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This is the 1,155 new cases and 12 deaths ) 77'554 7;:';=; fourth consecutive day when in the last 24 hours, pushing the # %- %+& 8'5:5 ;66'44; coronavirus cases have infection tally to 27,707 and ? @ 9';48 7=4<'4<< increased by more than 20,000. death toll to 785. A total of Only Brazil and the United 18,761 corona patients have States are ahead of India in the recovered and discharged from maximum number of coron- hospitals. avirus cases so far. The USA According to the data of has over 27.76 lakh cases, fol- novel coronavirus infection in ! lowed by Brazil with over 15.39 Central Reserve Police Force lakh cases and Russia’s 6.81 " , - & +*-)"," & /0&000# ) 1 (CRPF) ranks available till lakh so far. $ - & ! 2 " ! 1" $ ) Saturday, as many as 1,510 per- " /* allowed per protest march As per the World Health sonnel have contracted the and sit-in in front of the Organization (WHO), over 1.11 cases in BSF, a little over 1,000 With 1,287 new cases 24 hours. The cumulative tally disease out of which 755 con- f you are in Kerala, you will Secretariat, a round-the-year crore cases of coronavirus and in CISF, over 400 in ITBP and reported on Sunday, Mumbai’s for national Capital reached tinue to be active cases and 746 ,- Ihave to wear frace masks, venue for demonstrations. 5.33 lakh deaths has been about 200 in SSB. Nearly two total case tally has reached 99,444, while 63 deaths were persons have recovered. ",./* maintain social distancing As per the ordinance, reported across the world so far. battalion strength of personnel 84,524. The city’s death toll has recorded, pushing the total The casualty figure in the and avoid large gatherings only 50 people will be Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, continue to be active cases. risen to 4,899. death toll to 3,067. As of CRPF stands at nine. The 70 year-old former MLA till July 2021. The Kerala allowed to attend a marriage Delhi and Karnataka contin- According to the Tamil Nadu reported 4,150 Sunday, there are over 25,000 CRPF tops the list in terms of Aserving jail sentence in a Government has issued an and a maximum of 20 people ued to be the worst affected Maharashtra Health persons turning coronavirus active cases in Delhi. the total number of infected 1984 anti-Sikh riots case died Ordinance to this effect. The can take part in death relat- State. Maharashtra recorded Department, the State reported positive taking the total num- Marking a positive trend, personnel, active cases, and due to Covid-19 at a hospital District Collectors have been ed rituals. 6,555 fresh cases and 151 its second-highest single-day ber of such persons till date to Delhi’s recovery rate has gone deaths. in national Capital. This is the instructed to ensure due com- Any violation of the deaths, the highest in the last surge till date on Sunday, adding 111,151 in the last 24 hours. above 70 per cent as out of the As many as 1,348 Border second inmate of Mandoli pliance of the regulations. amendments will result in a 24 hours so far. 6,555 new Covid-19 cases as the The total number of corona total cases, 71,339 people have Security Force (BSF) personnel prison to have succumbed to The Kerala Epidemic fine of up to 10,000 and a Close to four and a half State’s total case tally reached patients who died over the recovered from the virus. have contracted the disease till the infection. Diseases Ordinance 2020 also jail term of two year. While battalions (4,500 personnel) 2,06,619. As many as 151 new past 24-hours was 60 taking the Along with the increase in Sunday. Of 1,348 infected per- Mahender Yadav was a makes its compulsory for only 25 people at a time will of the five Central paramilitary deaths pushed the total death death toll to 1,510. testing and reduced positivity sonnel in the BSF ranks, 526 former MLA from Palam con- those who want to stage be allowed in shops and other forces have been infected so far toll to 8,822. As many as 3,658 Delhi’s coronavirus tally rate, Delhi’s recovery rate has are active cases and 817 have stituency. Prison authorities demonstrations and protest business establishments, Only by Covid-19 with the CRPF patients were discharged on inched closer to one lakh- also increased — a positive recovered besides five persons said he was lodged in Jail marches should seek prior a maximum of 50 people alone reporting over 1,500 Sunday, taking the total number mark on Sunday after 2,244 indicator keeping the city’s have succumbed due to the number 14 of Mandoli prison permission from the police. will be allowed at a time for cases followed by about 1,400 of recoveries till date to 1,11,470. cases were reported in the last total number of active cases or disease. for many years. Only ten persons would be marriages. ! " #$ ,-",./* demic” on the PIB website. The PIB release said in past University of Oxford and Pointing out that 11 out of 140 years India has emerged as one licenced to AstraZeneca he possible timeframe for vaccine candidates, including of the significant vaccine man- British-Swedish multinational Tthe launch of Covaxin, the two Indian vaccines — ufacturing hubs and Indian pharmaceutical and biophar- being jointly developed by Covaxin and ZyCov — have manufacturers account for 60 maceutical company head- Indian Council of Medical entered the human trial stage per cent of vaccine supplies quartered in Cambridge, Research (ICMR) and Bharat across the globe and added that made to UNICEF. England, it said. Biotech, got all the more con- neither of these is likely to be The vaccine for coron- The MRNA-1273 vaccine fusing after the Ministry of ready for mass use before 2021. avirus may be developed any- developed by Kaiser Science and Technology delet- But soon afterwards, the where in the world, but with- Permanente Washington ed a sentence “a vaccine is release was edited, and the out Indian manufacturers Health Research Institute, unlikely to be ready for mass line stating “vaccines are involved the production of Washington and taken up for use before 2021” from a Press unlikely to be ready before required quantity is not going production by the US-based release put out on the Press 2021,” was removed. The fresh to be feasible, it said. Moderna pharmaceutical is " ! Information Bureau (PIB) site release has no mention of the Independence Day. Health The release said more than just a step behind. ,-",./* on Sunday morning. timeframe. experts from across the globe 140 candidate vaccines are Both these firms have The Ministry published a The Government and have expressed concern over under various stages of devel- already inked an agreement he Centre is in a fix about Press release titled “Indigenous ICMR are facing a lot of criti- this “rush” and said no vaccine opment. One of the leading with Indian manufacturers for Tre-opening the education- Indian Covid-19 vaccines in cism for trying to push through could be ready for mass use in candidates is AZD1222 being production of the Covid vac- al institutions shut from mid- the global race to end the pan- the vaccine launch by such short time. developed by Jenner Institute of cines, it said. March. Discussions are on in be held till September-end was October/November. We have the HRD Ministry to re-start announced last week. to keep in mind the SOP issued the new academic session of The results to these by the Centre which also men- primary and secondary school entrances will be declared tions children are a vulnerable education from November around mid-October. The fol- community for the global pan- ! only. low-up e-counselling and demic. At the same time, univer- admission procedures take However, most of the sity regulator UGC is about to almost a month. school boards have been taking +,1.* hospitalised patients. issue a fresh set of guidelines The major problem for the the advantage of technology WHO says a review of the for rescheduling the higher educational stakeholders is and enabling study continues,” he World Health interim results showed hydrox- O and technical education insti- reopening of schools. A senior said an official. TOrganisation says it is end- ychloroquine and tutions. The earlier schedule for HRD Ministry official in While CBSE is working on ing a trial into whether anti- lopinavir/ritonavir “produce " L M July reopening remains non- Secondary School Education the new academic formula malaria drug hydroxychloro- little or no reduction in the % & % starter since the universities said ideally the academic cal- including syllabus through quine helps patients hospi- mortality of hospitalised ' have cancelled semester exams endar for school education is NCERT, the ICSE has reduced talised with Covid-19. WHO Covid-19 patients when com- awaiting further guidelines 280 days and had it been July syllabi for all major subjects at said on Saturday it has “accept- pared to standard of care.” %% % from the HRD Ministry. re-opening of the schools it the ICSE and ISC levels for the ed the recommendation” from The agency adds that while O % ( However, as far as the top would have been possible to academic year 2020-2021. the committee overseeing the there was no “solid evidence” of technical institutions such as stretch the calendar without “Syllabus reduction are trial to discontinue testing of increased mortality for hospi- IITs, AIIMS, NIT etc, are con- reducing the syllabus. being done keeping in mind hydroxychloroquine and talised patients given the drugs, cerned the new session will “But now, given the situa- the linear progression across lopinavir/ritonavir, a drug com- there were “some associated ! ) start only from mid-November. tion of Covid we will have to classes while ensuring that the bination used to treat safety signals in the clinical lab- Ministry sources confirmed reconsider and rework the aca- concepts related to the subject HIV/AIDS. oratory findings” of an associ- won’t affect possible trials on drugs before potential exposure % * this after the new schedule of demic calendar which may are retained,” said a HRD The drugs were being com- ated trial. patients who aren’t hospital- to the coronavirus or shortly + % the JEE and NEET entrances to begin only by Ministry official. pared with standard care for WHO says the decision ized, or on those receiving the afterward. ( & '( " ! ( " # ! # for attempts to murder, and one under the Arms Act. ! On a tip-off, the Kalyanpur 2/)3*)+)" building. police raided a place near The police did not rule out Jawaharpuram Pulia late ight people, including six the possibility of some people )01 Kalyanpur police in an Saturday night and cornered Ewomen, were killed Sunday still being trapped under the encounter late Saturday night. Kalloo. After an exchange of when a fire ripped through a debris. The death toll now anpur Police has revealed During the exchange of fire, fire, he was arrested. Senior candle-manufacturing factory stands at eight, a senior police Kthat history-sheeter Vikas Kalloo sustained bullet injury Superintendent of Police in Ghaziabad where they officer said. Officials said the Dubey had a bunker in his and was admitted to hospital in Dinesh Kumar P said Kalloo worked, officials said. exact counts of the injured house which he used to store police custody. After the Bikru was being quizzed to gather One of the dead worker and the dead would be known weapons and explosives. village ambush, he was information about Dubey. was a 16-year-old boy. At least after the removal of debris. Meanwhile, the police have absconding and was present in During interrogation by three other workers were Two fire tenders and police- so far identified 21 accomplices Kalyanpur police area. STF sleuths, Kalloo disclosed injured in the blaze at the men rushed to Bakhrwa village of history sheeter Vikas Dubey Kalloo is a close aide of that as Dubey had information Modi Nagar unit which stocked in Modi Nagar when the fire who were involved in the Dubey, who now has been about police raid in advance, he highly inflammable material. was reported around 4 pm.Uttar killing of eight police person- included in the list of most had called armed shooters from They have been hospi- Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi nel in an ambush in Bikru vil- wanted criminals of the state. other places. talised. The police said more Adityanath has expressed con- lage under Chaubepur police Kaloo reportedly helped Dubey He said Dubey had than a dozen workers were dolences on the deaths and station of Kanpur on Friday. in matters of disputed lands. He snatched his licensed gun to fire inside the factory in Ghaziabad sought a report from Ghaziabad One of them, identified as is involved in three criminal on the police party. Kalloo is in National Capital Region District Magistrate Ajay " # ! $ $ ! % ! ! &' "!# & Daya Shanker Agnihotri alias cases registered against him at reported to be the husband of when an explosion brought Shankar Pandey and Senior % ! ! )*+ Kalloo, was arrested by the Kalyanpur police station, two Dubey’s maid Rekha. down the roof and gutted the Superintendent of Police (SSP). !"#"#
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!" sources are traced and there is centres and are deployed go (ICMR). around 18 laboratories having country and the only one in which doctors have reported no local spread.l In stage two, door-to-door to educate But so far, ICMR does not testing capacity of around Haryana selected for conduct- till date: Cough, high fever, aryana Director General infected people spread the patients about how to manage recommend it as a treatment 11,500 persons every day till ing human trials. We have headache, runny nose and Hof Health Services Dr virus to close friends or fami- the virus at an individual and option outside clinical trials. now. obtained the requisite permis- breathing difficulty. Do not Suraj Bhan Kamboj says that ly. At this stage, every person household level. Plasma therapy for treatment sions for the purpose and will panic, these are also symptoms due to in view of increasing who came in contact with the Over 1500 pulse oximeters of such COVID 19 patients in Many people in the coun- begin these as soon as we of seasonal flu. coronavirus cases especially infected can be traced and iso- have been distributed in Government medical colleges try are in a state of panic receive the vaccine. Take the following imme- in Gurugram, Faridabad, lated. Haryana to enable people to will be started after approval owing to its fast-spreading diate measures if you have Sonepat and Jhajjar- four dis- And the stage three is test oxygen in their body and from ICMR. nature. How long will this Negative impacts on been in direct or indirect phys- tricts of State that sharing bor- community transmission, in addition, 1000 pulse oxime- epidemic continue? Have any their social profile have ical contact or close proximi- ders with Delhi, the chief med- breakout happens in commu- ters will be distributed addi- What is the current sta- medical colleges of Haryana turned some people reluctant ty with an infected person. ical officers concerned have nity but the source for the virus tionally. Department of Ayush tus of medical facilities in the working on finding Covid-19 in getting tested for Covid at Home quarantine yourself, do been asked to focus on 3Ts— cannot be traced. Stage four has distributed immunity State? Do you have sufficient vaccine? a time when public health not panic. tracing, testing and treatment arrives when a large number of boosting medicines to more number of beds, oxygen sup- experts have stressed that Maintain safe distance for early detection and treat- recovered patients also is con- infections and a growing num- than 3.71 lakhs persons in ply or medical professionals Ayurveda, the traditional enhancement of testing is the from family members. Call ment of Covid-19 patients.l tinuing to increase. In the last ber of deaths with no end in containment zones. to effectively fight against Indian science of health and sole strategy to contain the on the government helpline for On an average around seven days, the recovery rate of sight. Here in Haryana, there Covid-19 outbreak? What is longevity, echoes the principle spread of deadly virus. Some Covid-19; wait till you are 5,500 tests per day are esti- Covid-19 in Haryana has been is no community spread of Do you have any record of the testing rate in Haryana? of prevention is better than Patients testing at private tested. State Helpline/Control mated to be done at present, he 72.25 percent, which had ear- coronavirus in any part of the the number of health work- cure, which resonates with the labs are learnt to be submit- Room no. 8558893911 says, pointing out that on the lier reached 32 percent at one State. ers, sanitation workers and As of now, the State has current state of the globe, ting fake addresses or wrong (Panchkula, Gurugram and direction of the Government, time. l police personnel infected to sufficient number of beds, where cure or vaccine is not mobile numbers and, there- Faridabad districts), 1075 the department has stepped up By June 30, the number of Gurugram, Faridabad, Covid-19? oxygen supply, PPEs or health- available. fore, going untraceable. How (remaining districts) and 108 focus on ramping up testing by active cases of Covid-19 in Sonepat, Rohtak and Jhajjar care workers. 750 new doctors Some necessary and sim- would you address these launched which are available another three to four thou- Haryana was estimated to be continued to dominate the As of now we have not were recruited due to Covid-19 ple precautions that can be issues? for 24x7 days. sands per day in near future. l over 35,000, but due to effec- Covid-19 tally. What are the compiled data so far. outbreak. Personal protection helpful in preventing further tive arrangements to prevent steps being taken to contain Motivation level is highest equipment has been suffi- spread of the novel coron- In some cases either the It seems all the In an exclusive interview infection of Covid-19, it the infections in these dis- among doctors and other ciently provided to doctors avirus. address was incomplete or Government medical with ‘The Pioneer’, DG Health reached 16,200 cases till tricts? health workers. But we would and paramedical staff to help As the coronavirus pan- wrong mobile numbers were machinery is actively involved talks about current Covid-19 Saturday in the State. like to say that health profes- them treat patients without demic is shaking the world, given. To ensure patients give in containing Covid-19 cases. situation and steps being taken Meanwhile, we have laid Covid -19 cases have sionals and police and sanita- risking their lives. continuous research is being correct details, we have start- Whether OPDs have started to contain it further: Excerpts emphasis on 3Ts—tracing, test- increased here. We have laid tion workers are joined work- State has 41,171 bedded carried out in India and across ed the OTP system and have its operation in Government from the interview: ing and treatment for early special focus to contain it with ing with effective coordination quarantine facilities in dedi- the globe on the evolution also mandated submission of Hospitals? detection, treatment of Covid- the deployment of doctors, to contain Covid-19. cated Covid Care Centers and and treatment of Covid-19, an official ID with permanent Around 400 to 500 19 patients. health workers, police and 11,587 Beds are available in with no reliable treatment in address. It is advisable that at Fixed OPD Services have Covid-19 cases are being sanitation workers. Medical The Health community dedicated Covid Hospitals and place till date. l the time of testing, a missed been started in all the health reported in the State on a Are some areas of the teams are effectively imple- across the World is looking at in dedicated Covid Health As far as research is con- call should be given on the institutions including District daily basis over the last few State moving towards com- menting a containment plan plasma or antibody therapy Centers. cerned, Pt Bhagwat Dayal shared phone number to ver- Hospitals. In District Hospitals, weeks. According to you, munity spread of the virus? under the supervision of senior to battle Covid-19. When will 956 regular doctors by the Sharma Post-Graduate ify its correctness. Casualty Services, Medicine what is the actual current sit- health officers. Intensive sam- Haryana start plasma thera- Health Department and 206 Institute of Medical Sciences OPD and MCH Services are uation now in Haryana? In terms of transmission pling of Covid through Rapid py for Covid-19 treatment? Ayush Medical Officers by (PGIMS), Rohtak, is all set to What are the symptoms already going on. Surgery was of the disease, the World Antigen Testing Kits are being Ayush Department recruited conduct clinical human trials of Covid-19 infections and being conducted in some The situation in the State Health Organisation has done in Gurugram, Faridabad, Like Haryana, many States across Haryana state to tackle to evaluate the safety and effi- when people should approach emergency cases. is under control. Even as defined coronavirus spread in Sonepat and Jhajjar. l of the country have sought the crisis of Covid effectively. cacy of an indigenous Covid a doctor? What are the help In addition to this, Covid-19 cases in Haryana four stages. The first stage is Surveillance teams and a approval for convalescent plas- State has massively improved vaccine. lines for covid patients? through telemedicine; patients are continuing to surface at a when cases only with travel rapid response team have been ma therapy from Indian its testing facilities from two lRohtak PGIMS is among are advised at home for their worrying pace, the number of history are reported and their stationed at the health care Council of Medical Research laboratories in March to the 12 institutes across the Some notable symptoms treatment in other diseases. ' % G)" 5 # " " /)"*2)1/ you have done to recoup the turned a blind eye to diversion 4/ / ) % / 1"" losses which were pointed out of ration to houses of its lead- /)"*2)1/ Ludhiana now has the highest Faridkot (eight), Jalandhar % hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) by your own colleagues. Why no ers. Cheema said that there corona cases at 1079 with 24 (seven), Sangrur (six), (/ ' % Son Sunday asked Punjab action has been taken against were other issues plaguing the ore than two dozens deaths.Confirming the devel- Gurdaspur (five), four each % Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Congress leaders and distillery State including denial of dues to Minmates of Ludhiana opment, the officials main- from Bathinda, Moga and 2 ( ) Singh to stop indulging in diver- owners who are accused of sugarcane growers and huge Central Jail were among 175 tained that as many 26 jail Pathankot, and one each from ' % sionary tactics and explain his bottling illicit liquor and deny- power bills thrust on the com- fresh coronavirus cases report- inmates have been tested Tarn Taran, Fatehgarh Sahib, % % % % % % ' failures to the people instead of ing excise duty to the State?” He mon man but the Chief ed from Punjab on Sunday, COVID-19 positive and they Fazilka and Mansa, form rest of % % mouthing lies on the Centre’s said that Punjabis also wanted Minister seemed oblivious of pushing the state’s count to all were asymptomatic. fresh cases. % 2 ' % agricultural ordinances despite to know why illegal mining of these issues and was bent on 6,283. The state’s COVID-19 They had been kept in a Of fresh cases, 78 have ' % % % knowing they had nothing to do sand was continuing unabated building a false narrative to death toll has also reached 164 separate barrack of the jail, said contact history, and five — ' ' with MSP (minimum support in the State. cover his failures. with two more deaths — one the Chief Medical Officer including a foreign returnee % ' ( price). “Why the State Asking the Chief Minister each from Patiala and Tarn Rajesh Kumar Bagga.As many and four with returning from Requesting the Chief Government was facilitating to tell farmers and Kisan Unions Taran — recorded in the past 32 inmates had been shifted other states — have travel his- 555 5 Minister to shun politics on the the sand mafia by reducing the whole truth, Cheema said: 24 hours. from Borstal Jail — a special jail tory, while as many 80 are 467 + + + central agricultural ordinances their lease fee and even allow- “Isn’t it a fact that you amend- As many 26 jail inmates, for coronavirus patients — “new” cases with no travel or %+ > + + in the interest of Punjabis, SAD ing them to mine sand where ed the State APMC Act in 2017 one cop, four healthcare work- after testing negative to Central contact history. 