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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 102 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, JULY 13 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 Comet Neowise to be visible in Odisha from tomorrow

POST NEWS NETWORK the next 20 days from July 14. People be visible to the unaided eye. A pair of town. When a comet’s orbit brings it can observe it from naked eyes,” said binoculars or a small telescope will en- close to the Sun, it heats up and melts, Bhubaneswar, July 12: A new comet Deputy Director, Pathani Samanta hance its visibility,” he added. thereby releasing a large amount of christened C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, which Planetarium here. The comet can be The comet will make its closest ap- dust and gases into a giant glowing head was discovered by NASA’s Near Earth seen by sky-watchers at predawn. proach to Earth July 22 and it will be larger than most planets. Object Wide-field Infrared Survey “A far better viewing perspective at a distance of about 103 million kilo- The dust and gases form a tail that Explorer telescope, will be clearly vis- will be available in the evening sky start- REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO metres from earth. stretches away from the Sun for mil- ible to the naked eye from July 14, giv- ing around July 14, when it will appear period,” said Dr Pattnaik. Comets are cosmic snowballs of lions of kilometers in the opposite di- ing new hope to sky-watchers. low in the northwest sky (20 degrees "Around 30th July it can be seen frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit rection. It is likely that billions of “C/2020 F3, a comet discovered from the horizon) for around 20 min- near Ursha Major (Saptarshi Mandal) the Sun in a highly elliptical path. comets are orbiting our Sun in the March 27, will be clearly visible in the utes. In the evenings to follow, the at an altitude of 40 degrees and it will When frozen, they are of the size of a Kuiper Belt and even the more dis- north-western sky. It will be visible comet will rapidly climb higher in the be visible for an hour. After July it few hundred kilometres and may be tant Oort Cloud. The current number Diesel price nears `81 after sunset for around 20 minutes for sky and will be visible for a longer will fade away very fast and will not compared with the size of a small of known comets is 3,650. after 16 paise increase SHORT TAKES PRESS TRUST OF INDIA There was no change in petrol price for almost two State’s COVID tally New Delhi, July 12: Diesel weeks, and it continues to be Cong confronts desert storm in Rajasthan price in the national capital priced at `80.43 per litre. crosses 13K-mark Sunday inched towards the Rates vary from state to Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID- AGENCIES `81 per litre-mark follow- state depending on the in- 19 tally Sunday crossed the Sachin Pilot claims 30 ing a rate hike after a four- cidence of local sales tax 13,000 mark with 595 fresh Jaipur, July 12: Even as the battle of day hiatus. or VAT. While diesel price cases, while three patients one-upmanship between two Congress Cong MLAs’ support succumbed to the disease, camps led by Rajasthan Chief Minister taking the death toll to 64 in Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin JAIPUR: Rajasthan Deputy Chief FUEL PRICE IN BHUBANESWAR the state, a health department Pilot plays out in the open, state Minister Sachin Pilot Sunday official said. The total number Congress leaders are busy working declared open rebellion, claiming of coronavirus patients rose to the numbers and calculating permu- that he has the support of the 30 13,121 in the state, he said. tations and combinations to ensure Congress MLAs and some Petrol: Three men, aged 56, 50 and 65, Independents in the state Assembly. the party’s government remains safe. died of the coronavirus The statement released on Pilot's `80.99/ litre infection at a hospital in The Congress strength in 200-mem- WhatApp group claimed that the Ganjam, the worst-hit district ber Assembly is 102, with its Rashtriya Gehlot-led Congress government is Lok Dal alliance having one MLA. in the state. The 56-year-old in minority now. It said Pilot, who is Diesel: deceased was diabetic, while After 6 Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs also the state Congress president, the 65-year-old man was joined the Congress, the ruling party’s will also skip the Rajasthan `79.09/ litre suffering from diabetes and score in the House climbed up to 108. Legislature Party meeting Monday hypertension, he said. Support of 13 Independents, 2 Bharatiya CRISIS IN RAJASTHAN quested for an appointment with morning. “Rajasthan Deputy CM and Tribal Party and two CPI-M MLAs, its Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss Congress leader Sachin Pilot not to tally stands at 125. he battle of one-upmanship the “challenges faced by his team due attend Congress Legislative Party IRREGULAR by MANJUL Meanwhile, the BJP has 72 MLAs, Tbetween two Congress camps to the high-handedness of Gehlot”. meeting scheduled to be held with 3 lawmakers from alliance part- led by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot As he waits for an appointment, tomorrow,” the message said. ner Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. and his deputy Sachin Pilot now in Gehlot has been keeping a tab on his Diesel price Sunday was was last revised on July 7, Party sources confirmed that around the open MLAs and ministers in Rajasthan and mand will take to keep the MLAs united, increased by 16 paise per petrol rates were last 20-25 MLAs could back Pilot and if tate Cong leaders are busy asking about their locations on phone. eager party loyalists are busy counting litre, according to a price changed June 29. they leave the party, the Congress num- Sworking the numbers and Security at the inter-state borders has and recounting the numbers on their notification of state-owned In the last five weeks, bers will fall under 100 while the BJP calculating permutations and been enhanced and MLA movement con- fingertips and assuring themselves that oil marketing companies. diesel price has increased on numbers will touch 100. combinations to ensure the party’s tinuously monitored. the Gehlot government will survive the This took the retail sell- 24 occasions while petrol So, the situation remains interesting govt remains safe What raises apprehensions in the political turmoil. ing price to `80.94 per litre rates have risen 21 times. in Rajasthan. entire episode is the absence of min- A late night report said the Congress in the national capital – the The cumulative increase f 20-25 MLAs back Pilot and leave On the other hand, BJP state presi- isters from the pilot camp at a Saturday has sent its senior leaders Ajay Maken highest ever. since the oil companies the party, the Cong numbers will dent Satish Poonia told the media that I night meeting called by Gehlot. and Randeep Surjewala as central ob- In Bhubaneswar too, started the cycle June 7 to- fall under 100, while the BJP ` the ongoing crisis within the Congress numbers will touch 100 in the One of Pilot’s favourites and Tourism servers to Jaipur to avert the crisis in diesel price was increased tals to 9.17 for petrol and ` ` was created by the party itself and 200-member House Minister Vishvendra Singh has since Rajasthan. The two leaders along with by 0.16 reaching taking the 11.55 for diesel. In Mumbai, was due to infighting. “We have no left for Delhi, though he tweeted that party general secretary in-charge of new price to `79.09/ litre. petrol is priced at `87.19 – un- Yes, we’ve added some amazing role in it,” he said. bers and the state government is in he was to meet his sister. Rajasthan Congress Avinash Pande The price of petrol price, changed since June 29, while features, but not spotting & PCC vice-president Archana Sharma safe hands. While all eyes are now focused on will hold discussions with party MLAs, however, remained un- diesel rate was hiked to stopping fake news! told reporters that Gehlot has the num- Meanwhile, Pilot is in Delhi and re- what all action the Congress high com- sources said. changed at `80.99. `79.17 litre from `79.05. 3 militants killed Shutdown lifted Srinagar: Three militants were Aishwarya, Aaradhya killed in an encounter with Govt asks court to stymie security forces in Baramulla in Cuttack; longer district of Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. Security test corona positive night curfew now forces launched a cordon and any challenge to app ban search operation around PRESS TRUST OF INDIA POST NEWS NETWORK midnight in Reban area of Sopore town following REUTERS was presented Friday, has not pre- Mumbai, July 12: Actor Aishwarya Bhubaneswar, July 12: The information about the presence viously been reported. Rai Bachchan and her daughter Cuttack Municipal Corporation of militants there, a police New Delhi, July 12: The Centre has “Let nothing be done till the ap- Aaradhya have tested coronavirus (CMC) Sunday decided to with- official said. The search petitioned the Rajasthan High Court plicants (government) are heard positive, Maharashtra Health draw the COVID-related shut- operation turned into an to stop any of the Chinese compa- in the matter,” said the court filing Minister Rajesh Tope said Sunday. down in the city after reviewing encounter around 4.00 AM when nies whose 59 apps it recently banned signed by Additional Solicitor Aishwarya’s mother-in-law Jaya the situation and levels of threat the hiding militants opened fire at the security forces, who from obtaining an injunction to General of India Rajdeepak Rastogi. Bachchan has tested negative. quarantined for 14 days. Members from the disease. retaliated, he said. block the order, according to two Guarding cyber space Earlier Sunday, Mumbai Mayor of the Bachchan family took the Addressing a presser, CMC sources and the legal filing. caveat in the High Court of The order to ban the apps was Kishori Pednekar had said Jaya rapid antigen detection test, Commissioner Ananya Das said, India last month outlawed dozens Rajasthan, suggesting it expects passed to safeguard “the interests Bachchan and Aishwarya had Pednekar said. “We have decided to lift the shut- WEATHER of Chinese apps including one or more of the companies to of Indian mobile and Internet users tested negative for coronavirus. “I have tested COVID positive. down after assessing the local con- ByteDance’s popular video-shar- challenge the Ministry of and ensure safety and sovereignty The mayor’s statement came a Shifted to Hospital. Hospital in- ditions. However, we have decided BHUB CTK ing app TikTok, Alibaba’s UC Electronics and Information of Indian Cyber Space,” said the fil- day after Amitabh Bachchan and forming authorities, family and staff to extend the night curfew hours MAX 32.6° 35.0° Browser and Tencent’s messaging Technology’s ban. ing, which was seen by Reuters. son Abhishek Bachchan said they undergone tests, results awaited," within the city limits. Currently, app WeChat, saying they posed a Such caveats are typically filed It was not immediately clear why had tested positive for COVID-19 and Amitabh, 77, tweeted Saturday. night curfew hours begin from TEMP MIN 24.6° 24.5° Forecast “threat to sovereignty and integrity”. to prevent a ruling in favour of the government approached the were admitted to a hospital here. “All that have been in close prox- 9pm, we have now extended it Humidity 83% 95% Two sources with direct knowl- companies without hearing the court in Rajasthan and whether The mayor had said the Bachchan imity to me in the last 10 days are from 7pm to 5am,” she said. Light rain Rainfall Nil 16.0mm edge of the filing said the govern- government, lawyers said. The fil- there were plans to file similar pe- residence is now a containment requested to please get themselves The CMC issued a notifica- likely ment had presented a so-called ing, which one of the sources said titions elsewhere. zone and all residents have been tested,” he had added. tion in this regard which states that shopkeepers are now al- lowed to keep their shops open from 5am to 6pm, while shop- ping malls are allowed to operate Most COVID-19 cases in Cuttack reported from govt hosps with the undertaking of ensur- ing social distancing. 55 PER CENT COVID-19 CASES IN CUTTACK REPORTED FROM AHRCC, SCB She also requested people to comply with the government rules POST NEWS NETWORK cases were reported from the SCB Committees and Sahi Committees on COVID-19 management saying Medical College in the city. SOURCE OF CORONA in joining hands with the govern- “The civic body has been taking Bhubaneswar, July 12: The gov- According to data made available by ment in COVID-19 management as a lot of measures to curb the dis- ernment hospitals in Cuttack, which her, 57 positive cases were reported INFECTIONS IN CUTTACK well as creating awareness. She ease and we seek people’s coop- is considered to be the medical hub from home quarantine and 35 from HOSPITAL CASES also assured that all possible steps eration to make them effective.” of the state, has been responsible for institutional quarantine centres. REPORTED of surveillance and testing are being “We have seen that a lot of peo- most of the COVID-19 cases re- Eighteen COVID-19 patients were in- undertaken by the civic body to ple are defying the safety norms ported from the city, the Cuttack fected by local contacts. AHRCC, Cuttack 120 manage the disease. of COVID-19. I would like to request Municipal Corporation (CMC) ad- “Out of the 248 cases detected in Saurabh Garg, COVID-19 observer these people to comply with the or- mitted Sunday. Cuttack, 120 are from AHRCC alone. SCB Medical College for Cuttack, informed the media ders of the CMC in this regard. Addressing a virtual press con- One positive patient was detected & Hospital 18 that two more COVID hospitals are Many people are thronging the ference, CMC Commissioner in the hospital. During contact trac- Home Quarantine 57 all set to become operational in the main markets. This is not advis- Ananya Das cited data on the ing we did close to 500 tests and district soon. able,” she said. The CMC y source of infections of the pan- ended up detecting 120 cases from Institutional Quarantine 35 “Right now we have two COVID- Commissioner said that the mu-

demic. The official said that till the hospital. Many of them have 19 hospitals in the district. Two more nicipal body would take strict ac-

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FORTUNE FORECAST Farah shares secret Singing behind her double chin ARIES Mumbai: Filmmaker-choreogra- ding days. pher Farah Khan Kunder Sunday Reacting to the post, actress Aditi Feeling sentimental took to social media to pen a Rao Hydari commented: “Happy always gets in the way. If therapeutic things don't go your way, heartfelt, quirky birthday happiest birthday to her!” Ps- life seems glum. But take a look at the wish for her mother. Hahahahahahah." food on the table, Levi's in the cupboard “Life doesn’t Diana Penty wrote: and your spaniel licking your toes, and come with a “Hahahha!! Happy Happy you will thank God for a blessed life. for Malaika manual.. it Birthday to Faruuu’s You're welcome, says Ganesha. comes with a mummy.” Mumbai: Actress Malaika Arora mother. On the work front, TAURUS says a lot of people don’t know the Happy 75th Farah recently unveiled fact that she can actually sing. birthday to the video of the making Expect the confetti to Talking about her hidden tal- mine.. Menka.. of the title track of Dil pour and the music to ent, Malaika said: “People don’t gifting me her sense Bechara, which is late actor blaze as you indulge in know the fact that I can actually sing. of humour, her strength Sushant Singh Rajput’s last movie. festivity and merry-making today, says Ganesha. Success might knock on your It is one of the most therapeutic things and her double chin,” Farah Farah had choreographed Sushant door this afternoon. You thoughts will drip for me.” wrote. for the movie. Recalling her experi- with optimism and your day might end She also shared her love for reality Along with it, she posted ence working with him, Farah wrote: with partying late into the night. shows, saying: “I would never give a few throwback images “I wanted the song to be done as a one- up hosting reality shows, as I really of her with her mother shot song because I knew Sushant enjoy working on them.” from childhood and wed- would be able to do it perfectly.”IANS GEMINI Talking about her bond with her There are indications that son, the dancing diva said: “I would you will most certainly never check my son’s phone without guard against going off on his permission.” Sudhanshu to continue as actor-singer a tangent in important meetings today, fore- “Because that’s the pure bond and sees Ganesha. You are also likely to let your trust I’ve built with him,” she said in New Delhi: Actor-singer able to do everything and I brains on an overdrive to get things done at the workplace. You will have a fabulous din- an episode of Go Fun Yourself, Sudhanshu Pandey says he should do everything equally ner with your sweetheart in the evening. which streams on Voot. cannot choose between the well,” he added. Recently, Malaika has shared a two vocations, as he is pas- Sudhanshu, who was a Make in India home remedy to sionate about both. member of the popular 2004 boost immunity. “This is a true “I am so fortunate and band called A Band Of Boys, CANCER blue Make in India home rem- feel blessed that people have hopes to keep entertaining Chances are that your edy. Age-old traditional, tried given me love for my act- people. day will be filled with a lot of fun and celebra- and tested homemade immu- ing and singing. I can’t re- On the acting front, tion, says Ganesha. In nity booster. Indian gooseberry ally say that I love acting Sudhanshu was recently seen the afternoon, you can expect a break- (Amla), fresh organic turmeric more or singing more. I in the web series The Casino. through in a very important business and ginger root with some love both forms of art The show also features deal. At night, you will be busy partying. Apple cider vinegar and a dash equally,” he said. Karanvir Bohra and of peppercorns is all it takes He says as a per- Mandana Karimi. The 10- to make this magic potion,” former he should ace episode series tells the story LEO she wrote on social media in all spheres. of a rich yet humble boy, Shooting off the charts along with a video showing “Since I belong to Vicky, who is the heir to his is an understatement how to prepare it. IANS the field of perform- father’s multi-billion-dollar when it comes to your ing arts, I should be casino. IANS liveliness today, says Ganesha. Guess there is just something about today that puts a spring in your step and a smile on your face. But what- ever it is, it's good for you. Webinar on developing library leaders Odisha’s Gully Boy now

