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The growth rate of Corona than 11 percent, which has now migrant labourers returned to ers were employed under Madhya Pradesh. Over Rs the people of the State. The adversely. Despite this, we   F  .( in Madhya Pradesh is lower been reduced to less than 2 per- the State. Out of these 6.08 lakh Shram Siddhi Abhiyan. Nearly 24,000 crore was transferred to      )  economy that has been should work with full potential,    /  than in other states. In com- cent at present. labourers were repatriated by 3.47 lakh migrant labourers the accounts of 15.93 lakh adversely affected due to coro- joy and happiness. He told to    ( (  parison to India’s average The positivity rate in the trains / buses. Eight lakh were provided new job cards. farmers. Not a single person na will also recover gradually make every effort to keep the 
 )   growth rate of 3.63, the coro- state is 3.8 against 6.6 percent labourers were transported to Out of these, one lakh 76,000 became corona infected during and it will not take time to people of the State healthy and na growth rate in Madhya in the country. Madhya the home towns by other labourers got employment in the entire procurement process. change Madhya Pradesh. benefit them from develop- Pradesh is less than half, that is, Pradesh contributed to 9 per- means by the government. Five MNREGA. Procurement of gram, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh ment while taking care of your Covid-19 in Madhya Pradesh just 1.48. In recovery rate, cent of corona infection in the lakh 5,000 labourers from other mustard and masoor was com- Bains gave detailed information own health and work with a have been successful. Corona Madhya Pradesh is second in country, which has been states were ferried by buses at Rozgar Setu portal pleted. Gram mixed with two about the important decisions sense of affection, courtesy, positive patients are being the country, with 75 percent reduced to as low as 1.2 per- the border of neighbouring The Rozgar Setu Portal percent tivda was purchased at taken by the State Government friendship and cooperation. given free treatment in recoveries. Reports of positive cent. Only 17 percent of the states. As many as 150 special was developed as an electron- support price. Decision was in the last three months. On this occasion, the Chief Government hospitals and cases still continue to come normal beds, oxygen beds and trains for labourers were run ic labour market place for taken to give loans at zero inter- Additional Chief Secretary Minister Chouhan informed Government-contracted pri- from Neemuch, Burhanpur, ICU beds provided to the via state. More than 30,000 migrant labourers and local est rate to farmers of the state. Health Mohammad Suleman that a meeting of the Cabinet vate hospitals. Work has been Gwalior and Sagar. patients are being used in the buses were plied for the move- employers. Over 7.30 lakh Rs 3100 crore of crop insurance gave a presentation on the will be held on every Tuesday. done under the I.I.T.T. strate- Accordingly, necessary steps state. At present, 24,235 normal ment of labourers. About Rs migrant labourers and their was paid to 16 lakh farmers. efforts made for the control of He urged the Ministers to work gy in the State. The first effort are also being taken immedi- beds, 8924 oxygen beds and 150 crore were spent on trans- 5.80 lakh family members Under the Pradhan Mantri Covid-19 in the State and the on Monday and Tuesday by made was Identification of the ately. Chouhan informed that 317 ICU beds are available in port and other arrangements (total 13.10 lakh plus) were reg- Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, current situation. staying in the capital Bhopal. disease, then the system of Madhya Pradesh ranked fourth the state. Sarthak App provides for labourers. istered on the portal. So far, a total amount of Rs. 1700 crore Chief Minister Chouhan Chouhan informed at the Isolation for the patients. in terms of infection in the information to patients and An amount of Rs 15.22 more than 23,500 employers was released for more than 72 said that we have to work for meeting that efforts to control Proper treatment was arranged country three and a half helps in their treatment. crore was deposited in the have been registered. Also, lakh farmers. -!5                            OC   O    B      1-=6   In the spectacle, a variety of )    verbal sarcasm and pseudo-     1-=6 nar was inaugurated on 29th Additional Director General of     folk play Chaurache *   questions are also contested by June by Devayani of Common Police, Crime against Women AChaturya will be per- Natukani, Songadya and other three-day online training Wealth Human Rights Anvesh Mangalam delivered formed on Friday under # # characters. At the end of it, Aworkshop (webinar) was Initiative and Program Head lecture and shared the details     1-=6 Abhinayan series of drama.  #   ' there is always the message of organized by Madhya Pradesh Police Reform by Devika on various subjects and topics. The play will be featured on  victory over good and evil Police Academy Bhopal on the Prasad on the topic "Crime Additional Director onalika Tractors outpaces Madhya Pradesh State Tribal over evil. subject of "Hidden Pandemic against Women during pan- General of Police (Training) Sindustry by 2.4X times and Museum YouTube Channel. The play will be performed Gender Violence" from 29 June demic Police Strategies and Anuradha Shankar, Additional with a new record of ever It is to be noted that the groups are traditionally asso- under the regular series of to 1 July which was concluded Responses" Superintendent of Police highest domestic sales of play is in Marathi Tamasha ciated with the performance of dramas ‘Abhinayan’ organised and attended by experts of On the second day of the Rashmi Pandey were also pre- 13,691, registering 55% growth Style. The play is being direct- Tamasha. every Friday by the museum. field. three day training session, lec- sent in the webinar. against industry growth of 23% ed by Aamber Sirdhonkar, Tamasha is mainly per- Due to COVID 19 the gather- Training of police officers ture by SME, Investigation Law In the training program, 80 and overall sales of 15,200 Sangli. formed by the 'Kolhati' com- ings are dismissed and so through use of Information Information Development officers of the level of tractors & 15.4% market share Traditional Tamasha is munity of Maharashtra. No Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Technology by state police Yushadas and Assistant Additional Superintendent of in June 20. influenced by many Indian art special stage is required for its Museum started the series headquarters continues unin- Professor (Criminology) Police participated and sub- Speaking on the perfor- forms and draws from such presentation, it can also be online. It has been started for terrupted. University of Madras, S Lata on inspectors of all the districts of mance, Raman Mittal, already reached 80% utilization diverse traditions as kaveli, done in an open space. In this the art lovers of the city who Assistant Inspector the topic "Trafficking and the state and the states of Uttar Executive Director, Sonalika in Wk4 May itself and in June ghazals, Kathak dance, dasha- presentation, the Lord Ganesha were missing the plays and General of Police (Training) Bonded Labor" was conducted. Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Group, said, "Beginning of Q1 we continued to operate at vatara, lalit and kirtan. In is worshiped first and then to musical events. The play will be Malay Jain said that the webi- On the last day of Pradesh. this year when the first ever optimum level. Maharashtra, the Kolhati Galwana / Goulniyar. broadcasted at 7 pm. lockdown was announced we Second, being a tech savvy as a company had decided to company, our entire supply put all our energies with posi- chain is technologically enabled. tive effort to try not to de-grow We have a complete end to end in Q1. Today, the entire team supply chain management solu- is feeling proud that we have tion in-house. All our 24 depots not just achieved our goal but spread across the states are also have registered an overall inter-connected enabling us to growth of 5% in Q1 which is keep a track of the tractor highest for the industry. It is a delivered on real time basis and matter of great pride for us that we manage our production as not only in tractor industry but per the consumption. also in automotive, two wheel- Third, our focus to keep er and CV industry, Sonalika is innovating, developing and the only company to register launching new product con- maximum growth in these tinued during the time of tough times. We are extreme- COVID19. We had a series of ly delighted with the overall new products that were robust performance in June 20 launched during this period, with 15200 tractors which is which have helped the farmers our highest ever.” immensely to increase their On the winning strategy he productivity, reflecting in vol- added, the key to our success ume gain for our tractors. rests on 4 areas: First, our Fourth, we keep strength- investment in the largest verti- ening our coverage. 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Mukesh was moved down police station area in the night future-ready workforce, mapping AISECT group at the conference, Kapil Vardhan said that it is time A supporter of BJP MLA ministerial team. According to the police, while Devendra who fell few on Wednesday; man was on his young workforce and focusing said that due to Covid-19, we for the education system to chal- from Indore-II Ramesh Former CM and ex-Union two injured persons were meters away escaped the acci- way to home and tried to cross on skill-based job creation". have come into the era of edu- lenge but students should be Mendola tried to immolate minister Uma Bharti is also rushed to hospital who were dent. railway tracks during which he The main panelists of the cation. Many types of experi- ready with basic education. Also, self near the BJP office in reportedly unhappy over new severely injured after their bike Police said that at the time was hit. conference include Siddharth ments are being done here and relationship skills and commu- Indore. But alert co-workers legislators from her was hit by a speeding car head of the incident the car was Police were informed after Chaturvedi, Director of iSect Covid-19 has increased the nication skills must be learned to prevented him from doing so. Bundelkhand region not being on. One of the injured man was speeding and hit the bike a man was found dead at rail- Group, Senior Executive Vice speed of change at the level of improve. Mendola, a three-time MLA considered in the expansion. declared dead and was identi- head on. The body was sent for way tracks and on the receipt President and HR Head Vivek technology. Vivek Jain, Senior Executive from Indore-II and close confi- She is particularly dejected fied as Mukesh Singrauli. the post mortem after the pre- a police team reached the spot Jain, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HR Everyone from policy mak- Vice President and HR Head, dant of party's national general over her OBC Lodhi commu- Deceased was a resident of liminary investigation. The and started investigation. Head Prashant Khullar of Max ers to administration level are Kotak Mahindra Bank, said that secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, nity being ignored in the cab- Bairagarh Kalan and met acci- police have registered a case In the initial investigation Group, Sunil Ranjhan, Senior discussing and working on many people are very skeptical about was among the frontrunners for inet expansion, despite a strong dent while he was on his way under section 304 A of the IPC the deceased was identified as Executive Vice President of topics such as adoption of tech- what to do or what is going to a ministerial berth. recommendation by her to the to work along with his friend and have started further inves- Mohammad Zameer. Maruti Suzuki, HR Kapil, Senior nology, changing of mindset, change. Especially difficult for However, it was Mhow MLA party organisation. Devendra Sharma. The car tigation to search the errant After the preliminary Director, Flipkart. Vardhan, adoption of new technology, new students. But I believe they Usha Thakur, who got the min- It was claimed that she has driver escaped leaving the car driver who escaped leaving investigation the body was sent Cognizant's director HR Kavita regarding new should focus on improving isterial berth. Thakur is seen to written about it to party nation- which was seized by the police the car. The injured is stable for the post mortem and the Harish. changes. future skills and communication be from Vijayvargiya's rival camp. al vice president in charge of in the later investigation. At the and under observation. Police police have registered a case Tanzu Tikku, editor-in-chief But, new times have also skills.About 300 students and It was not only on Indore's the state Vinay Sahastrabudhe time of the accident Devendra have started search for the under section 174 of the CrPC of Observnau, joined the dis- brought new opportunities. professionals participated in this streets that Ramesh Mendola and state party president VD was riding while Mukesh was errant driver based on the reg- and have started further inves- cussion as a moderator.Siddharth Today new job profiles like virtual conference. supporters protested, but they Sharma. pillion rider. istration number. tigation.

