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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 104 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 SHORT TAKES Plasma therapy in 3 CBSE Class X Pilot grounded results today Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education hospitals from today will announce the results of Class X annual examinations from all posts POST NEWS NETWORK Wednesday. “My dear children, Ganjam towns sealed parents, and teachers, the Bhubaneswar, July 14: The state gov- CHHATRAPUR: The district administration results of Class X CBSE board AGENCIES ernment Tuesday decided to start plasma Tuesday completely sealed all entry points to exams will be announced therapy to treat critically ill patients in three 18 towns including Berhampur and tomorrow. I wish all the Jaipur/New Delhi, July 14: The dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in Chhatrapur in Ganjam district to prevent the students best of luck,” Union Congress Tuesday cracked down on Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, officials said. spread of coronavirus. Moreover, travel from Human Resource Development Sachin Pilot, stripping the dissi- The decision was taken at a review meet- one town to another has been banned while Remuna MLA Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal dent leader of the posts of ing presided by Chief Minister Naveen residents have been asked not to leave their residences and visit other areas. The move Nishank tweeted. Rajasthan's deputy chief minister Patnaik. The plasma therapy will be in- has been done to break the chain of coron- and the party's state unit presi- troduced in SUM Hospital and KIIMs hos- avirus in the district. Vehicles carrying essen- IRREGULAR by MANJUL dent and sacking two loyalists from pitals in Bhubaneswar and Ashiwini tial commodities, food and government offi- tests positive the state cabinet. Hospital in Cuttack, they said. cials with valid ID cards as well as medical Though the party seems to have SCB Medical College and Hospital in staff have been allowed to travel. P5 POST NEWS NETWORK quarantine after coming in the numbers for now to hang on to next move is not immediately clear. Cuttack has been chosen as the nodal cen- contact with Niligiri MLA. power in Rajasthan, the develop- During the run-up to Tuesday's tre for plasma therapy to be implemented Balasore, July 14: Another It may be noted here that ment deepens the crisis in the CLP meeting, his supporters in- for the first time in the state from care infrastructures in the five districts MLA in Balasore district Parida is the third legisla- Congress which has lost two major sisted that he had no plans to join Wednesday, said Additional Chief Secretary, in view of the rise in COVID cases. tested positive for Covid-19 tor in the state to have con- states – Karnataka and Madhya the BJP. They said their aim was Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra. Bhubaneswar in Khurda district, Cuttack Tuesday. Remuna legislator tracted the deadly virus. Pradesh – over the past year. a leadership change in Rajasthan. He said plasma therapy has been help- and Ganjam districts have been badly hit Sudhanshu Shekhar Earlier, two MLAs, Ministers Vishvendra Singh and "Truth can be rattled, not de- ful in reducing mortality rate in other by the COVID-19 following the return of Parida’s swab was Nilagiri and Salepur, Ramesh Meena were also removed feated," Pilot tweeted in Hindi soon states. The fatality rate in Odisha, however, many migrant workers from different collected July 11 and tested positive for from the state cabinet after a meet- after he was sacked. Gehlot ac- is below one per cent and presently stands hotspot states in the country and abroad, his report came out Covid. ing of the Congress Legislature cused his former deputy of playing at 0.50 per cent, Mohapatra said. the observers informed Patnaik. positive Tuesday. He Meanwhile, Party, its second in the last two into the hands of the BJP. “I am very During the review, the chief minister Referring to allegations of COVID vic- was informed about Balasore reported 8 days. The meeting was billed as a sad that horse-trading was going told the officials to focus on five selected tims' funerals not being done properly, his Covid positive status by more infection cases “second chance” for Pilot, who had on,” he said. districts - Ganjam, Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur Patnaik asked the authorities to ensure that the health department. Tuesday. All the 8 infected I googled for investors, turned down appeals from the Pilot had kept away from the and Sundargarh which have recorded a last rites of the corona deceased are per- The MLA was admitted to people are local cases. They got `75,000cr as first search result! party's top leadership – including first CLP meeting Monday and surge in COVID-19 cases. "The situation formed with dignity. While around 7,000 a COVID hospital. Meanwhile, had contracted the virus Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi sources said 18 other Congress in the five districts continues to remain samples are being tested for COVID every- contact tracing and active after coming in contact with -- to return to the fold. Pilot has MLAs had also skipped it, giving challenging," an official said, adding that day at present in the state, the daily test- surveillance have started. previously infected people. Google eyes Jio been upset since the Congress an indication of the dissident of the total 14,280 positive cases in the ing will be increased up to 9,000 within a Sources said Parida had re- Contract tracing of all Bangalore: Google is in picked Ashok Gehlot as the chief leader's strength. A video clip cir- state, Ganjam accounted for 4,335 cases. week, the meeting was informed. cently come in contact with these cases was started, said advanced talks to invest $4 bn minister in 2018, while his own culated by the Pilot camp appeared Ganjam also tops the list of fatalities by On training of the frontline workers like Niligiri MLA who had ear- the district magistrate. The for a stake in the digital arm of supporters insisted that he de- to show a group of 16 Congress reporting 44 of the 74 deaths in the state. health workers, anganwadi workers and lier tested positive for the total tally of the Covid in- Reliance Industries, Bloomberg served credit for the party's vic- MLAs. Pilot Sunday claimed the Interacting with the district observers, others, the state government has imparted deadly virus. The Remuna fection cases in the district reported Tuesday, citing people tory as its state unit president. His support of 30 Congress MLAs. Patnaik asked them to augment the health training to above 5 lakh people. legislator was under home touched 554 Tuesday. familiar with the matter. Google declined to comment, while Reliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Investors, including Twin-city gets new DCPs Facebook and KKR & Co, have already poured in a combined POST NEWS NETWORK has been posted as Director General (Fire $15.64 billion for just over 25% Service, Coast Guard and Home Guard). in Jio Platforms. Bhubaneswar, July 14: In a reshuffle in the M Akshya, on his return from central top police administration, the Odisha gov- deputation, has been posted as the Chairman- MARKET WATCH ernment Tuesday changed the Deputy cum-Managing Director (CMD), Odisha Commissioners of Police (DCPs) of Police Housing and Welfare Corporation INDEX VARIATION Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and appointed (OPHWC). 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BOURSES NIFTY 10607.40 195.30 a notification said. Communication. Puri Superintendent of Police Special Director, Intelligence, DOLLAR 75.48 `0.19 (SP) Uma Shankar Dash has RK Sharma was posted as Director, been appointed as the new DCP Intelligence, the notification said. EURO 86.02 `0.55 MAJOR IPS CURRENCY of Bhubaneswar while RESHUFFLE Inspector General of Police, GOLD `49,220 `72 Kandhamal SP Prateek Singh has Personnel, Praveen Kumar has been appointed as the DCP of been posted as IGP, Law and Order. SILVER `52,594 ` 454 Cuttack, it said. Sarthak Sarangi, SP, Vigilance has been BULLION Bhubaneswar DCP Anup Kumar Sahoo, transferred and posted as SP, CID, Crime who has already been elevated to the rank Branch while Gajapati SP, Sarah Sharma has of Additional Commissioner of Police been posted in the Vigilance department. WEATHER (ACP), and Cuttack DCP Akhilesvar Singh Nuapada SP Vinit Agarwal has been BHUB CTK have been posted as DIG, Intelligence and posted as SP, Kandhamal while Deogarh SP SP, Puri, respectively. Sagarika Nath, DCP, Rahul Jain has been appointed as the SP in MAX 31.2° 32.2° Traffic, Bhubaneswar, has been transferred Nuapada district. Odisha Police Service as the SP of Sundargarh district while (OPS) officer SC Jamadar, posted as the TEMP MIN 25.4° 24.0° Forecast Soumya Mishra, working as SP Sundargarh, Additional Inspector General (AIG), Head Humidity 98% 89% has been posted as the DCP, Traffic, in Generally Quarters, has been appointed as SP, Deogarh Rainfall Trace Nil cloudy sky Bhubaneswar. Senior IPS officer Satyajit while TK Patnaik, SP, CID, has been posted Mohanty working as the Director, Intelligence, as SP, Gajapati district, the notification said. Modi’s fuel-tax hikes putting spanners in India’s recovery

AGENCIES other headwind to an econ- There’s been a staggering fivefold rise BIZARRE in taxes on diesel since 2014 when Modi omy facing the biggest con- New Delhi, July 14: Dilip came to power traction in four decades. Diesel Lamba, who owns a transport RISE powers India’s trucking fleet, State governments impose fuel company in Jodhpur in west- While pump prices levies which account for around which carries two-thirds of ern India, has had more than across the world a quarter of the retail prices the country’s freight, and is three-quarters of his fleet of Diesel have followed the also essential for construc- 50 trucks idling for months. powers India’s drop in oil prices, tion and agriculture. Gasoline, Dharampal Nambardar, a trucking fleet which India is an exception meanwhile, fills the tanks of carries two-thirds of farmer who grows wheat and the country’s millions of motorbikes rid- mustard seed in Haryana state, freight den by lower-income Indians. is worried he might not make “While pump prices across any profit this year. the world have mostly followed The main source of their the drop in oil prices since anxiety is not Covid-19, how- last year, India is an excep- ever, but rather a surge in fuel carries everything from cotton came to power, while those on tion,” said Senthil Kumaran, prices. The central govern- to cement to leather goods all gasoline have more than dou- a senior oil analyst at indus- ment has hiked import and over India. “Higher diesel bled. State governments also try consultant FGE. There ap- excise taxes twice this year prices mean higher freight impose fuel levies, which ac- pears to be little chance that even as it imposed the world’s charges. But customers aren’t count for around a quarter of Modi will take steps to curb the biggest coronavirus lockdown. ready for it and we can’t absorb the retail prices. rising fuel prices even as global y Retail prices for diesel -- the the costs.” The Centre raised Taxes on the two fuels now crude prices recover. This

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ARIES silence on Sushant Positive thinking can Mumbai: Actress Rhea Chakraborty change the world, and you could do with some has shared that she will never come to today. No matter how tough the going terms with actor Sushant Singh Rajput gets, take it in your stride, says Ganesha. not being around anymore. If you think you can do it, you will. You For the first time since Sushant's have the magic touch today to initiate a demise, Rhea took to Instagram to ex- new business strategy. press her state of mind and emotions through a moving note. “You are the one who made me be- TAURUS lieve in love, the power of it . You Today is a perfect day to taught me how a simple mathematical relax and enjoy your equation can decipher the meaning health, feels Ganesha. of life and I promise you that I learnt However, precaution should be the buzz- from you every day. I will never come word while dealing in money matters. You to terms with you not being here any- may develop a new interest in jewellers, artists, bankers and orators. more,” she wrote on Instagram. Rhea also shared two photographers from the happy moments that the two spent together. GEMINI She said: “My words are incapable Today, your house gets a of expressing the love we have and I facelift — a new rug, guess you truly meant it when you matching cushion covers, or a brand new kitchen. This will take up said it is beyond both of us. most of your time. First, you will be busy “Thirty days of losing you but a life- furnishing and setting up your home, and time of loving you,” she added, and then you will spend your time flaunting it signed off the emotional post by writ- to your friends, relatives, neighbours, ing: “Eternally connected… To infin- bosses, colleagues, acquaintances. ity and beyond”. IANS

CANCER You are known for your ability to set the ball rolling. Once you set your mind to do some- thing, it is generally considered done by your peers. Today, you are eyeing a few accomplishments on the monetary front. Most part of your day will go in dealing with financial transactions, and importing and exporting goods. RGV picks up one more Odia talent for Thriller Yajna at Amitabh’s LEO POST NEWS NETWORK image of the two actors. According to sources, Rock’s original name Some people have the world at their feet. And BHUBANESWAR: After Rourkela girl Apsara is Wajid Menon. The debutant actor, a fitness shrine for his recovery today, you are one of Rani, producer-director Ram freak, also manages a restau- them, says Ganesha. Gopal Verma has picked up yet rant chain. Besides, he also Kolkata: Ever since their ‘guru’ has in the morning, my wife and son take With your gorgeous appearance and gre- another Odia talent to intro- won Mr Glam Mahasahtra con- been hospitalised with Covid-19, over because it has to be performed garious attitude, it is easy for you to duce in his forthcoming movie test in 2018. Amitabh Bachchan fans in Kolkata continuously. We will continue with open all doors with just a touch. Thriller. On the other hand, Apsara have started praying for his speedy the ‘jap’ till he returns home, even Esha’s trouble The Satya director has signed was brought up in Dehradun recovery. While the veteran actor was if it takes 10 days or more,” temple Rock Kacchi from Umerkote in and presently lives in hospitalised Saturday evening, a founder Sanjay Patodiya said. VIRGO Nabarangpur district, who now Hyderabad. yajna was performed at Kolkata’s Despite waterlogging in the area with geography A shadow grows large stays in Kolhapur Recently, Ramu sparked a Amitabh Bachchan temple, which due to the ongoing monsoon season, in your mind today. An (Maharashtra), to play an im- controversy saying he hadn’t continued overnight till Monday the temple will be reopened August unknown fear will portant role opposite Apsara. heard about Odisha since the morning. 2, a day that is celebrated by Mumbai: Actress Esha Gupta says she is con- haunt your day, warns Apsara and Rock during a shoot Ganesha. But be ready to take a hike. “Here are some THRILLING state was hit by a ‘hurricane’ in “We performed the yajna through Amitabh’s fans worldwide as the fused with geography now. You are most likely to end up spending pics of Apsara Rani and Rock Kacchi,” wrote 1999. The tweet did not go down well with ne- Sunday, and it ended early Monday. day of his ‘rebirth’, because on that Esha took to her verified Twitter account on your foreign associates. Ramu in his social media account sharing an tizens with many questioning his GK level. After that we have been continu- day the actor recovered from the and wrote: “Can someone please tell me ously doing the Om Namah Shivaay near-fatal accident he had suffered where is Delhi situated? M confused with the ‘jap’ in his name. When I go to bed on the set of Coolie in 1982. IANS geography now.”\ LIBRA A social media user wrote on the comment Ayushmann chooses films section: “Hangover abhi tak hai kya (The hang- It's a day of reaching over has not gone?)” new heights when it To which Esha replied: “Bhai hangover toh comes to finances. The having no reference points humare parosiyon ko hua hai shaayad (our cosmos favours money- lenders and stock marketeers. Call it neighbours have a hangover perhaps).. if the special touch that you give to all Mumbai: Ayushmann audiences films that can hopefully you don't understand what m talking about, transactions monetary, but today you Khurrana says he has always impact change in mindset, com- then keep quiet.. Jai Hind. “On work front, have the uncanny knack of raking in the opted for films that have no ref- munities and of course attitude,” she was last seen as a police officer in the web moolah from all sources. Sit back and see your tenacity multiply your for- erence point and that he has Ayushmann said. show REJCTX2. tunes, says Ganesha. done so deliberately. In his eight-year journey, The second season of the series, directed “I have always tried to choose Ayushmann has played a sperm and produced by Goldie Behl, also featured films that have no reference donor in his maiden film Vicky Masi Wali, Anisha Victor, Saadhika Syal, SCORPIO points and I have done this de- Donor, a man with erectile dys- Ayush Khurana, Ridhi Khakhar, Prabhneet liberately. I have gravitated to- function in Shubh Mangal Singh, Pooja Shetty and Tanvi Shinde besides It's the same old rut wards handpicking social dra- Saavdhaan, and a strong headed Esha and Sumeet Vyas. IANS today, says Ganesha. Nothing new, nothing mas in my quest to give the police officer in Article 15. IANS exciting. People from the opposite sex, however, may bring you out of the routine and try to enliven your spir- its, predicts Ganesha. PEANUTS post SUDOKU CROSSWORD To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, SAGITTARIUS column and box must contain the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. Those around you will be impressed by the leader in you. You are the gen- eral and others will rally at your call to arms. And all the while, you swing your sword and make your way to the top, defying all odds. Do not forget to let people have their own time and space. This will not only help you progress, but will boost their morale too.

CAPRICORN The journey from defeat CALVIN AND HOBBES to success is driven by optimism. You will be very optimistic today — about your work, future and everything that can lead you to success, says Ganesha. You will also be very careful SOLUTIONS while dealing with day-to-day work, and will capitalise on every opportunity that can get you a step closer to your goals.

AQUARIUS Things barely move today. But just like the proverbial tortoise, you seem to be winning the BREVITY race, for many opportunities will come CROSSWORD your way. There won't be any cash crunch, so you needn't lose sleep over that, says Ganesha.

