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district Magistrate samba, Rohit khajuria today held a meeting with block development councils, chairman regarding mitigation efforts for con - taining covid-19. senior superintendent of Police, shakti Pathak, Additional deputy Commission Vikas Gupta, Assistant Commissioner development, Discounting System (TReDS) sidharath dhiman besides chairman of block development councils were present in the meeting. The deputy Commissioner informed regarding steps taken by district administration to contain the spread of Covid-19, including imposition of section 144 of CrPc, scheduled opening of shops, setting up of Bari Brahmana Association donates PPE kits quarantine centres in the district besides regular sampling and tracing of covid-19 suspected cases. The deputy Commissioner asked BdC Chairman JAMMU, MAY 19: ing immediate cash in the hands of that close watch is to be carried out in the panchayats and any suspected or sellers. The entrepreneurs were re - persons with travel history from outside state shall be reported immediately. director Industries and quested to complete the Ids subsidy He exhorted upon Chairpersons of block councils to identify panchayat Commerce Anoo Malhotra today cases at the earliest so that the cases ghars, community centre/halls in each block for providing quarantine centre chaired a meeting with various indus - be placed before the sLC at the earli - facilities. directions were also issued to Rdd department regarding ensur - trial associations of Jammu regarding est. Further all were requested to ing proper facilities of toilets in the rural quarantine centres. issues faced by the industrial units complete the UAM registrations. during working in the lockdown peri - In continuation of efforts put for - od. ward by various industrial units under Geology, Mining Department holds President of Association of CsR Bari Brahmana industrial associ - Industries samba, Vijay Agarwal, ation donated 100 PPe kits to Online Awareness-cum-Interaction meet raised the issue of closure of industrial director Industries and Commerce units in case the driver of trucks for further distribution to the corona bringing raw material was found warriors like doctors, paramedics and Digital modes be encouraged for awareness, Covid-19 positive. He further de - the persons involved with the migrant facilitating requisite clearances: Advisor Sharma manded that production should not movements. The kits were provided stop, instead only the section and per - by T s Bedi Plant Head M/s Jai JAMMU, MAY 19: He appreciated the pro-active ap - son should be isolated when he tests Beverages Bari Brahmana Jammu. proach of the department and im - Covid-19 positive. It was decided that Lalit Mahajan President and The department of Geology and pressed upon the increased use of circular instructions regarding load - Chairman Federation of Industries Mining today organized a web based technological innovations and plat - ing/unloading of materials and con - Jammu, Tarun singla senior Vice online Interaction-cum-Awareness forms to disseminate information and duct of workers in the factory premis - estates. director I&C informed entre - ted by the Reserve Bank of India President BBIA, Ajay Langer Vice Meet with the Letter of Intent (LoI) facilitate requisite clearances. es will be issued and district adminis - preneurs about the Trade Receivables (RBI), can participate as financiers in President BBIA, Rajesh Jain holders of minor mineral blocks, re - Commissioner secretary Industries tration shall be requested to permit discounting system (TReds) which is TReds. Commissioner secretary I&C secretary BBIA, Vivek singhal cently e-auctioned by the and Commerce, M. K. dwivedi, high - operations in case circular instruc - being implemented in the Union Mr. Manoj Kumar dwivedi has em - Treasurer BBIA, L s Puri secretary department. lighted that the issuance of LoIs, tions are being followed and it will be Territory of J&K for maintaining the phasized that MsMes of Jammu and General Federation of Industries Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Approval of Mining Plans and other requested that only the affected por - liquidity of MsMes. TReds is an elec - Kashmir shall avail the facility of Jammu were also present on the occa - K.K. sharma, speaking on the occa - procedures have been simplified and tion will be sealed. tronic platform for facilitating the fi - TReds which will help in maintaining sion. It is pertinent to mention here sion, informed that the objective of the the department is in the process of fur - President Industrial nancing / discounting of trade receiv - liquidity in the market as MsMes will that the Industrialists of Jammu have web-based Awareness Programme ther streamlining the system. Association, Ajit Bawa brought into ables of Micro, small and Medium get easy and quick working capital at donated masks, sanitizers PPe kits, was to educate the LoI holders about divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, the notice that raw material of cement enterprises (MsMes) through multi - much cheaper interest rates as com - Thermal scanners, sanitizers, ration the procedure involved in Mining Plan P.K. Pole, said that with the focus on industry is not readily available and ple financiers. pared to business loans and they will kits and other items during the lock - approval, environmental Clearance environmental issues, the mandatory lifting of extracted minerals and min - These receivables can be due from enjoy collateral-free quick finance down due to COVId-19. (eC) and securing Consent To clearances and regulations need to be Operate (CTO). He said that due to ing may also be allowed. Corporates and other buyers, includ - with one time documentation. Pertinently, the industrial sector strictly observed. The issue of facili - Covid-19, the department is encour - senior vice president association ing Central Public sector deliberations were carried on the of J&K has also donated about Rs tating passes for the project propo - aging the web-based platform to help of industries Gangyal, Bansi Lal Undertakings (CPsUs). sellers, buy - scope of TReds in the Union Territory 32,11,000 in cash in various relief nents was also discussed in the meet. contain further spread of the pandem - Gupta requested that two wheelers ers and financiers are the participants of Jammu and Kashmir. The presi - funds like PM Cares Fund, J&K Relief director Geology and Mining, Vikas ic. He informed that the department must be allowed for factory works and on a TReds platform. Only MsMes dents of different associations showed Fund and state disaster Management sharma, who moderated the Online has successfully auctioned 118 minor requirement of passes shall be done can participate as sellers in TReds. a keen interest in this new scheme and Authority . The director I&C, Jammu Google meet, informed that the de - mineral blocks and fast-tracked the partment with an aim to introduce away with. suraj Bansal of saraswati Corporates, CPsUs and any other en - were further of the opinion that the thanked the industrialists and appre - procedures and processes involved in transparency in the system has initiat - Group of Industries requested for en - tity can participate as buyers in TReds platform is definitely going to ciated their efforts. she also appealed obtaining mandatory clearance for ex - ed e-Auction process of minor Mineral hancement of permitted labour from TReds. Banks, nBFC - Factors and help to maintain the liquidity in the to the other Industrialists to come for - traction of minerals. Blocks in the UT of J&K. 30% to 50% within the Industrial other financial institutions as permit - hands of the entrepreneurs by provid - ward and help the needy. Clarification regarding Sweet shop sealed for selling Blacktopping work on Assar-Thathri National COVID-19 Positive cases Highway stretch in full swing at Doda reported on May 18 in rotten products at Samba DDC inspects progress, directs for early completion of work SAMBA, MAY 19: Police officers were constituted and directions were issued to nab DODA, MAY 19: POONCH, MAY 19: deputy Commissioner samba such violators in the district. Rohit Khajuria, along with his during the inspection, the sweet In order to improve the present It is brought into the public domain that team visited the industrial area of shop M/s Janta sweet shop was national Highway road condition, two COVId-19 positive cases were reported Bari Brahmana in the wee hours found selling expired products in - nHIdCL authorities have started the on May 18, 2020 in district Poonch taking today and inspected a sweet shop cluding ice creams, fruits drinks, blacktopping of Assar- Thathri the total tally of positive cases to three. partially opened, selling rotten sweets, confections, desserts and national Highway stretch on war However, there was some miscommunica - sweets, ice creams and other milk other milk products were in rotten footing in doda. The blacktopping tion regarding the exact identity of the per - products to locals. The shop was condition in the shop. sub has been started by the executing sons due to the same name. To clarify the is - immediately sealed and case un - divisional Magistrate, Vijaypur agency on the directions of district sue and to avoid any risk of infection, all the der relevant sections of CrPc was development Commissioner doda, four persons have been isolated and are be - has been directed to seal the sweet registered on the violator. The in - dr sagar d doifode. It was informed ing tested again today as a precautionary shop and lodge FIR against viola - specting team comprised of that the blacktopping work has been measure. It is important to highlight here tor under relevant sections. Additional deputy Commissioner started in the district from Assar to - that necessary steps are being taken to iden - deputy Commissioner has is - samba, Vikas Gupta, sub sued strict advisory to all the wards Khaleni & Thathri on war foot - tify and isolate the contacts of all four per - ing to ensure hassle free plying of ve - divisional Magistrate, Vijaypur C sweet shop owners in the district sons in quarantine centers/bus journeys. hicles on the respective stretch. P Kotwal and other officers of to properly dispose off their out - Presently, there are 3 positive and active Besides, the official also informed Revenue and Police were present dated product while maintaining cases in the district. However, it is observed that they are also ensuring the re - ed time frame and as per the desig - way have extended gratitude to the on the spot. The deputy that misinformation is being circulated proper hygienic conditions moval of slides along with the respec - nated protocol of the nH road. He al - district administration and nHIdCL Commissioner said that com - through some media reports/social media around the shop is also mandato - tive road and are also constructing so directed them to ensure all the for initiating blacktopping work and plaints were received regarding messages disclosing the name and identity ry. He also directed the surveil - temporary drains where there is wa - safety measures is being taken into fulfilling the long pending demand of of positive persons/contacts. It is advised the adulteration, selling of ex - lance teams constituted in the dis - ter logging problem on priority basis. account without any fail, besides the the general public with utmost im - not to spread misinformation and do not di - pired items and malpractice being trict under direct supervision of Meanwhile, the ddC today inspect - ddC also informed that it will reduce portance and care. The work is being vulge details of positive persons/contacts conducted by various sweet shop sub divisional Magistrates to sub - ed the ongoing blacktopping work the travel time in a comprehensive done under the close supervision of thereof as it may attract legal action under owners in the district, following mit weekly action taken report in and directed the executing agency to manner. The PRIs and the people ed nHIdCL, GM nHIdCL besides relevant section of dM Act/IPC. which teams of Revenue and his office. compete the work under the stipulat - living along with the national high - by the field engineers of nHIdCL. Div Com Jammu visits Ramban, inspects quarantine Centres District Admn Samba facilitates smooth return of migrants Asks district Admn to create sampling facilities at , ensure screening of all passengers SAMBA, MAY 19: dispatching point at Bari RAMBAN, MAY 19: Hospital, Udhampur Laboratory ing and shifting of those who Brahmana, samba. deputy is also conducting more tests in might develop Covid-19 symp - district administration commissioner samba Rohit divisional Commissioner, to identify toms. samba has facilitated Khajuria along with Jammu sanjeev Verma today COVId-19 positive cases. Meantime, deputy smooth return of stranded district officers were per - visited Ramban and took stock He also congratulated the Commissioner informed the div interstate migrants to their sonally present at dispatch - of the mechanism put in place Ramban administration for fa - Com about the administrative home state. Over 982 per - ing point early this morn - for the boarding, lodging, cilitating the migrants hailing arrangements put in place re - sons all from state Madhya ing and oversaw the com - COVId-19 sampling and testing from and Ladakh garding the containment of Pradesh were sent today in plete process of dispatch - facilities of migrants arriving in during traffic breakdown and COVId-19 including augmenta - a fleet of 33 buses from the ing. the district from other parts of prevailing situation. He also ap - tion of health facilities, estab - the country. He also reviewed preciated district administra - lishment of COVId hospital, the measures being taken by the tion for taking effective steps in COVId care centre, quarantine district administration for pre - all aspects to prevent spread of facilities, security, food and wa - vention and control of COVId- COVId-19 in the district and ter arrangements and other fa - 19 in the district. handling the people coming cilities at the quarantine centres. The div Com was accompa - from outside the UT in better On the occasion, div Com di - nied by deputy Commissioner way. The div Com said that it is rected the officers to deal with (dC), Ramban, nazim Zai Khan, imperative that all the people the situation as per the recom - senior superintendent of Police coming from other states go mended guidelines and operat - (ssP) Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Md through the mandatory proto - ing procedures and said that sC/sT Corporation, dr. Bharat cols and guidelines issued by the everyone has to play their role in Bhushan, AdC, Ashok sharma, administration amid COVId-19 combating the deadly disease. CMO, dr. Mohammed Fareed trict from other districts as well from officers and doctors about pandemic. He also directed the health Bhat, besides other concerned as states and UTs. the present status of quarantine He said that adequate functionaries and district ad - officers of health and other de - earlier, div Com visited and screening of the patients. arrangements have been made ministration to provide better partments. COVId Hospital in district speaking on the occasion, by the district administration medical facilities to the patients The div Com directed the Hospital, Ramban, COVId Care div Com. said that J&K is one of with regard to testing and pro - besides ensuring all facilities district administration to create Centre established for mild pa - the front runner UT of country viding quarantine facilities to made available to the people be - sampling facility at Banihal be - tients, Quarantine Centres in - in sampling and testing. At GMC the passengers reaching here. ing quarantined at these centres sides ensure the checking of all cluding dharmound, dhalwas, Jammu 1500 Covid-19 tests are He said that health officials and directed them to take all the vehicles and screening of where he enquired about wellbe - being made on daily bases be - must maintain a constant watch precautionary measures to con - people who reached in the dis - ing of inmates besides enquiring sides Army Command Area, on cases and immediate report - tain the infection. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU wednesdAy MAy 20, 2020 Glimpses of Future In the spirit of federalism esTABLIsHed In 1986 BY : A SURYA PRAKASH in the Centre in the Union List and the Concurrent List in the seventh The Centre’s decision to take schedule to make laws to deal with charge of the overall operations vis- emergency situations. For example, Seek origin of COVID-19 à-vis COVId-19 is in line with the item 23 under the Concurrent List in Constitutional scheme of things. the seventh schedule gives the ndia on Monday joined nearly 120 countries at a crucial states must cooperate to tide over Union Government the power to conference of the world Health Organisation in pushing the Corona crisis. It may take some make law with respect to “prevention more time for the COVId-19 pan - of the extension from one state to an - Ifor an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of the glob- demic to be brought fully under con - other of infectious and contagious al response into the coronavirus crisis as well as to examine the trol in our country and to be eventu - diseases or pests affecting men, ani - origin of the deadly infection. The two-day 73rd session of the ally eliminated but one thing is clear, mals and plants.”In the light of this Coronavirus is certain to result in a epidemic and the coordinated na - world Health Assembly of the wHO began in Geneva amid re-ordering of India’s federal struc - tional effort that is on, one can see growing calls including by Us President donald Trump to in- ture and relations between the the disaster Management Act vestigate how the virus originated in China's wuhan city and Union and the states. while a united (dMA) as one which enables the subsequent action by Beijing. Another flash point between national effort is on to tackle the Centre to evolve a national policy virus, there are a few discordant and a plan of action to handle the China and the Us has been over the Trump administration's voices here and there that question current COVId-19 crisis. This Act push for inclusion of Taiwan in the wHO. China has been the Union Government’s right to is - defines a disaster as “a catastrophe, strongly opposed to the move as it considers Taiwan to be part sue directions to the states. The na - mishap, calamity or grave occur - tion has never witnessed such a na - of its territory. The wHA is also expected to delve into pooling rence” several of its provisions, in - tional health crisis ever before and, cluding sections 6, 10 and 35, em - in additional resources to deal with the pandemic that has therefore, Constitutional and other there was an allegation that there charge that centralisation is defeat - power the Centre to take charge killed over 310,000 people and infected nearly 4.7 million be- legal provisions that exist to deal was too much centralisation and that ing federalism must fail. The second when a disaster strikes, issue direc - sides wrecking the global economy. A draft resolution pushed with an emergency of this kind will, the states had been reduced to mu - charge was that the Centre had been tions and ensure compliance. The or - inevitably, have to be deployed. This nicipalities. He said this view was not given the power to override the ders issued by the Union Home by the 27-nation european Union and supported by a large means that the “unitary tilt” that is only an exaggeration but was also states. Ambedkar said he “admitted” secretary, who is also the chairper - number of countries for deliberations at the wHA called for a there in the Constitution becomes founded on a misunderstanding of to this charge and explained that the son of the national executive step-wise process of impartial, independent and comprehen- rather pronounced in circumstances what the Constitution sought to overriding powers do not form the Committee, regarding the lockdown sive evaluation of the wHO-coordinated international re- such as these. BR Ambedkar, the achieve. The basic principle of feder - normal features of the Constitution. and the measures to be taken to im - Chairman of the drafting committee alism is that the legislative and the He said, “their use and operations plement the same, flow from these sponse to COVId-19. It, however, did not mention China. The of the Constitution, dwelt on the na - executive authority is partitioned be - are expressly confined to emergen - provisions of the dMA. For example, coronavirus pandemic was first reported in wuhan, a port city ture of the Indian federation vis-à- tween the Centre and the states, not cies only.”He obviously had in mind in his March 29 order, the Home in China in december last year. since then, it has spread to over vis other bodies, especially in emer - by any law to be made by the former not only the articles in the secretary referred to the movement gencies, in his concluding remarks but by the Constitution itself. This Constitution regarding the procla - of a large number of migrants in dif - 180 countries. The resolution sought scientific and collabora- on november 25, 1949, in the principle is embodied in the mation of an emergency among oth - ferent parts of the country and viola - tive field missions to trace the origin of the coronavirus, saying Constituent Assembly. He said that Constitution. Therefore, he said, the er things but also the powers vested In the spirit on Page 7 such an exercise will enable targeted interventions and a re- search agenda to reduce the risk of similar events in future. It also called for continuing to work closely with the world The tiger must stop the dragon Organisation for Animal Health, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un and other countries as part of the "one- BY : AAYUSH MOHANTY triots.” The statement echoed what health approach to identify the zoonotic source of the virus and he said a year earlier while address - the route of introduction to the human population. The resolu- India must consider BRICs as ing the UnGA: “we reject the ideol - just an economic interest group and ogy of globalism and we embrace iate hosts should also be eval- tion says possible role of intermed not allow China to use it for retool - the doctrine of patriotism.” The Us, uated. It has been uploaded on the website of the wHO. Besides ing global fora like the Un. In the under the Trump administration, India, the countries which supported the draft resolution in- last week of April, the Foreign has had a mixed history of aversion cluded Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, towards multilateralism, which China, and south Africa (BRICs) started with Trump’s election cam - Chile, Colombia, djibouti, dominican Republic, ecuador, el held a video-conference to discuss paign based on the notion of salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, BRICs’ handling of COVId-19. “America First” (also his campaign Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Maldives and Mexico. Around a week later, the United slogan). The Us has more than one Montenegro, new Zealand, north Macedonia, norway, nations security Council (UnsC) million COVId-19 cases, which is Chair, estonia, criticised the coun - the highest in the world. Trump has Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Moldova, Russia, cil’s approach to COVId-19. The not shied away from criticising san Marino, saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the criticism comes at a time when the China, and also the world Health UK and northern Ireland are also backing the resolution, ac- Us and China have stalled any con - Organisation, (wHO) going as far tagion resolution to be passed. as calling it “… China’s PR agency.” cording to the wHO. The African Group comprising around 50 BRICs members Russia and south The statement came after the Us countries are also supporting the resolution. surprisingly, the Africa backed China’s bid to block decided to put on hold all funding Us has not figured in the list of countries backing the move. The discussions in the UnsC in late for the wHO. The move has raised draft resolution also pitched for making recommendations to March. The events in the UnsC and questions regarding Us priorities in “transparency” added into the China taking the lead. China has the discussions in the BRICs are a the competition against Beijing: French and Tunisian “compromise” started contributing more to the Un improve global pandemic prevention mechanism including mismatch. BRICs represents 43 per America First vs multilateral coop - resolution on COVId-19. The other and has used this to put its top through strengthening the wHO's health emergencies pro- cent of the world’s population while eration. Critics of the Trump ad - way the Us is considering for pass - Communist Party officials to fill its gramme. the UnsC is the premier forum for ministration do agree that the wHO ing the resolution is a refashioned leadership posts. Chinese nationals all discussions and collective action was deferential to China at the start language formation on transparen - now head a quarter of the Un’s spe - against threats to peace and securi - of the crisis but holding out on the cy along with dropping any refer - cialised agencies. The Us backing ty around the world. COVId-19 has funding seems to defeat the pur - ence to the wHO. China is using out of the Human Rights Council, not spared any country, developed pose, as it gives China more sway in this opportunity to block any reso - suspending funding to the wHO, or developing, which begs the ques - global multilateral forums. The sus - lution on COVId-19. The Us and might lead to ceding ground to the Too little still tion, does China truly support mul - pension of funds might or might not Chinese Ambassadors to the Un Chinese. Although there is low con - tilateralism on the world stage? be removed later but the Trump ad - were involved in a twitter spat ac - fidence in China’s role as a global In October 2019, Us President ministration’s proposed budget for cusing each other of irresponsible leader but in the future, a clash of donald Trump in the United 2021 calls for voluntary contribu - handling of the pandemic. The liberal values with the Communist nations General Assembly (UnGA) tions to be reduced by half for the Trump administration has ques - Party of China’s interest and values said: “The future doesn’t belong to wHO. The Us’ reason for stalling tioned its global commitments, as cannot be ruled out. Can BRICs fill globalists. The future belongs to pa - the UnsC resolution is that it wants mentioned above, which has led to The tiger must on Page 7 Power up the rural economy

