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RAMBAN, JULY 10: sion, said that the process for shifting of towers of 132 KV Finance Commissioner, line from right Of Way revenue, dr. Pawan Kotwal, (rOW) to safer places is ex - who is also the Nodal Officer pected to be completed by National Highway Four december. Besides, alternate laning Project, today visited land has also been provided to district ramban and inspect - the tlMd for construction of ed NH-44 construction works the same, he added. being executed from Banihal He said that keeping in to Nashri. view the tough topography of FC asked the NHAI and hilly terrain between ramban other departments to expe - and Banihal a detailed Project dite the pace of construction report is being formulated by work to complete the Jammu - NHAI worth rs. 2000 crore to SRINAGAR, JULY 10: thrown open parks and gardens for Srinagar, National Highway complete changed 16 KM four the general public. which is priority of the gov - laning realigned project on the occasion. the NHAI to start construc - project, he said that the ongo - Advisor to lieutenant Governor, during his visit to Nishat ernment. which included more tunnels during his one day tour, tion works besides almost all ing works of NH44 widening Baseer Ahmad Khan, today directed Garden, Baseer Khan advised people deputy Commissioner, and bridges to avoid landslid - FC inspected construction of the structures have been re - project will be completed for strict compliance of Covid-19 to wear face masks, use hand sanitiz - ramban, Nazim Zai Khan, ing and sinking areas. works at Chamalwas, moved from the acquired within one and half year and guidelines at the public parks. He ers and maintain social distancing SSP, Haseeb –ur- rahman, Earlier, AdC apprised FC Nachilana, ramsoo, Seri, land. construction works in the tun - said this during his on spot inspec - norms both inside and outside these AdC, Ashok Sharma, Project of the status of land acquisi - ramban, Chanderkote and FC was informed that con - nels are going on war footing. tion of Nishat Garden to see that the places. director (Pd) National tion cases, shifting of 132 KV dahlwas besides directing the struction work on 8.5 Km long He instructed the NHAI and guidelines are being adhered prop - Maintaining that precautions Highway Authority of India tower lines and other struc - concerned officers for remov - Banihal-Qazigund road tun - contractors engaged in the erly. are very important, the Advisor also (NHAI), SdM ramsoo, dil tures besides other bottle - ing bottlenecks, if any, hin - nel is near completion and af - widening of the NH44 to en - He was accompanied by directed the authorities to penalize Mir Choudhary, SdM, necks hindering road proj - dering the project. He was in - ter the security and other nec - sure proper maintenance of Commissioner Secretary, those found violating the precau - Banihal, Zaheer Abbas Bhat, ects. He assured that the work formed that the land acquisi - essary audit of the tunnel it existing roads for hassle free Floriculture Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad tionary measures. He directed the other concerned officers and would be completed as per tion process has been com - will be thrown open for public vehicular movement. and other concerned officers. officers that all the healthcare care representatives of construc - target fixed by the Chief pleted and all the working use. Expressing satisfaction FC, while addressing the the Jammu and Kashmir ad - guidelines should be strictly adhered tion companies were present Secretary earlier. sites have been handed over to over the pace of work on the media persons on the occa - ministration had on Wednesday at the gardens for the general public. District administration Rajouri organises Advisor Baseer Khan visits SPS Library; Emphasises mega Kisan Pakhwada at Nowshera introduction of modern facilities SRINAGAR, JULY 10: called for reviving the culture of book reading and reading rooms to Advisor to lieutenant enrich the intellectual capital that Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, to - would in turn educate the people day visited SPS library Srinagar to about the culture, history, national oversee its functioning and facili - integration and other aspects. He ties available to the readers. said that there is a need to keep a Advisor went round the premises provision for creation of infrastruc - including the reading room, ture, reading rooms and mini li - Senior Citizens’ Section, General braries at the district level so that Philosophy and languages section readers are able to access books at and the Children’s gallery. He the local level. asked the concerned authorities to He asked the concerned au - ensure availability of books and thorities to send a detailed proposal other reference material required for upgrading the facilities at the li - for students and avid readers. brary and related necessary works during his visit to the library, that are to be completed for its RAJOURI, JULY 10: ministration. He also said farmers make a Advisor said that it is a huge asset proper functioning and mainte - key contribution to the development of a and an incubation centre for schol - nance. ing of the library. among the 8 oldest libraries across As a part of the ambitious Kisan nation and thus it becomes important to ars and researchers. this vital pub - On the occasion, director the SPS library, established in the country. Pakwada programme and on the direc - give respect to their dedicated efforts and lic utility has been raised after a libraries and research, Sheikh the year 1898, hosts a collection of Advisor asked the authorities to tions of the deputy Commissioner to make them feel proud of their hard very long struggle and every effort Arshad Ayub, gave a detailed pres - books in English, Urdu, Arabic, find out ways and means to up - rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh, a work. should be made for its proper func - entation about functioning of the Persian, Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Hindi grade the facility on modern lines mega Kisan Pakhwada was organized to - He also highlighted the objective be - tioning and maintenance, he as - library and the steps to be taken for and Punjabi languages. It also has a so that readers are attracted to the day here at Subdivision Nowshera. hind the celebration of the programme serted. He directed the concerned its upgradation on modern lines. collection of 74 manuscripts in place besides encouraging reading the mela was inaugurated by and urged upon the farmers to remain up - authorities that any pending engi - He also informed about the Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic and Urdu. habits among the locals. Additional deputy Commissioner dated with the new schemes and pro - neering work should be completed progress on various libraries across SPS library is counted as one during the visit, Advisor also Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh Samayal in grammes launched by the Government at the earliest for proper function - the districts of J&K. presence of Chief Agriculture Officer, from time to time for their welfare. He said Vijay Kumar, Chief Horticulture Officer, that the aim for observing Kisan Pakwada Madan lal, Chief Animal Husbandry is to ensure 100% coverage of the farmers DC Reasi convenes meeting of Officer, Mohd younis, BdC Chairpersons under KCC in the district so that they can Kisan Pakhwada: DDC Kishtwar and other district and sectoral officers. avail a low-interest loan. the AdC said District Environment Committee Scores of farmers from adjoining areas that concerted efforts are being made to inaugurates Kisan Mela at participated in Kisan Pakhwada and all achieve the goal of doubling the income of REASI, JULY 10: rajeev Sharma, CEO Mushtaq the SOPs norms were followed while car - the farmers by 2022 and various steps are Ahmed besides other seniors offi - deputy Commissioner, Indu rying out different activities during the being taken to provide necessary benefits cers attended the meeting. during Mughal Maidan programme. the officers from various de - Kanwal Chib, who is also the the meeting, threadbare discussion to the farmers to mitigate their sufferings Chairperson of district partments like Agriculture, Horticulture, was also held on constitution of and ensuring 100 per cent KCC is one of Environment Committee reasi, to - Biodiversity Management Distributes 300 KCCs, visits Ultra Hybrid Sericulture, Floriculture, Animal them. He impressed upon the farmers to day convened a meeting with the Committees and formation of Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, JK Bank be open to adopting new technologies in district officers to review imple - dEPs besides assigning of duties to nursery, Quarantine Centres and others disseminated information re - the field so that production could be mentation of the decisions taken in various departments for effective lated to various Government schemes of boosted with the ultimate aim to usher in a the last meeting of district implementation of Environment KISHTWAR, JULY 10: ture and agri-allied activities to the their departments which are meant for the new green revolution in the district. the Environment Plan Committee. plans. the plans included solid, liq - new methods and parctices based on welfare of the general public. AdC also handed over Kisan Credit cards Additional deputy Commissioner, uid, plastic, Biomedical, e-waste As a part of ongoing 02 week the scientific lines such as high den - AdC said that the Kisan Pakhwada is to 22 progressive farmers of the area to rajinder Kumar Sharma, Assistant management, water quality man - long Kissan Pakwada in the sity plantations. He further in - one of the most unique ways for close in - help them secure timely credit at reason - Commissioner development, dr agement and noise pollution moni - district,district development formed that owing to the high poten - teraction between the farmer and the ad - able interest in a hassle-free manner. Anirudh rai ACd, dMO Shafiq toring among a number of other ac - Commissioner Kishtwar rajinder tial of developing horticulture sector Ahmed, dFO, Jyotsana, CMO dr. tivities. Singh tara today inaugurated Kisan in kishtwar ,few days back empan - Mela here at trC Mughal Maidan. elled agencies have visited Kishtwar the Kissan Mela Which was or - and have conducted a study of Ultra ganised by the Agriculture high density plantations projects in Executive Leadership Programme for Education, department in collaboration with different areas of the district. While the Horticulture, Animal hus - highlighting the role of PrI mem - bandry, Sheep Husbandry and other bers in uplifting the agriculture sec - Skill Development Officers held allied departments witnessed the tor in the district, ddC asked them participation of more than 400 to act as a bridge between the people farmers, orchadists and common and the Government for dessimina - CEOs of Education Department, Principles of Government Polytechnics participate masses. In the Mela stalls were in - tion of the awareness about these stalled by different departments pro-farmer centrally sponsored SRINAGAR, JULY 10: cers of Education and Skill officers and today’s training showcasing various schemes imple - Schemes and other schemes meant development department. is a part of that collaboration mented by their respective depart - for upliftment of the agriculture As part of its 1000 While exhorting the offi - of building capacity of human ments. district officers from Various standard and thereby alleviating the leaders program, Jammu