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PROMOTING VEGANISM TIRUPATI TEMPLE OPEN FLOOD FURY Richa Chadha feels large-scale production Though senior pontiff of Tirupati temple has At least 14 people have died in the latest and consumption of animal products is tested positive for Covid, the temple round of seasonal rains and flooding in southern China harming the planet LEISURE | P2 will remain open TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10

VOLUME 10, ISSUE 108 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, JULY 19 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 TAX DEPT WILL NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU Financial transactions actions and payment details of credit information like cash deposit/with- card bills. NO LAXITY ON TAXES 26 AS drawal from saving bank accounts, will be shown in 26AS The taxpayers’ tax passbook or the sale/purchase of immovable prop- form 26AS contains details of taxpayer The earlier Form 26AS Certain additional info erty, time deposits, credit card pay- used to give informa- including details of only if taxpayers cross and compliance details along with ments, purchase of shares, deben- tion regarding TDS other taxes paid, other financial transactions. From tures, foreign currency, mutual funds, the specified limit in an FY and tax collected at refunds and TDS this year, its format has been changed source relating to a PAN defaults were also there buy back of shares, cash payment for to include specified financial trans- goods and services, among others AGENCIES actions of taxpayers that will be pre- But now, it will have Statement of Financial under Section 285BA of Income-tax sented on the form of Statement of Transactions ‘to facilitate voluntary compliance, Act, 1961 from ‘specified persons’ like New Delhi, July 18: The income tax Financial Transactions (SFTs). tax accountability and ease of e-filing of returns’ banks, mutual funds, institutions is- (IT) department has come up with a new Taxpayers’ other details such as suing bonds and registrars or sub- AYUSH doc beats father Form 26AS. The objective is to pre- Aadhaar number, date of birth, mobile now being shown in Part E of Form lating the correct tax liability in a feel- registrars, with regard to individu- vent suppression of information by number, email ID and address will 26AS to facilitate voluntary compli- good environment. This would also als having high-value financial to death in Capital, held taxpayers. The IT department will also be present in the new form. ance, tax accountability and ease of e- bring in further transparency and ac- transactions since the Financial Year seek full details of the taxpayers’ fi- “...the information being received filing of returns so that the same can countability in the tax administra- 2016 onwards. Now, all such informa- POST NEWS NETWORK months, Ranjan had been nancial transactions such as sale and by the Income Tax Department from be used by the taxpayer to file her or tion,” the statement read. tion under different SFTs will be shown accusing his father of hav- purchase of stocks, real estate trans- the filers of these specified SFTs is his income tax return (ITR) by calcu- The IT department used to receive in the new Form 26AS. Bhubaneswar, July 18: ing illicit relationship with The Commissionerate Police his wife. Due to the frequent arrested an AYUSH doctor quarrels between father and on charges of killing his fa- son, Ranjan’s wife along with ther, here Saturday. He was their two sons had left the Those who protect No biometric scrutiny for PDS produced in a court. house a month ago and been The incident took place at staying at her parents’ house. FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND IRIS AUTHENTICATION EXEMPTED Jagamohan Nagar in According to a source, like Jagamara area under any other day, Ranjan picked POST NEWS NETWORK ner and IRIS device has been exempted been asked to ensure distribution of the Khandagiri police limits, up a quarrel with his father us are doing so during distribution of PDS ration food items under strict adherence to the July 16. The deceased has on the issue July 16. Sources Bhubaneswar, July 18: The state through e-PoS device at Fair Price Covid-19 norms like social distancing been identified as Rajkishore added that Ranjan sought to government Saturday exempted the Shops until further orders.” and others. Mishra (73) and the accused know if he was indeed the mandatory biometric authentication A notification into this regard was The notification also said, “However, as Ranjan Mishra. biological father of the two sans protective kits for Aadhaar to avail food under the also issued by the department Saturday necessary instructions shall be is- According to Khandagiri sons he has with his wife. Public Distribution System (PDS). to roll out the new norms of PDS with- sued to all the field functionaries and police station IIC Rashmi Soon Ranjan lost his cool Slew of stories has flooded the internet on the The decision was “taken in the light out such scrutiny. All Collectors have Fair Price Shop dealers to continue Ranjan Mohapatra, the fam- and became violent even though of spread of Covid-19 across the state been informed about the decision of the with distribution through e-PoS de- ily comprised of Rajkishore, his sister, who intervened, could hardships and danger that the doctors or healthcare and the rise in their numbers”— the government. vices only on automated mode by his son, daughter-in-law, two not calm him. Rajkishore was workers are going under or are exposed to, but what announcement was done by the State The notification was issued by Vir maintaining social distancing/Covid grandsons and one spinster rushed to Capital Hospital Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Vikram Yadav, Secretary of the de- -19 advisories in synchronisation daughter. They lived at here where he was declared about the Khaki-wearing frontline workers— the cops! Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain. partment. The department has asked with the distribution date to Odisha Jagamohan Nagar. Ranjan brought-dead. Ranjan’s sis- He said, “In view of the Covid-19 the Collectors to ensure that the mes- FPS server by the dateline commu- worked as an AYUSH doctor ter has registered a case GYAN RANJAN MOHAPATRA, OP pandemic, biometric mode of Aadhaar sage and instructions reach to the Fair nicated earlier as was done in April- at Banapur CHC. against him, accusing him of authentication using fingerprint scan- Price Shops. The Collectors have also June 2020 distribution cycle.” For the last couple of killing their father. Bhubaneswar, July 18: They are ensuring that the citizens adhere to the Covid guidelines; they are making sure that the hoodlums Diesel is getting dearer cannot bank on this occasion and our streets remain safe, but are and dearer than petrol they safe? According to the Indian Police the accused persons to the hospi- AGENCIES Foundation (IPF), an independent tal for medical examination or to think tank, “So far, 22,925 person- the courts for deposition before New Delhi, July 18: State-run oil marketing nel of state police and Central po- magistrates, were seen holding the companies hiked diesel prices Saturday while lice forces in the country have accused persons’ hand without keeping petrol rates on hold at existing levels. In tested positive and 149 lost their wearing gloves; forget social dis- metros, Indian Oil Corporation raised the prices lives in the pandemic so far.” tancing. of diesel by 13-18 paise per Around 30 policemen have died HAVE PPE BUT UNFEASIBLE litre. With effect from 6 am while 2,200 others have tested pos- Additionally, checkpoints in the July 18, the price of itive for the novel coronavirus in- capital city do not have adequate diesel was raised to fection in Maharashtra alone, the sanitisers for the police personnel `81.52 per litre, from worst-hit state. there. A sub-inspector on the con- the existing `81.35 per Meanwhile, several officials of dition of anonymity told Orissa litre, while that of the Odisha Police were also tested POST, “The personnel have been petrol was left un- positive for the virus and many supplied with PPE kits to wear changed at `80.43 per more have been sent for quarantine. during duty but it is quite difficult litre. In Mumbai, the Around 40 policemen have been to stand under the scorching sun price of diesel was re- found infected with the coronavirus covered with the PPE kits. Similarly, vised to `79.71 per litre in Odisha, till date and five have suc- many personnel approaching re- Global oil rates are from `79.56 per litre, cumbed. tirement have been deployed on up from March while the rate of petrol ` With the re-imposition of lock- law and order duty endangering lows as easing of maintained at 87.19 per down in four districts including their lives.” litre. Indian Oil, the Commissionerate Police, the Some personnel also expressed restrictions on Hindustan Petroleum police force has also been burdened their fear of getting infected while transport and and Bharat Petroleum with two tasks: ensure the citizens on-duty. One Havildar, Shrichandan industrial activity account for the major- adhere to the guidelines and keep Das, stationed at Acharya Vihar boost fuel demand ity of fuel stations in the themselves safe while maintain- square here, said, “We aren’t feel- country. ing law and order even though it is ing comfortable while checking Currently, diesel costs more in the national impossible for them to follow social the commuters but it is our duty. capital compared to petrol. Domestic petrol and distancing norms while dealing People should help us by staying in- diesel prices vary from state to state due to VAT. with knuckleheads. doors and not roam in the streets.” Crude oil prices edged lower Friday as con- Many policemen were found not Meanwhile, many home guards cerns about the surge in coronavirus cases sap- following safety measures while and constables in the ping fuel demand while major crude-producing checking commuters at the im- Commissionerate Police are re- nations ready increases in output. Brent crude fu- portant junctions in the city. The siding in slums where new Covid tures – the global benchmark for crude oil – de- cops, who have been accompanying cases have sprung up. clined 0.53 per cent to close at $43.14 per barrel. IRREGULAR by MANJUL 54L in deluge but no Amid the political pantomime in Rajasthan and Covid pandemic, hue & cry Assam floods have no takers

AGENCIES villages are underwater. The flood-affected districts include Guwahati, July 18: Nearly 54 lakh people Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, have been affected across 30 districts of Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Assam due to massive flooding, state’s dis- Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South aster management authorities informed Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Saturday. Seventy-six peo- Metropolitan, Morigaon, Believe me, sir, when it comes to ple have lost their lives Nagaon, Hojai, Golaghat, mishandling a crisis, in the disaster, it added. Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, we are totally self-sufficient! “76 deaths and 53,99,017 Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, people affected across 30 Karbi Anglong, West districts due to floods till Karbi Anglong and July 17,” said Assam State Cachar. WEATHER Disaster Management So far, the government y Authority (ASDMA). has evacuated 76,003 peo- BHUB CTK

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FORTUNE FORECAST RICHA BATS FOR VEGANISM Bhumi’s unique IN POST-COVID WORLD Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadha feels COVID world. ARIES large-scale production and consump- “I wanted to be able to talk about it tion of animal products is harming the without sounding preachy. The whole Today, you may get to planet as well as the human race. concept of veganism stems from ‘live share your ideas and opinions with like-mind- b’day wish “There’s a lot of discussion about and let live’, so the idea is not to force ed people. Ganesha says you may finally the last two epidemics originating people to convert to veganism,” she have a heart-to-heart chat with your Mumbai: On her 31st birthday on Saturday, actress from meat and poultry farms. The said. beloved, and express your deep Bhumi Pednekar said that she wished a vaccine large-scale production, consumption Amid the lockdown and pandemic, commitment. or a solution is found for the novel coronavirus. of animal products is harming the Richa has started reading again, and “My birthday wish for this year is that all the planet as well as the human race,” she says the experience feels new. people who are affected by the virus and all the Richa said. Richa was last seen in the court- TAURUS people that are vulnerable because of the sit- The actress had an educational chat room drama Section 375. Her upcom- uations currently, get some peace, get happiness with PETA to discuss veganism and ing films are Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Logic may be your forte and we truly find a solution or a vaccine why it is a sustainable life choice in post- Hai and Shakeela. today, but in the game of for Covid-19,” Bhumi said. life, sometimes the heart wins and sometimes the head. Your ana- Talking about her birthday plans, lytical skills will help you understand Bhumi says: “It will be special because things better, in turn, making you wiser. I won’t be meeting anyone and will be with You may feel an urge to spend on music. my family at home. It will be very sim- ple and basic. No special plans as such,” she said. GEMINI She said that her celebrations Big B’s will be ‘very different’ this year. You will witness a marked “Actually, I am very big on improvement in your emotional quotient, says birthdays. I include a lot of Ganesha. This change may either come people, a lot of my loved through watching a film, listening to a song ones. I get pampered a lot soul-searching or just a simple insight. At the workplace, but I think this year I am people will be lavishing praise on you for just going to be with my your excellent performance. mom and my sister. We would probably be on in hospital Zoom call with every- CANCER one that I love,” she Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan You know how to make added. is reflecting back on his life, decisions money, and you are and the consequences of his decisions, even better in putting it as he recovers from the novel coron- to good use. Today, you will have your one eye on the develop- avirus in the Covid ward of a hospi- ments in the stock market, and the other tal here. on brochures of tourism companies. You “In the rush of life , when did I may spend money on entertainment. ever get the time to , to sit some- where , for a while and to think .. that what I did , what I said and what I believed in .. what was good in that LEO and what bad ..now I get the time,” he It may be that the best began the post. daffodils bloom early in ".. and in these moments doth the the morning, but good ideas can come any mind trace back events words, inci- time of the day, says Ganesha. So dents as vividly as one can ever imag- spruce up your management skills, as ine .. distinct, precise, specific and you shall need them to help organise with the clarity of its occurrence .. and and cash in on the multitude of ideas. you wonder .. wonder what transpired as a result of it .. and you wonder whether it should or could have been The cine icon is admitted in Nanavati VIRGO done differently .. .. but wonder as hospital's isolation ward after he, along A la Sisyphus, you may much you may .. fated decisions remain with three of his family members, realise the futility of fated," he added. tested positive for Covid-19. your efforts and con- stant failure in achiev- ing success. But do not despair, says POST NEWS NETWORK ticipation. Attending the digital meet, Luxemberg also conveyed her good Ganesha. Recharge your imagination, inquisitiveness and intelligence and Khurda Collector Sitanshu Kumar Rout wishes on this occasion. focus on your long-term goals, says PECUC’s Bhubaneswar: Civil society organi- said, “We all need to work together in PECUC’s secretary Ranjan Kumar Ganesha. sations always play a significant role in these difficult hours.” Mohanty shared what the organisation the growth of society, said several dig- Odisha State Commission for has achieved in last 30 years while ex- nitaries who attended a virtual meeting Protection of Child Rights chairperson ecutive director Anuradha Mohanty de- virtual meet held Saturday to celebrate the 30th an- Sandhyabati Pradhan appreciated livered the welcome address and talked LIBRA niversary of People’s Cultural Centre PECUC’s activities involving the kids and about the purpose of this meeting. (PECUC). For the uninitiated, PECUC hoped that the organisation will con- Among others, Adaramoni Boral, chair- Ganesha says today you will try to be adept in marks anniv is a leading voluntary organisation of the tinue its good work in future as well. man, PECUC, director Minakhi Panda your favorite subject. city formed by a team of likeminded Sahadev Sahoo, former Chief and eminent Odissi dancer Snehaprabha Today you will be buying people in 1990. It’s sole objective was to Secretary to the government, comple- Samantaray attended the virtual meet and antique artistic things too. If there are any achieve socio-cultural and economic mented PECUC for its commendable complemented the initiative taken by legal proceeding going on then the results celebration development of the poor and margin- work in social sector while Francoise the organisation. Ratna Dash of PECUC will be in your favor. You shall be a success in everything that you touch today. Your alised community with people’s par- Binsfield, Executive Director, AEIN, gave the vote of thanks at the end . artistic streak will come to the fore today.

SCORPIO SUDOKU There is a big black hole in post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, your pocket, and it's high PEANUTS CROSSWORD time you looked for reme- column and box must contain the numbers dies there. Loved ones will 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. make use of your money as suntan cream – liberally and carelessly. You are most likely to spend lavishly, especially to impress a member of opposite sex.

SAGITTARIUS Get ready to rule hearts today. Your thoughtful insights into other peo- ple's psyche might just help you write a book on it! In the battle- ground of love, you will win over your sweetheart all over again, probably with a nice, slow dance coupled with a fantastic candlelit dinner. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN Like you weren't already overworked, new respon- sibilities will keep you occupied throughout the day, says Ganesha. The excitement with SOLUTIONS which you work every day will weaken, and eventually die down by the end of the day because you will burn your ener- gy and resources in helping others.

AQUARIUS You get a pat on the back due to your brilliant aca- demic standing. People will admire your business BREVITY acumen and may imitate your choices. But CROSSWORD this doesn't mean you become haughty and unapproachable.

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tion, your trip, when it finally occurs, will CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW SUDOKU bring you the desired pleasure. P3 NORMS FLOUTED KITCHEN ESSENTIALS SUNDAY | JULY 19 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Passengers ignore social People buying vegetables at distancing norms while Unit-I haat in Bhubaneswar waiting for trains at as the 14-day lockdown over downtown Bhubaneswar railway station, coronavirus begins,

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Bhubaneswar-Puri, Sambalpur- work for Shree Setu, the first ever Commerce and Transport de- Sohela, Manguli-Sambalpur and trumpet bridge project in the state, he trumpet bridge will partment has allowed the police to Sambalpur-Rourkela for a couple of months due to the Tconnect Mangalaghat start highway patrolling on five outbreak of novel coronavirus. bypass of Bhubaneswar- stretches Jaleswar--Ichhapuram, he police officials have been Though the administration had Puri National Highway Bhubaneswar--Puri, Sambalpur-- Tgiven power to impose fines resumed land acquisition for the with a proposed pilgrim Sohela, Manguli--Sambalpur and as per provisions of amended bridge, uncertainty still looms over centre at Jagannath Ballav Sambalpur--Rourkela. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 the commencement of construc- mutt in the Holy City “The state government does tion work owing to the restrictions, hereby specify the police officers Fatality rate (death per 100 accidents) in Odisha stands at 47 as sources said. in the Holy City. The proposed proj- Similarly, the administration But, there is no further information of and above the rank of assistant compared to the national average of 32 The state government had ect was supposed boost physical would acquire another 3.738 acre regarding the commencement of sub-inspector (ASI) of police de- announced several mega projects connectivity to the Holy City. government and Srimandir land for construction work for the project,” ployed/to be deployed for highway including the Shree Setu to The district administration had the mega project. said a source in the district ad- patrolling duty on the stretches of teams will also provide trauma tional average of 32. transform Puri into a heritage decided to acquire 37.984 acre land The administration had started ministration. highways,” the department said care immediately, sources said. Sambalpur-Sohela stretch of city. It had planned to spend from four revenue villages in the city acquiring land for the project after Puri district land acquisition of- in a notification. Police officials The teams deployed for highway NH-53 has been identified as the around `190 crore on the trumpet here for the 2.3 km-long bridge proj- completion of a social impact as- ficer Prashant Jena said the next have been given power to impose patrolling will work in at least two biggest killer stretch in the state as bridge project. ect. According to sources, the ad- sessment (SIA) survey in the four process for Shree Setu project would fines as per provisions of amended shifts. Additional vehicles and po- at least 13 persons die on every 10 The trumpet bridge will connect ministration had planned to ac- revenue villages. However, the land begin soon after the completion of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. lice personnel will be deployed for km of the road while Bhubaneswar- Mangalaghat bypass of quire 34.246 acre private land from acquisition was suspended due to the land acquisition work. “All the The objective of the patrolling on the purpose. Puri NH-316 records 12 deaths on Bhubaneswar-Puri National Samang, Matitota, Markandeswar Covid-19 outbreak. developmental projects in Puri have highways is to reduce accidents As per reports, the fatality rate every 10 km. Similarly, NH-16 be- Highway with a proposed pilgrim Sahi (No.1) and Dandimala Sahi “The land acquisition process been delayed by the Covid-19 pan- and the fatalities arising out of (death per 100 accidents) in Odisha tween Jaleswar and Ichhapurm centre at Jagannath Ballav mutt for the project. for Shree Setu project had resumed. demic,” he added. them. In case of an accident, the stands at 47 as compared to na- recorded 11 deaths per 10 km. IOCL PARADIP REFINERY TO BE SHUT FOR 22 DAYS Pvt hosps told to admit patients from hotspots PNN/AGENCIES he said. The decision to undertake MAINTENANCE WORK the annual maintenance work in the PNN/AGENCIES the Chief Secretary. Bhubaneswar, July 18: The oil plant has been taken by IOCL au- HE CHIEF SECRETARY He also advised people to dial refinery of Indian Oil Corporation thorities and the district adminis- Bhubaneswar, July 18: The TADVISED PEOPLE TO 100 to inform authorities concerned Ltd (IOCL) at Paradip in tration, Mohapatra said. state government Saturday warned DIAL 100 TO LODGE about such practices. Jagatsinghpur district will remain “Periodic maintenance work of the private hospitals of strong COMPLAINTS AGAINST The Covid-19 cases continue to in- shut for 22 days from July 25 for the refinery is essential for ensur- action for denying treatment to SUCH HOSPITALS crease in the state. maintenance work, a senior offi- ing operational safety and efficiency,” patients coming from Covid-19 Odisha has reported 591 new cial said Saturday. Paradip IOCL refinery PRO, S S hotspots. E TERMED SUCH coronavirus positive cases and three Nearly 800 workers from nearby Patra, said. The last such mainte- Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy HACT AS UNETHICAL deaths in the last 24 hours, as per areas will be engaged for carrying nance activity was undertaken in said there are instances of some AND ILLEGAL the Health department, Saturday. out the maintenance activity at the March 2018, he added. Commissioned private hospitals being reluctant The deaths were reported from refinery plant, while adhering to Prohibitory orders under Section in 2016 and considered as the en- in admitting patients coming from Ganjam and Gajapati districts. Covid-19 safety protocols, 144 of CrPC will be imposed around ergy gateway to eastern India, the hotspot districts. “Instances have come of some tricts. It's ethically wrong and ille- With this, the positive cases of the Jagatsinghpur District Collector the IOCL refinery premises to pre- refinery has a capacity of 15 million He termed such act as unethi- pvt hospitals reluctant in admit- gal. Be informed Govt action against state increased to 16,701 while the Sangram Keshari Mohapatra said. vent any congregation in the area, tonnes per annum. cal and illegal. ting patients from hotspots dis- wrong doers will be serious,” tweeted death toll rose to 86.