BY : JAIDeeP MUKHeRJI pact on last-mile power delivery and ensure access to reliable power India is home to abundant for rural households. India is home non-conventional energy sources to abundant non-conventional en - such as the sun, water and wind ergy sources such as solar, water that can be harnessed to supply re - and wind that can be effectively liable electricity to households and harnessed to supply reliable elec - micro-enterprises .The pandemic tricity to rural households and mi - and the resultant lockdowns put a cro-enterprises. Renewable energy temporary stop to economic activi - provides low-cost power models ties across the globe, impacting and can be deployed even in re - millions of people and their liveli - mote areas despite the geographi - The stimulus that came in tranches won’t make for a big push to the hoods. The Asian development cal barriers. expansion of renew - economy. Much more is required. Finance Minister nirmala sitharaman Bank (AdB) estimates this loss to able energy-based mini-grids in has been announcing economic booster packages in small doses over the be around $4 trillion, which is rural India can be further incen - weekend but the fact of the matter is that the stimulus just doesn’t seem nearly five per cent of the global tivised and be provided additional punchy enough for a big push. yes, on any other day, policy-driven struc - Gross domestic Product (GdP). As policy support for generation and tural and reformatory changes would have seemed visionary as all of them a young, developing nation with distribution of electricity at afford - can only yield results in the long-term and frankly cannot make it past the 65.97 per cent of the population able rates to rural households. agenda-setting stage at this moment. But these are turbulent times, the still residing in the villages, the COVId-19 pandemic is severely aggravating an already depressed econo - correlation between economic de - strengthen their distribution net - Mini-grids serve as the primary pandemic not only tested India’s my and a fund infusion in the form of largescale cash transfers is still need- velopment and electricity con - works with greater focus on en - source of electricity in regions economic resilience but also ex - ed. Just to galvanise the wheels of the economy that are still grunting and sumption. For example, China hancing customer satisfaction, where grid-connected power has posed the growing urban-rural di - gasping. The intended beneficiaries, like migrants, the self-employed and started growing at double digit timely complaint redressal, regu - not found its way yet. A recent sur - small unit owners, are so listless that they cannot wait for processing loans, vide and income inequality. As we when the demand and consump - larised billing processes and trans - vey on the impact of COVId-19 in continue to step up our fight Too little on Page 7 tion of power in rural areas dou - parency in finances at all levels. mini-grid villages of Uttar Pradesh against the Coronavirus, we are bled and the small-scale business - Addressing challenges such as (UP) and Bihar revealed that 90 certain that the post-pandemic es expanded rapidly. similarly, ru - power theft and billing inadequa - per cent of the rural households H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y world would be different from ral India, too, has a growing de - cies can help dIsCOMs enhance trust mini-grids for reliable power what we left behind. The rebuild - mand for reliable electricity but their delivery efficiency. In addi - supply. However, despite mini- ing exercise should, therefore, be - due to supply side constraints, this tion, the proposed amendments to grids becoming a trusted source of 1588 : Spanish Armada sets sail to secure English Channel gin with rural India where, as demand remains partially unful - the electricity Act, 2003, particu - reliable electricity for rural India, A massive spanish fleet, known as the “Invincible Armada,” sets sail Mahatma Gandhi said, “The soul filled. How do we address the chal - larly the unlicenced sub-distribu - they often run the risk of reverse from Lisbon on a mission to secure control of the english Channel and of India lives.” Rural India has al - lenge and ensure reliable power for tion and payment security mecha - migration of customers to cen - transport a spanish invasion army to Britain from the netherlands. In the ways found it challenging to un - all? we must strengthen the last- nism, will boost private sector in - tralised grids when the necessary late 1580s, Queen elizabeth’s support of the dutch rebels in the spanish leash its economic potential due to mile power delivery system, which vestments in the distribution sec - infrastructure is available. This netherlands led King Philip II of spain to plan the conquest of england. A a variety of fiscal and social factors. is largely dominated by state-run tor, reduce their losses and concern, however, can be ad - giant spanish invasion fleet was completed by 1587, but sir Francis A major reason among them is the distribution Companies (dIs - strengthen operational efficiencies dressed by integrating mini-grids drake’s daring raid on the port of Cadiz delayed the Armada’s departure continued unavailability of reliable COMs). But as dIsCOMs continue of dIsCOMs. Private investments with centralised ones to provide until May 1588. The Invincible Armada consisted of 130 ships and carried power. Per capita electricity con - to remain trapped in mounting will not only help dIsCOMs deal enhanced access to electricity sup - 2,500 guns and 30,000 men, two-thirds of them soldiers. delayed by sumption in rural areas still re - losses and operational inefficien - with financial stress but will en - ply. A fully-integrated power sys - storms, the Armada did not reach the southern coast of england until late mains significantly low due to er - cies, last-mile power delivery has hance the quality of services and tem is an optimal solution for elec - July. By that time the British were ready. On July 21, the outnumbered ratic power supply. Research data taken a backseat. The dIsCOMs, healthy competition. This will ulti - trifying un-electrified villages with show that there is a strong positive therefore, need to streamline and mately have a transformative im - reliable power. Integrated power 1588 on Page 7 Power on Page 7 Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU wednesdAy MAy 20 , 2020 Fadnavis targets Pawar, asks Maha govt for economic package Kuwait-returned nurse tests PReSS TRUST Of INDIA ernment should announce a chain- centric" whose benefits will Mumbai, May 19 package on the lines of the take longer time to reach farmers. positive again in Kerala Centre. nCP chief sharad However, the Congress alleged that senior BJP leader devendra Pawar has written several let - the BJP was anti-Maharashtra and PReSS TRUST Of INDIA tries. On disclosing her his - Officer dr K sakeena told Fadnavis on Tuesday took a dig at ters to Prime Minister politicising every issue. "MLAs of Malappuram(Ker), May 19 tory of coronavirus and re - PTI. Though the case of a nCP chief sharad Pawar on his re - narendra Modi. He should the BJP donated their local area de - covery from the disease in relapse is a first in the state, cent letter to Prime Minister write one such letter to CM velopment fund to the PM Cares In the first case of re - Kuwait, the health authori - there have been cases of narendra Modi on the economic Uddhav Thackeray as well," Fund. why they did not donate the lapse of Covid-19 infection ties had shifted her to the complications of the coron - stimulus package, and demanded a Fadnavis said, after meeting amount in the CM Relief Fund?" in Kerala, a nine-month isolation ward at the avirus recovered persons as similar measure from the shiv state Governor Bhagat singh asked state Congress spokesperson pregnant nurse, who re - Government medical col - their immune systems be - sena-led Maharashtra govern - Koshyari along with other BJP sachin sawant. He said that instead turned from Kuwait recent - lege in Manjeri. came weak, sources pointed ment. However, the Congress hit leaders. of supporting the state government ly after recovering from the district health authori - out. There have been cases back asking why did MLAs of the In his recent letter to the in its fight against COVId-19, the disease, has tested positive ties said thewoman had re - of relapse of the infection Opposition party donated their lo - PM, Pawar stated that the BJP was bent on playing politics. once again here. The 34- turned to India after recov - from some other places in cal area development fund to the Centre's economic stimulus sawant sarcastically said that the year-old Alappuzha native ering from the viral infec - the country, they said. with PM Cares Fund instead of to the CM package lacked provisions to state government should rather not had returned to India on tion, but before a repeat test one more person testing Relief Fund if they are so concerned compensate the losses in - announce any economic package May 13 after she managed prescribed after 14 days. positive on Monday, the to - about Maharashtra, which has re - curred by farmers during the on the lines of the Union govern - to get a ticket on board one "we appreciate the fact that tal number of positive cases ported the highest number of lockdown period, which has ment because it is "full of hollow of the special flights she disclosed the facts of in Malappuram district has COVId-19 cases in the country. The left no cash in their hands. He promises". "The state has already arranged by the central gov - her infection history. she gone up to 22. As many as nCP and the Congress are the con - had also stated the package undertaken several steps to ease ernment under the 'Vande tested negative in Kuwait, 22 of those who had tested stituents in the sena-led Maha announced by Finance problems of people. The Centre is Bharat mission " to bring but got her ticket to India positive earlier have recov - Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Minister nirmala sitharaman creating problems in functioning of back stranded Indians from before undergoing a second ered and have been dis - "Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA gov - was "more of the supply the state government," he alleged. the gulf and other coun - test," the district Medical charged. Cong MLA writes to NHRC over Autorickshaw, car numbers in Cong list of buses COVID-19 deaths in Ahmedabad for migrant workers: Uttar Pradesh govt PReSS TRUST Of INDIA COVId-19 deaths in various Ahmedabad, May 19 government-run hospitals, PReSS TRUST Of INDIA that the state's BJP government government asked the opposition Awasthi responded to the Congress including civil hospital. Lucknow, May 19 was ignoring the offer with Chief party to send the buses to Lucknow letter, agreeing to take charge of the Gujarat Congress MLA "The high mortality rate of Minister yogi Adityanath even re - by 10 am on Tuesday, according to buses at the border itself. "As per Gyasuddin shaikh on coronavirus patients in The Uttar Pradesh government fusing to give an appointment to a the Congress. The aide wrote back your letter dated May 19, you have Tuesday alleged that negli - Ahmedabad is due to im - on Tuesday said the list of 1,000 party delegation seeking a meeting. to the UP government saying that expressed your inability to provide gence andimproper treat - proper treatment and negli - buses offered by the Congress to even while accusing the Congress sending empty buses to Lucknow buses in Lucknow and want to pro - ment of COVId-19 patients gence of doctors and au - ferry migrants contained registra - of playing politics over the plight of was inhuman and the product of an vide them in Ghaziabad and in Ahmedabad civil hospital thorities," the opposition tion numbers of two-wheelers and workers heading home after the anti-poor mindset when thousands noida," he wrote. e asked 500 of the is leading to high number of in other government-run MLA said. "It has come to cars, a charge denied by the party. coronavirus lockdown, the UP gov - of workers are gathered at UP's bor - buses to be stationed at Kaushambi deaths, and sought the in - hospitals also where senior my notice that doctors are he UP claim reignited the row over ernment on Monday formally ac - ders. This demand of your govern - and sahibabad bus stands, where tervention of the national doctors are "shying away not aware about the death the offer