cers to take full advantage of resource. “the program was departments also educated and cre - poverty of the farmers by doubling and Kashmir Skill this program, dr. Samoon quite informative and provid - ated awareness about various their income. He also asked the field development Mission and said, “this program is being ed insight about the latest de - schemes implemented their respec - functionaries of all the concerned BrIdGE Institute, today or - conducted with the aim to re - velopments in leadership and tive departments through one to one departments to motivate and edu - ganised a day-long move the bottlenecks which management skills. Such pro - interactions; distribution of pam - cate the farmers to avail the benefits “Executive leadership we face during implementa - grams should be held regular - phlets, posters, leaflets, handouts of KCC , PM-KISAN and other Online Programme” focussed tion of various programs in ly, and post- pandemic, of - and displaying banners and mass schemes at their door step in these 14 on capacity building of the field of education and skill fline component must be awareness using Public Address days of Kissan Pakhwara and ensure Education and Skill development. It also aimed at added to such trainings,” said System. the ddC along with the 100 percent saturation of the development officers of the to bring out the best in the Shaista Shamim, Principal director Horticulture, ram Sevak farmers under Kissan credit card inspected the stalls installed by vari - Ut. participants, to streamline ties and get the maximum out public welfare programs. Government Polytechnic and PM Kisan so that the the objec - ous departments displaying their tives of KISSAN Pakhwara are ful - Principal Secretary, things, creating visionary of it.” Participants of the pro - Simon Mackenzie and Shashi College, Budgam. It is perti - products, tools, booklets, posters filled. Education and Skill leadership besides develop - gram which included Chief Kumar Velath, directors of nent to mention that JKSdM and other printed works highlight - He further exhorted upon for - development department, ing team building and man - Education Officers of School BrIdGE Institute coordinat - has been regularly organising ing the centrally sponsored schemes mation of the Self Help Groups dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon agement skills.” Education department, ed the program with focus on leadership and management in agriculture and allied sectors. In which can help the farmers in pro - and Commissioner Secretary, While appreciating the Principles of Government decision making, team build - programs such as Executive the Mela 300 Kisan credit cards were viding finance , marketing and the Higher Education Polytechnic Colleges and oth - ing, transparency, resource - program, Commissioner Education and leadership distributed to the farmers on the sale of their products in an effective department, talat Parvez er senior officers of fulness, resilience and strate - Secretary maintained, “We Fellowship program, spot besides 1000 KCC application and coordinated manner. He lauded rohella, launched the pro - Education and Skill gic thinking. Simon are facing new challenges in International Skilling and forms were also distributed among the efforts of the Agriculture, gram in presence of director, development department Mackenzie said that it is a our daily work and this pro - Upskilling program for the participating farmers. While ad - Horticulture and other departments Skill development were trained on enhancement great privilege for BrIdGE to gram is an opportunity to Startups and International dressing the gathering ,director for organising such massive aware - of leadership and manage - associate with J&K Skill department, director, School gain exposure to new leader - Industry Collaboration Horticulture highlighted the fact ness camps in far flung areas that too ment skills which will equip development Mission (JKS - Education department, ship and management prac - Summit to build leadership that the area of Kishtwar is best suit - following all the COVId-19 SOPs. he Kashmir, Mission director, tices being implemented the officers in tackling new dM) in their endeavour to and management capacities ed for growth of temperate fruit trees asked all the district Officer to make J&K Skill development across the world. We need to challenges and situations provide capacity building of government officers, young and asked the farmers to shift from such awareness camps as routine af - Mission and other senior offi - look out for such opportuni - faced while implementing trainings to the government entrepreneurs and students. the tradition practices of the agricul - fair. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 11, 2020 Glimpses of Future Warning for democracies 986 EStABlISHEd IN 1 BY : WILLIAM HAGUE tity of “unbelonging towards the motherland” was thus forged. Beijing has banned Joshua My main reflection on Wong’s Act against State sponsored terrorism Wong’s books but they show us the book, however, is that the central shape of the terrible struggle ahead weaknesses of both Western democ - and can teach us what we urgently racy and Chinese totalitarianism are n present times state-sponsored terrorism is a need to know. the first response we exposed. In the case of the West, that very challenging issue as it could undermine the should always make to the banning weakness is our complacency, our in - stability in many parts of the world. the state- of authors by an authoritarian sys - difference to growing dangers and I tem is to read their works. As it hap - our easy assumption that we are too sponsored terrorism is for the member of UN states to pened, I was reading the latest book smart to be undermined from out - discuss. Of course, it is a very challenging issue be- by the young Hong Kong activist side. It takes a young activist from Joshua Wong titled, Unfree Speech: the other side of the world to point cause it could undermine stability in many parts of the the threat to Global democracy and out to European and American read - world. the state-sponsored cross-border terrorism Why We Must Act, Now, when news ers that autocratic regimes, includ - emanating from Pakistan against India is a major issue emerged that his previous works ing russia, are mounting a serious were being seized from booksellers threat to free societies. and Pakistan take action against terror groups operat- under the new security law imposed there has been extensive report - ing from its soil. the UN Office of Counter-terrorism by Beijing. If we want to understand ing of the huge and systematic effort the worldwide collision of ideas, by the russian State under russian has said that during the ongoing virtual counter-ter- which seems increasingly inevitable, President Vladimir Putin to sow dis - rorism week, it was really a very difficult discussion be- events in Hong Kong are a good place cord in Western countries and cor - tween India and Pakistan on this very issue. this is the to start. It is here that Western values rode their unity. that effort appears of free speech, openness to ideas and What do we learn from Wong’s Also, we can find in his pages a to have included the financing of na - fact of the life. this is really a very difficult discussion belief in the rule of law have come in - new book that helps us understand clarity of perception that explains tionalistic political parties, the use of on this very topic during the counter-terrorism week. to direct conflict with a fundamental - why an immensely powerful State what has happened in Hong Kong media outlets to spread false infor - ly opposing idea: that unity and suc - wants to suppress the thoughts of a and cuts through the baffling confu - mation and, in particular, the ex - during the counter-terrorism week, India had cess of a major civilisation is incom - 23-year-old activist and has previ - sion of world affairs. He recounts the ploitation of social media to foster slammed Pakistan, saying that while the world is com- patible with such dangerous notions. ously held him in prison? Why is he warming feelings towards China distrust. In Britain, for instance, ing together to battle the pandemic, it is unfortunate If that conflict requires the Chinese such a threat that his every word has among his generation at the time of Cardiff University researchers found security officials to rummage around to be hunted down, pulped or the 2008 Olympics, accompanied by in 2017 that fake social media ac - that Pakistan, a state which sponsors cross-border ter- in bookshops, gathering up all the burned? the answer is partly that we the hope that “one country, two sys - counts linked to russia set out to ex - rorism, continues to use every opportunity to peddle books by writers such as Horace gain inspiration from the determina - tems” might actually work. But then acerbate hatred after terrorist at - Chin, tanya Chan, Wong and Jason tion with which Wong has pursued he explains how this went sour as the tacks. China’s undermining of false narratives and make baseless, malicious and y Ng, it is not a bad idea to start read - ideals we know and hold dear, with commitment to universal suffrage in democracy is more subtle and almost egregious allegations against India and interfere in our ing them. We will find the world’s fu - an integrity that would shame many Hong Kong was abandoned and Xi a by-product of becoming the world’s internal affairs. India said that Pakistan is seeking to ture battlegrounds illuminated in people in the West, unwilling to Jinping, “a wolf in panda’s clothing”, first or second economy with cen - their pages. make his sacrifices. came to power. A new political iden - Warning on Page 7 portray its military, financial, logistical support to cross-border terrorism against India as a freedom struggle. the UN Office of Counter-terrorism is speaking constantly about the threat of terrorism glob- China will not stop its aggression ally. terrorism is a risk for global stability. Security Council must try to attract attention of the member BY : MARKANDEY KATJU land.” So what this really means is Today Chinese imperialism is expanding imperial - states to the issue of bilateral relations connected with that the Chinese had intruded two Xi Jinping’s imperialism is ex - steps into Indian territory but have ism, and is, therefore, the greatest danger to world misperceptions and possible and different military en- panding, and is, therefore, the agreed to withdraw only one step. peace. It has penetrated the economies of Asia, gagement. We're doing this part of the job but again, greatest danger to world peace. In And one can be sure that they will Africa and Latin America, apart from the developed it's not my task to deal with this bilateral issue which the recent talks between the Indian keep applying such “salami tactics” National Security Adviser Ajit in the future too. In an article, China countries. Mountainous areas like Tibet and Ladakh are connected with so called state-sponsored terror- doval and Chinese Foreign and India are super-populations may appear barren but are full of valuable minerals ism. the fight against terrorism cannot be complete Minister Wang yi, the two sides they have to be super responsible, and other natural wealth, which the Chinese greedily agreed on disengagement and de- Victor Gao, Professor of Soochow unless state sponsored terrorism, difference between escalation, but this can only be tem - University, and Vice President of covet as raw materials for their growing industry. liberation movement and terrorism and the root