Earlier Seychelles faced a spike in covid cases after inoculating
its population with Sinopharm. 50 to 68 per cent of the
populations in these countries, now facing a surge, were
administered the cheap Chinese vaccines. Bahrain and the UAE
are planning to give a booster shot of Pfizer vaccine to those
who have taken the Chinese jabs.
The annual Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year too as a
preventive step against transmission of covid. The two-month
pilgrimage was scheduled to start on June 28. "It's important to
save people's lives. So, it is not advisable to hold and conduct
this year's pilgrimage in the larger public interest... All traditional
religious rituals shall be performed at the Holy Cave Shrine,"
said the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
President Biden has signed the Juneteenth National
Independence Day Bill making June 19 a federal public holiday to
commemorate the symbolic end of chattel slavery in the US.
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant was shut down on Saturday. While
some say it is because parts are not coming from sanctions-
bound Russia, others fear a security concern is the reason.
Malls and restaurants opened in UP on Monday as the covid
restrictions were relaxed. The duration of night curfew which was
in force from 7 pm and badly affected the business of sales, has
been reduced by two hours, and will now start at 9 pm.
The trained health workers will be called according to
requirement and will be paid for the days they work. Meanwhile,
the BJP has already announced plans to train one lakh health
workers across the country in anticipation of a third wave of
covid.
The districts majorly affected by a new surge in covid infection cases are Pune,
Nagpur, Amravati, Yavatmal, Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban and Thane. CM Uddhav has ordered a ban on gatherings.
Of the new cases of 16,752 in the last 24 hours in the country,
Maharashtra reported the highest of 8,623, followed by Kerala
with 3,792. 86.37% of the daily covid cases are from six States
hit by the new surge.
The toys should showcase Indian aesthetics and thoughts to the
children and at the same time must integrate new technolgy in
their presentation, Modi said while inaugurating the India Toy Fair.
TN has made RT-PCR certificates mandatory for people coming from
Kerala and Maharashtra. The new cases have gone up in the
country from 10,000 early this month to 16,488 in the past 24
hours.
The Mars rover, a six-wheeled, SUV-sized robotic vehicle, sailed
through space for seven months to land on a prime spot for geo-biological study of the red planet for signs of ancient extraterrestrial life. It takes radio waves 11 minutes to reach Earth. (Listen to:- DAVID BOWIE: Life
On Mars?:)
While the rationalists debunk the episode as a ploy to make up for
the losses in offerings during the corona lockdown, the believers
stick to their claim, they have seen it after all! The claim of
Shankaralinga temple resembles the miracle of Ganesha drinking
milk in Delhi way back in 1995. Although they belong to two
different branches of science.
After his reappearance, Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares went up
by 8.5%. The Chinese billionaire made his public appearance on
Wednesday. (SEE Video: Davos 2015 - An Insight An Idea with
Jack Ma - A conversation with Jack Ma, Founder and the then Executive
Chairman of Alibaba Group, on leadership, entrepreneurship and
the future of commerce: Interviewed by Charlie Rose, Anchor, CBS
News, USA)
A pair of socks gifted to her by her niece displayed on her legs has done
the job for Gumball Poodle. The demand for 'Future is Female' is
skyrocketing indeed. What more could one ask for?
At that momentous event, "I will be thinking about my
mother (the late Shyamala Gopalan), who is looking down
from heaven," Harris said. The scaled back presidential
inauguration this time will have no precedent with a
devastating coronavirus locking down everything and a
heightened security bandobast with reports of armed Trump
protesters likely to re-enact the Capitol episode posing the
gravest threat to Biden, the President-elect, and others.
"We were taught to see a world beyond just ourselves. To be
conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people."
- Kamala Harris, Vice-President-elect, United States of America.
She is releasing a series of her reminiscences of her early
period, of people and events that had deep influence on the
course of her life and thoughts, in the coming days leading up to
her inauguration as the Vice-President of America, the first
woman ever to occupy a position that high in the greatest
democracy yet.
