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" he Congress leadership in day after Amitabh $ % R ' ( ) TDelhi claims to have ABachchan and his actor- resolved the immediate crisis to son Abhishek Bachchan test- the Congress Government in ed positive for Covid-19, Rajasthan at the backdrop of Bollywood on Sunday suf- feud between Chief Minister fered another jolt, as his Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM daughter-in-law and actress Sachin Pilot, but all eyes will be Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and at the Congress Legislature Party granddaughter Aaradhya, (CLP) meeting in Jaipur on senior actor Anupam Kher’s Monday morning. mother Dulari, his brother, Pilot is unlikely to attend the bhabhi and niece tested posi- meeting and is reportedly ready tive for coronavirus. for a showdown with the back- In a related development, ing of two dozen or so MLAs. ! the Brihan Mumbai Municipal “We have conveyed his (Pilot’s Corporation (BMC) sanitised decision to skip the meeting) to senior Congress leader. sidelined by Ashok Gehlot,” four bungalows of the the high command. He would Echoing this frustration, Scindia tweeted. Bachchans — Jalsa, Pratiksha, wait for their call to take his deci- senior Congress leader Kapil The Congress strength in Janak and Vatsa — earlier in rest of the family including my 19, senior actor Anupam Kher sion,” sources close to Pilot said. Sibal tweeted, “”Worried for 200-member Assembly is 102, the day on Sunday. mother have tested negative. had tweeted, This is to inform Currently, Pilot along with our party. Will we wake up only with its Rashtriya Lok Dal The four bungalows, locat- Thank you all for your wish- all that my mother Dulari is his 20 ‘loyalists’ MLAs is camp- after the horses have bolted alliance having one MLA. After ed at Juhu in north-west es and prayers.”Sr Bachchan found Covid + (mildly). We ing in Delhi to meet Congress from our stables.” 6 Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs .%./)0 ing that BJP is trying to topple Mumbai, which fall under and Abhishek are currently at have admitted her into chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul AICC sources said that joined the Congress, the ruling the Gehlot Government and K/West ward have been sealed Nanavati Super Specialty Kokilaben Hospital. Gandhi and it was not clear till Rahul Gandhi is in touch with party’s score in the House ishing in troubled waters of replicating the Madhya Pradesh and declared as “containment Hospital at Vile Parle in north- My brother, bhabhi & late evening whether he will pro- Pilot over the last couple of days climbed up to 108. With the sup- FRajasthan politics where model where Scindia recently zones”. west Mumbai. niece in spite of being careful ceed back to Jaipur. AICC has and hence there will be ne redo port of 13 Independents, 2 Deputy Chief Minister and broke away with around 22 Abhishek, who had short- “My father and I remain in have also tested mildly posi- deputed Congress leaders Ajay of the Madhya Pradesh scenario Bharatiya Tribal Party and two PCC chief Sachin Pilot is sig- MLAs loyal to him and made ly before Saturday midnight hospital till the doctors decide tive. I got myself tested as well Maken and Randeep Surjewala in Rajasthan. CPI-M MLAs, its tally stands at nalling a revolt over differences way for ouster of Kamal Nath confirmed about Sr Bachchan otherwise. Everyone please & I have tested negative. as observers and they have Rumour had it that Pilot 125. with Chief Minister Ashok Government. and he having tested positive remain cautious and safe. @mybmc is informed.!” reached the state to foresee the met Scindia in Gurugram, but The e BJP has 72 MLAs, Gehlot, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who joined BJP in for Covid-19, tweeted on Please follow all rules!,” said Talking to mediapersons, impending political crisis. these later turned out to be false. with 3 MLAs from alliance Scindia on Sunday claimed March, this year, after quitting Sunday evening, “Aishwarya Abhishek in another tweet. Maharashra Health Minister Several Congress leaders But Scindia took to Twitter to partner Rashtriya Loktantrik that like him Pilot too has been as Congress General Secretary and Aaradhya have also test- Sr Bachchan’s Rajya Sabha Rajesh Tope said Rapid were aghast that Sonia and express his solidarity with his old Party. Party sources that around “sidelined” by the Congress took pot shots at Congress ed Covid-19 positive. member-wife Jaya tested neg- Antigen test of Amitabh Rahul didn’t bother to meet Pilot Congress colleague saying even 20 MLAs seems to back Pilot leadership which kills talents. leadership for “sidelining Sachin They will be self quaran- ative for the pandemic. Bachchan and Abhishek even when the situation was so he has been sidelined and he felt and if they leave the party, the Rajasthan politics was flux Pilot” in preference to Gehlot tining at home. The BMC has Confirming that his moth- Bachchan had been done. grave. “ This mentality has pity on the issue. Congress numbers will fall over last few weeks with the rul- and thus ignoring “merit”, he been updated of their situation er and other family members “Both tested positive and are destroyed out party,” said a “Sad to see Sachin Pilot be under 100. ing Congress in the State charg- said. and are doing the needful. The had tested positive for Covid- having an old cough and fever. " P " # P% & ! ! what they call “Jay Shri .%./)0 .%./)0 US firm will considerably bol- ! +/ '' Amitabh.”Cut to Sridhar Roy ster the firepower capabilities Road at Tiljala area of Kolkata police officer, suspended n an effort to equip frontline of the Indian Army infantry "# rue, love, veneration and where Sanjay Patodia has con- Aand arrested for his alleged Isoldiers guarding the Line of soldiers deployed on the 4,000- $ Tagony know no logic. verted a part of his palatial role in passing on crucial infor- Actual Control (LAC) facing km long LAC and 750-km % & $ With entire India uniting in mansion into a dedicated mation about a raid to nab his- China and the Line of Control long LoC. ' # prayers for early recovery of temple of the Big B whom he tory-sheeter Vikas Dubey, has (LoC) with Pakistan, the Army Moreover, these versatile superstar Amitabh Bachchan worships as the living “God of moved the Supreme Court is all set to procure more than rifles will also enhance the ( and his family members from the Kalyuga.” seeking protection citing the 74,000 assault rifles from the close quarter battle capacity of ) corona, The family skipped its spate of encounters in which US. the soldiers in the counter ter- # fans, nay his “devotees”, dinner on Saturday night after the gangster and his aides were Given the current security rorist operations in Jammu & have started special prayers learning about Bacchhan’s ill- killed. The plea, filed through situation, especially on the Kashmir. Stressing these fac- & accompanied by ness. “Ever since we learnt that his wife Vinita Sirohi, appre- LAC in Ladakh, these rifles tors, sources said here on ' Mahamrityunjay Jaap in this Bachchan has corona we have hended that her husband may be inducted through fast- Sunday, the Army has already + unique temple —arguably the started a special puja,” said a Krishn Kumar Sharma may be track procedure.These Sig bought the first batch of 72,000 only one in the whole universe woman. eliminated through “illegal and Sauer rifles manufactured by a Sig Sauer rifles last year. ,- — dedicated in the name of Detailed report on P5 unconstitutional means”. Sub-inspector Sharma, along with three others, was suspended on July 5 for his *(+ (, ( alleged involvement in passing on information to Dubey about police movement towards his house in Kanpur district to (, arrest him. Dubey was killed in an encounter on Friday after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur alleged- ly met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area. Eight policemen, including DSP Devendra Mishra, were ambushed in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were going to arrest Dubey and fell to the bullets fired by his men from rooftops shortly after midnight on July 3. Sharma, in his plea filed before the apex court, said he was arrested on the ground that he had informed the accused persons about the police raid at Bikru village. Challenging the claim, Sharma, who is currently in jail, said he was directed by his in- charge Vinay Tiwari, Station Officer of the Chaubeypur police station, to remain at the police station. Sharma said Tiwari told him in the night %'1)0 + mask in Walter Reed’s hallway news conferences, coronavirus that he was going in a team to as he began his visit. He was not task force updates, rallies and arrest a criminal as per instruc- resident Donald Trump wearing one when he stepped other public events. People tions to him on the phone. Pwore a mask during a visit off the helicopter at the facili- close to him have told The to a military hospital on ty. Associated Press that the pres- Saturday, the first time the The President was a late- ident feared a mask would President has been seen in comer to wearing a mask dur- make him look weak and was public with the type of facial ing the pandemic, which has concerned that it shifted focus covering recommended by raged across the US. Since to the public health crisis rather health officials as a precaution March and infected more than than the economic recovery. against spreading or becoming 3.2 million and killed at least They spoke on condition of infected by the novel coron- 134,000. Most prominent anonymity to describe private avirus. Republicans, including Vice matters. Trump flew by helicopter President Mike Pence, While not wearing one to Walter Reed National endorsed wearing masks as himself, Trump has sent mixed Military Medical Center in the coronavirus gained ground signals about masks, acknowl- suburban Washington to meet this summer. edging that they would be wounded service members and Republican Governors appropriate if worn in an health care providers caring for have been moving toward indoor setting where people Covid-19 patients. requiring or encouraging the were close together. But he has As he left the White House, use of masks as the pandemic accused reporters of wearing he told reporters, “When you’re has grown more serious in them to be politically correct in a hospital, especially ... I some States in the South and and has retweeted messages think it’s a great thing to wear West. Trump, however, has making fun of Democrat Joe a mask.” Trump was wearing a declined to wear a mask at Biden. !" # $ %# &'( )*)* $ % && ' & ( ) * '+, & R) & .)('" the government to utilise the said resources to construct an he members of Gairsain International Covid-19 and :)'0 '() taken,” he added.A spokesper- policing firing incidents,” said In response to a question ENSURE ONLINE EDUCA- be put in place very soon to TRajdhani Nirman Abhiyan Other Viruses Research Centre son of the Chief Minister’s Capt Amarinder. whether the recently TION ACCESS FOR POOR ensure that students do not termed the plan of construct- and Hospital in Uttarakhand nnouncing the setting up office later said that the Chief ON HARYANA-TYPE established Shiromani Akali AND RURAL STUDENTS: suffer due to the prolonged ing the State’s third Vidhan for the welfare of the public. Aof the SIT during his Minister had taken strong QUOTA IN JOBS Dal (SAD) of Sukhdev Singh CAPT TO EDU DEPT suspension of physical classes,” Sabha building in Raipur, Moreover, they also #AskCaptain Facebook Live exception to SAD leader Dhindsa was a Congress he added.In response to anoth- Dehradun as a foolish political demanded the Government to session on Sunday, Punjab Bikram Singh Majithia’s Ruling out quota for game-plan, the Chief Amidst reports of gov- er question regarding school decision by the State give the manufacturing con- Chief Minister Capt attempts to “politicize” the Punjab’s youth in jobs on the Minister made it clear that ernment school teachers get- fees, Capt Amarinder said that Government. tracts of the State only to the Amarinder Singh has also simple jurisdictional decision lines of Haryana, Capt what happens in the Akali ting the data pack recharge of the State Government had In a meeting of the associ- residents of Uttarakhand in warned that the State of transferring the probe to the Amarinder said that he did not party “is not our job”. their students from poor or already filed a Letters Patent ation on Sunday, the members order to provide employment Government would not allow district police. think the neighbouring state’s “They keep workers’ class, Punjab Chief Appeal (LPA) challenging the said that implementing this and livelihood to the young- private hospitals or laboratories “Apart from the fact that recent decision in this regard fighting…History shows that Minister Capt Amarinder Punjab and Haryana High plan would lead to a total sters. to profiteer from the unprece- the Vigilance Bureau had, would stand judicial scrutiny. they keep getting divided. Singh on Sunday tasked the Court’s decision allowing pri- waste of money and resources It is pertinent to mention dented crisis facing humanity. prima facie, not found any Responding to a question There is nothing new in it. At state Education Department to vate schools to charge fee even of the State. here that State Government is “I had received a complaint complicity of government by a youngster on why Punjab one point of time, there were work out ways to ensure seam- where no online classes were According to one of the planning to build a new com- against Tulli lab and had asked department or official in the Government could not follow seven Akali Dals. The Akali less delivery of education to held during the lockdown peri- members Manoj Dhyani, when plex at Raipur housing both the the Vigilance Bureau to look case, Tulli Labs itself had the Haryana model in this party is like a rubber band — students with no or inadequate od. the whole country is suffering Vidhan Sabha and secretariat. into the matter. But when ini- moved the Court challenging regard as mostly outsiders it keeps expanding and con- online access. On the issue of university due to Covid-19 pandemic, Apart from existing Vidhan tial investigation showed that the Bureau’s jurisdiction,” he were getting jobs in Punjab, tracting,” he quipped, adding “Given the COVID-19 sit- and college exams for the final this plan appears to be super- Sabha building in Dehradun, there was no involvement of said, adding that the Capt Amarinder said that the that these kinds of things are uation, which was preventing term students, the Chief fluous. Therefore, the members one also exists in the summer any Government Department Government deemed it fit to Constitution and the law normal in their party. regular offline classes to be Minister made it clear that he of the association demanded capital Gairsain. or officer, the case was trans- transfer the case to the Punjab barred any such discrimination He added, “If Dhindsa held, it was imperative to does not agree with the latest ferred to the Punjab Police,” he Police to ensure that no legal in the matter of jobs. could not stay with them after ensure equal educational UGC guidelines making it said. hurdle is posed later. He pointed out that being part of SAD his entire opportunity and access for all mandatory for exams to be The Chief Minister said “Rather than raising such Punjabis were employed all life, what can one say…The students, including the poor held by September. that the three-member SIT a nonsensical issue and weak- over the country, with no beauty of democracy is that and rural students,” the Chief “The UGC should leave it tasked with the probe is head- ening the morale of the Punjab restrictions by any state. “We one can align with any party Minister said in response to a to the states to decide, given ed by Amritsar Police Police, Majitha should invest cannot stop youth from other any time”.While he welcomes question during #AskCaptain. their ground realities,” he said, Commissioner Amritsar, who his time and energy in pres- states taking up jobs in as many political parties as He said that the Education adding that he hoped the himself is a doctor, with Civil surizing the Akalis’ political Punjab,” he said, adding that he want to join the political band- Department was exploring Prime Minister, to whom he Surgeon as a member. “I have masters in Delhi to put a stop did not believe Haryana’s deci- wagon, the Chief Minister said ways and means to deal with had written a letter a day ordered the SIT to conduct a on CBI interference in the sion could be upheld in the that he was against any party the challenge of imparting before in this regard, would thorough investigation and Punjab Police investigation in courts. whose main intent is to disturb education to those who do not understand the State’s con- submit its findings soon, so the Bargari and other sacrilege the state’s peace. have access to online systems. cern and intervene in the inter- to mobile phone and online that suitable action can be cases, and the subsequent PM 5 N FIND WAYS TO “The new processes would est of the safety of the students. "(" (' payment service providers, which are quite difficult to ybercrime cases jumped by trace or retrieve. The cyber Cmore than 67% per cent till criminals mainly, targeting ! ' ( June 2020, in the cyber city as senior citizens, children and compared to June 2019. women. A total of 5,779 cases have Cyber cell cops also blame been reported in the city in the easy access to information and ) first half of the current year. technological advancement for ! "# ## $%&% The figure was 3,466 in 2019 the spikes in cyber crime cases. during the same time period, Net banking has made it easy according to the Gurugram for criminals to siphon off ## police data. money from accounts and .%./)0 The common types of such fraud takes time to solve, cybercrime were e-commerce said an official with the cyber ith over 1,573 fresh coro- scams, phishing, debit/credit cell. Wnavirus cases being cards, mobile wallets, pre- “On an average, we receive reported on Sunday, the total tending to be customer care 5 to 10 complaints a day. number of people infected with representatives and many oth- Fraudsters operate from far off Covid- 19 reached 1,12,494 till ers. Cyber experts suggest that places such as Mewat in date, in the National Capital. the reason behind the drastic Haryana, Bharatpur in As per the Sunday heath increase in number of cyber Rajasthan and Mathura in bulletin released by the Delhi cases the pandemic of COVID- Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. government, 89968 patients 19 and the imposed lockdown, They also change the phone have recovered and discharged has led to more people to be numbers which are obtained or migrated so far, while num- confined at home with many using fictitious names. Also, ber of active cases stood at more hours to spend online network signals frequently 19155, it said each day and increasingly rely- jump from one mobile tower of Rapid-antigen tests were ing on the Internet to access one state to another providing started in the city on June 18. services, they normally obtain an appropriate shield for the Since then a total of 789853 tests offline. fraudsters. through the RT-PCR (reverse Korean company S D Biosensor. positive and do not need At the same time, the lock- Moreover, the victims file transcription–polymerase chain The testing method involves reconfirmation by RT-PCR down has also significantly complaints very late, which reaction) and rapid-antigen looking for antibodies which are test, it said. Rapid-antigen test- increased concerns about vul- makes it tough to nab the ## .% the ministry said in a state- carried by the expres is around methods have been conducted produced when the body is ing requires a prescription and nerable persons online. The accused,” said a senior police ./)0 ment.Accordingly, they have 384 tonnes. The cost per tonne in Delhi with around 9443 (RT- exposed to a pathogen. an ICMR form filled by a reg- elderly, who usually rely on official of the city police. moved the dry chillies by rail for carrying by rxpress is Rs. PCR) tests conducted on If a person has antibodies istered doctor, and a govern- offline shopping and have now He further said, “We are ndian Railways loaded spe- in bulk through goods trains. 4,608 and which is very cheap Sunday. associated with novel coron- ment identity proof, same as to purchase what they need taking immediate action on the Icial parcel train to But for moving the consign- and economical as compared According to health author- avirus, it means the person is that for RT-PCR test. from the internet, equally find complaints of online banking Bangladesh for the first time ment by goods trains, it is to Road transport which is ities, rapid-antigen testing is an either COVID-19 positive or According to the govern- themselves more exposed to fraud. If any complaint is on Sunday. The train started mandatory for the farmers amounting to Rs. 7,000 per easy and cheaper method as has recovered. ment the active cases of coron- cybercrime. brought to us within 24 hours, from Reddipalem in Guntur and merchants to mobilise tonne, he said. compared to the RT-PCR test. According to the Indian avirus reported on Saturday in “The dangers of cyber- we can recover the money district of Andhra Pradesh the quantity in bulk i.e. at least It may be noted that Each testing kit costs Rs 450 and Council of Medical Research, the national capital were the crime have been there for with the help of the banking state and for Benapole in more than 1500 tonnes in Indian Railways has taken a can provide results within 30 suspected individuals who test lowest in the last 31 days and many years, but the increase in staff. Only a few percent of vic- Bangladesh. each trip, it added. series of steps to boost parcel minutes as compared to RT- negative for COVID-19 in not even a single coronavirus the percentage of the popula- tims report within 24 hours,” A senior railways official To mitigate this problem train traffic during the Covid PCR test that takes three to four rapid-antigen test should under- patient under home isolation in tion connected to the Internet he said. said that Guntur and its sur- and to facilitate the Rail users period. hours. go RT-PCR to rule out the the city has died in July and and the time spent online, “The only way to avoid rounding areas in the state of to move their quantities in The ministry said that The kits, called Standard Q infection. there has been a "sharp decline" combined with the sense of such fraud among the people Andhra Pradesh are well smalls i.e., up to a maximum transportation of essential COVID-19 Ag detection, have While positive test results in daily fatality figures in the confinement and the anxiety is awareness. They should not known for Chillies cultivation. of 500 tonnes in each trip, items like medical supplies, been developed by South should be considered as true past two weeks. and fear generated from the reveal their bank details to any- “The quality of this farm Guntur division of South medical equipment, food, etc lockdown, have provided more one because no banks asked produce is internationally Central Railway took the ini- in small parcel sizes are a opportunities for cybercrimi- any account holder details on renewed for its uniqueness in tiative and moved the special very important items that nals to take advantage of the the phone. taste and brand. Parcel express to Bangladesh, needed for business as well as :33 9 544 5 3 situation and make more The only trusted website Earlier, the farmers and it added. consumption purposes. money or create disruption,” should be used in the online merchants in and around “This has helped the farm- In order to fill in this said the cyber experts. transaction,” he said , adding Guntur area have been trans- ers and merchants of Guntur vital need, Indian Railways 3 ::3 Online fraud cases are on that we have also instructed the porting dry Chillies by road to to market their farm produce has made railway parcel vans the rise; the fraudsters manage bank officials of the several Bangladesh in small quantities beyond the country border by available for quick mass to obtain confidential details banks they must take quick and that was costing around transporting the Dry Chillies transportation by e- ## &)+#'/ affectionate conversation with districts. Most of the benefi- such as date of birth, CVV/PIN actions on the victim com- Rs 7000 per tone,” he said. in small quantities through Commerce entities and other the Chief Minister Chouhan ciaries believed that the gov- numbers, credit/debit card plaints and strict action will be “During the lockdown parcel express,” customers including state hief Minister Shivraj Singh and most of them addressed ernment has lent them a great numbers, expiry date and even initiated against them if any period, they could not move he sai.Accordingly, one governments, CChouhan has said that Chief Minister Chouhan as help during the crisis. OTP from gullible customers lapses are found on their this essential commodity by train consisting of 16 parcel the official said, adding Corona pandemic has affected Mama.The Chief Minister said Pooja Rathore of Anuppur under the pretext of calling behalf,” he said.