caus- porary. the Chinese are bound to Centre for China and Globalisation, This is the real reason for the recent Chinese intru - es of terrorism are addressed. Still we have no clear intrude again into further areas in writes, “the two countries need to ladakh in the future in their insa - be more keenly aware of their re - sion across the LAC in Ladakh into Galwan Valley, definition, what does it mean international terrorism. tiable lust for more power, land and sponsibilities to the world, and Pangong Tso, Demchok, Five Fingers and so on. this is a question to the member states, not to the raw materials for their industries. stand firmly together in opposing means that China and India need to nomics. China may have been so - Office of Counter-terrorism, which is doing the job on In fact that is why they have always conflicts and promoting peace and refused to delineate the line of development.” Professor Gao fur - be more keenly aware of their re - cialist at one time but today it is not. the base of the Security Council resolutions, General Actual Control (lAC) on a map. ther writes that both China and sponsibilities to the world; their It is imperialist and with its huge in - Assembly resolutions. It should be a common will of the truth is that this “disen - India are ancient civilisations and need to stand firmly together in op - dustrial base and $3.2 trillion for - gagement” agreed upon by the two for millennia were the richest in the posing wars and conflicts and pro - eign exchange reserve is hungrily the member states to proceed forward with the defini- sides is in essence an agreement world but were later impoverished moting peace and development in seeking markets, raw materials and tion of international terrorism and different parts of that the Indian Army shall not pa - by colonialism. He states that China the world and between themselves avenues for profitable investment, in particular. In sum, super-popu - like an imperialist power. there are this international terrorism activities. trol or occupy areas that China had and India are the only two countries accepted as Indian all these years, in the world having a population of lations should not be super in num - two kinds of imperialisms, expand - as explained in great detail by rahul over one billion each, and with su - bers alone, but also worthy of the ing imperialism and defensive im - Bedi in his article titled Chinese per populations come super re - special status to which their size en - perialism. the former, being ag - pullback at Galwan comes at a cost; sponsibilities. He states, “Ideally, titles them.”With all due respect to gressive, is much more dangerous Indian retreat shifts lAC to its dis - super-populations should be Professor Gao, this is either an utter than the latter. For example, in the No lessons to be learnt advantage. Consequent upon the known not only for their size, but al - lack of understanding of realities or 1930s and early 1940s, Hitler’s im - new alignments agreed upon, some so for the quality of life of their peo - deliberate obfuscation. In order to perialism was expanding imperial - three kilometres of territory regard - ple, the contribution they make to understand politics one must see ism, whereas British and French ed for years to be under Indian con - the world, and the sense of respon - the economic forces behind it, be - imperialism were defensive imperi - trol becomes de facto “no man’s sibility they exhibit towards it. this cause politics is concentrated eco - China will not on Page 7 Get on the right track BY : NAvEEN KUMAR SHUKLA nario of a Vande Bharat train operat - ing at a speed of 130/100 kmph in the the Indian railways’ progress is Allahabad-Varanasi sector. Similar replete with classic cases where the is the story of all tejas and lHB full potential of the investment is not stock trains. It is ironical that there reaped because assets/inputs are not is a solitary 160 kmph train, aligned to a common performance Gatimaan Express on the level. For many years now, Indian Nizamuddin-Agra route. All railways has been facing flak for low rajdhanis and lHB stock trains in efficiency, poor operating ratio and delhi/Agra are fit stock-wise for 160 massive inertia. None would deny kmph, the signalling system is com - CBSE drops core concepts like democracy and secularism from its syl - that despite lakhs of crores having pliant, the operating protocol is in labus on the pretext of crunching an academic year. the pandemic has un- been invested, the system is stressed position but the available traction doubtedly given Governments across the world reason enough to be su - and shaky and the market share power capacity can sustain only one premacist and a pretext to decide what their people need instead of what stands eroded. yet, a severe capacity 160 kmph train on that stretch. the ideally should be working for them. In general, the democratic spirit has crunch exists on the main routes and Indian railways’ progress is replete been undermined as the leadership revels in its moment of totalitarian high outlays have driven up overall with such classic cases where the full control. And as examples in the US, russia and China have shown, govern- logistic costs. there is no denying potential of the investment is not ments here have used the crisis profitably to push policies that have noth - that there are positives and strengths reaped because assets/inputs are not ing to do with public health but everything that’s justifiable under the um- on the quantitative side. Globally in aligned to a common performance brella term of “distressed times.” Even India isn’t an exception. But what is network size, it is the fourth-largest level. likewise the freight ecosystem exceptional though is the Modi Government’s decision to drop the very system. In freight turnover, too, it is also has a self- defeating feature. ideas and philosophies that form the basis of our Constitution, ethical in - the fourth and in passenger output it Progressively, higher axle load wag - tegrity and Indic identity from the CBSE syllabus as part of crunching an ranks first. the daily system sustains ons are being inducted to increase No lessons on Page 7 a run of 23,000 trains, 9,000 payload per wagon and load per freights and 13,000 passenger operate the new technology and sys - 10,000 km route on the GQd, only train. It’s an initiative to check the trains, including 5,000 suburban tems. But a major disconcerting di - 2,740 kms is fit for the speed of 130 need for additional line capacity for ones. daily transport of 3.20 metric mension has been the lopsided de - kmph. the most prestigious delhi- meeting higher traffic demand and H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y tonnes (Mt) of cargo and 23 million velopment, which has been eroding Mumbai and delhi-Howrah routes also contain the per unit transporta - passengers across a network of productivity of investment and oper - still have 35 per cent length below tion cost. But due to speed sustain - 64,000 route km and 7,300 stations ational efficiency, thus making it a 130 kmph. Shockingly, three impor - ability of tracks, these wagons are 1850 : Millard Fill more sworn in as 13th U.S. President is no mean feat. So is a modern pas - regressive, expensive system, telling tant GQd routes viz. Howrah- pegged at speeds of 45 kmph and 60 senger reservation system, freight on the overall logistic costs of the Chennai, Howrah- Mumbai and kmph for 25 ton and 22.9 ton axle On July 10, 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th operation system, unit train opera - economy. the network is saddled Mumbai-Chennai are entirely unfit loads. this is a drag as compared to d died the day president of the United States. President Zachary taylor ha tion, proliferation of electric traction with serious infrastructure deficien - for 130 kmph. Mismatch in the top the 75/100 kmph speed for lower before, five days after falling ill with a severe intestinal ailment on the system, transition from mechanical cies. the bulk of the routes, about 75 speed potential of the modern rolling axle load generation of wagons. Fourth of July. Fillmore was only the second man to inherit the presidency to electronic/solid state signalling per cent, are fit only for a maximum stock and the network speed is an - Surely the average speeds will get de - after a president’s death. the first was John tyler, who had assumed the systems, transition to higher axle speed of 110 kmph. Barely about five other drag. due to modern technolo - pressed, nullifying the gains intend - presidency in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia 30 loads, higher capacity rolling stock, per cent routes can sustain the speed gy, new rolling stock viz. linke ed from higher axle load wagons. the days into office. Fillmore was born in 1800 and came from humble begin- heavier trains, longer trains and so of 130 kmph. the Golden Hofmann Busch (lHB), tejas, the economics of higher axle load wag - nings in New york. As a young man, he worked as a wool-carder, cloth- on. Another distinction has been hu - Quadrilateral and diagonal (GQd), recent entrant Vande Bharat t18 ons will turn unfavourable. Again, it dresser and school teacher. In 1823, he became a lawyer and rose to political man capital formation to equip the six routes which with 15 per cent generation coaches and WAP5 gen - is a classic case of absence of align - prominence in the Whig Party as New york’s representative to Congress be- mammoth cutting-edge workforce route share bear 60 per cent of the eration electric locomotives are all ment in performance features of in - tween 1832 and 1842. In 1847, he was elected New york state comptroller with requisite skill sets to adopt and traffic, are no better. Of the total 160 kmph fit. We find a bizarre sce - Get on the right on Page 7 1850 o n Page 7
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Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 11, 2020 SC refuses to entertain plea for moratorium on school fees for lockdown period PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Advocates Balaji Srinivasan and life as well as education guaranteed Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi, Jul 10 Mayank Kshirsagar said the Punjab under the Constitution of India, 1950 Uttarakhand, delhi and Maharashtra. and Haryana High Court has allowed which the children & students en - In their plea they said that consider - the Supreme Court Friday re - schools to charge hiked fee. rolled up to the Class XII of various ing the adverse impact of online edu - fused to entertain a plea by parents the bench told the counsels, then Indian states are being deprived of cation, ban has been imposed by from different states seeking defer - the petitioners can file an appeal due to supervening factors namely, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh ment/moratorium on school fees for against that order of Punjab and the ongoing pandemic- COVId-19 pe - while other states have not considered the COVId-19 lockdown period and Haryana High Court. It would be a riod..., the plea said. It said that due to its impact. It said that after COVId-19 asked them to approach the high stroke of genius if you can solve every - the lockdown, financially incapacitat - disease was declared as a pandemic by courts for relief the top court said it body's problems, the bench said. the ed parents have to bear the brunt of the World Health Organization, on was a fact-intensive situation as prob - top court said that it is not inclined to the fees, which may leave a few of March 25, 2020, a country wide lock - lems in each