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POST NEWS NETWORK Police has failed to put a leash on Dash, a 2008-batch IPS officer, was the drug peddlers in the city slums. Bhubaneswar, July 14: Puri conferred with Governors Medal for This will be a major challenge be- Superintendent of Police (SP), 2019 for rendering distinguished fore newly appointed DCP of Umashankar Dash, who would service as the SP of Puri Bhubaneswar. soon assume the office of the Similarly, the new DCP for Deputy Commissioner of Police Many commended Dash for his work Traffic, Soumya Mishra, has to (DCP) for Bhubaneswar would against the Maoists during his take effective steps to address the face several challenges like huge tenure in Maoist dominated areas traffic congestion in the city. pendency of cases at the police of the state Mishra replaced Sagarika Nath stations, poor conviction rate, drug who has taken many steps in the trafficking and loot in the He also played a major role in recent past including a letter to the Capital city. handling of relief, law and order Home department for lane driving Dash, a 2008-batch IPS officer, situation in cyclone-battered Puri on the National Highway con- was conferred with Governors after the cyclonic storm Fani hit the necting the twin cities. Medal for 2019 for rendering dis- coastal district in 2019 Kandhamal SP Prateek Singh, tinguished service as the SP of who has been appointed as the Puri. Many commended Dash for DCP for Cuttack, has received ac- his work against the Maoists dur- the coastal district in 2019. tain law and order and enforcing colades for his success in anti- ing his tenure in Maoist domi- However, Dash has to put in Covid guidelines. Maoist operations in past few nated areas of the state. extra efforts to rein in the deteri- Speaking to Orissa POST, Dash years. He also played a major role in orating crime scenario in the state said, “I will decide my future course He will face a tough challenge handling of relief, law and order capital. In view of the pandemic, of action after taking charge as the to maintain law and order amidst situation in cyclone-battered Puri it is now crucial to strike a balance DCP, Bhubaneswar.” rapidly spreading Covid-19 infec- after the cyclonic storm Fani hit while deploying forces to main- Similarly, the Commissionerate tion in the silver city. Now, public entry BMC seals 2 hotels in Capital Cuttack MP in self-quarantine POST NEWS NETWORK The BJD MP had July 10 attended New Delhi, July 14: Biju Janata Dal the meeting of Public Accounts to HC restricted for flouting Covid guidelines (BJD) MP from Cuttack Bhartruhari Committee at Parliament Mahtab has gone into self-quaran- House here POST NEWS NETWORK tine after a senior parliament staff The two hotels that were tested positive for the novel coron- A senior parliament staffer who Bhubaneswar, July 14: Acting operating behind BDA office were avirus. attended the meeting was tough against violation of Covid-19 found serving food to customers The BJD MP had July 10 attended asymptomatic during that time guidelines in the Capital city, the inside dining space the meeting of Public Accounts Bhubaneswar Municipal Committee at Parliament House Corporation (BMC), Tuesday, is- The guidelines for restaurants and here. A senior parliament staffer bers and CAG along with sued closure notices to two hotels hotels specifically mentioned that who attended the meeting was Parliament staff who were pres- at Kharavel Nagar here who were no dining options will be made asymptomatic during that time. ent there have been asked to go found blatantly violating the norms. available On July 13, the officer tested pos- into self quarantine. We will re- POST NEWS NETWORK The two hotels that were oper- itive for the deadly virus and fol- main in self-quarantine till July Only lawyers and their clerks ating behind Bhubaneswar earlier given notices of failing to lowing that all the members who 17,” said Mahtab. Cuttack, July 14: Restrictions have been allowed to enter the Development Authority (BDA) of- comply with the regulations. had attended the meeting have When asked about his health, have been imposed on the entry of HC by producing their identity fice were found serving food to cus- BMC’s move to step up enforce- been asked to go into self-quaran- the BJD MP said he has been doing common people into the Orissa cards tomers inside hotel dining space. ment of Covid-19 guidelines has tine till July 17. “Around 17-18 mem- well at his house in Delhi. High Court premises here in the The action came after a clear vio- come after the BMC Commissioner, wake of rising Covid-19 infections Orissa HC Registrar (Judicial) lation of Covid-19 guidelines, which Prem Chandra Chaudhary, earlier in the Silver City. Lalit Kumar Das Tuesday sent a allows hotels, restaurants and other tory undertakings from hotel own- said that the surge in virus cases Only lawyers and their clerks communiqué in this regard to the eateries to operate only with ‘take- ers have been taken and would be is result of gross violation of the 130 docs, 52 babus for Ganjam have been allowed to enter the High Court Bar Association away and home-delivery orders’, presented to the BMC Commissioner norms. HC by producing their identity was found. who would further reconsider open- “The surge in Covid-19 cases is POST NEWS NETWORK District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) cards. Orissa HC Registrar “The guidelines for restaurants ing of the eateries. Moreover, peo- due to gross violation of health Ganjam to help the district admin- (Judicial) Lalit Kumar Das guish between lawyers and com- and hotels specifically mentioned ple present in the hotels at the time safety and social distancing norms Bhubaneswar, July 14: The state istration in Covid management. Tuesday sent a communiqué in mon people. that no dining options will be made of inspection were sanitised and sen- and people coming from hotspot government Tuesday sent 130 doc- Similarly, the Revenue and this regard to the High Court Bar “All the lawyers and their clerks available. This was done to dis- sitised about the spread of Covid- districts,” Chaudhary had said. tors and 47 Odisha Revenue Service Disaster Management department Association, sources said. should carry their identity cards courage public gatherings and en- 19 under such circumstances. “A total of 317 cases were re- (ORS) officers and five Odisha has instructed 47 ORS officers hold- The communiqué highlighted with them while entering the HC,” force social distancing. However, Meanwhile, a joint enforcement ported between July 1 and 10. We Administrative Service (OAS) of- ing additional tehsildar and sub-col- that lawyers have been asked said the communiqué. both the hotels were found to be squad of the BMC and BDA, found 61 of them were reported in ficers to Ganjam for smooth man- lector posts in various districts to not to wear their black gowns Notably, a few advocates prac- violating the guidelines and thus Tuesday, carried surprise checks at various hospitals and 212 patients agement of Covid-19 pandemic. report before Ganajm adminis- to check the spread of novel coro- ticing in some lower courts in the were fined Rs 5,000 along with clo- hospitals/clinics. The squads re- have travel history and come in Health department has directed tration. navirus. As a result, security city and two employees of the sure notice for 7 days,” Zonal District portedly made checks for the en- contact with coronavirus patients 122 doctors, including ayurvedic and This apart, one advance life sup- personnel deployed at the HC Orissa HC have recently been Commissioner, Anshuman Rath. forcement of Covid-19 guidelines es- detected earlier. Others are locals,” homoeopathic doctors, and eight port ambulance has been drafted may find it difficult to distin- tested positive for the deadly virus. Rath also added that satisfac- pecially in hospitals that were Chaudhary earlier said. medical officers to report before to the Covid-hit district. ECO-FRIENDLY FURNITURE Ganjam symbol of Covid mismanagement: BJP

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Bhubaneswar, July 14: The state unit of BJP Tuesday lambasted the The rising cases and deaths Odisha government for its alleged in Ganjam are reflective of failure to combat Covid-19 in Ganjam the poor policies of the district and its handling of frontline government. The workers there. government has failed to Addressing a presser here, take the advice and help Tuesday, Odisha BJP spokesperson from medical experts and Bhrugu Buxipatra accused the state others. Rather some select government of poor management IAS officers are taking all of the disease in Ganjam district and decisions leading to such claimed that many frontline work- fiasco ers in the district are deprived of ad- BHRUGU BUXIPATRA I BJP SPOKESPERSON equate safety gears. “The rising cases and deaths in BJP leaders addressing the media in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday Ganjam are reflective of the poor during such times. policies of the government. The virus while working for the gov- day in Ganjam alone and more beds “If a single village could not be government has failed to take the ernment. Some of them died too in Covid hospitals,” he said. sanitised during shutdowns, then advice and help from medical ex- in the war against Covid due to He also accused the state gov- what is the purpose of such shut- perts and others. Rather some se- government apathy.” ernment of running the gover- downs? People are being deprived lect IAS officers are taking all de- The BJP demanded adequate nance on Twitter rather than get- of essential commodities and serv- cisions leading to such fiasco,” he beds in Covid hospitals and am- ting on board other experts and ices,” he added. said. plified testing of the community. stakeholders in the fight against The leader of the saffron party He also added, “A number of “The government had talked Covid-19. also expressed concern over the frontline workers like ASHA work- about serological survey in Ganjam. The leader also said that not a sin- deaths of journalists in Ganjam ers and others are deprived of PPE However, it is yet to begin. It has only gle village is sanitised during the and urged the state government to kits and safety gears. Many such 20 beds in ICUs and 20 ventilators. shutdowns and termed the shut- consider hiking the compensation workers have exposed themselves The testing there is also less. We de- downs as futile exercise if saniti- paid to the kin of deceased jour- An artisan applies paint on cane furniture near Rajmahal Square in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday OP PHOTO to the disease and contracted the mand at least 5,000 sample tests a sation and mass tests are not done nalists to Rs 50 lakh. Innovation key to revive sports ecosystem: Minister PORTAL LAUNCHED FOR

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE holders. The sports sector has to plained how they are accomodat- treat this as an opportunity to in- ing them inside the complex in a ONLINE ADMISSION Bhubaneswar, July 14: Sports The way ahead is unclear and it is novate, to rethink policies and to phased manner. going to be the administrators, policy Minister Tusharkanti Behera, reassess priorities. With the state also set to host big- POST NEWS NETWORK rected 103 special schools across Tuesday, laid emphasis on the sig- makers, sports federations and other “Best practices from across ticket events like FIFA U-17 Odisha to implement online ad- nificant role that innovation, col- stakeholders who have to deliberate, the world are being considered Women's World Cup in February- Bhubaneswar, July 14: In a bid mission systems for the academic laboration and technology can step up and take a lead to usher in a to chart a course ahead,” he March 2021, he also spoke about the to simplify admission process of year 2020-21. play in reviving the sports ecosys- new era in Sports added. need of working closely with the the differently-abled students in Panda clarified that the deci- tem during a videoconference TUSHARKANTI BEHERA I SPORTS MINISTER Behera also spoke about the ini- Local Organising Committee (LOC) schools, the state government has sion has been taken considering the with Union Sports Minister Kiren tiatives adopted by the state to fa- of the tournament and implement introduced an online admission safety and interest of the differ- Rijiju, and sports ministers and cilitate a partial but safe re- strictest of safety norms. system for them. ently-abled students during this

senior officials of other states and sumption of sporting activities. He “The way ahead is unclear and This information was given by coronavirus pandemic.

k y m c union territories. thorities and stakeholders to adopt. said. also gave an insight into the de- it is going to be the administrators, Social Security & Empowerment of “With the help of the online ad- He shared the initiatives that “Today, owing to the unprece- “However, the recent relaxation tailed SOP as per the guidelines of policy makers, sports federations Persons with Disability (SSEPD) mission system, both parents and Odisha government had under- dented coronavirus crisis, sports by the Central government and the Union government across their and other stakeholders who have Minister Ashok Chandra Panda students can maintain social dis- taken to resume sports in the state fraternities across the nation are guidelines laid down by the Sports sports facilities. to deliberate, step up and take a Tuesday. A portal was launched as tancing norms. A decision regarding amid the Covid-19 pandemic and in a constant dilemma regarding Authority of India have brought With athletes resuming training lead to usher in a new era in part of the website of the depart- how the schooling will be done is the possible way forward for its au- the uncertain future,” Behera in some positivity for all stake- at Kalinga Stadium, Behera ex- Sports,” Behera said. ment. The state government has di- yet to be decided,” Panda added. P4 WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

543 fresh cases push virus tally past 14K Infection-proof cover soon

k y m POST NEWS NETWORK Highest single-day for bodies of nCoV suspects c Bhubaneswar, July 14: State’s Covid-19 death toll mounted to 74 recoveries in state POST NEWS NETWORK with four more patients succumb- ing to the disease, while Odisha’s he state witnessed a highest Cuttack, July 14: The bodies of pa- PREVENTING SPREAD AT SCB coronavirus count crossed the 14,000- single-day recovery of coron- tients dying at the isolation wards T The The incident mark with 543 fresh cases, an offi- avirus cases with 609 persons re- of SCB Medical College and Hospital superinte- caused panic cial of the Health and Family covering from the viral infection (SCBMCH) here would be wrapped ndent of among the Welfare (H&FW) department said Tuesday. in infection-proof covers for the SCB said patients who Tuesday. The Health and Family Welfare safety of relatives and attendants. there would had been Two deaths were reported from department took to the Twitter to Many people are now reluctant not be any admitted to Khurda district and one each from say, “Scaling new heights in to participate in the burial or cre- coronavirus the other Ganjam and Cuttack districts, said the #COVID19 war, Odisha mation of bodies of patients dying test on wards of the the official. fights back with a at the isolation wards due to in- patients premier The H&FW department took to record recovery of fection threat, sources said. dying state-run the Twitter to say, “Regret to in- 609 Covid patients “Once somebody dies at the iso- at the healthcare form the demise of four Covid-19 pos- in a day! The lation ward of SCBMCH, his/her isolation facility itive patients while under treat- total recovered body would be wrapped in infection- wards if the same was ment in hospitals.” cases of Covid-19, official sources infection so far. cases of proof cover. So, people will not face A person with coronavirus Subsequently, the lone Three of the deceased were suf- said. As many as 51 Covid-19 cases The Cuttack Municipal #Odisha now any problem in carrying out the not carried out prior to infection was admitted to the coronavirus patient was fering from other ailments, in- were detected from across the City Corporation, on the other hand, stand at 9864 last rites of their relatives,” said their Covid ward of SCB Medical shifted to a special cluding cancer, diabetes and heart here Tuesday, the Bhubaneswar took to the Twitter to inform that (sic)...” SCBMCH superintendent Annada deaths College and Hospital April 3 Covid hospital disease, it added. Municipal Corporation (BMC) 27 Covid-19 cases were detected in The recover- Prasad Patnaik. Besides, a baby boy from tweeted. its jurisdiction Tuesday. ies include 268 Patnaik further revealed that Sundargarh district, who was also “While 35 are quarantine cases, While 20 cases were reported from Ganjam, 135 there would not be any coronavirus a few isolation and coronavirus wards sources said. tested positive for COVID-19, died 16 are local contact ones,” the civic from institutional quarantine, four from Sundargarh, 37 test on patients dying at the isola- were opened at SCBMCH in March Since then, only suspected Covid- due to other complications, the of- body said, adding that five persons are home quarantine cases and from Khurda, 32 from tion wards if the same was not car- first week. A person with coron- 19 cases are being treated at the ficial said. who were earlier tested positive for three local contact ones, said the civic Cuttack, 25 from Balasore, ried out prior to their deaths. avirus infection was admitted to the isolation wards of SCBMCH. The Ganjam district, state’s coron- the viral infection have recovered. body. 23 from Keonjhar and 18 from “People were facing difficulties Covid ward of SCBMCH April 3. patients are being immediately avirus hotspot, accounts for the With this, the Capital city has With this, the Silver City has 150 Mayurbhanj districts. to receive the bodies of their rela- The incident caused panic among shifted to the dedicated Covid hos- maximum number—44 fatalities, 397 active cases, while 361 persons active cases of coronavirus. Of the The fresh cases pushed the state’s tives who died at the isolation wards the patients who had been admit- pitals once they are tested positive the official pointed out. have so far recovered from the in- 291 coronavirus cases, 134 have re- COVID-19 tally to 14,280, of which due to delay in getting the Covid-19 ted to the other wards of the premier for the deadly virus, sources said. Twin cities report 78 cases fection. Bhubaneswar saw a total of covered while seven persons have 4,320 are active, while 9,864 patients test reports. The new guidelines state-run hospital. Subsequently, Some patients have also died The twin cities of Cuttack and 769 coronavirus cases and 10 persons succumbed to the viral infection, have recovered from the disease, the will solve the issue,” Patnaik said. the lone coronavirus patient was while being treated at the isolation Bhubaneswar Tuesday reported 78 have so far succumbed to the viral said a CMC official. official said. It is worth mentioning here that shifted to a special Covid hospital, wards of SCBMCH, sources added. Fitness certificate Ganjam school ignites norms eased for SISTERLY LOVE young minds via ATL govt vehicles POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK thinking, adaptive learning, phys- ical computing among others. Cuttack, July 14: Now, govern- Bhubaneswar, July 14: Gram “The establishment of ATL has ment-owned vehicles can avail fit- Vikas High School at Kankia in introduced our students to a new ness certificates from any of the Ganjam has been selected as Atal realm of knowledge-domain, a new Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) Tinkering Lab (ATL) School for dimension of scientific learning, a across the state, an official of the two consecutive months - May and place to self-satisfy one’s queries and State Transport Authority (STA) June 2020. curiosities, to address their ques- said Tuesday. The school has featured in top 5 tions themselves,” said the school According to an order of the schools of Odisha and top 150 authorities. It is helping the stu- Transport Commissioner Tuesday, schools of the country dents in develop- fitness certificates shall be issued out of over 5,000 opera- ing a culture of cu- by all RTOs to vehicles owned by tional ATLs in India, as riosities in their state government and its agencies per a list released by learning process. irrespective of their original place ‘Atal Innovation The subject of sci- of registration in the state. Mission, Niti Aayog’. ence is no more According to The list of ATL confined to class- the official, after Fitness Schools is released on rooms teaching registration at certificates the basis of innovative alone. Children can a particular shall be issued projects undertaken by experience things RTO, the vehi- by all RTOs to the students, quarterly and experiment sci- cles of state gov- reports submitted to the The school has entific ideas in the ernment, PSUs state-owned Atal Innovation featured in top 5 ATL Lab. and urban local vehicles Mission, and the regu- The teaching of bodies were usu- irrespective lar updating on ATL schools of Odisha ally sent to op- science is no more of their ‘Rakhis’ on display at a store at Choudhury Bazar in Cuttack, Tuesday OP PHOTO dashboard and social and top 150 schools dependent on the erate at differ- media pages. conventional class- ent parts of the place of Assembly Speaker of the country out room lectures on state consider- registration Surya Narayan Patro of over 5,000 merely the theo- ing the admin- POST NEWS NETWORK Kalahandi districts, July 16, the Met had inaugurated the Atal operational ATLs retical concepts of istrative re- department said. Tinkering Lab in Gram the subject of sci- quirement. IMD Bhubaneswar, July 14: India A few places in Kandhamal, Vikas High School, ence. It has now got “Although the vehicles were al- Meteorological Department (IMD) Gajapati, Boudh and Keonjhar dis- Kankia, in January this a practical touch. lowed to ply within the jurisdic- Tuesday said heavy rainfall will tricts will witness heavy down- year. The school has received a The students are now translating tion of any RTOs across the state, predicts occur in some parts of the state for pour July 17. In the meantime, monetary support of Rs 20 lakh the theory of science they learn in they need to avail fitness certifi- next three days. light to moderate rainfall will con- from ‘Atal Innovation Mission’, a flag- the classrooms into actions. “Our cate from the original RTO under Heavy to very heavy rainfall is tinue to occur at many places over ship program of the Niti Aayog, school has been tirelessly work- which it was registered. Under such heavy very likely to occur at one or two the districts of Odisha. Government of India. ing towards inculcating innova- circumstances, it was a Herculean places over the districts of Bargarh, In between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, the With the help of the money re- tive and scientific skills in our stu- task for the government depart- Deogarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda highest 64.6 mm rainfall was ceived, the school has established dents,” the authorities added. ment to approach the particular while a few places in Nuapada, recorded at Titlagarh, followed by an ATL that is fostering curiosity, The ‘Gram Vikas High School’ RTO with the vehicle. It’s a cum- rain for Nabarangpur, Sonepur, Similarly, heavy rainfall would 38.6mm at Bolangir, 29.8mm at creativity and imagination in young has around 500 students, prima- bersome process,” said the official, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and occur in a few pockets of Bhawanipatna, 18mm at Rayagada, minds; and inculcating skills such rily consisting of children from adding that the new rule will ease Malkangiri will receive heavy rain- Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, 12mm at Chandbali, 6mm at Puri as design mindset, computational the tribal communities. the burden and save time as well. 3 days fall Wednesday. Mayurbhanj, Angul, Rayagada and and 2mm at Gopalpur.

