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Tto drop chapters like demo- (RGF), Rajiv Gandhi The attack from Rahul and cratic rights, food security in Ministry which asked the CBSE Examination.” Charitable Trust (RGCT) and the Congress came soon after India, federalism, citizenship, to reduce the syllabus for The Council for the Indian Indira Memorial Trust. the Centre announced forma- and secularism from the CBSE Classes IX to XII by 30 per cent School Certificate Rahul Gandhi hit back say- tion of a committee to probe school syllabus, has triggered to make up for the academic Examinations (CISCE) already ing those who fight for the the funding allegations on Rajiv massive criticism from several loss caused by the pandemic announced to reduce their syl- truth have no price and cannot Gandhi Foundation. quarters, including Opposition and the subsequent closure of labus for Class X and XII to be intimidated. The Congress The Congress alleged that leaders and netizens. schools. “make up for the loss in said its leadership would not be the Centre’s decision to set up The Central Board of West Bengal Chief Minister instructional hours during the intimidated by “cowardly acts an inter-ministerial panel to Secondary Education (CBSE) Mamata Banerjee said she was current session 2020-21”. and a blind witch-hunt” by the Director in the Enforcement 1988 in connection with first rich cultural traditions”. The coordinate a probe into three announced that the syllabus for “shocked” over CBSE dropping “Alternative academic cal- “panicked” Government. Last Directorate will head the inter- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Foundation is chaired by Sonia foundations linked to the 2020-21 would be reduced by secularism, federalism, citi- endar and inputs from the week, the Government direct- ministerial team. “The Nehru’s centenary. Gandhi. The other trustees Gandhi family was biased and a third because of the “extra- zenship chapters and appealed NCERT on transacting the ed Priyanka Gandhi to vacate Ministry of Home Affairs has The Jawahar Bhawan was include former Prime Minister that the Government treated ordinary situation” as the world for revocation. curriculum using different an official bungalow at Lodhi set up an inter-ministerial constructed, but it was con- Manmohan Singh, Rahul several entities such as the fights the coronavirus pan- She took to social media to strategies shall also be part of Road in Delhi. committee to coordinate inves- verted into the office of Rajiv Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, for- Vivekananda Foundation and demic. register her opposition, the the teaching pedagogy in the According to highly placed tigations into violation of var- Gandhi Foundation chaired mer Finance Minister P the RSS as ‘holy cows’. Apart from these chap- first politician to object the affiliated schools,” said the officials, the Union Urban ious legal provisions of PMLA, by Sonia Gandhi and family Chidambaram, former deputy “Mr Modi believes the ters, sub-sections, including move. She also appealed to the senior official. Development Ministry is also Income Tax Act, FCRA, etc, by members. The Urban chairman of the erstwhile world is like him. He thinks “Why do we need Local Union HRD Ministry to not For Classes 1 to VIII, the probing the misuse of land the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Development Ministry has Planning Commission Montek every one has a price or can be Governments?” and “Growth curtail these subjects “at any National Council of Education allotment by Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust sought L&DO to submit a Singh Ahluwalia, Suman intimidated. of Local Government in India”, cost”. Research and Training Foundation, which is con- and Indira Gandhi Memorial report in this regard, which Dubey, educationist Ashok He will never understand have been removed from the In an official statement, the (NCERT) has already notified trolled by Sonia, Rahul Gandhi Trust. Special Director of the may lead to eviction of RGF Ganguly and industrialist that those who fight for the curriculum. CBSE said, “The heads of an alternative calendar and and Priyanka. Enforcement Directorate (ED) from the prime location. Sanjiv Goenka. truth have no price and cannot “These topics will not be schools and teachers may learning outcomes. The board The Centre’s decision has will head the committee,” said The RGF was set up in The Rajiv Gandhi be intimidated,” Rahulsaid in a accessed in themselves but ensure that the topics that have had previously asked NCERT come amid Rahul’s fierce attack the spokesperson. 1991 with the aim to realise Charitable Trust (RGCT) was tweet.Congress spokesperson teachers have been asked to been reduced are also explained to suggest topics and themes against the Modi Government The Rajiv Gandhi “the vision of the former Prime established in 2002 to “address Abhishek Manu Singhvi said explain to the students of their to the students to the extent which are “either repeated or over a host of issues, including Foundation is working from a Minister (Nehru) of a modern, the development needs of the that Rajiv Gandhi Foundation relevance with respect to exist- required to connect different overlapped or learning out- the Chinese intrusion and Raisina Road premises which secular, and progressive India; underprivileged of the country, — one of the three foundations ing topics,” said a HRD topics. However, the reduced comes related to it are being Covid-19 outbreak. was allotted for the Congress a country that enshrines the especially the rural poor” and to be probed for alleged finan- Ministry official. syllabus will not be part of the covered under other chapters” The Home Ministry party to build its headquarters democratic principle of equal- works in Uttar Pradesh and cial misconduct - had “nothing The deletions were made topics for internal assessment when it was looking to reduce spokesperson said a Special titled as Jawahar Bhawan in ity and blends progress with Haryana. The trustees of the to add” or “fear”. on the direction of the HRD and year-end Board the syllabus. 

   
 
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  75$?7 Manpreet warned that gone down by 32 percent. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Service Commission (UPSC). men candidates would contin- Combined Competitive of Rs 1,600 crore each in an faced with its own revenue “The Grant-in-aid from appealed to all to be extra cau- Notably, the Chief Minister ue to get unlimited chances. Examinations. area of 1000 acres each, the ith Punjab revenue shortfall, the Central Centre for the March-June tious in view of the increasing Capt Amarinder Singh, only “The decision has been projects will cater to the needs Wreceipts falling by a Government was likely to pull period showed an increase of number of cases.The State past week, had announced to taken in line with the UPSC PUNJAB TO SET UP 2 of prospective entrepreneurs or whopping 21 percent in the back finances even further 38 percent, but that was main- Government’s expert health increase the number of pattern, and keeping in view NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS industrialists for setting up first quarter of 2020-21 and no from states in the coming quar- ly on account of GST receipt of advisor Dr KK Talwar said that attempts for candidates belong- the welfare of ex-servicemen so their ventures expeditiously, financial support forthcoming ter. Rs 3070 crore received in April, the next four weeks were crit- ing to ex-servicemen category as to address the anomaly To further boost the state’s in line with the urgent need to from the Central Government, “The funds expected from which included Rs 2366.46 ical and every individual would in the Punjab State Civil existing in the Rule 5 of Punjab economy and industrial infra- develop such industrial or eco- Punjab Chief Minister Capt the Centre in the first quarter crore against pending arrears have to take full precautions for Services Combined Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen structure, Punjab Cabinet on nomic hubs in the State. Amarinder Singh on had not come, thus leaving the for financial year of 2019-20,” their own safety and the safe- Competitive Examination. Rules 1982,” said the spokesper- Wednesday approved setting The Panchayati land for the Wednesday decided to under- State Government struggling to said Sinha. ty of others. Formalizing the same, the State osn.Under the existing rules, up of a Modern Industrial said projects would be pur- take monthly review of the fis- cope,” he pointed out. While state’s own tax rev- Cabinet has approved to amend candidates of all categories Park and Integrated chased by the Housing and cal situation for more efficient Expressing concern over enue fell by 51 percent, the first PUNJAB INCREASES the existing proviso Clause (i) were allowed to maximum of Manufacturing Cluster over Urban Development management of the limited the situation, the Chief quarter decline in the state’s NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS of Rule 5 of the Punjab four attempts as per Punjab an area of 2000 acres on Department, for development resources. Minister said that he will hold non-tax revenue stood at 68 FOR EX-SERVICEMEN PCS Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen State Civil Services Government and Panchayati as mixed land use or industri- The decision was taken at monthly review meetings to percent, Sinha informed the ASPIRANTS Rules 1982, in this regard. (Appointment by Combined land near Mattewara al park or Integrated the Cabinet meeting, where the take stock of the fiscal state of Cabinet, adding that more pru- With this approval, the Competitive Examination) (Ludhiana) and Rajpura in Manufacturing Cluster (IMC). Chief Minister agreed to the Punjab, taking into account the dent measures would need to Candidates, under the ex- way has been paved for increas- Rules 2009. Patiala district, respectively, at Spokesperson said that the Finance Minister Manpreet routine expenses, such as be taken to survive the current servicemen category, will now ing the number of attempts for The Punjab Public Service a total cost of Rs 3,200 crore. ambitious Mattewara project Singh Badal’s suggestion to salaries, power subsidies, social crisis. get more chances to crack the general category ex-service- Commission had earlier The Government claimed had been envisioned and pur- draw short-term financial plans welfare pensions etc. Punjab Civil Services (PCS) men candidates from existing informed the Chief Secretary that the two projects would be sued by the Industries on quarterly basis in view of the Earlier, highlighting the BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS: exam with the State Cabinet four to six, and four to nine for about having received several instrumental in accelerating Department, and land of critical situation since the grim fiscal situation prevailing CAPT approving the amendments in the Backward Classes ex-ser- representations regarding the the pace of industrialization Government Departments beginning of this fiscal, on in the State, Principal Secretary Punjab Cabinet on the existing rules on vicemen category in the PCS anomaly in number of attempts and creating enormous would be taken over by the account of COVID-19 out- (Finance) KAP Sinha said that Wednesday reviewed the Wednesday.The increase is on (Executive) and Allied fixed for ex-servicemen and employment potential to Housing and Urban break and the prolonged lock- as of June 30, the share of COVID-19 situation in the the pattern of the attempts Examination, while the persons with disability for ensure the state’s economic Development Department down. Central Taxes for Punjab had state. At the same time, the provided by the Union Public Scheduled Castes ex-service- Punjab State Civil Services progress.To be set up at a cost under OUVGL. H       *     I  *  0      

