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The ddC chaired a meeting of con - sideration as per law while sought the details regarding utiliza - cerned officials here to set - transferring state land to tion of sBM funds, GeO tagging of tle land transfer cases of government departments Baseline survey, lOB and NlOB, srinagar district pertaining by taking quantum of land FTO generation under MGNReGA to government depart - and type of land in consider - and 14th FC, uploading of MGRe - ments. ation besides stressed for GA plan, PMAy and 15th FC plan on during the meeting Industries and Commerce sure a demarcation process timely completion of the e-Gramswaraj portal, completion threadbare deliberations department for establish - within 15 days, followed by process. of Panchayat Ghars, GeO tagging of Panchayat-wise performance made cuted by the agencies besides up - were held regarding various ment of Industrial estate handover and takeover by Among others, the meet - 14th FC works and completion of under various schemes and set the loading of MGNReGA Plan and issues including transfer of besides matter related to the concerned departments. ing was attended by the CsCs. On the occasion the ddC was timelines for completion of all PMAy on eGramswaraj Portal. state land measuring 796 construction of degree He also stressed for re - director Industries, Chief briefed by the ACd regarding func - pending works and warned the con - during the meeting, the ddC kanals and 9 marlas within College at Allochibagh moval of encroachments on engineer Transmission, tioning of the department besides cerned against any laxity and asked further impressed upon BdOs and 200 meters periphery of dal srinagar were also dis - state land so that it is uti - Joint Commissioner sMC, physical and financial achieve - them to work with pro-active and executing agencies to accelerate the lake. cussed in the meeting. lized for the purpose. Joint director Horticulture, ments under different schemes in - people friendly approach. pace of work in their respective ar - The transfers of land On the occasion, the The div Com also called Joint director Tourism, cluding PMA, sBM, MGNReGA, While reviewing MGNReGA, eas by adopting innovative meth - measuring 125.5 kanals at divisional Commissioner upon all the officers present Chief Town Planner, AdC, 14th FC and progress on uploading the ddC laid emphasis on timely ods for effective implementation of Khonmoh, Panthachowk directed the revenue au - in the meeting to ensure srinagar besides officers of of MGNReGA plan and 15th FC completion of works and billing schemes and involve people in the and 60 Kanals at sempora thorities to sort out all the that their departmental Agriculture, Ueed, lAW - plan on e-Gramswaraj portal. process for the works already exe - developmental process. srinagar in favour of land transfer issues and en - land and assets are properly dA and other departments. The ddC reviewed Block and Dr. Hina inaugurates Kissan Mechanized Paddy Transplanting introduced Mela at Handwara at SMF Padgampora SRINAGAR, JULY 20: to be better from crop man - KUPWARA, JULY 20: agement and productivity To save labour as well as point of view. Chowdhary said dr. Hina shafi Bhat, Vice time while performing the that the department is always Chairperson, JK KVIB, today agricultural activities in the on the forefront in educating inaugurated a Kissan Mela cum field for farmers, department fellow farmers regarding lat - Awareness camp at Handwara. of Agriculture Kashmir has in - est technological interven - The Mela was organised by troduced Mechanized Paddy tions and innovations by the Horticulture department Transplanting (MPT) at seed means of which the produc - Kupwara, under the flagship Multiplication Farm (sMF), tion and productivity is en - programme ‘Kissan Pakhwada’. Padgampora. hanced and the socio econom - speaking on the occasion, The event was kick started ic condition of the farmer is dr Bhat said that the govern - by Joint director Agriculture improved. He said the intro - ment has shown keen interest extension Kashmir, duction of mechanized paddy to maximize the income of Chowdhary Mohammad transplantor will enhance the farmers by launching a mis - Iqbal, with an aim to educate production and productivity sionary programme like ‘Kissan and tools, high breed seeds be - Pradhan Mantri Krishi sinchal the farmers regarding this hi- of paddy in the region as the Pakhwada’ to cover this com - sides providing information re - yojna(PMKsy), Capital tech agricultural practice. paddy nursery prepared for munity under the ambit of the garding various developmental expenditure(CAPeX) and While interacting with the transplantor is prepared un - galaxy of farmer welfare schemes for farmers. Urban Plantation scheme and farmers Joint director said der special care and the sow - schemes. On the occasion, several ex - KCC besides others. that traditional way of rice ing of paddy seedling is main - during the Mela different perts from sKUAsT provided Among others, Chief planting is labour intensive tained line to line, row to row stalls were installed by sheep awareness to the farmers about Horticulture Officer, Faculty and involves drudgery while with proper distance. Husbandry, Animal various schemes that include experts from sKUAsT Wodoora mechanized rice planting is Among others, Farm Husbandry, Horticulture, Mission for Integrated Campus, concerned officers, cost effective and operation Manager (sMF) sartaj Ahmad Agricultutre, sericulture and development of Horticulture PRIs, Progressive farmers and friendly. He said it helps in shah, field functionaries of Fisheries departments, these (MIdH), Prime Minister’s other concerned participated in maintaining soil physical the Agriculture department stalls showcased equipment development Package (PMdP), the Kissan Mela. properties and is considered and a large gathering of farm - ers from adjoining villages at - tended the mela. Power shutdown PNB Ramban donates masks, sanitizers to DDC Kulgam inspects work SRINAGAR, JULY 20: of Rawalpora-Air Force and from 33kv line Pampore- district administration on Gund Kilam Bridge Rawalpora-Rangreth lines Chadoora to Receiving RAMBAN, JULY 20: KULGAM, JULY 20: According to the Power and also to carry out recon - station Chadoora Ichgaam Controller, Kashmir ductoring of Pampore-BK shall remain off on July 22 Punjab National Bank (PNB) Main Branch, Ramban today donated 300 Masks and district development Commissioner (ddC) Province, in order to carry Pora line, the power supply and July 25 from 9am to 60 Hand sanitizers to district administration for frontline workers and volunteers, who Kulgam, showkat Aijaz Bhat today visited Ashmuji to out work of cutting down from 33kv line of 10am and 4pm to 5pm re - are rendering their services in different capacities across the district Ramban to prevent take stock of ongoing work on Gund Kilam Bridge. The some poplar trees along the Rawalpora-Rangreth and spectively. As per a separate COVId-19. Chief Medical Officer, dr. Mohammad Fareed Bhat and several other offi - ddC was informed that the total project cost of this 11 corridor of 33kV Harnag Rawalpora-Airforce to notice, Power Controller, cers were present on the occasion. deputy Commissioner Ramban, Nazim Zai Khan ap - span bridge is 14.57 crore and work on 9 spans is com - Tap line, the 33kv wanpoh Rangreth, doodh Ganga Kashmir province, has noti - preciated the efforts of PNB Bank for contributing to the social cause in a very tough sit - pleted in all respects besides slab on 10th span will be sarnal line shall remain water supply, JAKlI fied that in order to carry uation to fight against COVId-19. laid this week. The ddC directed the concerned officers shut on July 22 from 9am to Receiving stations shall re - out construction/erection to expedite the pace of work and complete the work 3pm. main affected on July 22 of 33kV line for GCeT 10581 samples of labourers collected at Toll Plaza project before 15, August 2020 so that the bridge is The power supply to from 1pm to 4pm. safapora, the 33kV dedicated to the public at an earliest. during the visit, Harnag, Nai Basti, sarnal likewise, power supply Army/HCC Bandipora line Qazigund for COVID testing since 14th July the ddC was accompanied by AdC, shabir Hussain and Akura Receiving from 33kv Pampore-BK po - shall remain shut. SRINAGAR, JULY 20: Bhat, Jd-Planning, ex. er. JKPCC besides others con - stations shall remain af - ra lines to Receiving station The power supply to cerned. fected on the said date. B K Pora Khandah shall re - Receiving stations Ajas The Jammu and Kashmir government has collected 10,581 samples of labourers ar - similarly, in order to main off on July 22 and July Nadihal/Preng shall re - riving at Qazigund toll post from 14th to 18th of July 2020 for COVId-19 testing.. As per DDC Bandipora inspects Govt carry out chopping of 25 from 9am to 5pm. main affected on July 22 the official data received in this regard, the samples are being collected from the labour - poplar trees in the corridor Also, power supply from 10am to 6pm. ers who are arriving at Jammu and Kashmir from several other states and UTs. offices BANDIPORA, JULY 20: Talat reviews functioning of newly established district development Commissioner (ddC), Chairman PHDCCI Bandipora dr Owais Ahmed on Monday suspended 23 officials for their unauthorised absence from duties, Degree Colleges of Jammu division while action against eight district officers was also tak - en on the spot. dr Owais during a surprise inspection Kashmir calls on suspended 23 absentee officials along with eight dis - trict officers and attached them to the deputy Commissioner’s Office. He also directed to withhold the salaries of eight absent district officers and asked them to explain their position within two days failing Lt Governor which action shall be taken against them for remaining absent. The dC instructed all the other employees to SRINAGAR, JULY 20: main roads leading towards remain punctual to their offices and warned that no tourist destinations; implemen - laxity on their part towards their duties will be tolerat - Chairman, PHd Chamber of tation of National Handicraft ed. He said the district administration shall take tough Commerce & Industry, Kashmir, and Handloom development action against absenteeism to ensure smooth function - Baldev singh Raina, today called programmes for socio-economic ing of government departments and prompt deliver - on the lieutenant Governor, empowerment of Handicraft ance of services to the people. Girish Chandra Murmu here at Artisans, Handloom and Carpet the Raj Bhavan and submitted a Weavers etc. DIPR condoles with Bilal JAMMU, JULY 20- Talat, while appreciating the way that after completion of Road map for revival of The lt Governor observed efforts of Principals towards their studies they could easily economy of Union Territory of that the UT Government has Ahmad Rather Commissioner secretary, successful working of these new establish their own business J&K. taken various significant initia - SRINAGAR, JULY 20: Higher education department, colleges, directed them to opti - ventures in different sectors like The Chairman discussed tives like Housing Policy; Talat Parvez, convened a meet - mally utilize the advanced tech - Tourism, Agriculture, with the lt Governor about vari - Waiver of stamp duty on fresh department of Information and Public Relation ing to review functioning of nological innovations in the Horticulture, Health & Medical ous important issues to mitigate loans; Accelerated recruitment; (dIPR) has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise newly established Government field of teaching and learning to education, farming and other the direct and indirect economic excise Policy; digitization of of uncle of Bilal Ahmad Rather, an employee of the degree Colleges of Jammu divi - shape the future of students into fields. effects on the people due to land Records; approval of Real- department. A condolence meeting of officers and offi - sion. a well nourished and groomed Talat Parvez discussed vari - COVId-19 pandemic, besides estate Rules; e-stamping; cials of the department was held today in which partic - Among others the meeting citizens. He asked them to make ous issues with the concerned bringing reforms in all major education Investment Policy; ipants expressed sympathies with Bilal Ahmad Rather. was attended by director sure the college faculty lay spe - Principals which inter alia in - economy sectors. preparation of Global Investors The meeting prayed for eternal peace to the departed Colleges; director Planning, cial focus on over all develop - cluded accommodation, land He sought lt Governor’s in - summit to attract investment in soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear this ir - Higher education department; ment of their students enabling disputes, requirement of land, tervention for nomination of private sector, besides various reparable loss. director Finance, Higher them to face all impending chal - washrooms, tap water, renova - PHdCCI, J&K in all Boards, Policy Reforms are in the education department; Nodal lenges of today’s era of high tion, electricity and enrolment Advisory Committees, Task pipeline for the overall develop - VC reviews functioning of SDA Principal of Jammu Colleges competition with confidence. in the colleges besides shortage Forces, Apex level Consultative ment of J&K and welfare of its SRINAGAR, JULY 20: and Principals of various He stressed upon the Principals of staff. Committee (AlCC) and district people. Colleges of Jammu district while level Monitoring Committee He assured the Chairman, to imbibe distinguished human He directed the College Vice Chairman (VC), srinagar development Principals of Govt degree (dMC). PHdCCI that the issues project - values among the student com - Principals to submit all their re - Authority (sdA) dr. Bashir Ahmad lone today dis - Colleges of other districts of He further put forth various ed by him would be looked into munity besides guiding them for quirements and problems as cussed functioning of the authority, challenges being Jammu division participated issues including macadamiza - meticulously for their early re - their future endeavours in life. well to the director Colleges for faced and the way forward. through video conferencing. ‘Nurture their talent in such a redressal. tion of city roads, lanes and all dressal. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal/natiOnal JAMMU, TUesdAy, JUly 21, 2020 “Initiatives & achievements 2019-20” LMD imposes Rs.1 lakh fine - Sheetal Nanda releases brochure on on Tile Company RAJOURI, JULY 20: Assistant Controller en to task by issuing legal Kewal Krishan said that a notice for grossly violating legal Metrology case was registered law and allowing dealers RDD’s I yr progress in Jammu department, Rajouri to - against the said company in open market adopting day imposed a fine of Rs.1 after a routine anti-consumer practices JAMMU, JULY 20 - national level too. The lakh on a manufacturer of departmental inspection in various forms and man - Jammu division bagged a Floor Tiles for launching team detected that the tile ifestations. secretary, Rural five National Awards for non-standard packs, vio - packages offered for sale After legal procedure, development and the year 2019-20 which in - lating legal Metrology in the market were not car - the defaulting company Panchayati Raj (Rd&PR), clude three for effective im - (Packaged Commodities) rying declarations of admitted to the lapse and sheetal Nanda today re - plementation of MGNRe - Rules and breaching trust month/year of manufac - requested department for leased a booklet titled GA scheme and two nation - of consumers on false pre - ture and mandatory cus - compounding of the of - “Initiatives and al Panchayat awards. The texts ignoring right of con - tomer care details thereby fence. The Assistant Achievements 2019-20”- child friendly Gram sumers to know the quali - leaving consumers vulner - Controller on written sub - containing report card on Panchayat award 2020 and ty, potency and other able to deception by deal - mission compounded the last one year progress of the Nanaji deshmukh manufacturing details of ers in the market. case and realised an Rdd in Jammu division, Rashtriya Gaurav Gram products purchased from earlier, the manufac - amount of Rs.1 lakh into here at Panchyat Bhawan. sabha Puraskar 2020. the open market. turer was booked and tak - the Govt. exchequer. director Rural the department is imple - which will provide an in - development one of the Among others present were development department menting various centrally sight about the socio-eco - most significant one is con - Joint director Rural (RRd) Jammu, sudershan sponsored and state sector nomic condition of the ru - stitution of Block development DDC Kishtwar reviews preparedness Kumar was also present on schemes like MGNReGA, ral masses. earlier, the development Councils in (Administration), the occasion. PMAy (Gramin), 14th FC director Rural the division. He further in - Mohammad Anwar While lauding the ef - Award, RGsA, Cd and development, Jammu formed that under PMAy Banday; deputy director for rainy season forts of the directorate for Panchayats etc adding that sudershan Kumar, in his (Gramin) houseless and (Planning), Gurneet Kour, KISHTWAR, JULY 20: gency. compilation of the booklet, all 148 blocks of the welcome address appreci - poor families are provided Assistant Commissioner He also directed the Tehsildars to set sheetal Nanda said that the division have got their ated efforts put forth by the financial assistance and a development, Amit district development Commissioner up a emergency control room in each tehsil booklet shall provide a win - Block development team involved in bringing total of 15417 PMAy houses Varmani; executive Kishtwar Rajinder singh Tara today re - and notify the phone numbers of the dow to the stakeholders to Council Chairpersons. out this booklet. sudershan have been completed since engineer, ReW, Jammu viewed the preparedness of the depart - helpline for the information of general watch out for change taking secretary Rdd&PR said the word “initiatives” the inception of the Ram singh, besides other ments for rainy season here at a meeting of public. place in the rural landscape said that it is imperative to has its own significance scheme. The achievements officers and officials of the the heads of the line departments. He also underlined that an emergency of the Jammu division. showcase the achievements with respect to the of the department have concerned department The ddC took stock of arrangements Nodal officer would be appointed at the sheetal Nanda said that made at the ground level directorate of Rural been well recognized at the were also present. for dealing with floods, landslides, district as well as sub-division level, who emergency response and stock of essen - shall coordinate all the emergency re - tials here. sponses. Vikas Dubey's Post-mortem Referring to the forecast of heavy rain - He further asked the police, Animal ACR Rajouri assigned charge of fall in next few days, the ddC asked all the Husbandry, Food and Civil supplies, Pdd, departments dealing with emergency re - Forest ,Irrigation and flood control ,R&B, Report Says He Died Of sponse Viz. Health, R&B, PMGsy, Police, PMGsy and GReF to set-up own control Administration/management of Waqaf Shadra Food Civil supplies and Consumer Affairs, rooms and share the contact numbers Excessive Blood Loss PHe, Pdd etc to maintain high vigil to with the people and district Nodal Officer avoid any untoward incident. for facilitation during emergency. Sharief and Waqaf of all tehsils in Rajouri district He also asked the district Officers to He also asked the district Officers to fi - SRINAGAR, JULY 20: erstwhile tehsils of shadra sharief, Rajouri educate the people about the precautions nalize and submit their respective disaster Nowshera and and for all the tehsils of and be in ready mode for evacuation of Management Plan within a week of time. The government to - sunderbani with immedi - district Rajouri except people from flood and landslide -prone The meeting was attended by day ordered Assistant ate effect in addition to his erstwhile tehsils of areas, particularly those living along Additional district development Commissioner Revenue own duties. With the im - Nowshera and Chenab River and seasonal Nallahs, in Commissioner, Mohammad Hanif Malik; Rajouri, Mohammad plementation of Central sunderbani . He shall also case of any eventuality. Additional deputy Commissioner, Pawan Ashraf to hold charge of Waqaf Act 1995 in Jammu be deemed to have been All the sdMs, Tehsildars, BdOs and Parihar, Joint director Planning, Mohd administration/manage - and Kashmir, government relieved from all the as - other district officers were impressed up - Iqbal; sub-divisional Magistrate, on to identify the danger zones in their re - ment of Waqaf, shadra in another order termi - signments related to man - Chhatroo, Inderjeet Parihar, sub- spective jurisdiction. He asked them to in - sharief Rajouri and nated appointment of agement of Waqaf shadra divisional Magistrate, Marwah, dr. form the public through the concerned Mohsin Raza; sdPO Atholi, Pardeep sen Waqaf of all the tehsils of Abdul Qayoom dar, as sharief and other tehsils field functionaries with regard to the pre - and other district officers and representa - district Rajouri except Administrator, Waqaf, with immediate effect. cautions to be taken during the emer - tives of concerned departments. Chief Secretary reviews flood preparedness in Srinagar city Kanpur July 20 slain gangster Vikas dubey's post-mortem re - Stresses on fool proof preparations, effective response mechanism port, which was put in the public domain on Monday, confirmed that he had died of excessive blood loss. Timely communication with public a top priority The autopsy findings confirmed that the dreaded gangster had received three bullet injuries. dubey SRINAGAR, JULY 20 :- sand bags, besides making proper level of preparedness through succumbed to the injuries sustained in a police en - arrangements to mobilise men regular mock drills and duty ros - counter in the sachendi area on the outskirts of The Chief secretary, B V R and machinery in time of any exi - ters of officials should be pre - Kanpur on July 10. The post-mortem was performed subrahmanyam today chaired a gency. pared beforehand”, Chief by a panel of three senior doctors -- AK Awasthi, sK meeting of officers to review flood Chief secretary asked the offi - secretary said. Mishra and V Chaturvedi -- and the entire process preparation and response mecha - cers to strengthen the flood con - Regarding protection of im - was videographed by Arvind Trivedi. According to nism in place in Kashmir division. trol room and properly equip it for portant installations like tele - the post-mortem report, there were a total of 10 Addressing the meeting, prompt relief and rescue opera - phone exchanges, instructions wounds on dubey's body, said an official on the con - Chief secretary stressed on main - tions. were issued for relocation of criti - dition of anonymity. "six were entry and exit wounds taining fool proof preparation While reviewing pace of exe - cal equipment and technical in - of bullets, while the four other wounds were on the and effective response mecha - cution of flood management re - frastructure so as to ensure unin - right side of the body," he said. These wounds on the nism to deal with any eventuality lated works, Chief secretary di - terrupted mobile connectivity head, elbow, ribs and abdomen were due to falling on that may arise due to a flood like rected timely completion of work during flood like exigencies. the ground after dubey was shot thrice, the official situation. In this regard, he called on sharief-abad and Naidkhai The Chief secretary directed added. The first bullet pierced through the right upon divisional Administration bridges. the use of advance warning sys - shoulder, while the other two went through the left to devise flood management and Regarding rescue and relief tem for issuing weather alerts and side of his chest, he said. dubey also had a small mitigation plans immediately. measures, he directed the con - disseminating evacuation and wound and swelling on his head and his elbow was Chief secretary also im - cerned to increase intake capacity flood related information through bruised. He had a slightly deeper wound and swelling pressed upon the officers to take of evacuation centres/ rescue Radio/TV. in the stomach. "The post-mortem report, however, proactive measures to augment shelters and ensure therein the The meeting was attended by does not mention any blackening," the official said effective flood preparation and availability of tents, standby pow - at all vulnerable areas was also mast lights in all flood prone areas divisional Commissioner, and added, due to this, it could not be deciphered response and ensure that works er, fuel, and essential supplies in - stressed upon. for the hassle-free evacuation Kashmir, Chief engineer I&FC, from how much distance the firing was done on are completed in time for prompt cluding ration, drinking water, Further, sMC was directed to during floods. Vikas." dubey, the prime accused in the killing of flood response. He gave direc - masks, sanitizers and personal conduct a cleanliness drive in en - sdRF was instructed to en - director Metrology department, eight policemen in Kanpur's Bikru village on July 3, tions on raising of embankments hygiene facilities/products. tire srinagar city for immediate sure training of personnel for Joint Commissioner sMC, AdC was gunned down in an encounter on July 10. at all vulnerable spots, dredging Additionally, stationing of special de-clogging of all drains, besides prompt response during floods. srinagar and officers of other con - of flood channels and stocking of teams of doctors and paramedics installing solar powered high “Rescue teams should be in high cerned departments. Kerala Govt Focuses On Children's Mental Health After Delhi Health Minister Satyendar 66 