STUDIES & BIZ GO HAND IN HAND WEBINAR ON MAINSTREAMING MIGRANT WORKERS Govt needs to think beyond MGNREGS: Experts

POST NEWS NETWORK these communities facing identity Experts said the govt crisis. Bhubaneswar: July 14: As a little should work out both State head of United Nations more than a million migrant labour- Development Programme (UNDP), ers have registered with the state long-term & short-term Abha Mishra, highlighted the need government’s dedicated Covid-19 strategies so that the for mapping skills and knowledge portal and a large number of them of migrants. “This will enable us to have returned back home, this is the livelihoods of migrant draw a line between skilled and time to map their skills to redraw workers are secured unskilled people and plan for the livelihood strategies for them. restoration of their livelihoods.” This was revealed at a webinar She further added that there is a titled ‘Mainstreaming Migrant human trafficking and re-migra- where in the country - a huge com- need to think about developing nat- Workers’ organised by city based tion through alternative pathways. munity estimated to be one fourth ural industries like livestock and civil society outfits ‘Focus Odisha The migrants, after losing jobs, are of the total population of the coun- dairy development, focusing on Foundation’ and ‘Mahashakti facing unemployment and poverty try. Chachra further said, “We need nutri–gardens, organic farming be- Foundation’ in collaboration back home as uncertainty looms to think beyond MGNREGS and sides emphasising agricultural and with ‘Migration Watch India’ large all over. explore alternative skill based liveli- tourism development. Tuesday. Sandeep Chachra, executive di- hoods.” Convener of Covid-19-Civil Society In the webinar, experts opined that rector of Action Aid Association The experts stressed the need Initiative and Migration Watch the government should work out India, which works for the migrants, for ensuring legitimate entitle- India Sudarshan Chhotoray while both long-term and short-term said the need for rebuilding liveli- ments of migrant workers as there outlining the context described strategies so that the livelihoods hood strategies and ensuring so- has been large-scale resentment how the pandemic has exposed vul- A boy takes up study while waiting for customers of bamboo-made items near Rajmahal Square in Bhubaneswar, of migrant workers are secured cial safety net for both returnees and across the country following the nerability of a large section of eco-

Tuesday OP PHOTO which would help avert distress, informal workers working else- alleged denial of their rights as nomically-backward population.

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k y m Hati river erosion leaves c riparian villages on edge

POST NEWS NETWORK FLOOD FEAR THE EROSION OF THE RIVERBANKS Bhawanipatana, July 14: Come CONTINUES TO BE MORE monsoon, thousands of people liv- DEVASTATING AT TEMARA, ing in riparian pockets along Hati KHENGARGUDA, BIRIPUR, river in Kalahandi district live in MATIKHALA, JAMPADA, KARMEL, BALICHHADA, BANKAPALA, fear. Continuous riverbank erosion RASDUMER AND SANAKUTI has posed threat to many villages. With no flood control measures till date, the river plays havoc to land, IN 2010, THE GOVERNMENT HAD crop and properties, every year, a SANCTIONED RS 1.46 CRORE FOR report said. EMBANKMENTS. A TENDER WAS Erosion of riverbanks has been FLOATED, BUT THE CONTRACTUAL a major cause of concern of the AGENCY WHICH WAS AWARDED people in Kalampur block. THE WORK DID NOT TAKE UP “Floodwaters enter villages, and THE WORK IN TIME damage houses and crops. Over 10 houses have been flattened by the bank erosion throughout the mon- repeated floods, the government is the contractual agency which was Youths, sitting on a rock, catch fish at Deleipada ghat of Mahanadi river in Sambalpur, Tuesday OP PHOTO floodwaters over years. As the river soon. Scores of villages remain cut not taking up flood control measures awarded the work did not take up keeps on advancing due to erosion, off from the rest of the world for days like embankments and dykes at the work in time. the houses of Jayram Ghi, Yudhistir together. vulnerable areas. The department concerned floated Pujari, Bilat Majhi and Prasad Local said: “Over 50 acres of The authorities of the OHPC- tender for the second time. The pre- 73 yrs on, this village lacks electricity Majhi have come to the brink of farmland, including five acres each Indravati hydropower project often viously selected contractual agency collapse,” the locals said. at Balichhada and Biripur, four release water, which causes flash moved the Orissa High Court against POST NEWS NETWORK whom are tribals. “Despite run- ances like bulbs and fans. The roads Devastating erosion by the river acres at Karmel and two acres at floods in riparian areas, locals the second tender. Executive engi- ning from pillar to post, the power do not have any electrification so has devoured vast tracts of arable Khengarguda have merged with added. neer of the irrigation department, Mahakalpada, July 14: Residents department authorities have not they face immense problems. They land and the floods have left the the river over the last two decades.” Samiti members Bikash Behera Prashant Kumar Das, said if the of Adivasipada village in Baulakani addressed our concerns. In the ab- have demanded immediate power farmlands sand cast. Samiti member of Balichhada, and Gajindra Bihar demanded that local people spare land freely, the em- panchayat under Mahakalpada sence of power supply, students of supply to the village. The erosion of the riverbanks Bikash Behera, said, “Over the the funds sanctioned for the em- bankment work would be possible. block in Kendrapara district do not this village fail to compete with On being contacted, Marshaghai continues to be more devastating at years, Hati river has eroded a stretch bankments should be utilised for The water resources department have basic facilities like electricity, their counterparts from other electrical division executive engi- Temara, Khengarguda, Biripur, of 15 metres into my farmland.” flood control measures. They alleged has made stone-packing of the even after so many years of places,” said Jayanti Soren, neer Pradeep Kumar Das said, “At Matikhala, Jampada, Karmel, Last year, low-pressure induced no measure has been taken yet to banks at some places. Independence. Rashmita Soren, Gurucharan Soren present, there is no plan of the gov- Balichhada, Bankapala, Rasdumer floods left over 30 acres of land in check the erosion. The executive engineer of the Over generations, the villagers and Anjali Soren. Incidentally all ernment to provide power supply to and Sanakuti. the area sand cast. Over 140 acres In 2010, the government had sanc- water resources department was have been using earthen lamps and are student themselves. the village. We will certainly include People in over 21 villages face of land under Junagarh block were tioned Rs 1.46 crore for embank- asked to prepare a detailed report Dibiri (kerosene lamp). Nearly, 10 The residents of Adivasipada Adivasipada village when electrifi- the fury of the floods and river- sand cast. Locals rued that despite ments. A tender was floated, but on the plight of people in the area. families reside in this village, all of have never used electrical appli- cation of the area will be planned.” 11 held for kidnapping Govt offices off limits for public till July 31 project supervisors POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Rayagada, July 14: In a major Chhatrapur, July14: Amid the 2 cannabis smugglers flee Covid hospital breakthrough, Kashipur police worsening coronavirus crisis in BERHAMPUR: Two COVID- arrested 11 people who were al- Ganjam, the administration has 19 patients undergoing treat- legedly involved in the kidnap- restricted entry of public into all ment at dedicated TATA ping of two project supervisors government offices in the district COVID-19 Hospital at Sitalapalli of a road construction project. till July 31, informed Collector in Ganjam district have been Three other accused are ab- Vijay Amruta Kulange, Tuesday. missing from the hospital since sconding. Some officials posted in Saturday. A search was Police probe revealed that Chhatrapur Collector office and launched after the hospital au- Bhimsen Nayak had employed DRDA office were infected with thorities lodged an FIR with the two project supervisors -- Jitendra the virus Tuesday. For this the ad- local police Monday. The Excise Naik (25) and Senapati Naik (40) ministration has taken the deci- Intelligence officials arrested -- for a road construction project sion to restrict the entry of public two persons from Berhampur New Bus Stand on the charge of smug- in Mandibasi of Kashipur block into the government offices. gling cannabis, July 3. After seizing huge quantities of cannabis from in Rayagada district. July 13, a It is suspected the officials may the duo, they sent the duo to Berhampur jail. As per the COVID-19 group of 14 men came to the con- have contracted the virus during guidelines swab samples of the two marijuana peddlers had been col- struction site and then kidnapped their duty at various temporary lected for COVID-19. The test reports of the duo came out positive. Jitendra and Senapati. They made medical centres (TMCs) which Then the jail authority shifted them to the COVID hospital, July 10 for a ransom demand of Rs 10 lakh for housed migrant returnees. their treatment. However, two days after being admitted to the hospital, their release with life threats. Some of the government offi- the duo fled from the hospital. According to the jail authority the ped- cials have been admitted to COVID dlers are residents of Bhubaneswar. Police are searching nearby areas hospital at Sitalapalli. And the rest of Ganjam district and also in Bhubaneswar to nab the duo. are undergoing home quarantine as they have demonstrated mild 37 corona warriors test positive symptoms only. SUNDARGARH: In the last 24 hours, 52 more people were found 8 fever clinics come up in Berhampur Kulange said all public and pri- COVID-19 positive in Sundargarh district. Out of them, 37 are COVID CHHATRAPUR: Amid rising COVID-19 cases in Ganjam district, vate sector banks in the district warriors, the district administration said, Tuesday. The administra- the district administration Tuesday started eight fever clinics in will be open from 8 am to 3 pm. tion also said that all the 37 COVID warriors were observing their 14- Berhampur city. The clinics are situated at Aska Road, Aaga Sahi, However customers will be allowed day quarantine period. After detection of the virus in their swab sam- Baikunthanagar, Goodshed Road, Khodasingi, Ambapua, Uttaramukhi from 8 am to 1 pm only. ples 15 corona warriors were shifted to COVID hospital in Rourkela, and NST Road. The hospitals will be open from 8:00 am to 12:00pm “If liquor shops are found flout- COVID Health Centre, NTPC Hospital and the remaining were asked every day, even during the weekend shutdown period. The patients ing COVID-19 guidelines then they to stay in home quarantine as they have developed mild symptoms. Out with fever and flu-like symptoms can come to the hospital to take ad- will be penalised with Rs 10,000,” of the 15 other cases, six are returnees, seven are contacts of previous vice of doctors. They can also take medical opinions regarding added Kulange. positive cases and two are local contact cases with symptoms. COVID-19 symptoms from the hospital. Meanwhile, the district has re- ported 188 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, taking the tally to 4335. The fresh cases included 12 co- GANJAM GETS ADDITIONAL 104 AMBULANCES TO FIGHT VIRUS rona warriors, five persons with travel history to other states and 171 CHHATRAPUR: In its fight against lances each. Three of these ambu- these vehicles, a round the clock persons with active contact with pre- coronavirus, the Ganjam district lances will be used as hearses. monitoring cell is working at the re- vious positive cases. All the new pa- administration has recently added Another 22 ambulances will be gional transport office. People can tients have been shifted to COVID a fleet of 104 COVID-19 ambulances made available in the second phase avail the facility only for COVID-19 hospitals, informed officials. to the existing ones. While each and these ambulances will be purpose by dialing 06811-263774. As The district also reported one block will have four such ambu- equipped with oxygen support fa- the district has been reporting more more COVID-19 death Tuesday. An lances, four additional ambulances cility, it was learnt. Most impor- number of COVID-19 patients and 80-year-old male patient, who was will be with Berhampur Municipal tantly, these COVID specific am- deaths in the state, the introduc- also suffering from diabetes and Corporation. Tata COVID-19 hospital bulances have partitions that tion of over hundred COVID-19 am- heart disease, succumbed to the at Sitalapali, MKCG Medical College separate drivers from the patients. bulances will go a long way in han- deadly virus. and Hospital will have nine ambu- For the smooth management of dling the crisis, locals observed. ‘Mo Upakari Bagicha’ to reduce corona impact on nutrition

POST NEWS NETWORK fruits in their backyard gardens THE PROGRAMME AIMED AT ERADICATING MALNUTRITION which they can use for self-con- Malkangiri, July 14: The Malkangiri AND PROVIDING LIVELIHOOD sumption and sell the surplus in district administration in its bid to HAS COME AS SUCCOUR FOR the market. This will boost rural combat the long-term nutritional SCORES OF WOMEN IN THIS economy. challenges caused by the Covid-19 pan- DISTRICT DURING THESE TRYING Many children have died in past demic and reverse migration of TIMES in the district due to malnutrition labourers is emphasising on the for which the administration aims state government-sponsored ‘Mo at converging the state and Centre Upkari Bagicha’ (My Beneficial THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION sponsored programme to check mal- Garden), a report said. IS MAKING ELABORATE nutrition with the help of these The programme aimed at eradi- PREPARATIONS TO PROVIDE kitchen gardens, the Project Director cating malnutrition and providing JOBS TO MIGRANT RETURNEES said. The district has earned ap- livelihood has come as succour for AND WOMEN IN VILLAGES WHO preciation at state and national scores of women in this district dur- HAVE LOST THEIR LIVELIHOOD level for successful implementation ing these trying times. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC of this scheme. The DRDA is pro- Covid-19 spreading rapidly in this viding financial and technical as- district has robbed the livelihood of sistance as well as good quality the people. The Odisha Livelihoods and sell the surplus in the market to from this programme in 2019-20 The district administration is seeds and saplings to the women Mission (OLM) has come to the res- earn a living. The district admin- fiscal. Tasting success, the women making elaborate preparations to working under the programme in cue of women through the state- istration is of the view that a well- are now eager to spread their area provide jobs to migrant returnees and various panchayats. sponsored programme ‘Mo Upakari developed nutrition garden is likely of cultivation. “Prompted by this women in villages who have lost The women have been asked Bagicha’. to supplement the daily dietary re- success, the district administra- their livelihood due to the pandemic. to abide by the Covid-19 safety

The programme implemented by quirement of a vulnerable family, in- tion is now implementing the pro- This year, the district administration norms and work in their gardens

k y m c the district rural development agency cluding pregnant women, lactating gramme on priority basis in plans to engage 35,000 women either under the programme. The mem- (DRDA) aims at encouraging women mothers and children. Swabhiman (cut-off) Anchal to individually or through self-help bers of women SHGs are also in the district to grow vegetables Reports said over 4,000 women in bring in change in the lives and groups in this ‘Mo Upakari Bagicha’ being provided with training by and fruits at a minimal cost in the 18 panchayats under Mathili, livelihood of tribal women,” programme. the gram rojgar sevaks, Krushi backyards of their houses to get Malkangiri, Khairput and Balmukund Bhuyan, Project The women will work and culti- Mitra, Prani Mitra and MBK out- fresh vegetables to meet their need Chitrakonda blocks have benefitted Director, DRDA said. vate nutritious vegetables, greens and fits, he added. P6 WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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global pandemic threat- the Sample Registration System ening the very human (SRS) for the year 2018, Bihar is the civilization may not be only state where a woman is likely Here Comes Google Athe best of times to dis- to have over three children. cuss population explosion and the So, this is simple math — we oogle Inc CEO Sundar Pichai, in a virtual meeting with Prime strain that it puts on a nation’s have to invest massively in girls’ Minister Narendra Modi on 13 July, has said that Google will invest resources, exchequer, and the na- education. And, thus, help them ex- GUS$10 billion in the next five to seven years in India. Pichai’s words tional and social fabric. Look no ercise choices in their lives. We must have sounded like honey and sugar to an economically battered Indian further than New Zealand as a need to vigorously promote the government. Pichai has said that the money Google will invest will be done case in point. A country with the small family norm in school cur- through a mix of investments in large companies, startups, partnerships and number of inhabitants less than riculum. Small families with good infrastructure investments. The spheres mentioned for investment seem quite that of Ahmedabad has managed education would ensure a better broad based and non-specific. While national media has speculated Google’s to contain the Covid-19 crisis, es- quality of human resource. We first big investment will be in Jio Platforms of Reliance Industries, the ne- sentially because of a manage- need to stress on the quality of gotiations are not yet completed. However, like morning shows the day, the able population. As India becomes our human resources, working over enthusiastic response to Google by the government of India shows there the third worst-hit country by the population, and the country as a is more, much more, to what meets the ordinary citizen’s eye. pandemic, it’s instructive to look whole. It’s only then that we will Take for example, the government of India’s response to Jeff Bezos, at its burgeoning population and be able to meet our ambitious tar- founder CEO of Amazon. Bezos had physically visited India in January 2020 Naveen Jindal the possibilities for the future. gets that we set for ourselves. and come with an initial offer of investing US$1 billion, which he wanted Now at 137 crore, India is home We also need to increase the to put mainly in small and medium industries. The business model of to the world’s second-largest pop- Small families with good education would ensure governmental spend on health- Amazon is known to all globally. It depends on physical employees since its LOOK AT THE ulation. According to the UN World a better quality of human resource. We need to care, and family planning measures mainstay is E-commerce based retail. Therefore, it was believable when Population Prospects 2019, India and schemes. A recent trend has Bezos had said that he would create over 1 million jobs in India. Unlike Amazon, IRONY: WE will overtake China as the world’s stress on the quality of our human resources, seen a drop in the usage of con- the investment promise of Google would mostly be in the sphere of data, which ASPIRE TO BE A most populous country by 2027. working population, and the country as a whole. traceptives, and some even argue would not percolate to the ground level as jobs for large number of people. With 18 per cent of the global pop- that Indian men are less likely to Surprisingly, Bezos was snubbed and not given appointment by either PM $5 TRILLION ulation, India today is not fighting It’s only then that we will be able to meet our use contraceptives than women. Narendra Modi or any senior member of the government. On the other hand, just a pandemic. It’s striving to ambitious targets that we set for ourselves Contraceptives’ use needs to be Union Minister Piyush Goyal had publicly stated that Amazon would not be ECONOMY BY be hunger-free. It wants to get rid encouraged. doing any great favour by investing in India. Had Amazon’s investment 2025. YET, WE of social inequities. It has to cre- I had in the past delved into the been welcome, it is possible that the money and the employment opportu- ate job opportunities for all. A icy in 2000. Population explosion in the population while ensuring systemic issue of why the poor nities would have started opening up now in the dark Covid era. Yet, it is not RANK A LOWLY workforce of the size of Australia has concerned governments and at the same time that there is no want to have more children, and difficult to understand why the BJP government was unwilling to entertain 103rd ON THE gets added to our country every lawmakers of all shades. Since population decline. According to how we can help them with a safety Jeff Bezos. year. A growing army of the un- Independence, as many as 35 an estimate, 13 Indian states are at net. Some reports in the present In the meantime, Facebook Inc has invested GLOBAL HUNGER employed can create massive so- Private Member Bills have been in- this rate or a rate below this. context argue that the Modi gov- more than US$5 billion in Reliance Jio and cial upheavals, besides widening troduced in Parliament to control While population control and ernment is considering a cornered a little less than 10 percent stake INDEX AMONG the “haves-have nots” divide. population. I am of the firm belief stabilisation have gained cur- Narasimha Rao government pro- in that company. There is no doubt that, in 119 COUNTRIES Won’t it be better, then, if we have that we need a national consensus rency especially after Prime posal to make population control today’s India scenario, Reliance Industries an institutionalised mechanism to stabilise our population. And, Minister Narendra Modi’s a fundamental duty, while some is the best bet for large investors whose Piate to check, control, and manage pop- we need to work in mission mode. Independence Day speech last claim that a small family norm focus lies on data collection. With a suc- Tathagata ulation growth, and keep it at sta- As an MP, I had participated in year, some, including state gov- could even be a prerequisite for con- cessful spread of Jio, RIL is the most pow- Satpathy ble levels? Look at the irony: We discussions on the issue in the ernments, and those moving testing an election. While puni- erful operator in this field. However, Amazon O aspire to be a $5 trillion economy Parliament and remember clearly Private Member Bills in tive measures may appeal to some, would have created problems by disrupt- by 2025. Yet, we rank a lowly 103rd that during the discussions mem- Parliament, advocate punitive and may appear to work in the ing the retail sector of India in which big interests are at play. Unlike the West on the Global Hunger Index among bers across the political spectrum measures against those “violating” short term, especially in author- and especially the US, E-Commerce related retail has blossomed very late 119 countries (2018 rankings). India spoke in unison on the need for pop- the two-child norm. According to itarian regimes, I would argue in India. Indigenous industrialists were preoccupied with large industries has 2.4 per cent of the world’s land ulation stabilisation. one count, more than 10 states that a democracy must employ such as petroleum, steel and fibre. The sudden waking up of Indian business mass, and 4 per cent of water re- As a result of the efforts of gov- have such measures in place, the power of persuasion. to large scale physical and E-Commerce retail was bound to get a massive sources. Compared to many other ernments, pressure groups, civil which, for instance, bar one from The government must engage jolt with the entry of Amazon. This jolt would have had two aspects. For small parts of the world, this makes society and the media, and after the holding a public office (say, in with community leaders and re- and medium players, the Amazon umbrella would have injected life back into India among the most dense, large creation of an enabling environ- panchayats), if he or she has more ligious and spiritual gurus. them, which would have, in turn, created huge employment opportunities. countries (over 464 people per sq ment through education, espe- than two children. While the ef- Spiritual gurus have used their Apart from this, customers would have got access to a wider range of prod- km), also making the spread of a cially girls’ education, India’s av- ficacy of this needs to be debated, offices constructively for cam- ucts with competitive pricing. The second aspect would, of course, be con- Covid-19-like pandemic a lot faster. erage yearly population growth we need to focus a lot more on paigns like Pulse Polio. We must sidered negative because large Indian giants entering retail would have Over a period of time, the popu- rate has come down from 21.5 per girl child’s education. We have get them on board and get them to been stressed out. To protect these giants, the government, understandably, lation growth puts tremendous cent to 17.7 per cent between seen a marked decline in TFRs talk about the small family norm. snubbed Bezos. On retrospect, had Amazon started supplying more products pressure on natural, national and 1991–2001 and 2001–2011. in states with a good girl education In addition to this, we can incen- manufactured in India within India, these Covid times would have become social resources. India’s quest for It’s been argued in the National machinery. States like Kerala, tivise small families — for in- a boon not only for that company but for India as well. It has been interna- the Sustainable Development Goals, Family Health Survey-4 that India Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, stance, with tax rebates. A two- tionally acknowledged that Amazon is probably one of the few corporates too, could get impacted. should have a Total Fertility Rate Himachal Pradesh have low TFRs, child norm is eminently desirable. that grew in volume during these lockdown months. It would also have India, incidentally, was the first (TFR) of 1.8 (meaning women hav- primarily because girls here have But we need to promote the idea been easier to replace Chinese products in the Indian market had Amazon developing country to initiate a ing less than 2 children). The cur- better access to education, for a rather than enforce or impose it. been encouraged here since it has access to alternative global manufactur- family planning programme in rent TFR is 2.2. Some argue that longer period in a life cycle. In ers. Instead of banning TikTok and such superficial data collecting apps, the 1951. The first National Population India can do with a TFR of 2.1, contrast, states like Bihar and The writer is Chairman government of India has officially welcomed the father of all Data Collectors Policy was conceptualised in 1976. touted as ‘replacement fertility Uttar Pradesh, which have not of Jindal Steel and to gain a chokehold on the Indian public. The National Health Policy was for- rate’ which would ensure that done enough on education, have Power Ltd and mulated in 1983, and a new pol- there would be no tangible growth high TFRs. According to data from a two-time MP.

