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SHORT TAKES 8 tech solutions Covid fast worsening in state unveiled under 5T Bhubaneswar: As part of 5T initiative, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched Chandrasekharpur, Pahala, Rasulgarh, Baramunda, Bomikhal, Jharpada, Laxmisagar, eight technology-driven solutions for home and general Nayapalli, Khandagiri, Patrapada, among others, in the capital city report fresh cases administration and public grievance departments. The 5T POST NEWS NETWORK Initiative (Technology, CURBS ON OFFICIALS 20K ANTIGEN KITS Super-spreader Transparency, Teamwork and Time Leading to Transformation) Bhubaneswar, July 8: The Covid-19 BHUBANESWAR: With a steep rise in Covid he Regional Medical Research in Rkl infects 95 model of governance requires situation in the state has only worsened cases, the state government asked officials T Centre received and distributed Recruitment for current SUNDARGARH: The Covid infection cases are each department to draw up an over the last week. There is an alarm- residing in areas beyond municipal limits of 20,000 rapid antigen test kits among steadily rising in the Steel City and other annual work-plan for faster ing rise in the number of cases while Cuttack and Khurda not to attend govern- various hospitals Wednesday 4,700 ment offices in Bhubaneswar. “In view of the parts of Sundargarh district. 95 people in posts will continue: Govt public service delivery. Naveen more deaths have happened due to the kits were kept as a reserve at the Rourkela alone have tested positive over last said the 5T model of governance viral disease. rapid escalation in the number of Covid- RMRC while 3,000 kits were given to two days. According to the district adminis- along with Mo Sarkar has Odisha Wednesday reported 527 new infected cases in the state, it is decided that Ganjam, 1,500 kits to SCB and 500 kits POST NEWS NETWORK were asked to not make tration, all these cases were detected in brought about a perceptible government servants commuting from places to Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer cases while the total number of cases Sector 16 area. They have been infected any fresh engagement with- improvement in the quality of other than the municipal limits of Cuttack Hospital. Besides, 1,000 kits each in the state has touched 10,624. The after coming in contact with a person of Bhubaneswar, July 8: out due procedure after governance in the city. P3 number of deaths has gone up to 48 and Khurda to attend offices in Bhubaneswar were sent to five government medical Following a hue and cry the lockdown is lifted. shall not attend office until July 31, 2020,” Rourkela who is said to be a super spreader. while 13 coronavirus positive patients colleges of the state while 500 kits over the government’s de- The state government said an order of the General Administration were sent to Gajapati district. 150 test As many as 49 cases were detected Tuesday have died due to other reasons. Ganjam cision to put a complete has taken the austerity and Public Grievance department. The order kits were sent to each of the 32 dis- from the same area. Sundargarh reported 78 J&K cadre Odia IPS district continued to remain the hotbed comes into immediate effect. trict headquarters. new cases Wednesday while Rourkela ban on creation of new measures as the revenue of Covid by accounting for close to reported 46 cases. District Collector Nikhil posts, the finance depart- collection has came down officer suspended 3000 cases alone. The railways has de- Pawan Kalyan said aggressive contact trac- ment Wednesday clarified over past three months and cided to allow trains to skip Berhampur ing has been initiated. that recruitment of exist- will continue to fall till the New Delhi: Union Ministry of railway station. BJD’s Prashant Behera ing vacant positions will return of normalcy, an of- Home Affairs Wednesday became the second MLA in the state to continue. ficial said. suspended senior Jammu and Ganjam seals borders Kashmir cadre IPS officer Basant report Covid positive. The process for filling The state government is Rath for alleged misconduct and The state capital has felt the heat. The with Khurda, Nayagarh up of vacant posts will con- implementing various re- misbehaviour with the Director total number of cases in the capital tinue as usual. This apart, forms as suggested by the General of Police of the Union Wednesday crossed 500. The city BERHAMPUR: In a bid to save the resi- all ongoing recruitment Centre to increase its bor- Territory. The Ministry has also Wednesday reported 46 new cases in the dents of Ganjam district from infections, processes of the govern- rowing limits for meeting contemplated disciplinary latest round of sample testing Tuesday, the district administration Wednesday ment will go on, sources expenditures. While al- proceedings against Rath, a 2000 the civic body said Wednesday. The sealed its borders with Khurda and in the department said. lowing the states to bor- batch Indian Police Service Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Nayagarh districts to limit the movement The restriction is only on row up to 5 per cent of the officer, in connection with said the city has witnessed a total of 46 of people to and from the region. Ganjam the creation of new posts, gross state domestic prod- repeated instances of new cases. According to the figures Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange tweeted it said. uct (GSDP) instead of the misconduct. In an order issued put forth by the civic body, a majority Wednesday, “Ganjam Khurda border is The finance department existing 3 per cent, the Wednesday, the MHA declared of the cases (52 per cent) were reported sealed. No person will be allowed to go to order asked departments Centre has laid certain con- that Rath would be placed under from outside quarantine centres. The Bhubaneswar. Kindly cooperate.” As per not to renew contract of ditions. The relaxation is suspension. BMC said out of 46 new cases, 22 were the order, no person from Bhubaneswar employees engaged for tem- only for the 2020-21 fiscal. or Ganjam district will be allowed to cross from quarantine centres while 24 cases porary period. The Finance department the Khurda-Ganjam border until further were reported from the locality. were also reported from ing, the BMC said. Meanwhile, a 55-year- notice. Passes will be given to travel out- “In case of retired gov- has pegged state’s GSDP IRREGULAR by MANJUL ` With the addition of 46 fresh cases, Chandrashekharpur, Pahala, Rasulgarh, old patient succumbed to Covid 19 side the district in case of health emer- ernment employees of dif- at 5.96 lakh crore for the the city has so far reported a total of 525 Baramunda, Bomikhal, Jharpada, Wednesday. The civic body claimed gency. Besides, Odagaon, Rohibanka and ferent grades, as they are year 2020-21 while the gov- cases. It also reported one more death Laxmisagar, Nayapalli, Khandgiri, that it has been taking all measures to Bhanjanagar Crossing Square roads have in receipt of pension, there ernment is estimated to owing to the pandemic. The number of Patrapada and other areas. curb the spread of the disease. “Contact been sealed. In order to contain communi- shall be no payment of re- borrow `17,878 crore, which deaths in the city due to coronavirus According to the latest information, tracing is continuing. Primary con- ty transmission, the administration has muneration if they have is 3 per cent of the GSDP, went up to seven. A total of nine cases the city has so far reported 525 cases out tacts and nearby houses are being quar- suspended outdoor services at MKCG not worked during the lock- in its annual budget in the were reported from private as well as of which 222 are active. 18 people re- antined, sanitised & they will be under until further orders. P5 down,” it said. same corresponding government hospitals. Fresh cases covered in the city Wednesday morn- active surveillance,” the BMC said. Further, departments period. MHA panel to probe 3 PLA pulls back Affordable rental housing at Patrolling Web content is password protected. Kids are watching Gandhi family trusts Points 14, 15 news debate. for urban poor gets approval AGENCIES RGF has nothing AGENCIES AGENCIES New Delhi, July 8: The Ministry to fear: Congress MARKET WATCH `1 lakh crore agri-infra of Home Affairs (MHA) has set up New Delhi, July 8: The Chinese New Delhi, July 8: The Union Cabinet an inter-ministerial committee to NEW DELHI: The Congress Wednesday People's Liberation Army (PLA) INDEX VARIATION Wednesday approved the development of probe alleged violations of legal accused the government of carrying out troops have pulled back around 2 affordable rental housing complexes fund receives govt nod provisions by three Gandhi family a “blind witch hunt” against the opposi- kilometres at Patrolling Point 14 SENSEX 36329.01 345.51 (AHRC) for the urban poor or migrants. trusts, namely Rajiv Gandhi tion party and applying "double stan- and Patrolling 15 in the Galwan The complexes will be built under the NEW DELHI: The govern- Agriculture Minister Narendra Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi dards" in instituting a probe into the Valley in eastern Ladakh while

BOURSES NIFTY 10705.80 93.90 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban and ment Wednesday approved Singh Tomar said: "It is a his- Charitable Trust, and Indira Gandhi funding of its trusts including the Rajiv the process of pull back has started according to the government, will bene- setting up of an agri-infra toric decision. This will further Memorial Trust. Gandhi Foundation, saying such ques- at the Hot Springs, sources said DOLLAR 75.19 `0.13 tions are not asked of some "holy cows" fit 3 lakh urban poor. fund with a corpus of `1 lakh strengthen the agriculture sec- The committee led by a Special Wednesday. close to the government. Daring the EURO 84.82 `0.11 Under the initiative, existing vacant crore to provide financial tor." The new agri-infra fund, Director of the Enforcement The disengagement started after

CURRENCY government to order a probe, Congress government funded housing complexes will support to agri-entrepre- the duration of which will be Directorate will coordinate inves- a two-month military standoff GOLD `48,986 `186 spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi be converted to ARHCs. Further, special neurs, start-ups, agri-tech 10 years till 2029, aims to pro- tigations into alleged violation of said the trusts have nothing to fear and and it is happening "as per agreed incentives like use permission, 50 per players and farmer groups for vide medium-to-long term debt the Prevention of Money terms in the Corps Commanders' SILVER `50,509 ` 307 will answer every question. BULLION cent additional floor area ratio or floor space infrastructure and logistics financing facility for invest- Laundering Act (PMLA), Income meeting". However, it has not been index and tax relief will be offered. facilities. ment in viable projects for Tax Act, and Foreign Contribution areas are education, disability, and verified on the ground yet. The Centre estimates `600 crore of ex- A decision in this regard post-harvest management in- (Regulation) Act (FCRA) by these natural resources management. Sources said Chinese soldiers WEATHER penditure in the form of 'technology in- was taken at a meeting of the frastructure and community foundations, a ministry spokesper- Congress President Sonia Gandhi have removed tents and structures novation grant'. Union Cabinet, headed by farming assets through in- son tweeted Wednesday. is the present chairperson of the at Patrolling Point 14 and Patrolling BHUB CTK The initiative was announced as part Prime Minister Narendra terest subvention and financial The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Rajiv Gandhi Foundation while Point 15 in the Galwan Valley. On MAX 34.6° 35.0° of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat economic Modi. The agri-infra fund was support, he said. was established June 21, 1991, to former Prime Minister Manmohan June 15, Indian and Chinese package by the Finance Minister in May part of the over `20 lakh crore Rs 1 lakh crore will be pro- work on a range of issues, includ- Singh, Congress leaders Rahul People's Liberation Army (PLA) sol- TEMP MIN 25.6° 25.4° Forecast in view of the mass exodus of migrant stimulus package announced vided by banks and financial ing literacy, health, disability, em- Gandhi and his sister Priyanka diers were engaged in brutal hand- Humidity 98% 95% labourers and the poor back to their vil- in response to the COVID-19 cri- institutions as loans to pri- powerment of the underprivileged, Gandhi Vadra, and senior party to-hand combat at Patrolling Point Partly Rainfall 7mm 2mm cloudy sky lages from urban centres post the an- sis. Briefing the media, mary agri credit societies. livelihood, and natural resources leader P Chidambaram are mem- 14. A total 20 Indian soldiers and nouncement of the nationwide lockdown. management. Its current focus bers of the board. an unknown number of Chinese troops were killed in the worst clash in four decades. As per the agreement between the Corps Commanders, a buffer Flipkart, Amazon asked to indicate sources of products zone of at least 1.5 km on both sides of the Line of Actual Control AGENCIES commerce platform from August several goods import from China and ion that provision of mentioning has to be created in these areas. 1, where information of the coun- other Countries are reported to be Country of Origin and Value ad- Sources said that in Galwan New Delhi, July 8: Consensus is try of origin will have to be given. sold in India after pasting Made in dition will make the customers Valley, the water level of the Galwan building within the government However, e-commerce companies India has prompted the CAIT to de- fully understand as to what they river has risen suddenly due to that e-commerce players like have asked the government for a lit- mand the Commerce Minister not are purchasng and will obliviate melting of snow, which could have Flipkart, Amazon will have to in- tle more time for this implementa- to limit this provision only for e-com- all confusions. Such a provision forced the Chinese to move from dicate the country of origin of the tion. merce but make it a mandatory will also strengthen the 'Make in the area faster. The Indian Army product on their merchandise. According to the sources, e-com- provision for all the products that India' concept of Prime Minister is reported to be using drones to DPIIT under the Ministry of merce companies have talked about are sold in India either by e-com- Shri Narendra Modi and will also verify Chinese movement as phys- Commerce and Industry is likely to accepting the government's move but merce, offline shops, corporate demolish the unethical designs ical verification has been hindered tell e-commerce companies that it have asked for some time to im- showroom, direct selling or by any of certain sections to sell im- by the rising water levels of the would be mandatory to provide in- plement. The move comes in the other method. ported goods by wrongly labelling Galwan river. formation about the product on backdrop of a huge movement in the The CAIT further demanded that 'Made in India' on such goods", At Pangong lake, the most con- their platform, where the product country to ban Chinese goods which products not carrying the above said CAIT. tentious issue between the two came from or where it was made, or is seeing a groundswell. description should not be sold in the It said that since the Union sides, Chinese troops have moved y the country of origin. DPPIT held Accepting an earlier demand of Country and in the event of viola- Government has begun the process up to Finger 4 where they have

a meeting Wednesday with the e- the CAIT, the Union Government has tion of this provision, the manu- of mentioning both above provi- brought over 120 vehicles and

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ARINDAM GANGULY, OP tion work was completed a few days Rajput back, the crew members may have ARIES BHUBANESWAR: Going by the ne- noticed some signs of ‘depression’ didn’t let his tizens’ response to the trailer of in his body language. On this, the Today, you need to Dil Bechara a couple of days ago, the duo said, “He was very professional. access every bit of your mental agility. Quick and personal issues posthumous release of the film in Much like other workaholic actors, spontaneous decisions are the need of which Sushant Singh Rajput will be he didn’t let his personal issues af- the hour. But a word of caution from affect work, says watched on screen one last time, fect work. He was nice to us and Ganesha: take advice, as these deci- is set to take the fans on a emo- talked about work more often. sions could have long-term implica- tional ride. It is not only the hard- Therefore, it is tough for us to recall tions, especially if they involve money. designer duo core SSR fans, the film will be long what was going on in his mind at remembered by the crew members that time.” Nikita Mohanty too for the way the Kai Poche actor Nikita and Natascha have worked TAURUS and Natascha conducted himself on the sets. in movies like English Vinglish, You have an easy care- Designer duo Nikita Mohanty, Kapoor and Sons, Baazaar, Dhadak, free day ahead. There will having an Odisha link, and Natascha Bhoot among others. be no woes or worries, Charak who did Charak who did costumes for Nikita has a special connection says Ganesha. But to will be inclined to Sushant’s last film, shared some with Odisha as she married an Odia Nikita Mohanty (L) and Natascha Charak take up too many things at one time, more costumes for the interesting facts on the late actor from Cuttack district. than you can handle. This may, in turn, get you stressed and uptight. with Orissa POST. Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi in Dil Bechara “Though I remain out of state due They now look forward to the re- actor one The two had met Sushant on mul- to professional commitments, I have lease of Khaali Peeli, starring tiple occasions ahead of the shoot costumes. “It was a pleasant expe- as it was not only full of energy been to places like Bhubaneswar, Ishaan Khattar and GEMINI last time to discuss the look of the character rience to design for him,” they said. and a free spirited soul but also Koraput and Raghurajpur in Puri Ananya Pandey in and its “We made Sushant’s character fun loving. He too offered quite a few district on many occasions. I would the lead. You are likely to make a look a bit colourful suggestions that we had incorpo- love to add Odisha’s art and cul- list of your daily chores rated in the film,” added the duo. ture in my future assignments,” that take most of your time. Then you will find a way to outsource Since the post-produc- said Nikita. these activities or eliminate them from your routine altogether. You will also devote a lot of your time to meditation. Health of a family member may give you Jacqueline dealing some anxious moments, feels Ganesha. Vidya resumes work amid CANCER with ‘some Priyanka, Anurag Today, you will put your heart and soul into ambassadors for TIFF pandemic whatever task you take major anxiety’ up. But the results may Mumbai: After Taapsee Pannu, actress not be too forthcoming. However, that Los Angeles: Actress Priyanka Chopra and film- Vidya Balan shared that she has re- should not be a reason for you to get Mumbai: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez maker Anurag Kashyap are among global sumed shooting amid the ongoing Covid dejected or anxious. You will get your has admitted that she has been ‘dealing with celebrities who have been invited to be am- pandemic. due sooner or later. Also, spending some time with your loved ones will be quite some major anxiety’ lately. bassadors of the 45th Toronto International Vidya took to Instagram Stories gratifying emotionally. Even though, the actress did not Film Festival (TIFF), slated to take place Wednesday and posted a picture that disclose the reason, she did con- from September 10 to 19. shows her sitting in a vanity van. She fess that regularly performing “Throughout my career @TIFF_NET sits with her crew while getting her LEO yoga has helped her combat has been a second home for me, with many make-up done. If you are wondering the stress. of my films, as both an The crew members have taken proper whether you'll get the “I have been dealing with actor and producer, safety precautions, wearing PPE suits and carrot or the stick some major anxiety these making their masks.“backtowork,” Vidya captioned today, then Ganesha past few weeks..however world debut at the image, adding a praying emoji. has some good news for you: the day promises to bring only rewards for you. being consistent with yoga the festival,” The Kahaani actor will be next seen This will be especially true for your has taught me the valu- Priyanka in Shakuntala Devi. The film casts her workplace, where your innate talents get able lesson of being in tweeted with a in the title role of mathematics genius recognised today. the moment and what’s video with mo- Shakuntala Devi and will premiere even more important.. ments of her jour- digitally July 31. gratitude.. for life and ney with TIFF. Actors Sanya Malhotra and Amit VIRGO being alive.. have a great “Even more than that, one Sadh are also a part of the project. Today may prove to be day everyone!” of the most exceptional parts of Recently, Vidya turned producer a turning point for you. Jacqueline shared on the festival are the fans of cin- when she co-produced the self-starring You will explore the Instagram Wednesday. ema who have always em- short film, Nathkat, which addresses opportunities to The actress also braced me with so much patriarchy and toxic secure the money needed to make your future bright. Matters regarding rela- shared a video where warmth and love. I am very masculinity. The tionships will be on the top of your prior- she can be seen per- proud to serve as an ambas- film had its ity list today. forming a few asanas. sador this year.” world pre- Jacqueline is a yoga Other ambassadors miere at the enthusiast and keeps include Ava DuVernay, We Are One: sharing her videos for Darren Aronofsky, Taika A Global LIBRA fans on social media. Waititi, Nicole Kidman, Film Festival Ganesha says your In the past, she has Martin Scorsese, Nadine June 2. friend who is very influ- shared videos of her Labaki, Alfonso Cuarón, IANS ential will be lucky for performing asanas like Tantoo Cardinal, Riz you. You will be able to start a new joint venture business with Surya Namaskar, Ahmed, Rian Johnson, out any obstacles. Your efficiency and stretching of the spine Jason Reitman, Isabelle hard work will be appreciated. and deep breathing. Huppert, Claire Denis, Atom On the work front, Egoyan, Viggo Mortensen, Jacqueline recently made Zhang Ziyi, David Oyelowo, her digital debut with Lulu Wang, Rosamund SCORPIO the web series Mrs Serial Pike, Sarah Gadon, Two words will define Killer and launched an and Denis your day — eloquence and online dance competition Villeneuve. elegance. Sweet talk and titled Home Dancer. IANS IANS compliments may take you a long way, but do not become com- placent and get carried away with your success. Sometimes, saying the right thing may be more beneficial than saying what the other person wants to hear. PEANUTS post SUDOKU CROSSWORD To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers SAGITTARIUS 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. According to Ganesha, money is likely to slip-off your hand easily today. Try to wave off unneces- sary expenditure. The entire day is spent managing funds, while the evening brings a lot of positive energy with it. You prefer to sit back and relax.

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Paradise is where CALVIN AND HOBBES patience leads you, suc- cess is the other termi- nus, says Ganesha. Keeping your cool will benefit you in more ways than you would have imag- ined, so think twice before you unleash SOLUTIONS your vengeance on your foes.

AQUARIUS You have been turning a blind eye towards the pending work you are loaded with. But, today you will take up the challenge of getting done with the pile of work. You may clean your desk at work or room, make pay- BREVITY CROSSWORD ments and purchases, and clear the mess. It will bring clarity to your life.