7<'78:6(+ F*"&78 '+++ ;; senior leader and former clearances had not been given to include all provisions con- ers were tested positive in Jail, and 26 of them were test- These include 26 jail 1 " ? ; +++' ." ' Minister Daljit Singh Cheema till now,” he asked adding that tained in Farmers Produce and Ludhiana district, which ed positive in retest.Besides inmates, one police personnel, % % (, +++ said: “Punjabis want answers to even in the case of central Trade ordinance like allowing reported total 70 fresh infec- Ludhiana, Patalia with 26, fol- one private healthcare worker, % > ( " ' ' Rs 5,600 crore excise revenue ration received by the State, the creation of private yards, direct tions on Sunday. Witnessing lowed by Mohali (16), two out patients (OPD), 12 +++ % losses. They want to know what Congress Government had marketing and e-trading?” spikes since past week, Ferozepur (11), Amritsar (10), with influenza-like Illness (ILI). % (/ ' ' +++ ,) % J % * ( / ;< %% %% %+++ ( " " 5#" 467 " % 2 the outer world. This becomes right only to action, and never other factors. Apart from the action. It has cautioned that he attaches himself to them all. " % ) possible when one works in the at all to its fruits. Let not the personal efforts, various other one should never be attached He thus remains entangled L F*"&78 . % M spirit of karma yoga.Karma fruits of action be one’s motive forces of nature play an impor- to inaction. Inertia can never in various actions. But he who yoga is the means of obtaining ; and at the same time one tant role in determining the lead to perfection. However has gained the knowledge of serenity of mind through self- should never be attached to results of one’s actions. These arduous, painful or unpleasant the self always remains aware less performance of works. It is inaction. forces are governed by the one’s assigned work may be, that the works are done by the that path of spiritual evolution In other words, no one can laws of nature. Since nature one must not run away from body, mind and the intelli- which highlights the impor- have complete control over carries on its work in accor- it.Krishna has time and again gence ; and the soul is differ- tance of fulfilling all of one’s the outcome of an activity. But dance with these laws, under underlined the need for action. ent from all of them. duties without any attachment one should never abandon a the will of Ishvara, the Supreme At the same time, the impor- He is thus relieved from to the actions or the results work which ought to be done Lord ; these laws are not biased tance of detachment from the false identification of the F*?)E*2). thereof. In Gita, Krishana has by him. One has a right to in favour of or against any one. actions and their results has self with the works. He realis- described the concept of karma choose his actions. But he has Therefore, one should been emphasised. es that as the soul, he is action- hagavad Gita does not sub- yoga in detail. It has been no right to choose the results never react negatively even if He has taught that duty less and the actions do not Bscribe to the view that explained as to how one can of those actions. He can do the results obtained are total- must be performed devotedly belong to him. Accordingly, he action is an obstacle to spiritual attain worldly glory and also whatever he wants to do. He ly contrary to his expecta- and wholeheartedly, but with- does all his assigned work as a freedom. It has rather declared spiritual growth by doing work can indulge in noble or evil tions. One should cultivate an out a sense of attachment. matter of duty without any that even while remaining fully with dedication and detach- deeds. But once having done attitude of glad acceptance.The Regarding the sense of attach- attachment to the works and active in the world of cut- ment. those deeds, he cannot evade sole purpose of one’s actions ment, it has been explained their results. throat competition, one can Though chapter three has or avoid the fruits of those should not be the rewards of that all kinds of works are car- He does not give any cred- still keep his inner life formally been designated as actions. those actions. One must act ried out by the three gunas, the it or discredit to himself for anchored in the Divine. karma yoga, many other The result of an action is with the understanding that modes of material nature. various successes or failures of And even while living in shlokas of different chapters inherent in the action itself. But work is its own reward. Action But one’s ego considers life. He is, thus, not carried the Supreme Self, one can still also deal with this subject.A how, when and in what shape is for self-fulfilment. Instead of itself to be the doer of all away by the ups and downs of continue to be fully active in word of caution here. Karma one obtains those rewards is working for narrow selfish actions. It attributes to itself life. He who is unattached to yoga is not the same thing as decided not by one’s expecta- interests, one must work keep- one’s talents, skills, actions works, he is untouched by the doctrine of karma. tions and desires but by nature. ing in view the larger good. and their results. When one sorrow. There is great joy in Whereas the former relates Nature determines results of Gita is a mandate for identifies oneself with the ego, whatever he does. to the performance of one’s actions not through any arbi- duties in a detached manner, trary diktats but by well the latter refers to the princi- defined principles. ple which states that every One can only strive to cause has an equal understand those principles effect.Shloka 2.47 conveys the but no one can ever think of essential message of karma controlling them.Success or yoga. failure in any venture depends In this famous verse it has not only upon the individual been stated that one has the concerned but also on many
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/)"*2)1/ ernment or private universities students in terminal or exit students scoring average in the process of conducting per the office order issued by Government had recently ences, the Vice-Chancellor Dr and all colleges, were issued a classes or semesters will be grades, marks or CGPA, less online exams have been direct- the state Research and Medical sanctioned more than 4000 Raj Bahadur had sought ll colleges and universities day after the Chief Minister awarded degrees or diplomas than the minimum pass figure, ed to continue with the same Education director, the posts of doctors and para- Government’s go ahead to con- Aof Punjab, except those Capt Amarinder Singh had provided their average grades, will have to clear the exams of with the permission of the state University Vice-Chancellor has medical staff including tech- duct these exams at the earli- under the Department of announced the cancellation of marks or CGPA (Cumulative that semester as and when Higher Education been authorized to conduct the nicians, staff nurses, pharma- est. Medical Education and university and college exami- Grade Point Average) on the they are held to be eligible for Department.It has also been examination “in the overall cists, ophthalmic officers, med- At the same time, the state’s Research and Health, are set to nations in the state in view of basis of previous exams or award of degree. clarified that the guidelines are interest of the State, and for ical or psychiatric social work- Directorate of Research and promote its students on the the COVID-19 pandemic. semesters, are over and above The DPI (C) has directed “not applicable” to the institu- containing and fighting ers, operation theater assis- Medical Education has also basis of their previous years’ Capt Amarinder, in his the minimum pass grades, all the universities of the state, tions under Department of COVID-19 in Punjab”, taking tants, diet supervisors, among made it clear that the orders performance. weekly #AskCaptain Facebook marks or CGPA (as per norms government and private, to Medical Education and in view all the government others. would be “subject to the out- Besides, the students, who Live session, had stated that the or regulations of the individ- follow the government’s guide- Research and Health. guidelines. The responsibility of come of the writ petition(s), if wanted to improve their grades Universities and colleges were ual university). lines about conduct of exami- “The Vice-Chancellor, recruiting medical and para- any, pending before any court or marks, could avail the in the process of working out At the same time, the stu- nations at their campuses and BFUHS TO CONDUCT Baba Farid University of medical staff has been given to of law”. option of taking the fresh the modalities for implement- dents of exit or intermediate in the colleges affiliated to EXAMS TO FILL 4000 POSTS Health Sciences, Faridkot, shall Baba Farid University of Notably, the BFUHS’s deci- examination as and when the ing the decision which would classes will also be given the them in view of the COVID- conduct the examinations as Health Sciences, Faridkot, and sion to conduct BDS (Bachelor COVID crisis is over and be announced in the next few option to take exams as and 19 pandemic. Punjab Government on already notified, following the the University is holding the of Dental Surgery) examina- exams would be held. days. when they are held to improve “Each university shall work Sunday gave a go-ahead to guidelines and necessary pre- examinations for recruitment tion has been challenged by the The formal orders, issued At the same time, he had their grades, if they desire to do out on its own the norms or Baba Farid University of cautions issued by the Central to these posts. Dental Surgeons Association of by the Director of Public also maintained that the so . policy regarding award of Health Sciences, Faridkot, to Government and the State As the University has India demanding that exams Instructions (Colleges) to the exams, currently being con- The guidelines maintained degree or promotion of stu- conduct the “already-notified” Government from time to already notified the schedule of should not be held. Vice-Chancellors of all ducted online by some uni- that all the students in inter- dents keeping in mind the exams for more than 4000 time, in this regard,” read the examinations of various cours- The matter is scheduled to Government and Private versities, would continue unin- mediate classes will be pro- guidelines and their own rules sanctioned posts of doctors order. es related to graduation and be taken up for hearing on July Universities regarding con- terrupted. As per the guide- moted to the next class or and regulations,” it added. and paramedical staff amidst In view of the COVID-19 post-graduation of various 6 (Monday) — a day before duct of examinations in gov- lines issued on Sunday, all the semester or year. But all those The universities which are the COVID-19 epidemic. As pandemic, the State courses related to health sci- exam is scheduled to be held. 89 +* 40 < ';<: ' && 56 7: / /)"*2)1/ Three fatalities were reported “The total cases in the state are /)"*2)1/ International Yoga Day. Due to $$ 7 ' from Faridabad and one each 17005. Five deaths were report- COVID-19, this time people ith five COVID-19 relat- from Gurugram and Ambala in ed in Haryana in the last 24 aking a major stride practiced yoga with their fam- Wed deaths and 457 fresh the last 24 hours. hours and the total COVID-19 Ttowards promoting sports ily members only by staying at /)"*2)1/ cases in the last 24 hours, The recovery rate of deaths recorded so far are 265, infrastructure in rural areas of their homes with social dis- Haryana’s tally on Sunday COVID-19 patients was the bulletin stated. Till the the state, Haryana Chief tancing, he added. aryana Home Minister crossed 17000-mark and stood recorded at 76.12 percent. Till evening, there were 3796 active Minister Manohar Lal on He also said that while HAnil Vij on Sunday said at 170005 in the state. date, 12944 patients including cases in the state, it stated. Sunday inaugurated 98 newly acknowledging the benefit of that the Special Investigation Gurugram and Faridabad con- 687 in the last 24 hours have As many as 3.07 lakh sam- constructed park-cum- Yoga in day-to-day life of peo- Team (SIT) to keep a check on tinued to witness the surge in recovered from the deadly ples have been tested till date vyayamshalas. ple, the present State immigration fraud has so far positive cases with Gurugram virus and been discharged from in Haryana. The report of 5584 The park-cum-vyayamsha- Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Government had decided to arrested about 30 agents reporting 120 and Faridabad hospitals. samples is awaited, the state’s las were inaugurated through Panipat and Rewari, 10 in dis- construct vyaymshalas in 1000 accused in more than 24 cases 161 fresh cases in the last 24 “Out of 457 fresh cases, bulletin added. video conferencing here. A trict Bhiwani, 6 each in districts gram panchayats in the first in various districts for illegally ! hours. 120 were reported from The worst-affected districts day before, the Chief Minister of Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, phase out of total about 6500 sending people abroad. "#$! A day before, the state had Gurugram, 161 from of the state with the maximum has inaugurated 12 such Karnal and Mahendergarh, 7 in gram panchayats in the state. The SIT has also recov- recorded 545 cases of COVID- Faridabad, 34 from Rewari, 19 number of positive cases are vyayamshalas in district Fatehabad, 4 in Hisar, 9 in 1107 park-cum- ered more than Rs 35 lakhs 19 and five deaths. After the each from Panipat and Gurugram with 5949 cases, Sonipat and with Sunday’s Jhajjar, 13 in Jind, 2 each in vyayamshalas were taken up for from those arrested, Vij said ! % continuous spike in cases, the Kurukshetra, 18 from Hisar, 16 Faridabad with 4525 cases and inauguration, the total number Palwal and Yamunanagar, 8 in construction in the state which while talking to the former case-doubling rate in Haryana from Bhiwani, 15 from Karnal, Sonepat with 1466 cases. of such sports facilities in the Rohtak and 12 in Sirsa. included 921 two acres Union Minister Balwant on Sunday was recorded as 18 13 from Ambala, 12 from Sirsa Gurugram has recorded state has reached to 511 with The Chief Minister had a vyayamshalas and 186 four Singh Ramuwalia and days, COVID positive rate among other cases,” according 100 Coronavirus related deaths, work on additional 300 park- day before inaugurated 12 acres vyayamshalas and with renowned Punjabi singer stood 5.64 per cent and fatali- to the state Health Faridabad has reported 92 cum-vyayamshalas expected park-cum-vyayamshalas in today's inauguration 511 such Harbhajan Mann who had !% ty rate stood at 1.56 percent. Department’s evening bulletin. deaths and Sonepat 18 deaths. to be completed within in next Sonipat. These park-cum- sports facilities have been com- called on the Minister at his few months. vyayamshalas have been con- pleted, the Chief Minister said. residence on Sunday to Speaking on this occasion, structed at a cost of over Rs He further said that to enquire about his health and more than 24 cases in various the Chief Minister said that this 28.29 crore. ensure the active participation wish him a speedy recovery. districts. He said that the 9 "- year, the State Government Greeting the people on the of Panchayati Raj Institutions Last month, Vij had command of this SIT has ! has proposed to set up addi- occasion of Guru Purnima, (PRIs) in the development undergone surgery at a hos- been given to Inspector tional 1000 park-cum- Manohar Lal further said that process of the state, the work pital in Mohali after he had a General of Police, Karnal " vyayamshalas in the state for today’s function assumes a spe- for maintenance and upkeep of fracture in his left thigh bone. Range, Bharti Arora, which a provision of Rs 250 cial significance as he is dedi- these vyayamshalas would be The former Union and six other SP level /)"*2)1/ crore has also been made in the cating park-cum-vyayamsha- handed over to zila parishads. Minister Ramuwalia appreci- officers have been included in budget. las to the people on this pious Apart from this, AYUSH ated and thanked Vij for con- it. Vij further said that the SIT eavy rains lashed several parts of Besides, in line with the occasion. assistants would also be recruit- stituting the SIT to keep a constituted by the govern- /)"*2)1/ Education Department, HHaryana and Punjab in the early Prime Minister, Narendra He said that as in the ed at district level who would check on immigration fraud ment is also investigating the who is a resident of Mohali hours on Sunday, bringing down the Modi’s call for promoting ancient times, Yoga was prac- be assigned different works in in Haryana. cases registered in the previ- day after a woman was tested positive. mercury by a few notches and pro- AYUSH Health and Wellness ticed in the Gurukuls for the the park-cum-vyayamshalas He said that during his ous years. Aemployee posted in the Following the devel- viding a much-needed relief to peo- Centres, the State Government overall development of mind, for generating awareness political career, he had raised This fraud came to light Department of Education opment, the office of UT ple from the sultry weather. is contemplating to set up a body and soul, these among the people for improv- his voice against illegal immi- when a youth from Haryana Department, Chandigarh Education Department in Chandigarh and its adjoining Health and Wellness Centre of vyayamshalas would also not ing the body immunity besides gration and took action was illegally sent to the was tested positive for Additional Deluxe towns of Mohali in Punjab and two-three rooms in all its park- only help people staying phys- plantation of Ayurvedic med- against it in Punjab, but United States by some agents COVID-19, another female Building in Sector 9 has Panchkula in Haryana also received cum-vyayamshalas for achiev- ically fit but also play a vital role icinal plants in the park com- despite his efforts for many in the year 2018-19, where employee was tested posi- been closed till further rains.Karnal, Hisar, Gurgaon, ing comprehensive health care, in their intellectual growth plex. decades, the governments of they were caught by the police tive on Sunday. orders and the staff has Faridabad, Jind, Kaithal and Ambala he said. and development. The Chief While underlining the sig- Punjab paid no heed to it. and jailed. After being in jail A total of seven fresh been asked to undergo were among other places in Haryana While Cooperation Minister said that he himself nificance of Yoga especially in He said that by constitut- for a long time, they were cases of COVID-19 were home quarantine. to be lashed by rains. Minister Dr Banwari Lal and practiced yoga daily for 45 this time when the whole world ing an SIT in Haryana, Vij has deported to India by the US reported in Chandigarh The other six fresh Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Minister of State for Social minutes in the is battling with the Coronavirus dealt a big blow to the busi- government. taking the total number of cases were reported from Rupnagar in Punjab also received Justice and Empowerment Om morning.Manohar Lal said crisis, he also said that the ness of immigration fraud. Taking cognizance of cases to 466 on Sunday. Sector 21 and Dhanas. Till showers.Sultry weather conditions Prakash Yadav were present on that with the persistent efforts Prime Minister has called upon This will not only tighten their complaints, on the The fresh cases have been evening, the number of had prevailed in Haryana and Punjab this occasion here, Deputy of Prime Minister, Narendra the people of the country to the noose around the fraud- orders of the Haryana gov- reported from Sector 20, cases stood at 466 includ- and their common capital Chief Minister Dushyant Modi, Yoga got recognition aspire for an Atamnirbhar sters but will also provide ernment, 254 cases were filed Sector 21 and Dhanas. ing 65 active cases. Chandigarh for the past week. Chutala digitally joined the not at the national level but Bharat. relief and justice to lakhs of against the agents by the A 26 years old female 395 patients have so far The maximum temperatures inauguration ceremony from world over as 170 countries We would only be able to victims in the State, police. employee from UT recovered in the city, the dropped by up to three degrees Hisar. have adopted yoga irrespective realize his vision when each Ramuwalia added. Apart from this, 156 new Education Department, a bulletin stated. 8419 sam- Celsius after rains.Chandigarh Manohar Lal inaugurated of different religion.Every year, and every citizen of our coun- The Home Minister Anil cases of immigration fraud resident of Sector 20, was ples were tested so far in recorded a maximum of 34.4 degrees one park-cum-vyayamshalas June 21 is celebrated as try is in forefront be it in edu- Vij informed that the newly have been registered which tested positive. On Chandigarh. The city has Celsius, one notch below normal. each in districts Ambala, International Yoga Day. This cation, health, employment or constituted SIT has arrested are being investigated by this Saturday, a woman reported six COVID-19 Hisar in Haryana recorded a high of Gurugram, Kaithal, year, we celebrated 6th any other field, he added. about 30 agents accused in SIT, he added. employee from UT related fatalities till date. 34.5 degrees Celsius. ! &# & $ ! $ +,& "-&.&/)$012))1/+3345/&6516'+*514)3+'54+)/1,1'7+.18 &/2)5)+*'+2//+3+'1/2141./5215/2&))1)5&01.1,1'*13+'1