WISDOM CORNER IN JEST THIS Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good. GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. ARTHASASTRA Politics might be a good marriage filter

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant esponding to an online peti- My wife and I enjoy the same President Donald Trump, part of his trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind. tion, the matrimonial website types of food, but more crucial to inner circle, but George is even CHINESE PROVERB RShaadi.com recently removed marital harmony is that we have closer: he’s a thorn in the presi- a skin complexion filter that al- similar political views. Our mar- dent’s side. George is a founding lowed people to search for potential riage would have probably ended member of the Lincoln Project, a WORDSWORTH partners through descriptors such years ago if we disagreed on poli- conservative group dedicated to as “fair,” “wheatish” and “dark.” tics. Perhaps that’s why an Uttar ousting Trump from the presidency. This is a welcome change. I cer- Pradesh couple decided a few years Their marriage has lasted almost SUBPRIME tainly wouldn’t want to categorise ago not to get married. two decades, so their disagreements myself using those descriptors. cording to religion, caste, height, According to a Times of India re- on Trump are unlikely to break his term dates back to the 1920s and is originally and mainly American. Some parts of my body are proba- and annual income. port, the couple had met at a tem- them up, though I haven’t checked TIt appears first in the obvious sense of something, often food, that is bly somewhere between “dark” It could be argued, however, that ple in Kanpur to discuss how they the betting odds in Las Vegas. below the highest quality or grade, inferior. By the 1970s it had begun to be and “darkish,” while other parts are height is important in a marriage. would pay for their marriage cer- Jennifer Merrill, a book editor linked with finance, at first in the sense of a commercial lending rate lower Melvin Durai between “wheatish” and “whitish.” I honestly believe that my wife has emony. The subject of the economic for an American trade association, than the prime rate, one that was typically offered only to the most My palms are “fair,” while my neck kept me around for 20 years partly slowdown in India came up, and the might be less optimistic, having desirable borrowers. At that time to be offered a subprime loan was a mark OUR MARRIAGE is quite “unfair.” because she’s unable to reach the bride, a government employee, divorced her husband of 24 years of your creditworthiness and financial stability, ironic in view of what It certainly isn’t wise to judge a top shelf of kitchen cupboards. If blamed it on the Prime Minister. The a few years ago. As she told Voice happened later. The word began its slide into notoriety in the early 1990s. WOULD HAVE person, even a marriage partner, she had placed a matrimonial ad, groom, a business owner, disagreed of America, “I just couldn’t see It started to mean a loan, often on unfavourable terms, to borrowers who PROBABLY based on their skin tone. Horrible it would have said: “Men under 5- vehemently. Following a heated ar- sharing a bed with somebody that didn’t qualify because of a poor credit history or other circumstances — people come in all skin tones and foot-6 should not respond without gument, the couple decided to call agreed with what Trump was doing those who in plain language would be called bad risks, who had court ENDED YEARS so do good people. If you don’t be- photos of the ladder they will bring off the wedding. Hopefully they when I was so against everything judgements against them, who had financial problems due to redundancy AGO IF WE lieve me, just do a search online for with them.” are now happily married to spouses that Trump represented.” or divorce, or who were simply poor. Though subprime could be used for “Top 10 Most Wanted Criminals It could also be argued that hav- who are in total agreement on That begs the question: Do you borrowing money for any purpose, the most significant use has been for DISAGREED in India.” You will find a wide va- ing the same religion makes mar- whether to praise or blame the have to discuss politics in bed? mortgages. There have always been firms who were prepared to lend riety of skin tones, not to mention ried life easier. My wife and I have Prime Minister. Can’t you just discuss sports in- money to people in these groups, at a price, but in the nineties established ON POLITICS a wide variety of mustaches. different religious backgrounds It’s not necessary, of course, for stead? If you’re rooting for India in lenders moved into this market. A surprisingly large number of The same can be said about other and it has certainly led to some couples to agree on everything po- the cricket World Cup, but your euphemisms were coined, including sub-standard, impaired credit, B- features, of course. Perhaps all fil- challenges. I’ve attended a lot of litically. Just look at Kellyanne husband is rooting for Pakistan, you paper, non-conforming, near-prime, and second chance, but subprime has ters on matrimonial websites need ceremonies that I didn’t under- Conway and George T. Conway III probably won’t get a divorce. You become the most common. Lenders wanting to offset the risks of such to be eliminated. We should not be stand – but I did understand that in the United States. might make him sleep on the couch loans began to package them into complex and ingenious financial putting people in categories ac- there’d be food served at the end. Kellyanne is a counselor to for a month, though. instruments which they sold on to banks and hedge funds, who were keen to acquire them. Unfortunately, the rising levels of mortgage foreclosures in the US during 2006 and 2007 has left many of these instruments valueless and created a worldwide crisis in banking. OAS officers Cricket is back Covid, hospitals

Sir, It must be stated here that the young and en- Sir, Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sir, In the race against Covid-19, India terprising OAS officers in the state are doing a game of cricket made a comeback, after now is faced with a difficult time. This is etters good job. Revenue officers are not only manag- an interval of 117 days, in the form of a also turning out to be a time of exploita- LOL ing natural calamities like flood, cyclone and three-Test series between England and tion, in which some private hospitals are the dreaded Covid-19 control works well, they have West Indies. Following the new guide- trying to make good the losses they TOL THE EDITOR also dedicated themselves to devise ways and lines of the International Cricket Council incurred during the lockdown period. DON’T ARREST Readers of Orissa POST means to provide the general public with the (ICC) -- of bowling without applying Some private hospitals are so much fortified THE JUDGE are most welcome to contribute letters key documents of their property in a short span saliva to the ball and playing under the that they lack transparency in commu- way to the masquerade ball.” (200 words), articles and of time. As per reports, the officers from several challenging overcast English conditions nicating the condition of patients to their columns (between 750-1250 squad car driver was covering a “You mean you pinched his honour?” words). Contributors are tehsils have been able to do this job with the -- the West Indies team accomplished wards, leaving them in confusion, besides Aquiet beat out in the sticks when asked Pat. requested to send their help of digital infrastructure. The hardworking one of the toughest victories ever by giving hefty medical bills. In this hour of he was amazed to find a former “How was I to know that his convict contact numbers and full and dedicated officers must be rewarded not sealing the first Test match of the series crisis, private hospital associations are

lieutenant on the police force suit was only a costume?” demanded postal address/email ID. They may also only with certificates but with cash awards too, at Southampton. The match witnessed urged to build consensus with insurance

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c covering the beat. Mike. and suggestions, preferably by email, so as to motivate them do their job with utmost some notable changes owing to the pan- companies in fixing standard rates He stopped the car and asked, “Why, “Well,” mused Pat, “there’s a lesson in to: [email protected] commitment in future. Perceptions about revenue demic. With zero spectators in the stadium, for Covid treatment and restrain them- Irish Mike, this wouldn’t be your new this somewhere.” officials being deeply corrupt must be old story. and no handshakes before and after the selves from charging exorbitantly. This beat out here in the sticks, would it?” “That there is,” replied Irish Mike....” These officers seem to have imbibed the spirit of match, the gentleman’s game has made is a time of distress for one and all, and time “That it is,” Irish Mike replied grimly, ‘Tis wise never to book a judge by his B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, service from the great personalities of the state. a new beginning with a new normal. to help each other. “ever since I arrested the judge on his cover.” Bhubaneswar-751010 Sanjib Das, CUTTACK Tushar Anand, EMAIL Murali M. Mallareddy, EMAIL KARNATAKA

WEST P7 BENGAL

WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR

k y m BANGALORE c LOCKED UP ONLY 134 SERVICES AVAILABLE Industries ask govt: Why THE CITY ACCOUNTS FOR 61 PC OF ALL ACTIVE CASES IN THE SOUTHERN STATE

AGENCIES don’t you let us operate?

Bangalore, July 14: The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation Bangalore has nearly 2.4 lakh registered units with an employment of (BMTC) has suspended all its op- 25 lakh and investment in the range of `40,000 crores erations for a week from July 15 to 21, owing to the Covid-induced lock- AGENCIES down here amid rising cases. Only 134 skeletal essential services will Bangalore, July 14: Trade and be operated, an official said Tuesday. industry bodies in Karnataka are “BMTC bus services to the gen- miffed at the ‘unilateral’ lockdown eral public are suspended from government has imposed from July Wednesday to next Tuesday. 14 to 22 without taking them into However, as per the orders of the gov- confidence, said an official Tuesday. ernment, BMTC will operate es- “Enforcement of lockdown of sential services for permitted ac- industries is likely to paralyse the tivities during the lockdown period,” state economy and severely impact said an official from the road trans- industrial production and hamper port corporation. attempts to restore normalcy,” said During the lockdown, the city Federation of Karnataka Chambers bus service will operate 134 essen- of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) tial services, excluding the con- president C. R. Janardhan. tainment zones for 12 hours be- He said the industrial sector con- tween 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. tributes 26 per cent of the Gross State Only selected essential services Domestic Product (GSDP) which providers working in government now will be affected by the those states. the worsening pandemic in the city, departments and others, students lockdown as industries Many “In Pune, what worries us is the inevitable con- attending examinations and those It also ran buses to Tirupati and MTC bus services to the Bengaluru Metro contract labour- will be closed, im- industries in Chennai and sequences of all this on the wholly taking trains and flights will be al- Ananthapur in neighbouring Bgeneral public suspended ers working on the Nagawara- pacting production, Bangalore especially in Delhi social beleaguered small industry sector lowed to move out. Andhra Pradesh, ferrying a total of from Wednesday to next Gottigere line have tested positive state GST collec- the manufacturing sector lockdown was which may end up completely shat- Meanwhile, the Karnataka State 32,000 passengers. Tuesday for coronavirus, an official said tions and hitting have slowly started operating imposed but tered as a result,” he said. Road Transport Corporation Similar to Monday, several mi- Tuesday. jobs. second shift in the last few days industries According to the official, nearly (KSRTC) has scheduled 1,100 buses grant workers were also seen in ity bus service to operate 134 “Eighty Bengaluru Metro con- According to to fulfill orders. At this stage, were per- 20 per cent of all the small and Tuesday to facilitate the homeward the city Tuesday, rushing back Cessential services, excluding tract labourers have contracted Janardhan, another lockdown will destroy mitted to op- medium enterprise has shut down journey of many people scram- home. the containment zones for 12 hrs coronavirus. They were working Bangalore alone the morale of the management erate by ad- operations in the state due to the between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m bling to go back. Many people were seen board- on the Nagawara-Gottigere line,” a contributes 70 and workers hering to earlier lockdown. “Bangalore has As many as 20 pick-up points ing KSRTC buses with their lug- Metro official told IANS. per cent of the norms pre- nearly 2.4 lakh registered units have been arranged by the road gage while some people also made elected essential services Following the infection, all the GSDP which is put CR JANARDHAN I PRESIDENT, scribed as per with an employment of 25 lakh transport corporation to ferry the their own arrangements to cram Sproviders working in govt workers who are migrant labourers under complete lock- FEDERATION OF KARNATAKA the ministry of and investment in the range of depts and others, students CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND passengers to the interior districts. their stuff into auto-rickshaws to from different states, have been down with minimal ex- INDUSTRY home af- `40,000 crores. This is excluding the KSRTC Managing Director reach home. attending exams and those sent to a Covid Care Centre (CCC). ceptions from Tuesday 8 fairs unorganized sector which is close taking trains and flights allowed Shivayogi C. Kalasad held a video Several people were seen riding The development took place last p.m. to July 22. guidelines,” he said. to the organised numbers. The to move out conference Monday and directed back home on two-wheelers. week, resulting in the halting of “Many industries in Bangalore Similarly, MSME, Kassia, hotel economic and social impact will, the officials to arrange sufficient Monday, Karnataka registered the Metro construction work be- especially in the manufacturing and Peenya Industry association therefore, be disastrous,” said the number of buses, so that the pub- 2,738 new Covid-19 cases with the which 15,052 are active. tween Shivajinagar and Tannery sector have slowly started operat- members have also expressed their official. lic is not inconvenienced. majority of them emerging from Alarmingly, the city alone ac- road. The Nagawara-Gottigere Metro ing second shift in the last few days unhappiness over the lockdown. The SME sector has appealed to The transporter is deploying Bangalore, breaching the 40,000 counts for 61 per cent of all the ac- line falls under Reach 6 of Phase II. to fulfill orders. At this stage, another An official from the Karnataka the state government to allow at only local drivers and has also de- mark for the state’s tally to settle at tive cases in the southern state. Larsen and Toubro (L&T), lockdown will destroy the morale Small Scale Industries Association least one shift to function in the puted senior officers at all the pick- 41,581, even as 73 people succumbed Amid the surging Covid cases the contractor building Reach 6 of the management and workers,” (KASSIA) said the sector has barely larger interest. up points for smooth operations. to the virus. daily since July 1, the Karnataka gov- line, made the migrant labourers he said. recovered from the lockdown and Alarmed by the surging Covid- Monday, the KSRTC operated Bangalore accounted for the high- ernment has decided to re-impose undergo a test for coronavirus Comparing Karnataka to Tamil another lockdown will put it in 19 cases daily since July 1, the 1,100 buses to destinations such as est number of infections with 1,315 a total lockdown in Bangalore Urban after a worker suffered from Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra, great disadvantage. Karnataka government has de- Davangere, Hosadurga, Yadgir, or 48 per cent of the new cases. and Rural districts from July 14 high fever and tested positive for Janardhan said Covid is more “While it is certainly necessary cided to re-impose a total lockdown Hassan, Kalaburagi, Shivamogga With the addition of new cases, till July 22. Covid-19. It tested nearly 200 rampant in those states than here for the government to take hard in Bangalore Urban and Rural dis- and Pavagada. the city tally rose to 19,702, out of Meanwhile, as many as 80 workers for the virus. and no lockdown was imposed in and effective measures to tackle tricts from July 14 till July 22. Are Bengal varsities’ BJP MLA’S DEATH NOT Non-agriculturists VCs allowed for MURDER, BUT ‘SUICIDE’ can buy and own MLA DEBENDRA NATH RAY’S DEATH: BJP OBSERVES 12-HR SHUTDOWN IN an e-meet with Guv? EIGHT NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF WEST BENGAL farmland in Karna The Governor/ Chancellor of state varsities has called AGENCIES The amended Land (GDP) has been less than manu- for a virtual meeting with the VCs July 15 to discuss facturing and services sectors over problems faced by students due to the pandemic Kolkata, July 14: Amid opposition Reforms Act now permits the last two decades. BJP’s allegations over the ‘mur- non-farmers to buy Criticism by farmers, the AGENCIES der’ of party MLA Debendra Nath Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular Ray, West Bengal Home Secretary farmland and grow food (JD-S) since the cabinet approved Kolkata, July 14: Vice chancellors Alapan Bandyopadhyay Tuesday crops but they cannot use changes June 11 forced the state gov- of state universities Tuesday sought said that prima facie it appeared to ernment to retain section 80 of the to know if it will be appropriate for be a “case of suicide.” it for other activities Act, with an amendment, to prevent Bengal Governor Jagdeep Addressing a press meet at the sale of the dam water irrigated Dhankhar to interact with them state Secretariat Nabanno, farmland. directly. A new law mandates that Bandopadhyay said that the state AGENCIES “The ordinance has also added the governor routes all communi- government would take the probe a new section (80A), which says cation through the higher educa- into the matter to its logical end. He Bangalore, July 14: Karnataka has relaxations under the Act will not tion department. said that the state Criminal made changes to the Land Reforms apply to land given to farmers Dhankhar, who is also the chan- Investigation Department (CID) Act 1961 through an ordinance to under the Karnataka SC and ST Act cellor of the varsities, has called for was probing. allow non-agriculturists to buy 1978,” the official said. a virtual meeting with the VCs “The post-mortem suggests death BJP workers protest in Kolkata over the lawmaker’s ‘murder’ in Kolkata and own farmland for farming, ac- The changes permits mortgage July 15 to discuss the problems Subiresh Bhattacharya, said. due to hanging as noted above and cording to an official here Tuesday. of farmland only to the state-run faced by the students owing to the The state Assembly had last year is ante-mortem in nature. There cident. “The Land Reforms Act has been institutions, firms, cooperative so- Covid-19 pandemic. passed a legislation that enabled was no other injury on his body. A minor clash also took place amended through an ordinance cieties as specified in the Act. The Referring to letters sent to the VCs vice-chancellors to call meetings of After preliminary investigation, between BJP activists and and notified after Governor ordinance also makes legal cases by Raj Bhavan, the West Bengal their highest decision-making bod- the state police are assuming Trinamool Congress sup- Vajubhai R. Vala gave his assent to pending in courts against the sec- Vice-Chancellors’ Council, in a ies in consultation with the higher it a case of suicide,” he porters at Toofanganj in it Monday night,” a Revenue tions amended redundant as the statement, solicited Dhankhar’s education department and not the said, while quoting the The Cooch Behar district, Department official told IANS. new Act addresses the concerns advice on whether the rules provide chancellor, as was the earlier prac- post-mortem report. post-mortem police said. It now permits non-farm- raised in them. suggests death due to for such interactions. tice. Meanwhile, a 12- Ray had joined ers to buy farmland Though “Besides generating “The VCs are entitled to know if The new rule further stipulated, hour shutdown hanging as noted above the BJP in 2019. and grow food substantial revenue hundreds of direct communication between the “Every communication proposed was observed in and is ante-mortem in Earlier, he was crops. But they for the state gov- Governor and VCs was in accor- to be made by the chancellor to eight northern nature. There was no other elected on a cannot use it for people petitioned ernment, the Act dance with Rule 8 (5) of the 2019 any state-aided university shall be districts of West injury on his body. The state Communist other activities. successive governments will now allow Act,” the statement undersigned by routed through the higher educa- Bengal, amid spo- police are assuming it a Party of India- “Sections 79 since 45 years to abolish the farmers who find the secretary of the council, tion department.” radic disruptions case of suicide Marxist ticket in A, B and C of ‘draconian’ sections, they the occupation were ignored. I compliment by angry BJP sup- ALAPAN BANDYOPADHYAY I HOME 2016. The family Ray joined the BJP in 2019. Earlier, the Act have non-remunera- porters. SECY, WEST BENGAL members of the de- he was elected on a Communist been repealed, CM Yediyurappa and tive and risky due The shutdown was ceased BJP Party of India-Marxist ticket in 2016. paving way for Revenue Minister for this to droughts/floods Bengal Madhyamik Class X called to protest against lawmaker The family members of the deceased bona fide citizens decision and labour short- the death of BJP legislator from had alleged that Ray was BJP lawmaker had alleged that Ray to invest in farm- KC RAMAMURTHY I RS MP, age to sell their sur- North Dinajpur’s Hemtabad, who ‘murdered’ for his political affili- was ‘murdered’ for his political land and take to BANGALORE plus land to exam results are out today was found hanging a few metres ations and demanded a thorough affiliations and demanded a farming as a hobby, pas- urban buyers,” from his home near a local market probe into the matter. thorough probe into the matter sion or additional occupation, the official said. AGENCIES Monday morning. In Delhi, the BJP alleged Tuesday which is rewarding,” the official Hundreds of people who have According to police sources, BJP that ‘jungle raj’ prevailed in West Hemtabad MLA’s death. Daily trans- said. been in diverse professions, like Kolkata, July 14: West Bengal activists took out rallies in Malda Bengal, after a delegation of senior port services were disrupted by The amended Act will enable business, services, manufactur- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee district and forcibly closed the dis- state party leaders met President BJP supporters at Ghughumari the state to attract investment in the ing, hospitality, education, health Tuesday announced that the West trict head post office. They also Ram Nath Kovind here to demand area in the district. As many as farm sector and boost food output. and teaching, will get an opportu- Bengal Board of Secondary staged a sit-in to disrupt regular a CBI probe into the death of Ray. three buses were partially ran- The farm sector’s contribution to nity to take to farming and serve Education (WBBSE) Board transport services in the district. According to police sources, BJP sacked by irate political activists. the state’s gross domestic product the nation. Madhyamik Class X results for The results are expected to declared A group of BJP workers staged activists took out rallies in Malda At least 15 people were arrested in 2020 will be declared Wednesday. on the official websites, wbbse.org protests at the depot of North Bengal district and forcibly closed the dis- connection with the incident. A The Class-X results are expected and wbresults.nic.in, at 10 am State Transport Corporation and also trict head post office. They also minor clash also took place be- to declared on the official website blocked the National Highway-34. staged a sit-in demonstration dis- tween BJP activists and Trinamool at 10 a.m. cluding 5 lakh female students, ap- Similarly, BJP workers also hit rupting the regular transport serv- Congress supporters at Toofanganj “I want to congratulate all the peared for the Madhyamik exami- the roads in Cooch Behar district ices in the district this morning. in Cooch Behar district, police said. candidates whose results will be an- nations this year. The examination protesting the incident. A group of BJP workers staged “The law and order situation in