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heights at the workplace, beginning today. SUDOKU Make sure that you do not get carried away by little victories, says Ganesha. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip! CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW P3 FISHING TIME EVICTION IN CITY THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Fishermen try Civic authorities in their luck near Bhubaneswar demolish Naraj anicut in illegal structures in downtown Cuttack, Nayapalli area,

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k y m c Eight tech solutions Now, order Khadi India’s face masks online POST NEWS NETWORK KEEPING VIRUS AT BAY New Delhi, July 8: With a view to making face masks available at hadi cotton face masks are available at `30 to boost governance doorsteps, the Khadi India has Kper piece while silk masks are available at started online sale of protective `100 per piece kit to benefit people in the remotest POST NEWS NETWORK by October 2, 2020. ture has been provided as an alter- parts of the country. he khadi masks can be ordered by logging on Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy nate verification tool for the security According to the Micro, Small Tto http://www.kviconline.gov.in/khadimask Bhubaneswar, July 8: As part of said the 5T initiative has made personnel. and Medium Enterprises Ministry, 5T initiative, Chief Minister Naveen Odisha a model state in governance E-Bhawan (www.bhawan.home- the Khadi and Village Industries otton face masks are made of double- Patnaik, Wednesday, launched eight in the entire country and as many odisha.gov.in) is an online system Commission (KVIC) is selling both Ctwisted 100 per cent cotton fabric technology-driven solutions for as 105 types of services are being designed to provide government khadi cotton and silk masks. While Home and General Administration provided online. He also appreciated officials, public representatives cotton face masks are priced at `30 he silk masks are triple-layered with two and Public Grievances (GA & PG) the efforts of Home and GA de- and citizens easier access to book- per piece, silk masks are available Tinner layers of 100 per cent khadi cotton and departments. partments in this regard. ing rooms and other facilities pro- at `100 per piece. the top layer of khadi silk fabric The 5T Initiative (Technology, Among others, Subrato Bagchi, vided by Bhawans located in other “The minimum order for online Transparency, Teamwork and Time Skill Development Authority states. It provides online reserva- purchase of masks is `500, wherein Leading to Transformation) model Chairman, R Balakrishnan, Chief tion and allotment, real time status buyers have the option to choose The khadi masks can be ordered uine nor hand-made. A number of white mask with tri-color piping. of governance, launched in August Adviser to CM, Suresh Mohapatra tracking and multiple payment op- from the four types of masks avail- by logging on to http://www.kvi- people tend to fall in the trap of The silk masks, on the other 2019, requires each department to DC, VK Pandian, Secretary to CM (5T) tions for settlement of bills able - white cotton masks with conline.gov.in/khadimask. such misleading advertisements,” hand, are triple-layered with two draw up an annual work-plan for and 23 senior officers were present. (cash/card/e-Banking/POS). black piping, white cotton masks KVIC chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said. inner layers of 100 per cent khadi faster, better public service deliv- The Chief Minister lunched E-Atithi has been launched for on- with tri-colour piping, silk masks Saxena said online sale of khadi face Notably, the khadi cotton face cotton and the top layer of khadi silk ery systems leading to realisation Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence line management of state Guest in solid colours and printed silk masks has been started so that peo- masks are made of double-twisted fabric. The silk masks are avail- of transformational goals. System (BLUIS), E-Pravesh, E- House while HRMS 2.0 (www.hrm- masks in multiple colours. The ple get genuine khadi masks. 100 per cent cotton fabric. These able in a wide range of colour op- KVIC delivers the masks for free “Online sale of khadi masks also masks are double-layered with three tions in printed as well as non- within 5 days from the date of aims at preventing buyers from pleats and available in three sizes - printed patterns. Khadi silk masks IMPROVING EFFICIENCY order. The online sale is currently any fraud. Many online portals Small, Medium and Large. These are available in a standard size valid within the country only,” have been selling masks in the masks are available in two patterns with adjustable ear loops with at- he Chief Minister lunched Bhubaneswar Land Use said the ministry. name of khadi that are neither gen- – white mask with black piping and tractive beads. TIntelligence System, E-Pravesh, E-Bhawan, E-Atithi, HRMS, HRMS mobile app, LMS 2.0 and ORTPSA online module eadline for online delivery of public services extended Mother-daughter DOLLED UP TOYS Dto Gandhi Jayanti disha first state to use space technology to safeguard rescued from Ogovt land in Bhubaneswar Kathajodi river We must ensure that all public services are delivered online and no citizen visits POST NEWS NETWORK a government office for this purpose Naraj, July 8: Fire brigade NAVEEN PATNAIK I CHIEF MINISTER personnel Wednesday saved the lives of a woman and her daugh- ter who were drowning in Naveen said the 5T model of gov- Bhawan, E-Atithi, Human Resources sodisha.gov.in) is a web and mo- Kathajodi river here. ernance along with Mo Sarkar has Management System (HRMS), bile based application that serves The duo has been identified as brought about a perceptible change HRMS mobile app, Litigation as a single window platform for all Anjali Mohanty, 38, and her daugh- in the quality of governance and im- Management System (LMS 2.0) and personnel related transactions for ter Rituparna Mohanty, 16, of provement in delivery of public Odisha Right to Public Service Act employees. It includes G2E serv- Jajpur. However, they have been services. (ORTPSA) online module. ices such as online leave application, staying in VSS Nagar area of He expressed happiness that GA & PG department has de- online loan and advance application, Bhubaneswar, sources said. Odisha is the first state in the coun- veloped the BLUIS, a web and mo- e-service book, etc. A mobile ap- Prajat Kumar Nath, an eyewit- try to have put in place an advanced bile-based solution, to monitor plication of the new version was also ness, said the mother-daughter system which uses space technol- changes in all government lands in launched. duo jumped off the Netaji Subhas ogy and artificial intelligence to Bhubaneswar by leveraging high Litigation Management System bridge one after another at around safeguard precious government resolution satellite imagery. (www.orissalms.in) is an online 4.30 pm. “I was on my way to lands in Bhubaneswar and ensure BLUIS is a geo-tagged repository application to record information Barang from Cuttack. Suddenly, I planned development. of all the government lands in of legal cases and enable end-to-end saw a woman jumped into the Patnaik hoped that it will bring Bhubaneswar, created through high- communication between govern- river from the bridge. Soon, another in greater efficiency in overall man- resolution satellite imagery to de- ment officials and advocates dur- woman also jumped into the river. agement of government assets and tect the changes taking place on ing different stages of a case. It I informed the incident to police,” A vendor sells dolls alongside a road near the Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Wednesday OP PHOTO enhance the accountability along government lands. The mobile app provides a smart technology so- Nath said. with easier access to government also enables crowd sourcing cases lution to monitor court cases from Fire brigade personnel reached resources by the citizens. of unauthorised land use and can initiation, online appointment the spot and rescued the mother- NURSE STABBED TO Speaking on his vision for the also be used by citizens to report any scheduling and allotment of case daughter duo who were taken to state, the CM said, “We must ensure unauthorised development taking to government advocate for prepa- Barang police station for quizzing. AMRI to provide DEATH BY HUBBY that all public services are delivered place over geo-tagged government ration and submission of counter According to sources, the duo was online and no citizen visits a gov- lands, official sources said. affidavit. later released by the police. Cuttack: A nurse was allegedly ernment office for this purpose.” E-Pravesh (www.epasscitizen. ORTPSA online module “I fell into the river while tak- stabbed to death by her husband Since the meeting the earlier odisha.gov.in) is a web and mobile (www.central.ortpsa.in) is a dy- ing a selfie. My daughter jumped Covid care at home at Mahura Primary School under deadline of August 15, 2020 is not based application with facial recog- namic dashboard launched for mon- into the river to save me from Sadar police limits here, sources feasible now owing to Covid-19 pan- nition technology to ease and au- itoring delivery of notified public drowning,” Anjali said. POST NEWS NETWORK port to patients who have been said Wednesday. According to demic, the government has asked thenticate entry for visitors to Lok services including integration of on- Barang police IIC could not be tested positive for the novel coro- sources, the deceased, who was all the departments to ensure on- Seva Bhawan, Rajiv Bhawan and line services with a central moni- reached for any information on the Bhubaneswar, July 8: The AMRI navirus but are either asympto- working as a nurse at line delivery of all public services Kharavela Bhawan. QR Code fea- toring system. incident. Hospitals here has come forward matic or have mild symptoms that Mahidharapada healthcare facility, to assist Covid-19 patients who do not need hospitalisation. had been engaged in a vaccination want treatment at home to reduce “The package will support such drive at the school. “The nurse’s the chances of infection in hospital. patients with remote monitoring, husband reached the school where BJD APPOINTS 15 SENIOR GEN SECRETARIES This comes after the govern- as patients stay in the comfort of the vaccination drive was in ment changed the norms and al- their homes. The service is a step progress and stabbed her, POST NEWS NETWORK The leaders are Nrusingha Chandra Majhi, Sarojini lowed home treatment of Covid- forward towards the care of Covid- resulting in her death on the spot,” Charan Sahu, Ashok Panda, Hembram, Sashi Bhusan Behera 19 patients. The hospital through 19 patients,” the hospital said in a said a source. Locals nabbed the Bhubaneswar, July 8: After ap- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, and Sumitra Jena. its ‘Virtual Home Care’ assistance statement. The institution has accused and alerted the police. pointing some party leaders as sen- Pritiranjan Ghadai, Arun Sahoo, General Secretary (media af- has planned to extend medical care planned to provide two doctor con- The accused was detained at the ior vice-presidents and vice-presi- Rohit Pujari, Atanu Sabyasachi fairs) Manas Ranjan Mangaraj said to the patients by linking them to sultations in a week and one di- police station, till the last report dents, the ruling BJD Wednesday Nayak, Rabi Narayan Nanda, the leaders have been given re- doctors and paramedical staff. etician consultation for the whole came in. The reason behind the appointed 15 leaders as senior gen- Rajendra Prasad Dholkia, Pratap sponsibility of various activities of The hospital authorities said period, besides monitoring by man’s violent behaviour is yet to eral secretaries of the party. Jena, Naba Kishore Das, Ramesh the party. that the service will provide sup- nurses on a daily basis. be ascertained, said sources. Pictures, videos of 2020 Rath Yatra to be preserved Cong slams govt for

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA congregate every year for the Rath UNIQUE FEST Yatra festival, this time the Grand curbs on new postings Bhubaneswar, July 8: The Shree Road in front of the 12th century Jagannath Temple Administration he 2020 Rath Yatra was shrine remained vacant. Only po- POST NEWS NETWORK (SJTA) has decided to make docu- Tunique in view of the lice personnel, some officials and mentation of this year’s Rath Yatra circumstances under which it servitors remained present in the Bhubaneswar, July 8: A day after which was held amidst the Covid- was organised successfully festival venue. the Finance department put a freeze 19 pandemic. his year’s Rath Yatra is “This time, only servitors pulled on fresh recruitments, the Odisha This was revealed by SJTA chief Tsignificant as the SJTA got the chariot which is itself a his- Congress, Wednesday, staged a sit- administrator Krishna Kumar after permission to conduct the tory,” Kumar said. in in front of the party office at attending a meeting of the Shree festival with less than 24 hours He said all the rituals beginning Master Canteen to oppose the move. Jagannath Temple Managing left for the beginning of the from the Lord’s procession, chariot The Youth Congress leaders and Committee and Chhattisha Nijog associated rituals pulling, return car festival, Suna party leader Suresh Routray sat (apex body of servitors) at Puri re- Bhesha (golden attire), Adharapana on a dharna and were seen pol- cently. s about 10 lakh devotees and finally Niladri Bije (the ritual ishing shoes to mark their protest He said this year’s Rath Yatra Ausually congregate every in which the deities return to the against the decision, which they pandemic. will be documented through video, year for the Rath Yatra festival, main temple after the festival) were claimed could hamper the job The youth wing leaders told the still pictures and books for poster- this time the Grand Road in held in the absence of devotees. prospects of several youths espe- media that many aspiring youths ity. He said the 2020 Rath Yatra was front of the 12th century People got the opportunity to cially during this testing time of who were preparing for competitive unique in view of the circumstances File photo of this year’s Rath Yatra shrine remained vacant witness the festival through live Covid-19. examinations for jobs in public under which it was successfully telecast of all the major rituals, he “The Naveen government sector could get a setback and might organised. conduct the festival with less than with chariot making, was held in- smoothly in appropriate time and said, adding that a sub-committee abruptly put an embargo on new re- lose one year of their career. Other With smooth conduct of the fes- 24 hours left for the beginning of the side the premises of the 12th cen- the cooperation and support from of the temple administration will cruitments. This is a time when party leaders also demanded re- tival, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik associated rituals. Though the tury April 26 in view of the lockdown servitors and the people of the state, be assigned the responsibility of many qualified people are sitting duction in incentives of the MLAs thanked the temple servitors, the ad- Supreme Court in its June 18 order norms. The chariot making work particularly the citizens of Puri.” documentation. Kumar said, the at their homes in search of job to to lessen the financial burden on the ministration above all the people of stayed the festival at Puri and else- started about 10 days later than its While adhering to the apex members of the sub-committee will sustain their families. Many peo- government. Odisha for the wholehearted co- where in Odisha, the apex court scheduled date, but still the car- court’s directive, the administra- hold a meeting to decide their next ple have lost their jobs in the pri- The Finance department, mean- operation of Lord Jagannath’s an- later June 22 had modified its de- penters completed the three gi- tion had to conduct corona tests of course of action, he said. vate sector. This is unjustified,” while, claimed that the recruit-

nual festival. cision and allowed conditional con- gantic Raths before time. The ex- above 1,000 servitors who later Lord Jagannath’s annual Rath Routray said. ment process which had started

k y m c “Lord Jagannath has returned to duct of the yatra. periences associated with chariot qualified for chariot pulling. “It Yatra has been continuing since He also added that the decision and are ongoing will not be af- Srimandir (the temple) along with Kumar said apart from making making within a record period of was a tough job for conducting 1736 without any break, but this should be rolled back and quali- fected, but new posts and applica- his siblings. It became possible by this year’s Rath Yatra devotee less, time will also be documented. tests and getting reports within a year’s festival would get a place in fied youths from the state should tions will not be entertained in the Lord’s grace,” Patnaik said. there are other aspects which also The senior IAS officer said, “The short span of time,” a Health de- the history book, said Bhaskar not be left to suffer at this junc- order to strengthen the state fi- This year’s Rath Yatra is signif- need to be documented. documentation will also include partment official said. Mishra, a researcher in Shree ture when jobs and incomes of peo- nancially to fight the global pan- icant as the SJTA got permission to He said the rituals associated how all the preparations were made As about 10 lakh devotees usually Jagannath culture. ple have been severely hit due to the demic in a better way. P4 THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

