for 716 progress creating economic our vision a reality," said challenging. We're adapting
year) in the first quarter of this year, with the electric employees," he wrote late as we have done this year Last October, Intel announced plans to cut its expenses
opportunities for its the CEO.LinkedIn saw by $3 billion this year.
vehicle (EV) market showing stupendous growth by 48 on Monday."If your role is members and customers record engagement in the and will continue to operate
per cent YoY, a report showed on Tuesday. directly impacted by this with the ambition we need Intel laid off more than 500 employees in California in
and experiencing record March quarter as more than job cuts announced last fall, according to filings with state
The connected 2-wheeler (C2W) vehicles grew around decision, you will receive a engagement on the 930 million members to deliver on our vision and
92 per cent YoY, with its market share increasing to nearly calendar invitation within the pragmatism required to workforce agencies.
platform, "we're also seeing globally now turn to the "These are difficult decisions, and we are committed to
60 per cent, according to data from market research firm the next hour for a meeting shifts in customer professional social network run the business well," said
with a leader from your the CEO. treating impacted employees with dignity and respect," the
CMR.The electric 2-wheeler (E2W) market grew by 44 behaviour and slower to connect, learn, sell and company had said in a statement.
per cent YoY. The electric 3-wheeler (E3W) market grew
steadily covering around 50 per cent share within the
segment."There is growing consumer awareness around
connected vehicle technologies. For instance, connected
vehicle tech has consistently increased its footprint in the
industry," said John Martin, senior analyst, smart mobility
practice, CMR.The advanced driver-assistance system
MoS IT to empower semiconductor startups, next-gen chip designers
New Delhi, May 9 at IISc in Bengaluru, saying scheme.The scheme aims makes up to 20 per cent of
(ADAS) adoption grew around 50 per cent YoY in Q1 (IANS) India's that the country is growing to offer financial incentives semiconductor design
2023."With safety becoming a top consumer priority, semiconductor market is rapidly in global electronics as well as design engineers".
ADAS feature tech has witnessed gradual adoption, with projected to reach $64 value chains and rapid infrastructure support The IIT Delhi event will
70 per cent YoY 2023 growth market share of vehicles billion by 2026 and growth of digitalisation, across various stages of focus on innovative
featuring Level 2 autonomy," Martin added. Minister of State for along with the country's development and semiconductor designs for
The electric passenger vehicle (EPV) segment grew Electronics & IT Rajeev high-growth digital and deployment of automobility, mobility and
over 114 per cent YoY in Q1 in India.Connected features Chandrasekhar will meet innovation economy, has semiconductor design(s) compute, stimulate the next
in the passenger vehicle (PV) segment have been grabbing and encourage startups, created opportunities in the for Integrated Circuits generation semiconductor
the market fast with 56 per cent growth, of which, around next-generation innovators, 'New World Order of (ICs), Chipsets, System on design start-ups, catalyse
58 per cent of the connected passenger vehicle (CPV) chip designers and business Semiconductor and Chips (SoCs), Systems & development of Indian IP
market share is driven by conventional powertrains. leaders to invest in the Electronics'. IP Cores and cores in Semiconductors,
US-based Invesco further slashes Swiggy's semiconductor sector at an The first event of this semiconductor linked catalyse co-development
event as part of a series at series was held at Karnavati design(s) over a period of and joint ownership of IPs
valuation to $5.5 bn IIT Delhi on May 12. University, Gujarat last five years.According to with active Industry
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) US-based investment The minister in February year. Prime Minister Narendra participation and
company Invesco has further slashed online food delivery inaugurated the 2nd At the Bengaluru event, Modi, "we have an availability of Incentives
platform Swiggy's valuation in its holding to about $5.5 'Semicon India Chandrasekhar announced exceptional semiconductor for the next wave of design
billion.According to regulatory filings with the US FutureDESIGN Roadshow' the first set of startups selected under the 'Semicon India Future Design DLI' design talent pool which startups.
