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One policeman killed, six injured in truck-Commercial taxes vehicle collision

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Mathura, In a daring incident, a truck hit a vehicle of the state commercial taxes while fleeing during the checking drive on Yamuna Expressway.

The incident occurred on Wednesday night in which a policeman was killed and six others were injured.
Police here said that the incident occurred near Mile Stone 60 of Yamuna Expressway in Mathura when Manoj Tripathi, Joint Commissioner of Commercial Tax, was checking the vehicles with his other mobile team members.

The team was checking from Agra to Noida late on Wednesday night. During the checking, a truck driver hit the commercial taxes vehicles in which constable Kishore Kumar Shukla (33), a native of Kanpur died.

Joint Commissioner commercial taxes Vinay Gupta, assistant commissioner Virender, Driver Vijay Kumar Yadav, Peon Vinod Kumar and Anil Rawat were injured along with one another injured.

Naujheel police, who reached the information of the accident, took possession of the dead body and the injured were admitted to Kailash Hospital in Noida. The driver left the truck and fled. Police has seized the truck and information is being sought about its owner and driver.

After this incident, SP (Rural) Sreeschand said that one constable has died in the accident, while six people have been injured. A Case has also been registered.

 

(Agencies)

COVID: Private schools in UT should collect only 75 pc of tution fees for AY 2021-22 : CM

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Puducherry,  In view of the Covid pandemic, Chief Minister N Rangaswamy on Thursday ordered that all private schools in the Union Territory should collect only 75 percent of the tuition fees for the academic year 2021-22.

An official release said, this is in view of the Covid situation and in accordance with the orders of Madras High Court.

The tution fees should be collected on the basis of the fee fixed by the Fee committee for the academic year 2019-20 and it must be in two or more instalments (40 percent and 35 percent respectively) for 2021-22.

The schools shall not collect any other fees like annual fee, bus fee, uniform fee, fee for extra-curricular activities, Library fee until the schools reopened and off line classes commence.

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PM Modi to chair meeting of J&K leaders today

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New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to chair a meeting with the mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir here on Thursday afternoon to discuss the future course of action for the Union Territory.

The dialogue with the Kashmiri leaders would be first of its kind since August 5, 2019 when the Centre stripped the erstwhile state of its special status and bifurcated it into two union territories.

On June 19, the Centre sent formal invitations to four former chief ministers – Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mehbooba Mufti, besides four Deputy Chief Ministers – Muzafar Hussain Beigh, Tara Chand, Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta.

Leaders of six other political parties — Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami of CPI(M), Sajad Gani Lone of Peoples Conference, Mohammad Altaf Bukhari of Apni Party, Prof Bhim Singh of Panthers Party, Ravinder Raina of BJP and G A Mir of Congress were also invited.

 

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Unvaccinated persons to be tested for COVID-19 at entry of Shopping Stores, malls: DC Srinagar

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Srinagar, Acting tough, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, said that all unvaccinated persons visiting any shopping complex or malls will have to undergo COVID-19 testing in order to safeguard the lives of people and curtail the spread of the deadly infection.
As many as 444 people, including 306 from Kashmir and 138 from Jammu, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday in the Union Territory, where four patients lost their lives due to the infection.

The DC said that the exemption shall be given only in certain specific cases.

Mr Asad further said that vaccinated persons having certificate copy in hard or soft form shall be given priority entry at all Business establishments and government offices.

He said that this is important in the interest of the larger public so that no COVID-19 infected person puts the lives of other persons at risk.

The DC stressed that no positive person should mix with other people, adding necessary action under law will be taken against such cases.

He urged the general public to cooperate with administration in strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines to save themselves, their family and whole society from infection of deadly coronavirus.

The DC reiterated his statement that vaccination and coronavirus appropriate behavior are the only weapons to defeat Covid-19 pandemic. He urged all left out eligible persons of the district to get vaccinated at an earliest to make Srinagar district a safe place with regard to Covid-19 amid predictions of Third wave by the medical experts.

 

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Dabur Red Paste says No to Paper Cartons; Supports Eco-Friendly Packaging

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Kolkata, Taking a leap forward on the path to Environment Sustainability, India’s leading Science-based Ayurveda major Dabur India Ltd is now moving towards removing outer paper cartons from its flagship Ayurvedic toothpaste brand Dabur Red Paste.
Dabur India Ltd announced the launch of its pilot initiative to remove paper cartons from Dabur Red Paste. The innovative carton-free eco-friendly packaging is being rolled out in key Modern Trade outlets in a joint initiative with Reliance Retail.

The paper saved by removing the outer cartons would be repurposed to create notebooks for underserved children supported by Child Rights and You (CRY). “As part of this initiative, Dabur Red Paste has also launched a unique campaign, ‘ Give up the Carton, Give me a Future’ in association with CRY, under which the paper saved from removing the outer cartons will be used to make notebooks that would distributed among over 120,000 underserved children. We expect that these initiatives will help us to repurpose approx. 150 tons of paper and eliminating waste from our environment,” Dabur India Ltd Marketing Head-Oral Care Mr. Harkawal Singh said.