VIRGO POST NEWS NETWORK Partnership deals and The academy was money spinning will BHUBANESWAR: launched by some occupy most of your spotted by Vishal Dadlani time as business and Odisha Library Academy youths in 2015 to work top your priority list, predicts (OLA) Saturday hosted a Ganesha. You will face stiff competition webinar here on the theme promote Library and BHAWANIPATNA: Lady Luck and animosity at various levels through- - Developing Next Information Science has finally knocked on the door out the day. In the evening, your Generation Library Leaders of Duleshwar Tandi from chances of winning are very bright in cut-throat business competitions. - which was attended by education and Kalahandi district who is popular more 1,500 participants research in the state by his stage name Rapper Dule from across the country. Rock. His talent has been spot- LIBRA For the unversed, OLA brarians in the country. Satapathy from NIT of Physics, Bhubaneswar ted by none other than Vishal was launched in 2015 by a He lamented that most of Raipur, Neeraj Kumar were the co-ordinators of Dadlani, a famous Hindi film Ganesha predicts a cap- group of young profes- the senior positions in from Panjab University, music director. tivating day for you in the event. terms of career. At work, sionals to promote Library many libraries are either Chandigarh and Meenal Brundaban Nahak, Expressing surprise for a tal- you tend to do the tasks and Information Science lying vacant or being oc- Oak from Maharastra RITE, Bhubaneswar along ent like Tandi going through a assigned to you with amazing clarity. (LIS) education and re- cupied by non-library pro- Education Society, Pune with Niranjan Mohapatra, difficult phase, the music di- Later in the day, whatever you say will search in the state. fessionals. He held the li- had interacted with Gaur NCDS Bhubaneswar and rector recently took to Twitter charm a member of the opposite sex, Joining the virtual brarians, library and other participants. Jayanta Kumar Sahu, and wrote, “This is incredible! which comes as a pleasant surprise to Duleshwar Tandi aka Rapper Dule Rock you. But beware, says Ganesha, as your event as chief speaker, administrators, and some OLA president Sambalpur University @DuleRocker, if you need help outlook may cast a shadow on your Ramesh C Gaur, Dean & library associations re- Banambar Sahoo from were webinar adminis- producing/recording/releasing thoughts in the evening. Head - Kalanidhi Division, sponsible for it. Gaur, on ICMR-RMRC trators. OLA has been con- your music, get in touch. I’ll do Humane Sagar also helped the mother. After his father’s death, Indira Gandhi National the occasion, presented a (Bhubaneswar)was the ducting regular webinars what I can. I am sure we all will!” tribal rapper. Tandi, a science he had to return home. Moved by Centre for Arts (IGNCA), road map to young library webinar chair while and webcasts to assist LIS Tandi, responding to the tweet, graduate of Borda village, used the plights of migrant labourers SCORPIO Ministry of Culture, professionals to take up Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo professionals, authorities said he will remain grateful to to wipe tables and wash plates at during the lockdown period, he Work may pile up today Government of India future library leadership from IIT, Bhubaneswar of the libraries, informa- the music director for his a restaurant in Raipur, included their sufferings in his unless you work extreme- spoke about the present roles. Some eminent along with Basudev tion Centers, museums kind words. Chhattisgarh. He had gone there raps which instantly struck a ly hard to meet your tar- state of libraries and li- names including Sunil Mohanty from Institute and archives. Earlier, Odia playback singer to help his father treat his ailing chord with the masses. gets, says Ganesha. In business, you may be disappointed with the results you achieve and that may be the cause of anxiety and worry. Support may come in the form of love and affec- PEANUTS post SUDOKU tion from a dear one in the evening. CROSSWORD To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers SAGITTARIUS 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. You may just strike the notes of your beloved's heart today. Your pres- ence and presents will make them realise how much you do indeed love them. Expect a trip to posh showrooms and designer shops to buy them expensive gifts. But don't neglect work or your long-term goals, advises Ganesha.

CAPRICORN CALVIN AND HOBBES It's not every day that you wake up with a posi- tive feeling, one that pushes you to make right everything that has been going wrong around and within you. Today, you SOLUTIONS may be in one of those high-spirited moods, says Ganesha.

AQUARIUS Success ahoy! Go on, challenge your friends to a game; or your adver- saries to a deadline. Today is your day, says Ganesha. Your BREVITY image too gets a makeover due to your CROSSWORD superhero antics! Enjoy it while it lasts, and before the wheels turn once again.

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POST NEWS NETWORK cases jump 13K times Khurda, July 12: Two jawans from Jatni BSF camp in Khurda district have tested positive for ODISHA REGISTERS 595 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES SUNDAY the novel coronavirus, Collector Sitanshu Rout said Sunday. POST NEWS NETWORK Khurda (76), Koraput (44), According to a source at the Malkangiri (36), Collectorate, some jawans of the Bhubaneswar, July 12: State’s Gajapati (20) and camp were doing their duty at a Covid-19 tally Sunday crossed the Mayurbhanj (14). coronavirus affected area. Swab 13,000 mark with 595 fresh cases, Eleven cases each samples of 245 jawans of the camp while three patients succumbed to were reported from were collected since the jawans the disease, taking the death toll to Balasore, Bhadrak and were sharing rooms with each 64 in Odisha, an official of the Cuttack, 10 from Puri, other. The test report of only two Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) eight Sundargarh, five jawans came positive. department official said. each from Jagatsinghpur The district administration has The total number of coro- and Nayagarh, asked the jawans to undergo self- navirus patients rose to 13,121 four from quarantine for 14 days. Their swab in the state, said the official. Kalahandi, three samples will be collected again Three men, aged 56, 50 and 65, each from Bargarh after five days, collector Rout in- died of the coronavirus infec- and Keonjhar, two formed. The state has so far con- tion at a hospital in Ganjam, TOTAL CASES: 13,121 Dead each from ducted 3,34,527 tests. the worst-hit district in Active: 4,287 Recovered: 8,780 Kendrapara, Odisha. “Regret to in- 64 Sambalpur and form of the demise of Rayagada and one three Covid positive cases while and 57, also died but the causes of from Bolangir. Meanwhile, as under treatment in hospital,” the their deaths were head injury (poly- many as 390 persons who were Cuttack cops ensure social distancing official said. trauma) and acute en- earlier tested positive for Covid- The 56-year-old deceased was di- cephalomyelitis respectively,” the 19 recovered Sunday, the H&FW abetic, while the 65-year-old man was official said. The number of coro- department twitted. THE POLICE suffering from diabetes and hy- navirus patients who died of ‘non- The recoveries include 106 from pertension as well, added the offi- Covid reasons’ increased to 20, the Ganjam, 71 from Cuttack, 38 from OFFICIALS ARE cial. Of the 64 deaths reported, official further said. Mayurbhanj, 38 from Sundargarh, REGISTERING FIRs The SCBMCH and Acharya Ganjam accounted for 39, while Of the new 595 cases, 394 were de- 25 from Jajpurand 24 from Harihar Postgraduate nine were reported from Khurda, tected from quarantine centres Nabarangpur, 22 persons from AND COMPLAINTS Institute of Cancer come six from Cuttack, two from Puri across the state, while 201 were Sambalpur, 15 from Khurda, nine under our jurisdiction. Some and one each from Angul, Bargarh, found during contact-tracing ex- from Balasore, six from Bargarh and FROM PEOPLE people from these two Bhadrak, Gajapati, Jajpur, ercises. The fresh cases were found five from Angul. OUTSIDE THE hospitals have been tested Kendrapara, Rayagada and in 21 different districts. Odisha now has 4,287 active cases, positive for Covid-19. One of Sundargarh. Ganjam reported the highest of while 8,750 patients have recovered POLICE STATIONS our constables has also “Two Covid-19 patients, aged 50 230 cases followed by Jajpur (97), from the disease so far. tested positive for the virus POST NEWS NETWORK AMITABH MAHAPATRA| MANGALABAG POLICE IN-CHARGE Cuttack, July 12: Many police sta- tions in the Silver City here are re- We are also asking people ‘Napkin’ gang continues loot portedly asking people not to enter not to enter into our police into their premises for lodging any station. There is possibility POST NEWS NETWORK taking advantage of the preoccupied complaint or FIR after a constable MODUS OPERANDI: The thieves of our personnel getting staff, they pick up the items wrapped of SCB Medical College and Hospital at a police outpost at SCB Medical tion. Some people from these two will enter a commercial infected with the virus Bhubaneswar, July 12: A loot- establishment and in the napkin and leave the shop. police outpost was tested positive College and Hospital. hospitals have been tested positive ers’ gang has been targeting shops Worried over the repeated inci- for the Covid-19. Subsequently, the swab samples for Covid-19. One of our constables OFFICIAL OF DARGHABAZAR POLICE initiate a STATION, CUTTACK which are mostly being run by conversation with the dents of stealing, the shop owners’ The police officials are accepting of 69 personnel of Mangalabag po- has also been tested positive for women staffers in the city. The shopkeeper/ association found the culprits while FIRs and complaints from the peo- lice station were collected by the the virus. Steps are being taken to shop owners’ associations in receptionist. While going through the CCTV footages ple outside the police stations. Even, Health department. However, the test save our personnel from Covid-19 city here. Notably, Cuttack district Lingaraj, Badagada and Airfield conversing, they will at the shops targeted by the mis- the Diary Charge Officers (DSOs) reports are yet to come, sources infections,” said Mangalabag po- headquarters hospital popularly area of the city have also collected move their napkin in creants. are discussing issues related to the said. According to sources, the state lice in-charge Amitabh Mahapatra. known as City Hospital comes under all the CCTV footage of the whole the air subtly and As per sources, one stationary FIRs with the complaints outside the government has provided 100 PPE Mahapatra further revealed that the jurisdiction of Darghabazar technique used by the miscreants place it over the target shop owner near Lingaraj temple police stations, sources said. kits to Mangalabag police station. they have urged people not to enter police station. to loot mobiles, bags and other valu- article. When circumstances also caught one of the gang mem- It is learnt that Covid-19 infection The personnel deployed at SCB into the police station. “We are ac- “We are also asking people not ables from the shops. seem suitable, at the drop of a bers, Badal Swain, red-handed and fear has gripped the personnel of Medical College and Hospital out- cepting FIRs just outside the po- to enter into our police station. The thieves ask the person at hat, they flee with the article later handed over him to the po- Mangalabag police station in the city post were using the PPEs. lice station,” he said. There is possibility of our per- the reception desk to show some lice. However, police allegedly left here. A constable of Mangalabag po- “The SCBMCH and Acharya Similarly, the fear of Covid-19 sonnel getting infected with the goods after entering the saree shops miscreants put their napkin on the the miscreant on the pretext of lice station came in contact with the Harihar Postgraduate Institute of infection also gripped officials of virus,” said an official of or say a ‘ladies’ corner’. Later, the mobile or other items. Meanwhile, Covid-19, claimed Swain. deadly virus while doing his duty Cancer come under our jurisdic- Darghabazar police station in the Darghabazar police station.