LOCKDOWN IN CAPITAL 19 FSOs take oath Bhubaneswar: Nineteen newly- 10% beds reserved for critical recruited Fire Station Officers (FSOs) took oath at the Odisha Fire and Disaster Response Academy here Saturday. The officers were nCoV patients at Ganjam CCCs administered oath after completion of nine-month training programme on fire fighting and disaster POST NEWS NETWORK management. The ceremony was held in the conference hall of Fire Bhubaneswar, July 18: With the con- Courts to remain shut during lockdown Academy in view of imposition of tinuous rise in Covid cases in Ganjam, BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa High Court Saturday ordered closedown of all district social distancing norms. Satyajit the state government has chalked out and subordinate courts and also tribunals in Khurda, Ganjam, Cuttack and Jajpur Mohanty, the DG, Fire Services, a strategy for the hotspot district. districts and Rourkela city till July end. “It is hereby notified that the normal func- attended the programme as the The paediatric ward of MKCG tioning of the High Court as well as the district and subordinate courts and tri- chief guest. Medical College and Hospital will bunals falling in the jurisdiction of Khurda, Ganjam, Cuttack and Jajpur districts be turned into a special Covid Care and Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), shall continue to remain suspended MeT predicts rain Centre (CCC) and it will remain till 31.7.2020,” HC said in an order issued Saturday. However, the High Court will under supervision of the district have restricted functioning with limited number of judges by virtual mode as per Bhubaneswar: The India Collector. Emergency and OPD the roster assigned by the Chief Justice during the lockdown. The HC has decided Meteorological Department (IMD) units of the medical college will to take up only extremely urgent matters on advance memo of urgency submit- Saturday said be reopened for the patients soon. ted by learned advocates/litigants to the deputy registrar (judicial) by e-filing some pockets The government has also de- mode/e-mail with advance intimation to the opposite parties, it said. of 12 districts cided to reserve 10 per cent beds in will receive all CCCs and Covid Health Centres set up at Saraswati Sishumandir at as advisor and Covid monitor, who heavy rain in (CHCs) of the district for the pa- Berhampur town, which will be will counsel at least 10 patients and next three days. Heavy tients, who are coming to the cen- monitored by the Berhampur `1,000 will be provided to them. rainfall is tres with critical conditions. This Municipal Corporation, while City Free medicine kit will be pro- likely to occur at one or two places Policemen check vehicles at Rasulgarh Square in Bhubaneswar to enforce the lockdown over Covid-19, Saturday decision was taken at a high-level Hospital will provide the health- vided to the patients who are under over Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, meeting held under the chair- care services at the centre. home isolation. Hotels in Berhampur Dhenkanal and Angul, Sunday manship of Additional Chief A panel headed by a psychiatrist and Gopalpur will be reserved by the while Sambalpur, Deogarh, Secretary PK Mohapatra here, will be formed to boost the morale Collector for accommodation of Bargarh, Kandhamal and Kalahandi Saturday. of Covid patients. The panel will do doctors and other frontline workers. will witness heavy rain Monday. Similarly, the government has tele-counselling of the patients Besides, the government has de- Similarly, heavy rainfall will occur decided to open 150-bed CCC at under treatment at various health- cided to start tele medicine serv- at a few places of Sundargarh, Bidyutpur in the district while an- care facilities in the district. ice for other patients who are advised Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh & other CCC of same capacity will be Recovered patients will be engaged not to visit hospitals. Rayagada districts, July 21. Graffiti in Silver City to display rich culture POST NEWS NETWORK CMC INITIATIVE Cuttack, July 18: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has he state government had sanctioned `5 crore to the Jaydev Vihar Square in the Capital city wears a Shops at Unit-II market remain closed in accordance initiated steps to beautify the Silver T city for various deserted look with the lockdown norms OP PHOTOS City – the epicentre of Odisha’s art developmental projects and culture. The artists engaged by the civic n the initial phase, the authorities are now drawing graf- Imunicipal corporation has fiti on various overbridges of the city taken steps to beautify the ECI move to seek views on polls hailed as part of the beautification drive. walls of overbridges at Press The state government had sanc- Chhak, OMP Square and tioned `5 crore to the city for var- Sikharpur POST NEWS NETWORK said, “In a democratic country, we needs applause from our side for this ious developmental works. The follow a Parliament and federal action. This will ensure that there CMC had decided to spend the he CMC had decided to Bhubaneswar, July 18: Most of structure. The ECI under a special will be less issues relating to con- money to clear choked drains for Tspend the money to clear the political parties in the state, condition has now sought views duct of elections at this juncture.” quick release of rainwater and un- choked drains for quick Saturday, welcomed the move of from the national as well as regional The Congress party also wel- dertake a beautification drive in the release of rainwater and the Election Commission of India parties. This is a welcome step.” comed the move but asked the Chief city, sources said. undertake a beautification (ECI) seeking of the parties on the BJP leader and Leader of Minister Naveen Patnaik to con- In the initial phase, the municipal drive in the city issue of conducting elections amid Opposition in the Assembly, Pradipta vene an all-party meeting and build corporation has taken steps to beau-

the pandemic. Kumar Naik, said, “The ECI could a consensus. “Let the Chief Minister tify the walls of overbridges at Press culture of Odisha. Odissi and other traditional dances fiti will be based on the themes of

k y m c The BJP, BJD and the Congress have declared the election dates convene an all-party meeting and Chhak, OMP Square and Sikharpur. “Three artists’ groups led by like Ghodanacha and Paika Nrutya,” Cuttack’s own tradition, culture Saturday appreciated the move of even without consultation with the later the ECI should call a similar It has engaged three artists’ groups Satyabrata Sahu and Satyabhama said an official of the CMC. and heritage structures including the election watchdog seeking views regional parties. The ECI, however, meeting. The decision by the par- to beautify the walls of overbridges Majhi have been engaged in drawing According to him, the artists the Baliyatra and Barabati fort. from the political parties irre- has sought views from all parties ties with consensus should be wel- with colourful graffiti. graffiti on the walls of overbridges. will beautify the walls of all road- The initiative will help people know spective of the status of the parties. keeping in mind the current situ- comed by all,” Congress leader The artists are now drawing graf- The artists are painting the bridge side government buildings in the the glorious history of the Silver BJD leader Shashi Bushan Behera ation. The election watchdog thus Tara Prasad Bahinipati said. fiti depicting the rich tradition and walls depicting various mudras of city in the second phase. “The graf- City,” said the official. P4 SUNDAY | JULY 19 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Public road transport vehicles under watch PEDALLING THEIR WAY

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POST NEWS NETWORK CLOSE WATCH he Centre would provide 60 per cent of assistance to Odisha. The project cost is estimated to be `15.40 crore of which the central share is `9.24 crore Bhubaneswar, July 18: With an T while the state government will bear `6.16 crore aim to enhance security of women and children while traveling in he objective of the project is to improve safety of women and children in buses and other public transport ve- Tpublic service vehicles through the implementation of CMVR (Central Motor hicles, the state government has Vehicles Rules) decided to put online vehicle move- he Nirbhaya Framework was issued to devise to ensure safety of women in ment tracking system in place so that Tthe wake of December 2012 Nirbhaya case, in which six people had gang- it can reach the vehicle in case of raped a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in a moving bus, which had sparked emergency. countrywide protests State Commerce and Transport Department has recently approved a project and very soon additional effect from April 1, 2018. Later, the The objective of the project is to buttons. The centre will function as transport commissioner (techni- deadline was extended January 1, improve safety of women and chil- a unified mechanism where all in- cal) will sign an MoU with the 2019. However, many states includ- dren in public service vehicles formation will be electronically Ministry of Road Transport and ing Odisha have not implemented it through the implementation of transmitted to police stations and Highways to implement it. till now due to fund constraints. The CMVR (Central Motor Vehicles PCRs, so that time is not lost in res- If the online tracking system is Centre, later, decided to fund the Rules), sources said. cuing the victim, said an official. there to track movement of buses project under Nirbhaya Framework Accordingly, all specified public The Nirbhaya Framework was is- plying across the state, safety of with an assistance of Rs332 crore. service vehicles will be equipped sued to devise to ensure safety of passengers can be ensured. The Centre would provide 60 per with VLT devices with multiple women in the wake of December Earlier, the Ministry of Road cent of assistance to Odisha. The emergency buttons for requesting 2012 Nirbhaya case, in which six peo- Transport and Highways had man- project cost is estimated to be `15.40 emergency response, the source ple had gang-raped a 23-year-old dated vehicle location tracking (VLT) crore of which the central share has said. physiotherapy intern in a moving device and emergency buttons to be is `9.24 crore while the state gov- Odisha will set up a monitoring bus, which had sparked countrywide fitted in all public service vehicles with ernment will bear `6.16 crore. centre for alerts and emergency protests. People riding bicycles to buy essentials on the first day of lockdown at Tinkonia Bagicha in Cuttack, Saturday OP PHOTO STATE TALLY RISES TO SOP issued for 2 hospitals in Cuttack POST NEWS NETWORK ing implementation of guidelines and on awareness. A report on 16,701, DEATH TOLL 86 Cuttack, July 18: The state gov- testing of people and tracing of ernment Saturday stressed strict ob- suspected persons was presented servance of the standard operat- by the district administration. The mong the total virus 87 test positive ing procedure (SOP) in the SCB BDOs will supervise these opera- Afatalities, 52 were Medical College and Hospital and tions through formation of Covid reported from Ganjam, in Capital city Acharya Harihar Post Graduate management committees in rural followed by Khurda (13), Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC) to areas, the Collector said. Cuttack (8) and Gajapati contain the spread of coronavirus The observers had discussions (3), with two each from BHUBANESWAR: The in Cuttack. on the steps taken to check the Angul and Puri, and one Bhubaneswar Municipal The matter came to the fore dur- spread of coronavirus and treat- each from Bargarh, Corporation (BMC) Saturday ing a review meeting at the district ment with superintendent Dr Bhadrak, Jajpur, said that 87 more people have collectorate, Saturday. Collector ment does not get hit on the pretext They also said that tele-medicine fa- Kendrapara, Rayagada Annada Prasad Patnaik, princi- and Sundergarh districts tested positive for COVID-19 in Bhabani Shankar Chayini presided of coronavirus. cilities will be launched in the hos- pal Dr Datteswar Hota of SCB the city in past 24 hours. over the meeting attended by ob- He asked all including the hospital pitals so that patient care does not Medical College and Hospital and f the fresh cases, 394 While 41 of them are quar- servers Saurav Garg, principal sec- authorities to abide by the SOP in get hit and to avoid overcrowding director Dr Lalatendu Sarangi Owere detected in antine cases, remaining 46 are retary, agriculture and Susant indoor and outdoor wards and shift in the hospitals. of AHRCC. different quarantine local contact ones. Meanwhile, Mohapatra, additional secretary, patients to the Covid hospitals if Police commissioner Sudhansu CMC commissioner Anannya centres and 197 during 37 persons who earlier tested pos- general administration. they test positive for the virus dur- Sarangi stressed on strict imple- Das and DRDA, PD Abdul Akhtar contact-tracing itive for the deadly disease re- The development came after a ing the antigen test. mentation of restrictions during spoke on the treatment and health- exercises whose contact covered, BMC said. number of patients and staffers of He further said steps have been the 14-days lockdown period. He care facilities at temporary med- tracing and follow-up "Further contact tracing is the SCB Medical College and taken for door-to-door surveillance asked the CMC authorities to work ical camps in the CMC as well as actions are underway still continuing. Primary con- Hospital and Acharya Harihar Post by special health teams in the city in coordination with police and in rural areas and on testing and tacts & nearby houses are being Graduate Institute of Cancer during the lockdown period to con- CDF (enforcement) to avoid crowd- tracings. The observers later vis- PNN/AGENCIES were reported from Ganjam, fol- quarantined, sanitised and will (AHPGIC) tested positive for tain the spread of virus. ing and ensure observance of social ited the new Covid care homes at lowed by Khurda (13), Cuttack (8) be under active surveillance," Covid-19. The observers asked the Collector distancing in vegetable and fish Odisha Administrative Tribunal Bhubaneswar, July 18: The state’s and Gajapati (3), while two each BMC said. It further added that Garg said the SOP has been issued and municipal commissioner to markets. The meeting had a thor- and at Balikuda on the outskirts. Covid-19 tally rose to 16,701 with 591 were from Angul and Puri, and one all positive cases have been to strictly adhere to Covid-19 guide- strictly adhere to SOP in all gov- ough discussion on making the 14- SP (rural) B Jugalkishore was also fresh cases while the death toll each from Baragah, Bhadrak, Jajpur, shifted to dedicated COVID lines so that patient care and treat- ernment and private hospitals. day lockdown effective and ensur- present at the meeting. reached 86 with three more pa- Kendrapara, Rayagada and hospitals. tients succumbing to the disease, a Sundergarh districts. According to a notification is- health department official said Besides, twenty-six patients have sued by the civic body, as of Saturday. Two men from Ganjam, died in Odisha, but their deaths Saturday morning, 1,130 per- 5 medicine shops sealed in City Fire personnel to aged 63 and 60, and a 48-year-old were due to "non-COVID reasons", sons have tested positive Cuttack records woman from Gajapati died of coro- the official said. The new 591 cases for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar 11 fresh cases POST NEWS NETWORK coronavirus infection. donate plasma navirus infection. were reported from 25 districts. out of which 494 have recov- However, such guidelines are “Regret to inform the demise of Of the fresh cases, 394 were de- ered. While there are 624 active Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Bhubaneswar, July 18: At least five being flouted by people as well as Cuttack: At least 10 fire personnel three Covid positive patients while tected in different quarantine cen- cases, 11 persons succumbed Corporation (CMC) Saturday said medicine shops in the City were several business establishments who recovered from cornavirus under treatment in hospitals,” the tres and 197 during contact-trac- to the disease. that four more people have tested sealed by Bhubaneswar Municipal in Bhubaneswar and other parts of will donate their plasma for the official said. The woman was also ing exercises, the official said. positive for COVID-19 in the city in Corporation (BMC) which were the state. This has resulted in sharp treatment of affected Covid suffering from obesity and sleep Contact tracing and follow-up ac- were reported from Ganjam, the past 24 hours. While six of them found violating social distancing and rise in virus cases with certain pa- patients, a report said Saturday. This was stated here by Satyajit apnea, he said. tions are underway, he said. worst-hit district by the coron- were reported from institutional other Covid-19 guidelines. tients emerging as local cases. Mohanty, director general of fire Of the total virus fatalities, 52 The maximum of 182 fresh cases avirus pandemic, 121 from Khurda, quarantine centres, three were “The shops have been closed for Gradually, this has lead to clo- services and homeguards, here 38 from Cuttack, 35 from Bargarh, home quarantine cases and the violation of lockdown norms and sure and sealing of large market remaining two are local contact Saturday. The recovered fire 22 each from Jagatsinghpur, directives issued for Covid-19 man- places in the city. BMC had tem- personnel will donate their plasma 607 recover; total recoveries 11,938 Nabarangpur and Mayurbhanj, 20 ones. Meanwhile, seven persons agement as per the provisions of porarily closed Unit-2 market in a recovered from the disease in last at SCB Medical College and from Sambalpur, 19 from Jajpur, Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster major crackdown against COVID- 24 hours. "Active surveillance, Hospital, he said. As many as 192 Bhubaneswar: The health department Saturday said 607 persons, who 18 from Sundergarh, 13 from Management Act 2005, the Epidemic 19 norm violation June 12 while it had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, have recovered and are contact tracing, and sanitization of out of 372 fire personnel were Balasore and 11 from Nayagarh. Diseases Act, 1897, Section 188 of IPC had sealed Unit IV market area being discharged. Out of the 607 persons, 279 are from Ganjam, 84 from the concerned areas are affected by the disease while Jajpur, 50 from Khurda, 42 from Cuttack, 23 from Keonjhar, 21 from Other districts also reported new underway," CMC said. According and other legal provisions,” said a Friday after a few of vendors were undertaking relief and rescue Malkangiri, 15 from Puri, 15 from Sundargarh, 12 from Mayurbhanj, 11 cases but numbers are in single to a notification issued by the civic BMC official. tested positive for the virus. operations in West Bengal due to from Bargarh, nine from Koraput, eight from Kandhamal, seven from digit, the official said. Odisha now body, as of Saturday morning, 334 It is pertinent to mention here that Moreover, the enforcement squad devastations caused by cyclonic Jagatsinghpur, six each from Angul, Balasore and Nabarangpur, five from has 5,259 active cases, while 11,330 persons have tested positive for local administrations across Odisha of BMC-BDA, health officials and storm Amphan. The fire personnel Bhadrak, three from Gajapati, two each from Kendrapara and Sambalpur patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 in Cuttack out of which are stressing on strict adherence to Commissionerate Police continues after their return from West and one from Dhenkanal. With this, the total number of recoveries in the the disease. 188 have recovered. There are 139 Covid-19 guidelines including wear- to conduct surprise checks at hos- Bengal remained in quarantine. All state now stands at 11,938. The health department had con- active cases and seven persons ing of masks and maintaining so- pitals/clinics and other places to en- of them were tested for the virus ducted 8,155 tests Friday, he added. have succumbed to the disease. cial distance to stay protected from sure strict compliance of the norms. out of which 192 tested positive. NOWHERE TO GO Therapy centres for differently-abled to run

POST NEWS NETWORK tinued. However, the institutions SPECIAL KIDS must adhere to COVID-19 preven- Bhubaneswar, July 18: The de- tive measures strictly,” the letter partment of social security and he therapy centres to abide by the from the department said. empowerment of persons with dis- Tguidelines issued by the health The letter was sent to all chief department and others relating to abilities (SSEPD) has decided to functionaries of NGOs who work COVID 19 to ensure that such centres keep open government authorized do not get affected by COVID 19 with such centres and all thera- therapy centres meant for the dif- infection after the people with thera- peutic centers in the four affected ferently-abled during lockdown. peutic needs visit such centres districts to ensure hassle free op- The department said the ther- 31.07.2020 in Ganjam, Khurda, erations of such centres. apy centres assist the differently- he letter was sent to all chief Cuttack and Jajpur districts and The department, meanwhile, or- abled and hence should not be closed Tfunctionaries of NGOs who work Rourkela municipal area are al- dered closure of special schools down during lockdown. The de- with such centres and all therapeutic lowed to continue treatment during both funded by the state govern- partment Saturday wrote to con- centers in the four affected districts lockdown.” ment and the Centre throughout cerned officials of the districts that to ensure hassle free operations of The department, however, warned the state in the light of the spread got into lockdown from July 17. such centres such centres to abide by the guide- of COVID 19 in the state and rising “We are directed to inform you he department of social security lines issued by the health depart- numbers of the case. that the therapy centres function- Tand empowerment ordered clo- ment and others relating to COVID The department ordered closure ing under this department to pro- sure of special schools both funded 19 to ensure that such centres do not of special schools till July 31 but it vide therapeutic services to per- by the state government and the get affected by COVID 19 infection has not extended the closure of sons/children with intellectual Centre throughout the state in the after the people with therapeutic such schools till August 31. disabilities in zones declared to be light of the spread of COVID 19 in the needs visit such centres. Information relating to the closure placed under lockdown from 9 pm state and rising numbers of the case It added, “As this is an ongoing of such schools has now been sent

Buses are parked on a stretch of the Link Road in Cuttack city, Saturday OP PHOTO of 17.07.2020 until midnight of service, this should not be discon- to all Collectors.