Student Suicides During Lockdown Jain Fully Recovers From Covid-19, Thiru - ad - lice reach trained To Rejoin Work From Today vananthapuram July 20 versely affected the state of has brought out a number effort has resulted in over a to identify mental health mind of several children of awareness and interven - lakh phone calls being concerns, are at one level. New Delhi July 20 The annual exultation who might have become tion campaigns. made to students by school Meanwhile, health workers over the state’s strong per - overly sensitive to domestic In June, the suicide of counsellors, who are often have been provided a de - delhi Health Minister formance in the CBse ex - issues. In some of these 66 devika B, a 15-year-old best placed to provide ini - tailed checklist to monitor satyendar Jain, who has aminations have come cases, the reasons were as dalit student in tial support and recom - and report emotional issues been recovering at home alongside the revelation seemingly minor as being Malappuram district be - mend further course of ac - among children and coun - after fighting off Covid-19 that 66 school-age children disciplined for playing mo - cause of not being able to tion. According to the sellors are part of the infection, will resume work have committed suicide in bile games or bunking an attend online classes had Kerala government’s dash - dIsHA helpline teams,” from Monday. Kerala since March 25, online class,” said Vijayan, sparked debates on socio- board, 180 cases (as of July said state nodal officer for Chief Minister Arvind when the nationwide lock - who instituted a fact-find - economic exclusion and 18) have been reported for mental health, dr P.s. Kejriwal welcomed Jain down to contain Covid-19 ing committee led by a wide disparities in access to intervention by counsellors Kiran, who added that stud - back on Twitter. “Our came into force. dGP-level officer. learning besides raising as also AsHA and anganwa - ies to gauge the impact of Health Minister satinder during his media brief - Over the following heated calls against govern - di workers. some 14,518 the lockdown’s isolating ef - Jain has recovered. He will ing on July 9, Kerala Chief week, a slew of initiatives to mental apathy toward such children have been given fects on children's mental join work from today. He Minister Pinarayi Vijayan address the mental and inequities. Incidentally. counselling with suicidal well-being were underway. was always on the field vis - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar released the statistic com - emotional well-being of Malappuram also regis - behaviour reported in 10 The dashboard also iting hospitals and meeting Jain address a press conference piled by the state Crime children have been rolled tered the highest number of cases. records familiar bogeys health workers and pa - Records Bureau (sCRB). out, including ‘Chiri’ deaths. “The multi-level initia - such as stress and anxiety tients. He contracted coro - wishes of everyone I am re - of coronavirus, including While not explicitly at - (smile)—the CM’s tele- Her death was the im - tive has been ongoing since (nearly 8,000 cases of both na. After one month, he covering at home now. high fever and breathing tributing the deaths—most - counseling effort that will petus for the state Mental June 25 to provide mental have been reported) while joins back today. Welcome Plasma bank announce - difficulty. ly in the 12-18 years age enlist volunteer student- Health Programme to ex - support for Grade 10 and 12 behavioural issues had back satinder and best ment by Hon'ble CM The 55-year-old bracket—to the lockdown, police cadets, but it has al - tend to children its psy - students before the an - been reported in about 450 wishes!” Kejriwal tweeted. @ArvindKejriwal is a revo - leader's health had deterio - he suggested that it might ready divided experts. The chosocial support project, nouncement of the sslC children. There has also Jain has recovered lutionary step. Plasma rated after he developed have exacerbated underly - Women and Child originally meant for quar - exam results. This has been been 42 recorded cases of from the Coronavirus in - therapy saved my life from pneumonia during the ing problems such as dis - development department antined Covid-19 patients widened to cover all school- depression and 71 inci - fection and was discharged Corona virus and I pledge treatment for COVId-19 at cord in the household, has launched its own phone and frontline healthcare going students now. dences of substance abuse. from hospital on June 26. to donate my plasma as the Rajiv Gandhi super parental pressure or neg - counselling programme, workers. The programme is Government school coun - Over 3,000 cases have been days after being dis - soon as medical protocols speciality hospital. He was lect and substance abuse. roping in anganwadi and called ‘Ottakkalla, Oppam sellors, who are already attributed to “other issues”, charged, Jain tweeted say - will allow." The health min - then shifted to the Max “The isolating effect of AsHA workers to aid the ef - Undu’ (you are not alone, part of the psychosocial including social media use, ing he was recovering at ister had tested positive af - hospital and administered the lockdown could have fort. Besides, the Kerala po - we are with you). The out - support network and are domestic problems, among home. He said, "With good ter developing symptoms plasma therapy. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU TUesdAy JUly 21, 2020 Glimpses of Future Linguistic barriers esTABlIsHed IN 1986 BY : RINKU GHOSH down his dynastic entitlements and urbane manners, became a safa- It was immature of Gehlot to run wearing local and had no problem in down Pilot’s work on the ground his outreach speaking both Hindi Failure of institution simply because he is feted by the and dialects with equal ease. He english media. Intent, political or couldn’t have consolidated the upreme Court has rightly said that it is a otherwise, has no language. so there Gujjar votebank if he wasn’t sincere - it was out again last week, the subject ly invested. And for five years, he failure of the institution that a person like of linguistic apartheid. This time it wasn’t currying favours in delhi or Vikas dubey got bail despite several cases took Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok within the Congress — he could very s Gehlot to stoke the perennial conflict well have assumed a Central role — lodged against him and has asked the Uttar between the genuine earthiness, but was working with dedication rooted realism and honest commu - among his people. Intent, political or Pradesh government to consider having a for- nication of the Hindi-speaking otherwise, has no language. And am - mer apex court judge and a retired police officer northerner and the assumed glib - bition, positive or negative, cannot ness, skimming concern and a feu - soar without digging your heels in in the inquiry committee probing the encounter dalistic empathy of the english-edu - the ground. even within the cated elite for the countryside. There Congress, the younger leaders, con - of the gangster. This is the failure of the institu- is no doubt that as a loyalist chieftain scious of their liberalised and up - tion and the person, who should have been be- of the Congress court and an artful wardly mobile grooming, have mas - politician who knows to convert tered proficiency in Hindi to get hind the bars, got bail. It is a fact that a person every situation in his favour, he has through to voters. Hindi-speaking like Vikas dubey got the bail despite so many staying power. But to dismiss the states have the most lok sabha seats comparative weightlessness of his Congress in the state and encashed tious with one success and while in the end. Rajiv Gandhi himself was cases. A state has to uphold the rule of law. It is challenger, sachin Pilot, to the lat - the high command’s indulgence to Gehlot had provoked him in many not as fluent in Hindi as daughter ter’s good looks and english-speak - parcel away fiefdoms to regional ways to isolate him, he could have Priyanka is. Besides, there is a latent state’s duty to do so, the top court has said while ing ability was all too uncalled for stalwarts so long as they kept the par - avoided falling into the wily senior’s hypocrisy about Hindi chauvinism hearing a batch of pleas seeking court-moni- and a facile dismissal of home truths. ty going. In fact, it is to Gehlot’s em - trap and persisted a bit more than when almost all grassroots-based “speaking good english, giving good barrassment that the Congress lost now filing a case against his own par - politicians have ensured their proge - tored probe into the encounters of dubey and quotes and being handsome isn’t the Assembly elections in 2013 and ty, the spirit of which flows in his ny not only attended english medi - his alleged associates. The court has also sought everything. What is in your heart for was routed in the lok sabha elec - dNA. But to run down Pilot’s work um schools but graduated from for - the country, your ideology, policies tions of 2019 under his stewardship. on the ground simply because he is eign universities. The second gener - a report on the court orders which were passed and commitment, everything is im - yet he continues to be Chief feted by the english media or to ation of almost every federal party is portant,” Gehlot said of Pilot’s at - Minister, a post made possible by question his education is just as im - what Gehlot calls “media-friendly” in cases related to dubey. The Uttar Pradesh tempt to dethrone him. Pilot’s working the ground and en - mature. Nobody can doubt Pilot’s and heard during TV debates. government, in an affidavit filed in the apex Many could argue that Gehlot suring the party’s victory in the 2018 commitment. He gave up his comfort despite all their valiant rusticism, all survived purely by dint of his hold on Assembly polls. Many would also ar - zone in delhi, went back to his father socialist leaders have wanted their court in the matter, has said that it has appoint- the organisational matrix of the gue that Pilot became too over-ambi - Rajesh Pilot’s karmabhoomi, lived A weak Asean on page 7 ed a judicial panel of Justice (retd) shashi Kant Agarwal, a former high court judge, as a single member commission of inquiry to probe into a chaand the encounters of dubey and his alleged associ- Moonstruck over the sighting of Eid k ates. eight policemen, including dsP devendra BY : NADEEM PARACHA tion. It was part and parcel of poli - The dichotomy in Eid moon sightings between ed in Bikru village in cies in various Muslim countries Mishra, were ambush The discord between the state where the state was experimenting clerics in that province and the rest of the country Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were go- and clerics has been present since with ideas derived from fusing to - intensified from the 1990s until one of the main the 1960s. so what prompted gether modernity, nationalism and ing to arrest dubey and fell to bullets fired from Minister Fawad Chaudhry to jump faith. Turkey and various Arab figures in the controversy, the Peshawar-based rooftops shortly after midnight on July 3. dubey into the fray? On May 16, the countries in the Middle east began Shahabuddin Popalzai, was arrested in 2017 and Minister of science and to introduce telescopes, and ulti - was killed in an encounter in the morning of Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, de - mately astronomical calculations, forced to fly out to Dubai. Perhaps noticing that a July 10 when a police vehicle carrying him from clared that this year’s eid-ul-Fitr to predict the arrival of Ramzan and majority of Pakistanis were never comfortable would be celebrated on May 24. By the two eids. Committees were Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he doing this, he was signalling the fu - formed in which scientists sat with with the dichotomy, Fawad Chaudhry decided to tility of having a committee of cler - clerics. Over the next few decades, adopt astronomical methods used in most Muslim tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area. The ics dedicated to the sighting of the Turkey and most Arab countries supreme Court has also said that this attitude of eid moon, when some basic astron - had come to almost entirely rely up - countries to determine moon sightings. omy and mathematics can accu - on astronomical data to determine mud slinging at all must stop some time. In an rately predict its emergence. The various important lunar Muslim formed their own committees for moon sightings. A decade later in affidavit filed in the apex court, the state govern- move did not go down well with months and dates. It is still rare for this purpose. The issue has as much 1958, the committee’s announced members of the Ruet-i-Hilal the Muslim world to celebrate eid to do with sectarian and sub-sectar - date for eid-ul-Fitr was challenged ment has said that police party escorting dubey Committee. A heated debate en - on the same day, though. Apart