3 containment zones RAISING GREENERY ILS establishes stable cultures of coronavirus in Puri to tackle Covid POST NEWS NETWORK tecting any mutation in estab- POST NEWS NETWORK It is a significant lished cultures. Bhubaneswar, July 12: Institute development as only Ajay Parida, Director, ILS, said, Puri, July 12: Three localities of of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar has three other “It is a significant development the Holy City here were declared successfully established in vitro laboratories from India as only three other laboratories as containment zones by the dis- cultures of coronavirus from the pa- have reported establishing from India have reported estab- trict administration Sunday to tient samples using vero cells. virus cultures till date lishing virus cultures till date.” tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The vero cell culture technology AJAY PARIDA | DIRECTOR, ILS This has potential application Besides, the district adminis- is used worldwide to develop inac- in testing and screening for pos- tration sealed a private hospital in tivated whole cell-based vaccines. sible drug targets, formulations the city here after a health staffer Seventeen virus cultures have been bilised with multiple passages in as well as possible use in vac- was tested positive for the deadly established from swab samples Vero cell culture and titres in cul- cine development. Cultured virus. originating from different loca- ture supernatants of 7-9 passage SARS-CoV-2 can also be used in According to sources, as many tions of the country with varying were estimated by Foci-Forming developing antibodies or anti- as 107 persons from Puri district virus loads. These virus cultures Unit (FFU) assay. Infection of the dotes, testing of antibodies and have been tested positive for Covid- have been established by the ILS Vero cells with SARS-CoV2 clin- identification of effective ther- 19 in last 12 days. team led by scientists Soma ical isolate was also confirmed apeutic agents. “An employee of Srikrushna Chattopadhyay and Gulam H. Syed by immunofluorescence detec- Parida expressed confidence that Healthcare Centre has been tested following international protocols tion of SARS-CoV2 infection. this will be a useful resource for the positive for Covid-19. The person and all safety precautions in the Studies using genome sequenc- country in the fight against Covid concerned has been shifted to a BSL 3 facility. ing approaches are underway for pandemic as well as for future pre- Covid hospital. We have sealed CRPF personnel plant saplings during a plantation drive at their regional centre in Bhubaneswar, Sunday OP PHOTO Virus cultures have been sta- understanding stability and de- paredness. the private hospital after sanitis- ing it,” said sub-Collector Bhabataran Sahu. BIKE LIFTERS’ GANG Sahu further revealed that the person concerned was staying in Pandemic is killing Puri’s tourism, hospitality sectors BUSTED, THREE HELD a rented house at Nabakalebara Road in the Holy City. “To check FROM A HEALTH CRISIS TO AN ECONOMIC DEBACLE, THE PANDEMIC HAS METAMORPHOSED TO THE WORST FORMS. POST NEWS NETWORK the spread of coronavirus, the lo- cality has been declared as a con- FOLLOWING FANI, COVID-19 COULD SPELL THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR PURI’S TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS Bhubaneswar, July 12: tainment zone,” Sahu said. Commissionerate Police busted POST NEWS NETWORK allowed the hoteliers to resume a bike lifters’ gang at Laxmisagar their business in accordance with area here late Saturday night. The Puri, July 12: The outbreak of Covid-19 guidelines. accused persons were identified as novel coronavirus and the subse- “There are restrictions on the Mahesh Sahu alias Bulu, 25, of quent nationwide lockdown to tackle congregation of people and out- Budheswari colony area Samil the pandemic have given a bloody siders’ entry into the district. Singh, 28, of Upasa Sahi under blow to the tourism sector in Puri Moreover, almost all tourist spots Laxmisagar area and Rabi Behera, district. in the district have been shut for peo- 55, of Delanga in Puri. Samil is also The tourism sector in Puri had ple. In this scenario, we do not see involved several other looting in- sustained extensive damages due to any hope for the tourism sector in cidents in the area. The dist administration seals a the cyclonic storm Fani that made Puri,” said an hotelier. According to sources, the ac- private hospital in the city a landfall on Odisha coast May 3 last It is worth mentioning here that cused persons Saturday morning year. FANI’S DEBACLE CORONA SCARE cyclonic storm Fani had left a trail had decamped with the motorcy- According to Sahu, Baliapanda Puri district has occupied a spe- of devastation in Puri district. cle of a resident of OSCAR colony Binayak Sahi of Ward no. 7 in the cial place in the tourism map of across the country and abroad. the globe usually visit the Holy in the district have been shut for vis- Many tourist spots had sustained in Canal road area. Subsequently, city has also been declared as a con- Odisha. The district is home to At least 1,000 hotels and lodging City of Puri to pay obeisance to itors for last four months due to the extensive damages due to the sum- police registered a case (160/20) on tainment zone after some Covid- many famous shrines and iconic houses have come up in Puri city and Lord Jagannath at Srimandir. The Covid-19 pandemic. The adminis- mer storm. “The hotel industry in the basis of the complaint lodged 19 positive cases were found from structures like Srimandir, Konark its nearby areas to cater to the needs Sun Temple at Konark has been tration has also put restrictions Puri bore the brunt of last year’s cy- by the victim. Meanwhile, the cops

the locality. Similarly, Sun Temple, Alarnath temple, of tourists. Similarly, the city has declared as Unesco World Heritage on the entry of outsiders into Puri clonic storm. We suffered losses to deployed at the blocking point

k y m c Kumbharpada Jail Road of ward Baliharchandi and Ramchandi tem- several tour and travel agencies to Site. The golden beach of Puri has district. the tune of crores of rupees. This near Jatri Niwas at Cuttack road no. 22 was also declared as a con- ple. Besides, Chilika lake, Puri and provide service to the visitors. Many been attracting tourists since many To tackle the pandemic, the dis- year, the Covid-19 pandemic has spotted the miscreants plying on tainment zone. Chandrabhaga beaches, Buddhist locals usually earn a livelihood by years. Tourism sector is the lifeline trict administration had closed al- taken a heavy toll on the hostel in- the road during night. The cops “No one would be allowed to structures at Kuruma and heritage depending upon the flourishing of Puri district,” said a tour oper- most all hotels and holiday homes dustry. We are not sure when the sit- who intercepted the accused per- enter or exit the containment crafts village of Raghurajpur at- tourism sector. ator here. in Puri city and its nearby areas uation will improve,” said another sons later found the same bike zones,” Sahu said. tract tourists and visitors from “Lakhs of devotees from across However, almost all tourist spots March 20 this year. It has recently hotelier. stolen from OSCAR colony. P4 MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Sanitiser ‘Robo Warrior’ does away with human risk CIC: Can’t demand

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POST NEWS NETWORK lightweight and low cost. It has a CONTACTLESS: NEED OF THE HOUR Imagine walking around all day rechargeable battery as well. The tracking inventory in a warehouse signed copies of Berhampur, July 12: The state-run cost of developing the robot is The It is equipped with a camera that’s larger than a football field. Industrial Training Institute (ITI) around Rs 7,500,” Panigrahy con- robot-assisted which gives a real-time video In many cases, it may be rea- here has developed an ultramod- cluded. sanitiser of its operating area sonable for warehouse workers to ern robot— UVC Robo Warrior— Meanwhile, Union Minister for emits ask for better working conditions. that would disinfect the surfaces Skill Development and ultraviolet The sensor on the robot’s body If management does not address online RTI pleas prevents it from colliding with through exposure of UVC light, an Entrepreneurship Dr. Mahendra light rays to these fears the workers may go on disinfect wall or any object in its path official said Sunday. Nath Pandey took to the Twitter strike. The Central Information Commission was hearing the According to Rajat Kumar to laud the ITI’s initiative Customer support Panigrahy, the institution’s prin- Automation the way forward? People working in customer sup- plea of an Odisha-based RTI applicant cipal, the invention will use UVC In the pandemic, everything dig- port often have to deal with many light to disinfect the surfaces of ital is growing faster than it was be- mundane, repetitive, boring tasks. AGENCIES the public transport system and fore. Robotic solutions are digital so- Chatbots are becoming better and the isolation rooms occupied by lutions that will grow faster than better at handling lower-level sup- New Delhi, July 12: Demanding Covid-19 infected or suspected pa- before. Robots help us avoid close in- port questions. Bold360 is an AI- a signed copy of an online RTI ap- tients. person interactions, they can make powered self-service bot that helps plication negates the whole pur- “The robot will carry the UVC us more efficient, and they can be enterprises develop their chatbots. pose of such a mechanism, the light to point of disinfection. The better than humans at many things. Restaurants Central Information Commission movement of the robot is controlled Let’s look at some examples. The restaurant industry is one of has said while cautioning the Army by a mobile phone from a long dis- Healthcare both the health care provider and What happens when a worker the hardest hit by the coronavirus. to refrain from such a practice. tance. The robot can emit UVC ray In the picture above Beijing- the patient. gets Covid-19? Not only does the It usually requires a human to do Information Commissioner Divya to all the inaccessible points in the based CloudMinds sent their ro- Humans will interact with po- worker need to quarantine, but the work inside the restaurant, and Prakash Sinha held that seeking cit- field of disinfection. The camera fit- bots to Wuhan, China to help with tential patients when needed, but hu- everyone they’ve recently inter- a human to deliver the food. And yet, izenship proof in case of demand IN NUTSHELL ted in its eyes sends a real-time the pandemic. These robots can mans don’t need to be involved in acted with should as well. One sick consumers do not want human- of sensitive information is justi- The applicant approached the video of the area of disinfection clean and disinfect work areas, every part of every transaction. worker could prevent many more human interaction. fied but seeking a signed copy of the Commission with a complaint to the mobile screen for better con- measure a patient's temperature, Manufacturing workers from showing up at work A company called Miso Robotics application does not seem appro- that the CPIO of the Army has trol of the robot,” Panigrahy pointed and deliver medicine. Not only Imagine you have a manufac- the next day and greatly reduce has developed a robot called Flippy priate as the online portal does not demanded a signed copy of his out. are they replacing what a human turing facility. Should you bring in your manufacturing capacity. that can flip burgers all day long for mandate uploading of signatures. online RTI application as well as The sensor on the robot’s body pre- would normally do, but they can robots like Canon’s 3D Machine Warehouses the equivalent of $3 per hour. Other Sinha was hearing the plea of an identity proof before providing vents it from colliding with wall also do it in a way that doesn't Vision System to help with your The work in warehouses can robots have been developed to wash Odisha-based RTI applicant who him the records or any object in its path. “Made out risk getting anyone else infected. manufacturing, instead of relying sometimes be very demanding and utensils and keep the kitchen and had sought from the Army infor- Information Commissioner held of plywood, the robot is portable, mation regarding implementation They are a safer alternative for only on employees? physically challenging for humans. dining room areas clean. that seeking citizenship proof in of rules under the Sexual case of demand of sensitive Harassment of Women at information is justified but Delhiite all praise BOVINE CARE Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition seeking a signed copy of the and Redressal) Act, 2013 in all de- application does not seem for Odisha govt fence establishments. appropriate as the online portal The Army did not provide any in- does not mandate uploading of POST NEWS NETWORK formation to the applicant, the CIC signatures noted. Akhand approached the Bhubaneswar, July 12: While there Commission with a complaint that Court judgment may be referred in have been reports of irregularities the central public information officer the matter of Fruit & Merchant and mismanagement at COVID hos- (CPIO) of the Army has demanded Union vs. Unknown, decided pitals, a person from Delhi admitted a signed copy of his online RTI ap- November 2, 2012, which has vali- to a COVID hospital in Odisha was plication as well as identity proof be- dated the need for RTI applicants all praise for the state government fore providing him the records. to provide identity proof, he said. for the arrangements made at the “In this regard, it may be noted However, asking for a signed copy healthcare institution. that as far as CPIO’s request for of an online RTI application does not After spending 17 days at the citizenship proof is concerned, the seem appropriate as the online por- COVID-19 hospital in Keonjhar, the same is not questioned as tal does not mandate uploading of sig- person from Delhi lauded the ef- Commission in its prior decision(s) natures, Sinha said. forts made by the government. After has held the view that Armed Forces “...if applicants do so voluntar- testing negative, he said, “I never felt stand on a slightly different footing ily by uploading a signed copy of like undergoing treatment at a gov- as there may be instances that in- the RTI application under the sup- ernment hospital. The facilities volve disclosure of sensitive in- porting documents head, it is ac- here are better which made me feel formation, and for such reasons it ceptable but insisting on signed copy comfortable. After talking to the may be rationale for the CPIO to ask of online RTI applications cannot be doctor, I was sure that I will recover for citizenship proof,” Sinha noted. a norm and delaying the provision from the disease soon.” The gov- He, however, said the facts of of information for want of a signed ernment has really done wonderful the instant case “do not suggest copy of online RTI application negates thing by setting up the dedicated disclosure of sensitive informa- the whole purpose of filing an online COVID hospital, he added. Herdsmen escort their cattle on the Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway to reach a grazing land on the outskirts of the Holy City, Sunday OP PHOTO tion.” A Punjab and Haryana High RTI Application,” he said. ‘GET WELL SOON’ ‘Online edu will soon Dhenkanal still struggles for drinking water MESSAGE FOR BIG B POST NEWS NETWORK Bazar, Anandanagar, ply to the department in order to fa- Amitabh Bachchan in his be the new normal’ Banamaliprasad, Town Planning cilitate water supply during power Dhenkanal, July 12: Residents of Area, Banjhakusum, Gajamara and cuts. Cesu authorities have allegedly social media post More than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries are Dhenkanal town strive hard for Kutunia. On an average, public taken no step in this regard. informed his fans about just a bucketful of drinking water health department (PHD) supplies Dhenkanal PHD additional ex- his Covid report Saturday affected by school closures due to the pandemic as drinking water projects have fal- drinking water only for one hour in ecutive engineer Alekha Bihari tered. these areas in a day varying ac- Parida said, “At the moment, there Dhenkanal Municipality has al- cording to different zones, local res- is no proposal for supply of drink- PARADIGM SHIFT ready completed 70 years of its for- idents said. Nearly, 330 tube wells ing water from river Mahanadi. mation and the population in this well at Mahisapat area under Ward n Some students without reliable and 221 water stand-posts within The pipeline laying work halted in internet access and/or technology civic area has exceeded 75,000. 8 provides three MLD every day. Dhenkanal municipal limits have five wards following the Covid-19 out- struggle to participate in digital Shortage of pure drinking water has Apparently, the shortage of ad- become defunct. At several places, break, has already resumed. People learning gripped the civic area. ditional three MLD has aggravated supply pipelines have developed are suffering more during power n This gap is seen across countries As against requirement of 12 the drinking water crisis. Out of 23 cracks, leading to severe leakage. cuts and load shedding, as Cesu au- POST NEW NETWORK and between income brackets million litres per day (MLD) in the wards within Dhenkanal civic body However, the PHD has had re- thorities have not taken any step.” within countries town, only nine MLD of drinking limits, residents of five wards have quested Central Electricity Supply Local intelligentsia has demanded Bhubaneswar, July 12: POST NEWS NETWORK n Research shows that on average, water is being supplied these days. been deprived of the basic amenity. Utility of Odisha (Cesu) authorities another intake well on the river Internationally renowned sand students retain 25-60 pc more Even as river Brahmani feeds in six Water crisis has become worse for making necessary provision of Brahmani, which could help re- artist Manas Kumar Sahoo, has Bhubaneswar, July 12: A webi- material when learning online MLD of drinking water, an intake ever at Dandasahi of Kanchan separate uninterrupted power sup- solve the drinking water crisis. conveyed a ‘Get Well Soon’ message nar on online education in the state compared to only 8-10 pc in a through his sand Animation to was organised by a forum of in- classroom the legendary actor Amitabh tellectuals here Sunday. Experts n This is mostly due to the students Bachchan and his son and daugh- and educationists opined that on- being able to learn faster online; SHUTDOWN & CITY ter-in-law Abhishek Bachchan line education is the reality of e-learning requires 40-60 pc less and Aishwarya Bachchan, who today’s Covid time and we all should time to learn than in a traditional have been tested corona positive. accept it and must try to imple- classroom setting because stu- Manas, encouraging the actors ment it fully. dents can learn at their own pace, to fight back corona, has portrayed going back and re-reading, skip- In the webinar, the vice chan- the image of the legend Amitabh ping, or accelerating through con- cellor of Utkal University cepts as they choose Bachchan with a message which Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, n While we have yet to see whether says “You are a Fighter, You will Ravenshaw University vice chan- this will apply to e-learning post- conquer Covid-19” in his animation. cellor Ishan Kumar Patro, Manoj Covid, it is one of the few sectors The actor in his social media Kumar Mishra, Secretary, where investment has not dried up post informed his fans about the Electronics & IT department, MP situation Saturday saying— “This Amar Patnaik and others were come more integral than ever be- evening I have tested CoviD pos- present. fore. Like other sectors, education itive shifted to Hospital .. hospital Patnaik said that online educa- has also changed dramatically; the informing authorities .. family tion will only be success if the stu- Covid-19 has resulted in schools and staff undergone tests , results dents and teachers both use it fruit- shut all across the world includ- awaited .. All that have been in fully otherwise it cannot be helpful ing Odisha. Research suggests that close proximity to me in the last in providing quality education. online learning has shown to in- 10 days are requested to please Both teachers and students need to crease retention of information, get themselves tested!” (sic) be aware of its requirement and use, and take less time, meaning the Earlier, the artist also paid On the occasion, Manoj Mishra changes coronavirus have caused tribute to veteran actor Jagdeep said that the government is focused might be here to stay. on his demise at the age of 81 on providing quality education on- We have to adjust to the new life who is well known as ‘Soorma line to each every panchayat of the of less personal touch and more dig- Bhopali’ from the movie ‘Sholay’ state through digital fiber devices ital touch, the internet supports and other comic roles, he gave connectivity. people to work from home, take tribute to him by a portrait of MP Amar Patnaik said that online classes, stay in touch with the actor through his sand ani- Covid-19 has forced the world to loved ones, and access essential mation and with a message—

retreat and the internet has be- facilities, experts said. A woman cooks lunch on a road connecting AG Square and Rajmahal Square in Bhubaneswar during the shutdown over Covid-19, Sunday OP PHOTO “You’ll remain in our heart.”