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of the day uote CENTRE ISSUES India-EU summit to focus on Chinese aggression The then THE SUMMIT WILL PRIMARILY FOCUS ON WAYS TO EXPAND OVERALL ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT, Congress government at STRENGTHEN MULTILATERALISM AND HANDLE THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 the Centre levelled GUIDELINES FOR PRESS TRUST OF INDIA false and baseless the outside world. With that dis- Broad-based Trade and Investment allegations against cussion going on the EU side and Agreement (BTIA), they said. me and filed a case New Delhi, July 14: The 15th this phrase of diversification of The summit will be co-chaired by (on Babri Masjid demolition) out of India-EU Summit which will be supply chains or value chains is a Prime Minister Narendra Modi, political animosity ONLINE CLASSES held July 15 is likely to see discus- very lively debate which you see European Council President Charles sions on specific issues of grow- either in the speeches of the Michel and European Commission KALYAN SINGH | SENIOR BJP LEADER PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ing Chinese assertiveness. European leaders and also in the con- President Ursula von der Leyen. ‘PRAGYATA’ The summit will primarily focus text of individual countries in the PM Modi was scheduled to visit Today, a large New Delhi, July 14: The HRD on three broad areas – ways to ex- European Union,” the source said. Brussels in March for the summit. part of the Ministry Tuesday announced guide- pand overall economic engagement, “This will be the background But his visit was cancelled in the Indian news lines for online classes by schools strengthen multilateralism and plus the status of our own bilat- wake of the coronavirus outbreak. media has been and recommended a cap on dura- handle the adverse impacts of the eral negotiations will perhaps in- The 27-nation EU is a strategically captured by fascist tion and the number of sessions in coronavirus pandemic. fluence the agenda.” important region for India. The EU interests. A hate- a day for students. To a question on whether if the clarity after the talks.” Healthcare will also feature as an as a whole was India’s largest trad- filled narrative is The guidelines have been framed recent India-China border stand- The two sides are also going to important subset and will form ing partner in 2018. being spread by television by the ministry, following concerns off could come up, a source said, focus on enhancing global supply part of the discussion. India’s bilateral trade with the EU channels, WhatsApp forwards and raised by parents about schools con- “Contemporary situation and de- chains. India has been talking about Trade and investment in 2018-19 stood at $115.6 billion false news ducting online classes like regu- velopments will form part of the dis- creating alternatives to China as part In the summit, the two sides are with exports valued at $57.17 billion RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER lar schools, which has increased cussions but as of now it will be dif- of the supply chain. also expected to delve into finding and imports worth $58.42 billion. children's screen time after the ficult to say. When the leadership “There has been talk of strategic a way forward to resume talks on The defence and security coop- COVID-19 pandemic mandated a HE DURATION FOR ONLINE talks at that level, the discussions autonomy which requires not being the long-pending free trade agree- eration between the two sides is 'Operation shift from classroom teaching to on- TCLASSES FOR PRE-PRIMARY take their own turn. There will be dependent for critical supplies on ment which is known as EU-India also witnessing an upswing. Kamal' will not line learning as schools continue STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE FOR affect the to remain shut for over four months. MORE THAN 30 MINUTES Maha Vikas Aghadi In the guideline called OR CLASSES 1 TO 8, THE HRD government led by “Pragyata”, the Ministry of Human PM allows Priyanka Chief Minister FMINISTRY HAS Resource Development has rec- LIFE AMID COVID Uddhav Thackeray RECOMMENDED TWO ONLINE ommended that the duration for to retain bungalow in Maharashtra, though the BJP has SESSIONS OF UP TO 45 MINUTES been giving deadlines, and the next online classes for pre-primary stu- EACH one is October dents should not be for more than AGENCIES 30 minutes. OR CLASSES TO 9 TO 12, SHARAD PAWAR | NCP PRESIDENT For Classes 1 to 8, the HRD FFOUR SESSIONS OF 30-45 New Delhi, July 14: In a states- Ministry has recommended two MINUTES DURATION HAVE BEEN man-like move, Prime Minister online sessions of up to 45 min- RECOMMENDED Narendra Modi has agreed to a SHORT TAKES utes each while for Classes to 9 to request to allow Priyanka Gandhi 12, four sessions of 30-45 minutes “The guidelines have been de- Vadra to retain the 35, Lodhi Estate Bihar announces duration have been recommended. veloped from the perspective of Bungalow for some time. Just The COVID-19 pandemic has led learners, with a focus on online, when people thought there is a total lockdown to closure of schools and has im- blended, digital education for stu- witch-hunt against the erstwhile Patna: There will be a total pacted over 240 million children dents who are presently at home due first family of Indian politics, the lockdown in Bihar from July of the country who are enrolled to the lockdown. These guidelines PM’s move validated his large 16-31 to contain the spread in schools. Extended school clo- on digital education provide a heartedness. of COVID-19, Deputy Chief sures may cause loss of learning. roadmap or pointers for carrying After the government directive Minister Sushil Kumar Modi “To mitigate the impact of the forward online education to en- to vacate the prime Lutyens real Tuesday announced. On his pandemic, schools will not only hance the quality of education,” estate property in Lodi Estate, the official Twitter handle, Modi have to remodel and re-imagine Nishank added. Centre was approached to allow said the 15-day lockdown the way teaching and learning have Universities and schools across Priyanka Gandhi to stay there for will remain in force at all happened so far, but will also need the country have been shut since some more time. municipal, district, sub- to introduce a suitable method of March 16, when the Centre an- Sources close to developments divisional and block delivering quality education nounced a countrywide classroom revealed that when the matter headquarters level and that through a healthy mix of schooling shutdown as part of measures to was brought to Modi’s notice, he guidelines were being at home and schooling at school,” contain the COVID-19 outbreak. A said that her request most cer- prepared. The move comes HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal nationwide lockdown was an- tainly be accepted. close on the heels of recent ‘Nishank’ said. nounced on March 24, which came Those who know Modi say that spike in positive cases He said that the guidelines have into effect the next day. this is not the first time that he has which had necessitated lockdowns, imposed by the been made with a focus on online While the government has largely gone out of the way and shown local administrations, in education for students who are eased restrictions, schools and col- large heartedness towards a fam- several districts. at home. leges continue to remain closed. A couple takes a selfie at the Qutub Minar in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, Tuesday REUTERS PHOTO ily that has left no opportunity to bad mouth him, demean him and use every trick out of the book to nail him. The general impression 6 held for Another spike takes India’s being that both sides have a visceral attacking cops Sena targets BJP over creating hatred for one another. It was in 2011 when Sonia Bulandshahr: Six people were COVID-19 cases past 9 lakh Gandhi had to travel abroad for arrested for allegedly health related treatment. That attacking a police team last political storm in Rajasthan INDIA CROSSED THE NINE LAKH MARK FROM time, it was Modi who sent a bou- week in Uttar Pradesh's quet of flowers to 10, Janpath. Bulandshahr district, officials ‘Instead of pandemic, Chinese incursion, BJP busy with taking down Raj govt’ EIGHT LAKH WITHIN THREE DAYS The Congress, which was keen to said Tuesday. The incident keep Sonia Gandhi’s travel plans took place on Saturday PRESS TRUST OF INDIA in the 200-member state Assembly. opponents (to rule). That will be INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE a secret, was not only surprised but evening, when the team tried to apprehend one Shahid, a “The central power is working to the pride of democracy,” it said. was also compelled to share details resident of Sarai Kaaji Mumbai, July 14: Attacking the BJP destabilise (the state) governments The Shiv Sena said it was being New Delhi, July 14: India recorded about Sonia Gandhi’s illness with locality in the Kotwali Nagar over the political crisis in Rajasthan, of its opponents, the Shiv Sena al- anticipated that the Rajasthan gov- a spike of more than 28,000 cases the entire nation. area, wanted in a murder the Shiv Sena Tuesday accused the leged. The country is facing prob- ernment would be destabilised after for the second consecutive day in case, they said. As soon NDA constituent of working to desta- lems like a coronavirus-triggered the BJP allegedly brought down the last 24 hours, pushing the tally Shahid, his brothers and bilise governments of its opponents collapse of the economy and the Kamal Nath regime in Madhya to 9,06,752 cases with a death total of some four-five men saw the and encouraging horse-trading in the ‘Chinese intrusion’ in Ladakh. The Pradesh earlier this year. 23,727, the Health Ministry’s data ASSAM FLOOD police, they started fleeing. Congress-ruled state. killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a face- Former Union minister stated Tuesday. When policemen tried to stop An editorial in Sena mouthpiece off with Chinese troops in Galwan Jyotiraditya Scindia had quit the India crossed nine lakh mark try after the US and Brazil. them, they attacked them ‘Saamana’ asked the BJP what is it Valley is still afresh,” it said. Congress and joined the BJP along from eight lakh within three days. During the last 24 hours, 2,86,247 Over 21.40L people with bricks and stones, the going to achieve with this politi- Instead of solving these issues, with his 22-supporter MLAs in India had crossed the 8 lakh COVID- samples were tested, as the testing officials said. cal misadventure in the “desert”, the BJP is interfering in the inter- Madhya Pradesh. It was predicted 19 cases July 11. lab network continues to expand. affected; 85 dead and said such moves will turn the nal bickering of the Congress and that Pilot would also go the Scindia According to data, India witnessed As on date, more than 1,194 labs have country's parliamentary democ- “encouraging horse-trading” in way and it seems to be happening, a spike of 28,498 fresh cases taking enabled people to undergo coron- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Woman poisoned racy into a desert. Rajasthan, the Sena alleged. the Marathi publication observed. the total number of cases to 9,06,752 avirus tests. Rajasthan is home to Thar desert, “What is the BJP going to With Pilot claiming that the and with 553 deaths in the last 24 Maharashtra remained the worst- Guwahati, July 14: The flood to death which is also partly spread in states achieve with this political mis- Gehlot government is in minority, hours the total number of fatalities hit state, with 2,60,924 cases and situation in Assam has further Muzaffarnagar: A woman was like Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. adventure, by causing a storm in the Shiv Sena said the future of crossed 23,727. According to Health 10,482 casualties followed by Tamil worsened as another seven lost allegedly poisoned to death The Ashok Gehlot government the desert? Such steps will rather the Congress dispensation in Ministry data, as many as 5,71,459 pa- Nadu with total 1,42,798 cases, in- their lives in 24 hours, taking the by her in-laws over demands in Rajasthan is facing rough weather turn the parliamentary democ- Rajasthan, however, will be decided tients have recovered, over twice cluding 2,032 deaths. death toll to 85. Over 21.40 lakh for dowry in Shamli district, with his deputy Sachin Pilot de- racy into a desert,” the Uddhav only on the floor of the House. the number of active patients which With 1,246 new coronavirus cases people in 26 districts have been police said Tuesday. The claring open rebellion against him. Thackeray-led party said. It said Gehlot’s allegation that stand at 3,11,565. and 40 deaths in the last 24 hours, affected in the deluge. victim, Afsana, was rushed to Pilot has claimed the Gehlot gov- “The BJP is ruling the entire Congress MLAs are being offered The rate of recovery has touched the national capital recorded a According to the Assam State a hospital Monday where she ernment is in minority and that country (is in power at the Centre). `25 crore each to switch loyalties is 63.02 per cent. India, however, re- total tally of 1,13,740 cases and Disaster Management Authority was declared brought dead. he has support of 30 Congress MLAs They should leave some states for a serious one. mains the third worst-affected coun- 3,411 deaths. (ASDMA), two people drowned in According to a complaint filed flood waters in Golaghat district by the victim’s father, Yasin, while one died in each districts of Afsana was harassed by her Lakhimpur, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, husband and in-laws over Kamrup and Sivasagar. dowry. A case has been The latest wave of floods in registered against six people, SC may consider appointing probe panel Assam has affected over 21.40 lakh including the victim’s people in 26 districts Dhemaji, husband and in-laws. THE BENCH SAID IT MAY CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE IN THE CASE OF ENCOUNTER OF Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, FOUR ACCUSED IN THE GANG-RAPE AND MURDER CASE OF A VETERINARIAN IN TELANGANA Darrang, Baska, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Narcotics worth PRESS TRUST OF INDIA was done in the case of encounter bullets fired from rooftops shortly Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, `8.5L seized VIKAS DUBEY ENCOUNTER of four accused in the gang-rape after midnight July 3. Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), New Delhi, July 14: The Supreme and murder case of a veterinarian Dubey was killed in an encounter Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, New Delhi: Customs Court Tuesday said it may consider in Telangana. It had appointed an in the morning of July 10 when a Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, preventive officers have appointing a committee headed by inquiry commission headed by a for- police vehicle carrying him from Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Karbi seized narcotics, worth a former judge to inquire into the mer apex court judge. Ujjain to Kanpur met with an ac- Anglong and West Karbi Anglong. around `8.5 lakh, which were encounters of gangster Vikas Dubey “List these matters on July 20. The cident and he tried to escape from Barpeta is the worst-hit district being smuggled into the and his associates as well as the petitioners-in-person are directed the spot in Bhauti area, the police with 5.44 lakh people being af- country from the United killing of eight policemen in Uttar to serve a copy of their respective had said. fected in the deluge, followed by 1.92 States at the Delhi airport’s Pradesh. petition upon Tushar Mehta, Four policemen, including an in- lakh in South Salmara, 1.30 lakh new courier terminal, The Uttar Pradesh government Solicitor General appearing for the spector posted in Nawabganj, were in Dhemaji, 1.18 lakh in Golaghat, officials said Tuesday. The told a bench headed by Chief Justice respondent(s), forthwith," the bench injured in the July 10 accident, IG, 1.13 lakh in Darrang, 1.12 lakh in seizure was made from SA Bobde that it would file a status noted in its order. 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of the day uote ‘Iran drops India from Over 90 doctors on COVID The envy of Rahul Gandhi is causing the destruction of the duty have died so far: IMA Congress. Rahul Gandhi does not Chabahar rail project’ THE IMA’S INITIAL FINDINGS HAVE REVEALED THAT 93 allow young leaders to flourish. He creates an DOCTORS HAVE DIED WHILE ON COVID-19 DUTY IN INDIA environment which creates rifts The development comes at a time when Iran is seeking to finalise a 25- among party leaders, which he is INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE then unable to control year economic and security partnership worth $400 billion with China New Delhi, July 14: The Indian UMA BHARTI | SENIOR BJP LEADER AGENCIES Medical Association’s initial find- ings have revealed that 93 doctors But the New Delhi, July 14: Iran has de- have died while on COVID-19 duty coordination cided to move ahead with the con- in India. and dialogue struction of a railway line from Dr Rajan Sharma, head of IMA, between all three Chabahar port to Zahedan with- revealed that as per the latest parties (Shiv Sena, out any assistance from India due count, 93 doctors have died so far, Congress and NCP) to delay in funding. India has been while 1,279 doctors have been in- is good now. There dropped four years after the proj- fected. was a perception about lack of ect was finalised as part of a broader At least 771 doctors less than dialogue since CM Thackeray was trilateral agreement. the age of 35 years, 247 doctors completely dedicated to the fight According to a report, the entire above the age of 35 years and 261 against the coronavirus outbreak project will be completed by March doctors above 50 years have been BALASAHEB THORAT | 22 and $400 million will be sanc- infected so far, the IMA chief said. MAHARASHTRA MINISTER tioned by the Iranian National This figure does not include health- Development Fund for the proj- DWINDLING TIES care workers such as nurses and ect. The project, however, will be The deal was finalised during The entire project will Indian Railways other healthcare-related staff. The suspected REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO completed without any assistance Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s be completed by March Construction Ltd “We are working on a research heinous killing visit to Tehran in 2016 after he 22 and $400 million will had promised of Debendra from India. paper of causes of these deaths, Dr Jayadevan said that the re- followed by Tamil Nadu (16 per The railway line project was signed an agreement with the be sanctioned by the assistance to the and how many have died in gen- port is his personal work and does cent), Gujarat (11 per cent), Delhi Nath Ray, BJP MLA Iranian President Hassan Iranian National railway line project part of India’s commitment to the eral practice, resident category not reflect the opinion of the IMA. (11 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh from Hemtabad in Rouhani and Afghanistan Development Fund for besides financing West Bengal speaks trilateral agreement with President Ashraf Ghani the project worth $1.6 billion very soon. IMA will come out with “I collected the information as (9 per cent). of the gunda raj & Afghanistan and Iran to build an all figures and reasons behind a tribute to doctors, nurses and “At least, 55.5 per cent doctors failure of law and order in the alternate trade route to Afghanistan And while there was a waiver cluding banking, telecommunica- this. We are not hiding from re- healthcare staff across India who who died were below 60, average Mamta government and Central Asia. on US sanctions for the specific tions, ports, railways and numer- vealing this data,” Dr Rajan have been working in the pan- age 56.3 years, 30 per cent doctor