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Joginder Singh Gujjar alias Chouhan on successful com- fare of the poor, scheme to pro- The MHA has designated and the flag on fire, while shout- In addition, he and his asso- Goga resident of Akala, pletion of 100 days of tenure as vide loans to farmers at zero day after Gurpatwant Pannu a terrorist for actively ing slogans of Khalistan ciates have also committed Bhulath, and against USA- Chief Minister by the Union percent interest and the Panch ASingh Pannu of Sikhs for running a secessionist cam- Zindabad. Pannu was also seen unlawful activities, being mem- based Pannu and their associ- Minister of Panchayat and lowered down to a minimum Parmeshwar Yojana for the Justice (SFJ) was declared a des- paign against India and moti- inciting the entire Sikh commu- bers of a proscribed organization ates members of Sikhs for Rural Development Narendra of 1.44 percent, on the other development of villages was re- ignated terrorist by the Union vating Sikh youth from Punjab nity against the Indian and thus, Pannu and his associ- Justice (SFJ), said the Singh Tomar, Union Minister hand, migrant labourers were started. Students were pro- Home Ministry under the to join militant ranks. Constitution and in favour of ates have committed offences spokesperson. of Social Justice and successfully repatriated to the moted to the next class on the Unlawful Activities The Dalit Suraksha Sena Referendum 2020, said the com- punishable under Section 2 of Spokesperson said that it Empowerment Thawar Chand state and provided employ- basis of previous exam marks (Prevention) Act, the Punjab (DSS) had filed a complaint plaint. the Prevention of Insults to had been learnt that Joginder Gehlot, Minister of State for ment as per their skills. The (except XIIth) and were pro- Police on Thursday registered against Pannu and his associ- The complaint said that National Honour Act, 1971; Singh is a prominent and active Culture and Tourism Prahlad state set an all-time record in vided with the “Top Parent two separate FIRs, in Amritsar ates, and got a case (FIR 168) these abhorrent actions of the Section 504, 124-A and 153-A of member of SFJ, which was Patel, MP Jyotiraditya Scindia procuring wheat of all regis- App” and “DigiLap” facility and Kapurthala, against him registered against him at Police individuals in question had the Indian Penal Code; Sections declared to be an ‘unlawful and other MPs, members of the tered farmers of the state at for online education. and his associates, including an Station B/Division, Police brazenly dishonoured the 10(a) and 13(1) of UAPA and organization’ by the MHA State Cabinet besides MLAs. support price and ranked first A scheme to provide loans active SFJ member, Joginder Commissionerate Amritsar for ideals on which the Indian state Section 3 of the SC/ST Act. (GoI) on July 10, 2019. The State has set many in the entire country. at four percent interest to Singh Gujjar, who reportedly burning the Indian has been established and there- The second FIR, registered Joginder Singh, at the records of development in the Landmark changes were empower women self-help came to India from Italy in Constitution and Indian by, had hurt the sentiments of at Bhulath police station, behest of Pannu, with whom he short period of 100 days under made in Mandi laws and a groups was launched, while February this year. National Flag, and instigating the entire SC community. District Kapurthala, is based on is in regular contact for pro- the leadership of the Chief remarkable job was done by provision of loans without Pannu, a pro-Khalistan others to do so too, which had The Police spokesperson reliable inputs of entry of moting the activities of SFJ, was Minister Chouhan. On one providing maximum value to interest to urban street vendors activist who the Chief Minister hurt the sentiments of the said that immediate action was Joginder Singh Gujjar alias reportedly providing financial hand, while worldwide Corona the farmers for their produce. was made. The Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had entire SC community in the necessitated in pursuance to the Goga in India in February assistance to SFJ operatives or infection was defeated in the At the same time, by amending took full care of every section recently said was actively country. reception of these complaint as 2020, a police spokesperson activists based in Punjab or state, its infection rate was labour laws and providing facil- of the society. involved in promoting terror- In its complaint, the DSS Pannu and his associates were said, adding that Pannu and his India and abroad. !     **859 +      #$ $  P  
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Standard undergo the Covid-19 Test. the police have registered a case after went missing could not be ment he succumbed to the Operating Procedure of Sports Only a maximum of 10 players he MP Nagar police have under section 420 of the IPC. ruled out but at the moment it injuries while undergoing treat- arious sports have started Activities (S.O.P.) will be fol- can enter for practice at a time. Tregistered case of fraud The amount which runs in is not possible to ascertain ment on Thursday. Vby State Sports and Welfare lowed during the sports prac- It will be mandatory to install against M/s Prasad Contractor lakhs of rupees has been fraud- how he was killed or died. It After the preliminary Department, but with few strict tice. Before starting the sports Arogya Setu App. It will be and Fabricator for duping out- ulently kept by the company would also be investigated that investigation police have reg- guidelines. Keeping in view the practice, the formation of the compulsory to follow social sourced employees by not which is also having other the deceased died on the spot istered a case under section 174 spread of Covid-19, depart- Task Force and recruiting the distancing and sanitize the depositing PF of two years; issues apart from the fraud or he was dumped at nullah. of the CrPC and started further ment has prepared necessary government physician, and the hands, feet of the player after employees were outsourced for matter. The deceased used to live investigation guidelines for the players, train- health in-charge of the local entering the sports complex. law and legislative affairs deposited with the EPFO The police have started ers and staff. Municipal Corporation various The player will be required to department MP. department was never done. further investigation and have Sports including Cycling, instructions have been given to bring his personal kit. The police have booked The company provided claimed that there is a possi- shooting, volleyball, taekwon- take action to free the premis- Each player may be allocat- company M/s Prasad outsourced employees for aw bility that the company has also #$ $'  do, karate, weightlifting and es from infection. ed one hour of actual practice Contractor and Fabricator who and legislative affairs depart- cheated other employees out- gymnastics sports in the fourth Besides, the current players time by the instructor. They must duped the employees by not ment MP and from February sourced to other departments phase began on Thursday. of day-boarding and the cur- submit a consent letter which depositing PF money deduct- 2018 to July 2020 PF was not of the state government.   ) & Players from 15 to 30 years old rent players participating at the clearly states that if they suffer ed from the employees. deposited. The employees After the confirmation the can participate in these games. state level will be given entry in from infection during practice, Investigating Officer ASI lodged complaint after which police have registered a case Director Sports and Youth the fourth phase. then the player will have full RK Mishra said that the case was registered when the under section 420 of the IPC     1-=6 Welfare V.K. Singh has given Thermal screening of each responsibility for it. Efforts will amount of PF was deducted claims made by the employees and have started further inves- instructions to ensure strict player before each session will be made to keep toilets and from the employees but the were found true. tigation. In the case offenders rustrated over breaking of credit card by his father, a 35-year adherence to the departmental be mandatory. It will be drinking water places at the share of employees and share of A complaint was filed are still out of police reach and Fold man committed suicide by hanging with the ceiling at his guidelines prepared for the mandatory for every player to premises as clean as possible. the company which was to be regarding the fraud and after no one has been arrested so far. house at Shivaji Nagar under MP Nagar police station area in the night on Wednesday. According to the police, Yogesh Malviya was found hang- ing in his house and was taken to hospital where he was declared %        *  dead. Police said that the deceased used to take credit and his father and family members were harassed by bank employees for refund of loan. Recently his father who is a retired government  ;4- Thursday's findings, lected samples of 1.47 lakh sus- bulletin said. The recovery rate employee paid Rs 2 lakh of his loan. t least 60 fresh cases of according to NHM, took the pects so far and tested more in Jharkhand is 76.90 per cent, On Wednesday, the deceased had a fight with his father over ACovid-19 infection sur- total count of Covid-19 cases in than 1.45 lakh of them, NHM against the national recovery availing loan and credit cards he had used. During the verbal faced in Jharkhand on Jharkhand to 2585. As many as officials said. Around 3 lakh rate of 59.52 per cent. spate Yogesh’s father broke a credit card as he was dejected over Thursday while around the 1988 patients have recovered people have been put in home Jharkhand's Covid recovery financial issues created by Yogesh. After the verbal spate Yogesh same number of patients recov- from Covid-19 infection in quarantine in the State and over rate, officials said, was one of went to his room and committed suicide by hanging with the ered from the viral infection, the State so far and 582 are still 30,000 are in institutional quar- the best in the country. ceiling and later when the family members found him hanging health officials said. infected, NHM stated in its bul- antine, say Government fig- The NHM bulletin on he was rushed to nearby hospital where he was declared dead. As per a bulletin released letin. ures. Thursday highlighted that 2010 After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the by the National Health Mission The virus has claimed 15 According to NHM, the of the 2500-odd Covid patients post mortem. The police have registered a case under section (NHM), as many as 57 patients lives in the State and most of Covid mortality rate in found in Jharkhand so far were 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation. recovered from Covid infection them, officials said, had Jharkhand is 0.58 per cent, migrants. Yogesh used to work as stamp vendor and used to spent a from across the State on comorbid conditions. However, against the national average of At least 5 lakh migrants lot using the credit cards. His father knew that the money was Thursday and were subse- no Covid deaths were report- 2.95 per cent. The recovery rate have returned to Jharkhand spent on his luxurious lifestyle and not on any business or work quently discharged from hos- ed in the State on Thursday. in the state is also better than since the lockdown was purpose. pitals. The government has col- the national average, the NHM imposed, officials said.