“Although the road. van moved to Benapole in that railways has been run- the street vendors involved in that under the scheme, the is involved in tailoring work. them from the bank’s cus- risk of being attacked will Then Railway staff and Bangladesh. Parcel van was ning time-tabled trains on small business the most but the process of providing identity She had started sewing work in tomer care office. According to remain, some mitigation mea- officials approached the con- loaded with 466 dry chillies select routes, to ensure unin- state government stands beside cards to all registered street January this year after pur- police, after getting the details, sures may help users and signors and explained the bags, weighing around 19.9 terrupted supply of essential them. Madhya Pradesh tops in vendors in the state should be chasing 4 new machines. She the scammers make payments employers. facilities to transport by rail,” tonnes and the total weight items. implementing the Pradhan completed. He said that the never expected the corona Mantri Street Vendors Atma scheme will be reviewed con- virus crisis. Nirbhar Nidhi (P.M. Swa stantly. Pooja told that her business Nidhi) scheme, which is being Apart from urban street was shut, she also ran out of the !!! & !$ implemented in the state to vendors, a scheme to provide savings and became indebted. help the street vendors to con- interest free assistance of Rs Meanwhile, under the state tinue their business and to 10,000 is being implemented Government's Jeevan Shakti increase it. for the street vendors of rural Yojana, she made 200 masks NEW DELHI: The Avifavir/Favipiravir etc.Sime Chouhan said that maxi- areas of the state. and got an amount of Rs 2200. Indraprastha Institute of lesser-known drugs that are on mum benefit of the scheme will On timely repayment of With Rs 10,000 under the Information Technology (IIIT- trial include Ribavirin, be given to small businessmen the loan, double amount i.e. Rs Pradhan Mantri Swa-Nidhi Delhi) on Sunday said it has Umifenovir, Sofosbuvir and like vegetable vendors, people 20,000 will be sanctioned next yojana, she is able to restart her developed an Artificial several antiretrovirals. running chaat shops and relat- year. Chouhan further said business. Intelligence (AI) model for The database of drugs ed to tailoring works besides that many times, a person Shri Pankaj Yadav of Agar drug repositioning in the treat- (drugbank.ca) lists more than tea sellers in the state, so that engaged in small business spent does the business of selling ment of Covid-19. 100 approved antivirals. Trying all these can be saved from the all his life time in paying off the glasses and purses etc. He too This means that instead of out all of them in clinical tri- burden of interest and can debt. has recived the amount under manually going through ever als is not possible; it will be conduct their business smooth- Under this scheme, the the scheme and happy that his available drug and checking its expensive both financially and ly for the sustenance of their beneficiary will have a facility business will go on smoothly effectiveness against Covid-19 in terms of time – a luxury we families. to repay the loan in one year now. Santosh Joshi of Bhopal is (which is a painstakingly long cannot afford. The government will lend and business of everyone will vegetable vendor. process), one can now rely on “Therefore, we propose to full support to the people doing get boost because of the loan He was disappointed dur- AI to speed things up and find use AI to prune this massive small businesses to remove without interest. The govern- ing the lockdown period. Now us drugs which have the high- database and select a handful (5 their economic difficulties. The ment will take the loan guar- he hopes that he will be able to est probability of success to 10) of drugs that have bet- Chief Minister Chouhan was antee. Many businessmen who save at least Rs 300 per day. against disease.Some well ter chances of succeeding. This holding talks with the street had shut down the business will Gopal of Bhind is also a veg- known examples of reposi- would allow more concerted vendors of the state through now be able to restart their etable vendor. He sincerely tioned drugs are trials on this handful of Video conferencing from business. hopes that there will no longer $ $ & Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), prospective treatment regimes," Mantralaya. Street vendors Chouhan held talks with be any difficulty in conducting Dexamethasone, Remdesivir, IIIT Delhi said in a statement. were very joyous to have very the beneficiaries of various his business. ! " # $ % S ' " (
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The surge in the cases On Sunday 14 out of these active cases.Haridwar has 56 .)('" took the tally of the Covid-19 16 people including the bride active patients now. affected patients to 3,537 on were found positive for the dis- Uttarkashi and Almora 19 oorkee mayor Gaurav Goel Sunday. ease. One doctor based in have active patients each, Pauri Rand 12 councillors of The authorities released Mussoorie was also found pos- and Champawat 17 active cases Municipal Corporation of 68 patients of the disease from itive for disease on Sunday. each and Tehri has 10 active Roorkee (MCR) joined the different hospitals of the state Meanwhile in a positive cases now. Bharatiya Janata Party at a on the day after they recovered been tested positive in the Dehradun 35 patients were sign for Nainital, 60 patients of Pithoragarh has five active function here in the presence of from the disease. state. A 54 year old male who reported by the authorities. the disease were discharged cases of the disease, Bageshwar BJP State president Bansidhar Roorkee and fulfill expectations adding that in the future too the Out of total 3527 positive died at the Sushila Tiwari gov- The department reported 18 from different hospitals of the two while Chamoli and Bhagat and chief minister of the public,” said the BJP will continue holding func- cases 2786 patients have recov- ernment hospital, Haldwani, patients from Haridwar and 13 district while eight patients Rudraprayag have one active Trivendra Singh Rawat on CM.Speaking on the occasion, tions to bring new members ered from the disease in the Nainital on Saturday was found from Nainital district on the were discharged in Uttarkashi case each of the disease. Sunday. the BJP state president wel- within its folds to further state so far. The recovery rate positive for the disease on day. In Champawat six, Pauri district. The administration has Goel was earlier in the BJP comed Goel to the party, stat- strengthen the party. Expressing dipped slightly on Sunday to Sunday. With this the death toll four, Tehri and Bageshwar two The state now has 674 declared 84 areas as contain- but had contested the MCR ing that though he had con- his views, Goel said that he had 78.77 per cent. from Covid-19 in the state has cases each were reported. active patients of the disease ment zones to prevent the con- election as an independent can- tested the election as an inde- contested the local body elec- A total of 94121 samples of climbed to 47. In Dehradun 14 persons admitted in different hospitals. tagion of Covid-19 from didate after being denied a pendent candidate due to some tion as an independent due to the suspected patients have so On Sunday 40 patients of who had attended the marriage With sudden spurt in the num- spreading. Haridwar has 60, ticket by the party. Speaking on conditions, he never made a the circumstances. far been collected by the health the disease were reported from of a Kanwali road resident on ber of cases Udham Singh Udham Singh Nagar 13, the occasion, the CM said that negative comment about the But, even then his senti- department in the state so far. Udham Singh Nagar district. June 29 were found positive for Nagar dislodged Nainital from Dehradun four, Nainital two the BJP had registered victory BJP organisation. ments for the party were the Out of the total samples test- Here 18 people got infected by Covid-19 on Sunday. the number position in the list and Tehri one containment in five out of eight municipal Bhagat said, “Goel always same as when he was a mem- ed4.10 per cent samples have an earlier detected patient. In Incidentally the bridegroom of Covid-19 active cases. zones. corporations in the State. maintained good coordination ber of the party. He said, “I con- With Goel joining the BJP, with the BJP workers. Today he tested the election but never there will now be BJP mayors has once again become a part used wrong words for the BJP 1339 3 in six of the eight municipal of the BJP. Not only in and its organisation. I am expe- corporations. Rawat said, Uttarakhand but across the riencing considerable joy in $ 6 4! 33 “Local bodies are in them- antion, the party is moving once again becoming a mem- selves autonomous mini-gov- ahead strongly. ber of the BJP,” said Goel. .)('" ed in the areas. Due to this ernments which strengthen the The blame for causing The councillors who joined ) restriction, many local veg- State Government. degeneration in the nation goes the BJP along with Goel include he Dehradun Mandi Samiti etable and fruit vendors were With the Roorkee mayor to the Congress party. There Devki Devi, Punam Devi, Tis planning to open some bound to buy supplies from and 12 councillors joining the was a period when Atal Bihari Virendra Gupta, Sachin 0* the media on the flouting of a bullock cart to register new wholesale vegetables and wholesale market of Haridwar, BJP, the party will definitely Vajpayee assumed charge at Chowdhary, Navnit Sharma, the social distancing norms protest against rising fuel fruits markets in the city once Rishikesh and some other areas become stronger. Now, 75 per the Centre following which the Ankit Chowdhary, Neetu 3 during the ceremony. prices but no one is now talk- the situation gets back to nor- that added extra cost to their cent of municipal corporations nation began progressing swift- Sharma, Geeta Devi, Vinita Meanwhile the opposition ing about the ceremony held at mal after the Covid-19 pan- expenses which led to hiked have BJP mayors. ly in the right direction. Rawat, Dhiraj Saini, Nitin Tyagi 3 1#2 Congress party has attacked the BJP office. demic. prices of vegetables and fruits We have given the state a However, unfortunately the and Ajay Pradhan. the BJP government for being Launching an attack on Last month, when for common people. completely corruption-free gov- Congress came to power again BJP state vice president selective in approach for the BJP Government, the Vice Niranjanpur Mandi was closed In order to avoid such issue ernment and the state is and brought the nation to dire and MLA Khajan Das, State enforcing the social distancing President of Uttarakhand subsequent to several whole- in future, president of presently moving forward swift- straits. Today under the lead- minister Dhan Singh Rawat, norms. Congress Surya Kant salers being found positive for Dehradun Mandi Samiti, Rajesh ly. We are confident that Goel ership of PM Narendra Modi, state vice president Devendra .)('" It is pertinent to mention Dhasmana said that cases Covid-19 there, deliveries of Sharma said, "The Samiti has will continue working effi- India stands in the front row of Bhasin and other party leaders here that the administration should be registered against vegetable supplies were restrict- marked some places in city. ciently for the development of powerful nations,” he said, while were also present on occasion. ocial distancing norms had registered cases against BJP leaders for not following Swere flouted during the Congress leaders and workers the norms of social distancing ceremony to include the including former Chief during the ceremony held at Roorkee Mayor Gaurav Goel Minister (CM) and general the BJP office on Sunday. ' into the BJP on Sunday. Goyal secretary of All India Congress He said two sets of rules was re-inducted into BJP along Committee (AICC) Harish should not be used for similar with many of his supporters in Rawat and Pradesh Congress acts. Dhasmana claimed that .)('" lunch break. Sweets are per- sweet shops owners, the big cent to 35 per presence of a galaxy of BJP Committee (PCC) President during the whole of the lock- ishable items and the combi- sweet shops are doing better cent than the last leaders at the state office of the Pritam Singh for not following down phase, the Congress lmost every business is nation of fewer sales with the business than smaller sweet month. party on the day. social distancing norms dur- party workers observed the Aaffected by the Covid-19 hot summer days decreases shops because they have more He said that The chief minister ing the Congress party’s lockdown rules but when dur- pandemic but in Unlock 2, their shelf life," said a resources and help to cope it will take some Trivendra Singh Rawat, state protest against rising fuel ing the unlock period they many had anticipated that the Sahastradhara Road sweet during the crisis. time for cus- president of the party prices. held protests while observing situation will improve and the shopkeeper, Anand Muyal. However, they also added tomers to come Bansidhar Bhagat, state min- In a statement Harish social distancing norms, cases businesses will revive gradu- Talking about sweets getting that they are taking all the pre- out and do any ister Dhan Singh Rawat and Rawat said that the video were registered on them. ally. spoiled in summers, a local ventive measures in their kind of purchas- other leaders were present footage of the ceremony held Cases were slapped on However, this has not shopkeeper Rajat Sharma said, shops to avoid Covid-19 con- ing in the mar- during the ceremony. The BJP at the BJP office on Sunday former CM Harish Rawat, come true yet for most of the "We have thrown about tagion among people. ket but it might workers and supporters of clearly shows that social dis- PCC President Pritam Singh operators of the sweet shops in five kilogrammes sweets just Meanwhile, some owners get better with time. On the optimistic about it. He said Roorkee started a joyous cel- tancing norms were not fol- and other Congress leaders. Dehradun as most of them last week. Some days are good of big chains of sweet shops question of whether the sale of that several people came to ebration after the CM and lowed. Dhasmana said that if cases are state that presently, all are for business and some days are said that their business is sweets will increase in the buy sweets when the board Bhagat left the dais. He added that the CM not registered on the BJP lead- facing financial crises so buy- quite bad but still, we cannot doing better in Unlock 2 than coming months due to results were recently The workers danced to and state president of BJP ers then the Congress party ing sweets is not on every- sit at our homes shutting down the last month. According to approaching festivals, announced and the business the beats of drums and were were present in the ceremony. would knock the door of body's list. "Earlier, we used to our shops. But it is surely bet- the managing director of Khandelwal said that one can- was quite well than the usual seen hugging each other. The On a sarcastic note Rawat Governor against the dis- keep our shops closed on ter than the lockdown period Anandam Group, Sumit not predict such things days too, so one can only state BJP president Bhagat said that cases were slapped on crimination of the state Sunday but now we do not when we were not earning Khandelwal, their business whether the business will hope for the best considering evaded the questions posed by him and others when he rode administration. even close our shop for the anything." According to some has increased from 30 per increase or not but one can be the current crisis. Ashish Kaul
953 was a watershed year in ed that a pittance of 200 Kanals elections and ensured that all government machinery creat- 1the history of Kashmir as it (unit of land area) maximum Hindus voted for him and his ed loops within loops to drag marked the beginning of state would be allocated to male National Conference. As des- the paperwork leading across sponsored ethnic cleansing. scions of the Hindu families tiny would have it, Mir Qasim the board litigations against this The most critical part of this (father, son and grandson). fell off with Indira Gandhi persecution of Kashmiri strategy was the Land Reform Astoundingly, the lucra- and that led to the famous Pandits. Act – widely known as tive horticulture land with Indira Shaikh accord that He further introduced laws Kashtkaar Act. Muslims was exempted from paved the way for Shaikh which included conditions like Sheikh Abdullah intro- this draconian act. My mater- Abdulla to return to power. giving away the land from the duced this act to grab the land nal family – the Kilams, along Unexpectedly and regrettably, Hindu owners to tillers at a owned by the minority abo- with other families played a key upon becoming the Chief throw away price of Rs 500 per riginals. About 95 per cent of role in fighting these legal bat- Minister, he reneged on his Kanal. This was primarily for the land custodians in the tles across various courts for commitment but relented to the land that was outside the 6 Kashmir valley were still over 10,000 Kanals of land the extent that only 100 acres km limit. Hindus. that was usurped under this of land was restored to Pandits The stage was set and the This land was of two types- brazen state sponsored land for 20 years. result was the Pandits lost the land that was being man- grab. However, temple property, more than 90 per cent of the aged by Hindus on behalf of In 1975 the then Congress orphans and the land to wid- land owned by them. Later on Maharaja against an annual tax led Chief Minister Mir Qasim ows was fully restored to the (1990s) the same land was to the kingdom and the land pushed this draconian act of extent of 200 acres only. taken over by railways under that was purchased and owned persecution to another level by Despite cosmetics, the traves- leadership of Nitish Kumar at by Hindus for the purpose of removing the 200 Kanal law ty did not end for the Pandits. a huge compensation of Rs. agriculture and residences. that Hindus by then saw as fait By then the systematic state 2,50,000 per Kanal. This was not a land that accompli. Mir Qasim intro- sponsored ethenic cleansing This was a brazen illegal was gifted to them. They used duced another atrocious law by was unleashed and Shaikh act by the erstwhile govern- to pay a fixed yearly sum snatching away those 200 introduced a resumption form ment as this land was owned by against the particular land allo- Kanals of land and gifted to the to be filled for reclaiming even the resident Pandits, illegally cated to them by Maharaja Hari Muslim tillers. this remainder of 100 acres of sold and acquired by the against Hindus. He instructed remained the same however on fire with the sole purpose of iconic popularity are rarely Singh of Kashmir. Due to various representa- land supported with another Railways. Many legal cases of all the Muslims, predominant- the on ground situation is restricting their return. Of discussed. Some vested groups, These custodians, contrary tions by Kashmiri Pandits the draconian law. ownership dispute continue to ly Shias to restore all such completely different. All the Course, article 370 which is ignorant media and politicians to the elitist theory peddled by then Mir Kasim government The law stated for Hindus be buried in the dormant land back to Hindus. He pro- acts and decisions taken often confused with terror was alike keep pedaling the elitist vested interests also belonged relented to the extent of offer- to reclaim the meager land, it administrative camaraderie for claimed this Land Reform Act together in entirety right from actually a vital tool to deprive attitude of Kashmiri Pandits as to the lower income group – ing a meager 1/4th of the pro- had to be within 6 kms of their ethnic cleansing of the Hindus. and all the land that was 1948 will sum up to only one Hindus of means to exist. among a cause for their ouster often, the smaller land man- duce to be given to the Pandits residence. The dance of injus- The vast majority of Hindu grabbed from Hindus under conclusion, land was grabbed Transferring land without com- from the valley. agers would till the land them- for 20 years only and then all tice reached its zenith with land is still in legal disputes in this act as unholy and and snatched from Kashmiri pensation was possible since Rest as they say is history, selves. rights would cease. Overnight, implementation of this new law various courts, usurped and unIslamic. Pandits and was used as a very the provisions of the Indian more than six hundred thou- While agricultural land in a manner of speaking, the and procedure and a vast compensations are taken by Budgam set an example of effective tool for Islamisation of constitution did not yet apply sand Kashmiri Pandits are liv- was mostly owned by Hindus, miniscule minority was ren- majority of Pandits were out- illegal occupants who have universal brotherhood by Kashmir. in the state. ing a life of exile inspite of hav- the lucrative sericulture, horti- dered a pauper. side the 6 km prescribed limit. obviously altered the land handing over the land back to Be it PDP, National con- The country’s leadership ing estates belonging to them culture and floriculture land In the same year (1975) The travesty did not end records and the original own- Hindus with one caveat that in ference or Congress, all the par- had ensured that the right to and citizenship of a country meant for cultivation of fruits, Zamindar Association of there, this land was gifted to the ers are in exile - unable to a situation that the Hindu ties did their best to ensure that property was included among which denies even talking flowers and silk was under Kashmir was formed and rep- Muslims against a paltry levy of defend the last remains of their wishes to sell the land then first Kashmiri Pandits are deprived the fundamental rights, which about them. We continue to control of the Muslim majori- resentations were made to the Rs 500 per Kanal against the ancestry. right of refusal and an NoC of everything which may help could not be challenged.It is live watching our land and her- ty. Post-independence, the land ousted Shaikh Abdulla for par- prevalent rate of Rs. 1 lakh per In this horrifying tragedy must be first obtained from the them to even think of coming relatively well-known that itage being grabbed and illegal ownership continued until the leying with the government to Kanal at that time. The horrors to loot Hindus of their rightful tiller. In the same 90's shame- back to Kashmir. Post the many Kashmiris almost wor- occupants making money out accession of Kashmir with restore the previous Act. In a of this land grab kept getting land, Shia dominated Budgam ful and hideous act of forcing forced terror induced migra- shipped the ground on which of it. India. However the grand land meeting at Dachigam, Shaikh worse even for the handful of set a humanitarian example. the Kashmiri Pandits out of tion of Hindus it is common Sheikh Abdullah walked. reform act of 1953 overturned agreed to intervene provided Hindus who were found to be The presiding Maulana and the Kashmir was enforced. The knowledge and widely report- Seventeen persons were killed (The writer is a media vet- this. The custodians went to the Hindus wholeheartedly sup- within the 6 km limit. The head of the sect publically legal status of the land owner- ed how their homes were ille- in stampede at his funeral. eran and bestselling author. court and later on it was decid- ported him in forthcoming Tehsildars, Patwaris and the revolted against the atrocities ship though may have gally occupied, looted and set However, the roots for his Views expressed are personal) !" # $ %# &'( )*)* ! 7 " ! !