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Green fodder sprouts hope for Mr India semifinals Online education out of

k y m Covid-hit Sambalpur farmers reach for Angul students c POST NEWS NETWORK Under MGNREGS, the admin has decided to massively promote dairy farming by Angul, July 18: Educational in- POST NEWS NETWORK stitutions across India and also in providing them with financial assistance for green fodder cultivation Odisha have been closed since Jeypore, July 18: After a Jeypore March due to the coronavirus out- POST NEWS NETWORK girl, another youth from break. Schools and colleges have BOOST TO DAIRY FARMING Borigumma block in Koraput dis- resorted to online teaching plat- Sambalpur, July 18: Even as the trict, Sridhar Mohapatra, has ex- forms. Odisha is also not an ex- district has seen a huge influx of mi- celled in the male segment of an ception to the rule. grants and there is loss of livelihood all-India contest Mr and Miss India Many schools, both government- for a large number of people, the dis- 2020-Season 2 organised by Zerone run and private in Angul district, trict administration is looking at var- Production House. have implemented online teach- ious options to provide them with Sridhar’s success has brought ing. However, even though educa- phone. And even when one does aware of the situation. “This prob- livelihood. in cheers to the entire district. He tion is seamless when it comes to have a phone, connectivity is a lem is being felt across the nation. The administration has realized is the son of Loknath Mohapatra schools in Angul town, it is the huge problem. Most of these vil- We are aware of students missing that the Mahatma Gandhi National of Podapadar village under this students of remote villages who suf- lages lack mobile towers, so on- out on online education due to Rural Employment Guarantee block. He had earlier registered on- fer the most. line classes continue to remain lack of connectivity and their fi- Scheme (MGNREGS) will be the line for participation. Leaving Nilakantheshwar High School out of reach for these students. nancial conditions. But we can- fulcrum of providing jobs to them hundreds of contestants behind, at Jagannathpur under Angul Even though teachers have re- not do anything else now, Behera at a time when revenues are drying Sridhar climbed the ladder of suc- According to the DRDA Farmers are to Due to lockdown, block is a case in point. The school alised the plight of these students, said. up due to a halt in economic ac- office, the animal earmark an acre or cattle feed supply cess and gave his best in all three has 123 students studying from they cannot do much. “The prob- “As of now, only 20 per cent of tivities. Providing livelihood to mi- husbandry department more land for green was badly disrupted rounds of the contest before reach- Class 1 to Class 10. Among them, lem is such that we cannot do any- Angul district’s students are avail- grants and the poor will not be eco- had conducted a fodder cultivation. The while the price of the ing the semifinal stage. He had 42 read in Class 10. They reside in thing. Only god can help out the stu- ing online classes. Our efforts are nomically sustainable for long. survey in 9 blocks in work will be included feed in the market ambitions to excel in national neighbouring villages. dents,” observed Nilakantheshwar on to get more and more students In view of this, the forest de- the district and in the MGNREGS and has spiraled. They level pageants. “I am very hopeful These students will be appear- HS School headmaster, Santosh into it. Those who have no alternate partment and other departments identified 690 dairy seeds will be provided can’t afford the that I will earn name and fame ing for the final exams next year. Kumar Panda. facilities have to wait till opening have already been making use of farmers them free of cost high price of for my beloved Koraput district and However, most of their parents Angul district education offi- of schools. We are helpless,” added many projects under MGNREGS, the state as well,” he gleamed. are too poor to buy them a smart- cer (DEO) Kalpana Behera is also Behera. creating work for daily wagers, labourers and the poor class. fodder cultivation. The work will be At this crisis, daily farmers will Now, the administration wants included in the MGNREGS while not have to depend on the market to make use of the rural job scheme seeds for grass will be provided while green fodder production will HONOUR TO WARRIORS Man killed for for dairy farmers, who have been them free of cost. make them self-dependent and en- severely affected by a series of lock- As per decision, each beneficiary sure more milk production. ‘infidelity’, wife downs and shutdowns. farmer will be provided Rs 25,000. An official said this scheme will Under the MGNREGS, the ad- Farmers can start cutting grass immensely benefit the dairy farm- ministration has decided to mas- with 70/80 days from the day of ers and provide them with a stable among 8 held sively promote dairy farming by sowing seeds. The administration income option at this crisis times. providing them with financial as- has set a target to harvest grass Souvid Bisi, the district coordi- POST NEWS NETWORK sistance for green fodder cultivation/ five to six times a year. The farm- nator for MGNREGS, said,”This grass cultivation. ers will have plenty of grass for scheme will be beneficial for dairy Pabitranagar, July 18: Police This was stated here by the office their bovines. According to farm- farmers. On a half acre of land, a cracked the Sunanda Pradhan mur- of the PD, DRDA. The animal hus- ers, due to lockdown, cattle feed farmer can produce 600 to 900 quin- der case that took place at Shiling bandry department conducted a supply has been badly disrupted tals of grass. Grass will reduce village under Samal police limits survey in 9 blocks and identified 690 while the price of the feed in the their dependency on market cat- in Angul district last Wednesday and dairy farmers. market has spiraled. The price of tle feeds. If a farmer doesn’t have arrested eight accused including his The farmers are supposed to ear- the cattle feed is not affordable on cattle, he can sell grass to other wife. Sunanda was murdered over mark an acre or more land for green part of the farmers. dairy farmers.” suspected infidelity. All the accused were court for- warded and remanded to judicial custody as their bail pleas were re- jected. According to Samal po- lice station IIC Charulata Behera, Cancer patient, wife beat Covid Sunanda and his wife Bharati sus- pected each other of having extra AGENCIES charged when they tested nega- marital affairs. There were so Collector Samarth tive for the infection, he said. many occasions when the couple Kendrapara, July 18: An 85- Verma tweeted: Thereafter, the couple was had heated arguments over this. year-old cancer patient and his sep- housed in a COVID-19 care centre Wednesday night was no dif- tuagenarian wife have recovered “...they inspire many to in Bagada gram panchayat area ferent. Upon reaching home, fromCOVID-19 in Kendrapara dis- beat the disease. Our in Kendrapara block as a pre- Sunanda picked up a quarrel with trict, officials said Saturday. best wishes to them.” cautionary measure, Beig said, Bharati over the same issue. Surendra Pati, who is suffering adding they were discharged from Fearing her husband might kill from throat cancer, and his 78- in Cuttack June 8 for chemother- the facility on Friday. her, Bharati called in her relatives year-old wife Sabitri have been apy, while his spouse was attend- "The couple, particularly in parents’ house. Her father cured of COVID-19 and both have ing to him at the hospital. On Surendra Pati, fought the battle OP PHOTO Srinibas, her brother Pinu, brother- been discharged from a medical June 29, both of them had tested against coronavirus with grit and in-law Jatindra and two others— facility, Kendrapara District positive for COVID-19, Kendrapara determination despite As part of an awareness campaign, an artist paints Covid warriors of different fields on a wall in Angul town, Saturday Basant and Arjuna—reached her Collector Samarth Verma said. Additional District Medical Officer his advancing age. Cancer pa- house late in the same night. "...they inspire many to beat (ADMO) M H Beig said. tients have low immunity levels," The verbal duel then took an the disease. Our best wishes to The couple was admitted to a he said. The couple has sent a ugly turn when the accused lost them," the Collector tweeted. The designated COVID-19 hospital in message loud and clear that their cool and started attacking man was admitted to the Acharya Cuttack. After undergoing treat- COVID-19 can be vanquished, the Keonjhar village in darkness Sunanda with wooden planks. Harihar Regional Cancer Centre ment for 10 days, they were dis- ADMO added. They continued beating him up till he collapsed on the ground and died. Bharati and her two daugh- Ganjam teacher 2 Covid warriors, 1 CRPF infected in Kandhamal as ‘Saubhagya’ short-circuits ters surrendered at the police sta- tion the same night while others succumbs to virus KANDHAMAL: Two COVID fled from the spot. Warriors and one Central Reserve POST NEWS NETWORK (Saubhagya), which was rolled out electric poles have been planted After a thorough investigation, DIGAPAHANDI: A 57-year- Police Force (CRPF) personnel are in the district with an eye to provide and electric wires have been drawn authorities came to know what old male teacher engaged at among the seven new novel Patna, July 18: Years after electric electricity to backward people like in the village. That said, despite had happened Wednesday night K Samatrapur quarantine Coronavirus positive cases detected poles were erected in their village these, has failed to achieve what it running from pillar to post, the en- and arrested all the eight accused. centre in Ganjam district suc- in Kandhamal district today, in- and wires connected to their homes, set out for in Keonjhar district. ergy department authorities are cumbed to COVID-19 Friday. formed Collector & District residents of Saradhapur village There are about 24 families in yet to electrify the village. The deceased COVID war- Magistrate, Kandhamal on Twitter. under Chakundapal panchayat in this village who have been de- “We have been managing with rior has been identified as While one COVID Warrior who Patna block of Keonjhar district prived of Saubhagya benefits de- earthen lamps and kerosene lamps Bansidhar Behera from has tested positive for the novel continue to live under darkness spite having been included in it two for past two years. Our concerns Kusupada panchayat under Coronavirus is an ANM of the personnel of the CRPF Camp at amid administrative apathy. years back. should be addressed immediately,” Digapahandi block. Mobile Health Unit of Baliguda, three are positive cases The ambitious Pradhan Mantri According to villagers, a trans- said a villager Kirtan Bihari Nayak. Behera was working at the Tumudibandh, the other is an ASI of previously detected positive cases Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana former has already been installed, As the village is located close to quarantine centre for the last of Raikia. at Raikia and one is a local case at a forested area, residents panic to two months. However, he was Out of the remaining five who G Udayagiri of a Ganjam returnee, come out of their respective houses under home quarantine after have tested positive one is CRPF the tweet added. at night for the fear of wild ani- coming in contact with some mals. Their children study amid Covid patients. utter difficulties, another villager Subsequently, he developed SA returnee tests +ve; 58 people under lens Sukanta Behera added. symptoms. His swab sample On being contacted, Patana sub- tested positive. JANHAPANKA: A people have come in stay in home quar- divisional officer (Electrical) Kartik The health department ad- youth, who recently contact with the in- antine. Community Chandra Sahu said, “Electrification mitted him to the dedicated returned from South fected youth. The ad- transmission is work of Saradhapur village was Covid hospital at Sitalapalli. Africa, tested posi- ministration has feared in the area taken up under ‘Saubhagya’. Almost Unfortunately, he lost his bat- tive for Covid-19 at started contact trac- while the adminis- 90 per cent of the work has already tle against the virus. Madhupur in Boudh ing in the area and tration has an- been completed. As soon as the Digapahandi MLA Surjya district. What is wor- swab collection is nounced shutdown contractor firm hands over pos- Narayan Patro and manay rying of the admin- under way. Suspected of the area for three session after completing the re- others condoled his death. istration is that 58 people were told to days. maining work, power supply will be commissioned”. Outside traders cash in on Kalahandi pineapple

POST NEWS NETWORK that dream remains a farfetched re- tribal villages around Niyamgiri DISTRESS SALE ality. hill. Usually, local farmers cultivate Bhawanipatna, July 18: In ab- Local farmers failed to sell their crops like mango, banana, orange, sence of adequate marketing facil- produce owing to improper road lemon, turmeric, ginger, jackfruit, ities, pineapple farmers from connectivity and lack of marketing tamarind, black pepper and ragi. Kalahandi district are being com- facilities, they alleged. During the months of May and pelled to sell their produce under dis- “Taking advantage of the sim- June, farmers here cultivate pineap- tress to traders outside the district plicity of tribal farmers, the traders ple. The climatic condition of and state. buy a pineapple for just Rs 5 to Rs 7 Kalahandi district is conducive for Pineapple is cultivated mostly by each; as against this, the traders of pineapple cultivation. Local tribal the tribal farmers here. That said, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh farmers sale their pineapple in Kalahandi horticulture depart- sell it for Rs 50 to Rs 70. Even to sell Chatikana, Bissamkatak, Muniguda, ment officials are least concerned pineapples in local markets, we have Ambadola markets in Rayagada dis-

to the issues being faced by local to walk a distance of about 15 to 20 trict and Lanjigarh, Biswanathpur,