state are different and interfere at this stage and the petition - them with no option but to withdraw down was announced whereby all the observed that it would a stroke of ge - ers may withdraw plea and approach their children or students from seek - activities including the educational nius if petitioners can solve every - the high courts. Parents of school go - ing institutional/school education for sector were shut down completely body's problems. A bench of Chief ing children from different states have an unforeseeable period. the parents having a catastrophic effect over the Justice S A Bobde and Justices r moved the top court seeking declara - through the petition filed through economy of the country with many Subhash reddy and A S Bopanna tion of moratorium or deferment of Kshirsagar and drawn by advocate people losing their jobs or getting a said: Fee hike issue should have been payment of school fees during the Pankhuri said that they are highlight - deducted or nil income and facing im - raised before the state High Courts. COVId-19 induced lockdown. the ing various factors leading to creation mense sufferings in their daily life. It Why has it come to the Supreme plea also sought that the Centre and of hostile discrimination of children added that many of the schools hiked Court? It's a fact intensive situation. all states be asked to direct the private and parents of various states as some their fees and/or started harassing "Problems in each state are different. unaided/aided schools to only charge protection may be available for chil - parents to pay the entire quarterly Parties are involving jurisdiction of the proportionate fees based on actual dren or students in some states but fees in advance despite the non-func - this court as an omnibus case. But expenditure towards the conduct of the commencement of physical class - together being constrained to ap - not others. Parents of the school going tioning of the schools and the stu - these are fact intensive situations in the online virtual classes and no other es. the Petitioners belonging to dif - proach this Court seeking inter alia children who have moved the top dents not availing any of the services each state and even each district. fees from the students since April 1 till ferent states of the country have come the protection of fundamental right to court hail from rajasthan, Odisha, provided by the schools. Rs 500 fine for violating COVID-19 Illegal arms factory unearthed in UP Odisha's COVID-19 tally rises to 11,956, toll climbs to 56 protocols: Meghalaya CM PRESS TRUST Of INDIA PRESS TRUST Of INDIA follow-up action is under - With this, the number Balasore (9), Bargarh (1), Muzaffarnagar, July 10 Bhubaneswar, Jul 10 way, he said. In a state - of COVId-19 fatalities in Bhadrak (2), Balangir (12), PRESS TRUST Of INDIA tocols seriously. these are ment, the department said, Odisha mounted to 56 deogarh (4), dhenkanal Shillong, Jul 10 simple rules which will help Police have unearthed Odisha on Friday regis - "regret to inform the de - while the states hotspot (4), Gajapati (30), you to protect your family," an illegal arms manufactur - tered its highest single-day mise of 4 COVId positive Ganjam district accounted Jagatsinghpur (5), Meghalaya Chief he said on thursday. On the ing factory in Shamli and ar - spike of 755 COVId-19 cas - patients while under treat - for 34 deaths, the official Kandhamal (2), Minister Conrad K Sangma number of BSF personnel in rested one person after a es, taking the tally to 11,956, ment in hospital". two oth - said. Ganjam was followed Kendrapada (5), Keonjhar said that the state govern - the state getting infected, brief exchange of fire, an of - while the death toll mount - er COVId patients died due by Khurda (8), Cuttack (5) (32), Koraput (5), ment has decided to impose the chief minister said ficial said on Friday. during ed to 56 with four more pa - to other causes. the num - and one each from Angul, Malkangiri (18), fine of rs 500 on people whatever is happening is the encounter, the accused, tients succumbing to the in - ber of COVId-19 positive Bargarh, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj (12), Nayagarh who violate the COVId-19 within the BSF camp and it identified as Salim, sus - fectious disease, a health patients succumbing to Gajapati, Jajpur, (16), Puri (11), and safety protocols which in - is in a controlled manner. tained a bullet injury follow - department official said. other diseases increased to Kendrapara, Puri, Sambalpur(2). With the clude social distancing, He said the restrictions on ing which he was taken to a detection of 755 more posi - 17, the official said the pa - rayagada and Sundergarh new cases, the number of wearing of mask, not spit - inter-state movement does hospital, SP Vineet Jaiswal tive cases is a record in tients who died of non- districts. the new positive active cases in the state has ting in public places. the to - died. "For first time viola - not include citizens of the said. Eight pistols along with Odisha since the first case COVId reasons were iden - cases have been reported increased to 4,476 while tal number of COVId-19 tors, a fine of rs 500 will be state who are stranded out - raw material were found in was detected in the state on tified as a 57-year-old man from 23 districts. Ganjam 7,407 patients have so far cases in the state is 142. Of imposed and this will be in - side and government em - the factory in Khurgana vil - March 15, the official said. belonging to Sundargarh reported the highest 320 recovered in the state. As these 95 are active as 45 creased to rs 1,000 for re - ployees including paramili - lage, Jaiswal said. the ac - While 508 of the new cases district, who died due to new cases followed by many as 6,456 fresh people have recovered from peated offence. We need to tary forces who are coming cused used to supply illegal were reported from differ - the disease and two have ensure people take the pro - lung cancer, and a 70-year- Jajpur (86), Sundergarh COVId-19 samples were back. arms in Uttar Pradesh. ent quarantine centres, re - old man of Bhadrak district. (62), Khurda (59) and tested, taking the total tests maining 247 are local con - He also died of cancer of the Cuttack (55). Other dis - done in the state so far to tacts. 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As China’s stake in Western economies increases, ment, most people in advanced democracies do not realise their political leaders become less willing to confront an what is happening and those hurling abuse at each other on opposed sl avery and vowed to use force against southern with government-funded militias. After losing the support aggressive foreign policy or human rights abuses. As China social media are oblivious as to how they are manipulated states who threatened to secede if denied the right to use of his northern anti-slavery constituency, the incumbent becomes an indispensable market for Western corpora - from afar. Wong says he is “sending out a distress signal to slave labor. during Fillmore’s single term as president, he Fillmore was defeated by the democrat Franklin Pierce in tions, they feel ever more bound to refrain from criticism. the world so that counter-measures can be taken before it passed the Fugitive Slave Act (1850), which made it a crime the 1852 presidential race. After making two more unsuc - And now, if a student from Hong Kong wishes to speak is too late.” We should listen to him, for in focussing on our to support slaves trying to escape to free territories. He also cessful bids for the presidency in 1856 and 1860, he retired freely at a British university, he/she will be under the tardiness in protecting ourselves, he is spot on. yet his di - presided over an era of increased settlement across the to Buffalo, New york, where he served on various legal and watchful eye of China and will be liable to arrest when back agnosis of the ultimate flaw in autocratic regimes is also western part of the continent. As white settlers clashed historical committees until his death in 1874. home. Slowly, inexorably, the freedom to think or speak correct: that they continually have to double down on re - differently globally is being eroded. democracies are slow pression at home and showing strength abroad. He argues to perceive when they are threatened as the 20th century that such a two-front strategy is the only way to retain pow - China will not ...... showed. Now some of them are stirring. In the UK, the er, “however invincible and invulnerable they appear to the Government is rightly working on a new legislation to outside world.” this is indeed China’s problem. the price block foreign takeovers affecting key technologies and na - of pushing forward the border with India on land, clashing alism. While the latter only wanted to hold on to their vestment. the Chinese have built a massive industrial tional security. It promises a consultation on closing loop - with Vietnam at sea, bullying Australia on trade and sup - colonies, the former wanted to conquer and enslave other base and amassed about $3.2 trillion foreign exchange re - holes on foreign spending in elections and the establish - pressing dissent in Hong Kong with arbitrary law is mount - countries. So Hitler’s imperialism was the real danger to serves, which is a huge amount of hot money hungrily ment of a new Count er disinformation Cell. It has taken the ing alarm around the world. So from even one book of a world peace. today Chinese imperialism is expanding im - seeking avenues for investment, markets and raw materi - commendable decision to open borders to many residents of banned author, much can be learned. A Chinese diplomat perialism, and is, therefore, the greatest danger to world als. In other words, China is a huge aggressive expanding Hong Kong. Far more w ill need to be done by many more once tried to persuade me that Chinese people were not peace. It has penetrated the economies of Asia, Africa and imperialism and independent of the will of its leaders like countries and in coordination with each other for these ef - suited to democracy as the West knows it “they would elect latin America, apart from the developed countries. President Xi or Foreign Minister Wang it must aggres - forts to be successful. American leadership, paralysed by a peasant as President and declare war on Japan.” But in Mountainous areas like tibet and ladakh may appear sively keep expanding. So all the talk of peace is empty the White House’s refusal to accept the scale of russian in - the books that have emerged from Hong Kong, we can see barren but are full of valuable minerals and other natural rhetoric. Hitler, too, often spoke of peace while pursuing volvement in the last presidential election, will be vital. the they are just as suited to it as the rest of us and can teach us wealth, which the Chinese greedily covet as raw materials his path of conquest. like Nazi Germany, China will keep idea of a G7 working with Asian democracies such as what we urgently need to know. for their growing industry. this is the real reason for the expanding, as it is doing economically all over the world recent Chinese intrusion across the lAC in ladakh into by capturing markets and raw materials and militarily in Galwan Valley, Pangong tso, demchok, Five Fingers and the South China Sea, ladakh, and so on. the only way for Get on the right ...... so on. One must understand that politics is concentrated India to stop this is by creating a united front along with economics and there are certain iron laws of economics other powers like the US to co nfront Chinese imperialist ex - puts/assets. Another disquieting feature is that over sever - way to do these projects within meaningful timelines is a which operate independent of any individual’s will. It is in pansionism, like the united front of G reat Britain, US and the al decades, the average speeds of passenger and freight paradigm engineered by the collaborative inventiveness of the nature of capital that it seeks avenues for profitable in - Soviet Union created in World War-II against Hitler. trains are hovering at the pathetically low levels of around a team of multi-disciplinary specialists of the Mobility 45 kmph and 24 kmph. transit duration critically influ - directorate. A nodal unit must be set up to carve out a ences choice of the mode of travel due to its cost and time roadmap and achieve the Mission raftaar goal of doubling No lessons ...... implications. Both passenger and freight transport mar - the average freight trains speeds and a 25 kmph increase in kets have progressively become more time and cost-sensi - average speeds of passenger trains over a five-year period. academic year. So Union Human resource development Processes and Environment and Society have been tive. A lot is amiss. Huge capital outlays on A drastic cut in travel time holds the key to reducing the Minister ramesh Pokhriyal justified the decision, saying, scrapped from the Class XI sociology course simply be - doubling/tripling, new lines, tracks, signal, traction, cost of operations, conserving asset demand and restoring “Considering the importance of learning achievement, it cause they encourage a holistic life philosophy and the rolling-stock and technology upgrades have failed to catal - competitiveness. It is reckoned that premium trains like has been decided to rationalise the syllabus up to 30 per need for a harmonious co-existence. Of course, should a yse railways. the problem lies in severe flaws in the pattern the rajdhani will take 10-12 hours between delhi- cent by retaining the core concepts.” It matters little that student question the teacher about subjects left out, the of investment planning and implementation. the maxi - Mumbai-Howrah. the journey time of all coach trains will the core concepts have been themselves dropped, the CBSE has made a minor concession and left it to the mum speed on the route is conditioned by the most limit - be slashed up to half and freight trains will register up to Ministry completely deleting sections on citizenship, na - teacher to explain their relevance but not test the student’s ing input. technical stipulations exist for tracks, signals, two-fold jump in average speeds. A one kmph increment in tionalism, federalism, secularism, understanding understanding of it. that, too, would be administered like a traction, level crossings, fencing and so on, for different average speed of all freight/passenger trains has the po - Partition and democratic rights across multiple subjects. clinical dose. If one thought that the pandemic would lead speeds. Ad hoc inputs given over a period of time have led tential to save about 3,000 wagons, about 70 locomotives, In other words, he has transposed the BJP’s idea of educa - to ennobling self-realisations, then our policy-makers are to gross inconsistencies. It has been a success for a part but unleashing a latent revenue of about rs 1,400 crore and rs tion, rather its manifesto, on our national education policy. clearly an exception. Of course, CBSE defended itself say - not the whole. Unfortunately, a comprehensive view has 900 crore from freight and passenger traffic. Now Indian this involves the acquisition of clinical learning skills and a ing this was just for the current academic year but it is un - been lacking. departmental goal- seeking has led to subop - railways is venturing into private operation of coaching moronic submission to a COVId-modified brain factory mistakably a test run for an ambitious overhaul of the edu - timal input spread in infrastructure, assets and technolo - trains to induct the much-needed new technology rolling that upends the very idea of seeking knowledge, that of the cation system. If we had thought that cooperative federal - gy, causing lopsided outcomes. Failures and inordinate de - stock with a target speed potential of 160 kmph. spirit of inquiry. And it reverses the civilisational truths ism which was on display the last three months with the lays occur due to multiple agencies working from sanction Underneath reverberates the implied commitment and ur - about our plurality and the nation-state. Anything that re - Prime Minister consulting Chief Ministers and each shar - to implementation in an uncoordinated manner. the gency for 160 kmph. Indian railways has miles to go as at motely legitimises the idea of debate, dissent and inclusivi - ing templates would prevail, then we were highly mistak - railways took a big step forward to fix these pitfalls present only about 190 route km of the total network are ty has been dropped rather unceremoniously. Among five en. Or perhaps many State Governments have stolen the through Mission raftaar. A strategy was evolved for route- 160 kmph-compliant. the railway leadership, which is chapters scrapped from Social Science in Class IX is Centre’s thunder. And if we thought that dialogue would be wise investment with a modular input package and up - passionate to reform, must also recalibrate decisions about democratic rights, something that is integral to grooming the order of the day going forward, the brutal and targetted grading important routes to a top speed of 160 kmph. It how much to invest by reorienting strategy on how to in - future citizens. For Class X, chapters on democracy and crackdown on protesters against the citizenship law and was marked as a vision to set up express railroads akin to vest and on what. Endeavour ought to be for optimisation, diversity, Gender, religion and Caste, Popular Struggles student agitators in the middle of a pandemic shows that expressways with a balanced dosage of inputs to upgrade accelerated outcomes and to rid the railway of the woes of and Forest and Wildlife have been done away with. For the BJP has not winced on pushing its core divisive agenda. tracks, signals, traction, train protection and warning sys - disproportionate and dispersed investments. A crystal Class XI, chapters on Peasants, Zamindars and the State, the BJP’s ideological anchor, the rSS, has been pushing tems, modern diagnostics for assets, fencing, elimination clear goal and a strategy to strike will ensure that every Understanding Partition and sections on riots and revolts, for a cultural shift in the country’s education policy ever of level crossings, all directed at an ideal approach to make penny spent is well-directed, has the right mix of involved which are based on farmers’ agitation against moneylend - since the NdA had assumed power. In the Modi years, it the route seamlessly speedier and safe, hence viable. assets, infrastructure and technology required for fructifi - ers, have been removed. And the Class XI political science syl - has made several recommendations to the NCErt on the Based on this new approach, 160 kmph upgradation cation of the intended result. Given the intertwined inter - labus has conveniently dropped subjects like Federalism and the removal of English, Urdu and Arabic words, the thoughts projects were approved for delhi-Mumbai and delhi- play of departmental inputs in the railways, outcomes such Need for local Gove rnments, all of which usually feature un - of rabindranath tagore, extracts from painter M F Howrah routes that carry 29 per cent of passenger and 20 as a turnaround are possible only if a unified, empowered, der a section titled Indian Constitution at Work. Husain’s autobiography, references to the Mughal emper - per cent of freight traffic. this is a harbinger of an era to multi-specialist body steers investment and is held ac - Citizenship, Nationalism and Secularism, too, usually ors as benevolent or to the BJP as a “Hindu” party. Its goal commission all GQd routes as express railroads having countable from conception to commission. Accomplishing form a part of this section but were clearly found to be anti - has consistently been to justify medievalism as Bharatiyata speeds of 160 kmph. For reaping the full-scale benefit, con - the raftaar vision by sticking to the charted course in mis - thetical to the BJP’s idea of a monolithic India and its and undermine scientific temper as its gravest enemy. yet current, fast-paced action is required for induction of sion mode deserves to be the focal point. Higher top brand of identity politics. Additionally, sub-sections like Bharatiyata will always be bigger than the BJP’s forced im - speedier rolling stock and resolution of trade-off between speeds, scaled-up average speeds, besides spurring mobil - ‘Why do we need local Governments?’ have been merrily position of it, based on the very tenets it would like to dis - axle load and permissive speeds, all through a coherent ity and market, through a multitude of associated positives chopped so that we do not talk about devolution of power solve. the voice of democracy can perhaps hardly be heard thought process. the need is for methodical investment will render the system systematically safe and state-of-the- at the grassroots level but only believe that rights are given as we try to live through the pandemic but it doesn’t mean planning and synchronised implementation, harnessing art. this would surely launch railways on a trajectory of vi - as a largesse, not earned, and real power flows from the it is silent. It is for us to decide to be force-fed and literate or economies of scale, state-of-the-art technology, skill sets ability, vitality, vibrancy and fast growth to become an en - top. Chapters on Social Structure, Stratification and Social educated in the real sense. and synergy to keep the train block time minimal. the only gine of the Indian economy’s progress. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, JUly 11, 2020 China rejects Trump's reelection campaign prospect of joining arms control talks gets a reboot as virus persists with US Washington, Jul 10 in Miami to highlight a re - be willing to legally contest Beijing, Jul 10 duction in the flow of illegal that in time, according to President donald drugs into the United the officials. New China on Friday rejected any prospect of joining trump's campaign reboot States, though much of the Hampshire Gov. Chris in nuclear arms limitation talks with the US, calling is getting a reboot. credit belongs to the pan - Sununu, a republican, may reports from Washington that it would do so a dis - He will take baby steps demic, which has paralysed meet with trump on tortion of its stated position. back out onto the road economies, closed borders Saturday but has said he Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao lijian told Friday after a multiweek and severed supply chains. will not attend the rally. reporters the US was neither serious nor sincere in hiatus caused by a nation - It's unclear how many Advisers said local offi - the proposed negotiations and should instead re - wide surge in coronavirus people will attend the New cials in other states will be spond to russia's call for an extension to the exist - cases and after his planned Hampshire rally, campaign watching how Saturday's ing New StArt treaty limiting the number of nu - comeback in Oklahoma officials acknowledge. event goes. clear warheads. China's objection to the so-called turned into a debacle. Conceding that another the rally comes amid trilateral arms control negotiations is very clear, trump, trailing in the sparse crowd would raise persistent questions about and the US knows it very well. However, the U.S. is polls, is eager to signal that questions about the future trump's handling of the persistent on the issue and even distorted China's normal life can resume de - of trump's rallies, the cam - pandemic as well as the ac - position, Zhao said at a daily news briefing. China, spite a rampaging virus that paign has taken additional celeration of his use of with the world's biggest nuclear arsenal after the US has killed more than steps to make attendees feel racial tensions as a reelec - and russia, has maintained it will not join in talks 130,000 Americans. He'll safe. tion weapon. Part of with Washington and Moscow on reducing its num - hold his first in-person Unlike the one in tulsa, trump's inflammatory ap - ber of warheads. However, Zhao appeared to hold fundraiser in a month on which was held indoors peal has been a defense of US President Donald Trump holds an executive order on the "White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative," open the door to some form of discussions saying Friday in Florida and then a where the virus more easily Confederate symbols, after signing it in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Washington needed to create conditions for other rally on Saturday night in circulates, the rally in which he has twinned with nuclear-weapon states to participate in nuclear dis - New Hampshire. Portsmouth will be partial - a defense of the Founding armament negotiations. the U.S. pointedly noted trump's rally in ly outdoors, held in an air - nificantly smaller than the campaign staffers and be a sign that people are not Fathers. there has been the Chinese absence at talks with russia in Vienna Portsmouth was scheduled plane hangar open on one cavernous tulsa arena, and Secret Service agents tested enthused or they are talk of displaying statues of two weeks ago on extending or replacing NEW after aides spent weeks side with the crowd spilling aides are deliberately set - positive for the virus. scared. the choice to hold American heroes at the ral - studying what went wrong out onto the tarmac before ting lower expectations for despite the risks, the the rally in New ly, two campaign officials Start, a 2010 arms reduction treaty that expires in in tulsa three weeks ago. It Air Force One. crowd size. Before the trump campaign believes it Hampshire, where the said. Aides also previewed a February.China's objection to the so-called trilater - was billed as a massive, de - All of donald trump's Oklahoma event, which needs to return to the road, president is trailing signifi - renewed attempt in the al arms control negotiations is very clear, and the fiant return to the political rallies and all of his events spurred days of protests, both to animate the presi - cantly, in part reflects the coming days to link Biden US knows it very well. However, the U.S. is persist - stage but instead produced are electric, said campaign campaign manager Brad dent, who draws energy current lack of options, ac - to the liberal wing of his ent on the issue and even distorted China's position, a humiliating sea of empty spokesperson Hogan Parscale boasted that a mil - from his crowds, and to in - cording to four campaign party, including reps. Zhao said at a daily news briefing. China, with the seats and questions about Gidley. the president lion ticket requests had ject life into a campaign officials and republicans Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez world's biggest nuclear arsenal after the US and the campaign's ability to at - wants to go in there and talk been received. the tulsa that is facing a strong chal - close to the endeavor who of New york and Ilhan russia, has maintained it will not join in talks with tract people to large events about all the accomplish - fire marshal said 6,000 lenge from democratic spoke on condition of Omar of Minnesota. Washington and Moscow on reducing its number of in a pandemic. trump's ments he's done in his first people attended. New candidate Joe Biden. the anonymity because they trump narrowly lost warheads. the pact is between the US and russia, Friday fundraiser takes him term and how he's made Hampshire has had a rela - campaign feels he needs to weren't authorized to pub - New Hampshire in 2016. long the world's major nuclear powers. the trump to terrain where COVId- people's lives better. tively low number of be out there, but every time licly discuss internal delib - Before the pandemic, the administration wants China, as a rising military 19's surge threatens his Moreover, while masks COVId-19 cases, while he speaks in front of erations. Battleground state was on a short list power, to join. Fu Cong, the director general of the hold on a must-win state were distributed in tulsa, those in Oklahoma were crowds, there is a chance states with democratic gov - along with Minnesota and Foreign Ministry's arms control department, on and raises questions about few rallygoers wore them rising before trump ar - the virus spreads, said ernors, such as Michigan New Mexico that the Wednesday called that demand unrealistic because rived. Oklahoma health of - Julian Zelizer, a presiden - and Pennsylvania, have in - republican aims to hold after weeks of trump derid - trump campaign hoped to China has a much smaller nuclear arsenal than the ficials said the rally and ac - tial historian at Princeton dicated they would not their nominating conven - ing their use. this time, the flip from blue to red. other two. By inviting China to join, the US is creat - companying protests likely University. But it's just as waive health regulations to tion in Jacksonville next campaign has been strong - Advisers believe the states ing a pretext to walk away from the talks without re - contributed to a surge in in - bad if he comes out to an allow large gatherings, month. trump will also vis - ly encouraging their use. could be in play again if the placing the treaty, he said. it U.S. Southern Command the venue will be sig - fections in the city. Several empty crowd, which could though the campaign will economy rebounds. 136 congressmen, 30 senators seek reversal of Trump admin's decision on international students BY LALIT K JHA class or three credit hours online in was sensible given the risks of the schools and make it harder for those Washington, Jul 10 (PTI) order to remain in the country. pandemic. with financial challenges to meet. the letter, signed by senators the administration should con - Moreover, forcing students to A group of 136 US democratic robert Menendez, Cory Booker and sider the wisdom of these earlier ex - leave in short order will place finan - congressmen and 30 senators, in - Harris, the Indian-origin senator emptions and cease the finalisation cial burdens on them. Many have cluding Indian-origin Kamala from California among others, ex - of their modifications. housing or automobile leases that Harris, has urged the trump admin - pressed concern that the ICE's guid - these modifications have also they cannot break, or other financial istration to reverse its "cruel" order ance is motivated not by the public not thought out the practical chal - obligations in the United States, the that bars international students from health considerations, but rather by lenges of remote learning for inter - Congressmen wrote. staying in the country if they do not animus towards non-citizens and national students, said the letter. the loss of international stu - have in-person classes to attend. immigrants. Students who must move a conti - dents, according to the letter, only the lawmakers, in separate let - It said that the move is a flagrant nent away or to the other side of the serves to isolate them at a time when ters to Acting Secretary, department attempt to hold international stu - world will have to participate in on - they need the support of their faculty of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf dents hostage in order to force line classes in time zones hours apart and classmates. and Acting Secretary, Immigration schools to reopen even as COVId-19 from where they are located, which this policy sends a message to in - and Customs Enforcement (ICE), cases are rising. could have detrimental effects on ternational students that they are not Matthew Albence on thursday, ex - "the ICE's announcement of their education, health and liveli - welcome in the US and disregards pressed concern over the ICE's re - their plans to force out or deport in - hood. their well-being and the well-being of cently announced modifications to ternational students who remain at Other students may return to re - student bodies. the Student Exchange and Visitor US colleges and universities and who gions where internet connectivity these modifications will only Program (SEVP). are taking a full online course load is needed to participate in online class - further disincentivise international the new guidelines have created cruel and unconscionable. es is inadequate, leaving them unable students from coming to the U.S panic among international students, "these students are already in cal pawns in order to financially co - Jerrold Nadler, and Immigration to receive the full value of the educa - where they enrich campus life and a majority of whom come from China the United States, are established erce colleges and universities to re - and Citizenship Subcommittee tion they are paying for, the lawmak - our society through their talents and and India. members of educational communi - open campuses this fall, despite what Chairwoman Zoe lofgren. ers said. contributions, they said. In its July 6 order, the ICE de - ties, and have been determined is best for public health. Observing that the students and For some students, being forced the letter is supported by the clared that nonimmigrant F-1 and M- through the visa screening process to "this policy is dangerous to the schools are facing unprecedented to leave the country may lead them to University of California, Advancing 1 students attending schools operat - pose no danger to the United States," health and well-being of numerous challenges, the letter said that the leave the school permanently and fail Justice, South Asian Americans ing entirely online or taking only on - the senators wrote. communities," they said. ICE's announcements only add to to receive a degree into which they leading together, Central American line courses will not be permitted to In the 2018-2019 academic year, the House letter is co-led by con - these burdens, and potentially put have put so much time, effort, and tu - resource Center, Empowering take a full course load and remain in there were over a million interna - gresswoman linda S nchez, Higher more students at risk. ition dollars, they continued. Pacific Islander Communities, the United States. tional students in the US. Education and Workforce the ICE's SEVP exemptions for this will also deprive universities National Council of Asian Pacific the modifications also limited We call out this policy for what it Investment Subcommittee the spring and summer semesters of needed revenue at a time of great Americans (NCAPA) and Sikh many students at normally operating is: a cruel, senseless, and xenophobic Chairwoman Susan davis, House permitting students to take more on - financial stress, straining resources American legal defence and schools from taking more than one attempt to use non-citizens as politi - Judiciary Committee Chairman line courses than usually permitted for the students who remain at Education Fund, among others.