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Green Mahanadi Mission goes Man kills self 2 hardcore ultras

k y m on live video c POST NEWS NETWORK lay down arms haywire in western Odisha Khaira, July 12: A man killed him- self on live video Saturday at Mituani village under Sarugaon POST NEWS NETWORK panchayat in Khaira block in Balasore district. Sambalpur, July 12: The state IN DISARRAY The 12-minute video went viral government’s ambitious Green within a few minutes. A police Mahanadi Mission aimed at envi- The scheme had a plan to team led by Khaira police station plant over 5 crore saplings ronment protection, checking river- sub-inspector Ashwini Behera on 41,000 hectare of land bank erosion, flood control and on both the islets of the reached the village Saturday spreading greenery has gone hay- river within a period of evening, brought down the body wire in Western Odisha allegedly five years in collaboration and sent it for post-mortem. due to fund shortage, a report said. with the forest The deceased was identified as The scheme having a plan outlay department. 38-year-old Pitambar Lenka. of Rs 5,000 crore was launched June A source in the village said 5, 2018 by Chief Minister Naveen Pitambar's wife had passed away Patnaik in Sonepur. The scheme had The state government had a year ago. While he was work- Maoists Kanna Madi and Lake Punem at the SP office OP PHOTO a plan to plant over 5 crore saplings included the Mahanadi ing somewhere outside the dis- on 41,000 hectare of land on both the Green Mission project in trict, his two children were stay- POST NEWS NETWORK had joined in 2018. She was sus- islets of the river within a period the MGNREGS scheme. ing at their uncle’s house. pected to be involved in a dual mur- of five years in collaboration with However, short supply of Malkangiri, July 12: Two hard- der case and two incidents of ex- the forest department. funds in 2018-19 and core Maoists, both carrying cash re- change of fire. She had a cash In Sambalpur district alone, it was 2019-20 fiscals derailed wards on their heads, surrendered reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head. planned to plant 12.20 lakh saplings the project before Malkangiri Superintendent Explaining the reasons for sur- on 16,500 hectares of land com- of Police (SP) Rishikesh Dnyandeo rendering, the rebels said they prising forest land, government and Jampali areas comprising 2018-19 and 2019-20 fiscals derailed work for their upkeep and conduct Khilari, Sunday. were disillusioned with “hollow” land and private land. 1.30 lakh trees. the project. awareness drive in the area on en- The rebels, Kanna Madi and Maoist ideology. The development Observers claim that the proj- Observers have alleged that the The district administration failed vironment protection. However, Pitambar had returned home be- Lake Punem, expressed their desire of their hometowns after the com- ect has failed to live up to its ex- inability of the state government in to make payments to the labour- these volunteers withdrew from fore the announcement of the na- to lead a normal life and contribute missioning of the Gurupriya Bridge pectation in other districts on the providing required funds has scut- ers following which they withdrew the project after the forest depart- tionwide lockdown. Saturday, he to the development of their area. and the latest call by Chief Minister Mahanadi distributary region ex- tled the project elsewhere. It is al- from the project. Moreover, no funds ment failed to pay them honorarium put his mobile phone on live mode, Kanna had joined the banned Naveen Patnaik and DGP Abhay in- cept the urban region of Sambalpur leged that funds stopped coming were sanctioned towards mainte- and for other works under the made a noose and killed himself. outfit in 2013 and was working as fluenced them to quit the path of vi- where the project has gained some from the state government after nance of the plants. As a result, all scheme. The body was seen hanging mo- an area committee member of CPI olence. Lake was particularly dis- success. The project has become saplings were planted following the the saplings planted in the rural DFO Sanjit Kumar admitted that ments later. (Maoist). He carried a bounty of appointed with the Maoist leaders’ successful in Sambalpur town due programme’s launch. As a result, areas wilted. Forest officials said that the scheme has failed to achieve Pitambar's sister Jayanti Rout Rs 4 lakh on his head. He was sus- behaviour towards women cadres to allocation of more funds. the saplings withered and wilted due over 60 per cent saplings have wilted its target in rural areas. This year, has lodged an FIR with the police. pected to be involved in about 10 because of persistent gender dis- It is claimed that over 80 per cent to lack of upkeep. due to the reason. attempts are being made to meet the While it is being said that the cases which included murder, IED crimination. of the saplings planted under the The state government had in- The forest department had ap- objectives and plant new saplings man took to the extreme step after blast and exchange of fire with the They will be provided assistance scheme on private land has sur- cluded the Mahanadi Green Mission pointed volunteers among the locals in place of the wilted ones with being cheated in love, police have security forces. as per the Surrender and vived. The plantation has led to the project in the MGNREGS scheme. naming them as ‘Van Doot’ and fresh funds available under the launched an investigation taking Lake was a party member in the Rehabilitation Policy of the state creation of a large jungle in Rengali However, short supply of funds in ‘Mahanadi Sevak’ to plant saplings, project. various angles into consideration. banned organisation which she government, the SP said. Farmlands in Farmers seek probe 7-day lockdown in Malkangiri, Balimela Bhadrak flooded into scam in projects GANJAM TO GET 6 MORE POST NEWS NETWORK Bhadrak, July 12: Monsoon is yet POST NEWS NETWORK were given to the Collector, the ex- to be active, but many low-lying ecutive engineer of the MIP, MLAs COVID CARE CENTRES areas under Sadar block of Kaniha, July 12: Minor irriga- of Pallahada and Talcher. Bhadark district witnessed un- tion projects (MIPs) play a vital According to farmers Krushna CHHATRAPUR: Amid a huge The CCCs will be opened at natural flood after water was re- role in boosting agriculture, but Chandra Pradhan, Bhaskar spurt in coronavirus cases, the Hospital Inpatient care (IPD) of leased from Hadagada dam in the two such projects in Kaniha area Samal and Prassana Sahu, Rs Ganjam district administration is Berhampur BPH College and upper end. of Angul district have been left 36.88 lakh had been sanctioned for planning to open six more COVID Hospital, hostel buildings of neglected since 2004. Telapasi minor irrigation project Care Centres (CCCs) and two Berhampur Sarawati Sishu Mandir The two projects reportedly fail and Rs 35.82 lakh for the District COVID Health Centres and at Aska Leprosy Hospital. to deliver as their renovation has Nuababandh MIP. (DCHCs) for treatment of COVID- Similarly, the DCHCs will be been botched up. Local farmers The renovation work was being 19 patients. opened at the girl’s hostel of expressed displeasure over the fate done under the supervision of as- The CCCs and DCHCs will be Berhampur’s Biju Patnaik of the projects. sistant engineer of Talcher MIP, operational at both government Homeopathic College, Amit Hospital According to reports, the two ir- but the contractor messed up the POST NEWS NETWORK has no contact/travel history. and private buildings. at Berhampur’s Gate Bazaar and rigation projects are at Kulama work to mint money while the two On the other hand, 15 cases were Two 100-bed CCCs were opened Aska Sub-Divisional Hospital. panchayat. The state government projects are not workable for the ben- Malkangiri, July 12: After 35 peo- reported from Balimela NAC. Out at Sanakhemundi and Patrapur, Kulange stated that he had talked had sanctioned Rs 70 lakh for their efit of farmers. No action was taken ple in Malkangiri civic body areas of the 15 cases, 14 cases were infected Sunday. The district administra- with healthcare workers about the tested positive for COVID-19, the dis- by the virus due to close contact with tion will avail more than 850 beds centres and has taken their feed- trict administration announced a previous positive cases of a con- in the new CCCs and DCHCs. back. Some of their suggestions ‘BOTCHED’ RENOVATION seven-day lockdown tainment zone. All the above information was will be implemented, he said. Farmers said, the in two civic areas 19 people contracted However, one given by Ganjam Collector Vijay Kulange informed that the cen- contractor and the of the district, had returned Amruta Kulange on his Twitter tres will have trained doctors, ICU Land flooded after release of water officials of the minor Sunday. the virus from previous from Telangana account Sunday. He said that prepa- wards, ventilators, medical equip- from Hadagada dam OP PHOTO irrigation department District Collector positive cases in a and stayed at a rations to set up the hospitals are ment, staff nurses, microbiologists are responsible for Manish Agarwal di- temporary in full swing and they will be op- and healthcare workers for proper According to reports, thousands the mess rected the authori- containment zone and quarantine erational at the earliest. treatment of COVID patients. of acres of farmlands at Arnapal ties of Malkangiri one has no contact/ centre. and Bishnupur panchayats are Municipality and Besides the under water. The Hadagada dam They had drawn Balimela NAC to en- travel history civic areas, an- authorities released water in attention of an force lockdown in other patient Raikia, 12 villages are containment zones Salandi river. Assembly House their areas from July with COVID-19 RAIKIA: Covid-19 infection cases are rising in Kandhamal district while two local cases As farmlands are full of water, Committee towards 12 to July 19. symptoms was reported from were detected in Raikia. Such cases have left the administration and people worried. farmers are worried. They had the irregularities in Agarwal said that out of 35 pos- Khairput block, the Collector added. Considering the possible community transmission, the administration has declared 12 raised paddy in the land. The projects, June 23 itive cases, 20 were detected from With 35 fresh cases detected in nearby villages and Raikia town as containment zones. All the routes to the villages saplings will rot if water remains Malkangiri Municipality. From the the district Sunday, the total tally were sealed while 17 villages were declared as buffer zones. Meanwhile, health work- stagnant for days together, they renovation in 2004. against the errant contractor, they 20 people 19 people have contracted of the district now stands at 170. Out ers, officials, and ASHAs have launched house-to-house survey to detect suspected rued. The renovation of the projects alleged, demanding an investigation the disease from previous positive of the 170 people, 101 have recovered cases. It is yet to be ascertained how many people have come in contact with the two Similar situation has also come was allegedly botched up while the into the botched-up renovation cases in a containment zone and one from the disease. infected people. Fears of community spread of the virus prevailed in these villages. up in some low-lying areas of outlet area of the projects has not work of the projects. Tihidi block. Acres of farmlands been done properly. “As a result, Birendra Kumar Jagat, assis- in Bilana, Baro and Kanpada pan- water fails to come to the farm- tant engineer of the Talcher MIP Suspected Covid patients avoid seeking medical help chayats were inundated with water lands. The contractor and the of- sub-division, said, “The renova- from Hadagada dam. ficials of the minor irrigation de- tion was not botched up. The work KABISURYANAGAR: The coron- hospitals to get their swabs tested, spectively. Till Saturday, the tallies patients not turning up for volun- “The saplings are already under partment are responsible for the was done under the monitoring of avirus situation in Kabisuryanagar even when they have mild symp- of the block and NAC were 117 and tary swab tests, NAC and the af- water for the last four days. They mess,” local farmers alleged. the locals and Pani Panchayat mem- block and Kabisuryanagar NAC toms. Many such persons have said 100 respectively. And the total num- fected panchayat areas not getting will get damaged. The adminis- Local farmers of Kulama had bers. The project work is yet to be areas in Ganjam district continues that they are not going to hospitals ber of patients so far recovered disinfected, teams not being formed tration is responsible for such a sit- drawn attention of an Assembly completed while bill of the con- to deteriorate with each passing to avoid contracting coronavirus from both the block and NAC areas for disposal of COVID-19 bodies, uation while we have been bat- House Committee towards the ir- tractor has not been cleared. The day, if official numbers are any- infection. is 150. These two areas have so far home quarantined persons roaming tling against Covid-19 now,” regularities in the irrigation proj- allegation of irregularity is base- thing to go by. The block and NAC areas reported eight COVID-19 deaths in- free in markets could prove costly farmers Arun Jena, Parsuram ects, June 23. less. I welcome an investigation With panic setting in, people Saturday reported four and seven cluding two teachers. for the district administration in Jena, Sunilata Jena and The copies of their complaint into the work.” here are getting reluctant to go to fresh COVID-19 positive cases re- According to locals, suspected the days to come. Budhhiram Jena rued. GREEN DRIVE Quail farming makes Angul youth self-reliant

POST NEWS NETWORK costs about Rs. 45 to Rs 60.” HARD WORK PAYS OFF “Moreover, the meat of quail is Kaniha, July 12: A local youth in tastier than chicken. As the bird is Angul district has set an example Chinmaya Sahoo a hybrid variety of wild species of did not want to chase after a for several others of his genera- quail bird there is nothing illegal government job tion through quail (locally called after completion of his in its farming for poultry purposes,” Gunduri) farming, and becoming studies. Chinmaya expressed. self-sufficient. Quail eggs are sold for Rs 2 each. Chinmaya Sahoo, belongs to The birds start laying eggs within 50 Podagada in Sushruba panchayat First starting poultry, he days. Quails usually feed on the same under Kaniha block. He did not then learnt about quail cattle feed as other poultry birds. want to chase after a government farming from the internet and Chinmaya has already cleared job after completion of his stud- started it with up all his loans taken for quail ies. only `20,000 farming. Following in his footsteps, “With limited available fund of over 20 youths belonging to Angul my own I started quail farming a few and Deogarh districts have started years ago in order to eke out a liv- Chinmaya learnt about quail had visited several other farms in quail farming. ing. However, my business has farming from the internet. He had Angul district for this purpose and Reacting to this, Kaniha veteri- reached a satisfactory height and only Rs 20,000 to start with and bor- learnt from their experiences. nary doctor Kamal Lochan Das