.%./)0 of essential commodities have '9 3 ! are concerned, the prices have has shot up from 13/kg to been increased in several parts 95 34 $ 6 increased due to short supply 21/kg. The spike in wholesale n a double whammy for the of the country. In Pune, price 36 94 ! and high transport cost. prices of these vegetables is also Imiddle class and the poor, of rice has touched 56 a kg 3395 $ In the national capital likely to inflate the retail prices already suffering from the lock- while wheat is being sold at 45 5 3D!$ region, the wholesale prices of of these commodities. down impact and coronavirus in Nashik. Atta and Gram dal '539 3 3 the common kitchen staple — Traders say that the supply pandemic, prices of essential is being sold at 57 and 90 5 34 3 onion, tomato and potato — of fruits and vegetables is still grocery items and vegetables respectively in Mayabundar in 533 have doubled in the major low as farmers are said to be have increased across India. Andaman & Nicobar. Arhar is 5 9 $ 6 3 mandis (markets) across the reluctant to bring their produce Traders are also citing being sold at 140 in Andaman 934 53 country owing to an increase in to the mandis. monsoon rains, short supply & Nicobar. ! 9 the wholesale demand for veg- In the last five weeks, diesel and the unprecedented rise in In Mumbai, Moong dal is 6 5 3$ etables and transportation cost. price has increased on 24 occa- prices of diesel and petrol to being sold at 150 a kg. Masoor 5334 933 3 The wholesale price of sions while petrol rates have have led to a massive hike in dal is being sold at 115 in 5 9 3 tomato has more than doubled risen 21 times. the prices of essential com- Siliguri. In Jammu, Vanaspati 95 from 4.8/kg to 50-60/kg The cumulative increase modities. oil is being sold at 150 a litre '4 $ 6 95 from 3 June to July 8. In the since the oil companies start- As per wholesale markets in a packet. Mustard oil in 53 5 95 retail market, tomato is being ed the cycle on June 7 totals to data, prices of vegetables have Tirupathi is 200 a kg. wheat at 38 a kg; Gram dal at sugar, potato, onion and toma- modities except vegetables in sold between 80-100 a kg 9.17 for petrol and 11.55 for 5 3399 doubled in the past few weeks In Mumbai, the rice is 68 a kg; Arhar at 108 a kg; to is 35, 24, 74, 96, 38, the some parts of the country. $ 9353 while the mandi prices of onion diesel.In Mumbai, petrol is with tomato prices having being sold at 33; Atta ( Wheat) Urad at 126 a kg and Gur at 32, 25 and 60 respectively. Market experts say that traders have also increased from priced at 87.19— unchanged reached to 80-90 a kg. 36; Gram dal 85; Arhar 50 a kg in Bangaluru. In As compared to the last attributed the increased to high 6.5/kg to 20/kg in the same since June 29, while diesel rate According to Ministry of 108; Moong at 151 a kg. The Delhi, the price of rice, Atta month data, there is an increase cost of transportation due to prices. period. The wholesale rate of was hiked to 79.17 litre from Consumer Affairs’ data, prices rice is being sold at 52 a kg ; (floor)wheat, gram, arhar, of 2 to 10 in essential com- increase in diesel and petrol As far as vegetables prices potatoes for the same period 79.05. : !0:359 ='1$ O! $ $ . $ $ $ $ 0 5 6 43 5 $3 5 .%./)0 8#'9:0(2;.*,*10;1.9,=,.9( 80 percent of the total cases, 5 The fitment of FASTag in new ?,9;,=-'@-1,-'-.(;.*,* Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been .%./)0 vehicles at the time of sales of vehi- ven as drugs like Remdesivir and 29';1('9'B+0=,C %D1.*/,,= recommended. The standard of care :).'0 cles of category M and N, was made ETocilizumab have been recom- 9,;'::,=2,2)1,*-.=2.92'@;.9, treatment strategies have shown to he Centre on Sunday said it has mandatory in 2017. mended as "investigational therapies" yield positive results," said the official. unday saw 4,244 new per- Tdecided to ensure capturing of "But the integration with bank for the treatment of a hospitalised -9,.-:,=-*-9.-,E0,*1.,*1'=-' According to the Ministry, all the Ssons testing positive for FASTag details while registering or account or they being activated was coronavirus patient, the Union Health 0,(2?'*0-0,9,*+(-*8*.02-1,'@@0;0.( "investigational therapies" are required Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu while issuing fitness certificate to vehicles being avoided by citizens, which Ministry wants the States and Union to be carried out only in proper 68 deaths were reported in the all over the country. would be checked now. Fitment of territories to tread cautiously in the used in moderate to severe cases. health care facilities where close mon- State in the last 24 hours, In a letter addressed to NIC, FASTag is to ensure that vehicles usage of these medicine “as their indis- However, there have been no benefits itoring of patients is possible so that according to a medical bulletin with copies to all the States and UTs, national highways directly from the crossing the National Highway fee criminate use or use in conditions for in terms of reduced mortality. potential complications can be man- by the Department of Public the Ministry has informed that full prepaid or savings account linked plazas use electronic medium of which they are not desirable, may “It has to be used with extreme aged. Health and Preventive integration of National Electronic to it. FASTag payment, and cash pay- cause more harm than good.” caution due to its potential for serious "The ICMR strongly recom- Medicine. Toll Collection (NETC) with A prepaid tag, fixed on vehicles' ment is avoided. In a video conference with states adverse effects including liver and kid- mended that the focus of clinical man- Out of the 4,244 persons VAHAN portal has been achieved, windscreen, allows automated "This usage and promotion of on Covid case management, officials ney injury," said the Health Ministry agement should continue to remain on diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Ministry of Road Transport and deduction of toll charges, and lets FASTag will also be effective to of the Ministry asserted that in the official. oxygen therapy (including high flow State, 1,168 were from Chennai. Highways said in a statement. any vehicle pass through a toll plaza minimising possibilities of spread- absence of a cure, the clinical man- Similarly, Tocilizumab studies nasal oxygen), steroids (which are The three neighbouring dis- The VAHAN system is now with zero human contact. ing Covid at NH Toll Plazas," the agement protocol for Covid-19 would have not shown any benefits in mor- widely available and inexpensive), tricts Chengalpet (245), getting all information on FASTags "As such, the ministry has statemenr said. be most effective for the standard of tality reduction. However, if used for appropriate and timely administration Kancheepuram (385) and through VIN/VRN (vehicle iden- asked to ensure capturing FASTag The ministry had issued a care treatment for mild, moderate and patients with severe conditions, prop- of anti-coagulants and high-quality Thiruvallur (232) continued tification number/ vehicle regis- details while registering new vehi- Gazette notification in November severe coronavirus cases. er informed consent is required. supportive care, including mental to be problematic spots with no tration number), it added. cles, as also while issuing fitness 2017, on this scheme. "The States have been told that the Rampant use is to be discouraged since health counselling for patients and abatement in the number of FASTag employs radio fre- certificates to vehicles plying under A total of 1.68 crore FASTags available evidence for Remdesivir the effect of the drug is directed at the clinical management of pre-existing infected persons. quency identification (RFID) tech- national permit," the statement have been issued across the coun- suggests that it may decrease the "cykotine storm", added the official. illness and palliation of symptoms," The scenario in other dis- nology for making toll payments on said. try till the beginning of May 2020. time for clinical improvement when "For mild cases, which are nearly said an ICMR official. tricts is no different as Madurai (319), Thoothukudi (136), Vellore (151) , Virudhunagar (246) and Tirunelveli (131) 5 )& .(2 3 ) $ showing considerable increase in the number of persons diag- nosed with the pandemic. New Delhi: Naresh Kadyan, the him a notice to join the investi- .9(0,9-1, ,(10'(0;,1.2 harassing government officials, As on Sunday, Tamil Nadu disgruntled former Haryana gation on the complaint filed by 0**+,2.='-0;,-' .2.= has been booked by Delhi Police had 46, 969 covid-19 patients Khadi Board employee booked KVIC but “the residence of under section 182 of IPC for giv- across the State. The number of for filing a false complaint against Naresh Kadyan was found .*G0=E10:-'H'0= ing false information in a crimi- covid-19 cases detected till .%./)0 a highly centralised mechanism did not Khadi and Village Industries locked.” 0=,*-0E.-0'=0=-1, nal complaint lodged by him at IP date in the State reached 1.38 apparently require more hands as many Commission (KVIC), is abscond- “His neighbours informed ;':?(.0=-@0(,2/ Estate police station in Delhi. lakh. he much-awaited changes in the team assembly polls and subsequently the 2019 ing, said a report by the Delhi that Kadyan is currently out of 10;11.*.;;+*,210:'@ However, the probe report The number of laboratories Tof BJP President JP Nadda, who has Lok Sabha polls were contested under the Police. Delhi. However, on further filed before Metropolitan in the State to test the samples taken over the reins of the party from Amit guidance of Prime Minister Narendra The police in its probe found enquiry, two security guards of ;'=;,.(0=E@.;-*.=2@0(0=E. Magistrate said the charges lev- rose to 105. The number of Shah, are expected to be effected soon even Modi and Shah. that Kadyan, with a “mala fide” the society informed the police @.(*,;':?(.0=-.E.0=*-0- elled against KVIC were ‘baseless’ persons tested on Sunday were as the Union cabinet too is required to fill The untimely passing away of central intention to defame KVIC, that Palwal Police, Haryana, also and ‘malafide’ and Kadyan had 41, 325 while till date more vacancies existing on account of the demise Ministers Jaitley, Swaraj, Kumar and the ele- accused the Gandhian institution had come looking for Kadyan a filed the case with the intention than 1.5 million persons across of top party leaders including Arun Jaitley, vation of M Venkaiah Naidu, another for- of dealing with prohibited items few days ago and probably, the Delhi Police also asked him to malign the image and reputa- the State have been tested. Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar. mer Minister, to the Constitutional post of - ivory and whale bone. Kadyan has fled his house,” the to appear before it on July 2 at 10 tion of KVIC. Out of the 68 deaths regis- The sudden emergence of the coron- Vice President has created slots in the The investigators, who have report said, adding, "his mobile am with the original documents “Since by filing a false com- tered on Sunday, 60 had co- avirus pandemic had thwarted the meet- Modi Cabinet. Against this backdrop, a few filed its probe report before a phone could not be reached pertaining to various organisa- plaint with mala fide intention morbidity conditions. ing of the party’s National Council, the top hands from the party may be shifted to the court here to carry forward fur- despite several attempts". tions formed by him where he and deliberately concealing the The only news that offered policy making body, to approve Nadd’s ele- government, they said. ther investigation, now reported Earlier, the Delhi Police had had fraudulently used the word vital information in the com- some consolation was the num- vation from working president to the full- The Parliamentary Board of the BJP, that Kadyan has fled his Delhi issued a notice to Kadyan asking “National” with the name of his plaint, the complainant has mis- ber of patients cured of the time chief of the BJP as also the reshuffle the highest decision making body, too residence and that his mobile him to join investigation in the organisation and designated him- led the police and is misusing the pandemic. On Sunday, 3,617 in the party and the Union Cabinet, would need fresh inductions in view of the phone was not reachable. complaint filed by KVIC which self as Chief National process of law to defame a reput- persons were discharged from according to sources. absence of the three veterans. Swaraj, the The report said the Delhi has accused him of concealing Commissioner. ed government organization, hospitals fully cured and this A major reconstitution of the party’s only woman representative in the Board, police officer investigating the facts and filing a false complaint Kadyan, masquerading as an appropriate process may be ini- took the number of persons office bearers was awaited even during the could have a replacement with another matter had gone to his residence against it. RTI activist and a social worker tiated against him,” police told the cured in the State till date to tenure of Shah but that did not happen as woman party leader. in the national capital to serve Issuing notice to Kadyan, to file frivolous complaints and court. PTI 89.532. 13! ! 3:39 4 44 5E1 $ 45 6
.%./)0 patients with Covid-19 and AIS and stroke risk factors (hyper- lowing stroke and were more .%./)0 sons here in a rhyming way. He said 1,500 were given into bank treated at 28 health care centers tension, diabetes, atrial fibrilla- likely to die of AIS. The Minority Affairs Minister said accounts of 20 crore women, 19,000 hen Covid-19 patients in 16 countries this year ie 2020 tion, coronary artery disease, The researchers noted there ttacking the Congress for its unin- that those who cannot differentiate crore given under PM Kisan Samman Whave an acute ischemic and compared their health with heart failure, cancer, previous are several potential explanations Aterrupted criticism of the Modi- between “burger and baingan (brinjal)”, Nidhi during the challenges of Corona stroke (AIS), it not only has a AIS patients without Covid-19 stroke, smoking, obesity and for the relationship between Government on a range of issues includ- “pyaz (onion) and pizza”, ”ganna (sugar- pandemic. severe but also a fatal effect, from the Acute Stroke Registry dyslipidemia). Covid-19-associated strokes and ing national security and economy, senior cane) and gur (jaggery)”, “dhan (grain) These steps instilled a sense of according to new findings pub- and Analysis of Lausanne The final analysis included increased stroke severity: "The BJP leader and Union Minister Mukhtar and pan (betel leaf)”, “solar plant and solar ‘Development with Trust’ among the peo- lished in Stroke. (ASTRAL) Registry, from 2003 330 patients total. In both patient increased stroke severity at Abbas Naqvi on Sunday hit out at it for park” are giving statements full of igno- ple of the country, he added. Some of these complica- to 2019. Researchers sought to groups, stroke severity was esti- admission in Covid-19 associat- being probed for a spate corruption rance on country’s economy, security and Naqvi said during the Corona crisis, tions include acute respiratory determine the clinical charac- mated with the National Institute ed stroke patients compared to charges and asserted that the “commo- reforms. the Modi Government brought historic distress syndrome, cardiac teristics and outcomes of patients of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the non-Covid-19 cohort may tion of corruption” under the "carpet of They are trying to become “Political and path-breaking reforms in socio- arrhythmias, acute cardiac injury, with Covid-19 and AIS. and stroke outcome was assessed explain the worse outcomes. clan” is “crystal clear” and thus creating Pantywaist in Pandemic Period”. economic-educational fields, adminis- shock, pulmonary embolism, Between January - May by the modified Rankin score “The association highlights “chaos” in the Opposition party. Naqvi said that India is the only tration, trade, labour, defence, coal, civil cytokine release syndrome and 2020, there were 174 patients (mRS). the urgent need for studies aim- Naqvi said arrogance of ‘Merchant democratic country of the world which, aviation, power distribution, space, for- secondary infection, contribut- hospitalized with Covid-19 and When AIS patients with ing to uncover the underlying of Corruption’ proves that ‘there is some- under the leadership of Prime Minister est land, agriculture, communication, ing further to the worse out- AIS. Each Covid-19 patient with Covid-19 were compared to mechanisms and is relevant for thing fishy’ (Dal me kuch kala hai). Narendra Modi, provided free food to 81 banking, investment. comes including higher mortal- AIS was matched and compared non-Covid-19 patients, it was prehospital stroke awareness “Commotion of Corruption under crore people, one nation one ration These bold reforms have ensured that ity in these patients, said the to a non-Covid-19 AIS patient found that the former category and in-hospital acute stroke the ‘Carpet of Clan’ is ‘Crystal Clear’. This card, free gas cylinders to 8 crore fami- India has converted ‘disaster into oppor- researchers in the study. based on a set of pre-specified had more severe strokes , high- pathways during the current ‘Commotion of Corruption’ has become lies, Garib Kalyan Package worth 1.70 tunity’ and increased peoples’ trust in They had analyzed data on factors including age, gender er risk for severe disability fol- and future pandemics." ‘Chaos of the Congress’,” he told newsper- lakh crore. Modi’s leadership, he said. O& P P #2
5 recently ,*,.9;1,9**.02-1,@';+* strain, or it could have passed closer relative to SARS-CoV-2, #2 4 # .%./)0 The team will work close- *1'+(2/,'=.;-00-0,*(0=G,2 through intermediate animals. he said. ly with officials and the scien- -' 10=.P*0(2(0@,-9.2,L Researchers pointed out The WHO investigations hina’s wildlife trade should tific community in China to /'-1(,E.(.=20((,E.(L that the wildlife trade — in should also look at other mam- 5 939 During their meeting with the Cbe thoroughly investigated decide what kind of investiga- 0=;(+20=E1+=-0=E.9,.* which many animals come mals commonly hunted and ,'" 5439 family members Ram Madhav as part of efforts to uncover the tions are needed and where, *-'9.E,@.;0(0-0,*@.9:*.=2 into close proximity with each traded in southern China, espe- assured the family members origin of the coronavirus pan- said Michael Ryan, director of :.9G,-* other and people — offers the cially small carnivores and enior Bharatiya Janta Party 3! that terrorists and their sup- demic, researchers have said the WHO’s emergencies pro- perfect conditions for a virus in rodents, said Latinne. Another S(BJP) leaders including porters will be taken to task. even as the World Health gramme. He said a good place in Hanoi. “We need to test any one species to spill over into priority should be bats in the National Vice President these Nationalists will not go in "Those people who are Organization (WHO) has to start is in Wuhan, where the wild or farmed wild animal another. southern province of Yunnan, Avinash Rai Khanna, National vain. BJP stands with family responsible for this act, should rushed its scientists to the first clusters of atypical pneu- species that could potentially be The investigators should she said — a hotspot for bat General Secretary Ram members of Bari in this hour of be neutralized. He also dragon country, ahead of plans monia emerged. in close and frequent contact scrutinize the circumstances in coronaviruses where the clos- Madhav and MoS PMO, Dr grief". demanded fool proof security for a larger international Researchers said the focus with humans in China,” she which the pangolins in China est known relative to SARS- Jitendra Singh on Sunday vis- Bari's father Bashir Sheikh cover for BJP leaders and party research team to probe the pan- should be on activities linked said. were seized, the animal species CoV-2, called RaTG13, has ited the residence of Sheikh and younger brother Omar workers. demic’s origin. to China’s wildlife trade — Most researchers agreed they were housed with, and been identified. Wasim Bari, killed by the ter- Sultan were also killed in cold Senior BJP leaders also “The mission objective is to both legal and illegal — includ- that the SARS-CoV-2 virus whether people involved in Researchers should also rorists last week, in Bandipora blood by the terrorists while handed over a Cheque of advance the understanding of ing hunting areas, storage facil- probably originated in horse- the wildlife trade have coron- keep an open mind, and look and offered condolences to the they were sitting together inside Rs.10 Lac to the Wife of Late animal hosts for Covid-19 and ities, farms and markets. “All shoe bats, but the route it took avirus antibodies, said Arinjay beyond the wildlife trade and close family members on behalf their office cum shop. Waseem Bari and assured them ascertain how the disease parts of the wildlife supply to get to humans remains a Banerjee, a coronavirus known coronavirus reservoirs, of the Prime Minister of India, BJP leaders also demand- full support in future as well. jumped between animals and chain need to be investigated,” mystery. The virus could have researcher at McMaster added Sophie Gryseels, an evo- Narendra Modi. ed that the administration of Avinash Rai Khanna said, humans,” said Tedros said Alice Latinne, an evolu- jumped directly from bats to University in Hamilton, lutionary biologist at the Hailing him as BJP's 'Tiger Jammu & Kashmir must trace "We expressed our sympathies Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the tionary biologist at the Wildlife people and evolved over time Canada. Following that trail Catholic University of Leuven, in Kashmir valley', senior BJP the killers as early as possible with the family and assured WHO’s director-general, Conservation Society Vietnam into the current pandemic could help scientists find a Belgium. leaders said, "the sacrifices of and neutralize them soon. them of all possible help". !" # $ %# &'( )*)* 7 " " #$%&& 5! 3 $ $ " # . 