Q  sibilities keep changing and if place in Shivraj cabinet. ; '6<  ! 0 there is some issue, we will take There were leaders who ./R+++ care. could not hide their disap- Among others, Chouhan pointment.  -43,;- said. loyalists including Rajendra Former minister Amritsar continued to top From Page 1 Shukla, Rampal Singh, Harishankar Khatik who was- unjab on Thursday report- the COVID-19 tally in the Out of 33 ministers in Rameshwar Sharma and others n’t picked up as minister this Ped three deaths and 120 state with 928 coronavirus Shivraj cabinet, there are 11 failed to get space when the time said, “Organisation has COVID-19 positive cases, tak- cases, followed by 917 in staunch Scindia loyalists Shivraj cabinet expanded with swelled due to arrival of ing the state's death toll to 152, Ludhiana, 755 in Jalandhar, besides three others –Bisahulal 28 new ministers. Congress leaders so appointing and COVID-19 count to 5,784. 493 in Sangrur, 339 in Patiala, Singh, Hardeep Singh Dang Sanjay Pathak who in the everyone as minister wasn’t The state has reported 277 in Mohali , 229 in and Aidal Singh Kansana, who past had deserted Congress to possible. Whoever was eligible deaths from Amritsar, Bathinda 39 infections followed by Gurdaspur, 221 in Pathankot, had left Congress party with join BJP, also missed the min- was given berth in cabinet, by and Sangrur. Jalandhar with 16 COVID-19 198 in Tarn Taran, 184 in Scindia in March this year. isterial berth despite then the the way we too were eligible,” Among the fresh cases, 54 cases, nine in Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, 141 in SBS Nagar, Going by this, Scindia has fact he was allegedly pres- added Khatik. have the contact history and 18 Patiala, Mohali, Muktsar and 133 in Muktsar, 121 in grown in strength after switch- surised into switching loyalties Supporters of BJP MLA have the travel history includ- Bathinda (six each), Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, 113 in ing to BJP as only half a dozen amid political trouble in MP from Indore Ramesh Mendola ing eight from abroad, and 10 Fazilka and Gurdaspur (five Rupnagar, 110 each in Faridkot of his supporters were minis- but he stood his ground and expressed anguish over exclu- from other states. The remain- each), Barnala and Ferozepur and Moga, 105 in Kapurthala, ters in Kamal Nath cabinet. remained with BJP. sion of Mendola from the cab- ing 48 are the “new” cases with (four each), Moga (three), Tarn 100 each in Fazilka and Meanwhile, amid apparent Independents like Thakur inet on and off the social no contact or travel history. Taran and Faridkot (two each) Ferozepur, 99 in Bathinda, 63 discord in his party over cabi- Surendra Singh Shera and media. One of his supporters, These include, 15 with and Hoshairpur and Fatehgarh in Barnala and 48 in Mansa, as net expansion, Chouhan after Pradip Jaiswal too were ignored Sumit Hardiya even tried Influenza-like Illness (ILI), two Sahib (one each). per bulletin. the oath taking ceremony despite expressing solidarity immolating self on Thursday from the health staff, two pre- A total of 155 coronavirus Two patients are critical seemed claiming that all was with the BJP after the fall of the afternoon and was saved by the operative patients, two from the patients were discharged from and on ventilator support while well. “It’s cabinet of a single Kamal Nath government. party workers. out-patient department (OPD), various hospitals after they 27 are on oxygen support, the party, single heart and single BSP Rambai Singh, her Three-time MLA Ramesh one with severe acute respira- recovered from the infection. A bulletin said. aim of development and partyman Sanjiv Kushwah and Mendola holds the record of tory illness (SARI), among total of 4,144 people have been A total of 3,17,802 samples growth of Madhya Pradesh.” former SP MLA Rajesh Shukla the biggest win in assembly others. cured of the infection so far. have been taken so far for On being asked about his old who is now expelled from the polls and is a staunch loyalist Of the fresh cases, There are 1,488 active cases in testing, it said. PTI CHS VSD colleagues missing ministerial party for supporting BJP in of BJP general secretary Kailash Ludhiana recorded the highest the state as of now, the bulletin RHL berths, Chouhan said respon- Rajya Sabha polls too had no Vijayvargiya.    !"!"  . %+-,7   P    O--   
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This Act Wting the stage for the demic and social distancing have realised there should be incorporation of transgenders (No 40 of 2019) was notified in Bihar Assembly elections, the norms, Gohil said that the no delay in this as the elec- as a third category along with the Gazette of India on Congress on Thursday current NDA Government of tions will be held anytime in male/female for recruitment of December 5 last year. launched a digital membership Bihar has done only power November. officers in the paramilitary “The matter regarding drive in the State giving the call politics, but the Congress is “Talking about a united ranks. inclusion of “Third Gender/any for “Bole Bihar, Badle Sarkar” moving ahead with a positive political face to contest the In a communication to Other Category” in the appli- (Bihar wants change). The thinking. elections is something very these forces, the Ministry said cation forms in recruitment to party expressed confidence in “The people of Bihar are petty. Our main aim, like the the comments for including various posts under the Central stitching up an ideological now fed up with the people of Bihar, is to dethrone trasngender as a Third gender Government was under con- alliance, with the RJD certain- Government of power politics the unrealistic, unsocial Nitish along with Male/Female in the sideration of the Government ly being the major partner, but and want a change this time Kumar-led Government. It is Rules of CAPF (Assistant for quite some time. Based on it set aside any speculation on and this Government is cer- known to the world how Commandant) Examination, the provisions of the Act and the coalition’s “CM face” saying tain to go in the coming elec- Nitish backstabbed after sail- 2020 is yet to be recieved from the legal opinion obtained on these are petty things to be dis- tions,” Gohil, who was elect- ing to power on the shoulders CRPF, ITBP, SSB and CISF. the subject, Civil Services cussed in politics at this stage. ed to Rajya Sabha last month, of parties who are now in “CRPF, ITBP, SSB & CISF Examination Rules, 2020 have Bihar Congress AICC said in his virtual message. Opposition. Nitish is an are once again requested to been notified on 05.02.2020 General Secretary in-charge Talking about the failure exposed man now and so is examine the issue and furnish force has its own recruitment (DAGO) or cadre officers in the Examination, 2020.” providing for inclusion of Shaktisinh Gohil launched the of core ‘Mahagathbandhan’ his alliance partners. People of comments to this Ministry on... rules, paramilitary officials said. rank of Assistant Commandant. All Inspectors General, ‘Trangender’ as a separate cat- digital membership drive for partners like RJD, RLSP, HAM Bihar are now looking for a 02.07.2020 positively for taking Last month, as reported In a communication titled Frontier and Directorate egory of gender for the said the Bihar voters. and others coming on board change,” Gohil said. a final view on the matter,” reads first by The Pioneer, the “Views on Inclusion of besides SSB, Academy are examination,” the DOPT had All the political parties are to deliberate further on the Bihar State President the letter sent to the forces on Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) had Transgender as third gender in requested to offer their com- said in its circular issued in trying to connect to their vot- coalition formula, Gohil said Madan Mohan Jha in his Wednesday. taken the lead in seeking com- the CAPF (AC) Examination, ments on the subject by April. ers through digital medium all like-minded parties and address said that during the The CAPF refers to Central ments and views from all its for- 2020” sent across all the for- Tuesday (June 23, 2020), the let- The DoPT further said, with Home Minister Amit those with similar ideology Corona period people cannot Armed Police Force or the mations across the country on mations on June 19, the SSB ter said, requesting perusal and “All ministries/Departments of Shah already addressing an have been in touch with each interact much. “Therefore, Central paramilitary force. The inclusion of transgenders as headquarters had said, “As per comments from the Inspectors Government of India are online rally almost a month other and soon discussions Congress has started a digital views have been sought in third gender in the rules for direction of DoP&T, inclusion General. However, the SSB is requested to modify the rele- ago. Last week, former Union will begin. Gohil’s reactions membership campaign. This order to explore the possibility recruitment of officers. of transgender as third gender yet to furnish the view on the vant examination rules provid- Minister Yashwant Sinha too come following ‘restlessness’ campaign will be conducted at of recruiting transgenders by The move by SSB was taken along with Male/Female has issue to the Ministry. ing for inclusion of launched his Bihar ambitions in some of the grand alliance the panchayat level so that allowing them to appear for the in the wake of directions from been included as candidate for On April 20, the DoPT had ‘Transgender’ as a separate cat- calling for a non-BJP, non- partners and the possibility of more people can connect with entrance under a separate cat- Department of Personnel and the examination with the noti- issued an office memorandum egory of gender, so as to make Congress front to remove the a couple of them switching it,” Jha told The Pioneer. egory by modifying the recruit- Training (DoPT) to include fication of Civil Services for inclusion of Third the said Rulesin conformity NDA regime from Bihar in sides not being ruled out. Senior Congress leaders ment rules. While the UPSC transgenders as Third gender Examination, 2020 and request- Gender/any Other Category in with the provisions of The the most interesting political On the issue of an alliance Sadanand Singh and MLC conducts the examination for along with male/female for ed to examine the matter to the application forms in recruit- Transgender Persons battle likely to be witnessed face to counter the reigning Premchand Mishra too were the recruitment of the cadre recruitment of Directly incorporate the same in the ment to various posts under the (Protection) of Rights) Bill, this festive season amidst the popularity of Chief Minister in attendance at the Congress officers, every paramilitary Appointed Gazetted Officers Rules of CAPF (AC) Central Government. 2019. scare of the Coronavirus pan- Nitish Kumar, the Congress membership drive event. $$    


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The High Court was booked Inspector Sridhar, two court here to record her state- ity for video conferencing. -"44 from his mobile phone shop on upset that the cops of SIs Raghu Ganesh and ment in Babri mosque demo- The CBI court is conduct- June 19 allegedly for violating Sattankulam Police Station had Balakrishnan and two consta- lition case. ing day-to-day hearings to he CB-CID wing of Tamil lockdown rules that mandated threatened the Judicial bles Murugan and Muthuraj The special CBI court is complete the trial by August 31, TNadu Police probing the shopkeepers to down the shut- Magistrate who went to the sta- under three Sections, including currently recording the state- as directed by the Supreme custodial death of the father-son ters by 9 pm. Jeyaraaj and tion as part of the judicial 302 and 301 of the IPC. ments of 32 accused under Court. duo of P Jeyaraaj and J Fenix Fenix, who was arrested the enquiry and ordered the dis- The death of the father-son CrPC section 313 (court's Babri mosque in Ayodhya arrested five police officials of same night, succumbed trict collector to entrust the duo as a result of police torture power to examine the accused), was demolished on December Sattankulam Police Station in allegedly due to police torture police station to revenue offi- had created a nation-wide a stage in the trial that follows court in over 27-year-old case. Joshi and Kalyan Singh are yet 6, 1992 by 'kar sevaks' who Thoothukudi on Thursday. on June 21 in the Government cials pending enquiry. uproar with many celebrities the examination of prosecution Thirteen other accused, to be examined by the court. claimed that an ancient Ram The arrested include an General Hospital at Interestingly, the CB-CID including film star Rajnikanth witnesses. including former deputy prime Their lawyers have temple had stood on the same Inspector of Police, two sub- Sattankulam. officials who took over the demanding justice for the Uma Bharti, 61, is the 19th minister L.K. Advani and informed the CBI court that site. inspectors and two constables The Tamil Nadu probe prepared and registered deceased. accused to depose before the senior BJP leaders, Dr M.M. they would prefer to appear IANS -.#-#  /     & ,     4 5!           Though the Tamil Nadu     Government is yet to accept the possibility of community   %  .=- the group calling on Shamna’s exploited for all kind of illegal   / transmission, Dr Kulanda parents at her Kochi home. activities,” said Sakhare. Swamy, former director of n incident that came to Their dubious behaviour The incident took a curious public health and preventive Alight as a one-off crime aroused suspicion in the minds turn when police grilled  *   medicine said the best alter- report last week in Kochi has of her parents who filed a Dharmajan, a small time actor native to counter the virus is to snowballed into a major crim- complaint. and comedy artist. tighten up the social distanc- inal case with international The police arrested all the Though the actor denied   %  ing and hand washing rules. “I ramifications. Some of the five youth mentioned in the any kind of association with the -"44 feel it is better for the aged and prominent Malayalam film complaint and took into cus- gang, police are yet to be con- inform to be taken to villages stars are being used as couriers tody five more persons who are vinced of his claims. The covid- amil Nadu is inching from big metropolitan cities to smuggle in gold from West said to be their associates. It 19 shut down of the film indus- Ttowards the 1,00,000 mark like Chennai. The districts Asian countries to various turned out that they were try has put hundreds of artists in the number of persons diag- with rural ambience has suc- groups including terrorist members of a major racket spe- and technicians out of work nosed with coronavirus and it ceeded in preventing the coro- gangs, if the reports coming out cialising in gold smuggling, since February 2020. The police could happen in two days, if navirus from trespassing their of Ernakulam Police Station are blackmailing and flesh trade. suspect that it is likely that one goes by the numbers borders,” Dr Kolanda Swamy any indication. On interrogation, the youth some artists might have fallen released by the State told The Pioneer. It all started with Shamna disclosed that they were in prey to the gang members and Government’s Department of Since schools and other Kasim, an upcoming film artist contact with many more film might have worked as gold Health on Thursday. educational institutions will complaining to the Police that personalities. couriers. For the first time since the take time to re-open, it would a group of people who had Ernakulam City Police The Directorate of Revenue covid-19 hit the State as a pan- not be a problem for those with approached her parents with Commissioner Vijay Sakhare Intelligence (DRI) too has demic in late January, a record their own houses in rural areas marriage proposal were hatch- who is personally monitoring pitched in Ernakulam tracking number of 4,343 persons were State till date on account of the cured as well as those who suc- ing for coronavirus. As on to shift, he said. “My appre- ing a plan to kidnap her with the case told mediapersons on the flourishing gold smuggling diagnosed with the pandemic pandemic to 1,321. cumbed to coronavirus. Thursday, the State had 91 lab- hension is about those who are the intention to ask for ransom Thursday that the arrested per- industry in the State. on a single day. Out of the While Tamil Nadu has Out of the 57 who oratories functioning in full of in the 60+ age group. They money. sons have wider contacts in It was reported that 4,343 tested positive on diagnosed 98,392 persons with breathed their last on steam. Thursday saw 32,456 and the children are the most Shamna’s mother filed a film circles and they were asso- Customs officials had seized Thursday, Chennai accounted Covid-29 till date, there are Thursday, 45 had chronic ali- persons getting tested all over vulnerable groups,” said the police case against five persons ciated with many popular gold worth millions of rupees for 2,027 patients. 41,047 active cases in the State ments or pre-existing mor- the State. This took the num- doctor, a specialist in public who had approached the fam- artists. “We have understood from Kozhikode Airport smug- The day also saw the death on Thursday. The change in bidity, according to the med- ber of persons tested till date health whose counsel is sought ily with a marriage proposal. that they were in touch with gled into the country by char- of 57 persons afflicted with the total number of persons ical bulletin. to 1.17 million, the highest by the Tamil Nadu The group had furnished fake many stars in Malayalam films. tered aircraft which were evac- coronavirus and this took the tested till date is because of the Tamil Nadu Government numbers at least in Tamil Government despite his remit- identities about the youth and Shamna Kasim is just one of uating expatriates from West number of fatalities in the number of persons who were has not reduced the rate of test- Nadu. ting office in May 2020. his family. This was followed by the artists. They were being Asia.    * 01 '    0      ( &,   /%.       