" ! of actor Sushant Singh Rajput es of their pre-existing mental the difference between a diag- more than 15 days was not easy stem the spread of COVID-19, od,” he further says. As we are Elaborating about signs of /)"*2)1/ had brought to the fore, the health condition. At the same nosis of depression and emo- and took a toll on my mental the Post Graduate Institute of growing accustomed to this depression, Dr Subodh says, issue of depression which is time, many others experienced tion of sadness is important. health. Medical Education and new normal in a pandemic “People often confuse stress When you stand in front of often written off as nothing heightened emotions of anxiety Whether it is Coronavirus relat- I had feelings of depression, Research (PGIMER) had in characterized by extreme with depression. Stress and me and look at me, what do more than feeling a little low. and depression", she says. ed anxiety or other mental anxiety, helplessness and frus- May started telephonic consul- uncertainty, people living with depression are two different you know of the griefs that are According to the health Dr Malhotra, who retired health issues, people need coun- tration. When you are alone in tation services to provide assis- a mental health condition like things. Depression affects peo- in me and what do I know of experts, people of all ages are as Dean PGIMER and seling and treatment to cope an uncertain situation, it caus- tance to the patients seeking depression remain vulnerable. ple in different ways and can yours?” experiencing depression, Professor Head, Department of with their feelings, she adds. es all sorts of weird thoughts outpatient medical care. According to an online cause a wide variety of symp- adjustment disorders, cyber- Psychiatry, said in the initial Aditi Gupta (name including suicidal thoughts. After the beginning of tele- survey conducted in the month toms.” This dictum articulates chondria (escalation of anxiety months of lockdown, people changed), 31, a homemaker Regular counseling by doctors phonic consultation, 342 calls of April by PGIMER doctors “The common signs of how we cannot see depression, after online search for medical could not even visit the psy- tells she knew the stress of the helped me during the treat- were received in 10 days at the and others under the aegis of depression are frequent mood anxiety or other mental illnesses information). Due to COVID- chiatrists and were dependent pandemic was taking a toll on ment.” Department of Psychiatry, the Indian Psychiatry Society, swings, stress, persistent feeling physically but that does not 19 triggered restrictions, those on teletherapy services. her as she no longer wanted to “Even though I have fully PGIMER while more than 1300 more than two-fifth of the of frustration, hopelessness, mean they do not exist at all. As patients with pre-existing men- "I received calls from peo- do the things she usually liked recovered, there is a constant calls were received in the month respondents were found to be and change in behavior or the world is fighting the tal health illnesses are having a ple of all age groups who doing in her daily routine. fear in my mind of getting of June. On July 1, 73 calls were experiencing common mental habits, persistent fatigue and if COVID-19 pandemic to save difficult time while many oth- reported mental health issues “The reality felt very gloomy so infected again and being put in received at the Department of disorders, due to lockdown someone around you have such lives, lockdowns and quaran- ers have reported increased during the pandemic. Be it I was sleeping a lot and had lost an isolation ward. The changed Psychiatry for tele-consulta- and the prevailing COVID-19 symptoms, it should be taken tines have become ubiquitous, feelings of anxiety and depres- elderly or adults living alone interest in eating, exercising, behavior of the society due to tion. pandemic. The online survey seriously,” he emphasizes. and so is the feeling of loneli- sion during the pandemic. who were stuck at home and interacting with family mem- social stigma around COVID- Dr Subodh BN, Associate aimed at evaluating the psy- Awareness is of paramount ness for many people. Even as the virtual world is those living with small children bers, watching TV and in other 19 has also triggered rapid Professor, Department of chological impact of lockdown importance, Dr Savita Malhotra While unlock 2.0 has helping people to stay in touch with an increased domestic activities. I was getting shifts in my moods with feel- Psychiatry, PGIMER informs, due to pandemic on the gener- says adding that in many peo- paved way for several relax- with family and friends, people responsibility.” she added. headaches, feeling of restless- ings of anger, anxiety, irritabil- “Recently, we have been receiv- al public, had received a total of ple, an untreated depression ations, many people continue to are not only missing the phys- Though feeling sad at times ness and was displaying aggres- ity, and depression. That feel- ing on an average 60 calls every 1871 responses. leads to suicidal thoughts or experience feelings of anxiety icality of meeting others but is a normal part of life but sive behavior,” she says. ing of anxiety is still there and day. About two-fifth (38.2 per- attempts and also, increases and depression due to a pro- also struggling psychologically symptoms like persistent sad- “I realized that something I am trying to cope with it,” she The callers include old cent) respondents had report- the risk of other physical ill- longed state of physical isolation due to the fear of getting infect- ness and emotions of hope- is wrong and decided to take tells. Many other patients have patients as well as new cases ed anxiety and 10.5 percent of nesses.The experts say that the from friends, family and com- ed, losing their job, financial lessness and lack of interest in professional help. Some changes similar stories to recount. dealing with psychological the participants had depression. pandemic has certainly induced munity networks. burden, running out of food day to day activities like work, in lifestyle, treatment, support As the number of COVID- problems. Most of the people Overall, 40.5 percent of the par- a considerable degree of fear It was in the month of and necessities, for not being study, eat and sleep should not of people around me is helping 19 cases is surging everyday in have reported anxiety and ticipants had either anxiety or and concern in the population March when the nationwide able to find work among other be ignored and brushed aside as to counter the feeling of anxi- the country, the health experts depression during the pan- depression. Moderate level of at large and gave rise to a sig- lockdown was announced forc- reasons. just a “phase”. Also, the signs of ety and depression,” she adds have warned that the virus is demic. During the teleconsul- stress was reported by about nificant number of psycholog- ing everyone to stay at home Dr Savita Malhotra, depression do not look the while sharing she was going not only affecting the physical tation, we prescribed medi- three-fourth (74.1 percent) of ical consequences.They also away from work or their edu- Consultant, Department of same in everyone and the inten- through family problems that health but the infected patients cines also to the patients deal- the participants and 71.7 per- feel that we need to acknowl- cational institutions. With no Mental Health and Behavioural sity and impact varies from per- had aggravated during the lock- remain at a high risk of facing ing with depression.” “As per the cent had reported poor well- edge that a person dealing with end currently in sight for the Sciences at Fortis Hospital, son to person. down period. long-term mental problems. In calls received, almost all age being, the survey stated. a mental condition is worthy of pandemic and its collateral Mohali said that for many peo- The golden rule, Dr A working woman, Smriti the times of uncertainty and groups whether its middle age The survey had concluded treatment, empathy and com- damage, the mental health ill- ple, lockdown restrictions due Malhotra says is not getting Sachdev (name changed), 26, desolation, the telephonic con- or elderly reported increased that there is a need for expand- passion. This goes a long way in ness has become a poignant to the pandemic has proved to bogged down by an informa- who was infected with COVID- sultation helpline is also wit- levels of stress, anxiety and ing mental health services to improving mental health prob- concern for the health experts. be mentally detrimental. "We tion overload and getting help 19 and has now fully recovered nessing spurt in distress calls. depression during the pan- everyone in the society during lems in people, the experts Only recently, the suicide received patients having relaps- from an expert. Recognizing shares, “Living in isolation for As OPDs were closed to demic-induced lockdown peri- this pandemic situation. conclude. !"#"# " # *)"5 " #$%% ! $ $!
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Nearly two ' =5 749 Nirmala Sitharaman, whom had promised a new India and “Mamata Banerjee recent- battalion strength of personnel % ( he equated with a “venomous has done it by bringing down ly sermonised people to continue to be active snake”. The BJP reacted the GDP growth rate to maintain dignity of language According to the data of sharply saying TMC chief “abysmal” levels, the TMC in political discourse. Is this novel coronavirus infection A total of 4,514 personnel affected States besides and Mamata Banerjee has lost lawmaker alleged. the kind of language that in Central Reserve Police of the five paramilitary have order duties in aid of the civil control over her party leaders While BJP’s national sec- should be used against a lady? Force (CRPF) ranks available been infected by Covid-19 till police across the country. who are “uttering nonsense” retary Rahul Sinha said the He is an advocate. Is this the till Sunday, as many as 1,564 have recovered besides five Covid-19. There are151 active so far. The CISF is tasked to out of frustration. The BJP party will lodge an FIR language of an advocate? He personnel have contracted the persons have succumbed due cases and 270 patients have Of the 4,514 infected per- secure the airports, seaports, said it will lodge an FIR against the TMC MP for his has disparaged all women disease out of which 808 con- to the disease. recovered. The ITBP has sonnel, 2,588 patients have landports and various vital against the TMC MP for his comments that disparaged with his remarks,” Sinha said. tinue to be active cases and Likewise, the Central reported three deaths till now recovered and 1,902 infected installations and government “misogynistic” remark. women, State party BJP national spokesper- 747 persons have recovered. Industrial Security Force due to Covid-19. persons continue to be active buildings besides the metro Addressing a protest rally president Dilip Ghosh son Sambit Patra called The casualty figure in the (CISF) has till now reported The Sashastra Seema Bal or Covid-19 positive. A total of train networks like the Delhi at Bankura against rising fuel claimed West Bengal chief Kalyan Banerjee’’s remarks CRPF stands at nine. The 1,021 infected personnel and (SSB) has the lowest number 27 infected persons have died Metro. prices and the proposed pri- minister and TMC “misogynistic”. “He comes CRPF tops the list in terms of 387 patients continue to be of infected personnel in its from the ranks of CRPF, BSF, The border guarding vatisation of trains on supremo Mamata Banerjee from a state where Goddess total number of infected per- active cases. A total of 626 ranks with a total of 160 per- CISF, ITBP and SSB. forces like the BSF secure the Saturday, Kalyan Banerjee has lost grip over her party Durga and Goddess Kali are sonnel, active cases and deaths. patients have recovered from sons getting infected due to the The CRPF is engaged in a Ino-Pakistan and Indo- demanded Sitharaman’’s res- leaders. venerated. Mamata Banerjee As many as 1,348 Border the pandemic and eight per- virus that originated first in variety of internal security Bangladesh borders, the ITBP ignation. “Corruption has spread in is a woman and she should Security Force (BSF) person- sons have died due to the Wuhan, China. Out of the 160 roles including anti-terrorist patrols the frontiers with “Just like a ‘’kal nagini’’ the TMC from top to bottom; take action against her MP for nel have contracted the disease infection. infected personnel, only 30 are operations in Jammu and China and the SSB is the bor- (killer venomous snake) bites they have become puzzled by his misogynistic comments. till Sunday. Of 1,348 infected The Indo-Tibetan Border active at present and 128 Kashmir, counter-insurgency der patrol organisation for and kills people, her internal feud and many of But I don’t think she will,” personnel in the BSF ranks, Police (ITBP) has reported patients have recovered from operations in the Northeast the frontiers with Nepal and economic policies are killing them are making senseless Patra told India Today news 526 are active cases and 817 421 personnel contracting the disease. and anti-Naxal action in the Bhutan. the country’’s economy,” he comments to divert the channel. + 48 # ) P #!4> ) 9+ $:!//:!/; -:)1$ $# -! % $ was withdrawn by the govern- and from 17 countries ment in 2019. between July 3 and 15 under "Consequent upon with- the fourth phase of the Vande drawal of SPG protection and Bharat Mission to bring back grant of Z+ security cover by stranded Indian abroad. Ministry of Home Affairs, Under the fourth phase of which does not have provision the mission, Air India will be for allotment/retention of gov- conducting 114 flights con- ernment accommodation on necting India with Canada, security ground to you, the the US, the UK, Kenya, Sri allotment of Type 6B house ,-",./* barred Air India from operat- Lanka, Philippines, number 35, Lodhi Estate, New ing chartered flights between Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Delhi is hereby cancelled with ir India on Sunday India and the United States Bangladesh, Thailand, South effect from 01/07/2020," said Aannounced that it will be from July 22 without its prior Africa, Russia, Australia, the ministry's notice. conducting 36 flights between approval, in an apparent retal- Myanmar, Japan, Ukraine and ! " ,-",./* Group security. After that, it According to the current the United States and India iation for the Indian govern- Vietnam. was allotted to Baluni in norms, there are no provisions from July 11 to July 19, 2020 ment not allowing American The mission involved 860 ongress leader Priyanka exchange of his Gurudwara for allotment or retention of under the Vande Bharat carriers to operate between Air India flights, 1256 charter CGandhi Vadra’s bungalow Rakab Ganj bungalow,” sources government accommodation Mission. the two countries. flights and 8 Naval Ships. The at 35 Lodhi Estate has been said. Both the bungalow is at to those with Z+ security unless “Tickets may be booked Therefore, on 23 June, the stranded Indians returned by allotted to BJP Rajya Sabha MP type 6 B category. exceptions are made based on through Air India website only Ministry of Civil Aviation had Air India flights were 1,64,121; Anil Baluni by the Directorate According to sources, recommendations given by the effective 20:00 hours (IST) on said that India is considering Indian Navy helped return of Estates, Ministry of Housing Priyanka has not vacated the home ministry. ,-",./* Kovind and briefed him on the 6 July, equivalent to New York establishing “individual bilat- 3,987 people in 8 ships from and Urban Affairs. bungalow so far. She has been The bungalow was allotted issues of national and interna- (EDT 1030 hrs of 6' July 2020), eral bubbles” with US, UK, Maldives, Iran and Colombo; Sources said that Baluni given time till 1 August to to her despite being a private gainst the backdrop of the tional importance." Chicago (CDT 0930 hrs of 6 Germany, and France which chartered flights - 2,30,832 had sought to exchange his 20, vacate the bungalow. The citizen on the account of Aongoing face-off between The Prime Minister had July 2020) & San Francisco will allow airlines of each coun- and foreign carriers - 3,969; Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Road Ministry of Housing and Urban Priyanka Gandhi having been India and China in eastern addressed the troops of the (PDT 0730 hrs of 6 July 2020), try in the pact to operate inter- about 60 air ambulances were bungalow sometime back. “The Affairs (MoHUA) has can- a Special Protection Group Ladakh, Prime Minister Army, CRPF and Air Force and “it said. national flights. operated and 95,220 people Ministry had ordered Priyanka celled the allotment of (SPG) protectee. Narendra Modi on Sunday taken a jibe at China, saying the Earlier on June 22, the US On June 28, the Ministry have returned through land Gandhi to vacate her bungalow Priyanka’s bungalow on The SPG rules allow all the called on President Ram Nath "era of expansionism" is over. Department of Transportation announced that Air India will border check-posts from earlier this week, as she no Wedneday after her Special protectees to get Government Kovind and discussed issues of Praising the troops of the had announced that it had be conducting 114 flights to neighboring countries. longer has Special Protection Protection Group (SPG) cover accommodation. national and international Armed Forces, PM Modi said importance. that the enemies of the coun- The meeting comes just a try have seen the "fire and fury" couple of days after the Prime of its Armed Forces. Minister visited Leh and "The era of expansionism ' $ ! 7? + addressed soldiers following has ended. This is the age of the June 15 Galwan Valley development. If someone clashes in the higher reaches of becomes stubborn for expan- that region with Chinese troops sionism, then it creates danger ! !$ 7! # ! that left 20 Indian army per- for world peace. History is sonnel dead. witness that such forces have ,-",./* a laboratory fellow at Los that could mine SARS-CoV-2 After the meeting, the either been eliminated or Alamos National Laboratory. sequences made available on Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted, forced to turn back.The entire variation in the viral “The added experiments in the Global Initiative for Sharing "Prime Minister @naren- world has made up its mind Agenome of Covid-19 has the published study point to All Influenza Data (GISAID) dramodi called on President against expansionism," helped the virus to infect enhanced infectivity due to database to help scientists human cells and become the the spike protein change as the explore potentially interesting dominant strain circulating favored hypothesis. But infec- mutations. around the world, according to tiousness and transmissibility They quickly identified the # 60 a study published in the jour- are not always synonymous, D614G variant as something to nal Cell. and we hope others will study pay attention to: its key amino The researchers showed these viruses in greater detail acid change from aspartic acid the variation named D614G is with wild-type virus in natur- (D) to glycine (G) occurred on % # more infectious in cell cultures al infection settings and varied a protein that's crucial to how under laboratory conditions. target cells.” the virus infects human cells- The variant makes a small but While coronaviruses gen- and it was rapidly becoming ,-",./* campaigning for a referendum effective change in the 'spike' erally have low rates of muta- the dominant version of the of Sikhs in India. glycoprotein that protrudes tion, Korber and her colleagues virus around the world. ays after declaring nine As per the Home from the surface of the virus, were concerned that even small “Although coronaviruses Dpersons belonging to pro- Ministry’s directions, the which it uses to enter and mutations to SARS-CoV-2 have some proofreading capac- Khalistani organisations as des- Information & Technology infect human cells. could hinder efforts to under- ity, mutations can emerge, and ignated terrorists, the Centre Department has issued orders “We could see at the time stand and fight the virus. vigilance, surveillance, and on Sunday blocked 40 websites for blocking these 40 websites of our initial preprint submis- “We knew from our direct continued study of the virus that will cause the first-genera- Barmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, belonging to Sikhs For Justice in India. “Sikhs For Justice sion that the G614 variant was experience in the HIV field that will be key to ensuring that the ,-",./* tion summer swarms to form in Nagaur, and Dausa) of (SFJ). The SFJ’s head, US- (SFJ), an unlawful organisation becoming the predominant in some cases, a single amino drugs, antibodies, and other mid-August,” FAO said. India Rajasthan and two places in based Gurpatwant Singh under the UAPA,1967, form globally, but we could not acid change can have a major interventions under develop- he United Nations' Food and Pakistan as well as Sudan, Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh Pannun, has also been desig- launched a campaign for reg- differentiate between three phenotypic impact,” she said. ment remain effective, said Tand Agriculture Ethiopia, South Sudan and by the Locust Circle Offices nated as a terrorist under istering supporters for its cause. broad possibilities that might To that end, the team Erica Ollmann Saphire at La Organisation (FAO) has Somalia should remain on “high (LCOs), it said. UAPA. On recommendation of MHA, explain a fitness advantage,” worked to develop a publicly Jolla Institute for Immunology warned that India, which is alert during the next four Besides this, State The SFJ was using digital MeitY has issued orders under says lead author Bette Korber, available data-analysis pipeline at Duke University. tackling the worst locust attack weeks,” it noted. Agriculture Departments also platforms from the US and sec. 69 A of the I.T. Act, 2000, in 26 years for the last three Rajasthan is the most affect- carried out control operations at European countries for anti- for blocking 40 websites of SFJ,” months, should remain on ed state in the country. The four places in Jhansi and India propaganda and was said Union Home Ministry. “high alert” during the next other affected states are Madhya Mahoba districts of Uttar four week even as the Ministry Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and at two places in )! ,# of Agriculture has stepped up Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bharatpur district of Rajasthan efforts and is using the latest Chhattisgarh, Haryana and against small groups and scat- ! ! technology and equipment like Bihar. tered population of locusts. So $ 1 $ drones and Bell helicopters for According to the Ministry, far, locust control operations control of the menace. swarms of immature pink have been done in a total 2*"5050 In its latest update, the FAO locusts and adult yellow locusts 1,35,207 hectares area in ,-",./* lakhs, for a 5-day course. Five its cost. said that spring-bred locust are active in Jaisalmer, Barmer, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Indian companies are in nego- “The Drug Controller swarms that migrated to Indo- Bikaner, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh he CPI(M) polit bureau on tiations for manufacturing General of India (DCGI) has Pakistan border and travelled Dausa, and Bharatpur of and Haryana by the Locust TSunday urged the Remdesivir under Gilead’s accelerated the approval for the east to northern states, are Rajasthan, and Jhansi and Circle Offices (LCOs). Government to break the license. use of Remdesivir in India for expected to return back to Mahoba districts of Uttar The State Governments ,-",./* said a statement from the patent monopoly and issue After manufacturing in Covid-19 patients. But with the Rajasthan with the start of Pradesh. However the govern- have also taken control mea- Ministry here. licence to counter the high India, Remdesivir will be sold US buying up the entire stock monsoon in coming days. These ment is continuing the control sures in 1,13,215.5 hectares area he Union Health Ministry NEET MDS is an eligibil- pricing by the US company- at a ‘concessional’ price of $400 of Gilead and the high cost due swarms will return to Rajasthan operations to check damage to in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tand Dental Council of ity-cum-ranking examination owned Remdesvir, the antiviral or 30,000-35,000 for the same to its patent monopoly, Indian to join other swarms still arriv- crops from locust attacks. Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, India (DCI) has decided to prescribed as the single drug for Covid-19. 5-day course. patients will either not get the ing from Iran and Pakistan, On July 4, a Bell Helicopter Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, lower the qualifying cut-off entrance examination for In a statement, the CPI(M) The cost of manufacturing drug, or if it is available, find which is expected to be supple- took its first sortie in Jaisalmer Haryana and Bihar. “No sig- percentile for NEET MDS 2020 admission to various PG MDS said the Government must Remdesivir for a full course - the cost prohibitive,” said the mented by swarms from the district of Rajasthan and com- nificant crop losses have been to fill the vacant seats. Courses under Dentists Act, invoke Clause 92 of India’s as worked out by experts—is CPI(M). Horn of Africa in about mid- pleted its mission of chemical reported in Gujarat, Uttar “The Ministry, in consul- 1948 (amended from time to Patent Act and issue licenses to less than $10 or Rs 750 in the The polit bureau pointed July, it added. spraying in targeted areas, there- Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, tation with the DCI has decid- time). Indian firms to produce the US. And about Rs. 100 in out that as per Clause 92 of “Early breeding has already by augmenting the locust con- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, ed to lower the qualifying cut- No other entrance exami- generic version of this drug at India. Gilead, by virtue of its Patent Act, India has every occurred along the Indo- trol efforts. In the intervening Bihar and Haryana. However, off percentile for NEET-MDS, nation, either at state or insti- affordable prices. patent monopoly, is holding the right to issue a compulsory Pakistan border where sub- night of July 3-4, control oper- some minor crop losses have 2020 by 18.935 percentile for tution level, shall be valid for “The price of Remdesivir world to ransom by asking a licence to manufacture the stantial hatching and band for- ations were carried out at 25 been reported in some districts each category (General, entry to MDS Courses, added in the US is $3,000 or 2.25 price that is hundreds of times drug. mation will take place in July places in six districts (Jaisalmer, of Rajasthan,” the ministry said. SC/ST/OBC and UR-PWD),” the statement. # !"#"# # " & '( )* +,- .