  75$?7 increase in petrol and diesel enue of over Rs two lakh crores with these fuel price increases Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is       prices since the beginning of from the 22 straight days of in the month of June,” he said, a Minister in the Union sking the SAD chief to stop Unlock 1.0 in the country. hike in June 2020, going into asking Sukhbir to first ask the Cabinet, would think of doing Aparroting the lines of his What made these hikes the Centre’s kitty,” said Capt Union Government to roll that”, the Chief Minister    75$?7 agement preparations coupled she said.The Chief Secretary political masters in the even more abominable was Amarinder. back those hikes, which had quipped.Alleging that Sukhbir with aggressive surveillance, said that adequate supply and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the fact that they came even as Terming Sukhbir’s asser- benefitted no one but them. and his party have only helped ith COVID -19 cases wit- stringent containment, swift availability of medicines and Punjab Chief Minister Capt crude prices internationally tion that his party will press the On Sukhbir’s claim that he the Central Government in Wnessing a sharp spike in contact tracing, focused clini- oxygen cylinders are very Amarinder Singh on were showing a remarkable Centre to reduce fuel prices had already written to the creating more problems for the state, Haryana Chief cal management along with important. Those districts Wednesday dared Sukhbir downward trend, he added.The once Punjab Government does Prime Minister seeking reduc- the people across the country Secretary Keshni Anand Arora proactive Information which have COVID-19 patients Badal to quit the ruling coali- Chief Minister pointed out the same as “sheer nonsense”, tion in excise duty for petrol in the past five years, the Chief on Wednesday claimed that Education and should have requisite avail- tion at the Centre before resort- that since 2016, the NDA he said that the State and diesel, Capt Amarinder Minister cited the CAA legis- proactive strategies are being Communication (IEC) activi- ability of medicines and time- ing to street protests against the Government, in which SAD Government had announced a said that given the total lack of lation, which had the full sup- made to effectively combat the ties. She said that Police had ly treatment is to be provided. State Government’s decision was a partner, had increased single hike in VAT for fuel, concern this shows on the part port of the SAD in the spread of the deadly virus in the also been directed to monitor A close vigil of those com- on VAT hike on fuel. taxes on diesel by 900 percent which came after a series of of the Centre to issues raised by Parliament. state. the entry and exit of the con- ing from outside Haryana Capt Amarinder, reacting and on petrol by 700 percent. daily increases in the fuel prices one of their own coalition “Far from persuading the All the Deputy tainment zones. should be done on a priority to the protests led by Sukhbir Prices of petrol and diesel in by the Government of India. partners, the Akalis should central government to take Commissioner along with the Increased testing capacity, basis. Besides this, checking of against the VAT hike with India are now the highest in the Punjab’s VAT increase not remain in the alliance for measures for Punjab’s uplift, the Unit Committees has to play a especially in containment zones every vehicle entering the state social distancing norms thrown world, he noted. could not be compared with a single day. Akalis had blatantly backed pivotal role in the containment along with aggressive efforts to should be done meticulously, to the winds, said that instead “While all other central the huge burden imposed by Any self-respecting politi- their anti-farm Ordinances, of COVID-19 Pandemic, she reduce the positivity rate of she added. of putting the lives of Punjab’s taxes have a 42 percent state the Centre with its spiraling cal party, which truly cares for which were designed to ruin said while presiding over a COVID-19 should be done. Keshni also said that people to risk with his politi- share, the taxes on petroleum fuel price, he said.“What we its people, would have walked the state,” he said asking why meeting of Crisis Coordination Improved testing capacity COVID-19 safe mechanisms cally motivated acts, SAD pres- products have been increased have earned in revenue out of the Central Government SAD did not pressurize the Committee with Deputy together with aggressive con- should be ensured and followed ident should pressurize the by way of cess and not excise, through that single VAT hike is a long time ago, “but with their Centre to provide financial Commissioners and Nodal tact tracing is the key to reduce in each district including fol- Central Government to roll thus depriving the states of peanuts compared with the shameless greed for power, relief to Punjab amid the Officers appointed for COVID- the positivity rate. Besides this, lowing social distancing norms, back “shocking” manifold their share and the entire rev- revenue garnered by the Centre neither Sukhbir Badal, nor COVID crisis? 19, through video conferencing Antigen testing should be done wearing of face masks etc. A here. in every district, she said. close watch should be kept on The positive cases crossed Keshni directed that 80 public transport, hospitals, 18000-mark on Wednesday in per cent of contact tracing Mandis and implementation of -4
 .  14. + ,! '#  Haryana.During the meeting, should be done on the same other necessary guidelines the Chief Secretary said, “Like day. issued by the Ministry of Home Rohtak, medical colleges in The fatality rate should be Affairs should be ensured,     other districts should explore reduced at any cost, she assert- especially while organizing a          option for starting plasma ed.She further said that setting marriage, religious and other treatment. up of high dependency units in ceremonies.    Kerala and West Bengal had awarded degrees or diplomas A Plasma Deposit Bank medical colleges and proper “The health status of all 75$?7 also decided to cancel the provided their average grades, -..  /.. has been set up at Faridabad dead body management should such people who have been in final-year exams amid the marks or CGPA and the same should be set up be done on a priority basis. home quarantine, especially in ays after the University COVID-19 pandemic to mit- (Cumulative Grade Point   75$?7 the State Government has decid- in other districts too. Besides this, Psychological Containment Zones should be DGrants Commission igate the risk of exposure for Average) on the basis of pre- ed to increase the mutation fee Monitoring should be done by counselling should be provid- done through active surveil- (UGC) issued guidelines students, as the prospect of vious exams or semesters, are o mobilize additional rev- after this long period of eight multi-disciplinary authorities ed to every patient and a mech- lance along with a special focus clearing way for universities to online exams seemed unfea- over and above the minimum Tenue for improving the state’s years,” said a spokesperson of the and experts. anism should be evolved to on follow-up of people suffer- hold final-year or end-semes- sible to implement. pass grades, marks or CGPA financial health, Punjab Cabinet Chief Minister’s Office. She also directed the help in removing the uncer- ing from co-morbidities like ter exams in online, offline or Now, the Punjab (as per norms or regulations on Wednesday gave the go- Deputy Commissioners to fur- tainty arising among the rela- TB, kidney disease, etc.” the “blended” mode, Punjab Government has written to of the individual university). ahead to increase mutation fee SAD DUBS THE MOVE ther ramp up COVID-19 man- tives of COVID-19 patients, Chief Secretary added. Government has written to the Union Minister of Higher At the same time, the stu- from Rs 300 to Rs 600 — expect- AS “ANTI-PEOPLE”, the Central Government and Education and the UGC — dents of exit or intermediate ed to add nearly Rs 10 crore to DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL the higher education regula- higher education watchdog, classes will also be given the the state exchequer.    tor to reconsider its decision. asserting that conducting option to take exams as and At the same time, the Chief Condemning the Congress -   Notably, the Chief examinations amidst the coro- when they are held to improve Minister has asked the Revenue Government for doubling the   Minister Capt Amarinder na outbreak was not possible their grades, if they desire to Department to launch a special mutation fee on sale of land, SAD Singh had already announced in the State considering the do so.The guidelines main- campaign for clearing all pend- on Wednesday aid that such a (  .      cancellation of university and rising number of cases and the tained that all the students in ing mutations in the interest of decision should not have been college exams, growing threat posed by it. intermediate classes will be landowners. taken during a time of pandem- 6   6  both Government and The Government also promoted to the next class or He also directed the ic when relief needed to be private, followed by issuance argued that currently, almost semester or year. Revenue Department to consider given to the people instead of      75$?7 of formal orders by the all the college or university But all those students charging mutation fee and expe- burdening them with fresh taxes. Director of Public Instructions hostels across the State have scoring average grades, marks ditiously completing the docu- Terming the hike as an   75$?7 ber was assigned the specific unjab Government will file a (Colleges) to the Vice- been vacated.At the same or CGPA, less than the mini- mentation for mutation at the “anti-people step”, SAD’s senior responsibility of particular PLetters Patent Appeal (LPA) Chancellors of all time, the government also mum pass figure, will have to time of registration of sales to leader and former Revenue unjab Government has con- areas in consultation with Civil in the High Court this week Government and Private highlighted the broad rural- clear the exams of that semes- prevent unnecessary delays in Minister Bikram Singh Majithia Pstituted the District Surgeon and District against the decision of a single Universities to promote the urban divide in the state ter as and when they are held this regard. demanded that it is withdrawn Technical Committees headed Epidemiologist, he added. judge in the matter of payment students on the basis of their pointing at the “fewer facili- to be eligible for award of As some of the ministers immediately.Majithia also casti- by Civil Surgeon to take the All crucial decisions of school fee during the lock- previous years’ performance, ties” available for taking the degree. pointed out that several muta- gated the Government for being immediate decisions at dis- regarding containment or down period. The Government besides a chance to improve online exams. It was also stated that the tions were pending for years, the penny wise and pound foolish. trict level regarding COVID- micro containment zones — has decided to move the Court their results once the COVID- A senior government offi- universities, which are in the Chief Minister asked the Chief “The people of Punjab are 19.“Punjab has the best recov- change required, activities for hearing by a Division Bench 19 crisis ends. cial told The Pioneer that we process of conducting online Secretary and Financial being burdened with one tax ery rate of 70 percent…There (contact tracing, sampling iso- in the interest of all the con- A day later, the higher have discussed the matter and exams, have been directed to Commissioner (Revenue) to after another. They are reeling is no situation of community lation, quarantine, sanitiza- cerned parties, including par- education regulator, UGC, have decided to appeal to the continue with the same with look into the matter and take under extreme high power spread in Punjab and with tion, IEC, supplies), human ents, teachers, staff as well as the has issued revised guidelines Centre and the UGC to recon- the permission of the state corrective measures. “The fees charges as well as one of the high- view to swiftly manage the sit- resources required in specific school administrators. after receiving a go ahead sider its decision of consisting Higher Education set by government for revenue est State VAT and surcharge quo- uation at the district level, area were being taken by these The High Court is set to from the Union Ministry of exams, as the situation, not Department.It has also been collection is very low in today’s tient on petrol and diesel. it has been observed that committees. hear appeals against the rulings Home Affairs to mandatorily only in Punjab, but across the clarified that the guidelines high currency environment and The Government is refusing there is need to give more pow- Apart from this, arrange- on July 13.At the same time, the conduct final-year college and country, is alarming.As per are “not applicable” to the the mutation fees was last to give any relief to children who ers to the district authorities ments of beds in COVID Care Chief Minister has already made university exams.Besides the State Government’s guide- institutions under increase in October 2012, when are at risk of being thrown out who are working with the Centres (CCC), Designated it clear that he was not in favour Punjab, the states of lines issued on Sunday, all the Department of Medical it went up from Rs 150 to Rs 300. of private schools by depositing frontline teams,” said the state COVID Hospital, Tertiary care of schools charging fee from par- Maharashtra, Haryana, students in terminal or exit Education and Research and With increasing expenditure the fee to schools on behalf of the Health and Family Welfare facility, ICU beds, Ventilators, ents if no classes, either offline Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, classes or semesters will be Health. burdening the state’s exchequer, students. Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu. Ambulances etc. and Sampling or online, were held during the “After considering the pre- collection were being made by period in question. sent scenario, the Punjab them. The issue came up for dis- Government has decided to Sidhu said that Civil cussion informally during ' /0  .
