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;<=& ing roadways bus hit their bike in dead. A spokesman said a case was Meanwhile, a contractual employ- of the truck driver, Gaurav Singh of Sarojininagar on Wednesday after- registered and the police were inves- ee at Horticulture department died Mainpuri. He was later handed over noon. The deceased was identified as tigating the case. He said the regis- while her colleague sustained griev- to the police. The truck was arrested Shivani aka Akanksha of Asoha in tration number of the bus had been ous injuries. The deceased was iden- and the vehicle impounded. “Both the Unnao. Shivani, along with her obtained and they were finding out tified as Vandana Srivastava (43) women were rushed to a hospital mother Aina, visited Lucknow to the identity of the driver. while her colleague as Neha Mishra where Vandana was declared brought consult a doctor on Wednesday Meanwhile, a team of (both of Rajajipuram, Sector-C). dead,” he said. Eyewitnesses said the morning. After having consulted Sarojininagar police arrested an Vandna was employed as a comput- truck driver hit the scooty and the doctor, they asked a relative, autolifter, identified as Roshan Yadav, er operator. Both left the office on a Vandana came under its wheels. A Lalaram of Para in Lucknow, to drop from CIPET crossing in the locality scooty. Vandana was driving the huge crowd flocked to the scene after them to their home town on his on Wednesday. SHO AK Sahi said scooty while Neha was riding pillion. the news of road mishap spread and motorcycle. Around 1 pm, the speed- the accused owned up his crime and When they reached near a petrol the police had a harrowing time in ing roadways bus knocked the bike disclosed that he had stolen several pump close to KKC College around controlling the situation.

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 68 102, “These machines will help in early were admitted to the hospital and diagnosis. In case of surgeries and 27 had been already discharged. n the midst of coronavirus pan- emergencies which any patient A senior official from the Idemic, Lucknow’s recovery rate has to undergo, it will give an early CMOs office said that the maxi- stands at 75 per cent, CMO Dr diagnosis of the presence of virus. mum cases in Lucknow had been Narendra Agarwal said on It will be used for screening and is from Sadar area (100), followed by Wednesday. The number of a very good method of diagnosis. Phoolbagh and Kaiserbagh. patients who have recovered is 335 It gives results early though the “There has been a spurt in the while the total number of cases is only problem is that at one time, number of cases since the arrival 463 and that of active cases 120. one cannot do many tests,” he of migrants and commencement of “We are making efforts to added. The CMO said they were train and domestic flight opera- make the graph of cases in only using RTCR tests only and the tions. With the start of emer- Lucknow come down. We are car- use of antibody tests had not start- gency and medical facilities again, rying out inspection on a daily ed in the district as yet. the number of coronavirus cases in basis to ensure that we are well pre- Media spokesperson of RML the state capital had been on an pared to fight the battle against Hospital Dr Srikesh Singh also said upswing,” he said. coronavirus. The recovery rate is the recovery rate in Lucknow and Meanwhile, Balrampur good because of better infrastruc- state had been very good. “It could Hospital used the TrueNat tural facilities and early diagnosis. be because we may be having a less machine for the first time on Currently, there are five hospitals virulent strain of virus or because Wednesday. Director Dr Rajeev in the city treating Covid-19 the immunity of people here is Lochan said that samples of three patients,” the CMO said. good. It has also been highlighted patients going for laparoscopy He pointed out that the recov- in various studies across the coun- surgeries were tested and all test- ery rate was good in all age groups try that the rate of recovery in UP ed negative for coronavirus. while deaths as well as suspected is very good,” he added. “Today, we started deaths taking place were more in He said that at RML Hospital laparoscopy surgery for the first cases of those having co-morbidi- where they started getting patients time and tested the samples for the ties. However, he added that the since April 18 and became a prop- same. We started out with three time taken by a patient to recover er Covid level-3 hospital on May samples because we also had to had not reduced. “Patients are 16, over 50 per cent of the patients look into the working of the recovering in approximately 12 had recovered. “Most of them machine. We will also be using this days,” he said. He added that most were asymptomatic. However, for emergency services because we of the cases were from cis-Gomti when they were told that they had need to focus on early diagnosis. areas as compared to trans-Gomti nothing to fear and they only General surgeries at the hospital areas. On the mode of treatment need to stay at the hospital for their started 15 days earlier,” he said. being followed in the district, the own good for some time, they were Meanwhile, Amita Jain from CMO said it depended much on able to live with the situation in a KGMU’s Microbiology depart- symptoms. He said the arrival of better way. With good food and ment said that a total of 15,000 tests TrueNat machines in the district other facilities available, they were were being carried on in the state would make a lot of difference as able to recoup,” he added. on a daily basis and KGMU alone far as diagnosis was concerned. He pointed out that 52 patients was doing over 2,000 tests. (()&   '        

 68 102, the virus which other CSIR insti- of the virus across the country. It tutes of the city are also doing,” he will also make them decide what ndian Institute of Toxicological said. The IITR director said the kind of drugs should be given,” he IResearch (IITR) will soon be basic purpose of the sequencing said. He added that the idea of beginning molecular surveillance was to know how the virus was doing the sequencing came of coronavirus. IITR director Alok mutating in Uttar Pradesh. because they were already testing Dhawan said they would carry out “Earlier, we were getting peo- coronavirus samples from other sequencing of the virus through ple from outside the country and districts of the state. which they would come to know now we are getting migrants from He said UP had become a how the virus has moved from one across the country. We would like melting pot since migrants were place to another or how it has to see if the virus in these coming arriving from all parts of the changed over the time. from different parts of the coun- country and all CSIR institutes He said they had got an in- try was different, which would were targeting different districts principle nod from the state gov- help us understand whether the and they would come to know ernment and also got the go- virus is the same or is mutating,” what the UP map looks like with ahead from the Directorate of he said. He added that they would this sequencing. Council of Scientific and be providing this information to “This national data will help Industrial Research on the consortium which is being us see how to develop a vaccine Wednesday. He said the equip- made at the CSIR level and there and we will carry out molecular ment was already with them and would be 6-7 institutes working on surveillance to know how this they would start soon. the same. “All the data will be com- virus has moved from one place to “Through sequencing, we will piled and they will try and find out the other and how it has changed try to understand the structure of what are the common sequences over time,” he added.

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?"/4< Madiaon. The incident took a long knife and trained at in Rahimnagar Dudauli of  68 102, place on June 8 night but the them. The victim tried to Madiaon on Wednesday morn-  68 102, nomic feasibility report, the air- case was registered on wriggled herself free and the ing. Reports said the man, day after a jeweller was port will handle 7 crore passen- Wednesday. accused attacked her with a identified as Ashok Katiyar Alooted at the gun-point in he Uttar Pradesh cabinet gers and 30 lakh tonnes of cargo As per reports, the woman stick following which she fell and his family, was asleep when Vikas Nagar, police failed to get Textended the deadline for annually, when fully developed. works at a farmhouse in the down and started bleeding. the fire broke out in the house. any clue about the miscreants signing concession agreement On December 9, 2019, the locality and she, along with The accused got cold feet and By the time the firemen reached on Wednesday. The victim, with Swiss company Zurich UP government had approved her colleagues, was returning they fled the scene threaten- to the scene, the fire had identified as Devendra Soni of Airport International (ZAI) to the proposal to award the flag- home when two youths — ing to kill her if she reported engulfed the household goods. Vikas Nagar, was targeted when develop the proposed Greenfield ship project to ZAI, which Guddu and Lallan — reached the matter to police. A police Police said no casualty took he was returning home after Jewar Airport project in Gautam emerged as the highest bidder the scene on a bike. As per team later admitted her to a place in the mishap and they closing the shop. While the Buddh Nagar (Noida) owing to offering per passenger fee of complaint, the accused caught hospital. A case was registered were estimating the losses. police contested the victim’s lockdown-induced suspension nearly Rs 401. The Swiss com- claim, the latter reiterated on of international flights. pany pipped three competitors, Wednesday that he was looted. The deadline for signing including GMR Group-led  $  '    He said he was stopped by four the agreement with the Swiss Delhi International Airport youths who were standing major was extended by 45 days Limited (DIAL), Adani alongside the road. Soni from the resumption of India- Enterprises and Anchorage  68 102, Singh of Madiaon, was duped ing his pay-slip online. claimed that the miscreants Malaysia and India-Switzerland Infrastructure Investments of over Rs 19,000 in the name After Unlock 1.0 was tried to loot him and trained a flights or August 17, whichever Holdings. yber crime has kept the of purchasing recharge implemented, several cases in pistol at him. To avoid being is earlier. The cabinet also autho- The new airport will be Cpolice engaged during coupons. which people were duped by attacked, Devendra fled the )         (   rised Chief Minister Yogi designed, developed and oper- lockdown even as people have On April 14, Dr Prashant cyber thugs were reported scene. He returned after a    $  Adityanath to take a call on var- ated under a 40-year concession been dupes by thugs online. Bafna of Unitech Heritage from Alambagh, Ashiyana, while and found scooty’s boot ious issues related to the project. period and ZAI will invest more On May 2, fraudster (Madan Mohan Malviya Chowk and other parts of the broken and cash and gold The Jewar airport project than Rs 4,500 crore in the first duped a woman, Kshama road), was duped of Rs 21,000 city. Sources said some of the ornaments missing. He claimed will be developed under the phase, which is likely to decon- Singh of Madiaon, of Rs 7,000 while he was doing online cases were solved by the cyber that the miscreants looted  aegis of Noida International gest New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi after they hacked her shopping. sleuths but many of them 50,000 in cash and ornaments Airport Limited (NIAL) and is International Airport Facebook ID and demanded On April 10, cyber thugs were yet to be worked out. worth around  50,000. The touted to generate revenues of (IGIA).The airport will require monetary help from her duped a retired employee of “Cyber thugs are using incident kicked off a debate as Rs one lakh crore in 30 years 1,450 hectares of land in the first acquaintances. UP Secretariat, Rekha Saxena different tricks to dupe people. the police contested that loot after it becomes operational in phase for civil works spanning On April 22, cyber thugs of Dayal Residency, of over Rs In a case in Jankipuram, tiffin was not executed at gun-point. 