made on May 16 by cepted the offer. It asked the ment seems politically motivated. the Ghaziabad district magistrate Human Rights Commission from treating COVId-19 of a patient even after three Congress general secretary Congress to submit a list of the bus - It does not appear that your gov - will take charge of them. He said in the matter. In a letter patients and handing over hours. Relatives are also not Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to provide es, and its drivers and conductors. ernment wants to help our labourer the other 500 buses should be sent to the national Human the responsibility to junior informed about the treat - 1,000 buses at the UP border for But that was not the end of the row. brothers and sisters who are facing parked at the ground near the expo Rights Commission doctors and para medical ment or progress in health migrant workers heading to their In an email received by Priyanka a disaster," the letter in Hindi said. Mart in Gautam Buddh nagar, and (nHRC), shaikh claimed a staff". Till Monday, of the patients," shaikh said homes in the state. Gandhi's private secretary at 11.40 UP's Additional Chief secretary handed over to the district magis - similar scenario was there Ahmedabad reported 555 in a video message. The Congress initially claimed pm Monday, the Uttar Pradesh (Home & Information) Awanish trate there. Contn. from Page 6 ...... Contn. from Page 6 ...... In the spirit ...... Power up ...... tion of lockdown measures on maintaining social distance features.” Ivor Jennings, too, concluded that the Indian supply models can minimise the cost by introducing effi - Indians. yet, agriculture productivity is significantly low and said that in case of any violation of these directions, the Constitution “is a federation with a strong centralising ten - cient planning, investment and operation of assets with in India and accounts for only 15.4 per cent of the GdP. states and Union Territories should take necessary action. dency.” In his concluding remarks, Ambedkar was em - significant economies of scale. Ghana, for example, built The growth in agriculture has been moderate in the past The order also made it explicitly clear that the district mag - phatic with regard to the tilt towards a strong Centre in cer - an integrated grid, providing power to 85 per cent of its decade at nearly three per cent per annum. Critical func - istrates and the superintendents of police in the districts tain contingencies. He said that in the opinion of the vast urban population and 41 per cent of the rural popula - tions such as irrigation, harvesting, post-harvest han - “will be personally liable for the implementation of these majority of the people, the residual loyalty of the citizen in tion. Integrated power systems can speed up the rural dling and storage, all require reliable power supply. In directions and lockdown measures issued under the an emergency must be to the Centre and not to the con - electrification process and ensure reliable supply. regions where rainfall is scanty, groundwater is the main above-mentioned orders.” stituent states. For, it is only the Centre that can work for a The health and economic crises triggered by the pan - source of irrigation. electricity demand in rural India is This, to ensure that the orders are not flouted because common end and for the general interests of the country as demic clearly underline the significance of providing re - majorly driven by irrigation. Villages with access to elec - generally, the district magistrates and superintendents of a whole. Herein lies the justification for giving to the liable power for all critical rural infrastructure such as tricity have seen an uptick in agricultural productivity police are drawn from the Central services and they are Centre certain overriding powers to be used in an emer - well acquainted with the consequences of non-compliance gency. “After all, what is the obligation imposed upon the health centres, micro-enterprises and schools. with availability of low-cost irrigation technologies. For in these matters. Apart from the provisions in the constituent states by these emergency powers? no more Productive uses of energy such as for irrigation, small example, rural households that would sell paddy at a low Concurrent List and the dMA, the epidemic diseases Act, than this that in an emergency, they should take into con - businesses, tailoring, food storage and so on will further price earlier sell hulled rice as there is an electricity- 1897, also arms the Centre with powers to handle such epi - sideration alongside their own local interests, the opinions ensure adequate livelihood options for rural communi - powered rice huller in the village. These are few of the demics. However, the state of west Bengal took objection and interests of the nation as a whole. Only those, who have ties with greater economic resilience. How will reliable examples of the transformative impact of reliable elec - to the Centre’s decision to send inter-ministerial Central not understood the problem, can complain against it.” electricity help rural India rebuild its economy? Rural tricity supply. Modernising agriculture will unlock myri - teams to assess the situation on the ground in some dis - when one reads these observations of Ambedkar, one re - healthcare: This is a key area that will lead to a new eco - ad employment and business opportunities for rural tricts that were suspected to be COVId-19 hotspots in the alises the depth of his understanding and his foresight. He nomic revolution in the post-pandemic world. India’s India. Big push to micro and small businesses: state. some political parties, too, joined the murmur and knew his country and his people very well. He could antici - healthcare preparedness was found to be inadequate Formalisation of the rural economy is an essential step complained about the Union Government’s attitude. pate the problems that could arise in a national emergency during our fight against the COVId-19 pandemic. in providing necessary infrastructural support to bud - However, the Centre’s decision to take charge of the overall in a country that is as diverse as India. Currently, 42 politi - Primary health centres, which approximately serve 65 ding micro and small businesses. Reliable electricity operations vis-à-vis COVId-19 is in line with the cal parties run the states and Union Territories and are per cent of the rural populations, need to be modernised supply encourages creation and expansion of new busi - Constitutional scheme devised by Ambedkar and his col - tugging in different directions with regard to the plans to with state-of-the-art infrastructure, especially uninter - nesses in rural areas and can potentially open the door leagues seven decades ago. The Constitution vests resid - fight this epidemic. Only a strong centralising force with rupted power supply. Reliable supply can provide cru - for greater economic activity and investments. Villages uary power with the Union Government as also the power adequate consultations (the Prime Minister has held sev - cial support to critical functions of these health centres, with access to reliable electricity have already seen the to override the states in an emergency. According to KC eral rounds of discussions with the Chief Ministers) be - especially during medical emergencies. The survey also emergence of micro enterprises such as training centres wheare, a noted Constitutional authority, the Indian tween the Union and the states can help tackle this prob - revealed that a majority of the rural households depend for computer skills, coaching institutes and travel agen - Constitution establishes a system of Government which is lem. we owe it to our founding fathers for creating the on community health centres for their medical needs. cies. The income levels of households engaged in small quasi-federal. It is “a unitary state with subsidiary federal Constitutional mechanism to cope with this pandemic and Inadequate and irregular supply of electricity may affect business have witnessed a steady increase, too. These features rather than a federal state with subsidiary unitary national emergency. their functioning with critical implications for rural pop - are replicable models that can be extended to other vil - ulations. electrifying and modernising the health cen - lages and reliable power can help rural India unleash its tres will, therefore, be a key step towards rebuilding the economic potential. As we seek to rebuild the rural econ - The tiger ...... economy and reshaping the lifestyle of rural popula - omy, reliable electricity will play a crucial role in pro - the void left by the Us? There are two reasons as to why tively declined to comment to the press. China’s credibili - tions. Millions of dollars can be saved if rural popula - moting micro-enterprises, doubling farmer incomes BRICs cannot fill the Us’ shoes. The first one is, BRICs ty has been under the scanner as a future global leader due tions have access to high quality healthcare services. and creating sustainable job opportunities. The cumula - when it was formulated was seen as an intersection of to the accusations of mismanagement of handling This will not only have a lasting economic impact on tive impact of improved healthcare, modernised agricul - south-south cooperation. The grouping was perceived to COVId-19. The aggressiveness on the Line of Actual health delivery but will lead to better social outcomes ture practices and rise in rural enterprises will be signifi - bring about noticeable changes to the existing security Control and the IOR and the Us aversion to multilateral - such as improved health and hygiene. cant and will enable rural India’s transformation into a paradigm and bring notable changes to the world order. A ism put India in a tight spot. during the G-20 video con - Modernising agriculture: Farming remains the pri - hub of economic activity. A new India is waiting to be grouping like BRICs fuelled hopes for a multipolar world, ference in March, Prime Minister narendra Modi called mary source of livelihood for nearly 65 per cent of born out of the COVId-19 pandemic. but it is not what meets the eye when it comes to China’s for structural reform of the wHO. India has been ap - perception of a multipolar world. China’s strategies and proached by Taiwan to support its bid to participate in the motivation are inspired by its rich history of internal war - world Health Assembly, which is the wHO’s parent or - Too little ...... fare, strife, and foreign occupation. The stratagems of ganisation. China is not in favour of Taiwan’s participa - warring states (an ancient Chinese text of manipulation tion in the wHO meeting in Geneva on May 18. The crisis they need money in hand. Anyway the relief for them has structure for agriculture and allied activities in the longer and warfare) explains that the natural world is hierarchi - created by COVId-19 has pushed liberal values to its lim - come too little, too late. states, too, need much more to run. Policy wise, there are quite a few ups in the form of em - cal, and systems without a rule are transitional. This is the its and has led to an anti-globalisation wave worldwide. steady the ship from all sides. yes, market-borrowing lim - phasis on social infrastructure, rural jobs, turning agricul - opposite of what Beijing claims when they say that they Taiwan has been able to push back against COVId-19 ef - its for states have been raised from three to five per cent of ture into a robust business model, improving healthcare look forward to a multipolar world where the Us is the fectively. The methods and practices could be used glob - the Gross state domestic Product. But this is contingent on facilities like setting up infectious disease blocks in district first among equals. Chinese officials in the Un and other ally but it might no t be possible as China intervenes in global fo - them introducing reforms relating to portability of ration hospitals and e-learning programmes through satellite public forums since 2005 have spoken a lot about da tong, rums and opposes it s inclusion. The new development cards though digitisation, power distribution and ease of channels. All of these will be on a public-private partner - which has been translated as a “commonwealth” or “an Bank of BRICs has loaned $15 billion to boost the group - doing business. This makes much of the agency of deci - ship model. There is regulatory relief for entrepreneurs to era of hierarchy” but, the better translation of da tong is ing’s economies. Further on, a Vaccine Research and sion-making dependent on Central assessment and could encourage investment and reduce public sector monopoly “an era of unipolar dominance.” The second reason is the development Centre is being considered by the grouping be used as a tool for playing politics. none of these meas - except in strategic sectors. structural reforms in coal, min - tensions on the India-China border. Multiple soldiers on to find a cure for COVId-19. The initiatives by BRICs are ures makes sense in the absence of demand and the in - erals, defence