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SHORT TAKES Maha lockdown Centre unveils Unlock 2.0; extended till July 31 CTRL+ALT+DEL Mumbai: The Maharashtra night curfew 10pm to 5am government Monday announced that it has extended the lockdown till July 31 in view of the steadily increasing POST NEWS NETWORK country, except for essential activ- FOR 59 CHINESE APPS ities. As per the Unlock 2 guidelines, Covid-19 cases in the state. While all existing lockdown Bhubaneswar, June 29: The iInternational air travel of pas- conditions will continue, the AGENCIES Centre Monday announced guide- UNLOCK sengers, except as permitted by the government will gradually ease lines for ‘Unlock 2’ which have to MHA will remain restricted. Dates restrictions over the next Delhi, June 29: The Ministry of Electronics and be implemented till 31 July. 2.0 for opening of these will be decided month. All visits outdoors, Information Technology Monday banned 59 mobile apps, According to the government, lock- separately, based on an assessment barring for essentials or for saying they are engaged in activities which are "prej- A FULL LIST OF APPS THAT HAS down shall continue to remain in of the situation. The state govern- specified employment udicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, de- force in containment zones till 31 ments will monitor the activities in n purposes will remain banned fence of India, security of state and public order. The BEEN BANNED BY THE CENTRE July. In containment zones, only Training institutes to the containment zones and ensure reopen from July 15 during this period. Since the list of apps included TikTok, Weibo and others. n TikTok n WeSync essential activities will be allowed. implementation of the guidelines past three days, the state has The ministry said it has received many complaints n Shareit n ES File Explorer The Ministry of Home Affairs n Schools, colleges to relating to containment measures been recording 5,000-plus from various sources including several reports about n Kwai n Viva Video – QU Video Inc (MHA) said online and distance remain shut till July end in these zones. The state may also Covid-19 cases daily, taking its misuse of some mobile apps available on Android n UC Browser n Meitu learning will continue to be per- identify buffer zones outside the tally to 164,626, and there have and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously n Baidu map n Vigo Video mitted. Schools, colleges, educa- containment zones, where new been 7,429 deaths till date. transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner n Shein n New Video Status tional institutions and coaching of Personnel and Training: will cases are more likely to occur. to servers which have locations outside India. nClash of Kings n DU Recorder centres, cinemas, religious shrines, issue a detailed SOP. The states/ UTs, based on their "The compilation of these data, its n DU battery saver n Vault- Hide gyms, international air travel and Social/ political/ sports/ enter- assessment of the situation, can pro- n n IRREGULAR by MANJUL mining and profiling by elements Helo Cache Cleaner DU metro services will remain sus- tainment/ academic/ cultural/ re- hibit certain activities outside the n hostile to national security and de- Likee App studio pended till the end of July. ligious functions and other large con- containment zones, or impose such n YouCam makeup n DU Cleaner fence of India, which ultimately im- However, training institutions gregations will be prohibited as restrictions as deemed necessary. n Mi Community n DU Browser pinges upon the sovereignty and n CM Browers n Hago Play With New of the central and state govern- before. Night curfew will be re- However, there shall be no restric- integrity of India, is a mat- n Virus Cleaner Friends ments will start functioning from laxed. The curfew will be from 10 tions on inter-state and intra-state ter of very deep and im- n APUS Browser n Cam Scanner July 15 for which the Department pm to 5 am everyday throughout the movement of persons and goods. mediate concern which n ROMWE n Clean Master – requires emergency n Club Factory Cheetah Mobile measures," the min- n Newsdog n Wonder Camera istry further said n Beutry Plus n Photo Wonder Terrorists attack in a statement. n WeChat n QQ Player The state- n UC News n We Meet ment said, it is "invoking its power under section 69A n QQ Mail n Sweet Selfie Pak bourse; 11 die of the Information Technology Act read with the rel- n Weibo n Baidu Translate AGENCIES evant provisions of the Information Technology n Xender n Vmate I can’t understand this futile exercise (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of n QQ Music n QQ International Karachi, June 29: Four heavily armed militants, of renaming roads and places. Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the n QQ Newsfeed n QQ Security Center believed to be from a banned Baloch terror It changes nothing n n emergent nature of the threats it has decided to block Bigo Live QQ Launcher group, Monday made a brazen attempt to take n n SelfieCity U Video over the Pakistan Stock Exchange building 59 apps since in view of information available they are n n engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty Mail Master V fly Status Video here, killing four security guards and a police n Parallel Spac n Mobile Legends and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state officer before being shot dead by security forces. 32 people drown n Mi Video Call – Xiaomi n DU Privacy and public order.""This decision is a targeted move to The militants, who Dhaka: At least 32 people were ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace," arrived in a car, drowned and many were missing Monday when a ferry said the ministry. This move comes amid a face-off be- opened indiscrimi- carrying over 100 passengers tween India and China in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. nate fire and lobbed 6 Rafale jets to capsized in Buriganga river The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, grenades at the main after it was hit by a bigger Ministry of Home Affairs, has also sent an exhaustive gate of the multi- vessel in the Bangladeshi recommendation for blocking these malicious apps. resentatives, both outside and inside the Parliament BID FOILED storey building sit- capital here, officials said. "It The ministry said it also received representations of India. There has been a strong chorus in the pub- uated in the city's fly in by July 27 appeared to be an accident from people on "security of data and risk to privacy" lic space to take strict action against Apps that harm n The Balochistan high-security com- caused by negligence of the regarding certain apps. "Likewise, there have been sim- India's sovereignty as well as the privacy of our citi- Liberation Army (BLA) mercial hub as they FRANCE SPEEDS The first squadron of the aircraft drivers," an official of the ilar bipartisan concerns, flagged by various public rep- zens," the statement read. linked Majeed Brigade tried to storm it. will be stationed at Ambala air Bangladesh Inland Water claimed responsibility for Armed with auto- UP DELIVERY force station Transport Authority (BIWTA) the attack. The group is matic machine guns, told reporters. Rescuers feared banned in Pakistan, the grenades and explo- UK and the US. several passengers were sives, they tried to ` trapped inside the ferry which 58K cr deal n The BLA has carried out enter into the com- The MoU stipulates France sank at around 9:30 am with First lot of Remdesivir, several terrorist attacks in pound leading to the will deliver 36 Rafale jets at nearly 100 passengers on board the past, including a sui- Pakistan Stock a cost of around `58,000 cr in the Buriganga river along the cide attack in August 2018 Exchange (PSX) build- Shyambazar area of Old Dhaka. that targeted Chinese ing through a park- AGENCIES which she conveyed that engineers in Balochistan ing lot but security the Rafale jets will be de- Favipiravir reaches state forces foiled their at- New Delhi, June 29: India livered to India as sched- MARKET WATCH tack within the compound itself, Deputy is likely to receive by July uled notwithstanding the POST NEWS NETWORK Meanwhile, State Drugs Controller Superintendent of Police (South) Jamil Ahmed said. 27 the first batch of six coronavirus pandemic in INDEX VARIATION State Covid toll 23, Mamina Patnaik said, Odisha has "The militants lobbed hand grenades and Rafale fighter jets which France. Bhubaneswar, June 29: The state fresh cases 245 also received 1,200 strips (each strip opened fire initially at the compound entrance are expected to significantly Military officials, on the SENSEX 34961.52 209.75 government Monday received the containing 34 tablets) of Fabi Flu to force themselves into the compound but one boost the combat capabil- condition of anonymity, first consignment of Remdesivir BHUBANESWAR: The state’s COVID-19 (Favipiravir) tablets to cure pa- of them was killed immediately and that pushed ity of the Indian Air Force, said the arrival of the BOURSES NIFTY 10312.40 70.60 and Favipiravir medicines for the tally climbed to 6,859 Monday as 245 tients with mild to moderate coro- them back,” he said. people familiar with the de- Rafale jets will significantly people, including two NDRF person- DOLLAR 75.69 `0.13 treatment of COVID-19 patients. navirus. Director General Rangers Sindh Major- velopment said. enhance the IAF's overall Additional Chief Secretary, Health nel, tested positive for the disease, She explained that Remdesivir in- General Omer Ahmed Bokhari, addressing a press The IAF has been on a combat capability and will while the toll rose to 23 with two more EURO 85.40 `0.45 and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra jection is meant for the moderate conference in Karachi, said the attackers intended high alert for the last two send a clear message to

CURRENCY fatalities, a health official said. The said Remdesivir medicine will be to severe cases, while Fabi Flu for to not only enter the building but also carry out weeks in view of escalation India's "adversaries". GOLD `48,287 `18 latest fatalities were reported from used only in the treatment of mod- the state's worst-hit Ganjam district, mild to moderate patients. This violence and hold people hostage. in tension with China fol- When asked about the mat- SILVER `48,150 ` 215 erate to severely ill COVID-19 pa- which alone accounts for 12 of the 23 apart, Patnaik said: "The state "Every terrorist was armed with weapons lowing clashes between ter, the IAF did not com- BULLION tients. "The Remdesivir medicines deaths so far, a health department presently has a stock of two lakh that included AK-47s, hand grenades, rocket troops of the two countries ment.The first squadron of have been sent to all COVID hospi- statement said. The deceased include tablets and two lakh injections of launchers. They were also carrying food and in Galwan Valley in east- the aircraft will be sta- tals in the state", he said. two men aged 48 and 52, it said. Dexamethasone." water,” he said. He continued, "The PSX is an ern Ladakh in which 20 tioned at Ambala air force WEATHER The drugs will help reduce fa- Dexamethasone is used to treat important symbol of economic activity hence Indian Army personnel were station, considered one of tality rate (which is 0.39 per cent in conditions such as arthritis, the objective of these militants was to increase killed. The two armies are the most strategically lo- BHUB CTK Odisha), Mahapatra said, adding said it inhibits Middle East respi- blood/hormone/immune system casualties here and hold hostages." locked in a bitter standoff in cated bases of the IAF. MAX 32.8° 33.8° that it is a nucleoside analogue pro- ratory syndrome coronavirus, disorders, allergic reactions, cer- "It was an attempt to send a message to the the region for seven weeks. India had signed an inter- drug having inhibitory effects on SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2 repli- tain skin and eye conditions, world that Pakistan is not safe. They wanted to On June 2, Defence governmental agreement TEMP MIN 24.1° 23.0° Forecast pathogenic animal and human coro- cation in animal models. "It breathing problems, certain bowel damage Pakistan's economic activity and harm Minister Rajnath Singh held with France in September Humidity 98% 92% naviruses, including severe acute (Remdesivir) is administered via in- disorders, and certain cancers. investors' confidence," DG Rangers said. The po- a telephonic conversation 2016 for procurement of 36 Generally Rainfall Trace Nil cloudy sky respiratory syndrome coronavirus jection into a It is also used as a test for an ad- lice and Rangers' officials killed all the four with his French counter- Rafale fighter jets at a cost 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in vitro. Mohapatra vein of the patient," he said. renal gland disorder. terrorists near the entrance gates, he said. part Florence Parly during of around `58,000 crore. Geelani quits Hurriyat Iran issues arrest warrant against Prez Trump AGENCIES the members of the Hurriyat Conference, Geelani has said that AGENCIES mation with its member states. Srinagar, June 29: Senior hard- henceforth he shall not be an- UPPING THE ANTE Interpol has no requirement for line separatist leader, Syed Ali swerable in any manner about the Tehran, June 29: Iran has issued making any of the notices public, Shah Geelani Monday said he is dis- future conduct of the constituent an arrest warrant and asked Interpol Trump and more than 30 It is unlikely Interpol though some do get published on its tancing himself from the sepa- members of the platform. for help in detaining President others whom Iran accuses would grant Iran’s website. It is unlikely Interpol would ratist platform -- the All Party Hurriyat Conference was formed Donald Trump and dozens of oth- of involvement in the request as its guideline grant Iran’s request as its guide- Hurriyat Conference. In a March 9, 1993 as a united ers it believes carried out the drone January 3 strike that for notices forbids it line for notices forbids it from “un- press statement the octoge- political platform of the strike that killed a top Iranian gen- killed Gen Qassem from “undertaking any dertaking any intervention or ac- narian separatist leader, separatist parties in eral in Baghdad, a local prosecutor Soleimani face “murder intervention or activities tivities of a political” nature. Geelani said he is distanc- Kashmir. Ten years after its reportedly said Monday. and terrorism charges” of a political” nature The US killed Soleimani, who ing himself completely from formation, the Hurriyat While Trump faces no danger of oversaw the Revolutionary the All Party Hurriyat Conference split into the arrest, the charges underscore the ment in the January 3 strike that his presidency ends. Interpol, based making the arrests on behalf of Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force, y Conference. moderate group headed by heightened tensions between Iran killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in in Lyon, France, did not immediately the country that request it. The no- and others in the January strike

"He has written a detailed let- Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and the and the United States since Trump Baghdad face “murder and terror- respond to a request for comment. tices cannot force countries to ar- near Baghdad International

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k y m levels, reports variety.com. Brown Skin Girl, reports etonline.com c FORTUNE FORECAST Modern Book Depot: Despite Covid the fight is on FORMER ODISHA CHIEF experience to Odisha’s book connoisseurs of smart phones and social networking let was the fourth in the chain. All the ARIES – they could step inside the 220 sq feet sites hampered reading habits of the shops, though, carry the same name. MINISTERS, BIJU PATNAIK, area, browse through the books before youths, the digital libraries impacted buy- Om’s memory is still fresh about the A romantic link is about picking one. Though, earlier it dealt with ing habits. Young readers found it con- few years he spent in the Kolkata shop be- to be presented to you JB PATNAIK, GIRIDHAR as a surprise, shining all types of books, from early 2000, the shop venient to read books available online. fore moving to Bhubaneswar. A host of and smiling. Ganesha advises you to be GAMANG, JNANPITH rebranded into a standalone ‘non-text And then, there’s the mushrooming of well-known personalities including noted prepared in your best dress and to practice books’ outlet. e-commerce ventures which begun offer- filmmaker Satyajit Ray frequented the some romantic talking. You never know AWARD RECIPIENT U R According to Om, all books sell. But, ing decent price discounts and delivering outlet, he recalls. what the evening has in store for you. ANANTHAMURTHY AND classics, biographies, political commen- books at the door step. Result: the “Those days, Lighthouse screened only taries, thrillers, fictions including the sci- customer base shrank fur- English movies. During the intervals of CELEBRATED COOK BOOK fi ones have more takers. ther and footfalls at stores night shows people would step out, TAURUS However, after the pandemic, dynamics lessened. Mumbai’s come to our shop, pick books and re- AUTHOR, TARLA DALAL, have altered. As Om says, the global health iconic Strand Book turn for the remaining part of the This day you are likely be AMONG OTHERS, HAD hazard has set in a sense of insecurity. Stall, which shut 50 movie. Vikram Seth had visited prone to daydreaming Incidentally, last month, Full Circle, the and fantasizing. Ganesha shop last year, was the store during the release of his VISITED MBD’S famous book store at New Delhi’s classy a casualty of these Glorious classic: A suitable boy,” Om’s sees you losing touch with reality and Om Prakash at his book store making errors in judgment, in your assess- BHUBANESWAR OUTLET brother, Prem Prakash who manages ment of facts.You will, by sheer force of years the Kolkata shop, informs. suiting every age group and taste.” your tenacity and determination ensure The Bhubaneswar shop has been An avid reader, Om says, his reading habit that things work out in the end. DEBI MOHANTY patronised by, among others, the who’s has helped him run the venture. Once he who of Odisha’s intelligentsia – artists, spots a customer is having a doubt, he ifty six years ago, in 1964 when he writers, politicians and bureaucrats etc. pitches in with an advice. The reader is GEMINI cleared the test for the 33rd batch of Former Odisha Chief Ministers, Biju happy. The salesman too is equally elated You will be in the mood to Fthe National Defence Academy (NDA), Patnaik, JB Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, as his effort has paid off. pursue your heart's many Om Prakash thought he was about to re- Jnanpith Award recipient U R “Holding a book with hands has its desires today. You will alise his adolescent passion – of becoming Ananthamurthy and celebrated cook book own charm, one can’t experience the feel- want to spend more time with your family a Fauji and donning the camouflage. author, Tarla Dalal had visited this counter. ing from online buying,” former Odisha fi- and your children. You need to translate However, much to everyone’s surprise, he “In a book store you get to meet and in- nance minister, Panchanan Kanungo, also desires into action by better balancing your schedule, says Ganesha. stayed back. teract with the best of minds. I should known as the ‘intellectual politician’ believes. “For several nights, there was an in- have kept a visitors’ book, which I haven’t. “Om knows my taste and suggests what all tense battle between my dream and child- It’s my biggest regret,” Om says apolo- should I buy, which makes my tasks a lot hood love (books). Ultimately, the latter getically. easier,” Kanungo adds. CANCER overpowered the former,” Om reasons. Whenever he is in Bhubaneswar, However, excessive exposure to tiny let- You will have enthusi- While many of his Bhubaneswar’s Sainik Readers browsing through books at MBD’s outlet in Bhubaneswar PICS- BIKASH NAYAK Gamang, a regular at Om’s shop, quietly ters in millions of pages, has taken a toll asm for swift action. School friends rose in ranks in the Army bags his favourite copies. “I love this shop. on Om’s eye sight. Today, on the arrival of Variety adds spice to - one of them, the veteran of many wars life. So you may change Khan Market, hit the headlines. Unable to challenges. “I have survived, because of my Most of the valuable books I get there are new releases, enthusiastically he flips job or trade. Ties with superiors will be (1971, Kargil) retired Lieutenant General cope with heavy losses and with an unsure loyal patrons,” Om, the second genera- not available elsewhere,” claims Gamang. through the pages, but can’t complete one. good. Ganesha says this is the time for KP Dhal Samanta, passed away recently. future ahead, it downed shutters, permanently. tion book seller, concedes. “The feel at home ambience is always an “But, I am not tired, yet,” Om says. challenges. Om pursued his studies, earned a degree “The saddest part is that I could not de- Om’s father Dewan Chand, who had a attraction,” believes former bureaucrat, However, with his daughters married and certificate and LLB from the Calcutta liver books to my customers who needed brief stint with the Colonial army, and Aurobindo Behera, another loyal buyer son, who is happy with his corporate job University, before setting out on a lifelong them the most, then (lockdown days),” his two brothers, set up book shops on ei- of over four decades. Incidentally, the day and lacks interest in carrying the family LEO tryst with books. rues Om. However, he promises to try his ther side of the Independence, first – in the the COVID lockdown was relaxed last legacy forward, perhaps the last page of the Set up in 1970, his Modern Book Depot, best and meet this challenge. “Hopefully, It is a good day to city of the magnificent Taj Mahal - Agra, month, Behera with his daughter Ananya, fascinating tale of the Modern Book Depot renew old acquaintanc- at Bhubaneswar’s Master Canteen near I will be able to see it through,” he de- in 1946. In 1949, came the other, at the most 32, in tow, visited Om. Flashing one of the and Om is being penned. As Om says, es and make new rela- Railway Station Square has turned 50 this clares. A little streak of a fighter is still left happening address of Kolkata, across the two purchases, a book on poetry, ‘Letters “With me, Modern Book Depot will live. And tionships. Your friends year. “It’s been fascinating, I cherish each in him. Lighthouse cinema near New Market in to the person I was’ by Sama Abuleil, end, as well.” and relatives will probably visit you moment of the long journey,” Om, 71, says. It’s not the first time that he is con- Chowringhee. It was followed by the one Ananya intones, “There you find a rich col- After all, everything has to end, today. A jovial feeling will pervade your This store offered a completely new fronting odds. While the surge in the use in Shillong, while the Bhubaneswar out- lection of books on a range of subjects one day. home. You may throw a grand party for your guests, says Ganesha.