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The Trinamool Congress leader he National Investigation The State Crime ed, Maharashtra Energy tested positive taking the total Situation remained grim in Brigadier rank officer was suf- and MP Sougato Roy on TAgency will investigate into Investigation Department Minister Nitin Raut on tally to 7,849 cases. two districts of Srinagar and fering from the disease for the Thursday welcomed the pro- the Malda e-rickshaw blast that (CID) was presently conducting Thursday urged the Centre for The death toll rose to 115 Baramulla as a maximum num- past few days when he was posed Central amendment in killed its driver and damaged the investigations alongside the an immediate assistance of Rs while 118 more patients were ber of 1021 and 928 positive admitted to the Barrackpore the electoral laws enabling the several nearby houses late on forensic experts, sources said. 10000 crore to prevent the discharged from different hos- cases have been detected there. Army Hospital. people above 65 years of age Wednesday noon, sources said. The identity of the Toto (e- Maharashtra State Electricity pitals after they recovered and Shopian, Kulgam and Later he was shifted to the and those suffering from coro- The reason behind the rickshaw) driver was yet to be Distribution Limited (MSED- tested negative for Coronavirus. Anantnag have reported 801, 846 Command Hospital at Alipore na to vote from home. The new NIA’s intervention is the inten- established, the police said CL as Mahavitran is known) According to the media bul- and 692 cases respectively . even as his condition deterio- State. The government employ- regulations were likely to be sity of the blast, officials said adding he might have been an “from slipping into coma”. letin, "nine deaths were report- Jammu district reported a max- rated. The officer died on ees who had come in contact implemented in the coming adding the “explosion was so outsider working to earn his liv- In a letter shot off to Union ed from Kashmir while one imum number of 363 cases with Thursday, sources said adding with the officer too have been Assembly elections in Bihar massive that it ripped off the ing in Malda, a town which bor- Energy Minister, R K Singh, Dr patient died due to Covid-19 in 71 active positive undergoing however that his wife and son sent for home quarantine. which goes to polls later this roof of a nearby structure and ders Bangladesh on one hand Raut said that Maharashtra Jammu, taking the total tally to treatment followed by had recovered from the disease. Meanwhile, amid rising year. shattered the window panes of and Bihar’s Katihar district on State Electricity Distribution 115". According to the media Udhampur with 284 cases (102 In a second case a senior pandemic cases in Bengal there “It is good that the corona nearby houses besides its sound the other. On the third side lie Limited (MSEDCL or bulletin, "154 new patients of active), Ramban 223 cases ( 36 IAS officer of the Joint was some respite for Capital afflicted people will get a being heard from a great dis- Pakur and Shibganj districts of Mahavitaran) had incurred coronavirus were detected in active) and Kathua with 232 Secretary rank have been diag- Kolkata where the number of chance to vote along with those tance.” Jharkhand. huge financial losses due to Jammu and Kashmir and on the cases (66 active). nosed with the dreaded disease. containment zones came down in the high risk group but for A hand and the head of the A similar blast in October Covid pandemic and was fac- recovery front, a total number of According to the media bul- The senior officer working from around 1,800 to 1496 on that the entire electronic voting driver were torn and tossed sev- 2014 killing two persons was ing precarious financial situa- 118 patients were discharged letin, out of 7849 total cases, with the Land and Land Thursday, sources said adding system including the mobile eral feet away due to the impact initially passed off as a result of tion and demanded immediate from different hospitals after 2760 are active positive in Revenue Department has been however that the total number telephony will have to be of the blast suggesting “there a cylinder explosion until the assistance of Rs 10000 crore to they tested negative. Jammu and Kashmir. 432 are home quarantined and her of containment zones in the adjusted accordingly,” he said was something more than met NIA unearthed an elaborate help the state electricity over- Out of 154 new positive active in Jammu division and office on the sixth floor of the State was about 3,500 on the adding the same rules may not the naked eye.” network of Bangladesh terror come the liquidity crunch. cases, 20 were reported from 2328 in Kashmir. More than State secretariat at Nabanna has second day of Unlock – II peri- be required during Bengal polls The police in its prelimi- group Jamatul Mujahideen He has said due to Covid- Jammu and 134 from Kashmir 4900 patients have recovered, been sanitized, sources said. od. next year by when the corona nary findings however sug- Bangladesh (JMB) which was 19, Mahavitaran which was the division. 1204 in Jammu and 3770 in She is the first IAS rank officer Apart from this, two dis- crisis will in all probability gested a short circuit in the bat- training its moles in this side of largest distribution company of The highest number of 51 Kashmir division. to contact the disease in the tricts including Alipurduar in blow over. tery box that might have caused the border. India, was grappling with acute fund shortage. The lockdown period continued for almost 3 30456P789 8))8: 085 months and it still continued in major parts of Maharashtra. 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To Mark’s words, I would merable such cases where per- Basu vs State of West Bengal, “cre- more hesitant to report crimes the Indian police suffers        >     ;  9   ,     =3   like to add that there is not only “neglect” petrators of horrific crimes are ated a valuable and seamless web with such strict penalties. because of the lack of attention.        *   B#>    P    Q and “carelessness” in the Indian police sys- policemen themselves and no of legal principles and tech- In the case of custodial With all of these safeguards, tem but a heavy dose of “malice”, too. A FIRs are registered. In terms of niques to reduce custodial death deaths, too, our immediate catching criminals will be near                    ( recent horrific and brutal crime in Tamil action, the numbers back up and torture,” as was explained by reaction should be proper impossible. This suggestion    )           )       Nadu brought this aspect to the fore. As the view that the police do not distinguished lawyer Abhishek implementation of the current can only be scoffed at. On the      per reports, on June 19, a trader, Jayaraj and take crimes committed by Manu Singhvi, who was amicus law rather than implementing first point of providing support 8 S     )             his son, Bennix, who ran a mobile show- themselves seriously. According curiae in the matter. a new one and then forgetting to the police, I have written in room, were at their shop when the to the National Human Rights The judgments inter alia about it. We would make a the past as well, that the police )                  Sattankulam police picked up the former Commission (NHRC), 3,146 detail procedural safeguards heavy dent in arresting crimi- suffers from a lack of funding,     (    9       ( and started assaulting him. When Bennix people died in police and judi- that must be followed, including nal behaviour if we: (i) Manage a lack of training, non-imple-     9             intervened, the police beat both of them cial custody in 2017-18. There the carrying of name tags by to ensure that FIRs are regis- mentation of reforms etc. But mercilessly after taking them to the police have hardly been any convic- police officers, the preparation tered by the police against here, too, police officers need    "          #  >    station. The officers brutalised Bennix by tions for these deaths though. of an arrest memo which is to be their own personnel. This is a to demand change from their                 # +  allegedly inserting a baton into his anus. This isn’t surprising and even attested by a family member or Herculean task because getting political masters instead of     "      )    1/000       This triggered uncontrolled bleeding, in the case of Bennix and a respectable member of the an FIR registered against a cushy or powerful posts. which led to his death. His 60-year-old Jayaraj, reports state that police locality among others. There are criminal outside the police Furthermore, political parties 9         /6             father was not spared either and was officers have shown reluctance also directions to set up State force is hard enough. (ii) Place should be questioned why they       #S   5%             ? declared dead 10 hours later. The story is in coming forward to the sta- Human Rights Commissions CCTV cameras in police sta- have not implemented police      *   B#> *          a brutal one but hardly unique in its bru- tion where the horrific incident where there were none; to fill up tions. (iii) Reward police per- reforms if indeed they are seri- tality or display of violence by the police. occurred. This kind of behav- vacancies that may already exist; sonnel, like the DGP of Orissa ous about tackling police vio-     /6          "      ) . 8  A report published by the National iour must change. and to set up human rights who dismissed and initiated a lence and corruption.        E0    9     "   *    Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) noted So how do we bring about courts under the NHRC Act. I Crime Branch inquiry against On the second point of how    ? )       50    !  -     ( that a total of 1,731 people died in custody behavioural change? How do we have merely tried to sum up the an inspector who was accused the above-detailed safeguards in 2019. This works out to roughly five stem the rot that seems to be position and there are a lot more of raping a 13-year-old girl. prevent the police from doing     9             3 F S people a day. entrenched among our officers? guidelines and directions in the This accountability, howev- their job, the fact is that these 3 8        3 F  #    3  This is indeed a shocking number How do we fix the system, judgments mentioned above. er, is not limited to the police. checks and balances only prevent          (           only if one is unfamiliar with the long, where powerful officials abuse Therefore, the lack of a law on Often, the reason why police offi- actions that are violently crimi- painful history of police brutality in India. their position and take the form the subject is not the issue at cers are allowed to get away with nal in nature. They are in place !       P4  )Q   /016       ( But for anyone, who pays even little atten- of the very criminals they are hand. In fact, our immediate murder is because custodial precisely so that actual criminals     "    #         )   ( tion to the news, given the trend of police supposed to apprehend? response to heinous crimes is deaths are categorised as deaths are apprehended on the basis of    GH5                    brutalities, hardly a day passes without a The role of the judiciary in often straight to an amend- due to suicide or due to natural evidence and good police work, report of atrocity or impropriety. They ensuring that justice is done and ment of an old law or induction causes by the doctors who con- rather than due to a signed con-       3            ( may not always be as brutal as the Tamil that investigation into custodial of a new one. This had happened duct the autopsy. This is an fession by a suspect beaten to a              6% "   ( Nadu incident but there are thousands of deaths is not compromised in with reactions calling for the abject failure on the part of the pulp. We must remember that in       9      6%   )      instances of police malice that are not such cases is crucial. One would death penalty in cases of rape as medical professionals who con- order to truly tackle the problem, even registered or those that do not show also welcome anti-torture legis- well. While I support the sternest duct the autopsy of victims and we need to change the mindset                 (     ( up on our radar until it culminates into lation. To this extent, the legisla- action against rapists, we tend to issue such reports, presumably and confront the criminals with-                  6% "  a brutal killing and perversity. Take the ture can also contribute. ignore the fact that more than 90 under duress or for bribes. Such in and, therefore, harbour the   (     .        