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Invesco
valued Swiggy's shares at $3,305 (as of January 31, 2023)
-- down from $4,759 in October 2022.In October last year,
Invesco had already reduced the valuation of its holding in Vedanta appoints veteran Terry Daly as 77% of the people surveyed in India have purchased a product or
a service after watching Reels: Meta study by Factworks
Swiggy to about $8 billion.Swiggy had reached a $10.7
billion valuation in a round led by Invesco in January last
year.The revised valuation represents a massive 49 per
advisor for semiconductor biz New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Meta on
Tuesday announced the launch of
brands across verticals to be a part of this
programme.
cent decrease from the $10.7 billion valuation. The New Delhi, May 9 critical for establishing a chain and provide #MadeonReels, a programme designed to Selected brands will receive creative
valuation cut in Swiggy was first reported by TechCrunch. (IANS) Global world-class semiconductor geographic diversification take the power of Reels Ads to brands support, programme support, and the
Swiggy has been preparing to launch its initial public conglomerate Vedanta on fab," said David Reed, to its customers, supply across verticals in the country. opportunity to work with three creators
offering (IPO). Tuesday said it has CEO, Vedanta-Foxconn chain resiliency to its The programme is aimed at enabling each on Reels campaigns around their
appointed industry veteran Semiconductors Limited partners, and job creation brands to supercharge business results specific marketing objectives.
Sri Lanka to seek $200mn from World Bank Terry Daly as advisor for its (VFSL). opportunities to its through entertaining storytelling on Reels, Leading creators such as Niharika N.M.,
for social security programs semiconductor business. Daly joins Vedanta from extremely talented and by leveraging the power of the thriving Barkha Singh, RJ Karishma, Ayush Mehra,
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka's cabinet of He will be responsible his post as an independent population," said Daly. creator ecosystem in India. Viraj Ghelani, Ruhee Dosani, and Masoom
ministers approved a proposal to start discussions with the for providing strategic consultant in the "I am very impressed by At the start of the year, Meta in India Minawala are going to be a part of the
World Bank to obtain $200 million for social security counsel and inputs as the microelectronics the unique, complementary decided to work with leading brands across #MadeOnReels programme.
programs, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.Cabinet conglomerate looks at industry.He was partnership that Vedanta categories to determine the impact Reels Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of Ads
spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena told journalists that setting up a state-of-the-art instrumental in and Foxconn bring to the Ads could have on their marketing Business for Meta in India, said: "The
President Ranil Wickremesinghe made the proposal in his semiconductor fab unit and establishing a strategic opportunity to establish objectives.Campaign results from brands results from the brand campaigns done so
capacity as the Finance Minister, reports Xinhua news semiconductor assembling alliance on advanced India's first commercial such as Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk, Meesho, far demonstrate that the powerful
agency.Gunawardena said that Sri Lanka has agreed to and testing unit in India. technology with Samsung semiconductor fab," he Navi, Maruti Nexa, Snitch, Amazon Prime combination of Reels Ads and creators can
implement a robust social security network to protect the "We are pleased to and in the acquisition of added. Video and Tanishq showed that Reels Ads supercharge growth for brands and address
most vulnerable groups in the country as a part of the welcome Daly to our team. IBM's microelectronics Daly spent 26 years at drove strong business outcomes across their key marketing objectives. Our goal at
International Monetary Fund-supported 48-month As an industry veteran, he business. IBM, the majority in its parameters such as ad-recall, message Meta is to help businesses build for the
Extended Fund Facility.He said the World Bank has brings a vast wealth of "India has a generational semiconductor division. association, and conversions. evolving consumer behaviour and create a
already agreed to provide a loan of $200 million to support knowledge and experience opportunity to become part Before joining IBM, he Based on the encouraging results, Meta strong ecosystem for the future of digital
social security programs, and the discussions with the in managing several of the global spent five years as an is now launching #MadeOnReels for the advertising in the country. #MadeOnReels
World Bank will be to finalise the funding. workstreams that are semiconductor supply officer in the US Army. wider ecosystem, inviting briefs from does precisely that."