ian divides as it has with geopoliti - by a group of clerics in Peshawar, sued. sightings of the eid moon in from the natural dynamics of moon cal rivalries between major Muslim where eid was celebrated a day be - from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to Kanpur had Pakistan have had a jagged history. cycles and different weather condi - countries. But whereas most fore the rest of the country. In 1959, to fire back in self-defence as he had tried to es- Before the creation of Pakistan in tions that may make the moon visi - Muslim countries now apply the lat - Field Marshal (self-appointed) 1947, it was a tradition among the ble in one area and not in the other, est scientific methods to determine Ayub Khan, who had come to power cape and was killed. Muslims of south Asia to see the politics, too, plays a role in, let’s say, the start of the Islamic lunar in 1958, lamented that the clerics moon and report the sightings to the disunity of eid. For example, a months, some countries such as were using Islam as a means to hin - the clerics. In fact, this ritual was bulk of Muslim countries follow the Pakistan seem to have gotten stuck. der progress. sA Ansari, in his essay quite common among most astronomical lunar calendar pre - According to dr Fazal Ahmed’s for the Journal of Political studies, Muslims in other regions as well. pared by saudi scientists, while 1973 book, The science of sighting quoted Ayub as saying that the cler - Spoke in the wheel However, the need to utilise more many others follow the one pre - of the Moon, the first Government ics were doing “a great disservice to “scientifically-sound” methods to pared by Turkish astronomers. of Pakistan formed a committee of Islam.” In his book, dr Fazal sight the moon began to emerge Then there are countries such as religious scholars who were to coor - doesn’t say exactly what modern during the decolonisation period. Pakistan, Malaysia, egypt, Iran, dinate with members of the meteor - methods were introduced by the But it was a gradual transforma - Indonesia and Tunisia that have ological department to authenticate A failed coup on page 7 Heal India’s healthcare BY : RAJEEv AHUJA/ KEERTI PRADHAN cance. The commission may come to the rescue of states by making a spe - The reality of the COVId-19 cial provision to enable them to allo - emergency necessitates a relook at cate higher budgetary spending to our health policy targets, including healthcare. But there are limits to public health spending and its trajec - what it can do. The 15th Finance tory. The Union Health Minister, dr Commission has a useful but limited Harsh Vardhan, is reported to have role: In the short-term, some addi - asked the 15th Finance Commission tional Government funding for for more resources to be allocated to health will only have a beneficial ef - states so that they can achieve the fect in restoring non-emergency lockdowns at the micro-level are slowing economic revival. Centre- National Health Policy 2017 (NHP health services that got displaced state coordination is needed to monitor growth. Although the nation has 2017) targets. While underscoring due to COVId-19 and in strengthen - entered the “unlock” phase of the pandemic-induced curfew to promote the need for increasing public health ing the public health system in gen - economic revival, the fact is continuing localised lockdowns in states are spending, the Minister highlighted eral. But achieving the health spend - hampering production lines, supplies, delivery schedules and operational the Government’s aim to gradually ing target of 2.5 per cent of the GdP flows. Not that one can blame the states, considering the disease spiral raise the share of public health by 2025 calls for a significant step-up that’s tormenting them in waves and peaks as well as creating new spending to 2.5 per cent of the GdP in public health spending. At such hotspots almost everywhere. so though the jury is still out on how much by 2025 and spending two-thirds of level of spending, the issue is not just the lockdown capped the caseload, it is still being seen as the most effective the health budget on primary health - about funding but also about easing way of staving off human interactions and large-scale community trans - care. The Narendra Modi all other constraints the manpower mission. so, keeping economic imperatives in mind, state Governments Government was acutely aware of constraint, solving the care delivery are grading their lockdowns as partial, progressive or full-time. The prob - the fault lines in India’s health sec - puzzle, governance challenges espe - lem is while businesses aren’t completely dysfunctional, allowed as they tor: low public health spending (and Coronavirus times. However, the re - need tailor-made guidance on a con - cially at the district and sub-district Spoke in the wheel on page 7 consequently a high share of house - ality of COVId-19 necessitates a tinuous basis in achieving those tar - level and so forth facing the health - hold out-of-pocket expenditure on relook at the health policy’s targets, gets. Achieving the eight per cent tar - care sector today. solving these health), shortage of healthcare per - including the public health spending get has become more difficult for problems is a complex exercise re - sonnel, lack of prioritisation be - target and its trajectory. This is par - states as the pandemic is not just a quiring state engagement, steward - H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y tween primary care and hospital ticularly so when there has been a healthcare crisis but has also led to ship and continuous learning to pro - care, a weak healthcare delivery sys - huge slippage in the achievement of an economic crisis which will ad - gressively deal with these complex tem coupled with the lack of integra - the intermediate target of states versely impact Government rev - constraints. A Finance Commission, 1848 : Seneca falls Convention begins tion of public and private care spending at least eight per cent of enues. The Government may have given its role, mandate and a fixed providers and so forth. even as the their budget on health by 2020. The unlocked the economy to a large ex - term has its limitations in engaging At the Wesleyan Chapel in seneca Falls, New york, a woman’s rights Government was trying to address states are nowhere close to it. On av - tent but economic activities, espe - in technically-complex dialogues re - convention the first ever held in the United states convenes with almost 200 these issues, the fault lines got fully erage, they spent only five per cent of cially in some labour-intensive sec - quiring domain knowledge. A couple women in attendance. The convention was organized by lucretia Mott and exposed under the pressure of the their budget on health with a signifi - tors such as travel, tourism and hos - of times in the past, Finance elizabeth Cady stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti- COVId-19 crisis. The sector is now cant variation across the country. pitality, will take a long time to get Commissions have provided health- slavery Convention in london. As women, Mott and stanton were barred under the spotlight. The need for a Chhattisgarh spent 5.9 per cent, normalised. Therefore, the capacity specific grants to states. specifically, from the convention floor, and the common indignation that this aroused in stronger healthcare system has nev - Kerala 5.5 per cent, whereas Punjab of states to generate and allocate the 12th Finance Commission rec - both of them was the impetus for their founding of the women’s rights er been felt so acutely. Revise health and Haryana spent 3.8 per cent and higher funding for healthcare will re - ommended equalisation grants for movement in the United states. In 1848, at stanton’s home near seneca policy targets: Now returning to the 3.7 per cent respectively in 2017-18. main adversely affected for some health to seven “lagging” states Falls, the two women, working with Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, Ministry’s recent meeting with the While these targets need to be re - time. In this context, the Health while the 13th Finance Commission and Jane Hunt, sent out a call for a women’s conference to be held at seneca Finance Commission, the NHP 2017 vised to make them more realistic Ministry’s meeting with the Finance suggested performance-based Falls. The announcement, published in the seneca County Courier on July was drawn up in the pre- and state-specific, some states do Commission assumes special signifi - Heal India’s on page 7 1848 o n page 7 Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU TUesdAy JUly 21, 2020 Closely monitoring waterlogging situation in Delhi: Sisodia PRESS TRUST Of INDIA ment's preparations have been ex - The national capital received its first April, the delhi government executes leaders to stay away from playing pol - New Delhi Jul 20 : posed by the first spell of monsoon spell of heavy rains on sunday morn - the desilting of the drains. The munic - itics on this matter. CM Arvind rains. Heavy rains caused waterlog - ing which led to waterlogging in low- ipal corporations of delhi also execute Kejriwal has immediately taken cog - deputy Chief Minister Manish ging in parts of delhi, including at lying areas and brought traffic to a the same for the drains which are un - nizance of the matter, discussed with sisodia said sunday that the delhi Minto Bridge where a 56-year-old standstill at ke y stretches. According to der their jurisdiction," he said. "But the engineers and now there is no wa - government is closely monitoring the man died allegedly due to drowning delhi Traffic Police, jams were reported due to COVId pandemic this year, this ter-logging anymore in Minto Bridge situation following waterlogging in after his mini-truck was submerged. from Azadpur to Mukarba Chowk, work could not happen effectively. area. We believe that this is the time parts of the city and appropriate steps AAP leader and Rajya sabha MP yashwant Place to Ashoka Road, at However, after the lockdown, the when all the agencies should work to - will be taken to cover the losses due to sanjay singh said cleaning of drains is Ring Road, Bhairon Road, and near work started and both the delhi gov - gether and finish the pending clean - heavy rains. "The situation is being the responsibility of Municipal Mundka metro station due to heavy ernment and BJP ruled and MCds ing of drains so that in this monsoon, constantly monitored and we are in Corporation of delhi, Public Works waterlogging. I n a statement, AAP have started the work of desilting of no such incident takes place," he touch with our engineers and taking department and delhi Jal Board. spokesperson and dJB Vice- the drains," he added. Chadha said it added. "lastly, I want to say that we the report," sisodia told reporters. He "Three agencies have the responsibili - Chairperson Raghav Chadha said the is unfortunate that at a time when all know that one person has lost his life requested BJP to work together and ty of cleaning the drains - MCd, PWd water-logging problem has been a agencies are busy in working to com - due to heavy showers and water-log - not indulge in blame game. "Instead and dJB. different agencies have re - huge issue but in the last 2-3 years, af - bat the COVId-19 pandemic, the BJP ging which is ver y unfortunate but I do of pointing out shortcomings or faults sponsibility for cleaning different ter the Aam Aadmi Party government is blaming us for the water-logging in - not want to name any particular agency or of other departments it is time to work drains. No one expected there would came to power, the situation has dras - cidents. The A am Aadmi Party govern - to play politics about this matter. I just together," he said. BJP MP Manoj be such heavy rainfall and it is not the tically changed. "every year before ment does not believe in such a blame want to again request all the agencies Tiwari alleged that the AAP govern - time to accuse each other," he said. the monsoon around March and game, he said. "I want to re quest all BJP to work together," Chadha said. West Bengal governor to meet Shah over situation in state Three young men Hearing on petition filed by Sachin Pilot, 18 other PRESS TRUST Of INDIA said that he will brief the drown in Ganga Kolkata Jul 20 home minister about the PRESS TRUST Of INDIA situation in the state and farrukhabad, Jul 20 rebel Cong MLAs resumes in Rajasthan HC West Bengal Governor the way the administration Three friends who flout - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Friday and arguments were heard. The to the speaker, the Congress had sought Jagdeep dhankhar said on is being run under Chief ed the ban on taking a dip in Jaipur Jul 20 counsel representing the Assembly action against Pilot and the other dissi - Monday that he will be Minister Mamata Banerjee. the Ganga died on Monday speaker opened the arguments on dents under paragraph 2(1)(a) of the meeting Union Home He said the discussions will when they went in too deep The hearing on a writ petition filed Monday. The notices to the MlAs were 10th schedule of the Constitution. The Minister Amit shah to brief be held in compliance with and drowned, officials said. by sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident served after the party complained to the provision disqualifies MlAs if they "vol - him about the present situ - Article 159 of the The fourth member of the Congress MlAs from Rajasthan, chal - speaker that the lawmakers had defied a untarily" give up the membership of the ation in the state. The meet - Constitution that provides group, most of them in their lenging the disqualification notices is - whip to attend two Congress legislature party that they represent in the House. ing, scheduled at 12 pm, for the oath or affirmation late teens, was rescued by a sued to them by the state Assembly Party (ClP) meetings last week on Pilot was sacked as the Rajasthan comes amid growing ani - governance and policies, by a governor. dhankhar boatman. The incident, at speaker, resumed in the high court here Monday and Tuesday. deputy chief minister and the president mosity between the Raj the latest being the state's further said the welfare of the Panchal Ghat here, took on Monday. The petition was taken up a The Pilot camp, however, argues of the state Congress unit after he re - Bhawan and Nabanna over education system. In a se - the people of the state is his place on the occasion of by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit that a party whip applies only when the belled against Chief Minister Ashok a host of issues relating to ries of tweets, the governor priority. somwati Amawasya. Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta on Assembly is in session. In its complaint Gehlot. Contn. from Page 6 ...... Spoke in the ...... Heal India’s ...... are to operate in non-restricted areas, they are inter-con - too, is in full lockdown mode. Uttar Pradesh has decided to health grants to all states. It is important to note that these a compact. some agency be it the Niti Aayog or the Health nected to supply and distribution chains across states. enforce stringent restrictions during weekends. Punjab, on commissions gave limited health sector grants (only Ministry has to take this initiative. As no such agreement stalling of operations in one state is bound to affect others the other hand, has barred gatherings of people. such has around `5,900 crore and `5,000 crore were allocated by currently exists for example, there wasn’t any state buy-in as the cascading effect slows down the sector a particular been the spike in infection that easing the lockdown the 12th and 13th Finance Commissions respectively) on the intermediate target of spending eight per cent of business is into, and thereby grunts the overall economy. process has inspired more fear than relief among the peo - which had some effect but not a huge one in the larger budgets on health there’s little wonder why the target nev - With attendance and production capacity affected by re - ple. such localised forms of lockdown though are not new. scheme of things. The 15th Finance Commission, too, has a er got achieved. The purpose of having a health compact is strictions, some sectors cannot even take off optimally. In the Us, for example, which is witnessing a virulent sec - useful role to play. But its role is rather limited in fostering to see states buy in on certain targets and ensure that those Bengaluru is a prime example. With most IT workers hav - ond wave in the midlands, each state is imposing its own systemic changes in India’s healthcare system, including are met on time. states that refuse to join such a compact ing left the city, fresh curbs mean that they cannot return kind of curbs. leicester City in UK was the first one to an - achieving the public healthcare spending target of 2.5 per will do so at their own peril. seize the opportunity: dealing and the tech sector cannot acquire the desired momentum nounce a local lockdown. essentially, the challenge for the cent of the GdP by 2025. If two-thirds of the health budget with the Corona crisis is also giving a lot of good ideas on for recovery. All such micro-blocks are threatening to dis - Government is three-pronged: One, combat the disease. are to be allocated to primary care, as reiterated by the how India’s healthcare system could be redesigned and rupt the little gains made in reviving the economy. A slew Two, protect the economy and three, keep social behaviour Minister, there ought to be a full-fledged discussion and strengthened in future. For example, it is giving us insights of economic relief measures, too, has failed to inspire con - in check. On all these counts, lessons have hardly been rigorous implementation of interventions. In other words, into the appropriate mix of public and private care fidence among businesses as corporate finances remain learnt from the earlier phases of the lockdown, which es - there has to be some other modality for the Centre and providers and how the two could be connected in strength - squeezed, sales have not regained momentum and de - sentially slowed the trajectory of the virus but did not affect states to have a deeper engagement on the health sector. ening primary care with the right infusion of technology mand remains low. even the amount allocated for bailing its infectivity. Till a vaccine/cure is found, we cannot be lax Centre-state health compact: The COVId-19 crisis offers a and frontline workers. The partnership can work in health out MsMes remains largely undistributed. several eco - about safety protocols like mandatory wearing of masks, unique opportunity to form a health sector compact be - administration at the district level and below, in making nomic hubs are currently under a resurgent wave of the frequent use of sanitisers and maintaining social distanc - tween the Centre and states which has eluded our federal healthcare affordable, in formulating healthcare regula - virus. Bengaluru, which had initially contained the virus, ing norms in public spaces. The motto of personal safety structure, where healthcare delivery is a state subject. tions and in pursuing medical research. Prime Minister has become a new hotspot. While it began experimenting for public good needs to be ingrained in us. Also, national states indeed play a dominant role both in the funding and Narendra Modi has repeatedly mentioned that we must with a limited lockdown during the weekends, it was com - and state level coordination is needed to keep economic delivery of the public healthcare system. And they will con - convert the current crisis into an opportunity. It is true that pelled to go for complete shutdown once Karnataka be - activities going in sustainable formats wherever possible tinue to play a pivotal role both on the financing and deliv - fighting the contagion is taking away the bandwidth of came the state with the fifth-highest case load in the coun - like housing labourers on-site or demarcating zones for ery side in future, too. Given this reality, it is only appropri - healthcare policy-makers/planners both at the Centre and try. Pune, too, has been forced to become vigilant following greater community monitoring and excluding production ate that states are part of any health sector dialogue on state levels. Undoubtedly, dealing with the pandemic is an a sharp spike. And with signs of community transmission hubs. There could also be a mapping of sectors, prioritising India at any level, which can happen only when the Centre- urgent matter at hand. But there are many important now evident in two coastal hamlets of Kerala, this state, those that have a greater multiplier effect. state compact exists. The basic idea behind this is to create health sector design issues that need to be addressed both an apex member committee where states make binding from the shorter-term and longer-term perspective. The health systems-related commitments and are suitably re - COVId crisis is showing us the way into designing India’s 1848 ...... warded for honouring them. This health compact needs to future healthcare system as well as creating conditions for be an effective body. The Government needs to do whatev - making health policy choices and buying political commit - 14, read, “A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and reli - the convention, men were invited to intend–and some 40 er it takes legislative backing or otherwise, to make this ments into implementing those choices. The policy-mak - gious condition and rights of women will be held in the did, including the famous African American abolitionist body effective. In times of COVId, health has become a po - ers shouldn’t let the urgent and immediate crowd out Wesleyan Chapel, at seneca Falls, on Wednesday and Frederick douglass. That day, the declaration of litical priority in every state. It’s a perfect time to form such what’s important. Thursday, the 19th and 20th of July current; commencing sentiments and Grievances was adopted and signed by the at 10 o’clock A.M. during the first day the meeting will be assembly. The convention also passed 12 resolutions–11 Linguistic ...... exclusively for women, who are earnestly invited to attend. unanimously–which called for specific equal rights for The public generally are invited to be present on the second women. The ninth resolution, which declared “it is the duty children to have cultural equivalence in a globalised world Chief Minister’s native language-speaking deficiency as a day, when lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, and other ladies of the women of this country to secure to themselves their where english has emerged as a transactional language. reason to dethrone him during his campaign pitches. But and gentlemen, will address the Convention.” sacred right to the elective franchise,” was the only one to Why politicians, society at large has made peace with Odisha was still happy to elect him as Chief Minister for a On July 19, 200 women convened at the Wesleyan meet opposition. After a lengthy debate, in which douglass english as a connective tissue. And if the popularity of record term. For the writer and voracious reader he is, his Chapel, and stanton read the “declaration of sentiments sided with stanton in arguing the importance of female en - english-speaking classes is any indication even in the acquired knowledge has informed his work on the ground. and Grievances,” a treatise that she had drafted over the franchisement, the resolution was passed. For proclaiming smallest of towns, it has become a key qualifier of aspira - He has pulled up the state’s development indices, steered previous few days. stanton’s declaration was modeled a women’s right to vote, the seneca Falls Convention was tion. Then there is the other issue of linguistic plurality, it through painfully destructive natural disasters, chosen closely on the declaration of Independence, and its pream - subjected to public ridicule, and some backers of women’s which the ruling BJP, driven by its own majoritarian agen - to stay at home, travelled across the state, connected with ble featured the proclamation, “We hold these truths to be rights withdrew their support. However, the resolution da in the voter-heavy heartland, has sought to undermine villages at the block level, strengthened panchayati raj in - self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; marked the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement by calling for Hindi as a language for national unity. This stitutions and unfurled people-friendly schemes. In short, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalien - in America. The seneca Falls Convention was followed two orthodoxy immediately erodes the worth of federal leaders he followed model state principles and gave hope to the able rights…” The declaration of sentiments and weeks later by an even larger meeting in Rochester, N.y. for a national role, simply because they are proficient in Odias when they were seemingly adrift. And his lifestyle is Grievances then detailed the injustices inflicted upon Thereafter, national woman’s rights conventions were held their mother tongues, which are much older languages so simple that people loved the essence of the man than the women in the United states and called upon U.s. women to annually, providing an important focus for the growing than Hindi itself. It is one of the reasons why a Hd deve language he spoke. The media chases him still but he is organize and petition for their rights. On the second day of women’s suffrage movement. Gowda or Mamata Banerjee are mostly derided for their comfortable not over-exposing himself and blending with limited Hindi articulation skills and, therefore, seen as in - people’s sensibilities. This has endeared him to the masses, capable of leading the nation. PV Narasimha Rao, the first who at one time saw Odia as a unifier of the state — that be - Moonstruck ...... non-Hindi-speaking Prime Minister, found acceptability ing a foundational principle in fact — considering they are because of his proficiency in