Coronavirus death toll in Indoor Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus Possible, Says WHO Pakistan crosses 5,000-mark New delhi July 10 ical procedures, such as when patients are first put on BY SAJJAD HUSSAIN avirus tests have been conduct - the World Health breathing machines. Islamabad, Jul 10 ed, including 23,255 in the last Organisation is acknowledg - In a change to its previ - 24 hours. the coronavirus death toll in ing the possibility that ous thinking, WHO noted on Minister for Planning Asad Pakistan crossed the 5,000- COVId-19 might be spread in thursday that studies evalu - Umar has said that people mark on Friday with 75 new fa - the air under certain condi - ating COVId-19 outbreaks in adopted standard operating pro - talities, the health ministry said. tions — after more than 200 restaurants, choir practices cedures and precautionary According to the Ministry of measures due to which the num - scientists urged the agency and fitness classes suggested National Health Services, anoth - ber of coronavirus cases have de - to do so. the virus might have been er 2,751 new cases were reported creased to great extent. In an open letter pub - spread in the air. in the last 24 hours, taking the radio Pakistan reported that lished this week in a journal, Airborne spread "partic - national tally to 243,599. Umar told a private news chan - two scientists from Australia ularly in specific indoor loca - the ministry data showed nel that the government has tak - and the US wrote that studies tions, such as crowded and that Sindh became the first en solid steps and also instructed have shown “beyond any rea - inadequately ventilated province of the country where the masses to strictly follow sonable doubt that viruses spaces over a prolonged peri - the number of coronavirus pa - Standard Of Procedures (SOPs) are released during exhala - od of time with infected per - tients crossed the 100,000- to contain the spread of the tion, talking and coughing in sons cannot be ruled out,” mark. the ministry reported COVId-19.the ministry report - microdroplets small enough WHO said. that 5,058 patients have died ed that 5,058 patients have died to remain aloft in the air.” Still, officials also point - while 149,092 recovered while while 149,092 recovered while the researchers, along ed out that other modes of another 2,375 were in critical another 2,375 were in critical with more than 200 others, transmission — like contami - condition. condition. appealed for national and in - nated surfaces or close con - the organisation has long sion. others, appealed for national Out of the total 243,599 in - the minister said all the ternational authorities, in - tacts between people in such downplayed. the agency said that most and international authori - fections, Sindh reported stakeholders were effectively cluding WHO, to adopt more indoor environments — WHO has repeatedly said spread is via droplets from ties, including WHO, to 100,900 cases, Punjab 85,261, working and devising strategies stringent protective meas - might also have explained such transmission is “rare" infected people who cough or adopt more stringent protec - Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 29,406, to combat the pandemic. ures. the disease's spread. WHO's despite a growing consensus sneeze, but added that peo - tive measures. Islamabad, 13,829, Balochistan He hoped that people would WHO has long dismissed stance also recognised the among scientists globally ple without symptoms are al - “the extent of truly 11,099, Gilgit-Baltistan 1,619 follow the SOPs set by the gov - the possibility that the coro - importance of people that asymptomatic spread so capable of transmitting asymptomatic infection in and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ernment in connection with Eid- 1,485 cases. navirus is spread in the air spreading COVId-19 without likely accounts for a signifi - the disease.the researchers, the community remains un - ul-Azha, which is in August 12, to A total of 1,514,858 coron - except for certain risky med - symptoms, a phenomenon cant amount of transmis - along with more than 200 known,” WHO said. contain the spread of outbreak. Glimpses of Future
9 hEalth JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, JUly 11, 2020 Step by step guide to do chair Seasonal flu in early life can predict susceptibility to future Surya Namaskar infections, says study Published in eLife, the You can easily perform this exercise in the comfort of your office chair findings may help eing in lockdown * Exhale and press the and confined to thighs towards the chest, improve estimates of Bone’s home has while flexing the right knee left many people stressed and hip. Balance the right both age-specific risk and anxious, making it es - leg holding it well in your sential for all to focus on hands while keeping your one’s physical, mental and eyes closed for about 6 of contracting emotional health. there is breaths or more. Make sure also a growing need to find a the left foot is firm on the seasonal influenza balance in life; while every - floor. one prepares themselves for * you could also rotate infections, and vaccine the ‘new normal’. this is the ankles here to get that where yoga comes in, a dis - extra benefit of moving the effectiveness in humans. the virus A (H1N1) is also written cipline that helps to help foot joint. as A (H1N1)pdm09 as it caused the 2009 keep immunity in check as * Now moving into the similarly vaccinated pandemic and replaced the A(H1N1) virus well as manage stress and next pose. release from the which had circulated before that year. anxiety. lunge pose. While exhaling, populations Influenza is among the 10 major In order to maintain a press the thighs and rest the threats to global health, according to healthy lifestyle, a mini - nose on the knee for about 6 arly infections of influenza can World Health Organisation (WHO). there mum of 40-45 minutes of those who have limited mo - * While exhaling, extend ing down at your feet. breaths. likely predict how the virus will are about one billion cases of influenza physical exercise in a day is bility. It helps to keep the the arms beyond the head * Breathe slowly while * Finally while inhaling, Eaffect people in the future, every year, resulting in 2,90,000 to recommended, which can spine intact and protect the and the shoulders. Stay in pushing the torso closer to release and move back to the across different ages, and could impact the 6,50,000 influenza-related respiratory be anything from walking, backbone while improving this position for about 4 the thighs, and stretching initial pose placing the feet effectiveness of flu vaccines, as per a new deaths. For the study, the researchers ap - running, working out in the digestion, reducing any breaths, being aware of the the shoulders to place the on the floor and stretching study. Published in elife, the findings may plied statistical models to flu cases identi - gym to yoga. So here is one swellings and enhancing breathing process. entire palm on the floor. the arms above the head and help improve estimates of both age-specif - fied through seasonal studies of vaccine ef - such exercise which you can breathing capacity. ght, * Exhale and go forward Stay in this position for 4 shoulders. ic risk of contracting seasonal influenza in - fectiveness from 2007-2008 to 2017-2018 easily perform in the com - without resting the torso on bending at the torso. breaths. Stay here for about 6 fections, and vaccine effectiveness in simi - seasons in the Marshfield Epidemiologic fort of your office chair at the back of the chair, ex - * While exhaling slowly, * Inhale and come up to breaths, stretching deeper larly vaccinated populations. Study Area in Marshfield, Wisconsin. home – chair Surya tending the spine and the take the arms down and sit straight on the chair. than the first time. Seasonal influenza is an acute respira - the study found that early infection Namaskar or chair sun salu - torso upwards. Close your place them close to your raise the right leg up, and * Breathe out and get tory infection that is typically of three reduces the risk of people needing to see tations. this variation of eyes and begin slow deep feet, resting the torso on the hold the right thighs with back to the original position, types: A, B and C even though C is much medical attention for infections with the Surya Namaskar is benefi - breathing. Continue this for thighs, placing the chin your hands while bending with hands back in prayer less common, as mentioned by Science same subtype later in life. his effect is cial for elderly people and 60 seconds. close to the knees and look - the knee. position. daily. “Since the risk of influenza infection stronger for H1N1 compared to H3N2. the in a given age group changes over time, model also revealed that the effectiveness factors other than age may affect our sus - of flu vaccines varies with both age and ceptibility to infection,” first author Philip birth year, suggesting that this effect also Make this 3-ingredient Some jobs lead to a higher risk of Arevalo, a postdoctoral researcher in sen - depends on early exposure. “this would ior author Sarah Cobey’s lab, department lead to better forecasting and vaccination of Ecology and Evolution, University of strategies to help combat future flu sea - anti-ageing serum at knee osteoarthritis, study finds Chicago, US, was quoted as saying. sons,” senior author Sarah Cobey, Influenza A viruses are further classi - Principal Investigator at the department recent study has fied into subtypes, with the A(H1N1) and of Ecology and Evolution said in a state - home found that peo - A(H3N2) subtypes currently circulating in ment. 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Our house is burning.” the buyer said that he will give whatever She said in the video that issues like uneven skin search — done using 71 workers had up to a 64 per who may be susceptible to Surprisingly, the son said: “there you he promised.” the father calms down tone, pigmentation, wrinkles can be easily dealt with the studies involving 9,50,000 cent more chance of devel - knee osteoarthritis, the will have to forgive me because some - looking at the house as if someone else’s serum which cleanses as well as adds glow to the skin. participants — that the oping knee osteoarthritis. most common joint disor - body offered us an unbeatable price. He house was burning. the crux of the story “the serum helps to remove wrinkles, age spots, and odds are against those who In the same way, builders der worldwide,” lead au - offered us three times the price of our is that the secret to happiness lies in tighten the skin. Since all the ingredients are natural, are working as miners, and floor layers had a 63 thor Xia Wang of the house, it was such a good offer I couldn’t one’s ability to detach themselves from there are no side-effect,” she said. cleaners, farmers, per cent more chance of University of Sydney, was refuse. thus, I sold the house”. the situations and view the scenario ob - What do you need? builders, metal workers, developing the condition. quoted as saying. His father straightened up and asked jectively. Ingredients For rice water 1 cup – rice 2 cups – Water For the paste Matters of the mind: Response, resilience and recovery 2 tbsp – rice water 1 tbsp – Aloe vera gel, fresh or market brought 2 – Vitamin E capsules — the three-dimensional strategy for mental health Method For rice water We didn’t think we would see a our heads above the water as the next tion to the aftermath of this pandemic, as jobs, economic ambiguity, loss of loved *Wash the rice. crisis like this in our lifetime,” is wave raises its hood over us. We seem to it continues to push a large population in - ones, not being able to tend to sick family *transfer it to a pan. Add two cups of water. “what I hear on repeat during my be in the eye of a storm that refuses to calm to emotional despair and mental disease. members, bad news from world over, so - *Boil for 15-20 minutes. sessions. And I couldn’t agree more. the down. Surely, such a time was never imag - While the priority is to reduce fatality, and cial isolation, hunger and racial violence, *Strain the rice and collect the rice water. virus has not just infected a significant ined by any of us. control the spread of Covid-19, can we not is constantly around us. For the paste percentage around the world, but exposed According to the new edition of the start work on reducing, controlling and While we feel like sitting ducks in the *In a bowl, add two tablespoon of rice water, one ta - a way larger percentage to unimaginable diagnostic and Statistical Manual of preventing mental illness, that is fast viral invasion, figuring out work and fi - blespoon of aloe vera gel and vitamin E oil from two cap - stress. Mental disorders (dSM-5), one may ex - reaching alarming numbers? 