Pakistan govt desperate to break IMF
deadlock before fiscal budget
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) As Pakistan's financial year
comes to a close, the cash-strapped country's ruling
Possibility of rival bids for Go Airlines? It is a hypothetical question: Kaushik Khona
coalition government seems to have come to a point of Chennai, May 9 (IANS) Officer told IANS in an Interim Resolution Guarantee Scheme
desperation as it looks towards the International Monetary Even though the Wadia interview: "The process of Professional (IRP) will be (ELCGS).
Fund (IMF) for leniency and revival of the $6.5 billion group has approached the NCLT and the IBC (The automatic. According to Khona, the
loan programme.The Shehbaz Sharif-led government has National Company Law Insolvency and Bankruptcy In its petition, Go airlines need about Rs 17-
been struggling to convince the IMF board on its Tribunal (NCLT) Code) will be followed Airlines has suggested the 18 crore per day for its
compliance of all the pre-conditions for the revival of the voluntarily to protect their once the application is name of a person to be operations as the trade
Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which has led to a delay in leased planes from being admitted. The question appointed as the IRP and partners may provide the
the signing of the staff level agreement, causing serious repossessed, there exists the (takeover bids) is Khona said it is for the needed items -- fuel and
damage to the country's economic condition. risk of other interested hypothetical to be NCLT to decide on that. others -- on cash and carry
Experts say that in view of the current situation and with groups bidding for Go addressed." Khona also said the basis.
no sign of IMF staff level agreement in the coming days, Airlines (India) Ltd, said Khona said the airline airline had got enquiries for On the availability of
formulating and presenting the financial budget for the Supreme Court advocate. promoters -- the Wadia leasing for more aircrafts. pilots to fly the aircraft as
next year in June would be an uphill task for the "The risk of some other group -- are interested to be He said the aircrafts will many have started
government as it would have to reflect imposition of all interested group making a in the business and the be up in the air in 7/8 days attending interviews held
pre-conditions of the IMF board in the budget including bid for Go Airlines that purpose of approaching the once the petition is by rivals Khona said: "I
increase in taxes, fuel prices and interest rates, which may be attractive for the NCLT is to retain the admitted. have the pilots to fly all the
would have direct and massive impact on inflation index. creditors is always there. aircraft as the lessors are exposure to Go Airlines as of the IBC. Citing FY23 revenue of 54 aircrafts. We have a
Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has started a fresh Go Airlines might have taking action to repossess on March 31, 2023 is Rs The airline said it has about Rs 7,100 crore huge fleet of pilots."
round of consultations with the IMF Executive Director gone to NCLT voluntarily them. 1,305 crore and an approached the NCLT, Khona said even with a Khona said the majority
Bahador Bilani.As per details of the first virtual meeting, with an intention to retain He also said the idea of additional amount of Rs "...due to the ever- reduced fleet size the of the pilots have not left
Dar has sought support and lenience in demands from the its assets, but the risk of promoters rebidding for the 682 crore sanctioned under increasing number of airline was able log such a the company even during
IMF management to sign the staff-level agreement with facing rival bids does hang airlines was not thought of the Emergency line of failing engines supplied by revenue. the Covid-19 period and
Pakistan. over the promoters heads while approaching the credit guaranteed by the Pratt & Whitney's "We want more aircrafts added that it takes about six
Accel unveils Atoms 3.0 with sector-focused like the Damocles sword," NCLT. The insolvency Government of India. International Aero Engines, on wet lease or dry lease," months for a pilot to fly an
D. Varadarajan, Supreme petition is not a ruse to get The airlines have LLC, which has resulted in he said. aircraft after joining a rival.