" 0+)* politics every during the Covid- tion of 12 legislators by the in a mood to nominate the 12 State Council. This thing had had greed for power. That’s why “Saamana”. October using the Governor’s 19 and trying to influence the Governor. persons recommended by the happened during the she trampled upon the Raut said that Governor office,” Raut said. war of nerves broke out “Union Home Ministry-nom- “I feel that Sanjay Raut Maharashtra Cabinet headed by Emergency”. Constitution and took away the Koshyari had given clear indi- Raut said that in a public Abetween the ruling Shiv inated” Governor to delay the should not bother about the chief minister Uddhav “Even today the BJP targets rights of the people by impos- cations that because of the interview, Fadnavis had recent- Sena and the Bharatiya Janata process of nominating 12 new nomination of 12 persons to the Thackeray, Raut wrote in his the Congress repeatedly by say- ing Emergency. Amit Shah is Coronavirus crisis, he was not ly gone on record saying that Party (BJP) on Sunday over the members to the Upper House State Legislature. Instead, he column: “The nomination of 12 ing that by imposing the country’s Home Minister. in favour of completing the the BJP was not interested in likely delay in the nomination of State Legislature in place of and the Shiv Sena should con- members to the Council has Emergency in the country in He says the Constitution is not nomination process immedi- toppling the Sena-led Maha of 12 members to the equal number of outgoing leg- centrate on Maharashtra and become a topic for a hot debate the seventies, late Mrs Indira trampled upon, rights of ately. “In effect, the nomina- Vikas Aghadi government and Maharashtra Legislative islators whose terms ended on Corornavirus. The state gov- in the state. Normally the Gandhi took away the freedom Parliament and Legislatures are tion of 12 legislations will that it would fall on its own due Council by Maharashtra June 15. ernment should think as to why Governor appoints experts of people and trampled upon not taken. We congratulate him have to wait till October. The to “internal contradictions”. Governor Bhagat Singh On his part, former chief Covid-19 patients were not from various fields as members the human rights of the citizens. for that. Hence any delay in the Opposition BJP does not want “Now that the BJP has realised Koshyari. minister and current leader of being treated and what will of the Council based on the “Even now the BJP observes nomination of 12 legislators the Governor to nominate the it can not topple the govern- In his Sunday column the Opposition Devendra happen to these patients. If the recommendation of the State June 25, 1975 (the day Mrs would tantamount to scuttling 12 persons recommended by ment, it is creating all sorts of ‘Rokhtok’ in the Sena mouth- Fadnavis of the BJP retaliated by Sena was thinking about those Cabinet. If the nomination Gandhi imposed Emergency) freedom and gagging of the the Uddhav Thackeray hurdles to the government; the piece Saamna, Shiv Sena’s MP advising the Shiv Sena to con- issues, I would have been does not happen on time, such as a black day. State Council like it happened Cabinet to the Council as latest hurdle being the nomi- and spokesperson Sanjay Raut centrate on addressing the happy,” Fadnavis said. a thing would tantamount to “Union Home Minister during the Emergency,” the members. That’s why the nation of 12 persons to the mildly ticked off the Opposing Coronavirus crisis rather than Indirectly suggesting that trampling upon the Amit Shah says that “one fam- Sena spokesperson wrote in his Opposition is trying to stretch Council through the office of BJP by accusing it of playing bothering about the nomina- the current Governor was not Constitution and gagging of the ily” ( Gandhi-Nehru family) capacity as Executive Editor of the nomination process till the Governor," Raut added. / . :;< 8 $ !
" with the vessel for safe rescue of Palk Strait region, which they State. There were instances Tamil Nadu fishermen who %< = ) /,)* the survivors, said the release. claim as the traditional fishing when the Sri Lanka Coast were caught up in similar sit- The six survivors were zone of the fishermen from the Guard and Navy rescuing uations. ix Sri Lankan fishermen identified as natives of " 41.667211422146 and Thiruvallur (209) did not Swere saved by the timely Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. They /,)* . 2197.:2 show any abatement in the intervention and coordination were reportedly stranded and 44174.P12::.71. number of covid cases despite by the Indian Coast Guard on adrift at sea, braving the ixty persons succumbed to 4 24: 41./2=.7.=121 the lock down. Sunday morning from high vagaries of rough weather for SCovid-19 while 4,150 per- Madurai (308) and the seas 170 nautical miles off four days. MRCC, Chennai sons were tested positive for the Tamil Nadu is on an industrial hub Vellore (179) Chennai coast amidst further, coordinated with the pandemic on Sunday in Tamil aggressive testing mode as part continued to be districts of inclement weather, said a Sri Lankan Deputy High Nadu. This took the total num- of the administration’s efforts to concern as the numbers kept release by the Defence Commission, Chennai and ber of persons diagnosed with identify and isolate the coron- increasing during the last 24 Ministry. MRCC Colombo to verify the Covid-19 in the State till date to avirus cases. On Sunday, four hours. “It was a daunting rescue credentials and arranging for 1.11 million. more laboratories were pressed Expatriates who returned task,” said the release. A mer- their safe return to home. Taking into account the into service which took the total to Tamil Nadu did not cause chant vessel YM Summit which “The successful rescue number of patients cured and number of laboratories in the any fear in the minds of officials was on its way to operation reiterates the Indian discharged from the hospitals State to 95. as only 22 of them were diag- Visakhapattanam came across Coast Guard’s resolve towards till date, there were 46, 860 These laboratories togeth- nosed with coronavirus on a capsized boat with six sur- providing Search and Rescue active patients in the State on er tested 34, 102 persons across Sunday. 61 persons who vivors atop at 7.15 am off cover in the vast indomitable Sunday, according to the med- the State taking the number of returned to the State from Chennai coast . sea areas and also highlights the ical bulletin issued by the persons tested till date to 1.28 other parts of the country test- As per the guidelines to be synergy and coordination Government of Tamil Nadu. million. ed positive. observed by ships sailing along between the Merchant Marine The death toll in the State Chennai continued to be Meanwhile, the govern- the sea, master of YM Summit and the Indian Coast Guard, reached 1,510 on Sunday as 60 the covid-19 headquarters of ment made it known on Sunday informed the Maritime Rescue towards safety of lives at sea,” persons succumbed to the ill- the State as 1,713 out of the that Chief Minister Edappadi Coordination Centre (MRCC) said the defence media release. ness. Out of the 60 which died 4,150 tested positive were from Palaniswami would undertake at Mumbai which was timely Interestingly, Tamil Nadu on Sunday, 57 had pre-existing the metropolis. The neigh- a tour all over Tamil Nadu to shared with MRCC, Chennai fishermen often complain morbidity or chronic diseases, bouring districts of Chengalpet take stock of the situation aris- for further coordination. about Sri Lankan Navy ‘attack- said the bulletin. (274), Kancheepuram (152) ing out of the pandemic. MRCC Chennai coordinated ing’ them while fishing in the % %% % = 0 " It may be noted that the rious or even deadly substance, cine instead of turning towards are yet to see any kind of vac- /,)* announcement by Adams and given that today’s coron- the Indian tradition of treat- cine to checkmate the pan- " /* ed positive were victims of allowed to attend social gather- comes weeks before the Indian avirus vaccines are skipping ment to take the coronavirus by demic. Then how can we community transmission as ings like protest marches , ral- hough the vaccine for Council of Medical Research is most of the normal protocols of its horns. “Vaccines and vacci- believe the vaccine developed s 225 persons were diag- they could not disclose how and lies etc and that too with prior TCovid-19 is still weeks away to launch an indigenously safety and testing, the coming nations have never worked for coronavirus in just three Anosed with Covid-19 on where they got infected. permission from authorities. from hitting the shelves in developed corona vaccine in forced vaccinations with the anywhere. We have scientific months”? asked Prof Hegde. Sunday, situation in Kerala has “This is really serious and The Government has not hospitals and pharmacy stores, India. The concerns expressed coronavirus vaccine are evidence which proves that Even as this report is writ- turned serious and grave we have to understand that banned any sit-ins and demon- a campaign against coron- by Adamas have found support mandatory medical experi- smallpox was not eradicated ten, there is news coming from according to the State unit of the Kerala is in the grip of com- strations in front of the avirus vaccine is brewing up all among Indian physicians of ments being conducted in vio- with vaccines. It is pathetic and various Ayurvedic practition- Indian Medical Association. munity transmission,” Dr Secretariat at over the western world, espe- global repute, Prof B M Hegde, lation of the Geneva ludicrous to say we ever van- ers how they cured hundreds of While 117 diagnosed with Abraham Varghese, State Thiruvananthapuram, a per- cially in the United States of described as India’s medical Convention which forbids such quished smallpox with vac- covid patients with drugs made Covid-19 on Sunday were President of Indian Medical manent venue for agitations, but America which could have warrior and Dr C V actions on a global scale. cines, when only 10 per cent of of Indian herbs, plants and expatriates and 57 were from Association told The Pioneer. restricted the number of par- ramifications in India also. Krishnaswamy, physician and According to Adams, coro- the population was ever vacci- roots. other parts of India, 38 who test- Taking note of the changed ticipants to ten in view of the Mike Adams, a public diabetologist who strongly navirus vaccine is a global nated,” said Prof Hegde quot- situation in the State, the pandemic. health policy expert who is also believes that a holistic depopulation weapon being ing from the book “Confessions Government of Kerala on Out of the 27 persons test- a civil rights activist based in approach incorporating vari- deployed against humanity. of a Medical Heretic” authored Sunday declared face mask ed positive in the US is the one who has fired ous Indian system of medicine “The goal is depopulation, by Dr Robert Mendelsohn, US and social distancing Thiruvananthapuram on the first salvo by questioning is the only way to take on the as has been promoted and pediatrician and medical sci- mandatory for one year. Sunday, 22 were infected the rights of the government to pandemic. endorsed by people like Bill entist. According to Kerala through community transmis- administer forced vaccine on its “It normally takes years to Gates, who also funds coron- Dr Krishnaswamy said he Epidemic Diseases sion and this has made the gov- people. develop and gain approval for avirus vaccine development. had his own reservations about Ordinance 2020 notified ernment to go for stringent Adams, popularly known new vaccines – and the estab- If you allow yourself to be the upcoming vaccine. “What by the Government, all regulations. Earlier in the day, as Health Ranger because of his lishment is demanding a vac- injected with the coronavirus we need today is a council of persons should use face- Kadakampalli Surendran, exemplary role as a whistle cine now ‘cutting corners’, it is vaccine, you may be killed by medical professionals like Prof mask or face cover in all Minister for tourism who is also blower in the pursuit of phar- necessary to bring to market a it. Or you might be made Hegde for advising the gov- public places, workplaces, the CPI(M) strongman in the maceutical companies to make Wuhan coronavirus (COVID- infertile, put into a coma or ernment of India about steps to any place with public district said that quick buck in emergency situ- 19) vaccine much more quick- hospitalized with severe reac- be taken to checkmate the access and all kinds of Thiruvananthapuram has ations like covid-19 pandemic ly than the normal process tions. Your brain and gut may covid-19 pandemic,” he said. vehicles. Physical distance turned out to be a volcano declared on Saturday through would allow,” says Adams. suffer permanent, long-term For his part, Prof Hegde asked of at least six feet between which could erupt any time. He his column in NatureNews He declared that no gov- damage,” cautions Adams. what happened to the much persons has to be main- blamed the people for open vio- that he would invoke his right ernment has any right to invade Prof Hegde has been high- publicized AIDS vaccine. tained in public places lation of covid guidelines which of self-defence against any one’s body and force one to be ly critical about the plan by the “It has been there for more and during functions. ked to the spurt in the number attempt at forced vaccination. injected with a potentially inju- government to develop a vac- than four decades now and we Only 10 persons are of cases in the State. ( # + )$) = $" 0$$$ # mortem, DNA and Covid-19 #%&! ?)0 tests. The dead bodies of the said % # defence in which at least one ).",)/09'944' head of the reopening of killed terrorists shall be carried .)) intruder was injured. ADurbar move offices in through protective care ambu- About eight kilograms of Srinagar, one CRPF personnel lance and buried strictly as per lleged Bangladeshi smug- or marijuana was seized from *D, ," ),204'56'678 received injuries in an IED blast Covid-19 protocol at Baramulla, Jammu: A bottling plant of a Aglers attacked and griev- the miscreants, sources said. in Pulwama area of South police spokesman added. major soft drink company was ously wounded three Border Elsewhere much to the Kashmir while police teams One of the killed terrorists sealed in Jammu on Sunday Security Personnel in the North chagrin of the BJP leadership a " 0+)* deaths in Thane, 11 in the state stood at 54.08 per cent. detected another IED and was a foreigner and identified as soon after the test reports of 18 24 Parganas district, BSF state forensic party reached Aurangabad, 10 in Jalgaon, The mortality rate in the state defused the same with the help Ali Bhai @ Hyder.However the workers tested positive in the sources said adding the inci- blast site at Malda --- where an aharashtra witnessed a four each in Palghar, Dhule and is 4.27 per cent. The state of a Bomb disposal squad (BDS) identification of another killed premises. Three days ago, a dent took place when the e-rickshaw was blown into Mdrop in the number of Solapur, and two in Nashik. health authorities pegged the thereby averting a major tragedy terrorist could not be ascer- worker had tested positive in Indian security personnel chal- smithereens following an Covid-19 fatalities and infec- In a related development, number of “active cases” in the in the same area on Sunday. tained. The killed terrorists were the same premises after which lenged them in the small hours explosion in his vehicle --- tions on Sunday, as 151 people former chief minister and cur- state at 86,040. On the other hand, two ter- affiliated with proscribed terror fresh samples were lifted to of Saturday. According to three days after the incident. succumbed to the pandemic rent leader of the Opposition Out of 11,12,442 samples rorists who were neutralised by outfit HM, a police spokesman screen others. Meanwhile, 183 sources a team of 107th bat- “The State government’s and 6,555 others tested positive Devendra Fadnaivs – who has sent to laboratories, 2,06,619 the joint teams of security forces said. new cases of coronavirus were talion of the force had laid an sensitivity towards such acts are for coronavirus in various parts been extremely critical of the have tested positive (18.57%) in the Arreh area of Kulgam on Meanwhile, "an IED blast detected and five more patients ambush near Bansghata village understandable from such inci- of the state. Uddhav Thackeray govern- for COVID-19 until Sunday. Saturday turned out to be took place in the orchards near died due to Covid-19 in Jammu following reports that the cul- dents where the forensic parties As against the 295 deaths ment for its failure to check the Currently, 6,04.463 peo- Corona positive while complet- Peaks Automobile Pulwama and Kashmir on Sunday. prits were active in a specific reach three days after a blast and record 7074 positive cases spread of the pandemic in the ple are in home quarantine ing medico legal formalities. where routine joint naka of The total tally of cases has area of the border. After the providing enough time to the reported on Saturday, the num- state – toured some of the while 40,062 people are in Police spokesman said, Police/CRPF is established reached 8429 and 132 deaths BSF personnel challenged mis- miscreants if any to cross the ber of deaths came down by worst-hit towns in Thane dis- institutional quarantine. "while carrying out the medico- around 7.28 a.m on sunday". have been reported in J&k. creants, about 10-12 in number, border and flee to Bangladesh,” 144 and infections dropped by trict and rooted for more legal formalities the samples of "One CRPF personnel According to the media they attacked the men in uni- State BJP leader Sayantan Basu 519 in the state on Sunday. Covid-19 tests, ventilators, ICU the killed terrorists were taken received minor injuries and was bulletin, out of 183 new cases, form with hand-combat said. While the police had ear- With 151 fresh deaths and beds, and other facilities to and sent for Covid-19 test. On undergoing treatment where 51 were detected from Jammu weapons injuring at least three lier said that the blast could be infections, the total number of curb the Covid cases and fatal- Sunday, the test reports were his condition was stated to be and 132 from Kashmir division of them. a result of explosion in the bat- deaths rose to 8822. while the ities in the Mumbai received from CD Hospital stable", police spokesman said. while five deaths were report- “Our boys had reached the tery of the vehicle locals smelt total number of infected cases Metropolitan Region (MMR). Srinagar and both the killed ter- After the IED blast was ed from Jammu. The active area at around 3.30 am and a rat wondering whether the jumped to 206619. The situation in the MMR rorists were confirmed as reported, joint teams of securi- cases in Jammu and Kashmir when they challenged the mis- intensity of the blast could be Of the 151 total deaths, (Thane Division) is bad con- Coronavirus positive". ty forces along with the Bomb have crossed 3000 while total creants they encircled the BSF so high in case of a battery Mumbai accounted for 69 sidering that there have been a Police spokesman said, "to disposal squad launched a thor- recoveries stood at 5255 late party and brutally attacked blast. deaths – taking the total num- total of 6,401 Covid-19 deaths ensure the safety of people from ough search of the area. During sunday evening. Srinagar test- them with bamboo sticks and A hand and the head of the ber of deaths in the metropo- and 145,769 positive cases on inherent risk of contracting the these searches, Pulwama police ed 59 positive cases while kup- sharp-edged cleaver-like driver were torn and tossed off lis to 4,899, while the total Sunday. infection, the burial of the killed team detected one more IED wara and Budgam tested 20 weapons called ‘'Da’', a BSF several feet away due to the number of Covid-19 positive Meanwhile, the total num- terrorists is carried out at des- planted in the area. The IED was and 19 cases respectively while officer said adding the smug- impact of the blast. The State patients rose by 1,287 cases to ber of patients discharged ignated places. Medico-legal later defused by BDS Pulwama Samba reported 18 cases, glers ran across the border Crime Investigation touch 84,524. from various hospitals after full formalities are strictly followed and thus averted a big tragedy. 