“We are excited about working with Dabur on this smart way to reduce paper usage in packaging. Supermarket & SuperApp shoppers are aware citizens and are open to embrace such green efforts. They’ll welcome this right away. Here’s looking forward to our small step today becoming an industry-wide practice, soon.” said Damodar Mall, CEO Grocery, Reliance Retail.
In addition, the company is also rolling out an outer paper carton-free low unit price (LUP) pack, specially created for rural markets. “In a first of its kind step by any Toothpaste brand in the market, we are pleased to announce the launch of our carton-free packs for Dabur Red Paste with a new eco-friendly design. This is a pilot initiative being rolled out in Modern Trade outlets, to begin with. Together, this move is expected to result in an annual saving of 150 tons of paper,” Dabur India Ltd Vice President Marketing-Personal Care Mr. Rajeev John said.
“CRY has always believed that access to quality education is every child’s right. It is an essential building block of a child’s future.
CRY is committed to ensure free and quality education for the children of its project areas. Thus, for us every support in fulfilling our commitment counts. The initiative taken by Dabur is commendable and visionary. The campaign is truly dedicated to our future generation as it will go a long way in ensuring both education and environmental sustainability”, said Regional Director, Child Rights and You (CRY), Soha Moitra.
Dabur has been driving several environment sustainability initiatives to preserve our planet for future generations. These include promoting biodiversity, collecting, processing and recycling post-consumer plastic waste, besides reducing use of paper in product packaging. This initiative is a step forward in this direction. By simply shifting to carton-free toothpaste packs, a family of four can ensure that the carton they would have otherwise discarded, will meet some part of the education material need of underserved children every year. As part of this campaign, Dabur will be donating more than 1.2 lakh notebooks.

 

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State BJP remembers Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary

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Ranchi, Leaders and workers of the state BJP on Wednesday paid their tributes to late Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary.

Speaking on the occasion state BJP Chief Deepak Prakash said that the wrong policy of the Congress party always weakens the country and for the lust of power the Congress had put on line the unity and integrity of the nation. He claimed that due to the policy of appeasement by Congress the fields of saffron in Jammu and Kashmir got stained with blood.

Deepak Prakash said that it was due to the sacrifice of Dr Mukherjee that Jammu and Kashmir became an inseparable part of the country. He said that by scrapping Article 370 and 35 A Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled the dreams of Dr Mukherjee.

Leader of the legislature wing of BJP Babulal Marandi said that late Dr Mukherjee was a nationalist who for the sake of motherland never compromised with the anti-national forces. He was also a progressive thinker, educationist and able organizer.

 

(Agencies)

Tusker separated from group kills five in a week

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Jamtara, A wild tusker who has got separated from its group has killed five people in a week.

On Wednesday the elephant killed Shankar Singh (45) in Kala Jharia village of this district while on June 22 it had killed two people in Kairon block of neighbouring Deoghar district. On June 20 a couple was killed in Jamtara by the same elephant.

Forest Officer of Jamtara Achintya Banker said that the elephant which has got separated from its group has killed five people so far. He said that the forest department is trying to scare away the tusker towards the Tundi forest.

The DFO said that kin of the deceased will be provided compensation as per government norms however as immediate help a sum of Rs 10,000 has been extended.

Unfortunately, the forest department lacks the mechanism to control the elephant menace and often their act is just confined to scaring the animal from their areas.

 

(Agencies)

Restrictions under Health Safety Week extended by another one week in Jharkhand

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Ranchi, The state government decided to extend the restrictions imposed as part of Health Safety Week to break the chain of Coronavirus by another one week ( Jun 24 to Jul 1) in Jharkhand.

An order issued by the Home Prison and Disaster Management Department said the provisions of order number 207 dated 16.06.2021 related to observance of Swasthya Suraksha Saptah in the context of Covid-19 shall be extended from 6 AM on 24.06.2021 to 1.07.2021 6 AM.

Talking to the press outside the Project Building the Chief Minister said that by the means of Swasthya Suraksha Saptah the state is passing through the second wave of Coronavirus. He said that while the second wave is still on there is also a third wave expected.
The Chief Minister said that since the danger has still not been completed averted therefore it has been decided to extend the Swasthya Suraksha Saptah in its present form by few days. He said that going forward after making a complete assessment of the situation any decision will be taken in the interest of the state.

Adding further he said that the world was grappling with such a pandemic which was coming up with daily new challenges therefore in such a scenario it was the responsibility of all to listen to the directions of the scientists and the governments. He said that under the present circumstances there was a need to adopt a cautious approach as then only battle against Coronavirus can be won.

The Chief Minister said it is now upto the citizens of the state to ensure how they can keep themselves, their family members and others in the surrounding safe as the virus was still out there.

(Agencies)

PM lauds all Indian Olympians on Olympic Day, says nation is proud of their contributions to sports

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New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appreciated all those who have represented India in various Olympics over the years and said the nation is proud of their contributions to sports.

‘Today, on Olympic Day, I appreciate all those who have represented India in various Olympics over the years. Our nation is proud of their contributions to sports and their efforts towards motivating other athletes,’ the Prime Minister said in a tweet.

Wishing the very best to our contingent, which consists of our finest athletes. In the run up to the games, here is an interesting quiz on MyGov. I urge you all, specially my young friends to take part.

 

(Agencies)

BSF Jammu seizes 27 Kg heroin near international border in Kathua

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New Delhi, The Border Security force on Wednesday said it has seized 27 kg of heroin along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

According to the BSF officials, the troopers guarding at Border Out post at Vinay in Kathua, noticed some suspicious movement on IB from Pakistan side during the wee hours of June 23.

When the Pakistani smugglers entered IB towards Indian side, they were challenged and fired upon by the vigilant guards.

“During search of the area, 27 packets of heroin were found near the fence having approximate value of this narco-consignment is about 135 crore in the international market. A dead body of a smuggler was also found during the search operation”, the BSF officials said.

They also informed that the Narcotics Control Bureau personnel have also arrived on the site.

 

(Agencies)

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