   1.     0223  constitute and strengthen the Surgeon is designated for over- Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, District Level Committees. All all coordination of all health after which the Chief Minister these committees are doing activities including inter-sec- Capt Amarinder Singh has   75$?7 that the number of positive 57 years old male was tested They are 29 years old male and of its employees allowing them well as per the SOPs,” he added. toral collaboration with police asked that the LPA should be cases had crossed the 100- positive and has three family 57 years old female, both work- to attend office in UT The Minister said that and administration for saniti- filed before the Punjab and ith 15 persons testing mark. contacts, who are asympto- ing in Punjab. So far, six Secretariat building in Sector 9 instructions have been issued zation, barricading, general Haryana High Court within Wpositive for COVID-19, The number of positive matic. In Sector 20, three pos- employees of the UT Education on alternate days till July 31. to all Civil Surgeons to submit supplies, logistics etc in the this week, said the state the union territory of cases had reached 200-mark on itive cases were reported includ- Department who are resident of Earlier, the Administration the action taken report as well containment areas. Advocate-General Atul Nanda, Chandigarh crossed the 500- May 19. “15 fresh cases have ing two males aged 44 and 59 Chandigarh and their several had directed that teaching and as major sources of spread in Similarly, epidemiologist after the Cabinet meeting. mark on Wednesday. The total been reported in the city taking years and a female aged 53 relatives have been tested pos- non-teaching staff will not be specific areas. is made responsible for spot A Single Judge of the High number of cases in the city now the total number of positive years. They all are family mem- itive for COVID-19.The bul- asked to come to offices and In districts, where even mapping and cluster identifi- Court had, on June 30, ruled that stands at 507 including 98 cases to 507 in the city. bers of already positive patient letin stated, “A 40 years old Government and aided col- single containment zone is not cation, and has been authorized all the schools were entitled to active cases. There are 98 active cases in from Sector 20, who was work- female employee, who is a res- leges, unless there is emergent declared, has been directed to to conduct the activities with collect tuition fee irrespective of The COVID-19 continues the city,” stated Chandigarh ing in the UT Education ident of Mohali and working in work. They have been allowed table the report of every case so SMO of problematic areas and offering online classes during the to spread its tentacles in various Health Department’s evening Department, the bulletin stat- UT Education Department was to work from home till July 31. that it could stop in specific also with medical college fac- lockdown.In her ruling, Justice sectors across the city with bulletin. ed. tested positive for COVID-19 Chandigarh, which is a area by taking the concrete ulty and WHO Officers. Nirmaljit Kaur had said that all fresh cases reported from Sector Giving details of the new One case of a 25 years old last week. joint capital of Punjab and steps. Civil Surgeon, By utilizing the polio micro schools, whether they offer 19, 20, 43, 44, 45, 49 and cases, the bulletin stated, a 54 female was reported in Sector She had 30 workplace con- Haryana has so far reported representative of District plans to list vulnerable popu- online classes during the lock- Manimajra. On June 20, the years old female from 45. She is a workplace contact tacts out of which 17 are resi- seven COVID-19 related fatal- Administration, Medical col- lation, SMO is made responsi- down period or not, are entitled city had crossed the 400-mark, Manimajra was tested positive. of a previously positive case of dents of Chandigarh. Five have ities. 8833 sampleswere tested in lege facility (Community ble for spot mapping of street to collect the tuition fee. while it was on June 2 when the Six cases were reported positive Punjab who was a student at tested positive, 10 are negative city till date. Medicine), WHO officer, with affected houses, contact However, the court ruled number of COVID-19 cases from the same family in Sector PGIMER. One more positive while reports of two is awaited.” The recovery rate of District Epidemiologist tracing, active case search of that the schools will continue to had crossed 300-mark in 49. The family members case of a 47 years old male was With a surge in cases of COVID-19 patients stood at 79 (Convener), People’s symptomatic cases, ILI analy- endeavour and impart online or Chandigarh. included 8 years old boy, three reported in Sector 44. He has COVID-19 in its Government per cent in Chandigarh with Representative, NGO sis (clustering and Trend) and distance learning so education is The first case of COVID-19 male members aged 17, 47 and three family members who are offices, Chandigarh 402 patients having recovered Representative, Community share positive finding, if any, not adversely impacted due to in the city was reported on 71 and two females aged 44 and asymptomatic. Two new cases Administration had a day from the virus till Wednesday leader are the prominent mem- and also ensure the working of the present or future lockdowns March 19 and it was on May 4 74 years, it saidIn Sector 19, a were reported from Sector 43. before issued orders for rotation evening, the bulletin added. bers of the panel. Each mem- RRTs. imposed due to the pandemic.  !" #%&#' ( )&*( +,-,- ) $ 7'4 

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It has also been decriminalisation of “minor of malafide intent is a big hur- our rights cannot be taken away he CBI has taken over the probing the incident had directed the Drug Controller Remdesivir. reported that doctors at many offences” enshrined in the dle in attracting investments. so easily, he asserted adding the Tprobe into alleged custodi- informed the Madras High General of India (DCGI) to "The MRP of Remdesivir private hospitals are directing Rights of Persons with “The ensuing uncertainty in Ministry’s move is a fit case of al deaths of the father-son duo Court that the policemen take immediate steps to ensure marketed by Hetero Healthcare families to procure and get the Disabilities Act, 2016. However legal processes and the time violation of human rights. at Sathankulam police station thrashed the father-son duo that the medicine is sold as per Limited is Rs 5,400 but con- medicine themselves," it said. late at night, the Government taken for resolution in the Wheelchair-bound Meenu in Thoothukudi district of the whole night in the police its maximum retail price. sumers have reported it being Such unscrupulous action shelved the plan. The earlier courts hurts ease of doing busi- Mani who is suffering with Tamil Nadu. station with batons and a table Subsequently, the DCGI sold at a price of anywhere warrants stringent punish- plan was, the Government con- ness. Criminal penalties includ- cerebral Palsy too agreed. “Many The alleged beating by the with bloodstains bore testi- has asked drug controllers in between Rs 15,000 to 60,000," ment. “The Government tends, to improve the ease of ing imprisonment for minor times we are left hurt when police personnel leading to mony to the allegations of tor- states and Union Territories to LocalCircles said. should ensure a mechanism doing business and subse- offences act as deterrents, and someone makes causal remarks the deaths of J Benniks and his ture. prevent black marketing of DCGI Dr VG Somani, in wherein there is no pilferage as quently increase foreign invest- this is perceived as one of the or laughs at our disabilities father RP Jeyaraj on June 20 The magistrate’s findings Remdesivir which is being sold communication to states and well as work on enhancing pro- ment in the country. major reasons impacting busi- when in the queue or eating at and June 23 respectively evoked were based on a statement of as high as upto 80,000 in open UTs, said, "You are requested duction to make it within the The plan had offended the ness sentiment and hindering hotels. these are just a few small nationwide outrage and trig- a woman constable attached to market in some States even as to instruct your enforcement reach of the needy. I think the disability sector which termed investments both from domes- instance where our sentiments gered calls for police reforms. the police station where the several hospitals have reported officials to keep a strict vigil on price is also too high for poor the move as ‘apathetic’, ‘hurtful’ tic and foreign investors.” are easily violated” Amid the public outcry alleged crime took place. its shortage. the matter to prevent the black patients, who have to shell out and an ‘attack on their dignity’ The proposed Section 95A In fact, it was in the wake of over the incident, the State gov- Mentioning Head The DCGI has approved marketing and sale of the drug around  30,000 for the five as well as rights to live a digni- of the Act would effectively such daily discrimination that ernment referred the two cases Constable Revathy''s statement restricted emergency use of Remdesivir injection above five vials,” said Dr Rajinder K fied life. Last month, the Union allow Chief or State the RPWD Act was passed in for a CBI probe with Chief in a four-page report to the Remdesivir injectable formu- Maximum Retail Price Dhamija, head of the Ministry of Social Justice and Commissioners to withdraw Parliament ensuring legal rights Minister K Palaniswami writ- Madurai bench of the Madras lation for the treatment of (MRP)," Somani said, adding Neurology Department at Empowerment wrote to over cases after the approval of the to the PwDs against discrimi- ing a letter to Union Home High Court, the magistrate patients with severe Covid-19 that action taken in the matter Lady Hardinge Medical half-a-dozen NGOs a letter defender, or the aggrieved, nation. As per the Section 89 of Minister Amit Shah requesting said she feared threats if she infection. should be intimated to this Hospital in Delhi. titled “Decriminalisation of explained Dr Satendra Singh, a the Act: “Any person who con- a probe into the cases by the revealed the facts. Minor Offences For Improving Delhi-based disability rights travenes any of the provisions of Central agency. After the alleged torture, Business Sentiment And activist and member of the this Act, or of any rule made After getting a reference Jeyaraj and Benniks were sent Unclogging Court Processes – organisation Doctors with thereunder shall for first con- from the Centre on Monday, to sub-jail under remand . %    Amendment in RPwD Act, Disabilities. travention be punishable with the CBI entrusted the investi- around 2.30 am on June 20 2016”. Intriguingly, it gave just He said, “Violation is a fine which may extend to ten gation to its Delhi-based where they were kept as pris- 10 days to these NGOs to pro- very subjective term. What thousand rupees and for any Special Crimes Unit (SCU) oner number 3636 and 3635 O%  P 