I earn Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 every rowed another Rs 60,000 through a Sharing his own experience said, “The state government has

k y m c month,” Chinmaya said with a self-help group (SHG). The farming Chinmaya said that, “Quail birds are been providing assistance to un- sparkle in his eyes. started under an asbestos-roofed purchased for Rs 9 per chick. The employed youths under several If the state government support house, one and a half years ago. birds become worthy to be sold for schemes in order to make them is made available to him, his farm- Initially, Chinmaya was into poul- broiler purposes just within a span self-reliant. Process to provide sup- BSF jawans undertaking a plantation drive at their Laxmipur camp in Koraput OP PHOTO ing business will certainly flour- try as well as quail farming. Later, of one month. However, each bird port to Chinmaya has already ish further, the youth added. he focused only on the latter. He (giving maximum 250 gram of meat) begun.” P6 MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

FOCUS SOCIETY When thou callest another a fool,

as thou one must, sometimes, yet

k y m do not forget that thou thyself c hast been the supreme fool in humanity. SRI AUROBINDO DUBEY THE TIGER

he manner of Vikas of the March, 1993 bomb blasts. The Dubey’s murder (en- driver of the yellow taxi from the counter) would cause Cricket Club of India, obviously THE WORST T Joey the child in awe of from my home turf, Pratapgarh or Shane played by Alan Ladd to Rae Bareli, was averse to giving me scream: “that’s not fair – I hate his name even though I spoke in you.” A knee-jerk response to the his accents. Not a word by way of GET GOING Dubey saga would lead us nowhere reaction to the blasts or the pogrom without picking up the thread of which preceded it. I put it down to or the Congress party, Rajasthan seems to be going the Madhya Pradesh a perennially unjust system of my persistence, because quite (MP) way. A vertical split in the ruling party in MP brought down the which the police are the chosen abruptly he pulled up the taxi by FKamal Nath-led government in late March, days before the nation- cat’s paw. It reflects on the rot- the kerb and turned to me sharply. wide Lockdown was declared. Some reports at the time claimed that the tenness of the system that the real “Look, we were butchered in the Lockdown was delayed to allow this political event to play out. Current re- puppeteers, who pull the strings, riots, but after the blasts, things ports are that the Congress would face the same fate in Rajasthan; however seek to heap the odium exclusively have changed.” it has taken nearly four months of the critical lockdown period to take po- on the police. “We are no longer ‘dabey huey’ litical matters to a head in the state. It is known that there is no love lost be- Systemic injustice, the police or “cowering”. He continued, “enter tween Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, and “badmen” figure in my expe- any suburban train and say ‘Salam and a parting of ways is likely. rience in two clusters: the peaking Details recede when the larger-than-life alaekum’ and people give you the To begin with, the Congress leadership alone must take the blame for what’s Saeed Naqvi of urban terror at the hands of figure of Vikas Dubey, a Brahmin, takes on way.” happening to it on multiple fronts. On the one side, its governments are falling; Mumbai’s underworld after the The vengeance in his eyes was on the other, its young lot of leaders are either quitting, readying to quit or frightening 1993 pogrom and, of the might of the state which is increasingly in scary. “The state is too strong”, I have started openly airing their desperation about the lack of leadership and course, the badmen of Lucknow non-Brahmin hands – indeed in Thakur hands. said. But it is, I said almost to my- guidance at the highest level. It is obvious the Congress is going downhill. A KNEE-JERK during my growing up years. The self, equally true that a community Unlike Modi for the BJP, or certain regional leaders like Naveen Patnaik, Jagan badman of Lucknow was called You may not register these facts but ask the driven to hopelessness would ex- Reddy, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar or even Stalin for their respective RESPONSE TO Bakait or Badmaash which liter- Brahmins of Kanpur and they will read out their tract satisfaction from the actions parties, who are the darlings of the masses and most candidates contesting THE DUBEY ally means someone who lives on plaint: Chief Ministers of UP, Uttarakhand and of anybody who gave vent to the on the symbols propped by these leaders win hands down, the Congress today “ill-gotten livelihood.” That would community’s choked anger. is not only leaderless but seems to be paralysed and directionless. The days SAGA WOULD suggest that they were thieves; Himachal Pradesh are all Thakurs In these circumstances, con- of Indira Gandhi and her Garibi Hatao slogan are long gone. Today’s Sonia LEAD US which they were not. Honour was sider Vikas Dubey. In his list of Gandhi does, indeed, seem like a true foreigner who has absolutely no an article of faith. They were mo- This ignited jealousies, a class he faced murder charges. He ac- alleged murders there were inkling about the soul of India. The present socio-political-economic crisis NOWHERE halla or neighbourhood toughs, war -- English medium versus quired a status because of the pro- Brahmins too. But details recede that has befallen India is because of her long stint as the backseat driver of WITHOUT with clearly demarcated areas of Hindi/Urdu medium; not com- tection he provided to the poker- when the larger-than-life figure the Manmohan Singh government. It is a pity that a party which had been operation. These notional lines, munal, mind you. This was a cru- den run by the Heartwell brothers of Vikas Dubey, a Brahmin, takes destined to be dissolved immediately after Independence managed to sur- PICKING UP THE like all frontiers, could be pushed cial divide which amplified itself in their mini mansion not far from on the might of the state which is vive so long. What Mahatma Gandhi had desired as the future of the Congress depending on the Bakait’s per- into two class streams which, be- Rasheed’s buffalo shed. increasingly in non-Brahmin hands was absolutely correct. However, strong personalities seem to successively THREAD OF A sonality and that of other’s hold- lieve it or not, in some ways defined Khan Saheb had a word of praise – indeed in Thakur hands. You revive a dead horse called the Indian National Congress. Today’s Congress PERENNIALLY ing contiguous terrains. independent India. One stream for “Buddhu” Pahelwan’s valour may not register these facts but ask leadership should not be misinterpreted as At a time when the feudal order swelled the ranks of “boxwalas”, – “no one can attack him from the Brahmins of Kanpur and they being limited to a mother-son duo. The re- UNJUST SYSTEM was fading away nicely, noiselessly, Civil Service and other high-end front” – but he romanticised will read out their plaint: Chief cent decay in the Congress started more than OF WHICH THE selling their bungalows to builders careers. The other lot, with an “Nannhe” (Aslam Khan), a leg- Ministers of UP, Uttarakhand and a decade ago. People like Pranab Mukherjee, and cramming themselves on a ever expanding base, turned to end in Aminabad for his swift Himachal Pradesh are all Thakurs. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chidambaram, POLICE ARE THE floor without fuss, the Bakait political activism with a vengeance, knife-movement, a slight, brood- A community which basked for Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Gehlot, CHOSEN CAT’S served a purpose. He became the not as a cause but a profession. ing man whose rendezvous was the generations in the patronage of Kamal Nath and other such characters left Piate unofficial middleman between the The second cluster became the hair cutting saloon opposite Royal Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, a stench that successfully asphyxiated the PAW retiring gentry, for whom he had Bakait’s habitat. In retrospect, Talkies, popular with Lucknow’s Kamalapati Tripathi, Hemvati Congress. These individuals benefitted at Tathagata an old fashioned respect, and the everything falls into place, but for underclass because it screened Nandan Bahuguna and Narain the cost of the party for a very long time. Satpathy lower judiciary, the Kutchery, con- a debutante saga-boy, what fol- two Nadia-John Cawas movies, Dutt Tewari, must feel a little side- While the going was good, the worst got O stabulary, and the hangers on, lowed was intimidating. As I came back to back, for the price of one lined with the arrival of Mulayam going. These so-called leaders never tried lounging on cane furniture in the out of Royal Café, I was encircled ticket. Like swordsmanship, ex- Singh Yadav, Mayawati, Kalyan any course correction or did not bother to speak their minds when national unkept lawns of the new by a group led by a boy named pertise with Rampur knives was Singh and, now, Chief Minister interest should have been primary to them. This silence produced crea- political class. Atiq who lunged at me even as considered manly. Revolvers were Adityanath. tures like Ahmed Patel and a bunch of other figures who claimed to repre- My exposure to a Bakait was the menacing figure of Buddhu effete even though Pyarey Jaani, Bihar’s Director General of sent the minorities which eventually did not make much sense in the greater through our driver, Khan Saheb Pahelwan, the Bakait from Nrahi in his trench coat, had consider- Police, Gupteshwar Pandey put interest of the Congress or the country. Young or old, anyone who gets po- Nazir whose protective instincts near Hazratganj loomed in the able aura in Nakkhas and Chowk, his finger on something while crit- litical recognition must understand that the political outfit that offers them for the family came into play when background. Worse was in store but his one hand always on the re- icising on Primetime TV a tweet the recognition must not only be remembered with gratitude but they also he received word that in the course for the timely arrival of Khan volver in his pocket. There was which had gone viral: “Dubey was have to ensure that every act of that party is pro-people and favouring na- of growing up, I had audaciously Saheb, with Rasheed Ghosi (milk- no recorded case of the revolver tiger for Brahmins.” In doing so, tional interests. Unfortunately for the Congress, the present crop at the exceeded my brief. I was seen in man) in tow. Rasheed knew ever having been used. It was de- Pandey was giving even wider cur- helm knows only how to ‘take’. The party’s culture did not teach them how Royal Café with the well groomed “Buddhu” Pahelwan. The situation terrence, Lucknow style. rency to a dangerous thought par- to ‘give’. This translated into the actions of these Congress leaders while they students of Isabella Thoburn was thus defused. Other than sup- Deterrence had given way to ticularly in the context of UP today. were dealing with subjects that had great political importance for India. The College, a revolutionary violation plying milk to our neighbourhood, open warfare when I turned up The writer is a veteran other sad part of the Congress was that it did not allow local leadership to of Lucknow’s gender segregation. Rasheed’s claim to fame was that in Mumbai to gauge the aftermath journalist and columnist. blossom and grow. The party that once took pride of its mass involvement has now degenerated to appoint moneybags as Pradesh Congress chiefs. Even in a state like Odisha, it is hilarious to observe a huge cutout of the PCC chief looking down while some minor office bearers hold a press conference. A SPECTRUM MARKETS political non-entity, incapable of winning even an Assembly seat for him- self, has the audacity to cling to the post of State chief primarily because of reasons that even the common voter understands. If this be the case in Odisha, obviously the same situation is replicated all over. A major reason for this is the attitude of destroying ground level political activists with a convincing political ethos. The downfall of the Congress has not been Rise and rise of prices in Covid times brought about by the BJP. The party has been decimated by the people of India for the misbehaviour of the leadership. ising food prices are adding The farm sector is in trouble as given to the poor by the govern- tinued to add to the rise in prices. As far as politicians like Scindia or Pilot are concerned, their urgency to to the woes of post-corona input costs have increased manifold. ment. It is said that in about 11 Interestingly enough despite free grab office is making their political longevity shaky. There is no doubt that Rlockdown recovery. Some Even irrigating the fields cost more states free food grain distribution supplies, the prices have not come the BJP today is also going the Congress way, fast. There are reports that keep- states are in quandary whether to than double as the administered has not been implemented as down in rural markets either. ing Bihar and Nitish Kumar as examples, the BJP leadership desires to have allow full opening or continue with price of diesel is creating new planned. The prices of edible oils too have non-entities as state Chief Ministers. This is obviously the outcome of the half-shut half-open measures. This records. People are not benefici- According to official data, 36 noticed significant rise all over. Central leader’s desire that every one down the line must only be a Yes is adding to supply problems cre- aries of the crash in crude prices states and UTs lifted 6.38 lath met- The village markets have seen spike man. This is precisely what Indira Gandhi had started in the Congress and ating artificial shortage. This is a to around $40 a barrel. Taxes and ric tonnes (mt) out of the 8 lakh mt in locally produced oils. This has those acts took many decades to bear fruit. Now in these modern times, the double whammy. Recession has hit higher prices have acted heavily. The allocated under Atmanirbhar happened due to rise in mustard and results may show up much quicker. not only India but the entire world. official view that petroleum prod- Bharat for May and June for mi- other oilseeds prices, labour costs, The types of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot may get temporary re- The rising cost of transportation, ucts are used only for transporta- grant workers. Till June 30, 1.07 electricity and diesel prices. Overall prieve and some solace by joining the BJP and toppling their respective state due to unprecedented hike in ad- tion and higher fares or freight lakh mt, about 13 per cent food expelling and freight costs have governments. Apart from the hugely differing political culture between the Shivaji Sarkar ministered petroleum prices, is can make up for the losses is a fal- grain was distributed. Andhra increased. Congress and the BJP, these young leaders have definitely marred their im- telling on the people. With reduced lacy. Any society that pays higher Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, In June, the RBI noticed that the ages in the public mind. In a feudal society where ideologies do not matter purchasing power, inflation has fuel cost suffers more than one Ladakh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, inflationary situation has returned to anyone, betrayal is perceived negatively. A case in point is that of THE OFFICIAL VIEW added not only to the problems of way. It erodes income, reduces pur- Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, since April, when the price index Chandrababu Naidu whose flirtations and later distancing with the BJP com- consumers but also of farmers. chasing capacity and causes over- Telangana and Tripura distrib- surged by 8.6 per cent from 5.8 per pletely destroyed him. There in Andhra Pradesh, the current Chief Minister THAT PETROLEUM Despite higher minimum support all slowdown at a time when pace uted not more than one per cent of cent in March owing to price spurt Jagan Reddy seems to be playing a smarter ‘blow-hot-blow-cold’ game with prices, the farmer has not been in production is a must. So, rising the food lifted! of vegetable, cereals, milk, pulses, the BJP. PRODUCTS ARE able to get even the minimum. food prices in reality is a pre-corona The crisis has been building up edible oil and sugar. The long impasse and later conciliation with the Scindia faction in MP USED ONLY FOR Additionally, since dhabas, hotels phenomenon. The latest 20 to 40 on the price front since the 2019 The MPC says it is necessary clearly demonstrated what the future portends for that group within the BJP. and processing plants remain under per cent rise in prices of vegetables General Elections. FCI procured to ease financial conditions The story of Aaya Ram Gaya Ram is not new in Indian politics. However, TRANSPORTATION lockdown the demand for most veg- is attributed to higher labour costs 36 million tonnes prior to that in further. It has reduced interest the present voter was hoping that politicians will be guided by their economic AND HIGHER FARES etables or food grains is low. It has and 15 to 20 per cent more trans- 2018, the highest since 2012-13, prior rates, which have hurt the and social commitments that they stood for when they were in the party that a direct bearing on most farm pro- portation costs. to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. It depositors, senior citizens and the they represented. The fluidity in Indian political character seems to have OR FREIGHT CAN duces. For example, corn fetched Rs Supplies have reduced by about swelled FCI stocks to 75 million poor the most. In fact, cut in interest returned with force. If the Gandhis really want the Congress to survive as MAKE UP FOR THE 2,200 per quintal in 2019 but this year 15 per cent due to summer rains tonnes – 33 million tonnes of wheat rate has not helped anybody. a political instrument to serve the interests of India, then Sonia, Rahul and it is difficult to get even one-fourth damaging the vegetable crop. The and 42 million tonnes of rice, and Rather, it has caused hardships Priyanka should announce their complete withdrawal from public life. If the LOSSES IS A of the price. So a farmer who earned shortage of labour following re- is estimated to be about one-third and further reduced purchasing mother-son duo would resign from Lok Sabha and party posts, the nation Rs 20 plus lakh last year, despite bet- verse migration has increased of the total production. This has power of the most vulnerable may witness a total political transformation that could help India become FALLACY ter production is content with just wages of the labourers. These all been utilised well for distribution classes. The high income-tax, bank a stronger democracy. For one, the people in power will have to stop blam- Rs 5 lakh. Similarly, potato and reflect in vegetables and other food till coming November at a cost of charges, rude bank staff ing the past and will be compelled to produce results. other vegetables see a slump. So the grain prices. Even prices of rice and Rs 1.5 lakh crore. But the mismatch behaviour and tax on deposits are price for the consumer is high. The wheat have increased in the mar- in distribution, the market sup- further hurting the economy. farmer, however, has an earning. ket despite a massive dole being plies and other factors have con- – INFA WISDOM CORNER