JP NADDA | BJP PRESIDENT The deal was finalised during railway line project, India found it ous other projects. Sharma said. demic and lost their lives , it was deaths were below 50 years, 21 per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hard to pick equipment suppliers In return, China will receive Dr Sharma confirmed that these a report titled ‘100 Doctor Deaths cent were below 40 years. To my visit to Tehran in 2016 after he who were worried about possible ac- heavily discounted supply of Iranian figures have been “collated by in India during the times of COVID. knowledge there isn't any official signed an agreement with the tion from the US. oil regularly for the next 25 years. IMA when presented with data Lessons, and a tribute’,” Dr publication by anyone on this. Iranian President Hassan IRAN-CHINA DEAL An 18-page document listing the collated by Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Jayadevan said. The pandemic is going to stay with SHORT TAKES Rouhani and Afghanistan The development comes at a time proposed agreement also talks about who is the president of the Kochi “I have tried my best to exclude us and we need to know,” Dr President Ashraf Ghani. when Iran is seeking to finalise a deeper military cooperation. branch of IMA in Kerala”. those where the virus affected Jayadevan said. Indian Railways Construction 25-year economic and security part- Considering that Iran has been an Dr Jayadevan claimed that 110 their lungs or their immunity and Dr Jayadevan also said if one One dead in AP Ltd (IRCON) had promised assis- nership with China. The deal is important strategic ally for New Delhi, doctors lost their lives. His data it killed them. Many were working adds the healthcare workers, the tance to the railway line project worth $400 billion. the deal could hurt India’s prospects comes from news that has been amongst COVID patients and died total goes up to 136, of these eight pharma unit fire besides financing worth $1.6 bil- The deal between Iran and China in the region, especially at a time reported by publications both local and these deaths were attributed were violent deaths and two died Visakhapatnam: A man died lion. However, the work was never – if finalised – could result in a when its relations with China have and national. He also said he is col- to COVID-19,” he said. by suicides. Average age of all vi- and four others were injured started as the United States im- vast expansion of Chinese pres- soured further in the aftermath of lating data of nurses and other In Maharashtra, the death fig- olent deaths (suicide plus acci- in a massive fire that broke posed sanctions on Iran. ence in various sectors of Iran in- the recent border standoff. healthcare workers. ures were highest with 23 per cent, dent) is 27.8 years. out at Visakha Solvents plant at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City in Parwada on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam Woman ends life Monday night. Though Ayodhya seers up in authorities claimed Monday at quarantine night that there were no casualties, a charred body was found in the debris arms over Oli’s crack centre in Assam Tuesday morning. He was INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE identified as senior chemist INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE dition has continued. It is not ap- K. Srinivas Rao. propriate to speak on ancient tra- Silchar (Assam)/Agartala, July Lucknow, July 14: Saints and dition and the ‘sanatani’ system. 14: A 32-year-old woman, who was seers in Ayodhya are up in arms Devotees of Lord Ram are not going in institutional quarantine in Brutal murder over the statement made by Nepal’s to tolerate this. Nepal PM's state- Southern Assam’s Hailakandi dis- caught on CCTV Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli ment is unfortunate.” trict along with her family on re- that the real Ayodhya was in Nepal Mahant Raju Das of the turn from Bangalore, reportedly New Delhi: In a shocking and Lord Ram was a Nepali Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya committed suicide by hanging incident caught on camera Mahant Narendra Giri, head of also slammed the Nepal’s Prime herself, police said. in West Delhi, a 25-year-old the Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Minister for making 'uncalled for The husband of the deceased man was stabbed to death Parishad (ABAP), the apex body statements’. woman suspects that delay in the allegedly by a juvenile and of saints, said that the statement “Prime Minister Narendra Modi sample’s report might have caused his two friends after the made by the Nepal premier was should take up the issue and stop the suicide. A police official said victim warned them not to ‘unfortunate and mischievous’. this kind of misinformation being that the woman was found hang- perform bike stunts in He told reporters that there were spread all around by vested inter- ing on Sunday night from the win- Raghubir Nagar. According enough evidences to prove that ests,” he said. dow of the washroom of a gov- to the police, the deceased has been identified as the real Ayodhya was the one in Mahant Shashikant Das of Saryu ernment school, which was earlier Manish, a resident of Uttar Pradesh and Lord Ram was Nitya Aarti, on the other hand said turned into a quarantine centre. Raghubir Nagar. All the born here. that he is writing to the prime Children play on a swing tied to a tree branch during Unlock 2.0 in Gorakhpur, Tuesday PTI PHOTO The woman, her husband and three persons involved in “No one should create any con- Minister, urging him to intervene their eight-year-old son had re- the murder July 8 are fusion on the issue,” he warned. and prevent such misinformation turned to Hailakandi from juveniles, the police said, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, pres- campaigns. Bangalore by flight June 28. adding that they have been ident of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi “The Nepal Prime Minister is Police quoting the health officials apprehended in connection Teertha Kshetra, said, “Lord Ram making such statements at the be- MAN TRIES TO KILL WIFE WHO said that after their return, swab with the incident. was a ‘Chakravarti’ emperor. Many hest of China but he should know samples were collected and sent to countries including Nepal were that it will not have any impact on the Gauhati Medical College and under his protege. Ayodhya has the people of India who firmly be- Hospital and all of them were put Family of four links with Nepal from ‘Treta Yug’. lieve that Ayodhya is the abode of CHANGED SEX TO GET MARRIED under quarantine. Even today, a wedding procession Lord Ram,” he stated. Though the husband and son found dead goes to Janakpur Vishwa Hindu Parishad has also INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE slashed,” said DCP South East Delhi were tested negative but the test from Ayodhya. reacted sharply to Oli’s statement RP Meena. Her neighbours shifted report of the woman was awaited Barabanki: Four members of Millions of years New Delhi, July 14: Four years her to the All India Institute of due to the technical reasons. The a family were found dead on Lord Ram. Regional secretary inside their rented house at old tra- of the VHP, Ambarish Kumar said, back, a young man changed his sex. Medical Sciences (AIIMS). health officials subsequently (after Awas Vikas area of Uttar “Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Three years on, she fell in love with Shukla was arrested the same the suicide) conducted a rapid Pradesh’s Barabanki Ram. This is mentioned in re- a man. Both decided to marry. day. He hails from Uttar Pradesh’s antigen test of the samples of the Tuesday. While the bodies ligious scriptures. Crores However, in a year tragedy struck and Mahoba district. deceased woman and the result of Lalit and his wife Preeti of Hindus have husband Gyanendra Shukla slit his His interrogation revealed that came negative. For more confir- were found hanging from faith in him. wife's throat and left her to die. he got married March 13, 2019. mation, the swab sample of the the ceiling in the living The brutal attack took place in tack that took place July 11. Soon after marriage the relation- woman has been sent to Silchar room, their two children, a South Delhi’s Amar Colony. Shukla “The father made a PCR call ship turned sour as he could not ac- Medical College and Hospital for boy, 12, and a girl, 8, were expected his wife not to survive from Gurugram, while the pro- cept the outgoing nature of his RT-PCR test. found in their bedroom, when he fled leaving her in a pool fusely bleeding wife dragged her- wife. He lost confidence in the re- In Agartala, a 50-year-old police said. The incident of blood. The woman not only sur- self to the door and started knock- lationship and started suspecting woman had committed suicide came to light at around 10 vived but gathered enough strength ing with a hammer to raise an his wife at every turn. He checked last month inside the govern- a.m. when the milkman to make a video call to her father alarm and get someone's help be- her messages and did not approve ment-run Govind Ballabh Pant knocked the door and did and tell him about the gruesome at- cause her vocal chords were of her partying. Medical College and Hospital. not get any response.

Another Dubey aide arrested GenNext leaders leaving party worrying sign for Congress Kanpur: The Kanpur Police WHAT’S COMMON BETWEEN ASHOK TANWAR, JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA AND SACHIN PILOT IS THAT THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CLOSE TO RAHUL GANDHI have arrested another member of the Vikas Dubey INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE him. Former Mumbai Congress protested against the party at 10, of the Congress government in Gehlot. Similarly, Scindia lost the gang, Shashikant alias president Sanjay Nirupam said, Janpath but his grievances were Madhya Pradesh. After being side- race for the Chief Minister’s post Sonu, Tuesday from the New Delhi, July 14: After “The party doesn’t suffer if a per- not heard. lined by Kamal Nath and Digvijaya to Kamal Nath. Mela Tiraha area in Kanpur. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot son leaves, but if one by one every- Tanwar, who was the party pres- Singh and with the party high There are worrying signs in the Addressing a press may be the next high-profile leader body starts to leave, who will re- ident in Haryana, was removed command not paying heed to his Congress; especially after former conference in Kanpur, to leave the Congress unceremo- main in the party? The prime after pressure from former Haryana demands, Scindia joined hands Union minister Kapil Sibal said Additional Director General niously at a time when the party responsibility of the party leader- Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh with the BJP and is now an elected that he was worried for the party. (ADG) (Law and order)

Prashant Kumar said that is grappling to save its image and ship is to resolve the differences Hooda. Talking on the current cri- Rajya Sabha MP of the party. While senior party spokesperson y on the information provided the government in Rajasthan, between the leaders.” sis in the party, Tanwar said senior Chances are that he may soon be Abhishek Singhvi hoped that an am-

even as Congress observer Not just Scindia, who led a suc- leaders don’t want young leaders to inducted into the Union Cabinet. icable solution will be reached

k y m by Shashikant, the police c have recovered an INSAS Randeep Surjewala made a high- cessful revolt against Kamal Nath Before Pilot, former Haryana grow and sabotage their endeav- What’s common between soon, nothing of that sort has hap- rifle and 20 live cartridges pitch appeal to Pilot to return to and Digvijaya Singh in Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Ashok ours. Tanwar, who is yet to join any Tanwar, Scindia and Pilot is that pened so far. Pilot seems to be from his house. This was the party fold. Pradesh by jumping ship to the Tanwar had announced his resig- party, said his political journey is they have all been close to Rahul adamant and the trigger for his looted by the miscreants According to sources, Congress BJP, now Pilot too seems to be nation from the party in October last on and he will take a decision at an Gandhi. While Tanwar and Pilot revolt seems to have come after from the police on the night leaders have been asked to go soft mounting pressure on Rajasthan year after being denied ticket in appropriate time. were made state presidents, the lat- the SOG sent a notice to Pilot in a of the incident. on Pilot as the party wants to retain Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. the Assembly polls. He even Scindia’s revolt led to the fall ter lost the CM’s race against sedition case. The US has ROBOT COOKS P10 the world’s WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR biggest COVID-19 Robots that can cook - from testing programme flipping burgers to baking which is better than bread - are in growing demand countries like India, as virus-wary kitchens try to China and Brazil put some distance between workers and customers