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k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK Khurda, five in Cuttack, and one ` each in Bargarh, Gajapati, Angul, RECORD DISCHARGE OF 3.5cr seized from Bhubaneswar, July 8: After initial Kendrapara, Puri, Rayagada, Jajpur success in containing the spread and Sundargarh, he said. 303 PERSONS IN A DAY of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, A 53-year-old coronavirus patient the state is witnessing a danger- from Khurda district also died, but s many as 303 persons have homicide accused ous coronavirus curve which is the health department attributed the Arecovered and were both steep and steady. cause of his death to ‘non-COVID discharged from COVID facilities The state reported six more reasons’, the official said, adding that in the state, a record COVID-19 fatalities Wednesday, tak- he was HIV positive. discharge in a day ing the death toll due to the dis- A total of 527 people, including Wednesday, the ease to 48, while Odisha’s total tally Salipur’s BJD MLA Prasant Behera, H&FW department rose to 10,624 with 527 fresh cases, tested positive for coronavirus. tweeted. “Setting an official of the Health and Family Behera had come in contact with standards in Welfare (H&FW) department said. BJP’s Nilgiri MLA Sukanta Kumar patient care and “Regret to inform the demise of Nayak, who tested positive for the recovery, Odisha infection Monday, and has been un- achieved a record high discharge of dergoing treatment at a hospital 303 #COVID19 patients RTO-II shuts ops in Balasore, the official said, adding in a day!” the six COVID positive patients while also died of the coronavirus infec- that Behera’s personal security of- department said in a tweet. he Regional Transport Office under treatment in hospital,” the of- tion, the official said. ficer and driver have also contracted (RTO)-II in Patia area here Odisha now has 3,557 active T ficial said, adding that three deaths “An 80-year-old man from the disease. was shut as a precautionary cases, while 7,006 patients have measure to contain the spread of were reported from Ganjam and Rayagada district, who was suf- Meanwhile, Congress MLA Sura recovered from the disease. novel coronavirus, an official one each from Rayagada, fering from chronic obstructive Routray has demanded a set of guide- DIGP (central range) Ashish Singh (centre) briefing the media OP PHOTO said Wednesday. Earlier, the Kendrapara and Khurda. pulmonary disease, died of COVID- lines for legislators as they attend pro- Sixteen other districts reported Two men, aged 56 and 64, and a 19, while a 49-year-old man from grammes and meet people. new COVID-19 cases but the numbers POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar Municipal anoranjan Sahoo, 20, of Corporation (BMC) authorities 50-year-old woman from Ganjam Kendrapara also succumbed to the Of the fresh cases, the highest of are in single digit, the official said. district succumbed to the disease, disease. He was a diabetic patient,” 215 were detected in Ganjam, fol- Of the 527 fresh cases, 338 have Khurda, July 8: The Special Task MBhaliabadi under Khurda had sealed RTO-I in Acharya Town police limits was arrested on and they had been suffering from the official said. lowed by Sundargarh (78), Khurda been reported from different quar- Force (STF) of Odisha Police Crime Vihar area after four persons charges of possessing the associated with the office tested diabetes, said the official. Of the 48 deaths so far in Odisha, (50), Balasore (26), Jajpur (25), antine centres, while 189 were found Branch Wednesday achieved a contraband positive for the viral infection. A 55-year-old man from Ganjam, the worst-hit district, ac- Bolangir (21), Nayagarh (18), Cuttack during the contact-tracing exercises, major breakthrough in crackdown Bhubaneswar in Khurda district counts for 27, followed by eight in (17), Puri (16) and Mayurbhanj (10). the official said. against illegal narcotics trade and gun, live bullets, a bike, a mobile seized 3.602 kg of brown sugar Aphone and `16,500 in cash were from Jatni bypass here. seized from the accused Police also arrested drug ped- IGP (central range) Ashish ECoR cancels multiple dler Manoranjan Sahoo, 20, of DKumar Singh said Sahoo was OJEE deadline extended till July 25 Bhaliabadi under Khurda Town the main accused in the murder of police limits. A gun, live bullets, Lala Pradhan at Dadhimachhagadia POST NEWS NETWORK a bike, a mobile phone and `16,500 under Khurda Sadar police limits trains to, from Ganjam he online were also seized from Sahoo, po- June 15 this year Bhubaneswar, July 8: In view of Tapplication portal lice said. POST NEWS NETWORK the current situation arising from said that various Acting on a tip-off, a team from at Khurda Town police station. He COVID-19 pandemic, the last dates courses including the STF intercepted Sahoo at Jatni was in the most wanted list of Bhubaneswar, July 8: In view of of the Odisha Joint Entrance MBA, MCA, M.Tech, bypass and seized the brown sugar Khurda Town police. We will take increase in spread of COVID-19 Examination (OJEE) online ap- M.Arch, M.Plan, from him. The market value of the Sahoo on remand after producing positive cases and careful consid- plication submission was extended M.Pharm, LE-Tech seized contraband is said to be him in a local court,” he said. (Diploma), LE-Tech eration of the COVID19 situation, by authorities to July 25. around `3.5 crore. During interrogation police (BSc), LE-Pharm and he OJEE council had May 12 announced to Government of Odisha has re- The online application portal B.Tech (Special Addressing a presser here, DIG found out that the accused pro- cancel second OJEE scheduled to be held quested East Coast Railway not to stated that various courses T OJEE), are reopened of Odisha police Ashis Kumar cured the contraband from Jaleswar later this year and declared that a permit any boarding/alighting of namely B.Pharm, MBA, and the last dates Singh said Sahoo was the main ac- in Balasore district. special entrance exam will be passengers of any train in entire MCA, M.Tech, M.Tech The for submission of cused in the murder of Lala “Sahoo had planned to send the conducted for students Ganjam District and Balugaon till (Part Time), M.Arch, detailed forms is July 25 and Pradhan at Dadhimachhagadia brown sugar to various places in aspiring to take admission further advice from July 9, 2020. Secunderabad-Howrah Special M.Plan, M.Pharm, schedule of online fee payment under Khurda Sadar police limits Odisha and outside. Illegal drug into B Tech courses Keeping in view the above, East Express. Int. MBA, LE-Tech examination date and is July 31 June 15 this year. trade has gone up in Khurda area. Coast Railway has cancelled one Earlier in view of increase in (Diploma), LE-Tech downloading of admit “Sahoo was on the run since the The STF and Khurda police have pair of train which is Bhubaneswar- spread of COVID-19 positive cases, (BSc), LE-Pharm card will be notified in course of time a special entrance exam will be incident. Police had registered a case raided several places and arrested Berhampur-Bhubaneswar Tri- it is seen that, three trains are run- and B.Tech (Special due course of time after after July 31, conducted for students aspiring to in connection with Pradhan’s mur- some drug peddlers. Steps will be weekly Special from Bhubaneswar. ning with extremely poor occupancy. OJEE) are reopened July 31 said OJEE chair- take admission into B Tech courses der and arrested a person named taken to make Khurda district free This apart, stoppages of some In view of this, ECoR had decided and the last dates of man Sudeep in all government and private en- as Sanjay Behera June 16. A special from illegal drug trade,” the DIG said. SUDEEP KUMAR CHAND I trains at Balugaon, Chhatrapur to cancel the services of these three form submission is OJEE CHAIRMAN Kumar Chand. gineering institutes. police team had been formed to Former excise commissioner and Berhampur were also with- trains, i.e., Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak- July 25 and online fee Earlier, The (OJEE) authorities had also arrest Sahoo,” said the DIG. Sudarshan Nayak said, “Brown drawn. The trains are Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar- payment is July 31. May 12, OJEE extended the date of online appli- The DIG further revealed that sugar is smuggled to India from Bhubaneswar-Chhatrapati Sivaji Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar and The detailed schedule of exam- council had announced to can- cation form submission for special Sahoo had fired at STF inspector countries like Nepal, Myanmar Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai- Sambalpur-Khurda Road-Sambalpur ination date and downloading of cel second OJEE scheduled to be OJEE exam for admission to B Alok Kumar Jena June 6 last year. and Pakistan and supplied to var- Bhubaneswar Special, Howrah- Special Trains. admit card will be notified in due held later this year and declared that Tech programmes. “A case had been filed against Sahoo ious parts of the country.” RGV’s tweet on state draws flak Delhi AIIMS to LONG BATTLE guide docs in POST NEWS NETWORK Google is available you should see to have more knowledge. We have Bhubaneswar, July 8: Hindi cine great talents, one of the best in COVID hosps director Ram Gopal Verma has the world to fight natural disaster. POST NEWS NETWORK landed in the soup once again for You need two days to hear how se- a tweet where he says that he had rious we are.” New Delhi, July 8: As part of its not heard about Odisha since the Another twitterati wrote, “First holistic response and manage- ‘hurricane’. of all this is Odisha not Orissa Mr ment strategy for COVID-19, the In the tweet, the ‘Satya’ director Bhram (oopss Verma). Secondly Union Minister of Health & praises Apsara Rani, an actress you are actually an unfortunate Family Welfare has involved spe- working on his web flick ‘Thriller’. man as you have missed a lot about cialist doctors from AIIMS, New The 24-year-old actress from Odisha Odisha since 1999. Though you are Delhi to provide expert guidance was brought up in the hills of from entertainment industry, (we and knowledge support to doc- Dehradun and presently resides can’t expect much).” tors manning ICUs in Odisha and in Hyderabad. Odisha is the land of Lord other state hospitals through tele- The tweet did not go down well Jagannath. Lustful myopic vision consultation. with Odia people with many criti- has no place in the land of Odisha,” According to the ministry, tele- cising the director’s lack of knowl- A screengrab of Ram Gopal Verma’s tweet another tweeted. consultation is a critical compo- edge about the state. Meanwhile, the actress Apsara nent of the clinical intervention IG of state’s police ops Amitabh way #Odisha has been in news for tried to bring peace by writing, protocol for COVID-19. A spe- Thakur tweeted, “It’s sad to know all right reasons...thoda padh “Sir there's a lot of better talent cialist team of doctors from about your ignorance. By the bhi lete.” than me in Odisha but I just got AIIMS, New Delhi shall provide way hurricanes, typhoons and Director Nila Madhab Panda an opportunity... I wish the rest of guidance on effective clinical willy willy are not in this part of tweeted, “Hahhaaa. No one is the country recognises this and management of COVID-19 pa- world...just informing. By the asking for your advice sir. takes Odisha’s talent seriously.” tients in the ICUs of different state hospitals through tele/video consultation. Heavy rain likely They will handhold the states in GOVT ISSUES SOPs TO clinical management of COVID- in next 48 hours 19 patients to reduce the case fatality rate. These tele-consultation sessions POST NEWS NETWORK CONDUCT MARRIAGES for providing timely and expert guidance to the doctors in the States Bhubaneswar, July 8: India POST NEWS NETWORK be authorized to give permission for shall be conducted twice every Meteorological Department (IMD) holding marriage and its related week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesday said heavy rainfall Bhubaneswar, July 8: The office functions subject to participation The first session of this exer- will occur in some places in the of Special Relief Commissioner of maximum 50,” it said. cise was commenced from state during the next two days. (SRC) Wednesday came out with de- It also said the same SOPs for cre- Wednesday. Ten hospitals have Few places of Sundargarh, tailed guidelines to govern mar- mations but restricted the people been selected, including nine from Deogarh, Angul and Keonjhar will riage and cremation functions. up to 20 maximum. It has asked Mumbai (Maharashtra) and one receive heavy rain Thursday. The norms have mandated the hosts to ensure provisions of from Goa. Koraput, Malkangiri, Sambalpur mandatory permission from the hand washing while instructed The ministry said that this ex- and Mayurbhanj will receive rain- local authorities either in waiting people to maintain social distanc- ercise shall be extended to an- fall on the next day, the IMD said. or electronic forms. It also restricts ing in both the functions. other 61 hospitals which have bed Thunderstorm will also con- the number of people, fixes liabil- The norms ask people above 65 capacity ranging from 500-1000 on tinue to occur in many parts of the ity on the hosts and also talks about years of age, kids below 10 years of twice a week basis. Total 17 states state. One or two places of Koraput, how to go about such functions. age and pregnant women not to including Odisha shall be covered Malkangiri, Gajapati, Ganjam, “Marriage and its related func- visit such functions. It has put the in the exercise. Kalahandi, Boudh, Nayagarh, tions shall be held only with prior onus on the host and manager for A calendar of these expert-led Khurda, Sundargarh, Angul, permission (in writing or through rule violations. It also said that tele-consultation sessions has The Enforcement squad of CMC inspects a fish market at Buxi Bazar in the Silver City over reported violation of Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj will electronic communication) of the guests could also be persecuted for been drawn up to cover the states norms. (Bottom) Sanitisation in progress at Choudhury Bazar area in Cuttack, Wednesday OP PHOTOS

witness thunderstorm, July 9. local PS. Local Police Station will rule violations. till July 31.

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Sonepur, July 8: With COVID-19 positive pvt ambulances quit service after police-Maoist encounters cases spiking rapidly in Odisha, the Subarnapur district administration has POST NEWS NETWORK said in a notification Wednesday that all POST NEWS NETWORK TACKLING THE RED MENACE people returning from 13 hotspots in the Berhampur, July 8: Healthcare state will have to undergo 14-day home/in- service in corona hotspot Ganjam Daringbadi, July 8: After five stitutional quarantine. district received a jolt after pri- Maoists were gunned down in back- The 13 hotspot COVID-19 districts that vate ambulances engaged in fer- to-back encounters with security have been identified are Ganjam, Gajapati, rying Covid-19 patients to Covid forces in forested areas of Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Care centres and Covid hospi- Kandhamal district, the police ad- Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Puri, tals announced to quit the serv- ment and neglect of the ambu- ministration has neglected in ministration has sounded a high Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Bolangir. ice allegedly over irregular pay- lance staff, a report said. ensuring insurance for them, alert in some areas including Anyone from these 13 districts going to The matter came to the fore the ambulance owners and driv- Daringbadi and Brahmanigaon Subarnapur will have to undergo quar- Paralakhemundi to after owners of the private am- ers alleged. They also alleged police station areas Wednesday, in antine. Doctors will decide that whether bulances staged a demonstra- that the promise of food and ac- view of a possible backlash from the person needs home or institutional shut for three days tion outside the office of the chief commodation facilities for the the Left wing extremists. quarantine. district medical and public health drivers by the district health de- Roads in Daringbadi and The returnees have to register at the dis- Paralakhemundi: In view of the officer (CDMPHO) here and an- partment is yet to be realised. Brahmanigaon police station areas Security forces frisking bikers on a road trict medical officer’s office after their rising number of COVID-19 cases nounced the halt of service until They had submitted a memo- were blocked while the police have return. To control the virus, the district in Gajapati, the district their demands were met. randum to the CDMPHO but intensified vehicle checking at by security forces in while two others including a woman administration has already imposed administration Wednesday The ambulance owners and their pleas are yet to be addressed. strategic places. Security arrange- Phiringia area. carried Rs 4 lakh rewards each. 7.00pm to 7.00am curfew and weekend announced a three-day shutdown drivers alleged that the district ad- The district administration ments were beefed up at vulnera- During the Tuesday encounter, In the wake of back-to-back en- shutdown in the district. Subarnapur in Paralakhemundi town to ministration and the district has requisitioned private am- ble places. the security personnel busted a counters in the district, the police district reported five COVID-19 positive conduct massive screening drive health department are not paying bulances to ferry coronavirus Since Saturday night, combing hideout where a group of 15 to 20 have now sensed that the escaped cases in the last 24 hours. and antigen tests. them in time and neglecting in tak- patients to Covid care centres Paralakhemundi will remain operation had been intensified by Maoists were suspected to be Maoists could unleash violence ing steps towards their protec- and Covid hospitals as the district under shutdown for three days security forces in Kihalguda forest. present. tion as they stand every chance became a hotspot. The admin- and revenge. from July 10 to 12 restricting Four Maoists, including two women According to SP Prateek Singh, Following a direction from the vehicular movement and sealing of getting infected while ferrying istration has reportedly engaged cadres, were gunned by the secu- many Maoists had fled the scene and SP, a high alert was sounded in the major roads connecting the patients to Covid hospitals. over 44 private ambulances of rity forces during an exchange of disappeared deep into the forest some parts of the district while southern Odisha town, said Moreover, despite being in MKCG Private Ambulance fire in the same forest with seizure taking advantage of darkness, but police forces are fully on alert. Gajapati Collector Anupam Saha high risk job, the district ad- Service in 22 blocks of the district. of a huge cache of arms and one ultra was shot dead. Two coun- Police have intensified vehicles Wednesday. The move came after ammunition. try-made guns, some ammunition, frisking at several places under the number of COVID-19 cases FIVE-DAY SHUTDOWN IN BORIGUMMA Tuesday, the security forces had Maoist uniforms, bags and litera- Bramanigaon and Daringbadi po- increased in the southern Odisha an exchange of fire with ultras. A ture were found at the site. lice limits. district. As per the decision, the Koraput: As COVID-19 cases are rapidly rising in Koraput, the district team comprising personnel of the The police were yet to identify the The police also focused their The total number of cases so far re- door-to-door antigen test will be administration has imposed a shutdown in Borigumma panchayat Special Operations Group (SOG) dead Maoist, who is suspected to be vigil on suspected people such as ported from the district stands at 44. conducted to detect coronavirus for five days with effect from 6 pm of July 8 to 6 pm of July 13. and District Voluntary Force (DVF) a member of the Bansadhara- strangers and wounded people Among those infected by the virus, 37 cases in the town. Till date, the Collector Madhusudan Mishra announced that it is imperative to launched a combing operation in Nagavali-Ghumusar (BNG) divi- seeking treatment. have already recovered and discharged district has registered 521 COVID- adopt strict social distancing and isolation measures to contain the the forest in Tumudibandha area sion of the banned CPI (Maoist). The areas where Maoists used to from hospitals. The seven active cases 19 cases, of which 158 are active. spread of COVID-19. “In spite of all attempts taken by the Koraput Monday night. One of the ultras was a state print posters and banners are under are being treated at different COVID-19 hos- One patient has succumbed to administration, it is found that some persons those who are in close Last week, a Maoist camp was committee member of BNG divi- scanner, a senior police pitals. So far the district has not reported the deadly virus while recovered contact with the COVID positive cases of Borigumma are found busted and explosives were seized sion, having a bounty of Rs 20 lakh officer said. any deaths due to the virus. cases in the district stand at 362. positive which is a matter of concern,” he added.

New road to pave way for LIVELIHOOD MATTERS Dhenkanal-Keonjhar link

POST NEWS NETWORK with Keonjhar. The 125-km road will reduce the Dhenkanal, July 8 : A new road distance between the two towns will soon connect the two head- by 35 km. quarters town of Dhenkanal and The new road is expected to boost Keonjhar districts which will reduce trade and commerce between the the distance between them by 35 km. districts. At present, one wishing The road which will connect the to travel from Dhenkanal to two districts will be built in re- Keonjhar has to take the road cut- mote areas of Kankadahada block ting through Kamakhyanagar- in Dhenkanal, executive engineer Parjang-Dihadol-Mahabirod-Telkoi Manoranjan Biswal told this cor- which is around 160 km. respondent, Tuesday. A bus operated by Odisha State Meanwhile, State Mines, Steel Road Transport Corporation and Works Minister Prafulla Kumar (OSRTC) plies daily between SWACHH BHARAT TOILETS OF NO USE Mallick has reviewed the project by Dhenkanal and Keonjhar. holding discussion with adminis- However, passenger transport Mathili: Even as the government lays stress on proper execution of trative officials and engineers, on this route is not smooth as this the Swachh Bharat Yojana, irregularities have allegedly scuttled the Biswal said. road passes through a dense forest. purpose of toilet construction in Mathili panchayat under Sadar The works department has sub- As a result, the bus reportedly gets block in Malkangiri district. It was alleged that the administration has failed to act on the irregularities. Reports said, funds allocated mitted a proposal in this regard a few passengers. for toilets have been misappropriated while scores of toilets left to the state government. Work will The executive engineer said the incomplete, rendering them unusable for beneficiaries.A sum of Rs begin soon after receiving the ap- works department will construct the 12,500 is allocated for each toilet. There are no doors in many proval of the state government. road from the district headquarters toilets, lamented beneficiaries. They alleged some officials in The proposed road will start till Rekuti after receiving the ap- connivance with middlemen have messed up the toilet construction from the headquarters town of proval of the state government. in the panchayat. Work of nearly 100 such toilets was not completed Dhenkanal and will pass through Later, the Keonjhar works depart- while funds of poor beneficiaries have been bungled with botched Kamakhyanagar, Kankadahada, ment will take up the construction Two labourers carrying a block of stone across a road to a construction site in Angul town OP PHOTO work, alleged Mamina Behera, a beneficiary. Dandadhar and the Rekuti check till the Keonjhar headquarters gate on the border to connect town, he added. Highwaymen have a field day in Covid times GANGS OF CRIMINALS FROM NEIGHBOURING WEST BENGAL AND JHARKHAND ARE BEHIND THE INCREASING CRIME

POST NEWS NETWORK THE GANGS HAVE SPREAD THEIR Basta, July 8: Even as people, the ad- NETWORK IN ODISHA, WEST BENGAL, ministration and the police are having a JHARKHAND AND CHHATTISGARH The Rekuti area in Dhenkanal on the fringes of Keonjhar district OP PHOTO tough time in dealing with the increas- ing cases of Covid-19, highway robbery THE GANG HAD ALLEGEDLY LOOTED A and other criminal gangs have been rul- CAR FROM SUJIT SEN AT MATHANI ON ing their roost in fringe areas like Basta, NH-16, JUNE 16 Man held for raping 7-yr-old daughter Baliapal and Jaleswar in Balasore dis- trict, a report said. POLICE SAID THAT THERE HAS BEEN POST NEWS NETWORK was raped when her mother had People have lost their sleep in these NO SUPPORT AND COOPERATION gone to a farmland on some work. areas as there is a sudden spurt in crimes FROM THE POLICE OF THE FOUR Patna, July 8: Keonjhar police The accused allegedly raped his like robbery and snatching. It is said gangs NEIGHBOURING STATES SO THAT THE Wednesday arrested a man on the seven-year-old daughter Monday of criminals from neighbouring West CRIMINAL NETWORKS CAN BE BUSTED charge of raping his minor daugh- under the influence of alcohol. Bengal and Jharkhand are behind the in- ter. Patna police station IIC The wife of the accused lodged an creasing crime. Somanath Jena arrested the ac- FIR at Patna police station Tuesday The police are already on the act to of Gamharia in Jharkhand -- in several On the other hand, the police are upset over Basta IIC Manas Kumar Deo formed a cused and produced him in a court. afternoon in this connection. break their network, but alleged non-co- cases of snatching, dacoity and theft. the slow progress of investigation into special team and raided various places in The police have conducted med- Patna police registered a case operation from their counterparts of the However, two members of this gang are ab- criminal cases. They said that there has Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and ical tests of both the accused and under Section 376 A, B, C of IPC as neighbouring states is a hurdle in fur- sconding. The gang had allegedly looted a been no support and cooperation from the Chhattisgarh where the four were arrested the victim at the Patna commu- well as POCSO Act and were prob- thering the investigations of the crimes. car from Sujit Sen at Mathani on NH-16, police of the two neighbouring states so along with the car. Police suspect that nity health centre. ing into the matter following which Between January and February, Basta June 16. Following a complaint, the po- that the criminal networks can be busted. more robbers from other states are in- The health condition of the vic- the accused was arrested. police arrested four criminals – Manoj lice came to know that an inter-state da- The gangs have spread their network in volved in highway robberies. The four tim is stable, police said. The incident has sent shock- Nayak (20) of Balasore, Sheikh Sahil (19) coit gang is behind this highway robbery. Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and will be taken into remand for further in- According to a source, the victim waves in the area. of Baripada and Mohammed Imtiaz Alam The accused were produced in court. Chhattisgarh. vestigation. After long wait, bridge project at Charbatia ghat gets IWAI nod POST NEWS NETWORK occur during boat rides. n The project was requiring clearance try boats daily from this ghat. Locals said People in riparian pockets in from the IWAI. The IWAI’s NOC (115/2-18- this is the place where Mahatma Gandhi Padmapur, July 8: A long wait for a Basudevpur, Tihidi and Chandbali blocks 145-2020) will pave the way for the bridge, had crossed the river and spent night at bridge at Charbatia ghat of river Mantei have long been suffering from commuting locals said Charbatia during the freedom struggle in Chandbali block of Bhadrak district has woes in the absence of a bridge. against the British rule. come to an end after the Inland Waterways With boats, the ghat provides a major n With boats, the ghat provides a major The state government has declared Authority of India (IWAI) has given an NOC shortcut route for people to different shortcut route for people to different this place as Gandhi Smaraki Peetha. for the project. places of the three blocks. A rope has places of the three blocks. A rope has been The East India Company used this river The project was requiring clearance been hanging across the river and the hanging across the river and the boatmen and ghat for cargo transportation, par- from the IWAI. The IWAI’s NOC (115/2-18- boatmen oar the boats by clutching the rope. oar the boats by clutching the rope ticularly from Charbatia ghat to Jamkunda 145-2020) will pave the way for the bridge, The boat rides are always fraught with in Balasore. A sluice gate built by the n Overcrowded boats ferry people with

locals said. risk while mishaps have occurred in the British government stands testimony to

k y m support of a hanging rope at the ghat c Orissa POST had carried a report past as safety measures have been thrown while mishaps often occur during the maritime history of the about lack of a bridge at Charbatia ghat to the winds. Last years, a boat had cap- boat rides region. July 1, highlighting the plight of com- sized along with a man and his motorcy- The sluice gate is still intact. Locals muters on boat rides. Overcrowded boats cle. He was rescued later. lamented that such a long used maritime ferry people with support of a hanging Residents of Balimunda, Bideipur, Balimeda, Jagannathprasad, Padmapur, block, Sahada, Sabaranga and Goramati under Tihidi and Chandbali blocks have route has been neglected with people hav- rope at the ghat while mishaps often Kismatkrushnapur, Laxmidaspur, Sugo, Edatal, Lunga under Basudevpur under Bhadrak block and several villages no option other than travelling in coun- ing to suffer a lot while commuting. P6 THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