Speak, so that I may see you. Dubey, temple Poor and liquor Tribals, ITDA SOCRATES Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and Sir, The irrationality underlying the purification ritual per- Sir, Most of the middle class Sir, During the 1980s, the government had, lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not formed at the Shank Dwar of the Mahakaleswar temple in Ujjain and the poor are passing in order to ameliorate the plight of tribals, the voices, but weigh them. etters after the dreaded criminal Vikas Dubey entered the temple is through a difficult situa- setup Integrated Tribal Development Agencies IMMANUEL KANT glaring. Lord Shiva is The Pure One, The Auspicious, neutral tion due to the Covid-19 pan- (ITDAs) to improve their livelihood. Sadly, Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach to human sins and virtues, and not affected by the three Gunas demic. The daily wager, the these have become centres for vested inter- him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life. TOL THE EDITOR of the Prakriti. His presence, chanting of His name, purifies private service holder and ests to siphon off funds in crores. Recently, CONFUCIUS Readers of Orissa POST the surroundings. Then how can His premises be polluted by the small businessmen are there was an incident of such a loot via are most welcome to contribute letters the presence of a criminal? Is not the premises polluted by pres- facing a problem to man- forged signatures by an official of the ITDA. (200 words), articles and ence/visit of the officials/politicians who are epitomes of de- age their families with too Earlier, some incidents of loot of funds in columns (between 750-1250 LOL words). Contributors are sires, temptations, ego, corruption, criminal records and dis- little or no income. Vegetable crores from MGNREGS and projects relat- requested to send their honesty? How can Ganga jal purify the premises of the Pure prices are rising in Odisha. ing to plantation, building and road con- Constant complaining Surprisingly, the waiter contact numbers and full One from whose matted lock the flowing Ganga purifies the But our administration is struction, as also for laying electric lines to

was very patient, he walked postal address/email ID. They may also world? Does it mean that purity of the Lord depends on bringing down the liquor tribal hostels and educational institutions

k y m back and forth and never once got angry. send in their valuable comments, opinion c customer was bothering the waiter in human-conducted purification rituals? Is not the ritual to pu- prices. Are vegetables and had raised controversy. The government So finally, a second customer asked him and suggestions, preferably by email, a restaurant. First, he asked that the to: [email protected] rify The Pure an act of blasphemy? Unfortunately, the more groceries more necessary has failed to act in a proper manner against A why he didn't throw out the pest. air conditioning be turned up because he “Oh, I really don't care or mind,” said the we claim a civilized status, the clearer we display our stupidity for life, or wine? the guilty. Sadly, even elected tribal leaders was too hot, then he asked it be turned waiter with a smile. “We don't even have by making a departure from the core of the ‘real’ -- the Truth. are not taking such matters seriously. down cause he was too cold, and so on for an air conditioner.” Santosh Kumar Mohanty, about half an hour. B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010 Maguni Charan Behera, EMAIL CUTTACK Janaki Ballav Dash, MAYURBHANJ UTTAR PRADESH P7 MAHARASHTRA

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k y m Ex-HC judge to probe Dubey episode WINGED MENACE c UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to probe the incidents and submit a report within 2 months

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and it will be based in Kanpur. Meanwhile, a government state- SIT REACHES BIKRU VILLAGE Lucknow, July 12: The Uttar ment said the one-member com- Pradesh additional chief secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy, who is heading Pradesh government Sunday con- mission will also probe the gang- the special investigation team probing the local police's alleged stituted a one-member commission ster's relationship with police and connivance with slain gangster Vikas Dubey, Sunday visited Bikru to probe the Kanpur ambush and po- people from various departments. village near Kanpur where eight policemen were ambushed by the lice encounter with gangster It will suggest ways so as to pre- henchmen of the gangster. Bhoosreddy was accompanied by Vikas Dubey. vent such a repetition in future, it additional DG Hariram Sharma and DIG J Ravindra Gaud who are part UP Governor Anandiben Patel ap- said. A government spokesperson of the SIT. The team which arrived here early Sunday will also probe pointed retired Allahabad High said the killing of eight police- the role of Dubey's sympathisers and political patronisers, said an Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal men in the ambush on the inter- official. According to the official, the SIT reached Bikru village where to probe the incidents and submit vening night of July 2 and 3 by they inspected the site of the ambush to get an idea about how the a report within two months, ac- Vikas Dubey and his henchmen policemen including a deputy SP walked into the trap set by Dubey cording to a government and the gangster's encounter on falling to a shower of bullets fired from rooftops, the official added. notification. July 10 are a subject of public im- Any change in its tenure shall be portance. encounters in the period from July government had constituted a spe- A man beats a utensil to drive away a swarm of locusts, during the total lockdown imposed by the state government at the behest of the government, it Hence, their probe is essential, 2-3 to 10.Earlier, the Congress had cial investigation team to probe all for three consecutive days, in Lucknow, Sunday said. The panel was set up under the the spokesperson said, adding that demanded a judicial probe by a aspects related to the slain gang- Commission of Inquiries Act, 1952 the panel will also investigate all sitting Supreme Court judge into ster besides the alleged laxity and the entire episode to bring out the role of the local police. truth and identify those who had Additional Chief Secretary “granted protection” to Dubey. Sanjay Bhoosreddy is heading the Shiv Sena, NCP churn already The Congress demanded that team, which will have Additional the unholy nexus between organ- DG Hari Ram Sharma and DIG ised crime and the ilk of Vikas Ravinder Goud as its members, Dubey with those sitting in the according to an official statement. choppy waters in Maharashtra echelons of power be probed by a The SIT will submit its report sitting Supreme Court judge, party by July 31 after looking into all AGENCIES spokesperson Randeep Singh the angles, studying all related Surjewala had said at a press con- documents and spot inspection in Mumbai, July 12: That the three- ference. Congress general secretary Kanpur, it said. party ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (MVA) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too had de- The team has been asked to government in Maharashtra, which manded a judicial probe by a sit- probe what effective action was consists of disparate allies like ting SC judge. taken in all cases lodged against the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress On Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh Dubey. Party (NCP) and the Congress, is running a four-legged race is ob- vious. But apart from being a clumsy combination due to the clockwork Stop ‘playing with lives of students’ precision that those in the team often find it tough to achieve, such races often see the runners stum- AGENCIES which is on the State list, higher bling and having a hard fall much n The UGC July 6 had announced that education is on the concurrent to their embarrassment. Mumbai, July 12: The minister final-year list. UGC and AICTE directives Like it happened with the MVA of higher education and technical examinations in have to be implemented," Higher regarding the transfer of 10 deputy education of Maharashtra, Uday universities will have Education Secretary Amit Khare commissioners of police (DCP) in DISPARATE ALLIES Samant Sunday, questioned the to be organised by the told The Hindu. Mumbai, which were announced University Grants Commission's end of September, The University Grants and revoked within two days after The NCP is said to be In what led to a churn in The Sena prevailed on the (UGC) guidelines on exams, saying deferring the Commission (UGC) on July 6 had the intervention of Chief Minister upset at Uddhav’s moves already choppy waters, NCP to ensure that these that coronavirus had entered "safe schedule from July announced that final-year exam- Uddhav Thackeray. to gradually ease the the NCP sprung a five corporators were spaces" like Raj Bavan and also inations in universities will have The state government also had lockdown restrictions in surprise on the Shiv Sena returned to its flock. nSeveral states have infected veteran actor Amitabh to be organised by the end of to face embarrassment after the the state, instead of by wooing away five of However, it became termed the guidelines allowing normalcy to Bachchan. September, deferring the sched- Mumbai police tried to enforce an its corporators from obvious that the allies may unfeasible in view of resume sooner Ahmednagar district be acting at cross purposes Samant, in a Twitter post writ- the Covid-19 situation ule from July in view of a spike in order meant to ensure that citi- ten in Marathi, said: "Corona in Raj and some chief Covid-19 cases in the country. zens restricted themselves to an Bhavan .. Corona to Amitabhji .. ministers have also Earlier, in a letter to Human area in a 2-km radius from their wary of the rising anti-incum- Singh, which were passed off as Corona was able to reach such a written to the PM Resource Development Minister homes. Barricades and nakaban- bency against the regime due to the routine, internal ones. safe place .. Will HRD and UGC seeking his Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, dis set up to implement the diktat rising number of Covid-19 cases “When it comes to police post- agree now that conducting exams intervention Samant said that the new UGC, issued by Commissioner of Police and disruptions to the economy ings in Mumbai, it is obvious that is playing with the lives of stu- guidelines on exams should be Parambir Singh led to massive caused by a continuing lockdown. the Shiv Sena will want a say. This dents .. Will Bhushan Patwardhan state but said candidates willing exams in all the state government- “advisory” not “mandatory”. traffic snarls and had to be with- On Monday evening, Uddhav incident shows that we need bet- side with Maharashtra now ??" to appear for tests could inform run universities, the UGC said Several states have termed the drawn subsequently. The NCP is met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar ter co-ordination among ourselves. Last month, the Maharashtra their respective institutions in that it was not permissible for guidelines unfeasible in view of the said to be upset at Uddhav’s moves to iron out these differences. A The chief minister’s consent will government cancelled the final writing. states to take such actions. Covid-19 situation and some chief to gradually ease the lockdown re- senior Shiv Sena leader claimed be necessary when it comes to run- year and final semester exams in On Sunday, after the Delhi gov- "As per the UGC Act, State gov- ministers have also written to strictions in the state, instead of al- that even home minister Anil ning the government and taking ad- various universities due to the ernment also decided to cancel all ernments cannot take this deci- Prime Minister Modi seeking his lowing normalcy to resume sooner. Deshmukh was unaware of the ministrative decisions,” rising coronavirus cases in the upcoming semester and final year sion. Unlike school education, intervention. The Congress and NCP are also exact extent of the transfers by he explained.

AKHILESH ON ONLINE CLASSES Mission Unlock falters as virus cases spike Poorer students getting AGENCIES are to be allowed. The announcement comes after Mumbai, July 12: The Maharashtra a meeting chaired by Maharashtra step-motherly treatment government's 'Mission Begin Again' deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar plan to slowly let businesses open up with senior government officials PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the livelihood of the teachers and in a bid to revive the state's economy, in Pune. The Thane Municipal other employees working in the has run into a hurdle with the state Corporation, which had announced Lucknow, July 12: Samajwadi educational institutions that government pushing districts and a lockdown for 10 days from July 2 Party president Akhilesh Yadav got closed due to the COVID-19 civic bodies into a further lockdown. to July 12, has also now decided to accused the Centre of follow- pandemic. The purpose of that plan, extend it till July 19. ing wrong policies in the edu- Yadav pointed out that there launched in June, was to allow busi- Aurangabad is also under a lock- cation sector, alleging that it was pressure on the school man- nesses to open up simultaneously. down from July 10 to July 19. The had led to chaos. agements not to take fees dur- But a fresh lockdown has put a Mumbai police has already issued Schools and colleges are ing this period, following which question mark on the whole plan as orders that make it difficult for peo- closed because of corona. For on- he said the guardians who were restrictions have made it difficult ple to travel from one part of the city line classes, the children be- in a position to pay fees were not for businesses to function. to another. To make matters worse, longing to poor families do not doing so. In its latest announcement Friday, neighbouring cities such as Navi have smartphones, Yadav said As a result, he added, over the Maharashtra government im- Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli have run a business Our employees are ment trader from Mumbai. even when the state has allowed them in a statement. There is a prob- 10 lakh employees were facing posed a lockdown in Pune and the all gone into a lockdown. finding it difficult to come to work, To give an example of how the to function from 9 am to 7 pm. It does- lem of network connectivity at immense hardships. neighbouring towns of Pimpri and If you hinder people's movement we are already facing losses. There new relaxations under Mission n't make sense to open your shop and many places, especially in vil- According to Yadav, some pri- Chinchwad from July 13 to July 23. and also impose stringent condi- is no point in allowing businesses Begin Again are not making sense, see no customers come. We have over- lages vate colleges had paid salaries Only milk shops, pharmacies, doc- tions, asking them not even to step to start when you are placing such several shops in the city are shut- heads to pay like electricity charges, The online classes are only for March and April, while there tor's clinics and emergency services out for groceries, then how can you restrictions, said a Jayesh T, a gar- ting down their businesses by 3 pm, said a shopkeeper from CST. helpful for those belonging to af- are others who have not paid fluent families and the students the salaries even for the month belonging to the Scheduled of March. Castes, Scheduled Tribes are This is a serious problem be- getting stepmotherly treatment fore the people who are de- Cong to fight UP polls ‘under Priyanka Gandhi’s leadership’ from the government, pendent on teaching work for Yadav said. their livelihood and some of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA in an interview. ple. On some BJP leaders dubbing afraid (sarkaar darri hui hai) and nificantly declined. You can see for The SP leader alleged the BJP them are facing depression, Priyanka Gandhi will be the face Priyanka Gandhi as a Twitter leader, entangled (phansi hui hai). Hence, yourself the condition in which government did not think about he said. Lucknow, July 12: Congress gen- of our party. The party will become Lallu said, This (UP) it is speaking in this manner. the SP, BSP and BJP eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi the voice of the people and they government is afraid When asked as to We have ruled this state. Vadra will be the face of the party will shower their blessings on of Priyanka Gandhi. whether the Congress will forge an In the past (dur- in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly us, he said. She took to the is lagging behind as alliance with the ing the elections, UP Congress chief Ajay The UP Congress chief asserted streets, and fought far as preparations public, democracy, youth, Congress Kumar Lallu said Sunday. that the public sentiment of UP for tribals of for the 2022 UP polls farmers, poor, Dalits, rule), UP was He also made it clear that the is that we should form the gov- Sonbhadra despite are concerned, the oppressed and deprived known by its Congress will not enter into a tie- ernment under her 'dekh-rekh' being detained by the UP Congress chief people industries, up with any political party, but (monitoring). state government. The said, The Congress is small-scale in- will forge an alliance with the pub- To a question on forging any pre- way she is cornering the continuously raising is- AJAY KUMAR LALLU dustries and UP CONGRESS CHIEF lic, democracy, youth, farmers, poll or post-poll alliance government on al- sues, which directly and in- sugar mills. poor, Dalits, oppressed and de- during polls, Lallu said, most every directly impact the public of the Today, on the con- prived people. Congress will not issue, it state. We are consistently strength- trary, a large number of sugar mills UP is her land. She (Priyanka enter into an alliance seems it ening our voice. The Congress is be- are lying closed. Gandhi) hails from this place. She with any political is feel- coming the voice of the people on The traditional industries asso-