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Indian scriptures have discussed ; S 8 he contours of a post- that in great detail. Nature was " + , Corona world are equated to gods. This had a sci- emerging fast; so are the entific basis, articulated in a + new challenges that manner that would be easily ( every sector will have to comprehended by people at every $ Tface. With the novel virus upend- stage. Unfortunately, various ,S ing nearly every aspect of our aberrations and disturbances lives, an entirely new approach and resulted in the snapping of ties ! % ( innovative solutions would be between the people and their cul- - ( needed to adapt to the “new nor- tural heritage. Alien rulers left no , 9 + mal.” Changes would take place in stone unturned to destroy natur- every sector but the importance of al resources of their “colonies” , $- ( Sustainable Development Goals and augment their own coffers. ; , $ D B (SDGs) must gather greater human Global poverty is the creation , ( attention. On January 1, 2016, the of the materialistic pursuits and 17 SDGs of the 2030 UN Agenda exploitative tendencies bereft of " 0 , for Sustainable Development — human values, compassion, fel- " - S adopted by world leaders in low feeling and lack of respect for ? ( September 2015 at the historic nature. As the disastrous conse- UN summit — came into force offi- quences became evident, con- $? cially. The SDGs were conceived at lage, local artisan and produc- on the sound base of sustainable could lead to irreparable damages cerns grew and serious interna- ; ? the UN conference on sustainable tion skills all were ignored, lead- and responsible consumption. All to the very existence of human tional deliberations followed. + , - S ( development in Rio de Janeiro in ing to serious neglect of the agri- these — and a lot more — find beings. The sensitive link Take the example of the 2012. Their objective was to pro- culture sector. Consequences a place in the list of SDGs. between man and nature was Stockholm conference on envi- duce a set of universal goals that are before us. Universal education is the prime being crushed under ever- ronment in 1972, the UN confer- $? -S P ( (Q meet urgent environmental, polit- The World War II and grow- mover in each of the 17 goals. increasing human greed, emerg- ences on water and desertifica- 0 , ical and economic challenges faced ing public opinion against wars SDG 4 relates to educational ing out of materialistic acquisi- tion in 1977, the Rio conference by the world. The SDGs offer a and violence highlighted the goals. It aims to “ensure inclusive tions at the cost of spiritual pur- of 2012 and the climate change $F + ( blueprint to the world so as to need for international coopera- and equitable quality education suits. Gradually, the glitz of glob- conference of 2015 among oth- @ achieve a better and more sustain- tion and collaboration among the and promote life-long learning alisation blinded humans to the ers. Expediting universal educa- + - able future for all. They seek to nations. This led to the establish- opportunities for all.” Target 4.7 extent that the very existence of tion emerged very prominently address challenges faced by nations ment of bodies such as the UN, expects: “By 2030, ensure that all planet earth is at stake. How long in each one of these every time. , $ across the world, including those UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, learners acquire the knowledge could the planet survive? The World Conference on ? , related to poverty, inequality, cli- UNSC and several others. There and skills needed to promote sus- It became clearer that the Education for All, held in Jomtien + mate change and the ultimate goal had to be some sort of partner- tainable development, includ- only way to avoid destruction was in March 1990, was a watershed ( ; of peace and justice. But how and ship among nations on equal and ing, among others, through edu- to create global awareness, let for education. The objective was why did we arrive at SDGs? dignified terms. This was the only cation for sustainable develop- people understand that their to universalise education within - ( The 20th century witnessed the way to tackle global issues and ment and sustainable lifestyles, future was being compromised a decade. Although this could not + " # end of the colonial era and the ini- concerns. SDGs are one of the human rights, gender equality, and that it could be prevented be achieved, the purpose of , S " tiation of subsequent transition major outcomes of the global promotion of a culture of peace only through an attitudinal trans- expediting educational access to into another era — of progress and human response to tackle issues and non-violence, global citizen- formation. It was realised that the all was significantly achieved. P Q + ( development — among the newly- that concern everyone. Could a ship and appreciation of cultur- most crucial and urgent step The World Education ; $- liberated nations. Most of these single nation ignore the plunder- al diversity and of culture’s con- would be to universalise elemen- Forum of 2000 came out with the , countries were deficient in human ing of natural resources by vest- tribution to sustainable develop- tary education. It just cannot be Dakar Declaration, where 164 resources, education, experience ed interests, resulting in irre- ment.” It is also clearly mentioned routine education and has to be countries resolved to achieve % ( and expertise at every level. Several versible damage, creating a dark that education will achieve its much more than that. It has to be Education For All by 2015. = nations transplanted education sys- future for the generations ahead? objectives and goals only when comprehensive education, one Indian achievements in EFA ,S +S ( tems that were established over the Learning to live together in an adequate number of qualified, that achieves attitudinal transfor- have been lauded, particularly for ruins of indigenous traditions of a village, region, nation and the competent and inspired teachers mation, offers the right skills and the fact that its population has knowledge quest. The shortage of globe is the only alternative. are available. “By 2030, substan- knowledge and at the same time more than trebled after indepen- -S ( educated and skilled manpower SDGs form a comprehensive tially increase the supply of qual- ensures internalisation of human dence. But we are very near the = # 7) emerged as a great impeder for global initiative that guarantees ified teachers, including through values that includes man’s respon- target in access and retention. internal experts to evolve indige- victory against all that impedes international cooperation for sibility to restore and sustain the Our previous efforts and achieve- ( S , ( nous ideology of progress and the human march towards a teacher training in developing man-nature mutuality. ments, coupled with determined ) , ) 0 ( development. In most cases, the world full of peace, dignity and countries, especially least devel- For the first time, it was glob- new initiatives, have made India +(, ?, ; + ideology of “progress” and “growth” mutually respectful harmonious oped countries and small island ally acknowledged that the wan- fully ready to achieve the SDGs was borrowed from the West and living. But this is possible only developing states.” This is the ton depletion of natural resources by 2030. Our focus in the days to @ implemented under the active when poverty, hunger, ill-health biggest challenge that India’s without replenishment — as was come must be on quality, gender # 7F 9 8 F guidance of former rulers. Another and gender discrimination are New Education Policy must seri- already evident globally in envi- equality, skill acquisition and , + - , contributing factor was the person- discarded; when there is equali- ously respond to. No education ronmental pollution, deforesta- above all, on “learning to learn.” al fascination of new rulers to all ty of opportunities, justice, work policy can neglect these aspects. tion, climate change, depletion of If one has to observe a paradigm , that was foreign, Western and opportunity, decent working By 1950-60, experts and sci- the ozone layer, desertification shift in one particular sector, it - modern. Exploitative, ethically conditions for all. Human beings entists began issuing a warning and so many other visible signs would be education, worldwide. ( ; weak and unprofessionally envi- must learn to take due responsi- that developmental activities — — must be checked and damage India’s New Education Policy # D G - + sioned plans and programmes for bility to protect the natural envi- bereft of ethical, moral and social repaired. Development is essen- can expedite the march towards development led to serious imbal- ronment, flora and fauna and sea considerations — and oblivious tial but the survival of the plan- sustainable development and = ,S ances in social, economic and resources. They must be con- to the damage they were inflict- et deserves primacy. Hence, self-sufficiency. man-nature relationship. In India, cerned about climate action. ing on air, water, forests, species development has to be “sustain- (The writer works in Gandhi, Gram Swaraj, farmer, vil- SDGs can be achieved only and the natural environment, able.” Its basis would be indige- education and social cohesion) )( ( ' ( &4'R ? . % %% & 0 * - Q % H Q H ( O & . S ( * L M ) * % %% + , - ! .+,-!/ * ( % %( % ( L M( S ,01+ (23 , .67211/2 27 =.7 29 3/4= 2.7 =42: 24 # - ) K1 2 K ? K1 K) 5652 + +,-! 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,)*-.% )/ . @ * A ( ( ( 2: ( # (. ( # , # ( # ( # ( # ( # # ( -*)/ ( ( he third Corps Commander-level talks held ; on the Indian side at Chuhsul to resolve the border stand-off with China also ended with- T out yielding any tangible result. Though nothing # ( substantial was expected at the military-level talks, - 5H I yet the hopes of the “de-escalation” process com- mencing were being entertained, but to no avail. In fact, rather than de-escalating, the forces of both the 7) ( nations have begun “posturing.” Analysts feel this ! # may result in a long-drawn haul till the winter. India and China have a lot of history togeth- ( er and signed five agreements between 1993-2013 to maintain peace and tranquility on the borders. The aim was to avoid war between the two 0 nations. No doubt, the agreements have succeed- + ed in their purpose but at what cost? A close scruti- ny would reveal that we bought peace at the cost J 0 8 + of our national sovereignty. While China contin- - @ .+-@/ ued unabated with its strategy of “walk in at will” # = ; # to alter status quo and continued its salami-slicing , # technique to strengthen its territorial claims and *"*) S expansionist intent, we failed to respond adequate- -) $ , ly and overlooked it under the notion of a varying 1,.F,).. 52 ) ! , ( perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In fact, the first cardinal mistake was done in accept- "*0, ing the unresolved border as a LAC. That, too, with- /102/ out exchange of any marked maps. It obviously suit- ,) ,D0. # + ( ed the evil intentions of China but we failed to read +*.),1). ly to any construction or development In a hard-hitting article titled New part of the same ploy. But India is deter- @ ( between the lines. ,2*)* related activities in the villages situated on twist in dispute with China. Never ignore mined and prepared to meet the challenge. S ) ( ( The Chinese on the other hand were creeping +0-0." the LAC on our side. However, in 2016 India’s strategic interests, General VP China has to accept the blame for its 5656 566< # ( forward to the areas they believed to be theirs with 1,*,F,1E and 2018, India continued with construc- Malik, former Chief of Army Staff, states, current misadventure in Ladakh. Instead no regard to the Indian claims. The Group of ), tion of a lift canal in Demchok and con- “It is becoming obvious that on India- of doing that, it continues to blame the P Q Ministers in 2001 had suggested construction of /)..,2, struction of the road north of the Pangong China boundary discussions, India seems Indian Army and harp about the grow- @ # roads in border areas for better connectivity and *F,1,*2E( Tso right up to Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO). to have given up its claim to Pakistan ing Indo-American bonhomie for the ( asserting our claims. Even though road-building While the Chinese continued to defy Occupied Kashmir, Shaksgam and Aksai deterioration in Sino-Indian relations. In work began soon after, the network was not *-0." the provisions of the peace agreements at Chin; China has knocked off almost the a recent article published in its mouthpiece improved significantly till 2014. 1,D,1 will, we did not object strongly or seek whole of the Western sector boundary; Global Times, it says, “The US, in partic- . / While China developed not only the road net- /*) review of the agreements to prevent and by reducing nearly 1,600 km from its ular, is seducing India to counterbalance work but also the allied military infrastructure to /01 repeated Chinese incursions. We remained definition of border with India and ques- China and the concept of Indo-Pacific K abet its war fighting potential all along the LAC, F)1*0 happy by adding provisions to avoid clash- tioning Indian sovereignty over Jammu & strategy is turning into a reality. For quite # including extension of railway lines, oil pipelines and +1",1 es but ignored the central issue of wilful Kashmir, it has added a new twist to the a number of Indian elite, they are more 5652 4< # airfields apart from housing and storage facilities, )21,,, salami-slicing of our territory, resulting in India-China boundary dispute.” He fur- inclined to work with the West strategi- 9 we totally neglected our borders with China. As a *2,"+E reduction of grazing grounds and pastures ther says, “India, on the other hand, is per- cally. They believe that by joining the US # " result, China succeeded in creating a huge asym- *)*)* for our inhabitants in the border areas. ceived as a soft state. Our leaders and gov- camp to contain China, they are now a metry along the entire LAC giving it the advantage ,) ,)" Every time the Chinese withdrew, they ernments, more often than not, have world power on equal footing.” It’s an +S ( of controlling the LAC and ensuring rapid build- had a demand, to which we submitted lacked strategic thinking. There is a sense attempt to warn India to stay away from up in case of hostilities. China is now exploiting this 1)R0*..*E meekly. This emboldened the Chinese of self-righteousness and singular faith in the US without realising that India , advantage and preventing us from taking measures )"). next time and continued till India estab- words without looking for underlying reserves the option of maintaining strate- to minimise the asymmetry. 1,F**1 lished a new normal of challenging the falsehoods and incompetence.” The last gic autonomy. But if needed New Delhi @ China may even be preparing to convert the "*DE Chinese at Galwan this time. line is truly prophetic. India somehow had would not hesitate to seek assistance, not - ( LAC to the Line of Control (LoC) because of the /,*D The Chinese have perfected the art of kept quiet for several decades on the Aksai necessarily military, from other friends as terrain advantage it enjoys. Though Indian troops ,,","( “grab first and negotiate” but before Chin and Shaksgam, which encouraged well. The Chinese arrogance is also evi- + " are better trained and acclimatised to fight at such +0*D /*) negotiating create a situation of hopeless- China to move up. dent in the same article. “No matter from # altitudes, it would be a logistics nightmare to main- -)-)1' ness for the adversary so that it is left with Now that India has constructed a road history or reality, elements of India’s pol- # tain the troops at those heights if the posturing con- *"*)-O no option but to submit to the Chinese up to DBO and operationalised/construct- itics and society are fertile for growing tinues beyond winter. The Indian Army is mental- 1,., terms. However, the Chinese leadership ed airfields in the region, China is anti-China sentiments. It is understand- - 8 ly and physically prepared for this but will the has failed to do it this time and is irked annoyed. China is surprised as to how able that India views the 1962 Sino-Indian Chinese soldiers be able to withstand the harshness by India’s firmness and resolve. India is now demanding Aksai Chin as war as a historic humiliation. But it would ( of weather is a question for the Chinese to ponder. The Chinese plan to “teach India a les- was clear in the Home Minister’s statement be dangerous if New Delhi resents Beijing Meanwhile, the Indian Army should induct more son” also met its Waterloo at the icy in the Parliament. India’s new posturing and launches anti-China waves from ,01+ (23( locals. Ladakhis are not only hardy but also know heights of Galwan on June 15 night when at political and diplomatic levels has rat- national education and strategic levels,” the terrain well, especially when covered with snow. the Indian Army gave them a major drub- tled China, which, therefore, decided to writes the Global Times. = Ladakh Scouts should not be viewed merely as bing. As a result the morale of Chinese sol- “teach India a lesson” militarily. What fur- India wants to resolve all disputes an extension of an infantry battalion but be diers is so low that they are being taught ther surprised China was India’s response through peaceful bilateral negotiations but employed as “Alpine” troops, using their advantage Unarmed Combat. to military aggressiveness. India matched would resist every attempt to challenge its + (+ of being locals and trained in special skills like ski- It is this loss of face, both domestical- China brick to brick and responded to its sovereignty. India would prefer China to #S + ( ing, mountaineering and the ability to live off the ly and globally, that is compelling China military posturing in equal measure. honour various border agreements signed 9 (( + land. As in the “home and hearth” concept, they to delay the de-escalation. Any hurried The recent news of Pakistan moving by it to maintain peace and tranquility and should remain permanently deployed in areas close withdrawal of forces will further sully the two divisions worth forces opposite also revisit or modify them if needed. But to their homes and not be subjected to usual trans- Chinese image. Gradual, delayed and un- Northern Ladakh in Gilgit-Baltistan is yet if China wants war, let it be. India will not , fers like infantry battalions. noticed withdrawal suits the Chinese game another attempt by China to coerce the relent. The ball is entirely in China’s court. ( Over the years, China also built new villages and plan. If China wants to test the water fur- Indian leadership by posing a threat of a (The author is a Jammu-based veter- O O habitation centres close to the LAC to settle the civil ther and is willing to go to war, India is two-front war. The reported resurrection an, political commentator, columnist, secu- . / population there. However, it objected vehement- prepared and is determined not to budge. of Al Badr, a defunct terrorist outfit, is also rity and strategic analyst.) / (
while, at the same time, vetoing the lockdowns. But the PM disagreed. court asked provincial governments to ing to show in this respect, ended up ries. On a more hopeful note, Robert demic, many in Britain believed that idea of strict lockdowns. So, as the out- Instead, he began to rationalise his dis- open malls and markets before Eid. somewhat absurdly gloating that suggests that in the fourth stage, those the virus was a germ created by the break ravages the country with fright- approval of lockdowns as an egalitar- Not surprisingly, two weeks after that, Pakistan was the only Muslim coun- in power finally allow the proliferation German military, even though an ening speed, Khan does not have much ian act, undertaken for the benefit of Coronavirus cases in Pakistan wit- try where mosques were not closed for of correct information to get out. But equal number of Germans were dying to say or show other than claim that the poor. nessed an unprecedented spike. prayers. As if this were some colossal by then, thousands of lives have been from it. With the proliferation of social he knew things were going to get bad. This rationale was almost imme- But Pakistan is not the only coun- achievement in a time of a raging pan- lost and economies devastated. What’s media sites, unsubstantiated claims, With examples like China, Italy, diately debunked by some writers on try where the Government has badly demic. more, a community of people who are denials and scapegoating have Spain, Iran and the US before us, it did- the economy. Business and econom- botched the response to the pandem- Journalist and novelist Karl Taro blamed for the outbreak during the increased at an alarming rate about the *-/001) n’t require a genius to “know” that ics journalist Khurram Hussain point- ic and where the denial of its dangers Greenfeld writes that historically soci- scapegoating stage, would have suf- source country of the virus. things would get bad here as well. Even ed out that lockdowns were, in fact, or existence can be found in large sec- eties often go through “four stages of fered severe ostracism and harassment. But for Robertson and Greenfeld, he Pakistani media continues to though Khan was hailed by his syco- opposed by the business community, tions of society. Similar scenarios are grief” during pandemics and plagues. This is related to what the World there is light at the end of this tunnel. carry reports about how large phantic circle of Ministers for being and members of this community were being played out in the US, Brazil, Mount Saint Vincent University’s Health Organisation (WHO) calls an Both claim that, historically, the last Tsections of society are being oracular for this insightful prediction, influencing Khan’s anti-lockdown sen- Mexico and India. Interestingly, each Professor Jonathan Roberts, an expert “infodemic”, when madcap theories, stage of the aforementioned historical careless in their attitude towards the he had also earlier described the dis- timents. Veteran journalist and polit- one of these, like Pakistan, have gov- on the history of plagues, agrees. once relegated to the lunatic fringes of pattern is when societies and rulers pandemic. It slams the Government ease as, merely, a “flu.” ical pundit Najam Sethi shared simi- ernments headed by populists. Roberts says that the historical pattern society, suddenly emerge on the main- come to their senses and work to for bungling the crisis by being mis- The Government then continued lar views. Martin Gak in a piece for the The Brazilian PM actually took in which societies behave during pan- stream during the fear triggered by an address and contain the problem. informed about the dynamics of to add unsubstantiated claptrap to its German news site DW explains the part in an anti-lockdown rally and then demics has remained intact and that outbreak. Rational contingency plans and COVID-19 and its spread. Many have largely convoluted narrative in this idea of opening up businesses (and issued an order that the number of he is seeing the same pattern being Author and medical sociologist Dr their implementation, scientifically- also criticised the regime for allowing regard, until intense media criticism thus, allowing the deaths of thousands Corona cases in Brazil should not be repeated during the current outbreak. Robert Bartholomew says that Jews sound advice to the public and the its political biases to impact its contin- triggered a sudden volte-face and saw from COVID-19) as the 21st century reported. US President Donald Trump Roberts has been investigating the were blamed for the 14th Century debunking of crackpot theories are gency policies, which have so far the Government resort to accusing the equivalent of an ancient past, in which claimed that the virus threat was ancient and modern histories of social Bubonic Plague in Europe and the vital. Unfortunately, many countries been chaotic and almost entirely general populace for letting things get human sacrifice was practised in insignificant. and political responses to contagions. 1918 flu pandemic — which killed mil- like Pakistan still seem to be stuck in unable to stall the virus’ rapid spread. out of hand. What’s more, the some cultures, supposedly for the In India, it became apparent that The pattern he was talking about starts lions — was dubbed the Spanish Flu, the earlier stages of reaction: Denial, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and Government also continued to ignore well-being of the larger community. the Narendra Modi regime only had with outright denial of an outbreak, fol- not because Spain was the outbreak’s confusion and scapegoating. Only a many of his Ministers have been cen- some rational advice from provincial The outbreak in Pakistan was fur- the muscle to impose its Hindutva ide- lowed by a panic reaction. This is then epicentre but because the Spanish handful of nations have moved into the sured for “misinforming” the people governments and health experts. One ther compounded by a controversial ology but had no idea how to control followed by scapegoating, which is tied Government was the first to identify more hopeful fourth stage. about the true nature of the disease such advice was for imposing stricter Supreme Court order in which the the virus. In Pakistan, Khan with noth- to the emergence of conspiracy theo- the problem. During the same pan- (Courtesy: Dawn) !"#"# *12