k y m c pineapple farmers, several farm- kilometres from Niyamgiri hill,” a Bhawanipatna markets in Kalahandi ers here alleged. farmer lamented. district respectively. Hundreds of tribal farmers, on Besides, the farmers here face Meanwhile, the distress sale to Niyamgiri hills bordering Kalahandi distress sale as there is no food pro- Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh and Rayagada districts, had culti- restrictions in the district. The har- While the local farmers were hope- cessing and food preservation unit traders discourages the poor farm- vated pineapple despite COVID-19 vest had also been good this year. ful of a good earning from sales, in this region. There are over 20 ers here. P6 SUNDAY | JULY 19 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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hose who thought that and sometimes went lower. a pandemic would make Similarly, in the United Kingdom, everyone realise the cru- Prime Minister Boris Johnson Decision-making, T cial role of care work- thanked the immigrant nurses – ers should think again. With the "Jenny from New Zealand," "Luis coronavirus still spreading rap- from Portugal" – who saved his idly, frontline workers are more es- life when he was hospitalized with Modi style sential – and at greater risk – than COVID-19. But then he had no ever, yet public attention has shifted problem trying to slap a surcharge he news agency ANI reported a story this week with the headline: “PM elsewhere. on immigration fees (ironically Modi taking input from top 50 officials to revive economy.” The meet- Worse, as economies collapse for the purpose of funding the T ing was 90 minutes long and would have finance and commerce min- and labour-market conditions de- National Health Service). istry officials making presentations on the situation. teriorate, employers in the pri- The situation in developing What would such a meeting have looked like? If all 50 got a chance to give vate and public sector alike have countries is even worse. an input and nobody else spoke or asked questions, they would get less than grown more cynical in their treat- Governments faced with falling two minutes each. But it is likely that there would have been someone doing ment of essential workers. Far tax revenues are practicing aus- some sort of introduction to the meeting and setting up the agenda so it’s un- from instilling a deeper appreci- terity in the midst of a health likely that the per person time was two minutes. Perhaps many of them did ation for their employees, the pan- emergency and recession, slashing not get the opportunity to speak at all. The headline says that the PM was demic-induced surge in unem- non-COVID-19 health spending, looking to receive input from them so many would have said their piece. What ployment has enabled employers forcing pay cuts and longer hours can be communicated in a couple of minutes? to exploit workers even more. on health workers, and avoiding the Modi likes this sort of meeting. The first time I met him, with Dileep Jayati Ghosh Capitalism has always had an expense of procuring personal Padgaonkar (who was editor of Times of India) and BG Varghese (who was uneasy relationship with care protective equipment. editor of Hindustan Times), both now dead, for an Editors Guild report on work. Although capitalist pro- Decades of public neglect and underspending So blatant is the official disre- the violence in 2002. At that meeting, Modi called in all his secretaries, there COMMUNITY duction relies heavily on unpaid have brought us to the point that even an gard for essential workers that were two dozen and perhaps more men sitting in rows to respond to us. and underpaid labour performed doctors and nurses in India have There were no ministers. That was and apparently still is Modi’s style. HEALTH by women, migrants, and other unprecedented global health emergency and threatened to resign, while health The question is what happens at such large meetings for input and what WORKERS ARE disadvantaged social groups, it economic collapse are not enough to make workers in the Democratic Republic is taken away from them. You would have a series of men saying extremely has historically pushed that work of the Congo have gone on strike concise things. And they would have to PERHAPS off the books and underground, mistreatment of low-paid essential workers after months of working without be prescriptive. The problem is already into informality. As a result, all the socially and politically unacceptable pay. Likewise, the needs of un- known: the ANI story says that the meet- THE MOST varied tasks associated with social derpaid and vulnerable sanita- ing would find means of a “speedy recov- EXPLOITED OF reproduction are barely recog- tion workers have been system- ery of the economy which has witnessed nised, much less rewarded or re- Unsurprisingly, the gender balance that require close physical con- atically ignored. a slowdown in recent quarters due to ALL HEALTH munerated. Because so much care within each occupation changes tact with patients. For a brief pe- Decades of public neglect and falling consumer demand.” WORKERS, work is performed for free by as one goes down the pecking order, riod after the pandemic first underspending have brought us to What would a two-minute prescription women and girls within families with women concentrated in the erupted, these workers were widely the point that even an unprece- be? It would be something like: “The black ESPECIALLY IN and communities, it is simply lower-status, worst-paid positions. recognised for their critical con- dented global health emergency money problem can be permanently solved DEVELOPING taken for granted and, because it Globally, women hold 70 per tributions to society. Around the and economic collapse are not by eliminating high value currency notes. is outside the market, not counted cent of all health-care jobs. But world, political leaders and mem- enough to make mistreatment of We can force everyone to exchange their COUNTRIES. as economic activity. they are more likely to be nurses, bers of the public applauded es- low-paid essential workers socially notes for smaller denominations and Unpaid work performed by midwives, and community health sential workers, singing their and politically unacceptable. If identify the black money sources. This Aakar Patel OFTEN, THEY women who have no other choice workers, while men comprise a praises from balconies and leaving our societies are to survive at all, will also end counterfeiting and reduce ARE NOT thus creates a vicious cycle of de- disproportionate share of better- flower bouquets outside hospitals. something will have to shake us What Modi decides terrorism.” RECOGNISED AS valuation. When women do enter paid occupations like surgeons, But while healthcare workers at from our complacency. Essential Such a presentation would lack nuance affects all of us and labour markets, their wages tend physicians, dentists, and phar- all levels were rightly described as care workers deserve real pay and and it would not contain detail. It may or WORKERS AT to be lower than those of men, not macists. Community health work- "heroes," that seems to have rep- protections, not mere lip service. may not get into the problems that could we must see what only because they are willing to ers are perhaps the most exploited resented the extent of their re- Our applause is no longer enough ALL, BUT come about because of such an action and can be done in the work for less, but also because so of all health workers, especially in ward. The public acclaim has not to keep them safe. it may or may not list the things that could RATHER AS much of their work is available for developing countries. Often, they translated into better working go wrong in execution. There would not be best interest of free. Hence, occupations domi- are not recognised as workers at conditions or higher wages, and Jayati Ghosh is Professor enough time for this. It would merely pres- ‘VOLUNTEERS’ nated by women – such as in the all, but rather as ‘volunteers’ (as certainly not systematic efforts of Economics at Jawaharlal our nation and its ent some sort of solution, and if the solution (AS IS TRUE care sector – tend to be lower paid; is true in India). As such, they to ensure their physical safety Nehru University in New looked like a permanent fix and particu- people at this time even men doing similar work suf- rarely benefit from formal con- during the pandemic. Delhi, Executive Secretary of larly if it sounded original and innova- IN INDIA) fer a wage penalty. tracts that provide job security For example, in the United International Development tive, it would meet approval. In the case of healthcare, there and a fair wage, let alone protec- States, a brief period during which Economics Associates, and a This is the problem of decision making are additional occupational hier- tions like healthcare. some companies offered their member of the Independent that is done on the basis of short and rapid input. But when one asks 50 peo- archies to navigate, from highly Women healthcare workers are frontline workers slightly higher Commission for the Reform of ple to gather and give a series of short and sharp inputs it is clear that this paid ‘professionals’ like specialist also more at risk in the current pan- wages was soon followed by re- International Corporate is the preferred style of functioning. physicians down to nurses, ward at- demic, because they are more version to the norm: wages re- Taxation. I have written before about this manner of Modi’s governance. He has said tendants, and cleaners. likely to be involved in activities turned to their previous lows – @PROJECT SYNDICATE in a very fine interview with Madhu Kishwar that he doesn’t read files be- cause he cannot govern through academic studies. He wants his people to reduce the substance of issues to a two minute synopsis which he will digest and then decide. SPECTRUM GENDER The problem here is that some things cannot be reduced to a short pres- entation because they are very complex. Many things are not clear. They are grey. Many details are not precise because there is not enough information or data. Many times what the possible consequences of decisions will be can- not be understood without very thorough analysis. The issue of black money was such a matter. China relations is another Pandemic & plight of women migrants as is Covid. The effect of a two-month lockdown is also complex. What it could do to the economy needs to be examined with great care and caution must he coronavirus-induced lock- data reveals that out of the total out- information about migrant work- grammes like NREGA and Garib be exercised before using such a blunt weapon as demonetisation or a total down severely affected many migrants from Odisha for a dura- ers from Odisha. Field surveys Kalyan Yojana was limited. lockdown. Tlives. The plight of migrants tion of less than one year, 21 per cent and newspaper reports suggest As migrants and their families My intent here is not to be needlessly critical or to be contemptuous. and their families, captured through of women have migrated for em- many women migrants were re- attempt to survive the crisis, the role What Modi decides affects all of us and we must see what can be done in the Aparimita Mishra horrifying images, brought out ployment. Besides, many women cruited through labour contrac- and condition of women within best interest of our nation and its people at this time. their rights to the centre stage. start working to supplement their tors. Those who worked in sec- the households deserve particular However, the decision making style needs to be examined and there is no Partly as a response to this, state family income after reaching their tors such as garments, brick kilns, emphasis. During a crisis, it is typ- running away from that. Let me quote another report, this time from Saturday agencies and NGOs tried to pro- destinations, even if the initial construction and live-in domestic ically the health and nutrition of July 18 in the Indian Express. The headline “Manufacturers fret as sudden THE INVISIBILITY vide some help to stranded work- cause is marriage. Even those work faced restrictions on mo- women of the household that suf- lockdown hits logistics of production.” OF WOMEN FROM ers. However, the problems faced by women migrants, who are not part bility. Women workers were sub- fer disproportionately. Also, a typ- The story tells of the problems. One is that at 8 pm on July 13, Karnataka women workers, particularly from of the labour-force, contribute to the jected to coercion, confinement, ical household survival strategy ordered a lockdown from the following day and told industries to shut. OFFICIAL less developed states like Odisha, household economy through their and, in some cases, mental and is to substitute purchased prod- Companies including automobile manufacturers like Toyota told their work- remained largely invisible. unpaid and care work. Without physical violence by employers ucts by home-made and unpaid ers to go home, informed vendors and issued a statement. But the next STATISTICS Mobility of workers is not a new their labour, a substantial section and associates. goods and services, the burden of evening, the government sent another circular saying manufacturers were AND POLICY phenomenon though its frequencies of the migrant labour would not be Digital divide across genders which falls largely on women. The exempt from the lockdown. But the workers had already gone by then. One have increased in recent decades. able to survive with meagre wages. leads to systematic exclusions. The National Commission of Women week’s production has been lost. DISCOURSE HAS The latest data, which is almost 10 Similarly, the left-behind women of government’s efforts to provide re- has recorded a sharp rise in do- Another problem was supply chains. Auto manufacturing does not all MARGINALISED years old, provides a glimpse of migrant households, in the absence lief through cash transfers to Jan- mestic violence against women happen in one place. It is only assembled at the main factory but the com- changing patterns of inter-state of men, shoulder major household Dhan accounts, Building and Other amid the lockdown. ponents come from around the country. There was a lockdown in some of the THEM FROM THE migration. As per Census 2011, responsibilities. However, women Construction Workers’ Welfare The invisibility of women from states meaning that even if the main assembly plant was exempt from lock- there were 54.3 million inter-state migrants remained largely invis- Board and Aadhaar are likely to official statistics and policy dis- down or in a state with no lockdown, production would slow or stop. LIMITED migrants in India, of which 30.4 mil- ible in the policy response towards have excluded many women work- course has marginalised them from There are lockdowns in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Bengal, Karnataka, STATE-SUPPORT. lion were females. Nearly 1.3 mil- the Covid-19 crisis. ers. Further, health rights of women the limited state-support. The post- Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and elsewhere. There was no coordination to lion migrants from Odisha reside Women workers are mostly found seem to have taken a back seat dur- pandemic economic situation is ensure that supply chains be kept going. THE outside the state, out of which 53 in low-paid, vulnerable employ- ing the crisis. When stranded work- likely to marginalise women further. Similarly, companies could not access warehouses some of which were in POST-PANDEMIC per cent are females. The top five ment. They suffered immensely ers and their families tried to return, There is an urgent need to exam- lockdown. Another problem was workers who were reluctant to return given destinations for women migrants during the lockdown. Lack of in- the special needs of pregnant and ine the gender sensitivity of short the problems that they had faced during the first lockdown. ECONOMIC from Odisha are Chhattisgarh, come, inability to pay house rents sick women were ignored. and medium-term programmes These are issues of detail and complexity. They do not require decision mak- SITUATION IS Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, West and lack of savings added to their After reaching their homes, mi- that have been announced. The ing. They require governance, meaning the hard work of making the state Bengal and Gujarat. miseries. grants, especially women faced ad- specific vulnerabilities of women function efficiently. It is true that India has always been a hard place to gov- LIKELY TO The main causes of migration of In recent years, migration sce- ditional problems, such as hostil- migrants have to be taken into ac- ern because it is chaotic and anarchic. The government doesn’t follow its own women are marriage and move- nario from Odisha has under- ity of local population, lack of count in designing and imple- rules often. It will not be easy for us to undo the damage that has been done MARGINALISE ment of families. Hence, there is a gone substantial changes, and it adequate facilities for quarantine. menting livelihood support pro- to the economy by the lockdown and the solution will not come from two-minute WOMEN FURTHER tendency to neglect women mi- is valid for women as well. Incidents of caste and gender dis- grammes. presentations. grants in policy-making. However, However, official statistical sys- criminations were reported in some women are increasingly migrat- tems are blind to such changes. We places. Besides, the access of women The author is an independent ing out for employment. Census simply do not have enough reliable to livelihood generation pro- researcher based in New Delhi. WISDOM CORNER The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ALBERT EINSTEIN Healthy habits Essential commodities

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves Sir, The COVID-19 pandemic has taught human beings the biggest lesson Sir, Like other essential commodities hand wash and sani- strong. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA of their lives – how to stay clean and keep their surroundings clean. Until tisers have become essential in our daily lives which might etters the pandemic arrived, personal hygiene was limited to a countable few, es- be a gift of the coronavirus. We are going to be habituated Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. pecially those in the healthcare profession. For instance, washing and sani- to keep these products at our homes and workplaces. But HELEN KELLER tising hands was diligently practiced by doctors and attendants after each strangely the government has imposed 18 per cent Goods and TOL THE EDITOR and every check-up. However, everyone around now-a-days is seen routinely Services Tax (GST) on these products. This I think is not jus- "I'm sorry, I can't let LOL Readers of Orissa POST doing this. This could be tagged by critics as an act of compulsion done tified in the current scenario. This will lead the products to you through. You've are most welcome to contribute letters under unavoidable circumstances. Nevertheless, it’s a healthy practice. There become costlier and will gradually discourage the common got to have a sticker (200 words), articles and are examples of countries where it has always been a healthier practice people from using them. The state government must discuss on the windshield." columns (between 750-1250 Soldier stands guard to wear face-masks by an individual, even when he/she is mildly unwell. this issue with the central government and try to make the The general said, "Drive on!" words). Contributors are new soldier was on sentry duty at The sentry said, "Hold it! You requested to send their So using masks during the pandemic is pretty agreeable to them. However, product affordable to the public in this critical time. At the contact numbers and full Athe main gate. His orders were really can't come through. I have in places where wearing masks and sanitising hands often looked to be an same time, the government must check the quality of sani-

postal address/email ID. They may also alien task, practicing these healthier habits seems more of a challenge. tisers as manufacturers of the product have mushroomed

k y m clear. No car was to enter unless it orders to shoot if you try driving in send in their valuable comments, opinion c had a special sticker on the without a sticker." and suggestions, preferably by email, People are averse to practicing them regularly. But who is the beneficiary in the city and customers are purchasing the products hur- windshield. A big Army car came up The general repeated, "I'm telling you, to: [email protected] at end of the day? It’s we, the people. It’s we who want to survive. So let’s riedly without judging their quality. The state quality con- with a general seated in the back. The son, drive on!" resolve to maintain healthy habits, to put-on face-masks whenever needed, trol and drug control department should be more vigilant sentry said, "Halt, who goes there?" The sentry walked up to the rear to maintain social distance during the pandemic and spread positivity about the marketing of hand wash and sanitiser and it The chauffeur, a corporal, says, window and said, "General, I'm new at B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, everywhere. should assure that the products are safe. "General Wheeler." this. Do I shoot you or the driver?" Bhubaneswar-751010 Parthabandhu Nayak, SBI Colony, BHUBANESWAR Ramdas Ray, BHUBANESWAR KERALA