VIRGO ANUSHKA TROLLED FOR USING Neha zooms past A mixture of the desir- able and undesirable is on the cards today. Sentimental people Big B, SRK, Salman will tend to think of you as a little imma- BENGALI FOLK SONG IN BULBBUL ture. However, your sense of humour Mumbai: Known for belting out hits like Manali will be as robust as ever and you will Mumbai: Anushka Sharma and her new Among those who have complained trance, Garmi and Aankh maare among many others, never fall short of jokes. Ganesha advis- film on Netflix, Bulbbul, are facing social is Hindustani Bhau of Bigg Boss 13 singer Neha Kakkar now has a fan following of a es you to pursue spiritually enriching activities in order to properly channelise media flak over the lyrics of an age-old fame. “Anushka Sharma’s Bulbul web whopping 40 million. your abilities. Bengali folk song used in the film. series insults Lord Krishna and Radha With this, Neha has zoomed past the fan follow- The song is Kalankini Radha, and in nasty language. Will the gov- ings of Anushka Sharma (38.5mn), Salman Khan the words roughly translate to ‘Ill- ernment take any step against (33.4mn), Shah Rukh Khan (22mn) and Amitabh reputed Radha’. Netizens, are such people?” he tweeted, Bachchan (18.9mn). Neha took to Instagram to share LIBRA upset with the lyrics because tagging Maharashtra her joy. She posted a pic- Ganesha advises you they feel it depicts Radha Chief Minister’s of- ture of herself sitting Most followed not to take stress about in a negative way. fice. However, he has on a throne-like chair small issues or matters. Objection has also been erroneously referred with a tiara on her To avoid tension and to Insta accounts gain mental peace it is advised you per- raised over the fact that at to Bulbbul the film head. A heart sticker form yoga or meditation. There will be one point of the song, the as a web series. can be seen written ‘40 pressure put on you regarding certain subtitle describes Radha as M’ in it. matters at the work-front. You should ‘shameless hussy’. “Your Nehu has a Family of #40Million Beautiful take decisions regarding critical matters Netizens have alleged that People here on #Instagram now! Thank You God.. only after carefully weighing the pros and cons. Anushka Sharma is disre- Mata Rani And Ofcource Each one of You!! Not to specting Hindu religious forget MY #NEHEARTS. #NehaKakkar sentiments by producing a #NehuDiaries,” she captioned the image. film that has a song like Last week, Neha took a temporary break from SCORPIO this. social media because she was tired of the ‘ha- According to Ganesha, tred, nepotism, jealousy, judgements and bad your family and friends top your priority list today. Life looks hunky dory on personal as well as professional front. Apart from business developments, romantic relations are on the bloom. PEANUTS post SUDOKU CROSSWORD To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. SAGITTARIUS You feel like going back to carefree, childhood days. You even practice that by taking an impromptu pleasure trip, in the outskirts of the city. And bumping into an old pal, reliving your past is like an icing on the cake.

CAPRICORN You will walk down the CALVIN AND HOBBES memory lane, cherish those lost moments and later on feel an urge to meet or contact old friends, says Ganesha. Expectations of your near and dear ones, however, may seem SOLUTIONS burdensome.

AQUARIUS If the Almighty loads you with pain, He will also bless you with pleasure, assures Ganesha. You will begin the day with a long list of things to be done, but luckily you will be able finish BREVITY them off one by one. CROSSWORD

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However, the best way to deal with provoca- SUDOKU tion is not to loose your temper and to con- tinue as usual, for things will take care of themselves soon enough, says Ganesha. CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW P3 TAKING STOCK FLOUTING NORMS TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR CMC commissioner Ananya Das Heavy rush near Gundicha holds discussions with officials in temple in Puri to get ‘Adapa Cuttack, Monday, a few hours Abhada’, Monday. The downtown after CDA Sector 9 was declared a Srimandir deities are on

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`2,000 crore Modi govt profiteering from misery: Cong on fuel price hike disbursed under POST NEWS NETWORK of `10.48 per litre for diesel and MAJOR CHARGES Fueling concerns `8.50 per litre for petrol, it said. Mamata scheme Bhubaneswar, June 29: With the While the crude oil prices have While the crude oil prices Union government taking no steps BHUBANESWAR: Rising petrol gone down over the last few months, POST NEWS NETWORK have gone down over the to control the unprecedented fuel and diesel prices in the state the fuel price has sky-rocketed in last few months, the fuel price hike, the state unit of Congress price has sky-rocketed in have been a serious concern for India as the government seeks to Bhubaneswar, June 29: The state Monday staged a demonstration India as the govt seeks to the commuters. fleece the people, the Congress lead- government has achieved another here and demanded immediate roll- fleece the people Odisha saw 5 paisa ers claimed. milestone in ensuring healthy ma- back of the hike by the Centre. rise in petrol and The Congress leaders urged the ternity as it has distributed over Party workers led by state During the last three-and-a- 13 paisa in diesel President to direct immediate roll- Rs 2,000 crore to around 43 lakh Congress President Niranjan half months, the Centre has prices, back of the hike in the prices of pregnant and lactating women Patnaik held a silent sit-in near Raj raised the price and excise Monday. diesel and petrol and excise duty under Mamata scheme. Bhawan for two hours and sent a duty on diesel by `26.48 per According since March 5 and pass on the ben- The government has e-trans- ` memorandum to President Ram Congress members including Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan litre and on petrol by 21.50 to Petroleum efit to the people in these difficult ferred the financial assistance of Nath Kovind seeking his interven- Patnaik staging a dharna outside the Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Monday per litre Dealers times. Rs 2006 crore directly to the bank tion in quick rollback of the hike in Association, Monday’s petrol Without giving any reason for accounts of the expectant moth- fuel price for the interest of the When BJP came to power in May 2014, excise duty on petrol was `9.20 per litre and on diesel it was `3.46 per price was `80.99 and diesel was the continuous hike, state BJP pres- ers till June 29, said official sources people who are already hit hard by litre, but it was increased by `23.78 on per litre petrol and `28.37 on per litre diesel `78.68. ident Samir Mohanty slammed the in the Women and Child the Covid-19 pandemic. Congress party for criticising the Development (W&CD) department. During the last three-and-a-half said repeated and "unjust" increase prices as also excise duty on petrol last six years the Centre has in- randum said. Modi government. He said the Mamata was launched by the months, the Narendra Modi gov- in the prices and also Central excise and diesel,” the memorandum said. creased the excise duty on petrol by March 5, the price of petrol and Congress party can go to any extent Odisha government in September ernment has raised the price and ex- duty on petrol and diesel over the Patnaik said the Modi govern- an additional ` 23.78 per litre and on diesel was increased by `3 per litre, to criticise the Centre, even if it 2011. cise duty on diesel by `26.48 per last three months has inflicted in- ment has earned `18,00,000 crore diesel by extra `28.37 per litre. while the Centre May 5 hiked the ex- contradicts their own decisions. As per the scheme, pregnant litre and on petrol by `21.50 per surmountable pain and suffering on in the last six years by increasing “Since the lockdown was im- cise duty on diesel by `13 per litre “On one side @NPatnaikOdisha women registered with Anganwadi litre, Patnaik said, adding "this is the people. excise duty on petrol and diesel posed around three months ago, and on petrol by `10 per litre, it (Niranjan Patnaik) Babu does cheap centres are receiving Rs 5,000 in two nothing but exploitation of the peo- “As the country faces unprece- alone. the extent of extortion and profi- said. stunts on fuel prices, on the other instalments (Rs 3,000 after 6 months ple who are facing serious financial dented health and economic pan- When BJP assumed power in teering by repeated increase in From June 7 to June 24, the Modi his party & allies in other states go of pregnancy and Rs 2,000 after the hardship due to Covid-19 pandemic." demic, the Modi government is May 2014, excise duty on petrol was prices and excise duty on petrol government has consecutively in- about raising taxes on fuel. Why infant completes the age of 10 In their memorandum to the profiteering from the misery of the `9.20 per litre and on diesel it was and diesel has surpassed all forms creased the prices of petrol and this hypocrisy?” the BJP leader months) through bank accounts President, the Congress leaders people by repeatedly increasing `3.46 per litre, he said, adding in of exploitation," the party memo- diesel leading to a further increase asked. upon fulfilling certain conditions, the source said. While 25 lakh ben- eficiaries were covered under the scheme till 2016, 18 lakh more have BAHUDA AHEAD been included in the last three 14.58L cases pending and half years. 3 IAS officers shifted Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday effected a minor reshuffle with judiciary in state among IAS officers by transferring three officials. The government has POST NEWS NETWORK appointed Satyabrata Sahu as the new MSME Secretary. Sahu has recently New Delhi, June 29: The pen- VITAL STATS returned from Central deputation. dency of cases in High Court and Similarly, Gopabandhu Satpathy has As many as 12,98,243 cases – 10,32,279 criminal been posted as new Managing Director subordinate courts in Odisha is and 2,65,964 civil cases – are pending in all the of Odisha State Cooperative Bank humongous as over 14.58 lakh civil districts and taluka courts in Odisha (OSCB) whereas the present OSCB MD and criminal cases have remained Debenadra Kumar Jena transferred as sub judice in the state judiciary. 1,28,252 While 1,60,070 cases, additional secretary of Planning and According to the National Judicial cases have including 69,906 The Grand Road in Puri being painted Monday ahead of Bahuda Yatra of the Srimandir deities OP PHOTO Convergence department. Data Grid, which monitors per- been pending writ cases, are formance of courts across the coun- in the High pending in try, as many as 12,98,243 cases – Court for the Orissa Country liquor can 10,32,279 criminal and 2,65,964 civil more than High Court, the state cases – are pending in all the districts one year judiciary has an overall backlog of 14,58,313 cases Protect Covid warriors: CM now reach doorsteps and taluka courts in Odisha. While 1,60,070 cases, including 8,884 appeals are pending with Orissa High Court for 10-20 years POST NEWS NETWORK positive and negative in a fearless three months into the pandemic. POST NEWS NETWORK 69,906 writ cases, are pending in manner,” the Chief Minister said. We should take strong action for the Orissa High Court, the state Bhubaneswar, June 29: Expressing The district level officers have also such violations,” he told the SPs. Bhubaneswar, June 29: The judiciary has an overall backlog many as 8,884 appeals are pending with to convicts in jails, who are await- concern over the Covid warriors get- shared their experiences and sug- He further directed for creation state government, Monday, al- of 14,58,313 cases. Orissa High Court for 10-20 years. ing hearing of their appeals. ting infected with the novel coro- gestions on fight the virus. of COVID care committee at GP lowed home delivery of out still Significantly, as many as 1,28,252 “The pendency of cases poses a “While compiling such data, a navirus, Chief Minister Naveen Naveen instructed the level and providing fund, im- (OS) liquor and Extra Neutral cases have been pending in the challenge to the judiciary, inas- suitable questionnaire, eliciting Patnaik Monday directed the dis- senior officers, parting training to the mem- Alcohol (ENA)-based country High Court for more than one year. much as right to speedy trial would information with respect to appeal trict Collectors and SPs to take care Collectors and SPs to bers them. Instructions have liquor (CL) by the licensee him- In lower courts, 3,50,956 cases have also include the right to speedy dis- numbers, (of such convicts); the of the frontline warriors. talk to the infected been given for creation of self or through his authorised been pending from 1 to 3 years posal of appeals of those convicted. provisions under which the pris- Holding a videoconferencing COVID warriors over COVID Care home in every representatives. while 4,606 cases are pending for If such appeals are not taken up for oners have been convicted; the pe- with the Collectors and SPs, Naveen telephone, to boost their gram panchayat (GP) and However, it will not be applica- more than 30 years. Similarly, 30,274 hearing within a reasonable time riod(s) of sentence undergone, the said, “Take care of Covid warriors. morale. The officers have TMCs involving cluster of GPs. ble for containment zones. Home cases have been pending for more frame, the right of appeal itself age(s) and gender of the pris- They are on the frontline to save our also been instructed to take all nec- “We should be very careful to delivery will be done in between than 20 years in lower courts. would be illusory, inasmuch as in- oner/convicts, their health condi- people. They should be sensitised essary steps to ensure that gov- protect our institutions. Private 7am and 6pm subject to compliance Out of the pending cases in sub- carcerated convicts (who are de- tions (which of them are suffering to protect themselves.” ernment offices are zero infection hospitals must be sensitised and of lockdown orders issued by local ordinate courts, as many as 70,018 nied bail) would have undergone a from serious/ illnesses, shall be The videoconferencing was or- zones. Naveen asked the officers to it must be ensured that they are authorities, sources said. were filed by senior citizens and major part- if not whole of the pe- obtained. The state legal service ganised to take suggestions from sensitise the staffers about dos and following the guidelines, through The consumers will have to pay 76,353 by women. riod of their sentence,” the Supreme authorities shall assist the DG Collectors and SPs as to how to go don’ts. “If any government office is repeated inspections,” he said. delivery charges of Rs 10 per bot- The Supreme Court had June 15 Court said. Prisons in drawing up suitable forward in the month of July. “Your found COVID infected, the concern Collectors were asked to have tle/pouch with a maximum of Rs asked the Orissa High Court to sub- The apex court had also asked the questionnaire, which shall be com- experiences so far would be valu- head of office will be responsible for special strategy for hotspots within 50 per order. The retailers have mit a detailed action plan for decid- High Court to co-ordinate with the piled and compared with the pen- able for the government to fine the same,” he warned. “There should their districts. Every dept must be been asked to prominently dis- ing on criminal appeals pending be- Director General, Prisons, in the dency of appeals,” the Supreme tune the strategy. I would like every- be zero tolerance to mask and social actively involved in the war against play their phone and WhatsApp fore it for a long period of time. As state to compile data with respect Court said. one to share their experiences both distancing violators. We have passed COVID, he added. numbers for receiving orders. JTP member Jumbo creates panic on City outskirts urinates inside Road fatalities dip by 65% POST NEWS NETWORK temple, suspended POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, June 29: A wild elephant POST NEWS NETWORK spotted near Patharagadia in Infocity police Bhubaneswar, June 29: Amidst limits on the outskirts of city created panic the worsening Covid-19 crisis, there Puri, June 29: The Shree among the locals, Monday. is a brighter side to it as road Jagannath Temple Administration According to sources, some locals found mishap deaths in the state has (SJTA) Monday suspended a se- the jumbo moving behind the Mindtree of- dipped by 65 per cent during the pe- curity personnel, also known as fice situated in Infocity area and informed riod from March 24 to May 31, 2020 Jagannath Temple Police (JTP), for the Forest department officials. as compared to the corresponding answering nature’s call inside The Infocity police officials said that the ele- period of 2019. Gundicha Temple. phant had damaged one car and one small According to official data sub- A deserted road near AG Square A video of the man urinating on mud house. No human was injured. Efforts by mitted to Supreme Court Committee the temple premises had gone a team comprising local police and forest of- on Road Safety, 1,087 people have While 2,175 persons have been in- viral Sunday. The suspended per- ficials are underway to prevent the elephant been killed in road accidents from jured in the mishaps in 2019, it son was identified as Sudarshan from straying into the residential area. March 24 to May 31 last year while stood at 722 this year. Sahu. The elephant has reportedly strayed into the the figure has come down to 384 this Due to lockdown, shutdown and As the nine-day-long Rath Yatra city from nearby Budbia forest range. Chandaka year due to the curbs on vehicular other restrictions, the vehicular is still on, Lord Jagannath along DFO said that two tuskers had entered into the traffic owing to the pandemic. traffic on the roads especially on the with his siblings – Lord Balabhadra area while one was left behind. Similarly, the number of road highways have drastically fallen and Devi Subhadra is presently Finally, the Forest team succeeded in send- accidents has decreased from 2,107 down. As a result, the number of being worshiped at Adapa Mandap A curious youth takes snaps of a wild elephant near Patharagadia on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, ing the elephant to Bharatpur Forest Range in 2019 to 836 this year. The num- road mishaps also came down, said inside Gundicha temple. The sus- Monday OP PHOTO around 2:20pm, officials said. ber of injuries also decreased. an official. pended person had been deputed at the temple. During his duty hours, he urinated inside the tem- ple premises. LOKAYUKTA REWARD FOR VICTIM OF EXAM MANIPULATION A video of Sudarshan’s mind- less act went viral Sunday and POST NEWS NETWORK spondence between the Lokayukta and the report revealed that the victim, Monday he was suspended. Vigilance department, the FIR lodged by the GRAFT IN PRISONS DEPT Champaklata Pradhan, was deliberately However, the action taken by Bhubaneswar, June 29: The Odisha victim’s husband, Trayambak Barik, and he victim’s husband had given less marks by the authorities in the SJTA against Sudarshan Lokayukta has directed the state govern- the enquiry report to the Home depart- Taccused the Vigilance dept of charge of the examination. has left other JTP members ment to appoint a woman in state Prisons ment for action. not taking any action against the Additionally, she was also ‘disqualified’ miffed. department as a jail warder after the alle- The Lokayukta delivered the order while accused persons despite the lapse from the post even after she joined the A few days back a photo of gations of deliberate manipulation in the hearing a complaint filed by Barik November of considerable period of time job for a few days. Later, the Vigilance local police officials having recruitment examination in 2012 were 25, 2019. Barik had accused the Vigilance department also filed a case (57/19) Adapa Abadha (Shri found to be true. department of not taking any action against he Lokayukta sought a report under various sections of the IPC and

Mahaprasad) while sitting on The Lokayukta also directed the SP of the accused persons despite the lapse of Tfrom the SP, Vigilance, Prevention of Corruption Act against for-

k y m c chairs by keeping it on the Pindi Vigilance department of Sambalpur Division considerable period of time. Sambalpur Division, who mer DIG prisons Berhampur Range, (altar) around a tree in front to expedite the probe into the matter and Subsequently, the Lokayukta sought a submitted an initial enquiry report Gopabandhu Mallick, Birakishore Dash, confirming the allegations of of Gundicha temple had also submit the enquiry report to the Lokayukta report from the SP, Vigilance, Sambalpur Lecturer of Sociology at the Odisha Jail manipulations in the evaluation of gone viral. JTP members al- for further action. Division, who submitted an initial en- exam papers Training School at Berhampur and leged that no action has been The Vigilance SP has also been asked to quiry report confirming the allegations Gagan Bihari Sahoo, the jailor of circle taken against them. send separate copies related to the corre- of manipulations in the exams. The inquiry jail at Koraput. P4 TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