FOCUS WORLD Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the

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ecent challenges to dem- ens journalists, the free press – ocratic institutions and the best guardian “of our every processes in the United right,” as James Madison described Pigeons as messengers RStates have raised funda- it – becomes, in Trump’s words, mental political and legal ques- “the enemy of the people.” like pigeons. Their voices are soft and rhythmic. I have put up baskets for tions to which all liberal democ- Finally, when the executive them in the front verandah and they live there quietly. They don’t ask for racies must have convincing branch uses the Department of Ifood – probably because they are fed at the roundabout near my house by answers. When should military Justice to reward political allies compassionate people who come from far to drop grains for them every day. leaders refuse to follow presiden- (like former Trump advisers I have a bird table of rice and fruit so they can feed there whenever they want. tial orders that they believe are un- Michael T. Flynn and Roger Stone) The Mumbai Municipal Commissioner has made it the feature of his constitutional? At what point do and to purge perceived foes (like (hopefully brief) tenure that he will get rid of pigeons from Mumbai. Those police take responsibility for the former FBI Director James Comey who go looking for something to hate and often pick on pigeons should know delegitimizing effect of racism? and US Attorney Geoffrey S. what they have done for us humans over the years. Why must journalists place the Berman), equal justice and the The first airmail using pigeons was established in 1896 in New Zealand truth above the appearance of rule of law become the enemy. and was known as the Pigeon-Gram Service. Their speed averaged 77.6 mph, neutrality? And when should words And when the political process only 40 per cent slower than a modern aircraft. Each pigeon carried five mes- or images deliberately used in de- for appointing federal judges ele- sages and special Pigeon-Gram stamps were sold for each message carried. fiance of demonstrable facts lose Disseminating misinformation should not be vates loyalty to the chief executive In the First World War, pigeons were used extensively for carrying mes- legal protections? confused with championing “diversity of above fealty to law and a com- sages. German marksmen were deployed to shoot the birds down. Pigeons The challenges confronting the mitment to impartial decision- were carried in tanks and released through tiny portholes in the side. Mine- US provide some guidance. General opinion.” Those who contend that more speech making, the entire judicial branch sweeping boats carried pigeons so that in the event of an attack by a U-boat, Richard K. Sherwin Mark Milley, America’s top mili- is the best antidote to fallacious speech are loses credibility. a pigeon could be released with a message confirming the exact location of tary official, was right to apologize The further this friend/enemy the sinking boat, often resulting in the crew being saved. Seaplanes carried for participating in President probably right, provided that the matter involves polarization is allowed to go, the pigeons to relay urgent information about enemy movements. In the Second ETERNAL Donald Trump’s imperious walk the expression of actual opinions or ideas deeper the crisis of legitimacy World War, pigeons were used in active service in Europe, India and Burma. across Lafayette Square in will be. It is essential, therefore, to The last pigeon messaging service in the world was in Odisha called VIGILANCE MAY Washington, DC. Not only had draw a line against state power Orissa Police Carrier Pigeon Service and it disbanded in 2006 after 60 years BE THE PRICE OF teargas and rubber bullets been archists and “nihilist criminals.” whether it’s “fighting words” or sig- exercised in bad faith. But sim- of active service and 800 birds. Carrier pigeons had provided daily commu- used to clear the area of peaceful Disseminating misinformation nal-jamming words that destroy the ply identifying abuses of power is nications between 400 police stations across the state. They carried essential LIBERTY, BUT protesters, but Trump was obvi- should not be confused with cham- essential conditions of commu- not enough. Defenders of democ- messages during two natural disasters: the massive cyclone in 1971 and the TYRANNY FAILS ously using the military as a pawn pioning “diversity of opinion.” nication itself. racy also must ensure that sig- unprecedented floods in 1982. Their ability to fly in adverse weather condi- in domestic politics. Those who contend that more All of these recent challenges to nificant collective action will fol- tions saved many human lives. ONLY WHEN A Similarly, there is reason to speech is the best antidote to fal- democratic governance have a low if and when the line is crossed. In the 5th Century BC, the first network of pigeon messengers is thought SUFFICIENT agree with Detroit Police Chief lacious speech are probably right, common denominator: bad faith. Mass protest is the last resort to have been established in Assyria and Persia by Cyrus the Great. In 2000 James Craig’s use of the word provided that the matter involves An executive order that violates of democratic resistance. BC, they were carrying messages to warring groups in Mesopotamia. In 53 NUMBER OF “murder” to describe the killing the expression of actual opinions fundamental principles of self- America's founders understood BC, they carried Hannibal’s dispatches. Julius Caesar used pigeons during by Minneapolis police of George or ideas. More speech exposed governance is bad faith. Racist this. That is why “the right of the the conquest of Gaul from 58 to 51 BC. Indian and Arab merchants used car- CITIZENS ARE Floyd, an unarmed black man. Cotton’s effort to mislead read- policing is bad faith. Abandoning people peaceably to assemble, and rier pigeons when visiting China. At the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC, WILLING TO The offending officer and his three ers, and called into question the the duty of an independent press to petition the government for a every athlete had a homing pigeon from his village. If he won his event, his colleagues should have known Times' decision to publish it. But to speak truth to power is bad redress of grievances” appears would be the bird that carried the news home. RESIST IT that pressing one’s knee on some- more speech is a futile response faith. Sowing confusion and dis- among the first guarantees in the Between 63 BC and AD 21, the Greek geographer Strabo noted that pigeons one’s neck for over eight minutes to words or images intended trust by deliberately disseminat- US Bill of Rights. flew between certain points along the Mediterranean coastline to carry mes- is long enough to cause asphyxi- merely to foment violence or oth- ing disinformation is bad faith. If a republic cannot or simply sages of the arrival of fish shoals for waiting fishermen. The news agency ation. Insofar as it is reasonable to erwise disable good-faith efforts Politicizing independent agencies will not defend itself against brazen Reuters originally used pigeons to disseminate news in the 1840s. Paul Julius infer intent from such an act, mur- at communication. is bad faith. acts of bad faith, its days are num- Reuter’s pigeons only stopped when the telegram der is a reasonable charge (as- Disguised and unlabeled polit- Bad faith on this scale threatens bered. Eternal vigilance may be the was invented. In 1870, they carried messages suming one accepts the premise ical disinformation, visual “deep to disable the constitutional mech- price of liberty, but tyranny fails throughout France during the siege of Paris. that black lives matter). fakes,” and injurious hoaxes run anisms that exist to check undue only when a sufficient number of In 1915, at the start of the First Great War, two Soon thereafter, the New York rampant across Facebook, Twitter, concentrations of power within any citizens are willing to resist it. As Pigeon Corps were established on the Western Times published an op-ed by US and other social-media platforms single branch of government. It many have done over the past Front, consisting of 15 pigeon stations each with Senator Tom Cotton, a staunch every day. Democracies must be also threatens to unravel the month, Americans must continue four birds and a handler. The Pigeon Corps was so Trump ally, who urged the federal able to defend themselves against broader social compact by sub- to summon the courage to defend successful that further birds were recruited, and government to invoke the 1807 the use of words or images that de- verting the shared democratic val- and strengthen the democratic in- the service expanded considerably. By the end of Insurrection Act and deploy armed liberately sow confusion and mis- ues from which the state derives stitutions upon which their free- the war, the Pigeon Corps consisted of 400 men and Maneka Gandhi forces to suppress public protests. trust in order to disable mean- its legitimacy. dom depends. 22,000 pigeons in 150 mobile lofts. Messages would The paper’s editorial board sub- ingful public discourse. The US When a president calls upon be put into a small canister and then attached to The last pigeon sequently repudiated the com- Supreme Court has ruled that the the armed forces to quash dissent, The writer is Professor of the pigeon’s leg. The bird would be released and messaging service mentary, blaming its decision to Constitution’s First Amendment the people – the principal source Law and Director of the would return to its loft behind allied lines, sound- publish it on inadequate fact-check- protections do not extend to speech of the state’s authority – become Visual Persuasion Project at ing a bell to confirm that it had landed. in the world was in ing of Cotton's spurious charac- acts that threaten imminent vio- the state’s enemy. Likewise, when New York Law School. Each airfield along the coast of England had its Odisha called terization of the protesters as an- lence. This limit ought to apply a president maligns and threat- ©PROJECT SYNDICATE own loft so that pigeons could be dispatched with Orissa Police messages in the event of invasion. Bomber crews usually carried a pair of pigeons so that in the event Carrier Pigeon that the plane was shot down, the birds could be Service and it SPECTRUM BRAHMAPUTRA released with details of the crash site. These birds played a major role in the Intelligence disbanded in 2006 Service in the First World War. They were sent to after 60 years maintain contact with resistance movements of active service across Europe. Fewer than 10 per cent survived the shell fire, small arms fire, poison gas. and 800 birds River as life-giver, playmate and ravager In 1940, some 300 crates of pigeons were dropped into enemy-occupied areas of Europe, each bird being packed into a box with ver the centuries, people by strengthening embankment and phenomenon. The heavy silt charge food for 10 days. Instructions and a questionnaire were put in the box. If found have learnt to live with by anti-erosion measures. The other and flash floods of north bank trib- by an ally, information about enemy movement could be put inside the con- Orivers. Once upon a time, day, SM Huq, a former chairman of utaries are pushing the bank of the tainer on the bird’s leg and the bird released to fly back. As many as 16,544 Huang-he was China’s sorrow. The the Central Water Commission in Brahmaputra southward. Lakhs of pigeons were parachuted into occupied Europe during the Second Great river killed millions of people since New Delhi, spoke to this writer hectares of land were eroded by the War. Only 1,842 returned. 2nd Century BC from catastrophic about his visit to Palasbari in the river and its tributaries. Erosion- Over 1,00,000 British pigeons lost their lives in military service. Red Cock floods. In 1955, China successfully late 60s to do a study on erosion. prone landmass Majuli got reduced flew back a torpedoed trawler carrying the grid reference of the sinking boat controlled the Huang-he by build- What he saw, that was history and to half from its origin. Palasbari and saving the crew. In October 1918, 500 men of the 77th Infantry were ing overflow channels and in- beyond one’s imagination. near Guwahati experienced the trapped in Argonne, France with no food or ammunition and being bombarded creasingly taller dikes from its am- Assam’s flooding woes continue threat of erosion in 1954. Today its by their own side. The major sent the pigeon Cher Ami with a message for Kamal Baruah bitious 50-year construction and through Tibet, and receiving waters from the mighty Brahmaputra. history is unknown. rescue. The bird was shot through the breast by enemy fire and fell to the ground. flood-control programme. This in- from tributaries like Nyangchu, The river is part of our lives since Assam is geographically situ- She got back into the air and flew 25 miles back to Division Headquarters in cluded extensive dike construc- Lhasa, Nyang and Parlung, it en- childhood. It’s a playmate for us ated in the foothills of the NE states. 25 minutes. The men were saved. Cher Ami had delivered the message de- BRAHMAPUTRA tion, repair and reinforcement, re- ters Arunachal Pradesh as River after playing a hard day’s football. The hills in the surroundings carry spite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye and with a leg ISN’T JUST A RIVER. forestation and the construction Siang. It appears in the plains as We dive into the river with a mighty huge flow of water to the plains. hanging by only a tendon. of a series of dams to control the Dihang and after gathering the splash. We saw floods when water Most of its large tributaries bring The Dickin medal is awarded to any animal that has distinguished itself IT’S A HUGE SEA. river’s flow, produce electricity and tributaries Dibang and Lohit, it swept away our village. There were huge quantity of sediments to its through an act of bravery in wartime. Of the 55 medals awarded to date, pi- supply water for irrigation. The becomes the Brahmaputra in no embankments to protect us. We beds. The Central Water geons have been recognised 32 times -- much less than they deserve because IT HAS VASTNESS river has not burst its banks since Assam. The rain-fed Brahmaputra had to take shelter on the high Commission (CWC) kept hollow they saved the lives of lakhs of people. The American and Australian Services OF WATER 1945. River Brahmaputra also has gathers the bulk of its volume out ground. We saw the river up and promises to protect us. But sur- also used pigeons extensively and had their own pigeon units operating in terrifying stories of annual flood- of tributaries. Understanding the close. We boat on a raft made of vival of people alongside the river different countries. So did Burma (Myanmar) and India. Some years ago, LANDSCAPE ing that eat away the entire econ- Brahmaputra is an on-going process. banana plantains and fish for food. is still under threat. the Indian army captured a pigeon carrying a message from the Pakistan army. NEARLY 15KM omy of Assam. Localities along its course narrate The nature of flood in Assam Should India go the Chinese way Pigeons were used for aerial photography. A miniature camera was The 2,900km-long trans-bound- the effects of the great earthquake takes a quantum leap every year. to protect Brahmaputra? Dredging mounted to the bird’s breast via a canvass harness and the pigeon sent to areas WIDE AT ary Brahmaputra originates as the of 1950 when innumerable timber Floods have claimed hundreds of of Brahmaputra was undertaken of strategic importance to capture images. The films provided information Yarlung Tsangpo from the logs clogged the river. The river human lives; 34 this year; and during 1975 on an experimental about enemy troop movements and air bases. Information relating to exact SOME PLACES Manasarovar, the highest body of changed colour and carried sul- threatened endangered animal basis. This, though, is a huge task positions of the V1 flying bomb site in Peenemunde in Germany was con- freshwater lake in the world. It is phurous material. The fish in it species. Indian Rhinoceros flee to and should be a continuous process veyed by pigeons – information that turned the tide of the war. fed by the Kailash Glaciers near died. The riverbeds have risen as Karbi Hills looking for high ground. since sediments get deposited very In 2004 an impressive memorial to commemorate all the animals and Mount Kailash in Tibet sediments blocked the river’s course. Onlookers see herds of elephants fast. The traditional sand em- birds killed during wartime was erected in Hyde Park. Pigeons have been Autonomous Region. Besides Brahmaputra isn’t just a river. It’s blocking the National Highway bankment just can’t protect Assam. given pride of place in the sculpture with two pack mules in the foreground Brahmaputra, this is also the a huge sea. It has vastness of water during the monsoon. Helpless deer It needs long-term planning. The weighed down with munitions and cannon parts. sources of great rivers of Asia, landscape nearly 15km wide at wander for safety. Floods damage cost of such undertaking would Pigeons more than any other animal have been man’s best friend in times namely the Ghaghara (tributary some places. Assam floods are sin- more than 60 per cent of the total be enormous. We need a lasting of crisis. They give of themselves for a just a handful of grain. You need to of Ganga), Sindhu and Sutlej (trib- gularly different in terms of their kharif crops every year. solution, not just flood relief, as repay your debt every day. utaries of Indus). duration and magnitude of ero- Breaches of embankment due to Assamese live by the Brahmaputra. To join the animal welfare movement contact [email protected], After the river flows 2,840 km sion. It can’t be controlled merely bank erosion have become a common The writer is an ex-air warrior. www.peopleforanimalsindia.org

WISDOM CORNER Plantation drive Anubhav’s tweet Packing, cheating Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and Sir, To compensate for the loss of green cover Sir, Member of Parliament Anubhav Sir, The Department of Consumer Affairs constant. SOCRATES in mineral-rich Jajpur district, the district ad- Mohanty has started tweeting in favour of is urged to amend rules whereby it may etters ministration has adopted a unique initiative, actor Salman Khan and has begged a like be compulsory to pack all commodities in The arrow shot by the archer may or may not kill a single person. But making it mandatory for people to furnish cer- from the super star on the micro-blogging true metric-spirit in units of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, stratagems devised by wise men can kill even babes in the womb. KAUTILYA tified photographs of them planting trees to site. In his opinion, Salman Khan is greatly 50, 100, 200, 500 gm or mltr or ltr or kg or TOL THE EDITOR avail government aid. The project was launched loyal to the nation. Anubhav should real- unit only, so that consumer may judge When the wind of change blows, some people build walls and others Readers of Orissa POST on June 23, the Rath Yatra day, and many peo- ize the present scenario in the Hindi film comparative prices of a commodity mar- build windmills. CHINESE PROVERB are most welcome to contribute letters ple have started doing this. The applicants, be- industry. Being a star in the Odia film in- keted by different companies. Any lib- (200 words), articles and sides paying the licence fee and renewing rele- dustry, he should rather support his co-stars. erty to pack in units other than the sug- columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are vant documents will have to provide proof of them A big star like Sushant Singh Rajput has gested ones gives manufacturers an LOL requested to send their planting trees. The administration will cross-check been pushed to the extreme step of suicide opportunity to cheat consumers through contact numbers and full the genuineness of the plantation. It is not a by the mafia in the Hindi film industry. the gimmick of packaging. Drug-manu-

postal address/email ID. They may also difficult task to plant five to 20 saplings per in- Rajput, a young actor at 34 was humiliated facturers cheat consumers by packing

k y m Flags & taxes he said. “We get red send in their valuable comments, opinion c when we talk about and suggestions, preferably by email, dividual. This can be planted on temple and and tortured. Salman is said to be one of commonly advertised medicines like visitor from Holland was them, white when we get to: [email protected] school premises or at government facilities. the perpetrators. How Anubhav alone is cough-lozenges in eight per strip rather Achatting with his American friend our tax bill, and blue after we Trees provide oxygen to people, stop soil erosion, taking their side is what puzzles us. First than normal ten because consumers judge and was jokingly explaining about the pay them."” have medicinal properties, give shade, and offer of all, he should remember that he is a peo- prices per strip without realising the num- red, white and blue in the Netherlands “That's the same with us,” the B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, food and shelter to humans as also animals. ple’s representative. ber of lozenges per strip. flag. “Our flag symbolizes our taxes,” American said, “only we see stars, too.” Bhubaneswar-751010 Hitesh Kumar Parida, JAJPUR Naresh Mandal, BHADRAK Madhu Agarwal, EMAIL TAMIL NADU P7 KARNATAKA

