खाद्य और ऊर्जा सुरक्षा चुनौतियों से लड़ने में SCO सदस्य निभाएंगे अहम भूमिका: भारत

भारत ने बुधवार को कहा कि ऐसे समय पर, जब दुनिया “बढ़ती आर्थिक मंदी” की चुनौतियों का सामना कर रही है, शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) सदस्यों के बीच घनिष्ठ सहयोग खाद्य और ऊर्जा सुरक्षा जैसी चुनौतियों का मुकाबला करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाएगा.

एससीओ अंतरबैंक कंसोर्टियम (एससीओ आईबीसी) की 19वीं बैठक को संबोधित करते हुए वित्तीय सेवा विभाग के सचिव विवेक जोशी ने यह भी कहा कि भारत खाद्य और ऊर्जा सुरक्षा की चुनौतियों को कम करने में योगदान देता रहा है.

उन्होंने कहा, “आज, जब दुनिया एक आसन्न आर्थिक मंदी की चुनौतियों का सामना कर रही है, एससीओ सदस्य देशों के बीच घनिष्ठ सहयोग खाद्य और ऊर्जा सुरक्षा की चिंताओं जैसी वैश्विक चुनौतियों का मुकाबला करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाएगा.”

इन चुनौतियों को कम करने में भारत के योगदान के तहत, भारत के प्रधानमंत्री ने वैश्विक मिशन ‘एलआईएफई' (लाइफ स्टाइल फॉर एनवायरॅनमेंट) शुरू किया है - जो पर्यावरण के लिए अनुकूल जीवन शैली से संबंधित है. उन्होंने कहा कि एलआईएफई प्रचलित मौजूदा नासमझी भरी और विनाशकारी खपत से नियंत्रित उपयोग और निस्तारण की अर्थव्यवस्था की जगह, एक चक्रीय अर्थव्यवस्था को पोषित करता है जिसे संसाधनों के सचेत उपयोग द्वारा परिभाषित किया जाएगा.

जोशी ने कहा कि ‘रिड्यूस, रीयूज एंड रीसायकल' और चक्रीय अर्थव्यवस्था की अवधारणा वर्षों से भारतीय जीवन शैली का हिस्सा रही है, तथा मिशन एलआईएफई में प्रकृति के संरक्षण से जुड़ी हर उस जीवनशैली को शामिल किया जाएगा जिसे हमारे पूर्वजों ने अपनाया था और जिसे आज हमारी जीवनशैली का हिस्सा बनाया जा सकता है.

उन्होंने अपील की कि एससीओ के सदस्य देशों को “बुनियादी ढांचे में लचीलेपन” को एकीकृत करना चाहिए.

वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने कहा, “भारत का झुकाव एक टिकाऊ और लचीले बुनियादी ढांचे के निर्माण की ओर है.”

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IndiGo Offers Chartered Flights To Fly Back Indians Evacuated From Sudan

IndiGo on Wednesday said it has offered services for chartered flights to Jeddah to bring back Indians evacuated from Sudan.

Under the evacuation mission 'Operation Kaveri', India is taking the evacuees from Sudan to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah from where they are returning home.

As per official data, the total number of Indians evacuated so far from Sudan stands at 534.

"We have offered our services for charter flights to Jeddah under the Indian Government's Operation Kaveri rescue mission of our citizens from Sudan.

"We are still awaiting details from the ministry to launch these flights, nothing has been confirmed as of yet," the airline said in a statement.

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Same Pay For Ayurveda Practitioners And Allopathic Doctors? Court Said...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that practitioners of alternative systems of medicine such as Ayurveda are not entitled to equal pay with allopathic doctors as they not are involved in performing emergency duties and complicated surgeries.

Setting aside a Gujarat High Court order, the top court said the emergency duty that allopathy doctors are capable of performing and the trauma care that they are able to provide cannot be performed by Ayurveda practitioners.

It noted that even post-mortem or autopsy is not carried out by Ayurveda practitioners.

The apex court was hearing a batch of appeals challenging a 2012 Gujarat High Court order which had held that Ayurveda practitioners are entitled to be treated at par with doctors with MBBS degrees.

While recognising the importance of Ayurveda practitioners and the need to promote alternative or indigenous systems of medicine, the top court said that it cannot be oblivious of the fact that both categories of doctors are certainly not performing equal work to be entitled to equal pay.

A bench of Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice Pankaj Mithal said allopathy doctors are required to perform emergency duties and provide trauma care.

"By the very nature of the science that they practise and with the advancement of science and modern medical technology, the emergency duty that allopathy doctors are capable of performing and the trauma care that they are capable of providing cannot be performed by Ayurveda doctors," it said.

The apex court said it is also not possible for Ayurveda practitioners to assist surgeons performing complicated surgeries while doctors with MBBS degrees can perform the task.

"We shall not be understood to mean as though one system of medicine is superior to the other. It is not our mandate nor within our competence to assess the relative merits of these two systems of medical sciences. As a matter of fact, we are conscious that the history of Ayurveda dates back to several centuries.

"We have no doubt that every alternative system of medicine may have its pride of place in history. But today, the practitioners of indigenous systems of medicine do not perform complicated surgical operations. A study of Ayurveda does not authorise them to perform these surgeries. Similarly, a post-mortem or autopsy is not carried out by/in the presence of Ayurveda doctors," it said.