2023. As per the techno-eco- six villages in Greater Noida. duped a woman, Abhipra 1 lakh in Chinhat. supplier Mithilesh Tripathi Meanwhile, a group of Pandey of Preeti Nagar in On March 29, a state gov- received an order and was men attacked a family in Indira Madiaon, of Rs 10,000 in the ernment employee (Tourism promised payment of Rs Nagar on Tuesday night. As  ' ' name of home delivery of department), Satish Kumar 20,000 in advance. He later per reports, Akhtar Ali of items that she had ordered of Gaurav Vihar locality in ended up losing over Rs Amrai village in Indira Nagar    online. On the same day, a Chinhat, was duped of Rs 10,000 from his saving were at loggerheads with youth, identified as Mahendra 55,000 in the name of prepar- account,” the sources said. Mohammed Raees of the same Lucknow (PNS): The Met depart- locality. ment has forecast cloudy skies for Akhtar alleged that he and Lucknow and rains accompa- his family members were relax- nied by lightening at isolated .-     ,*0 ing when Raees and his family places in the state on Thursday. members, identified as Met director JP Gupta said rains Mohammed Shafiq, Mohammed would occur because of western Faizan, Mohammed Shahid Ali, disturbance over Pakistan and  
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  expected to be 39 degree Celsius he then NOIDA chief 420 (cheating), besides the rel- and 10 the then NOIDA offi- and 27 degree Celsius, respective- Tengineer Yadav Singh had evant provisions of the cials have been named for 
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 68 102, revival of tourism industry and online summer internship. said the road to recovery was by Bansal congratulated the he Institute of Tourism propagating ‘Desh Dekho’, an ini- organisers for creating the unique TStudies, Lucknow University, tiative of the Ministry of Tourism, training concept and stressed on launched the first-of-its-kind ini- and ‘Incredible India’. He also developing the entrepreneural tiative to provide online summer spoke of an application that would skills of students. The Institute of training to students. The inaugur- link the ministry to the industry Tourism Studies, through its alum- al function held online was for constant updates and better ni association, initiated a corpo- presided over by Vice-Chancellor interface. rate social responsibility (CSR) of Lucknow University Alok Lucknow University VC AK platform where the online train- Kumar Rai. Rai said even though tourism was ing is being arranged for the stu- Minister of State for Tourism the worst-hit due to the coron- dents for a period of one month. and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel avirus pandemic, the university The training will be imparted by was the chief guest while Vice- was reaching out to the students over 35 knowledge partners con- Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh and providing means of creating stituting of tourism organisations, Technical University and president a meaningful training capsule. stalwarts, tourism boards, hospi- of Indian Hospitality of Tourism He also extended the training tality sector, MICE sector and Congress SP Bansal the special platform to around 2,000 stu- allied sectors. Each student will be guest. In his inaugural address, dents and over 50 universities, col- given certificate at the end of the Patel expressed hope for the leges and institutions to join in the session. *+#    $$ 

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Masjid Andhrapul, Laat Shahi extension in the relaxations Those granted bail includ- allegedly facilitated the stay of besides arranging for the for- other applicants under sec- The other places which Baba Ki Mazaar, Badi Masjid during Unlock 1.0 despite rise ed one Nizammudin of Tamil Jamatis was also granted bail. eigners’ stay in local mosques. tions of Indian Penal Code, ctivities in various places of were reopened are Sai Mandir Sadar Bazar, Kharbuja Shahid in COVID-19 cases, four lead- Nadu and one Rashid of Kerala Earlier, a total of 30 people were An FIR was registered Epidemic Act and Foreigners Aworship have increased as Nadesar, Gopal Mandir, Dadi Masjid, Choti Masjid Orderly ing malls including JHV, IP by Judicial Magistrate, Fourth arrested from three police sta- against Professor Shahid and Act. However, chargesheet was on Wednesday, 26 more reli- Dham Mandir and Bazar and Badi Masjid Dayam Sigra, IP Vijaya and PDR of Prayagraj. tion areas - Kareli, Shahganj others on April 1, 2020 under filed against Prof Shahid under gious places including famous Parshwanath Digambar Jain Khan. (Luxa) have also been Earlier, these persons were and Shivkuti of Prayagraj dis- the Epidemic Act in Shivkuti section 120B (Conspiracy) of Bada Ganesh and Mandir. However, some leading reopened, though throughout arrested on April 21, 2020 trict. The arrested Jamatis were police station of Prayagraj and Indian Penal Code. The court Mahamritunjya Mahadev tem- The other temples where temples like Sankatmochan, the day there was thin presence along with others, including 16 staying illegally in two mosques he was arrested on April 21. granted them bail under these ples, Gyanvapi Masjid and the devotees started reaching to Durga Mandir, Kal Bhaiarv, Lat of customers. foreign participants on the of the city. Later, he was suspended by uni- sections. Gurudham Gurdwara offer prayers are Laxmi Mandir, Bhairav, Satyanarayan As multiplexes have yet reopened after more than two- Sangtha Mandir, Pitambar (Macaudhari), Sheetla Mata not reopened, the shopping and-a-half months. As a day Mandir, Atma Gyaneshwar (Dashasamedh Ghat) and some malls will take time to see the ago nine places of worship Mandir, Naya Vishwanath others have yet not been original rush of customers. were reopened, the number of Mandir, Batuk Bhairav Mandir, reopened. Besides, as many as 56 hotels     -#( '  ! religious places where activities Hanuman Mandir Shastri Besides, the Christians are and restaurants have also been have begun has increased to 35 Ghat, Chandika Devi Mandir, also waiting for the opening of reopened after getting permis-     66 > Senior ASIC engineer at such training in VLSI. Dr of India (GOI) too is focusing and it is expected that in the Ahirabir Mandir, Kushmanda churches including St. sions by the district administra- NVIDIA, Bangaluru delivered Goswami mentioned about the more on electronic coming days, hundreds of more Vinayak, Bade Mahabir Mandir Mary’s Cathedral, while tion after checking the arrange- he designing of chip with the keynote address and various steps needed for system design and manufactur- big and small places would be and a few others. Buddhists of various temples in ments they have made to obey Tbillion transistors is not a stressed upon bridging the gap designing the chip and the ing and the industry too reopened as 545 worship places Besides, the other mosques Sarnath. the guidelines of coronavirus dream now. With the advent of between academia and indus- information about the para- requires skilled manpower in had already submitted their which were reopened are Badi With the continuation of pandemic. Very-large-Scale Integration try. During his keynote session, digm shift from the basic pen- such domain. (VLSI), it is now possible to he also mentioned about the pencil physical design steps to This training programme design the chips with such a issues related to low power the physical design using the will cover digital and analog high complexity. The demand design in electronic gadgets state-of-the-art tools in his integrated circuit design along of VLSI design engineer has and mentioned key issues relat- welcome address. with design methodologies      '  ,  also grown significantly in the ed to IC design. He said that with semicon- using various simulation tools. past few years as chip design Dr Manish Goswami, ductor companies like The course will cover theoret- Out of them, 164 have been arrival of huge number of is better than an average implementation work has now coordinator of the summer Qualcomm, Broadcom, NXP, ical and online lab sessions for     E=0 recovered, while three have migrants from some highly- deaths in UP as well as in the moved to India. training in the welcome address Intel, Texas, Cadence and many one whole month till 5th July died, leaving 184 active infected cities like Mumbai, country. These views were informed that IIIT-A is organ- more operating their design 2020. merging as an epicentre of patients. Delhi, Ahmedabad, Surat and Out of total 1,215 corona expressed by experts at one ising such training for the last centres from India, there is a The industry experts from Ecoronavirus pandemic, Azamgarh saw the death of others during the last 2-3 weeks patients, maximum number month online ‘Summer train- four years for the participants huge demand for VLSI skilled companies like Cadence, Jaunpur of Varanasi division a fourth COVID-19 patient, as and all the mounting pressure of cases (799) is from Varanasi ing programme on VLSI design interested in VLSI design. He manpower. The need for such Qualcomm, Broadcom, has become the first district in two more new patients have on the health sector, the recov- division, including 351 in (STPVD-2020)’ started at also mentioned about the var- programme is therefore arising NVIDIA etc will also be inter- this region of Purvanchal (east- been found. One of them who ery rate has restarted picking Jaunpur (164 recovered and Indian Institute of Information ious activities done by their due to huge demand for skilled acting with the participants and ern UP) where the COVID-19 returned from South Africa up as by Wednesday after- 184 active), 242 in Varanasi ( Technology, Allahabad recent- group at IIIT-A, research pro- VLSI design engineers and would deliver lectures during cases have not only crossed who belonged to Bilriyaganj noon, out of total 1,215 patients 149 and 88), 165 in Ghazipur ly. ject work sponsored by DST also with the future scope of IC this one month training pro- 300-mark but also 350-mark as block died while he was being in these 10 districts, 619 have (80 and 85) and 41 in Ashutosh Singh working as and MeitY and the need for industry in India. Government gramme. during the last two days, a large carried to the hospital. The been discharged from the hos- Chandauli (17 and 23). There number of 