7 $ Jammu A Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist eral hours and the joint teams of secu- ( +:)0 the agency to produce the and Sivsankar at from Pakistan, Usman responsible for rity forces exercised restraint to avoid accused in the court on Monday Thiruvananthapuram and an attack on a CRPF party in the model any collateral damage in the area. he National Investigating when the court would take a reportedly seized incriminating town area of Sopore on July 1 was Late evening, Inspector General of Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported from different parts of the state, the TAgency court in Kochi decision on the plea by the NIA. documents. Following charges among three terrorists gunned down Police, Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar another record single-day tally of 1,933 highest reported on any day since the remanded Swapna Suresh and Later, Swapna and Sandeep made by the Opposition parties by the joint teams of security forces in said, “one of the three terrorists includ- new coronavirus cases in 24-hours corona outbreak. Kurnool and Sandeep Nair, the main accused were sent to coronavirus obser- that the CMO had a role in the Rebban area of Sopore in Baramulla ed a Pakistani LeT terrorist Usman. He ending 9 am on Sunday, the fourth con- Srikakulam reported four deaths each, in the gold smuggling case bust- vation centers. gold smuggling, Chief Minister district on Sunday. was involved in the recent terror attack secutive day of an all-time high num- Krishna and Visakhapatnam three ed by the customs officials at The case got wide publici- Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to the According to a police spokesman, at Sopore in which one CRPF jawan ber of daily cases, and 19 more casual- each, Chittoor two, and Nellore, Thiruvananthapuram, remand- ty because of the links the Prime Minister asking for a “the encounter started in the Rebban was martyred and one civilian was ties -- another record. Anantapur, and West Godavari one ed to three days by judge P accused had with senior officials comprehensive probe into the area of Sopore on the basis of a pin- killed”. Police teams also recovered 3 The state tally of new cases was death each. The total death toll now is Krishnakumar on Sunday. in the Chief Minister’s Office. M whole affair. The Centre prompt- pointed information in the wee hours AK rifles and other ammunition from 1,814 on Saturday, 1,608 on Friday and 328. The duo was arrested by the Sivasankar, Principal Secretary to ly handed over the investigation of Sunday”. The encounter lasted sev- the site of gunfight. PNS 1,555 on Thursday. Meanwhile, positive cases among NIA team probing the case from the Chief Minister was shunted to the elite NIA which took into Health Department officials said returnees from other states to Andhra Bangalore late Saturday evening. out following disclosures made custody Swapna and Suresh that the total corona cases in Andhra Pradesh fell by 16 over previous day's They were brought to Kochi by by a section of the media that the within hours. Pradesh were now 29,168. numbers. But returnees from Telangana Sunday noon and were subject- former had close liaison with Sarith, former PRO of the 8 As per the Covid bulletin, new cases continued to dominate this category, ed to covid-19 test at Aluva, the Swapna Suresh. UAE Consulate has been held by were reported from all 13 districts -- with 16 of the 18 new cases from among result of which is expected by Swapna, who was holding an the Customs officials last 9: East Godavari with highest 268, fol- returnees from the neighbouring Telugu Monday. important position in one of the Monday itself. It was Sarith and lowed by Kurnool with 237 cases, state. One case each was reported Judge P Krishnakumar who ventures launched by the Swapna who reportedly inter- +:)0 Thiruthanikachalam, a Siddha practi- Krishna with 206 cases, and Chittoor from Odisha and Karnataka returnees. heard the NIA ordered that Information Technology vened for the Consulate in get- tioner, who was arrested under the with 159. Guntur reported 153 new As of Sunday morning, 2,403 per- Swapna and Sandeep be sent to Department has since been dis- ting the consignment released. adras High Court’s observation Goondas Act for circulating a video cases, and Srikakulam 145 cases. sons have so far tested positive among coronavirus centers at Karukutti missed from service. The gold Sarith is the first accused in the Mmade on Thursday that vested accusing the Tamil Nadu Government of In all, 17,624 more tests were done state returnees. This category's active and Thrissur respectively. Once smuggling case hogged limelight case as per the FIR filed by the interests were acting against the devel- not having done anything to contain the as against 20,590 in the cycle ending cases total 559, with 1,844 recoveries. they test negative for Covid-19, because of Swapna’s involve- NIA. opment of Siddha branch of medicine as Covid-19 pandemic, said that vested Saturday morning. As many as 846 per- Only one new case was reported the NIA team has been asked to ment in getting the consignment The agency had listed Fazil it was not being given due recognition interests were acting against the devel- sons were discharged from hospitals from foreign returnees -- a patient with produce them before the court. addressed to the UAE Consulate Fareeth a Dubai based busi- substantiates the doubts expressed by opment and promotion of Siddha. and Covid treatment centres in the state. travel history to Kuwait. The NIA asked the court to in Thiruvananthapuram released nessman as the third accused. India’s medical warriors Prof B M Hegde The judges said in their interim order By Sunday, active cases in Andhra The total tally in this category is send them to custody for ten from the Customs officials at the The Customs had taken Ramees, and Dr C V Krishnaswami. that both the Union Government and the Pradesh totalled 13,428, apart from 429, with 323 cured patients. As of days. But the judge decided to Aircargo complex. a specialist in gold smuggling Justices N Kirubakaran and V N State Government were not doing enough 15,412 cured patients. Sunday, 106 patients in this category are send them to corona observation The Customs officials had from Malappuram, who is being Velumani while hearing a habeas corpus to make use of Siddha branch of medi- A total of 19 deaths were reported under treatment. IANS centre for three days and asked raided the apartments of Swapna interrogated at Kochi. petition filed on behalf of cine in the country. R & & 267 &I55
,'" areas of Srinagar district to contain the zone in case of essential services,” adding, 633 spread of coronavirus from Monday. ''no civilian or employee shall be allowed or the first time July 13 will not be On Saturday, the total tally of positive to come out or go inside a red zone with- Fobserved as 'Martyrs day' by the cases crossed 10,000 mark in the Union ter- out a valid movement-proof.'' Government of Jammu & Kashmir on ritory of Jammu and Kashmir. The decision to reimpose the lockdown Monday. On Sunday, at least nine patients died in these areas of the city was taken at a 934 3 After the Abrogation of Article 370 and due to Covid 19 in Kashmir valley alone. meeting late Saturday evening, official reorganisation of the erstwhile state into “The lockdown will be imposed in 68 sources said. The city has witnessed a spike Bengaluru: The city civic two Union Territories on August 5, two containment zones of the city from Monday in the number of coronavirus cases over the body has initiated the process public holidays, on July 13 along with the and no movement would be allowed in past one week. to recruit 1,700 medical pro- birth anniversary of former Chief Minister these areas without permission”, a formal Meanwhile, the district authorities in fessionals, doctors, staff nurs- Sheikh Abdullah celebrated on December order issued by the district administration Anantnag and Kupwara too have decided es and support staff to scale up 5, were both omitted from the list by the said. to impose strict lockdown guidelines amid its workforce to establish 30,000 administration in December 2019. “In view of the major spike in Covid- fresh surge in the cases of coronavirus. Covid care beds, an official said Earlier, leaders belonging to the main- 19 cases, we will have to carve out con- Soon after the decision was taken, a on Sunday. stream political parties would converge at tainment zones for effective restrictions in large number of tourists present in According to the official, to the Mazar-e-Shuhada at Ziyarat Hazrat different areas of Srinagar. Local cooper- Pahalgam area of Anantnag were directed establish and run 30,000 Covid Naqshband Sahib (RA) in Shehar-e-Khaas, ation is solicited in the best interest of pub- to return within a span of two hours . care beds, 1,800 doctors and Srinagar to offer floral tributes to the 13th lic health,” Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, On the other hand, the situation in 3,600 nurses are required. July, 1931 martyrs. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary tweeted sepa- Jammu region remained partially better but The health department has Interestingly, this time, in the wake of rately. thousands of local residents,ignoring social calculated that one doctor per Covid-19 pandemic the district adminis- According to Deputy Commissioner, distancing guidelines, Sunday travelled to shift is needed for every 100 tration in Srinagar has also decided to reim- Srinagar, ''No entry and exit will be allowed a local tourist hotspot in Patnitop and patients and one staff nurse for pose lockdown conditions in certain without a movement pass from the red Nathatop to enjoy cool climes. every 50 patients. IANS : 6$$ 3 /!; /" !+/% 0 #!E#
! "&'0 9..9*.02-1.-0= Gandhi for their handling of ! "&'0 each in Solapur, Nanded and 9,;,=-,.9* 10=. China and Pakistan, Pawar Jalna, 2 each in Raigad, Dhule, CP chief and former said: “During the tenure of aharashtra on Sunday Jalgaon, 1 each in Kolhapur, NDefence Minister Sharad 1.*-+9=,2='-H+*- Nehru, India and China shared Mcrossed another mile- Ratnagiri, Latur, Beed, Akola Pawar said here on Sunday that .G0*-.=/+-,,= warm relations. ...Jawaharlal stone of 2.5 lakh in terms of and Gondiya. In addition, one China—which “has the power, Nehru was of the view that Covid-19 infections as 7,827 person from another state died vision and programme to act ;'+=-90,*(0G, ,?.( China will become a super- more people tested positive in Maharashtra. against Indian interests” -- was ".=E(.2,*1.=290 power some day and that India for the pandemic, while 173 With 61869 infected cases a “bigger threat to India” than should maintain a cordial rela- more deaths were reported and 1,646 deaths, Thane con- Pakistan. .=G..E.0=*-=20. tion with it since tensions were from various parts of the tinued to be the second worst In the second part of a not beneficial to either of the State. hit district in Maharashtra. three-part interview being pub- and diplomatic channels,” he two countries”. With the fresh 7,827 posi- Pune, which has emerged lished in the Shiv Sena’s official said. On the issue of the eco- tive cases, the total number of as the third worst affected dis- mouth-piece “Saamana”, Pawa Mr Pawar said that in nomic crisis in the country, infected cases rose to a stag- trict in terms of spread of the said: “Whenever we think of an recent years, China had turned Pawar said that India needed gering 2,54,427 in the pandemic, has recorded 39125 enemy country, the first coun- not just Pakistan, but even another Dr Manmohan Singh state. infections and 1097 deaths till try that comes to our mind is countries like Nepal, to revive Indian economy. Simultaneously, the total now. Pakistan. But, we need not Bangladesh and Sri Lanka “Modi should consult econo- number of deaths – which had In a related development, worry much about Pakistan. against India. mists and experts like crossed 10,000 mark on the total number of patients From the long term point of In elaboration, Pawar said: Manmohan Singh to revive Saturday – went up to 10289 discharged from various hos- view it is China – which has “When (Narendra) Modi the economy. When deaths. pitals after full recovery since power, vision and programme became prime minister for the Manmohan Singh, Pranab Of the total 173 deaths, the second week of March this – that is a bigger threat to India first time, he went to Nepal to Mukherjee, P Chidambaram Thane accounted for 48 deaths year touched 1,40,325. than Pakistan”. offer prayers at the were finance ministers, they and for the fourth time this The recovery rate in the “There is a huge difference Pashupatinath temple. (PM) would constantly be in touch month went past Mumbai in state stood at 55.15 per cent. between the military power of Modi praised Nepal, calling it with experts and political lead- terms of fatalities. The mortality rate in the state China and Pakistan. China is Indias friend and the first ers cutting across party lines to In Mumbai, there were 44 is 4.04 per cent. The state ten times stronger than India in Hindu nation. Now Nepal is ascertain their views on various deaths on Sunday, taking the health authorities pegged the terms of both Military might not with us, but on Chinas issues facing the country,” he total number of deaths in the number of “active cases” in the and economic power,” Pawar side,” the former Union minis- said. metropolis from 5,244 to 5,288 state at 1,03,516. said. ter said. “When Manmohan Singh now, while the number of Out of 13,17,895 samples Pawar said that the stand- “India took the lead to lib- was the Union finance minis- infected cases in the city shot sent to laboratories, 2,54, 427 off between India and China erate Bangladesh, and now the ter, he gave a new direction to up by 1,243 cases to touch have tested positive (19.3 per could not be solved through a neighbouring country has the Indian economy. I was also 92,988. cent) for Covid-19 until war but it had to be resolved signed a treaty with China, he part of that Union cabinet. I In addition to 48 deaths Sunday. through diplomatic strategies. said. credit Singh and late P V recorded in Thane and 44 in Currently, 6,86,150 peo- “Instead of striking, we should Disapproving the ruling Narasimha Rao for the turn- Mumbai, there were 37 deaths ple are in home quarantine try to put international pressure BJP’s criticism of Pandit around of the economy from in Pune, 8 each in Palghar and while 47,801 people are in on Chinathrough negotiations Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira the crisis,” the NCP chief said. Nashik, 6 in Aurangabad, 3 institutional quarantine. 4 5 89* $ ) $ 3
3 1 ! ! +/ '' ness one is told. “Ever since we ) learnt that Shri Bachchan has +:)0 rue, love, veneration and contacted corona we have start- '(G.-.& $: 4 533 5 4 Tagony know no logic. With ed a special puja and & 33 5 53 $9 9 erala tested more than 400 entire India uniting in prayers Mahamrityunjay Jaap to secure 1 $5 9, 37+34 5 Kcovid-19 cases for the third for early recovery of superstar his wellbeing,” said one of the &&55 3 F 63 93 43:9 successive day on Sunday. The Amitabh Bachchan and his women members of the D6 $34 9 3!3 ) 9 day saw 435 persons getting family members from corona, Patodia household. According L 35 7 diagnosed with the pandemic fans, nay his ‘devotees’ have to the Hindu traditions 3 341'6 1 4 53 while there has been a steep hike started special prayers accom- Mahamrityunjay Jaap is done &55 , $:+?0 5 3345 in the number of persons (206) panied by Mahamrityunjay to save the life of a person from #3 7# $43 $ 9 39 53 ! $ getting infected through social Jaap in this unique temple — an imminent danger. -9 53 71&55 53 3637 contacts. arguably the only one in the The 24x7 special Puja will 9 $ 33 7M 9 5 35 7+34 While 128 out of the 435 whole universe — dedicated in continue till each member of & $ 93 93 who tested positive were expa- the name of what they call “Jay the Bachchan family gets cured, 6 34 9 37 triates, 87 were those who Shri Amitabh.” said senior Patodia adding, returned to the State from other Cut to Sridhar Roy Road at “we have nothing in our life daily puja of Amitji,” he said where they chant a specially parts of India. The number of Tiljala area of Kolkata where save Bachchan ji. Despite being pointing at the “Garbha Griha” created Amitabh Chalisa of 9 persons undergoing treatment in Sanjay Patodia has converted a in Mumbai we feel his presence or sanctum sanctorum of the pages. After the Puja the visi- the State due to covid is 3,743. part of his palatial mansion into here. “temple” where they have tors are given Prasadam. 13, 478 samples were sent a dedicated temple of the Big B We have secured dresses, installed an idol of the super- Patodia a staunch Amitabh for testing on Sunday. The num- whom he worships as the liv- shoes, spectacles used by him star sitting on a throne like a aficionada constructed the ber of persons admitted to hos- ing “God of the Kalyuga.” and they are all worshipped God. temple in way back in the year pitals too saw a hike. A total of The family skipped its din- separately. Here but from today On a normal day of regu- 2001. Since then he organizes 633 persons were admitted to ner on Saturday night after we have made different lar puja a “Filmy Aarti” is per- a daily Puja here of whom he hospitals in the State on Sunday. learning about Bacchhan’s ill- arrangements apart from the formed here every six minutes calls “my living God.” !" # $ %# &'( )*)* % ) # ) 45 633!753893 2 #3 $753893 8 (+",-(./ ) 4:= R& =8('+, < ) * + , 3D5 4 346 55 39 9 533 -*+,. ( / S 001 9 3935 7' 53 336 D! 53 " 2 3 3 4 5S ( ( ( ( 6 2 78 08 *+,-./001 $&'()*(( " ( ( 9:: " " ndia’s most wanted gangster Vikas Dubey is dead. The police ;: encounter may have raised sev- ( eral questions even as politicians, ( civil rights activists and human Irights workers have called it a “cold S < = 1 / blooded” murder. But the fact remains = 9: 0>8? ( that over 100 families rejoiced as the 9 2 * $ news about Dubey’s encounter reached Bekaru — the non-descript village in Kanpur — where his fiefdom 3 @ 5 / -@5/. ran large. Sweets were distributed and A @ 5 the family of the eight policemen, who were martyred on July 3 in an ambush, / # @5/ expressed satisfaction, saying justice was finally done. Even Dubey’s parents 2 disowned him and said he deserved what he got. ( The saga that started on the night @ 9 = 9: B18:: of July 3 ended on the morning of July 5 >7 11 but the episode has many twists and 9B?1: ( turns. Many high-profile actors — Dubey killed Saroj Shukla inside (SP) and then to the BJP. At one the Government changed in its report, the Association of who puppeteered Dubey behind the a police station where the latter time, Dubey even claimed that Uttar Pradesh. He never joined Democratic Reforms (ADR) ;0B7 6 scene — may have heaved a sigh of took shelter following a brawl . In Behenji (as Mayawati is known any political party. had said that 143 legislators — @5/ relief following his killing. They con- reality Dubey had stage-managed among her supporters) had called There are people like Hari 36 per cent of the total strength 2 S ( tinue to be safe and unseen. This is this episode with his contacts in him by his first name in a crowd Shankar Tiwari, Virendra Pratap of 402 — have criminal records why this encounter will not bring an the forces to corner and eliminate of 500 people. His influence was Shahi, Mokhtar Ansari, Atiq against them. Of this, 107 — 26 ?8 " ( end to the criminal-political nexus, him. Despite the grisly crime so entrenched in the region that Ahmad, Brij Bhushan Saran per cent of the total strength — # which thrives in every gram panchay- being committed in the after- he would hold kangaroo courts Singh, Rama Kant Yadav, Uma are facing murder charges. Who 9>8:: # at of Uttar Pradesh and which, accord- noon and that, too, in the pres- where his word would be the only Kant Yadav and Raghuraj Pratap gave these criminals political ing to lawmakers, is an elixir of ence several cops, Dubey’s terror law. Those who did not abide by Singh — the list is endless — patronage? Why do voters elect @5/ >8: Indian politics, one that has kept the was such that the police witness- what he said were beaten up by who, despite having criminal these tainted leaders despite the " 3 political system going. es turned hostile during the trial. his cohorts. Even when the police antecedents, continued to win the ADR educating them about " ( The story of a young man, hav- The irony was that even the demolished his mansion and elections, both Lok Sabha and such criminals? ing political ambition, entering the investigating officer turned hos- started an investigation against Rajya Sabha. In the mid-1980s, The time has come for some " ( blind alley of crime to follow the orders tile — this has probably never him with vigour, people of almost Hari Shankar Tiwari and serious introspection. Is it only 0::: " ( of his political masters is not new in happened in the annals of any eight villages were afraid to talk Virendra Pratap Shahi created the political system that’s respon- ?: Uttar Pradesh. “Yeh gaon gaon ki criminal investigation. to the police. waves when they won the elec- sible for this rot? If the nexus kahani hai (this is the story of every Little wonder then that the The police officials are quite tions from the jail premises. But between the criminals and politi- " village),” said a lawmaker with a wry strongman’s criminal prowess candid to admit that had Dubey this was just the beginning. cians is deepening, this is the time 3 + $ + ) / 0::( smile. A few hundred rupees in one’s soon attracted political attention. not been eliminated, he would Tiwari even became a Minister for the judiciary to stand up and 9B * ( pocket, a motorcycle and caste back- Dubey was happy to oblige and have become a lawmaker — may while Shahi was gunned down in deliver. Government records sug- ing are enough to turn any youth, job- dabbled in village and panchay- be in 2022 (Assembly election) the 1990s. gest that till 2018, 10.27 lakh cases $ %, @ less and restless, into a short-time at-level politics. He was first or 2024 (Lok Sabha). His polit- All these tainted names carry were pending in various lower criminal. In a matter of years, he would elected as the pradhan of a village ical clout would have gone up. a Robin Hood image as they help courts in Uttar Pradesh alone. qualify to become a full-time crimi- and later became the member of He would have engaged the the local people financially in get- Delayed justice means the crim- nal. Sometime later, he could start con- district panchayat with the back- sharpest of legal brains in India ting their daughters/sisters mar- inals can walk away. This was ( testing the elections and even win the ing of two regional parties. and would have proved in the ried. In turn, they live in safe very much evident in the case of Assembly or the Lok Sabha polls. After he decided to distance court that he was not present in mansions surrounded by body- Dubey, who, despite facing 60 Sometimes, even from jail. himself from politics, his wife Bikaru village on July 3. Dubey guards belonging to the same or criminal charges, including that Dubey’s story is no different. He took over the mantle and was would have also got a reprieve nearby villages or their own of the murder of a Minister-rank 2S ( and Lallan Bajpai, who was the head elected as the district panchayat like he got in the 2001 murder caste/religion. For them, it’s easy leader, was roaming free, build- ( of the Shivli nagar panchayat, were member. She, too, was elected case. In 2003, the then Mulayam to earn money as they run a ing his empire. + friends but in 1996, differences with support from a regional Singh Government did not even lucrative contract business and The common perception is cropped up between the two. During political party. Gradually, Dubey challenge the lower court’s order also have shares in Government that the police arrests only the the Assembly election, Bajpai support- ensured that his relatives got in the High Court. contracts for the construction of aam aadmi and spares the pow- ed Santosh Shukla of the BJP while elected in local-level elections. All of this is not a new story roads, dams and bridges in their erful. Ditto is the case with the +R Dubey supported Bahujan Samaj Chaubeypur in Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh. Dubey has only respective areas. In Government judiciary. The so-called steel Party (BSP) candidate Hari Kishan being a Brahmin-dominated brought a new dimension to the parlance, it is called the “mafia frame of our bureaucracy has ) ' : ( & ! Srivastava. Shukla lost that election. area, Dubey’s caste added more political-crime nexus where share.” It’s an open secret as to developed jelly in its spine, which This widened the gap further. In 2001, strength to his muscle power. He short-term criminals, who hold who the main beneficiary is in is out to please its political mas- !