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!      Section of custodial death declared at 9 AM that he could ing strides in ‘Make in India’ ernment in the wake of India- now been notified under with suspected offences to be not survive, the FIR alleged. movement in defence and it is China stand-off on the line of clause 3(a) of the Public ! "0O !  * "illegal detention, murder and On June 22, at about 10.20 reflected in the government's Actual Control in eastern Procurement (Preference to destruction of evidence". PM, Jeyaraj complained of approval of Rs 31,130 crore Ladakh and the recent visit of Make in India) Order 2017 The deceased persons ran fever and was taken to the defence procurements from Defence Minster to Russia. and henceforth procuring   56$6-7 announced by the Finance migrants live in slums, infor- a mobile shop at Kovilpatti and Government hospital. Next Indian industry. Rao said “now we are entities shall procure these Minister on May 14, 2020 in mal/ unauthorized colonies they were arrested for alleged morning at about 5.40 am, Addressing a press confer- witnessing ‘Make in India’ items only from local suppli- n a move to provide afford- view of the mass exodus of or peri-urban areas to save violation of prohibitory orders doctors told the authorities ence here, BJP National impact in defence produc- ers, irrespective of purchase Iable housing on rent for migrant workers and the poor rental charges. They spend in place to contain the spread that the treatment failed and General Secretary P tion.” He said Defence value, provided that the local migrants and urban poor, the to back to their home town and lot of time on roads by walk- of Covid-19 by keeping their Jeyaraj too died, according to Muralidhar Rao said India’s Acquisition Council (DAC) suppliers meet the Minimum Union Cabinet on Wednesday villages during the nationwide ing/ cycling to workplaces, shop open beyond permitted the FIR. focus on indigenous manufac- has approved Capital acqui- Local Content (MLC) as pre- approved the development of lockdown. This scheme seeks risking their lives to cut on the turing in the defence space is sition of various platforms & scribed for each item, Rao affordable rental housing com- to fulfill the vision of expenses. “paying off” as the Ministry of equipment worth Rs 38,900 said. plexes (AHRC). The complex- ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’. “ARHCs will create new Defence over the last two years crore. BJP leader said, Cabinet es will be built under the A large part of workforce ecosystem in urban areas mak- unveiled several products DAC is headed by the has approved far reaching Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in manufacturing industries, ing housing available at afford- .%7P 
   manufactured in India like the defence minister and aims at reforms in the Space sector (Urban) and it will benefit service providers in hospital- able rent close to the place of HAL Tejas Light Combat quick acquisition of arms and aimed at boosting private sec- over 3.5 lakh urban poor. The ity, health, domestic/com- work. Investment under Aircraft, the composites Sonar equipment required by the tor participation in the entire government estimates Rs 600 mercial establishments, and ARHCs is expected to create dome, a Portable Telemedicine defence forces by cutting range of space activities on crore of expenditure in the construction or other sectors, new job opportunities. ARHCs    System (PDF) for Armed through bureaucratic bottle- June 24, 2020. form of ''technology innovation labourers and students who will cut down unnecessary Forces, Protective Gears, necks. “The decision taken is in grant''. come from rural areas or small travel, congestion and pollu- Penetration-cum-Blast (PCB) “Focus on indigenous line with the long-term vision Under the initiative, exist- towns seeking better oppor- tion. and Thermobaric (TB) ammu- design and development; of the Prime Minister of ing vacant government funded tunities will be the target ben- The Government funded  nition specifically designed for acquisitions from Indian transforming India and mak- housing complexes will be con- eficiary under ARHCs. vacant housing stock will be Arjun tanks. industry worth Rs 31,130 ing the country self-reliant verted to ARHCs. Further, spe- According to the ministry converted into ARHCs for “India has begun export- crore already done for rein- and technologically advanced. cial incentives like use permis- of housing and urban affairs, economically productive use.   56$6-7 ing bulletproof jackets as per forcing India’s defences. The The Cabinet also approved sion, 50 per cent additional coronavirus pandemic has The scheme would create its own standards, which con- DAC also cleared a project to setting up of a new space floor area ratio or floor space resulted in massive reverse a conducive environment for ven as various States have form to international norms, upgrade the army’s fleet of board called Indian National index and tax relief will be migration of workers/ urban Entities to develop AHRCs on Ealready started exploring to over 100 countries, includ- 1,500 BMP-2 infantry combat Space Promotion and offered. The complexes will poor in the country who come their own vacant land which plasma therapy as a way to ing European nations, accord- vehicles. FDI under automat- Authorisation Centre (IN- revert to urban local bodies from rural areas or small will enable new investment treat Covid-19 patients, ing to the Bureau of Indian ic route increased from 49% SPACe). (ULBs) after 25 years to restart towns for seeking better opportunities and promote results from the Indian the next cycle. employment opportunities in entrepreneurship in rental Council of Medical Research’s The scheme was urban areas. Usually, these housing sector,” it said. (ICMR’s) convalescent plasma India on compassionate 6.   therapy (CPT) trials are still grounds by doctors and is also 8
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The fee for this cov- country, has collected data infection. ing to him,” the agency said. cles for 10 days across the coun- Athe Union Cabinet on (FPOs), agri-entrepreneurs, erage will be paid by the gov- from 350-odd patients. The Two sites in Ahmedabad ugitive businessman Nirav The FEOA Special Court try, except in Delhi-NCR, after Wednesday approved setting start-ups and agri-tech players. ernment. sample size for the trial is 425 (NHL Medical College and BJ FModi's properties worth vide its order December 5, lifting of COVID-19 induced up an agri-infra fund with a In case of FPOs, credit patients. Medical College), which are 330 crore attached by the 2019 declared Nirav Modi a lockdown. corpus of 1lakh crore to pro- “Loans will be disbursed in guarantee may be availed from The therapy involves tak- conducting the ICMR Enforcement Directorate (ED) Fugitive Economic Offender. The apex court said auto- vide financial support to agri- four years starting with sanc- the facility created under the ing antibodies from the blood trials on CPT, have shown stand confiscated to the Central Further, through its order on mobile dealers violated its direc- entrepreneurs, start-ups, agri- tion of 10,000 crore in the cur- FPO promotion scheme of of a person who has recovered positive results, said sources, Government under the June 8 this year, the Special tives and BS-IV vehicles were tech players and farmer groups rent year and  30,000 crore the Department of from COVID-19 and trans- according to a few reports on Fugitive Economic Offenders Court directed ED to attach the sold during the lockdown in last for infrastructure and logistics each in the next three financial Agriculture, Cooperation and fusing those antibodies into the websites. Act following a court order. properties (other than proper- week of March and after March facilities. The agri-infra fund years”, Union Agriculture Farmers Welfare (DACFW). an active coronavirus According to them, fair The confiscated proper- ties mortgaged/hypothecated 31 also. was part of the over 20 lakh Minister Narendra Singh The funds will be provid- patient to help kickstart the amounts of some patients ties worth 329.66 crore and secured to PNB-led con- “Do not take advantage of crore stimulus package Tomar said after the Cabinet ed for setting up of cold stores immune system to fight the have shown recovery under include four flats in iconic sortium) belonging to Nirav this court by playing fraud” a announced in response to the meeting. and chains, warehousing, infection. the trials that are likely to Samudra Mahal in Worli, Modi and his companies. The bench comprising Justices Arun COVID-19 crisis. The Minister said all loans silos, assaying, grading and "The ICMR has initiated conclude in a week or two. Mumbai, one seaside farm court also ordered that after Mishra, S A Nazeer and Indira The new agri-infra fund, under this financing facility packaging units, e-marketing a multi-centre clinical trial, “Initial observations house and land at Alibaugh, a attachment of the assets, these Banerjee, said while hearing the duration of which will be 10 will have interest subvention points linked to e-trading titled 'A Phase II, Open- show a fair amount of patients windmill in Jaisalmer, a flat in properties will stand confis- the matter through video-con- years till 2029, aims to provide of 3 per cent per annum up to platforms and ripening Label, Randomized on recovery mode though London and residential flats in cated to Central Government ferencing. medium-to-long term debt a limit of 2 crore. This sub- chambers, besides PPP pro- Controlled Trial to Assess there have also been cases of UAE besides shares and bank under Section 12(2) and (8) of The top court had on financing facility for investment vention will be available for a jects for crop aggregation the Safety and Efficacy of conditions worsening.“ deposits. the Fugitive Economic March 27 said it was permitting in viable projects for post-har- maximum period of seven sponsored by Convalescent Plasma to Limit States like Delhi has “The ED had filed an appli- Offenders Act, 2018. sale of 10 per cent of unsold BS- vest management infrastruc- years. central/state/local bodies, he COVID-19 Associated already established plasma cation on July 10, 2018 before The court further directed IV vehicles to make up for six ture and community farming Further, credit guarantee added. Complications in Moderate bank while Goa recently the FEO Special Court to the bank consortium to days lost due to the nationwide assets through interest sub- coverage will be available for In a statement, the agri- Disease (PLACID Trial)'," the sought the ICMR nod to use declare Nirav Modi, a Fugitive approach PMLA Special Court lockdown which was imposed vention and financial support. eligible borrowers from this culture ministry said the total apex health research body the therapy to treat the Economic Offender and con- to claim the on March 25. Under this, about Rs 1 financing facility under the outflow as budgetary support had said while launching the disease which has killed over fiscate the properties (valued at mortgaged/hypothecated and The apex court Wednesday lakh crore will be provided by Credit Guarantee Fund Trust from the Government of India study. 20,000 people across the Rs 1,396 crore approximately, secured properties, which were said that Bharat Stage (BS)-IV banks and financial institutions for Micro and Small (GoI) will be 10,736 crore. CPT is being used in States in the country. attached at that time.) belong- attached by ED. vehicles sold after March 31 this year will not be presently regis- tered. The bench observed that 6.7-         8" )   sale of BS-IV vehicles had increased in the last week of March, when the nationwide  56$6-7 od of two months and final report be filed offenders,” said the plea. night of the alleged incident. lockdown was in force, and before this court,” said the bench, also It has pointed out to several alleged It has said chat conversation would they were sold online also. he Supreme Court Wednesday direct- comprising Justices Navin Sinha and B R lapses in the investigation conducted by have been important in ascertaining Senior advocate Aparajita Ted Rajasthan Police to complete with- Gavai. the police. It said that on August 13, 2017, who the victim was talking to or planning Singh, who is assisting the top in two months its ongoing investigation The apex court has posted the mat- the victim went to a restaurant, around to meet at that hour and it would also court as an amicus curiae in the in the case of death of a third year stu- ter for further hearing on September 7. 300 metres from the varsity campus, with have been instrumental in unearthing the matter, said the court has dent of National Law University, Jodhpur, Singhvi informed the bench about the his friends in the evening but he did not events which led to the death. recalled its March 27 order. in August 2017. status of probe going on in the case. return and his body was found next “The chronology of events raised a During the hearing, the A bench headed by Justice R F Neetu Kumar Nagaich, mother of 21- morning near the railway track. reasonable suspicion that the death of bench observed that the auto- Nariman said this while hearing through year-old victim Vikrant Nagaich, has also has alleged that the manner in which It has alleged the police has neither petitioner's son was not merely an acci- mobile dealers association have video-conferencing a plea filed by the vic- sought a direction to the CBI to take all probe has been conducted “leads to an approached Google or Facebook nor dent, or suicide but was something more not followed its earlier order and tim's mother who has sought transfer of steps to “solve the mystery of the unnat- inescapable reasonable apprehension” retrieved the victim's mobile phone data grave and profound, which demanded they have violated the apex the case from Rajasthan Police to the CBI. ural death”. that it is a result of a “probable collusion which could have helped in tracing his immediate consideration and investiga- court's directives. “Having heard Manish Singhvi, The apex court had earlier agreed to to shield some high, mighty and influ- movement to ascertain the events on the tion,” it said. It said that BS-IV vehicles senior counsel appearing on behalf of the hear the plea and sought response from ential person(s)”. night of August 13, 2017 and led to fur- “However, the same was not carried were sold during the lockdown state, we are of the view that the investi- the state and others. “Despite lapse of almost three years, ther probe. out by the investigation agency, and the in last week of March and after gation which is ongoing, pursuant to the While claiming that an FIR was no charge-sheet has been filed. The plea has claimed that the police petitioner was left dismayed and devas- March 31 also and now their high court's order dated February 24, lodged in the case after a delay of around The investigation is at a stand-still, has also not retrieved the victim's chat tated after the death of her only child,” the registration was sought despite 2020, must be completed within a peri- 10 months, in June 2018, the petitioner with no effort made to apprehend the conversations from WhatsApp on the plea said. the fact that order was passed way back in 2018.   !" #%&#' ( )&*( +,-,- $ 7'4  + Q R  
 
    