68 corona positive other new patient is a migrant. pital, indicating recovery rate are 275 cases in Azamgarh have been detected. Majority of With this, the total number of over 50 per cent. division including 160 in these patients are migrants. patients in the district has Not only this, as 17 patients Azamgarh (75 and 81), 59 in As many as 24 new cases have increased to 160 and out of have died so far, including five Ballia (38 and 21) and 56 in -      ./)# been detected on Wednesday, them 81 are active, 75 have in Varanasi, four in Azamgarh, Mau (30 and 25), while 141 in while just a day ago, 44 patients been recovered while four have three each in Jaunpur and Vindhyachal division including were found. With this, the died. Bhadohi and one each in Mau 76 in Bhadohi (16 and 57), 41     66 > with Chetak helicopters on ments that included Command KH Suresh congratulated the total number of cases in Despite sharp increase in and Chandauli, the mortality in Mirzapur (24 and 17) and 24 26th December 2005 for of a Mi-26 Helicopter Flight, officers, particularly those who Jaunpur has increased to 351. the number of cases with the rate is just 1.39 per cent which in Sonbhadra (four and 20). n valedictory function was imparting ab-initio flying train- UN Peacekeeping Mission at have excelled and won the tro- Aheld at Basic Flying ing to Army officers on heli- Congo, besides commanding a phies. He praised BFTS for its Training School (BFTS) in Air copters. premier Air Force Station. He rich tradition of transforming Force Station Bamrauli, Air Commodore KH has actively participated in young officers into skilled avi- Prayagraj to mark the success- Suresh AVSM, VSM, Air-II, various operations and held ators. 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The Amasks and sanitary pads mind the dangerously spread- were faced by gurdwaras, allowed to go to their homes discharged on Wednesday Preduced to ashes when a nominated members to whom was held in Pipri village and ing COVID-19, high toll and churches and mosques and but it seems this had not been takimg the total figure of those    devastating fire broke out in the oath was administered by Bhadaipurwa of Gaurvakhurd active cases in Kanpur, all thus all unanimously decided followed in the right earnest as cured to 343. Dr Shukla said 68 Semari village under the the SDM were Paras Nath by the NSS unit of Saryu places of worship should be to wait for another 20 days and a result of which Kanpur was teams scanned Patkapur,     108= Kachhawan police station. Agrahari, Om Prakash Keshri, Degree College, Karnailganj. It kept closed till June 30. observe the trend of coron- becoming the forerunner coro- Gwaltoli, Devnagar, Reports said that Manoj Raghvendra Singh, Vinod Patel was inaugurated by tehsildar Thus, all churches, gurd- avirus positive cases. navirus active cases. Baijakheda, Sarsaul, Dudwa even wanted criminals were Chaturvedi, a resident of and Shyamlal Sonkar. The Karnailganj Vijay Kumar waras, temples and mosques Prominent among those Jamauli Shivrajpur, Medha Sarrested cops of three police Semari village, runs a dairy. function was conducted by EO Gupta, district nodal officer of will maintain the pre-Unlock present in the meeting were IG *"      Ghatampur, visiting 3901 hous- stations in separate encounters When the entire family was Nagar Palika Vinay Kumar NSS, Dr Jitendra Singh, Dr BL 1.0 status quo till further Mohit Agarwal, DM BR Tiwari,     es. He said fresh 488 samples late Tuesday night. sleeping on Monday night, Tiwari. Singh of Saryu Degree College, orders. DIG Anant Dev, ADM (City) Kanpur City reported 23 were taken out of which 113 During an exchange of fire someone noticed the fire which and principal Dr RB Singh by The religious head agreed Vivek Srivastava all SPs and new coronavirus positive cases were of migrant workers, 134 with the cops of Kakadeo, was controlled with the help of    doing plantation. that it was very difficult to heads of different religions and on Wednesday. Chief Medical from quarantine centres, 53 of Kalyanpur and Barra police sta- the locals. Short circuit was maintain social distancing and their denominations. Officer Dr AK Shukla said the frontline workers besides ran- tions, four criminals sustained stated to be the reason behind DPRO Arvind Kumar restrict entry into places of Meanwhile, Dr Bobde said new coronavirus positive cases dom 151 samples bullet injuries and were admit- the fire. Besides Rs 20,000 in exhorted the people to fulfil the K  ted to hospital. cash, household articles, food- dreams of the government to Acting on a tip-off, the grains and valuables were adopt the spirit of sanitation 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +, -#* Barra police were checking reduced to ashes in the blaze. not only for themselves but for vehicles when they spotted five community too. He said that the he Lalganj police during "         criminals riding on two bikes  6   & project related to community Tpatrolling arrested Vikas around 1:30 am. On seeing the toilets was under Swachchh Karwal, a resident of     108= The principal secretary trict administration had direct- Janata Durbar at the gate of the police, the criminals tried The oath-taking ceremony Bharat Mission. The fund for Sonbhadra along with 10 litres directed DM BR Tiwari to ed all medicine stores to inform administrative section of the escape towards Sachendi but of nominated members of each project was allocated under of illicit liquor from Bastara rincipal Secretary (Medical ensure that this directive was administration about people medical college to help the peo- the cops chased them. Three Ahraura Pagar Palika was held 14th Finance Commission and turn. The police sent him to PEducation) Rajneesh Dubey followed in the right earnest who purchase medicines for ple reach the doctors con- criminals fell down when on on Tuesday. After administer- Mahatma Gandhi National jail under relevant sections of told medical college authorities with immediate effect. cough and fever on phone cerned. their motorcycle skidded while ing the oath SDM Chunar SB Rural Employment Guarantee law. On the other hand the through video conferencing Joint Principal of GSVM number 18001805146. She said A kind of a camp will crossing a speed-breaker and Singh made an appeal to new Act (MGNREGA). He said the outpost incharge of Santnagar that if a person died prior to Medical College, Dr Richa Giri, over the counter sale of cough also will held for medical they were arrested. members to be a part of devel- cost of each project was under the Lalganj police station reaching the hospital, there said that between Monday and and fever medicines would check-up of patients of other The other two fleeing opment of town. Chairman 3,84,726 and community toilets nabbed Raj Sisodiya, a resident was no need for coronavirus Tuesday, there had been three now be monitored and once ailments. criminals were cornered by Gulab Maurya said that all were to be built in 809 gram pan- of Khajuri Colony Lalganj from test. deaths in which the patients the buyers were identified and She said complaints of the the Sachendi police near cooperation would be extend- chayats of the district. He hoped Amoi culvert along with a coun- He, however, said the dis- were coronavirus positive and they tested positive, they would patients and their kin regard- Tatyatope Nagar village turn. ed to the new comers in the that such toilets would be more trymade pistol and two car- trict administration need to the last rites were performed as be kept in quarantine. ing the facilities at hospital, On seeing the cops, criminals interest of the common people. useful for those who came as tridges. The police sent the take full care that the last rites per the protocol. 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+ &  & .    Chief Public Relations Officer For smooth and protected rail KANPUR (PNS): The first problems. He also directed the police- the application, will start tak- locality, when police fired at 3     3  Pankaj Kumar Singh said. It operations during the rainy Virtual Legal Awareness Camp He also interacted with men to maintain 6 feet distance ing action on it. The original him, he tried to escape towards may be pointed out here that season necessary action was was inaugurated by District some male and female prison- between the victim and the application would be kept in a Pulse Research Institute level Railway workers who had since May 12 the movement of ensured by the engineers con- Judge, Kanpur Nagar, AK ers and made them aware of police officer during Janata separate basket for future ref- crossing. He also opened fire done commendable work in 30 air-conditioned special cerned by patrolling the railway Singh for the prisoners of their basic rights like the right Darbar (public hearing). erence. on the police party and during such a situation are being hon- trains had started. Thus, at pre- tracks and inspecting the prob- Kanpur Jail. to life and personal liberty, The ADG issued these After hearing the victim exchange of fire, fell uncon- oured by being declared sent, Indian Railways is oper- lematic bridges and places. For The video conferencing clean and hygienic environ- directives as thousands of com- and putting his/her remarks, scious after being hit by a bul- ‘Corona warriors of the day’ ating a total of 230 regular spe- patrolling during the rainy sea- was conducted by Secretary, ment, medical care, speedy plaints received during the the officer would forward the let. every day by the NER admin- cial trains. Where the passen- son training was again given by District Legal Servcices trial, right to legal aid and cer- lockdown still await their dis- complaint to higher authorities Circle Officer of Kalyanpur, istration for boosting their ger had to first write the mobile railway track inspectors so that Authority (DLSA), Aishwarya tain other rights. posal. for necessary action. Ajay Kumar, said Amit was liv- morale. In this series one rail- number and full address at the they become skilled. Special Pratap Singh, who underlined A detailed report was After receiving the ADG’s The ADG said people were ing in Pandu Nagar of Kakadeo wayman on NER was hon- time of reservation now in attention is being paid to those the need to reorganise the sought from the jail superin- directives, the cops of IG, facing lots of problems in set- police area. oured on Chief Public addition they will also have to places in embankments where working techniques and make tendent regarding the mea- DIG/SSP and SP’s offices have tlement of their grievances in The Kakadeo police arrest- Relations Officer (CPRO) write the complete address of there was been a problem of use of technology to achieve the sures being taken by them for started attending the com- the absence of Tehsil Divas or ed a criminal, Sunny, again in Pankaj Kumar Singh said. the destination for which the erosion or damage was caused objectives of the DLSA due to the protection of prisoners plaints received on their e-mail Thana Divas taking place dur- an encounter. Sugriva Kumar, working as railway has updated its system due to any other reason or the spread of COVID-19 pan- from COVID-19. or WhatsApp number. At the ing the lockdown period. According to reports, crim- senior section engineer/gener- and reservation was being given flood water rose. All the inter- demic DIRECTIVE TO COPS: same time, they have also dis- He said all the applicants inals Sunny and Sushil had al at locoshed, Gonda, during as per the new instructions. im or permanent works related The district judge inter- In an attempt to safeguard played the list of e-mail should visit police offices wear- looted a hotel employee Charu the lockdown period with the to the railroad and bridges will acted with the jail superinten- cops from coronavirus infec- addresses and WhatsApp num- ing mask or covering their Sharma and his mother Rita help of available equipment at     necessarily be completed by dent Ashish Tiwari and jailer of tion, ADG Zone Jai Narain bers of all the officers outside face with handkerchief, dupat- after taking them hostage in the loco shed got the newly- June 15. Along with it the work Kanpur Jail, Dheeraj, and dis- Singh has directed the staff of the office. This would facilitate ta or gamchha. The cops have their house in Shastri Nagar on built machine fitted, sanitised Protected and safe rail of temporary construction for cussed the various measures all police offices and police sta- people to e-mail or WhatsApp been asked to spread awareness June 6. 