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k y m 23 new local contact cases in City 14-day stay in hosps c POST NEWS NETWORK 6,859 Bhubaneswar, June 29: 6 more test +ve in AHRCC, tally reaches 9 Total cases for staff from slums Bhubaneswar reported 25 fresh cases of coronavirus out of the 28 1,883 POST NEWS NETWORK Prem Chandra Chaudhary said. detected from Khurda Monday. Active cases Passing the order, the Of the 25 cases, 23 are local con- Bhubaneswar, June 29: Amid Commissioner also mentioned that tacts and two have been detected 4,946 rising COVID-19 cases in the city post 14-days shift the set of em- from home quarantines, informed here, the civic authority Monday ployees will be relieved of the du- Recoveries Bhubaneswar Municipal instructed hospitals/nursing homes ties only after they test negative for Corporation (BMC). 23 to make accommodation for em- COV1D-19. “The next set of em- With fresh cases, COVID-19 tally ployees who reside in slum areas ployees will then be given duties and in Bhubaneswar now rose to 314, of Deaths for a period of 14 days. the same procedure will be adopted which 135 are active cases. Four 2,60,428 With an increasing number of if they too belong to slum areas,” patients have succumbed to the cases being reported from the slums the directive said. virus in the city so far. Samples tested of Bhubaneswar, the Bhubaneswar Furthermore, the notification Meanwhile, seven patients have Municipal Corporation (BMC) is- instructed that all private hospi- recovered from COVID-19 in the 6 cops, including sued fresh directives to private tals/nursing homes will nominate city taking the total count of re- hospitals. In the order, it stated a responsible officer of their or- covered cases to 174. Further con- DSP, infected in that all private hospitals/nursing ganisation as nodal officer and tact tracing is still continuing. Nurses demonstrate near the director’s office of AHRCC in Cuttack, Monday OP PHOTO homes will maintain an exclusive share the name, designation and Primary contacts and nearby houses CDA Sector-9 database of employees residing in contact number along with the pre- are being quarantined, sanitised CUTTACK: Six more persons With the fresh cases, the cancer patients have been shifted to COVID slum areas of liminary and will be under active surveil- from Acharya Harihar Regional hospital has so far reported nine hospital for treatment. BMC. These shift arrange- lance, the BMC said in a tweet. Cancer Centre (AHRCC) here have positive cases. While a patient As the news about detection of CUTTACK: A deputy superin- employees are ment made Health and Family Welfare tested positive for coronavirus, from Ganjam district had tested new Covid cases from the cancer tendent of police (DSP)-rank of- to be assigned a by them with Department sources said two COVID informed Cuttack CDMO positive for the virus June 24, yes- care facility broke out, nurses of ficer Monday tested positive for shift for 14 days the positive patients of Ganjam dis- Satyabrata Chhotray here Monday. terday, reports of two staff nurses the premier cancer hospital demon- COVID-19 along with five other and accommo- ADUPHO- trict passed away while under treat- Of the six new cases, five are pa- of the hospital came out positive. strated near the director’s office staff of a police station under dation will be UH, along ment in hospital. tients and another is a staff of The two nurses had come in con- of AHRCC demanding Covid test Athagarh sub-division. Earlier, arranged by with the sub- With these two casualties, the the Aahar centre at the hospital. tact with the cancer patient. All the and quarantine for them. the inspector-in-charge of the the hospitals it- sequent Covid deaths in Ganjam district police station in Athagarh under self. shifts. rose to 12, highest in the state fol- Cuttack Rural Police District “About 1/3rd It is worth lowed by Khurda (five), Cuttack Baragarh (10) and seven each in tients. Additional chief secretary, the last few days. The serological test had tested positive for COVID-19. of the city pop- mentioning (four) and one each in Puri and Cuttack, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar in charge of Health and Family will be carried out from July 1 next. As per sources, the IIC was not ulation resides that the capi- Bargarh district. and Gajapati district. So far, 2,60,428 Welfare, Pradipta Mahapatra said The state government has already well for the last one week and was in slum areas tal city, hav- Apart from 23 Covid deaths, seven samples have been tested in the that the medicine will be used only conducted the serological survey in on leave. He was staying in CDA where social ing state’s more Covid patients have also died state and 6,859 of them were Covid in case of critically-ill COVID-19 Puri district, also another hot spot sector-9 since several days. Later distancing is practically not possible. largest slum dwellers, has seen a but the authority attributed their positive while with the recovery of patients in the state. of coronavirus. his swab sample was collected and In the recent past, several health- sharp increase in cases. As per the deaths as other than Covid. 137 Covid patients yesterday, the The state government has also de- Official sources claimed that as it came out positive for COVID- care workers/staff of private hos- latest information, about 37 out of Official sources said, out of 245 total recoveries in the state has cided to conduct the serological per the direction of Chief Minister 19. Swab samples of over 22 per- pitals/nursing homes residing in 314 cases till now have been de- new positive cases, 214 reported gone upto 4,743. The active cases survey in the state capital Naveen Patnaik all persons who sons including all the staffs of the the slums have tested positive for tected from slums of Bhubaneswar. from the quarantine centres, and the stand at 2,086. Bhubaneswar, Badamba, have successfully completed the concerned police station have the virus. Frequent movement of Even out of the 26 new COVID-19 rest 31 are local contact cases. The Odisha government on Narashinghpur in Cuttack district, mandatopry institutional quaran- been collected as seven to eight hospital staff to slum areas, there- patients detected in the last 24 Ganjam district reported the Monday received the first con- Ganjam and Gajapati districts as tine after their arrival in the state, staff had reportedly developed fore, poses a risk of spread of the hours, 23 are local contact cases maximum of 96 Covid cases fol- signment of Remdesivir medicine these places have witnessed a sharp have been paid an incentive of Rs COVID-19 symptoms. virus quickly which needs to be and seven of them belong to three lowed by Jajpur (40), Khurda (28), for the treatment of COVID-19 pa- rise in the Covid positive cases in 2,000 each. checked,” BMC Commissioner, slums in the city. Govt slams removal Heavy rainfall over SPOTTY SHOWERS of Odia film from Professional courses’ state for next 48 hrs streaming platform exams in online mode POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, June 29: The POST NEWS NETWORK monsoon trough has made a south- Bhubaneswar, June 29: Minister ward shift towards the Bay of of Electronics and Information Bhubaneswar, June 29: After the Bengal under its influence rainfall Technology Tusharkanti Behera cancellation of board and semes- activity is likely to be normal, in- slammed the removal of Odia film ter exams due to the pandemic, formed India Meteorological Khyanikaa from Amazon Prime the Skill Development and Technical Department (IMD), Bhubaneswar just two days after its release in Education department Monday in- Director HR Biswas said here OTT platforms. formed that exams for professional Monday. “I am extremely disappointed courses (MBA, B.Pharm and lockdowns will ease, he said. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur to know that ‘Khyanikaa -The B.Tech) will be conducted online In the current scenario, offline in many places in all districts Lost Idea’, an artistic master- from July 9 till July 29. classes are not possible. We will across the state in the next 24 piece and a gem of a movie Odisha Skill development and take a decision on starting online hours, he said. from Odisha, has been removed Technical classes by the sec- The interior districts of from the Prime Video stream- Education Minister ond week of July, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Bargarh, ing portal. The government Premananda he added. Subarnapur, Sambalpur, Deogarh, strongly condemns such dis- Nayak said that the Earlier, the state Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj will criminatory treatment of Odia exams will be held government al- receive heavy rainfall, he warned. cinema. We assure the makers online till the sit- lowed Biju Patnaik Heavy rainfall is also likely to that we will extend help to re- uation improves. University of occur over one or two places in Puri store it in the portal and make He said that the stu- Skill Development and Technology district, he added. it available for all cine-lovers dents should ap- Technical Education (BPUT) and Veer Similar weather conditions will across India,” the minister said. pear for the exam Department will Surendra Sai prevail for the second consecu- Earlier, Rajya Sabha MP Amar online and the du- University of tive day and on the third-day rain- conduct exams for Patnaik also expressed dissatis- ration of the same Technology fall activity is likely to decrease, faction over the news. would be two professional courses (VSSUT) to con- Biswas stated. He also said that Directed by Amartya hours. The MBA, online from July 9 duct final semes- rainfall will increase from July 2 Bhattacharya, the film is a B.Pharm, B.Tech PREMANANDA NAYAK I ter exams of all or 3. fantasy driven tale of two and other such MINISTER, SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND courses. “In the twin cities of men, a poet and a painter, exams will be con- TECHNICAL EDUCATION BPUT and Bhubaneswar and Cuttack the claiming possession over the ducted between VSSUT were also sky will remain generally cloudy same Idea, in a rural village July 9 and July 29,” he said. directed to conduct the exams with chances of one-two spells of portrayed as a wonderland. It is better to conduct exams on- during the first week of July and thunderstorm accompanied by Idea is personified as a beau- line rather than wait for the right declare the results by the end of rainfall and lightning,” the weath- tiful young lady, free of all time. We do not know when the July 2020. Commuters inconvenienced by scattered rainfall that lashed the Capital city, Monday OP PHOTO erman said. bondage. The two men try to justify their claim over their Idea through their forms of art. NHRC demands compensation State sets ambitious plantation target for victim of polio vaccination POST NEWS NETWORK of more employment opportunities CLASSIFIED AUGMENTING GREEN COVER through plantation. Various de- POST NEWS NETWORK tions for the deceased Kamalini Bhubaneswar, June 29: To en- partments were asked to take up Sahoo and other infants who suf- hance the green cover of the state, THIS YEAR’S TARGET extensive greenery activities Bhubaneswar, June 29: The fered illness. AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT the government has set an ambitious OF PLANTING 13.11 CR through their field level offices, National Human Rights The Commission after going SEEDLINGS IS MORE By virtue of an affidavit target to plant trees over 1.30 lakh NGOs, Eco Clubs, Biju Yoba Bahini, Commission (NHRC) has issued through the reports of the hectares during 2020-21. THAN DOUBLE OF NSS, NCC and sports clubs. The a showcase notice to the chief Secretary of the Health & Family sworn before the During a high-level meeting held LAST YEAR’S TARGET plants would also be distributed to secretary asking why monetary Welfare Department found that Executive Magistrate, Monday, Chief Secretary Asit the people for planting in their compensation should not be the allegations about the ad- Jharsuguda, I, Bhabani Tripathy has given all necessary private lands. awarded to relatives of Kamalini ministration of Polio vaccine as THE PROGRAMME Shankar Mahanta, S/o. approvals to start the massive plan- WILL BE MONITORED The Forest department was asked Sahho, a 2-month-old child, who the reason behind the death and Mohan Charan Mahanta, tation drive. AND SUPERVISED to form district level committees died few hours after polio vacci- illness of the children. It opined at present R/o. Sarbahal, Around 1.30 lakh hectare of land THROUGH A under chairmanship of the Collector nation at Balabhadrapur village that state government is re- Ps/ Dist. Jharsuguda has been identified at 2,660 loca- WEB-BASED for proper coordination and im- in Nayagarh in 2014. The sponsible for the negligence com- tions for plantation which is al- PLATFORM plementation at the ground level. Commission has delivered the mitted by its officers. declared that my wife’s most two times more than the last Tripathy directed all districts to notice while hearing a complaint “Show cause why a monetary correct name is Sanjubala year. Last year, plantation was done have their own micro-level work filed by one RTI activist. compensation of Rs.4, 00,000 will Mohanta, correct DOB is in 68,358 hectors, said principal ber species, multi-purpose plants, ordinates will be uploaded in the plan for plantation. As per the complaint, one in- not be recommended to be paid 27.06.1975. But in my chief conservator of forests (PCCF) aesthetic and shade bearing species website for continuous monitor- Development Commissioner fant was died while 11 other chil- to the NOK of deceased Kamalani Army Service record and Sandeep Tripathy. have been raised. The ground work ing through satellite applications. Suresh Chandra Mohapatra ad- dren at Balabhadrapur village Sahoo and further a monetary PPO my wife’s name has This year, an all time high num- for raising another two crore Reviewing the preparedness, the vised to disseminate nursery-wise in Ranpur Block of Nayagarh compensation of Rs.1, 00,000 be been mentioned as ber of seedlings have been raised seedlings has been started. The Chief Secretary directed to plant availability of the seedlings along District were taken ill just few not recommended to be paid to in about 5,222 nurseries, he said. people will be given the seedling the older plants and make all watch with mobile number of the officer hours after being administered each of the 11 surviving victim Sanjubala Mahanta and So far, around 13.11 crore seedlings of their choice @ Re 1 per seedling, and ward arrangements for ensur- in-charge of the nursery through polio drops on July 2, 2014. The children,” the Commission men- DOB is 27.05.1975. That of various varieties like medici- he informed. ing higher survival and growth rate. public domain for awareness RTI activist moved the NHRC tioned in the notice to the state both the names are relates nal plant, fruit bearing species, tim- The plantation sites with GIS co- He also emphasized on creation among people. seeking monetary compensa- Chief Secretary.

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k y m c P5 TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state FLOODED RIVER SDCCB to give interest-free

6-DAY SHUTDOWN loan for migrants, landless

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IN CHHATRAPUR Sambalpur, June 29: The Sambalpur District Cooperative Central Bank (SDCCB) has launched a special drive to bring BEGINNING TODAY in improvement in the financial condition of returnee migrant POST NEWS NETWORK labourers and landless people. As per the plan, the migrant As part of this initiative, the returnees and landless people Chhatrapur, June 29: A complete Nursing home bank will provide interest free have to form a five to 10 member shutdown for six days has been loan to migrant returnees and group in order to avail the loan. enforced in Chhatrapur NAC in sealed after 3 staff landless people. The loanees Each group will be loaned `50,000 Ganjam district. The shutdown will not be charged any interest to take up vegetable cultivation will come into effect from Tuesday test Covid positive for one year. However, they will or enter into a business. till July 5. Paralakhemundi: A private nursing have to pay interest after com- The bank has sanctioned `1.15 The shutdown will be imple- home in Paralakhemundi was pletion of one year. crore to 203 joint livelihood mented as there has been a sharp sealed for seven days after three of The SDCCB having its head- groups in this district so far and spike in coronavirus cases in the dis- its employees tested positive for quarters at Bargarh has 46 local `58 lakh to 131 landless people. trict. Ganjam Collector Vijay Covid-19, Monday. The nursing area multipurpose cooperative Lingaraj Nayak, deputy reg- Amruta Kulange released a video home was sealed following an order societies (LAMPS) and other istrar, cooperative societies, said message Sunday night urging the by Gajapati Collector Anupam Saha. cooperative societies under its the loan scheme is part of a people to follow certain rules. He said Seven persons have tested positive jurisdiction. As part of this state government plan to reha- that if the rules are followed peo- for coronavirus in Gajapati district drive, the bank has planned to bilitate migrant returnees and ple can save themselves and their Monday. Among them, five are from lend `400 crore in the current landless people. The loanees dear ones from the invisible enemy. Paralakhemundi town. A special Kharif season out of which `50 can repay the loan after im- In the message, Kulange has team comprising tehsildar crore has been earmarked for provement in their financial Achyutananda Jani, CDMO Dr PK asked the people not to leave their The Mahanadi in Sambalpur is filled to the brim with floodwater as birds wait to catch fish, Monday. OP PHOTO landless people and migrant re- condition for which the mora- houses unless there is an emer- Patra, IIC Bibekananda Swain, SI turnees. torium period is one year. Binayak Mantri also visited other gency. He has also requested peo- nursing homes in the town and ple not to travel more than one km reviewed the situation on their for essentials. premises. With these fresh cases, Kulange has advised people to the COVID-19 tally in Gajapati dis- Kendu leaves rot as govt yet Man found dead on wedding day keep a contact diary in which they trict has gone up to 435 while 133 should note all they meet. If any- patients have recovered from the POST NEWS NETWORK guests and all sorts of merry one comes in contact with any sus- infection so far. Meanwhile, the making activities. He went out pected COVID-19 patient, people inspection of other health facilities to issue transit permit for sale Binika, June 29: Just a few of his house on his bike at 4am should immediately inform ASHAs is underway, said the CDMO, adding hours before he was to wear Sunday. He had not informed of their locality. swab samples from other employ- POST NEWS NETWORK Leaf the groom’s attire and go to his anyone about where he was Kulange also cautioned people ees of the nursing home have been to-be bride’s house, his body going. As the day proceeded, against joining any public gath- taken for COVID-19 test. Junagarh, June 29: The coron- collectors was found hanging in a jungle. family members searched for erings. He has warned of legal ac- avirus-induced lockdown in the state have warned This shocking incident was him as the auspicious time for tion if people flout rules. Similarly, Two more people died of COVID- has heaped lots of miseries on people reported from S Rampur under going to the bride’s house was ap- if shop owners are found without 19 in Ganjam, the worst-hit dis- coming from various walks of life. of resorting Dunguripali block in proaching. Despite their fran- masks and gloves and not main- trict, which alone accounts for 12 Kendu leaf collectors of to agitation Subarnapur district Sunday. tic search, he was found nowhere. taining social distancing, FIR will of the 23 deaths in the state so far, Kaliakundal and Atigaon panchayats The deceased was identified Around 10am, some locals be registered against them. Their a health department statement in this block in Kalahandi district if their as Prasanna Meher, 41, alias who went to Singhijuba reserve shops will also be closed down for said. The district has 463 active are a case in point. concerns Bhojraj, son of Girija Meher, forest to collect firewood spot- seven days. cases of COVID-19. Over 50 families in these two pan- are not a resident of Meherpada. ted a man hanging from a chayats earn their livelihood from Prasanna’s marriage with a branch of a eucalyptus tree. kendu leaf collection. These people addressed girl of Padmapur town in They immediately informed collect kendu leaves from Kelia reserve Bargarh district was fixed for the villagers who in turn in- forest in the month of April but they the Forest Rights Act. Left with no options, the villagers Sunday. His house was full of formed the police. have failed to sell their stock as the The villagers formed a committee wrote to the divisional forest officer, state government is yet to issue them and appointed 50 persons including Kalahandi Collector, Junagarah MLA- transit permits. As a result, the col- women to collect kendu leaves from cum-state Energy Minister lected leaves are rotting in the store- the jungle. The leaves were collected Dibyashankar Mishra, PCCF, forest house. This has led to resentment during the period starting from April secretary and even to the Chief among kendu leaf collectors. till May first week. Minister. However, their pleas are Kelia reserve forest, a storehouse The villagers have dried and bun- yet to be addressed, lamented the vil- of kendu leaves lies between dled the leaves and stored them for sale. lagers. They have warned of resort- Kaliakundal and Atigaon panchayats. They were expecting the state gov- ing to agitation if their concerns are The forest dwellers and tribals liv- ernment would issue them transit not addressed. ing on the fringes of the jungle have permits. However, they are losing Meanwhile, DFO Malaya Dash said been given permission for kendu leaf hope as the government has not issued he has no power to issue transit per- People rush to buy essentials after administration announced the shutdown collection as per the provisions of them transit permits till now. mits to kendu leave collectors. POLLUTION OF RIVULET VSSUT students develop contactless UV disinfectant LEAVES LOCALS FUMING infect human bodies, causing no harm at all, the students pointed out. is a must for any company. Without This machine has an advanced it the entire water system in the dis- camera fitted in it which enables trict may be affected,” local intelli- observers to go through the videos gentsia opined. of the people while being disin- Kalinganagar residents alleged fected. And it is controlled through that Tata Steel started a hot rolling a remote control. mill. “The permission to operate such The students who manufactured a unit was not there when the com- the device have requested the ad- pany was granted environment clear- ministration to install the ma- ance certificate. However, the mill chine on a trial basis at the quar- was commissioned later without per- antine centre set up in Pullah mission,” they alleged. hostel. “If our invention works Pramod Behera who heads the up to the mark, we will manufac- Kalinganagar unit of the Odisha ture more of this machine pro- State Pollution Control Board, how- vided we are given permission to ever, rubbished the allegations. He said do so,” they added. that tests have been conducted on POST NEWS NETWORK This apart, they have manu- POST NEWS NETWORK Their main allegation is against the the water from the rivulet. However, factured an automatic hand sani- discharge of chemicals by Tata Steel. no trace of any toxins were found in Sambalpur, June 29: At a time tiser as well. One can use it with- Jajpur, June 29: Residents of They are afraid that in the long run the water. “Tests have revealed that when scientists across the globe out touching it. The sanitiser liquid Kalinganagar in Jajpur district have even the river Bhahmani will be af- no such toxic substances are pres- are working day in, day out to used in this dispenser has been alleged that discharge of toxic ma- fected by the discharge as the ent in samples of the rivulet water, that find out ways to win the battle prepared by VSSUT’s Chemistry terials by factories inside the Gandanala canal is connected to it. were collected from near Sarangpur against coronavirus, students of department. Paying `2,500, one Kalinganagar Industrial Complex is Brahmani is considered the lifeline bridge,” informed Behera. the Robotics Society of the Veer can buy it from VSSUT. polluting a rivulet. of Jajpur district. Residents however, are not ready Surendra Sai University of Under the guidance of Abhisekh The rivulet is also connected to “If the Brahmani river water is to buy this opinion. They said that a Technology (VSSUT) have man- Agrawal, secretary of Robotics the Gandanala canal and in the process not managed properly and toxic dis- number of people have fallen sick ufactured a contactless UV dis- Society, first year students the latter is also getting polluted. charge continues in this manner it after consuming water from the infectant. Abhyuday Dash, Ayush Singh, Local inhabitants said preventive could lead to terrible natural disas- rivulet. They opined that there must This Ultra Violet Robot Assisted Trilochan Basantia and Abhips measures must be taken immediately ters and water scarcity in future. be some toxic material present in the Sanitisation (UVRAS) machine ra- Raj manufactured the UVRAS ma- to prevent water pollution. Waste water treatment and recycling water which is leading to the illness. diates UV rays which will help dis- chine and the sanitiser dispenser. Tribals struggle to fetch right price for mangoes