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k y m c ELECTRICITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 TN CORONA COUNT GOES UP BY 3.7K; K’taka govt teachers TOTAL AT 1,22,350 Palaniswami flags concerns AGENCIES come to their pvt Chennai, July 8: As many as 3,756 persons tested positive for TN CM SOUNDS Palaniswami also said it is un- coronavirus infection in Tamil counterparts’ help acceptable to fix hydroelectricity pur- Nadu over the past 24 hours, the ALARM OVER PVT chase obligations separately to a state health department officials state like Tamil Nadu as it is seasonal said Wednesday. PLAYERS’ ENTRY TO and monsoon-dependent, which is In a statement issued here THE POWER SECTOR not in the control of power distri- Wednesday, the health department bution companies. said the state recorded new coro- “To avoid disparity among the navirus infections for 3,756 per- AGENCIES States with different sources of re- sons, taking the total tally to 122,350. newable energy available, it is sug- The total number of Covid-19 pa- Chennai, July 8: Tamil Nadu Chief gested that Renewable Purchase tients who died over the past 24- Minister K. Palaniswami Wednesday Obligation (RPO) can be fixed for hours was 64 taking the death toll told the central government that al- total renewable energy rather than in the state to 1,700. lowing private franchisees in power independently fixing for solar, non- On the positive side, 3,051 Covid- sector will lead to cherry-picking. solar, hydro etc,” the Tamil Nadu 19 patients were cured and dis- He also said that the free power Representative pic Chief Minister wrote to Singh. charged from various hospitals supplied to agriculture sector and Welcoming the central govern- in the state. households should not be brought ment’s liquidity infusion package The total number of cured per- under the direct benefit transfer CM TELLS CENTRE of `90,000 crore to power distri- sons goes up to 74,167. (DBT) scheme. If the Bill is cleared, Fixing However, bution companies for clearing their The number of active Covid-19 Representative pic In a letter to R.K. Singh, Union state discoms will be hydroelectricity Palaniswami dues, Palaniswami said the cen- cases in the state after taking into Minister of State (Independent left to serve social purchase obligations praised the tral government should relax the account the cured and dead stands Charge) for Power and New and sector obligations separately to a state Centre for `90,000 norms for working capital under at 46,480. “As schools are yet to resume Renewable Energy, Palaniswami said and rural areas like TN, as it is crore package to the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance The state capital Chennai con- PVT AND UNAIDED classes after summer due to ris- some of the provisions mentioned in seasonal and power Yojana (UDAY). tinues to lead the Covid-19 infec- ing Covid cases in the state, espe- It will incur them monsoon-dependent, distribution INSTITUTIONS HAVEN’T the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, massive losses He also said the state’s power util- tion chart with 1,261 persons test- cially in Bangalore, their man- 2020 are detrimental to the state gov- will be detrimental companies ity Tamil Nadu Generation and ing positive for the virus and the BEEN ABLE TO agements could not collect fees ernment/state utilities. Distribution Corporation Ltd has al- total tally stands at 72,500. The ac- from their students till date, re- “Provisions in the draft nerative areas by the franchisee/sub- will be left with serving social sec- ready applied for the financial as- tive cases in the city stands at COLLECT FEES FROM sulting in non-payment of their Amendment Bill to allow private distribution licencee, affecting the tor obligations and rural areas sistance of `20,622 crore to Power 21,766 while the total number of THEIR STUDENTS OR teachers’ salaries for three months franchisee/sub-licencee will only DISCOMs directly and thereby the which will result in massive losses Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Covid-19 patients discharged in since April,” said Manjunath. lead to cherry-picking of remu- public interest. The state discoms to the discoms,” Palaniswami said. Electrification Corporation (REC). Chennai stood at 1,852. BORROW FUNDS TO Though the private-run schools’ PAY MONTHLY association rushed to the state gov- ernment for relief funds to pay UP AGAINST MICROBIAL FORCES SALARIES TO THEIR three-month salaries to their FACULTY SINCE APRIL teacher-members, there was no of- Custodial deaths killed ficial response to the plea due to re- source crunch in the treasury. AGENCIES “While Kumar appealed to us TN’s Friends of Police? to donate two-day salary for our Bangalore, July 8: Responding counterparts in private schools, to Karnataka Education Minister we have agreed to pay for a day, as Anti-police sentiments have gathered momentum S. Suresh Kumar’s appeal, teachers we have already given similar in the state after the custodial deaths of a father-son of state-run schools agreed to do- amount to the Kodagu and north nate a day’s salary to their coun- Karnataka flood relief fund in duo at Sathankulam terparts in private schools. The September 2019 and the Chief private school teachers have not Minister’s relief fund recently,” been paid since April due to the said Manjunath. The Friends of Police movement is a Covid-induced lockdown, an official About 1.4 lakh teachers in private community policing initiative and a said Wednesday. and unaided schools hope to Joint Governmental Organisation to bring police and public closer “Government teach- While partly mitigate their hard- ers have agreed to the minister ship with the dona- Friends of Police are volunteers donate a day’s appealed to us to tion of their coun- who support police officers in salary to pay our donate two-day salary for terparts in the every jurisdiction across the counterparts in our counterparts in private state-run schools. private The state schools, we have agreed to pay schools, as Karnataka State The initiative was started by they are in dis- for a day, as we have already Primary School the present DGP, Crime Beds are lined at a temporary Covid-19 care centre for the treatment of infected patients, at Bengaluru International tress due to given similar amount to the Teachers’ Branch –CB-CID, Pratheep Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bangalore, Wednesday PTI PHOTO non-payment Kodagu and north Karnataka Association V Philip, when he was by their man- flood relief fund in September (KSPSTA), how- serving as an ASP in agements, 2019 and the CMRF recently ever, said its Kancheepuram in 1991 The state govt says it received an adverse report which are unable HK MANJUNATH | PRESIDENT, STATE members were from the DGP regarding the initiative Covid hosp in B’lore civic body building to raise funds due HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT TEACHERS’ yet to decide to lockdown,” said ASSOCIATION on donating AGENCIES various political parties and oth- AGENCIES Covid hospital,” said Medical Equipped with 30 ventilators, State High School a day’s salary ers to ban the FOP as their mem- Education Minister K. Sudhakar. the new hospital will have neuro- Assistant Teachers’ Association as they have already paid simi- Chennai, July 8: The Tamil Nadu bers were allegedly used by the Bangalore, July 8: The Karnataka The minister inspected the facil- surgery and cardiology operation president H.K. Manjunath. lar amount to the CM’s Covid-19 re- government Wednesday rescinded police in Sathankulam in Tuticorin government is developing a city ity Wednesday for which Infosys theatres and CT scan facilities. With hundreds of schools re- lief fund in April. its earlier order to extend the district in assaulting P. Jeyaraj civic body building into a full- Foundation is providing the necessary Later, Sudhakar also visited maining shut across the southern “Our members have already paid ‘Friends of Police’ (FOP) initia- and his son J. Bennicks, resulting fledged Covid hospital to scale up infrastructure at a cost of `30 crore. Bowring and Lady Curzon hospitals state since March 25 when the lock- for CM’s flood relief fund last year tive across the state. in their custodial death in June. the health infrastructure amid the “The hospital will be functional to inspect the facilities and inter- down was enforced and extended and Covid-19 relief fund in April According to a government order The Central Bureau of India Covid-19 pandemic, said a minister in another 10 days,” said Sudhakar. acted with patients through video- to contain coronavirus, manage- though their income is not on par issued Wednesday it was done (CBI) has since taken over the Wednesday. Initially, 180 beds with high flow conferencing. Currently, Bangalore ments of private and unaided in- with that of high school teachers after an adverse report was re- probe into the custodial deaths. “Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara oxygen lines will be available in is the ground zero of the Covid stitutions have not been able to and they too have been facing cri- ceived from the Director General Five suspended policemen work- Palike (BBMP) building on the the hospital, which can also be con- pandemic in Karnataka, account- collect fees from their students or sis due to lockdown and extension of Police. ing in the Sathankulam police sta- broad way road in Shivajinagar is verted into ventilator facilities ing for 9,395 of the total 15,297 ac- borrow funds to pay monthly of vacation,” KSPSTA secretary There have been demands from tion also have been arrested. being developed as a full-fledged when needed. tive cases. salaries to their faculty since April. N. Chandru said. Factoring in pandemic, Karna Silicon Valley of India caught off-guard WHILE BANGALORE CIVIC OFFICIALS HAD PREDICTED THAT THE COVID CURVE WILL MOVE plans e-classes for school kids UPWARD, IT WAS SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED, AT LEAST BY TWO WEEKS

AGENCIES “These numbers we are seeing THE STATE GOVT PROPOSALS now were expected by July-end, Bangalore/Hyderabad, July 8: THEY HAD IT COMING? but has happened a bit earlier,” he APPOINTED EXPERTS’ Children up to 2nd standard to be The sharp spurt in the number of said, but added there was no need When By the end COMMITTEE accompanied coronavirus cases in Bangalore From to worry as the government was Lockdown of Unlock by parents for and Hyderabad since relaxations in June 1-7, making all the necessary arrange- 4.0 ended, 1.0, June RECOMMENDS LIVE online classes lockdown curbs last month is caus- Bangalor ments to manage the situation. AND PRE-RECORDED ing concern for managers of the two e added May 31, 30, the Out of the overall 26,815 Covid- Screen time southern cities. 6,800 Covid city had 19 cases confirmed in Karnataka, CLASSES FOR for children in In the first seven days of this cases cases in 4,555 11,361 infections are from Bangalore the city cases three-six age groups month alone, Bangalore has added Urban, and 800 of the 1,498 fresh were 358 CHILDREN AGED no more than half an over 6,800 cases with officials at- cases reported in the state Tuesday hour and three days tributing it largely to movement The city’s were from the capital city alone. THREE AND ABOVE a week of people consequent to easing of positivity rate According to Babu, Bangalore restrictions. stands at 8.52 pc was at the risk of having a surge in AGENCIES Online classes without For children in 9th and 10th standards, 4 These two cities had remained rel- and mortality rate cases from the beginning like some screen time for two days sessions of 30-45 minutes classes per day atively immune to the virus till is 1.37 pc other cities, but the numbers did not Bangalore, July 8: An expert com- a week and five days a week over a month ago when Chennai in see an incremental jump during Frontline workers say: Once mittee constituted by the Karnataka neighbouring Tamil Nadu was re- the lockdown was lifted they the lockdown because the curbs government on online classes has classes include 30-45 minutes online online education accordingly. porting high case load due to two resumed with their earlier duties, were implemented much better. recommended live and pre-recorded class per session and three sessions Amulya, a fifth standard student super-spreaders, including and this led to shortage of He said coordination and prepa- classes for children aged three and a day and five days a week. of Harvest International School at Koyambedu wholesale market. manpower for contact tracing ration within BBMP post relax- above, an official said Wednesday. Presence of parents is optional Kodathi in Bangalore, said that she In Bangalore, the country’s IT ations did not match with the kind “The panel recommended that but the panel advised interactive is attending two online classes on capital, the upward curve came ACTIVE CASES: 9,395; DEATHS: 155; DISCHARGES: 1,810 of “brilliant work” they did during parents must accompany children classes. Similarly, for children in 9th alternate days. sooner than anticipated, at least the lockdown and it was one of the in online classes up to second stan- and 10th standards, four sessions of “I attend the first online class by two weeks, prompting officials of Public Health Foundation of of thing did not happen, but now I reasons for the surge in cases. dard,” said the official. 30-45 minutes classes are recom- from 9 am till 9.45 am and second to expedite measures. India, while everyone anticipated think it is back on track.” Effective contact tracing was Screen time for children in the mended per day and five days a from 10 am to 10.45 am,” said The number of Covid-19 cases the surge, the timing took them by Those in administration did ex- done during the lockdown and in- three-six age groups should be re- week. Amulya. She said the assignments in Bangalore was only 358 May 31 surprise. pect the cases to increase after re- volving almost all the staff members, stricted to half an hour and three For the 2020-21 academic year, given by her school are done on a when Lockdown-4 ended but has “So while the state and BBMP laxation relating to lockdown curbs, but once the lockdown was lifted days a week. the expert committee has recom- sheet of paper and its pictures risen to 4,555 June 30 (end of Unlock (Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara but had no idea it would spike so they resumed with their earlier du- However, in the case of students mended an open book type assess- transmitted on Google Classroom 1.0), and further zoomed to 11,361 Palike) were planning to roll out early. ties, and this led to shortage of above sixth standard, the panel rec- ment by allowing students to sit in app to her teacher. Tuesday, according to the city civic COVID care centres and everything “In Bangalore we were aware manpower for contact tracing.

ommended 15 minutes more of on- the examinations from their com- Like many others, the student’s body. by the end of this week expecting that there would be a surge in the The government has now de-

k y m c line classes. fort zones. parents had asked for online classes With 9,395 active cases, the city that the surge will happen around number of infections when we re- ployed 1,246 employees from vari- Two days in a week should be de- Meanwhile, Primary and when the state government did a sur- has so far reported 155 deaths and this time, the surge started two laxed the lockdown, but the infor- ous departments for contact tracing voted to online classes without any Secondary Education Minister S. vey for their feedback some weeks 1,810 discharges. While the posi- weeks earlier,” Babu said. Also a mation that came to us did not show with special focus on Bangalore screen time. Suresh Kumar said the govern- ago. However, Amulya said she en- tivity rate stands at 8.52 per cent, member of the state Covid-19 tech- that the surge will be to this ex- and surrounding areas and warned Recommendations for students ment will evaluate the expert panel joyed real-world classroom lessons mortality rate is 1.37 per cent. nical advisory committee, he said, tent,” Medical Education Minister of strict action in case of refusal to in high school between VI-VIII report and prepare guidelines for more than the online classes. According to Dr Giridhar Babu “So the emergency response kind K Sudhakar said. undertake the work. P8 Shocked to know FIRST TIME THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR that the central government has dropped In a first-of-its-kind initiative, topics like citizenship, the Assam government will federalism, secularism and carry out social audit of the partisan in the name of relief provided to flood

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of the day uote JITENDRA ANOTHER JOLT Every state CLEARS AIR should set up India may become Nirav’s assets seized a "memorial" for healthcare PRESS TRUST OF INDIA workers in view of their contribution in New Delhi, July 8: Union Minister saving people's Jitendra Singh said Wednesday lives, especially during the that youths from the International COVID-19 pandemic worst-hit: MIT study Border (IB) areas in Jammu and Kashmir are eligible to avail the RAMDAS ATHAWALE | UNION MINISTER The world may witness benefits of reservation applica- ble for them in government em- 249 million cases and ployment. Within two 1.8 million deaths by The assertion comes after some months of the candidates raised doubts over the announcement of spring 2021 if there are applicability of reservation pro- the 'Atmanirbhar vided for them. People living in Bharat' programme no effective treatments areas adjoining International by Prime Minister or vaccination, Border and Actual Line of Control Narendra Modi on May 12, the (ALoC) are entitled for reserva- government has brought the idea of according to the study tion in government jobs. a self-reliant India to the ground by Singh, the Minister of State for speedily implementing many of its Personnel, said he had a discussion measures with Jammu and Kashmir Lt INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE properties mortgaged or hypothe- P MURALIDHAR RAO | BJP LEADER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Governor G C Murmu and Chief cated and secured to Punjab Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam New Delhi, July 8: The National Bank-led consortium) New Delhi, July 8: In the absence on Wednesday on the matter and Enforcement Directorate (ED) has and those belonging to his com- The Centre's of a COVID-19 vaccine or drugs, the Union Territory administra- confiscated fugitive diamantaire panies. move to order the researchers from Massachusetts tion will issue a clarification ac- Nirav Modi's Rs 329.66 crore prop- It also asked the consortium of probe into the Institute of Technology (MIT) have cordingly. erties in Mumbai, Rajasthan, the banks to move the Prevention of alleged violation of warned that India might record "Important to clear apprehen- United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Money Laundering Act (PMLA) laws by three 2.87 lakh coronavirus cases per day sion of aspirants for jobs advertised the UK. special court to claim the mort- Nehru-Gandhi by the end of winter 2021. by Jammu and Kashmir Govt. The movable and immovable as- gaged, hypothecated and secured family linked trusts The world may witness 249 mil- Had a detailed discussion with sets were seized under the properties, which were is aimed at "pressurising" the lion (24.9 crore) cases and 1.8 mil- country. Within each country, the and Indonesia (13,000 cases per day) LG Murmu and CS Fugitive Economic December 5, attached by the ED. Congress for raising issues like lion (18 lakh) deaths by spring 2021 core of the model tracks the pop- at the end of winter 2021. Subrahmanyam. IB reservation Offenders Act (FEOA) Of the properties Chinese "incursion" if there are no effective treatments ulation through susceptible, pre- The MIT researchers also said for border area candidates will 2018, the ED said 2019, the attached, Rs 1,000 BALASAHEB THORAT | MAHARASHTRA or vaccination, according to the symptomatic, infected pre-testing, that Infections are 12 times higher be available in these jobs. The UT Wednesday. The assets in- court crore assets prima REVENUE MINISTER study conducted by the researchers infected post-testing, and recov- and deaths 50 per cent higher than Govt will issue clarification ac- cluded four flats at facie were found to be Hazhir Rahmandad, TY Lim and ered states. previously reported. "While actual cordingly," Singh tweeted. Samudra Mahal, the declared him covered under mort- John Sterman of MIT's Sloan School "Our model captures transmis- cases are far greater than official The minister said that there iconic building in South a fugitive gage. The Bombay of Management. sion dynamics for the disease, as well reports suggest, the majority of was some ambiguity in recent ad- Mumbai's Worli, one sea- High Court had or- SHORT TAKES "In this paper, we build and es- as how, at the country level, trans- people remain susceptible. Waiting vertisements for jobs in the union side farm house and land economic dered that sale pro- timate a multi-country model of mission rates vary in response to for herd immunity is not a viable territory which has now been re- in Alibaug, one wind mill offender ceeds of paintings (Rs 6 killed, 5 hurt the Covid-19 pandemic at a global risk perception and weather, test- path out of the current pandemic," solved. in Jaisalmer, one flat in 45 crore) be kept as scale," the study authors wrote. For ing rates condition infection and Rahmandad said. "I have spoken to the LG and the London and some flats in the UAE, fixed deposit till further order. In Katni (MP): Six persons were the findings, the MIT research team death data, and fatality rates de- "Every community needs to keep chief secretary about this ambi- shares and bank deposits. this case, the ED has attached Rs killed and five others injured use a multi-country modified SEIR pend on demographics and hospi- the pandemic under control until guity and they have said a clari- The ED had filed an application 2,348 crore properties of Nirav when an auto-rickshaw they (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, talisation," they explained. a vaccine or treatment is widely fication would be issued soon," before the FEOA special court in Modi under the PMLA. were travelling in collided Recovered) model, a standard math- According to the study, the top 10 available. A slow and half-hearted said Singh, the MP from Jammu Mumbai on July 10, 2018 seeking Nirav Modi, along with his uncle with a truck in Katni district ematical model for infectious dis- countries by projected daily infec- response only increases the human and Kashmir's Udhampur Lok declaration of Nirav Modi a fugi- Mehul Choksi, is among the prime of Madhya Pradesh eases used by epidemiologists, to si- tion rates at the end of winter 2021 costs without offering much of an Sabha constituency. tive economic offender and seizure accused in the Rs 14,000 crore Wednesday, police said. The multaneously estimate the are India, US, South Africa, Iran, upside in terms of economic out- He said existing rules allow for of his properties valued at Rs 1,396 Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, accident took place in the afternoon near Dhimarkheda, transmission of Covid-19 in 84 coun- Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey, France put," Rahmandad noted. three per cent reservation for peo- crore. They belonged to him and en- unearthed over two years ago. about 60 kms from Katni, tries (4.75 billion people). and Germany. As of Wednesday morning, the ple living in areas along the IB tities directly or indirectly owned Currently, Nirav Modi is in a police said. "About a dozen The model tracked community India will be the worst affected overall number of global COVID-19 and ALoC. As many as 8,575 va- by him. London jail after his arrest by the people were travelling in the transmission, excluding the global country due to coronavirus fol- cases has increased to more than 11.7 cancies for class-IV jobs have been On December 5, 2019, the court local police in March 2019. Choksi auto- rickshaw when it travel network and instead sepa- lowed by the US (95,000 cases per million, while the deaths have advertised by the Jammu and declared him a fugitive economic has taken citizenship of the collided head-on with a truck rately estimating the date of in- day), South Africa (21,000 cases per soared to over 543,000, according Kashmir Services Selection Board offender. On June 8, it asked the ED Caribbean island nation of Antigua that was coming from the troduction of patient zero for each day) Iran (17,000 cases per day), to Johns Hopkins University. last month. to attach his assets (other than & Barbuda. opposite direction. These people were going to a weekly market from their COVID FALLOUT NIZAMUDDIN MARKAZ villages," a police TEDIOUS JOURNEY spokesperson said. STAGGERED AMARNATH Foreign Man killed Mumbai: A 36-year-old man YATRA THIS YEAR participants was allegedly killed by three persons using swords at PRESS TRUST OF INDIA conducted in a staggered manner Mankhurd, a suburb in and not more than 500 pilgrims granted bail eastern Mumbai, on New Delhi, July 8: The annual will be allowed to visit the shrine PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Wednesday morning, a police Amarnath Yatra in the Himalayas daily due to the COVID-19 situation," official said. One of the accused, Vaibahv Mohan will be conducted in a staggered an official privy to the discussion New Delhi, July 8: A Delhi court Devle (26), was arrested, he manner and not more than 500 said. Around 9,000 people have Wednesday granted bail to for- said."The deceased, Javed pilgrims will been tested eigners from 21 countries who Salim Sheikh, was engaged in be allowed to COVID-19 positive were chargesheeted for attending a scuffle with a man at Maya visit the sacred in the Union Markaz at Nizamuddin here by Ka Mandir locality in cave shrine of Territory and allegedly violating visa condi- Mankhurd on Tuesday night Lord Shiva around 145 peo- tions, indulging in missionary ac- when Devle intervened and daily due to the ple succumbed to tivities illegally and violating gov- offered to broker peace. coronavirus the virus so far. ernment guidelines issued after the pandemic, of- The route COVID-19 outbreak. ficials said on through Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Three injured Wednesday. Pahalgam is yet Gurmohina Kaur granted the re- The issue of to be cleared as it lief to the foreigners on furnish- Nashik: An 18-year-old man pilgrimages to the Amarnath and is full of snow and the pilgrimage ing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 was killed and three others Vaishnodevi shrines, both located may be allowed only through the each. injured when an old house in Jammu and Kashmir, was dis- Baltal route this year. However, a The accused will file their plea collapsed in Bhadrakali area cussed at a high-level meeting at- final decision on the pilgrimage bargaining applications on of Maharashtra's Nagpur city tended by Union ministers G to the shrine in Himalayas will be Thursday, said advocate Ashima Wednesday, police said. The Kishan Reddy and Jitendra Singh taken later next week, the official Mandla, appearing for some of two-storey traditionally built and senior officials of the Ministry said. the foreign nationals. house collapsed at around 4 of Home Affairs and the Jammu The authorities are particu- Under plea bargaining, the ac- am, killing Rajendra Borse, who was a tenant on the and Kashmir administration. The larly concerned over the COVID- cused plead guilty to the offence ground floor of the structure, Amarnath Yatra is likely to com- 19 pandemic as the symptoms for praying for a lesser punishment. an official said. mence on July 21. the virus and high- altitude sick- During the hearing, all the for- "This year's pilgrimage will be ness are almost same. eign nationals who were staying A man carrying his belongings walks in Nadia district, Wednesday PTI PHOTO at a hotel, were produced before the court through video conferenc- Man held for ‘rape’ ing. Mumbai: A 22-year-old man They were identified by the con- has been arrested for cerned officials of the High allegedly raping a 15 years The man who chiselled a mountain into temple Commissions/embassies of the old girl in suburban Kurla, the respective countries as well as the police said Wednesday. The INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE after the dream, decided to devote said Paramaiah in a trembling investigating officer. alleged crime came to light UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE his entire life in chiseling a cave. voice. He is happy that villagers The foreigners belong to after the girl was found to be Hyderabad, July 8: This is unbe- Some people say he completed the came forward to develop the temple. Afghanistan, Brazil, China, USA, pregnant. The accused was lievable but true. With single-minded work in the 1970s but some others They formed a committee which Ukraine, Australia, Egypt, Russia, identified as Mudassar determination and hard work, a say he worked for two decades. provides amenities to the devotees Algeria, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Ansari. The girl's family man chiselled a mountain into a From outside, it appears only as a who come from surrounding vil- Jordan, France, Kazakhstan, members took her to hospital temple. rock but as one goes closer to the lages and even far-off places. Morocco, Tunisia, UK, Fiji, Sudan, after she complained of The Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy place, one can find the entrance Paramaiah lives in the same cave. Philippines and Ethiopia. stomach pain last week, said temple at Velchal village of to the cave and the temple inside. He knows no mantra or rituals. The court had Tuesday granted an official of Chunabhatti Vikarabad district in Telangana is "With no technology and without Villagers say he used to tell them to bail to 122 Malaysian nationals police station. a proof of what a man can achieve support from anybody, he single- pray directly to the god. It was only booked in the case. They also filed with his sheer determination. handedly completed the work and a couple of years ago that the tem- applications for plea bargaining Paramaiah Yadav, popular as with mind-boggling perfection. ple appointed a priest. Vithal said which was allowed by the court and Cop caught Paramaiah Dasu, dedicated his en- You feel as if you are in Ajanta since Paramaiah was growing old, listed before the concerned taking bribe tire life to chiseling the rock into the Ellora caves," said Vithal, a for- they decided to appoint a pujari to Metropolitan Magistrate Siddharth temple located near the village in mer member of the Mandal perform the rituals and take care of Malik for early disposal of the pe- y Palanpur: A police sub- Mominpet 'mandal', about 100 km Parishad Territorial Constituency the temple. Panduranga, a child- titions. The court had taken cog-

inspector was allegedly from Hyderabad. when he began the work in the a god appeared in his dream and (MPTC). hood friend of Paramaiah who later nisance of the 59 charge sheets