thematic cohorts for early stage firms Court advocate specialising loan write offs. defaulted on its payment GO FIRST (airline brand) In its petition, Go He did agree that the
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Global VC firm Accel on in corporate laws, told "We have not asked the dues to aircraft lessors and having to ground 25 aircraft Airlines has suggested the salaries for the ground staff
Tuesday unveiled the new avatar of its Atoms programme IANS. banks to take a haircut others but not to the banks (equivalent to name of a person to be have been paid while the
called 'Atoms 3.0' which will have two theme/sector-based The purpose of NCLT is (write off a portion of their and the account has not approximately 50 per cent appointed as the IRP and April salary for the
cohorts -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Industry 5.0. to resolve the issues fast, he loan," Khona said. been classified as a non- of its Airbus A320neo Khona said it is for the professional and others is
The programme was launched 21 months ago, and since added. According to reports, the performing asset (NPA) by aircraft fleet) as of May 1, NCLT to decide on that. pending.Khona does not
then, Atoms has invested in 24 companies across two Queried about the airline has a total liability -- the bankers. 2023."The petition is being As to the funds to restart want to think about the
cohorts. These companies have since raised a total of over firewall that the promoters dues to banks, other With nearly 50 per cent heard by NCLT for operations, Khona said the chance of NCLT not
$160 million in funding.Applications for Atoms 3.0 will have built around Rs 7,100 creditors, vendors etc. -- of of its A320neo fleet admission.According to airline is yet to draw the admitting the insolvency
open by the end of May.Atoms is constantly evolving and crore-turnover Go Airlines about Rs 11,463 crore. grounded, India's third Khona, if the petition is balance of Rs 208 crore of petition as IBC wants every
looking to improve the programme for founders. With this against rival bids before The Indian government largest airline Go Airline admitted by the NCLT then the Rs 1,500 crore business to be up and
new approach, the programme aims to foster a community landing in NCLT, Kaushik owned Central Bank of has approached NCLT for there will be a moratorium sanctioned under the running and in the case of
of like-minded founders in the same domain who can Khona, Chief Executive India said its outstanding resolution under Section 10 and the appointment of an Emergency Line Credit airlines up and flying.
collaborate and help each other succeed.
 THE AVENUE MAIL, Jamshedpur CITY Wednesday, May 10, 2023 12

DC urges citizens to report against violation of building norms

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, May 9 :
Deputy Commissioner
Vijaya Jadhav has appealed
to citizens to report any
violation of building norms
in commercial and
residential constructions in
the area. The focus is on
misuse of the basement
area. The move comes in
the wake of increasing
incidents of illegal and
unsafe buildings that pose a
risk to public safety and
parking.
According to the
communique, the Deputy
Commissioner has
appealed to the general
public that "any type of
construction like shop,
school, small scale
industry, godown etc. has
been established in the
basement of any residential
or commercial building by
deviating from the
approved design. And if it
is in your notice, then
immediately inform the
Deputy Commissioner's
office, Sub-Divisional
Officer Dhalbhum office
and JNAC office. Keeping
the identity of the informer
confidential, legal action
will be ensured against the
culprits".
According to information
the administration has been
receiving complaints and
feedback from concerned
citizens and stakeholders
regarding the flouting of
building norms by some
developers, builders, and
property owners.
These violations include
unauthorized constructions,
deviations from approved
plans, and misuse of
basements.
Identity of the informer to remain confidential
"Such violations not only
violate the law and
regulations but also
endanger the lives and
properties of the occupants
and the nearby residents.
They can also lead to
ecological damage, traffic
congestion, and social
unrest.
building norms to the
concerned authorities, such
as the local civic body, DC
office or SDO . They can
do so by submitting a
written complaint, an
email, or a phone call,
providing as much detail as
possible, such as the
location, the nature of
violation, the name of the
owner or the builder, and
any evidence or proof they
may have. The Deputy
Commissioner assured the
citizens that their
complaints would be taken
seriously and investigated
promptly, and appropriate
action would be taken
against the violators, as per
the law.