POST NEWS NETWORK “Even if most of the hybrid man- goes available in markets these days Keonjhar, June 29: Scarce avail- LIVELIHOOD taste sweeter, country grown mangoes ability of country grown mangoes WORRIES are good for health,” Harekrushna in local forests due to a combina- Mahanta, an Ayurveda expert of tion of climatic change and the he tribal inhabitants in Keonjhar Belaposi, said. coronavirus outbreak in the district Tdistrict eke out their living by Speaking on the benefits of coun- has impacted the earnings of selling minor forest produce try grown mangoes, local environ- Keonjhar tribals. mentalist Ramesh Chandra Mishra The tribal inhabitants in Keonjhar orest grown mangoes contribute said, “The trees are found in large district eke out their living by sell- Fto a large extent in numbers here, which enrich the en- ing minor forest produce. Forest strengthening their fiscal standing vironment and purify air in a natu- grown mangoes contribute to a large during the summers ral way along with providing shade extent in strengthening their fiscal ue to the lockdown restrictions, to commuters.” standing during the summers. Dfarmers are neither able to go Executive officer of Odisha Rural Due to the lockdown restrictions to forests to collect mangoes, nor Development and Marketing Society here, the farmers are neither able to sell them in the local markets (ORMAS) Sapan Goswami said, go to forests to collect mangoes, nor “Forest produced mangoes are not gen-

sell them in the local markets. erally purchased at government level.

k y m c “Mango is a perishable product crates on our head,” some local trib- them at local markets. The state gov- for `5 to `10 per kg whereas local We are trying to find a way out in the and we have no cold storage facility als said. ernment as well as the district ad- traders earn handsomely by selling larger interests of tribals.” in the district. We come from remote Highlighting their plight, the locals ministration should come forward the same at `20 to `30. This happens Goswami said ORMAS has been areas by public transport but do not added, “In the absence of processing and support us.” due to the absence of a proper mech- continuously imparting training to get the right price. At times, we have industries we often throw away the The tribal farmers are forced to go anism regulating the sale of country several self-help groups in the district to walk long distances with mango collected mangoes when we fail to sell for distress sale. They sell mangoes grown mangoes. on processing of mangoes. P6 TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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ompiling data and com- active COVID-19 cases” across the municating it in a trans- nation. According to the ministry parent manner to the statement of June 27: “While the C public are an important number of active cases stands at Absence of part of the government’s response 1,97,387, the number of cured cases to a pandemic, apart from refining is 2,95,880. With this encouraging the tactics as the disease evolves status, the recovery rate is touch- and spreads. This however is an ing 58.13 per cent among COVID- area that reflects the failings of 19 patients.” Opposition the government in the thick of The recovery rate is presum- fighting COVID-19 that will likely ably the percentage of those who leave India as one of the worst- have recovered from among the he role of the Opposition is extremely vital to create a healthy dem- hit nations on the globe. total number of “confirmed” cases, ocratic system. The present situation in India, however, is building Take the simple case of numbers but the reported number is noth- T up to a point where the people in power are unwilling to accept the released under various heads that ing to celebrate because it is widely existence of a differing voice. Our parliamentary system has also been tai- are not defined anywhere by the accepted that only a small per- lored in such a manner that the government comes up with prepared leg- government. Every day, the centage have severe symptoms and islations that are unflinchingly set in style and content. The idea of Discuss, Ministry of Health and Family most recover. In fact, all cases minus Debate and Decide is only a ruse to pacify a certain section that is agitated T Jacob John and Welfare issues numbers under deaths are recovered – so 100 minus by the actions of the government. Legislations moved by the government Jagdish Rattanani three heads: active cases, cured/dis- CFR must be the recovery rate. come printed and are presented to state assemblies or to the Houses of charged, and deaths. We do not So how exactly is India coping Parliament in such a manner that no amount know how “active cases” are de- with the challenge? And how jus- of amendments filed by non-government par- fined. In clinical medicine, a case If we take a very conservative view in which, tified is the optimism, if only to ties can be taken into consideration. That THERE IS is of someone with significant say, only 20-30 per cent of just the urban ramp up morale and keep up the means, the Decide factor is already taken symptoms consulting a doctor. If fight against what still remains a care of before any new law is brought be- EITHER NO this is the definition, then an “ac- population is infected before we can expect potent threat? fore the legislative houses. All that is dis- TRANSPARENCY tive case” would likely be a symp- some level of herd immunity to kick in, even Looking at the way the virus is cussed and debated holds no value what- Piate FROM tomatic person who has not fully then we could lose – at the current reported IFR spreading and numbers are grow- soever. This form of governance has created Tathagata recovered, has not succumbed to ing, there is no room for compla- an environment of complete inefficiency and OFFICIALDOM, the disease and continues to be of 3.1 per cent) – between two and 3.5 million cency or optimism at this stage total corruption at every level. Satpathy under the care of a physician. of the pandemic. We are staring at The ability or the desire to question is O OR THE DATA This is a person who has a) tested lives. That's a bad picture the spectre of a huge numbers of something inherent for a healthy democracy. COLLECTION positive for SARS Cov-2 virus in- COVID-19 deaths – the wages of not In a society like the one we see in India, the desire to question needs to be fection; b) has symptoms that re- investing in a proper health man- protected and also nurtured. For long centuries, we have been ruled by SYSTEM DOES quire medical intervention; and c) of disease cases and asympto- Fatality Ratio (or Rate) (IFR) rather agement system, and of not plan- kings and landlords whose abilities to govern should have been questioned continues to suffer from COVID- matic infections are just not avail- than CFR. A reasonable view of ning the epidemic response well. during their lifetimes. With our feudal mindset, we not only accepted but also NOT SEPARATE 19. The ‘D’ in COVID stands for dis- able. So, the valid denominator CFR is to divide the number of If we take a very conservative adored those perverted rulers and made them look attractive to the common INFECTIONS ease, not merely an infection de- for CFR is unknown. There is ei- deaths by those “cured/dis- view in which, say, only 20-30 per man’s eyes. This has altered the very DNA ingrained in our existence. tected through a positive test result. ther no transparency from offi- charged”, plus the deaths. This is cent of just the urban population Scores of invasions and ruthless foreign rulers followed our indigenous kings FROM CASES OF Many will contract the virus, be- cialdom, or the data collection sys- because those who were cured, (377 million, 2011 census) is in- and landlords. They not only raped, pillaged and plundered us but they DISEASE. WE come infected but not all will de- tem does not separate infections discharged or died clearly had the fected before we can expect some broke the very essence of intellectual questioning in the average Indians’ velop the disease. They are called from cases of disease. We can only disease and their files are closed. level of herd immunity to kick mind. The effect of these long term assaults left the Indian psyche stillborn. CAN ONLY infected. Those who contracted deduce from the data available. This way, CFR is 5.0 per cent, which in, even then we could lose (at the We have become mentally poverty stricken. Following somebody or the DEDUCE FROM COVID-19 are a subset of the in- Take the data for the last is significantly higher than 3.1 current reported IFR of 3.1 per other with the hope that an individual or a tiny group will deliver us from fected, and are, in medical parlance, Saturday of June, three months per cent presented as CFR. We cent), between two and 3.5 million all our miseries has landed us in deeper miseries. THE DATA known as cases. into the lockdown. The MoHFW re- must note that in an epidemic that lives. That's a bad picture. The Take for instance the present situation. Whenever anyone questions the Given this, there is the risk that ported a cumulative total of 1,97,387 is prevalent, these are mere esti- number may well be different, but inept handling of the India-China border stand-off which has resulted in the AVAILABLE India’s Infection Fatality Rate “active cases” alongside 2,95,881 mates because, a) the total number to map that better, India will need deaths of 20 valuable young Indian soldiers, the nation’s attention is immediately (IFR, number of deaths divided “cured/discharged” and 15,685 of the infected will inevitably be scientifically-led randomised sam- diverted to how Aksai-Chin was lost by Nehru to the Chinese. The desire to by total number of positives, ie, deaths (June 27 figures). The grand larger than those tested, and b) ple testing for antibodies (IgG deny and deflect the attention of the populace eventually damages the in- those proven to be infected) is total comes to 5,08,953, which ac- cases of today come from infections titres) to reach a fair estimate of terests of the nation. Similarly, when the problem with China is discussed, being mistaken for Case Fatality tually is the number of samples acquired up to 14 days (incuba- how many were infected and did- the ruling party informs the nation that a Congress led Foundation had re- Rate (CFR, which should be num- that tested positive and is offi- tion period) in advance. n't even know about it because ceived funds from the Chinese embassy and the government. While it is per- ber of deaths divided by total num- cially described as “confirmed”. Currently, the MoHFW updates they were asymptomatic and fought fectly sensible to expose the wrongdoings of the previous governments, it ber with the disease COVID). Official accounts have it that the data once a day, at 8am. A reading off the infection. is also equally important for the government to create an atmosphere of trans- Clearly, CFR by definition has the Case Fatality Ratio (or Rate) (CFR) of the releases from MoHFW and parency. Had the BJP-ruled Union government wanted to be transparent, it denominator lower than in the is 3.1 per cent as of June 26, which the optimistic analysis of num- Dr T Jacob John is a retired could easily have come out open with data on how much the PM-Cares Fund case of IFR, and CFR is therefore is the number of deaths divided by bers would indicate that India is Professor of Clinical Virology, CMC has received from various sources including Chinese corporates. Had the always higher than IFR. the total number reported “con- putting up a good response to the Vellore, and past president of the government not taken PM-Cares out of the ambit of CAG Audit and RTI queries, What are these numbers in the firmed”. But we can see that these pandemic. One of the datapoints Indian Academy of Pediatrics. needles of suspicion would never point towards that fund. This has created case of India? COVID cases are are not strictly cases as defined in released repeatedly and stressed Jagdish Rattanani is a journalist opportunities for the Opposition to allege that massive donations have come subsumed within the total number medical parlance – they are in- again the last Saturday of June is and faculty member at SPJIMR into the PM-Cares Fund from Chinese companies. When a modern democratic of infections – but dissected data fections. Thus, 3.1 is Infection that “recoveries fast outpace the THE BILLION PRESS government constantly shrouds its activities under a cloak, it is but natu- ral that questions will arise. Whenever any individual or group questions, that is being labeled as Opposition or even anti-national. Those in power must remember that the very essence of democracy is change. A Five-Year man- date presumes that no one is permanent. Keeping this in mind, the performance of political leaders needs to be such that answering questions will be an in- SPECTRUM ECONOMY tegral part of their duties. WISDOM CORNER Diesel hike: Robbing Peter to pay Paul There are three gems upon this earth: Food, Water and Pleasing words – Fools consider pieces of rocks as gems. CHANAKYA In the absence of a magistrate (dandadharabhave), the strong will he nation needs wisdom to fewer bags to handle, the trans- down level. But on the ground this lines for Niyamgiri in Odisha pro- swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak can resist the help stir it out of a diffi- porter, who also gets less since he is not so. It is just not the industry, vide a good base. The recent lock- strong. T cult situation. Everyone in has less to carry. It is almost hap- but even NGOs, educational in- down has also revealed how it has KAUTILYA the society is traumatized. Some lop- pening nationally as the losses are stitutions or private universities helped restoration of nature, re- Let him that would move the world, first move himself. sided policies and advices, even as seen uniformly everywhere be- and schools have slyly either not duction of pollution, dust and clean- SOCRATES international petro prices are hov- cause of excess rainfall. paid salaries or resorted to 30 per ing of river waters. ering at almost a 20-year-low, are The corn is hit by low production, cent or more cuts. The UPA government committed WORDSWORTH playing havoc. again owing to bad weather, and low Across the board, a large num- such follies over a long period and Shivaji Sarkar Truck operators are finding it demand as the processing facto- ber of employees has been thrown came under severe criticism. If more profitable to park their ve- ries are closed due to lockdown. out or been told to wait for better prices of essentials continue to Stick one’s oar in hicles.The cost of captive genera- The previous processed products days. About 12 crore workers are rise and cash transactions are not ACTIONS LIKE THE tion by industry, power back-ups by are yet to be picked up as people are in distress in India, according to eased, it can cause serious problems. he idiom to ‘stick one’s oar in’ means to interfere or meddle in some HIKE IN DIESEL housing societies or institutions not queuing up to buy. Despite doles World Bank (WB) figures. In fact, The housing sector is facing a cri- Tmatter that doesn’t concern one. It’s a close relative of sticking one’s has become prohibitive. The daily of millions of tonnes of food grains, physical distancing too has its sis due to job losses, pay cuts and nose into something. It’s now less common in Britain than it once was, PRICES, EVEN AS rise in prices, making diesel more direct benefit cash to some and the cost and that global lost income surge in home loan defaults. The though it does turn up from time to time, as here in the Daily Mail in August expensive than petrol, though pro- `50,000-crore for a job scheme for from school closures could amount delinquencies at India Mortgage 2005: “He feels he must be [there] today. Not to stick his oar in, you INTERNATIONAL duction cost of diesel is far less, is migrant labourers in Uttar Pradesh, to $13 trillion, says the Bank. Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) understand, but to offer moral support.” Many Americans have told me that PETRO PRICES ARE hitting everyone – industry, farms, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and other McKinsey says the physical dis- have doubled in a year at `8500 it is indeed known in the US, though it may be of regional distribution or shops, taxi and truck operators or states, the rural economy is not tancing is to cost `96 to 231 trillion crore and it guarantees 20 per cent used by only certain age groups. Ursula K Le Guin employed it as a neat HOVERING AT poorest households. pepping up. for India. of the loan amount, which covers reference back to its original context in The Dispossessed: “An old adviser, ALMOST A The doles that some farmers are The silk hubs of Bhagalpur or The climate is changing. Many EMIs for two years. Ferdaz ... liked to stick his oar in even when it steered the boat off the getting would be used to support ris- carpet weaving centres at Mirzapur more new diseases or various mu- The excise duty was hiked in course he wanted.” The expression dates back to the sixteenth century and 20-YEAR-LOW, ARE ing farm input cost. The rising fuel are crashing due to loss of export tants may emerge. The procedure May of `10 per litre on petrol and has turned up in all sorts of different formulations down the centuries. The PLAYING HAVOC prices may ultimately lead to low- markets and low demand in do- for tackling such situations has to `13 on diesel (unwise) a litre to original was to have an oar in every man’s boat, meaning to be involved in ering of demand, severe crunch mestic ones. The Trump threat of be worked out. The production mop up `1.6 lakh crore till next every man’s business or affairs. Variations include he’ll have an oar in in production and overall infla- H1B visa cancellations has put IT lines have to remain open. Prime March. This is in addition to gains everything, he will put in his oar, and don’t you put your oar in. One reason tion. The farmers are at their wits’ professionals under stress. Minister Modi is right in his as- of `39,000 crore in March 2020. some Americans may still be familiar with it is that it appears in W S end. Prices are low. People do not have the money be- sertion that India is set to bounce The daily hike is to add to a sim- Gilbert’s libretto of the Mikado: “And you’re just as bad as he is with your The price syndrome causes loss cause of job losses or severe wage back. He notes the coal block auc- ilar amount to the government’s cock-and-a-bull stories about catching his eye and his whistling an air. But to all related sectors – the cold stor- cuts across the spectrum. The tions are likely to generate `33,000 kitty. But, this is hitting the econ- that’s so like you! You must put in your oar!” [To pre-empt any enquiry ages, because it has less to store, CMIE figures say that jobs have crore. There must be a discussion omy badly. about cock-and-a-bull, this is the original form, dating from the eighteenth labourers earning less as there are been restored almost to pre-lock- on this. The Supreme Court guide- INFA century, of the more common cock-and-bull.]

Co-op banks, RBI Patanjali, cure COVID’s climb LOL Sir, Good to learn that RBI will oversee the Sir, India is well-known for its rich herbal Sir, The COVID-19 threats across the functioning of cooperative banks to ensure the Ayurveda medicines developed by our rishis country are alarming with an upsurge BALLOON etters deposits of crores of Indians are safe.It is well- and saints through generations. Patanjali has both in the number of positive cases and man is lost in a hot air known that there are massive corruption and a name in the field, and when it came up with mortality rates. The death toll has Aballoon. He sees a field nepotism in the cooperatives sector run by Coronil to fight coronavirus threat, questions crossed the 15,000 mark. The adminis- below and descends to shout: anyone.” TOL THE EDITOR politicians. In Odisha, there are 17 urban co- are being raised from the government side. tration, health workers and volunteers “Hi, can you tell me where I am? I “Fine, but you Readers of Orissa POST operative banks, of which only nine are func- Patanjali has stores all over the country sell- have not been able to put a check on am in search of a friend, to whom I must be working in are most welcome to contribute letters tioning and others are on liquidity stage.Is this ing its medicines, but no Ayush minister has the rise of the pandemic despite their promised I would reach in 30 management,” says the man in the (200 words), articles and not quite alarming? If the state government de- ever questioned about its medicines’ efficacy.So, best efforts. Good news is that Baba columns (between 750-1250 minutes” field. words). Contributors are sires,the nine cooperative banks will come why now? Atleast,herbal medicines will not kill Remdev has come up with a medicine The man on the ground says, “Yes, “Yes, but how you know?” requested to send their under the supervision of the RBI. This will en- patients with side-effects, unlike what allo- for its cure. This raises some hope. The you are in the red hot air balloon, 30 “Well, you do not know where you contact numbers and full sure transparency; and gross irregularities pathic medicines do. It appears we are acting interstate and intra-state movement of

feet above the ground, in the are, do not know where you are postal address/email ID. They may also and corruption will be minimised. In chit fund on the basis of WHO guidelines. This is a big people have made the situation worse.

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c middle of this field.” heading, you made a promise that and suggestions, preferably by email, scams, cooperative banks are on top of the list lobby to promote their countries’ pharma- What needs to be done are to increase “Ah.. You must be an engineer,” you can’t keep, you expect of me to to: [email protected] of loss-suffering entities. The statement of ceuticals giants. If we buckle under such pres- the number of tests, keep a vigil on says the man in the balloon. be able to help you, and after all this OSCB president, in this connection, carries no sures, India can never be strong enough to those in quarantine and home isola- “I am indeed, how do you know?” time, we are in the exact spot where meaning at all. push Make-in- India plans. tion, and treat the serious cases on a pri- “Well, everything you said is we were before… and this is B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, ority basis. technically right, but of no use to management stuff.” Bhubaneswar-751010 Naresh Manda, BHADRAK Manmad Kumar Pitta, CUTTACK Sanjib Das, CUTTACK P7 TAMIL NADU