OPINION: Byju’s to take over Aakash? If and when the deal comes through,
it would be one of the biggest edtech acquisitions in the world.
These are signs of the dawn of a new era facilitated by science and technology,
busting the Indian ubiquitous rackets one by one like the massive politician-British
clerk-NCERT-printer-newsprint-fake author racket, which led to a mushroom growth
of tuition centres like Aakash, which, of course, has done a yeaoman service
to the hapless victims of our Macaulay schools.
COMMENT: There is widespread criticism that the postponed CBSE
examination schedule will affect the students seeking admissions
abroad and it should be preponed. Such a question could never be
raised in any country, other than India! The CBSE examination, let
us be clear, is not conducted for foreign admissions. Secondly,
which university is going to start admissions during the current
global pandemic.
COMMENT: The nursing staff union at the AIIMS is on indefinite
strike, not because some injustice has been done to any of
them. They are dictating how the AIIMS should make
appointments. Rather, they have decided that the AIIMS should
not make contractual appointments. It reminds one of the union
days of 1970s when, whether private or Government, an
employee could not even be shifted from one section to another
without triggering a strike. There used to be thousands of
workers' unions on the roads in Delhi those days every day,
striking work and blocking traffic. Nobody could do anything
about it. All these were due to the self-seeking leaders who
were building up their parties and canvassing their vote banks;
and they were the real exploiters. Our type of democracy
allowed it. And who were the losers in that game? The working
class, getting a pension of Rs 500 per month today! They would
have been, instead, flourishing today with prosperity and self-respect, without any 'ism'. In a genuine democratic set-up this
type of decadent unionism will not rear its head. Because those
opportunities will be absent. India does not have such a
'functional democracy,' a democracy that will work for everyone.
It is not in our Constitution!
The first woman Vice-President has become an inspiration for girls
of colour, and for all girls. Kamala Harris is becoming an icon. Her
passionate speech had a great, lasting impact on the listeners,
when she said, “While I may be the first woman in this office, I will
not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that
this is a country of possibilities.”
Yet another helpless Indian woman having had to go to Saudi Arabia in search of work as maid servant has reportedly died of physical and mental torture
by her employer, it has been alleged. However, the Indian Foreign Ministry has
said after an inquiry that she died of natural causes.
Unlimited excitement will be on offer in Dubai as Lionsgate Entertainment
and The 20th Century Fox are building theme parks to provide the audience an
illusion of experiences of timeless horror of the Titanic disaster and the death and rebellion of the dystopia.
PUDUCHERRY (PONDICHERRY)
Promenade Beach, Paradise Beach, Auroville Beach, Serenity Beach, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of the Capuchins, Manakula Vinayagar Temple, Thirukaameeswarar Temple (Periya Koil), Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, French War Memorial, Romain Rolland Library, Governor's Palace, Bharati Park (Government Park), Light House, Chunnambar Beach, Backwater Resort
This year's postponed Char Dham yatra will begin in phases from
July 1. People from a district where a shrine is located will visit
that shrine. In the second phase beginning July 11, all the
people of the State are allowed to visit all the dhams.
While there are conflicting reports on the effect of mixing of
doses of covid vaccine, Novavax is undertaking a study in the UK
to confirm if it is safe and beneficial. At present vaccine is
changed for reason of nonavailabilty of same product.
The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams is currently in possession of
demonetised currency notes worth about Rs 50 cr, which the
Centre has not allowed to be exchanged.
The annual Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year too as a
preventive step against transmission of covid. The two-month
pilgrimage was scheduled to start on June 28. "It's important to
save people's lives. So, it is not advisable to hold and conduct
this year's pilgrimage in the larger public interest... All traditional
religious rituals shall be performed at the Holy Cave Shrine,"
said the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. 
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant was shut down on Saturday. While
some say it is because parts are not coming from sanctions-
bound Russia, others fear a security concern is the reason.