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k y m Tirupati temple to c Who’s next in Kerala gold smuggling case? remain open even INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE will manage in the coming days. ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ DAGGER HANGS ON GOVT Already the Congress led oppo- Thiruvananthapuram, July 18: wo top officials in the Chief sition Thursday served a notice to As the four-year-old Pinarayi TMinister’s Office -- his principal remove Sreeramakrishnan from as priests test +ve Vijayan government in Kerala was secretary M. Sivasankar and his IT the Speaker's post. The State winning applause in the manage- man Arun Balachandran -- were Assembly is to meet on July 27 to ment of COVID-19, out of the blue booted out pass the Finance Bill. came a gold smuggling case and a But, as per the rules, this notice week later, two top officials in the ith both Congress and BJP requires a period of 14 days. Hence, Chief Minister’s Office were booted Wdemanding Vijayan to quit it remains to be seen if it will be out. The million dollar question over the way he has been taken up during the session. now is who will be the next to fall? managing affairs in his office and Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition The gold smuggling case which by now two of his close aides have Ramesh Chennithala has an- has large scale ramifications first been removed, it remains to be nounced they will move a no con- surfaced when PS Sarith, a for- seen as to how Vijayan will fidence motion against the Vijayan manage in the coming days mer employee of the UAE government. Consulate, here was arrested by the LEADER OF OPPOSITION RAMESH CHENNITHALA HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL MOVE A NO CONFIDENCE MOTION CPI-M state secretary Kodiyeri Customs July 5. He was facilitat- AGAINST THE VIJAYAN GOVERNMENT Balakrishnan wrote in the party ing the smuggling of 30 kg gold in organ, which came out Friday, that diplomatic baggage to Also to fall was his IT man -- from where he hails. rated a business venture of Sandip, Kerala has a history when a Chief Thiruvananthapuram from Dubai. Arun Balachandran - a popular According to the code of con- here, who has been arrested by the Minister (K. Karunakaran) had to It turned murkier when the name face in all the IT related events in duct for State Ministers, they can- NIA. At the inauguration function, resign over the ISRO Spy case in AGENCIES that they are following "anti hered- of Swapna Suresh, a former em- the state. not accept gifts which are valued visuals have come out where he is 1995. itary archaka and anti-Brahmin ployee of the UAE Consulate here Both of them were booted out more than Rs 5,000. Besides, rules seen patting the shoulder of "The opposition and a section of Tirupati, July 18: Senior pontiff policy" of Telugu Desam Party and now employed with the state IT by Vijayan, after several visuals are very clear that all such things Swapna. the media is busy weaving out base- of the Shree Pedda Jeeyar Swamy (TDP) and its chief Chandrababu Department, surfaced. The case and telephone call records surfaced should be routed only through the “I knew her as a functionary of less stories in the gold smuggling Mutt of Tirumala Tirupati Naidu. "Disaster if this continues. turned full circle when their links which showed that Swapna was in Ministry of External Affairs and the UAE Consulate, as she was a key case, but they will not be able to dis- Devasthanams (TTD) that governs Please take action," he wrote. with the second most powerful per- frequent touch with the two. not directly to either the state or personnel in dealing with officials lodge the present government. The the shrine of Lord Venkateswara TTD chairman Y.V. Subba Reddy, son in Vijayan's office -- his principal Now on the radar of suspicion is Union Ministers. and others in the state government colour of 'gold' here is not 'red' but at Tirumala, near here, has tested however, differed with the hon- secretary M. Sivasankar, got State Minister of Higher Education Kerala Assembly speaker P. for them,” said Sreeramakrishnan. it is 'green' and 'saffron'. The op- positive for coronavirus. orary chief priest and claimed that revealed. KT Jaleel. He has on record said that Sreeramakrishnan is also facing the With both Congress and BJP de- position is trying to rake up this Speaking to PTI Friday, chairman the situation does not warrant clo- After dilly dallying, despite the he interacted with Swapna with heat as he himself has gone on manding Vijayan to quit over the issue as the main election cam- of the TTD Board Y V Subba Reddy sure of the temple for darshan. Congress and the BJP up in arms regards to accepting sponsorship record stating that he knew Swapna way he has been managing affairs paign, but it won't be of any help. said the 63-year-old seer was to be Subba Reddy told reporters after demanding Vijayan to suspend from the UAE Consulate worth Rs for a while now. in his office and by now two of his The CPI-M and the Left front is shifted to a corporate hospital in a meeting with priests that Ramana Sivasankar, Thursday the Chief 5 lakh for distribution of Ramzan What has landed him in trouble close aides have been removed, it strongly behind the Vijayan gov- Chennai but he de- Dikshitulu Minister finally did it. kits in the Malappuram district, is that last year he had inaugu- remains to be seen as to how Vijayan ernment," said Balakrishnan. clined and ex- Discontinue ‘darshan’, should have pressed his wish to conveyed his take treatment at police suggest to TTD opinion to the the mutt itself. Tirupati: Finding fault with the TTD board As per a cen- Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam instead of AP records all time daily BILLS FOR AP’s 3 CAPITALS turies-old custom, (TTD) for keeping the Tirumala making a the seer has been temple open to devotees despite comment in observing a four- its employees testing positive for social media. month-long coronavirus, police Saturday He said it high of 3,963 new cases SENT TO GUV FOR ASSENT 'Chaturmasya suggested discontinuation of was not Deeksha' since 'darshan' in the interest of public proper to give Official sources said the Governor might refer the two Bills, which were Sunday last, so he health. "In the interest of public political preferred to remain health safety, the 'darshan' colour to intended to facilitate setting up of three different capitals for the state, to the here and get treat- needs to be closed as it doesn't priests test- come under the emergency ment, Reddy said. ing positive. President of India after the legal examination department (activities)," a senior The pontiff's police official wrote to TTD, "Making such PRESS TRUST OF INDIA June 16, the Bills were re-intro- health condition is, which manages the affairs of the comments be- duced and adopted unanimously however, stable, the world's richest temple atop fore the Amaravati, July 18: The Andhra in the Assembly but they did not chairman said. Tirumala hill.In his note sent to media is not Pradesh government Saturday sent pass the Council once again on Since the temple the TTD, the Tirumala ASP (Law good. After the AP Decentralisation and June 17, resulting in a stalemate. was re-opened for and Order) suggested that if our govern- Inclusive Development of All Since a month has elapsed after devotees June 11, discontinuation of 'darshan' was ment came to Regions Bill, 2020,and the AP Capital the Bills were stalled (for the sec- about 160 TTD staff not possible, the pilgrims from power, the Region Development Authority ond time) in the Council, the gov- members, includ- containment zones should not be honorary (Repeal) Bill, 2020, to Governor ernment sent them to the Governor ing 16 'archakas' allowed in, or at least the chief priest Biswabhusan Harichandan for his for his assent under Article 197 (1) (priests) were in- pilgrims from the worst-affected was ap- assent but he is sending the two and (2) of the Constitution. fected by the virus states be avoided. pointed and contentious Bills to the Law Highly-placed official sources so far, he said. he is being INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Department ‘for advice.’ coastal Andhre regions by oppos- said the Governor would now send Nevertheless, the devotees can paid the honorarium," said Subba Highly-placed official sources ing the two Bills. When the two the two Bills to the Law Department still visit the shrine, he added. Reddy, who is the maternal uncle Amaravati, July 18: Andhra State doubles mobile said the Governor might refer the Bills were first introduced in the for advice and circulation. A row erupted over the temple's of the Chief Minister. Pradesh Saturday reported the testing infrastructure two Bills, which were intended to Legislature in January this year, the Asked about the possibility of honorary chief priest AV Ramana The TTD Chairman said 60 of highest single day spike in COVID- facilitate setting up of three dif- Assembly passed them without any the proposed legislation being re- Dikshitulu raising concern over those tested positive are the secu- 19 infections with 3,963 new cases, Amaravati: With the stakes ferent capitals for the state, to the hitch owing to the brute majority ferred to the President of India, the temple remaining open despite rity personnel who were drawn taking the overall tally to 44,609 in continuously rising in the war President of India after the legal ex- of the ruling party but they faced the sources said it would all de- the growing number of Covid-19 from the Andhra Pradesh Special against Covid-19, the Andhra the state, health officials said. amination. The opposition Telugu a blockade in the Council as the pend on the legal examination. cases among priests. He even Police (APSP) battalion. Those who Pradesh government has deployed Also, the state reported 52 fa- 52 new buses to supplement the Desam Party has requested the opposition TDP was in majority. The Governor, according to warned of "a disaster". contracted the virus also include talities, the highest single day toll present vehicles for testing Governor not to give assent to the The Council referred the two sources, was weighing various op- He had tweeted Thursday that 15 16 employees who prepare so far, pushing the death toll to 586. samples positioned across all high two Bills as the Legislative Council Bills to Select Committees for deeper tions since the matter was also sub out of 50 archakas (priests) tested 'prasadam'. Subba Reddy said 70 This is the fourth successive day risk areas in the state. A total of had disapproved the state govern- examination, effectively scuttling judice. positive while results of 25 others of the affected employees have re- that Andhra Pradesh has reported 102 buses are now stationed in ment policy in this regard. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan The state governments further ac- are awaited. Tagging Chief Minister covered, living a normal life and record Covid numbers. various districts, collecting The ruling YSR Congress cried Reddys plans to have three capi- tions on the three capitals would de- Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, he wrote have even resumed duties. He The officials said that all the samples from across 95 locations. foul saying the TDP was only seek- tals for the state in Amaravati pend on the decision of the that the TTD Executive Officer and claimed that none of the pilgrims thirteen districts returned Covid The intelligent monitoring analysis ing to block the development of the (Legislative), Visakhapatnam Governor and also the outcome of Additional Executive Officer re- visiting the temple was infected cases in triple figures. Almost a services quarantine backward Rayalaseema and north (Executive) and Kurnool (Judicial). the High Court case. fused to stop 'darshan' and alleged by the virus. quarter of the new cases reported (iMASQ)system provides a Saturday morning are from East contactless digitised swab sample Godavari district which reported collection system, and tracking AGENCIES ular area," she said. the highest tally of 994 positive and tracing in all containment She also said the state government and cases. Kurnool followed with 550 zones. Health Commissioner ‘Cluster care’ Thiruvananthapuram, July 18: As the the health department was trying to "break cases, while West Godavari with 407 Katamaneni Bhaskar said: "102 number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala is on the chain" of transmission from one clus- cases, Chittoor with 343 cases were special buses have been deployed the rise, the state government has decided ter to another by "thoroughly locking the the other districts that reported only for mass testing purposes to implement a "cluster care" method to mit- clusters." "We need to give more attention which them survey 10-12 people at high numbers. Some of the other method to igate the spread of coronavirus, state health to coastal areas. Inside the clusters, local the same time, to avoid a crowd minister KK Shailaja said Saturday. districts that reported high Covid gathering." Bhaskar added that transmission is more than 50 per cent, but numbers in the last 24 hours in- multiple testing counters in the The minister said testing, treatment outside the clusters it is below 10 per cent. clude Nellore with 278 cases, buses will facilitate a zero contact contain virus and quarantining will be strengthened in- We should prevent clusters forming and Prakasam with 266 cases, procedure. Each bus has 10 side the "clusters" in order to stop the the community spread of the infection," Anantapur with 220 cases, and counters, with three officials spread of the virus beyond a particular The health minister said that there are Shailaja said. Guntur with 214 cases. deployed at each counter. "The area. 87 clusters in the state of which 70 are ac- She was speaking to reporters after in- Srikakulam on the other hand re- swab samples will be collected and spread "Those in the clusters must strictly fol- tive clusters and 17 contained clusters. specting the over 700-bed COVID-19 first line ported 182 cases, Kadapa 145 cases, sent to the ICMR laboratories for low the health protocol including wear- “Two of such clusters have reported treatment centre set up at the International Krishna 130 cases, Vizianagaram further testing. Officials at the ing of masks, social distancing, handwash, community transmission and the people Convention Centre inside the Greenfield sta- 118 cases, and Visakhapatnam 116 border check posts verify the use of sanitisers. We must keep in mind that there need to cooperate with the health dium here. The health department said cases, the districts with low inci- details of people entering the state Those in the clusters must the clusters are formed just before the department to bring those regions from that when a cluster is formed, a rapid re- dencein the last 24 hours. by road with the help of Aadhaar strictly follow the health community transmission," Shailaja said in the cluster classification," she said. sponse team will be set up which will en- As per the latest update, Covid numbers. Each person's swab a release. A cluster is formed when there Contact tracing of the cluster is started gage in contact tracing and conduct test- sample is collected and he/she is protocol including wearing deaths were reported in 11 of the of masks, social distancing, is an "unexpected surge in COVID-19 cases" based on the fact that there is at least one ing on the basis of primary, secondary 13 districts in the state. The day's either directed to undergo at a particular area or a region. case where the source is unknown and contacts. A region will be declassified as a institutional or home quarantine. handwash and use of sanitisers. high of 12 deaths were reported We must keep in mind that the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had more than two unrelated cases in an area. cluster only if it is confirmed that there is from East Godavari district, while Those at quarantine camps are Friday said that community spread had oc- “It can be a market, hospital, coastal no new case within 7 days after the last pos- tracked to ensure that no clusters are formed just before the eight deaths each were reported curred in Poonthura and Pulluvila in area, an institution, a ward, panchayat or itive case in that area was detected. procedure is skipped." Apart from community transmission from Guntur and Krishna districts. deploying the modified buses, the Thiruvananthapuram and its nearby places a tribal area. Kerala Saturday reported 593 fresh KK SHAILAJA I HEALTH MINISTER On the other hand, Anantapur state government has also issued have seen a rapid increase in the number The disease may be reported en masse COVID-19, of which 364 cases were through reported seven, West Godavari re- notifications for recruiting more of contact cases. in people who work or live in that partic- contacts. ported five, Prakasam reported medical professionals to be four, Nellore reported three deaths assigned to different districts in and Visakhapatnam reported the state. Bhaskar stated that to two deaths. improve the health system from At the bottom of the list, Chittoor, the primary to the tertiary level, a Andhra police’s Covid drive reunites mom with son Kadapa and Vizianagaram districts total number of 9,700 medical staff reported one death.With 1,411 per- will be hired for further INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Bobba Sri Lalitha, a resident of Operation Muskaan, Srinivas fi- of the vulnerable that this initiative sons discharged from hospitals requirement. Palakollu in the West Godavari dis- nally revealed that he is a native of was launched." and covid treatment centres over Amaravati, July 18: A state-wide trict, lost her husband soon after the Palakollu in the West Godavari dis- Police officials said that the 24 hours, there are 22,260 active category currently stands 311, while drive launched to screen orphans birth of her second son, Srinivas. trict. The authorities then sprung 'Muskaan Covid-19' initiative has led cases while 21,763 persons have 2,150 persons have been declared as and street kids for Covid-19 has Struggling to make ends meet, into action and facilitated the re- to the rescue of 2,739 kids within 72 been declared as cured and dis- recovered till Saturday (Friday). united a grieving mother with her Lalitha was forced to take up menial union of Srinivas with his mother. hours of its launch. During the charged in Andhra Pradesh.On Similarly, there were no new son who was missing for four years. jobs, including working as a rag DGP Gautam Sawang said, "It is drive, the police have also rescued the brighter side, not a single pos- cases detected among overseas re- The authorities also rescued 10 chil- picker to feed her sons. very heartwarming to be able to 10 children employed as 'bonded

itive case was detected among re- turnees. The cumulative tally of dren hailing from Bihar who were In 2016, Srinivas fled home and facilitate the reunion of a mother- labourers' in Perecherla. All the

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of the day uote Centre identifies Chinese firms with PLA links operating in India Today, it is AGENCIES to the American Congress titled total cost of over Rs 250 crore. The of ductile iron pipes to India. clear that the ‘Military and Security Developments primary investor in Xindia Steels China Electronics Technology Congress New Delhi, July 18: The Union involving the People’s Republic of party is on a Lts is Xinxing Cathay International Group Corporation (CETC): In ventilator. No government has identified a num- China 2019’ has put this on record. Group Co Ltd (China). According to 2018, the CETC announced a $46 plasma therapy, ber of China-based companies hav- Chinese firms like Huawei, ZTE, the latter’s website, it is reorganized, million investment in a 200 MW hydroxychloroquine, ing links to the People’s Liberation TikTok and others have been en- reconstructed and unhooked from PV manufacturing facility in or Remdesivir can save this political Army (PLA) and operating in India trusted with the job to support, pro- previous Production Department Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City. A lead- party from the impending death soon after it banned 59 Chinese mo- vide assistance, and cooperate with and subordinate enterprises and ing military electronics manu- bile applications, including TikTok. China’s national intelligence un- institutions of the General Logistics facturer, CETC also produces RAGHAV CHADHA | AAP SPOKESPERSON The government believes that dertakings, wherever they operate ac- Department of the PLA. Hikvision CCTV cameras. The the Chinese firms operating in India cording to this law. Article 7 of the Xinxing Cathay International US government has added sev- have been involved in intelligence law states “Any organisation or cit- Group: This group set up a manu- eral CETC research institutes and Party workers’ activities overseas. izen shall support, assist and coop- cations for all overseas FDI that Electronics Technology Group facturing facility in Chhattisgarh subsidiaries to its entity list and demand that As per the China’s 2017 erate with the state intelligence work originate from China. Corporation (CETC) and Huawei. with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore restricted exports on national se- Priyanka Intelligence law, the Communist in accordance with the law. The state Gandhi Vadra be the Some of the Chinese companies Xindia Steels Ltd: This company on the invitation of the Chhattisgarh curity grounds. party’s face in the government in the country has protects individuals and organisations identified by the Indian govern- is among the largest joint ventures government to physically examine Huawei: Founded by Ren 2022 UP Assembly power to monitor suspects, raid that support, assist and cooperate ment having direct/indirect links between India and China and has the state and position of iron ore in Zhengfei, a former deputy direc- elections, it is a premises and seize vehicles as well with national intelligence work.” with the PLA and operating in India recently commissioned a 0.8 MTPA the state. With a turnover of al- tor of the PLA engineering corps, “strategic decision” to be taken by as devices. The US Secretary of It is worth mentioning here that include Xindia Steels Ltd, Xinxing iron ore pelletisation facility in most Rs 3,000 crore, so far Xinxing in 1987 in Shenzhen, Huawei is a the CWC and Priyanka ji herself Defence, Mark Esper’s annual report this law has direct security impli- Cathay International Group, China Karnataka’s Koppal district at a has supplied close to 30,000 tonnes popular brand in India.

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The deep and Centre issues notice to culturally rich PLA troops non-committal about retreat heritage of our country is INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE tions to de-escalate the tense situ- Twitter over hacking known all over the ation in the border areas in Ladakh. world. We don't New Delhi, July 18: Chinese The countries are locked in a 10- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA measures taken by Twitter to have to prove troops have not moved back from mitigate the impact of the hack- anything to Nepal week-long stand-off at multiple Prime Minister KP Oli the Line of Control (LAC) in east- points, hitherto unprecedented New Delhi, July 18: India’s cy- ing incident. ern Ladakh in line with the con- along the border. bersecurity nodal agency CERT-In CERT-In has asked Twitter to ANURAG SRIVASTAVA | MEA SPOKESPERSON sensus arrived at during the dis- The Indian Army said on July 16 has issued a notice to Twitter ask- respond to multiple queries, in- engagement talks between India that the disengagement process on ing the micro-blogging platform for cluding details about the incident, and China, sources said Saturday. the LAC with China is “intricate and full details of a recent global hack- and number of Indian users af- SHORT TAKES Seeing the “non-committal ap- requires constant verification”. ing incident targeting high-profile fected along with impact on data of proach” of the People’s Liberation The armed force said that India is users, as it sought information on those users, the source said. Army troops, India maintains that taking the de-escalation process the number of Indian users affected, Indian Computer Emergency Top Manipur cop the process of disengagement is forward through “regular meet- as well as impact on Response Team (CERT- “intricate and requires constant ings at the diplomatic and mili- data,a source said. In) swung into action after shoots self The sources in the Indian security establishments said that the verification”. Chinese retreat a bit and then return; so there is a need for “constant tary level”. The source privy to reports that hackers Imphal: A top officer of The sources in the Indian secu- verification” of the consensus achieved During 15-hour-long delibera- the development told gained access to Twitter’s Manipur police department rity establishments said that the tions spread over July 14 and July this news agency that systems to hack accounts allegedly shot himself in his Chinese retreat a bit and then re- The Chinese are still camping on the ridge line indicating that the 15, India and China military dele- CERT-In has also asked of many global corporate office Saturday afternoon, turn; so there is a need for “constant Chinese had camped at Finger 4 that had traditionally been under gates reviewed the progress on Twitter for informa- leaders, politicians, celebri- officials said. The officer, verification” of the consensus Indian control "implementation of the first phase tion on number of ties, and businesses. Additional Director General of achieved during the meetings be- of disengagement and also dis- users from India who The source said that Police (Law and Order) tween Indian and Chinese mili- way till Finger 4 from Finger 8. both sides are just 600-800 meters cussed further steps to ensure com- have visited the malicious tweets move by CERT-In was aimed at Arvind Kumar, was taken to a tary delegates. India maintains that the LAC runs apart. The Chinese Army had re- plete disengagement" in eastern and links, and whether the affected protecting the interests of Indian hospital following the It has been found that Indian through Finger 8. Mountain spurs treated as per the consensus but Ladakh. The Indian delegation’s users have been informed by the users. incident. Top brass of the and Chinese troops have pulled jutting into the lake are referred to again returned. main agenda at the meet was the platform about unauthorised access Questions were asked by CERT- state police and officials, back at Pangong Lake by 2 km and as fingers. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath complete PLA pullback from the to their Twitter accounts. In from Twitter under stipulated sec- including Chief Secretary J Finger 4 is empty. However, the In Galwan Valley, which is called Singh Friday, during his visit to Pangong Lake, Depsang and other Twitter did not comment on an tions of the Information Technology Suresh Babu, were at Raj Medicity where Kumar was Chinese are still camping on the Patrolling Point 14, distance be- Ladakh, said that India wants peace areas in eastern Ladakh. email query by PTI. Act, 2000 and CERT-In Rules 2003, being treated. ridge line. This clearly indicates that tween Indian and Chinese troops but there is no guarantee of the China had started to change the The government has also de- the source pointed out. the Chinese had camped at Finger is three km. At Patrolling Point 15, final outcome of talks with China. status quo on the LAC at various manded information on vulner- Cyber attackers had hacked into 4 that had traditionally been under the distance between troops is Singh also reviewed the ground places, moving inside the Indian ter- ability exploited by attackers and the Twitter accounts of global high Indian control. around eight km. situation in the hostile border areas. ritories. India has objected to it modus operandi of the attack, profile users - including former 3 terrorists killed The Chinese had come in 8 km But in Hot Springs, that is India and China are engaged in and is taking up the matter with and sought details of remedial President Barack Obama. in Kashmir into the Indian territory, all the Patrolling Point 17, 40-50 troops on military and diplomatic delibera- China at all levels. Srinagar: Three terrorists have been killed in an KANPUR AMBUSH BTP SUPPORTS ongoing encounter with the BIRDS OF SAME FEATHER security forces in South GEHLOT GOVT Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday. The gunfight was IN RAJ: MLAs going on in the Amshipora Dubey aide’s wife village in Shopian. The Army said the operation was in progress and three terrorists PRESS TRUST OF INDIA have been killed. “A joint may turn approver The Bhartiya operation was launched early Jaipur, July 18: Saturday morning. The Tribal Party (BTP) supports the Security Forces were fired AGENCIES taken under Section 164 CrPC for Ashok Gehlot government in upon while laying the cordon, recording confessions and state- Rajasthan, the two MLAs of the re- from the cow shed of the lone Lucknow, July 18: The special ments by a magistrate during in- gional party said in a joint press house in the orchard. A investigation team (SIT) probing the vestigation. “Though, she did not conference with state Congress firefight ensued. Joint Kanpur ambush and encounter of make a formal request for protec- chief Govind Singh Dotasara Operation in progress,” gangster Vikas Dubey, let off the tion, two constables have been de- Saturday. the Army said. mafia’s wife Richa after a five-hour ployed round-the-clock outside her BTP legislators Rajkumar Roat interrogation, Manu – wife of an house after analyzing threat per- and Ramprasad asserted that their arrested henchman Sashikant ception,” said a police official. party’s president and other lead- Youth fatally Pandey, seems to be in the “During prelimi- ers have agreed on extending sup- spotlight in police investi- nary interrogation, port to the Gehlot government on stabs lover gations. Manu revealed de- the condition that demands re- Coimbatore: A 20-year-old Manu has gained im- tails on aides who lated to development of the state man is on the run after fatally portance after back-to- reached the Dubey’s Asian openbill storks perch on a tree branch in Birbhum district, Saturday PTI PHOTO are fulfilled. stabbing his teenage lover back audio clips wherein residence on the fate- near her house on the she was supposedly ful night and the se- outskirts of the city, police heard mobilizing men quence of events IS member Sadiya was planning lone wolf attack said Saturday. C Ratheesh and folk to take sniper posi- leading to the car- Aishwarya (18) were in love tion on rooftops and con- nage and what hap- but her parents objected to it. niving with the don and pened next. Besides INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE nels to build up a cadre to carry out had undergone de-radicalisation So, she began avoiding him misleading cops came to Manu, her mother-in-law was an- terrorist activities in the country, twice before and was allegedly in since the last four months, the surface. other witness. Manu’s statements New Delhi, July 18: Sadiya Anwar sources said Saturday. constant touch with the Kashmiri the police said. Upset over Manu was released after two will give police crucial leads to in- Sheikh, a second year mass com- According to top NIA sources, couple -- Jahanazaib Sami Wani this, Ratheesh went to her days of rigorous interrogation in vestigate and verify multiple mur- munication student from Sheikh was arrested on July 12 and his wife Hina Bashir Beigh. house Friday night and called detention and sent home in Bikru ders on the night of July 3,” said Maharashtra’s Pune who was ar- along with a gym operator Nabeel The Kashmiri couple was ar- The party had Monday issued her out. When she came out, under heavy police protection. The a police official. rested by the NIA for her alleged Khatri from Pune for trying to build rested in the ISKP module case ini- a whip asking Roat and Ramprasad the two got into an argument police have revealed that she may Manu’s husband Sashikant, who links with the Islamic State up a cadre of ISKP in India, which tially registered with the Delhi to be neutral and neither support and the man knifed her. On turn an approver in the case. was arrested late Monday, had ac- Khorasan Province (ISKP) mod- is also a part of the IS-JK module. Police’s Special Cell on March 8 the Congress nor the BJP. It had hearing her scream, She is supposed to have confided cused the gangster of orchestrat- ule, a banned terror organisation The source said that the IS has this year from Delhi. also told them to neither support Aishwarya’s father came out and he was also stabbed. to investigators that she and her hus- ing the ambush while talking to that is part of the IS, was in touch made several such groups in dif- The source claimed that Sheikh Chief Minister Gehlot nor Sachin Neighbours took the daughter band were ready to provide details reporters. To a query by media with several key leaders on secure ferent parts of the world. The NIA was in touch with Abdullah Pilot in case of a floor test in the and the father to hospital on the ambush. According to the po- persons on what happened on the messaging platforms. source said that Sheikh, 22, was a Basith, who is already in Delhi’s Assembly. where she died without lice, their statements would be fateful night, Sashikant had stated. She was also part of their chan- highly radicalised extremist, who Tihar jail. “BTP MLAs and their party responding to treatment while leaders held discussions with the he is in stable condition, the chief minister. They were already police said. with us and have reassured their support to the Ashok Gehlot gov- ‘Parliament’s Central Hall poses evacuation challenges’ ernment,” Dotasara said at the Pak intruder press conference outside a hotel on INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE conditions, as movements are highly It also pointed out that there are the Delhi highway where the arrested restricted,” said the CPWD in a six plots in the Central Vista, where Congress has kept MLAs amid New Delhi, July 18: The Central counter-affidavit in the apex court temporary barracks or stables dur- the political crisis. Jammu: A Pakistani intruder Public Works Department (CPWD) in reply to a petition against the ing the Second World War were The MLAs were shifted to Hotel was arrested by the Army has informed the Supreme Court Central Vista Project. built. “These structures occupy an Fairmont Monday soon after a along the Line of Control that the Central Hall of Parliament The CPWD said that the new (LoC) in Rajouri district of area of over 90 acres near the North Congress legislature party meet- Jammu and Kashmir, an poses a challenge for rescue and Parliament building will be con- Block, South Block, Jamnagar House, ing, where Congress lawmakers ex- official said Saturday. The evacuation operations in certain structed with enhanced structural and Jodhpur House. This precious pressed support for Gehlot and

intruder was found moving conditions during an emergency. life, which will last for centuries, and land on the Vista is highly under- only indirectly referred to Pilot, y into this side in Nowshera The CPWD pointed out that the will become a symbol of national utilised,” the CPWD contended. whose rebellion threatens the state

hall has a seating capacity for only pride as well as inspire citizens to Detailing the Common Central government. Pilot was stripped