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&   Sandeep Nair, a close associate tigation would feature in the meant for the personal use of breathed on Tuesday turned out The 98 testing facilities of Swapna Suresh, the kingpin probe. an official in the consulate,” said hiv Sena’s two former corpo- to be short-lived as the number across the State tested 34, 962      232 deaths in Jalgaon, eight deaths behind the whole operation. Reacting to Kerala Chief the minister. Srators died of Covid-19 at of coronavirus cases shot up persons on Wednesday while 1.3 ach in Satara, Aurangabad and Sowmya was taken to Kochi Minister’s allegation that the Elsewhere in Kerala, the Aurangabad during the last two again in the State by Wednesday. million persons have been test- fter a gap of two days, the Solapur, six deaths in Raigad, and is being grilled by the gold smuggling showed the day saw BJP and Congress days, sending waves of anxiety According to the medical bul- ed till date. Out of the 64 patients Ainfected cases in five in Nashik, three each in department officials. The failure of the Central workers burning the chioef among the people in the letin released by the Tamil Nadu who died on Wednesday, 59 had Maharashtra crossed 6000- Palghar, Kolhapur and Jalna, Customs officials is yet to make Government, Muraleedharan minister by effigy and staging Marathwada city. Government on Wednesday, pre-existing chronic diseases marked on Wednesday, as 6603 two each in Sangli, Nanded and any formal announcement said it was the timely inter- rallies asking Pinarayi Vijayan Shiv Sena’s former corpora- 3,756 persons were diagnosed making it clear that those with people tested positive for Akola and one each in about the seizure or probe. vention of the Central agency to quit as early as possible. tor from Aurangabad’s Uttam with Covid-19 during the last 24 serious ailments should be extra Covid-19 while 198 people Ahmednagar, Nagpur, Nagar's Boudhnagar ward Nitin hours with Chennai alone cautious. died of the pandemic in vari- Yavatmal and Beed. Salvi died of Coronavirus at a accounting for 1,261 cases. There Chengalpet (273), ous parts of the state. With 52,733 infected cases )  ?  private hospital on Tuesday. He was a marginal fall in the num- Kancheepuram (133), Maharashtra -- where the with 1,417 deaths, Thane has 0   had been admitted to the hos- ber of persons tested on Tuesday Thiruvallur (300) and Madurai infected cases had dropped to emerged as the second worst pital on June 26, after he was which had given some relief to (379) showed considerable 5,368 and 5,134 positives cases hit district in Maharashtra.    diagnosed with Covid-19. the administrators. increase in the number of per- on Monday and Tuesday Pune, which has emerged   # Sena’s another former cor- But it was back to square one sons afflicted with the pan- respectively from the highest as the third worst affected dis-   .223 porator from Padegaon again by Wednesday with most demic. Dr Prabhdeep Kaur, day’s count of 7,074 cases trict in terms of spread of the    .223 women received splinter injuries Raosaheb Amle breathed his of the districts registering high- director, National Institute of notched on Sunday (July 4) – pandemic, has recorded 30,704 on her left leg. Another woman, aking serious note of repeat- last at the local Ghatti Hospital er number of cases. The day saw Epidemiology, said that sur- had a cause for concern as the infections and 962 deaths till hile peace is gradually who also stepped out of the Ted instances of "gross mis- on Wednesday. Ahead of his 64 persons succumbing to the veillance and testing in districts day’s infected cases’ tally now. Wreturning along the Line house to save livestock, lost her conduct and misbehaviour" by death, he was to undergo plas- pandemic across the State. with increased number of coro- touched 6603, taking the total In a related development, of Actual Control in the eastern life as another shell exploded in Basant Rath, an IPS officer of ma therapy. The two Sena’s for- Tamil Nadu has till date test- navirus cases was the need of number of positive cases in the the total number of patients Ladakh sector,however, the sit- her close vicinity. According to J&K cadre 2000 batch, the mer corporators' deaths have ed 1.22 lakh persons positive for the hour. “There should be state to 223724. discharged from various hospi- uation remains tense along the the local villagers she died on Ministry of Home Affairs come as a big shock to the peo- Covid-19. By Wednesday restrictions on public transport, With fresh 198 deaths tals after full recovery since the line of control in areas South of the spot.The villagers had to Wednesday placed him under ple in Aurangabad which inci- evening, the State has 46,480 reg- gatherings and the need to reported, the total number of second week of March this year Pir Panjal. struggle hard to shift the injured suspension with immediate dentally is one of the Covid 19- istered active coronavirus promote the use of masks,” deaths in the state rose from touched 1, 23,192. The recovery A 60 year old woman lost woman to a Sub district hospi- effect. affected cities in the state. patients undergoing treatment in said Dr Kaur. Tuesday’s 9,250 to 9,448 on rate in the state stood at 55.06 her life in an incident of 'unpro- tal in Mendhar from where she "A disciplinary proceeding Wednesday per cent. The mortality rate in voked' ceasefire violation along was shifted to GMC Rajouri against Basant Rath is contem- Of the total 198 deaths, the state is 4.22 per cent. The the line of control (LoC) in after providing her first aid plated in connection with Mumbai accounted for 62 state health authorities pegged Balakote sector of Mendhar treatment. repeated instances of gross mis- 2 
    deaths, taking the total number the number of “active cases” in tehsil in Poonch while another In GMC Rajouri, Medical conduct and misbehaviour, of deaths in the metropolis to the state at 91,065. woman received serious injuries Officer Dr Mansoor Ahmad which have been brought to the 5,064 now, while the total Out of 11, 61,311 samples in the wee hours of Wednesday. said, "the injured woman had notice of the Government," the 2!  *    D     number of positive patients sent to laboratories, 2,23,723 Meanwhile, two more civil- received splinter injuries on ministry said in the statement. climbed up by 1,347 cases to have tested positive (18.77%) ians received injuries in a sep- her left leg and before operating The suspended IPS officer touch 87,856. for COVID-19 until Monday. arate incident of ceasefire vio- upon her they were trying to was also directed by the Union      232 of which it has realised -- were ed cases till Tuesday evening. Apart from 62 deaths Currently, 6,38,762 people are lation reported along the LoC in resuscitate her. He said when Home Ministry to stay put in free to conduct RT-PCR (real- Significantly enough, recorded in Mumbai’s 62 in home quarantine while Tangdhar sector of North she was admitted in the hospi- Jammu till further orders. Rath n an effort to increase the time polymerase chain reac- Mumbai on Tuesday surpassed deaths, there were 36 deaths 48,072 people are in institu- Kashmir's Kupwara district. tal her pulse, BP was not record- was also directed to obtain per- Inumber of Covid-19 tests in tion) tests on any individual in China in terms of total deaths each in Thane and Pune, 10 tional quarantine. According to the police, able. mission from the DGP, J&K the country’s commercial cap- accordance with ICMR guide- and infections and. China has "the deceased woman has been For the last couple of days, police before leaving the head- ital, the Brihanmumbai lines without prescription from witnessed 4,634 deaths and identified as Resham Bi w/o the local residents of Mendhar quarters in Jammu. Municipal Corporation (BMC) a doctor, including for home 83,565 cases, ranking at No. 22 Mohd Azam of village Sagra tehsil are spending sleepless Earlier, in the last week of on Wednesday opened up test- testing. on the Worldometer.  1!2  ! and the injured woman was nights following intense June 2020, Rath had filed a ing to all Mumbaikars, irre- The BMC has fixed Rs Contrary to the public per- identified as Hakam Bi W/O of exchange of mortar shelling in written complaint, in his per- spective of whether they have 2,500 and Rs 2,800 as charges ception, the BMC has con-  # Mohd Shareef of Lanjote vil- the forward areas. sonal capacity and not as a symptoms or not, and without for per laboratory test and per ducted sizeable number Covid- lage". In strong retaliatory action, policeman, against Jammu and a doctor’s prescription or self home test respectively. 19 tests ever since the pandemic Defence PRO in Jammu, Indian army had inflicted heavy Kashmir police Chief, Dilbagh declaration. Announcing Covid-19 tests broke out in the metropolis in      Lt-Col Devender Anand said, damages across the line of con- Singh, stating that Singh poses a In line with the guidelines for all, Maharashtra minister the second week of March this "at about 2.00 a.m Pakistan ini- trol. According to local reports, threat to his safety and reputa- issued recently by the Indian and in-charge of Mumbai sub- year.      232 government would bring to tiated 'unprovoked' ceasefire at least four Pakistani soldiers tion. Council Medical Research urban district Aditya Thackeray Currently, 4,000 to 4500 book the culprits behind the violation by firing with small were killed in these pinpointed He attracted attention of (ICMC) to do away with earli- tweeted: "The @mybmc has Covid-19 tests are conducted in he shocking vandalisation of incident and punish them arms and intense shelling with strikes across the line of control the local media and er mandate that allowed only decided to open up testing to Mumbai every day. So far, BMC Tthe garden area of late Dr. B severely. mortars along the LoC in in the last one week. netizens,especially from Kashmir patients with symptoms and a any individual in the city with- has conducted 3.63 lakh tests – R Ambedkar’s Mumbai resi- “It is shocking that miscre- Balakote and Mendhar sectors In a separate incident of valley during his stint as IG, doctor's prescription were out prescription/ self attestation. 