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of the day uote TUTICORIN CUSTODIAL DEATHS Covid: Goof-up DUBEY’S AIDE KILLED, 6 ARRESTED in Maharashtra Goa will start CBI takes over probe treating PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Covid-19 KANPUR AMBUSH patients in a critical The CBI has also constituted a team to visit Tamil Nadu Lucknow/Kanpur, July 8: Police Thane, July 8: A family from condition with blood to probe the death of a man-son duo after alleged police plasma therapy shot dead an aide of gangster Vikas Kopri in Thane city, who had cre- from next week Dubey, arrested six other alleged ac- torture in Tuticorin district mated a stranger due to a goof-up complices and sent two of their by a COVID-19 hospital, will now PRAMOD SAWANT | GOA CM own men behind bars in connection INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE again have to perform the last with the ambush which killed eight rites of their kin who died of the Small and police personnel last week, offi- New Delhi, July 8: The Central infection late on Tuesday night. medium cials said Wednesday. Bureau of Investigation (CBI) The matter came to light when enterprises But the gangster appeared to Wednesday took over the investi- the family of a 72- year-old patient stand destroyed. have given police the slip in gation into the Tuticorin custodial filed a complaint with the police Large companies Haryana's Faridabad, near Delhi. deaths case and registered two stating that the man had gone are under severe A team raided a house around mid- FIRs after the Centre gave nod to missing from Global Hub Covid stress. Banks are in night Tuesday in Faridabad's Kheli the agency. Hospital, where he was shifted distress Pul area, where the gangster had Wednesday. On Monday, the rela- the man killed in Hamirpur's The CBI has also constituted a district. The Tamil Nadu govern- for treatment on June 29. RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER stayed for a while, Haryana police tive's son was detained. Maudaha village, travelled with team to visit Tamil Nadu to probe ment had last month favoured trans- Investigations revealed that the said. They arrested three people Those arrested on Wednesday the gangster wherever he went, en- the death of a man-son duo after al- fer of the investigation to the CBI body of the septuagenarian, who there after a brief exchange of fire. included two suspended sub in- suring his security. leged police torture in Tuticorin dis- following which the Madurai Bench had disappeared from the hospital UP accounts Also, CCTV footage showed a spectors, Chaubeypur station offi- Additional Director General of trict. The agency filed the case a day of the Madras High Court had di- on July 5, was allegedly handed over for 56 per cent man who resembled the gangster cer Vinay Tiwari and Bikru beat in- Police (Law and Order) Prashant after the Centre issued a notifica- rected the CB-CID to handle the to the family of another COVID-19 of the total at a Faridabad hotel. He did not tion to accept Tamil Nadu Chief case till such time the central patient who was very much alive illegal arms cases in charge K K Sharma. Both are Kumar said there was a reward of the entire country. check in when a staff member in- accused of tipping off Vikas Dubey, Rs 50,000 for his arrest. An unli- Minister's request to transfer the agency stepped in. at the time, an official said. Cases of cyber sisted on an identity card with a which allowed the alleged gang- censed semi-automatic .32 bore pis- probe to the CBI. The CB-CID has so far arrested "A probe by a civic team set up crimes increased by clear photograph. Apart from the ster to set an ambush for a police tol was seized. "Acting on a tip-off, "The CBI has registered two five policemen, including an found that the kin of this family in 138 per cent in UP between 2016 Faridabad encounter, police en- team which had gone to arrest him a team of the STF and local police cases on the allegations of custo- Inspector, in connection with the Kopri is alive and under treatment and 2018 gaged Dubey's alleged accomplices at his Bikru village near Kanpur. surrounded Amar. He was injured dial death of two traders in alleged custodial torture of P. at a COVID facility. The hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur, where Since the ambush early Friday, in the firing and he died during Kovilpatti district on the request of Jeyaraj and his son Bennicks at has said the goof-up was a result of PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA | an one man was killed, and in three alleged accomplices of the treatment at a hospital," Hamirpur the Tamil Nadu government and Sathankulam police station. The case papers of the two patients get- CONGRESS LEADER Kanpur, where three were arrested. gangster have been killed and 10 ar- Superintendent of Police Shlok further notification from the gov- duo, who ran a cellphone shop, ting mixed up," the official said. An inspector and constable rested, in addition to the two po- Kumar said. ernment of India," CBI were arrested on June 19 for al- were injured in the Hamirpur en- licemen. All 68 personnel at the In the encounter in Kanpur's Spokesperson R.K. Gaur said. leged violation of prohibitory or- SHORT TAKES counter. The Uttar Pradesh Special Chaubeypur police station, where Chaubeypur area, under which The agency, the official said, has ders. Bennicks died on June 22 and Task Force (STF) also detained Tiwari was the station officer, were Dubey's Bikru village falls, Shyamji taken over investigation into the Jeyaraj the next day at a hospital TN minister tests Dubey's brother-in-law in Madhya sent to the reserve police lines. Bajpai, also known as Shyamu, was case earlier registered at Police due to alleged police brutality, lead- Woman killed Pradesh's Shahdol district on Police sources said Amar Dubey, shot in the leg, the ADG said. Station Kovilpatti East in Tuticorin ing to a nationwide outrage. Covid-19 positive INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Jammu: One woman was killed and two others were injured Chennai, July 8: Tamil Nadu Wednesday in ceasefire CLEANLINESS DRIVE Electricity Minister and senior violation by Pakistan on the Attack on Ambedkar’s Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu AIADMK leader P. Thangamani and Kashmir's Poonch district. Wednesday tested positive for coro- Pakistan used small arms and house: Suspect held navirus and was admitted to a mortars to violate the private hospital here for treat- ceasefire in Mendhar of ment. Poonch district. Colonel PRESS TRUST OF INDIA an official said. In a tweet, DMK President M.K. Devender Anand, Defence When he asked the man why Stalin said he had spoken to Ministry spokesman said, Mumbai, July 8: The police he was loitering, he glared at him Thangamani over phone and "Today at about 2 a.m. Wednesday detained a suspect in anger before leaving, Ambedkar wished him a speedy recovery. Pakistan initiated unprovoked after a man vandalised `Rajgruh', told the police. Thangamani is the second ceasefire violation by firing Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's resi- Tuesday night, a man entered minister and sixth lawmaker of with small arms and intense dence in Matunga in central the premises of `Rajgruh' and AIADMK to get infected by the shelling with mortars along the Mumbai. smashed flower pots, damaged virus. LoC in Balakote and Mendhar The incident, which took place plants, CCTV camera and pelted Earlier, Higher Education sectors in Poonch Tuesday night, evoked condem- stones at a window before flee- Minister K.P. Anbalagan, apart district."Indian army retaliated nation from political leaders in- ing. from lawmakers K. Palani befittingly". cluding Maharashtra Chief A case under IPC sections 427 (Sriperumbudur), Amman K. Minister Uddhav Thackeray who (mischief causing damage and Arjunan (Coimbatore South), said strict action will be taken 447 (criminal trespassing) was N. Sathan Prabhakar Body found against those involved. registered, the police official said, (Paramakudi), and Kumaraguru As per the complaint lodged by adding that the police were ex- (Ulundurpet) had tested posi- Barabanki (UP): A dismembered body of an Ambedkar’s grandson Bhimrao amining the CCTV footage and tive. unidentified woman was found Ambedkar at Matunga Police further probe was on. Former Minister and senior stuffed in a suitcase and Station, the unidentified accused Earlier it was suspected that AIADMK leader B. Valarmathi polythene bags near a closed who was captured in CCTV seemed two persons were involved, but on Monday tested positive for factory in Safedabad area here to be mentally unstable. now it was clear that it was the act coronavirus infection and has Tuesday night. The police He had spotted the man near the of a single man and a suspect has been admitted to a private hospi- reached the spot on Tuesday house on Monday evening, been taken into custody, the Police vehicles being sanitised in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, during Unlock 2.0, at Amberpet CPL Ground in tal here. Four DMK lawmakers night after being informed of a Bhimrao Ambedkar told the police, official said. Hyderabad, Wednesday PTI PHOTO too have tested positive. suspicious suitcase lying in the area. Circle Officer Sushil Kumar Singh said, "On opening NARADA PROBE the bag, body parts of a CORONA BLUES woman in her late 20s were found inside." According to Singh, some polythene bags Notice to TMC leaders were also found nearby contained the head and one of Jharkhand CM self-isolates PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the legs of the woman while the remaining body parts were inside the suitcase. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE pital. The Minister had also in- ple, including 20 journalists have from the hospital after recovery. The Kolkata, July 8: The Enforcement spected Hatia Dam on Monday. been tested positive for the virus. death toll due to coronavirus in Directorate (ED), which is inves- Ranchi, July 8: Jharkhand Chief Jharkhand reported 141 cases of As per the data provided by the the state is 22 so far. tigating the money laundering Minister Hemant Soren, has home Covid-19 on Tuesday from 12 dis- health department, of the 3,018 Out of the total coronavirus angle in the Narada tapes scandal, Doctor arrested quarantined himself after a tricts. The total tally has crossed total cases, 892 are active cases case, 2,142 are migrant workers has sent reminders to the accused Imphal: A senior medical officer Minister and legislator were tested 3,000 in the state. In Dhanbad 25 peo- 2,104 people have been discharged who from the various parts of the TMC leaders and BJP's Mukul has been arrested in Manipur positive for coronavirus. country including Maharashtra, Roy to provide details of their for procuring substandard N95 Jharkhand Public Health Gujarat, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. bank accounts and other assets, masks for supply to a district Engineering Department (PHED) On Tuesday, 36 people were cured agency officials said Wednesday. hospital, police said Minister Mithilesh Thakur, and discharged from various ded- The notices were sent to them Wednesday. Dr M Dinesh Singh, Jharkahnd Mukti Morcha (JMM) icated Covid-19 facilities in the before the commencement of the posted at the Central Medical legislator Mathura Mahto, and 20 state including 13 from Gumla and lockdown in March but the in- they were with the TMC. Store of the Directorate of journalists of Dhanbad districts 7 from Ramgarh district. Five pa- formation sought has not been Roy joined the BJP in Health Services, Manipur was have tested positive for coron- tients from Giridih, 3 each in received yet, they said. "We have November 2017, while Sovan arrested Tuesday, a statement avirus. Chatra, Deoghar and Koderma now sent reminders to them and Chatterjee switched over to the issued by the Vigilance and The Minister and legislator had and 2 in Saraikela also defeated all of them have assured that they saffron camp last year. A sting op- Anti- corruption wing of the met the Chief Minister before ad- Coronavirus and returned back will reply shortly," the ED sources eration was carried out by state police said. During mitting to the hospital. Principal to their homes. The recovery rate said. Mathew Samuel, CEO of the investigation, it has come to Secretary of the Chief Minister is 69.71 per cent. The anti-money laundering Narada News portal, in 2014. light that the accused, also the Rajiv Arun Ekka has also gone So far in the state, 1,66,317 sam- probe agency has asked the ac- Some senior TMC leaders and state nodal officer of the State into home quarantine. Thakur ples have been collected out of cused politicians to furnish the de- an IPS officer were purportedly Health Society of the National Health Mission, Manipur, had was admitted at Rajendra Institute which 1,61,564 have been tested tails for the last seven years. Apart seen accepting money from the played a key role in the of Medical Science (RIM), Ranchi and 1,58,546 have turned out to be from the ED, the representatives of procurement of substandard and the Mahto in a Dhanbad hos- negative. Central Bureau of BJP leaders Mukul a fictitious com- medical protective gears. Investigation (CBI) pany in return for has also been prob- Roy and Sovan favours. ing the scandal. Chatterjee, a However, the Some of the top sting video Trinamool former Mayor of footages were up- SC to hear plea on ashrams run by fake ‘babas’ Congress leaders Kolkata, also loaded on the news accused in the case portal before the are West Bengal figure in the list West Bengal The plea urged the apex court to direct the authorities concerned to frame guidelines in ministers Firhad of accused in Assembly elections Hakim, Subrata in 2016, creating a setting up of 'ashrams' and other spiritual entities in the country Mukherjee and the Narada case furore in the state Suvendu Adhikari, when they were politics. The only INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Tushar Mehta, representing the Mehta's views on the matter and Asaram Bapu, Gurmit Ram Rahim down against fake 'babas' who former minister with the TMC person to have Centre: "Look into this -- what can posted the matter for further hear- Singh baba etc... their ashrams were allegedly luring innocent Madan Mitra, Lok been arrested in the New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme be done. This gives a bad name to ing after two weeks. are still being run with the help of people, especially women. The pe- Sabha MPs Saugata case is IPS officer S M Court Wednesday agreed to ex- everyone." Petitioner Dumpala Ramreddy, their close associates and au- titioner alleged that scores of Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and H Mirza who was later released amine a petition that sought a di- The bench asked the peti- a resident of Secunderabad thorities are not verifying the fa- women were forced to stay in the Aparupa Poddar. They have been on bail. rection to the Centre to close down tioner to serve a copy of the said: "Though very serious cilities available there." 'ashrams' and given narcotics. interrogated by both the agen- Mirza was the superintendent y the 'ashrams' and spiritual cen- petition to the Solicitor criminal cases were reg- The plea urged the apex court to The petitioner cited the case cies. of police of Burdwan district

tres run by fake 'babas' who it General's office. The top istered against Veerendra direct the authorities concerned to of 'Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya' Sultan Ahmed, the former when the sting operation was

k y m c claimed kept hundreds of women court sought Dev Dixit, frame guidelines in setting up of at Rohini in Delhi, where his party MP and an accused in the conducted. Sources said inmates in unhygienic conditions 'ashrams', and other spiritual en- daughter had stayed for nearly case, died in September 2017. Chatterjee, former city mayor, that could potentially lead to Covid- tities in the country. five years. Following complaints BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Sovan has already submitted the details 19 outbreak. The petition filed through ad- from many girl inmates, this Chatterjee, a former Mayor of of his bank accounts and other as- A bench headed by Chief Justice vocate Sravan Kumar contended 'ashram' was raided by a court- Kolkata, also figure in the list of sets to S A Bobde told Solicitor General that authorities had failed to crack appointed panel. accused in the Narada case when the ED. P10 SRI LANKA, MALDIVES Britain’s government MEASLES-FREE NATION THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR will seek to head off an unemployment crisis by paying Sri Lanka and Maldives have become bonuses to employers to bring the first two countries in the World workers back to their jobs from Health Organisation’s South-East Asia the state’s coronavirus region to eliminate both measles and

international emergency furlough scheme rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the UN