Therefore, it is violations," said an official. The action can range
imperative that the The Deputy from a warning, a fine, a
administration and the Commissioner urged stop-work notice, a
citizens work together to citizens to report any demolition order, or a
identify and rectify such suspected violation of criminal prosecution,
depending on the severity
and frequency of the
violation.
The administration has
also urged the developers,
builders, and property
owners to comply with the
building norms and
regulations, and to ensure
that their constructions are
safe, legal, and eco-
friendly. They should also
cooperate with the
authorities in verifying and
rectifying any deviations or
violations, and in obtaining
the necessary permits and
clearances.
The administration's
appeal has been welcomed
by many citizens and
organizations, who see it as
a positive step towards
ensuring transparency,
accountability, and safety
in the construction sector.
(w-pb)

JPSC exam in June, over 100

centres in district Heat wave conditions prevail, mercury crosses 41 degrees Celsius
Mail News Service Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9 :
Jamshedpur, May 9: Jharkhand Public Service
Commission (JPSC) examination is likely to be held in the The residents of the city
sweltered under an
coming month of June. Keeping this in view, preparations
have already started. According to the information unprecedented heatwave on
Tuesday, as the mercury
received from the District Education Officer's office, this
time also more than 100 centers will be made for this soared to a scorching 41.4
degrees Celsius in the
examination, where about 55 thousand candidates will
appear in the examination. morning at 10: 00 am. The
extreme heat, coupled with
Incidentally, last year 101 examination centers were
made in the city, where about 42,000 candidates appeared low humidity and light
winds, created a tough
in the examination. This time, considering the increase in
the number of examinees, there is a plan to increase the situation for people and
animals alike.
number of examination centers by 15 percent. District
Education Officer Nirmala Kumari Barelia told that at According to the local
weather bureau, the
present the proposal of 101 centers has been sent. Along
with this, work is also being done to increase the number heatwave was caused by a
high-pressure system that
of centers by 15 percent. As soon as possible, a proposal
will be sent to increase the number of examination centers had stalled over the region
for several days, trapping
by 15 percent in the coming days.(w-rg)
hot air and preventing
cooling sea breezes. The
bureau also issued a heat
advisory, warning people to
stay indoors during the
hottest hours, drink plenty
of water, wear light-colored
and loose-fitting clothes,
and avoid strenuous
activities.
However, not everyone
heeded the advice, as many
outdoor workers, and
students were seen braving
the heat in the morning to
carry out their daily
routines or enjoy the
attractions of the city. Some
vendors sold cold drinks,
ice cream, and umbrellas to
cater to the demand of the
customers, while others
sought shade under trees,
awnings, or fountains.
The heat also affected the
infrastructure and services
of the city, as some power
grids, air-conditioning
units, and transportation
systems struggled to cope
with the high demand and
temperature.
The heatwave is expected
to continue for a few more
days, with the temperature
forecasted to hover around
40 degrees Celsius or
above. The residents are
advised to stay vigilant and
take precautions to avoid
heatstroke or other heat-
related illnesses.
Sources informed that
there will be no respite
from the sizzling condition
at least in the next 48 hours.
The meteorological
department has also warned
of a heat wave condition in
various parts of the State as
there is no possibility of
rainfall in the next three
days.
"The month of May is the
hottest period so far in the
city. The maximum
temperature will continue
to rise due to the westerly
winds dominating the State.
We find no signs of rain in
the chart analysis. People
have to wait for the rain,"
noted an official at Sonari
meteorological office. He
added that the dry westerly
and northwesterly winds
from Bay of Bengal are
making the temperature
rise. Meanwhile, a curfew-
like situation prevails in the
city during the day as the
denizens stay indoors till
the evening due to the
sweltering heat.