27,916 per million – with a pos- dence ‘Rajgruha’ here triggered ants entered ‘Rajgruha’ and of Poonch". He said the Indian ceasefire violation in Tangdhar Traffic in Jammu and Kashmir. allowed to get tested, the BMC Labs can now conduct RT PCR itivity rate of 23.49 per cent. uproar in the state political cir- indulged in vandalism. The army retaliated befittingly. Sector, two civilians also He was also running a book club -- through a circular issued on tests as per ICMR guidelines at One of the reasons that has cles on Wednesday, with all place is not only important for According to reports, intense received splinter injuries. and distributed books,free of cost Tuesday-- permitted the peo- the will of anyone. This will help prompted the BMC to imple- parties demanding the imme- Ambedkarites, but the entire shelling continued for about 45 According to defence to the needy students and aspi- ple to undergo Covid-19 tests citizens feel safer and test when ment the ICMR guidelines to diate arrest of two unidentified society who consider it as a place minutes after which it was spokesman, "Pakistan army ini- rants studying for Union Public at 17 designated private labo- they have a doubt, without any permit Covid-19 tests without culprits behind the incident. of pilgrimage. I have directed the stopped. tiated ceasefire violation in Service examination. ratories irrespective of whether delays" doctor’s prescriptions was the At around6 on Tuesday, two police to act strongly against the According to ground Tangdhar sector of Kupwara by He adopted 'unorthodox' they have symptoms or not, and The BMC has been fore- concern that not testing asymp- “still-to-be identified” miscreants vandals,” Uddhav said. reports during intense shelling, firing mortars and other means and also invited public without a doctor’s prescription front of a grim battle being tomatic people might lead to hurled stones at the glass win- "It is the work of an anti- which started around 2.00 a.m, weapons". "Befitting response is wrath while he went around or self declaration. waged against Covid-19 in the spread of the virus and dows, smashed CCTVs and social element with a wicked one of the shells landed in being given. Two civilians were kicking motorbikes parked on The BMC said that the 17 Mumbai, where there were defeat the very idea of infection damaged the flower pots at the mindset and done with ulterior Lanjote village where one of the injured,he added. the roadside. designated laboratories – names 5002 deaths and 86509 infect- containment. residence in a quiet corner of the motives. The investigations are Dadar Hindu Colony in north- underway. The culprits behind central Mumbai. the incident would be arrested  * ?4   6.   On Wednesday, the soon," deputy chief minister ##!
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Given imported from China. should be hiked to 75 per cent the largest hindrance to the suc- a red corridor from Pashupati to Tirupati. the Chinese strategy and intent, Unknowingly, India has been in the base year and further cessful implementation of this    +  ;1              Mineral-rich areas, which lie in this corridor, it is time India acts to safeguard promoting Chinese products increased by the fourth year to project. Due to numerous inter-           = +       0   have been disturbed for decades, leading to its interests. While several mea- through the facade of “Make in 100 per cent to ensure that all national regulations and India’s                   =      the misutilisation of India’s natural resources. sures are currently under way, I India” where major Chinese such importers utilise the three lack of mass manufacturing abil- The current pandemic is an example. A support the call to reduce Indian companies have set up their years to set up manufacturing ity in proportion to its popula- 0             S     ( majority of the migrant labourers are from this dependence on Chinese products shops in India and have become units in India. The machinery tion’s consumption demands, it      +            = corridor, proving that disturbance has led to and reduce Chinese FDI. At the a hindrance in the development for the production of items is heavily dependent on China for 0    +  *          ;1 ( high unemployment and economic degrada- behest of the Communist Party of Indian companies. should be kept at 10 per cent in almost all consumer products. tion of the area. of China (CPC) and the PLA, Chinese companies such as the base year and then subse- In its attempt to make the                      ( In short, China has played double games. Chinese firms have outmanoeu- Xinxiang, Shanghai Electric, Sics quently increased every year to Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative         3            On the one hand, it has gained tremendous vred FDI laws to take control of Motocorp Huawei and Alibaba encourage domestic manufac- successful, India needs to reduce                    access to the Indian market and consumers Indian companies. are controlled by the PLA. They turing of the machinery. its dependence on Chinese since we opened up our trade and economy Attempts to reduce Chinese have all set up bases under the Further, it is also important imports and FDI through both                       in the early 90s. On the other, it has tried to FDI have not been successful so shelter of Make in India to con- to clarify the definition of Chinese companies in the main-                    ( unsettle our nation through direct and indi- far. This because Chinese firms trol the Indian economy. Chinese “importer”, “assembler” and land and their SPVs in tax = 5                     rect provocations. Prime Minister Narendra are creating SPVs in Hong Kong, firms have surpassed others in “manufacturer.” The lack of a def- havens. Identifying Chinese con- Modi has invested the highest amount of time Mauritius, Singapore and other becoming leading players in inition allows all importers and trolled SPVs and prohibiting        = +     (        in maintaining relations with China. He has tax havens to generate investment mobile phones and other items system integrators to falsely sell them from investing or partic-                  ( visited that country several times and has in India. Bilateral trade between in the Indian market. imported products as “Made in ipating in trade, we need to find           #            repeatedly asserted the need to maintain India and China is around $100 The Atmanirbhar Bharat India.” The ICT and the defence the source of their revenues.               !         “friendly” and “good relations.” Indian citizens, billion. Trade is supposed to Abhiyan (self-reliant India) is sectors are areas where despite a I presume the Prime too, want to establish good economic and benefit both nations. However, very significant. India became a huge domestic potential, most Minister’s call for aatmanirbhar     ;1                diplomatic relations with China. The two the same is not the case with member of the WTO in 1995, goods are imported. One of the bharat is heading in the right         #           nations share a long history of cultural and Indo-China trade. At the much earlier than China, which reasons why India does not have direction to ensure employ-              4   )   religious relations and affiliations. moment, India has a trade deficit joined the trade body in 2001. a clear definition of who is a ment, save hundreds of billions However, the Chinese State apparatus is of $67 billion with China. This Since then, China has grown “manufacturer” is because of dollars in foreign exchange                     afraid of India’s long-term economic rise, our means we are exporting consid- into a massive economy that importers/assemblers declare the and boost reserve capital accu-        ;1             ( democratic tradition and the use of “soft erably fewer goods in compari- rules global exports. It is time for imported equipment (hi-tech) by mulation in the Indian banking          3         ( power” across the world. This myopic view son to China. This is belittling our India to undertake a new jour- just changing the sticker and then system. Transparent and demo- has mistakenly led the Chinese authorities to economy. ney in a post-Corona world. declare it as “manufactured” in cratic investment under “Make         #          conclude that India can be contained and Coupled with the Chinese Unless we develop strong man- India. in India” will give a massive blow                    ( restrained. But they forget the lessons in his- takeover of major Indian export- ufacturing capacities, under- Similarly, assemblers import to the Chinese market. This ini-                 tory. India has always been a beacon of renais- ing and production houses, trade take higher exports of goods as the goods in semi-knocked down tiative will also create an influx sance, a messiah of peace and accommoda- between the two nations is one well as services, we will not be (SKD) condition and after assem- of Indian products in the South-                    +)90( tion for the entire world. China needs to as between two Chinese compa- able to take care of the welfare bling it locally, declare it as East Asian market, thus increas- -<    # 4 5           ( behave responsibly. It is a sad fact that five nies. Anti-dumping duty and needs of our population. 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mental to the country. Trade-Related Investment Measures tor and in other sectors, too, if the same in sealed envelopes while submitting import duty selectively on Chinese be routed through Nepal via the The search for alternative suppli- (TRIMs) or the General Agreement on practice is replicated. tenders for any project/service. First the imports. However, India is in a posi- informal channel. These products ers may begin if the Government wish- Trade in Services (GATS), which Set the right perspective for technical bids of various vendors are tion to impose anti-dumping duties on directly compete with Indian goods in es but it would take some time for re- India has committed to, the move is public procurement: Annually, the evaluated as per standard criteria and Chinese goods keeping within the the heartland of northern India, espe- orienting production with them. If not a violation of any WTO commit- Government of India spends nearly 13 then the financial bid of the qualified rule-book of the WTO. It is a known cially in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. Atmanirbhar Bharat is to succeed, ments. per cent of the Gross Domestic vendors are subsequently opened to fact that China follows aggressive Strong action is required on this there is no alternative but to restrict India can also impose uniform Product (GDP) to acquire supplies, find the lowest bid. The contract is pricing policy to export goods, many front. import of cheap Chinese products, a rule across private firms and PSUs: services and capital assets. The large given to the lowest bidder among the a time with tacit financial support from Play with the trade facilitation  6 /0 large part of which is a result of the In the aftermath of the People’s size of Government procurement out- technically qualified vendors. the Government. Among the WTO measures: Since the rules for the same Chinese exchange rate policy and Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) attack on the lays empowers it to implement select In this two-bid system, the pro- member countries, India is an active are not well laid out in the WTO, India ollowing Chinese aggression and dumping of goods with underwritten Indian Army, the Department of national policies using the same as curement agency has a very little role player in respect of imposition of anti- has a lot of leverage to use this chan- the border clashes at the Line of Government subsidy to their Telecommunications (DoT) asked leverage. Government entities can to ensure quality/standard. Of course, dumping duty. However, most pleas nel to discourage Chinese imports. For FActual Control (LAC) the rela- exporters. Furthermore, India needs to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited require contractors to maintain fair one can argue that technical bid eval- are usually negated by the WTO dis- instance, imposing tighter standards tionship between India and China is adopt a balanced approach so that the (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone employment practices, promote pur- uation criteria may be stringent to pute settlement body after examina- may simply discourage Chinese now at a nadir. As a result, the war cry policy passes the World Trade Nigam Limited (MTNL) to rework chase from Micro, Small and Medium ensure quality. However, one invariably tion