Hindi. But apart from his more dependent on local dialects in communicating be - committee to sight the moon. But in March 1961, after be - should take saudi Arabia’s lead. However, clerics belong - mother tongue Telugu, he was just as expert in speaking tween themselves. Now Patnaik has himself replaced lan - ing convinced by a body of scientists about the accurate ing to the sunni Barelvi sub-sect insisted that the country Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, sanskrit, Tamil and guage as the vehicle of people’s emotions. lalu, by con - date of that year’s eid-ul-Fitr, the Ayub regime bypassed must follow the sightings of its own ulema. This idea was Urdu. yes and he knew eight foreign languages, including trast, weaponised his verbal prowess for political gains, be - the committee and directly announced the date. The pop - supported by scientists such as dr Fazal who claimed that english. did that make him any less of a modern Chanakya coming a brand and an attitude in the process. And he used ular Islamic scholar from Karachi, ehteshamul Haq the nature of lunar cycles is such that every country must in politics? Besides, Hindi has failed to emerge as a bridge his bucolic charms to convert the english media into his Thanvi, was the head of the committee at the time. take its own path. The legislation seemed to have some - language except in its soft power avatar courtesy our Hindi constituency and justify his ways and means of running the Peshawar had already celebrated eid a day before after what resolved the issue, even though the committee never films. Most contiguous states, particularly in the south state, even through wife Rabri devi, when he was implicat - clerics in the city insisted that Pakistan follow saudi carried with it anything more than a telescope. No scien - and east, tend to understand each other on common deriv - ed in the fodder scam. He is the most media-savvy politi - Arabia’s lead. The majority of people in Karachi, on the tists were ever involved in the procedure. The call to em - atives than requiring Hindi to connect. It is true that many cian even today; just visit his Twitter handle, drawing eye - other hand, followed Thanvi’s lead and observed eid one ploy more scientific methods returned decades later, Indians have a working knowledge of Hindi but that balls through his daily criticism of current Chief Minister day after the date given by the Government. so, in 1961, when clerics associated with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa doesn’t mean they are comfortable expressing themselves Nitish Kumar’s mishandling of the Corona crisis. yes, his eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated on three different days in the branch of the committee began to follow saudi Arabia’s in it. And imposing it as a qualifier language in two-thirds integrity has been suspect, even now serving jail terms for country. Almost the same happened in 1967. dr Fazal lead. The dichotomy in eid moon sightings between cler - of the country where it is not the mother tongue would be accumulating disproportionate assets and encouraging writes that the episode was politicised by the religious ics in that province and the rest of the country intensified the most anti-national move there is. One that Gehlot is criminalisation of politics, but he did give political stake to parties after the regime discarded the date announced by from the 1990s until one of the main figures in the contro - guilty of endorsing like Home Minister Amit shah who the backward classes and understood the tidal current of the committee and changed it. The regime claimed the versy, the Peshawar-based shahabuddin Popalzai, was mooted the idea of Hindi as our lingua franca. One can cite coalition politics. His machinations to stay in power were committee’s date was scientifically inaccurate. Ayub’s op - arrested in 2017 and forced to fly out to dubai. Perhaps two examples of Indian politicians who scored high on the relevant till the time the voter became demanding and de - ponents decried that this was part of the regime’s “op - noticing that a majority of Pakistanis were never comfort - acceptability and popularity index despite their language cided the leader he wanted through his/her ability to deliv - pressive policies against the clerics”, while some Urdu able with the dichotomy, Fawad Chaudhry decided to proficiencies or deficiencies. One is Odisha Chief Minister er. still, every journalist wants to interview him, be it for dailies suggested it all boiled down to superstition “be - adopt astronomical methods used in most Muslim coun - Naveen Patnaik, who is holding on to his fortress, over - his rawness or his old fox aura. He used the backward card cause the regime believed celebrating eid on a Friday was tries to determine moon sightings. Committee members coming the Modi wave in 2019, and still not fluent in Odia. to wrest power and delivered promises in small doses so a bad omen.” This was sensationalist gibberish, of course. were livid. In a country where, ever since the mid-1970s, And the other is Rashtriya Janata dal (RJd) chief and for - that his constituents would keep voting him back to power. In 1974, when the issue of multiple eids failed to get re - the state and governments have continued to appease the mer Bihar Chief Minister lalu Prasad yadav, who gave po - Not that he couldn’t be a performer if his stint as Railway solved, the Government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave the point of views of clerics to evade religious controversies, litical legitimacy to the backward classes and is still date Minister is any indication. For his failure as a doer Chief committee legislative cover. Thanvi was reinstated as the Chaudhry threw down the gauntlet. And won. The irony is feted by the english media, not merely for his buffoonery Minister, he turned around the Railways dramatically committee’s head and eight more members, including a that he is a Minister in a Government that is mostly head - that he indulged in for effect, but for his penetrative under - enough for his tenure to be included as a case study in the woman, were inducted. The legislation did not require ed by urban conservatives. However, it was not his standing of the subaltern and ability to take on the ruling curriculum of IIM Ahmedabad. World institutions feted any compulsory coordination between the committee and Government he was banking on but rather a powerful establishment fearlessly, be it on beef bans or identity poli - him and sought his bytes. For he achieved a turnaround the meteorological department. However, committee state institution. some dailies reported that members of tics. It is said that Naveen Patnaik could not pass in Odia without hiking either passenger or freight rates. Be it e- members were given better telescopes. the committee, who were challenging him, suddenly grammar. He still cannot sustain a long speech in Odia ex - ticketing or model stations, he was forward-looking, too. The October 1973 issue of the Pakistan economist ran withdrew their opposition after receiving a call from per - tempore unless it is written out in english. Groomed by an He could control his destiny. And he never antagonised the a feature on the debate a year before the legislation. The sons associated with that state institution. The institution english nanny and a Punjabi mother, he had never con - media, coopting it in his agenda. He never abhorred feature quoted various ulema (a body of Muslim scholars has increasingly seen the dichotomy as an expression of versed in Odia at home while growing up. With classes, he english, spoke it even when needed. He is still the most vo - who are recognised as having specialist knowledge of national disunity. Chaudhry seemed to have based his understands it now perfectly but is not eloquent. This has cal secularist-socialist out there. language be damned. Islamic law and theology) who suggested that Pakistan move exactly on this observation. left him vulnerable to criticism. even shah ridiculed the Gehlot needs to learn from his party’s ally. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, TUesdAy, JUly 21, 2020 Indian-Americans Hold Protest In Front Saudi Arabia's King Of China's Embassy In Washington Salman admitted to Washington July 20 based Oppose Chinese hospital for tests Imperialism (OCI) Group 23 al - A group of Indian- so sent its representatives to Dubai, Jul 20 Americans from in and around participate in the protest. the national capital has held a “We are here to protest saudi Arabia's King salman peaceful demonstration in against the Chinese aggression has been admitted to a hospital front of the Chinese embassy in on the Indian land and territo - in the capital, Riyadh, for med - Washington, protesting against ries of the neighbouring coun - ical tests due to inflammation of China's aggression along the tries,” said sanjay Patel. the gallbladder, the kingdom's line of Actual Control. In recent weeks, Indian- Royal Court said Monday in a displaying anti-China ban - Americans in major Us cities statement carried by the official ners and shouting slogans like have held peaceful protests saudi Press Agency. “China Communist: down against China. The statement said the 84- down”, the protesters on The first of those was held year-old monarch is being test - saudi economy away from re - sunday said that “the Chinese in Chicago by eminent Indian- ed at the King Faisal specialist liance on oil exports. virus has killed lakhs of people American dr Bharat Barai at Hospital. The brief statement The prince has also detained across the world and has New york’s Times square did not provide further details. dozens of activists and critics, brought the global economy to where members of the Tibetan King salman has been in overseen a devastating war in a standstill”. community also demonstrated power since January 2015. He is yemen and rounded up top Community activist Manoj against China. considered the last saudi members of the royal family in sreenilayam said: “We con - Another group led by Prem monarch of his generation of his quest for power. demn the unprovoked Chinese Bhandari in New york recently brothers who have held power The saudi king has not been aggression, landgrab and formed OCI Group 23 to mo - since the death of their father seen in public in recent months killing of Indians on Indian ter - bilise people in the 23 countries and founder of saudi Arabia, due to social distancing guide - ritory in ladakh, while the with whom China has territori - King Abdulaziz. lines and concerns over the world is distracted with the al disputes. King salman has empow - ing land and islands of smaller sented a cross-section of the Temple friends, Tamil cultural spread of the coronavirus inside COVId-19 pandemic”. The group last week held a ered his 34-year-old son, Crown nations. It has killed 20 Indian Indian-American cultural and groups and Indian cultural the kingdom, which has one of For the past several webinar on the Chinese imperi - Prince Mohammed bin salman, decades, China has been bully - soldiers. We are here to raise social organisations from Associations of Howard the largest outbreaks in the alism addressed by India’s for - as his successor. The crown ing India and other smaller na - awareness and urge the world Maryland, Virginia and County, National Council of Middle east. He has been mer ambassador to China prince's assertive and bold style tions, said another activist to do horizontal escalation and Washington dC. Asian Indian Associations and shown, however, in state-run Gautam Bambawale and for - of leadership, as well as his con - Mahindra sapa. economically decouple from Prominent among them be - Vishwa Hindu Parishad of media images attending virtual mer securities and exchange solidation of power and sidelin - “In the south China sea, China,” sapa said. ing Kerala association of America. meetings with his Cabinet and Board of India chairman d R ing of potential rivals, has been China has been illegally captur - The peaceful protest repre - Greater Washington, durga Recently formed New york- Mehta. held calls with world leaders. controversial. King salman, who oversees With the support of his fa - Islam's holiest sites in Mecca ther, Prince Mohammed has and Medina, was crown prince transformed the kingdom in re - under King Abdullah and served GOP leaders, Trump In Arab world's first, UAE successfully cent years, opening it up to as defense minister. For more tourists and eroding decades of than 50 years prior to that, he to discuss virus aid as ultraconservative restrictions was governor of Riyadh, over - launches its spacecraft towards Mars on entertainment and women's seeing its evolution from a bar - rights as he tries to diversify the ren city to a teeming capital. crisis deepens Dubai, Jul 20 wards just to ensure that every - equivalent to almost two earth thing arrives in Japan before the years, the report said. emiratis brimmed with joy launch period, and so that COVId- dubai's ground control room and pride as the UAe made history 19 and the closure of