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k y m c of the day uote China slaps Number of undernourished people declines in India: UN sanctions on We can’t have a normal THE STATE OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE WORLD REPORT ESTIMATED THAT ALMOST 690MN PEOPLE Lockheed Martin country unless kids are back in GLOBALLY WERE UNDERNOURISHED (OR HUNGRY) IN 2019, UP BY 10 MILLION FROM 2018 school AGENCIES basic goods and services,” it said. anaemia grew from 165.6 million in MITCH MCCONNELL | The report is prepared jointly 2012 to 175.6 million in 2016. The UNITED STATES SENATOR United Nations, July 14: The by the Food and Agriculture number of infants 0–5 months of age number of undernourished peo- Organisation of the United Nations exclusively breastfed grew from ple in India has declined by 60 mil- (FAO), the International Fund for US was 11.2 million in 2012 to 13.9 million witnessing the lion, from 21.7 per cent in 2004-06 to Agricultural Development (IFAD), in 2019. new surge in 14 per cent in 2017-19, according to the United Nations Children's Fund The report said that almost 690 AEGCNIES the number of a UN report. (UNICEF), the UN World Food million people globally were un- COVID-19 cases The State of Food Security and Programme (WFP) and the World dernourished (or hungry) in 2019, Beijing, July 14: China Tuesday because the country Nutrition in the World report, re- Health Organization (WHO). up by 10 million from 2018. The announced sanctions on top never shut down leased Monday, said that there were It further said that the preva- hungry are most numerous in Asia, American arms manufacturing entirely less stunted children but more obese lence of stunting in children under but expanding fastest in Africa. firm Lockheed Martin in adults in India. 5 years of age in India declined Across the planet, the report fore- retaliation to the US State ANTHONY FAUCI | AMERICA’STOP INFECTIOUS DISEASES EXPERT The report -- considered the most from 47.8 per cent in 2012 to 34.7 casts, that the COVID-19 pandemic Department's approval of a re- authoritative global study track- per cent in 2019 or from 62 million could push over 130 million more quest by Taiwan for the ing progress towards ending hunger in 2012 to 40.3 million in 2019. More people into chronic hunger by the recertification of PAC-3 air de- In Spain, and malnutrition -- said that the Indian adults became obese be- end of 2020. fence missiles built by the company. political number of undernourished peo- from 21.7 per cent in 2004-06 to 14 per and India. tween 2012-16, it said. In percentage terms, Africa is “China firmly opposes US arms espionage is ple in India declined from 249.4 mil- cent in 2017-19, it said. “Despite very different condi- The number of adults (18 years and the hardest hit region and becom- sales to Taiwan. We urge US to being carried out lion in 2004–06 to 189.2 million in The two sub-regions showing re- tions, histories and rates of progress, older) who are obese grew from 25.2 ing more so, with 19.1 per cent of its earnestly abide by the One-China against political 2017–19. ductions in undernourishment -- the reduction in hunger in both million in 2012 to 34.3 million in people undernourished. At the cur- principle, stop selling arms to adversaries In percentage terms, the preva- eastern and southern Asia -- are the countries stems from long-term 2016, from 3.1 per cent to 3.9 per cent. rent trends, by 2030, Africa will be Taiwan and cut its military ties ROGER TORRENT | lence of undernourishment in the dominated by the two largest economic growth, reduced in- The number of women of re- home to more than half of the with Taiwan, so that it will not SPANISH POLITICIAN total population in India declined economies of the continent -- China equality, and improved access to productive age (15–49) affected by world's chronically hungry. cause further harm to bilateral ties, peace and security across the Taiwan straits,” Chinese Foreign SHORT TAKES Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian US executes first federal told a media briefing here. His re- US REJECTS MOST CHINESE marks comes days after the NZ Oppn chooses US State Department last week approved Taiwan's request for the new leader inmate since 2003 recertification of its Patriot Wellington: Long-serving Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) air lawmaker Judith Collins will ASSOCIATED PRESS MARITIME CLAIMS IN SCS defence missiles at an estimated lead New Zealand’s cost of $620 million. opposition National Party Terre Haute (US), July 14: The In a direct but largely fully assert a maritime claim -- in- In a statement Thursday, the US into a general election US government Tuesday carried out cluding any exclusive economic Defence Security Cooperation against a popular the first federal execution in symbolic challenge to zone (EEZ) claims derived from Agency (DSCA) said Congress had government in just over two almost two decades, putting to Beijing, Pompeo says Scarborough Reef and the Spratly already been notified of the pos- months, taking over from death a man who killed an Arkansas Islands -- vis-a-vis the Philippines sible sale. According to US media Todd Muller, who quit the family in a 1990s in a plot to build China won’t be allowed in areas that a tribunal found to reports quoting DSCA, Taiwan leadership Tuesday citing a whites-only nation in the Pacific to treat the strategic be in the Philippines' EEZ or on has asked to buy parts to refurbish health reasons. Muller Northwest. The execution came its continental shelf. its PAC-3 missiles to support an shocked lawmakers in the over the objection of the victims' Daniel Lewis Lee waters as ‘its The US, he said, rejects any operational life of 30 years. right-of-center party when he family. Chinese claim to waters beyond a Lockheed Martin Corporation issued a statement early maritime empire’ Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Critics argued that the govern- Beijing has impeded commercial ac- 12-nautical mile territorial sea de- is the main contractor for the Tuesday morning saying he Oklahoma, died by lethal injection tivity like fishing or mineral ex- was stepping down “effective ment was creating an unnecessary rived from islands it claims in the deal. The Chinese Foreign Ministry immediately.” at the federal prison in Terre Haute, and manufactured urgency for po- AGENCIES ploration by countries like Vietnam Spratly Islands (without prejudice spokesman said Beijing will im- Indiana. The decision to move for- litical gain. and the Philippines, claiming that to other states' sovereignty claims pose sanctions on Lockheed ward with the execution -- the first The developments are likely to Washington, July 14: The world the ownership of territory belonged over such islands). Martin in retaliation. “China has by the Bureau of Prisons since add a new front to the national will not allow China to treat the to China for hundreds of years. Also, China has no lawful terri- decided to take essential meas- US eyes world 2003 -- drew scrutiny from civil conversation about criminal justice strategically important South China Asserting that the "Chinese preda- torial or maritime claim to (or de- ures. We will impose sanctions power summit rights groups and the relatives of reform in the lead-up to the 2020 elec- Sea as its "maritime empire," the US tory world view" has no place in the rived from) James Shoal, an en- on main contractor of this sale Lee's victims, who had sued to try tions. Lee's execution went off after has asserted, as it vowed to sup- 21st century, US Secretary of State tirely submerged feature only 50 Lockheed Martin,” he said. Washington: Secretary of to halt it, citing concerns about a series of legal volleys that ended port worried Southeast Asian coun- Mike Pompeo Monday categori- nautical miles from Malaysia and Analysts say China's sanctions State Mike Pompeo spoke the coronavirus pandemic. The de- when the Supreme Court stepped tries against Beijing's "campaign of cally rejected the territorial claims some 1,000 nautical miles from may be symbolic as Lockheed Monday to his Russian cision to move forward with the in early Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling bullying" to control the resource-rich made by Beijing in the South China China's coast, Pompeo said. In the Martin doesn't sell any weapon sys- counterpart about convening execution -- and two others sched- and allowed it to move forward. region. Sea.The United States, he said, South China Sea, the US seeks to pre- tems to China. On Monday, China the leaders of the five uled later in the week -- during a Numbers of state executions have Beijing claims almost all of the stands with the international com- serve peace and stability, uphold imposed sanctions and visa bans permanent members of the global health pandemic that has fallen steadily since the last fed- 1.3 million square mile South China munity in the defence of freedom the freedom of the seas in a man- on top US officials and politicians UN Security Council to mark killed more than 1,35,000 people in eral execution, according to data Sea as its sovereign territory. China of the seas and respect for sover- ner consistent with international in the latest tit-for-tat confronta- the 75th anniversary of the the United States and is ravaging compiled by the Death Penalty has been building military bases on eignty and rejects any push to im- law, maintain the unimpeded flow tion in the steady deterioration of United Nations, the State Department said. The prisons nationwide, drew scrutiny Information Centre. States put to artificial islands in the region also pose "might makes right" in the of commerce and oppose any at- the relations between Washington department said Pompeo from civil rights groups as well as death 59 people in 2004 and 22 in 2019, claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the South China Sea or the wider region. tempt to use coercion or force to set- and Beijing over Xinjiang and a spoke to Russian Foreign family of Lee's victims. nine of which were in Texas. Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. Pompeo said China cannot law- tle disputes, Pompeo said. host of other issues. Minister Sergey Lavrov about the possibility of a commemorative event “in the A TRUE PARIS EXPERIENCE near future” that would involve President Donald Trump and Indian newspapers published in the leaders of Britain, China, France and Russia. 1966 recovered from French glacier Floods wreak PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and “Economic Times” are among havoc in B’desh a dozen newspapers discovered Dhaka: Flash floods triggered London, Jul 14: Indian newspa- by Mottin, whose cafe is about 45 by incessant rainfall have left per copies with headlines such as minutes by foot from the Bossons over 700,000 people “India’s First Woman Prime glacier, where the plane named marooned in Bangladesh, Minister”, referring to Indira after the Himalayan peak of while inundating hundreds Gandhi’s election win in 1966, have Kangchenjunga mysteriously of villages and pushing the been recovered from the melting crashed over 54 years ago. water levels of 14 rivers French glacier of Bossons on the Mottin said he was lucky to above the danger level, Mont Blanc mountain range in discover the papers when he did according to the media western Europe, 54 years after an because the ice in which they reports. The overall Air India plane crashed there. we walk on the glacier with friends, had been encased for nearly six flood situation in Bangladesh The newspapers belong to the we find remains of the crash. With decades had probably only just has worsened in many residue of an Air India plane that experience, you know where they melted. Once the papers have districts in the country’s crashed into Europe's highest are. They are being carried along dried out, they will join a grow- north and north-eastern mountain January 24, 1966, and by the glacier according to their ing collection of items from the regions, causing immense were discovered by Timothée size,” he said. The Air India Boeing crash that Mottin has put on dis- suffering to people. Mottin, who runs the cafe-restau- 707 had crashed into the range play at his cafe to share it with vis- rant La Cabane du Cerro at an al- after a verbal flight control mis- itors. Since 2012, there have been titude of 1,350 metres above the communication, leading to the a number of finds relating to the NZ sees lowest French resort of Chamonix. loss of all 177 passengers and crew. 1966 Air India crash emerging Guests watch form the top of the Arc de Triomphe the French Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France flying over the int’l arrivals “It’s not unusual. Every time Copies of the “National Herald” from the melting ice caps. Champs Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris. France is honoring nurses, ambulance drivers, supermarket cashiers and others on its biggest national holiday Tuesday. PTI PHOTO Wellington: The number of international arrivals in New Zealand in May 2020 was the lowest for any month since GLOBAL SNIPPETS Oli, Prachanda hold fresh talks 1959, because of COVID-19- related border and travel AGENCIES restrictions, the country's British pub installs electric Fines for not wearing Protest in Pennsylvania statistics department Stats fence to keep people at bay Allentown (US): Activists against police brutality Kathmandu, July 14: Nepal Prime NZ said Tuesday. There were masks in England shops expressed outrage and demanded accountability Minister K P Sharma Oli and co- 5,600 arrivals in May 2020 London: A pub in the UK has installed an London: The UK government ended days of Monday after video emerged over the weekend of chair of the ruling communist compared with 4,700 in May electric fence in front of the bar to stop people speculation and declared Tuesday that an officer placing his knee on a man’s head and party Pushpa Kamal Dahal 1959, according to Stats NZ. getting too close to the staff in order to wearing a face mask or face covering will neck area outside a Pennsylvania hospital. Prachanda Tuesday resumed talks maintain social distancing amid the COVID-19 become Allentown police released a much longer after a six-day hiatus in a bid to save pandemic, a mandatory surveillance video of the incident that showed the the party from a split in the wake media report Five US bases in in shops officer putting his knee on the man’s head and neck of growing differences between tractors were trying to remove said. The Star across area twice the two factions led by them. him with India's help. The key Afghan closed Inn in England while he was Prachanda’s press advisor said meeting is taking place days after Cornwall from July being Kabul: A US official in Kabul that the “two chairs (of the Nepal NCP executive chairman county took 24, as part restrained a said Tuesday that five Communist Party) have resumed Prachanda said he will not allow the drastic of efforts to few steps from American bases have closed discussions,” The Kathmandu Post the party to split and any attempt measure to control the the emergency in Afghanistan in compliance reported. They last time held from anywhere to weaken its protect people from coronavirus, the Metro spread of room entrance

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k y m newspaper report said Monday. Landlord coronavirus — the first time c signed with the Taliban in Johnny McFadden, who is also a farmer, said: as the country eases out of lockdown. The for eight The talks are taking place ahead the coronavirus pandemic and February. According to the “It’s there for social-distancing. Before the enforcement powers for the new policy will seconds, the of the crucial Standing Committee natural disasters. Oli and unidentified official, the fence, people were not following be handed to the police and anyone failing to second for 20 meeting Friday which is expected Prachanda, who have held over bases were in Helmand, social-distancing and were doing as they wear a face covering while shopping will be seconds. The man appeared to be “suffering from a to determine the political future of half-a-dozen one-on-one meetings Uruzgan, Paktika and Laghman pleased, but now people take heed to the subject to a fine of up to 100 pounds, or 50 medical, mental health or drug and alcohol crisis,” the 68-year-old prime minister who in recent days, are nowhere close provinces, reports TOLO News. guidance around social distancing.” pounds if paid speedily within 14 days. police said in a statement late Monday. has previously alleged that his de- to a power-sharing deal. The chances of a DICV ROLLS OUT 1000TH BSVI P11 quick return to WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR normal, of the famed V- HEAVY DUTY TRUCK shaped recovery (in UK), is Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Tuesday falling. It is likely to take achieved a production milestone of rolling out years, not months, to repair its 1,000th BS VI heavy duty truck from its facility the damage to the economy near Chennai. The company, a subsidiary of business done by COVID-19 Stuttgart-based Daimler, introduced BS VI-

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k y m | , c of the day uote Alcohol-based hand sanitisers to attract UK to purge Huawei Until the Walmart-led investors vaccine 18% GST: AAR comes, we PRESS TRUST OF INDIA from 5G by 2027 certainly need life saving drugs. I think what we are doing New Delhi, July 14: The Authority AGENCIES pump in $1.2 bn in Flipkart for Advance Ruling (AAR) has across the world is to see how we can either repurpose said that a GST of 18% will be London, July 14: Prime Minister drugs or develop new drugs to treat With the new investment, Flipkart group is now valued at $24.9 billion levied on all alcohol-based hand Boris Johnson ordered Huawei this pandemic sanitisers. equipment to be purged completely Springfield India Distilleries from Britain’s 5G network by 2027, KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW | INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE had approached the Goa-bench of risking the ire of China by sig- EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON, BIOCON AAR to seek classification of hand nalling that the world’s biggest Bangalore, July 14: A Walmart- sanitisers supplied by the com- telecoms equipment maker is no Investments led investor group Tuesday pumped pany, and contended that the prod- longer welcome in the West. The seven-year lag will have to be in an additional $1.2 billion into uct is taxed at 12%. It also sought The seven-year lag will please clearly the ecommerce platform Flipkart to know if sanitisers would be ex- British telecoms operators such please British telecoms prioritised and Group to support its marketplace empt from GST since it is now an as BT, Vodafone and Three, who operators such as BT, planned out in in the wake of the ongoing Covid- essential commodity. The AAR, had feared they would be forced augmenting the 19 pandemic. in its ruling, said since hand sani- to spend billions of pounds to rip Vodafone and Three, revival of industries. With the new investment, Flipkart tisers manufactured by the ap- out Huawei equipment much faster. who had feared they They would go for cost optimisation group is now valued at $24.9 bil- plicant are of the category of ‘al- From the end of the year, it will around their current ways of lion. The $1.2 billion will be funded cohol-based hand sanitisers’, an be illegal for operators to buy any would be forced to operating in some of the key in two tranches over the remainder 18% GST would be applicable. 5G equipment from Huawei, spend billions of business areas and use the of the fiscal year. The authority further said that Britain’s Digital, Culture, Media resources available in more "We're grateful for the strong although the Ministry of and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden pounds to rip out efficient initiatives under the “new backing of our shareholders as we Consumer Affairs has classified told parliament. Huawei equipment normal environment” continue to build our platform and hand sanitisers as an essential He said the decision would mean NIRMALYA GUPTA | MD, PROTIVITI INDIA serve the growing needs of Indian commodity, the GST law has a sep- a delay to the roll-out of 5G by two much faster consumers during these challeng- arate list of exempted goods. to three years, and add costs of up ing times," Flipkart CEO Kalyan its per month and reported 45 per President and CEO of Walmart EY Tax Partner Abhishek Jain to 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion). the next two years. (Oil’s) pricing Krishnamurthy said in a state- cent growth in monthly active cus- International. The United States had long “This has not been an easy de- pressures are ment. tomers and 30 per cent growth in The Flipkart Group last week pushed Johnson to reverse a deci- cision, but it is the right one for the locked in a Founded in 2007, the Flipkart transactions per customer for FY20. invested `260 crore to purchase a sig- sion he made in January to grant UK telecoms networks, for our na- holding pattern and Group includes Flipkart, digital Flipkart offers 150 million prod- nificant minority stake in Arvind Huawei a limited role in 5G. London tional security and our economy, will remain so until payments platform PhonePe, fash- ucts across more than 80 categories, Youth Brands, a subsidiary of has also been dismayed by a crack- both now and indeed in the long the coronavirus ion specialty site Myntra and eKart. and has pioneered customer-centric Arvind Fashions Ltd (AFL). down in Hong Kong and the per- run,” Dowden said. pandemic is brought In 2018, Walmart invested $16 services such as cash-on-delivery, Arvind Youth Brands owns the ception China did not tell the whole “By the time of the next elec- under control. Until then, there will billion for a majority stake in the no-cost EMI and easy returns. popular Flying Machine denim truth over the coronavirus. tion, we will have implemented in continue to be a lack of conviction group. "Since Walmart's initial in- PhonePe recently reported an- brand that has been retailing on said the ruling is aligned to the view Dowden said the cyber arm of law an irreversible path for the in upside potential vestment in Flipkart, we have nualised total payments value (TPV) Flipkart and Myntra for more than taken by GST authorities as well Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping complete removal of Huawei equip- STEPHEN BRENNOCK | OIL ANALYST, PVM greatly expanded our offer through of $180 billion on more than 500 six years. of a rate of 18 per cent being ap- agency, the National Cyber Security ment from our 5G networks.” technology, partnerships and new million monthly transactions. With this investment, the Flipkart plicable on hand sanitisers. Centre, had told ministers it could Huawei said the decision was a services. We will continue inno- "Flipkart continues to leverage Group and Arvind Fashions will Jain said the classification of no longer guarantee the stable sup- political one which was about US SHORT TAKES vating to bring the next 200 mil- its culture of innovation to accel- work collaboratively to identify op- hand sanitisers has been a matter ply of Huawei gear after the United trade policy and not security. It lion Indian shoppers online," erate growth and enable millions of portunities and synergies to inno- of debate since inception, espe- States imposed new sanctions on was bad for Britain and its phone Krishnamurthy said in a state- customers, sellers, merchants and vate and develop products with cially given the multiple entries in chip technology. users, it added. “It threatens to Ficci partners ment. With a registered customer small businesses to prosper and be strong value propositions at at- which it could warrant classifi- Telecoms companies will also move Britain into the digital slow base of over 200 million, Flipkart a part of India's digital transfor- tractive price points, the ecom- cation because of its composition be told to stop using Huawei in lane, push up bills and deepen the with Swasth recently surpassed 1.5 billion vis- mation," said Judith McKenna, merce platform said in a statement. and uses. fixed-line fibre broadband within digital divide,” a spokesman said. New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) Tuesday said it has BIZ BUZZ Wipro to acquire partnered with Swasth, a not- SBI to focus on cost for-profit consortium of Brazil’s IVIA healthcare players, to drive BSNL union to protest against 4G cancellation Domestic PV sales healthcare transformation. New Delhi: The for $22.4 mn The partnership aims to reduction, reskilling fall by 50% in June employees promote knowledge sharing union of state- New Delhi: Domestic passenger AGENCIES in telemedicine and digital PRESS TRUST OF INDIA run telecom vehicle (PV) sales halved in June health, Ficci said in a operator BSNL compared to the same period last New Delhi, July 14: IT major statement. The industry body Mumbai, July 14: Amid COVID- will stage year, owing to the economic Wipro Tuesday said it has signed added that it will also focus 19 induced disruption, the coun- protests across turbulence caused by the an agreement to acquire Brazil- on promoting public-private the country on coronavirus crisis. Accordingly, collaborations. try's largest lender State Bank of based IVIA Serviços de Informática India (SBI) will institute work- Thursday on a 105,617 passenger vehicles were Ltda for about $22.4 million (about from-anywhere infrastructure and host of issues sold in June 2020 in India, 49.59% `169 crore). expects to save `1,000 crore from including the lower than the 209,522 units sold IVIA's local talent and long- US budget deficit this measure, Chairman Rajnish cancellation of during the corresponding period in standing relationships, combined hits all-time high Kumar said. its 4G tender 2019. According to data released with Wipro's global expertise, will Speaking to shareholders at the tide over COVID-19 impact in the and non- by the Society of Indian help expand the information tech- Washington: The federal bank’s 65th Annual General Meeting short to medium-term. payment of salaries. All major unions are organising ‘lunch-hour black-flag' Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), nology firm's geographical foot- demonstrations throughout the country under the banner of All Unions and government incurred the Tuesday, he said the focus going for- "Bank will maintain a constant print in Brazil, Wipro said in a biggest monthly budget Association of BSNL (AUAB), said a statement by AUAB. These ward will be on cost reduction, ra- vigil on the emerging stress and take demonstrations will be organised, by maintaining social distancing and by statement. deficit in history in June as tionalisation and reskilling of work- proactive action to help our bor- The acquisition will also help spending on programmes to taking other precautions, like wearing of masks. The BSNL employees will force, improving staff productivity rower customers and maintain also wear black-badges the whole day July 16. Wipro set up delivery centres in the combat the coronavirus and redeployment of workforce from asset quality," he noted. northeast of Brazil leveraging recession exploded while admin offices to sales roles. The bank has already put in IVIA's workforce, it added. millions of job losses cut into "Following global best practices, place an elaborate business conti- In a regulatory filing, Wipro tax revenues. The Treasury Department reported the bank will institute work-from- nuity plan. It has identified busi- WPI inflation contracts 1.81% in June said the purchase consideration anywhere (WFA) infrastructure to ness continuity hub branches to was $22.4 million, and the trans- Monday that the deficit hit New Delhi: Prices in the $864 billion last month, an facilitate work from any location, cater to customers in case of emer- action is expected to be completed while taking care of social aspects gency, and business continuity plan wholesale market fell during the quarter ending amount of red ink that for the third straight surpasses most annual of work-life balance. (BCP) sites have been identified to September 30, 2020, subject to cus- "The measure is expected to save support essential back-end serv- month, declining 1.81% tomary closing conditions. deficits in US’ history and is in June, due to sharp above the previous monthly `1,000 crore through cost opti- ices. IVIA is privately held and has decline in fuel and car sales in the country plunged deficit record of $738 billion mization and will be a key com- In line with opportunities created power items even as a workforce of around 722 em- in April. ponent of our business continu- by the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat 57.98% to 55,497 units last month ployees (as of December 2019). It food articles remained compared to 132,077 units during ity during times of COVID-19," Package' for Micro, Small and expensive. Inflation in had reported a net revenue of USD Kumar said. Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the June last year. In a technical 13.5 million for the year ended May and April was (-) footnote, SIAM said the data does As the COVID-19 pandemic is bank has set up a financial inclu- December 31, 2019, it added. Dialysis on 3.21% and (-) 1.57%, not include sales figures from still playing out, FY21 will be a sion and micro-market vertical to respectively. In March it was 0.42%. "The annual rate of inflation, based on some key players such as Tata ` Wheels launched challenging year for the bank like derive value in micro-markets, monthly Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at (-1.81%) (provisional) for Motors. Three-wheeler sales stood Q1 profit up at 2,390 cr any other bank or financial insti- with a cost-efficient business model, the month of June, 2020 as compared to 2.02 per cent during the The IT firm Tuesday posted a New Delhi: NephroPlus at 10,300 units, 80.15% lower on a corresponding month of the previous year," the industry ministry said in a Tuesday said it has launched tution, he said. The bank is well pre- he informed the shareholders. y-o-y basis. In terms of two- marginal increase in consolidated statement Tuesday. However, prices of food articles hardened with ` ‘Dialysis on Wheels’ initiative pared to deal with such challenges. "Cash flow-based lending mod- wheelers, which include scooters, profit to 2,390.4 crore for the quar- inflation at 2.04 per cent, as against 1.13% in May. While inflation in to provide dialysis to patients He said the lender has stepped els will be used, leading to efficient motorcycles and mopeds, the ter ended June 30, 2020. The com- vegetables and onion stood at (-) 9.21% and (-) 15.27%, respectively; inside an ambulance that up monitoring of all projects under financing and help lower the delin- sales edged lower by 38.56% to pany had posted a consolidated potato saw a spike in prices with inflation at 56.20%. comes to their homes. With implementation, and expects to quency," the chairman said. 1,013,431 units. profit, attributable to equity hold- the outbreak of COVID-19, ers, of `2,387.6 crore in the same both patients and period a year ago. nephrologists have started increasingly opting for home haemodialysis. This model is Airtel partners with expected to bring down the Amazon India launches skill development prog cost significantly, which will Verizon to take on lead to further adoption by PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the apprentices will be assessed by patients, it said. It is encouraging to see large job creators like Amazon the Logistics Sector Skill Council JioMeet, Zoom New Delhi, July 14: Amazon India furthering our vision to enhance employability of the and post the assessment, they will Tuesday said it has launched a youth. We are confident that this apprentice receive a certification. AGENCIES Contactless skilling programme under the programme will help create a skilled workforce which After certification, the apprentices National Apprenticeship Promotion will greatly benefit our communities and the economy will be eligible to be considered for New Delhi, July 14: Bharti Airtel parking to expand Scheme (NAPS) across its ware- ANITA SRIVASTAVA, JOINT DIRECTOR, available seasonal and full-time em- Tuesday announced its partnership New Delhi: The National houses in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ployment opportunities. with US- Payments Corporation of and Hyderabad. In September 2019, Amazon India based com- India (NPCI) on Tuesday said The initiative has been launched roles of warehouse associates and announced its partnership with munication it will expand its fully with a pilot programme for 1,000 ap- process associates, and will receive Sol's ARC, an NGO, to train and technology contactless parking solution prentices, and will be scaled fur- a monthly stipend in line with guide- create employment opportunities for major with FASTag to cities like ther, Amazon India said in a state- lines mandated under NAPS, the young adults with autism and in- Verizon to offer video conferenc- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and ment. "The company aims at statement said. The curriculum tellectual disabilities. ing solutions to enterprises in Bangalore. It said the first-of- training youth whose learning jour- will consist of a mix of classroom "It is encouraging to see large India under the brand name ‘Airtel its kind contactless car ney or placement was impacted sessions, on-the-job learning and job creators like Amazon further- BlueJeans'. parking facility at Hyderabad due to COVID-19 pandemic. assessments held at the fulfilment ing our vision to enhance employ- The Airtel BlueJeans services Airport received a huge Apprentices will be identified centres in Delhi, Mumbai, ability of the youth. We are confi- will take on the recently launched