& ' $ Dubey tried to acquire land near the preferred being called panditji — sway in 10-12 villages and can the corridors of power. Later, the ters than the people. We need a @ 5" Shivli Inter College where he wanted as Brahmins are addressed in influence a few thousand votes, dons graduate to running big holistic change in all sectors to develop a market. When the man- rural Uttar Pradesh. He was a big hold the key to any election. criminal operations, including where crime is crushed at the #2 + 3 ager (Sidheshwar Pandey) opposed, catalytic factor in Mayawati’s Earlier, criminals preferred to extortions and kidnappings and very beginning so that we do not ) Dubey killed him. Then Dubey famous Dalit-Brahmin social stick to one party. But Dubey was if required, murder. birth more Dubeys. @ attacked Bajpai, killing three of his experiment. With a change of different. Instead of clinging to This criminal-political (The writer is Executive men, though the latter survived. Government, Dubey switched one party, he preferred to change nexus finds its reflection in the Editor, News, The Pioneer, 7 The same year, on October 12, loyalty to the Samajwadi Party the party flag on his car mast as 2017 Assembly elections, too. 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As per the report of the Via email $ ( occasional, small, 15 m errors as inspired everyone. ial, “Encounter the truth” (July National Crime Records Bureau, everything is too serious at the Dennis Fitzgerald 11). The dastardly attack on a in UP, as many as 555 personnel 4 2 moment. If we need further Melbourne team of Uttar Pradesh police in were killed and 2,048 cops got (,--,9*-'?0'=,,9JE:.0();': !" # $ %# &'( )*)* 0 ) # ) 1.)#+",2' 7 # 23+41+,'#()23+41 "& " ! 5 ) ! # " ! "& & &" & !! ! ! ) "! ) ' 35 9$434 44 L # L " 3 53 5 95 $93 ! 5 33 95 349353 2
,5+6./+ &) &) '* & * : >4 ( * 8* & ! & # / ( 2 P( Q 3 * @ E $ " ( # ( 2 ! 2 = @ 2 ( % .'+1 ('3,#& n the badlands of Uttar Pradesh (UP), ( things only change to remain the same. In that 3 Iiconic film, Omkara, made by Vishal Bhardwaj and located in the diabolical landscape # of western UP where bahubalis (strongmen) call / the shots, every character, with the caste prefix 00:: " 0:9? ( attached most often with their surnames and on 3 0: their foreheads, fits into this eternally-predictable 8 $ jigsaw puzzle. There is a revealing scene in this ( incredible gangster film of bitter realism. Langra D Tyagi, obviously a Brahmin, played superbly by # Saif Ali Khan with a pronounced limp, goes to a jail as a “visitor” to meet a buddy. The police- HB: man at the “reception” is making a loud announcement. Among other instructions he is 2 clearly stating that no arms, ammunition and so on will be allowed to be taken inside the prison. So Langra Tyagi walks up to him nonchalantly + (/ ( and declares for all to hear that he has arms and D 0:9? # ammunition. The policeman looks up and jok- / $ 2 -/$2. 9B0 ingly dismisses him, saying: “Chal jhutte (Oh /0 ./' ('>' 0 # 0:9> # 0: come on, you are a liar).” "&.>%'/ . B: In recent weeks, indeed quite apparently since July 3 this year, almost a similar script %0)'/0# ). 98 0: 3 10#/>:+"/+ 98 ( played out for the world to see. And it was more volatile than the pandemic, the lockdown, the ("7.?.). # quarantine, mass migration of workers especial- )."##+/0:.%'1 unique selling points. Not really a Robin reportedly tipped off by his contacts in that it was not the same one which was ly in UP and Bihar, joblessness and the econo- =+(:.+1)++ Hood, or a do-gooder bandit, he was the police force that a raid was about carrying him initially. Reportedly, the # my that’s awaiting some sort of resurrection. It )0.'7+. soon branded as one of the most to be conducted on him. The gangster vehicle which overturned was a D had such a typically inevitable ending that even %+.(1%)>O wanted criminals in the countryside. and his men not only took the guns of Mahindra SUV while he had been trav- % 2 a C-Grade Bollywood script writer would blush %'1).1)+0 He liked to be called “Pandit”, the policemen but also reportedly elling in a Tata Safari earlier. 99 3 in astonishment and embarrassment. ).:).1O0=). proudly flaunting his Brahmin legacy. inflicted severe wounds with an axe on Thereafter, the cops came out with 5 / By now, the macabre story of the murder of %'1("0 The first murder case apparently hap- their bodies. Why he participated in a predictable version: The SUV over- >7 3 E # 7>; eight policemen, including a Deputy %0)'/0# )+% pened in 1990. Nothing happened to this elaborate bloodbath, only he knew; turned, Dubey tried to snatch a gun -5#. 5# / Superintendent of Police, in UP and the him in terms of the justice system as is something, perhaps, the nation will from a policeman and run. Like Langra “encounter” of the man who led the attacks on :+.).%'1+ the undeclared norm in UP in many never come to know now. Tyagi, Dubey walked with a limp; he 5 = + = >: 9:1 1)+0).&': O 5# 9> the cops has unfolded, with all its gory details cases. He thereby chose to become a Since then, he was known to have simply could not run. Even then, the in the media and social platforms. More than the %)>0). lackey of a politician who shifted from travelled across four State borders, UP Police was forced to shoot him $ % % = I 5 5 detailing, which is unfolding and which is still 1"((..(0). the BJP to the Bahujan Samaj Party undetected, and ended up, as if going dead. One wonders why? Was he shot , 3 # # # wrapped in many hidden sleaze tales of the =0(1#/':.0=). (BSP). Dubey, too, joined the BSP in for a morning walk, at the in the chest? If he was running, with a underground and the overground, mixing in a (.'//>%'.+ 1995-96. Both he and his wife won local Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in limp, how come he was not shot in the # 0:9? sinister synthesis with such lucidity, there are too ("O%)>0). elections by hook or by crook. Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh (MP), on back? Why did he surrender in the first # ) / 2 -)/2. >7 many questions. All of these surround the hith- +)0.' . Significantly, he was the main July 9. Unarmed, he surrendered, with- place if he really wanted to run? Why 0:9; 0:90(9> 2 erto not so popular figure of the protagonist: )+/."# %0) accused in the murder of BJP leader out an inch of anxiety written on his did he not hide and get holed up, with )/2S 18 O >> Vikas Dubey of village Bikaru in Kanpur Dehat, .+" )#+/00:'/ Santosh Shukla, who was then a face, to the unarmed and untrained enough political patronage, till things B0 2 Chaubepur block. Minister of State, no less, at the Shivli guards at the temple. He was reported- cooled down? Why did he not surren- A history-sheeter, gangster and criminal, #'(+' . 0// police station, again in Kanpur Dehat, ly identified when he repeatedly shout- der in a court with lawyers, in full pub- ( 2 ( )0 1:++/. 98 @ ( with over 60 cases against him, including mul- in 2001. In a daredevil act, sending a ed his name for all to hear, and his iden- lic view, and instead chose to send a tiple cases of land-grabbing and murders, +%O%)>0). signal to all across the police force and tity was established through the use of symbolic message by surrendering in ( Dubey was known to be a typical bahubali. +1"((..( the political spectrum, he apparently the Truecaller app on the phone. a Hindu temple? What were the sleazy, Pandering to the upper caste politicians at the 0':+"(%0) chased the Minister inside the police The MP Police handed him over to sinister and shady secrets Dubey was 2 local level with big ambitions, he not only wield- /'%>.(1 0="// station and shot him dead as a public the UP Police, which then took him in hiding in his several decades of crim- # 2 ed the gun as an insignia of his prowess but also #"&/0:?0.% ' spectacle. Two policemen also died in a convoy to some unknown destination, inal life, so lucidly tangled within the # convinced them about his invincibility in their 01.':)+1.+ that incident. However, Dubey was not probably Kanpur, followed by intrepid web of UP politics? # ( grand design. It is slowly emerging that he had 1.'1>&+/0: arrested. reporters in their vehicles. He was Indeed, if Dubey was bumped off, ( # been used by politicians across the spectrum. It .11' . He surrendered after some months, apparently made to sit with policemen, which seems to be so at this moment, is also being openly said that he was bumped off reportedly accompanied by politicians, unarmed obviously, and handcuffed, in what was the hurry to enact this pub- brazenly and with a total lack of finesse in the &>1"((..(0 even while the entire bureaucracy and a Tata Safari. He showed no desire to lic spectacle so soon after his arrest and , 0')0" # ! @ 2 -!@2. = ( darkness of the night so that he would not reveal police administration tacitly refused to escape and had willfully surrendered, so shoddily at that? And why were the all the shady stories of politicians and policemen .#/.O proceed against him, according to the obviously working on a bigger plot. reporters following the convoy stopped 2 5 $ / -5$/. P# up his sleeve. brother and relatives of the BJP politi- There were speculations in the media again and again, and then finally bar- However, uncanny questions remain, about cian he had murdered. Predictably, and amid UP-watchers that he would ricaded? his life and especially the manner in which he again, he was acquitted. Dubey was be bumped off just like the rest of his In the badlands of UP, these ques- @ ( died. It is common knowledge that officers of the finally arrested in 2017, booked under close aides had been. tions make little sense. Indeed, those Q # 5$/ UP Police have a reasonably murky record in the Gangsters Act and Anti-Social On July 10, as the night unfolded reporters who would be brave enough 2 terms of the numerous “encounters” under the Activities (Prevention) Act. Two years into another macabre drama, the SUV to ask these questions are clearly not fol- ( current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime, later he was chargesheeted. However, with Dubey inside, surrounded by lowing their beats. Law keepers have # despite observations against the same by the his activities continued unabated. policemen, allegedly turned turtle, on always been walking a tightrope in this 2 (# highest court in the land. Vikas Dubey, shot dead As is well-known, for reasons best a road which did not seem to have any part of the Hindi heartland. With the * at the age of 43 in a striped white T-shirt with known to him, Dubey’s gang ambushed bumps or potholes. According to killing of gangster Vikas Dubey, the a pronounced and happy potbelly, started his a police party looking for him on the reports, the SUV, which had skid on a criminalisation of politics has again 2 criminal life when he was young. His early gang night of July 3 in his village and killed smooth tarmac, did not leave any tyre come a full circle. Or, should we say, ( was conceived in his youth, with muscle-flexing, them in cold blood. Eight cops were marks or wasn’t damaged. Besides, its that it has turned turtle? - . land-grabbing, extortion and murder as his killed and several injured. Dubey was doors were jammed. There are reports (The writer is a senior journalist) )
in the worldly workings of the new State religion? Second, the after the revolution, had agreed century French philosopher Voltaire When his faction’s acts became too communism split into various fac- Government. But there have been detractors also pointed out that the with the revolution’s pursuit of com- as follows: “If God did not exist, it radical, the moderates managed to tions. episodes where some followers of a idea of reason, in the political con- pletely abolishing the monarchy and would be necessary to invent him.” remove him through an internal JNU professor Ajay Gudavarthy secular ideology broke away to re- text at least, rationalised this sepa- neutralising the political power that Secondly, Robespierre fully coup. His faith, too, was abolished. writes that, over the years, because of mould this ideology into a new ration instead of becoming a theo- the clergy and the Church once exer- understood how, for centuries, the Robespierre’s faction, believing itself intensifying economic and political faith that was to replace the old reli- logical doctrine itself. cised. However, many of them were Catholic Church in Europe had to be purer republicans and revolu- tensions and polarisation, the nature gions. In the late 18th century, when The “Cult of Reason” was, there- also of the view that religion’s social managed to gather tremendous tionaries (compared to the moder- of internal conflicts in societies is a violent revolution in France over- fore, a short-lived idea and sidelined. utility need not be attacked. degrees of political and economic ates), could not help but fall into a changing. According to him, old class 4."00' &)&/& threw the French monarchy and However, soon it was replaced by the Ironically, Robespierre, who detest- power. But since the French revolu- “god complex,” with the right to and ethnic conflicts remain but they Catholic clergy, the intellectual lead- “Cult of the Supreme Being.” This ed his moderate colleagues, agreed. tion was directly aimed at abolish- judge what was politically correct are being increasingly added to by he concept of sectarianism is ership of the revolution looked to was mainly conceived by the radical But he suspected that remnants of ing this power along with the monar- and what wasn’t. conflicts within marginalised groups largely associated with fac- create a secular democratic republic. French republican, Maximilien the Church might be used to usurp chy, Robespierre decided to replace In the 1960s, the Red Book that who were once most likely to remain Ttions and divisions within a However, within this group were Robespierre. his faction’s power in the assembly. Catholicism with an alternative faith. carried quotes of the founder of com- united. He gave the examples of racial religion. However, there is also now also those who believed that the rev- When his faction of French rev- So, he decided to create a whole new To Robespierre, the “Supreme munist China, Mao Tse Tung, equality and women’s rights groups an increasingly used expression olution had only been able to weak- olutionaries overwhelmed the “mod- faith to fill the void left behind the Being” was a deity called Liberty. became a sacred tome in China and who, after finding the need to expand called “secular sectarianism.” This is en the political role of Catholicism erates”, Robespierre declared the receding avenues of Catholicism. This, to him, was a “living deity” Mao became a living deity of sorts. their identities beyond the usual about factionalism within a secular and that a new religion was needed new faith as the State religion. The contemporary Slovenian which was to be worshipped through Of course, in theory, communism is “binary” ways that race and gender ideology, especially one which direct- to completely expunge it from Historian Emmet Kennedy writes philosopher, Slavoj i ek, explains democracy and reason. This then atheistic, but when Mao whipped up are perceived and debated, have ly or indirectly sees itself as being as French society. US academic Keith that Robespierre insisted that a Robespierre as a highly contradicto- would lead to a life of virtue and the a “Cultural Revolution” in 1966, ended up spending more effort bat- grand an idea as the idea of faith. In Baker writes that a faith called “Cult belief in a godhead was important for ry character who placed the “neces- immortality of the human soul. The “Maoism” almost became a reli- tling other such groups who may fact, in some cases, it wants to actu- of Reason” was founded complete social order but it needed to be done sity” of violence and terror in the moderates were left horrified when gion. Those in the Chinese think otherwise. It’s like standing in ally replace it as a new kind of faith. with temples of reason. This did not through reason. This, however, did context of ideas that were actually Robespierre started to hold festivals Communist Party, who exhibited front of a mirror and shouting at your Most secular ideas, however, retain go down very well by most of their not stop him from organising festi- opposed to those that he was prop- which looked quite like the ones held distaste or concern towards what own reflection, believing the reflec- a democratic respect for religion, as compatriots who saw it as a contra- vals to honour the “god of reason.” agating. In fact, in an early exhibi- by the fallen clergy of yore. Even Mao had triggered, were cut down tion to be the enemy. In a way then, long as it remains relegated to deal- dictory act. How could secularism, This again was problematic. tion of secular sectarianism, he though he was already ordering the by fanatical mobs, waving the Red sectarianism is not unique to reli- ing with the people’s personal spir- which insists on separating Church The “moderates” in the French opposed the idea of separating faith beheading of critics, he also made it Book and claiming to be on the right gions alone. itual matters and does not interfere and State, become the source of a assembly, that had come into being from politics, by quoting the 18th unacceptable to reject the new faith. side of the revolution. International (Courtesy: Dawn) !" # $ %# &'( )*)* 4 6% ' 8 8 %