and her family have an affection party in UP. We will ing various issues, even as the state ciated with a particular district are

k y m c for the soil of UP, and for the crores forge an alliance government is engaging itself in also in a bad condition, be it the of people of UP. She resides in the with the public, anti-people activities. glass bangles of Firozabad, locks of heart of crores of people of the democracy, youth, He also claimed that since 1989, Aligarh, leather of Kanpur, brass state. And undoubtedly under her farmers, poor, the time from which the Congress of Moradabad or carpets of Bhadohi. leadership, the party will contest the Dalits, oppressed has been out of power in UP, the de- The condition of weavers in the UP Assembly elections, he told PTI and deprived peo- velopment of the state has sig- state is very bad, Lallu said. P8 OVER 400 CASES HEARD MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR BY NGT TILL JUNE 30 What has happened that under Modi rule, China Over 400 cases were heard till took away Mother India's June 30 by the National Green sacred land Tribunal via video conferencing RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER during the lockdown period,

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of the day uote CORONA CASES NEAR Covid victim’s body carried in auto China and India stand The visuals of the body being carried in the three-wheeler in total violation of the guidelines for very transporting the bodies of COVID-19 victims, went viral on social media Saturday differently at the 8.5L, 63% RECOVER UN, in terms of their perspective and INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE an inquiry into the incident and dis- approach Focussed and coordinated steps taken in tandem by TELANGANA SHOCKER missed a municipal employee, who the Centre along with the states through a 'whole of Hyderabad, July 12: In a shock- The body was being Protection Equipment (PPE) kits. was working on contract basis. SYED AKBARUDDIN | INDIA'S FORMER ing incident highlighting the utter The incident occurred Friday The collector said the relatives of PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AT THE UN government' approach, bolstered by effective clinical negligence of health officials in shifted from Government but the video of the body being car- the deceased were not ready to wait management of Covid after early detection and timely Telangana's Nizamabad town, body General Hospital in the ried in the three-wheeler surfaced for the ambulance and insisted that Just learnt of a COVID-19 victim was carried Saturday. The body was being shifted they be allowed to carry the body in that Amitabh diagnosis, led to a consistent increase in the recovered in an autorickshaw. town to the graveyard. from Government General Hospital their own autorickshaw. The hospital Bachchan has cases, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare The visuals of the body being Since ambulance was not in the town to the graveyard. Since authorities arranged for a contract tested Covid-19 carried in the three-wheeler in total the ambulance was not available at municipal employee to accompany positive. His violation of the guidelines for trans- available at the hospital, the hospital, the body was carried the body to the graveyard. message of Mission porting the bodies of COVID-19 vic- the body was carried in a three-wheeler. Taking a serious note of the in- Fateh has inspired tims, went viral on social media Hospital sources said four pa- cident, Director of Medical millions here in Punjab Saturday. in a three-wheeler tients succumbed to COVID-19 on Education Dr Ramesh Reddy di- AMARINDER SINGH | PUNJAB CM The body was seen protruding Friday. Both the ambulances at the rected the hospital superintendent from both sides of the vehicle as it said to be a relative of the deceased hospital were pressed into service to to file criminal cases against those was kept at the bottom of the rear nor the local municipal employee sit- carry the bodies. Nizamabad District employees handed over the body for The Assam seat. Neither the autorickshaw driver, ting with him was wearing Personal collector C. Narayana Reddy ordered transporting it in an autorickshaw. government would allow non-symptomatic COVID-19 positive Shiv Sena (Taksali) patients to go for BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL home quarantine chief arrested only if they sign an undertaking INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ture dedicated to providing med- agreeing to certain conditions ical attention to the COVID af- New Delhi, July 12: As India Sunday fected includes 1,370 Dedicated INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE HIMANTA BISWA SARMA | ASSAM MINISTER recorded 8.5 lakh coronavirus cases, COVID Hospitals (DCH), 3,062 the testing per million crossed 8,000 Dedicated COVID Health Centres Chandigarh, July 12: Punjab figure with 62.93 per cent patients re- (DCHC), and 10,334 COVID Care Police Sunday arrested Shiv Sena SHORT TAKES covering from the disease, a positive Centres (CCC). (Taksali) chief Sudhir Suri over sign amid pandemic. For the successful operation of a viral video clip allegedly den- Focussed and coordinated steps these facilities, the Centre has so igrating women and inciting en- DMK MLA held taken in tandem by the Centre far provided 122.36 lakh Personal mity between different groups, along with the states and the Union Protective Equipment (PPE) kits, after a nearly 1,300-km chase that Chennai: Tamil Nadu Police Territories (UTs) through a 'whole 223.33 lakh N95 masks, and 21,685 ended in Indore in Madhya Sunday arrested DMK of government' approach, bolstered ventilators to various states and UTs Pradesh. lawmaker representing by effective clinical management Two police teams, comprising Thiruporur, L. Idhayavarman, and central institutions. in connection with shooting of COVID-19 after early detection Enabling factors like removing 11 personnel of Amritsar (Rural), at an AMMK party worker and timely diagnosis, led to a con- all impediments for COVID-19 test- arrested Suri, said Director over a land dispute. sistent increase in the recovered ing and facilitation of widespread General of Police (DGP) Dinkar According to police, on late cases, said the Ministry of Health testing by states and UTs contin- Gupta, adding a manhunt had Saturday, Idhayavarman's and Family Welfare. ues to result in a steady rise in the been launched for him after the father Lakshmipathi fired In the last 24 hours, the Ministry, samples tested every day and dur- release of a video with alleged three rounds after he and his however, said a total of 19,235 peo- ing the last 24 hours 2,80,151 sam- derogatory remarks against supporters were attacked by ple were cured of COVID-19. This ples have been tested, it said. women, followed by a Facebook the AMMK party worker's has resulted in the cumulative total "The cumulative number of sam- video in which he had subse- friend Kumar over a land number of recovered cases rising ples tested as of now is 1,15,87,153. quently claimed that the objec- dispute. Lakshmipathi fired to 5,34,620 on Sunday."The recovery As a result of these efforts, the tionable video clip was a voiceover at AMMK worker rate has presently improved to testing per million for India is by some other person using his Thandavamurthy's car in 62.93 per cent," the Ministry said. presently 8,396.4," the Ministry name. which the assailants were As more people are recovering said. A crucial supporting factor in The DGP said on July 8, after escaping at Thiruporur in due to all-round efforts, the re- progressive rise in testing num- the first video went viral and Chengalpattu district. The covered cases exceed active cases bers is continuous expansion of the was heavily criticised both in police have seized two pistols by 2,42,362, it said, adding medical country-wide diagnostic lab net- India and abroad, the police in one of which was licensed to the DMK lawmaker. attention is being provided to all work, which as on date comprises Amritsar had booked Suri under the 2,92,258 active cases. 850 labs in the government sector and A wild deer crosses the National Highway-37 in search for safer place near the flood-hit Kaziranga National Park in various sections of the Indian The present health infrastruc- 344 private labs, totalling 1,194 labs. Nagaon district of Assam, Sunday PTI PHOTO Penal Code. Five killed Dumka/Giridih: Five persons Ashram owner held LESS POMP were killed and one injured 2 key accused brought to Kerala after being struck by lightning in Jharkhand's for sexual abuse Dumka and Giridih districts, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA BONALU FEST CELEBRATION officials said. According to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE GOLD RACKET Dumka Sub-Divisional Thiruvananthapuram, July 12: A LOW-KEY AFFAIR THIS YEAR Officer Maheshwar Mahato, Muzaffarnagar (UP), July 12: The two key accused in the gold he National Investigation Agency hey were taken to the Aluva lightning struck 30-year-old Children at an ashram in smuggling case in Kerala, Swapna TSaturday took into custody Suresh and Thospital in Ernakulam for the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Somlal Besra and 20- year- Shukratal, in Muzaffarnagar dis- Suresh and Sandeep Nair, were Nair, both on the run, in connection with mandatory COVID-19 test before being old Rajiv Hansda when they trict, have said that the ashram brought to the state on Sunday, a day the bid to smuggle over 30 kg of gold using produced in the NIA court in Kochi Hyderabad, July 12: The famous were having snacks at a diplomatic channel through the owner, known as 'Maharaj', would after being taken into custody by the ongress and BJP attacked the Ujjaini Mahankali temple in roadside eatery at force them to drink alcohol saying NIA in Bangalore, as Congress Thiruvananthapuram international airport Secunderabad wore a deserted Makrampur in Masalia police CLDF government, seeking to know it was a "Coronavirus medicine". workers staged protests against he two were taken into custody a look as the annual festival Bonalu station area. Both of them how the prime accused could flee The owner of Godiya Math them at several places. day after the NIA began investigations was celebrated sans the devotees died on the spot, Mahato T the state capital when a triple Ashram, Swami Bhakti Bhushan They were taken to the Aluva hos- in the case following a Union Home Sunday due to COVID-19 pandemic. contain the spread of COVID-19. said. Shop owner Bablu Das lockdown was in place to check the a.k.a Maharaj, was arrested, late pital in Ernakulam for the manda- Ministry order Telangana's Animal Husbandry "We have taken this measure for (27) was admitted to a coronavirus spread health centre with burn on Thursday night after a com- tory COVID-19 test before being pro- Minister T. Srinivas Yadav along the safety of the people. They injuries, he said. plaint was filed by child helpline duced in the NIA court in Kochi, with few other officials made the should celebrate Bonalu at home," against him. Ten young boys, who official sources said. Congress and are among the four people booked in Thrissur district and also gath- offerings to the goddess on be- he said. The temple, which used were allegedly sexually harassed, BJP attacked the LDF government, by the central agency in connec- ered near the Aluva hospital. The half of the state government while by thronged by thousands of devo- thrashed and forced to work as seeking to know how the prime ac- tion with the case of smuggling of opposition party has been de- the temple priests conducted the tees every year, wore a deserted Bodies found labourers, were also rescued from cused could flee the state capital the gold which arrived in a diplo- manding the resignation of Chief rituals. All the roads leading to the look. This is said to be the first Sonarpur (WB): Blood-soaked the ashram, three days go. when a triple lockdown was in place matic baggage at the airport and Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the temple were barricaded by the time in the temple's history that bodies of an elderly man and An FIR was also lodged on to check the coronavirus spread. seized by the Customs on July 5. case as the woman was found em- police to prevent people from gath- devotees have not participated a woman were recovered Thursday against the ashram The National Investigation The two were taken into custody ployed in the state I-T department ering for the festival. The gov- in the celebrations. from their residence at owner under IPC section 377 (un- Agency (NIA) Saturday took into a day after the NIA began investi- and sacked after her name was ernment had asked the people to Officials said restrictions around Sonarpur in South 24 natural offences) and under var- custody Suresh and Nair, both on gations in the case following a linked to the smuggling bid. celebrate Bonalu at home. the temple would continue till Parganas district Saturday, ious sections of the POCSO Act. the run, in connection with the bid Union Home Ministry order. Sunday, Leader of the Opposition in the Some devotees including Monday when Rangam ritual will police said. Basudeb Ganguli The children rescued from to smuggle over 30 kg of gold using Youth Congress workers held a assembly Ramesh Chennithala on women were seen trying to pro- be performed. The elephant pro- (76) and his step-daughter Godiya Math Ashram were aged diplomatic channel through the protest at the Walayar check-post Sunday lashed out at the state gov- ceed towards the temple but were cession will not be conducted this Sumita Pandit (38) were between seven and 16 and hail Thiruvananthapuram interna- on Tamil Nadu-Kerala border in ernment, seeking to know how the stopped and sent back by the po- year. The month-long festival began found in a pool of blood at from the states of Tripura, tional airport. Palakkad district as the two ac- key accused escaped to Bengaluru lice. Srinivas Yadav said the devo- on June 25 with the celebrations Sukanta Sarani, when police Mizoram and Assam. The chil- Suresh, a former employee of cused were brought to the state. from Thiruvananthapuram, where tees should understand that reli- at the Sri Jagadamba temple atop arrived at the house after a dren were rescued by a team of the UAE consulate in The Congress workers staged a a triple lockdown has been imple- gious gatherings were banned to the historic Golconda Fort. domestic help informed state child care helpline and police Thiruvananthapuram, and Nair protest at Paliyekkara Toll plaza mented from July 6. neighbours, they said. The on Tuesday after a tip-off. four-year-old son of Pandit The children had been sent to has said his parents were INCREASING SUICIDAL TENDENCY engaged in a heated the ashram by trusting parents argument prior to the with limited means, in hope of incident, according to a giving them a good education. police officer. "Maharaj would make us drink 'Corona virus medicine'. Then he 66 children killed selves during lockdown in Kerala would get naked and lie down, show us dirty films and do bad PRESS TRUST OF INDIA not attending the ongoing online children should be noted by the Girl ends life things to us," a 10-year-old from classes, or a parent questioning a family members and if they find Nagpur: A 19-year-old girl Mizoram said in a statement to Thiruvananthapuram, July 12: child for downloading a sleazy video something amiss, the district psy- allegedly committed suicide the Child Welfare Committee. At least 66 children have ended on the smart phone and the con- chosocial help desk should be in- in Nagpur in Maharashtra The boy was among 10 rescued their lives in Kerala since the stant rift between the parents were formed, she said. after her brother refused to earlier this week after a tip-off COVID-19 lockdown began on among the reasons which triggered A 15-member team of Students allow her to use his mobile from a whistle-blower who had March 25 with youngsters facing the suicidal tendency, he said. Police Cadets will be constituted phone, a police official said been evicted for objecting to the sex- stress unable to bear the un- As the schools have not yet re- in each of the 14 districts to help Sunday. A Hudkeshwar ual abuse. Medical examination precedented situation where schools opened due to the lockdown, the the children needing any assis- police station official said confirmed four of them had been are shut and friends are out of children are unable to meet their tance, police sources said. the deceased had been sexually assaulted. reach to share their woes. friends and share their problems. Education should not be a com- asking her parents to buy Muzaffarnagar SSP Abhishek According to Chief Minister Vijayan said though the parents petition, but a means to gain knowl- her a mobile phone but the Yadav said: "The 'Maharaj' is a Pinarayi Vijayan, there has been an were intervening keeping in mind edge, Vijayan said. family's poor financial resident of Sisauli village. He set increasing instance of suicidal ten- their child's welfare, it was essen- A society's future lies with the chil- condition was a hindrance. up the ashram 12 years ago. He has dencies among children in the state tial to ensure that the young minds dren and it is the duty of the soci-

y "Her brother had a phone due to various reasons, including but he was not allowing her no prior record. Locals said he were not hurt in the process. ety and the government to ensure

had amassed donations in his pre- parents scolding them over mobile hurting their sentiments while will become an extremely serious Health Minister K K Shailaja their physical and mental well