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In March, two the ruling Nepal Communist Monday is expected to decide “Now, conspiracies are Washington: China must be lawns of the White House. the globe. said on Sunday that a rocket Americans and one British sol- Party’s executive chairman on the political future of 68- being hatched to remove me held fully accountable for its “China’s secrecy, decep- China has denied US’ aimed at Baghdad’s fortified dier were killed following a bar- Pushpa Kamal Dahal year-old prime minister. from the post of prime minis- “secrecy, deception and cover- tion, and cover-up allowed it claim of “covering up” the Green Zone, home of the U.S. rage of rockets on Camp Taji. ‘Prachanda’ on the issue of On Saturday, a crucial ter and party chairman,” Oli up” that allowed it to spread to spread all over the world, extent of its coronavirus out- Embassy, struck a residential The latest uptick in attacks power-sharing failed on meeting of the 45-member said, adding that he will not let the coronavirus all over the 189 countries and China must break and has accused the US house and injured a child. comes shortly before Iraq Sunday, but they agreed to Standing Committee was post- it happen. world, US President Donald be held fully accountable,” he of attempting to divert public Iraqi officials said the embarks on strategic talks with meet again on Monday to sort poned until Monday to allow After Oli’s remarks about Trump has said, upping the said, once again accusing attention by insinuating that embassy’s recently installed C- the US in which the presence of out their differences ahead of more time for the top leader- the conspiracy to impeach the ante on Beijing over its han- Beijing of covering up the the virus originated from a RAM air defense system may American forces in the country the party’s powerful Standing ship to iron out their differences president, three former prime dling of the COVID-19 out- outbreak of the pandemic. virology laboratory in Wuhan. have attempted to intercept is expected to top the agenda. Committee meeting. over Oli’s style of functioning ministers -- ‘Prachanda’, break. In his first address to the “China was the first coun- the rocket as the system was The US has criticized the The Prachanda faction, and anti-India statements. Madhav Nepal and Jhanalanth Addressing the nation for nation on Friday from Mount try to report the COVID-19 to operational late Saturday. A federal government for being backed by senior leaders Meanwhile, Prime Minister Khanal -- met Bhandari and a second time in as many days Rushmore in South Dakota, the World Health recent spate of rocket attacks unable to reign in Iran-backed including Madhav Nepal and Oli has met with former prime clarified that the rumour about on the occasion of 244th Trump made a direct appeal to Organisation (WHO), (and) have struck close to the US militia groups it believes are Jhalanath Khanal, has been minister and president of the the NCP leaders trying to Independence Day on disaffected white voters four that doesn’t mean the virus Embassy and targeted orchestrating the attacks. Prime demanding that Oli step down opposition Nepali Congress remove her from office were Saturday, President Trump months before Election Day, originated from Wuhan... American troops in Iraqi bases. Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi both as party chair and prime Sher Bahadur Deuba. Although untrue. touted the country’s “progress” accusing protesters who have There has never been any The officials spoke on condi- has pledged to protect minister. it is not clear what issues were During the Cabinet meet- against the COVID-19 disease pushed for racial justice of concealment, and we’ll never tion of anonymity in line with American installations from The two leaders failed to discussed during their meeting, ing, a defiant Oli said that he despite a nationwide spike in engaging in a “merciless cam- allow any concealment,” regulations. attacks, US officials said. reach any agreement. As both there is speculation that Oli will not be forced to accept the the number of coronavirus paign to wipe out our history.” Chinese Foreign Ministry The rocket was launched Iraqi security forces last the leaders stick to their respec- might have sought Deuba’s party’s Standing Committee cases. Praising America’s “scien- spokesman Zhao Lijian said in from the Ali Al-Saleh area of week raided the headquarters tive stands, the talk could not backing to save his government decision. He urged the minis- “We have the manufac- tific brilliance”, Trump said on April. Baghdad and landed next to a of the powerful Iran-backed bear any fruit, said a source in case the ruling party splits. ters to make their position turing record for ventilators. Saturday that the US will like- The novel coronavirus house close to a local TV chan- paramilitary Kataib Hezbollah close to Prime Minister Oli. On Saturday, Oli said that clear whether they support We have the most and the ly have a therapeutic and/or which first originated in nel late Saturday, the military and detained 14 men suspect- However, they have agreed the ruling communist party is him or not. finest testing anywhere in the vaccine solution long before Wuhan in December last year statement said. A child suffered ed of being responsible for to sit again for dialogue on facing a grave crisis, indicating “I had to make a quick deci- world. We are producing the end of the year. has claimed over 5 lakh lives head injuries and the house was rocket attacks targeting the Monday ahead of the scheduled that it may split soon. sion to prorogue the budget ses- gowns, masks, and surgical Trump has expressed dis- and infected more than 11 damaged. Green Zone. Thirteen Standing Committee meeting Speaking at an emergency sion of Parliament last week equipment in our country…It appointment over China’s han- million people globally. The Iraqi security forces say detainees were later released to sort out differences, a senior meeting of the Cabinet at his after coming to know that some was almost exclusively made in dling of the COVID-19 pan- US is the worst affected coun- they also thwarted another and one remains in custody. minister told PTI. official residence, Oli told the of our party members were foreign lands, in particular, demic in the past. In May, he try with over 1.2 lakh deaths attack in the Umm al-Azam The move drew praise “The two leaders dis- ministers that “some of our hatching conspiracy to register China, where ironically this claimed that it was the and over 2.8 million infections, area aiming to hit Camp Taji, from the US but condemnation cussed a wide range of issues party members are also trying an impeachment motion against virus and others came from,” “incompetence” of Beijing that according to Johns Hopkins north of Baghdad, a training from Iran-backed political fac- but no common ground was to remove President Bidya the President at Parliament,” Oli he said in his address from the led to the mass killing across University data. PTI base used by U.S.-led coalition tions in Iraq. AP reached,” he said. Devi Bhandari from the told the ministers. PTI / * 5 4 6A
Sydney: Several thousand peo- B! ple rallied in Black Lives Matter 2 " ! protests across Australia over the weekend to call for racial equal- $ $ ! ) ity and highlight deaths of !! Indigenous people while in Lahore: Pakistan on Sunday ment’s failure to their repeated police custody. Seattle (US): One of two peo- shouting “Car! Car!” before suffered a setback in the fight requests to provide them pro- About 500 people protested ple hit by a man who drove his fleeing the roadway. against COVID-19 as 48 doctors tective gear against the deadly in Newcastle, north of Sydney, car onto a closed Seattle free- Love is in serious condition working in the teaching hospi- coronavirus and other inade- after the New South Wales state way and into a crowd protest- in the intensive care unit, tals of Punjab province resigned, quate facilities,” a senior doctor Supreme Court approved the ing police brutality has died. Harborview, Gregg said. citing non-provision of safety of a public hospital Lahore told rally following an attempt by Summer Taylor, 24, of Love was filming the gear to protect them from the PTI. police to have it banned. Seattle died Saturday evening at protest in a nearly two-hour- virus that has killed more than He said the government A rally in Sydney began Harborview Medical Center, long Facebook livestream cap- 4,700 people in the country. seems to be least interested with a ceremony at which peo- spokesperson Susan Gregg tioned “Black Femme March According to a notification about the protection of the ple mourned the Indigenous said. takes I-5” when the video of the Punjab health department medics. Australians who have died in Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, ended abruptly; with about 15 issued here on Sunday, 48 doc- “We are front-line soldiers police custody. of Portland, Oregon, were seconds left, shouts of “Car!” tors, mostly young ones, in war against COVID-19 and There have been more than hit by the car that barreled can be heard as the camera resigned from the posts at the see what the Imran Khan gov- 400 Indigenous deaths in cus- through a panicked crowd starts to shake before screech- government teaching hospitals. ernment is doing with us. A cou- tody since a royal commission of protesters on Interstate 5 ing tires and the sound of Their resignations have been ple of days ago police baton into the issue ended in 1991. No early Saturday morning, offi- impact are heard. accepted, it said. charged doctors in convictions have been recorded cials said. A graphic video posted on The doctors who resigned Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occu- in any of the deaths. ! # ! ! - -" ! Dawit Kelete of Seattle social media showed the white were from Lahore’s Mayo, pied Kashmir), whose only sin “We went through the law- $ $ ! ) drove the car around vehicles Jaguar racing toward a group of Services, Jinnah, General, Lady was that they were protesting for ful process, we sat through that that were blocking I-5 and protesters who are standing Aitcheson, Children and Sheikh not getting protective medical process of the coronial inquiry, to demand justice.” masks and attempted to main- They have higher-than-average sped into the crowd about 1:40 behind several parked cars, set Zayed hospitals, Allied and kits and salaries,” he lamented. we listened to that process and On Saturday, Australians tain social distancing due to rates of infant mortality and am, according to a police up for protection. The car Civil hospitals in Faisalabad, Following the arrest of 23 we received no justice from took part in Black Lives Matter coronavirus concerns. poor health, as well as shorter life report released by the swerves around the other vehi- SZH Rahim Yar Khan and young doctors in Muzaffarabad that process,” Sydney rally orga- rallies in the cities of Brisbane, Australia’s Indigenous peo- expectancy and lower levels of Washington State Patrol. cles and slams into the two pro- Nishter Hospital Multan. the Young Doctors Association nizer Paul Silva told SBS Darwin, Perth and Adelaide. ple are the most disadvantaged education and employment than Video taken at the scene by testers, sending them flying “The doctors in question shutdown emergency wards in Television. “This is our process Many of the protesters work ethnic minority in the country. other Australians. AP protesters showed people into the air. AP have resigned after the govern- all hospitals in PoK. PTI . !R ! ) , 2525 B6723 ) % ' .)2,., date Joe Biden. 21,,F*.., figure had been revised. A According to NBC, during phone call and text message to apper Kanye West has a speech at the MTV Video shooting at a South Lewis and an email to Bolt Rannounced that he is run- Music Awards in 2015, West Beijing: A city in northern spreading in this city. The pub- meat, the health official said, ACarolina nightclub left two from The Associated Press , 0 ning for the office of President said he was planning on run- China on Sunday sounded an lic should improve its self- warning people not to eat people dead and eight wound- seeking clarification weren’t % ( this year. ning for president in 2020. alert after a suspected case of protection awareness and abil- marmot meat. ed, a sheriff’s official said. immediately returned. No one !.213 76 D % ' The multiple Grammy The recording artiste also bubonic plague was reported, ity, and report abnormal health A total of 146 people who Two Greenville County was immediately taken into )% winner took to social media on opened up about taking a polit- according to official media conditions promptly,” the local had contact with them have sheriff’s deputies noticed a dis- custody. The sheriff’s office had 75'555 % country’s 244th Independence ical plunge as recently as here. health authority said. been isolated and treated at turbance at Lavish Lounge just “some suspect information,” ( Day (July 4) to share the news. November 2019. Bayannur, Inner Mongolia On July 1, state-run local hospitals, according to before 2 am, and saw a large Lewis said at the press confer- 524C46 ) % “We must now realize the “When I run for president Autonomous Region, Xinhua news agency said that Narangerel. crowd running out of the build- ence, but wasn’t sure if there % promise of America by trusting in 2024, we would’ve created so announced a level III warning two suspected cases of bubon- Bubonic plague is a bacte- ing, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said were multiple shooters. % God, unifying our vision and many jobs that I’m not going to of plague prevention and con- ic plague reported in Khovd rial disease that is spread by at a press conference. There was “We don’t really have a per- % building our future. I am run- run, I’m going to walk,” he had trol, state-run People’s Daily province in western Mongolia fleas living on wild rodents “active gunfire from inside the son of interest that we can 745 ning for president of the United said at an event. Online reported. have been confirmed by lab test such as marmots. It can kill an building,” Lt. Jimmy Bolt said name,” Lewis said, later adding ( States!” West wrote on Twitter The “Power” hitmaker and The suspected bubonic results. adult in less than 24 hours if in an initial statement, and that authorities weren’t sure ./.3. . & using a hashtag #2020VISION. his wife, reality TV star Kim plague case was reported on The confirmed cases are not treated in time, according Lewis said all the shots were what led to the gunfire. The If he were to launch a Kardashian have often visited Saturday by a hospital in a 27-year-old resident and to the World Health fired inside. names and precise conditions % % campaign for the upcoming Trump at the White House in Bayannur. The local health his 17-year-old brother, who Organization (WHO). Both Lewis and Bolt ini- of the victims weren’t immedi- % 77< elections on November 3, West the last few years. authority announced that the are being treated at two A couple died of bubonic tially said 12 people had been ately released. Lewis said the will go up against President West has also often been warning period will continue separate hospitals in their plague in the western wounded — with at least four victims were taken to the % Donald Trump, of whom he spotted wearing the signature until the end of 2020. province, it quoted a health Mongolian province of Bayan- in critical condition, Lewis Prisma Health hospital in ' % has been a vocal supporter, and Trump campaign ‘Make “At present, there is a risk official as saying. Ulgii last year after eating raw said — but Bolt later told Greenville, some via private , ( Democrat presidential candi- America Great Again’ cap. of a human plague epidemic The brothers ate marmot marmot meat. PTI WYFF-TV that the casualty vehicle. AP 9% : R
Nairobi: The crunch of young damage, and the work is defi- whatever swarms are left will $ # locusts comes with nearly every nitely having an effect, he said. come back into Kenya. “By step. The worst outbreak of the For months, a large part of February, March of next year ." tigation for its role in “uncov- voracious insects in Kenya in East Africa has been caught in they’ll be laying eggs in Kenya ering such abhorrent practices”. 70 years is far from over, and a cycle with no end in sight as again,” he said. The next gen- clothing factory named “I will not tolerate sick their newest generation is now millions of locusts became bil- eration could be up to 20 times AJaswal Fashions based in criminals forcing innocent peo- finding its wings for proper lions, nibbling away the leaves the size of the previous one. the eastern England city of ple into slave labour and a life flight. of both crops and the brush The trouble is, only Kenya Leicester faces a modern slav- of exploitation,” said Patel. The livelihoods of millions that sustains the livestock so and Ethiopia are doing the ery investigation after an “Let this be a warning to of already vulnerable people in important to many families. pesticide control work. “In undercover reporter alleged those who are exploiting peo- East Africa are at stake, and “The risk of significant places like Sudan, South Sudan, sweatshop-like conditions and ple in sweatshops like these for people like Boris Polo are impact to both crops and especially Somalia, there’s no below minimum wage pay- their own commercial gain. working to limit the damage. rangelands is very high,” the way, people can’t go there ments to its workers, many of This is just the start. What you The logistician with a heli- regional IGAD Climate because of the issues those them from India. are doing is illegal, it will not copter firm is on contract with Prediction & Applications countries are having,” Polo said. According to ‘The Sunday be tolerated and we are coming the United Nations Food and Center said Wednesday in a “The limited financial Times’, its undercover reporter after you,” she said. Agricultural Organisation, statement. capacity of some of the affect- found that workers were being Last week, the senior helping to find and mark locust For now, the young yellow ed countries and the lockdown paid as little as 3.50 pounds an Cabinet minister had directed swarms for the targeted pesti- locusts cover the ground and due to the coronavirus pan- hour as against the UK’s legal the UK’s National Crime cide spraying that has been tree trunks like a twitching car- demic have further hampered minimum wage of 8.72 pounds Agency (NCA) to investigate called the only effective control. pet, sometimes drifting over the control efforts. Additionally, an hour and was also operating modern slavery allegations in “It sounds grim because dust like giant grains of sand. armed conflict in Somalia ren- last week during the localised Leicester’s clothing factories there’s no way you’re gonna kill In the past week and a half, ! $ ! dered some of the locust breed- coronavirus lockdown imposed after alarm was raised that they all of them because the areas Polo said, the locusts have *! !& % ) ing areas inaccessible,” ICPAC on the city. were a key source of the spike are so vast,” he told The transformed from hoppers to expert Abubakr Salih Babiker UK Home Secretary Priti in coronavirus infections in the Associated Press from the field more mature flying swarms that can largely blot out the will be harder to contain, fly- start entering Sudan, Ethiopia and colleagues wrote in corre- Patel described the allegations region, which led to England’s in northwestern Kenya on that in the next couple of horizon. A single swarm can be ing up to 200 kilometers a day. and eventually come around spondence published in the as “truly appalling” and com- first localised COVID-19 lock- Thursday. “But the key of the weeks will take to long-distance the size of a large city. “They follow prevailing toward Somalia.” By then, the journal Nature Climate Change mended the undercover inves- down for the city. project is to minimize” the flight, creating the vast swarms Once airborne, the locusts winds,” Polo said. “So they’ll winds will have shifted and this month. AP !"#"# 3