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k y m c Ravichandran told IANS. year. This market will grow when there are While small rocket players may face into the satellite launch vehicle market,” Agnikul, he said, is developing a three- rockets available for putting into orbit competition from agencies having big- Ravichandran said. As space is thrown open, stage (three-engine) rocket, powered by small satellites.” ger rockets in terms of pricing, As regards the rocket ports, Agnikul will kerosene or semi-cryogenic fuel with a car- Presently, small satellites Ravichandran said the satellite players will be looking at using the existing rocket rying capacity of 100 kg to low earth orbit. are carried as piggyback have to look at the opportunity cost of port at Sriharikota belonging to Indian this Chennai start-up is The rocket height will be 18 metres and luggage by bigger rock- waiting for the space in a bigger rocket Space Research Organisation (ISRO) or the it would weigh about 13 ton at liftoff. ets. Thus, the waiting whereas it may be not be so with players one that is coming up at According to Ravichandran, the com- time for small satellite like Agnikul. Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. flexing muscles for 2022 pany will buy commercially-available makers to put their Currently the US-based Happy at the Indian government’s de- navigation systems and modify them to satellites into orbit Rocket Lab cision to open up the space sector its needs. is very long. is the BABY for private players LAST MONTH, THE CENTRE OPENED THE SPACE SECTOR The company, which has 50 employees, “But if there STEPS Ravichandran said the is currently working out of the National are rockets avail- Money in rocket launch services is proposed Indian TO PRIVATE PLAYERS ALLOWING THEM TO LAUNCH Centre for Combustion Research and able to very low compared to that in National Space Development located at Indian Institute satellite application service Promotion and SATELLITES, START SPACE-BASED SERVICES AND EVEN and ground equipment of Technology-Madras. Authorisation Centre EXPLORE OTHER PLANETS AND OUTER SPACE Ravichandran said that Agnikul has The estimated market for small satellite (IN-SPACe) should raised about Rs 26 crore till date from launches is about $ 2-2.5 million per year have technical experts AGENCIES “We have realised the engine for the various investors and the promoters have so that valid proposals upper stage or third stage and work is on also put in their own funds. This market will grow when there are are taken forward as rockets available for putting into orbit Chennai, June 29: With the government for the first and second stage engines of Agreeing that the money in rocket well as marketing people small satellites opening up the space sector for private in- the rocket. We hope to have the engines in launch services is very low compared to who understand business. vestments, Chennai-based rocket mak- seven months’ time. Depending on how the that in satellite application service and According to the Indian ing start-up Agnikul Cosmos Private Ltd Covid-19 lockdown progresses, we expect ground equipment, Ravichandran said: launch small satellites, then the market only player in the segment that Agnikul government, IN-SPACe will provide a level is expecting to have its rocket ready by 2022, the rocket to be ready by later part of “The estimated market for small satel- for such satellites and also for small rock- is targeting. “By 2022, more number of playing field for private companies to use said a top company official. 2022,” Co-founder and CEO Srinath lite launches is about $ 2-2.5 million per ets will increase,” Ravichandran said. such small rockets are expected to come Indian space infrastructure. Till July 5, intense HC orders Revenue Dept to CM Yedi allays fear lockdown in but asks to beware ‘take over’ Sathankulam PS AGENCIES Yediyurappa. The Chief Minister met heads of private hospitals to Chennai, Madurai P Jeyaraj and J Bennicks, the father and son duo, were booked for not Bangalore, June 29: Assuring ensure 2,500 beds were kept ready the 1.2 crore denizens of provid- to admit asymptomatic Covid pa- closing their mobile shop in time June 19 by the Sathankulam police ing more beds and facilities for tients for quarantining in the city. treatment, Karnataka Chief “Sports stadiums, marriage AGENCIES Minister B.S. Yediyurappa Monday halls, convention centres, schools CUSTODIAL DEATHS allayed their fears on rising Covid and colleges across the city will be Chennai, June 29: The Madurai cases in Bangalore. readied with beds and healthcare Bench of the Madras High Court “Compared to metros like facilities to treat more cases in Monday asked the Tuticorin dis- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and the event of more people testing trict Collector to depute officials Kolkata, the total number of Covid positive,” he reiterated. from the Revenue Department to cases in Bangalore is 3,314 till Anticipating a surge in cases take control of the Sathankulam po- Sunday, with 2,692 in July and August, lice station. active as 533 have the state govern- The court, hearing the custodial been discharged, ment is mulling death of father and son, also said while 88 have died stringent action it was for the Tamil Nadu govern- since March 10. against the virus ment to transfer the case to the There is no cause spread. Central Bureau of Investigation for panic,” “Though (CBI). P. Jeyaraj and J. Bennicks Yediyurappa told Bangalore accounts FILE PHOTO P. Jeyaraj and J. Bennicks, the fa- State govt The HC said it was a policy decision and reporters here. for 25.92 per cent of A cop, wearing a Covid-themed mask, advises commuters in Chennai ther and son duo, had been booked counsel asked for its permission was not needed Claiming that the total Covid-19 for not closing their mobile shop in permission to the situation was cases (13,190) in the AGENCIES positive for coronavirus while 62 time June 19 by the Sathankulam transfer the The CM Sunday announced transfer of the probe to under control, the southern state, the such patients died in Tamil Nadu police. They were remanded to ju- probe to the CBI the CBI and said the HC’s permission would be sought chief minister ap- government is tak- Chennai, June 29: Chennai and in the last 24-hour cycle, the Health dicial custody and lodged in pealed to the people ing all measures to Madurai will continue to be under Department said Monday. The two Kovilpatti jail June 21. Palaniswami Sunday announced at 21.33 hrs (as per the time stamp to strictly observe ensure every patient intense lockdown till July 5 and figures are new highs for the state Jeyaraj died June 22 night and transfer of the probe to the CBI on the footage) and show a portion the guidelines like gets the best treat- the current relaxations and curbs in a single day. The total active Bennicks June 23 morning in the and said the high court's permission of the entrance to Bennick’s shop wearing mask, ment,” said Medical shall be in force till July 31 for the cases in Tamil Nadu now are 37,331. judicial custody, allegedly due to would be sought for it. and the road in front of the shop. washing hands and Education Minister rest of Tamil Nadu, the govern- In a statement issued here, the de- the police torture. According to sources, the CCTV maintaining social There will be total lockdown K. Sudhakar. ment said. partment said the total case tally The court took suo moto cog- CCTV EXPOSES COPS’ LIES timer is 1 hour and 40 minutes fast. distancing at any across the state on Sundays The state gov- Schools, colleges, malls, resorts, had climbed up to 86,224 and the nizance of the case. The Sathankulam police’s ver- According to the FIR, the police cost to prevent from July 5 to August 2 ernment has modi- lodges, cinema halls, and bars death toll till date to 1,141. The court also asked the foren- sion of events in the Jeyaraj and constable went on their regular pa- being infected. Daily curfew will be from fied the guidelines would continue to be shut and re- A total of 30,039 more samples sic team to collect all the materials Bennicks custodial deaths case has trolling in the area of Bennick’s “It is the duty of 8 pm to 5 am to control the in- ligious congregations and prayers were tested, taking the state’s total to protect the evidence after the been inconsistent with eyewitness shop around 21.15 hrs June 19. “APJ all citizens in the fection. in places of worship in urban re- to about 11.40 lakh. Principal District and Sessions accounts, sources said. And now, mobiles shop was open beyond the city and the state to take care of “There will be total lockdown gions are banned. The number of Covid-19 pa- Judge, Tuticorin, who was moni- CCTV visuals have emerged which curfew time, violating the lock- themselves from the pandemic across the state on Sundays from Travel to tourist places like tients who got cured went up to toring the case, submitted that the testify the real version of events is down rules. In front of the shop, even as the state government is July 5 to August 2 and daily cur- Nilgiris, Kodaikanal and Yercaud 47,749 as 2,212 more persons were Sathankulam police were not co- much closer to what eyewitnesses Jeyaraj, Bennicks and a few others doing its best to ensure the af- few will be from 8 pm to 5 am. At for non-residents and for tourism discharged from various hospi- operating with the probe being con- had said. While the police claimed were standing. We told them not to fected people are treated and cured this stage, people's cooperation is purposes is not allowed, an official tals Monday. ducted by the Kovilpatti Judicial that the father-son duo had ‘rolled crowd and go back to their homes. at the earliest,” asserted essential,” added Sudhakar. release said. While restrictions The number of corona-infected Magistrate. on the ground’ causing internal in- Others listened to us and went for Chennai, Madurai and other children in the state in the age When the government counsel juries to themselves – no such thing home but Jeyaraj and his son nearby areas of these two cities group 0-12 went up to 4,225. asked for permission to transfer happened, the footage reveals. Bennicks sat on the ground and Compared to metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and would ease from July 6, in other State capital Chennai contin- the probe to the CBI, the court said CCTV footage from a shop, King refused to go home, used obscene Kolkata, the total number of Covid cases in Bangalore parts of Tamil Nadu, the current ued to lead Covid-19 infection table it was a policy decision and its per- Electricals, next to Bennick’s mo- language at us and rolled on the is 3,314 till Sunday, with 2,692 active as 533 have been relaxations and curbs shall con- at 2,167 more positive cases, and a mission was not needed. bile shop in Sathankulam, shows ground. They got internal injuries discharged, while 88 have died since March 10 tinue to be in force till July 31. As total tally of 55,969. The active To control the damage, Tamil many discrepancies in the police’s because of that,” read the FIR reg- BS YEDIYURAPPA | CM, KARNATAKA many as 3,949 more persons tested cases in the city now are 21,681. Nadu Chief Minister K. version of events. The visuals start istered by the police June 19. Experts say no to lockdown extension in TN 1.6K more beds for Covid cases

AGENCIES The panel took into account socio- The committee sought ‘successful initiative’ Bangalore civic body revises protocol to assess patients’ Chennai, June 29: Amid the daily economic issues of the lockdown of holding fever camps in Chennai to be coronavirus infection rate stay- while making its recommendation extended to other parts of the state as well medical condition to admit them in hosps ing over 3,000 in Tamil Nadu, the expert medical committee, here AGENCIES Monday, said it had not recom- mended extension of lockdown Bangalore, June 29: Bruhat after June 30. Bangalore Mahanagara Palike The panel held a review meeting (BBMP) has set up five more Covid with Chief Minister K. Care Centres with a total capacity Palaniswami. of 1,600 beds to cater to the rising Prabhdeep Kaur, Deputy coronavirus cases, an official said Director, National Institute of Monday. Epidemiology (NIE) said the ex- “Due to an increase in Covid pert committee did not recommend cases in and around Bangalore, the lockdown extension as it was not number of such centres is being in- the only way to control the creased,” a civic body official said. virus spread. Representative pic The panel also took into account Our HEALTH CENTRE BEDS ADDED the socio-economic issues of the committee lockdown while making its rec- did not Government Ayurvedic Medical 200 vising the protocol to assess pa- Under the earlier practice, pa- recommend University and Hospital ommendation, Kaur said. The panel lockdown. It is called a tients’ medical condition to admit tients used to be directly taken to has suggested tightening of re- blunt instrument. them in hospitals. a hospital and accommodated in GKVK agriculture students 600 strictions in the areas where the in- Though not the best hostel and university campus “Officials will now visit patients’ different wards after checking their fection rate was high. solution, it is needed homes and check their symptoms, health conditions, which will not be sometimes GKVK horticulture students It was for the government to cases with the trend becoming But lockdown alone withdrawn from 400 and depending on the health re- followed now. More CCCs will be set PRABHDEEP KAUR | hostel and university campus take a call on lockdown extension, favourable in the city.” is not the solution for DEPUTY DIR, NIE Thursday inter-dis- ports, patients will be sent to CCCs up as asymptomatic cases are higher, she said. Attributing the spike to Rather than extending lock- COVID-19 and we can- trict public or hospitals,” said the official. the official added. City Centre International 200 increased testing, she said over 80 down, restrictions may be con- not be under lockdown for- transport bus Hotel Majestic per cent of new cases were of mild sidered after an assessment of the ever,” she said. services, earlier al- infections. The panel has recom- scenario in specific regions, she told After announcing relaxations, in- lowed in most parts of the state, Chancery Pavilion 200 IN JUST 5 DAYS, CASES DOUBLE IN BANGALORE mended increase in number of reporters after the meeting in cluding partial resumption of pub- under the ‘Unlock-1’ while other re- tests in Madurai, Trichy, Vellore and which World Health Organisation lic transport services, as part of laxations such as functioning of BANGALORE: Coronavirus cases However, Karnataka’s mortal- Tiruvannamaai. (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Unlock-1 across the state from June businesses and shops are contin- The five CCCs are Government doubled in the Karnataka capital ity rate was low at 1.56 per cent Sunday, the number of coron- Swaminathan among other ex- 1, the government re-imposed in- uing. “We feel that transmission Ayurvedic Medical University and in just five days, from 1,556 Tuesday against 3 per cent at the national avirus cases in the state was 82,275, perts participated through a tense lockdown in Chennai and has increased in several districts Hospital (200 beds), GKVK agri- to 3,419 by Sunday evening, said level, he said. The state’s recovery and the death toll 1,029. virtual link. parts of neighbouring Chengelpet, due to public transport and hence culture students hostel and uni- Medical Education Minister K. rate stood at 57 per cent with 7,507

The committee sought ‘successful “Our committee did not recom- Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram till this should be kept under control versity campus (600 beds), GKVK Sudhakar, here Monday. discharges, he added.

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THREE-DAY ATTACKS ON HOTELS, A TRAIN STATION AND A JEWISH CENTRE A person born to a Tihar turn violent, foreign woman REUTERS One of them was Sajid, the “pro- US allegations that it is a safe haven cannot be a patriot MUMBAI ATTACKS ject manager” of the Mumbai attack, for militants and said it has pros- New Delhi, June 29: India is seek- believed to remain free in Pakistan, ecuted the leadership of several PRAGYA THAKUR | BJP MP ing the extradition of a top Pakistan the US report said. proscribed groups. attempt jailbreak militant suspected to have planned An Indian official said the gov- Another Indian official said the Amit Shah the 2008 Mumbai attacks after the ernment has repeatedly asked lack of action against Sajid was in should not INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE United States said last week he was Pakistan to hand over Sajid who conflict with Pakistan’s assurances worry about living freely in Pakistan, government is charged with serving as chief to international organisations in- Congress. We had New Delhi, June 29: The Tihar Jail officials said Sunday. planner of the attacks, directing cluding the Financial Action Task presidents after authorities have informed the Delhi India and the United States have preparations and reconnaissance Force, the global watchdog on ter- Rajiv Gandhi. High Court Monday that that “some both indicted Sajid Mir of the and was also named as one of the rorism financing. Pakistan is try- Sitaram Kesri and foreign prisoners forced their way Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Pakistan-based controllers during ing to get off the FATF grey list of former Prime Minister PV out of the ward and also damaged group for the three-day attacks on the attacks. offending nations. Narasimha Rao were party the locks of gates.” hotels, a train station and a Jewish “We have asked before, and are The FBI has posted a reward of presidents. Though, it is true for a “On 16.06.2020 morning, 15-20 for- centre in which 166 people were demanding again, he needs to be $5 million for information leading long time, the president of the party eign inmates created problem in the ome foreign prisoners forced killed including six Americans. handed over,” the official dealing to the capture of Sajid who is also is from Gandhi family jail. They forced their way out of Stheir way out of the ward and While Pakistan took action with regional security issues said. wanted for a 2008/2009 plot against ANAND SHARMA | CONGRESS LEADER the ward and also damaged the locks also damaged the locks of gates: against the Lashkar founder Hafiz Pakistan’s foreign office did not Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten news- of gates of Ward No. 9 and Chakkar.” Tihar authorities Saeed last year, it continued to pro- immediately respond to a Reuters paper to avenge its publication of “Sensing trouble and having no vide safe harbour to other top mil- Department’s 2019 country report request for comment. cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad The questions other alternative, alarm was day before the incident; some of itant leaders, the US State on terrorism said. Pakistan has repeatedly rejected that enraged many Muslims. raised by sounded in the jail at around 8.30 Aforeign inmates came to the Rahul Gandhi a.m., reinforcements called and Deodhi of the jail in the morning on on border security these inmates were physically con- some pretext and refused to leave are not politics, but FLOODS IN ASSAM trolled by minimum use of force,” till late evening a responsibility KEEPING VIGIL given by the people. the jail authorities said in a status FORCE A MILLION We cannot compare the situation in report filed before a single judge court that foreign inmates of 1962 with what is happening today bench of the high court presided Cental Jail no. 6 in Tihar Complex FROM THEIR HOMES by Justice C Harishankar. have been agitating for some time BALASAHEB THORAT | MAHARASHTRA This comes days after Pinjra demanding that they should also AGENCIES REVENUE MINISTER Tod activist Natasha Narwal, who be considered for grant of interim is currently in judicial custody in bail. Jail Authorities have been con- Guwahati, June 29: Heavy flood- the Tihar Jail in a case relating to sistently counseling them and ing triggered by monsoon rains has SHORT TAKES Delhi riots, told the Court that the briefing them that their cases are forced more than a million people video conferencing facility in jail not falling under the prescribed to flee their homes in the northeast Three Army was suspended after “large scale vi- criteria for consideration of grant Indian state of Assam, authori- olence” took place. of interim bail. ties said Monday, warning that porters detained “In the process, 15 inmates and “However, they have also been the crisis was becoming more crit- Jammu: Three locals working 10 jail staff have suffered minor told that even if their cases do not ical by the hour. as porters for the army were injuries. They have been given fall in the criteria, they are free to The Brahmaputra River, one of detained by the security treatment in the jail dispensary move application independently the largest rivers in the world which forces Monday for using by the jail doctors. Punishment as in the Hon’ble Courts for either flows from Tibet into India and WhatsApp platform in per jail rules will be made against interim bail or regular bail through then into Bangladesh, burst its suspicious manner in J&K’s the defaulting inmates,: Tihar said DSLSA lawyers or private lawyers. banks in Assam over the weekend, Poonch district. Police in its response. However, these inmates repeatedly inundating more than 2,000 vil- sources said three men A day before the incident took resorted to agitation / protest and lages, and it was still raining Monday. belonging to Poonch district place; some of foreign inmates came did not seem amenable to reason,” “Two people have died in sepa- were working as porters in an to the Deodhi of the jail in the morn- the report stated. rate incidents of drowning in the army unit in Bhimber Gali ing on some pretext and refused to In response to Narwal’s con- past 24 hours and more than one area of Poonch district. leave till late evening, despite re- tention that the video conferencing During routine monitoring peated counseling/persuasion by facility, the jail staff said that her these persons were found the jail officers. Since the jail has to counsel had conducted video con- using WhatsApp in a be locked up in the evening, they had ferencing successfully with her on suspicious manner. Their use to be physically removed to differ- 24.06.2020 and next video confer- of WhatsApp was treated as 'sensitive' and their numbers ent cells in the jail by the jail staff ence session of Narwal with the were also added in some where they were locked. Counsel will be conducted on WhatsApp groups which The jail authorities told the 29.06.2020 in the evening. An IAF chopper flwies in the skies above Leh in Ladakh, Monday PTI PHOTO raised suspicion.