Malls and restaurants opened in UP on Monday as the covid
restrictions were relaxed. The duration of night curfew which was
in force from 7 pm and badly affected the business of sales, has
been reduced by two hours, and will now start at 9 pm.
The trained health workers will be called according to
requirement and will be paid for the days they work. Meanwhile,
the BJP has already announced plans to train one lakh health
workers across the country in anticipation of a third wave of
covid. 
Several shops in the Central Market in Lajpat Nagar in south
Delhi were gutted on Saturday morning in a fire that started in a
textile showroom.
Those coming from high risk States like Kerala, Maharashtra and
Karnataka have to carry a negative RT-PCR covid report of not
more than 72 hours old.
The districts majorly affected by a new surge in covid infection cases are Pune,
Nagpur, Amravati, Yavatmal, Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban and Thane. CM Uddhav has ordered a ban on gatherings.
Of the new cases of 16,752 in the last 24 hours in the country,
Maharashtra reported the highest of 8,623, followed by Kerala
with 3,792. 86.37% of the daily covid cases are from six States
hit by the new surge. 
The toys should showcase Indian aesthetics and thoughts to the
children and at the same time must integrate new technolgy in
their presentation, Modi said while inaugurating the India Toy Fair. 
TN has made RT-PCR certificates mandatory for people coming from
Kerala and Maharashtra. The new cases have gone up in the
country from 10,000 early this month to 16,488 in the past 24
hours.
While the rationalists debunk the episode as a ploy to make up for
the losses in offerings during the corona lockdown, the believers
stick to their claim, they have seen it after all! The claim of
Shankaralinga temple resembles the miracle of Ganesha drinking
milk in Delhi way back in 1995. Although they belong to two
different branches of science. 
A pair of socks gifted to her by her niece displayed on her legs has done
the job for Gumball Poodle. The demand for 'Future is Female' is
skyrocketing indeed. What more could one ask for?
At that momentous event, "I will be thinking about my
mother (the late Shyamala Gopalan), who is looking down
from heaven," Harris said. The scaled back presidential
inauguration this time will have no precedent with a
devastating coronavirus locking down everything and a
heightened security bandobast with reports of armed Trump
protesters likely to re-enact the Capitol episode posing the
gravest threat to Biden, the President-elect, and others.
OPINION: Byju’s to take over Aakash? If and when the deal comes through,
it would be one of the biggest edtech acquisitions in the world.
COMMENT: There is widespread criticism that the postponed CBSE
examination schedule will affect the students seeking admissions
abroad and it should be preponed. Such a question could never be
raised in any country, other than India! The CBSE examination, let
us be clear, is not conducted for foreign admissions. Secondly,
which university is going to start admissions during the current
global pandemic. 
COMMENT: The nursing staff union at the AIIMS is on indefinite
strike, not because some injustice has been done to any of
them. They are dictating how the AIIMS should make
appointments. Rather, they have decided that the AIIMS should
not make contractual appointments. It reminds one of the union
days of 1970s when, whether private or Government, an
employee could not even be shifted from one section to another
without triggering a strike. There used to be thousands of
workers' unions on the roads in Delhi those days every day,
striking work and blocking traffic. Nobody could do anything
about it. All these were due to the self-seeking leaders who
were building up their parties and canvassing their vote banks;
and they were the real exploiters. Our type of democracy
allowed it. And who were the losers in that game? The working
class, getting a pension of Rs 500 per month today! They would
have been, instead, flourishing today with prosperity and self-respect, without any 'ism'. In a genuine democratic set-up this
type of decadent unionism will not rear its head. Because those
opportunities will be absent. India does not have such a
'functional democracy,' a democracy that will work for everyone.
It is not in our Constitution!
While there are conflicting reports on the effect of mixing of
doses of covid vaccine, Novavax is undertaking a study in the UK
to confirm if it is safe and beneficial. At present vaccine is
changed for reason of nonavailabilty of same product.
The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams is currently in possession of
demonetised currency notes worth about Rs 50 cr, which the
Centre has not allowed to be exchanged. 