,8 R ,-",./* Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and the period of journey will be o augment India’s border reduced by many days. Tinfrastructure, a large num- At present, the travel to ber of highway projects are Kailash Mansarovar takes underway including in Jammu around two to three weeks and Kashmir, Arunachal through Sikkim or Nepal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, routes. Rajasthan and Himachal The Darchula - Lipulekh Pradesh, both by the BRO as road is an extension of the well as NHIDCL, Union Pithoragarh-Tawaghat- Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Ghatiabagarh road. It originates Work is also progressing on 17 from Ghatiabagarh and termi- strategic highway-cum- nates at Lipulekh Pass, the airstrips, three of which have gateway to Kailash Mansarovar. been completed, he said. In this 80 km road, the altitude Besides, work is on in full rises from 6,000 feet to 17,060 swing on the 12,000 crore The Minister said traffic A large number of these October 2020, three months feet. ambitious Chardham project operations on such strips, projects are being executed by ahead of its scheduled date of BRO had lost many lives in for providing all-weather con- which are already minimal as BRO and the National completion of January 2021. the construction of this road nectivity to Gangotri, they are in remote areas, would Highways and Infrastructure BRO has been working in and 25 equipment were also Kedarnath, Yamunotri and be controlled via railway type Development Corporation some of the most difficult ter- badly damaged after they fell Badrinath. The Border Roads electronic gates in case of need (NHIDCL), he said. rains and ensuring implemen- into Kali Nadi. But despite all Organisation (BRO) has for airplanes to land or take off. A total of about 34,800 kms tation of critical projects, he odds, in the last two years, BRO achieved a major milestone in Earlier, a committee was con- are being considered in Phase said. It has been entrusted could increase its output by 20 the project by successfully dig- stituted comprising officials of I of the Bharatmala Pariyojna with 251 kms of the Chardham times by creating multiple ging a 440-metre long tunnel both the highways and defence at an estimated cost of Rs 5.35 project and this consists of 17 attack points and inducting below the busy Chamba town ministries to come out with lakh crore. “Sound infra- packages out of which 10 pro- modern technology equip- on the Rishikesh-Dharasu specifications for such highway structure brings industries and jects of 151 km have been ment. Helicopters were also national highway, he said. “We stretches. employment. Simultaneously, it sanctioned. He said BRO extensively used to induct hun- have completed three of the 17 “In addition, we have will boost the value of the recently completed a strategi- dreds of tonnes of equipment strategic projects where high- taken up a large number of pro- agriculture and other produce cally crucial road from into this sector, the *" " way stretches can double up as jects to boost infrastructure in in the border areas,” Gadkari Dharchula to Lipulekh, popu- Government had said. airstrips, mostly in border border areas to develop the said. Much work has been larly known as Kailash The Minister also sug- areas. Work on others is pro- same under Bharatmala. These done on the 12,000 crore Mansarovar Yatra route. gested converting old defence % gressing fast,” the road trans- include Rajasthan border, Chardham project to ensure The newly built 80-km aircraft into cargo carriers to port and highways minister Jammu and Kashmir borders, all-year connectivity to road connects the Lipulekh boost cargo transportation ,-",./* deduction of tax. distributed by mutual funds told PTI. The projects, in col- Himachal Pradesh, Badrinath, Kedarnath, pass at a height of 17,000 feet from remote areas and there- Further, banks will have to and business trusts, cash with- laboration with the defence Uttarakhand and the northeast Gangotri and Yamunotri. along the border with China in by spur the economy of these n a bid to make the TDS report tax deducted at source drawals among others.The ministry, will enable highway including Arunachal Pradesh. The latest Austrian tech- Uttarakhand with Dharchula. regions.“There is need to Iform more comprehensive, for cash withdrawals above 1 Centre has revised the format stretches to double up as The intention is all round nology has been used in With the completion of this explore the possibility of con- the Income Tax Department crore.The Central Board of of forms 26Q and 27Q, where airstrips when needed in bor- development of such areas, to Chamba tunnel, a major link of project, the arduous trek verting old defence and airlines has brought about changes to Direct Taxes , though a notifi- details of TDS amount deduct- der areas where there are no boost industries there and cre- Chardham project, he said, through the treacherous high- aircraft into cargo carriers,” he it.The department has made it cation, has amended the IT ed and deposited on various airports in 300-400 km vicin- ate employment,” the Minister adding the tunnel will altitude terrain can now be said, adding that pilots can be mandatory for tax deductors to rules and included TDS on e- resident and non-resident pay- ity, he said. said. be opened for traffic by avoided by the pilgrims of employed on contract basis. mention the reason for non- commerce operators, dividend ments are required to be filled. !" # % '( ) ! # 2 21=/1.2/9 ' * %% 97..27162:4=4/ 421.71.3.7 4. %<6S %* * "" !" !!'% ! /.146=.7./.:=.9 ,-",./* new guidelines provide flexi- end up with a continuing role through preferential allotment bility to the promoters and pro- in the company which may be by stressed listed companies. & romoters of stressed com- moter group entities to attract diluted but not completely In order to ensure that the Ppanies will get more flexi- investors for their companies removed.Therefore, due to such relaxations can be availed by ,-",./* between July 1-3.This translat- opportunity to foreign They are also showing a terms of generating returns as " " ed into a total net withdrawal investors, which they decided clear inclination towards finan- against the comparable markets oreign portfolio investors of 3,741 crore during the to capitalise on,” Himanshu cial stocks while they’re con- over the next year or so, he F(FPIs) have pulled out period under review. Srivastava, associate director- sistently reducing their expo- added. 3,741 crore from the Indian The latest withdrawal has manager research at sure to the communication The Indian financial mar- markets in just three trading come after investment of Morningstar India said. sector, Jain added.With respect kets will continue to witness sessions of July, which market 24,053 crore by FPIs in FPIs have been actively to investment in debt segment rotational trend with respect to analysts attributed to profit domestic markets in June. FPIs trimming their holdings in Srivastava said “the scenario is foreign flows. Bouts of net booking and appreciation in turned net buyers after remain- some stocks and the value of showing signs of normalising” inflows and outflows are the rupee over the last few ing net sellers for three con- which they find unattractive .Decision of US Federal expected by FPIs depending on weeks. secutive months.“Markets per- while they continue to invest in Reserve to initiate a dedicated their changing opinion and The depositories data forming well in the recent stocks that have reached very corporate bond buying pro- global trends, he showed that FPIs withdrew a times, and some appreciation attractive valuations in the last gramme to lift their local econ- noted.Globally the scenario is net sum of 3,959 crore from in rupee over the last few 3 months, Harsh Jain, co- omy could enhance the flow of evolving and there are multiple the equities but invested a net weeks, have provided a good founder and COO at Groww, foreign funds into India, which factors which are dictating the 218 crore in debt segment profit booking said. is expected to perform better in direction of foreign flows. 1 ,, 56, " /"2 D ', &6 76 8 $ '% % * F*"&78*) an deal size was $0.38 mil- al products were the active sec- lion.Although there has not tors in terms of the number of New Delhi: HMD Global, towards those in pre-COVID ,-",./* been much activity, companies IPOs. Each sector had two which sells Nokia brand of time.“We are the only are considering their long- IPOs on the SME market and mobile phones, is betting on its European mobile phone brand. ndia witnessed four initial term growth plan, and have they were worth around $2.08 Finnish lineage and focus on We have a simple idea at the Ipublic offerings worth $ 2.08 started to engage in conversa- million. security to succeed in the core of our operations that million in the three months tions towards their IPO prepa- “Indian stock exchanges Indian market where it com- mobile technology can improve ended June as the coronavirus ration in this economic slow- (BSE and NSE including SMEs) petes against rivals like Xiaomi, the lives of everyone around the Greater Noida: In view of the Accordingly, the State for tree plantation campaign in pandemic impacted economic down, leading consultancy EY ranked seventh in the world in Samsung and others.The com- world...We believe that every target of planting 25 crore of Government appointed Gautam Budh Nagar district. activities, according to an EY India said on Sunday.About terms of number of IPOs in Q2 pany, whose lineup includes Nokia phone is built upon the trees in the year 2020-2021, the Narendra Bhooshan, Chief The plantation to be held India report. April-June period, also the sec- 2020. There were no cross-bor- both smartphones and feature foundations of security, relia- Uttar Pradesh Government is Executive Officer, Greater in the district was done under All the IPOs were in the ond quarter of 2020, the report der deals and there were no phones, also sees resilience in bility, and dependability,” HMD organised a large tree planta- Noida Industrial Development the direction of the nodal Small and Medium Enterprises said that consumer products & IPOs in the main markets,” the the Indian market and said Global Vice President Sanmeet tion programme on Sunday. Authority as Officer-in-Charge officer. (SMEs) segment and the medi- retail, and diversified industri- report said. sales numbers are inching Kochhar told PTI. PTI !"#"# B ence rooms and lounges. New touchless features in interior design elements, includ- ing touchless faucets, automated window shades and motion-sen- sor or voice-activated door hard- ware, will see a surge. Such fea- tures, experts suggest, could also $ , be added to other spaces such as building lobbies, reception desks * . * and common areas. Sustainable practices such as utilising mate- ) " rials which are smooth, easy to > wipe down and hold up to fre- % % ( quent deep cleanings, especially % in high-traffic areas, will be fol- % J lowed. % ( Empowering employees L, The impact an organisation ' casts on its people is beyond its tangible domains, as it results in / larger face-to-face engagement, 'M professional empowerment and a H & sense of fulfillment and person- al confidence. ( “While work from home is an interim solution in the current sit- " uation, it has its own drawbacks too, including challenges like the feeling of isolation and lack of personal connectivity with col- leagues. It is very difficult to repli- > & ! cate an office environment and % the collaboration opportunities in a WFH model. Hence, work- 2 $ ! ! " Q ! place design will be increasingly gaining importance in the current $ '% $! $ $4) context and will be influenced by ( the fact that people shape the ' spaces they occupy, with focus on ! 4#+0-1 ,),- human experience, innovation J in technology, wellness and sus- as work from home really social distancing and good tainability,” says Ramesh Nair, turned out to be as help- hygiene. CEO and country head, India, Hful as you had thought it to JLL. 1 be? Or has it become even more The digital drive: Telecommuting It will become important to tiresome? How will the work pat- & other advancements consider how employees are feel- terns transform once you reach Companies will start invest- ing when they prepare to return ( your office desks again? ing in contactless technologies to to the office. Instead of issuing a A report compiled by a real reduce disease transmission. mandate for everyone to come estate consultancy firm explored Standalone technology will be back together, offering the option how the office, as we know it replaced by integral solutions for people to do it alternatively O :, today, will transform into a green- that connect building facilities will be a safer option. er, healthier and sustainable place with the occupier’s premise. “Most space planners, archi- 11 1 to re-welcome its employees post People will have to be encouraged tects and product providers are $ ,,6 COVID-19. It indicated that to collaborate virtually whenev- proactively thinking ahead of ; , :, around 30 per cent Indian work- er possible. And telecommuting time to bring in new concepts and ing population feels that the lock- will become more mainstream. technologies to provide a health- , < $* down has given them an Also, to avoid transmission, ier and more sustainable work- = :, enhanced opportunity to balance technological accessories such as place for the future. Occupiers their work and life. However, a mouse, keyboard, or headset have embraced the preliminary , 6,< while 66 per cent employees will be provided to each individ- phase to accelerate the short-term : * ? immediately shifted to working ual. These devices are touched transition and have started part- * * from home after the outbreak of throughout the day and hence, nering with certain organisations the pandemic, around 41 per would be best if not shared with- to plan a safer and informed re- *$,< :, cent employees miss a profession- out disinfecting between users. entry at the workplace to ensure , $ $* al environment while working. social distancing and workplace And for many, health and wellness Sustainable & hygienic practices wellness,” says MV Harish, man- * are the key motivators to re-enter Companies will continue to aging director, PDS. 16, ;6 :, office spaces. focus on greener spaces and sus- 1 6;* Also, considering that safety tainable building will continue to What’s next? awareness has emerged as top pri- be in vogue. 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" 600+- 7-10% here have been endless debates around mental health and depres- Tsion. But time and again, we have to be reminded that mental illnesses are a thing and how important it is to start normalising it. Did you know that this psychological disorder is so common that nearly 10 per cent of the population is suffering from a depressive disorder. World Health Organisation (WHO) expects depression to be the is the lead- ing cause of ill health and disability worldwide. It is a deep, broad, complex subject and a serious medical condition which needs to be supervised by a profession- al. It is not only a psychological disor- der but also a physical distress. Mental disorder is characterised by sadness, loss of interest, pleasure, feeling of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep and poor concentration. Physical distress is mostly due to physical disability and n India, the tradition of following a guru dates higher mortality. It affects everyone Iback to many thousand years. In fact, in the differently, so each person is treated dif- Hindu society, it is often believed that a person ferently too. It is seen that women are of Doshàs — Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The prayer before leaving the bed. Once out it calms the nerves and other parts of the who dies without a guru has lived a useless life. more affected by depression than men. imbalance of these causes mental and of the bed, one needs to clean the face, body. Exercise, of course, also controls That is why devotees flock to gurus and have The fear of stigma and lack of support emotional disturbances. Thus, it is mouth and eyes by splashing some cold weight, improves the flow of blood in the staunch faith in them. Every word of a guru is for people with mental disorders have important to balance these doshas and water and rinsing your mouth. Another body as well as loosens stiff joints. considered to be the ultimate truth. For most known to be the biggest reasons for not energise them for which we have to fol- important aspect is to blink your eyes Once the exercise is completed, one devotees a guru is a medium, who shows the way being able to avail the right treatment. low the Ayurvedic norms like Dincharya seven times and then rotating it in all should perform meditation for at least to god or truth, someone who inspire people to Well, Ayurveda seems to have a cure. (daily routines) and Ritucharya (season- directions. thirty minutes. Finally, a heavy and follow a path of right- It helps to bring your body back in bal- al health routines). Next step should be Nasya (admin- fibrous breakfast with some healthy eousness and high moral ance. So it is very important to find the One has to follow a healthy and pure istration of herbs by the route of nasal drink makes for a perfect morning rou- integrity. In the present cause of the disease. According to it, sattvic diet which suits your body type. cavity). This should be performed before tine. The breakfast should be between age, gurus have become good health is a balance of physical and The food that we consume should have having a bath or even your daily exer- 10:30 to 11:30 am so that there is ample important due to psychological well-being. It has always all the six taste in them such as sweet, cises on an empty stomach. One should time for the body to digest and prepare increased suffering and had a holistic approach towards this dis- sour, bitter, astringent, salty and pungent. promoters of mental and emotional lie down with the head tilted back and for the next meal. misery in the lives of order just like another disease we suffer Various Ayurvedic therapies are health. then put five drops of Nasya in each nos- This sets the tone and energy for the people. For a common from. The holistic approach is in regard recommended under a doctor’s supervi- People need to strictly follow some tril and ears. Another step would be to entire day and keeps the individual in a man, who is tossed with the treatment of mental health sion at our centre such as Shirodhara of the basic regimes in life. Following a apply oil to the head and body. happier disposition. Classical Ayurveda around helplessly by the issues such as stress, anxiety and depres- with Thialam or Thakrdhara, proper daily routine is essential in Performing any exercise or has the goal of alleviating all diseases, circumstances and pres- sion, so Ayurveda explores the relation- Thalapothitical Thalam, Pichu, Ayurveda for the body and mind. It can pranayam helps in aligning one’s body, including mental, psychological and sures of life, a guru is like ship between the mind, body, soul and Abhyangam, Nasyam and many others. help keep a positive attitude, happiness mind and soul. It is very important for emotional sufferings. a pillar of strength, a safe their working. Ayurvedic medicines like Manasmitra and relaxation. It starts with waking up people suffering from anxiety, depression (The writer is the Joint Managing haven, in whom people Our body is made up of three types gulika, Brahmi, Ashwagandha are good early in the morning and saying a or any other mental health issues since Director, Kairali Ayurvedic Group.) hope to find peace. There are many kind of gurus in the world. Some of them are considered to be messiahs sent n the sacred forests of Kumaon schemes meant for them? The by god to redeem humans. If we look closely at Iregion, Uttarakhand, resides a government’s claim of reaching all these beliefs that surround many gurus, we can tribal community who is consid- out to Ban Raji women doesn’t see that most of the claims are exaggerated or not ered to be descendants of one of # hold water as these women clear- true. Some gurus are even seen as avatars of lord the aboriginal prince of Kumaon. ly have no access to basic human Krishna or lord Shiva. In the Bhagavad Gita,it Famous among the ethnogra- ( rights. The schemes announced is said that god comes to liberate all human beings, phers, the Ban Raji community for the upliftment of women of even the sages and gurus are uplifted when he flaunts a distinguished culture, (*'A this tribal community will turn comes. So in that sense, no human being can be language and lifestyle, which is out to be effective only when a guru because he is the one who gives liberation closely entwined with mother ( .'1. ' )&.2 *&)2/ they will have access and assis- (mukti) from all bondages of this world. nature. Ban Raji, which means tance to process such informa- No human being can ever be above god. Only ‘royal people of the forest’, reflects compromising with their physi- tion. god can provide us the knowledge about himself, the closeness and dependency of cal and mental health. The non- The point being missed here the nature of the soul and the creation. Only he this tribe on the ecosystem. Over availability of health centers in is that this community has spent can open our third eye of wisdom. That is the the years, however, the popula- close vicinity and due to the lack decades away from the influence mere reason why gurus also meditate and tion