response, prompting to take through various sources including vested in creating opportunities time,” Amazon India Director of Bengaluru and Hyderabad, it said. dent that this apprentice program JioMeet and the US-based Zoom.

k y m c this service to other metros. NSDC-accredited training centres for the youth which will help them Human Resources (Customer The training sessions will be con- will help create a skilled workforce BlueJeans is Verizon's enter- The facility of 100% (DDU-GKY Centres) and the NSDC secure gainful and skilled employ- Fulfilment) Swati Rustagi said. ducted with high standard of pre- which will greatly benefit our com- prise-grade video conferencing contactless and Skilling Database," it added. ment in the future. We are excited service which helps people com- interoperable parking During the six-month pro- ventive health and safety measures munities and the economy,” Anita solution with NETC FASTag is "For us, skilling is not only mean- to launch the pilot program with gramme, the apprentices will be including social distancing and reg- Srivastava, Joint Director at municate and collaborate across currently being implemented ingful but a sustainable and long- 1,000 apprentices at our Fulfilment trained on warehousing and in- ular sanitisation, Amazon India Ministry of Skill Development And mobile, desktop, browser and con- by 10 FASTag issuing banks. term approach. We are deeply in- Centres and then scale further with ventory management skills for the said. At the end of the programme, Entrepreneurship, said. ference rooms. P12 WEDNESDAY | JULY 15 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c REAL ON CLOUD NINE Saints ruin Red Devils’ night c Los Blancos script ninth straight win post pandemic break beating Granada 2-1 as they are on brink of Spanish league title

ASSOCIATED PRESS goal line. Real had not conceded a goal in its last five league matches. Madrid, July 14: After their ninth Sevilla secured the final successive win following the coro- Champions League spot after navirus pandemic break, Real Villarreal lost to Real Sociedad 1-2. Madrid are on the verge of re- The defeat left Villarreal nine points claiming the Spanish league title. behind fourth-placed Sevilla with Real defeated Granada 2-1 Monday two rounds to go. Sevilla beat to move within two points of win- Mallorca 2-0 Sunday for their fourth ning the trophy. straight win. Ferland Mendy and Karim Real Madrid, Barcelona and Benzema scored first-half goals to Atletico Madrid have the other keep Real four points ahead of sec- berths in the Champions League. ond-placed Barcelona with two Sevilla last featured in the rounds to go. Champions League in 2018 when Real can clinch their first title they were eliminated by Bayern since 2017 Thursday with a win at Munich in the quarterfinals. They Villarreal, or if Barcelona lose played in the Europa League in points when they host Osasuna. 2018-19 and this season, where they Two draws in the final two rounds will face Roma in the round of 16. Michael Obafemi (No.20) wheels away in celebration after scoring Southampton’s equaliser at Old Trafford as Manchester will also be enough to secure Madrid Villarreal needed a win to keep United players wear a dejected look, Monday a record 34th league trophy. alive their hopes of making it to the “We are a step closer but we can’t Champions League. It has won six REUTERS ready secured Champions League stantly pressed. relax, we haven’t won anything of their nine matches following the places for next season. United had to finish the game yet,” Real captain Sergio Ramos pandemic break, but the home set- Manchester, July 14: Manchester Southampton took a shock lead with 10 men after Brandon Williams said. “There are still points to be back against Sociedad ended their United’s Champions League qual- in the 12th minute when Paul Pogba went off injured, with manager won. We depend on ourselves and chances of qualifying. It remains ification hopes suffered a blow after was robbed by Danny Ings just out- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer having no we have a game at home coming up, in good position to grab a Europa an equaliser deep in stoppage time side the area and Nathan Redmond’s substitute opportunities, and they hopefully we can win it and celebrate League spot, though, as it kept fifth from Michael Obafemi earned cross found Armstrong at the back failed to hold on to the three points the league title.” place. Southampton a 2-2 draw in the post where the Scottish midfielder when Obafemi turned in a poorly Real was in control early in Sociedad also stayed in contention Premier League here, Monday. slotted home. defended corner at the back post. Granada and Mendy’s first goal for the Europa League with its third The Red Devils, unbeaten in 18 Rashford then had the ball in the James Ward-Prowse’s in-swinger since joining the Spanish club this win since the break, moving to sev- games in all competitions, were net, converting a low cross from was flicked on by Jan Bednarek season came from a beautiful angled enth place. Willian Jose scored in poised to move up to third after Luke Shaw, but it was ruled out for and Obafemi got in front of Victor shot into the top corner after getting the 61st minute and Diego Llorente Anthony Martial’s 23rd minute offside although the United striker Lindelof to find the decisive touch. past a defender inside the area in in the 75th, while the hosts pulled strike had put them 2-1 ahead. They did not have to wait long to level. “The second half was a bit of a the 10th minute. closer through Santi Cazorla in the had fallen behind to an early Stuart Pogba played the ball in to Martial slog, we were not good enough on Benzema added to the lead six 85th. Armstrong goal before Marcus who held off two Saints defenders the ball. We brought pressure on to minutes later by scoring his 19th Getafe stayed in sixth place after Rashford equalised. before poking the ball to Rashford and ourselves but we felt we did enough league goal with a right-footed strike drawing at relegation-threatened But on the day that second-placed the striker made no mistake with a to win the game,” said United cap- into the far corner. Alaves 0-0. A late goal disallowed by Manchester City’s two-year ban left-foot finish in the 20th minute. tain Harry Maguire. Granada, which was 10th in the video review kept Getafe from earn- from European football was over- Three minutes later United had “We have improved on defend- standings, got on the board with a ing its second win since the league turned on appeal, meaning only the the lead, Bruno Fernandes fed ing set plays. We had a terrible goal by Darwin Machis in the 50th resumed after the pandemic stop- top four will qualify for the Martial on the left and the French record at the start of the season but and pressured to the end. page. Champions League as usual, United’s international cut inside and have been really good on them. Can’t The hosts came closest to the Alaves has also won only once late lapse left them fifth on 59 points. smashed the ball home. get let him get a header in when we equalizer with about five minutes since the break and is winless in Leicester City are fourth, ahead However, the home side never have four men around the goal so left, when Real goalkeeper Thibaut seven straight league matches. It is of United on goal difference, with got a real grip on the game in mid- have to look at it. We are disap- Courtois had to make a difficult ON A ROLL: Karim Benzema continues his goal-scoring form as he rejoices four points above the relegation Chelsea third on 60 points. City field against a Southampton side pointed at the moment but we dust save and Ramos cleared a shot at the after his strike for Real Madrid against Granada, Monday zone. and title winners Liverpool have al- that moved the ball well and con- ourselves down tomorrow,” he added. Dada paved way for MSD’s rise, feels Sangakkara Inter move to 2nd

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE captain proved to be the difference. his team was slightly more developed, ward,” said former India opener In each category an average score I think you would have seen him Gautam Gambhir. Mumbai, July 14: MS Dhoni edged was calculated from each panel win plenty more trophies. Dada was “You are talking about two iconic position in Serie A out Sourav Ganguly as India’s great- members’ votes. After the results of blessed to play or not blessed to play figures and outstanding cricketers. est captain by the slimmest of mar- each were totalled together, Dhoni in an era where Australian cricket It’s such small margins and it’s gins in a survey conducted on Star was ahead by less than half a point. was at the forefront and dominating very difficult to debate, but I think, Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’ in Ganguly scored higher than the world game as well which at the like Allan Border probably did in which the two captains were judged Dhoni in four categories – captaincy time the team had won the most the early days of Australian cricket, on eight parameters developed in as- away from home, transformational during that period,” he added. setting them up for the success, I sociation with ESPNcricinfo. effects of captaincy on team, success “You can be judged on a lot of think that you have got to look at To celebrate the birthdays of two of team handed over to the next things but sometimes you have to Dada here and say that what he did of India's greatest leaders on the captain and overall impact. leave something behind and I think for Indian cricket was iconic,” cricket field – Dhoni (July 7) and Dhoni scored more points in the in that sense, Dada did a lot to cre- opined Smith. Ganguly (July 8) – Star Sports con- four categories of captaincy at ate a wonderful legacy for others to “MS, exceptional player, unbe- ducted the survey involving some home, ODI captaincy, titles won inherit and MS benefitted from lievable captain, again, has moved of the biggest names in world cricket and performance as batsman while close games, win games, finish that,” added former Sri Lanka cap- Indian cricket forward. But the like Graeme Smith, Kumar captaining the team. The differ- games in that calm that he brought tain Sangakkara. foundation for all of that was laid Sangakkara, Gautam Gambhir, ence in points between the two to the people around him. I think for “Obviously, both these guys have by Dada for me,” echoed Sangakkara. Irfan Pathan and Kris Srikkanth. greats came down to decimals. me, that is probably the biggest dif- taken Indian cricket forward, but Smith and Sangakkara picked The results were announced on “The biggest difference between ference between the two heroes, is just purely from an impact point of Ganguly over Dhoni when it comes the recent episodes of Cricket Dada’s captaincy and MS’ captaincy MS Dhoni,” former South Africa cap- view, I can only talk about MS to Test cricket but both agreed Connected English & Hindi. Dhoni’s is MS, the player for me. I think in tain Graeme Smith said. Dhoni because he was very serious that Dhoni is the man in white-ball performance with the bat while that middle order, the ability to “If Dada had an MS type player, about taking Indian cricket for- formats. ASSOCIATED PRESS above the relegation zone. It has a crucial match against direct rival HEART-WARMING GESTURE Milan, July 14: Two quick sec- Genoa Thursday. Holder second among Test bowlers ond-half goals lifted Inter Milan Ashley Young and Diego Godin to a confidence-boosting 3-1 come- scored shortly after the break after PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Steve Smith while Cheteshwar back win over Torino in Serie A. a howler from Nerazzurri goal- Finch helps student Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane re- Inter moved into second place in the keeper Samir Handanovic gifted Dubai, July 14: Jason Holder main seventh and ninth respec- standings, although its title hopes Andrea Belotti the opener. Lautaro Tuesday attained the highest rating tively. Jasprit Bumrah is the only are slim. League leader Juventus Martinez all but sealed the match. points by any West Indies bowler Indian bowler in the top-10 at sev- has an eight-point advantage with Inter needed a win after two dis- in ‘remote learning’ in 20 years, reaching a career-best enth spot. six matches remaining. appointing results. But it was Torino second place in the ICC Test Player World No.2 among all-rounders, “Victories are important to raise which took the lead in the 17th minute Lake Primary School in Melbourne’s Rankings after leading his team to Ben Stokes has also made huge morale and create a sense of cer- when Handanovic uncharacteristi- east. At least it was until Finch a famous win over England at gains to attain a career-best tally of tainty, especially for the players,” cally spilled a corner, allowing Belotti stepped in to help.” Southampton. 431 points, narrowing the lead from Inter coach Antonio Conte said. the simplest of tap-ins. Through Alex’s teacher Kathryn Holder, who picked seven wick- 66 to 54 points. Stokes has equalled “The work that we’re doing at Inter turned it around after the Taylor, Finch sent the child a video ets including a haul of 6/42 in the his career-high ninth position the minute is important and it's in- break as Martinez knocked down message asking him to complete a first innings, is now on a career-best among batsmen that he achieved last evitable that every win acts as a re- a ball for Young to fire in from ‘special project’ during lockdown. 862 rating points, the best for any November. ward for our efforts. When we don’t close range, and three minutes Finch asked the second grade West Indies bowler since Courtney Other England players to move get the win, it’s really frustrating, later Godin headed in off the bar. student to prepare a ‘cricket mag- Walsh’s tally of 866 in August 2000. up the rankings include left-handed especially because recently we’ve Inter extended their advantage azine’ with detailed explanation of Indian cricketers, who have not opener Rory Burns, who is in the faced punishments that’s out of pro- in the 61st when Martinez’s shot the rules of the game, including taken the field since March due to of batsmen and bowlers rankings. top 30 for the first time, while mid- portion with the mistakes that we took a deflection to loop over Torino the fielding positions and how to play. the COVID-19 pandemic, have re- Skipper Virat Kohli remains sec- dle-order batsman Zak Crawley is make. But we’re on the right path.” goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu. Belotti As per Alex’s teacher Taylor, tained their positions in the top 10 ond in the batsmen standings behind in the top 100. Torino remained five points hit the bar moments later. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA “The result was some of the best work he’d produced all year.” Taylor Melbourne, July 14: Australian said Finch’s intervention also white-ball captain Aaron Finch brought back enthusiasm in the helped a second grade student beat child demeanour. When Stokes sent WC Super Over stress up in smoke the lockdown blues by assigning the “He was pretty blown away to kid a cricket project through his have Aaron Finch send him a per- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA historic triumph, excerpts from a nook and cranny. As Eoin Morgan school teacher, adding some joy to sonal message. (He was struggling) book called ‘Morgan’s Men: The tries to bring calm to the England his daily routine. with the whole circumstance of Christchurch, July 14: Star all- Inside Story of England’s Rise from dressing room and sort out their With cases of COVID-19 rising in being at home and not being able rounder Ben Stokes had sneaked off Cricket World Cup Humiliation to tactics, Stokes nips off for a mo- the state of Victoria and all the to participate in his normal sport for a ‘cigarette break’ in order to Glory’ has revealed the pressure ment of peace. schools closed, remote learning ... that’s his outlet, usually,” Taylor calm his nerves ahead of the Super that Stokes felt on that day at Lord’s. “He is covered in dirt and sweat. has been a challenge for students was quoted as saying. Over during last year’s epic World “Finding a quiet spot as the He has batted for two hours and 27 in the absence of community sport. “Obviously he had a lot of sup- Cup final, an anecdote which finds frenzy of the Super Over ap- minutes of unbelievable tension. Around 7,00,000 students are not port with it at home, but it was mention in a new book on England’s proached was hard in a ground What does Stokes do? He goes to being able to attend school due to great work and he did come back to triumph. packed out with 27,000 supporters the back of the England dressing the pandemic. The country has re- school quite engaged.” A year ago, England had claimed and television cameras following room, past the attendant’s little of- ported over 9,000 cases and more Taylor said Alex is a big cricket their maiden 50 over World Cup the players from the middle, fice and into the showers. There y than 100 deaths so far. fan and that’s why enjoyed the school title after beating New Zealand by through the Long Room and up he lights up a cigarette and has few

Cricket Australia’s official web- project. “He’s a fanatical cricketer, virtue of a contentious boundary the stairs to the dressing room,” au- minutes on his own.”

k k y y m m c c site, ‘cricket.com.au’, reported that he loves his cricket. That’s all they count-back rule as scores were tied thors Nick Hoult and Steve James The 29-year-old Stokes was ad- “...learning from home in term two do all recess and lunch time, they even after the Super Over. It was ar- wrote and the excerpt has been judged the Man of the Match for his proved particularly challenging for talk about it. He’s a big fan and he guably one of the greatest finals published by stuff.co.nz. unbeaten 84, plus eight runs in the young cricket lover Alex Altube, a enjoyed doing that side of things with in the Cup history. “But Ben Stokes had played at Super Over, which helped England grade two student at Blackburn his work.” On the first anniversary of that Lord’s many times. He knows every claim that momentous victory.

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