Heat waves and sultry
weather scare vehicle riders
and pedestrians, and it
resulted in roads wearing a
deserted look during the
day. Cases of sun stroke are
on the rise in the last two
weeks as the temperature
shoots up. (w-pb)

Eight arrested for mobile phone snatching Rs 4 Cr tender to clean

Domuhani dumpsite
13 mobile phones and two motorcycles recovered
Mail News Service the accused used to target the Indian Penal Code
pedestrians, bikers, and (IPC) and the Information
Jamshedpur, May 9 : commuters who were using Technology (IT) Act.
The police have arrested or carrying mobile phones The police have also
eight persons for their in public places, such as appealed to the public to be
alleged involvement in a parks, markets, and bus cautious and alert while
series of mobile phone stops. using mobile phones in
snatching incidents in the They would come on public places and to avoid
city. The arrests were made two-wheelers, surround the showing off their expensive
after a joint operation by victim, snatch the phone, gadgets or valuables. They
the local police stations and and flee from the scene. have advised the citizens to
the special task force, They used to sell the stolen report any suspicious
following a spate of phones in the grey market activities or persons to the
complaints from the public or use them for personal nearest police station or the Mail News Service
about such crimes. purposes. emergency helpline.
Those arrested include The police said that they The arrests have been
had received several CCTV welcomed by the public Jamshedpur, May 9: Jamshedpur Notified Area
the owner of a mobile Prabhat Kumar said that Vijay Shankar. leading the team to arrest Committee (JNAC) will spend Rs 4 crore 10 lakh to clear
phone repair shop for seven of the arrested The special team had one after another by footage and eyewitness and the authorities as a
accounts that helped them timely and effective action the garbage from the temporary garbage dump site located
allegedly tampering with persons would commit the carried out an anti-crime Tuesday morning. at Sonari's Domuhani on the orders of NGT.
the IMEI number of the act of mobile phone checking drive across the Those arrested were of identify and track down the against the rising menace of
suspects. They also found mobile phone snatching In this regard, tender has been floated by JNAC on 28th
stolen handsets. While snatching in two gangs. He steel city on Monday night 19 to 30 years of age April. The last date for submission of online tender is May
making the arrests the said as the number of during which two youths groups and identified as that the accused had a and thefts in the city.
history of similar offenses They have also urged the 9. And on May 10, the hard copy of the tender has to be
police recovered 13 mobile mobile phone snatching were nabbed along with a Pratham Mukhi, Lakhan submitted. Tender will be open on 11th May.
phones and two incidents had suddenly motorcycle at Ulyan in Singh, Saurabh Bagh, and were involved in a police to continue their
larger gang of criminals efforts to maintain law and In this regard, JNAC's special officer Sanjay Kumar told
motorcycles from the gone up since a fortnight Kadma. Later during Manish Kumar, Nelson that as per the order of the court, the garbage of the two-
accused persons. back, a special team had interrogation, the duo had David, Akbar Ansari, Babul who operate in the region. order and ensure the safety
They have booked them and security of the citizens. faced garbage dump site has to be cleaned as soon as
Revealing about the been set up under the spilled the beans about the Kumar and Jaipreet Singh. possible. A tender has been floated for this. The waste of
breakthrough, senior SP, leadership of City SP, K rest of the gang members, According to the police, under relevant sections of (w-pb)
the dump site will be segregated and disposed off.
He told that the waste will be sent to Odisha, while the
Laptops, cash stolen during Polytechnic student commits suicide compost waste will be sold. The Special Officer told that
illegal dumping has been banned in Domuhani. Teams of
short stay at friend's house Jamshedpur, May 9: Anurag college. After getting the information, class was over, they found the door sanitation supervisors and security personnel have been
Jamshedpur, May 9: Anupam Pandey had come to the Kumar, 17, a civil first year student, the police reached and did panchnama locked from inside. Peeping through deployed day and night to monitor the temporary
residence of his friend Anurag Pandey, a resident of committed suicide by hanging himself of the dead body. The reasons for the the window, they found him hanging dumpsite. At the same time, it has been asked to take legal
Chhota Govindpur Subhash Nagar under Parsudih police with the help of a towel in the boy's suicide are not known. on the noose and informed police. action against those who dump garbage illegally.