as well as their culture has of monetary assistance, they of the development process. As remember him to enlighten themself. No guru undergone drastic transforma- resort to home-based remedies. the rest of the country moved can claim to absolve the sins of human beings. tion and they are slowly moving Effective for a while, these tradi- forward, this community, like We must understand the fact that all souls who out of their safe haven into the tional remedies are unable to many other indigenous groups, take birth in human body get into the bondage urban life for survival. Included save lives and many women die chose to stay close to nature. of birth and death, action and its fruit. Only god in the list of 18 most threatened between the age of 35 to 40. Now, owing to deforestation, remains beyond this cycle, which is why he alone human groups and classified by Unhealthy mothers and mal- urbanisation and migration, is capable of giving liberation to all human beings the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as nourished children receive no these groups are being forced to including gurus. Hence, it must be understood a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal attention by the men in the quit their aboriginal lifestyle and that only god is the true satguru. Group (PVTG), the community community. adapt to this new ‘modernised’ Guru literally means the one who removes needs special attention of the pol- way. Women, who have been darkness. God is truth — one who removes the icy makers, especially its women # suppressed for years, are the darkness of ignorance and brings the dawn of members. Altering lifestyles and patri- worst affected in this process. satyuga. He transforms vicious human beings into My first acquaintance with archal mindsets have led to The policy makers are required divine virtuous beings. He makes us soul con- the members of the Ban Raji increase in violence against to understand the cultural ecol- scious. He imparts the true wisdom that liberates community happened in the women. Proficient in wooden ogy of this tribe before design- human souls from the bondage of vices and takes year 2008 in the dense forests of handicrafts, men work hard to ing programmes and schemes for them back to the soul world — the original home Pithoragarh Janpad. The pres- earn meagre amounts only to them. A holistic approach is of all the souls. Remember that gurus can impart ence of an outsider had created spend half of it on alcohol. After needed along with assistance the knowledge of scriptures but god is the satgu- a certain discomfort in the air. with almost negligible interac- entire life. Till date, only four 5 returning home, they fight with from non-government institu- ru, who tells us the essence of all scriptures. He After a while, a few men came tion with the outside world are girls from this community have *, their wives and often indulge into tions to reach out to these tells us that by remembering him we can claim forward to interact but the enduring a life of distress. managed to complete their edu- Due to lack of awareness, physical violence. Women who women. an inheritance of purity, peace and happiness. women observed from a dis- cation till class 12 and are cur- high percentage of illiteracy and are taught to treat their partners Already working in the field, At present, negative vibes and feelings seem tance. A member of the commu- rently studying for an undergrad- disconnection from the outside like god and never speak against certain non-government organ- to be ruling everyone's mind, as a result of which nity, who was well aware of the " uate degree. The status of men’s world, the community practices them, they do not even consid- isations are guiding the commu- souls are unable to find a permanent refuge in life outside the forest, helped Girls are denied the basic education is also not very hope- the regressive tradition of mar- er such incidences as a violation nity to accept and adapt these religion. The learned souls are themselves con- establish conversations with the right to education and are given ful. In 2001, a residential school rying girls before the permissi- of their right. changes without compromising fessing to the lack of power and are internally rest of the men. Later, from the responsibility of household was established for the children ble age of 18. Most girls are mar- their traditional values. Learning looking for a hopeful sign from above. Hence, all 2011 to 2016, I worked closely chores from an early age. They belonging to this primitive tribe ried between the age of 16 to 18 # from their experience and util- these symptoms are pointing towards that aus- with these handful of families are not allowed to step outside by the state government with and become mothers to two to How these tribal women, ising them to plan and imple- picious time when he plays the role of a guide and and gained insight into their day the forest. Of the families met at assistance from the central gov- three children before the age of who cannot read, write and have ment better policies will certain- leads all the souls on the true path of liberation to day life, customs, rituals and the time of writing this article, 95 ernment. However, due to 21. With no knowledge of Sexual absolutely no exposure to the ly support the upliftment of Ban in life. So let us all connect with one satguru, who challenges. 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With players’ calls echoing around the near-empty terraces of the cavernous stadium, where Germany head coach Joachim Low was one of a handful of guests, the game was played in an eerie atmosphere. 1$ ! 1 $$ % $- $ $ 1?E* “It’s a bit of a sad moment,” admit- ted Bayern forward Thomas Mueller, who lamented the lack of fans, after win- ) 1$ ning the German Cup for the sixth time in his career. “If the fans are missing at such a cup final, it’s not the same. 1 ! C - “We’ve done well this season over - ! # "?-) # - ! 65 ! ) long stretches, but it also hurts a bit.” +*.)+ Getafe on Thursday, through at Bilbao and we saw it like Having skied a shot at goal moments a Ramos spot-kick, Madrid that. We’re happy with anoth- +,1.* earlier, Lewandowski made it 3-0 when ergio Ramos scored his repeated the trick at San er crucial three points that put he controlled a clearance kick by goal- S22nd consecutive penalty Mames, their captain’s nerve more pressure on Barcelona.” obert Lewandowski passed the 50- keeper Manuel Neuer and tried a long- on Sunday as Real Madrid from the spot combining with Ramos said he is always goal mark this season as Bayern range speculative shot at Hradecky. held on for another 1-0 win a gutsy display to grind out a confident on penalties. RMunich completed the double *% 45 *%*% The Leverkusen keeper parried the over Athletic Bilbao to inch pivotal win. “In those moments of with a 4-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen shot, but watched in horror as it rolled closer to winning La Liga. Ramos was perhaps fortu- doubt that’s when I feel most behind closed doors to win a 20th behind him and over the goal line on 59 Ramos’ fifth goal in seven nate not to concede a penal- comfortable. I wanted to take German Cup on Saturday. . <5& + minutes. games since the restart gives ty himself when, off the ball, the responsibility,” he said. Bundesliga champions Bayern dom- It fired life into Leverkusen, whose Madrid a seven-point lead he seemed to slip and “But if I wanted individ- inated at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium as . "D+& centre-back Sven Bender slipped his over Barcelona, who play later tread on the foot of Raul ual recognition I would David Alaba smashed home an early marker Leon Goretzka and headed at in-form Villarreal. Garcia, but Madrid play tennis.” free-kick before Serge Gnabry added the Bayern, crowned Bundesliga cham- history they have won the double. home on 64 minutes. Anything but a victory for escaped. Bilbao’s Iker Munain second goal in the first half. pions for the eighth straight year last Lewandowski, crowned Bundesliga Leverkusen nearly got a second Barca would probably leave Instead, the defend- said Madrid had again Lewandowski has 51 goals in total Saturday, have won all of their 11 top-scorer for the fifth time last week- moments later when Kevin Volland and them too much to do with er’s 10th goal of the sea- been lucky with deci- this season after scoring twice in the sec- games since the season resumed end, netted six times in the cup, Havertz both failed to connect with a four games remaining, espe- son, the best tally of his sions. ond half either side of a Sven Bender in mid-May after a two-months has 34 league goals and 11 more cross. cially as Madrid own the career, gave Madrid their third “We’re not going to win it header for Leverkusen. hiatus due to the coronavirus. in the Champions League this sea- Lewandowski claimed his second superior record head-to-head. 1-0 win in a row, as well as a thanks to the referees,” said Kai Havertz converted a penalty They could finish the season son. when he fired home Ivan Perisic’s pass This was Madrid’s tough- fourth consecutive clean sheet. Ramos. “People have to look deep into added time for Leverkusen. winning the treble as they are Leverkusen completed a hat- on 89 minutes. est fixture left and they might “It’s a massive win,” said at themselves and be critical of “In the second half we showed that among the favourites for the trick of defeats after also losing the Bayern defender Alphonso Davies have been content even with Ramos. “We knew today was their own performances. we are the better team and wanted to be Champions League finals in 2002 and 2009 cup finals in Berlin. conceded the penalty in the fourth a point against a robust, well- going to be one of the biggest Based on the points, it seems cup winners,” said man-of-the-match Lisbon next month. When Lewandowski was clat- minute of added time which Havertz organised Bilbao side. games that we have left. It’s we’re doing well at the Lewandowski. This was the 13th time in the club’s tered by defender Edmond Tapsoba on converted just before the whistle. But after edging out always a difficult game away moment.” 215)1*0&./+6% ." Champions League received a set- back after a 2-0 loss to Arsenal. oss Barkley set up the opening Goals from Bukayo Saka, a high- Rgoal before scoring himself late ly rated 18-year-old midfielder, in the in the game as Chelsea eased past rel- 43rd minute and substitute egation-threatened Watford in a 3-0 Alexandre Lacazette in the 86th win to consolidate fourth place in the ensured Wolves dropped points for Premier League. the first time since the restart of the )!$$ %% 1 +) The England midfielder played league, with Nuno Espirito Santo’s in Olivier Giroud to score in the 28th team having previously recorded G+# $ # , $- ! ) %% minute and put Chelsea ahead at a three straight wins. virtually empty Stamford Bridge on It meant Wolves lost ground on & *. Saturday. Champions League qualification Q% Willian converted a penalty in rivals Leicester and Manchester ,-",./* the 43rd minute after Christian United, who both won earlier Pulisic was fouled to make it 2-0, Saturday. t’s been six months since he struck IPL before Barkley finished off a flowing With a fifth-place finish earning ! Igold with a record-breaking bid but team move involving Pulisic and a spot in Europe’s top competition, Australian pace spearhead Pat Cummins Cesar Azpilicueta with a rasping fin- all is not lost for sixth-place Wolves &# D & says his life hasn’t changed one bit because ish high into the net in second-half though they cannot afford many he has never been the sort to be too affect- stoppage time. and two clear of fifth-place The result of the appeal is more slip-ups in their remaining five <"E 4 ed by either success or failure. Chelsea bounced back from a Manchester United in the race for imminent. league games. The world No 1 Test bowler was surprising loss at West Ham in mid- Champions League qualification. Watford stayed one point After back-to-back defeats fol- 1, Ibrahimovic had a goal bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a week with a third win in four match- Fifth place will be enough to and one place clear of the rel- lowing the resumption, Arsenal has ruled out for offside but did not record 15.5 crore, making him the high- es since the return of the league after qualify for the Champions League egation zone with five games now won three straight games to rise latan Ibrahimovic was on have to wait long to score est paid foreign player in the history of the a three-month suspension because of this season if second-place remaining, and is yet to win to seventh — three points behind Ztarget again as Milan beat from the penalty spot after league. the coronavirus outbreak. Manchester City fails with its since the restart. Wolves. A finish in sixth will earn the Lazio 3-0 at Stadio Olimpico to Alexis Saelemaekers’ cross “I would like to think my life doesn’t Frank Lampard’s Chelsea stayed appeal to overturn a two-year Earlier, Wolverhampton’s pursuit team a berth in the Europa League derail their opponents' struck Stefan Radu’s hand. change much at all,” Cummins said when a point behind third-place Leicester European ban imposed by UEFA. of a first-ever qualification for the next season, as may seventh. Scudetto hopes. Strakosha got a hand to the asked about the impact of the headline- Juve moved seven spot-kick 11 minutes grabbing event last December. points clear at the summit before the break but it “I try my best in every game I play but with a 4-1 win over rivals squirmed under his body I try to not let any successes or setbacks " % * 1 6 ,* = Torino earlier on Saturday to leave Lazio, who change my life too much,” the 27-year-old and Lazio were unable to recovered from a goal added. close the gap in their game down to beat Fiorentina Asked whether the high of that day has F in hand. in midweek, with a big moun- faded away, he said, “Not really.” , , 6,8 Lazio had not lost in 16 tain to climb. “May be, once I get over there to play,” ?/),+012 er of the year while David home games since September Manuel Lazzari thought added the star bowlers. Miller was voted the fans’ ) /,,1 quoted as saying by The 2017 but were two down at that he had started a second- A lot of cricketers have had changed hite-ball skipper favourite player. Guardian. half-time - Ibrahimovic scor- half comeback when he drilled priorities since the advent of private T20 WQuinton de Kock Anrich Nortje, who acer Kemar Roach feels the “Winning in England would ing a penalty after setting up home, only for the offside flag leagues but Cummins is a chip off the old was named the men’s made his Test debut in Pupcoming series against be perfect but it’s about defend- Hakan Calhanoglu for the to deny him, and further mis- block who, like India skipper Virat Kohli, cricketer of the year at India and took a five-for in England is equivalent to the ing the trophy. This is our opener. ery followed when Rebic added values the Test format. Cricket South the Test series against Ashes for the West Indies team biggest series, like the Ashes for Ante Rebic added a third a third goal. “I grew up watching and loving Test Africa’s (CSA) England, was adjudged the which will look to defend the us, so it’s about getting into that for Europe-chasing Milan in The Croatia international cricket and nothing has changed. I think it annual awards cer- International men’s trophy it won at home last year. zone,” he added. the second half as Lazio, with- took Giacomo Bonaventura’s is the most challenging format because it emony, held virtu- newcomer of the year. West Indies had handed Roach ended as the leading out leading goalscorer Ciro pass in his stride and swept tests your skill, stamina, mental strength,” ally due to the Shabnim Ismail Joe Root’s men a 2-1 defeat when wicket-taker with 18 scalps in Immobile, fell to just a second past Strakosha for his ninth he explained. Covid-19 pan- took home the England travelled to the the last series between the two loss in 25 league matches. league goal of the season. “Each and every Test win is incredibly demic. women’s T20 player Caribbeans last year and Roach sides. He ran through the Calhanoglu continued his Milan should have added satisfying,” said Cummins, who has 143 The 27-year- of the year said the visiting team wants to set the tone. Everyone put in and English batting line-up in the good form since the restart by a fourth late on but Theo wickets from 30 Tests at an impressive aver- old also bagged with left-arm emulate that result in the three- we’re looking to emulate that first innings of the opening opening the scoring after 23 Hernandez missed a sitter, age of 21.82. the Test cricketer spinner match series starting Wednesday here. Taking the trophy back Test in Barbados, and was minutes, the midfielder's strike having earlier been denied by With Cricket Australia allowing its of the year while Nonkululeko Mlaba at Ageas Bowl. home to the Caribbean is the awarded the Man of Series for deflecting off Marco Parolo to Strakosha following an impres- players to start outdoor training, the speed- young opener Laura was recognised as the “We were relentless and it number one goal,” Roach was his consistent performance. help it over Thomas Strakosha. sive run. ster is back sweating it out in the nets but Wolvaardt took women’s newcomer of said that it would take some time to reach home the women’s the Year. peak match condition. cricketer of the year This is the second “It takes at least a couple of months to and ODI cricketer of time de Kock has won * ( % build back up to full pace and fitness but the year awards. the men’s Cricketer luckily we have some time. We started bowl- Pacer Lungi of the Year, having *,.+,12 the four-time champion in his % ing two weeks ago. So, we will be ready for Ngidi was named claimed the accolade in final season at Ferrari, finish- when we start,” said Cummins. ODI and T20 play- 2017. altteri Bottas stayed calm ing 10th. 5 Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Vin a stormy race on Before the race even Mendis was arrested on Sunday after the Sunday to claim a measured started, there was drama vehicle he was driving hit and killed a 64- victory for Mercedes as when six of the 20 drivers year-old cyclist. P $ Formula One returned with opted against taking a knee to The accident took place at 5am on the a bang in a belated, dramat- protest against racism. Old Galle Road in the Colombo suburb ic and incident-strewn 2020 Hamilton wore a Black of Panadura. 5" Australia coach undefeated in his 50-bout pro- love having him in the team. He’s season-opening Austrian Lives Matter t-shirt, while Mendis will appear before a magis- Justin Langer on Sunday likened fessional career and owned 15 an absolute ripper,” he added. Grand Prix. other drivers, who all lined up trate even as the police conduct an inves- David Warner to unbeaten box- major world titles in five weight After his return to the game, Seven months after the with him at the front of the tigation into the accident. ing great Floyd Mayweather, divisions. Warner has proved himself to be final race of 2019, the Finn, grid, sported black tops say- According to police, Mendis’ car calling him an “absolute ripper” Warner, who was identified a valuable player to the team, who had started from the ing End Racism. crashed into the bicycle of the deceased who will never get to be a as the instigator of the 2018 that struggled in his and Smith’s 12th pole position of his ' - & & ! , ) ) Leclerc and Red Bull’s who has been identified as a resident of leader thanks to the 2018 incident was slapped with absence. career, led from start to fin- Max Verstappen had con- Gokarella. ball-tampering scandal. a lifetime captaincy ban. Langer, who took up the ish to come home ahead on Norris who claimed his maid- closed doors at the Red Bull firmed a split among F1 dri- The victim suffered serious injuries “Look, I support him. “Officially he’s been position of the coach a couple of the road of team-mate six- en podium for McLaren. Ring, Ferrari-bound Carlos vers when they said they and died as he was being admitted to the Having David Warner in the banned from captaining months after the scandal, said time champion Lewis Hamilton, hit with a late Sainz finished fifth in the sec- would not take a knee on the hospital. team is like having Floyd Australia again,” Warner has been a fantastic Hamilton. pre-race grid penalty that ond McLaren ahead of Sergio grid, but that they remained The police has taken the cricketer’s Mayweather in the Langer said. addition to the side since he has The Briton, however, had dropped him from second to Perez of Racing Point. committed to fighting racism. SUV into its custody and would investi- team,” Langer told “I don’t think come back from the ban. been given a five-second fifth, had clashed with Red Pierre Gasly was sixth for Carlos Sainz of McLaren, gate if he was driving under the influence. Channel Nine televi- he’ll be a captain “I love him. He talks it up, penalty during the race and Bull’s Alex Albon in the final Alpha Tauri and Esteban Danil Kvyat of Alpha Tauri, The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-bats- sion’s Sports Sunday, of Australia he is a great player by any cal- was demoted to fourth laps, forcing him into a spin Ocon eighth on his return to Antonio Giovinazzi and Alfa man has represented Sri Lanka in 44 Tests referring to the again because culations and he’s been fantastic behind Charles Leclerc, who off track. racing with Renault ahead of Romeo team-mate Kimi and 76 ODIs. Mendis was part of the American icon of where we’re in the team over the last two brought his Ferrari home In a race of three Safety Antonio Giovinazzi of Alfa Raikkonen also chose to stay national squad which had resumed train- who remained at, but I years,” Langer said. PTI second and Briton Lando Car interventions, run behind Romeo and Sebastian Vettel, on their feet. ing after the Covid-19 lockdown. PTI