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Moreover, all of them ferent socio-economic background as              )  ++ increase their fatality rate as compared to men in 1"3=4" To be honest, not being able to would be extremely uncomfortable in compared to the majority of the contact *           (    India. Nevertheless, there could be another reason =D"; establish the source of a disease is not sur- sharing contacts of people they are depen- list should be given adequate attention. At                  ( for the higher CFR in women. Maybe the actual prising, especially in a country where peo- dent on for their livelihood. They may only present, the disaggregated data on prima- number of women infected is much higher than B"55D" ple are divided by gender norms and share contacts of people belonging to a ry and secondary contact tracing is not      I 43 %            8      what is being reported. If the number of infected socio-economic classes. These deficiencies similar socio-economic class as theirs and available in most of the States. Douglas women would have been higher, then the death rate 3"O "6C are akin to the problems of the respon- that, too, of the same gender. The men Heckathorn, a social scientist from Cornell                   of women due to COVID-19 would have decreased =D";66 dent-driven sampling (RDS) method of would hesitate to share the contacts of University who perfected the RDS            #    ( because they would have been treated. There is a  ",=;"=B data collection. RDS is applied when the female family members or co-workers and methodology, suggested three to five              (   ( major possibility that identification of infected "=6"! population is “hidden.” A hidden popu- vice versa. waves of contact tracing to get rid of the                   women may not be happening due to inefficient B4= 3=4" lation may include people at the risk of In the RDS system of data collection problem of inbreeding.                   functioning of the contact tracing mechanism. ;=";6C contracting HIV or a group of injected the problem of masking is resolved Contact tracing is a more efficient                 ( Contact tracing is the process in public health -"= 1;". drug users. The population may remain though providing incentives to divulge the methodology than random testing given              8      through which the people who may have come into =B -"3"" hidden due to privacy concerns and is contacts of peers. In the fight against the the rarity of the infection in the popula-     )                contact with an infected person are identified. rarely found among the general popula- Coronavirus, offering incentives to tion till date. Contact tracing, on the one Through the contact tracing process, the first set of 5=631" tion. This is very similar to suspected unmask the hidden population may be hand, economises testing facilities and on           J0         6;.4,        H0              /00 people that the patient came into contact with are Coronavirus infected persons. People financially challenging. There could be the other hand, identifies the hidden pop- identified as the primary contact. Similarly, the first 4="= -"; may not be willing to get identified in pub- two mechanisms through which it can be ulation infected with the virus. The more    set of people that the primary contacts come into =;4";=B lic due to privacy concerns and the fear tackled. People should be made aware of the delay in reaching suspected individ- 3               ) contact with are identified as secondary contacts. =" C of adverse social repercussions. The num- the benefits of disclosing their contacts uals, the higher is the future burden of eco-      1/600       Through tracing of the primary and secondary con- =46C = ber of COVID-19 infected until now is through public campaigns. As a result, nomic and social cost. Hence, non-coop-   EJ2500      *      tacts of suspected and confirmed cases, it is possi- ."1C minuscule as compared to the population those infected would be comfortable in eration of referrals should be dealt with   EJ                 ble to track the spread and source of infection. ;;" of the country. RDS assumes that the best revealing their contacts and the contact- through public campaigns. The danger of     )         %      ( According to the US-based Centers for Disease 6 "; way to access the hidden population is ed individuals themselves would not be the contact tracing mechanism is that if           )    3 (  ( Control and Prevention (CDC), the symptoms of through their own peers. The initial upset over being identified. It would rather masking and inbreeding are not dealt with      9 8             Coronavirus infection may be as simple as fatigue, sample individual is asked about the con- come out as an incentive for those infect- adequately, then we would end up trac-                 ( diarrhoea and nausea. It is important to start con- tact of their peers and thus contact trac- ed to get their near and dear ones exam- ing and testing only one kind of a popu-           ,         tact tracing without waiting for the test results. ing leads to revelation of the hidden pop- ined and also an incentive for the contacts lation. The initial sample would determine Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that the ulation. to get tested on time. Thus, the problem the prospective samples, unless infected                chances of getting false negative results are higher Three major deficiencies in this of non-cooperation of the referrals may ones are sensitised about the importance   %             in the early stages of the infection. Hence, a nega- method of sampling are pertinent in the also be resolved to a large extent. of unmasking the contacts and contact                 tive test does not guarantee that the person is not context of detection of Coronavirus Maintaining the contact details of people tracing is done for few rounds down the          ;      %   infected. And they are still able to spread the virus. infected persons. They are the problems in close contact may be made mandato- line of contact trail.                ;   Improper contact tracing may be the reason that in of non-cooperative referrals, masking ry by local authorities in shopping com- Only increasing the number of con-                (  ( India there were many cases where it was not pos- and inbreeding. The infected individual plexes and other public spaces. Contact tacts traced per infected or suspected indi-                 sible to find the source of the infection. may not get the exact contacts of the peo- verification may become necessary if indi- vidual is not the solution. It must be done    #      #      (    ( The Health Ministry is emphasising on the need ple they have interacted with. The infect- viduals provide wrong information. over a few waves and must adequately    8             # for aggressive contact testing. According to the ed individual may attempt to mask the Deliberate sharing of wrong contacts cover all categories of people. If not done             Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), contacts as there are privacy concerns. may be penalised as well. properly, the outbreak of the disease would there is a wide variation among the States with They may avoid mentioning their close The problem of inbreeding may be be lurking in some other corner of soci-               regard to the number of contacts traced. It ranges relative or loved ones with whom they resolved though conducting the contact ety, only to take us by surprise later.                 from less than 25 to more than 75 per infected have come in close contact. Furthermore, tracing exercise over several rounds. For (The writer is Associate Professor, @     A COVID-19 case. 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Indian economy with their toil, blood get some food. They waited for things Governments for many days over the lockdown was not based on sudden months despite Public Interest Workers Act and Building and Other and sweat. While tall claims about the to get better but that did not happen. issue of payment of 15 per cent of the developments. Actually, India had Litigations being filed. But after a few Construction Workers (Regulation of good work being done by the They were harassed by landlords for fare by the latter was avoidable. While received clear signals about COVID- persons approached the court citing the Employment and Conditions of Government were being made on rent, despite the fact that they did not most of the State Governments were 19 during January-February from the deteriorating condition of migrants, the Service) Act, 1996, to take care of the various television channels, these have adequate money even for their found fighting among themselves over World Health Organisation (WHO) Supreme Court swung into action by welfare of these workers. Had these leg- workers started marching to their day-to-day survival. the issue of migrant workers, the and from other countries, especially directing the Centre and State islations been implemented seriously, native places. The heart-wrenching The Government brought back Centre remained a mute spectator, con- China. But much like the decision to Governments to provide food, shelter there would not have been much dif- images of migrant workers along with well-heeled Indians for free from for- fined to issuing paper guidelines rather announce demonetisation in 2016 and transportation free of cost to the ficulty in taking care of the migrant +&36 5 ? their women and children walking on eign countries under the Vande Bharat than handling the crisis decisively by with just a four-hour notice, the migrants. Timely, proactive action by workers. foot, some hundreds of kilometres Mission. It brought back stranded ensuring camaraderie among them. nationwide lockdown was also the apex court could have helped in Moreover, money available under hile announcing the nation- away, began to surface in the media. students from Kota in Rajasthan, As it is India is fighting a two-front announced just as suddenly. Instead of addressing the problem before it the Workers’ Welfare Fund and PM wide lockdown on March 24, Some of them lost their lives due including people from various parts of battle. One against the virus and the a four-hour notice, at least four days reached such massive proportions. CARES Fund could have been utilised Wthe Prime Minister (PM) to hunger and thirst on the way, while the country in special buses. Similarly, other against poverty, which we could were needed to enable all stakeholders Most of the States for whose to send these workers home in a dig- had exhorted all Indians to fight some became victims of road accidents the Centre helped many Indians to fly not eradicate even after 70 years of viz; the Centre, State Governments, all development the migrant workers had nified manner without putting them against the spread of the Coronavirus. and a few were overrun by trains. All to countries like England, US, Canada Independence. India’s fight on these establishments, the industry, supply made huge contributions did not through such hardship and exposing Various State Governments had also these incidents have exposed not only and Australia. All this was not possi- two fronts contradicts its claims of chains and the common people to come to their rescue at the time of need. them further to the pandemic. come forward in support of the PM’s the hollowness of our system but our ble without proper prioritisation, being a world leader (vishava guru) make appropriate arrangements to Their home States, too, were hesitant Since the workers are the founda- appeal and people were assured that societal values which, quite often, are efforts and coordination with State thinking of the welfare of the world avoid panic, major inconvenience and to accept them as they feared the spread tion of our economy and it cannot grow their needs would be taken care of dur- trumpeted in great measure. Governments. But there was no such (vishav kalyan) as also its recent save precious lives. of the virus. This is despite the fact that without their toil and sweat, there is a ing the pandemic. The Centre and The sequence of events indicated planning and urgency to help the poor rhetoric of making India a $5 trillion It is imperative here to ponder over they, too, had benefited from the need to implement the existing laws many States repeatedly touted how the that cogent planning was not in place migrant workers. Since there is no economy. Often, such rhetoric does not the role of the Supreme Court, which remittances sent home by the workers. seriously to protect their rights and lockdown would help in containing the from the word go. The migrant labour- dearth of trains at the disposal of the reflect ground realities. In this back- can issue directions to the Government Clearly, there were no takers for the address their problems. This will spread of COVID-19 and how it was ers did not start their journeys back Centre, free services should have been drop, asking for donations for the PM to take appropriate action on an urgent hapless migrants, though no State is enable them to lead a better life with good for all the citizens. home suddenly. Thrown out of work provided to take migrant workers to CARES Fund during COVID-19 is cer- basis in any serious matter of public capable of running its economic activ- a sense of dignity. It is the least we can However, amid all this clamour, by unscrupulous business and factory their home States without wasting tainly a matter of contradiction in concern. The apex court, however, did ities without them. do for them. the nation forgot the migrant workers owners, they patiently waited for help much time. The tug of war between the terms. not show any such concern on the issue The Parliament has passed many (The writer is a former Additional who had laid the foundation of the and stood for long hours in queues to Railway Ministry and State The Centre’s decision to impose a of migrant workers for the first two Acts such as the Inter-State Migrant Deputy CAG)    !"!"   /