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of the day uote Centre asks 4 states to strengthen efforts to combat nCoV COUPLE, TEEN The entire SON KILLED IN nation is with PRESS TRUST OF INDIA (Health and Family Welfare), West Assam. The The Union Health With these states Bengal, Agarwal said the state is re- PAK SHELLING people of Assam are imposing lockdown anew, New Delhi, July 18: With a surge Ministry has porting almost 1,600 cases daily facing this problem asked four states the ministry emphasised in coronavirus cases in Bihar, West and 93 per cent of the total active PRESS TRUST OF INDIA with all their grit to make renewed that the restrictions and their self- Bengal, Assam and Odisha, the efforts to contain should be utilised to cases in state were reported in the determination nature and they will Union Health Ministry has asked transmission of focus on containment, last four days. Jammu, July 18: Three mem- recover from this disaster. I appeal these states to make renewed ef- the virus and surveillance and testing “Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 bers of a family were killed when entire Congress workers to extend forts to contain transmission of keep case fatality in containment and Parganas and South 24 Parganas as Pakistani troops shelled various all possible help the virus and keep case fatality rate below buffer zones as the well as emerging hotspots in forward areas and civilian places rate below one per cent. Jhargram, Purulia, Nadia, along the Line of Control (LoC) in RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER one per cent key strategy With these states imposing lock- Midnapur East, Hooghly and Nadia Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch down anew, the Health Ministry em- According to active case load, Odisha is the tenth most-affected state in the country with Ganjam need immediate attention.” district Friday, prompting the phasised that the restrictions should reporting approximately 37 per cent of the state’s active caseload Further, Odisha is reporting an Indian Army to give a befitting I welcome be utilised to focus on containment, average of more than 500 cases reply, officials said. Congress MLA surveillance and testing in con- every day since the past four weeks, “At around 9:20 PM Friday, Sumitra tainment and buffer zones as the a list of NCC volunteers along with Pakistan army initiated unpro- Kasdekar ji from memorandum issued by the health 80 per cent of the total active cases the letter to the state’s Principal Nepanagar key strategy for early detection of other workforce is available on ministry. The team, comprising in the state were reported in the Secretary (Health and Family voked ceasefire violation by firing assembly seat in cases and fatality management. Covid warriors'' portal which can Agarwal, Dr SK Singh, Director, last seven days. Welfare) said. with small arms and resorting to Madhya Pradesh to In a letter to Principal Secretaries be optimally utilised in contain- National Centre for Disease Control, Districts like Patna, Bhagalpur, “According to active case load, shelling of mortars along the LoC join the BJP family after leaving (Health) and Secretary (Health) of ment and surveillance effort. and Dr Neeraj Nischal, Associate Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Begusarai Odisha is the tenth most-affected in Gulpur sector of Poonch dis- the Congress. Correct decision these states, Joint Secretary in the “In terms of testing the state Professor, Medicine at AIIMS New and Munger are reporting higher state in the country with Ganjam trict,” a defence spokesperson taken by another MLA in the Ministry of Health Lav Agarwal should aim to achieve a minimum Delhi, will undertake the visit im- number of cases while Saharsa, reporting approximately 37 per cent said. Pakistan army also shelled interest of the state asked them to ensure that at least of 14 tests per one lakh (140 tests per mediately and coordinate with state Gaya, Paschim Champaran, Jamui, of the state’s active caseload,” the heavily near the hamlets along 80 per cent of the new cases have million) per day, while ensuring a health authorities to review the ex- Arwal, Saran and Khagaria are the letter said, adding, there is need to the LoC in Khari Karmara sec- JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA | BJP LEADER their close contacts traced and are positivity rate of less than 10 per isting situation and provide nec- emerging hotspots. focus on emerging hotspots such tor, officials said. A shell landed on in quarantine within 72 hours of cent,” the letter to the states read. essary support and guidance. The overall testing is very low in as Nabarangpur, Sambalpur and a house in Karmara village killing case confirmation. The Centre has also decided to de- According to the letter to the the state vis-à-vis national average Kendujhar. Mohd Rafiq (58), his wife Rafia Bi In those days, The letter underlined that con- pute a multi-disciplinary team to Principal Secretary (Health & and an increasing trend in case “The increase in weekly fatality (50) and son Irfan (15) on the spot, we had to file tainment and buffer zones should Bihar to review and coordinate Family Welfare), Bihar, cases in positivity rate on weekly basis is also trend with almost 29 pc of cases they said, adding that some houses a suit for be suitably delineated based on the with the state in managing the pan- the state are rising with almost 450- a cause of concern, the letter said. above 45 years, is also a cause of con- have been damaged and a few peo- compensation (for mapping of cases and contacts, and demic there, according to an office 500 cases being reported daily and In the letter to the Secretary cern,” the letter said. ple have sustained injuries. my father's death in accident). My mother filed the claim and the court passed a decree but we could not get NATURE’S BOUNTY the amount due to BJP demands CBI complicated procedures JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI | SUPREME COURT JUDGE probe into Raj ‘tapes’ SHORT TAKES AGENCIES a press conference here Saturday. Calling the Rajasthan political cri- New Delhi, July 18: The BJP sis a “drama”, Patra alleged it is a Lover kills Saturday hit back on the Ashok brazen cocktail of conspiracy, lies, Gehlot government when it not fraud and defiance of law. woman after tiff only denied charges of alleged “The whole conspiracy is being Nagpur: A 25-year-old woman bid to break the Congress party hatched in their house and through was allegedly killed by a man but also alleged that the dessert some audio tapes it is being al- she was in relationship with state is witnessing an “indirect leged that the BJP is trying to sab- in Nagpur city, police said emergency”. otage the Congress party,” said Saturday. The body of the The BJP was referring to the Patra. He demanded a CBI probe victim was recovered on purported phone conversations into this matter, to ascertain Friday evening from an that were leaked by Gehlot camp. whether phone tapping was done under-construction house in or SOPs were followed. He also Abhay Nagar locality of the This attack comes in questioned if the voice in the leaks city, police said. The accused, the wake of an FIR filed are authentic, why the FIR states A view of Lukung in eastern Ladakh, Saturday PTI PHOTO identified as Prem alias Sonu it as “purported”. Pankaj Ganveer, 23, a by the SOG in This attack comes in the wake resident of a slum, has been of an FIR filed by the SOG in arrested, an official from Ajni Rajasthan against Conducting Bihar Rajasthan against Union Minister Police Station said. Some Union Minister and Woman, daughter self-immolate residents of Abhay Nagar and BJP leader Gajendra Singh polls would be costly, found the girl lying dead in BJP leader Gajendra Shekhawat and two others on an under-construction house. the basis of a complaint by thanks to COVID-19 Singh Shekhawat and Congress whip Mahesh Joshi near UP CM’s office, 3 cops suspended two others soon after three audio clips with INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE alleged conversations on top- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Partially-burnt “Is the phone of every person pling the Ashok Gehlot govern- Patna, July 18: Conducting the body found in Rajasthan, who has any con- ment were released by Rajasthan’s upcoming Assembly elections in Amethi/Lucknow, July 18: The cern with politics, is being ruling party. Bihar is likely to be a ‘more than Amethi police suspended three po- Noida (UP): A body was tapped? Is Emergency not being However, Shekhawat has denied usual’ expensive affair due to cer- licemen after a woman from the found inside a house where a imposed indirectly in any of the tapes has his voice while tain challenges and difficulties district and her daughter set them- fire broke out in Uttar Rajasthan?” asked BJP another BJP leader said the tapes that have emerged following the selves on fire outside the Chief Pradesh’s Greater Noida, spokesperson Sambit Patra in were doctored. coronavirus-triggered crisis across Minister’s office in Lucknow al- police said Saturday. The the globe. leging inaction in a land dispute matter was reported to the To ensure social distancing and case, officials said Saturday. police on Friday night from other necessary precautionary The Lucknow police, however, Kudi Khera village in measures, over one lakh person- said the women were instigated by Badalpur area, a senior Man approaches police against official said. “The house is nel would be pressed into election Congress leader Anoop Patel to set located in a farmland and it duties – mainly to look out for themselves on fire as part of a was on fire. When the police tailor for ‘too short’ underpants physical distancing among the “criminal conspiracy” and a case she said. Garg and Amethi District is stable. The mother has been put team reached the spot on people that would turn up to ex- has been filed against him and Magistrate Arun Kumar said Safia on life support.” being alerted about it, they PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Recently, I borrowed Rs 1,000 from ercise franchise. three others. (55) had a dispute with her neigh- Lucknow Police Commissioner broke open the door and a friend and bought different The term of the Bihar Meanwhile, the BSP and the bour over a drain and the two had Sujeet Pandey said prima facie it ap- went inside the house to find Bhopal, July 18: A 46-year-old things, including a two metre- Legislative Assembly expires in SP attacked the UP government even exchanged blows in the past. pears that the incident was part of a partially-burnt body there,” man has approached the Bhopal long cloth to get two underpants November and it is believed that over the immolation bid, saying Safia and her daughter set them- a conspiracy. Deputy Commissioner of police with a complaint that a tai- stitched,” Dubey, who lives in elections will be held on time if it should take the incident seri- selves on fire outside Chief Minister “It is a criminal conspiracy as part Police, Central Noida, Harish lor has stitched his underpants Bhim Nagar here, said. everything goes well. Sources said ously and act against the officers Yogi Adityanath’s office in the state of which some people instigated Chander said. “too short”. He paid Rs 190 to the the Election Commission (EC) is responsible for it. capital Friday evening, police said. them (Safia and her daughter). A The police, how- tailor for the job. considering all the challenges, According to Lucknow civil hos- The police personnel posted there case has been registered against ever, asked the man- However, according to and poll preparations are being con- pital authorities, the woman suffered swung into action when they saw four people – Aasma, Sultan, Kadir Undertrial prisoner Krishna Kumar him, when he wore the stantly reviewed. 90 per cent burns and is on life sup- the women engulfed in flames and Khan (Amethi district president Dubey- to move the underpants, he found The EC has made it clear that this port, while her daughter is stable. rescued them. The two were taken of AIMIM) and Anoop Patel (former found hanging court to get the issue them too short. time, only 1,000 voters will vote at “Three policemen including the to the civil hospital for treatment, Congress spokesperson) – in this re- New Delhi: A 38-year-old resolved. “I complained to the a particular polling station. in-charge SHO of Jamo police sta- they said. gard,” he said. undertrial prisoner, who was Dubey, who was earlier em- tailor, who told me that the cloth Therefore, it has been decided to tion in Amethi have been suspended. A video of the incident has gone The women were told to come lodged in Tihar jail in a ployed as a security guard and was inadequate. I went back to set up additional polling booths. The matter is being probed by the viral on social media. to Lucknow and try to set them- murder case, was found used to earn Rs 9,000 per month, the shop owner, who told me that Sources in the Election additional superintendent of po- Dr. Ashutosh Dubey, medical su- selves on fire so that their grievances hanging inside a cell, lost his job due to the coronavirus- he had given two metres of cloth," Commission said that due to the lice and action will be taken once perintendent of Shyama Prasad can be highlighted and the dispute officials said Saturday. Ravi, induced lockdown two months he added. The man then ap- proposed formula of allowing 1,000 the report comes,” Amethi Mookerji Civil Hospital, Lucknow, resolved, he said. a resident of Delhi’s Mohan ago. “I am from Sidhi district of proached the police a couple of voters at a polling centre, prepa- Superintendent of Police Khyati told this news agency, “The mother Pandey said, “We have evidence Garden, was lodged in the Madhya Pradesh and I came to days back, who asked him to take rations are underway to come up Garg said. has suffered 90 per cent burns and to show that these women went to jail Thursday for allegedly Bhopal for a job in October. up the matter to court. with around 34,000 additional No suicide note was recovered is in a serious condition. Her daugh- the UP Congress office and met killing his 62-year-old polling centres. from Safia or her daughter Gudia, ter suffered 15 per cent burns and Anoop Patel.” mother-in-law with an ice pick on suspicion that she was behind his wife’s decision to abandon him. He had also severely injured From machines to N-95 masks, cartels use all to smuggle gold, drugs some relatives of the woman. A confidential note of the Indian Customs suggested all preventive teams deployed at the airports and sea ports to keep an eye on all types of gadgets and hi-tech tools

3 of family killed INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE While the gold smuggling car- once the drilling machines were terials to smuggle cocaine, mari- which used to conceal the pre- as train hits car tel of Kerala, recently busted by unscrewed and all its parts were juana and other contraband drugs. cious metal in paste form in New Delhi July 18: From auto- the Customs, used diplomatic con- knocked down, the officials dis- Early this week, Delhi Customs had clothes, mostly jackets and jeans. Patna: Three persons of a matic iron presses to hand held signments to smuggle large quan- covered gold concealed in small seized a large quantity of mari- Smuggling gold in “paste form” family were killed Saturday drilling machines and from COVID- tities of gold, other syndicates packing. juana being smuggled from the is a new way adopted by the crime when their car was hit by a 19 protective suits to N-95 masks, preferred to use home appliances Two sets of Sanford auto-irons US. The marijuana was concealed syndicates to clear X-ray machines train in Bihar’s Patna district, smuggling cartels are using every to push drugs and yellow metal were also dismantled. In the base in a packing declared as consign- installed at various international police said. The Patna-Ranchi possible item under the sun to se- through green channels. plates, concealed yellow metal was ment for N-95 face masks. airports and seaports in India, a Janshatabdi special train hit cretly peddle contraband drugs An alert Customs superinten- found. Juicer-grinders, a common On June 17, Delhi Customs had Customs Commissioner said.

y the vehicle while it was and gold into India. dent at the Amritsar airport got crossing the railway tracks home appliance item brought in recovered contraband narcotics According to him, smugglers

A confidential note of the Indian suspicious when four passengers, from flights arriving from Dubai, worth over Rs 30 lakh brought first convert gold into powder and

k y m between Potahi and Nadwan c stations at around 6.35 am, Customs suggested all preventive carrying juicers-grinders and au- were also unboxed. The report from the US. This time the drugs then produce its compound in East Central Railway (ECR) teams deployed at the airports tomatic iron presses, tried to skip said that more than 8 kg gold, con- were concealed inside computer paste form. Around 700 gm gold can CPRO Rajesh Kumar said. The and sea ports to keep an eye on all through the green channel on the gers who landed from flight IX cealed in these appliances, was servers. be retrieved from 1 kg of paste train was on its way to Gaya types of gadgets and hi-tech tools night of July 16. The official also 1192 from Dubai. The reports of the recovered from the passengers In Kerala, a gang of gold smug- through a chemical procedure. when the accident took even if they have minimum noted a set of hand held drilling Amritsar Customs reviewed by who were later arrested.The drug glers peddling gold paste was un- The smuggled gold in pure form place, Kumar said. cavity space. machines brought by the passen- the this news agency said that cartels are eying COVID care ma- earthed at the Kannur Airport, is later sold in the market. The reason why the process SAUDI TO IMPOSE CURBS P10 of releasing Taliban's Starting from Sunday, Saudi SUNDAY | JULY 19 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR prisoners is moving forward is authorities will impose a ban because I want the fate of every on entering holy sites without prisoner of the Afghan security and a permit as the Kingdom is defence forces to be clear. The peace bracing for a limited Haj process will not go on until the fate season in an effort to stem of our heroes is clarified international the spread of Covid-19