station area, at 9 am on May 4. In the meantime, the hostel room fan at Bahragora's According to the information, According to hostel superintendent It is worth mentioning that JNAC had started dumping
thieves escaped with two laptops and cash from the room. Polytechnic College on Tuesday Anurag Kumar had taken leave today Jagdish Kumar, Anurag Kumar had garbage in Domuhani a few days back, but here some
Anupam got worried as soon as he came to know about the afternoon. The deceased Anurag saying that he had a headache and was back semester. He came on May 5 and people used to set fire to the garbage. Due to the smoke
incident and informed his partner Anurag about it. After Kumar is a resident of Ranchi Ratu in the hostel room while other students used to study while staying in the coming out of this, the people living in the surrounding
this the matter reached Parsudih police station. The case Road. had gone to class. hostel. Principal Sanjat Kumar Mishra residential areas had to face a lot of problems.
reached the police station after five days. The incident He came here on May 5 last and Meanwhile, he committed suicide told that the reasons why the student In this regard, a complaint was made by the people of
happened on 4th May, but the matter reached the police lived in room number five of the boys' by hanging himself from the fan with committed suicide have not been Sonari to the Deputy Commissioner. Thus the matter
station on 8th May. After this, the police have registered a hostel located on the college campus. the help of a towel. known. The family of the deceased reached NGT. NGT directed JNAC to clear the garbage at
case against unknown thieves after investigation. This incident created chaos in the When the students came after the has been informed about this. (w-rg) the earliest. (w-rg)

Meeting on resolving drinking water problems during summer season

Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, May 9 : A
high level meeting on
resolving drinking water
related problems for
Kolhan region was held on
Tuesday.
The meeting chaired by
secretary department of
drinking water and
sanitation, Manish Ranjan
held at Auto Cluster
Auditorium in Gamharia
and attended by director
Swachh Bharat Mission
(rural) Neha Arora on
getting rid of the water
problem in all the districts
of Kolhan division
(Seraikela Kharsawan, East
Singhbhum and West
Control room number to be functional, address water issues within 72 hours
Singhbhum) in summer
season. So that in view of
the increasing heat, there is
no problem of drinking
water in any district of
Kolhan region.
At the meeting various
points regarding water
conservation and
construction of plastic-free
village by collecting plastic
at the village level were
also discussed.
Manish Ranjan said that
the crisis of drinking water
becomes very deep in the
summer season. In such a
way, instructions were
given to all the PHED
officers of all divisions to
set up a control room and
prepare a dedicated team so
that people can get enough
water to overcome the
crisis of drinking water.
There should be a control
room number on which
people can contact and
inform about their
problems. Along with this,
he said that as soon as any
problem related to drinking
water supply arises, it
should be resolved within
72 hours so that people can
be relieved from drinking
water crisis during the
summer season. While
reviewing the various
works being done in
different districts point by
point, he gave necessary
and appropriate directions
to the Executive Engineer
of the Drinking Water and
Sanitation Department in
the districts and directed to
complete all the ongoing
works in a quality manner
in time. Drinking Water and
Sanitation Secretary
Manish Ranjan informed
about the updated status of
various schemes running in
all the six districts under Jal
Jeevan Mission, Swachh
Bharat Mission (Gramin) in
the divisional level
meeting.
Along with directing all
the concerned officers to
get all the schemes done in
a timely manner as well as
in a quality manner, so that
people can be benefited
from the various public
welfare schemes run by the
state government.
Present in the meeting,
Director Swachh Bharat
Mission (Rural) Mrs. Neha
Arora talked about
motivating the ODF Plus
beneficiaries to repair
toilets themselves.
Along with this,
instructions were given to
the district level, block
level and panchayat level
officials to ensure training
for ODF Plus. (w-rg)