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I suggest a three-dimensional defence the serum every day. anger, isolation, confusion, trying to keep vaccine for the virus, we need to pay atten - the threat of a deadly virus, loss of strategy : Taking a stroll next to water bodies can boost mental health, study finds Researchers believe ental health is being fit a person mentally. the study was fore and after the activity. they also talked about in recent led by the Barcelona Institute for answered a few questions regarding that the psychological Mtimes with utmost Global Health (ISGlobal), and con - their well-being and mood. Mark earnestness, more than it has ever ducted within the BlueHealth project Nieuwenhuijsen, director of the benefits of physical been. With people leading fast-paced and published in Environmental Urban Planning, Environment, and lives, a raging pandemic, personal and research — a peer-reviewed journal. Health Initiative at ISGlobal and the activities vary professional obligations on the regu - It used the data of 59 adults who, over coordinator of the study, was quoted according to the type lar, mental health often gets neglect - the course of one week, spent 20 min - as saying: “We saw a significant im - ed. Which is why, numerous research - utes each day walking near a water provement in the participants’ well- of environment they es are conducted to offer some insight body. then, they spent another week being and mood immediately after into how better can people live their walking for 20 minutes amid urban they went for a walk in the ‘blue space’, are carried out in, and lives, and what else they can do to landscapes. In a third week, they spent compared with walking in an urban that blue spaces are make sure their mental health is not the same amount of time indoors. the environment or resting.” researchers affected. A recent study has found water body was basically a stretch believe that the psychological benefits better than urban something novel. It is believed that along the beach in Barcelona, while of physical activities vary according to short and frequent walks near water the urban landscape was the city’s the type of environment they are car - spaces bodies — like beaches, lakes, rivers, streets. the participants’ blood pres - ried out in, and that blue spaces are oceans, or even fountains — can bene - sure and heart rate was measured be - better than urban spaces. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 11, 2020 Sangeeta Bijlani's Madhuri Dixit reveals Akshay Kumar is a watch thief; Veteran actor and cake-cutting with comedian Jagdeep salon staff in PPE says, 'He steals from people without them knowing passes away at 81 suits is going Viral
these are such sad times that we are living in. today, we lost yet another gem of an actor and a legendary comedian Jagdeep. He was born Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, but adopted a stage name Jagdeep and made his mark as a co - median in the Hindi Film industry. He was 81 when he breathed his last on Wednesday. the Well, we all know that the Kumar will be next seen in the amazing part is that it fits tures Katrina Kaif, Jaaved actor was known for his roles Soorma Bhopali Khiladi Of Bollywood, Akshay laxmmi Bomb, which will all sizes. We see so many Jaaferi, Gulshan Grover, in Sholay, Chandu alias James Bond in Agent Kumar is known for doing stream on disney Hotstar. In women who wear sarees on a Kumud Mishra, Abhimanyu Vinod, Macchar Singh in Purana Mandir, crazy pranks on the sets of his the film, Akshay plays a char - daily basis and catch the Singh, Vivan Bhatena and Bankelal Bhopali in Andaaz Apna Apna to films. Now, actress Madhuri acter that will be possessed by train, the bus, work at home Sikander Khan, with special name a few. As per a report in Indiatoday, the dixit, who has shared screen a ghost of a transgender. etc but majaal hai unka pallu appearances from Ajay actor passed away at his residence at 8:40 PM. space with him in films like laxmmi Bomb is an official idhar ka udhar ho jaaye. devgn as Singham and the report further stated that he had some age- dil to Pagal Hai and Aarzoo, remake of Muni 2: Kanchana. Saree sambhalna mushkil ranveer Singh as Simmba. related ailments. However, the cause of his de - revealed an interesting thing Apart from Akshay and Kiara, kaam hai. Shoot se pehle, kai the film was supposed to re - mise is yet unknown. the report also said that about the hit machine as she the film also stars Sharad baar meri saree utar jaati thi. lease on March 24 but has he would be laid to rest at Shia Kabristan in said Akki has the habit of Kelkar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Chalna bhi mushkil hota tha. been postponed due to the Mumbai tomorrow. An official statement is yet stealing watches. talking to tusshar Kapoor in key roles. But mere stylist sambhal lete coronavirus outbreak. It’s to be released by the actor's family. He is sur - Bollywood Hungama, the the Khiladi of Bollywood also the. Hats off to how women been bankrolled under the vived by his sons Jaaved Jaafrey and Naved devdas star said, “He steals shared his thought and expe - manage it.” talking about his banners of rohit Shetty Jaafrey. He also has a daughter, Muskaan from watches from people without rience of his laxmmi Bomb theatrical project, he is gear - Picturez, dharma his other marriage. His grandson, Meezaan them knowing. He does it so look and said, “It is the most ing up for the release of Productions and Cape Of made his Bollywood debut with Malaal last well. It's amazing. Akshay graceful outfit in the world. Sooryavanshi, which also fea - Good Films. year.
I have no idea what Kangana Ranaut was saying Will Anita Hassanandani return in Naagin 5? The on Koffee with Karan,' says Saif Ali Khan actress answers After the tragic demise of One of the most beautiful Bollywood heroines Sushant Singh rajput, we saw of the 90's, Sangeeta Bijlani turned 60 yesterday. netizens raising the debate of the lockdown has meant that all birthdays and nepotism on social media and functions are low-key affairs. Sangeeta Bijlani went criticising Salman Khan, Karan to the Kromakay Salon in Juhu for a pampering Johar and star kids like Alia session. the salon is a favourite with many stars. Bhatt, Ananya Panday and oth - they also did a small cake-cutting ceremony for ers. Well, if you remember their regular patron. A video has gone viral where Kangana ranaut, who ap - we can see the stunning actress cutting her cake as peared with Saif Ali Khan in one the salon staff and paparazzi wish her. the staff is of the episodes of Koffee Karan, dressed in PPE suits. As we know, salons have re - called KJo the flagbearer of opened but the staff members have to take extra nepotism. the Chhote Nawab precautions. Also, only hair-cutting and some oth - of Bollywood, who recently in - er grooming procedures are being allowed. teracted with the New Indian Sangeeta Bijlani was wearing a maxi dress in hues Express said that he has no idea of red, blue and white. She had teamed it with of what Kangana was saying at sneakers and a cross-body bag. We guess that she the chat show He said, “I have came for a hair pampering session as her tresses no idea what Kangana was say - looked great. Sangeeta Bijlani's voluminous mane ing on Koffee with Karan be - is amongst the best in B-town ladies. She does yo - cause I don’t think like that. I ga regularly and has maintained herself really well. mean if you come on to a show the lady a former Miss India was discovered by and if you've got an agenda pre - rajiv rai at a fashion show. He gave her a break in pared to kind of you know take Bollywood. We know her from films like tridev and the host down..my mind does - Jurm. Sangeeta Bijlani has been getting offers to n't work like that. I don't under - work in tV and Bollywood but the actress has de - stand. So I was a little surprised clined them as she did not find them interesting obviously. But these issues have enough. But we fans to see her back on screens absolutely nothing to do with soon. the lady also grabbed headlines for her rela - me and I tend to find myself in tionships with Salman Khan and Mohammad the middle of them. Maybe I Azharuddin. She was married to the former India should think sometimes before captain for a few years before ending it in divorce. commenting. Hina Khan and Sidharth Shukla to team up for this show?
Khatron Ke Khiladi has been Both of them have participated on the one of the biggest shows for stunt reality show before. While As the unlock phase has begun, we saw things coming Colors tV. the trPs of the show Sidharth Shukla has been a winner, slowly on track across the country. the shooting of serials are consistently good. the fresh Hina Khan finished in the top three. and films recently resumed and we are set to watch the episodes of Khatron Ke Khiladi they two have done Bigg Boss as well. In fresh episodes of our favourite soap operas from the com - 10 started airing from June 27. fact, ABPlive reported that Hina Khan ing Monday. talking about Ekta Kapoor's supernatural this year the line-up was very and Sidharth Shukla might do a dance show, Naagin 4, the filming of last few episodes including impressive. We had top stars like performance together in the grand finale the grand finale and as per actress Anita Hassanandani, the Karishma tanna, Karan Patel, of Khatron Ke Khiladi 10. the Balika makers are managing well with limited crew and are fol - Shivin Narang, Adaa Khan are Vadhu actor was last seen in a music lowing complete safety precautions implemented by the others on the show. It seems the video Bhula dunga with Shehnaaz Gill. government. talking to Mumbai Mirror, she said, “My hus - finale will be shot on July 20 in It has crossed 70 million views so far. band was really scared sending me back to work. But once I Mumbai's Film City. the whole there are reports that the shoot for KKK was back, I felt safe with all the precautions being taken. On season was shot in Bulgaria be - reloaded might start from July 21. It Ekta’s (Kapoor) set, the actor’s well-being is always top pri - fore the pandemic hit the world seems they had asked Karan Patel but he ority.” the Krishna Cottage actress further added, “I don’t have to do much, just make sure I keep sanitising my hands and sent everything in disarray. had already committed to Kasautii often and wash them whenever I go into the vanity van. I It seems the channel has plans to Zindagii Kay 2. A source told the times am also careful not to touch my face much. Everyone’s safe - have a special edition of Khatron Of India, "yes, we have roped in the best ty is more important right now than how the show looks.” Ke Khiladi. this was being contestants of previous editions. the When asked whether her character of Vishakha will make a planned for a long-time by shoot for the special edition will com - comeback in Naagin 5, she replied, “I’m fortunate to have Colors. they were supposed to mence from July 21. We had also ap - been a part of two seasons and would love to be in the next shoot it in thailand. It seems Nia proached Karan Patel, who will be seen one, too. But I think my character has exhausted her run. I Sharma, rashami desai and Aly in the finale of the ongoing season, but am content with my two seconds of fame.” talking about Goni are in talks for the same. As he has taken up a fiction show and her future projects, Anita said, “I got offers for some out - per a report in tellychakkar.com, hence, won’t be available. there is still side shoots, but right now I am not ready to travel. I am still the makers have approached no clarity on when the edition will hit the a little paranoid.” She further said that the floor test is ex - Hina Khan and Sidharth Shukla tube. It could start immediately or after pected to happen from October as they are hoping that situ - for the same. they might feature a short gap. It will be a crisp edition and ation might return to normalcy. “Hopefully, I’ll have clarity in Khatron Ke Khiladi reloaded. packed with entertainment. about my projects by then,” asserted the actress. 11 LOCAL ##+ )*+(. +".
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