borders do erupted with joy after the success - 'Embarassed, Disappointed': on Monday by successfully not affect the launch and the mis - ful lift off. launching its spacecraft "Al Amal" sion itself," Al Olama was quoted "As citizens and residents we towards Mars from a Japanese as saying in the report. are proud to be part of this vision - Twitter Says High-Profile launch centre, marking the Arab The dh735-million (Usd 200 ary and innovative era of the world's first interplanetary mis - million) project, which is the first UAe's growth. No doubt, this will Hack Hit 130 Accounts sion, according to media reports. interplanetary mission by any open a new chapter in the glorious San francisco July 20 Al Amal, or Hope Probe, weighing Arab nation, took six years by a history of the UAe, where new 1.3 tonnes was launched from the team of 135 emirati engineers, sci - frontiers in space travel will be ex - Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some H-2A rocket from Japan's remote entists and researchers. plored," Mustafa Al Husseiny, an of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers Tanegashima spaceport at 1.58 am Washington, Jul 20 Hope's arrival in February emirati, was quoted as saying by were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The san local time. 2021 is set to coincide with the the Khaleej Times. Al Husseiny, Francisco-based company said in a blog post saturday that for up Top Republicans in Congress were expecting to The probe's telecom system 50th anniversary of the UAe's for - general manager of Golden loaf, to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the ac - meet Monday with President donald Trump on the was set up and it transmitted its mation. The Gulf News reported said he was particularly looking count's information through the “your Twitter data” tool. None next COVId-19 aid package as the administration first signal after it successfully that around 200 days from now, forward to the launch countdown of the eight were verified accounts, Twitter said, adding that it is panned more virus testing money and interjected separated from the launch vehicle the spacecraft will reach the Mars that was done in Arabic. "It is a contacting the owners of the affected accounts. “We're embar - other priorities that could complicate quick passage. and its solar panels were deployed orbit and begin its mission to matter of honour that for the first rassed, we're disappointed, and more than anything, we're sorry. senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell was pre - with clockwork precision an hour study the Red Planet's atmos - time in history, Arabic numbers We know that we must work to regain your trust, and we will sup - pared to roll out the 1 trillion package in a matter of after the launch, Mitsubishi Heavy phere. Thanks to proper planning were used for such a countdown," port all efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Twitter said in days. But divisions between the senate GOP majority Industries launch services, which and "countless sleepless nights", he said. shaneer Nusrat siddiqui, the blog post. and the White House posed fresh challenges. is the launch operator, confirmed. Hope is now on its way to Mars, former project coordinator at Al The July 17 attack broke into the Twitter accounts of world Congress was returning to session this week as the The signals were received by the minister said, lauding the con - Thuraya Astronomy Centre, said, leaders, celebrities and tech moguls in one of the most high-pro - coronavirus crisis many had hoped would have im - the Mission Control team in tributions of the team members. "with the way the UAe is heading file security breaches in recent years. The attackers sent out proved by now only worsened and just as earlier fed - dubai's Al Khawaneej, the Khaleej "It's like a three-way race to towards space science, the country tweets from the accounts of the public figures, offering to send eral emergency relief was expiring. Trump insisted Times reported. The solar panels Mars this year and the UAe is is set to become a key player in the $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address. again sunday that the virus would disappear, but the will charge the batteries of the headed to be the first country to space industry in the coming It highlighted a major flaw with the service millions of people president's view did not at all match projections from spacecraft for its 495,000,000 reach Mars before Us and China," years. especially from the educa - have come to rely on as an essential communications tool. Allison the leading health professionals straining to halt the kms journey to Mars, it said. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, tion, commercial and business Nixon, chief research officer at cybersecurity firm 221B said in an U.s.'s alarming caseloads and death toll. McConnell Omar sultan Al Olama, Chairman of the UAe space point of view, it is a very new in - email sunday that the people behind the attack appear to have and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy were set to Minister of state for digital Agency, was quoted as saying by dustry and, definitely, the UAe is come from the “OG” community, a group interested in original, meet with Trump and Treasury secretary steven economy, Artificial Intelligence the Gulf News. Most Mars mis - going to have a major share in this short Twitter handles such as @a, @b or @c, for instance. "Based Mnuchin to fine-tune the legislation, acting chief of and Remote Working system, said sions orbit at a single local time industry." "This Hope mission will upon what we have seen,the motivation for the most recent staff Mark Meadows said on Fox News. The package COVId-19 was the "biggest" hur - that allows the atmosphere to be be a push to the business with Twitter attack is similar to previous incidents we have observed from McConnell had been quietly crafted behind dle that the emirates Mars measured at only one time of day space-related technology," in the OG community — a combination of financial incentive, closed doors for weeks and was expected to include 75 Mission team had to overcome. but Hope Probe will circle Mars for siddiquie was quoted as saying in technical bragging rights, challenge, and disruption,” Nixon wrote. billion to help schools reopen, reduced unemploy - "The team had to work back - the entire Martian year, which is the Khaleej Times report. ment benefits alongside a fresh round of direct 1,200 cash payments to Americans, and a sweeping five- year liability shield against coronavirus lawsuits. But as the White House weighed in, the administration COVID-19 cases tick up in northwest China city was panning some 25 billion in proposed new funds for testing and tracing, said one Republican familiar with the discussions. The administration's objections Beijing, Jul 20 the virus before the Urumqi out - were downgrading the emergency were first reported by The Washington Post. Trump break and has taken swift action response level from two to three. was also reviving his push for a payroll tax break, Numbers of confirmed coron - to bring it under control. The city The move is largely symbolic, which was being seriously considered, said another avirus cases in China's northwest - has cut subway, bus and taxi serv - with measures including manda - Republican. Both spoke on the condition of anonymi - ern city of Urumqi continue to ice, closed some communities, tory social distancing, tempera - ty to discuss the private talks. The new push from the rise, with another 17 reported on imposed travel restrictions and ture checks and 14-day quaran - White House put the administration at odds with Monday, bringing the total in ordered widespread testing. tines for passengers arriving from GOP allies in Congress, a disconnect that threatened China's latest outbreak to at least social controls are already tight abroad remaining in place. Hong to upend an already difficult legislative process. 47. Another five cases were across the Xinjiang region of Kong, meanwhile, has seen a House speaker Nancy Pelosi already passed brought from outside the country, which Urumqi is the capital as spike in cases, with more than 100 democrats' vast 3 trillion proposal and virus cases according to the National Health part of what Beijing calls a cam - reported on sunday. That has and deaths had only increased since. Trump raised Commission. No new deaths paign to curb terrorism and reli - prompted the semi-autonomous alarms on Capitol Hill when he suggested last month were reported, leaving the total at gious extremism. Rights groups southern Chinese city to reimpose at a rally in Oklahoma that he wanted to slow virus 4,634 among 83,682 cases, and and foreign government have ac - measures including closing in - testing. some of Trump's GOP allies wanted new 249 people remain in treatment. cused China on widespread hu - door entertainment venues and money to help test and track the virus to contain its Another 158 people were being man rights abuses against the re - public libraries, and imposing ad - spread. senate democrats were investigating why the monitored in isolation for show - gion's Uighurs and other Muslim ditional quarantine measures on Trump administration had not yet spent some of 25 ing signs of having the virus or for minority groups. Beijing mean - travelers arriving from seven A woman and a child wearing protective face masks to help curb the spread of the billion previously allocated for testing in an earlier testing positive without display - while, has gone 14 days without a countries where the risk of infec - new coronavirus walk by people lining up outside a health center to get the nucleic aid bill. The payroll tax Trump wanted also divided ing symptoms. China had largely case of local transmission and city tion is considered especially high, acid test in Beijing. his party. senate Republicans in particular opposed contained local transmission of authorities on sunday said they including south Africa. the payroll tax break as an insufficient response to millions of out-of-work Americans, especially as they tried to keep the total price tag of the aid package at no Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality more than 1 trillion. Trump said sunday in the Fox News interview that he would consider not signing New York, Jul 20 sible for a full day, partici - that have long ignored the race and police brutality set vancement for many Black included the service any bill unless it included the payroll tax break, which pants will either picket dur - concerns of their Black off by the death of George and Hispanic workers, who employees International many GOP senators opposed. "I want to see it," he Organisers of a national ing a lunch break or observe workforce and denied them Floyd, a Black man who make up a disproportionate Union, the International said. lawmakers were returning to a partially closed workers strike say tens of moments of silence to hon - better working conditions, died at the hands of number of those earning Brotherhood of Teamsters, Capitol still off-limits to tourists to consider what will thousands are set to walk off or Black lives lost to police living wages and health - Minneapolis police in late less than a living wage. the American Federation of be a fifth COVId-19 aid package. After passing the 2.2 the job Monday in more violence, organizers said. care, said Henderson, who May. At noon in each Us specifically, they are calling Teachers, United Farm trillion relief bill in March, Republicans hoped the than two dozen Us cities to We are ... building a country is also co-executive director time zone on Monday, on corporate leaders and Workers and the Fight for virus would ease and economy rebound so more aid protest systemic racism and where Black lives matter in of the Tennessee-based workers are expected to elected government offi - 15 and a Union. several would not be needed. But with COVId-19 cases hit - economic inequality that every aspect of society in - Highlander Research and take a knee for about eight cials to use executive and more worker collectives ting alarming new highs and the death roll rising, the has only worsened during cluding in the workplace, education Center. Among minutes the amount of time legislative power to guaran - have since joined, along pandemic's devastating cycle was happening all over the coronavirus pandemic. said Ash-lee Henderson, the strikers will be essential prosecutors say a white po - tee people of all races can with social and racial justice again, leaving Congress little choice but to engineer dubbed the strike for Black an organizer with the workers: nursing home em - lice officer held his knee on thrive. That demand in - groups. In Manhattan, es - another costly rescue. Businesses were shutting down lives, labor unions, along Movement for Black lives, ployees, janitors and deliv - Floyd's neck. strikers are cludes raising wages and al - sential workers will gather again, schools could not fully reopen and jobs were with social and racial justice a coalition of over 150 or - ery men and women. Fast demanding sweeping ac - lowing workers to unionize outside of the Trump disappearing, all while federal emergency aid ex - organisations from New ganizations that make up food, ride-share and airport tion by corporations and to negotiate better health International Hotel to de - pired. It's not going to magically disappear, said a york City to los Angeles, the Black lives Matter workers are also expected to government to confront care, sick leave and child mand the senate and somber McConnell, R-Ky., last week during a visit to a will participate in a range of movement. The strike for take part in planned events. systemic racism and eco - care support. When the President donald Trump hospital in his home state to thank front-line work. planned actions. 