of evidence submitted by the imports. Frequent scrutiny of Chinese to “boycott Chinese goods” is rever- Organisation’s (WTO’s) dispute settle- their tenders for the forthcoming 4G Enterprises (MSMEs), promote stan- finds that the selection criteria of tech- Indian Government. India really needs imports for complying with various berating across India. Though the ment mechanism and New Delhi business to exclude Chinese equip- dards and innovation. All countries nical bids are more of a check list rather to build its technical capacity in this trading procedures, sending more shout is emanating mostly from the does not lose face there. ment. In the end, the two PSUs can- worldwide have used public procedure than for identifying standard/quality respect. A close interaction between samples of agricultural products for common citizens, the Government, The Department for Promotion of celled the tenders and will now issue as a tool to set their own agenda. This of the bid or to fulfil the desired objec- the Government, industry bodies and checking for sanitary and phytosani- too, has given clear indications in one Industry and Internal Trade of India fresh ones. needs to be a decisive tool if tive. This may not be the way to pro- economists is must for filing evidence tary standards would give the message or two cases that Chinese investments recently revised its policies on Foreign A fiat for a PSU and not impos- Atmanirbhar Bharat is to succeed. mote Atmanirbhar Bharat. to the WTO panel which may have a to the traders/industrialists that and firms are not welcome. Direct Investment (FDI), restricting ing the same set of rules for private However, here India needs to Use anti-dumping duty judi- chance to stand. Chinese imports are not wanted. Indian industries, on the other funds coming from five countries that players (except for imploring private refine her public procurement system. ciously: Given that India and China Discourage import of finished Once they get the signal, they will sure- hand, have given a measured response share a border with India. Since sector mobile operators to reduce their By and large, the Indian Government are both members of the WTO and Chinese goods though Nepal: If ly establish alternative supply lines for that disengagement with China is not investment is neither covered under dependence on Chinese equipment) has adopted the two-bid system, have extended most-favoured-nation India becomes vigilant regarding their required imports. possible in a short span of time and the General Agreement on Tariffs and sets a bad precedent. This discrimina- where vendors are requested to sub- (MFN) status to each other, India is not import of Chinese goods, one can (The writer is Professor, NCAER. supply chain disruption will be detri- Trade (GATT), the agreement on tion will kill PSUs in the telecom sec- mit both technical and financial bids in a position to impose additional expect the Chinese consumer goods to Views expressed are personal)  !" #%&#' ( )&*( +,-,-  "&

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World Health Organization, ernment tried to cover-up of UN secretary-general, in a next year, raising the possibil- Cslammed the US decision intention to withdraw from the in restricting access to foreign- Beijing has continued sys- breaking off ties with the glob- the coronavirus pandemic's statement. ity the Trump administration's to withdraw from the WHO as WHO in May after he said it ers to the sensitive region of tematically to obstruct travel to al health body amidst the rag- origins. In April, the US Dujarric said the secre- decision could be reversed by yet another example of “failed to make the requested Tibet and reaffirmed its support the Tibetan Autonomous ing coronavirus pandemic. stopped funding to WHO as tary-general is in the process of a new government after the Washington upholding “uni- and greatly needed reforms.” for “meaningful autonomy” for Region (TAR) and other Tibetan President Donald Trump the Trump administration verifying with the WHO presidential elections in lateralism” and defended the Reacting to the move, Tibetans, opening another point areas by US diplomats and other said he was halting funding to reviewed the ties. A month whether all the conditions for November this year. UN body for coordinating the Chinese Foreign Ministry of friction amid tense relations officials, journalists, and tourists, the organisation in mid-April later, President Donald Trump such withdrawal are met. Joe Biden, who will chal- global response to Covid-19, as spokesman Zhao Lijian said, between Washington and while Chinese officials and other and announced his intention to announced the US was termi- Senator Robert Menendez, lenge Trump in the November it geared up for a visit by the “this is yet another example of Beijing. citizens enjoy far greater access withdraw from the WHO in nating the relationship. the top Democrat on the Senate 3 presidential election, tweet- health agency's experts to US upholding unilateralism, Secretary of State Mike to the United States, he said in May after he said it “failed to The US is the single largest Foreign Relations Committee ed: “On my first day as probe the origin of the coron- withdrawing from treaties and Pompeo said he was taking a statement. make the requested and great- contributor to the WHO, pro- tweeted that Congress has President, I will rejoin the avirus. groupings.” action against an unspecified As such, Pompeo said he is ly needed reforms.” viding over USD 450 million received notification that WHO and restore our leader- The Trump administra- The US has accused the number of Chinese officials, announcing visa restrictions on The US has also accused per annum. China's contribu- President Trump has officially ship on the world stage.” tion has formally notified the WHO of siding with China on including from the ruling Chinese Government and the WHO of siding with China tion to the global health body withdrew the US from the Democratic House Speaker United Nations of its decision the outbreak of the virus, which Communist Party, under a US Chinese Communist Party offi- on the outbreak of the virus, is about USD 40 million, one- WHO. The US has been a party Nancy Pelosi called the move to withdraw the US from the originated in the Chinese city law that calls on China to let cials determined to be “sub- which originated in the tenth of that of the US. to the WHO Constitution since to withdraw from the WHO as World Health Organization of Wuhan late last year, alleg- Americans visit Tibet. stantially involved in the for- Chinese city of Wuhan late last “I can say that on 6 July June 21, 1948. “an act of true senselessness.” (WHO), breaking off ties with ing the health body misled the “Today I announced visa mulation or execution of policies year, alleging the health body 2020, the United States of Its participation was The Trump administra- the global health body despite world resulting in deaths of restrictions on PRC (Peoples related to access for foreigners to misled the world resulting in America notified the secre- accepted by the World Health tion's decision was criticised by the raging coronavirus pan- over half a million people glob- Republic of China) officials Tibetan areas,” pursuant to the deaths of over half a million tary-general, in his capacity as Assembly with certain condi- several Congressmen, who said demic in the country. ally, including over 130,000 in involved in restricting foreign- Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act people globally, including over depositary of the 1946 tions set out by the US for its it “would be a bad policy.” US President Donald America alone. ers' access to Tibet. 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 remarks. of power-sharing – has recent- tions, and do nothing to improve Americans of badly needed said, and he attributed the improvement to Eddie Glaude, chair of the Department of African    *    As the leaders need more ly intensified after the prime America's safety or security, income. “We cannot allow hydroxychloroquine. He stepped back from the American studies at Princeton University.       ( time for negotiations, the 45- minister unilaterally decided to said Congressman Bennie President Trump to continue journalists and removed his mask at one point “It's all rooted in this panic about the place of     member Standing Committee prorogue the budget session of Thompson, chairman of the destroying jobs and cause need- to show that he looked well. white people in this new America.” Though         meeting scheduled for Parliament. Committee on Homeland less suffering just to satisfy his The 65-year-old right-wing populist who Trump has long aired racially divisive language and *     Wednesday has been post- The Prachanda faction, Security, and Congresswoman anti-immigrant base. We oppose has been known to mingle in crowds without grievances in the public sphere, his willingness to !     poned till Friday morning, said backed by senior leaders and Kathleen Rice, chairwoman of this reckless policy and the last- covering his face confirmed the results while do so from behind the presidential seal — and on 
( Surya Thapa, the Prime former prime ministers the Border Security, Facilitation, ing harm it will cause to uni- wearing a mask and speaking to reporters his Twitter account — has reached a breakneck pace      &; Minister's Press advisor. Madhav Kumar Nepal and and Operations Subcommittee versities and communities across huddled close in front of him in the capital, in recent days as the nation grapples with racial     !  With this, the crucial meet- Jhalanath Khanal, has been in a joint statement. the country,” they said. PTI Brasilia. AP injustice. AP 
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TWednesday decided to halt during 2019-20, it said, adding public sector general insur- eted gains after a five-session virus infections continued to While foreign fund the merger process of three 3,475 crore will be released ance companies to improve rally amid weak global cues. mount and uncertainty inflows supported the rupee, State-owned general insurance immediately, while the bal- their financial and solvency A depreciating rupee also increased regarding the eco- factors like a strong dollar, companies, National Insurance, ance 6,475 crore will be position, meet the insurance weighed on market sentiment, nomic recovery. Volatility is volatile domestic equities and Oriental Insurance and United infused later in one or more needs of the economy, absorb traders said. After opening on expected to continue and rising COVID-19 cases NSE Nifty shed 93.90 points, 7,42,417 on Wednesday, India Insurance, for the tranches. changes and enhance the a positive note, the 30-share investors need to maintain a dragged the local unit down, or 0.87 per cent, to finish at according to the health min- moment and approved fund The Government in capacity to raise resources BSE Sensex buckled under sell- stock specific view on the mar- forex traders said. 10,705.75. istry. “The USD/INR spot has infusion of 12,450 crore to Budget 2020-21 had made a and improve risk manage- ing pressure in the last hour of ket,” said Vinod Nair, Head of The rupee opened on a Foreign institutional been respecting the 75.05 improve their financial health. provision of 6,950 crore for ment. trade to close 345.51 points, or Research at Geojit Financial positive note at 74.88 at the investors were net buyers in resistance as traders are hope- The cabinet headed by capital infusion in these three In the Budget 2018-19 0.95 per cent, lower at Services. interbank forex market and the capital markets as they ful about additional govern- Prime Minister Narendra insurance companies in order speech, the then Finance 36,329.01. BSE realty, auto, IT, teck, shuttled between 74.87 and purchased shares worth  ment and central bank stim- Modi also decided to increase to maintain the requisite min- Minister Arun Jaitley had On similar lines, the broad- power and consumer durables 75.05 during the session. It 829.90 crore on Tuesday, ulus from major economies. the authorised share capital of imum solvency ratio. announced that the three com- er NSE Nifty shed 93.90 points, indices fell up to 2.05 per cent, finally ended at 75.02 per US according to provisional “However, until then in National Insurance Company Briefing reporters about panies would be merged into a or 0.87 per cent, to close at while metal, FMCG and dollar, down 9 paise over its exchange data. the absence of major eco- Limited (NICL) to 7,500 crore the Cabinet meeting, Minister single insurance entity. 