production, civil aviation, power distribu - both sides have been injured during a skirmish along the commendable but the problems between India and creasing spiral of joblessness means consumer spending is tion, space and atomic energy are definitely welcome but boundary in north sikkim near the naku La sector. China, along with Beijing’s ambitions and interventions at an all-tim e low. without any discernible immediate push to have long-term gestation. we know how long coal block Added to this, in late March, it was reported that China in global forums, curtail its effectiveness to provide alter - perk up overall infrastruc ture, there is little scope for job cre - auctions, which have been allowed, take and the procedur - had deployed underwater drones and ships in the Indian nate solutions, especially when BRICs is supposed to fa - ation, incomes or demand. The Government is probably al bungling that happens in between. FdI limits have gone Ocean Region (IOR), which are capable of conducting cilitate the Global south Cooperation. India should start holding back on largescale bank transfers, fearing bad up but one hopes that foreign and Indian firms can help de - submarine and anti-submarine operations. The takeaway considering BRICs just as an economic interest group, in loans and provisioning for a deeper trough, but the fact of velop a local industry and get some tech transfers. An addi - from this particular incident is China’s increasing capa - light of recent events on the border and the IOR, while not the matter is that if nothing is done to plug the current sink tional Rs 40,000 crore has finally been allocated to MGn - bilities when it is looking to expand its presence in the allowing China to use the grouping as a strategic device to hole, the economy could whoosh down further like quick - ReGA to generate more work for returning migrants but IOR. In both cases, the Indian Army and the navy respec - promote retooling of global fora like the Un. sand. For all the grandiloquence, the actual fiscal outgo is that doesn’t address the chronic labour shortages at vacant just a bit over one per cent of the GdP, which is hardly seZs and the urban economies. That’s where the demand enough to battle an unprecedented crisis such as this, is. A crisis provides a rare opportunity for structural re - when the economy is expected to contract to 12.5 per cent. form and an impetus to the Government to think out of the 1588 ...... All packages are aimed at pushing banks to extend credit box without being hemmed in. seemingly done for the english navy began bombarding the seven-mile-long line The superior english guns again won the day, and the on the basis of Government guarantees to certain sectors poorest, the Government has just rescued them temporari - of spanish ships from a safe distance, taking full advan - Armada retreated north to scotland. Battered by storms or measures to ease cash flow to companies in the short run ly without providing them long-term comfort as growth is rather than addressing collective anxieties of the economy projected to dip in key sectors. Right now, the focus seems tage of their superior long-range guns. The spanish and suffering from a lack of supplies, the Armada sailed as a whole. while the Finance Minister has put the overall to be on attracting investment but boosting demand means Armada continued to advance during the next few days, on a difficult journey back to spain through the north sea stimulus at Rs 20 lakh crore, the near-term fiscal impact is innovative responses and interventions to specific prob - but its ranks were thinned considerably by the english and around Ireland. By the time the last of the surviving just Rs 1.7 lakh crore, including free foodgrain, additional lems and sectors and get each moving lest they clog up the assault. On July 28, the spanish retreated to Calais, fleet reached spain in October, half of the original arma - dBT, healthcare spending, fund outlay for MsMes subor - economy as a whole. Promises can be made anytime but France, but the english sent ships loaded with explosives da was destroyed. Queen elizabeth’s decisive defeat of dinated debt and equity contribution eFT support, inter - how many can be actualised overnight? such is the crisis into the crowded harbor, which took a heavy toll on the the Invincible Armada made england a world-class naval est rate subversion for Mudra loans, subsidies under that only increased Government spending can work now, Armada. The next day, an attempt to reach the power and introduced effective long-range weapons into CLss-MIG, viability gap funding and additional MGnRe - considering that most Governments around the world, netherlands was thwarted by a small dutch fleet, and the naval warfare for the first time, ending the era of board - GA allocation. some amount would go into creating infra - some of whom have been tight-fisted, too, are doing so. spanish were forced to face the pursuing english fleet. ing and close-quarter fighting. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, wednesdAy, MAy 20, 2020 COVID-19: Germany, France propose South Korean UN chief Guterres encouraged by pact 500 billion Euro recovery schools to between Afghan prez Ghani, Abdullah fund for pandemic-hit EU reopen Berlin May 19 Seoul, May 19 BY YOSHITA SINGH progress towards intra- in government working to - Germany and France jointly proposed a 500 billion- United Nations, May 19 (PTI) Afghan negotiations and a gether to strengthen euro ($543 billion) recovery fund Monday to boost south Korea has report - comprehensive peace progress in good gover - european economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. ed 13 fresh cases, a possible Un secretary-General agreement, as well as ad - nance, the rule of law, and sign that a recent outbreak in Antonio Guterres is encour - dressing the challenges of anti-corruption, and to pro - In a joint statement, German Chancellor Angela the capital area is stabilizing, aged by the agreement be - the COVId-19 response and tect the rights of all citizens Merkel and French President emmanuel Macron said the as officials prepare to reopen tween Afghanistan other developments and while continuing the ad - fund would see european Union budget money used to schools. nine of the new cas - President Ashraf Ghani and humanitarian needs in vancement of Afghan help sectors and regions that are particularly affected by Abdullah Abdullah, saying es were from seoul and near - Afghanistan. women, it said in a state - the outbreak. Macron said that under the proposal, the 27 it will help find a way to en - by regions, where dozens of For his part, the ment. eU countries would use their collective weight to borrow able progress towards in - infections have been linked secretary-General is en - Un mission said that at money on financial markets. “we are proposing to do real tra-Afghan negotiations couraged by the leaders this time, Afghanistan is transfers (of money) … that’s a major step,” he said to clubgoers who went out in and a comprehensive peace overcoming more than two best served by a representa - Monday. The two leaders said they will seek a “swift early May as the country be - agreement. As per the deal, months of political impasse tive government that can agreement” from other eU members for the proposed re - gan relaxing social distanc - Ghani will stay as the presi - and finding a way forward present a united front to covery fund, which is likely to run into resistance from fis - ing measures. Vice Health dent while Abdullah will based on compromise, dia - tackle the nation's most cal hawks in the bloc such as the netherlands. Minister Kim Gang-lip helm the High Council of logue and inclusivity, pressing issues, particularly urged vigilance to maintain national Reconciliation dujarric told reporters on the need to move forward Germany, too, has long resisted the idea of joint bor - hard-won gains against the (HCnR) with executive au - Monday. on intra-Afghan negotia - rowing, but Merkel said that “because of the unusual na - ciliation will result in re - cal uncertainty, Ghani was virus and called for educa - thority and his team will The Un Assistance tions, managing the impact ture of the crisis we are choosing an unusual path.” newed efforts for establish - sworn in as the Afghan tion officials to double check have a 50 per cent share in Mission in Afghanistan of the COVId-19 pandemic There has been concern in european capitals that the ing enduring peace and sta - president for a second term preventive measures with the Cabinet, according to (UnAMA) also welcomed and the worsening humani - pandemic and the bloc’s initial uncoordinated response bility, and putting an end to on March 9, but Abdullah high-school seniors return - reports. the agreement reached be - tarian situation, as well as to it could boost anti-eU sentiment in member states. externally sponsored ter - also declared himself as the The HCnR has been tween Ghani and Abdullah the ongoing conflict and se - Macron acknowledged that a French-German deal ing to school on wednesday. rorism and violence in president by holding his mandated to lead future to resolve the political im - curity challenges. alone doesn’t mean an agreement from the 27. The eU’s Afghanistan. own oath-taking ceremony peace talks including with passe and enable the lead - India on sunday wel - Following the presiden - the same day. executive Commission will soon make its own proposal to the Taliban. Abdullah ers to address the grave comed the power-sharing tial elections, Ghani was de - India has been a key eU member states and “we hope that the French-German Coronavirus served as the chief executive challenges facing the coun - deal after months of a bitter clared the winner by stakeholder in the peace deal will help,” he said. european Commission President in the previous government try. The mission acknowl - dispute over the results of cases in Nepal Afghanistan's election com - and reconciliation process Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the proposal. “It ac - led by Ghani. edges that both sides had to last year's presidential elec - mission in september last in Afghanistan. It has been knowledges the scope and the size of the economic chal - st phane dujarric, make compromises to tion that pushed the coun - rises to 375: year but his challenger supporting a national peace spokesman for the reach this important agree - try into a political crisis. lenge that europe faces, and rightly puts the emphasis on Abdullah refused to accept and reconciliation process secretary-General, said ment. In its reaction, India the need to work on a solution with the european budget Health the results and proclaimed which is Afghan-led, Guterres hopes that the It is now hoped that the hoped the political agree - at its core,” she said. Merkel stressed that the fund should victory for himself. Afghan-owned and Afghan agreement between Ghani spirit of cooperation will ment and creation of a be seen as a “one-off effort”. “The goal is for europe to Ministry After months of politi - controlled. and Abdullah can enable a continue, with all elements council for national recon - emerge from the crisis stronger,” she said. BY SHIRISH B PRADHAN Kathmandu, May 19 (PTI)