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Just the act of trying too hard can Championship Performance.” somnia — trying to sleep can increase per - cause (or continue) a cycle of anxious, nerve- According to Ackerman, the United formance anxiety. wracking energy that keeps our minds states Navy Pre-Flight school created a rou - Research has found that people who awake. tine to help pilots fall asleep in 2 minutes or practiced paradoxical intention fell asleep And if your mind can’t sleep, it’s really less. It took pilots about 6 weeks of practice, faster than those who didn’t. If you often find difficult for your body to follow. But there are but it worked — even after drinking coffee yourself stressed out about trying to sleep, scientific tricks you can try to flip the switch and with gunfire noises in the background. this method may be more effective than tra - and guide your body into a safe shutdown This practice is said to even work for peo - ditional, intentional breathing practices. mode. ple who need to sleep sitting up! Visualize a calm place If this doesn’t work for you, you may need How to sleep in 60 seconds If counting activates your mind too to work on the foundations of the military These two methods, which focus on your much, try engaging your imagination. method: breathing and muscle relaxation, breathe or muscles, help you take your mind some say that visualizing something can which have some scientific evidence that they off topic and back to bed. make it real, and it’s possible this works with work. Also, some conditions such as AdHd If you’re a beginner trying these hacks sleep, too. In a 2002 study from the or anxiety may interfere with this method’s out, these methods may take up to 2 minutes University of Oxford, researchers found that effectiveness. Keep reading to learn about to work. people who engaged in “imagery distraction” the techniques this military method is based 4-7-8 breathing method fell asleep faster than those who had general on and how to practice them effectively. Mixing together the powers of medita - distraction or no instructions. We cover some science-based tricks to tion and visualization, this breathing method Acupressure for sleep help you fall asleep faster. becomes more effective with practice. If you not enough research to confidently de - How to sleep in 10 seconds have a respiratory condition, such as asthma termine if acupressure truly works. However, It usually takes a magic spell to fall asleep or COPd, consider checking with your doctor muscle relaxation, also known as deep method while imagining the tension leaving the research that’s available is promising. this quickly and on cue, but just like spells, before beginning, as this could aggravate muscle relaxation, helps you unwind. your body as you exhale. One method is to target areas you know with practice you can eventually get to the your symptoms. The premise is to tense — but not strain — How to fall asleep in 120 seconds and feel are particularly tense, such as the sweet 10-second spot. To prepare, place the tip of your tongue your muscles and relax to release the tension. If the previous methods still didn’t work, upper part of your nose bridge or your tem - Note: The method below takes a full 120 against the roof of your mouth, behind your This movement promotes tranquility there might be an underlying blockage you ples. However, there are also specific points seconds to finish, but the last 10 seconds is two front teeth. Keep your tongue there the throughout your body. It’s a trick recom - need to get out. Try these techniques! in acupressure that are reported to help with said to be truly all it takes to finally snooze. whole time and purse your lips if you need to. mended to help with insomnia. Tell yourself to stay awake insomnia. Here are three you can do without The military method Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) Before you start, try practicing the 4-7-8 Also called paradoxical intention, telling sitting up: The technique The technique The technique 1. Feel for the small, hollow space under your palm on your pinky side. 1 Interlock your fingers together (fingers out and palms touching) 2 Gently apply pressure in a circular or up-and-down movement for 2 1 On one palm facing up, count three finger-widths down from your and open up your palms to create a cup shape with your hands. to 3 minutes. wrist crease. 2 Position your thumbs at the base of your skull, with thumbs touch 3 Press down the left side of the point (palm facing) with gentle pres 2 With your thumb, apply a steady downward pressure between the ing where your neck and head connect. sure for a few seconds, and then hold the right side (back-of-hand two tendons. 3 Apply a deep and firm pressure, using circular or up-and-down facing). 3 you can massage in circular or up-and-down motion until you feel movements to massage this area. 4 Repeat on the same area of your other wrist. your muscles relax. 4 Breathe deeply and pay attention to how your body relaxes as you exhale. 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Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU TUesdAy JUly 21, 2020 BL Best of 6: Sushmita Sen beats Khatron Ke Khiladi 10, semi-finale Neena Gupta and Kiara Advani by a Sushant Singh Rajput suicide: Aditya Chopra written update: Karishma Tanna and Balraj whopping margin to emerge as the Syal to compete for the finale stunt Best Web Series Actress for Aarya records statement with Mumbai Police Tonight's episode starts with Rohit shetty promising that we will witness a tough compe - tition between Karan Patel, dharmesh yelande, Karishma Tanna and syal. Blockbuster director asks grand-finalists about their KKK 10 journey and we them speaking about it in an emotional manner. And Rohit shetty introduces the stunt, which looks quite tough and dangerous. Karan goes for it and we see him doing it like a boss and completing it. Now Karishma gets ready for her stunt and even finishes it quite comfortably. While Karan It has been revealed that confirmation has come via "The director came to my closed in an interview to took 4 min 17 seconds, Karishma won the stunt after being grilled for several new agency ANI, which house and narrated the Pinkvilla that sushant was as she did the stunt in 3 minutes 50 seconds. hours, yash Raj Films head wrote on their official script. I had a meeting with aware that dil Bechara was Now dharmesh and Balraj will compete in the honcho Aditya Chopra has Twitter handle: ''The state - Aditya Chopra... just so that I headed for a direct-digital next stunt. And the choreographer goes for his finally recorded his state - ment of Aditya Chopra of could express my apologies release, and was even happy stunt, which looks quite thrilling. While d tried ment with Mumbai Police in yash Raj Films recorded in in person and he was fine at with the decision. dil his best, he was not able to finish it. Now, Balraj connection to sushant singh sushant singh Rajput death the time. But later, a news Bechara, sushant singh gets ready and he seems quite nervous but the Rajput's case. Aditya Chopra case: Mumbai Police.'' In an piece came out saying, Rajput's last film, costarring comedian starts quite well and completes the was summoned by the cops interview to Republic TV, 'Kangana said no to sultan.' sajana sanghi, will release stunt. Now Balraj and Karishma will compete after Kangana Ranaut Kangana Ranaut had earlier And then he messaged me, directly on an OTT platform for the third stunt. And Balraj gets ready for it named him yesterday along alleged that Aditya Chopra 'How dare you? you say No on 24th July 2020, but its ac - and just to keep us hooked, the show ends. with Karan Johar and had threatened her career in to me.' And then he told me, cess will be available to Which means, in the next week we will see, the Mahesh Bhatt as the people Bollywood after she had de - 'you are finished,'" said everyone, even those who first finalist between Balraj and Karishma fol - who should be questioned clined his offer to star oppo - Kangana. Meanwhile, aren't subscribers of said lowed by some twists to create the buzz for the about sushant's suicide. The site salman Khan in sultan. Mukhesh Chhabra has dis - OTT platform. finale. so, are you excited for the finale week? Shakuntala Devi : Vidya Balan Aishwarya Rai's Pink Panther 2 costar, Steve Martin, wishes demonstrates how she can now With the first six months of 2020 officially quickly solve tough mathematical done and dusted, leaving us done and dusted as her and Aaradhya 'a speedy recovery’ as they battle COVID-19 well, it was time took to look back at entertainment equations in real life news, and sift the best of the best. Today, we’ll be from across the globe, too, given the focusing on the best performers (female) in a web actress' international repute and her series. As a part of our special #BlBestOf6 event, work across cinema both in we recently conducted a poll to determine the Best Hollywood and the UK. earlier, Actress in a Web series for Indian OTT content in John Cena had posted a pic of Aish the first half of 2020. The nominees included without a caption — his usual way of Neena Gupta for Panchayat, sushmita sen for expressing solidarity with several Aarya, Kiara Advani for Guilty, Aahana Kumra for Indian celebs (he had previously also Marzi, Anuja sathe for ek Thi Begum and posted a caption-less pic of Amitabh Geetanjali Kulkarni for Taj Mahal 1989. Well, you Bachchan and Abhishek), and now, all have spoken, and it’s sushmita sen who has won her Pink Panther 2 costar, steve the race by a whopping margin, with 69% of the Martin, has also tweeted, sending his votes for Aarya, a gargantuan 18% votes more than heartfelt wish to both mother and the next best, the veteran Neena Gupta for daughter. Taking to his official Panchayat. The other nominees are not even in the Twitter handle to extend his support frame, all securing votes in mere single digits. to Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya Kiara Advani comes in third with just 7% of the Bachchan, steven Martin wrote: votes for Guilty, followed by Aahana Kumra, Anuja “I’m wishing Aishwarya Rai sathe and Geetanjali Kulkarni with merely 2% Bachchan and her daughter a speedy votes each for Marzi, ek Thi Begum and Taj Mahal recovery. she was such an elegant 1989. In short, this was a 1-horse race, with the oth - and delightful acting partner in Pink er competitors lagging behind by a distant second, Panther.” Abhishek Bachchan had and we’re not one bit surprised (though we’d have confirmed the news of his wife and expected Neena Gupta to get some more votes, giv - daughter testing positive for coron - en how well Panchayat has been received). avirus, when he had tweeted: everyone had waited with bated breath the mo - “Aishwarya and Aaradhya have also ment Aarya was announced, primarily due to tested COVId-19 positive. They will sush’s comeback 5 years after her last film and 10 be self quarantining at home. The years after her last Bollywood movie, and she didn’t BMC has been updated of their situa - disappoint. While some loved the show and others Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her try after they tested positive COVId- tion and is doing the needful. The rest were on the fence about it, everyone was unani - daughter, Aaaradhya, are not only re - 19 positive, following the positive re - of the family including my Mother mous in their praise for sushmita, echoing how she ceiving the best wishes and sincere sults of Amitabh and Abhishek have tested negative. Thank you all for has been sorely missed form the screen. prayers of people all across the coun - Bachchan, but support is streaming in your wishes and prayers. After Richa Chadha, Anurag Kashyap questions Bollywood studios not paying artists royalty; says, 'For them, Gangs of Wasseypur is still a flop Filmmaker Anurag Funny thing is we still own Kashypap has come out in 50% IPR (Intellectual support of Richa Chadha Property Rights) on Gangs after she revealed in her Of Wasseypurand we have latest blog post that she was never seen a penny on it or paid Rs. 2.5 lakh for both know about its income. the Gangs of Wasseypur For the studio, it's still a movies —considerably flop." 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