k y m RISHI SUNAK | UK FINANCE MINISTER health agency announced Wednesday c of the day uote WHO acknowledges coronavirus may be airborne China converts Quarantine is HK hotel into AGENCIES sisted that Covid-19 is transmit- entists from 32 countries don't necessary ted via droplets emitted when peo- agree: they say there is strong ev- because we Geneva, July 8: The World Health ple cough or sneeze. Droplets that idence to suggest the virus can security office saw in particular recently in Upper Organisation (WHO) has ac- do not linger in the air, but fall also spread in the air: through REUTERS Austria that people knowledged there is emerging onto surfaces - that's why hand- much tinier particles that float who had tested evidence that the Novel coron- washing has been identified as a key around for hours after people talk, Hong Kong, July 8: China opened positive did not stick to the avirus can be spread by tiny par- prevention measure. But 239 sci- or breathe out. its powerful national security of- quarantine requirements and thus ticles suspended in the air. fice in Hong Kong Wednesday, put other people in danger The airborne transmission could ‘CATCH AND KILL’ AIR FILTER turning a hotel near a city-centre not be ruled out in crowded, closed park that has been one of the most SEBASTIAN KURZ | CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA or poorly ventilated settings, an Houston: Scientists have designed a "catch and kill" air filter which they popular venues for pro-democ- official said, the BBC reported say can trap the novel coronavirus and neutralise it instantly, an racy protests into its new Wednesday. invention that may reduce the spread of COVID-19 in closed spaces such headquarters. Wide ranging The WHO has so far said that the as schools, hospitals and health care facilities, as well as public transit The office, which operates be- discussion on virus is transmitted through environments like airplanes. According to the study, published in the yond the scrutiny of local courts the economic droplets when people cough or journal Materials Today Physics, the device killed 99.8 per cent of the or other institutions, will oversee partnership novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in a single pass through its filter. It said sneeze. "We wanted them to ac- told the Reuters news agency. "This they were refusing to hear the ev- the Hong Kong government’s between the device, made from commercially available nickel foam heated to 200 Washington & India; knowledge the evidence," Jose is definitely not an attack on the idence after many conversations degrees Celsius, also killed 99.9 per cent of the spores of the deadly enforcement of the sweeping significant Jimenez, a chemist at the University WHO. It's a scientific debate, but we with them," he said. bacterium Bacillus anthracis which causes the anthrax disease. national security legislation that contributions of Indian of Colorado who signed the paper, felt we needed to go public because For months, the WHO has in- Beijing imposed on the American community & Indian city last week. businesses; & collaborations in The legislation gives its agents, health and medicine STUDENT VISA RULE operating openly in the global financial hub for the first time, TARANJIT SINGH SANDHU | enforcement powers. INDIA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE US Jadhav wants to go with HARVARD, MIT SUE China to impose This (use of HCQ) has become a visa restrictions highly politicised mercy plea, claims Pak US AUTHORITIES (matter), but India on US citizens uses this widely (as) prophylaxis. JADHAV WAS ‘ARRESTED’ FROM BALOCHISTAN BY PAK SECURITY FORCES MARCH 3, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA REUTERS There's a number of studies which point to this actually working 2016, AFTER HE ‘ENTERED’ THE COUNTRY FROM IRAN AS CLAIMED BY ISLAMABAD New York, July 8: Harvard Beijing, July 8: China said University and the Massachusetts Wednesday it will impose visa PETER NAVARRO | AMERICAN ECONOMIST AGENCIES Institute of Technology have sued restrictions on US citizens who n As per Pakistan media reports, Pakistan government has offered the Department of Homeland have engaged in what it called Islamabad/New Delhi, July 8: second consular access to Jadhav, who Security and the federal immi- egregious behaviour over Tibet, in SHORT TAKES Pakistan has claimed that captured was sentenced to death by a Pakistani gration agency over new guide- an apparent retaliation against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav military court on charges of "espionage lines barring foreign students from US restrictions on some Chinese has refused to file a review peti- and terrorism" in April 2017 remaining in America if their uni- bad public policy, and we believe that officials. PIO breaks tion and has decided to go ahead versities switched to online-only it is illegal.” Chinese foreign ministry with his pending mercy plea. n India called as ‘farce’ Pakistan’s classes in the Fall. "We will pursue this case vig- spokesman Zhao Lijian told re- world record "On June 17, 2020, Indian na- claim that Kulbhushan Jadhav, on a A report in The Harvard Crimson orously so that our international porters that Beijing would allow death row in an alleged espionage Dubai: A total of 101 hops tional Kulbhushan Jadhav was in- said the two preeminent educa- students—and international stu- no foreign interference in Tibetan vited to file a petition for review and case, has refused to file an appeal tional institutions filed a lawsuit in dents at institutions across the affairs. over a stationery ruler has against his sentence brought Dubai-based Indian reconsideration of his sentence District Court in Boston Wednesday country—can continue their stud- US Secretary of State Mike teenager Soham Mukherjee a and conviction. Exercising his legal morning against the two federal ies without the threat of deporta- Pompeo, citing what he called Guinness World Records title. right he refused to file a petition for International Court of Justice (ICJ) July last year that Pakistan must agencies. tion,” Bacow said, according to the human rights abuses by the Hailing from New Delhi, review and reconsideration of his against Pakistan for denial of con- undertake an "effective review and The lawsuit seeks a temporary Crimson report. The Immigration Chinese government in Tibetan Mukherkee managed to sentence and conviction," Pakistan sular access to Jadhav and chal- reconsideration" of the conviction restraining order and preliminary and Customs Enforcement (ICE) areas, said Tuesday the United break the previous title of 96 Additional Attorney General lenging the death sentence. and sentence of Jadhav and also to and permanent injunctive relief said in a press release issued Monday States would restrict visas for hops in 30 seconds. “In a Ahmed Irfan claimed on Wednesday. In May this year, Pakistan had grant consular access to India with- to bar the US Department of that for the fall 2020 semester students some Chinese officials because video taken in his bedroom In a press conference, the official said that it has "fully compiled" out further delay. Jadhav, in his Homeland Security and attending schools operating entirely Beijing obstructs travel to the Mukherjee completed 110 said that Jadhav insisted on the with the ICJ's judgement in Jadhav 50s, is a retired Indian Navy officer. Immigration and Customs online may not take a full online region by US diplomats, journal- hops in total but 9 were mercy petition he filed on April 17, case, days after India's lead coun- Pakistan had alleged that Jadhav Enforcement from the enforcing course load and remain in the United ists and tourists. deemed invalid,” a statement 2017. As per Pakistan media re- sel asserted that New Delhi had was a senior Indian intelligence federal guidelines that will force in- States. “The US Department of released by the global ports, Pakistan government has hoped it might be able to persuade officer who entered the country il- ternational students to leave the US. State will not issue visas to stu- authority on record breaking was quoted as saying. offered second consular access to Islamabad through "back channel" legally to carry out acts of sabotage Harvard University President dents enrolled in schools and/or pro- NCP meet on Jadhav, who was sentenced to death to release the Indian at the time of his arrest. In July 2019, Lawrence Bacow said in an email grams that are fully online for the by a Pakistani military court on death-row convict. Senior advocate the ICJ ordered Pakistan not to ex- to affiliates that the “order came fall semester nor will US Customs PM Oli’s future charges of "espionage and terror- Harish Salve was the lead counsel ecute Jadhav and asked it to re- down without notice—its cruelty and Border Protection permit these Japan battered by ism" in April 2017. Following the de- for India in the Jadhav case at the consider the death sentence awarded surpassed only by its recklessness. students to enter the United States,” postponed again heavy rain again velopment, India approached the Hague-based ICJ which ruled in to him by a military court. We believe that the ICE order is the release said.

Tokyo: Pounding rain that PRESS TRUST OF INDIA already caused deadly floods in southern Japan was PRE-WEDDING SHOOT Kathmandu, July 8: A cru- moving northeast FB not doing enough to fight cial meeting of the ruling Wednesday, battering large Nepal Communist Party to de- areas of Japan's main island, discrimination, audit says cide the political future of be- swelling more rivers, leaguered Prime Minister K P triggering mudslides and REUTERS auditors wrote, according to the Sharma Oli was once again de- destroying houses and roads. Times, which said it had obtained ferred Wednesday till Friday to At least 58 people have died in several days of flooding. New York, July 8: Facebook Inc a prepublication report of the allow more time for the top has not done enough to fight dis- findings. Facebook commissioned leaders to reach a power-shar- crimination on its platform and Laura Murphy, a former direc- ing deal amid the heightened some of its decisions were set- tor of the American Civil Liberties intra-party rift and his anti- Blasts rock Afghan backs for civil rights, according Union's legislative office, to lead India remarks. Kabul: A suicide truck to an independent audit com- the audit of its civil rights poli- As the leaders need more bomber targeted a police missioned by the cies in 2018. It was time for negotiations, the 45- district headquarters in company, the New responding to a member Standing Committee Afghanistan’s southern York Times re- range of criticisms meeting scheduled for Kandahar province ported. over issues such as Wednesday has been postponed Wednesday, killing three The auditors' data privacy, voter till Friday morning, said Surya officers, a local official said. findings are likely suppression, in- Thapa, the Prime Minister's Three other police officers, to add further pres- citement of vio- Press advisor. including a district police sure to the company lence and a lack of With this, the crucial meet- chief, were killed in a which is already fac- transparency in po- ing has been put off for the roadside bombing in ing a boycott by some 900 adver- litical advertising. A Facebook fourth consecutive time in a eastern Ghazni province. tisers, including major brands spokesperson said the audit “has bid to provide enough time for The Taliban claimed such as Coca-Cola, over what civil been a deep analysis of how we the two chairmen of the ruling responsibility for both attacks. rights campaigners say is its pro- can strengthen and advance civil party, Oli and Pushpa Kamal motion of hate speech. rights at every level of our com- Dahal ‘Prachanda’, to sort out “Many in the civil rights com- pany - but it is the beginning of differences amidst the height- Landslide buries 9 munity have become disheart- the journey, not the end. The au- ened intra-party rift. ened, frustrated and angry after ditors said Facebook had been The political future of Beijing: Rescue operations years of engagement where they too willing to exempt politicians 68-year-old Oil is expected to be are underway after a implored the company to do more landslide caused by heavy from abiding by its rules, allow- decided Friday during the rainfall swept away nine to advance equality and fight dis- ing them to spread misinforma- Standing Committee meeting, people Wednesday in central crimination, while also safe- tion, harmful and divisive rhet- amidst the growing involvement China's Hubei province. guarding free expression,” the oric, and even calls to violence. A bride walks on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea as she is photographed before her wedding amid the of Chinese ambassador Hou According to the local flood spread of the coronavirus, in Ashdod, Israel REUTERS Yanqui to save him. control and drought relief headquarters, the landslide occurred at around 4 a.m. (local time) Wednesday in Dahe Township of Huangmei US formally notifies UN of decision to withdraw from WHO County, Xinhua news agency reported. AGENCIES which originated in the Chinese spokesman for the UN secretary-gen- city of Wuhan late last year, China slams US eral, in a statement. Dujarric said Washington, July 8: The Trump alleging the health body misled the the secretary-general is in the Unrest in Ethiopia administration has formally world resulting in deaths of over half China Wednesday slammed the process of verifying with the WHO notified the United Nations of a million people globally, includ- US decision to withdraw from whether all the conditions for such Addis Ababa: At least 239 its decision to withdraw the US ing over 130,000 in America alone. the WHO as yet another example withdrawal are met. Senator Robert people have been killed and from the World Health Organisation, “China has a total control over the of Washington upholding Menendez, the top Democrat on 3,500 arrested in more than a breaking off ties with the global World Health Organisation,” “unilateralism” and defended the Senate Foreign Relations week of unrest in Ethiopia health body amidst the raging President Trump said in May. He has the UN body for coordinating the Committee tweeted that Congress that poses the biggest coronavirus pandemic. also alleged that the Chinese global response to COVID-19, as has received notification that challenge yet to its Nobel it geared up for a visit by the President Donald Trump said he government tried to cover-up of President Trump has officially Peace Prize-winning prime health agency’s experts to probe minister. In the Oromia was halting funding to the organi- the coronavirus pandemic’s origins. the origin of the coronavirus. withdrew the US from the WHO.

sation in mid-April and announced In April, the US stopped fund- The US has been a party to

k y m region, the toll includes 215 c civilians along with nine his intention to withdraw from the ing to WHO as the Trump admin- retary-general, in his capacity as the WHO Constitution since June police officers and five militia WHO in May after he said it “failed istration reviewed the ties. A month depositary of the 1946 Constitution 21, 1948. Its participation was members, regional police to make the requested and greatly later, President Donald Trump an- of the World Health Organisation, accepted by the World Health commissioner Mustafa Kedir needed reforms.” The US has also nounced the US was terminating the providing over $450 million per lion, one-tenth of that of the US. “I of its withdrawal from the World Assembly with certain conditions told the ruling party-affiliated accused the WHO of siding with relationship. The US is the single annum. China’s contribution to the can say that 6 July 2020, the United Health Organisation, effective on 6 set out by the US for its eventual Walta TV Wednesday. China on the outbreak of the virus, largest contributor to the WHO, global health body is about $40 mil- States of America notified the sec- July 2021,” said Stephane Dujarric, withdrawal from this world body. New business models INSTAGRAM ROLLS OUT ‘REELS’ P11 and opportunities are THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR emerging to address needs of With the ban on TikTok creating a huge this digital age and ones that vacuum for the 15-second videos in the Indian must be agile, cost efficient Internet space, Facebook-owned Instagram and built on a foundation of Wednesday announced the extension of the trust, powered by technologies testing of Reels which allows users to record,

business like Cloud and AI edit and share short multi-clip videos, to India

k y m SANDIP PATEL | GM, IBM INDIA/SOUTH ASIA c of the day uote Global economy to contract by 5.2 pc in 2020: D&B The situation is bad and AGENCIES during the global financial crisis," into 2021 (even without a second the magnitude of the downgrade and getting the report said. SOMBRE GROWTH desperate daily. Till bout of the pandemic) is going to be the risk level are the highest since The Asia June 30, the New Delhi, July 8: The global The Asia Pacific region is un- curtailed by several factors. 1994," Singh noted. Pacific hospitality industry economy is likely to contract by 5.2 likely to shake off the economic ef- Foremost will be the presence of DB5 means high risk and denotes region piled up around per cent in 2020 with the coronan- fects before the end of degrees of social distancing (de- that "considerable uncertainty is is unlikely `1.25L cr losses. Many hotels and virus still spreading and the eco- 2020, it added. Widespread spite the easing of lockdowns) and associated with expected returns. to shake hospitality chains have expressed nomic prospects of countries across "Widespread higher levels of post-lockdown un- Businesses are advised to limit quantitative easing off the inability to continue operating the world looking muted, says a quantitative employment and poverty. their exposure and/or select high means that financial economic partially or fully report. easing Meanwhile, the number of cases risk transactions only." asset prices globally are effects According to Dun and Bradstreet’s means that around the world linked to COVID- Dun & Bradstreet’s Country Risk GURBAXISH KOHLI | VP, FHRAI not reflecting the shock to before the Country Risk and Global Outlook financial fundamentals. But with many end of 2020 19 has crossed 1.18 crore and the Indicator provides a comparative, Report, that covered 132 countries, asset countries easing their death toll has topped 5.44 lakh. In cross-border assessment of the risk The golden the wider global context remains prices India, the death toll due to the dis- of doing business in a country. lockdowns, a more varied According to D&B’s Country Risk and Global Outlook Report, age of Indian sombre and the global economy globally ease rose to 20,642 and the number The risk indicator is divided picture of upgrades and the global economy will not reach pre-pandemic levels of agriculture will not reach pre-pandemic levels are not re- of infections increased to 7,42,417 into seven bands, ranging from downgrades has emerged activity before 2022 may well have just of activity again before 2022. flecting the Wednesday. DB1 to DB7, with DB1 being begun backed by "D&B is currently forecasting shock to fun- ARUN SINGH I CHIEF ECONOMIST, Singh further said India's econ- lowest risk. DUN & BRADSTREET unparalleled digital that the global economy will contract damentals. But emerged," Dun & forecast, and we expect that the omy is expected to contract this fis- Each band is subdivided into access to farmers, by 5.2 per cent in 2020 - the biggest with many coun- Bradstreet Chief world economy will not attain pre- cal year after four decades of pos- quartiles (a-d), with 'a' representing overarching reforms and decline since the Second World War tries easing their lock- Economist Arun Singh said. pandemic levels of activity before itive growth. slightly less risk than 'b' (and so government support. The farmer as and a far stronger contraction than downs, a more varied picture of Singh further noted that "wor- 2022." "In March, we downgraded India’s on). Only the DB7 indicator is not a consumer and a producer is now the 1.7 per cent recorded in 2009 upgrades and downgrades has ryingly, a sharp recession is still The report said any recovery rating to DB5c from DB4d - both divided into quartiles. being empowered by access to information, inputs, farm to fork linkages and financing support SBI to invest PANKAJ KARNA | MD, MAPLE CAPITAL ADVISORS Tata group sole contender for AI ADB plans to raise `17.60 bn in Yes Bank Given Covid’s The Tata group is likely to go ahead with the bid while its joint venture airlines deep impact $30-35 bn in 2020 REUTERS on the venture, Singapore Airlines, has declined to join the Air India bid due to COVID-19 woes economy and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA "We are appreciative of the con- Bangalore, July 8: State bank industry, any INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE sistently solid investor support of India, country’s largest lender’s improvement will be New Delhi, July 8: The Asian that the ADB receives in its US executive committee has approved gradual and with New Delhi, July 8: The Tata group Development Bank (ADB) dollar bond outings. This trade is a further investment of upto Rs time we hope to see these results is the only bidder in the fray for na- Wednesday said it plans to raise $30- no exception. The transaction was 17.60 billion in public offering of improving. Given the evolving tional carrier Air India with just a 35 billion from the capital market well oversubscribed, which en- situation, it is important that we month left for the final bidding in 2020 and added that it has sold abled us to fine-tune pricing and still continue to take measures that are date. The Tata group, which al- $4 billion worth 3-year global bonds print one of our largest 3-year $ supportive of businesses ready has a footprint in the air- to boost its capital resources. issue sizes at $4 billion," said ADB SANGITA REDDY | PRESIDENT, FICCI lines business, has shown interest The ADB returned to Treasurer Pierre in acquiring Air India, which at the government is not in favour of strategic joint ventures with AirAsia the US dollar bond mar- Van Peteghem. one point of time was under the Tata extending the deadline. Berhad and Singapore Airlines ket with the pricing of Peteghem umbrella. Air India has been passing (SIA) for AirAsia India and Vistara, the $4-billion 3-year added that this SHORT TAKES The other bidders will be known through a critical financial condi- respectively, Tata has been pres- global bonds, the pro- gives the ADB the Yes Bank, according to a regula- in due course as globally airlines are tion from much before the COVID- ent in the aviation sector. ceeds of which will be resources to con- tory filing. SpiceJet offers nCoV under severe stress due to the 19 onslaught. The crippling effect The two joint venture airlines part of its ordinary cap- tinue to provide In March this year, SBI board COVID-19 pandemic and the re- of the pandemic, especially in the operate independently with their re- ital resources, the much-needed as- had approved an investment of insurance cover sultant disruptions on air travel aviation sector, has further plum- spective business models -- low- Manila-headquartered sistance to the Rs 72.50 billion into the troubled New Delhi: To boost and tourism. meted its finances to a precarious cost AirAsia India and full-serv- multilateral funding agency said in Asia-Pacific region, particularly lender Yes Bank. passenger confidence, airline The Tata group is likely to go position. ice Vistara. a release. during this pandemic. Earlier this year the Reserve major SpiceJet Wednesday ahead with the bid while its joint From Tata Airlines and Air India Vistara scaled up its operations "ADB plans to raise around $30 The transaction was lead-man- Bank of India (RBI) had taken announced a unique initiative venture airlines venture, Singapore to Vistara and AirAsia India, the significantly in 2019 by adding nine billion to $35 billion from the cap- aged by Bank of Montreal, Deutsche control of Yes Bank, after the bad- to provide passengers with a Airlines, has declined to join the Air Tata group has been an important Boeing 737-800NG aircraft to its ital markets in 2020," it said. The 3- Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan debt laden lender had failed to facility to opt for Covid- India bid due to COVID-19 woes. part of the growing aviation sector fleet and taking the final count of year bonds worth $4 billion, with Stanley. A syndicate group was raise the capital it needed to stay related insurance cover. The group is currently doing in India. aircraft to 31 which helped the air- a coupon rate of 0.25 per cent per also formed consisting of ANZ, above mandated regulatory re- Accordingly, the cover is valid due diligence for the airlines. The From Tata Air Lines and the line expand its network by more annum payable semi-annually, have Credit Agricole CIB, Daiwa, ING, quirements. for a period of 12 months and last date for bidding is August 31 and long-since nationalised Air India to than 50 per cent. a maturity date of July 14, 2023. Mizuho, and Natwest. Since then SBI had stepped in to ranges from `50,000 to acquire a stake in the private lender `3,00,000 at a premium of and to keep it afloat. `443 to `1,564 a year (including GST). "The insurance covers hospital Vedanta Jharsuguda takes BIZ BUZZ expenses and all pre- and MCL grants `2.37cr post-hospitalisation Union Bank gets Intel announces expenses for 30 and 60 days measures against COVID-19 for bell project respectively," the airline said new Regional Head next-gen Thunderbolt 4 in a statement. POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar: Sovan Sengupta, DGM joined as the San Francisco: The first in Sambalpur new Regional Head of Union Bank of India, computers and Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda, July Bhubaneswar Region. After the merger of Andhra accessories with POST NEWS NETWORK Samsung launches 8: Vedanta’s Jharsuguda plant, the Bank and Corporation Bank with Union Bank, 69 Thunderbolt 4 ports are Smart TV line-up largest aluminium producer in the branches will be operated under this Region. Prior expected to be available Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur, July country, has intensified preven- to this new assignment, Sengupta was heading later this year, Intel said 8: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited New Delhi: Consumer tive measures and management Gwalior Region of the bank Wednesday even as (MCL) is partnering with Electronic major Samsung oversight to safeguard its employees, in Madhya Pradesh (MP). Lenovo confirmed that it is working with the Sambalpur district administra- Wednesday announced the families and business partners He joined in the bank as a chipmaker to introduce such devices. Thunderbolt 4 tion and R&B engineering de- launch of its 2020 Smart TV against coronavirus. The company clerical officer in 1990 and is Intel's next generation universal cable partment on the ambitious Rs 2.37 worked in different places connectivity solution which succeeds four-year-old line-up with its Crystal 4K is working in close coordination crore project of renovation, beau- in MP, Chhattisgarh, Thunderbolt 3. For the first time, Thunderbolt 4 will UHD and Unbox Magic 3.0 with the Jharsuguda District COVID-19 Rapid Response Team tification, landscaping, depicting series. The company said the Odisha, Bihar and Gujarat. offer docks with up to four Thunderbolt ports and Administration to ensure business has been constituted at various Out of his tenure, he is universal cables up to two meters in length, Intel art and culture and installation of 2020 Crystal 4K UHD TV line- continuity with limited manpower sites to monitor the plant and giant bell at Ghanteswari Temple up is powered by Crystal having 27 years of branch said, adding that its upcoming mobile PC and resources. township round-the-clock thereby in the outskirts of the city. Technology and has an inbuilt experience serving processors, code-named "Tiger Lake," will be the AI capability of upscaling the Speaking about the measures, supporting management in tak- customers directly. first to integrate Thunderbolt 4. "The new MCL has sanctioned Rs 2.37 content to 4K quality. The CN Singh, CEO – Vedanta Ltd., ing appropriate decisions. Recently, being promoted to SOVAN SENGUPTA capabilities and minimum requirements of crore for project under CSR, which new range covers multiple Jharsuguda said, “We are in strict Increased utilisation of advanced the post of DGM, he has been Thunderbolt 4 will provide great experiences and envisages creating opportunities of screen sizes ranging from 43 adherence to all guidelines and technologies and digital solutions posted as the Regional Head of Bhubaneswar increased productivity that our IT customers and self-employment for local people inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch protocols of the land, and will con- to boost employee connectivity Region. Sovan is likely to give more emphasis to end users require," Jerry Paradise, VP, Commercial by boosting tourism in the circuit. and 75-inch and is priced tinue to use our experiences and and productivity, as the company provide financial support as per the RBI guideline Portfolio, Lenovo PC & Smart Devices, said in a A revered place of natural green between `44,400 to `2.37 lakh. learnings from the pandemic to continues to operate with limited considering the present pandemic situation. statement. habitat with river Mahanadi flow- safeguard our people to the best manpower. ing by the side, Ghanteswari is of our abilities.” Entry into the plant and township an abode of ancient sculpture and IOC resumes work Dr Sudhamaya Nayak, Chief has been strictly regulated. All Rayagada Union Bank gets Regional Head spirituality and a favoured tourist Medical Officer–Apollo Clinic, travels from plant/township to out- destination. The project manifests Bhubaneswar: Nishith Bhushan Nayak joined as the Regional Head of newly formed Regional post-lockdown Vedanta Township, says, "Vedanta station destinations, whether busi- Office of Union Bank of India at Rayagada which covers 7 districts: Koraput, Nabarangpur, MCL’s intensive engagement to- has put in place robust measures ness or personal, are currently re- Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Kalahandi, and Bolangir with 54 branches. Nayak has over 33 wards promotion of art, culture New Delhi: Indian Oil to guard employees, associate part- stricted. All personnel who travelled and tradition. Corporation (IOC), the years of banking experience spanning across various states like Andhra Pradesh, MP, Bengal, ners and township residents against to inter-district and inter-state post- nation’s biggest oil firm, Maharashtra, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. As a banker, he has served in diverse NISHITH Wednesday said with easing the pandemic, and we are extend- unlock have undergone medical customer segments; from farmers of rural Sheragarh in Ganjam to large enterprises in BHUSHAN NAYAK of lockdown restrictions, it ing all support to ensure good col- fitness test and quarantine, if Mumbai In his previous assignment he served as the Zonal Manager of erstwhile Andhra Uber to provide has resumed work on lective health status in plant and needed, before resuming work as Bank, Chandigarh Zone. Under his leadership advances in MSME and recovery saw a remarkable uptrend. projects worth `1.04 lakh township.” per the government protocols. crore which will help address donors free future energy demand as well as kickstart the economy. transport in Delhi IOC said it is on track to achieve its planned capital Banks’ cyber risks rise as nCoV spurs digital trends AGENCIES spending of `26,143 crore in the fiscal to March 2021. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ternal actors (64 per cent of data first is strong corporate gover- New Delhi, July 8: Ride hailing breaches), mostly through web ap- nance, including cyber-security platform Uber Wednesday said it London, July 8: Banks face a grow- plications and errors made by com- frameworks, policy enforcement is offering free rides to donors in Net leasing of office ing risk of cyber-attacks as the pany employees, according to a re- and reporting. The second is risk the city, travelling to the Institute coronavirus crisis accelerates the cent report by Verizon. The major prevention and response, and re- of Liver and Biliary Sciences that space down 73% shift to digital banking and remote motivation is to get easily monetised covery readiness. And the third is houses the country's first plasma New Delhi: Net leasing of working, Moody’s Investors Service data (77 per cent of data breaches) information-sharing with other bank. It is also encouraging re- office space plunged 73.4% in said in a report Wednesday. The report added that banks mit- banks, and adoption of interna- covered citizens to support the the April-June period across "Social distancing has created a igate cyber risk in three ways. The tional standards and regulatory chief minister's appeal to come eight major cities due to surge in demand for contactless oversight. forward and help those in need. sharp fall in demand because payments, digital cash transfers Cyber-attacks in the These measures combined mean "The Delhi Government has been of the COVID-19 pandemic, and online banking, as well as re- financial sector are mostly banks' cyber-readiness exceeds that working tirelessly to contain the according to Cushman & mote working by bank employees," of most other sectors, Moody’s said. spread of COVID-19 and this part- Wakefield. Net absorption of said Alessandro Roccati, Senior works, they are more likely to be or organisations. Attacks have vari- perpetrated by external Corporate managers are well nership symbolises our contribu-