Man beaten to 19,459 new COVID-19 cases 7.97L STUDENTS FAIL IN million people have been affected, death in UP with the flood situation turning crit- ical by the hour,” a state govern- Badaun: A man was beaten to HINDI IN UP BOARD EXAMS ment flood bulletin said. death, allegedly by the takes India’s tally to 5,48,318 INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Torrential rain hit at least 23 of members of the rival faction Around 2.70 lakh Assam’s 33 districts and the federal in the Saidpur area of Badaun THE DEATH TOLL CLIMBED TO 16,475 WITH 380 NEW FATALITIES Lucknow, June 29: Nearly 7.97 students failed to water resources body said water district, during a fight over lakh students in the Uttar Pradesh levels in the Brahmaputra were ex- the sharing of offerings at a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Of the total 16,475 deaths reported - known as the Hindi heartland - secure passing marks pected to rise, with more rain fore- shrine between the families of two caretakers. The so far, Maharashtra tops the tally have failed in Hindi in the UP in Intermediate, while cast over the next three days. dispute took a bloody turn on New Delhi, June 29: A single-day with 7,429 deaths, followed by Delhi Secondary Board examinations 5.28 lakh students in “The flood situation remains Sunday when the incident spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases took with 2,623, Gujarat with 1,808, Tamil for Classes 10 and 12, the results extremely grave with several em- took place. The police have India’s tally to 5,48,318 Monday, while Nadu with 1,079, Uttar Pradesh with of which were announced High School failed in bankments breached,” Assam registered an FIR against four the death toll climbed to 16,475 with 660, West Bengal with 639, Madhya Saturday. Water Resources Minister Keshab persons and one of them was 380 new fatalities, according to the Pradesh with 557, Rajasthan with According to the Board offi- Hindi examinations Mahanta told Reuters. Most of the arrested, later on Sunday. Union Health Ministry data. 399 and Telangana with 247 deaths. cials, around 2.70 lakh students Kaziranga National Park, home to The police said the man was This is the sixth consecutive day The COVID-19 death toll reached failed to secure passing marks the rare one-horned rhino, was hit by a cricket bat. that coronavirus infections have in- mulative total of 83,98,362 samples 223 in Haryana, 207 in Karnataka, 169 in Hindi in Intermediate, while flects their level of the knowl- under water, authorities said. creased by more than 15,000. The have been tested up to June 28, with in Andhra Pradesh, 133 in Punjab, 94 5.28 lakh students in High School edge of the language,” she said. country has seen a surge of 3,57,783 1,70,560 samples tested Sunday. in Jammu and Kashmir, 60 in Bihar, failed in their Hindi paper. Around She further said that majority Bodies of 3 girls infections from June 1 till date. Of the 380 new deaths reported, 156 38 in Uttarakhand, 22 in Kerala and 2.39 lakh students of High School of the students tend to ignore The number of active cases stands are from Maharashtra, 65 from Delhi, 21 in Odisha. and Intermediate of the Board had Hindi because they feel there is no Delhi govt to set recovered at 2,10,120, while 3,21,722 people have 54 from Tamil Nadu, 19 from Gujarat, Chhattisgarh has registered 13 skipped their Hindi papers. need to study the language which recovered, and one patient has mi- 16 from Karnataka, 12 from Andhra deaths, Jharkhand 12, Puducherry A high school teacher who eval- does not offer future prospects. up ‘plasma bank’ Shivpuri (MP): The bodies of three minor girls – aged grated, according to the updated Pradesh, 11 from Uttar Pradesh, 10 and Assam 10 each, Himachal Pradesh uated Hindi copies for Class 12, said Board officials, meanwhile, between 10 to 12 years – were data. “Thus, around 58.67 per cent of from West Bengal, eight from nine, Chandigarh six, Goa three and on condition of anonymity, “Many said that the number of students INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE recovered from a pond in patients have recovered so far,” an of- Rajasthan, seven from Madhya Meghalaya, Tripura, Ladakh and of the children did not know sim- failing in Hindi was around 10 Shivpuri district of Madhya ficial said. Pradesh, five each from Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh have reported ple words like ‘atmavishwas’ and lakh last year. Around 56 lakh New Delhi, June 29: Delhi Chief Pradesh Monday. According The total number of confirmed Punjab, four from Telangana, three one fatality each, according to the wrote ‘confidence’, albeit with a students had appeared in the Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday to the police, the three tribal cases includes foreigners. from Odisha and one fatality each was Health Ministry. wrong spelling. Some of them Board examinations of the UP said that a ‘plasma bank’ will notbe girls from Hathigarh village According to the Indian Council reported from Jammu and Kashmir, More than 70 per cent deaths took wrote ‘suffer’ for ‘yatra’. This re- Board this year. made operational in the national under Satanwada police of Medical Research (ICMR), a cu- Assam, Goa, Uttarakhand and Bihar. place due to comorbidities, it said. capital in two days to treat COVID- station went missing after 19 patients. they left home to collect Plasma therapy involves in- blackberries Sunday evening. jecting blood-component plasma ex- The police launched a search tracted from a cured coronavirus operation Monday. During the ‘Women under-represented or stereotyped in textbooks’ patient into a positive case for operation when police treatment. searched a pond in a field PRESS TRUST OF INDIA revision of many textbook images tity expression, incarceration, be- Addressing a press conference, with the help of local divers, to remove gender stereotypes by liefs and attitudes. Kejriwal said: “Plasma bank will they found the bodies of the New Delhi, June 29: Women and the Maharashtra State Bureau of “The share of females in sec- be made operational at the Institute three minors. girls are under-represented in school Textbook Production and ondary school English language of Liver and Biliary Sciences in the textbooks or when included are de- Curriculum Research in 2019. textbook text and images was 44 next two days. Government or pri- picted in traditional roles in many “For instance, Grade 2 textbooks per cent in Malaysia and Indonesia, vate hospitals in which the pa- Ward boy held countries across the globe, according show men and women sharing 37 per cent in Bangladesh and 24 tient is being treated can prescribe for molesting doc to the Global Education Monitoring household chores, along with a fe- per cent in Punjab province, plasma therapy after which ILBS Report by UNESCO. male doctor and a male chef. Students Pakistan. A Malaysian primary can be approached.” Mumbai: The Mumbai police The fourth edition of the annual are asked to note these images and school textbook suggested girls The Chief Minister also urged have arrested a 45-year-old report launched recently, points talk about them,” the report said. risked being shamed and ostra- cured patients to come forward to ward boy working with a out that not only the number of im- The Global Education Monitoring cized unless they protected their donate plasma and said that they state-run hospital in Mumbai ages of female characters included Report (GEM Report) is developed modesty. The Ministry of will be provided taxi service to for allegedly molesting and in the textbooks is very less in com- by an independent team and pub- Education acknowledged weak- and from the hospital. threatening a trainee doctor. parison to images of males, women tries to revise the textbook images and secondary compulsory education lished by UNESCO. It has the offi- nesses in quality control and sent A contact number will also be The incident happened in the are also represented in “less pres- to reflect more gender balance. textbooks in the Islamic Republic of cial mandate of monitoring progress a sticker to cover the graphic in made operational, on which peo- intervening night of Thursday tigious” occupations and as intro- “In Afghanistan, women were Iran showed that women accounted for in meeting the Sustainable question in 2019. ple can call or message to inform and Friday when the 30-year- verts and passive. almost absent from Grade 1 text- 37 per cent of images. About half the Development Goal on education. “Respondents to a public con- the authorities that they want to old victim was on the night While showing men as doctors books published in the 1990s. Since images showing women were related The report provides an in-depth sultation on gender discrimination donate plasma.

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The state shares more than 260 km VIGIL TIGHTENED IN INDIAN OCEAN Congress ups ante boundary with Tibet and China and Saturday, the Indian Navy held a crucial exercise with Japanese Navy in the Indian Ocean therefore, we need to be suitably region, an area where Chinese naval vessels and submarines are making frequent forays over fuel price hike prepared for any eventuality

BANDARU DATTATRAYA | HIMACHAL Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi along with party PRESS TRUST OF INDIA veillance missions and enhanced GOVERNOR operational deployment in the leaders released a video message for workers, against New Delhi, June 29: The Navy has Indian Ocean region in the last the hike, and Congress workers adopted a unique increased its surveillance mis- couple of weeks. "We are increasing The Modi sions and beefed up operational de- surveillance to track Chinese ac- method to protest using cycles and bullock carts government ployment in the Indian Ocean re- tivities in Indian Ocean region," has increased gion in the wake of India's the budget for said a military expert. Ladakh four-fold seven-week bitter border stand- The Galwan Valley incident on recently amid the off with China in eastern Ladakh, June 15 was the biggest con- India-China face-off people familiar with the develop- frontation between the two mili- in the region ment said. taries after their 1967 clashes in The Indian Navy is also ramp- Nathu La when India lost around HARDEEP SINGH PURI | UNION MINISTER FOR ing up its operational cooperation 80 soldiers while the death toll on HOUSING AND CIVIL AVIATION with various friendly naval forces the Chinese side was over 300. like the US Navy and Japan Shimayuki, for the exercise. The in view of China's growing at- India and Japan are part of the in- Maritime Self Defense Force in exercise assumed significance tempts to expand military influence fluential "Quad" or Quadrilateral The testing view of the fast evolving regional as it took place amid India's bor- in the resource-rich region. coalition which also comprises capacity for security landscape, they said. der standoff with China in east- Following an escalation in ten- the United States and Australia. COVID-19 Saturday, the Indian Navy held a ern Ladakh and Chinese Navy's sion between India and China in In November 2017, the four coun- should be increased. crucial exercise with Japanese aggressive posturing in South eastern Ladakh after the killing of tries gave shape to the long-pend- Available TrueNat Navy in the Indian Ocean region, China Sea as well as in the Indo- 20 Indian Army soldiers on June ing "Quad" coalition to develop a and rapid antigen an area where Chinese naval ves- Pacific region. 15, the government put all the new strategy to keep the critical Indian Youth Congress workers stage a protest against the Central machines should be sels and submarines are making "The aim of the exercise was government over the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel, outside operated at full capacity for doing three forces on alert. The Indian sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free maximum tests in the state frequent forays, they said. to enhance interoperability be- Navy was asked to raise its alert of any influence. The US has been Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi, Monday PTI PHOTO Indian Navy ships INS Rana tween the two navies,” said a level in the Indian Ocean Region pushing for a greater role for India YOGI ADITYANATH | UP CM and INS Kulish were part of the ex- source. Navies from the US, India, where Chinese Navy has been in the Indo-Pacific which is seen INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE example of extortion from peo- ercise while Japan Maritime Self Australia, Japan and France have making regular forays. by many countries as an effort to ple through this unjustified in- Defense Forces deployed its two been deepening their mutual co- The people cited above said contain China's growing clout in New Delhi, June 29: After a day- crease in petrol and diesel prices. SHORT TAKES ships, JS Kashima and JS operation in the Indo-Pacific region Indian Navy has increased its sur- the region. long protest against the fuel price This is not only unjust but also in- hike across the country Monday, the sensitive," Congress interim Congress has hit out at the gov- President Sonia Gandhi had said, BSF busts ‘cruel’ They beat Covid, ernment for not rolling back the noting that it directly hurts the smuggling bid price hike. country's farmers, the poor, the but not stigma Doda now terror-free: DGP Sonia Gandhi and Rahul working class, the middle class Kolkata: The Border Security Gandhi along with party leaders and the small businesses. Force (BSF) busted a "cruel" INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE In a joint operation in the released a video message for work- Former Congress President cattle smuggling technique PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Khulchohar area of Anantnag ers and against the hike as Rahul Gandhi said that "the gov- along the India-Bangladesh Srinagar, June 29: With the killing district by the police and the Congress workers adopted a ernment has raised prices of petrol border in West Bengal after Hyderabad, June 29: Family of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Army Monday, a total of three unique method to protest using and diesel 22 times. You will have seizing a live calf tied up and members or relatives of over Masood in an encounter in South terrorists were killed cycles and bullock carts. to pay more for buying fuel. concealed inside a carcass, 50 people who have recovered Kashmir, the Doda district has be- "The protests aimed at under- Indirectly, you suffer when inflation officials said Monday. They from COVID-19 are not willing come militancy free, police These included two Lashkar-e- lining the Government's extor- rises due to a hike in petrol and said a river patrol of the to take their loved ones home said Monday. Taiba terrorists, including one tionist looting of the common diesel prices," even as the prices border-guarding force fearing getting infected, forc- In a joint operation in the district commander and one Indian during the Covid-19 crisis burn a hole directly in ones pocket noticed a floating carcass in ing the government to keep them Khulchohar area of Anantnag dis- Hizbul Mujahideen commander by profiteering at their cost, "said every time one goes to a filling sta- the Mahananda river in the in state-run facilities, a senior trict by the police and the Army Congress leader KC Venugopal. tion. "Price of crude oil is at an Malda district on Sunday, and official said Monday. Monday, a total of three terrorists Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh said. two Pistols recovered. Joint In a statement, party General all-time low but fuel prices have upon probe found a live According to Dr Prabhakar were killed. These included two The police said Masood was in- Operation in progress," Army said Secretary Venugopal said "The party touched an all-time high in India." cattle inside it. "The carcass Rao, nodal officer for COVID-19 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, was cut open and a calf, volved in a rape case and was ab- in a brief statement. According to thanks its volunteers and workers The Congress initiated a social whose legs were tied with at Gandhi Hospital here, about 50 including one district commander, sconding. He later joined the Hizbul the details, the Army and police for making today's programme a media campaign "Speak Up Against ropes and eyes covered with such people are being kept at and one Hizbul Mujahideen com- Mujahideen and shifted his area had launched a cordon and search huge success and hopes that the Fuel Hike" in which the party a piece of cloth, was Nature Cure Hospital as their mander of the name Masood. of operation to Kashmir. Arms and operation (CASO) on the basis of a voice of the people will force the gov- claimed lakhs of messages and recovered," the BSF said. kin did not come forward to take "Doda district in Jammu Zone be- ammunition, including an AK 47 specific information about the pres- ernment to roll back its grossly anti videos were exchanged and shared them home. comes totally militancy free once rifle and two pistols were recov- ence of terrorists. As the cordon was people extortionist decision of rais- highlighting the plight of farm- "We had 60 such cases where again as Masood was a last sur- ered from the slain terrorists. tightened, the hiding terrorists ing prices by charging record excise ers, taxi and bus owners, trans- the relatives or family members re- viving terrorist of the Doda District," "Three terrorists eliminated in fired at the security forces which duty from the people." porters, labourers and the com- Nagaland extends fused to take the recovered people Director General of Jammu and the ensuing gunfight. One AK and triggered the encounter. "The government has set a new mon people who suffer. lockdown home fearing that they and their children would also get infected. Kohima: The Nagaland We are trying to convince them. As EXTREME BRUTALITY government Monday of now 50 such people, both men COOL JUMP extended the lockdown in the and women are being kept at the state till July 15 to contain Nature Cure Hospital," Dr Monkey hanged to death the spread of the COVID-19 Prabhakar Rao said. pandemic, a government spokesperson said. The Some of the recovered patients Vemsoor village and the video decision to extend the are aged people, including a 93- of the primate being hanged lockdown was taken during year old woman and are still in using a rope went viral, prompt- the state Cabinet meeting. Gandhi Hospital while the rest ing the officials to investigate. have been sent to different facili- "The accused wanted to scare ties. "We cannot use police force other monkeys by hanging the on the kin and ask them to take one which was caught. We found Cop injured them back home. We are coun- the carcass in a decomposed Pune (Maharashtra): A selling them saying there is no state. The accused are being policeman sustained minor harm due to the recovered per- booked under the Wildlife injuries when a pilot car in the sons. Some three or four people PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Protection Act," the official said. convoy of Nationalist Congress were taken home after we con- According to Venkateswarlu, Party president Sharad Pawar vinced them," he added.The State- Hyderabad, June 29: In a case people at Sathupalli and sur- met with an accident here run Gandhi Hospital which was of extreme brutality, a monkey rounding areas are suffering Monday morning, officials declared a COVID-19 treatment was hanged to death from a tree from monkey menace with the said. The incident occurred facility is currently treating 723 by three people in a bid to scare simians raiding the orchards near the Amrutanjan Bridge patients, out of which over 350 other simians in Khammam giving sleepless nights to the on the Mumbai-Pune are on oxygen supply. district of Telangana, about 275 locals. The official said as per a Expressway when Pawar was According to him, the regular KM from here, forest depart- Telangana government direc- travelling from Pune to mortuary at Gandhi Hospital can ment officials said Monday. tive 30 per cent of the area in Mumbai. A police escort car accommodate 65 to 70 bodies. The "The perpetrators, who ad- Sathupalli forest range during behind Pawar's vehicle reportedly lost control, and hospital has set up an exclusive mitted their guilt, are being afforestation will have edible overturned below the bridge, morgue for COVID-19 deaths with booked under the Wildlife wild fruit species to enhance resulting in a traffic snarl. a capacity of about 20 bodies. Protection Act," Sathupalli the food base of monkeys and Prabhakar Rao said separate Forest Range Officer A other wild animals so that when teams have been set up to handle Venkateswarlu said. The inci- they are rehabilitated, there the special morgue as per dent happened June 26 in will be sufficient food available. 1 killed, 10 hurt COVID-19 protocols. Children play during a hot day in Srinagar, Monday PTI PHOTO Ramgarh: One person was killed and 10 others were injured when a bus carrying BACK TO SQUARE ONE migrant workers to West Bengal from Gujarat overturned in Jhakhand's Ramgarh district, police said. The accident happened at Hunger brought migrants home, now drives them back Kenjhia valley on Gola- Ormanjhi state highway under Rajrappa police station PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tories whir back to life, construction report from north Bihar's Punjab before the lockdown began. of the district around 3.30 activity picks up, and the sowing sea- Darbhanga district said luxury The fields of Punjab are beck- am, the Officer-in-Charge of Patna, June 29: Hunger and hope- son has started. Mail and express buses and other vehicles with oning Rajeev Chaupal of Ratyari- the police station, Vinod lessness drove tens of thousands of trains to places like Ahmedabad, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana and Khirikpur village, too. "I am re- Kumar Murmu, said. migrant workers from cities of their Amritsar, Secunderabad and Andhra Pradesh number plates turning to the farm of my employer dreams, vibrant and pulsating with Bangalore, from where these work- could be seen transporting migrants in Punjab. He has promised me life and activity, to languorous vil- ers hurried back home, walking, back to their places of work. handsome cash," he said. They Good news lages in Bihar during the lockdown. cycling and travelling on trucks Several companies in the man- said they are being offered Rs 5,000 Dehradun: The elephant It's hunger and hopelessness and even the hollow of container ufacturing, industrial goods and for planting paddy saplings on an population in Uttarakhand again that is pushing them back to trucks and concrete mixing plants, real estate sector have even chartered acre of farmland instead of Rs has increased by over 10 per the cities in Gujarat, Maharashtra, are running to capacity. aircraft to bring back their skilled 3,500 that was the going rate be- cent in three years, an official Karnataka and Telangana, and the According to sources in the East and semi-skilled employees. fore the outbreak. Their families y statement said Monday. sprawling farms of Punjab, disre- Central Zone of the railways, the av- "Whatever money I had has been are also getting paid Rs 15,000-

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k y m There were 1,839 elephants in c the state in 2017, and their avirus disease that had brought Ahmedabad Special is 133 per cent, special (113 per cent) and Danapur- cilitate travel. "If need arises, more the job card for working in MN- and Chaupal are leaving for their number has now mounted to them to their knees. Danapur-Secundrabad special (126 Pune special (102 per cent). trains can be run on routes wit- REGA projects. We may die of old places of work despite the 2,026, it said. An elephant Their employers, many of whom per cent), Jaynagar-Amritsar spe- Chief Public Relations Officer nessing heavy traffic," he said. hunger staying here and protect- launch of Rs 50,000 crore 'Garib census was carried out in the had virtually abandoned them, are cial (123 per cent), Danapur- (CPRO), ECR, Rajesh Kumar, said ECR includes Danapur, Sonepur, ing ourselves from coronavirus," Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' by Prime state for three days from sending them train and even flight Bengaluru city special (120 per that the railways is closely moni- Deendayal Upadhyaya, Samastipur said Kusho Mandal of Anandpur vil- Minister Narendra Modi to give a June 6 to 8 this year. tickets to bring them back as fac- cent), Patna-Ahmedabad special toring the waiting lists and quickly and Dhanbad railway divisions. A lage, who worked as a farm hand in fresh impetus to rural livelihood. Let’s not mince SMART MRI P10 our words, I TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR mean this Pandemic has A type of smart MRI scan used in been an absolute people with heart disease could nightmare for the help assess whether children's country and the country cancers are especially has gone through a aggressive and spot early signs international profound shock that targeted treatments are

