A CRPF battalion has been deployed at the point of dispute at
Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar. Sixty five people were also
injured. Forty of them were admitted to Silchar Medical College
Hospital. Mizoram police used 'light machine guns' on Assam
Police, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged. The
conflict comes just 48 nhrs after a meeting of North east Chief
Ministers called by the Centre.
Eight tourists and their driver, travelling to Chitkul from Sangla in
Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, were killed when boulders
from a landslide triggered by rain hit the vehicle, near Sangla, on
Sunday afternoon. The bridge over Baspa river also collapsed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh
each for the next of kin of those killed.
On an average there were 40,246 daily cases of covid in the
current week against 27,443 the previous week. And the weekly
average of Test Positivity Rate is 5.8%, 36% more than the
previous week. The Delta variant of covid is said to be causing
the spike in cases. The casualty rate has also gone up by 9.3 %
over the last week. The outbreaks are mostly in areas which have low
vaccination coverage.
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Marking a fierce but interesting competition among the
billionaires, adventure specialist Richard Branson launched
commercial space travel from his 'Spaceport America' on Sunday,
pipping the world's richest man, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, to the
post, becoming the early bird to fly to the edge of space as the
first private space tourist nine days earlier than his rival.
Although he did not cross the Karman line.
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.
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
A CRPF battalion has been deployed at the point of dispute at
Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar. Sixty five people were also
injured. Forty of them were admitted to Silchar Medical College
Hospital. Mizoram police used 'light machine guns' on Assam
Police, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged. The
conflict comes just 48 nhrs after a meeting of North east Chief
Ministers called by the Centre.
Eight tourists and their driver, travelling to Chitkul from Sangla in
Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, were killed when boulders
from a landslide triggered by rain hit the vehicle, near Sangla, on
Sunday afternoon. The bridge over Baspa river also collapsed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh
each for the next of kin of those killed. 
On an average there were 40,246 daily cases of covid in the
current week against 27,443 the previous week. And the weekly
average of Test Positivity Rate is 5.8%, 36% more than the
previous week. The Delta variant of covid is said to be causing
the spike in cases. The casualty rate has also gone up by 9.3 %
over the last week. The outbreaks are mostly in areas which have low
vaccination coverage.
/div>
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!