London: Only five years ago, “It’s not about wanting to since hinted that that decision then-British Prime Minister cut ties with China. It’s that could be reversed in light of the David Cameron was celebrat- China is itself becoming a very US sanctions. A new policy is ing a “golden era” in UK- unreliable and rather danger- expected within weeks. China relations, bonding with ous partner,” said lawmaker Huawei says it is merely President Xi Jinping over a pint and former Conservative leader caught in the middle of a US- of beer at the pub and signing Iain Duncan Smith. China battle over trade and off on trade deals worth bil- He cited Beijing’s “trash- technology. It has consistently lions. ing” of the Sino-British Joint denied allegations it could + ! :* Those friendly scenes now Declaration — the treaty sup- carry out cyber espionage or seem like a distant memory. posed to guarantee Hong Kong electronic sabotage at the Sydney: The Australian gov- Tudge said. Hostile rhetoric has ratch- a high degree of autonomy behest of the Chinese ernment says it will offer “So it’s not automatic. But eted up in recent days over when it reverted from British Communist Party. around 10,000 Hong Kong it’s certainly an easier pathway Beijing’s new national security to Chinese rule — and aggres- Nigel Inkster, senior advis- passport holders currently liv- to permanent residency and of law for Hong Kong. Britain’s sive posturing in the South er to the International Institute ing in Australia a chance to course once you’re a permanent decision to offer refuge to mil- China Sea as areas of concern. for Strategic Studies and former apply for permanent residence resident, there’s then a pathway lions in the former colony was “This is not a country that director of operations and intel- once their current visas expire. to citizenship there,” he said. met with a stern telling-off by is in any way managing itself to ligence at Britain’s MI6 intelli- Prime Minister Scott “If people are genuinely China. be a good and decent partner gence service, said the issue Morrison’s government believes persecuted and they can prove And Chinese officials have in anything at the moment. with Huawei was not so much China’s imposition of a new that case, then they can apply threatened “consequences” if That’s why we need to review about immediate security tough national security law on for one of our humanitarian Britain treats it as a “hostile our relationship with them,” he threats. the semi-autonomous territo- visas in any case.” country” and decides to cut added. “Those who think this Rather, he said, the deep- ry means pro-democracy sup- Morrison announced last Chinese technology giant is a case of separating trade er worry lies in the geopoliti- porters may face political per- week Australia suspended its Huawei out of its critical tele- from government...You can’t do cal implications of China secution. extradition treaty with Hong coms infrastructure amid that, that’s naïve.” becoming the world’s dominant “That means that many Kong and extended visas for 6 $ ($ $. growing unease over security Duncan Smith has lobbied player in 5G technology. Hong Kong passport holders Hong Kong residents from two 2 3 risks. other Tory lawmakers to cut “It’s less about cyber espi- may be looking for other desti- to five years. All that is pointing to a Huawei out from Britain’s onage than generally con- nations to go to and hence why The move comes after much tougher stance against superfast 5G network. Not ceived because, after all, that’s we have put forward our addi- China bypassed Hong Kong’s China, with a growing number only that: He says all existing happening in any place,” he tional visa options for them,” Legislative Council to impose = :7R in Prime Minister Boris Huawei technology in the UK said. “This was never some- Acting Immigration Minister the sweeping security legislation Johnson’s Conservative Party telecoms infrastructure also thing of which the U.K. Was Alan Tudge told Australian without public consultation. taking a long, hard look at needs to be eliminated as soon lacking awareness.” Still, Broadcasting Corporation tele- Critics view it as a further ' Britain’s Chinese ties. Many are as possible. Inkster said he’s been cau- vision on Sunday. deterioration of freedoms saying Britain has been far too Johnson decided in tioning for years that Britain In order to obtain perma- promised to the former British complacent and naive in think- January that Huawei can be needed a more coherent strat- nent residency, applicants colony, in response to last year’s Hong Kong: Hundreds of thou- because it outlaws interference racy camp, which includes ing it could reap economic ben- deployed in future 5G networks egy toward China that bal- would still have to pass “the massive protests calling for sands of Hong Kongers turned and disruption of duties by the multiple parties, is attempting efits from the relationship with- as long as its share of the mar- ances the economic and secu- character test, the national greater democracy and more up over the weekend to vote in local government. to join forces and use the pri- out political consequences. ket is limited, but officials have rity factors. AP security test and the like,” police accountability. AP an unofficial two-day primary Organisers have dismissed maries as a guide to field the election held by the city’s pro- the comments, saying they just best candidates in the official democracy camp as it gears up want to hold the government legislative election in to field candidates for an accountable by gaining a September. $.) upcoming legislative poll. majority in the legislature. Its goal is to win a major- The exercise is being held The legislation prohibits ity in the legislature, which is two weeks after Beijing what Beijing views as seces- typically skewed toward the Washington: China has fast “I think it’s going to be practices, theft of intellectual ence a major threat to the US, point person on Asia, accord- imposed a sweeping national sionist, subversive or terrorist pro-Beijing camp. become a top election issue as absolutely critical, but I don’t property rights, rising aggres- compared with 48 per cent two ing to three campaign officials security law on the semi- activities or as foreign inter- To hold the primary elec- President Donald Trump and know who is going to have the sion across the globe and years ago. and Republicans close to the autonomous territory in a vention in Hong Kong affairs. tions, pro-democracy activists Democrat Joe Biden engage in advantage,” said Republican human rights abuses. A NBC News/Wall Street White House. The campaign move widely seen as chipping Under the law, police now had raised money via crowd a verbal brawl over who’s bet- pollster Frank Luntz. He has “Which person looks more Journal poll in late May and made a push in May to link away at the “one country, two have sweeping powers to con- funding. They pledged to veto ter at playing the tough guy been reviewing the ads and subservient to the Chinese early June found registered Biden with China, complete systems” framework under duct searches without war- the government’s budget if they against Beijing. thinks China is one of the three leaders is the person who’s in voters about evenly divided with an advertising blitz, but the which Britain handed Hong rants and order internet service clinch a majority in the legis- The Trump campaign put leading issues along with the more jeopardy,” Luntz said. over which of the candidates effort did little to raise Trump’s Kong over to China in 1997. providers and platforms to lature. out ads showing Biden toasting economy and the handling of As the coronavirus spread would be better at dealing with poll numbers. The Trump cam- It was passed in response to remove messages deemed to be Under the Basic Law, China’s Xi Jinping, even though the coronavirus. throughout the U.S., a Pew China, with 43 per cent saying paign credits the president with last year’s massive protests call- in violation of the legislation. under which Hong Kong is Trump did just that with Xi in China is not just a foreign Research Center poll in March Trump compared with 40 per signing the first phase of a trade ing for greater democracy and On Friday, police raided governed, city leader Carrie Asia and hosted the Chinese policy issue in the November found Americans with increas- cent for Biden. In the poll, 5 deal with China in January, more police accountability. the office of the Public Opinion Lam must resign if an impor- leader at his Florida club. Spots election. It’s an issue that runs ingly negative views of China, percent viewed Trump and which boosted stock markets Throngs of people lined up Research Institute, a co-organ- tant bill such as the budget is from the Biden campaign fea- deeply through the troubles with 66 per cent saying they Biden equally, while 10 per cent and seemingly ended a bruising at polling booths in the summer iser of the primary elections. vetoed twice. ture Trump playing down the with the virus, which tanked had an unfavorable opinion. said neither would be good. trade war. Republicans want to heat to cast their vote despite a The computer system was sus- On Saturday alone, nearly coronavirus and praising Xi for the U.S. Economy. That was the most negative rat- Trump’s advisers see China tether Biden to past multina- warning by Hong Kong’s con- pected of being hacked, caus- 230,000 people voted at polling being transparent about the Voters also will be asking ing since the question was first as an opportunity to portray tional agreements and trade stitutional affairs minister, Eric ing a data leak, police said in a booths set up across the city, pandemic, even though it’s themselves whether Trump or asked in 2005. The same poll Biden as deferential to Beijing deals blamed for an exodus of Tsang last week that the pri- statement, and an investigation exceeding organizers’ estimates clear China hid details of the Biden can best defend the U.S. found 62 per cent of Americans when he was President Barack manufacturing jobs across the maries could be in breach of the is ongoing. of a 170,000 turnout over the outbreak from the world. Against China’s unfair trade calling China’s power and influ- Obama’s vice president and Midwest. AP new national security law, Hong Kong’s pro-democ- weekend. AP ?5 + # * 4' % Q R ) ! ! $ ) "3 4 , ( ) * R : London: A 27-year-old student from various countries. The Vatican City: Pope Francis said Istanbul,” the pontiff said. “I am adding his voice to strong objec- from London who fled Britain BBC said that the death and on Sunday that he is “deeply thinking of St. Sophia and I am tions a day earlier by the head of to join the Islamic State (ISIS) surrounding circumstances Brussels: The leaders of Serbia pained” over the decision by deeply pained.” Francis said no the Geneva-based World terrorist group in Syria in 2014 have not been officially con- and Kosovo resumed talks Turkey to change the status of more but was clearly referring to Council of Churches. That orga- has become the first known firmed. Sunday aimed at normalizing Hagia Sophia — which was the move by Turkish President nization described its “grief and ISIS recruit from the UK to die After being captured last their long-strained relations, originally built in Istanbul as a Recep Tayyip Erdogan to for- dismay” in noting that Hagia in the custody of the Syrian year, Mostefaoui was held in a more than 20 years after Christian cathedral — from a mally convert the monumental Sophia has been “a place of Democratic Forces (SDF). prison in north-east Syria - a Belgrade sent troops into its museum to a mosque. building back into a mosque. openness, encounter and inspi- Ishak Mostefaoui, an former school converted into Kingsville (US): The US Navy female TACAIR pilot”. former territory to crush an In a very brief, improvised The colossal Santa Sophia ration for people from all Algerian origin student at the a prison - controlled by the has welcomed its first Black According to Stars and uprising by ethnic Albanian remark, Francis, speaking from cathedral was turned into a nations.” University of Westminster, was Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian female Tactical Aircraft pilot. Stripes, Swegle is from Burke, separatists. his studio window overlooking mosque after the Ottomans The council’s membership killed while attempting to Democratic Forces. “MAKING HISTORY!” the Virginia, and graduated from Serbian President St. Peter’s Square, noted that the conquered the city in 1453. The comprises Protestant, Orthodox escape SDF custody recently, Sources told the British US Navy tweeted on Thursday the US Naval Academy in 2017. Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Catholic Church marked Turkish secular government in and Anglican churches. Erdogan according to a BBC report. broadcaster that he was one of in response to a post that Lt. J.G. Officials said she is assigned Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti Sunday as International Day of 1934 decided to make it a muse- declared the monument open It is believed the death around 10 British men and 30 Madeline Swegle had complet- to the Redhawks of Training were holding video talks medi- the Sea. um. for Muslim worship after a high occurred during serious dis- British women being held by ed naval flight school and would Squadron 21 in Kingsville, ated by the European Union’s “And the sea brings me a lit- The pope, who heads the court annulled the 1934 order in a jail in Hassakeh, the militia, but he was the first later this month receive the Texas. Swegle’s milestone comes foreign policy chief, Josep tle far away with my thought: to Roman Catholic church, is Government decision. AP which houses ISIS prisoners to die in SDF custody. PTI flight officer insignia known as more than 45 years after Borrell, aimed at setting up a the “Wings of Gold”. Rosemary Mariner in 1974 face-to-face meeting between The Naval Air Training became the first woman to fly the leaders, possibly in Brussels Command tweeted that Swegle a tactical fighter jet, according on Thursday. The process, 5 is the Navy’s “first known Black to news outlets. AP known as the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, has been frozen since November 2018. Kathmandu: Amid the politi- party unity intact. diplomatically appropriate.” issued a new political map where else to weaken the party Borrell said in a video cal turmoil in Nepal, the ruling “It is natural to have differ- Prachanda also advised the incorporating three Indian ter- unity would not be in favour of statement that clinching an communist party executive ences of opinion, dispute and party cadres to abide by the ritories. the people,” Prachanda was agreement on normalizing chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal debate in a big party, but I will party principles and not to run The party and the govern- quoted as saying by The Rising their ties “is crucial for a bet- ‘Prachanda’ said on Sunday that not allow the party to split,” he from one camp to another at the ment worked together to issue Nepal. ter future for the people of he will not allow the party to said. “If there is a dispute in the time of the crisis. the new map, he pointed out. He urged the entire polit- Kosovo and Serbia. It is crucial split and any attempt from any- party, there are proper proce- “Don’t describe some lead- Earlier in the day, address- ical parties, civil society, media for their European perspective, where to weaken its unity would dures to resolve it.” ers within the ruling party as ing a meeting of the District and one and all to engage in a and for the security and sta- hurt the fight against the coro- His remarks came amid anti-national and others as Disaster Management combined battle against the bility of the region. navirus pandemic and natural speculation that the NCP could nationalist,” he said, in an appar- Committee in Chitwan, COVID-19 crisis and natural “These talks will require disasters. split after top party leaders, ent reference to Prime Minister Prachanda said that the politi- disasters. Oli and Prachanda political courage from both Addressing the Nepal including ‘Prachanda’, demand- Oli’s recent statement that some cal activities should not affect have held over half a dozen sides. It will require commit- Communist Party (NCP) ed Prime Minister K P Sharma of the ruling party leaders are the government’s response to one-on-one meetings in recent ment and engagement, in the members in his hometown Oli’s resignation, saying his aligning with the southern the coronavirus crisis and nat- days, but the two leaders are spirit of compromise and prag- Chitwan, Prachanda said that he recent anti-India remarks were neighbour to remove him from ural disasters. nowhere close to a power- matism,” he said. AP was determined to keep the “neither politically correct nor power after his government “A ny a t t e m p t f r o m a ny - sharing deal. PTI + : 4; . 4+ 5 * $ ( ( Colombo: All election rallies of COVID-19 cases since the mid- health guidelines for conducting ', Sri Lankan President Gotabaya dle of this week. Sri Lanka on the elections were announced on 5 Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Friday recorded its highest sin- June 2 but they have not been +(0P0'M1#'0N Mahinda Rajapaksa have been gle-day spike of 300 coron- legalised through a gazette noti- Kathmandu: At least ten peo- have been killed and 39 are cancelled temporarily, the SLPP avirus cases in a rehabilitation fication. ver 4.4 million Spaniards ple were killed on Sunday in missing due to landslides in announced on Sunday, follow- centre for drug addicts in the The health guidelines Oin two northern regions landslides caused by inces- different parts of the country ing a spike in coronavirus cases north central region. Fifty-seven require wearing face masks, fre- are voting in regional elections sant rains across Nepal, taking in the past 72 hours, an offi- in the country. more cases were reported on quent hand washing and main- Sunday amid tight security the total number of fatalities cial at the Home Ministry The parliamentary elections Saturday. taining one-metre distance. The measures to avoid more out- due to landslips to 54 in last said. in the island nation are sched- Sri Lanka’s top election offi- number of people at poll cam- breaks of the coronavirus. three days. About 40 people have sus- uled for August 5. The country cial had also expressed concern paign gatherings has also been Regional authorities in Landslides and floods trig- tained injuries. has so far reported 2,511 over the delay in enforcing the reduced to a bare minimum. both the Basque Country and gered by continuous heavy At least 11 people are COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths. COVID-19 health guidelines President Gotabaya on Galicia have prohibited over rains for the past three days missing after a massive land- All election rallies of for the August 5 parliamentary March 2 dissolved the 400 people who have tested have hit 19 districts across slide triggered by incessant President Gotabaya and Prime elections, warning that candi- Parliament, six months ahead of positive for the virus that Nepal. rainfall swept away eight hous- Minister Mahinda scheduled dates and supporters were defy- schedule, and called for snap causes COVID-19 from going Seven persons were killed es in Nepal’s eastern for July 12, 13 and 14 have been ing measures to contain the polls on April 25. However, the to polling stations to vote. in Myagdi, two in Jajarkot Sankhuwasabha district. cancelled, the Sri Lanka People’s spread of the disease which election commission in mid- They would have to vote by and one in Sindhupalchowk The Nepal government Party (SLPP) said in a press could endanger public safety. April postponed the elections by mail or delegate their vote to district on Sunday, according has mobilised the Army and release. Mahinda Deshapriya, nearly two months to June 20 another person. Mail-in vot- to Home Ministry sources. the police to carry out rescue The announcement came as Chairman of the National due to the coronavirus out- ing has increased in both In total, fifty-four people operations. PTI the country recorded a jump in Election Commission, said the break in the island nation. PTI regions. !" # $ %# &'( )*)* 5
).&0/'.('/ =#093 64 ( R + ('.&.%.."1 A /% '00'1++ 5 '"17 2 >+.B * + 59 59 &0//0+ ,34 .%./)0 in as many weeks, values Jio one in India”. New Delhi: Foreign portfolio .%./)0 tiating a limited trade pact Platforms at 4.91 lakh crore, “As a world leader in wire- investors have pulled out with a view to iron out differ- illionaire Mukesh Ambani’s the statement said. less technologies, Qualcomm 2,867 crore from Indian mar- he US remained India’s top ences at trade front and boost BReliance Industries on Proceeds from the stake offers deep technology kets in July so far, mainly on Ttrading partner for the sec- commercial ties. Sunday said it has secured sales in Jio Platforms along with knowhow and insights that account of profit booking after ond consecutive fiscal in 2019- Professor at Indian 730 crore from wireless tech- the 53,124 crore raised in a will help us deliver on our 5G surge in Indian equities. The 20, which shows increasing Institute of Foreign Trade nology leader Qualcomm by rights issue in June and from vision and the digital transfor- overseas investors pulled out a economic ties between the two (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi selling a small stake in its tech- sale of a 49 per cent stake in its mation of India for both peo- net 2,210 crore from equities countries. said that although the trade nology venture, adding to a fuel retail network to BP last ple and enterprises,” he said. and 657 crore from debt seg- According to the data of pact will be mutually benefi- slew of investments since summer for 7,000 crore, will Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of ment, taking the total net out- the Commerce Ministry, in cial for both the countries, April that has crossed help the company become net Qualcomm Incorporated, said, flow to 2,867 crore between 2019-20, the bilateral trade India should be a bit cautious 1.18 lakh crore. debt-free, Reliance announced “With unmatched speeds and July 1-10, according to the between the US and India while negotiating the “Qualcomm Ventures’ last month, once the promised emerging use cases, 5G is depositories data. The latest stood at USD 88.75 billion as pact with the US in areas investment will translate into funds come in (75 per cent of expected to transform every withdrawal has come after against USD 87.96 billion in such as agriculture, dairy and 0.15 per cent equity stake in Jio the funds from the rights issue industry in the coming years”. investment of 24,053 crore by 2018-19. The US is one of the issues related intellectual prop- Platforms on a fully diluted will come in next year). “Jio Platforms has led the FPIs in domestic markets in few countries with which India erty rights. basis,” the company said in a As of March, Reliance had digital revolution in India June. Besides, FPIs have been has a trade surplus. The trade lion in the previous fiscal. the coming years also as both Ludhiana-based Hand statement. The investment, the a net-debt of over 1.6 lakh through its extensive digital net investors in the last quar- gap between the countries has The data also showed that the sides are engaged in further Tools Association President company said, will deepen the crore. Qualcomm is the world’s and technological capabili- ter ended June as “valuations increased to USD 17.42 billion China was India’s top trading deepening the economic ties. Subhash Chander Ralhan said ties with Qualcomm that will leading wireless technology ties. As an enabler and have become extremely rich in 2019-20 from USD 16.86 bil- partner since 2013-14 till 2017- Presence of Indian diaspo- there is huge potential to boost help Jio rollout of advanced innovator and the driving force investor with a longstanding after the sharp rally and dis- lion in 2018-19, the data 18. Before China, UAE was the ra in the US is one of the main bilateral trade between the 5G infrastructure and services behind the development, presence in India, we look for- appointing Q4 FY20 earnings showed. country’s largest trading nation. reasons for increasing bilater- countries on account of in India. launch and expansion of 5G. ward to playing a role in Jio’s season,” Rusmik Oza, executive In 2018-19, the US first India is also considering al trade, Biswajit Dhar, profes- increasing anti-China senti- With this deal, Reliance has Mukesh Ambani, vision to further revolutionise vice president, head of funda- surpassed China to become certain steps like framing tech- sor of economics at Jawaharlal ment in both the nations. sold 25.24 per cent stake in Jio Chairman and Managing India’s digital economy,” mental research at Kotak India’s top trading partner. nical regulations and quality Nehru University, said. “Because of the anti-China Platforms Ltd - the unit that Director of Reliance Industries, he said. Securites, said.After remaining The bilateral trade between control orders for host of items “Presence of Indian dias- sentiment, several US compa- houses India’s youngest but said, “Qualcomm has been a The transaction is net buyers in June in the Indian India and China has dipped to with a view to cut import pora is creating demand for nies are exploring news sup- largest telecom firm Jio valued partner for several years subject to customary condi- equity markets, FPIs have gone USD 81.87 billion in 2019-20 dependence on China and Indian goods such as con- pliers in countries like Infocomm and apps. In total, and we have a shared vision of tions precedent. slow with respect to their from USD 87.08 billion in boost domestic manufacturing. sumer items and we are sup- India to cut dependence on Jio has raised 1,18,318.45 connecting everything by Morgan Stanley acted as investments in Indian equities 2018-19. Trade deficit between Trade experts believe that plying that. A balanced trade China and if it will happen, croresQualcomm, which is the building a robust and secure financial advisor to Reliance in July so far, said Himanshu the two neighbours have the trend of widening trade ties deal will further boost the eco- then it will greatly help India to 12th marquee firm to have set wireless and digital network Industries and AZB & Partners Srivastava, associate director - declined to USD 48.66 billion between New Delhi and nomic ties,” Dhar said. boost exports to the US,” a sight on and extending the benefits of and Davis Polk & Wardwell manager research at in 2019-20 from USD 53.57 bil- Washington will continue in India and the US are nego- Ralhan said. India’s hottest digital play digital connectivity to every- acted as legal counsels. Morningstar India. PTI 5)< .2< '=.