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Gandhi has that the present impasse has AForce (BSF) jawan, aged worth Rs 1,350 crore belonging to fugi- input about these valuables in July 2018. ables from Dubai and Hong Kong in been demanding a statement reached a stage, which has just 35 years, has succumbed to tive diamnataires Nirav Modi, Mehul The officers were continuously engaged Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi case. on the situation at the LAC in strained the friendly relation- Covid-19, taking the total Choksi’s overseas firms in Hong Kong. in discussion with various authorities in These valuables were valued on arrival eastern Ladakh. ship. This needs to be number of casualties in the The ED brought back 108 consign- Hong Kong to bring these valuables back and were subsequently seized in India. "The Chinese have walked addressed urgently. force due to the pandemic to all ranks of the BSF are grief- ments of various overseas (UAE and to India. Various modalities were final- Independent valuer had assessed these in and taken our territory in Congress Party is of a con- three. This is the 14th death stricken over his untimely Hong Kong) entities of Modi and Choksi. ized and after completing all the legal earlier consignments to be worth around Ladakh. Meanwhile, the Prime sidered view, that diplomacy due to coronavirus among the demise and offer condolences These valuables were kept in the godown formalities, these consignments have Rs. 137 crore. Minister is absolutely silent and negotiations must be given Central paramilitary forces. to his family members. of a logistics company in Hong Kong. now been brought back to India,” the ED Valuation and seizure formalities of and has vanished from the a chance to resolve the present "Constable Vinod Kumar "The entire BSF family These consignments weighing 2,340 kg said in a statement. the latest consignments are are in scene," Rahul Gandhi tweeted issue, the party said in a Prasad breathed his last on June stands united with the bereaved were brought back to Mumbai on Out of 108 consignments, 32 belong progress, the agency added. a day after he traded barbs with statement. 9 at AIIMS in Delhi. He was family in these trying times," deployed for law and order the spokesperson said. duty with the Delhi Police and The nearly 2.5-lakh-per- admitted to AIIMS on June 5 sonnel-strong force, tasked pri- with weakness and cough," a marily for securing the fron- (             9   BSF spokesperson said. tiers with Pakistan and Prasad's Covid-19 test Bangladesh, has reported a result came negative on June 6 total of 535 coronavirus cases  0+,+6  in colour and it can fly faster. either at Munabao (India side) attacked India on several times but his condition deteriorated till now. Out of these, 435 Meena said that 50 to 60 per- or at Khokhropar (Pakistan since December 2019. They two days later and he breathed have recovered. warms of locust continue to cent of success has been side) during June-November — trravelled through Rajasthan, his last on Tuesday at the With Prasad's death, there Sdamage crops in Rajasthan's achieved in controlling them. a period which coincides with Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, AIIMS ICU, the official said. have been 14 casualties among Barmer district while locust In Maharashtra, locust swarms maximum incursions of the Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and The jawan's Covid-19 test the paramilitary forces like swarms spotted in Nagpur dis- descended in the Pench Tiger crop-munching desert locusts. Punjab. result of June 8 was found pos- Central Industrial Security tricts where drones were used Reserve, which is spread across India had also offered to sup- The United Nation body itive, he added. Force (five), Central Reserve to spray pesticides on crops and parts of Maharashtra and ply pesticide to Iran to carry Food and Agriculture Officials said Prasad did Police Force (four), Sashastra trees. On the other hand, India Madhya Pradesh, flew to Ajni out desert locust control oper- Organisation in its latest update not have any co-morbidity and Seema Bal (one) and Indo- and Pakistan are likely to hold in Ramtek tehsil of Nagpur on ations in its Sistan-Balochistan has warned that the locusts will was in Shape-I category of Tibetan Border Police (one). their first of six bilateral meet- Tuesday. and South Khorasan provinces. oscillate in northern India health. As per official data, till ings on the desert locust incur- "On Wednesday morning, Officials of Centre’s Locusts before returning to Rajasthan Shape-I in security forces Tuesday, the paramilitary forces sion issue on June 18 under an drones were used to spray pes- Warning Organisation wor- in late June. “Successive waves signifies the top and best cate- and National Disaster existing institutional mecha- ticides on trees andcrops in 'babool' and 'anjani' trees, he issue so far. But technical level ried that million of locusts of spring-bred swarms from gory of health. Response Force (NDRF) had nism. Ajni in the presence of State said. "Paddy is yet to be sown meeting is now proposed to be may enter India along the Iran and Pakistan will arrive in Officials said the jawan reported a total of 1,871 coro- According to Vishram Agriculture University scien- in the area. There is no dam- held on June 18 under an monsoon winds from the Rajasthan throughout June was the youngest to die among navirus cases. While 1,217 per- Meena, District Collector of tists," divisional joint director, age to field crops," Bhosle said. existing institutional mecha- Arabia sea to destroy kharif with additional swarms coming the CAPFs. All other fatalities sonnel have recovered, as Barmer, swams of locust con- agriculture department, Ravi Sources said that no formal nism. Under the institutional crops. The locust swarms may from East Africa to Gujarat and were over 45 years. many as 641 are undergoing tinued to damage crops in the Bhosle said. Locusts were response by Pakistan to India‘s mechanism, both the countries attack in late June and early Rajasthan from early July "The director general and treatment. district. These locusts are pink found sitting mostly on 'ber', request on meet over locust are expected to meet six times July. Swarms of locusts onwards,” the bulletin said.  8    & 3   

 0+,+6  According to advisory, the places and notify them for that there are designated walk- that are quick, temporary, vehicles for residents of the 61 2   ministry said that the selec- Pedestrianisation. Non ing paths where visitors are easy to install, and ensure area to commute should be o make market areas tion of City Market spaces for Million plus cities may select able to follow social distanc- safety to commuters after the clearly delineated, the advi- TCovid-19 safe and people- Pedestrianisation may be done at least one market area for ing. Plan could be made keep- lockdown. The market spaces sory said. friendly, the Ministry of by June 30. The holistic plan- pedestrianisation. The plan- ing the trees and other greens could be rearranged with According to advisory # R  ' Housing and Urban Affairs ning of the area through ning for pedestrian friendly intact, adding tree canopy to quick ad temporary measures short term measures such as (MoHUA) on Wednesday stakeholder consultation can market space may be doe in improve walkability with clear such as barricades, road clo- temporary barricading, clo- asked million plus cities to be undertaken in next 3 consultation with the stake spaces demarcated for vend- sure for vehicles, etc. On- sure of roads for traffic, ear-      1261 the trains to enter Bengal. And select at least three market months September 30. Survey holders – Vendors, Municipal ing, waste collection and street parking space or even marking spaces, etc. to assess when the Shramik Specials were places for pedestrianisation of the vendors and other users officers, Traffic police, park- access to toilet facilities. Plan carriageway lanes can be the plan on the field may be engal Chief Minister Mamata launched she called these trains and non-million plus cities to of the market space could be ing facility owners, shop own- should also incorporate inter- repurposed to provide more started in the first week of BBanerjee on Wednesday ‘Corona Expresses’… the people select at least one market area carried out and completed by ers and consumers. This will active spaces for public to be walking and waiting space. October. The assessment of rebutted allegations leveled of Bengal and more so the for pedestrianisation in mar- July 31. By the end of require proper survey of space carved out of contiguous Cities may consider providing the implemented Plan against her by Union Home migrant workers will remember ket places. MoHUA Secretary September, a plan may be used in the present scenario unclaimed and under-utilized improved access through through short term measures Minister Amit Shah who in a vir- the way she mocked at them and Durga Shankar Mishra has formalised to start imple- by various stakeholders,” the public spaces in the vicinity of additional streets. Cyclists may be done by November tual rally on Tuesday attacked her when the elections will come they issued an advisory to all states, mentation. advisory said. the selected market area. may be allowed with dedicat- and amendments as required for calling Shramik Special trains will send her out of Bengal in the cities and municipal bodies to “Million Plus Cities may A movement/direction Short-term recommen- ed/ear-marked pathways. may be completed by — ferrying in migrant workers same corona express trains.” this effect. select at least three market plan has to be prepared to see dations include interventions Provision of access to motor November, it also added. from other States to Bengal— Refusing to accept her clar- “Corona Expresses.” ifications Bengal BJP president “Words are being put on my Dilip Ghosh said “it is the Chief mouth. More than 11 lakh peo- Minister’s old habit of retracting ""*+,,,) ple have returned to Bengal in after making unparliamentary these trains but I never called the comments,” adding she should be Shramik Specials Corona cautious in future while making Expresses… rather I said that the such comments.”