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k y m | working, say researchers c of the day uote China to impose visa PANDEMIC PUSHES MILLIONS INTO HUNGER ban on Americans I am deeply concerned THE NUMBER OF HUNGRY PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE COULD INCREASE TO 270MN BEFORE THE END OF 2020 , SAID WFP that even the AGENCIES The number of hungry people in in East Africa and outbreaks of most minimalist he new challenge requires a the countries where it operates conflict are adding to an already form of annexation Tbig increase in the use of would lead to Johannesburg, June 29: Millions cash-based transfers could increase to 270 million be- challenging outlook for the world’s increased violence of people have been pushed into fore the end of 2020 — an 82% in- hungry. “This unprecedented crisis and loss of life, as walls are erected, hunger by the coronavirus pan- oronavirus infection levels crease from before the pandemic requires an unprecedented response. security forces deployed and the demic, the UN World Food Program Care climbing when food took hold, said WFP. The fallout If we do not respond rapidly and ef- two populations brought into closer said Monday as it appealed for stocks in some parts of the from the pandemic is being felt fectively to this viral threat, the proximity nearly $5 billion to help feed the world are already low hardest in Latin America, which has outcome will be measured in an growing numbers in poor and mid- seen an almost three-fold rise in unconscionable loss of life, and ef- ASSOCIATED PRESS MICHELLE BACHELET | UN HIGH WFP IS UNDERTAKING THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN ITS COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS dle-income countries. HISTORY, AIMING TO ASSIST 138 MILLION PEOPLE the number of people requiring forts to roll back the tide of hunger “The frontline in the battle against food assistance, and among urban will be undone,” said Beasley. Beijing, June 29: China said the coronavirus is shifting from communities in low- and middle-in- The new challenge requires a Monday that it would retaliate The shooting the rich world to the poor world,” in migration, deepening conflict people, up from from a previous come countries, which are being big increase in the use of cash- against US moves to punish offi- down of a said David Beasley, WFP’s executive and widespread under-nutrition record of 97 million in 2019. The dragged into destitution by job based transfers. Over half of WFP’s cials tied to political crackdowns Ukrainian director. “Until the day we have a among populations that were pre- agency says sustained funding is losses and a precipitous drop in re- new response plan will be deliv- in Hong Kong by imposing visa re- airliner in Iran in medical vaccine, food is the best viously immune from hunger.” needed to support its work in 83 mittances. At this time of year, ered in cash and vouchers — al- strictions on Americans it con- January was due to vaccine against chaos.” To tackle the rising tide of hunger, countries, to provide food to the many farmers are awaiting crops lowing urban communities to pur- siders to have “performed badly” human error and not He said without access to enough WFP is undertaking the biggest most vulnerable and to support from new harvests. Hurricane and chase their food needs in local on matters regarding the semi- an order from senior food, the world could see “increased humanitarian response in its his- governments working to curb the monsoon seasons are getting un- markets, which boosts local autonomous Chinese territory. military authorities, the military social unrest and protests, a rise tory, aiming to assist 138 million spread of Covid-19. derway, while record locust invasions economies. Foreign ministry spokesman prosecutor for Tehran province Zhao Lijian gave no details in GHOLAM ABBAS TORKI | MILITARY making the announcement at a PROSECUTOR FOR TEHRAN PROVINCE daily briefing. It wasn't clear if FOR THEIR RIGHTS the measure targeted only US gov- 32 killed in B’desh boat ernment officials or those in the I encourage private sector as well. It comes as the China's legislature is expected to Palestinians pass a national security law for not to lose another mishap, dozens missing opportunity. They Hong Kong Tuesday that critics say should be prepared will severely limit opposition pol- to negotiate a itics and freedom of speech in the historic compromise that could city. The US says it will respond by bring peace to Israelis and ending favourable trading terms Palestinians alike granted to the former British colony after it passed to Chinese BENJAMIN NETANYAHU | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER control in 1997. French ex-PM, wife SHORT TAKES Major Bangla found guilty of fraud 23 killed in Afghan blast waterway disasters AGENCIES Kabul: A car bombing and April 20, 1986: At least 200 Paris, June 29: A Paris court mortar shells fired at a passengers killed after ‘Atlas Monday found French former Star’ sinks at the Sitalakya River busy market in southern prime minister Francois Fillon during a storm. Afghanistan's Helmand guilty of having used public funds province Monday killed 23 May 25, 1988: 600 people got to pay his wife and children for people, including children, killed after ‘Samia’ overturns in work they never performed. a statement form a the Meghna River during a A protester holds up a sign during a Black Lives Matter march in London, Britain REUTERS The work had brought the fam- provincial governor's office storm. ily more than 1 million euros ($1.13 said. Both the Taliban and the Afghan military blame AGENCIES December 27, 1988: At least 200 million) since 1998. The couple's each other for the attack in passengers die after a cargo lawyers immediately announced Sangin district. Details of Dhaka, June 29: At least 32 peo- vessel rams ‘Haisal,’ leading it to an appeal. Fillon, 66, was sen- the reported attack could ple were drowned and many were sink, on the Dhaleswari River. tenced to five years in prison, not be independently missing on Monday when a ferry China forces birth control on three of which were suspended, confirmed as the area, carrying over 100 passengers cap- August 20, 1994: Over 200 and a 375,000 euro ($423,100) fine. which is under Taliban sized in Buriganga river after it passengers die after an He is also banned from seeking control, is remote and was hit by a bigger vessel in the overcrowded ferry sinks in the elected office for 10 years. He re- inaccessible to reporters. Bangladeshi capital here, officials Meghna River. Uighurs to curb population mains free pending appeal. said. December 28, 2000: At least 158 Following the accident, the driver people of MV Rajhongshi die EVEN WHILE THE USE OF IUDs (INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE) AND Rainstorms batter and other staff of Moyur-2, which after the launch collides with was carrying some 1,000 passen- another vessel in Meghna River STERILIZATION HAS FALLEN NATIONWIDE, IT IS RISING SHARPLY IN XINJIANG southern China gers, immediately left the scene during Eid holidays. and went into hiding, police said. AGENCIES Beijing: Torrential rains May 3, 2002: Over 400 passengers Navy and coast guard divers joined battered China's southwest killed after MV Salahuddin-2 Sichuan province, killing at the fire service rescuers while a sinks at Meghna river. Beijing, June 29: The Chinese gov- least 12 people and leaving BIWTA salvage ship was deployed ernment is taking draconian meas- 10 missing, authorities said. to retrieve the sunken Morning April 2003: Two launches – ML ures to slash birth rates among The rainstorm hit Mianning Bird, described by eye witnesses as Mitali and ML Majlish – capsizes Uighurs and other minorities as His wife, Penelope Fillon, 64, County Friday and Saturday a small dilapidated vessel, which during a nor'wester instantly part of a sweeping campaign to was found guilty as an accom- that triggered floods in quickly capsized after being hit killing at least 300 passengers. curb its Muslim population, even plice. She was given a three-year Yihai Township, killing at from behind by the bigger vessel July 8, 2003: At least 110 people as it encourages some of the coun- suspended sentence and fined the least 10 people and seven Moyur-2. die and about 200 go missing try's Han majority to have more same amount. The scandal broke remain missing, the county People along the shore immedi- and many others injured after children. in the French media just three government was quoted as ately came to the aid of the vic- MV Nasrin-1, a triple-deck ferry, While individual women have months before the country's 2017 saying by the state-run tims with country boats before the sinks in the Meghna River. spoken out before about forced presidential election, as Fillon Xinhua news agency. Two arrival of the operators with res- birth control, the practice is far The state regularly subjects mi- able in government statistics. was the front-runner in the race. vehicles plunged into a cue equipment, eye witnesses said. May 22, 2004: At least 200 die as more widespread and system- nority women to pregnancy checks, Across the Xinjiang region, birth It cost him his reputation. Fillon river in the Gaoyang sub- It was not clear how many people three ferries – MV Lighting Sun, atic than previously known, ac- and forces intrauterine devices, rates continue to plummet, falling sank to third place in the election, MV Diganta, and ML Majlishpur district after flooding swam to safety or how many are still cording to an investigation based sterilization and even abortion nearly 24% last year alone — com- which was won by Emmanuel – sinks in separate accidents in damaged the highway, killing missing. "The muddy water is dis- on government statistics, state on hundreds of thousands, the pared to just 4.2% nationwide, sta- Macron. Fillon, who was France's two persons, and leaving Bangladesh. rupting the rescue operation, af- documents and interviews with interviews and data show. tistics show. prime minister from 2007 to 2012, three others missing, the February 21, 2005: Total 118 report said Monday. fecting divers' visibility," a fire serv- 30 ex-detainees, family mem- The population control meas- For decades, China had one of and his wife have denied any ice official said. people die after a ferry sinks bers and a former detention ures are backed by mass deten- the most extensive systems of mi- wrongdoing and can appeal the Poor safety standards of vessels close to Dhaka. camp instructor. tion both as a threat and as a pun- nority entitlements in the world, decision. Penelope Fillon's role and their reckless driving have The campaign over the past ishment for failure to comply. with Uighurs and others getting alongside her husband drew all SL lifts curfew August 4, 2014: At least 49 been repeatedly blamed for fre- people die and over 50 go four years in the far west region Birth rates in the mostly Uighur more points on college entrance the attention during the February- ahead of polls quent ferry accidents in riverine missing after MV Pinak, carrying of Xinjiang is leading to what regions of Hotan and Kashgar exams, hiring quotas for govern- March trial, which focused on de- Bangladesh. In most of the cases, over 300 passengers, capsizes at some experts are calling a form of plunged by more than 60% from ment posts and laxer birth control termining whether her activities Colombo: Sri Lanka has the ferries carry passengers be- Padma River. “demographic genocide." 2015 to 2018, the latest year avail- restrictions. were in the traditional role of an decided to delay reopening yond their capacity. elected official's partner — or in- the country to foreign volved actual paid work. Prosecutors tourists by at least two denounced “fraudulent, system- weeks, but lifted its atic practices.” Fillon was accused nationwide curfew Monday of misuse of public funds, receiv- as the island-nation ing money from the misuse of pub- prepares to hold Worst virus fears are realised in poor countries lic funds and the misappropria- parliamentary elections in the coming weeks. The tion of company assets. island nation was initially Worldwide, there are The first reports of disarray are be a grim forewarning because planning to open its more than 10 million also emerging from hospitals in South Africa's health system is re- international airports to South Africa, which has its conti- puted to be the continent's best. tourists on August 1, but confirmed cases, and nent's most developed economy. Some, like Uganda, which al- China to centralise has now decided to give Sick patients are lying on beds in ready had a sophisticated detec- priority to repatriate over 500,000 reported corridors as one hospital runs out tion system built up during its command over military stranded Sri Lankans. deaths. But experts say of space. At another, an emergency yearslong battle with viral hemor- reserve forces morgue was needed to hold more rhagic fever, have thus far been ar- these numbers are than 700 bodies. guably more successful than the Beijing: China's military reserve Kartarpur reopens serious undercounts of Worldwide, there are 10.1 mil- US and other wealthy countries in forces will be formally placed lion confirmed cases and over 501,000 battling coronavirus. under the centralised and unified Lahore: Pakistan Monday the true toll of the reported deaths, according to a tally But since the beginning of the command of the Communist Party reopened the Kartarpur pandemic, due to by Johns Hopkins University of pandemic, poor and conflict-rav- of China (CPC) and Central Military Commission (CPC), both Corridor more than three limited testing and government reports. aged countries have been at a major months after it was poor or war-torn countries ill- ple and where authorities say na- Experts say both those numbers disadvantage, and they remain so. headed by President Xi Jinping, from July 1 to ensure the ruling temporarily closed due to missed mild cases equipped to contain it and sweeps tionwide lockdowns are no longer are serious undercounts of the true South Africa leads Africa in test- party's "absolute leadership" the COVID-19 pandemic, through the population. an option because of high poverty. toll of the pandemic, due to lim- ing, but an initially promising pro- over it and build a world-class but no Indian pilgrim Now some of those fears are In Latin America, Brazil has a ited testing and missed mild cases. gram has now been overrun in visited the Gurdwara army. Currently, the reserve ASSOCIATED PRESS being realised. In Sudan's war-rav- confirmed caseload and death count South Africa has more than a Darbar Sahib, a top official Cape Town, which alone has more forces are under the dual

aged Darfur region, where there is second only to the United States, and third of Africa's confirmed cases of reported cases than any other

k y m said. India temporarily leadership of military organs and c suspended the pilgrimage Cape Town, June 29: For months, little testing capacity, a mysterious its leader is unwilling to take steps COVID-19 with 138,000 as of Monday. African country except Egypt. local Communist Party and registration experts have warned of a poten- illness resembling COVID-19 is to stem the spread of the virus. It's ahead of other African countries Critical shortages of kits have committees and they would be for the Kartarpur Sahib tial nightmare scenario: After over- spreading through camps for the in- Alarming escalations are unfolding in the pandemic timeline and ap- forced city officials to abandon test- brought under the control of the Gurdwara in Pakistan whelming health systems in some ternally displaced. Cases are soar- in Peru, Chile, Ecuador and proaching its peak. So far its facil- ing for anyone under 55 unless they ruling party and the CMC from March 16 in view of the of the world’s wealthiest regions, the ing in India and Pakistan, together Panama, even after they imposed ities have managed to cope, but if have a serious health condition or July 1, the state-run Xinhua news coronavirus outbreak. coronavirus gains a foothold in home to more than 1.5 billion peo- early lockdowns. they become overwhelmed, it will are in a hospital. agency reported. I am trying to AMAZON INDIA SCRAPS SINGLE-USE P11 convince high-income TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR countries to reserve vaccines PLASTIC IN PACKAGING not only for themselves but Amazon India has eliminated all single-use plastic also for low and middle income in packaging originating from its 50-plus fulfillment countries. This is a stress test centres in India. In September 2019, the company for solidarity had pledged to meet this goal in an accelerated URSULA VON DER LEYEN | PRESIDENT, business time frame by June this year, it said in a statement

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k y m c of the day uote GOVT PLANS INCENTIVES FOR AUTO FIRMS TO BOOST EXPORTS May saw a REUTERS conditions, including a minimum talks are in early stages and details turnaround in revenue and profit threshold and have not been finalised there is a plan Auto exports slump 73 pc in May monthly total New Delhi, June 29: The govern- presence in at least 10 countries, two filled jobs. The full to give a “big push” to the sector. Mumbai: The auto exports plunged 73% last month to $230.3 million (about `1,736 lockdown ment is drawing up an incentive of the sources said, adding the India’s auto sector exports touched crore) as compared to the year-ago period with shipments to key markets like the throughout April scheme for the auto-sector aimed at form the incentives would take $27 billion in the fiscal year ending US and Mexico registering a sharp decline owing to supply-chain issues due to brought reports of doubling exports of vehicles and had not been decided. March 2019, led by companies in- lockdown, EEPC India said Monday. The exports of auto components too suffered a businesses hibernating to try to components in the next five years, DHI did not immediately respond cluding Ford, Hyundai, Maruti major setback during the month with important markets including the US, Mexico, weather the storm with assistance four sources with direct knowledge to a request for comment. Suzuki, Volkswagen and Bosch, Germany and Japan reporting “de-growth in the range of 34-68%”, the Engineering from the wage subsidy of the matter told Reuters. The move is part of India’s effort which analysts say stand to gain Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) India said in a release. "COVID-19 public health The Department of Heavy to create ‘champion’ sectors to at- the most. crisis has taken a massive toll on exports of India’s automobiles in May 2020 with SUE CHAPMAN | ECONOMIC STATISTICS Industries (DHI) has sought feedback tract investment, generate jobs and The push, however, comes at a as much annualised erosion as 98% and 65% in shipments to key markets like the MANAGER, NEW ZEALAND from auto industry groups on the ini- boost manufacturing, and comes time when auto sales globally have US and Mexico, respectively,” it said. tial proposal, which suggests giving amid calls by PM Narendra Modi to been battered because of the coro- In order to incentives over five years to increase be self-reliant as a nation. The incentives would be based on the navirus pandemic and demand may Piparsania, consulting director, au- he said. The initial scheme has revamp and local production and procurement India wants to promote exports sales value of vehicles or components take a while to recover. tomotive, at Counterpoint Research. been designed to incentivise large strengthen the for export, the sources said. and has identified some sectors, in- To make it a success in the pres- “Having a liberal trade policy companies and in turn benefit existing statistical The incentives would be based cluding autos and textiles, for which engaged with various stakehold- ent scenario, India needs to ensure will allow companies to bring in smaller players in the supply chain, system, the ministry on the sales value of vehicles or incentive plans are being designed, ers. We have to see what needs to be the proposal is not complicated by new and global technologies which making the auto sector more com- has come up with a components and eligible compa- said a senior government official. done in the global context,” said too many conditions and is not will increase their scale and India’s petitive overall, one of the sources project called nies would need to meet certain “For autos the government has the official, adding that even though based on sales targets, said Vinay competitiveness as an export hub,” said. National Integrated Information Portal, which would imbibe new information technology solutions in Airtel, Voda Idea the field of data acquisition, processing and dissemination lose race against ` States’ GDP to shrink RAO INDERJIT SINGH | UNION MINISTER State govt grants 608 cr Reliance Jio in state