nepal has reported 18 Trump tells WHO to demonstrate 'independence' new cases of the coron - avirus, taking the total infec - from China; warns permanent freeze of funding tions in the country to 375 with 2 deaths, the health By Lalit K Jha demonstrate independence from allow for an independent investiga - ministry said on Tuesday. Washington, May 19 China." tion into the origins of the virus, de - The Ministry for Health and My administration has already spite the recent endorsement for do - Us President donald Trump has started discussions with you on how ing so by its own emergency Population said of the newly warned the wHO that he would re - to reform the organisation. But ac - Committee. diagnosed cases, 12 were consider America's membership in tion is needed quickly. we do not On Monday, Chinese President from Banke district, two the Un health body and "permanent - have time to waste, he wrote in his Xi Jinping dispelled the criticism of from dhanusha district ly freeze" the funding to it if it does three-page letter. secrecy and cover-up, saying "all while one each from not demonstrate its "independence" President Trump tweeted the let - along, we have acted with openness, Khotang, dailekh, sunsari from China in the next 30 days. ter late on Monday night. transparency and responsibility. we and Jhapa districts. On April 14, President Trump That is why it is my duty, as have provided information to wHO "eighteen cases of coro - halted America's funding of up to President of the United states, to in - and relevant countries in a most navirus-infection have been Usd 500 million annually to the form you that, if the wHO does not timely fashion . Trump has accused confirmed by the Ministry of world Health Organisation while a commit to major substantive im - China of covering up, while Australia Health and Population, tak - review is being done to assess its role provements within the next 30 days, I and the european Union have called ing nepal's tally to 375 on in "severely mismanaging and cover - will make my temporary freeze of for more transparency in China's ing up" the spread of the deadly coro - Monday," the ministry said. United states funding to the wHO COVId-19 control efforts including navirus when it first emerged in the Two patients, one male a fe - permanent and reconsider our mem - an independent inquiry into the ori - central Chinese city of wuhan. male, have died of COVId-9 bership in the organisation, Trump gins of the virus. More than 300,000 In a four-page letter to wHO said. people have died due to the coron - in nepal. Thirty six patients director General dr Tedros "I cannot allow American taxpay - avirus pandemic and over 4.8 million have already recovered from Adhanom, Trump said,"It is clear the er dollars to continue to finance an people infected around the world. the disease. Globally, the repeated missteps by you and your organisation that, in its present state, The Us is the worst-hit country with Ridley Goodside wears a rubber coronavirus cases continue organisation in responding to the is so clearly not serving America's in - over 90,000 deaths and over 1.5 mil - diving head covering along with goggles and a to rise with the total infec - pandemic have been extremely costly terests, he added. In his letter dated lion confirmed COVId-19 cases, ac - special air filtration mask to protect himself from the tions touching 4,805,005 for the world. The only way forward May 18, Trump alleged that the wHO cording to Johns Hopkins spread of coronavirus as he sits in a designated circle marked with 318,534 deaths, accord - for the wHO is if it can actually has failed to publicly call on China to University. on the grass at Brooklyn's Domino Park during the current ing to John Hopkins coronavirus outbreak in New York. The circles were added after University. the park became severely overcrowded during a spate of unsea - sonably warm weather just over a week ago. Goodside said UN: Civilian deaths by Taliban and he's been protecting himself since he first heard UK about the virus much earlier this year. unemployment Afghan forces on the rise claims surge Kabul, May 19 killed 24 people, including as washington's special tween the Taliban and Over 100 million in China’s 69% as two infants and several peace envoy, Zalmay Afghan leaders, can start. The United nations on new mothers. The Un re - Khalilzad, began another The Taliban have said a pandemic Tuesday called for an im - port blamed the Taliban round of talks with the permanent cease-fire northeast face renewed lockdown mediate reduction of vio - for killing 208 civilians last Taliban to press them to would be on the agenda but takes hold lence in Afghanistan, month and also said that start talking to the newly have been critical of re - Bijing May 19 in nearby Liaoning province could prompt a return to warning that civilian operations by Afghan reconciled Afghan political peated delays in the prom - that’s also facing renewed strict lockdown. second London May 19 deaths by both the Taliban forces in April had killed leadership in Kabul and ised prisoner release, some 108 million peo - restrictions. “Children play - waves that Are hard to trace and Afghan security forces 172 civilians. implement an immediate which is to be completed ple in China’s northeast re - ing outside are wearing plague Asia’s virus recovery Unemployment claims are on the increase. The Civilians are often reduction in violence, said before talks begin. The Us gion are being plunged back masks again” and health The government of shulan, in Britain jumped 69 per Un mission also expressed caught in the crossfire of the Us state department. state department state - under lockdown conditions care workers are walking a city in Jilin, said on cent in April, as the COVId- concern about stepped-up the fighting and Afghan Khalilzad, who is the ment said Khalilzad would as a new and growing clus - around in protective gear, weChat Monday it would 19 pandemic took hold and attacks and brutality of the forces say they are target - architect of a Us-Taliban meet with the Taliban in ter of infections causes a she said. “It’s frustrating be - put in place its strictest hit the labor market, UK au - Islamic state group. ing the insurgents, not deal signed in February, Qatar, where the insur - backslide in the nation’s re - cause you don’t know when measures yet to contain the thorities said Tuesday. The A horrific attack last civilians, in anti-militant has been trying to salvage gents maintain a political turn to normal. In an abrupt it will end.” while the clus - virus. Residential com - Office of national statistics week at a maternity hospi - operations. the agreement and jump- office, and would press for reversal of the re-opening ter of 34 infections isn’t pounds with confirmed or says jobless claims surged by tal in the Afghan capital Parties have commit - start intra-Afghan negotia - steps necessary to com - taking place across the na - growing as quickly the out - suspected cases will be 856,000 to 2.1 million in has not been claimed by ted to finding a peaceful tions between the Taliban mence intra-Afghan nego - tion, cities in Jilin province break in wuhan which closed off, with only one April as compared to the any group, but the United solution and should pro - and the Kabul govern - tiations, including a signif - have cut off trains and bus - started the global pandemic person from each family al - states said it bears all the month before. The figures tect the lives of all Afghans ment. icant reduction of violence. es, shut schools and quaran - last december, China’s swift lowed to leave to purchase hallmarks of Afghanistan's covered only the first weeks and not jeopardize peo - A power-sharing Khalilzad will also visit tined tens of thousands of and powerful reaction re - essentials for two hours Is affiliate targeting the ple's hope for an end to the agreement on sunday be - Kabul. Us secretary of people. The strict measures of the lockdown, said flects its fear of a second every two days. shen Jia, a country's minority shiites war, said deborah Lyons, tween President Ashraf state Mike Pompeo, who have dismayed many resi - wave after it curbed the shenyang-based salesman Jonathan Athow, deputy na - in a neighbourhood of the Un chief's special rep - Ghani and his rival, said in March that the Us dents who had thought the virus’s spread at great eco - at a life sciences company, tional statistician for eco - Kabul that Is militants resentative to Afghanistan. Abdullah Abdullah, ended would cut Usd 1 billion in worst of the nation’s epi - nomic and social cost. It’s canceled a three-day busi - nomic statistics at the Ons. have repeatedly attacked she added that intra- months of wrangling and Us aid to Afghanistan un - demic was over. also a sign of how fragile the ness trip to Jilin city last In March, employment held in the past. Afghan peace negotiations raised expectations that less Ghani and Andullah People “are feeling more re-opening process will be week because he would have up well, as furloughed work - The Taliban denied in - need to start as soon as the next round of the Us- resolved their differences, cautious again,” said Fan in China and elsewhere as been quarantined for as ers still count as employed, volvement in the maternity possible." The Un's call for Taliban peace deal, which has bemoaned the time Pai, who works at a trading even the slightest hint of a long as 21 days on his re - but hours worked fell hospital attack, which an end to violence comes calls for negotiations be - lost to their bickering. company in shenyang, a city resurgence of infections turn. sharply in late March, espe - cially in sectors such as hos - pitality and construction,” Authorities: Boko Haram attacks he said. work and Pensions Australia welcomes virus inquiry but condemns China tariff Nigerian village, killing 20 secretary Therese Coffey Maiduguri May 19 told the BBC that the govern - Canberra May 19 ed to review “lessons learned” from services. Australian government crop the Chinese argue is sub - ment was focused on those wHO’s coordination of the global critics have argued that Prime sidised by the Australian govern - Islamic extremists stormed a village just as people were claiming benefits under Australia on Tuesday wel - response to COVId-19, but would Minister scott Morrison’s conser - ment. China banned beef imports preparing to break their Ramadan fast after sundown, killing Universal Credit, a welfare comed international support for an stop short of looking into con - vative administration should have from Australia’s four largest abat - at least 20 people in the first attack of its kind in northeastern payment for those who need independent coronavirus pandem - tentious issues such as the origins gathered allies before antagonising toirs a week ago over labeling is - nigeria since the Muslim holy month began, authorities said help, including the unem - ic investigation as China ratcheted of the respiratory virus. Australian Australia’s most important trading sues. Many observers say the trade Monday. witnesses said fighters from the extremist group up a bilateral trade rift by placing Foreign Minister Marise Payne had partner. The trade dispute is the disputes are punishment for ployed. I think so far the em - Boko Haram carried out the attack in Gajigana, where they tariffs on Australian barley. The earlier welcomed the apparent ma - first time Beijing has used access to Australia’s demand for transparen - ployment stats really are in - entered the opposite side of the village from where nigerian world Health Organization bowed dicative to the end of March jority support for the motion, say - its huge markets as leverage in its cy over the pandemic. Trade soldiers were posted. “The shootings were sudden and in - to calls Monday from most of its and we won’t have a more ing her government wanted the in - campaign to deflect blame for the Minister simon Birmingham on tense; people began to flee in all directions,” said Ba’an member states to launch an inde - detailed understanding for quiry to be “impartial, independent outbreak. But it has used the tactic Tuesday described the tariff deci - Bukar, a member of a local civilian defense group. Many of pendent probe into how it managed and comprehensive.” Australia is regularly against governments sion as “deeply disappointing”, but about another month,” she the victims were too weak to flee after several weeks of fast - the international response to the seen as a leader in rallying global from norway to Canada in political welcomed the endorsement of a ing, and temperatures had soared to 42 degrees Celsius (108 said. so at the moment, the coronavirus. The comprehensive support for an inquiry, attracting disputes over the past decade. coronavirus inquiry by the world degrees Fahrenheit) on sunday, he added. Audu Mustapha, a Universal Credit claimants evaluation, sought by a coalition of Chinese criticism that it is parrot - China’s Ministry of Commerce an - Health Assembly, the decision- member of the Borno state House of Assembly, said 25 others are where we are focusing African, european and other coun - ing the United states and inviting a nounced tariffs of around 80% on making body of the world Health were wounded in the attack about 47 kilometers (29 miles) our interest. tries including Australia, is intend - Chinese boycott of exports and Australian barley from Tuesday, a Organization, in Geneva. north of the state capital, Maiduguri. Glimpses of Future