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She said “though the Wmask combined with social alleging politicians like Shah schools were to open after June  0+,+6  institution in India. distancing and some lockdown were always up to hatching polit- 30 the Government has decided The objective of the fund is to facilitate measures, could be an acceptable ical conspiracies. to keep them closed through the he Centre has allocated Rs 4,000 crore as the states in mobilizing the resources for way of managing the pandemic Saying that “some people entire month of July,” adding Tannual allotment to States for the fiscal expanding coverage of micro irrigation by and re-opening economic activ- who have no performance to “only the remaining parts of the year 2020-21 under 'Per Drop More Crop' taking up special and innovative projects and ity long before the development their credit are always hatching Board examinations that could component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi also for incentivising micro irrigation beyond and public availability of an for information campaigns across scenarios of mask adoption com- political conspiracies to malign not be taken at the beginning of Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC). the provisions available under PMKSY- effective vaccine against Covid- wealthy and developing nations bined with periods of lockdown. others and mislead the general the lockdown will be taken in “For the current year, annual allotment PDMC to encourage farmers to install micro 19, according to a UK study. alike that declares, "my face- The R value measures the people,” she said without naming July.” of Rs 4,000 crore has already been allocated irrigation systems, it said. In fact, said the scientists at mask protects you, your facemask average number of people that the Home Minister wondering The Chief Minister also and conveyed to the State Governments. The So far, micro irrigation funds have been the Britain’s Cambridge and protects me". one infected person will pass the why the Central Government did requested the private schools State Governments have identified the ben- released to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Greenwich Universities, “Our Richard Stutt, who co-led disease on to. An R value above not ferry the migrant workers not to effect a fee hike consider- eficiaries to be covered under the pro- for Rs 616.14 crore and for Rs 478.79 crore, analyses support the immediate the study at Cambridge, said “the 1 can lead to exponential growth. before starting the lockdown. ing the extraordinary situation gramme," the Ministry of Agriculture said in respectively, through NABARD. and universal adoption of face- findings showed that if wide- The study found that if peo- “Why the Centre did not post corona. “Many guardians a statement. The process to release funds to The area covered under these projects is masks by the public. These steps spread mask use were combined ple wear masks whenever they bring in the migrant workers have lost their jobs and many some of the states is already under way for 1.021 lakh hectare in Andhra Pradesh and could help bring down Covid-19 with social distancing and some are in public it is twice as effec- before they got infected by the other have suffered pay cuts. So the year 2020-21. 1.76 lakh hectare in Tamil Nadu. transmission to controllable lev- lockdown measures, this could be tive at reducing the R value than virus? Why they were stopped I will request the private schools The Ministry of Agriculture is imple- During the last five years (2015-16 to els for national epidemics and “an acceptable way of managing if masks are only worn after from returning home in the ini- not to charge the students the menting the 'Per Drop More Crop' compo- 2019-20), an area of 46.96 lakh hectare has could prevent further waves of the pandemic and re-opening symptoms appear. tial days and why they were fer- increased rate of fees.” nent of PMKSY-PDMC, which focuses on been covered under micro irrigation through the pandemic disease.” economic activity” long before In all scenarios the study ried back when the corona virus Referring to the government enhancing water efficiency at farm level PMKSY-PDMC. Published in the the development and public looked at, routine facemask use had spread all over the place?” she employees who were facing great through micro irrigation technologies such “Proceedings of the Royal Society availability of an effective vaccine by 50% or more of the population asked pointing at the “lack of hardships in reaching their offices as 'drip and sprinkler' irrigation. A” scientific journal, the study against Covid-19, the respirato- reduced Covid-19 spread to an R planning of the Central following shortage of buses and The drip micro irrigation technique comes days after the World ry illness caused by the of less than 1.0, flattening future Government. non-functioning of the local not only helps in saving water but also Health Organization (WHO) Coronavirus. disease waves and allowing for Launching a blistering attack trains and metro services, reduces fertilizer usage, labour expenses and updated its guidance, recom- In this study, researchers less stringent lockdowns. on the Trinamool Congress Banerjee said that her other input costs. The statement said Micro mending people to wear fabric linked the dynamics of spread “We have little to lose from supremo, Shah had on Tuesday Government had decided to Irrigation Fund corpus of Rs 5,000 crore has face masks in public areas where between people with popula- the widespread adoption of face- said that Banerjee the “migrant divide the duty hours in two been created with National Bank for there is a risk to reduce the spread tion-level models to assess the masks, but the gains could be sig- workers were longing to go back shifts to ensure social distancing Agriculture and Rural Development of the disease. effect on the disease’s reproduc- nificant,” said Renata Retkute, to their relatives whereas the and unclog the office-going (NABARD), an apex development financial The researchers have called tion rate, or R value, of different who co-led the study. Chief Minister was not allowing crowd.   !""#$%$% 8 2%" 2)"# # &* A  @   * A A 0"062/*0"((/& "
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Though this is quite unusual, detailed note to the Ministry of strength of troops, which sur- Control (LAC) and is of a very                  this small torrent of a river was later named Defence. It was recommended rounded our Galwan post on high strategic value. It also     4  BBC    A6GDB ,)3  6D6G   ! after Ghulam Rasool Galwan as the that “...We should reconnoitre July 10. Subsequently, more virtually acts as the lifeline for Gallowan River the Galwan River valley and +E+=0 + + troops joined and ultimately we our border posts.    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It was further recom- loudspeakers were exhorting when a forward post was locat- realised for the first time in 1957 with the mended that if the Chinese 620 + the Gurkhas to side with Tibet ed in the Galwan valley but                  ! discovery of the Aksai Chin road, built in command the Galwan valley, it and the Chinese. Then came today we have a road. At that     ,               !  record time by China on Indian territory. would give them easy access 6,02* the question of servicing our time, the Chinese had reacted           0        The presence of this road was not discov- towards Skardu and India’s 2D!,+=+ Galwan post because all land to the location of the Galwan ered by any of our patrols for there were routes to Murgo, Daulat Beg links had got severed. post; it is understood that now     ,,"                 none. 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Especially / 4 .  + them, but against the military as a whole. of building military deterrent capabilities, hidden below the surface.        ',          PLA was in a position to easily interdict the Darbuk- 80+=++ As a result he has managed to demoralise focussed on opening up military canton- In sharp contrast we have a proven,        " ',      Shyok–Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) Road in the >+ 8+8061+ the rank and file, damage their credibil- ments to civilians, notwithstanding its battle-hardened military that has exten-                   Galwan area and deny us access to the Kongka La 00+ =8 ity and reduce the Service Chiefs and the adverse implications on security. At that sive experience in high-altitude warfare,               pass, which is on our side, in the Hot Springs area. +,660+E+= senior hierarchy to caricatures. He has left time, one was unable to understand the led by combat leaders who are not lack-          .      While the PLA’s deployment at Pangong has 20 +++C+ them with endemic shortages in man- Government’s motives but they are now ing in physical toughness, courage or  #9*            " now made it impossible for us to patrol areas , +0 +  power and material and with weaponry becoming increasingly crystal clear, as it determination, with many among them              ! claimed by us up to “Finger 8”, it really has very =+2,0that is largely obsolete. has put in motion steps that would allow veterans of the Kargil campaign.      ', ,         little tactical significance. However, this ingress in Ironically, however, at the end of the it to monetise defence lands within can- More importantly, at present, despite Galwan also raises a far more serious question, per- day, Modi has only won a pyrrhic victo- tonments. This would ostensibly go infrastructural constraints, terrain and                 taining to our ability to utilise the Advanced ry. Like the US author and motivational towards filling up Government coffers, force ratios are greatly tilted in our ',       / $  "     Landing Ground (ALG) at DBO operationally. For speaker, HH Ziglar, once said, “You are but more importantly, fulfill the long-held favour, in addition to the tactical advan-      09/#           our military leadership, the PLA’s ingress should free to choose but you are not free from aspirations of the land mafia that has eyed tages that our Air Force and Navy enjoy. "  $          not have come as a surprise. The Doklam stand- the consequences of your choice.” defence lands for its own use. Finally, Modi’s resolve and fighting spir-              off led to the PLA’s public humiliation at the hands In any case this turn of events must Undoubtedly, they would make a killing, it must never be underestimated because                  ! of the Indian Army. Clearly no country aspiring be quite a come-down for the much of which will no doubt line party unlike Pandit Nehru he will never con-               to global leadership could accept such humiliation Government and its ideological mentor, and personal pockets. cede defeat when the chips are down.            