ASHRAF GHANI PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN

k y m | c of the day uote Floods kill 14 in In order to Trump says no US mandate for masks address the growing PRESS TRUST OF INDIA them everywhere," he said during pollution levels and His comments a US Chamber of Commerce virtual national came after southern China environmental Washington, July 18: President Dr Anthony event. degradation it is Donald Trump has said he would Fauci, the top Americans are actually slowing RESCUE WORKERS USED INFLATABLE RAFTS TO vital that concerted efforts are not order Americans to wear masks US infectious down the re-opening the country by made to plant trees extensively to contain the spread of the coro- diseases not wearing a mask, CNN quoted RESCUE MORE THAN 1,900 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN across the country navirus, saying people should have expert, Fauci as saying during a US THEIR HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS a "certain freedom." appealed to Chamber of Commerce event."If IMRAN KHAN | PAKISTAN PM His comments came after Dr state and we could get more people to un- Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious local leaders derstand that, hopefully we'll get diseases expert, appealed to state and to be "as more people who'd be willing to The US is local leaders to be "as forceful as pos- forceful as wear masks," he said. deeply sible" in getting people to wear possible" in He said he would "urge the lead- disappointed getting by the European masks in public places. ers -- the local political and other lead- In a 'Fox News Sunday' inter- people to ers -- in states and cities and towns Court of Justice's wear masks ruling that view, Trump said, "I don't agree to be as forceful as possible in get- with the statement that if everybody in public ting your citizenry to wear masks." invalidated a places transatlantic data sharing deal wears a mask, everything disap- The country needs to concentrate pears.” on the problems at hand and not MIKE POMPEO | US SECRETARY OF STATE In a 'Fox News Sunday' interview, Trump said, “I don't agree with the Commenting on the initial com- statement that if everybody wears a mask, everything disappears” worry about a second wave, he said. ments from top health officials, "When you're having up to 70,000 Trump said: “Hey, Dr Fauci said Trump, who has been seen wear- navirus, can be difficult with more new infections ... that's something We know from don't wear a mask. Our Surgeon ing a face mask only once, said, I'm people going out. before, and I you need to focus on right now, as guarantee you General – terrific guy – said don't a believer in masks. I think masks "When you're living your life and opposed to looking at what's going ASSOCIATED PRESS ple died in neighbouring Hubei I know now because wear a mask. Everybody who is are good.” But Fauci, the director trying to open up the country, you to happen in September or October," province, the emergency manage- now I get briefings saying don't wear a mask – all of sud- of the National Institute of Allergy are going to come into contact with he said. There were 77,255 new cases Beijing, July 18: At least 14 peo- ment department said in a social again. The Russians den everybody's got to wear a mask, and Infectious Diseases, said so- people. And for that reason, we reported on Thursday, crossing a pre- ple have died in the latest round of media post. are still engaged, and as you know masks cause prob- cial distancing, an important factor know that masks are really im- vious record set two days ago, ac- seasonal rains and flooding in State broadcaster CCTV showed trying to de-legitimise our electoral lems, too.” in blunting the spread of the coro- portant, and we should be using cording to Johns Hopkins University. southern China, as soldiers and people cleaning up still wet, muddy process workers built makeshift barriers streets and shops in the city of with sandbags and rocks Saturday Enshi after severe flooding Friday. JOE BIDEN | FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF US to keep the Yangtze River and its Rescue workers used inflatable PANORAMIC VIEW Nepal meet tributaries at bay. rafts to rescue more than 1,900 peo- SHORT TAKES Three floodgates of the Three ple trapped in their homes and ends, talks fail Gorges Dam that spans the Yangtze other buildings. were opened as the water level be- Downriver, firefighters and oth- 67 missing in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA hind the massive dam rose more ers finished filling in a 188-meter than 15 meters (50 feet) above flood (620-foot) break in a dike on Poyang Indonesia floods Kathmandu, July 18: Nepal's level, the official Xinhua News Lake, China's largest freshwater Jakarta: Sixty-seven people ruling communist party's top de- Agency reported. lake, Xinhua said. The dike gave way have been reported missing, cision-making body Saturday The dam was holding back about nine days ago, flooding 15 villages while more than 14,000 others failed to achieve a breakthrough 45% of the water, Xinhua said, cit- and agricultural fields in Jiangxi were displaced due to flash to end the tussle for power be- ing China Three Gorges Corp. province, the news agency said. floods in Indonesia's Sulawesi tween Prime Minister K P Sharma Upstream, 11 people had been killed More than 14,000 people were evac- province, authorities said Oli and former premier Pushpa in Chongqing as of Saturday morn- uated. Saturday, adding that search Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' despite ing, China National Emergency The incoming waters were ex- and rescue operations were four hours of marathon discus- Broadcasting said in an online re- pected to peak Saturday behind underway. So far, rescue sions. port, citing the municipal emer- the Three Gorges Dam, but more teams have retrieved a total No conclusion was reached dur- gency agency. More than 20,000 water is forecast to arrive around of 36 bodies, reports Xinhua ing the meeting of the Nepal people had been evacuated and Tuesday, Xinhua said. news agency. The rescuers Communist Party's (NCP) nine- 1,031 homes destroyed. The hydropower dam is used to focused their efforts in the member Central Secretariat Three landslides in Dunhao town mitigate catastrophic flooding. villages of Sabbang, though the party leaders discussed in a mountainous part of Seasonal flooding strikes large Baebunta, Pontaden, Meli, agenda to be presented during Chongqing left six dead, the city's parts of China annually, especially and Masamba city, the Sunday's Standing Committee Emergency Management Bureau in its central and southern regions, hardest-hit areas in Luwu meeting, according to senior party said. but the rainfall has been unusu- Utara district, said a provincial official. leader Ganesh Shah. The bodies had been found by ally high this year. During the meeting, senior lead- Friday evening after more than About 1.8 million people have ers of the party agreed to resolve 200 people were dispatched for a been evacuated and direct losses at- the issues through consensus, search and rescue operation. tributed to flooding are estimated 15 Pak pilots party spokesperson Narayankaji Rainfall in the town of Dunhao to- at more than 49 billion yuan ($7 suspended Visitors view panoramic city scenes from the 1,815 feet high CN Tower, which reopened for the first time since Shrestha told media persons after taled 39 centimeters (15 inches), billion), according to the Ministry coronavirus restrictions were imposed in Toronto REUTERS the meeting. the bureau said. Three more peo- of Emergency Management. Islamabad: Pakistan's Aviation Division has suspended 15 more pilots for having dubious licences, Arson suspected in raising the overall tally to US civil rights icon Lewis dies Police officer suspended for 93, as verification continued, Nantes cathedral fire it was reported Saturday. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 15 are among the 262 pilots possessing suspicious Washington, July 18: US civil Nantes, July 18: French officials licences, reports Dawn kneeling on Black man’s neck news. Friday, Abdul Sattar rights icon and Democratic launched an arson inquiry Khokhar, spokesman for the Congressman John Lewis has Saturday after a fire broke out in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA decision will be kept under review,” Aviation Division, said a passed away, House Speaker Nancy the Gothic cathedral of the west- The video recorded in he added. The Met Police confirmed total of 262 pilots were Pelosi confirmed in a statement. ern French city of Nantes, shat- London, July 18: A Scotland Yard Islington area of the UK it had charged a 45-year-old man identified as possessing He was 80. tering stained glass windows and officer has been suspended after with possession of a knife in a pub- suspicious licences by the In the statement posted on her sending black smoke spewing from an "extremely disturbing" footage capital shows two lic place. Marcus Coutain will ap- Board of Inquiry and website and social media on late between its towers. emerged that appears to show him pear in custody at Highbury Corner grounded immediately after Friday confirming Lewis's death, Residents and tourists watched kneeling on the head and neck of a officers holding the Magistrates' Court on Saturday. identification on the Pelosi said he "was a titan of the aghast, and emergency workers Black man during an arrest here. handcuffed suspect on London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: instructions of the civil rights movement whose good- cordoned off the area around the The video recorded in Islington the pavement. A second "I'm deeply concerned about this dis- government. ness, faith and bravery trans- strength to visit the peaceful St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, area of the UK capital shows two tressing incident and we have raised formed our nation", and that as a protests where the newest gener- in the historical center of this officers holding the handcuffed Metropolitan Police this with senior officers at the Met Congressman he was "revered and ation of Americans had poured city on the Loire River. A City Hall suspect on the pavement. A second officer has been removed Police as a matter of urgency. "I Kuwait’s ruler beloved on both sides of the aisle into the streets to take up the un- official said the fire broke out Metropolitan Police officer has welcome the fact the incident has and both sides of the Capitol", the finished work of racial justice," Saturday morning inside the cathe- been removed from operational from operational duty been reviewed quickly by the Met hospitalised BBC reported. Pelosi added. Lewis was one of dral, and the cause is unclear. The duty following the arrest on following the arrest on and it's right that they have re- Dubai: Kuwait's 91-year-old "Every day of John Lewis's life the "Big Six" civil rights leaders, official is not authorized to be Thursday evening. ferred it to the IOPC." ruler has been admitted to was dedicated to bringing free- which included Martin Luther publicly named. No injuries have The UK has seen widespread Thursday evening In the footage, one of the officers the hospital for a medical dom and justice to all," she said. King Jr, and helped organise the been reported. The local firefighter Black Lives Matter protests fol- appears to be using his knee to con- checkup, the oil-rich "As he declared 57 years ago dur- historic 1963 March on Washington service said the roof is not af- lowing the death of 46-year-old “The video footage that I have trol the suspect and has his hand on nation's state-run news ing the March on Washington, for Jobs and Freedom at which fected by the fire and was“under African American George Floyd seen today and is circulating on so- the man's head. He is eventually re- agency reported Saturday. standing in the shadow of the the latter delivered his historic "I control." They brushed aside com- in Minneapolis in the US on May cial media is extremely disturbing. leased from the ground and con- Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Lincoln Memorial: 'Our minds, Have a Dream" speech. Lewis was parisons with Notre Dame cathe- 25 while he was in police custody. Some of the techniques used cause tinues to talk to officers after they Sabah was in “good health,” souls, and hearts cannot rest until the last surviving speaker from the dral in Paris whose lead roof and Deputy Met Police commissioner me great concern — they are not sit him up. Several police cars arrive the KUNA news agency said, freedom and justice exist for all the March. As a Congressman he was spire burned down in April 2019. Sir Steve House said the footage taught in police training,” he said. at the scene after the arresting of- citing a statement from the people.' "How fitting it is that even a Georgia Democrat, and repre- The Nantes fire for many will was "extremely disturbing" and “One officer has been suspended ficers are confronted by onlookers, country's diwan minister. in the last weeks of his battle with sented an area which covered most bring back memories of that dev- had been referred to the police and another officer has been re- who drew parallels with the police The brief report did not cancer, John summoned the of its capital Atlanta. astating blaze that threatened to watchdog — the Independent Office moved from operational duty, but custody death of Floyd that trig- elaborate. However, the topple the medieval monument. for Police Conduct (IOPC). not suspended at this time. This gered Black Lives Matter protests. visit comes as the tiny nation fights the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen over 58,000 cases and 400 deaths in the country of 4.1 million. Global virus numbers show normal life still far away ASSOCIATED PRESS announcement that as many as 25 World Health Organisation proto- health services. million Iranians could have been in- cols on improved hygiene and social In the US, teams of military Bangla hospital Johannesburg, July 18: South fected, the state-run IRNA news distancing," the foundation of for- medics have been deployed in Texas owner arrested Africa was poised on Saturday to join agency reported Saturday. Hassan mer South African archbishop and and California to help hospitals the top five countries most affected Rouhani cited a new Health Ministry fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner deluged by coronavirus patients. Dhaka: A hospital owner in by the coronavirus, while breath- study that has not been made pub- Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah, The two most populous states each Bangladesh has been taking numbers around the world licly available. Iran has seen the said in a statement. South Africa's reported roughly 10,000 new cases arrested on charges of fraud were a reminder a return to normal worst outbreak in the Middle East new epicenter, Gauteng province, is and some of their highest death to a tune of about $350,000 life is still far from sight. with more than 270,000 confirmed home to one-quarter of the country's counts since the pandemic began. for allegedly issuing Confirmed virus cases world- cases. population, with many poor peo- In China, the number of confirmed thousands of fake Covid-19 wide have topped 14 million and Experts believe the true num- ple living in crowded conditions. cases in a new COVID-19 outbreak test results to deceive deaths have surpassed 600,000, ac- bers around the world are higher be- The country's cases make up in the far western region of Xinjiang people. Mohammad Shahed, cording to Johns Hopkins University cause of testing shortages. And as roughly half of all on the African has risen to 17. In Bangladesh, con- the hospital owner, was data, a day after the World Health arrested on July 15, nine days countries try to ease lockdowns, continent. Its struggles are a sign firmed cases surpassed 200,000 but

Organisation reported a single-day new ripples of cases follow. South of trouble to come for less-resourced experts say the number is much

k y m after he managed to evade c the authorities, when he was record of new infections at over Africa Saturday could join the US, nations there. In India, a surge of higher as the country lacks ade- trying to cross a river to 237,000. Death tolls in the United Brazil, India and Russia as the most Mandela Day, remembering South have warned that the pandemic 34,884 new cases was reported as quate labs for testing. Most people escape to India, wearing a States are reaching new highs, and badly hit countries as its cases near Africa's first Black president and his will lay that bare. local governments continue to re- in rural areas have stopped wear- burqa -- to hide himself from India's infections are over 1 mil- 350,000. Current case trends show legacy of fighting inequality. The “The simple fact is that many impose focused lockdowns in sev- ing masks and are thronging shop- the public and police, lion. it will surpass Peru. country, however, remains the world's South Africans are sitting ducks eral parts of the country, only al- ping centers ahead of the Islamic officials said. Iran's president made the startling That comes as the world marks most unequal, and health officials because they cannot comply with lowing essential food supplies and festival Eid al-Adha later this month. The short-term P11 business outlook US GDP TO CONTRACT IN Q2: IMF SUNDAY | JULY 19 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR remains uncertain due to the US GDP is expected to contract by an COVID-19 pandemic. However, annualised rate of 37% in Q2 and by 6.6% the long-term story of India for 2020 as a whole, an International and that of the two-wheeler Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has said. The industry remains intact, strong longest economic expansion in US history business and positive has been derailed by the unanticipated