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If the marched against the security unveiled for the former British ing Britons either Chinese cit- London-bound flight early Melbourne: Prime Minister gas and pepper pellets to what they called foreign med- bill becomes law, “China will law, which took effect in Hong territory this week. izenship or broader residence Thursday morning on suspi- Scott Morrision on Thursday protest against the legislation. dling in the territory’s affairs on definitely take strong counter- Kong late Tuesday. AP Hong Kong was under UK rights. cion of stabbing a police officer said Australia was “actively Prime Minister Morrison Thursday, as countries moved measures, and all conse- jurisdiction until it was handed The Chinese statement during protests of the semi- considering” an offer of safe told reporters that he was dis- to offer Hong Kongers refuge quences will be borne by the over to China in 1997 with a concluded by urging London to autonomous Chinese territory’s haven to Hong Kong residents turbed by the crackdowns on and impose sanctions on China US side,” Zhao said at a daily guarantee that Beijing would reassess its decision and new security law, officials said. threatened by the imposition of protesters in Hong Kong. over a new security law. briefing. preserve the city’s judicial and “refrain from interfering in About 370 people were a controversial security law by Replying to a question on Chinese foreign ministry Meanwhile, dozens of legislative autonomy for 50 years. Hong Kong affairs in any way”. arrested during and after China that gave it sweeping if Australia would offer a safe spokesman Zhao Lijian said pro-Beijing activists and The Chinese embassy in Britain had sought closer Wednesday’s protests against powers over the former British haven for Hong Kong residents, no amount of pressure from lawmakers protested out- London stressed that “all relations with China after end- the law being imposed by China territory. he said, “We are considering (it) external forces could “shake side the US Consulate in Chinese compatriots residing ing its decades-long member- to curb activities surrounding Amidst global anger and very actively and there are China’s determination and will Hong Kong to demand that in Hong Kong are Chinese ship in the European Union the anti-government protests outrage in Hong Kong, Chinese proposals that I asked to be to safeguard national sover- the US stop meddling. The nationals”. this year. that has been ongoing since President Xi Jinping on brought forward several weeks eignty and Hong Kong’s pros- group said it gathered 1.6 The British plan covers Prime Minister Boris June last year. Tuesday signed the legislation ago.” perity and stability.” million signatures online in almost three million Hong Johnson’s government also irri- Ten of them were arrested soon after lawmakers voted The prime minister said He urged the US to abide support of its call. Kongers who either have a tated the US administration in on suspicion of violating the unanimously to adopt the law the Cabinet would soon con- by international law and stop Tam Yiu-Chung, Hong British National Overseas January by allowing the private new security law, some of whom that will allow Beijing to crack- sider “to provide similar oppor- interfering in Hong Kong’s Kong’s sole delegate to the (BNO) passports or are eligible Chinese telecoms group were in possession of para- down against dissent, crimi- tunities” to what the UK has affairs, and not sign a sanction National People’s Congress to apply for one. Huawei to unroll Britain’s phernalia that advocated for nalising sedition and effective- offered to Hong Kongers. bill into law. Standing Committee, said The embassy said these speedy new data network. Hong Kong’s independence. ly curtailing protests with pun- “When we have made a His comments came after on public broadcaster RTHK people were Chinese nationals But Britain is now studying The law took effect Tuesday and ishments up to life in prison. final decision on those arrange- the US House of on Thursday that the new as well. ways it can cut Huawei out of its outlaws secessionist, subver- Hong Kong police on ments I’ll make an announce- Representatives on Wednesday security law imposed by “If the British side makes system entirely and build up an sive, and terrorist acts, as well as Wednesday arrested 10 people ment, but if you’re asking are joined the Senate in approving Beijing on Hong Kong was unilateral changes to the rele- alliance of European and Asian any collusion with foreign forces under the law, which came into we prepared to step up and a bill to rebuke China over its not harsh. If it were, no one vant practice, it will breach its providers that reduces China’s when it comes to the interven- effect on Tuesday, as thou- provide support, the answer is crackdown in Hong Kong by would dare violate the law, own position and pledges as dominance in the field. AFP ing in the city’s affairs. AP sands of agitators defied tear yes,” Morrison said. PTI imposing sanctions on groups he said. 4!P    8 * 0   '6

$;   Hpakant (Myanmar): At least ing. Those taking part in the blue and red plastic sheets 162 people were killed on recovery operations, which placed in a row on the ground.   .;- the Supreme Court on June 29 Thursday in a landslide at a jade were suspended after dark, Emergency workers had rejected a petition filed by the mine in northern Myanmar, the included the army and other to slog through heavy mud to akistan’s Sindh province Sindh government to suspend worst in a series of deadly acci- government units and local retrieve bodies by wrapping PGovernment on Thursday a high court verdict that over- dents at such sites in recent volunteers. them in the plastic sheets, extended for another three turned the conviction of the years that critics blame on the The London-based envi- which were then hung on months the custody of British- four men. government’s failure to take ronmental watchdog Global crossed wooden poles shoul- born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed The court, however, allowed action against unsafe condi- Witness said the accident “is a dered by the recovery teams. Omar Saeed Sheikh and his the province to take measures to tions. damning indictment of the Social activists have com- three aides whose sentences in keep them in custody. Their The Myanmar Fire Service government’s failure to curb plained that the profitability of the abduction and murder of detention expired on July 1. Department, which coordi- reckless and irresponsible min- jade mining has led businesses US journalist Daniel Pearl in Officials said that the Sindh nates rescues and other emer- ing practices in Kachin state’s and the government to neglect 2002 were overturned in April. Government extended their cus- gency services, announced jade mines.” enforcement of already very The move comes days after tody for another 90 days. about 12 hours after the morn- ! $
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 demic and subsequent lock- result in rich dividends as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. necessary action for reclassifi- tion, an enterprise is micro downs that were in place to curb these do exports also,” he said. “The development of back- cation of enterprises as per the where the investment in plant Dhanbad/Ramgarh has deployed CISF personnel in spreading of infections. “We need to boost our ward area will alleviate poverty new definition w.e.f July 1, and machinery or equipment Mumbai: The rupee surged by (Jharkhand): Bharat Coking large numbers and intensified “Country at this juncture technology for increasing and accelerate development. 2020 and issue necessary does not exceed 1 crore and 56 paise to close at more than Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary patrolling in the area to foil any needs liquidity. Without liq- growth and need to focus on Socio-economic thought is instructions to your branch- turnover does not cross 5 three-month high of 75.04 of Coal India, on Thursday said attempt of trade union leaders uidity our economy's wheel will enhancing exports. The Prime behind this,” he said. es/controlling offices in this crore. against the US currency on there was no impact of the to stop miners from joining not accelerate... 50-60 lakh Minister's thrust is also on The Centre has announced regard, at the earliest,” RBI An enterprise is now clas- Thursday tracking weakness three-day strike called by dif- duty, sources in the BCCL said. crore foreign investment is reducing dependence on Rs 20 lakh crore economic said in a communication to sified as small enterprise, where in the greenback and gains in ferent trade unions to protest The General Manager of needed in the country under imports and boosting exports. stimulus package, including Rs banks, financial institutions the investment in plant and domestic equities amid opti- against the Government's deci- CCL's Barka-Sayal and offici- present circumstances to boost In this infrastructure can play 8.01 lakh crore of liquidity and non banking financial machinery or equipment mism over potential Covid-19 sion to allow commercial min- ating GM of Argada command the economy,” the Road a crucial role,” he said. measures announced by the companies (NBFCs). does not exceed 10 crore vaccine. Forex traders said ing of coal. area, Amresh Singh, said “dis- Transport, Highways and While noting that the pre- Reserve Bank since March. After 14 years since the and turnover is not over 50 investors turned to riskier cur- Another Coal India arm, patch of coal has been affected MSME Minister told PTI in an sent situation is very serious as On Tuesday, Prime MSME Development Act came crore. rencies and assets after Pfizer Central Coalfields Limited due to the strike, but coal min- interview. the entire world is facing prob- Minister Narendra Modi into existence in 2006, a revi- For medium enterprise, as reported encouraging vaccine (CCL) said mining through ing via outsourcing private Infrastructure sector lems, Gadkari stressed on the announced that the Pradhan sion in MSME definition was per the new classification, the test results. outsourcing companies companies remained unaffect- including highways, airports, need to work on a war-footing Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann announced in the Atmanirbhar investment in plant and The rupee opened at 75.51 remained unaffected. ed”. inland waterways, railways, basis on infrastructure front. Yojana (PMGKAY), a free ration Bharat package on May 13. machinery or equipment against the US dollar and However, the striking trade Rashtriya Colliery logistic parks, broad gauge and Further, the minister noted scheme, would be extended for The Reserve Bank further should not exceed 50 crore gained further ground to touch union leaders claimed that the Mazdoor Sangh (RCMS) metro, apart from Micro, Small that public private partner- 80 crore people till the said in case of an upward and turnover should be below a day's high of 74.99. The local stir impacted coal mining in the General Secretary AK Jha said and Medium Enterprises ships can help harness huge November end. PTI change in terms of investment 250 crore. unit settled at 75.04 against the two subsidiaries of Coal India that in the first shift, which US dollar, up 56 paise over its Ltd. Trade unions went ahead began at 6 am, the miners previous close. This is the high- with their three-day strike reached the colliery but did not  :!#   (  - est closing level since March 27 against commercial mining in join the work. ,      when the rupee had settled at the coal sector after talks with “Production has been 74.89. Coal and Mining Minister hampered in all the collieries of  9   ) /!': 2'7D   It had settled at 75.60 Pralhad Joshi had failed on the BCCL and the Eastern      against the greenback on Wednesday. Coalfields Limited,” he claimed.          ''DC/-, Wednesday. The rupee logged A notice issued by the pub- Rajendra Singh Chandel, its “biggest single-day gain lic relations department of the the Rashtriya Pragatishil   //!