9 spOrts JAMMU, wednesdAy, MAy 20, 2020 In Brief We have improved against fast bowling due to Jhulan Goswami’s motivation behind Raghu, says Kohli on throwdown specialist dismissing Mithali New Delhi, May 19 who is human has doubts and weak - "Key is to have an open mind nesses. Have their negatives. so in when it comes to improvising. I hear Raj on duck was a Throwdown specialist d practice during tours, if you haven't a lot of players say this is my natural waterproof watch Raghavendra's ability to rachet up had a good session you feel you don't game and I play like this but if opposi - speeds in excess of 150-155 kmph have that flow. "yes, doubts creep in tion figures you out, you have to im - New Delhi May 19 with the sidearm enormously con - then and it's at the back of your mind. prove and stay a step ahead. Learn, tributed to Indian batsmen's im - Key is to keep going and get into that process information and execute." Jhulan Goswami recently re - provement against fast bowling in re - zone till you feel that it was just dis - As far as preparation is con - vealed in a talk show how former cent years, acknowledges skipper traction. If I believe I am good cerned, he said the only set pattern he India captain Mithali Raj became Virat Kohli. The sidearm is a cricket - enough, then I am good enough." The follows is when it comes to his diet her first domestic cricket victim and ing equipment that is shaped like a prolific scorer added, "Best part and fitness. the motivation behind it was a wa - long spoon, with its far end designed about match situation is that you "In case of batting if you are not in terproof watch that was popular to hold and hurl the ball at great during that time. Jhulan narrated don't need to think so much. you re - good form, you like to spend more speeds. the incident in her appearance act to situations knowing your role. time in the nets until one session along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar in "I believe the improvement this "negative voices always come off which you will yourself know was a the web show ‘double Trouble’ team has shown while playing fast the field when you are not in competi - perfect net session. where the Indian women cricketers bowling since 2013 has been because tion mode." "After that I don't spend more smriti Mandhana and Jemimah of Raghu," Kohli said during an The master of chases, Kohli said than 10 minutes. Then I take throw - Rodrigues also have a candid chat Instagram Live session with in his childhood, while watching downs. Once you are in touch you with sportspersons. The duo has Bangladesh star Tamim Iqbal. India games, he would often go to shouldn't overdo net sessions as you hosted PV sindhu, sania Mirza, "He has good concepts about sleep thinking that he could have will create bad habits. yuzvendra Chahal, Poonam yadav, footwork, bat movement of players. helped the team to victory. he had to change his approach to bat - "For me I had to change it accord - "Once you have a perfect net ses - and Rohit sharma, in the past. He has improved his skills so much "Honestly, when I was a kid, I ting to suit his requirement, which ingly to suit my needs. I tried little, sion you tend to think you can hit any Recounting her first ever wicket in that from sidearm he easily hurls the used to watch India games and see comprised playing the ball along the little things in my batting as you shot. And in that process, the body domestic cricket, Jhulan said that it balls at 155 kmph. them lose I would go to sleep thinking ground instead of going over the top. would never know if you don't try." shape goes awry and you would be was when she had just finished an "After playing Raghu in nets, I could have won that match. If I am "I changed because I wanted to Continuing, he said unless a play - frustrated. so all your work will go U-19 tournament and advanced to when you go into the match, you feel chasing 380, I never feel that you hit all around the ground. The static er tries out new things in match situa - down the drain." He said it is very im - the senior team. she said that there is a lot of time," Kohli added. can't achieve it." position was making my options lim - tions, he would never be able to per - portant for a batsman to know when Mithali had just returned from It is no surprise that "In 2011 in Hobart, we had to ited. My basic funda of batting is that fect them. to step out of a net session. "Let me england after making her Raghavendra has been a crucial chase 340 in 40 overs to qualify. At if your hips are in perfect position "... so my advice is even if you try tell you, just like you know how much International debut so they had member of the Indian cricket team's the break I told (suresh) Raina that then you can play any shot. static po - a lot in practice do try out new things to train, you should also know when heard of her. “we were playing Rae support staff for years now. sition wasn't working well for me. in one or two games to check if it Bareilly and someone told me this is we will approach this match as two 20 to get out of the nets because that's al - Kohli said he never had self "But it works for a lot of players. works or not. Mithali Raj, she has already played over games. 40 overs is a big dura - so a skill. "But it's an individual thing doubts at any time, including while Like sachin Tendulkar had a static "Because if you execute it under for India at her age,” Goswami said. tion. Let's first play 20 and see how as if you see Pujara he will bat for engineering those big chases in high- many runs are scored and then play stance all his life and he never had a pressure in match situations then you three hours. “In those days there used to be a wa - problem. His technique was far supe - get a different kind of confidence. terproof watch, and I was told that if pressure international matches. another T20 game." "everyone knows how to play rior with excellent hand eye coordi - Practice prepares you but execution I can get this girl out on zero I could "To be honest, I never doubted Arguably one of the best batsmen cricket but sometimes we complicate nation. in match makes you confident. get such a watch. I said let’s try. myself in game situations. everyone to have played the game, Kohli said it by thinking too much. Those days she used to open and on the first ball, I got her bowled. so the first wicket was Mithali,” the veter - Ibrahimovic statue to remain an pacer said. On his famous dis - I want to be like Imran Khan, missal of former India batting great sachin Tendulkar on a duck, Bhuvneshwar said, “sachin’s wicket in Malmo despite vandalism was lucky for me because the posi - tion he was caught at was neither since Ibrahimovic become a part- says captain Babar Azam short leg nor midwicket [an in-be - owner in Hammarby, a tween position]. so that credit goes stockholm-based team and a rival Karachi, May 19 to Mohammad Kaif, who was our of the striker's boyhood club of captain and set the field, I only Malmo. The most recent act of van - Babar Azam wants to take a leaf bowled the ball,” he said. The two dalism saw the statue cut off at the out of Imran Khan's aggressive cap - pacers also discussed innovative ankles, leading to it being removed taincy and besides cricket, he is also ways of working out at home due to in early January for repairs and put brushing up his english to become a the ongoing lockdown. in a secret location. "complete leader" like the world “Maintaining fitness during lock - Cup-winning all-rounder. down has been a challenge because I The sculpture stays in Malmo, don’t have a gym at home. It’s the said Frida Trollmyr, the city's Last week, the star batsman biggest problem I am facing and deputy mayor for culture and took over the reins of Pakistan's most are facing it too. so have been sports. white-ball cricket after being ap - relying on the old school equipment Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a son of pointed as the OdI skipper. Azam, and whatever is there at home to Malmo, this is where he belongs. who was one of the world's leading train… I got a few bricks for training, Trollmyr said there would now batsmen across formats last year freehand exercises, and such,” be a process to determine the spe - and already the T20 skipper, re - Jhulan said. Bhuvneshwar added, “I cific location where the statue will placed wicket-keeper batsman cricket. About plans for Pakistan to fly tried to use table for exercises and be placed. A final decision will be sarfaraz Ahmed as the OdI captain "I am not happy with where we to england in July to play three my wife said no don’t use that.” made in June. for the 2020-21 season. stand and I want to see this team go Tests and three T20 internationals Among the 29 proposals from "Imran Khan was a very aggres - up in the rankings." amid the COVId-19 pandemic, Cristiano Ronaldo local citizens was one, supported sive captain and I want to be like Babar said captaincy would be a Babar said a lot of hard work and by nearly 250 people, that suggest - him. It is not an easy job captaining challenge for him but it would not planning would be required to returns to ed the statue be moved to the Tele2 the Pakistan team but I am learning affect his batting. make the players feel comfortable Juventus training Arena, Hammarby's home stadi - from my seniors and I have also had "It is an honour to lead one's na - and safe. Washington, May 19 um in stockholm. captaincy experience since my un - tional team so it is not a burden for "Touring england won't be after two months Another, supported by a petition der-19 days," Azam said. me at all. In fact, after becoming easy. Health and safety of players is The much-vandalized statue of that had nearly 8,700 signatures, called He said that to be a complete captain, I have to lead by example of great importance and the tour Italy May 19 Zlatan Ibrahimovic is staying in Malmo. for the statue to be moved away from captain one must be able to interact and be more responsible in my bat - will only be possible when proper where, exactly, remains to be seen. the local stadium because to have the comfortably with the media and ex - ting." Babar hoped the T20 world arrangements are in place," he said. Cristiano Ronaldo has rejoined Committee members from the swedish owner of a rival club there is provoca - press oneself properly in front of an Cup is held this year in Australia as "Both england and Pakistan defending serie A champions city's council met Monday to discuss tive and outrageous. audience. he wanted to lead his team in the team fans, along with the cricketers, Juventus for training on Tuesday af - proposals from local citizens about Ibrahimovic, one of sweden's great - "These days I am also taking ICC event. are missing cricket because of the ter an absence of 72 days that in - where to move the statue of the soccer est ever players, currently plays for english classes besides focussing cluded last two weeks in quarantine. "It would be a disappointment if pandemic." player from its current location outside Italian club AC Milan. He has been on my batting," he said on Monday. the event was not held or resched - "we will still try to perform to The 35-year-old was filmed arriving the stadium. The 500-kilogram (1,100- training with Hammarby during the The 25-year-old Babar said he at the Turin club’s Continassa train - uled because I am looking forward the best of our ability despite no pound), 3-meter (9-foot-10) bronze coronavirus crisis while serie A is sus - was not satisfied with Pakistan's ing ground in a black car and was to playing in the world Cup and do - support from the fans in the stadi - statue has been repeatedly attacked pended. current standing in international due to undergo a medical before ing well in it," he said. um," he added. joining coach Maurizio sarri and his teammates. Ronaldo flew back to his native Madeira after Juventus beat Inter Milan 2-0 behind closed Fans torn as Spanish football prepares Didn’t get selected once because father doors on March 8, their final game before serie A was suspended be - refused to pay bribe: Virat Kohli cause of the novel coronavirus out - to begin recovery without them break. He returned to Turin in a pri - New delhi May 19 vate jet earlier this month but then Madrid, May 19 pitch, the rest will be for after - club, La Gran Familia. "Those of had to spend two weeks at home un - wards." For fans, there is an ac - us who really feel the colours of a Indian skipper Virat Kohli has said in der Italy’s quarantine rules. serie A La Liga's proposed restart ceptance that the sport returning club, what we seek is the best for the past that his father is his superhero in clubs returned to training on May 4 next month has left fans juggling in muted form is better than it not the team, even if that means see - real life and has now revealed how his fa - but are restricted to training in the excitement of football's re - coming back at all. "we under - ing your players through a ther refused to pay a bribe to ensure he was small groups and must respect so - turn and the disappointment it stand that football without fans is screen." But for others, sacrific - selected in a team. In a chat with India foot - cial distancing guidelines. The gov - will resume without them. not the football we want," says ing supporters was a solution ball team captain sunil Chhetri on ernment is still deliberating on More than two months after Instagram, the 31-year-old narrated an in - whether to allow serie A to restart Jose Manuel Mateo, president of found too easily and the worry is the coronavirus pandemic halted cident where he was not selected for a team but said on Monday that it would Aficiones Unidas, an association that over the coming weeks and the season in spain, players have once despite performing well because his not happen before at least June 14, of fans from different clubs. "But months, the game will find ways one day after the league had hoped begun training in small groups as given the exceptional nature of to adapt. Instead of being missed, father refused to offer bribe to an official. to begin. The squad is still without they aim to be as ready as possible the situation, we have no choice fans could feel less needed than “In my home state (delhi), sometimes firm my selection. My father — an honest forward Gonzalo Higuain who only for the planned reboot on June but to accept it." "I don't think ever. "without fans in the stands things happen which are not fair. On one middle-class man who had worked hard all returned to Italy from Argentina 12. yet goals, saves and tackles football can afford just to wait or it's not football, it's