office space stood at 37.15 Vice President at Moody’s. become infected with malware or ous, and sometimes multiple, goals aware of the cyber threat. According tion to support Delhi and its resi-

k y m actors, mostly through c lakh sq ft during April-June Banks’ digital customers are a nat- spyware; unsecure home Wi-Fi net- but the vast majority target per- to a recent report from the World dents. Over the coming weeks, we will 2020 as against 139.85 lakh ural target for fraudsters via phish- works may use routers with weaker sonal data, with a minority focused web applications and Economic Forum, the fourth most facilitate UberMedic trips/rides for sq ft in the year ago period as ing emails or social engineering security. on credentials and bank data, the errors made by worrisome fallout for companies free to COVID-19 recovered citizens corporates and co-working scams. Cyber-attacks are mostly finan- report said. from the spread of coronavirus is to make vital plasma donations for players deferred their And if bank employees use de- cially motivated and seek easily Cyber-attacks in the financial company employees an increase in cyber-attacks and saving lives," Uber India and South expansion plans. vices at home to access office net- monetised data stored by the victim sector are mostly perpetrated by ex- data fraud. Asia Director said. P12 THURSDAY | JULY 9 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c c REUTERS scorer Vardy found space at the far post to tap home Demarai Gray’s low London, July 8: Leicester City’s cross for his 22nd goal of the sea- Jamie Vardy pounced to score a son. crucial late equaliser as they hit Vardy had an anxious wait as back against Arsenal to draw 1-1 in the decision was checked by VAR the Premier League Tuesday after for a possible offside but the goal the London side’s substitute Eddie stood and the Foxes looked favourites Nketiah was sent off late on. to grab a late winner and claim Giroud, Pulisic & Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s their first league win at Arsenal 20th league goal of the season looked since 1973. Abraham on target like handing the hosts a fourth suc- They had to make do with a cessive win to maintain their late point, however, although that will as Chelsea march push for a top-four finish. be a relief for manager Brendan Visiting keeper Kasper Rodgers whose side had earlier into third position Schmeichel made several fine saves been leapfrogged in the table by to keep Leicester in the game after Chelsea. Leicester, who have won in English Premier Aubameyang’s 21st-minute goal, only twice in 10 league games, are but the visitors came back strongly four points above fifth-placed Jamie Vardy League standings in the second half. Manchester United who have a wheels away in Arsenal had Nketiah sent off in game in hand. celebration after ASSOCIATED PRESS the 75th minute for a reckless tackle Arsenal would have closed the gap scoring Leicester’s on James Justin — a decision made on Leicester to six points had they equaliser London, July 8: On a night of after referee Chris Kavanagh viewed managed to hold on but remained spectacular goals in the Premier a pitch-side monitor. nine back in seventh spot with four four nil up in the first half,” Arsenal see now for how many games. But League, it was a pair of tackles Leicester then levelled in the games remaining. boss Mikel Arteta said. “We lost we go to Spurs (Sunday) now and that had the most significant impact 84th minute as Premier League top “We should have been three or two points, we lost Eddie and we will try to win three points.” on the hard-fought race for Leicester began the game in Champions League qualification. Vardy will not be punished despite appearing to kick Mustafi in the head sprightly fashion but were rocked Chelsea’s 3-2 win at Crystal Palace when Arsenal youngster Bukayo was only secured thanks to a re- Saka played a sliderule pass across markable last-ditch challenge by cen- the greasy surface for Aubameyang ter back Kurt Zouma, who somehow to slot home. made up ground to divert the ball The hosts were rampant for a away as Christian Benteke was while and Schmeichel made cru- about to shoot late in stoppage cial saves to deny Alexandre time. Lacazette, Hector Bellerin and Saka Then, hours later at a Tammy Abraham (C) rejoices Chesea’s winner with teammates as Leicester wobbled. rain-soaked Emirates Arsenal were less of a threat Stadium, Jamie Vardy’s games remain- Pulisic, the American winger’s after the break, however, and Vardy late equaliser forced ing. United’s third in five games to maintain his scuffed one effort when he should Arsenal to a 1-1 draw, game in hand is great form since the restart. have scored. Nketiah’s red card which turned out to be against Aston Villa After Wilfried Zaha pulled a goal paved the way for more late pressure a huge setback to the Thursday. back with a 25-meter screamer, sub- and Arsenal finally cracked as Gunners’ improba- Chelsea manager stitute Tammy Abraham regained Vardy struck. ble hopes of climbing Frank Lampard was the two-goal advantage for Chelsea into the top five. more relieved than over- only for Benteke to set up what The two results joyed after his team just proved to be a frantic finale by scor- left Chelsea in about managed to hold ing a home goal for the first time third place and onto its lead against since April 2018. Celta hold Atletico Juve surrender lead a point clear of Palace. Leicester, which Moments before NORWICH DOOMED REUTERS vival in the top flight as they moved finally dropped to the tackle from Last-place Norwich could be rel- on to 36 points in 15th, seven above fourth after a poor Zouma, goal- egated as early as Saturday after Vigo (Spain), July 8: Atletico the relegation zone. in 2-4 loss at Milan run of results in the keeper Kepa squandering an early lead to lose 1- Madrid dropped points for the third Once Beltran had equalised, nei- league since late Arrizabalaga 2 at Watford and slip 10 points adrift time since the season resumed ther side showed enough ambition ASSOCIATED PRESS January. had flung him- of safety with only four matches re- after the coronavirus stoppage as to go and find a winner and the Manchester United is self to his right maining. For Watford, it was a huge they drew 1-1 away to struggling final whistle signalled a 15th draw Milan, July 8: Juventus missed the four points back in fifth to tip onto the win — its first since the restart — Celta Vigo in an uninspiring match of the season for each side, a record chance to take a big step toward a place, which will se- post a header that moved the fourth-from-last in La Liga Tuesday. only matched in La Liga this sea- ninth successive Serie A title as cure qualification from Scott Dann. team four points clear of the rele- Striker Alvaro Morata got the son by Real Valladolid. they let a two-goal lead slip away for the Champions “Not good for gation zone. visitors off to the perfect start by tap- Atleti were without record sign- in a surprising 2-4 loss at AC Milan. League if second- your nerves,” Danny Welbeck scored the win- ping an Angel Correa cross into an ing Joao Felix through injury and After second-place Lazio lost 2- place Manchester Lampard said. ning goal with an overhead kick empty net in the opening minute but in-form winger Yannick Carrasco 1 at relegation-threatened Lecce City fails to over- Chelsea from near the penalty spot in the Celta’s Fran Beltran levelled early due to illness while striker Diego earlier, Juventus could have ex- turn its two-year rushed into a 2-0 55th minute. Watford battled back in the second half on the volley. Costa was suspended. tended their lead at the top of the European ban. lead by the 27th from conceding a fourth-minute Atleti are third in the standings Their best moment in a flat sec- table to 10 points with a win Tuesday.

Arsenal CHRISTIAN PULISIC minute at goal to Emiliano Buendia, with on 63 points after 35 games and the ond half came with a shot from A tight first half finished score- stayed sev- Selhurst Park Craig Dawson scoring the equalizer draw edged them closer to securing outside the box from Thomas Lemar less after Zlatan Ibrahimovic had enth, five through goals from a corner in the 10th. a top-four finish as they moved which was tipped away by Celta’s a goal ruled out for offside shortly points be- by Olivier Norwich’s relegation will be nine above fifth-placed Villarreal. substitute goalkeeper Ivan Villar, before the break. hind United Giroud and sealed if it loses at home to West Celta meanwhile nudged a step who came on late in the game to re- But Adrien Rabiot broke the Zlatan Ibrahimovic shares a laughter with only four Christian Ham Saturday. closer towards guaranteeing sur- place the injured Ruben Blanco. deadlock two minutes after the with Cristiano Ronaldo following the restart by curling a strike into the former’s spot kick, Tuesday top right corner. And Cristiano Ronaldo doubled Juve’s lead six aged an upset win over title-chas- minutes later. ing Lazio. Fabio Lucioni and England, WI players take a knee ahead of 1st Test However, Milan turned the match Khouma Babacar scored for Lecce around completely in the space of after Felipe Caicedo had given ASSOCIATED PRESS their England counterparts did George Floyd in the United It meant cricket fans had to five minutes. First Ibrahimovic Lazio an early lead. the same around the field. States in May, has been a source wait a while longer for the return converted a penalty in the 62nd Lazio’s bad night was made Southampton, July 8: England A ‘Black Lives Matter’ logo of motivation on this tour. of international cricket since minute following a handball from worse when defender Patric was and West Indies players took a also was on the collar of the There was a minute’s silence the last action in early Leonardo Bonucci. Then came sent off for biting Giulio Donati in knee in support of the ‘Black Test shirts worn by players in honor of those who died in March.England’s stand-in cap- quickfire goals from Franck Kessie an incident that could lead to a Lives Matter’ movement before from both teams for the match the coronavirus pandemic and tain, Ben Stokes, won the toss and and substitute Rafael Leao. lengthy ban. Lazio was just a point the start of play in the first Test played in a strict isolated en- also West Indies great Everton opted to bat under overcast skies. Milan extended their advantage behind Juventus when the sea- here as international cricket re- vironment and following re- Weekes, who died last week. After the toss was made, 10 minutes from full time when son was halted because of the turned after a 4-month absence. peated testing of players and Play was starting after a three- Stokes briefly forgot about social Giacomo Bonaventura capitalized coronavirus pandemic. It was on Moments before the first ball staff members. hour delay because of light rain distancing when he went to on an error from Juventus defender a record unbeaten run of 21 was bowled at an empty Rose The West Indies squad has and a wet outfield. There can shake the hand of Holder. Holder Alex Sandro to set up Ante Rebic. straight matches but the capital Bowl, West Indies’ fielding play- said the movement, which has be a maximum of 70 overs on the moved his hand away and both Lecce missed a penalty and also side has lost three of its five ers knelt in the outfield while grown since the killing of rain-affected first day. all-rounders laughed. had a goal disallowed, but still man- matches since the season resumed.

GANGULY’S WORDS Dada: The self-steering wheel of Indian cricket TEAM NEED TO PLAY WELL ABROAD... You have to play well outside, they (Virat & Co) are not doing that. And there is no hiding. Even when I was captain, I said I will be only judged how good I am when we play away and it remains the same. We will have a word with INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE and cut shots which mesmerised the captain. Ganguly became the away from showing his emotions. many in the cricketing circuit. skipper of the Indian team when the He was someone who always led Virat and Ravi and the boys and help them to play well away. New Delhi, July 8: Many refer to During his batting, whenever he side was facing some really tough from the front and instilled belief in PRAISING KOHLI... him as the ‘Bengal Tiger’. For some, used to step out to a spinner, it was times following the match-fixing the team that they are not just win- he is the ‘Prince of Kolkata’. But what almost certain that the bowler could scandal. He was only in his mid 20s ners at home but could win on foreign Virat understands it (consistency) and he is on the same page. There would he is most famous as is ‘Dada’. Dada do nothing but concede a monstrous when he had to step in to become soil as well. He captained India to be odd 1-2 decisions here and there but as I said our perspective is to play generally means elder brother in six – ‘a biggie’ in terms of former com- the leader of the side which already 11 Tests wins in 28 overseas Tests, well away. We did not play well in New Zealand. We have Australia coming in 5-6 months time. I don’t know whether I will be there or not (as BCCI presi- Bengali and in colloquial terms, it mentator Tony Greig. had greats like Sachin Tendulkar, which included victories in Australia dent) but wherever I am, I will still want them to play well overseas also refers to as don. And Sourav However, the thing which sepa- Dravid, VVS Laxman and Anil and Pakistan as well. Ganguly is rightly called the ‘Dada’ of rated Ganguly from other Indian Kumble. It was under his captaincy only RECALLS NATWEST FINAL AT LORD’S (TAKING OFF THE SHIRT)... Indian cricket. cricketers was the aggresiveness, However, he brought in a new en- that players like Virender Sehwag, Counted among one of the most the bold nature and the never giving- ergy within the team which en- Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, This generation is a completely different generation. I see all of your involve- ment on Instagram. Obviously when we were growing up, there was no successful Indian captains, Ganguly up attitude with which he played. couraged every player to go for the Zaheer Khan etc turned from into gen- social media. I love the way how they train with their cameras on. Whether still remains one of the most talked- He was hit on numerous occasions kill and never give up. uine match-winners. He provided they are doing the bench press or whether they are doing pushups, every- about former cricketers in world by ferocious bouncers from Shoaib Unlike other previous Indian cap- them with the opportunity to play thing is out there in the public. So, I would have been surprised if anyone cricket. Akhtar but the left-handed batsman tains who believed aggression is to their natural game without any fear would have not agreed to do so. In my generation, only two were ready to do However, it was not a fairytale never gave up. In fact, the Rawalpindi be shown through performance and of losing their spot. it - myself and Harbhajan Singh story for Ganguly where everything Express recently admitted that not words, here was Ganguly who Many in the contemporary times clicked right from the word go. After Ganguly was probably the bravest was ready to take on teams and make believe that it was Ganguly only who MAKING WAUGH WAIT FOR TOSS!!! making his international debut in batsmen he ever bowled to. them have a taste of their own med- made the team a force to reckon with. It was an accident actually. Before the first Test match, I had forgotten my 1992 during an ODI in Brisbane But, more than the batsman, icine. His aggresion and antics were “My biggest legacy is that we left a blazer in the dressing room. They were such a good side and I was very against the West Indies, the stylish Ganguly is known to people as more all on display and he never shied unit that believed it could win away,” nervous as it was my first big series as captain and we were up against a left-handed batsman had to wait for said Ganguly recently. fantastic cricket team. Initially, I realised I had forgotten my blazer and he almost four years to play another And it was carried brilliantly by reacted to it. Steve Waugh is a dear friend and we have always been friends. game for India. YUVRAJ’S TRIBUTE TO ‘ETERNAL CAPTAIN’ MS Dhoni who led India to victory in We respect each other as cricketers. It was all in good humour He, alongwith Rahul Dravid, made the 2007 World T20, 2011 World Cup Test debut at the iconic Lord’s in New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh referred to former captain and current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly as his eter- and 2013 Champions Trophy. PLANNING FOR IPL IN 2020... nal captain after the latter turned 48 Wednesday. The cricket fraternity took to social media to wish Ganguly on his special day and 1996 and Ganguly scored a century Just like he waved his shirt from We don’t want the year 2020 to finish without an IPL. Our first priority is Yuvraj went a step further as he uploaded a video of them spending time together with the Indian team. Yuvraj’s tweet read: at the Home of Cricket. Rest, they say, the Lord’s balcony after the NatWest India and even if we get 35 to 40 days, we will host it. But we don’t know “Happy Birthday to the undisputed Dada of Indian cricket. You have always led from the front, showing us what it means to be a is history. Trophy to stamp India’s authority, where. I will put it in this order. Firstly, whether we can (have an IPL) within y true leader. I have learnt a lot from you and hope to become to others what you are to me. You are our eternal captain. With that brilliant knock of 131, Ganguly still continues to boss the the time frame as IPL has limited window. Secondly India. If it’s not possible @SGanguly99 #HappyBirthdayDada.” In the short clip, Yuvraj also revealed a funny anecdote when a prank caused Ganguly to

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k k y y m m c chase him and his former teammate Harbjahan Singh around the dressing room. “When we were playing against Pakistan, me and c you go out it becomes expensive for everyone – franchises and board. international cricket like a lion hun- Harbjahan created a fake newspaper on April Fool’s Day and we wrote quotes for every player and attributed them to you,” Yuvraj of BCCI President. And all cricket fans Because of conversion rate and currency exchange rate it becomes expen- gry for prey. said in the video uploaded on his Twitter handle. “I remember you saying ‘I will resign the next day if I have said these things about hope that he takes Indian cricket to sive. So we are monitoring but as I said we are very keen to host it and got During his playing days, he was you guys’. I remember your face going red till Rahul Dravid told you the truth. I think you knew who could have done such a thing new heights of glory in the coming our fingers crossed considered to be the god of off-side, and that is why you chased me and Bhajji around. Sorry for that but love you for that,” Yuvraj said. days as well. playing those stylish cover drives Happy Birthday Dada.

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