10,705.75.Bajaj Finance was healthcare finished with gains. previous close. It had settled Brent crude futures, the nomic data, the coronavirus and that of United India of Information and However, the process of the top laggard in the Sensex Broader BSE mid-cap and at 74.93 against the US dollar global oil benchmark, rose and geopolitical fears will Insurance Company Limited Broadcasting Prakash merger could not be complet- pack, tumbling 4.45 per cent, small-cap indices fell up to 0.43 on Tuesday.The dollar index, 0.32 per cent to USD 43.22 per keep risk sentiments under (UIICL) and Oriental Javadekar said that recapitali- ed due to various reasons, followed by Asian Paints, Bajaj per cent. Global equities which gauges the greenback's barrel.Meanwhile, the number check,” said Rahul Gupta, Insurance Company Limited sation will make the govern- including poor financial health Finserv, Maruti, HCL Tech wavered as the relentless rise in strength against a basket of six of cases around the world Head of Research- Currency, (OICL) to 5,000 crore each to ment-owned insurance com- of these companies. and Infosys. On the other coronavirus cases triggered currencies, rose 0.01 per cent linked to COVID-19 has Emkay Global Financial give effect to the capital infu- panies more stable. In 2017, state-owned com- hand, IndusInd Bank, SBI, doubts about the economic to 96.89. crossed 1.18 crore and the Services. Gupta further said sion decision. “To ensure optimum util- panies New India Assurance HUL, Tata Steel and ITC were recovery. On the domestic equity death toll has topped 5.44 “the US-China trade tiff is “Further, the process of merg- isation of the capital being pro- Company and General among the gainers, spurting up Bourses in Tokyo and markets front, the 30-share lakh. In India, the death toll escalating with Trump con- er has been ceased so far in vided, the government has Insurance Corporation of India to 5.06 per cent.According to Seoul closed lower, while BSE Sensex closed 345.51 due to the disease rose to sidering to ban TikTok app as view of the current scenario issued guidelines in the form went public. traders, domestic market fol- Shanghai and Hong Kong points, or 0.95 per cent, lower 20,642 and the number of a retribution against China for and instead, the focus shall be of KPIs (key performance lowed the volatility in global notched up gains. at 36,329.01. The broader infections increased to coronavirus pandemic.” 0 " 9 &    # /37   (  7 3   ..      !  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9 " firms to fabricate and operate ness practices, acknowledging airlines business, has shown plummeted its finances to a 2014. high speed, high capacity auto- the prerogative of the procur- interest in acquiring Air India, precarious position.From Tata The increased focus on importance of utilizing railways wagon rakes on the Indian er or buyer to decide tender which at one point of time was Airlines and Air India to using railways has helped the for transporting vehicles, MSI Railway's network, it added. conditions as per its require- under the Tata umbrella. Vistara and AirAsia India, the company offset nearly 3,000 MD and CEO Kenichi Currently, the company utilizes ments. The other bidders will be Tata group has been an impor- MT of carbon dioxide emis- Ayukawa said: “Considering five loading terminals -- The matter pertains to pre- known in due course as glob- tant part of the growing avia- sions, MSI said in a statement. the increasing volumes, our Gurugram, Farukhnagar, scription of specific eligibility ally airlines are under severe tion sector in India. In addition, over 100 million team felt the need for large Kathuwas, Patli, and Detroj and criteria in tender documents stress due to the Covid-19 From Tata Air Lines and litres of fossil fuel was saved, as scale logistics flow. We realised, 13 destination terminals -- for engagement of consultants pandemic and the resultant the long-since nationalised Air the company could avoid over that not only for expansion but Bengaluru, Nagpur, Mumbai, by NHAI. disruptions on air travel and India to strategic joint ventures 1 lakh truck trips on the also for risk mitigation we Guwahati, Mundra Port, Kolkata: During the nation- muters once Metro services The ruling came on a com- tourism.The Tata group is like- with AirAsia Berhad and national highways, it added. have to look beyond road mode Indore, Kolkata, Chennai, wide lockdown, Metro Railway resume after the lockdown. plaint filed by an individual ly to go ahead with the bid Singapore Airlines (SIA) for During the last fiscal, over logistics. Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, NCR, has suspended its services since Recently, Electrical who alleged that the sub-crite- while its joint venture airlines AirAsia India and Vistara, 1.78 lakh cars were dispatched The automaker started the Siliguri and Agartala, MSI said. 23.03.3030. Massive mainte- Department has taken up the ria for relevant experience venture, Singapore Airlines, respectively, Tata has been pre- through the rail mode, a 15 per initiative with single-deck wag- With the addition of nance and overhauling of work of painting the third rail being prescribed by NHAI in has declined to join the Air sent in the aviation sector. cent increase over previous ons which have capacity to Agartala, the reach of rail mode assets have been going on in of North- South Metro afresh its request for proposal (RFP) India bid due to Covid-19 The two joint venture air- year, the auto major said. This handle 125 cars. It then shift- has now been extended to far North - South Metro for in this period. This fresh coat for engaging consultants is dif- woes. lines operate independently accounts for nearly 12 per cent ed to double-decker rakes Northeast, it added. “It has improving passenger amenities of paint will prevent rust of the ferent from the criteria fol- The group is currently with their respective business of total sales of the company in which have a capacity of 265 helped to reduce the trans- as well as infrastructure. These third rail which provide power lowed by the Ministry of Road doing due diligence for the air- models - low-cost AirAsia the year. cars and till date over 1.4 lakh portation time to these states by maintenance works will be supply to the Metro rakes. It Transport and Highways lines. The last date for bidding India and full-service Vistara. Commenting on the cars have been dispatched nearly half,” MSI noted. very helpful for Metro com- will also beautify Metro tracks. (MoRTH)/National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. .     The informant averred that 3!%8"%!1'$"1!$ . 
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:- we expect preliminary report to ity engineer and it follows the shift towards petrol or CNG overall diesel vehicle sales; and per cent in FY2020 from 58 per MTNL, four consultants  be submitted,” he said. Asked if ahanadi Coalfields Ltd , a standard RFP document issued passenger vehicles in the com- government's initiative to push cent in FY2013, and it will fur- including CBRE, JLL and the coronavirus pandemic will MCoal India arm, has by MoRTH for the same. ing years, an ICRA analysis clean vehicles (CNG or LPG or ther reduce to about 15- 18 per Knight Frank have been roped the Department of Investment pose challenges to the moneti- ordered eight days wage deduc- Further, it said that showed on Wednesday. Hybrid) is yet to completely cent level in the next three in to gauge the market appetite and Public Asset Management sation process, Purwar said, tion for workers who went on depending upon the nature of Accordingly, diesel PV's materialise. years.” and assess the process that (DIPAM) for the process. “There will be some issues, a three-day strike last week to works under consideration, share is expected to decline to “Here, the ratings agency Besides, the report said could be adopted, a top com- “For BSNL, 11 assets have appetite in the market needs to protest against the govern- project specific changes may be 15-18 per cent in FY2022 from expects that the CNG vehicles the CNG vehicles will mainly pany official said. A prelimi- been shortlisted for monetisa- be assessed, but at this stage we ment's decision to open the incorporated in RFP, which is 29 per cent in FY2020. share will benefit at the expense benefit from the shift due to nary report on the land mon- tion. The consultants will assess have not reached that point.” coal sector for private players. also in accordance with “Within this, the share of of diesel share, as the CNG lower upfront cost and better etisation process is likely to be monetisation process that “We first have to assess the The company in a notice MoRTH standard for RFP. diesel vehicles in the car seg- variant already provides lower cost economics than diesel submitted by the month-end, should be followed, they will issues in property and other termed the three-day strike by NHAI submitted that there ment will stabilize around 5-7 running cost per km com- vehicles. BSNL Chairman and handhold both the organisa- logistics, resolve them, then workers from July 2-4 as “ille- is no deviation in experience per cent (from 11 per cent) pared with diesel vehicles,” the “The share of CNG vehi- Managing Director P K Purwar tions and DIPAM on what is a assess market constraints and gal”.“It is noted that the requirement between the RFP whereas UV segment's share report said.As per the report, cles, currently below 5 per added.As many as 11 assets better way, how optimum value other aspects,” he said. employees...have participated adopted by NHAI and the will gradually reduce to sub 40 there has been an increase in cent in overall PV sales, is have been shortlisted for mon- can be derived... they will do In October last year, the in this illegal strike, which is standard RFP document issued per cent (from 65 per cent) upfront price differential of expected to outperform other etisation in case of Bharat due-diligence on behalf of the government approved a Rs violation of rule 26.10 of the by MoRTH. over the next 2-3 years,” the 50,000 to 70,000 post BS6 fuel segments in the medium Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) department,” Purwar told . 69,000 crore revival package for certified standing orders of The Competition report said. implementation which along term,” the report said. and about five for Mahanagar It may well take 8-10 BSNL and MTNL that includ- the MCL. In view of this mis- Commission of India (CCI) “The entry-level segment with narrowing fuel price gap “In line with the emerging Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). months for the entire process ed merging the two loss-mak- conduct on their part, eight said the prescription of eligi- (sub 5 lakh price segment) has is accelerating this shift. trend, OEMs are re-aligning Purwar - who earlier this to conclude, Purwar said, but ing firms, monetising their days wage deduction as per sec- bility criteria in the matter almost entirely shifted to petrol “This apart, regulatory their business strategy; some year was also handed the addi- added the preliminary report is assets and Voluntary tion 20 of the Code on Wages does not appear to be or CNG, as it doesn't make overhang like ban on older have exited from diesel pow- tional charge of MTNL -- con- expected by the month-end. Retirement Scheme for Act, 2019, is hereby ordered for unfair/discriminatory, and any financial sense for an average diesel vehicles and push for ertrain offerings and are instead firmed that CBRE, JLL and “They will look into all employees so that the com- this act of participation in the service provider with pre- car buyer to opt for diesel CNG in commercial taxi seg- focusing only on hybrids or Knight Frank are among the possible aspects...based on bined entity turns profitable in illegal strike,” MCL said in a scribed certification is eligible vehicle.” ment will dampen the demand CNG.” consultancy firms appointed by market appetite amid difficul- two years. notice. to participate in the tender.  !" #%&#' ( )&*( +,-,-

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