Through our POST NEWS NETWORK up to 14.3 pc: Report partnership (with CCD), Bhubaneswar, June 29: As per investment proposals The impact of lockdown was most pronounced in we aim to push the the latest telecom subscriber data Karnataka, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Odisha frontiers of released by Telecom Regulatory POST NEWS NETWORK Five proposals innovative food and Authority of India (TRAI), pri- beverage vate telecom major Reliance Jio Bhubaneswar, June 29: The from metal, food AGENCIES Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the experience for momo- as well as added over 2.4 lakh subscribers Government of Odisha Monday processing, and report said. coffee-lovers across India. CCD is in Odisha in the month of approved five investment proposals Mumbai, June 29: The gross state Despite the nation-wide lock- an ideal fit for our brand February 2020. On the other hand, in sectors like metal, food pro- logistics & domestic product (GSDP) of all down enforced March 25, 2020, sev- SAGAR DARYANI | CEO AND FOUNDER, except state-owned telecom serv- cessing, and logistics & infra- infrastructure states is likely to contract up to eral economic activities defined WOW! MOMO ice provider BSNL, Bharti Airtel structure during the 92nd State 14.3 per cent in the current finan- as essentials remained operational. and Vodafone Idea lost subscribers Level Single Window Clearance sectors will cial year due to the impact of The impact of the lockdown on sec- significantly in the same month. Authority (SLSWCA) meeting. generate COVID-19-induced lockdown on tors namely agriculture, industry and SHORT TAKES TRAI’s report says, “BSNL added The five investment proposals economic activities, says a report. services was differently, it said. over 75,000 subscribers while are worth over `608.79 crore and employments for States such as Assam, Goa, "Since agricultural activities Bharti Airtel lost over 83,000 sub- they would create employment op- 1,496 people Gujarat and Sikkim are likely to wit- were less impacted, the states hav- Starbucks’ dine-in scribers followed by Vodafone Idea portunities for 1,496 people. ness a double-digit contraction in ing a higher share of agriculture are who lost nearly 29,000 subscribers SLSWCA meeting was chaired In the logistics & Infrastructure employed through this project. FY2021, India Ratings and Research expected to have suffered less com- facility to resume in February, 2020.” by Chief Secretary Asit Kumar sector, M/S Sravan Shipping Similarly, M/s SOM Distilleries said in a report Monday. pared to the one where the share of New Delhi: Tata Starbucks With the new addition, Jio has Tripathy at Lok Seva Bhawan, Services Pvt. Ltd will be setting up & Breweries Odisha Pvt. Ltd will "We expect the gross state domestic agriculture is low," the report said. Monday said the company crossed over 1.23 crore subscribers Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Principal a logistics park at Jadupur also set up a 120 KLPD capacity product (GSDP) of all states in India Some sub-sectors especially in the will resume dine-in services in Odisha as on February 29, 2020 Secretary of Industries department (Mahakalapada Block) Kendrapada grain-based distillery unit. The to contract in FY21. The contraction services such as banking and finan- in seven cities across India, as per the subscriber data. Hemant Sharma outlined the proj- district. The company will invest plant will be established with an will be in the range of 1.4 per cent- cial services, IT and IT-enabled serv- with elevated cleaning and The overall mobile subscribers’ ect proposals for consideration. `100 crore in this regard. The proj- amount of `93 crore and will pro- 14.3 per cent,” the report said. ices were less impacted, because they sanitising protocols. Stores base in the state witnessed an in- In a big boost to the state’s metal ect will provide employment to vide jobs to as many as 126 people. The top five major states where were able to readjust their opera- will operate with 50% crease of nearly 2.06 lakh subscribers downstream sector, M/s Reliable around 250 people. Likewise, M/s Growel Feeds Pvt. the impact of lockdown was the tions remotely owing to the high pen- seating capacity to allow for in February, taking the total sub- Sponge Pvt. Limited is looking at Grain-based distillery plant will Ltd will be setting up a shrimp feed most pronounced are Karnataka, etration of digital platform in their social distancing between scribers to nearly 3.34 crores. As setting up Iron Ore Beneficiation be coming up in Odisha. M/s Chilika and fish feed manufacturing facil- Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala business operations, the report said. customers and employees, per the data provided by TRAI for plant of 2.5 MTPA and Pellet Plant Distilleries Pvt. Ltd will set up a 110 ity in the state. The investment and Odisha. The five major states The states in which the share said Tata Starbucks in a February 2020, Reliance Jio con- of 2.0 MTPA, with an investment of Kilo Litre per day (KLPD) distillery proposal is estimated with an where the impact of lockdown was of these services is high are ex- statement. The selected tinue to lead the market in the coastal `250 crore and with providing em- plant with an investment of ` 99.97 amount of `65.82 crore and will the least pronounced are Madhya pected to have suffered less dur- Starbucks stores are in state with 1,23,25,587 subscribers. ployment to about 250 people. crore. Around 170 people will be provide employment to 700 people. Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Andhra ing the lockdown. Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. BIZ BUZZ CIL identifies 14 addt’l China’s industrial HUDCO records 45 pc growth projects for ‘first profits drop 19 pc Housing sales drop 49 pc during H1 2020 New Delhi: Impacted by the pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, mile connectivity’ Beijing: The profits of China’s housing sales across the seven major cities nearly halved during the first in net profit during FY’20 major industrial companies six months of 2020 compared to the second half of 2019, according to a AGENCIES dropped by 19.3% y-o-y report by Anarock Property Consultants. A total of 57,940 units were sold between January and May during January-June, the data showed. "Sales decreased by 49% in H1 2020 POST NEWS NETWORK New Delhi, June 29: Coal India this year due to the impact of compared to H2 2019 as every city underwent contraction. The contraction has identified 14 additional proj- the COVID-19 pandemic, the was in the range of 46% to 51% Bhubaneswar, June 29: Housing ects involving capital expenditure National Bureau of Statistics across the top seven cities of and Urban Development of more than `3,400 crore under the (NBS) said. According to the India," the report said. Sales in Q2 Corporation (HUDCO) Monday said 'first mile connectivity' initiative NBS, industrial profits stood 2020 accounted only for 22% of H1 that it registered outstanding fi- to upgrade transport facility at at 1.84 trillion yuan ($260 2020, which primarily led to an nancial results witnessing a 45 per mines, the state-run miner said billion) for the first five overall decline in half-yearly sales. months of the year. The cent growth in net profit during Monday. Housing sales during April-June the financial year 2019-20. The state-run miner is replac- figure is less than the 2020 were 72% lower than the projections offered by HUDCO CMD M Nagaraj said, ing road transport of coal from pit- previous quarter and nearly 81% “HUDCO’s robust performance in heads to despatch points with analysts, who had predicted down from Q2 2019. a 22% fall in profits during 2019-2020, wherein the mechanised systems like conveyer this period. company has The belts to decrease the transportation BoI gets new Zonal Manager recorded out- net total time. It had announced 35 proj- standing finan- income witnessed ects under the first phase of the ini- IOC to set up Bhubaneswar: Priyabrata Pattnaik, DGM has taken charge of Bhubaneswar cial results in its a quantum jump of crore in FY 2019-20, from the shareholders. The above in- tiative of which two are opera- Zonal Office of Bank of India (BoI) as the new Zonal Manager. Prior to this Golden Jubilee 35 pc to `7571.64 crore `10955.77 crore in FY 2018- cludes interim dividend of `0.75 tional. tech centre assignment he was heading the Agra Zonal Office in Uttar Pradesh. He Year witnessing in 2019-2020, from 19. “The net total income per share paid in March, 2020. "Four coal companies of CIL joined BoI in the year 1977 as a clerk. Pattnaik a 45% growth `5591.22 crore also witnessed a quan- Guhan also stated that the total (Coal India Ltd) together will in- New Delhi: Indian Oil Corp has successfully worked in various capacities in Net Profit that tum jump of 35% to dividend recommended by the fuse a tentative capital of over (IOC), the nation’s biggest oil in 2018-2019 across the country in states like West Bengal, has touched an `7571.64 crore in 2019-2020, Company is `620.59 croreas against `3,400 crore in these projects that firm, Monday said it will set Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and all-time high. The M NAGARAJ I from `5591.22 crore in `165.16 crore in the previous year. have a total of 100.5 million up a new technology Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 he was promoted as CMD, HUDCO development centre focussed net profit reached 2018-2019,” he added. At present, HUDCO’s net NPA tonnes/year capacity," the com- the DGM and joined at the Zonal Audit Office `1,708.42 crore in FY HUDCO Board has also is 0.19 per cent, which is among pany said in a statement. on clean and alternative in Bhopal and thereafter joined as the Zonal 2019-20 from `1,180.15 crore in approved all-time high dividend. the lowest in the sector. During Of the 14 projects in the phase energy solutions. The new Manager of Agra Zonal Office. Pattnaik is now 2018-2019.” Director (Finance) D Guhan said, II, Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) centre at Faridabad on the giving more importance to agriculture, MSME FY’20, HUDCO’s emphasis was on outskirts of the national & retail borrowers as well as NPA Nagaraj also said that HUDCO “HUDCO Board has also approved sanction of projects pertaining to accounts for five with 62.5 million saw 13 per cent growth in its net an all-time high dividend of `3.10 Housing-PMAY (U), Expressways tonnes per annum capacity. capital will be the second management of the Bank. PRIYABRATA PATTNAIK R&D campus of IOC, the worth that has reached `12343.49 per share subject to approval by and Water Supply projects. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd with company said in a statement. a solitary project has 20 million Oil Minister Dharmendra tonnes per annum capacity. Eastern Pradhan and Haryana CM Coalfields Ltd has seven projects Manohar Lal laid the and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd foundation stone of the ‘Global economy to witness extended span of instability’ has one project with a capacity Technology Development and of 14 million tonnes per annum and Development Centre. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE was the right decision. Trying to the emerging and developing mar- four million tonnes per annum, re- force our way back to economic ket economies. spectively, the statement said. London, June 29: World’s top DECELERATING GROWTH growth now would be the wrong "It's time to rethink and remake Tenders for these different proj- Realtors resort to economies like the US, the UK and A team from CUSP found that one. A post-growth world is the new the economic models that have been ects will be floated beginning Germany should prepare for a long even before the COVID-19 normal," said Professor Tim failing us for decades. The chal- August this year till next two years. layoffs, pay cuts slow recovery with prolonged pe- crisis, many of the world’s Jackson, Director of CUSP at the lenge is enormous. But so is the Coal India aims to replace the Mumbai: Hit by the riods of instability in the wake on leading economies were University of Surrey in a paper prize. CSD theory suggests that a re- existing road transport between pit- coronavirus pandemic, real COVID-19 pandemic, a new research experiencing larger published by Nature. silient, sustainable economic sys- heads and despatch points and estate developers have has warned. recession cycles Rates of growth across member tem which protects the health of switch over to a seamless mecha- resorted to layoffs and pay The team from University of states of Organisation for Economic people and planet is now within nised coal transport through con- cuts and are focusing on cost Surrey’s Centre for Understanding The global economy is facing Co-operation and Development our grasp," Jackson noted. veyor belts which is a covered sys- control measures as sales are Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) one of the largest downturns (OECD) have been in decline since The overall number of global tem for movement of coal reducing likely to remain muted in the found that even before the COVID- since the Great Depression the 1970s, a phenomenon known COVID-19 cases crossed the 10 mil- the dust pollution. coming months, according to 19 crisis, many of the world’s lead- in the 1930s as 'secular stagnation'. lion mark on Sunday, with deaths industry experts. The real ing economies were experiencing The average growth in gross do- nearing 500,000, according to the estate sector has been facing larger slower growth cycles (re- The IMF expects global GDP mestic product (GDP) per capita Johns Hopkins University. to decline by 5 pc this year

headwinds since the past cession cycles), suggesting precisely fell from over 4 per cent in the mid- The US accounted for the world's

k y m alone c three-four years following such a period of critical slowing 1960s to little more than 1 per cent highest number of infections and demonetisation, RERA and down in the economic system. in the pre-pandemic years. fatalities with 2,510,323 and 125,539, GST rollout as well as delays The team’s analysis suggested eries in recorded history for many Great Depression in the 1930s. in approvals. The COVID-19 The International Monetary Fund respectively, according to the CSSE. crisis has further impacted that the added weight of the COVID- economies. "Placing the economy on hold to (IMF) expects global GDP to de- Brazil came in the second place market sentiment and sales. 19 crisis may result in one of the The global economy is facing one prevent unfathomable human cline by 5% this year alone with a with 1,313,667 infections and 57,070 weakest and most unstable recov- of the largest downturns since the tragedy from the Covid-19 pandemic contraction of 3% likely even in deaths. P12 TUESDAY | JUNE 30 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c Real go 2-point c as Los Blancos AGENCIES Setien being too hands-on in train- ing – similar to how Real Madrid’s edge past Espanyol Barcelona, June 29: Quique Setien stars turned against Rafael Benitez is on verge of losing his job at before he was sacked and replaced to move ahead of Barcelona as the Catalan giants by Zinedine Zidane – while the as- their arch rivals are all prepared to sack the manager, sistant manager, Eder Sarabia, is clear of Barca suggests a report by ‘Goal’. However, also a very unpopular figure. the report also says that the for- Setien has also lost the confi- mer Real Betis manager can save dence of the board, who hoped the his job if the results drastically coach would help smooth things improve and they win La Liga or over after Valverde’s departure – Champions League. however poor results and negative The veteran coach, who only football has ensured this has not took the Camp Nou job in January been the case. as replacement for Ernesto Valverde, What could save his job, how- has lost the confidence of the dress- ever, is the fact that Barcelona could ing room, while the club’s board is still end the season as La Liga and also unhappy with recent per- Champions League winners – they formances. are only two points off league lead- Unless Barca’s displays for the re- ers Real Madrid, and have a round mainder of the 2019-20 campaign of 16 second-leg clash with Napoli have a significant upswing, it is un- to come in August, having drawn derstood that it is inevitable Setien 1-1 in the first game before the cup will leave his post in the summer. was suspended due to the pandemic. Setien was given a two-and-a-half- Notably, Setien was never the year contract, however as things first choice after Valverde’s sack- stand he will not be able to see out ing, with Ronald Koeman and more than a few months of this deal. Xavi Hernandez both turning Player power at Barcelona is down the job before the 61-year-old while current B team boss Xavi strong – led by stars such as Lionel was appointed. Garcia Pimienta is also considered Messi and Gerard Pique – and the Former Barca star Xavi, now an option. dressing room has turned against coach of Qatari club Al Sadd, has For now however Setien con- Setien due to confusion at his tac- admitted he is preparing to manage tinues – but unless he manages to tics and unhappiness at his com- his old club in the future and the guide the club to what looks like in- ments in the press. Camp Nou board may try and per- creasingly unlikely success, he is They are also unhappy with suade him to return this summer, on borrowed time.

Karim Benzema’s back-heel pass goes through the legs of an Espanyol defender as Casemiro (No.14) makes a run to complete the good work done by the Frenchman with a goal Arthur-Pjanic swap deal done

ASSOCIATED PRESS they finish level on points. The run- gerous side throughout. Casemiro forward by his goalkeeper and kept pen-to-paper on their contracts. in seems tougher for defending forced goalkeeper Diego Lopez to it aloft for Moreno to smash home. The Brazilian youngster signed Barcelona, June 29: A brilliant champion Barcelona, which faces palm his lob from Madrid’s own half Villarreal is one of the hottest a five-year deal with the reigning back-heeled pass by Karim Benzema third-place Atletico Madrid Tuesday over the bar before Benzema tested sides in the league since play re- Serie A champions having a basic helped Real Madrid take a step to- at Camp Nou. him with a powerful shot in the 36th. sumed in Spain. Javier Calleja’s salary of five million euro-per-sea- ward reclaiming the Spanish league Last-place Espanyol appears Lopez was helpless in the 45th team has earned 13 of a possible 15 son, going up to seven million euro title with a 1-0 win at Espanyol. headed for the second division after when Benzema set up Casemiro, points since the restart and is now with bonuses, reported ‘Goal’. With Espanyol about to make it to falling 10 points from safety. Sunday’s and the hosts never gave signs of re- three points from fourth place and Pjanic, on the other hand, signed a halftime with a clean sheet, Benzema matches continued to be closed to fans covering in a second half domi- the last Champions League place. four-year deal with the Catalans. cleverly unlocked the hosts’ defense due to the coronavirus pandemic, like nated by Madrid’s high ball pos- Villarreal has kept a clean sheet Though both players will remain Sunday. He used a no-look pass with all games in Spain since the com- session. in those four wins. at their current clubs for the re- his heel to poke the ball through the petition resumed two weeks ago. Espanyol was coached by sports Valencia is among the worst per- mainder of the extended 2019-20 legs of defender Bernardo Espinosa An accelerated schedule has director Francisco Rufete, a for- formers since the resumption of campaign, Barcelona wanted the and met Casemiro’s move into the games every three days in order to mer player who stepped in after the league. Valencia has won four deals completed by the end of June heart of the box. finish the season by July 19. the club fired Abelardo Fernandez of 15 points, and is eight points for budgetary reasons. Casemiro’s resulting goal and Espanyol hung on in the match Saturday. Rufete is the team’s fourth from fourth-place Sevilla. Given the financial uncertainty some flawless defending were all until Benzema and Casemiro com- coach this season. Coach Albert Celades, who has caused by the coronavirus pan- Madrid needed to win and move bined to decide the contest between Paco Alcacer and Gerard Moreno had run-ins with players recently, ARTHUR MELO MIRALEM PJANIC demic, Juve would struggle to pull ahead of Barcelona by two points a trophy-chasing powerhouse and scored two superb goals to help said he did not fear for his job de- off an expensive transfer so needed at the top of the table. a team needing a miracle to avoid Villarreal beat regional rival spite the bad run of results. AGENCIES lier this week that will see Arthur to agree a swap deal that would in- Zinedine Zidane’s team took ad- the drop. Valencia 2-0 and stay in the fight for Eibar’s 2-1 win at Granada moved leave Camp Nou for Turin for clude one of their high earners vantage of Barcelona’s 2-2 draw at The biggest weapon of the a Champions League spot. the Basque Country club further Barcelona, June 29: Several media around 70 million euro (USD 79mn), heading in the opposite direction. Celta Vigo Saturday by securing a Barcelona-based Espanyol was China Moreno passed for Alcacer to ex- away from the drop zone and the trio reports, including of ‘Goal’, mid- while Pjanic will move in the op- The Catalan giants have been fifth straight win since the league forward Wu Lei, whose speed pro- ecute an excellent volley and give of clubs staring at relegation. fielders Miralem Pjanic and Arthur posite direction for a 60mn euro targeting Pjanic for some time, but resumed following a three-month duced two promising attacks early Villarreal the 14th-minute lead. Celta is the last team in safety, with Melo have signed their contracts (USD 67mn) fee. It’s still being re- the deal was held up as Arthur was stoppage as Spain contained its on. Madrid defender Dani Carvajal Moreno added a second goal just be- an eight-point advantage over the bot- with Barcelona and Juventus, re- ported that Juve are handing over initially reluctant to make the move COVID-19 outbreak. blocked a strike by Sergi Darder fore halftime off a brilliant pass tom three of Mallorca, Leganes and spectively, with both teams expected Pjanic plus 10mn euro for Arthur. to Italy. However, a breakthrough The title rivals have six games left. three minutes into the game when from Santi Cazorla in an impressive Espanyol. Levante also beat Real to make an official announcement Both players underwent med- was reached Saturday evening that Madrid holds the tiebreaker on Wu found him with a low cross. team move. Cazorla used a subtle Betis 4-2. Both teams remained in soon regarding the midfielders. icals at their respective new clubs allowed the clubs to press ahead head-to-head results in the event But Madrid proved the more dan- touch to cushion a long ball lobbed the middle of the standings. The two clubs agreed a deal ear- Sunday afternoon before putting with the double deal. Man City join rivals Unconvincing Barca host stubborn Atletico

AGENICIES action earlier this month with back- pions have a tough game away to in FA Cup final four to-back wins over Mallorca and Antoine Villarreal July 5 makes Tuesday’s en- Barcelona, June 29: Barcelona Leganes, but they were held at Griezmann counter even more important, par- will be looking to return to win- Sevilla before only just overcom- would be ticularly considering that Real Madrid ning ways in La Liga when they ing Athletic Bilbao four days later. eager to make appear to have the easier run-in. host an in-form Atletico Madrid at The games are coming thick and an impact Atletico, meanwhile, were actu- Camp Nou Tuesday night. fast at this stage of the season and against his ally sixth in Spain’s top flight ahead former side The Spanish champions have another poor result Tuesday would of their return to action. Diego when he takes drawn two of their last three in top only add to Real Madrid’s growing the field at Simeone’s side have been in im- flight games to hand their arch ri- confidence as the title race contin- Camp Nou pressive form, recording four vals Real Madrid a two-point ad- ues to gather pace. straight wins over Osasuna, Real vantage, but Atletico are on a run According to Marca, a ‘tense dis- Valladolid, Levante and Alaves to of four league victories in a row. cussion’ took place in the Barca rise up the table. Barca twice led at Celta Vigo dressing room following the draw Atletico are currently third in Saturday afternoon, but the Spanish with Celta, with a number of the Spain’s top flight, four points ahead champions were pegged back on club’s players ‘disagreeing with of fourth-placed Sevilla, while they both occasions and had to ulti- some of Setien’s methods’. sit seven points ahead of fifth-placed mately settle for a point following Reports of unrest in the camp Villarreal, with all three teams on an 88th-minute Iago Aspas equaliser. are hardly ideal ahead of a clash 32 matches. There is no question that the with an in-form Atletico side, al- It would certainly be a surprise Catalan giants would have been though Barca have incredibly not to see Atletico fail to finish in the desperate to secure all three points, lost to the capital giants in Spain’s top four this season, but their spot if they intend to keep pace with top flight since February 2010, which was certainly in doubt due to their Real Madrid. is quite staggering. inconsistency prior to the lock- Quique Setien’s side returned to The fact that the reigning cham- down period.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS equalize for Newcastle midway through the second half, blazing Menon eclipses Llong feat London, June 29: Holder Allan Saint-Maximin’s pinpoint goalie Ravi Kumar Manchester City reached the FA cross over from close range. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA International Panel of Umpires. Cup semifinals after goals from It was a rare opportunity for While standard of Indian um- After playing for Indian Arrows Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Steve Bruce’s side and a costly Dubai, June 29: India’s Nitin piring has copped a lot of criticism and Sporting Clube de Goa, Ravi Sterling secured an untroubled 2- miss as Sterling scored moments Menon Monday became the globally, performance of Menon Kumar was selected for Delhi 0 win at Newcastle. Games will be later, curling a shot in from the youngest ever to be included in the over the past few years has been a Dynamos in the second season of held July 18-19 at Wembley with no edge of the box following a quick International Cricket Council’s silver lining. the ISL. He has played in the league fans present. counterattack in the 68th. (ICC) Elite Panel of Umpires for The qualification in Elite Panel for NorthEast United and Mumbai City conceded the Premier Substitutes made the difference the upcoming 2020-21 season, re- makes Menon eligible to officiate City FC in 2017-18 and 2018-19 sea- League title to runaway champion for Chelsea and Arsenal. Chelsea placing England’s Nigel Llong. in next year’s Ashes in Australia in sons, respectively. The 26-year-old Liverpool this week, and must beat midfielder Ross Barkley turned in The 36-year-old, who has offici- case ICC revokes the local umpires goalie had also represented I-League 13-time FA Cup winner Arsenal to a cross from Willian in the 63rd. ated in three Tests, 24 ODIs and 16 for home series policy which has side Minerva Punjab FC earlier in reach another cup final. In Sunday’s Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos T20Is, is only the third from India been approved owing to the COVID- his career. draw, Chelsea will face 12-time win- netted in the 91st for Arsenal with to make it to the prestigious group 19 pandemic. “I am excited for joining Odisha ner Manchester United in the other a low shot, just four minutes after after former captain Srinivas cricket at 22 and by 23, he had be- But Menon’s elevation certainly FC and I hope I can help the club semifinal. David McGoldrick had equalized Venkatraghavan and Sundaram come a senior umpire, officiating makes him a candidate to stand POST NEWS NETWORK compete for titles and trophies and Earlier Sunday, Chelsea won 1- from close range. Ravi, who was axed last year. in BCCI accredited matches. for all five Test matches that India hopefully play in AFC very soon. 0 at Leicester and Arsenal needed Forward Nicolas Pepe’s penalty “To be officiating regularly along A selection panel comprising will play against England at home Bhubaneswar, June 29: Odisha Looking forward to joining Ama y an injury-time winner to edge a 2- put Arsenal ahead midway through with the leading umpires and ref- ICC General Manager (Cricket) early next year. FC (OFC) has roped in goalkeeper Team,” said.

1 win at Sheffield United. City’s the first half, after United midfielder erees of the world is something Geoff Allardice (Chairman), for- Menon is confident that the rap- Ravi Kumar Monday ahead of the OFC club president Rohan

k k y y m m c c win was far more comfortable. John Lundstram had an early header that I always dreamt of and the mer player and commentator Sanjay port he has built with senior um- seventh edition of Indian Super Sharma, on his part, said, “I am De Bruyne put City ahead from ruled out for offside. Defender John feeling has yet to sink in,” Menon Manjrekar, and match referees pires over the years, having offici- League (ISL). The Uttar Pradesh- happy to have Ravi join our squad. the penalty spot in the 37th minute Egan’s header early in the second was quoted as saying in an ICC Ranjan Madugalle and David Boon, ated in two ICC tournaments (2018 born custodian has signed a two- He is a goalkeeper with a lot of ex- of a dominant first half. Dwight half was also chalked off, much to statement. picked Menon, who was earlier and 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup), year deal with the Bhubaneswar- perience and can give good com- Gayle missed a great chance to the frustration of the home fans. Menon quit playing competitive part of the Emirates ICC will keep him in good stead. based club. petition to Arsh and Kamaljit.”

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