S without a fitting retaliation. Obviously our military’s the RSS, elements within which have Clearly not only have we not learnt Of course, “to jaw-jaw is preferable         ,        top leadership must have been swayed by those become increasingly vociferous in any lessons from the Kargil episode but to war-war” and one hopes talks and 1'F,0!6B          ! within the Modi Government into believing that demanding that the Government free are likely to see a repeat of the same play- diplomacy will finally resolve the issue the PM had done enough at Wuhan to adequate- Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), book that got those responsible off the and we will be able to return to the sta-              ! ly assuage President Xi Jinping’s feelings. One must including the Gilgit–Baltistan region, hook. Though, given that Modi never lets tus quo ante. However, have no doubt if      /         remember that after Wuhan, Modi turned a from Islamabad’s clutches. Indubitably, it his reputation be tarnished, it must now push comes to a shove, we will emerge               Nelson’s eye to the manner in which the Chinese should be an even bigger embarrassment be dawning on the military brass, who victorious but that would not even be nec-           ! successfully took control of large parts of the for the Army chief, General MM have never hesitated to carry out his every essary if Modi reversed course and gave "      H       ! Doklam plateau and constructed a road through Naravane, who on assuming command wish, as to who will pay the price if things the military its due. There is much to be                 , it till the base of the Zampheri Ridge, giving us a had gone on record to affirm that the go wrong. said for deterrence when compared to dis-     ',          nominal face-saver by keeping the alignment away Army was ready to recapture PoK if the However, that need not be so because suasion. 19   #9*      from where the stand-off had occurred. 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COVID-19 and the widespread eco- work according to their ability. per cent of the State’s population is As per data, out of 22,809 gram would collectively address the chal- nomic havoc caused by the outbreak, Elaborating upon the meaning of the from rural areas. Therefore, the return panchayats in the State, MNREGA lenges faced by the migrant workers issues related to migrant workers word, sarpanch, Chauhan said, “‘Sa’ of around five lakh migrant workers projects are going on in 22,695. So far and unemployed population of the remain to be addressed. Right from the means samandarshi (impartial), ‘ra’ to the State would eventually increase 21,01,600 labourers have found State in the post-COVID phase. movement to their respective villages, means ratna (gem), ‘pa’ means hard- the pressure on the rural economy, employment. This is almost twice as Like the rest of the country, to generation of work opportunities for working and ‘ch’ means watchman. which is largely dependent on agricul- compared to last year. Not only this, Madhya Pradesh, too, is at a very E+72>0 them post the lockdown, are some of The sarpanch plays an important role ture. The only way to ease this burden the State Government has also decid- important juncture where it has to  +60+ the big challenges that have emerged. in protecting the village.” According to on the rural economy is by creating ed to restart the Sambhal Yojna, which focus on the future and live through 54  The Government of Madhya Chauhan, these local institutions and more jobs through increased invest- was scrapped by the Congress-led the present. So far, bringing the    Pradesh, under the leadership of Chief their representatives will play a major ment opportunities in the State. Government. migrant workers home has proved to   #
  he word “migrant” in the term Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, has role in the effective execution of var- The State Government recently This scheme primarily used to be one of the greatest efforts by the  !#  migrant workers is not only dis- become one of the first States to ious policies of the scheme and in made 32 amendments in four State focus on workers employed in the State Government. But the major Ttressing but also exhibits the address the post-lockdown challenges reaching out to the last man in the vil- laws and 13 Central laws, which not informal sector but now it will be challenge lies in effective implemen- # *  hard reality and high level of uncertain- with respect to migrant workers. He lage. only reduce the regular interference of extended to migrant workers, too. tation of policies. That depends on the   & L  ty of their lives. Lack of skills in these launched the Shram Siddhi Abhiyan The State Government has also Government officials but also create a Monetary help will be provided to the systematic coordination between the  
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Q888,R   0+,+6  relating to NPA in abeyance the current norms of the RBI Kumar Mihir said: “The judge- may be based on the present and permit all banking and for releasing loans and the ment clarifies a lot of issues rate of interest fixed by the RBI; n a relief for embattled home financial institutions, etc. to rates fixed by the RBI,” added regarding funding and once this we order in the peculiar  0+,+6  it “reflects the country’s above- bate India’s weak fiscal settings, Ibuyers, who are yet to claim disburse loans to home buyers the bench. banks implement this order, the facts of the case. average real GDP growth, but the country will get into the possession of their houses in notwithstanding the status of The top court observed work can start on all the pro- It may be released stage- lobal rating agency S&P on sound external profile, and path of fiscal consolidation the stalled Amrapali Group accounts as NPA,” said the top that banks and financial insti- jects.” wise and long-term restruc- GWednesday retained India’s evolving monetary settings”. over the next three years. projects, the Supreme Court on court in its 36-page judge- tutions be directed to work out The top court-appointed turing of the loans may be done sovereign rating at the lowest “India’s strong democratic “The stable outlook reflects Wednesday directed the banks ment. a long-term restructuring of all receiver submitted that the so that construction is com- investment grade of ‘BBB-’ for institutions promote policy sta- our expectation that India’s to release loans given to the The bench noted the home buyers’ loans in RBI may be directed to advise pleted and buyers are able to the 13th year in a row, even as bility and compromise and economy will recover following homebuyers, which were restructuring of the loans Amrapali projects as well as any all banks and financial institu- repay the loan.” it said the economy and fiscal also underpin the ratings. the containment of COVID-19 declared as non-performing should be done as per the charges on the Amrapali pro- tions such as insurance com- The top court also provid- position will stabilise and begin These strengths are balanced pandemic and the country will assets (NPAs). RBI’s present norms. It direct- jects held by banks and finan- panies, and employers of the ed relief to the real estate com- to recover from 2021 onwards. against vulnerabilities stem- maintain its sound net external A bench, headed by Justice ed the banks and financial cial institutions. establishments which have panies which have not com- Affirming the outlook ming from the country’s low position. The stable outlook Arun Mishra and comprising institutions to release loans to Counsel appearing for the sanctioned home loans to pleted many housing projects “stable”, it said though risks to per capita income and consis- also assumes that the govern- Justice UU Lalit, pointed out home buyers. banks pointed out that they are home buyers to disburse all bal- in Noida and Greater Noida. long-term growth are rising, tently elevated fiscal deficits ment’s fiscal deficit will recede that banks have certain reser- Whose loans have been ready to release the loan to the ance loan amounts to the home The court said that Noida India’s ratings reflect the coun- that contribute to high gener- markedly following a multi- vations regarding the funding sanctioned, notwithstanding home buyers. However, they buyers whose accounts are reg- Authority should not charge try’s above-average real GDP al government debt, net of liq- year high in the fiscal year of NPA accounts. the fact that their accounts are would release the loan to a par- ular, and that they will abide by heavy rate of interest from the growth, sound external profile uid assets,” S&P said. 2021,” S&P said. “In view of current social declared as NPAs. ticular home buyer in a phased instructions issued by the real estate companies for the and evolving monetary set- The rating affirmation S&P said the global eco- and economic conditions, the “Let there be restructuring manner and as per the stage of receiver in this regard. delay in the payment, and the tings. S&P Global Ratings has comes within days of Moody’s nomic downturn resulting court may direct the RBI to of the loan amount. construction. The court said: “The dis- rate should be kept at 8 per forecast India’s economy to Investors Service downgrading from the pandemic, along with keep its circulars/guidelines It may be released under Homebuyers’ counsel bursement of further loans cent. shrink by 5 per cent in the cur- by a notch India’s sovereign rat- strict domestic measures aimed rent fiscal. It, however, has ing to the lowest investment at containing the spread of the projected GDP growth to be 8.5 grade with negative, citing local epidemic, are hitting the $     " per cent in 2021-22 and 6.5 per growing risks that Asia’s third- economy hard, and will likely ' '   $ ' cent in 2022-23. largest economy will face a pro- result in a significant fall in ;<    
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 settled 290.36 points, or 0.86 The Ministry of Skill per cent, higher at 34,247.05. Development and     Similarly, the NSE Nifty Entrepreneurship is working 1# -   climbed 69.50 points, or 0.69 through its implementation per cent, to 10,116.15. arm, the National Skill   IndusInd Bank was the top Development Corporation, in     12  01-81+#>9/-;/ A total of 2.1 lakh persons gainer in the Sensex pack, ral- partnership with an artificial 1/14>-/1