The apex court said it is common knowledge that during out-patient days in general hospitals in cities or towns, doctors with MBBS degrees are made to attend to hundreds of patients, which is not the case for Ayurveda practitioners.

"Therefore, even while recognising the importance of Ayurveda doctors and the need to promote alternative/indigenous systems of medicine, we cannot be oblivious of the fact that both categories of doctors are certainly not performing equal work to be entitled to equal pay," it said. 

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विपक्ष के नेता के रूप में, जेटली सरकार का पक्ष सुनते थे: उपराष्ट्रपति धनखड़

उपराष्ट्रपति जगदीप धनखड़ ने बुधवार को कहा कि राज्यसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष के रूप में दिवंगत अरुण जेटली सरकार के पक्ष को सुनते थे. दूसरे दृष्टिकोण को भी स्वीकार करते थे. यह नजरिया आज ‘‘100 प्रतिशत'' नदारद है. उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि जेटली की ‘‘सबसे बड़ी विफलताओं'' में से एक यह है कि वह ‘‘कभी एक भी दुश्मन नहीं बना सके.''

उपराष्ट्रपति ने जेटली की पत्नी संगीता जेटली की मौजूदगी में ‘पहली अरुण जेटली स्मृति परिचर्चा' के समापन पर ये टिप्पणियां कीं. धनखड़ ने कहा, ‘‘राज्यसभा के सभापति के रूप में मैं उन्हें हर दिन याद करता हूं. अगर आप राजनीतिक परिदृश्य को देखें, तो आपको दूसरे अरुण जेटली नहीं मिलेंगे.''

उन्होंने कहा कि पश्चिम बंगाल के राज्यपाल के रूप में, उन्हें ‘‘एक सख्त मुख्यमंत्री (ममता बनर्जी) का सामना करना पड़ा था.'' उन्होंने कहा, ‘‘लेकिन वह (बनर्जी) भी जेटली की प्रशंसक थीं. जेटली ने इस तरह की प्रतिष्ठा अर्जित की थी.''

पिछले साल उपराष्ट्रपति चुने जाने से पहले धनखड़ तीन साल तक पश्चिम बंगाल के राज्यपाल रहे थे. धनखड़ ने कहा कि राज्यसभा में विपक्ष के नेता के रूप में जेटली सरकार का पक्ष सुनते थे. उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार हमेशा आश्वस्त रहती थी कि अगर तर्कसंगत बात है, तो उसका समर्थन किया जायेगा.

उन्होंने कहा कि राज्यसभा में सदन के नेता के रूप में, जेटली के लिए उनकी सीट के अलावा कुछ भी नहीं बदला था. उन्होंने कहा कि उनकी विनम्रता और बढ़ गई थी. कार्यक्रम का आयोजन यहां श्रीराम कॉलेज ऑफ कॉमर्स ने किया था.

 

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No Half Measures, Isolated Action In Approach Against Corruption: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said government schemes such as direct benefit transfer (DBT) and power and water connections gave a sense of security to the poor, who were now accelerating the country's growth.

Addressing the Republic Summit here, PM Modi also said some people were angry at him because he had stopped the means for them to do corruption and make money.

He said his government has integrated and institutionalised the approach against corruption and that there were no half measures and isolated action. "Some are bound to abuse me (for this)," he added.

He said schemes such as DBT and those ensuring that the poor get access to electricity, water, toilets have brought a revolution at the ground level and filled even the poorest of the poor with a sense of security and dignity.

"Those who were made to believe that they were a burden on the country's growth are driving the growth story today," the prime minister said.

PM Modi said his government was mocked by many when public welfare schemes were unveiled, but the same initiatives were driving India's growth.

"Poor people now believe they will get their rightful share, it is social justice in true sense," the prime minister said.

PM Modi said the New India's story of transformation was both timeless and futuristic.

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Gujarat Sanitation Worker Inhales Toxic Gas While Cleaning Sewer, Dies: Cops

A 23-year-old sanitation worker died apparently due to inhalation of poisonous gas while cleaning a sewer in Tharad town in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday, police said.

The dead worker was hired on contract by Tharad municipality for cleaning sewers. The incident occurred in the afternoon when two sanitation workers entered a manhole to clean the sewer, a police official said.

"When these workers did not come out, local people informed the fire brigade. While one of them died on the spot, another worker was pulled out alive. He was rushed to a nearby hospital," he said.

As per the preliminary probe, the victim died due to asphyxiation. A case of accidental death has been registered by the police.

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Manish Sisodia Likely To Get Bail In Liquor Policy Case Today

A Delhi court is likely to deliver its order on the bail application of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam today.

Special Judge M K Nagpal had reserved the order after hearing arguments on Sisodia's application seeking relief claiming that his custody was no longer required for investigation.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had opposed the application, asserting the investigation was at a "crucial" stage and claiming the former Delhi deputy chief minister had planted fabricated e-mails to show there was public approval for the policy.

The federal anti-money laundering agency had also said it has found fresh evidence of his complicity in the alleged crime.

The court had on March 31 dismissed Sisodia's bail application in the corruption case, being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying he was "prima facie the architect" in the criminal conspiracy behind alleged payment of advance kickbacks of around Rs 90-100 crore meant for him and his colleagues in the Delhi government.

The court had observed the release of the senior AAP leader, at the moment, will "adversely affect the ongoing investigation".

The CBI and the ED had arrested Sisodia for alleged corruption in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and for laundering the money so generated.

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