reality TV or occasion, a certain someone did not play by his life to become a successful lawyer — did last Thursday and must spend an - will all be greeted by silence or at stand still until there is a vaccine, televised training, but not foot - the rules when it came to selection crite - not even understand what ‘little extra’ other 10 days in quarantine. best, artificial cheers approved by which guarantees safety," Mateo ball," says emilio Abejon, secre - ria,” Kohli said. “He told my father that meant. My father simply said, ‘If you want authorities to be pumped out of a added. According to La Liga, tary general of the Federation of while I had the merit to be selected, a little to select Virat, then let it be purely on mer - Umar Akmal sound system. even for sevilla playing without fans is not with - spanish soccer shareholders and extra (possibly a bribe) was needed to con - it. I will give you nothing extra’.” against Real Betis, the usually- out cost too as clubs surrender Partners (FAsFe). "The country appeals against his heart thumping Andalusian der - considerable sums in matchday is allowing tourism to stop, which by that encapsulates the impor - revenue. But finishing the re - is the biggest business in spain, Even if the target is 370/380, I never feel three-year ban tance of supporters more than maining 11 rounds of the season but not football." Abejon, a fan of Karachi May 19 any other spanish fixture, the at - and completing european com - Atletico Madrid, points out that a mosphere will be non-existent on petitions would limit losses to significant part of the 1.3 per cent like that it cannot be done: Virat Kohli Tainted Pakistan batsman the first weekend back. But for around 303 million euros, a third contribution football makes to Umar Akmal on Tuesday appealed clubs, there is a financial necessi - of the figure contemplated for spain's GdP is "the business New delhi May 19 engaging in live chats with if someone says something against his three-year ban slapped ty given La Liga president Javier cancellation. - 'without fans it's around football like bars, restau - their counterpart on vari - to me from the opposition by the PCB for failing to report a cor - Tebas has estimated cancelling not football' - Resumption allows rants, shops", all of which will re - Virat Kohli is a run-ma - ous social media platforms. side, then I get more moti - rupt approach. Geo reported that the season could cost them 1 bil - players to return to work and staff main closed. "If football cannot chine and there’s no deny - In one such interaction, vated. when I was younger, Akmal has filed an appeal and lion euros ( 1.08 billion). "People too, many of whom have had their return under reasonable condi - ing in that. Be it setting up a Kohli shared his on-field I used to watch matches on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will need their dose of football," wages cut in recent weeks. "Many tions, which we believe to be with massive total on the board experience with television. If India did not appoint an independent panel to Adolfo Barbero, a commentator families also depend on football people in the stands, it should not or chasing down a target, Bangladesh batsman end up winning the match hear the matter. The sports website on Movistar, spain's primary for income, it's not only the play - return at all," said Abejon. Joseba the Indian skipper has Tamim Iqbal, when the lat - while chasing targets, I also reported that Akmal has hired football broadcaster, told AFP. ers," Mateo said. Playing the last Combarro, president of the proved his mettle in both ter asked about the Indian used to think if I was there, Adviser to the Prime Minister on "There is that want for fans to go eleven days of the league "behind eskozia La Brava, the most im - the departments. As sports skipper’s mindset while I would have won the Parliamentary Affairs, Babar to matches but for many now, the closed doors is a way to save the portant supporters' club in eibar, have now been stalled due chasing a big total. “when match,” Kohli said in re - Awan’s law firm to help him in his priority is to play. They want to season," admits Gerardo Tocino, says the only option should have to the novel coronavirus, it comes to chasing targets, sponse. “Chasing is a situa - case. see 22 guys, a ball and a green president of the Real Madrid fans' been cancellation. many sportstars are now my mental state is simple — tion where you know how Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU wednesdAy MAy 20, 2020 Nushrat Bharucha reveals her marriage plans; says that she wants to spend the Benafsha Soonawalla wears Priyank Sharma's Lok: Anushka Sharma relaxes rest of her life with her 'perfect someone' to watch her web series, but sweatshirt and calls him 'rasmalai something else below the TV caught her fans' attention

Bigg Bo ss 11 contestants then their cute and cosy pic - Taught me choreography- entered the house. we felt a Priyank sharma and Benafsha tures have been loved and they priyank sharmaaa." Priyank strong connection, especially soonaw alla had confirmed literally set the internet on f ire. sharma commented on the after I re-entered the house their relationship. The duo Benafsha recently posted a vi deo video and wrote, "Thanks for post my eviction. we devel - shared a cosy picture of them on Instagram where she is the forced credits ?" Benafsha oped feelings for each other Anushka sharma recently clicked a pic - on Instagram and it garnered seen wearing Priyank had the sweetest reply to but didn’t want to make any ture of her living room while she sat down some beautiful comments sharma's t-shirt and is danc - Priyank's comment. earlier, in commitment without being to watch her web series, Paatal Lok (pro - from their fan. while Priyank cap - ing on a Hollywood songshe an interview with the Times Of sure. Once out in the real duced by her), which has begun streaming tioned the pic, "Confirmation" has given the video credits to India, Priyank sharma re - world, we spent a lot of time form today, and has been receiving great with a heart emoji, Benafsha Priyank sharma and has post - vealed that he had been dating together and realised that we reviews across all quarters. while she can wrote, "Can’t nobody keep me ed the video. Her dancing Benafsha for two years. He were in love. It has been exact - be seen beaming as the first episode of her like you Call it unconventional moves are flawless and we are lov - said, "I had met Ben through ly two-and-a-half years since maiden OTT production hit the giant TV My love is habitual". This ing seeing her in the video. Along common pals. we became Ben and I are together. she screen in her living room, what caught came as happy news for all with the video, she wrote, "?- good friends and I got to know gives me a sense of complete - viewers' attention instead was the goofy their fans and had sent them priyanksharmaaa her better during 'Bigg Boss'. ness and we fit together like wedding picture of Virat Kohli and her congratulatory notes. since Choreography - iamdanileigh Both of us were single when we missing pieces of a puzzle." perched atop a slab placed below the TV. Anil Kapoor recalls the beautiful moment Taapsee Pannu getting Slammed for her 'struggle is real' video post as her AC broke when he proposed wifey Sunita Kapoor down is a serious face palm moment brate 36 years of togetherness this year and the Malang star has shared a beautiful video, where he is recalling the beautiful moment of proposing his lady love sunita. In this beautiful teaser, Anil Kapoor said, “This is the beginning of a long love story on the night of 17th May, I signed kind of an yesterday being nushrat Bharucha's birthday, important film which was a big step in she took to Twitter to have an #Asknushrat live my career and on 18th May I took an chat session with her fans, with many fun, interest - even bigger step - I proposed to my ing and insightful exchanges being shared between girlfriend sunita and asked her to be the sonu Ke Titu Ki sweety actress and her admir - my wife. Oh god. I was so stressed. I ers. Out of the many questions asked, one fan had kept on postponing, postponing, even proposed marriage to her, tweeting: postponing, postponing and then the "#Asknushrat Look at my dP. will you consider time came when I had to choose ca - reer or love. And I chose love and I marrying me?" to which the nushrat quickly re - proposed to her on 18th May. People sponded, "I'm glad my mother is not on this Twitter celebrate anniversary, we celebrate chat! Another fan asked, "your special Moment proposal as well and we never let our - with ayushmannk Ask nushrat", to which nushrat selves forget how fortunate we are to Bharucha responded, "All the moments when he have so much to be grateful for. On the cracks me up with his jokes! He's my dose of laugh - professional front, Anil Kapoor was ter & I love those moments! Ask nushrat", while last seen in Malang, which was a box another fan has posted a a gorgeous 3-in-1 sketch of office hit. It also featured Aditya Roy the actress, captioning the image:"nushrat Kapur, disha Patani and Kunal Bharucha Happiest Birthday Ma'am smiling face Kemmu in pivotal roles. He will be with smiling eyes Birthday cakewrapped present I featured in Karan Johar's biggie HOPe yOU wILL LIKe My sKeTCH Face throw - Takht, which also stars Ranveer ing a kiss. However, the actress also revealed her singh, Vicky Kaushal, Janhvi Kapoor, marriage plans when someone had asked, "what is Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor and the biggest thing yet to be achieved in your life? Ask Bhumi Pednekar in key roles. The film nushrat", saying, "To find that perfect someone to is expected to go on floors once the sit - spend the rest of my life with, who I can build a fam - Anil Kapoor and wifey sunita are as they always give us some great rela - uation gets back to normalcy and is set ily with & call my own. one of the most loved couples of B-Town tionship goals. The duo, who will cele - to hit the screens in december 2021. Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife Aaliya sends a legal notice to the actor demanding divorce and maintenance from him

nawazuddin siddiqui's They added, "The notice has wife Aaliya siddiqui has re - been sent claiming mainte - portedly sent a legal notice to nance and divorce. I would the actor demanding divorce not like to get into the details and maintenance from him. of the notice regarding what Taapsee Pannu has yet again become a target of the Apparently, the couple is fac - are the contents and what trolls. For those not in the know, the actress recently shared a ing tough times in their mar - are the allegations, but let video on her social handle in which she highlighted the prob - ried life and that is the reason, me tell you that the allega - lem with her AC. social media enthusiasts were quicky Aaliya has taken this decision. tions are quite serious and enough to judge the actress and slammed her as she cap - The lawyers of Aaliya quoted those are very sensitive to tioned the video saying, "The struggle is real." In the video Zee news, "yes, it is to con - Mr siddiqui as well as his that the saand Ki Aankh actress shared in one of her firm that we have sent a legal family members." The cou - Instagram stories, she explained that the AC in her room notice to Mr nawazuddin sid - ple has been married for 10 broke down and is leaking. Hence they had to make a jugaad diqui. The notice was sent on years and nawaz is under to keep the water from spreading onto the floor. In the video, behalf of Mrs Aaliya siddiqui quarantine at his hometown Taapsee Pannu could be seen explaining that it's lockdown on May 7, 2020. due to un - Budhana, Uttar Pradesh. and that her AC started acting up. due to the lockdown, one precedented COVId-19 times, The actor will be next seen in is not allowed to go out and hence the AC repairmen cannot the notice could not be sent Ghoomketu, which also stars come to her house. But since her AC is leaking, they had to through speed post. It has Anurag Kashyap, Ila Arun, find a way to keep the water from spreading onto the floor. been sent through email as Raghubir yadav, swanand Taapsee had tied what looks like dupattas to keep the water well as whatsApp. Mrs sid - Kirkire and Ragini Khanna. streamlined. That's a desi jugaad and only an Indian can do diqui, our client, has also said It will also have cameos of that. Meanwhile, there are some social media enthusiasts the notice through whatsApp. Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer that have connected this case with the situation of the mi - However, Mr siddiqui has not singh, sonakshi sinha, Chi - grant workers wanting to go home. There’s no way that the responded till date. I think he trangada singh, Lauren Got - two situations are connected, and we are sure that Taapsee is just keeping quiet regarding tlieb and filmmaker nikhil would never make a big deal out of it if it hadn’t been for the notice and ignoring it." Advani. some people who are quick to judge people.     11 LOCAL !$$,.%*0$0

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