PAWAN MUNJAL | CHAIRMAN, HERO MOTOCORP

k y m advent of the COVID-19 pandemic c of the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE stream market is the biggest challenge for day uote the Indian F&B industry." MCL’s sanitation Food exports New Delhi, July 18: Despite economic With the support of fellow buyers and turbulence due to COVID-19, India's over- the High Commission we would be able project to transform The all food exports since March have in- to perform better, he added. engineered creased 27%. According to the Trade India's High Commissioner to Canada biomolecule lives of tribal up 27% amid Promotion Council of India (TPCI), the av- Ajay Bisaria said, "The Mission was part mega incubator initiative will get a erage growth of 27% during the lock- of a number of business conferences, but `500 crore direct down and the unlock period came on the it's the first virtual BSM during the lock- investment in the back of high demand for food-based items. down. It's a positive sign that we are look- economic "The food sector has shown 27% growth. ing beyond the pandemic to go into a re- first phase, and the entire ecosystem will see a fund flow of The major markets that have responded ports," he said. covery phase for business." around `10,000 crores well are the US and Canada," TPCI Recently, official data showed India The demand for India's ethnic and or- Chairman Mohit Singla said at the Indo- emerged as a net exporter in June. The ganic products was rising, he added. RAVI SHARMA | turbulence Canadian virtual "buyer-seller meet (BSM) country recorded $0.79 billion trade sur- "Canada is projecting the worst eco- PRESIDENT, IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL on food & beverages." plus in June against $15.28 billion deficit nomic contraction since the Great We exported almost `1,66,000 crore He said exports in June against year- during the same period of 2019. Depression of about 6.8 per cent in 2020 As of July 15, merchandise. It shows the Indian market has ago month had declined by only 4%. On the Indo-Canadian food trade, Singla instead of 8 per cent or so projected by POST NEWS NETWORK PSBs have bounced back and the international market is "We exported almost `1,66,000 crore said, "Canada can be an important mar- the IMF for Canada," he said and hoped, sanctioned responding well to Indian exports merchandise. It shows the Indian market ket for the Indian F&B industry as it has all economies, including India and Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur, July 18: Mahanadi Coalfield Limited’s loans worth MOHIT SINGLA I CHAIRMAN, TPCI has bounced back and the international a large population (approx 2.4 million) of Canada, would have a 'V' shaped rather `19,668.87 crore for market is responding well to Indian ex- Indian diaspora. Outreach to the main- than 'W' or 'U' shaped recovery.”. CSR project of providing toilet- 71 MSME hubs in 27 bathroom with water supply in States/UTs under 375 tribal houses benefitting 1,670 the 100% Emergency Credit Line people in five hamlets of Guarantee Scheme, of which Sundargarh (three) and `12,871.50 crore has already been DFCCIL terminates Jharsuguda (two) is in final stage disbursed I-T dept identifies individuals of completion. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN | FINANCE MINISTER ‘MANTRA’ (Movement & Action Chinese firm’s contract Network for Transformation of Rural Areas), the project possesses Today, we can The move by DFCCIL innovative features like house- deliver any with high value transactions holds contributing in the form of service from promotes 'Make in India', labour and building material & anywhere in the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA THE LAST DATE FOR FILING AS WELL which is PM Modi’s agreeing to create corpus for in- world. Largely, AS REVISING THE I-T RETURN FOR clusion of new households in fu- that's the model we New Delhi, July 18: The Income ASSESSMENT YEAR 2019-20 IS JULY 31, ambitious project ture and village committee to look have adopted and Tax Department Saturday said it has 2020 after maintenance. have been able to collaborate identified certain individuals with THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The project is being imple- extensively with customers across high value transactions in 2018-19 mented by Gram Vikas, a non- continents, across time zones and LAUNCHING AN 11 DAY E-CAMPAIGN who have either not filed returns or New Delhi, July 18: In a follow up profit organisation which carries they have also become very BEGINNING JULY 20 TO FACILITATE comfortable about this operating have discrepancies in their ITRs. TAXPAYERS WHO ARE EITHER to Aatmanirbhar Bharat (Self- more than four decades of expe- model The last date for filing as well as NON-FILERS OR HAVE DISCREPANCIES Reliant India), the Dedicated Freight rience in rural community de- revising the Income Tax Return for IN THEIR RETURNS Corridor Corporation India Ltd Limited (BNRRDISC) due to non velopment in tribal dominated C VIJAYAKUMAR | PRESIDENT AND CEO, HCL Assessment Year 2019-20 (relevant will give the work of the signalling performance for signalling on 417 areas of Odisha. TECHNOLOGIES to FY 2018-19) is July 31, 2020. on 417 km route of the Eastern km route of the EDFC. With completion of toilet-bath- The department would be launch- Source TCS), Foreign Remittances lated to other person/year, (iv) Dedicated Freight Corridor to Anurag Sachan, MD of the DFC- rooms, water supply infrastructure ing an 11 day e-campaign begin- (Form 15CC) etc," it said. Information is duplicate/included Indian companies after it termi- CIL told IANS, "This part of our is presently being developed, which SHORT TAKES ning July 20 to facilitate taxpay- The department also has col- in other displayed information, and nated the contract with the Chinese project was funded by the World includes bore well/dug well, over- ers/ assessees who are either lected information related to GST, (v) Information is denied. firm, officials said Saturday. Bank and this project was given head water tank, pump house, HDFC Q1 net non-filers or have discrepan- exports, imports and transactions There would be no need to visit The DFCCIL also plans to float to a Chinese company by following pipeline and electrification. cies/deficiency in their returns for in securities, derivatives, com- any Income Tax office, as the re- the fresh tender for the remaining the World Bank's procedure. profit up 20% the Fiscal year 2018-19 for ensur- modities, mutual funds, etc. sponse has to be submitted online. part of the project by the end of July "Now, as we have terminated ing voluntary compliance. The CBDT said that under the or in August this year. The move by this contract and we have de- New Delhi: HDFC Bank "Data analysis has identified cer- Vedanta’s Jharsuguda Saturday reported nearly "Under this e-campaign the Income e-campaign the taxpayers will be tain taxpayers with high value trans- DFCCIL promotes the ambitious cided to complete it with our own 20% rise in standalone net Tax Department will send email/SMS able to access details of their high actions who have not filed returns project of Prime Minister Narendra railway party," he said. Sachan unit launches profit at `6,658.62 crore for to identified taxpayers to verify their value transaction related infor- for AY 2019-20 (relevant to FY 2018- Modi's 'Make in India'. further said, "As the tender has June quarter, 2020-21 on the financial transactions related in- mation on the designated portal. 19). In addition to the non-filers, The remarks came a day after the been terminated now, we don't innovative MPC back of healthy interest formation received by the I-T de- They will also be able to submit another set of return filers have DFCCIL terminated the tender need to go to the World Bank and income driven by growth in partment from various sources such online response by selecting among also been identified wherein the worth `471 crore with the Beijing we have put the terms and con- advances. The country’s as Statement of Financial any of these options: (i) Information high value transactions do not ap- National Railway Research and ditions in such a way that we largest private sector lender Transactions (SFT), Tax Deduction is correct, (ii) Information is not pear to be in line with their Income Design Institute of Signal and will be able to give this contract clocked a net profit of at Source (TDS), Tax Collection at fully correct, (iii) Information re- Tax Return," the CBDT said. Communication Group Company to some Indian players." `5,568.16 crore in the April- June period of 2019-20. Income of the bank rose to POST NEWS NETWORK `34,453.28 crore in June ` BIZ BUZZ quarter from 32,361.84 CII conducts webinar Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda, crore in the year-ago same July18: Vedanta’s Jharsuguda period, HDFC Bank said in a plant, the largest aluminium pro- regulatory filing. AGR dues: Voda Idea pays States’ market borrowings ducer in the country, has launched on ‘export strategy’ addt’l `1K cr to DoT an innovative Monsoon skyrocket 76% Preparedness Center (MPC) NPS adds over Mumbai: The states, reeling from massive revenue losses New Delhi: Vodafone Idea equipped with required gear and Saturday said it has paid POST NEWS NETWORK due to coronavirus lockdowns, have front-loaded their apparatus to bolster emergency 1L subscribers ` additional `1,000 crore to the borrowings by a whopping 76% so far this fiscal to 1.93 planning and rescue prepared- government towards the Mumbai: Pension fund Bhubaneswar, July 18: The lakh crore, says a report. Front-loading of market loans ness in its world-class aluminium statutory dues, taking its total regulator PFRDA Friday said has been on the back of the Centre relaxing the ways and COVID-19 pandemic has blocked payment to an aggregate smelters and power plants. National Pension System - a means advances norms to manage cash-flow mismatches all business and trade activities in `7,854 crore. The company had earlier deposited The brand-new MPC will mon- flagship defined contribution due to the pandemic, says a report by Care Ratings. In the country. Exports, being one of `6,854 crore in three tranches, Vodafone Idea said itor data from across the length and retirement savings scheme of addition, the Centre has also relaxed the fiscal deficit the vital sectors, contributing to in a regulatory filing. "In line with the above, the breadth of the plant for rapid ac- the government - has target from 3 to 5%. "Between April 1 and July 14, the country’s economic growth, have company has yesterday (July 17, 2020) paid a tion in emergency scenarios, par- registered about 1.03 lakh states’ market borrowings have jumped been hit hard. ` further sum of `1,000 crore to the DoT ticularly during unpredictable members in its subscriber to 1.93 lakh crore, which is 76% Against this backdrop, (Department of Telecom) towards the AGR dues. monsoons. Parallelly, Vedanta is base in April-June quarter. higher than the corresponding period Confederation of Indian Industry The company had earlier deposited `6,854 crore in also fast-tracking digitalization During the period, nearly 1.03 last fiscal year,” says the report. The (CII) Bhubaneswar Chapter Friday 3 tranches," the filing said. With this, the company of Health, Safety, Environment & lakh individual subscribers aggressive borrowings will further has paid an aggregate amount of `7,854 crore from the private sector and organised a webinar on ‘Export shoot up the outstanding debt of all the Sustainability (HSE&S) monitor- towards the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues, it 206 corporates were enrolled, Strategy in COVID-19 Crisis: states which has more than doubled to ing and reporting for unlocking ` added. Pension Fund Regulatory and Resurgence & Way.’ 52.6 lakh crore in FY20. greater agility in analytics-based Development Authority The discussion was focussed The distinguished panelists from decision making. (PFRDA) said in a release. upon the scenario of the export Exim Bank, Federation of Indian CEO – Vedanta Ltd., Jharsuguda activities worldwide during this Export Organisations (FEIO), CN Singh said, “Our MPC is the pandemic situation. The session Neelplast Polymers Pvt Ltd., Govt appoints new ORERA chief latest addition to the emergency was covered on topics like various MPEDA, Indian Institute of Import Bhubaneswar: Odisha government appointed expert member planning and rescue prepared- MASSA hails schemes provided by the Exim & Export Management, Essenpee National Green Tribunal (NGT) Siddhanta Das as the new ness measures deployed at site. govt’s decision Bank India to support the exporters, Business Solutions and Export Chairperson of Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA). We have put in place robust diversification of the products to Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a processes and global best prac- New Delhi: Hailing the improve product segments and had shared a detailed overview of notification in this matter. This post was lying vacant since tices in Health, Safety, Environment Centre’s decision to permit promotion and marketing of the the export environment in Odisha another Veteran IFS Amiya Mohapatra left RERA as Chairperson. & Sustainability aimed at mak- sign-off of foreign seafarers products, tapping of new market and how steps can be taken to im- Earlier, Das was Director General of Forests and Special SIDDHANTA DAS ing our workspaces safe for em- in India as a historic move, zones, changes in the DGFT rules, prove the export activities in the Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Environment, ployees and partners. We are also global maritime body MASSA digitisation in the shipping docu- state apart from, shipping docu- Forest and Climate Change. For the last several years, he has worked in different positions with the Government of constantly innovating our said they will facilitate the Odisha. In the past, he also served as the Principal of the Forest Rangers’ College in Angul; Deputy Conservator of travel of foreign seafarers. mentation process, MPEDA Policy mentation which has been sim- processes to realize our vision of for the marine products and farm- plified and how to promote local- Forest, Sambalpur Division, as Professor, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand; as GM, becoming a Zero Harm, Zero Waste MASSA said the move comes as Executive Director at Odisha Forest Development Corporation. as a huge relief for about 1.2 ing and sea food processing. made products in the world market. and Zero Discharge operation.” million seafarers globally who are involved in the international trade routes. The MHA July 17 accepted a proposal of the shipping Things to look for while choosing apt Health Insurance plan ministry and issued a Standard Operating Protocol help at the time of requirement. 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New Delhi, July 18: Batting great Rahul Dravid says legendary all- rounder Kapil Dev’s advice helped him to explore options after his re- tirement before eventually taking up the coaching job of India A and U-19 sides. Dravid said he was also ‘a little fortunate’ that at the back end of his career, he was already in a captain- cum-coach role of IPL side Rajasthan Royals. “After I finished (playing), there were quite a few options and I was not sure what to do. It was Kapil Dev who gave me this advice actually when I was coming to the end of my career,” Dravid told India women’s team coach WV Raman on his Youtube channel ‘Inside Out’. “I bumped into him somewhere and he said ‘Rahul, don’t commit to doing anything straightaway, go out and spend a few years just ex- ploring and doing different things and see what you really like’. I thought it was good advice.” The former captain said initially he liked doing commentary, but later found ‘a little disconnect’ from ASSOCIATED PRESS opened indoor pubs, much as I like third highest in the world behind ting 82 jobs to cover an anticipated the game. pubs. And I think to begin open- the United States and Brazil. deficit of 300 million pounds (USD “...the thing that gave me the London, July 18: Spectators will ing up mass sporting events is not Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston 370 million) due to the pandemic re- most satisfaction was really being be allowed back into some sports a good idea.” cautioned that it will “remain some stricting crowds at games and more involved in the game and being between 1996 and 2012. way back in, was away from the events in England from next week Stadium capacities will still be re- time” before stadiums can be full events being canceled, including connected with the boys. I really “Especially the developmental Indian team for a year,” he said. as coronavirus prevention measures stricted, and staggered entry times, again. The Premier League will fin- NFL regular season games. liked the coaching side of things and side of coaching, whether India A, “There were certain insecuri- are tested ahead of a planned wider social distancing measures and ish the season without fans at games, The Community Shield, con- I got sort of involved in that when U-19 or the NCA. It’s really given me ties than about whether I’m a good reopening of stadiums in October. one-way systems will be required. and there will be no spectators at the tested by the Premier League and the opportunity came up to do some the opportunity to work with a lot enough one-day player or not be- Domestic cricket July 26-27 is set Barriers or screens will have to be 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium for FA Cup winners, has been floated coaching with India A and U-19,” of the players without having to cause I always wanted to be a Test to be the first sport that fans are al- installed where social distancing can- the FA Cup semifinals this weekend. as a potential test event. “Supporters Dravid said. worry about the immediate results player, was coached to be a Test lowed to watch in person since not be maintained when buying “For months millions of us are the lifeblood of our national “I thought it was a good place to which I think is a really nice space player, hit the ball on the ground, March. Some spectators will also be food and merchandise or have felt the void game, and that has been under- start and and took it up and I’ve re- for me to work in.” don’t hit the ball in the air, coach- allowed into the world snooker betting. Fans will be Domestic of being unable to go to lined by how much their absence has ally enjoyed it since. I just feel a He backed the BCCI’s decision ing like that. You sort of worry championship in Sheffield from told not to attend if the match to support been felt at matches over the last lot more satisfying to be involved to restrict U-19 players to one whether you had the skills to be July 31, and the Glorious Goodwood they could have cricket July 26-27 our team or attend month,” the FA said. in the coaching side of things,” World Cup only. “Instead of just able to do it (in an ODI).” horse racing festival August 1 is been exposed to is set to be the first a top-class sporting “We will continue to work closely said the legendary batsman, who 15-20 players, we were able to give Dravid made a comeback to the also part of a government scheme COVID-19. event,” Huddleston with the relevant authorities on piled up 13288 runs from 164 Tests 45 to 50 players exposure to the fa- ODI side ahead of the 1999 World piloting the return of fans. “With the ex- sport that fans are said. how we can bring them back in a cilities at NCA, good coaches, Cup in England and ended up as the “From October we intend to bring citement of sport, allowed to watch in “So I am pleased safe and secure manner, including good physios, good trainers, so it highest scorer (461) of the tourna- back audiences in stadia ... in a where people are that we are now able any help we can provide to the pro- broadens the pool,” said Dravid, ment though India failed to make COVID-secure way subject to the suc- standing up,” Michie person since to move forward with posed pilot events.” who is Head of Cricket at the it to the semifinals. cessful outcome of pilots,” British said, “I don’t think so- March a plan to help venues English Rugby Football Union National Cricket Academy in The right-hander later played Prime Minister Boris Johnson said cial distancing would safely reopen their doors chief executive Bill Sweeney said Bangalore. in the 2003 World Cup and also in Downing Street Friday. happen.” to fans. I recognize that not in May that 85 per cent of the gov- He said that India A players now captained the side in the 2007 Prof. Susan Michie, who advises Announcing a further easing of every sport, team or club has the ben- erning body’s revenue comes from felt secured as everyone gets a World Cup. He scored 10,889 runs the government on the pandemic re- lockdown restrictions, Johnson said efit of huge commercial revenue, and hosting men’s international games chance to play. Dravid also revealed from 344 ODIs. sponse, fears reopening sports to fans the measures could be reversed if it is often their dedicated fans that at Twickenham. that he doubted himself as an ODI Talking about choosing cricket — particularly indoor venues — coronavirus infection rates begin to are the lifeblood which helps keep England has been working on the player when he was dropped from over academics, he said, “Growing could lead to a rise in virus cases climb again with concerns about a them going. By working closely assumption its Six Nations cam- the Indian team in 1998 mainly due up as a young cricketer in India is and another lockdown. new coronavirus spike this winter. with sports and medical experts, paign and quartet of autumn test to his strike rate. not easy. In the time that I grew up “We’ve gone too far, too fast al- The UK’s official pandemic death these pilots will help ensure the matches can be played across October “There have been phases in my there was only Ranji Trophy and rev- ready,” Michie said in an interview. toll, which stood at more than 45,000 safe return of fans to stadia.” and November as the RFU seeks to international career (when I felt enue was so poor. I had to forgo a “I think the data will begin to show as of Friday, has for several weeks The English Football Association avoid losses of more than USD 100 insecure). I was dropped from the CA or MBA to pursue cricket so that. I don't think we should have been the highest in Europe and the last month announced it was cut- million caused by the pandemic. ODI team in 1998. I had to fight my there was insecurity.”

I’m not eligible RAIN PLAYS SPOILSPORT Hamilton takes Leeds back in EPL for Khel Ratna, pole, Bottas 2nd after 16-year exile says Harbhajan ASSOCIATED PRESS Budapest, July 18: Lewis PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Hamilton beat Mercedes team- mate Valtteri Bottas Saturday to New Delhi, July 18: Veteran off- take pole position for the spinner Harbhajan Singh Saturday Hungarian Grand Prix. It was clarified the Punjab government’s Hamilton’s second straight pole this decision to withdraw his nomi- season and record-extending 90th nation for this year’s Rajiv Gandhi of his F1 career. Khel Ratna award as he doesn’t fit Hamilton has won seven times in the eligibility criteria for coun- at the Hungaroring and the veteran try’s highest sporting honour. British driver needs one more to “I have been flooded with calls equal F1 great Michael as to why Punjab Govt withdrew Schumacher’s single-track record my name from Khel Ratna nomi- of eight wins, when the French GP nations. The truth is I am not el- was held at Magny-Cours. igible for Khel Ratna which pri- He was .107 seconds quicker marily considers the international than Bottas and .93 faster than performances in last three years,” Racing Point driver Lance Stroll. the 40-year-old cricketer tweeted. Sergio Perez was fourth. “The Punjab Govt is not at Four-time F1 champion ASSOCIATED PRESS Leeds was forced to sell all of fault here as they have rightly Sebastian Vettel and his team- its players and other assets, in- withdrawn my name. Would mate Charles Leclerc finished fifth Leeds, July 18: Setting off smoke cluding the stadium academy, and urge my friends in media not and sixth. Max Verstappen starts bombs in the team’s yellow and stumbled from crisis to crisis under to speculate.” seventh on Sunday for Red Bull blue, Leeds United fans celebrated a succession of owners. Bhajji, who has 417 Test and 269 ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris. outside their Elland Road stadium Leeds went into administration ODI wickets is an Arjuna Awardee Bottas won the season-opening after the northern English team’s in 2007 under Ken Bates’ ownership, and was also conferred with Padma A view of the ground with the pitch being covered with rain covers; England pacer Sam Curran (inset) enjoys despite Austrian GP and Hamilton 16-year exile from the Premier which led to the team being rele- Shri. Bhajji last represented India play was abandoned on the third day of the second Test between England and West Indies in Manchester Saturday. clinched the Styrian GP the fol- League ended. gated to the third tier where it spent in Test and ODIs in 2015. West Indies had ended the second day on 32/1 in reply to England’s first innings 469/9 declared PHOTOS: ESPNCRICINFO lowing week in Austria. Marcelo Bielsa’s side secured three seasons. Leeds fared little bet- promotion from the second-tier ter under the next set of owners, Championship with two games to GFH Capital, before the arrival of spare Friday after West Bromwich controversial Italian Massimo Cellino. lost to Huddersfield 2-1. Bielsa was During Cellino’s chaotic three- filmed in a tracksuit celebrating year ownership Leeds had seven dif- Vaughan backs Sibley despite criticism with fans near his home. ferent managers, but current owner A return to the world’s richest Andrea Radrizzani bought a 50 per football league comes a year after cent stake in Leeds in January 2017 Sibley played 372 deliveries in deserves a lot of credit for just stick- a late collapse saw the northern to signal the dawning of a new era. his 120-run knock. “England is a ing to his game, I don’t think he English team drop to third place and Radrizzani purchased the re- funny team to follow because we crit- should change. have to go through the playoffs maining 50 per cent from Cellino icise them when they play flam- “I don’t think there is too much where it was beaten. the following May. boyantly and there were so many on wrong with him, maybe he could “Our club, our fans and our play- The 49ers Enterprises investment social media criticising the way bring in an off-side game or two ers have sacrificed so much — affiliate of the San Francisco NFL that Dom Sibley was playing,” just to try and put more pressure on we’ve been in the doldrums for 16 team also took a minority owner- Vaughan was quoted as saying by the bowlers when he is set and he years,” captain Liam Cooper said. ship stake in 2018. Leeds made a bold ‘Wisden’. gets in,” he added. “To be part of this team and to statement of intent by appointing “He is absolutely right for this After losing the series opener by lead this team to promotion back Bielsa in the summer of 2018. England team. That is exactly what four wickets at Southampton, to where we know we’ve always Bielsa spent seven years in charge England have required for a long pe- England took control of the sec- belonged is unbelievable.” of Argentina, guiding it to Olympic riod of time. Someone that just ond Test with Sibley (120) and vice- Seen as a sleeping giant of gold in 2004 and the runner-up spot wants to stay in, value their wicket, captain Ben Stokes (176) putting English soccer, Leeds won the last in the Copa America the same year. bat a period of time,” he added. forth superb performances with of its three English league titles in He also guided Chile to the 2010 Vaughan, who featured in 82 the bat. 1992 — the final season before the World Cup, while Athletic Bilbao Tests and 86 ODIs for England, said “England have played the right inception of the Premier League — reached the Europa League final Sibley should not change his game game here. They've played with pa- and was a Champions League semi- and Copa del Rey final under him and the youngster deserves a lot of tience, they have put up a score on y finalist in 2001. in 2012. After spells at Marseille, credit for setting the foundation the board, and now it is down to the

A financial implosion led to Leeds Lazio and Lille, Bielsa was com- for the side’s flamboyant players West Indies. I believe there is a bit

k k y y m m c c being relegated from the Premier peting in the second-tier at Leeds. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA turies but former skipper Michael West Indies. It was the slowest hun- to play their game. of rain around Saturday, the third League in 2004, with debts rising to He proved an instant hit, trans- Vaughan says he is just the kind of dred in Test cricket since November “Give the likes of Ben Stokes, day. “The West Indies, to me, looks more than 100 million pounds (now forming the same squad he inher- Manchester, July 18: Dominic player England needed. 2014, when Bangladesh’s Tamim Jos Buttler, Ollie Pope, these flam- like they are going to have to bat two- USD 125 million) and fears the club ited into genuine promotion chal- Sibley maybe facing criticism for The 24-year-old scored a 312-ball Iqbal also required 312 balls to reach boyant players the foundation to and-a-half days to try and draw,” could go out of business. lengers in his first season. scoring one of the slowest Test cen- century in the second Test against three-digit mark against Zimbabwe. go and play their way. So Dom Sibley Vaughan said.

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