===( . $ 53 $365 6 $ 35 ! E' .%./)0 The Investment Besides, front-loaded spe- Committee of Special Liquidity cial refinance facility of he Finance Ministry on Scheme (SLS) Trust has 30,000 crore has been sanc- .%./)0 ) volatility is expected to continue TSunday said financing approved investment of up to tioned by NABARD during in the markets and investors requests of close to 10,000 200 crore in commercial COVID-19 to Regional Rural rading sentiment in the equi- would do well to be cautious and crore have been received under paper issued by the applicant. Banks (RRBs) and cooperative Tty markets this week will be 2 stock-specific in this market,” the special liquidity scheme Non-banking financial banks. This special facility will largely guided by quarterly earn- 6. said Vinod Nair, Head of worth 30,000 crore for companies (NBFCs) and hous- benefit 3 crore farmers, con- ings from major companies like Research at Geojit Financial stressed NBFCs and HFCs ing finance companies (HFCs) sisting mostly small and mar- Wipro and Infosys as well as Services. whose financials further dete- came under stress following a ginal farmers in meeting their macroeconomic data announce- # During the last week, the 30- riorated due to the COVID-19 series of defaults by IL&FS credit needs for post-harvest ments, analysts said. share BSE Sensex advanced crisis. group firms in September 2018. and kharif sowing require- Management commentary maximum brunt of lockdown. 572.91 points or 1.59 per cent. The scheme was launched During the latest review of ments, it said. from companies would be keen- Thus, management commen- “In general, the bigger trend on July 1. The Reserve Bank of the Atmanirbhar Bharat pack- With kharif sowing ly watched for insights into how tary would be keenly watched out triggers will emerge on the back India (RBI) has provided funds age by Finance Minister already on in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has for and could keep the markets of how developed countries and for the scheme by subscribing Nirmala Sitharaman, progress 24,876.87 crore out of the affected various sectors, they volatile in the near-term,” said foreign funds behave and to Government-guaranteed of various schemes was dis- 30,000 crore has been dis- added. Siddhartha Khemka, Head - respond to the post COVID-19 special securities issued by a cussed, including the 3 lakh bursed as on July 6, it added. “This week, participants will Retail Research, Motilal Oswal dynamics. Domestic factors may trust set up by SBI Capital crore credit guarantee scheme With regard to the 45,000 first react to the macroeconom- Financial Services Ltd. not have any major impact going Markets Limited (SBICAP). for the MSME sector hit hard crore Partial Credit Guarantee ic data and then focus would Major companies sched- ahead for the next few weeks,” “RBI has also issued a cir- by the COVID-19 pandemic. Scheme 2.0 for NBFCs, it said again shift to earnings announce- uled to announce their quarter- said Jimeet Modi, Founder & cular to NBFCs and HFCs on Banks have sanctioned loans banks have approved purchase ments. Needless to say, global ly earnings this week include CEO, SAMCO Securities & July 1, 2020 itself on the of about 1,20,099 crore under of portfolio of 14,000 crore cues and updates related to Wipro, Federal Bank, Bandhan StockNote. Scheme. SBICAP has received the 3 lakh crore Emergency and are in process of COVID-19 will also remain on Bank, Infosys and HCL India added a record 24 applications requesting Credit Line Guarantee Scheme approval/negotiations for their radar,” said Ajit Mishra, VP Technologies Limited. 28,637 cases of coronavirus infec- about 9,875 crore of financing for the MSME sector, the state- 6,000 crore as on July 3, 2020. - Research, Religare Broking Ltd. “The outlook for the market tion on Sunday, pushing the as on July 7, 2020 which are ment said. On the taxation front, Retail inflation data will be is volatile as the earnings country’s COVID-19 tally to being processed,” the finance However, disbursements 50,000 crore liquidity infusion announced on Monday, followed announcements have begun after 8,49,553, while the death toll ministry said in a statement. against this stood at 61,987.90 has been made through by WPI inflation numbers on a washout quarter for most climbed to 22,674, according to The first application has crore till July 9 under the 100 TDS/TCS rate reduction by 25 Tuesday. industries. the Union Health Ministry data. been approved and the remain- per cent ECLGS for micro, per cent for transactions made “The June quarter earnings “This uncertainty combined Globally, COVID-19 cases ing are also under considera- small and medium enterprises from May 14 to March 31, season has started which holds with profit-booking happening have topped 1.25 crore, with tion, it said. 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Chittaranjan: A review meet- with social distancing and New Delhi: As desired by the New Delhi: Medical ing chaired by Shri Praveen masks. Union Home Minister Amit Department of Metro Railway Kumar Mishra, General General Manager has given Shah, a mega tree plantation has made elaborate arrange- Manager on the functioning of emphasis and advised for drive is being organised in all ments to treat COVID- 19 11 Railway schools of improving the academic cur- CAPFs across the country. positive patients at Tapan Sinha Chittaranjan Locomotive riculums, improvements in Under this mega tree plan- Memorial Hospital. Dedicated Works(CLW) was conducted quality of education and infra- tation drive, reiterating our medical team comprising of today in the admn office meet- structure development of the 5 commitment towards doctors, nurses, and other para- ing room. secondary and 6 primary Environmental Protection as medical staff have so far treat- SD Patidar, PCPO and Chief schools of railways. part of our “Organizational ed twenty two(22) COVID- 19 Executive Officer of CLW Rly It is hoped with this synergy the Social Responsibility” for a positive patients at this hospi- Schools accompanied with performance of Railway green & clean India, CISF has tal. Twelve (12) other COVID Principals of Railway schools schools will improve and stu- launched a pan India massive suspected patients have also ,taking the prevailing precau- dents will bring more laurels in plantation drive in which the been treated at this hospital so tions for COVID-19 situations academics for the CLW. Force personnel will plant more far. All these patients are now than 7.23 lakh saplings in its 1000 hrs, at a function orga- and nurture more number of cured and have been dis- units & formations located in nized at CISF campus, SSG, saplings into trees in the next charged. They have expressed different parts of the country. Greater Noida, MA phase of this mega tree plan- their satisfaction about the Till June, 2020, more than Ganapathy, SDG (APS), tation drive. Planting more treatment and other arrange- 1.66 lakh saplings have already Vikram Singh Mann, IG (APS- than 1.42 lakh saplings in a sin- ments being provided to hepa filters has been set up at ward. Separate medical team been planted. During the mega I), other senior officers and gle day is a humble contribu- COVID patients here. No Tapan Sinha Memorial comprising of specialized doc- plantation drive held on personnel planted more than tion of CISF for a green & clean Covid patient has so far died in Hospital. Adequate number of tors, nurses and other staff has 12.07.2020, more than 1.42 3,000 fruit bearing and other country. this hospital. beds, ventilators (both invasive been successfully treating lakh additional saplings have traditional Indian plants like These saplings would be For providing proper treat- and non-invasive), pulse patients maintaining all proto- been planted in different loca- Neem, Sheesham, Peepal, protected and taken care of to ment to COVID- 19 patients, oxymeters, oxygen cylinders cols round the clock at this tions across the country. Banyan, etc. ensure that they grow into an Isolation Ward fitted with have been provided at this ward. On 12.07.2020 at about CISF has pledged to plant large trees. !" # $ %# &'( )*)* ?
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Pallavi feels that people opting to limit con- handles a door. So how are doors OPEN SESAME was built into the bottom of the Vijaydeep, lead interior architect, tact with doors will prefer trendy 5 7 93 going to be redesigned for the post- door leaf. The function of the door Housejoy, mentions some emerging designs. Technology, smart design 934 5 D COVID times? + 36+" # handle and door lock is not affect- design solutions — voice-con- and accessories will make it func- 6 $70O 3 ed. The foot door opener makes the trolled smart doors, simple acces- tional. 3 4 & door handle superfluous in most sories at the bottom of the door that “With time, we also see new 4 0O Every problem leads to innova- cases. This eliminates the risk of allow you to pull using your feet and innovations in materials, which can $ 436 6 tions and solutions, and so has this # # contamination. In addition, the personalised portable door acces- add to our design aesthetics. For 9D one. Design thinkers say that it is transport of items that must be car- sories through which you can hook example, we are seeing the 3D important for them to look at new ## ! # ried with both hands, for example, on to the handle to open it. printers designing face-shields for $ M 3 inclusive design solutions, which are a tray, is facilitated. Automated “There are multiple solutions our front-line workers,” says Meena. 3 $ $ 7 meant for the masses. The door ! # doors, voice activated doors, eleva- that people are coming up with to “We need to rethink how we designs could be many but automa- tors, cell phone controlled room temporarily attach to the existing introduce interfaces that replace tion will play a big role now. Puja ,.8,5+ ,5.7'. entry are the future,” says she. doors or door handles like key touch with gesture in the work- O# Mathur, Interior Designer, Arcadia Puja adds that another means chains with hooks or attachments place. For instance, waving your Design, says, “The doors should be of opening doors without using the to open the door with your arm but hand to trigger an automatic door either controlled by an app on a cell hands is provided by door handles the most effective are the sensor removes the need to touch handles. 9# phone or should be voice-activat- designed to be operated with the based systems like wave to open As it says, Voice Does the Buddha’s ed. The other option is automatic forearm. When used correctly, the functions, touchless door bells and Work, use your voice. Google, Siri, doors controlled by a button that forearm operated door opener switches,” says Anika. Alexa have transformed the way we can be activated with just an elbow.” reduces the risk of cross-infection. Since home automation is think about virtual assistance. 9 Or may be even a foot-tap. She adds The brass door opener helps to becoming big, a solution employ- These controls have normalised the ( ' that the most low-tech design solu- decrease the spreading of germs ing motion sensors can be used to voice control with home devices tions like foot-operated kick pedals while performing daily tasks. It is open and close the doors. Foot- allowing people to speak directly to at the bottom of the door will prove economical too. Another such operated kick pedals can also be their light fixtures, electronic gad- most effective in pandemic proof- opener is Arm pull, a touchless and used if they can be designed in a gets like geysers, air conditioners, ing. hygienic door handle. Pull with non-invasive manner, keeping the doorbells, curtains etc. Same way Agreeing with her, Meena your arm and elbow every time you aesthetic part in mind, suggests combine in the workplace setting Murthy Kakkar, Design Head and use the doorknobs. Aparna. However, contrary to what by ‘unlock the office door’,” says Partner, Envisage, says that foot- Meena lists some new design other designers and architects sug- Puja. pedals have been prevalent in the be an effective strategy. Pierluigi Lualdi, Partner and solutions which have emerged as gest, Pierluigi says, “They are all She also lists how the intricate- ; market and are the most cost-effec- “Automated doors with no director R&D, Lualdi, also believes cost-effective and easy to use. One absolutely unfriendly and not nat- ly-carved door or a glass door 9. tive solution. For areas such as pub- door handles and voice control that handles should be redesigned is the Hygiene Hook, designed by ural. The challenge for the future is which leads to your workplace or lic restrooms, this is the most apt locking systems eliminate contact according to new materials that can Steve Brooks. It reminds one of the not to fall in the trap of technolo- home can be merged with technol- solution. Since there will be no and help prevent the spread of infec- interrupt the contamination. toothpick strategy used to operate gy (hardware or software) for every ogy by concealing the wires or the ' choice for a typical hand-knob, the tion. Doors integrated with technol- lifts. It is a portable hook, which an simple action of daily life.” mechanism. The integrated swing public will have to use it. However, ogy will be the key change in ! ! " individual can carry with him/her door has the drive system, control for other public areas such as malls, future,” says Anika Mittal Dhawan, The world is changing and we and use it to open doors and han- 5#& 5 unit, power supply and user inter- automatic, motion-detecting doors, Founder and Director, Mold Design need to adapt to a new, more dles of the places s/he visits. Simple ! K face — all designed into one. “The 9P which are already in use in some studio. germ-conscious way of living. Puja and ingenious. Another such inno- Since the ultimate aim of design technological advancements will venues, will be the way forward. However, architect Aparna says that for many in the design vation is the hands-free door han- is functionality and comfort, safe- merge with design and decor with- L' - With no contact, they will provide Kaushik feels that a drastic change community, the rapid spread of dle by Wyn Griffiths. He designed ty always overpowers design, out interrupting the overall look but the best solution. in the way doors are designed is not COVID-19 has caused them to re- a door handle using a 3D printer, believes Aparna. For example, when evolve with the safety and effective " However, certain rooms such as possible immediately. She says, evaluate their work. What it might which can attach itself to a door we design large windows, there is solutions to prevent contaminations " cabins for the management and oth- “First preference would be to use mean to design for a world that will with a crook to open it. He hopes always a safety concern, but we go from virus or germs that can be ers, where there is restricted access, knob finishes that do not react to never be the same, especially when the hospitals and other public for laminated, unbreakable window found on a doorknob,” adds she. L3 M doorknobs or handles cannot be the disinfectants. Knobs that can be it comes to how we gather in pub- spaces can make full-use of this to panes to allay this fear. Similarly, in Well, even though there are a 53 done away with. Therefore, rather easily cleaned are the need of the lic spaces, offices, airports, hotels, help reduce chances of infection. the design of the door too, safety thousand ways already in progress 6 6D than a design change, Meena sug- hour. It is also important to use gyms, hospitals and condominiums. Once used, it can be sanitised and and practicality will have to be to ensure touchless movement gests a sanitisation kiosk or a hand knobs made of materials such as “The method to solve the prob- re-used as well. woven with the aesthetics. between spaces, we are now left $D sanitiser. Since the number of peo- copper that do not harbour micro- lem of door handles acting as a RFID cards, touch-free access However, Pierluigi feels that if here to see how much they work to ple using the door is limited, this can bial activity for long.” transmission route for viruses and cards, which are used in hotels, will that happens we will live in ugly become the new normal. 7 L033 6 6($$(- 33 99343 the egg hunters. They are kind of 7' ruthless and rebellious. They real- ly want to find the egg for the 53 3$ 33 * # greater good. They are anti-estab- 5 93 93 33 lishment and want to win for the 3!7( $36 D )C<:<0( 5=(8( ==7< good of the Oasis and the World. 453 6 D * )<8<5(<#<03 How was it working with 33 4 33 M Steven Spielberg? '6 !3 3 $ 95D & E > Tye: He was very engaging 93 3 0 $7 with us. He loves actors and I think 0 933 53 #)< 8(8 he is a great director. 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Indulge in something that makes oration in the overall state of affairs of the world. Similarly, physical aches and pains can The first step to take down this you connect back with yourself and watch Everyday, we wake up to read in the newspapers also disturb our mind resulting in anger, demon we call stress would be to know the stresses fade away. that a new war has begun in some part of the depression or other mood changes. its origin. We deal with situations dif- world, a previous conflict has escalated or that More often than not, we tend to brush ferently and may have different reac- ! police has fired on a mob. The world seems to away the stress and pressure our mind tions to the same stimulus. It is impor- We’ve all discussed how this quaran- be in a state of utter confusion and great turmoil. goes through, especially in times as severe tant that we sense and make note of our tine has messed up everyone’s sleep Political, economic and communal structures as these. There’s a constant overflow of triggers to deal with the problem at schedule. This is mostly because our body seem to be in a state of constant repair. There are information, news, fake rumours, social large. This helps us pin point the needs time to adapt to the change in our efforts everywhere for mending and patching up, media toxicity and the daily struggles of underlying issue which in turn will lead daily cycle. Find the amount of sleep that yet daily, we appear to be drifting away from a work-life balance. With so much on our to a more wholesome resolution to the keeps you active. Don’t over-sleep or sleep healthy, normal and peaceful condition. plate, it becomes difficult to pay atten- journal and tap into our emotional self. est trigger can cause stress and be more problem. So take a magnifying glass and deprive your body since it adversely Arrogance, insatiable lust for name and tion to all aspects of life and unfortunate- Whereas in most cases, this might be a impactful than it was before. For instance, look at the picture with more attention impacts our immune system by causing fame and an unstoppable race for power and posi- ly, on our check list, mental health and good thing, a lot of unaddressed feelings the daily updates on the news or over- to the details. physical and mental fatigue. It is more tion seem to have gripped even the minds of reli- psychological stress is marked as the last tend to pop up. Psychiatrics say that the burdening from work can cause a heav- important to get a deeper sleep than a gious high-ups. The situation has become so bad thing to address. number of calls related to anxiety and ier impact on out mental health than it & longer one. that one can- When the news of the pandemic first stress have increased significantly since did before. This adverse impact will soon While gyms and classes are shut, we not utter a broke out, we stocked up on supplies and the onset of the lockdown. The same is be exhibited by our body in ways such need to get creative with our workout 5 word of started brewing the age-old remedies at the case in household violence due to as lowering of metabolic rate, headaches, ways. Don’t laze around only because Keep your diet filled with vitamins advice in home. However, we left a major chunk surge in anger and emotional outbreak. mood-swings and appetite malfunc- you are home! For fitness freaks, make and minerals that hep contrast your good faith of ‘health’ out of consideration — men- “Over the last few days, there has been tions. The part which should concern us your room, your fitness habitat. Venture immunity. Aim to have a well-balanced even to tal and emotional well-being. Humans a surge in the number of patients calling the most is the relation of stress to our into different ways of staying fit. One diet and avoid the usual munchies that friends and are social beings, majority of our days in to say that they are anxious about the immune system, especially in the current of the most excellent forms of exercise only strain your digestive system and younger were spent with people swarming around state of affairs. It was a trickle which has scenario. Studies have shown significant that does not require much space is make it over-work. Having a clean and brothers or us — trains, buses, offices or the local cof- now become an avalanche,” says Dr Kersi relation between mental stress and the yoga. It’s a workout and stressbuster all nutrition rich diet will not only help juniors today. fee shop. The pandemic and the subse- Chavda, consultant psychiatry, PD development or depletion of the immune in one. For the ones who want their externally in terms of a good body, but Faith, love quent lockdown restricted us in the con- Hinduja Hospital and MRC. “Psychiatry system. heartbeats to go higher, opt for in-house also show positive effects on the body and non-vio- fines of our homes, making normal social will play a major role now,” he adds, Now, don’t be stressed about being cardio and HIIT workouts to keep those internally and accelerate your immuni- lence are now interaction a bleak possibility. This speaking of the psychological support stressed! We can tackle things one day at muscles pumping. Avoid staying in one ty rate. non-virtues seemingly un-catastrophic change gave that is essential during such times. a time and take simple measures to place for too long and keep the body (The author is the wellness director at and are now us the time to go through our thought In tough times like these, the slight- release those dopamines and endorphins! moving. Atmantan Wellness Centre.) considered as signs of weakness will t has been only six months since or a submis- Ithe novel Coronavirus started sive culture. making headlines and the decade- 4 98 F One is asked to be smart, assertive, extrovert and old ways in which the world oper- even exhibitionist to the point of being clever, ated started getting altered. Till manipulative, cunning, rude and boisterous. July 10, total number of cases 3 $ . A3 There is indiscipline rampant in many institutes reported from across the world of learning and education. There is flagrant vio- were 12,495,228 while the num- $ $ $ >)?B" "< ;;: lation of law even by those who are supposed to ber of deaths reported were be the custodians or the protective arms of law. 559,447. In India, total cases Or if it is their lucky day, they may Not just adults but children June 2020 has witnessed 411 In short, there is tension almost everywhere. reported in the same time period find a nurse to attend them who are also not spared by these bul- instances of ceasefire violation. The debate on disarmament has been going were 8,00,000. Though, a strict will give them regular medicines lets. On July 30, 2019, a 10-day- While 382 occurred in May, 387 on since decades but it seems that the leaders of lockdown was implemented but finding a qualified doctor in old baby was injured in Shahpura incidents were reported in April world are in a different mood altogether. Hence, across the nation with the inten- such areas is a distant dream. To border area of Poonch district and 411 in March. February wit- a solution to this problem seems to be too knot- tion of ‘controlling’ the virus but receive medicine for common along with her mother, Fatima nessed 366 ceasefire violations ty to be resolved. The state of affairs of the world as soon as the lockdown was lift- cold and flu, people have to trek Jan. The mother somehow sur- and in January, the count stood at is such that today, if a country sincerely makes ed, numbers proliferated and for several kilometers to reach a vived but the child died on arrival 367. Largely, the target of these fir- a withdrawal and ceasefire offer to another, the there has been no turning back. Primary Health Centre or a Sub- at the hospital. As recent as on ings are the forward posts, villages latter rejects it by saying that it is too late. Hence, Due to inability to handle Centre. July 8, 2020, a civilian was killed and civilians residing along the one may question, “In such a scenario, who will such unprecedented number of while two others were injured in Line of Control (LoC) and the prevent whom from aggression and nuclear patients, the healthcare infra- Falling sick in a border village ceasefire violation by Pakistan in international border. In view of weapons?” “Is there a single soul on the world structure of several states crum- One such region that has Balakote sector in Poonch district. the increasing incidents of cease- scene who has such a moral authority, an pled including metropolitans like been lagging years behind in the It is not just the lack of roads, fire violations, the health infra- unblemished record and a universal popularity Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. context of development is the bor- several regions of this district do structure must be strengthened who can exert his moral influence because of his Several horrifying reports of how der region of Poonch, Jammu & not have any medical facility at all. not just in Poonch but all the bor- own stature and appeal to halt such aggressive hospitals denied admission to Kashmir. The unavailability of a Villagers have been left to fend for der regions of Kashmir. An appeal acts?” “To a world that has ignored the advice of patients, the ill-treatment of strong health infrastructure in this themselves. Pregnant women, has also been made by local rep- Christ or Buddha or Mahatma Gandhi to give up admitted persons, data forgery conflict-affected district has sev- heart patients, elderly people resentatives to the higher author- violence, who can morally compel all to give up and the high ‘rate list’ for treat- eral repercussions as it is not just have to be carried on cot through ities in which the plight of peo- arms and work with love and compassion?” ment uncovered the false claims the diseases that communities the tricky trails of hilly area. ple of border areas has been By nature, man generally wants to avoid of the administration — both state have to fight but the bullets and lacks sophisticated equipment Akhtar, a 24-year-old resident of Situation gets worse in winters highlighted. tough questions and hard realities of life. If any- and central. If such is the scenario shells that are fired from across and expertise. The injured per- village Noonabandi, who was when it becomes difficult to walk one points out, in advance, the coming obnox- in places that featured ‘state of the the border. sons are often rushed to the injured during cross-border firing on snow carrying an ill person Virus versus conflict ious events, seeing the shadows cast by them art’ facilities in their hospitals, one Poonch is often in news for Government Medical College in in October 2019. Unfortunately, tied to a cot. While the world is worried before, the former does not take the latter kind- can only imagine the availability tension at the border owing to Jammu city, which is approxi- she could not be saved due to lack “The residents of Morban about the spread of the virus, vil- ly and think over his words of caution with calm- of medical facilities in the years of international conflict. The mately 250 kms from Poonch. of timely treatment. village, which is about 15 km from lagers in Poonch have different ness and the attention it deserves. Same might extremely remote, rural areas of news about ceasefire violations Most of the times, the injured main market, have been neglect- concerns. The need of the hour is be the attitude of people in this case. But one the country — which are also along the Line of Control (LoC) patients succumb to their injuries No roads to the hospitals ed by the administration for a to redesign the health infrastruc- would be neglecting one’s sacred duty and con- exposed to more immediate is often accompanied by reports on their way to the hospital. Explaining the lack of basic long time now. In the absence of ture of Poonch district keeping in straints of honesty and sincerity if one does not threats along with COVID-19. of injuries and deaths of the “Innocent villagers who facilities in the border areas, road and medical centres in the mind its geographical and strate- speak the plain truth in such matters and say with locals who become the victims of reside in border villages live Abdul said, “It is not possible to village, patients at times have to gical location. The ongoing con- a firm voice that man should be realistic in think- Walking kilometers for a collateral damage. under the constant threat of rush the injured to the hospital be carried on shoulders to the flict will take its own time to ing over such issues. He should ask himself with paracetamol In this frequent exchange of cross-firing. People are injured immediately as there are no roads nearest medical facility located in resolve but increasing availabili- boldness whether he really thinks in the depth In the interior hamlets of the fire, villagers who get severely almost every day and face diffi- in the villages tucked away in the Mandi,” told a young journalist ty and accessibility of medical of his mind that disarmament will ultimately be hilly states, where there are no injured are taken to the only hos- culties in getting the treatment at mountainous regions and this is from Mandi Tehsil in Poonch. facilities can ensure timely treat- achieved in fact? Or does he think that the series roads, villagers spend hours to pital operating at the district right time,” rued Abdul Rashid, a one of the major reasons why so ment of the injured persons, of events over the century is taking the world reach the Government Health level called the Raja Sukhdev social worker from Shahpura vil- many lives have been lost due to Increasing incidents of cease- decreasing the death rate. rapidly to an end so as to begin building a new Centres only to find them locked. Singh Hospital. This hospital lage. He told us about Shamima firing.” fire violations L < civilisation which has no violence and wars? ) @ 9 L* 2
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Crawley surely far and sit in hotel rooms for stand a chance because of how Jermaine Blackwood was 65 not has to stay in the side,” Vaughan two weeks”. good they have been over the out and had revived the tourists with told BBC Sport. The Covid-19 pandemic past few years. a 73-run partnership with Roston “Joe Denly played the way he has changed the rules of the “It is going to be a tough Chase before Chase was out for 37. has played in all of his 15 Tests. game, players have to be in series. It is not going to be what Before they came together, West It’s been the same story. He did quarantine for two weeks and it was two years back. It is going Indies was 27-3 and struggling in pur- the hard yards then made a mis- be tested for the virus before to be a strong Australia but our suit of a target of 200 to take the series take,” Vaughan added. they can take the field in empty team is as good,” he said. lead at the Rose Bowl. Denly, who plays at No 3, stadiums for now. “We have the batting, we Jofra Archer's two early wickets struggled with the bat in the But Ganguly is hoping that have the bowling. We just need gave West Indies problems in a seem- opener, scoring 18 and 29 in the ond innings at the Ageas Bowl on the Indian team will get some to bat better. The best teams ingly straightforward chase. Archer first and second innings respec- Saturday. relaxation during its tour of overseas bat well. removed Kraigg Brathwaite (4) and tively. The 34-year-old has failed “It’s not even a conversation. Australia, comprising four “When we were so success- Shamarh Brooks (0), and Mark Wood to breach the 40-run mark in You could argue that Denly was Tests, including a day-nighter, ful in England, in Australia, in bowled Shai Hope for 9. eight innings. very lucky to have played 15 Test later in the year. Pakistan we were getting 400- West Indies had the added problem Denly, who made his debut matches. There are a lot of play- “...We have confirmed that 500-600 in Test matches. I said of opener John Campbell retiring hurt last year, averages 29.53 in 15 ers who have played only eight tour. In December we will be that to Virat as well.” after being hit on the toe with a york- Tests and has failed to capitalise Tests and got hundreds,” said coming. We just hope the num- Ganguly said that the series er from Archer. The West Indies team D ! 0 $ ) E+( ' on good starts. His highest score Vaughan, who led England in 51 ber of quarantine days get will be more important to said Campbell would come out to bat of 94 came against Australia in of his 82 Tests. reduced a bit,” Ganguly told Kohli’s tenure as captain of the again if needed. came into the attack and knocked out 2019. “He has missed his chance India Today show The side than the World Cup. The indications were that he might #':.(1)'+ Hope's off stump as he tried to hit On the other hand, 22-year- and they have to stick with Inspiration. “Because you are Virat be needed after pace pair Archer and '&(0./=001).%0) another and England had the upper old Crawley scored his second Crawley. I’m sorry for Denly — “Because we don’t want Kohli your standards are high. James Anderson pinned the West hand. half-century in five Tests with a he’s just not good enough,” he the players to go all that far and When you walk out to play, Indies batsmen down and made it D =+().%.1 Blackwood's half-century settled superb 76-run knock in the sec- added. PTI sit in hotel rooms for two when you walk out with your tough going for them at the start of their 00.1'=.( the West Indies in the second session. weeks. It is very, very depress- team, I, watching on TV, don’t second innings. He hit eight fours and was aided by ing and disappointing. We are expect you to just play well Archer, the fast bowler who was :+//.:0 ).%+ Chase. Blackwood to put on an unbroken Pace bowler Shannon Gabriel fin- looking at that, the quarantine against Australia. I expect you born in Barbados, made the break- %0: .1+1"'> Chase was caught behind off a strand of 43 for the sixth wicket. West ished with 5-75 for the West Indies after thing,” he said. to win. So you have to live up through in the sixth over when mean bouncer to give Archer 3-35 in Indies had a minimum of 42 overs left collecting the two wickets on Sunday “And, as I said Australia to the standards. For his cap- Brathwaite played on. Archer had +(0 )' the second innings but the West Indies in the last session of the match to make morning that wrapped up the England and New Zealand have been in taincy tenure this will be a Brooks lbw in his next over and the vic- %('##."#). fightback was in full flow and that was the 57 runs it needed. innings. good position except milestone series — more than tory target didn't seem so easy anymore. the only wicket to fall in the second ses- Archer earlier made 23 with the bat England scored 204 in its first Melbourne. So from that point the World Cup,” said the former Hope played two cover drives for . /'00 1 sion. as England was bowled out for 313 in innings and West Indies replied with of view we will be going there India captain. four to ease the early pressure but Wood Shane Dowrich (15 not out) joined its second innings. 318. SINGLES SWEAT ISN'T POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE: BHUVI 2 $ ( Man City secure top 4 ahead of CL verdict Kolkata: 0 4D63 & " ! &(0 )+ 4 $3 $36 5 $ 6 A dominant Lewis Bottas leads the embryonic Sterling quickly 3 6 95 3 936 Hamilton secured his first win of championship ahead of Hamilton atoned for squandering 37 L1 3 936 the season and the 85th of his with Lando Norris third. n-form Raheem that chance by heading in 3 4 I$3 $36 career with a perfectly-judged vic- Verstappen was slowed by ISterling scored a hat Mahrez’s delightful cross 5 $ $7 )39 $ $ 6 33 tory from pole position as slight car damage in the final trick as Manchester City from the right to put the M 3 1 $ 5 Mercedes reeled off a one-two stages, ahead of his team-mate began a potentially turbu- result beyond doubt with 4 $ $' ! finish in Styrian Grand Prix. Alex Albon, who defended stout- lent few days by blowing 37 minutes still to go. 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Sebastian Vettel, who is in his last margin as Jesus and pass into his path. just after the restart, with and make it seven goals London: . $ # / $ : taking a knee. “Starting fourth, this was season with the team, for his ill- Kevin De Bruyne each hit City doubled its Brighton goalkeeper in as many games since #5 I%4 P6 6 5 35 “It’s great to be back up here damage limitation for me,” he judged dive down the inside that the goal frame. advantage two minutes Mathew Ryan grateful to the restart to claim the 6 3 35 43 and thanks to the team,” said said. “I tried, but we are just a bit resulted in a disaster for the Sterling made the before the break when De clutch Sterling’s follow-up match ball as Dan Burn 5 3 34 1 I # / $ Hamilton. “This feels like it has too slow,” admitted Verstappen. Italian team. AFP breakthrough, expertly Bruyne's outswinging effort. failed to clear on the line. $ '3 ?7L%3! 933 MP 3 3 $ 93 3 5 37 L 63 $5 3 3 6 99 $7 % 0R * * 2 6 # ! * 3 %4 3 3344 53456 M#5 3 7 # "(0 # ?'//'+/0 ! VIDIT TO LEAD IN ONLINE CHESS OLYMPIAD Chennai: ?1 3 3 ristiano Ronaldo ionel Messi made it 20 3 D 1 59 34 0 Cscored two penalties Lassists for the season in ! 9 + : +9 as Juventus snatched a dra- Barcelona’s stodgy 1-0 win Barcelona: Barcelona for- 5 36 $ 3 , 7 0 3 matic 2-2 draw against over Real Valladolid on ward Antoine Griezmann 6 3 !99 53 3 Atalanta on Saturday to Saturday, even as his team’s La is set to miss his side’s final 43 3593 53 I399 take a massive step towards Liga challenge appears almost two La Liga games after ? ' ' 0 : a ninth straight Serie A title. over. sustaining a thigh injury = 3 53 53 7 3 Lazio’s 2-1 loss to Messi teed up Arturo during Saturday’s win over 5 # )! 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Real Madrid cannot clinch the The club did not say 43:3D7 39 34: $ But despite trailing title on Monday by beating how long the France strik- 93 43 $ 3 twice and being outplayed Granada but only an incredi- er would be out for 1 $ 43 34 43 0 for long periods, Maurizio in front of your body,” home his 15th league goal Immobile at the top of the ble collapse will prevent them although newspaper Sport 9 '!:39 (#1 $ 3 Sarri’s Juventus moved Atalanta coach Gian Piero of the campaign. goalscoring charts. from putting their name on the said he would be sidelined 9 53 7L: : 3 eight points clear at the top Gasperini told DAZN. The goal made Ronaldo almost put trophy later in the week. for three weeks, ruling 93 43')* +,-71 $6 with six matches remaining “The interpretation of Atalanta the first Serie A Juve in front with 10 min- If they beat Granada, C : him out of Thursday’s 53 33777 33 M :39 as Ronaldo took his tally to the rule is not the club in almost 70 years utes to play, but visiting Madrid will win La Liga by ) P home game against 7 L, 63 . 28 league goals this season. same here as else- to have three players goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini prevailing at home to Villarreal Osasuna and their final : 93 43 ' 7 “We can’t make calcu- where. Other score 15 times in a made an excellent save to on Thursday, regardless of defenders, triggered more match, away to Alaves, # $439 53 M(#1 $3 7 lations yet, we can’t take our countries don’t give league season, with keep out the Portuguese Barcelona’s results. remarkable milestones. next Sunday. AFP foot off the gas until we are penalties like that. Zapata joining Ilicic and star’s half-volley. Overall, Madrid As well as matching CADIZ PROMOTION PARTY PUNCTURED mathematically champi- Atalanta Luis Muriel. Malinovskiy did put need only five points the best La Liga total for in 2002-03. Madrid: : 33 5 5 3 5 ons,” said Juve captain grabbed the lead The reigning cham- Atalanta back into the lead from their remaining assists by one player in the Later, third-placed Atletico 9333 3//$3 1 3D Leonardo Bonucci. in the 16th minute, pions were gifted a route in the 81st minute, as three matches to secure last 11 years, Messi Madrid made sure of their 3 3 = 6 4 4 4 35 It was an ultimately scoring for the 25th consec- back into the game nine Muriel picked out his fellow their third La Liga title extends his own career- place in the Champions League 5 $$ 6$ $ 3 frustrating outing for utive match in all compe- minutes after half-time as sub to hammer a fierce shot in eight years. best number of assists in a next season with a 1-0 win over 6 43 !5!3447:3 Atalanta who stay third, titions. Marten de Roon was past Wojciech Szczesny. Yet even as Barca’s turbu- single league season. Real Betis despite playing more 3 9333 3 39D4$43 4 nine points off the pace, Papu Gomez was the penalised for handling But Atalanta shot lent domestic campaign draws He also becomes only the than half an hour with 10 men. 9 53 35! 3 34 after conceding both spot- creator, wriggling free in Dybala’s cross. themselves in the foot again to a close, Messi continues to second player in the 21st cen- Diego Costa grabbed the 3 :3D 4 kicks for handball. midfield before exchanging Ronaldo stepped up to in the 90th minute, as shine. tury from the five major only goal from a Yannick 3 34 4 5 5 39 “What are we meant to passes with Duvan Zapata score his 27th Serie A goal Ronaldo fired in his second His delightful pass for European leagues to hit 20 Carrasco free-kick in the 73rd 3 7 E,=;0,* do, cut our arms off? You before sliding the ball back this term, drawing him spot-kick after Muriel was Vidal in the 15th minute, a goals and 20 assists in the same minute after VAR had earlier can at most put your arms for the Colombian to drill within two of Lazio’s Ciro penalised for handball. scoop between two Valladolid campaign, after Thierry Henry ruled out two goals.