-; are under observation in the lying 7.93 per cent, followed by investors bought equities worth Broader BSE mid- intelligence company on cre- he number of persons test- State. Out of this, 2.08 lakh are   Kotak Bank, Reliance 490.81 crore on Tuesday, pro- cap and small-cap indices rose ating a platform to map skilled Ted positive for coronavirus 4;/42")9 quarantined in homes and Industries, HDFC, Axis Bank visional exchange data showed. up to 0.92 per cent. and certified workers with disease on Wednesday came 1-/-9109;41- 1844 are in hospitals. Kerala !' and SBI. “Bulls firmly in control today In rest of Asia, bourses in demand clusters based on down to 65 in Kerala. 1 12189-@239-24 has tested 1.31lakh samples On the other hand, Hero and heartening to see some of Shanghai and Hong Kong industrial requirements. “We But two suicides in till date. MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Tata the stressed private sector ended in the red, while Seoul are initially exploring this exer- Thiruvananthapuram Medical 2;4*#91 The State Human Rights   0 Steel and ONGC were among banks as well as public sector and Tokyo settled with gains. cise with our sector skill coun- College Hospital by suspected 9109;/89-@-19 Commission has asked the the laggards, skidding up to banks rally ferociously which Stock exchanges in Europe cils. The skill management covid patients on Wednesday 121/;17-0;19 Medical Education Director t least 20 lakh migrant 3.92 per cent. apparently means things are in were trading on a negative information system aims to added to the woes of the and Superintendent of Aworkers have returned to Global markets were fact not as bad as it is made out note in early deals. create a local ecosystem in authorities. While one person Thiruvananthapuram Medical their native towns and villages mixed ahead of the US Federal to be. International oil bench- every region to minimise the committed suicide in the There are 1,238 patients under- College Hospital for reports in Bihar, renewing their Reserve’s latest policy outcome, “Improved market breadth mark Brent crude futures tum- need to depend on migrants, as morning, the other person fol- going treatment in various and their explanation about the employment problem amid which will be the first since the in itself presents several oppor- bled 2.26 per cent to USD 40.25 well as to provide workers with lowed suit by the evening. hospitals in the State for coro- suicide of a covid patient on demands from political parties US began to reopen and the tunities for savvy investors,” per barrel. On the currency opportunities closer to their The State saw the number navirus. Wednesday. about the need to have a first since Friday’s blockbuster said S Ranganathan, Head of front, the rupee settled on a flat homes,” said an official. of hotspots going up by five Out of the 65 persons test- This person had tried to national policy for such labour- jobs report. Research at LKP Securities. note at 75.59 against the US The initiative will help taking the total hotspots to 163. ed positive on Wednesday, 34 escape from the Medical ers and workers. Buying in bank stocks led BSE bankex, realty, dollar. both companies and workers, Five persons have been infect- were those who returned to the College Hospital isolation ward Former president of the benchmarks higher during the finance, energy and health- The COVID-19 death toll said Government authorities, ed through community trans- State from abroad and 25 were but was caught by health work- Bihar Youth Congress Lalan day, traders said. care indices rose up to 1.79 per rose to 7,745 and the number adding that as businesses start mission, said the release issued the returnees from other States ers who brought him back to Kumar, while emphasizing the Persistent foreign fund cent, while auto, metal, oil and of cases climbed to 2,76,583 in resuming operations, there is by the Government of Kerala. in the country. the hospital. national policy for the inflows too buoyed the senti- gas, capital goods and con- the country on Wednesday, an increased need for skilled migrants, said states and ment, they added. On a net sumer durables settled up to 1 according to the Union Health professionals and the platform Central governments should basis, foreign institutional per cent lower. Ministry. will help meet this demand. whole-heartedly help them by unblocking all financial &  resources. “The state govern- ments should get their dues and Centre and states should come 1O &  forward to mitigate the suffer- ings of the migrants,” Kumar said. 6 =6+D202 highest surge in infection in the last 24 trict rose to 15,305 as 343 new cases     78 to these elected representatives. Conference said, “brutal killing He said migrant workers hours. The State’s total has now reached were reported. According to official of Ajay Pandita has led to panic are the worst victims of the C0+'80+ 36,841 while death toll reached to 326. Rajasthan saw 355 fresh cases and rutal killing of Kashmiri sources, “a total number of among elected representatives coronavirus pandemic. “They +0++0 Of the 1,927 cases, Chennai has report- four deaths in the last 24 hours. Total Bpandit Sarpanch, Ajay 22,214 panches and 3,459 across Jammu & Kashmir”. He have been treated as outsiders. ed 1,390. The State capital’s total now number of cases in the State is now at Pandita, in South Kashmir dis- sarpanches were elected out of said we have been fighting for The Centre facilitated the As of now, the two armies are yet stands at 25,937. The number of persons 11,600, including 2,772 active cases trict of Anantnag has once 33,592 panch and 4,290 security cover and submitted return of over one lakh Indians to retreat from one site, ‘’Finger 4’’ area discharged from the hospitals across the and 259 deaths. The Rajasthan again brought back the issue of sarpanch seats in J&K in 2018 our charter of demands before stranded abroad, but left the in Pangong Tso(lake). While the State reached 19,333 making the total Government on Wednesday imposed extending adequate security panchayat polls”. By-elections to the concerned agencies at the country's migrant workers to Chinese have removed tents and dis- number of active cases to 17, 179. The restrictions on inter-State movement of and insurance cover to these over 12,000 vacant seats were highest level but so far nothing their fate. People will not for- mantled bunkers at the other three sites total number of cases tested positive in people because of a surge in Covid-19 grassroots workers in Jammu & still pending. has happened on ground zero. get the terrible scenes of these as a confidence-building measure, Chennai till Wednesday reached 26,000. cases in the state. Kashmir. During the UPA regime He said, large number of workers walking or cycling for Pangong Lake issue still persists. The The neighbouring districts of West Bengal reported 343 fresh More than 25,000 elected also, when a series of attacks angry grassroots workers were hundreds of miles,” said Kumar. two Major Generals will meet again soon Chengalpattu (182), Kancheepuram (33) cases and 17 deaths in the past 24 hours, representatives have been await- were launched on sarpanches contemplating mass resigna- He said the Bihar to address this also, sources said. The and Tiruvallur (105) continued to be taking the total number of cases to 9328 ing final nod from the Union and panches to discourage them tions to put pressure on the Government has so far failed to Chinese have deployed additional troops areas of concern along with Chennai. and 432 deaths. BJP ruled State Madhya Government to secure their from participating in the demo- Government. He said, terrified provide jobs to these returnee at this flashpoint leading to heightened A new controversy has erupted in Pradesh recorded 200 fresh cases in a future in the wake of the pre- cratic election process, a simi- public representatives, living in labourers and workers. tension. Tamil Nadu over the deaths due to single day. vailing security environment lar delegation of elected public vulnerable areas across Kashmir Meanwhile, former deputy The other three sites now cooling off Covid-19 pandemic. A section of the Karnataka has reported 120 fresh in the region. representatives from the erst- valley have also reached Jammu chief of Bihar Mahila Congress include Galwan valley (Patrolling Point media has alleged that many deaths due cases, taking the total tally of corona to To highlight their griev- while state of Jammu & Kashmir to highlight their genuine con- Manju Bala Pathak said though 14) and the Hot Springs area(Patrolling to covid-19 went unreported and the 6,041 in the last 24 hours. Bengaluru ances, a delegation of 22 had called on Congress leader cerns. “We are going to submit the state government was pre- Point 17). In fact, the Chinese intrud- State Government has constituted a urban recorded two deaths in the last 24 sarpanches and panches had Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on a fresh charter of demands senting various facts and fig- ed more than three km in the Hot nine-member committee to go into the hours while Dharwad recorded anoth- called on Union Home Minister 27 September 2012. At that before the administration at ures on the returnee migrants, Springs area and pitched tents. Sources details of persons who succumbed to the er death due to the virus. With this, the Amit Shah in New Delhi in the time, Rahul Gandhi had the highest level to ensure our it has not said anything about said the Chinese have now gone back pandemic in Chennai. total number of deaths in the State has first week of September 2019. promised to look into their long pending demands are its efforts to provide them more than three km from all the three Delhi has recorded 1,501 fresh cases, climbed up to 69. Bihar reported 115 Following their detailed demand including for a com- addressed and resolved at the jobs. She alleged that in this sites. highest in the last 24 hours, taking the more cases taking the total number of interaction at the highest level, pensation of 20 lakh each to earliest”. crucial hour of the pandemic, India is insisting that over the next total number of cases to 32,810. The cases in the state to 5,698. the members of the delegation the dependents of the sarpanch- Meanwhile, several aggriev- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar few days the Chinese should also with- national Capital has reported 48 deaths were given an assurance that es who were killed by the ter- ed sarpanches and panches has confined himself to his res- draw additional troops numbering more during the same period taking the total 26628FCE+2=+ their security concerns would be rorists”. staged a token protest demon- idence. “It is unfair to expect than 5,000 and heavy weapons from the death toll to 984. looked into besides a proposal Speaking to The Pioneer, stration outside Jammu Press anything from the CM”. She LAC as a peace gesture. According to Delhi Government 86= 2 was floated to provide an insur- Anil Sharma, President of All Club to highlight their griev- said jobs to the migrants would Meanwhile, responding to ques- bulletin, 384 recovered/discharged. ance cover of at least 4 lakh each Jammu & Kashmir Panchayat ances. exist only on files. tions in Beijing, Spokesperson of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal According to Brigadier Katoch, “the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hua met Home Minister Amit Shah on first terrorist was neutralised around 7 am Chunying said, “Recently the diplomatic Wednesday and discussed the corona sit- when he attempted to break the cordon. and military channels of China and uation. As the gun fight continued in the village $