/P >("      Mumbai: Bank credit and since April 23, boosted by gains BCCL said there was no impact Workers Union (RPWU), affil- deposits grew 6.18 per cent in the domestic equity market of the strike in the first shift as iated to CITU, which is leading Beijing: Global stock markets Poor's 500 index was up 0.8% New Delhi: Payments on and 11 per cent to 102.45 lakh amid weakness in the green- all miners marked their atten- the strike in Ramgarh district,  5-4, =4 and Wall Street futures rose and that for the Dow Jones Unified Payments Interface crore and 138.67 lakh crore, back”, Devarsh Vakil, Deputy dance and resumed work as claimed that coal production Thursday on hopes for the Industrial Average was up 1%. (UPI) in June hit an all-time respectively, in the fortnight Head of Retail Research, HDFC scheduled. and dispatch have been affect- .S. employers added a sub- development of a coronavirus The US labour market high of 1.34 billion in terms of ended June 19, according to the Securities said. For the protection of min- ed as the coal workers extend- Ustantial 4.8 million jobs in vaccine and ahead of the report is expected to show a volume with transactions worth RBI. “Market participants also ers, the colliery management ed support to the strike. PTI June, and the unemployment release of monthly US jobs gain of about 3 million jobs in nearly  2.62 lakh crore, as per In the fortnight ended expected dollar inflows while rate fell to 11.1%, as the job data. Investors were encour- June — a record high — and a National Payments Corporation June 21, 2019, bank credit had state-run banks remained on market improved for a second aged after Pfizer and BioNtech drop in the unemployment of India (NPCI) data. stood at 96.48 lakh crore and the sideline. Moreover, investor straight month yet still announced preliminary data rate of a full percentage point On a month-on-month deposits at 124.92 lakh crore. sentiment strengthened fur- remained far short of regaining from a vaccine test, one of a to 12.3%. Even so, the com- basis it registered a 8.94 per cent In the previous fortnight that ther after Pfizer reported the colossal losses it suffered series being carried out by bined job growth for May and growth from 1.23 billion in ended on June 5 this year, encouraging vaccine test this spring. global developers. June would recover only a May. advances had grown 6.24 per results,” he said. The nation has now recov- At the same time, the pop- fraction of the 22 million jobs UPI payments had fell to cent and deposits by 11.28 per The first of four experi- ered roughly one-third of the ulous American states of that were lost in March and 999.57 million in terms of vol- cent. Rating agency Crisil in a mental Covid-19 vaccines being 22 million jobs it lost to the California and Texas reported April, when the virus forced ume with transactions worth recent report said bank credit tested by Pfizer and its German pandemic recession. And with daily record highs in new cases. business shutdowns and layoffs  1.51 lakh crore in April, fol- growth is likely to nosedive to partner BioNTech showed confirmed coronavirus cases “Vaccine hopes, while wel- across the country. lowing the coronavirus-induced a multi-decadal low of 0-1 per encouraging results in very spiking across the Sun Belt come, fall short of guarantee- Thursday's figure will like- lockdown that halted almost all cent in 2020-21 as economic early testing of 45 people, the states, a range of evidence sug- ing a V-shaped recovery,” ly set the tone in financial mar- services, except essentials. activity is sharply impacted by companies said on gests that a job market recov- Mizuho Bank said in a report. kets ahead of a long holiday Online payments slowly the Covid-19 pandemic. PTI Wednesday. PTI ery may be stalling. In those In Europe, the FTSE 100 in weekend in the United States. gathered pace from May, with states and elsewhere, some London rose 1% to 6,219 and In Asia, the Shanghai staggered opening of the econ- restaurants, bars and other Frankfurt's DAX gained 2% to Composite Index rose 2.1% to omy. In May, the number of retailers that had re-opened are 12,504. The CAC 40 in Paris 3,090.57 and the Nikkei 225 in UPI transactions stood at 1.23 being forced to close again. advanced 1.7% to 5,011. Tokyo added 0.1% to 22,145.96. billion valued at 2.18 lakh The re-closings are keeping On Wall Street, the future The Hang Seng in Hong Kong crore, showed the NPCI layoffs elevated: The number of for the benchmark Standard & gained 2.8% to 25,124.19. AP data. PTI Americans who sought unem- ployment benefits barely fell last week to 1.47 million. Though that weekly figure has 3  declined steadily since peaking in late March, it's still more 70:  @) A than double the pre-pandem- ic peak set in 1982. And the total number of people receiv- New Delhi: ES Ranganathan on leveraging technology for busi- ing jobless aid remains at a siz- Thursday assumed charge as ness solutions, Ranganathan able 19 million. Director (Marketing) of GAIL played a pioneering role in California has re-closed (India) Limited. using technology towards bars, theaters and indoor An Instrumentation & SMART working in the field of restaurant dining across most Control Engineer from NSS O&M and project of the state. Florida has also re- College of Engineering, Palghat Management. closed bars and beaches. Texas in Kerala, Ranganathan is an As Managing Director, IGL, has reversed some of its efforts MBA with specialization in Planning, Technology Ranganathan spearheaded the to reopen its economy. New Marketing. He has close to 35 Upgradation, Vendor expansion of operations into York has paused its plans to years of rich and diverse expe- Management and Quality Haryana, UP and Rajasthan allow indoor dining. rience in Oil & Gas sector, par- Assurance. and also entered in an interna- Credit and debit card data ticularly in Project Execution Prior to his appointment as tional foray into New Yangon tracked by JPMorgan Chase along with Operation & Director (Marketing), Project in Myanmar. He is show that consumers reduced Maintenance of Natural Gas Ranganathan served as actively involved in various their spending last week after pipelines, Gas Marketing, Managing Director, Industry forums in India and having increased it steadily in Business Development and Indraprashtha Gas Limited and overseas, including Member late April and May. The rever- Business Information Systems Executive Director (Corporate Technical of Fluid Control and sal has occurred both in states entailing engineering and plan- O&M), GAIL and was instru- Research Institute, Member of that have reported surges in ning, process management, mental in commissioning Coordination Team of Indian Covid-19 and in less affected scope management, resource Dahej-Vijaipur, Vijaipur-Dadri Standards for Metering Design states, said Jesse Edgerton, an management, schedule man- and Bawana Nangal Pipeline and Construction of Bureau of economist at J.P. Morgan. agement, Enterprise Resource Projects. A firm believer in Indian Standards.    !"!"

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 are able to put all the built energy to good     use and it allows our body to feel tired,   ) which eventually leads to a good night’s    sleep. Try tuning into calming music at   !   night. It has a direct effect on the parasym-   pathetic nervous system, which helps      your body relax and prepare for a health- ) )    ier sleep,” says he.       Recently, a survey, conducted at the /     R          University of Basel, Switzerland, and the    )  University’s Psychiatric Hospital, reported     ; *   *      *  that sleep quality has badly deteriorated during the lockdown. Our cycle of work  B@;            .  and leisure is often mismatched with our   ! internal biological clock. If the differences           in sleep timing and duration between work days and days off become too large, this can           O3  # lead to ‘social jetlag’. The survey found that   a relaxation of social rhythms — for exam-        *   + ple, through more flexible working hours    — led to a reduction in ‘social jetlagging’. 0*C>(/ (/!) 
  Mudit Dandwate, co-founder of Dozee, a sleep monitoring device compa- reducing anxiety, depressive symptoms and 30 minutes can help to improve mood,   ny, shares that one good practice to induce allows one to feel more energetic and pos- alertness and performance. ##  a sound sleep is to consume some sooth- itive, believes Dr Anuneet Sabharwal,  Ensuring adequate exposure to natur-    ing green tea as it helps boost digestion and MBBS MD, Psychiatrist. He suggests a few al light. This is particularly important for reduce core body temperature. “Also, tak- other methods, which have proven to be individuals, who mostly stay indoors. CD' ing a hot water shower before going to bed useful: Exposure to sunlight during the day as well    
 does the exact same thing, which initiates  Stick to a sleep schedule of the same as darkness at night helps to maintain a deep sleep. One should also cut down on time. Sleeping and waking up daily at the healthy sleep-wake cycle.   the caffeine intake at least six hours before same time helps regulate the body-clock,  Let the sleep environment seduce you.    sleeping to build a proper sleeping sched- which helps us fall asleep much faster. Mattress and pillows should be comfort-  ##  ule. As we know that certain yoga exercis-  Have a relaxing environment. Mindful able. The bedroom should be cool between es have been useful in stimulating good meditation or deep breathing exercises 24 and 30 degrees for optimal sleep. Turn *DP  sleep and relaxation. Try practising yoga right before going to bed has proved to be off all lights. Consider using blackout cur-

   on a daily basis, even if it is for 15 minutes. effective. It also reduces stress. tains, eye shades, ear plugs, “white noise” Yoga nidra, an ancient technique, has been  Avoid consumption of alcohol, ciga- machines, humidifiers, fans and other  *, proved to be very useful. Approximately, rettes and heavy meals, especially during devices that can make the bedroom more   #* 20 minutes of yoga nidra is equivalent to the evening. Eating big or spicy meals can relaxing and you’ll fall asleep in no time. 4  two hours of sound sleep,” he says. cause discomfort from indigestion that can Experts feel that a right mattress can A study suggests that it is not right to make it hard to fall asleep. also make all the difference between a P ' exercise post 8 pm. Mudit explains the rea-  Try to avoid eating large meals for two sound sleep and a sleepless night. A good EP son, saying, “An intense exercise routine to three hours before bedtime. Rich foods, mattress offers a perfect balance of required releases a lot of adrenaline, which keeps one fatty-fried meals, spicy dishes, citrus fruits comfort and support, keeping the natural L5:  awake until late. However, a quick brisk and carbonated drinks can trigger indiges- spinal alignment and body posture in place, and uncomfortable mattress can lead to body the best.” walk is a good stress buster for the mind. tion in some people. When this occurs thus significantly enhancing the quality of stress buildup. He adds, “A quality mat- When it comes to the right sleeping Although, it’s great to do it in the morn- close to bedtime, it can lead to painful sleep. tress provides support to the body and position, try lying on your back or to the   O   ing.” heartburn that disrupts sleep. Kabir tells us that our mind and body ensures that you don’t end up with a sore side as they are usually considered to be           A restless night has become a routine  Limiting daytime naps to 30 minutes. are connected by a neural pathway. It is in the morning. The type of surface may good positions, suggest experts. “Different       2 ( for almost all of us. Stress and anxiety cause Sleeping in the daytime can confuse your when the body feels comfortable that we differ from person to person. Some may sleep positions have different benefits. If        major sleeping problems or worsen exist- internal clock, which means that you may slowly start to drift off into deep sleep. prefer a more supportive mattress, while you have pain or other issues, you might ing issues. Following healthy sleep habits struggle to sleep at night. Don’t underes- Thus, making sure you sleep on a com- others would want a more hotel-like soft- need to switch your sleep position to help      
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ill of like this!’ ‘Pappu, enough!’ Lalaji said, putting his hand up. ‘I’m not finished yet and you’re not so wise yet to be able to interrupt your father.’ Pappu Uncle went as red as it was pos- sible to, his bald head looking like it would explode. ‘The time has come to settle the matter,’ Lalaji went on. I bent forward. ‘I will not bear to see any injustice happen- ing to my grandchildren, be it my grand- sons or granddaughter. There might have been a time when girls were not considered important-enough members of the fami- ly, but, Pappu, I am not barbaric, and I hope to God you are the same. Now I will tell you how it will work, something that my own father did for me: Lallan Sweets will not be inherited at all.’ ‘Not inherited?’ Pappu Uncle asked +   Q  blankly. ‘It will not be inherited. It will be 4 
 6,7 , earned.’ Silence followed: not because it was a shocking statement, but because it was 7:*765Q  incomprehensible in this scenario. How do you earn your inheritance? .  ‘And what,’ I asked, clearing my throat, ‘exactly will we have to do to earn it?’ Lalaji        looked at me, a wide smile on his face. ‘You’ll have to find out the magic ingredi-  