$-4. 5@<4D  India held effective communication on At least 28 jawans of Central Reserve orchard, where the terrorists were hiding the situation along the border reached Police Force, 19 other health workers under a surface, two terrorists were neu- positive consensus and the two sides are including two doctors were among a tralised around 12 noon and the last two    8> deaths in Thane, 10 deaths in 1658 deaths in Maharashtra such as diabetes, hyperten- following this consensus to take actions long list of 161 fresh cases of coronavirus were eliminated around 1 pm by the joint Pune, seven deaths in during the previous 15 days. sion, heart disease,” a state to ease the situation along the border.” detected in Jammu & Kashmir on teams without suffering any major collat- he coronavirus crisis deep- Aurangabad, five deaths each in On May 26 (Tuesday) the state health bulletin said. Asked about troops on both sides Wednesday. eral damage”. Tened further in Navi Mumbai and Jalgaon, had witnessed 97 deaths, while In Mumbai, with 97 fresh disengaging and moving back to their Meanwhile, three deaths were also In a separate statement, a police Maharashtra on Wednesday, as three deaths in Ulhasnagar, there were 105 deaths on May deaths and 1,567 infections, the previous positions, she said both sides reported from Kashmir taking the total spokesman in Srinagar said, “On a specific a record 149 more died of two deaths each Vasai-Virar 27, 85 deaths on May 28, 116 total number deaths has are taking steps to ease the situation death toll due to Covid-19 to 51 and the input generated by Shopian Police regard- Covid-19 and 3,254 others and Akola, one death each in deaths on May 29 and 99 mounted to 1,857, while the along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). total number of coronavirus positive ing presence of terrorists in village Sugoo tested positive for the pan- Eed, Amravai and Gadchroli. deaths on May 30, 89 deaths on total infected cases has During their military-level talks on cases to over 4,500. Significantly, 165 Handhama Shopian, a joint cordon and demic in various parts of the With fresh deaths and May 31, 76 on June 1, 103 on increased to 52,667. The June 6, India and China agreed to fol- cases recovered, 27 from Jammu and 138 search operation was launched by Police, State. infections, the total number of June 2, 122 on June 3, 123 on authorities pegged the number low the broad decisions taken by their from Kashmir division on Wednesday. 44 RR and 178 Bn CRPF”. On a day when deaths in Maharashtra mount- June 4, 139 on June 5, 120 on of “active cases” at 27109. leaders in the Wuhan summit in 2018 to According to the media bulletin, out “During the search operation, the hid- Maharashtra recorded day's ed to 3,438, while the total June 6, 91 on June 7, 109 on Out of 5,93,784 samples ensure peace and tranquility along the of 161 positive cases, 46 were reported ing terrorists fired on the joint search party. highest-ever death tally of 149, infected cases jumped to June 8, 120 on June 9 and 149 sent to various laboratories, LAC. from Jammu division and 115 from The fire was retaliated leading to an Covid-19 claimed 97 deaths in 94,041. Having taken into on June 10. 94,041 samples have tested Kashmir division. According to official encounter. In the ensuing encounter, five Mumbai — which has been the account 3,254 deaths reported Out of the 149 dead, 94 positive (15.83%) for Covid-19  !0!+6 E+ sources, 17 paramedics and two doctors terrorists were killed and their bodies were highest-ever death tally in the so far and 44,517 patients dis- were men while 55 were until Wedneswday. stationed at district hospital Udhampur retrieved from the site of encounter”. metropolis. Wednesday’s charged from various hospitals women. Eight seven of them There are 3,897 active con- 2E2+08 were tested positive on Wednesday. The spokesman said the identification death tally is ten deaths more ever since the outbreak of pan- were aged over 60 years, 49 tainment zones in the state cur- Gujarat has reported 510 more coro- and affiliation of the killed terrorists is than the previous high of 139 demic in the state, the state were from the age group 40 to rently. 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The debate was rejected the coronavirus outbreak in the according to a media report. portal about tech and science. fered the results of the SPD Floyd’s appearance before a said. “I’m here today to ask you But proponents of the early Wednesday after 14 hours island nation. There has been a growing The letter requests that response,” one employee wrote House hearing Wednesday to make it stop. Stop the pain. motion said an apology is nec- of debate, with 77 legislators The commission last demand from a section of the Microsoft cancel the contracts in the email thread. comes a day after funeral ser- Stop us from being tired.” essary to “turn the page on this voting in favor, 46 abstentions month informed the apex court Americans to defund the police with the Seattle Police In a statement from vices for George Floyd, who has Floyd says, “The people dark period” in the history of and five votes against. To be that the polls cannot be held on after a white police officer Department (SPD) and other Microsoft, India-born Nadella become a worldwide symbol in marching in the streets are the two countries and put their adopted, it needed an absolute June 20 because of the raging knelt on Floyd’s neck for over law enforcement agencies and said, “As a company, we need to demonstrations calling for telling you enough is enough. relations on a more equal foot- majority of 109 votes. coronavirus pandemic. eight minutes despite his asks the company to formally look inside, examine our changes to police practices and Be the leaders that this coun- ing. The bill also demanded The new date was decided repeated pleas that he can’t support the Black Lives Matter organisation, and do better.” an end to racial prejudices. try, this world, needs. 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USD 23.7 million as tax exemption for tinue to consult with our Members, Chahar told Star Sports he would like to “I think if we are stuck with traditional formats, the 2016 World T20 is being heard by broadcasters, partners, governments ndia’s white ball specialist Deepak show Cricket Connected, “I work on the mental we’d be missing out on a lot of new players, new kids ICC's Disputes Resolution Committee. and players and to ensure that we make IChahar feels that ban on use of don’t think it will impact side of Babar’s to the game. So, I think it’s really an exciting idea to But no decision was taken with a well informed decision," ICC chief saliva will not have an impact in us so much because the game. say that we might be able to encourage people along regards to T20 World Cup in Australia executive Manu Sawhney said in a white ball cricket, especially in white ball only swings “I would love that make it tailored towards the female side of things,” scheduled to be held in October- statement. Sawhney made it clear that T20Is, where he primarily plies his for 2 overs. If we talk to see Babar she said. November but looking increasingly the ICC will try its best to conduct the trade. about the T20 format, achieve many “It’s always good to have a little trial and error and uncertain because of the COVID-19 event in Australia even though Cricket The Agra based 27-year-old the wicket is good for more great things see what works. I’m probably a big fan of looking at pandemic. Australia hasn't shown as much keen- Chahar, who played 3 ODIs and 10 only 2-3 overs and the and become a legend. a smaller ball, but keeping the pitch the same size, It is understood that Australia's ness in organising the event this year T20s for India, however admitted ball swings for 3 overs, I want to see him where I think pacers are going to be able to bowl sports minister Richard Colbeck's pos- as it has for the high profile India series that things will be different as far so it reduces the need to surpass me and my quicker, spinners are going be able to turn the ball itive message about the health situation at the end of the year. as red ball cricket is concerned. shine the ball.” records.” more. “Hopefully, the ball should fly a bit further as well whereas still keeping the traditional length of the pitch,” the Kiwi added. 0.   ' ! 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Lanka for a limited-overs series in counterparts that the postponed series got to accept the fact that there are slight differences “Ultimately, we will get some internation- August. With an eye on the coronavirus between the countries can go ahead between the two,” Rodrigues said. al cricket, all being well. The plan is to get pandemic, the board is clear that it will provided the Indian Government gives “But, yeah, I mean, we can also be open to (a some international cricket for the England abide by the directions issued by the clearance. shorter pitch), try it out. If that is going to help the team later this summer. We’re talking to the Government as player safety is prior- The tour is supposed to consist of game improve and take it to the next level, then why BCCI and Cricket South Africa about bring- ity. three ODIs and as many T20Is, previ- not? “You know, kind of get a thought to it, think about ing their women’s teams over to play a tri- A BCCI official said that it was too ously scheduled for June but had to be it, because at the end of it, we want to promote the series,” Harrison said. early to comment on the tour consid- postponed due to travel restrictions in game. We want to get more people to watch the game However, Harrison said a decision on ering that it is almost two months away both the countries. and more people to even join the game. So, yeah, I inviting India for the tri-series will depend and the situation with regards to the Asked whether the series will be think it is a good idea. I think, you know, you can be   The England and Wales Cricket on how the country combats the contagious pandemic keeps changing and the played behind closed doors, an official open to it,” she added. Board (ECB) is currently in talks with their disease which is raging in the subcontinent. Government is constantly pushing Government. Too early to answer the told The Island that this is not what Sr During the session, both players also discussed Indian and South African counterparts to Confirming the talks, BCCI GM Cricket out fresh directives with an eye on question whether the tour will happen Lanka Cricket wanted. “Ideally, we the importance of the Birmingham 2022 host a tri-series later this year. Operations Saba Karim told IANS, “We were human lives. or not. We have not taken any decision would want to fill up 30 to 40 percent Commonwealth Games for women’s cricket. Indian women’s team were suposed to supposed to travel to England in July for lim- “Wait and watch is what we are fol- as of now. of the venues. Spectators can maintain Rodrigues said she had always dreamt of winning play a bilateral series comprising three ODIs ited-overs series. Now that has been post- lowing for the moment. It is still two “Also, the situation with regards to the one meter distance and watch a medal at a multi-discipline event while Devine indi- and three T20Is against England which poned and we are waiting for fresh dates. months away and like we have said time the pandemic is constantly changing games. However, the final call will be cated that just being at the games village would be a remains postponed for the time being. There are some talks going on as to when to and again, safety is priority and we will and the Government has been on top made by health officials. We will fol- wonderful experience. 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