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Two years government not so corrupt; we did well. di ladle. It was like everything was clear family recipe that contains a magic ingre- later, however, we had to leave it all. It was The pinch of salt we always add to our lad- now. My answer started to make sense. I dient known only to Lalaji. the most devastating moment of our lives. doos, not everyone thinks of doing that you spread the batter over the ladle as it fell into When Lalaji chooses to retire, he We made that journey in complete shock, know, is always appreciated. Lallan Sweets the kadai in drops, frying up to be little decides that Lallan Sweets will not be inher- not knowing what would happen, not is the labour of love of not one generation boondis: the pride of Lallan Sweets. The ited but earned. He devises a quest for his knowing what we would do, camping at but two, an effort at trying to rebuild all that boondis, meanwhile, sizzled and glis- three grandchildren — Tara, Rohit and one place, then another. We finally reached we had lost due to the cruelties of fate. I tened in the oil, frying to a warm and deli- Mohit — to discover the magic ingredient. Ludhiana and stayed there for some time, NU"3 -"!" 43 don’t want to see it crumble again.’ Pappu cious yellowish-orange. Whoever finds it first will get to run the until we were finally allotted this place in #"$ 334,5 ";4 Uncle put his hands on the table and I removed them from the kadai in shop. Siyaka. ‘It was not too bad, mind you,’ he pushed his chair back. ‘I see what this is bunches and placed them in the sugar continued, ‘We got enough land for a house ";"3=; about. About our talk yesterday, isn’t it? You syrup. For two hours I was busy prepar-     J %  and a shop. It was quite enough. But a small don’t trust my sons to handle it, do you? ing the laddoos, putting everything togeth- Chapter 2: shop in Anarkali Bazaar was still worth ten  4,4 - 4- What? You want Taru to take it on — or er with care and detail. This was it—the ‘It was in 1947 when we undertook that shops in Siyaka — this town was nothing! perhaps her mother?’ Aunty looked at final competition. Everything that we perilous journey, the nightmares of which There were hardly a few families living here, =B6  - 66 Pappu Uncle in horror. We too were had been working on for the past few haunt us to this day,’ he began. I was sur- most of it was farmland. What would I do 6=D"3=-U4, shocked at this sudden hostility. There was weeks, even our lives, came down to this. prised to see that he had a whole talk pre- selling our famous Lahori sweets here? It always some jealousy and rivalry between Rohit and Mohit were in their own pared. What was going on in his mind? seemed like we had lost everything for  664 = -"1 ";! us but it was always concealed beneath a kitchen across the verandah, making lad- ‘We had a thriving business in Lahore, some time. ‘But with my father urging us veneer of friendliness. Nothing was spelt doos. I had told my mother not to help me. doing very well, in Anarkali Bazaar. on, asking us not to lose hope, we began -",;1=6"3=4 out in this manner. ‘What about us then?’ This was my job. At the core of it all, of Children, do you even know of Anarkali again. We built it all up, brick by brick, even Pappu Uncle continued. ‘My two sons? Lallan Sweets and our traditional business, Bazaar?’ We nodded. Lalaji often spoke our house, we have made it on our own. -" =D"43." They will have wives too, children to feed, it was all about making laddoos, wasn’t it? about his life on the other side of the bor- Siyaka too became a thriving town — we 4"C"=4 C43 families to take care of — you want to give And if I couldn’t do this on my own, who der, still affronted that his family had to got lucky there — and after a few years Lallan Sweets to Taru who has no credibil- was I and what was I even fighting for? pack their bags and leave from what was Lallan Sweets was running.’ B="3O ity at all, who might run off with the next I was bathed in sweat when I left the always their home. ‘How Anarkali Bazaar I glanced at Pappu Uncle. While he DJ she finds, dishonouring the family laddoos to set. I crossed the verandah and would come alive during the day, especial- might have known more of this than us, we name!’ ‘Pappuji!’ my mother stood up, went to Lalaji’s room. I waved away the ly when it was festival time. Rows and rows still didn’t know why Lalaji had decided to indignated. ‘Please mind what you are say- hookah smoke. ‘I’m ready Lalaji,’ I told of shops and vendors selling everything, bring it up now. ‘Some things helped us, ing, I will not hear my child being spoken him. He nodded. 30

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First-half goals from Mattia match) on November 12 and Afghanistan in A BCCI official in the know of devel- Valoti and Sergio Floccari, the Kolkata on November 17. opments told IANS that while the idea was 4  O second a magnificent dipping India are already out of contention for a to play the league in the country, the sit- 30-yard strike, put SPAL on top berth in the 2022 World Cup but they are still uation with regards to the coronavirus pan-    1   but the home side lost Marco in the reckoning for the 2023 Asian Cup as it demic might force the board to ultimate- D’Alessandro to a red card is a joint qualification campaign. ly take the tournament to either UAE or   64 before half-time for a poor chal- The 52-year-old Stimac said promising vic- Sri Lanka. lenge on Theo Hernandez. tory against Qatar will be suicidal but his side “We are yet to decide on the venue but lexis Sanchez scored a 5 & $ ,1   -  5! 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We are or two venues and then create an atmos- Serie A on Wednesday, while free-kick as Inter grabbed a “We kept our foot on the gas replacing the in-form Ante certainly not going to come out phere which will be safe for the players as city rivals AC Milan snatched a fourth on 53 minutes. and the fact that we didn’t con- Rebic on the hour, but it was on the pitch to lose the game. well as the general public even though the last-gasp draw away to lowly Christian Eriksen bagged cede is a big positive,” Inter coach another substitute Rafael Leao But to promise victory against games may be played behind closed doors. decision makers being divided 3-2 if that SPAL. his first Serie A goal since Antonio Conte told who gave Milan hope with a Asian champions and such a “The race is between UAE and Sri is how you wish to understand the current Sanchez teed up Ashley his January move from broadcaster DAZN. calm finish on 79 minutes. great team as Qatar would be Lanka and we will need to decide on where scenario. Young to volley Inter ahead at Tottenham, forcing in from Sanchez, who made SPAL coach Luigi Di suicidal,” Stimac said from his we host the league depending on the sit- “There are a couple of voices who feel San Siro after just five minutes point-blank range after an just his fourth league start Biagio was sent to the home in Croatia. uation there with regards to the coron- that having the tournament should be the and the Chile forward dis- excellent Jesse Joronen save this term, had his loan stands after two yellow cards “We are in the process avirus pandemic. Logistics also need to be priority and if that means taking it out of patched a spot-kick to double denied Romelu Lukaku. deal from Manchester in quick succession and could of building up a new looked into, so we will decide soon,” the the country, so be it. So, while we are work- the lead following a foul on Antonio Candreva com- United extended earlier in the only watch in despair as a lung- respectable team and I am try- official said. ing on the overall plan, the venue is an area Victor Moses. pleted the romp two minutes day until the end of the Italian ing Vicari diverted a cross into ing to avoid putting our young- It was earlier reported that the deci- which will need further deliberation. Danilo D’Ambrosio pow- from time with a crisp low season. his own net right at the death. sters under extra pressure so sion-makers in the BCCI were divided in Also, at the end of the day safety of the play- ered in a third just before half- drive into the corner as Inter Brescia, who were again Milan stayed seventh they can enjoy their football and 3:2 ratio with regards to deciding on the ers and everyone involved is priority,” the time from a looping cross by clawed back to within eight without Mario Balotelli due to despite the late fightback. gain experience for the future.” venue of the league. “See, it is a case of the official had explained. IANS ) 8  &  0 %  ) P  after just seven minutes from 6 G the penalty spot and added a   4-" "; Q ! 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Dhoni was set to Real Betis’ hopes of a fight- & 2  clearing the Covid-19 tests will be named “The Ruth make his comeback to compet- back were undone just before following his decision to Strauss Foundation Test” to itive cricket in this IPL before the half-time whistle when    $ attend a family funeral. support families facing the the coronavirus pandemic French international Nabil Fekir “Phil Simmons is back death of a parent to cancer. forced its indefinite postpone- was red-carded.    Novak Djokovic and his wife on the job. The West Indies The players will wear ment. Before the start of the Villarreal have now won have tested negative for the coronavirus, his head coach returned to the special Ruth Strauss tournament, the CSK manage- five and drawn one of their six media team said on Thursday, 10 days after field with his players on Foundation branded Test ment held a training camp at  3;3 games since La Liga resumed announcing they had contracted the virus. Thursday after his mandato- shirts with red caps being the Chepauk Stadium in early after a three-month coronavirus The top-ranked player tested positive ry quarantine and Covid-19 presented before play. March where Dhoni was pre- “He batted for long. In fact, erard Moreno took his sea- suspension. for the virus after playing in an exhibition tests,” Cricket West Indies in the UK to attend his sent. Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Gson’s La Liga goal tally to 15 Next up is a home clash series he organized in Serbia and Croatia said on Thursday. father-in-law’s funeral. backing of Cricket West “Honestly speaking, when- Dhoni and Murali Vijay....there with a double strike as with Barcelona at the week- amid the pandemic. “Novak Djokovic “He was part of the However, the 57-year- Indies no matter what has ever a cricketer makes a come- were limited players in the Villarreal stayed on course end. and his wife Jelena are negative for Covid- warm-up and pre-match old Simmons received the been said. When all is said back after such a long break, camp and there were a num- for the Champions League Meanwhile, veteran 19. That was shown by the results of the preparations as West Indies backing of Board president and done, Phil’s job is not in people think that he will be a ber of bowlers. So everyone with a 2-0 win at Real Betis midfielder Raul Garcia PCR tests that both had in Belgrade,” his continued their four-day Ricky Skerritt, who insisted any way threatened by that bit rusty. But I am sure he was batted for long — 2-2:30 hours on Wednesday. scored twice to move media team said in a statement. warm-up match at the Old that he had taken permission letter,” Skerritt said during a doing something at Ranchi every day. Every batsman Villarreal are in fifth Athletic Bilbao four points Both Djokovic and his wife had no Trafford,” it further stated. before venturing out and conference call. because when Dhoni landed in played 200-250 balls,” said place in the table, three points from the Europa League places symptoms and were in self-isolation in the Simmons had found made it clear that Simmons “He went through a very the camp, he didn’t look rusty Chawla. behind Sevilla who occupy the in a 2-0 win at Valencia. Serbian capital since testing positive. himself in a soup after board job is “not in any way threat- vigorous recruitment process at all. His routine work was — Dhoni has last played fourth and final qualifying spot Garcia, 33, took his tally for The news comes amid a new spike of member Conde Riley had ened”. nine months ago and was the he played five-six balls and competitive cricket in India’s for next season’s Champions the season up to 13 with his cases in Serbia and the reintroduction of sought his “immediate “I want to assure West best man we could have then used to clear the fence,” semi-final tie against New League. efforts either side of the break some restrictive measures, such as wearing removal” for moving out of Indies cricket fans that Phil found for the job. He’s still the Chawla told Aakash Chopra on Zealand in the 2019 ICC World Moreno opened the scoring at the Mestalla. of masks and social distancing. AP the team’s bio-secure location Simmons still has the full best man.” the latter’s YouTube channel. Cup on June 10, 2019. IANS