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of the day uote CONG EXPERIMENT TO WOO PATELS IN GUJ Decision on Monsoon The Left INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE government in NEW STRATEGY session soon: Joshi Kerala is Ahmedabad, July 12: After pur- "inefficient, corrupt S PER THE CHANGE OF STRATEGY, THE and believes" in suing KHAM for more than three PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PARTY HAS APPOINTED HARDIK PATEL, violence decades, the Congress in Gujarat has A made a change in its focus and now LEADER OF THE PATIDAR ANAMAT ANDOLAN New Delhi, July 12: Union JP NADDA | BJP plans to woo the Patel community SAMITI, AS WORKING PRESIDENT Parliamentary Affairs Minister PRESIDENT into the party-fold. Pralhad Joshi said a decision will As per the change of strategy, HE TACTICAL SHIFT TOWARDS THE be taken "very shortly" on when to PATEL COMMUNITY COULD BE the party has appointed Hardik T start the monsoon session of The garbage ATTRIBUTED TO FAILURE OF THE PRO-KHAM of corruption Patel, leader of the Patidar Anamat (KSHATRIYA, HARIJAN, ADIVASI Parliament. under the Andolan Samiti (PAAS), as working AND MUSLIM) STAND, PILOTED BY THEN Both Houses of Parliament were session, the minister had earlier said dynasty's carpet is president. Hardik Patel thanked CHIEF MINISTER MADHAV SINGH adjourned sine die March 23, nearly in an official statement. crystal clear. This the party for his appointment, here SOLANKI, TO YIELD THE DESIRED two weeks before schedule, as the The budget session commenced has caused chaos in on Sunday, and said he had been POLITICAL RESULT budget session was curtailed due on January 31 and was scheduled the Congress. given the opportunity despite being to the coronavirus pandemic. "There to conclude on April 3. Both the Arrogance of these merchants of from a humble background. HE PARTY FAILED TO RETURN TO will be monsoon session. But Houses adjourned for recess on corruption proves that there is "As the working president of the TPOWER AS THE PATELS, WHO ACCOUNT when....it will decided very shortly," February 11, and reassembled on something fishy Gujarat Congress, I have been given FOR 12-14 PER CENT OF VOTES, SIDED WITH Joshi said. March 2. The first part of the Budget MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI | UNION MINISTER a challenging responsibility. It also THE BJP He said with regard to the mon- Session yielded a total of nine sit- shows the party promotes people soon session, the time in hand is till tings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, with humble background," he said. Patel community could be attrib- In the last Assembly elections, tally in the House increased, the September, and many a times the and in the second part, there were The world is "I pay my gratitude to Sonia uted to failure of the pro-KHAM the Congress fought with zeal and BJP swept Surat, the epicentre of session has been called by August- 14 sittings of both the Houses. seeing that if a Gandhiji and Rahul Gandhiji and (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and help of three youngsters -- Hardik the agitation. end. However, the minister ac- The minister had said the session successful the Congress. Will fight to save Muslim) stand, piloted by then Patel, Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh The change in strategy may also cepted that COVID-19 cases were wit- was curtailed with consensus battle has been democracy and the Constitution. Chief Minister Madhav Singh Mevani. Thakore later joined the BJP, have hassled many Congress stal- nessing a surge. among all parties in view of the fought anywhere All issues related to Gujarat will be Solanki, to yield the desired po- "As far as COVID is concerned, across the globe but lost his seat in the by-election. warts, like Ahmed Patel who is COVID-19 outbreak. During the against the given priority and in 2022 the litical result. The party failed to re- While the BJP has put at the from Bharuch, Bharat Singh it is on the surge now. Let's wait how session, a total of 19 bills (18 in coronavirus it is India under the Congress will come back to power turn to power as the Patels, who ac- helm Vijay Rupani, a non-Patel Solanki from Anand and Arjun it unfolds further," he said. The Lok Sabha and one in Rajya Sabha) leadership of Prime Minister with two-thirds majority," Patel count for 12-14 per cent of votes, leader, the PAAS agitation for reser- Modwadia from Porbandar. To get productivity of Lok Sabha was were introduced, the Parliamentary Narendra Modi tweeted. sided with the Bharatiya Janata vation for Patels didn't earn much along with them is a challenging about 90 per cent and that of Rajya Affairs Ministry had said in the The tactical shift towards the Party (BJP). votes for the Congress. The Congress task for Hardik Patel. Sabha was 74 per cent in the budget statement. AMIT SHAH | UNION HOME MINISTER Fight over mask SHORT TAKES 3 siblings end life FEW TAKERS claims girl’s life MP Congress INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE their father -- a retired engineer MLA joins BJP of the agriculture department -- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh), was not at home. Bhopal: The opposition July 12: Unable to reconcile to the The father, Aditya Prakash Amaravati, July 12: A fight over Congress Sunday got another demise of their mother, three sib- Awasthi, 60, told police his wife face mask claimed the life of a jolt as its MLA from Bada lings -- two men and one woman - had died of illness in September last 19-year-old girl in Andhra Malahara Assembly segment, - ended their lives in a suicide pact. year. Since then, his three children Pradesh's Guntur district, po- Praduman Lodhi, joined the The incident happened Saturday. Preeti, 25, Gagan, 35 and Pawan, 30, lice said. ruling BJP in Madhya The bodies of the The incident occurred on July Pradesh. Lodhi met former were disturbed. three were found 3 but came to light on Sunday. Chief Minister Uma Bharti TRAGIC END While Pawan had around noon. Later, he met hanging in the din- been employed in Karnati Fatima, who sustained Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ing room when the a private company head injuries while trying to Chouhan and state BJP chief police broke open the door. Their in Lucknow, Preeti was working save her father, succumbed at VD Sharma and was formally father had found the door locked as a school teacher. the Government General admitted to the BJP. It will when he came home and then in- "They quit their jobs after my wife Hospital in Guntur on Saturday. necessitate bye-election for formed the police. passed away. I apparently could According to police, an argu- another Assembly seat. One of them was a former school not fill the void left by her death as ment over not wearing facemask teacher and another an ex-em- all my children were very close to led to the shocking incident in ployee of a private company. The her," said Awasthi. SHO Kotwali Rentachintala of Guntur dis- Two UP ministers siblings had quit their jobs after police station Ajay Mishra said trict. their mother's death. According that neighbours told police that Some youth had taken objec- test Covid+ to police, a suicide note found on the siblings had stopped socializing tion to a man, identified as the bodies said the siblings were "un- after their mother passed away Karnati Yalamandala, moving Lucknow: Two more Uttar able to bear the loss of their mother". and kept to themselves. "It appears around in their neighbourhood Pradesh Ministers -- Chetan Chauhan and Upendra Tiwari The two brothers, including one to be a case of suicide and a suicide without wearing facemask. This -- have tested positive for who was disabled and their sister note was also found. Bodies have A rickshaw-puller waits for passengers on Heritage Street near Golden Temple, during the lockdown on weekend led to an argument between coronavirus in Lucknow. They allegedly took their own lives when been sent for autopsy," he said. imposed by the Punjab government as a preventive measure against coronavirus in Amritsar, Sunday PTI PHOTO them. had undergone COVID-19 A few days later the youth tests, which were positive. were spotted without facemasks Last week, ministers Rajendra in a market by Yalamandala's Pratap Singh and Dharam IMPROVING PASSENGER COMFORT relatives. This led to a heated Singh Saini too had tested Separatist leader detained argument and then a clash be- positive and are undergoing tween the two sides on July 3. treatment. Leader of J&K police chief Dilbagh Sehrai is believed to be eyeing Rlys to launch 20 innovations When the youth attacked Opposition Ram Govind Singh said that Mohammad heading the Geelani-led Hurriyat Yalamandala with sticks, his Chaudhary has also been Conference, a conglomerate of 26 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA daughter tried to save him. She hospitalised after testing Ashraf Sehrai and some separatist parties. This faction of sustained head injuries and was corona positive members of the banned the Hurriyat is different from the New Delhi, July 12: The Railway shifted to the Government one led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Board has decided to implement General Hospital in Guntur. She Jamaat-e-Islami have been who has favoured dialogue as a 20 innovations by its employees died in the early hours of Maoists blow detained and are likely to means to end the violence in Jammu to make train journeys safer and Saturday. On a complaint by the and Kashmir. Seharai's son, improve passenger comfort - such girl's father, police booked four up 12 buildings be booked under the Junaid Sehrai, a divisional com- as a bell warning to alert travellers youth for murder and arrested Chaibasa: Twelve buildings of stringent PSA which mander of Hizbul Mujahdeen, was minutes before a train departs, them. the Jharkhand forest killed in an encounter in Nawakadal real-time CCTV monitoring inside Last month, police in Nellore department were blown up by enables authorities to tion Saddar. area of the city in May this year. coaches, printing of unreserved district arrested a government suspected Maoists in West detain any individual for Jammu and Kashmir Police chief The officials said several other tickets through mobile applica- sued by it on July 10. An official official on the charge of bru- Singhbhum district, police Dilbagh Singh said that Sehrai and JeI cadres are being picked up tions - on a mass scale. said that an order has been is- tally assaulting a differently- said Sunday. According to one year without trial some members of the banned ahead of the first anniversary of the The Railways launched a ded- sued to all zonal general man- abled woman colleague in of- Superintendent of Police Jamaat-e-Islami have been detained revocation of the special status of icated portal in 2018 to solicit the agers and production units to fice after she advised him to Indrajeet Mahatha, a group of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and are likely to be booked under Jammu and Kashmir. The Centre good ideas attempted by its em- gear up for the implementation wear a face mask. armed Maoists had barged the stringent PSA which enables au- on August 5 last year abrogated ployees across zones, aiming to im- of these ideas. The incident had occurred in into the buildings in Berkela Srinagar, July 12: Separatist thorities to detain any individual Article 370 of the constitution which plement some of them across its Most of the 20 innovations are the Tourism Department's of- forest area of the district on leader and chairman Tehreek-e- for one year without trial. gave Jammu and Kashmir special network. Since then, zonal rail- aimed at technical improvements fice in Nellore on June 27 but Saturday night and asked all Hurriyat (TEH) Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, a former Jamaat-e-Islami status and divided the erstwhile ways have uploaded their entries to boost safety. The North Central came to light three days later, staffers to vacate the Sehrai was Sunday detained by po- (JeI) leader and a hardliner, is the state into two union territories of on the web portal. From Railway has developed a vehicu- after the shocking visuals premises. Several employees lice from his residence here and is chairman of TEH which was pre- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. September 2018 to December 2019, lar system for ultrasonic flaw de- recorded on CCTV surfaced on were also beaten up by the miscreants, and warned of likely to be booked under the Public viously headed by hardline sepa- A similar crackdown on sepa- the portal received 2,645 entries. tection of rails, which is cur- the social media. consequences if they Safety Act (PSA), officials said. ratist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. ratist and JeI leaders was launched Of which, the Board has iden- rently done manually. The Malda Andhra Pradesh Tourism informed the police, he said. They said a police party detained TEH is a constituent of by the police ahead of the Centre's tified 20 for initial mass scale im- division of Eastern Railway has Development Corporation Sehrai from his residence at Baghat- Hurriyat Conference which was move last year. Most of the top sep- plementation across the railway used pyrometers to monitor speed (APTDC) had announced the e-Barzulla here early this morn- headed by Geelani till he resigned aratist leaders are either under network, according to an order is- and temperature of tracks. suspension of Deputy Manager Two arrested ing and he was taken to police sta- from the amalgam last month. house arrest or in custody. C.A. Bhaskar. New Delhi: Delhi police have arrested two men for allegedly record tests since February and due to recruitment board. It is clear the CEO will in the PMO say that the Finance Ministry cheating people mainly Why Shah was late sustained efforts, cases are on the decline. be appointed by the new board. A was immediately contacted by a Joint women and senior citizens by uddenly Amit Shah is in the fore-front beginning was made on July 1 when Secretary level officer and all hell broke in cloning their ATM cards. of fighting the battle against Covid. But Jagdish Upasane, senior journalist was North Block. The Department of Financial According to police, many How Modi used S it's a wrong popular notion that Home appointed as its chairman. The 5-member Services (DFS) under the Finance Ministry complaints were received in Kuru ministry is nodal agency to handle the recruitment board for will recruit persons issued a rather unusual advisory to the outer Delhi areas prompting it UPA era Act Corona pandemic. But it’s not. The Act for the various TV channels, Radio division heads of all Public Sector Banks. They to act. A police team later Kolumn he Opposition parties led by Rahul clearly says the MHA is responsible for and other institutions under it. Upasane directed the PSUs that it was necessary to zeroed in on two suspects and Gandhi have been criticizing the Prime T response, relief and preparedness for will have a scale of pay less than that of a take appropriate measures to ensure the duo were arrested. Minister for usurping the powers of states natural calamities and man-made Joint Secretary to the government of India. "productive use of their financial while dealing with Covid pandemic. But they disasters. But not 'drought and epidemics' A former journalist and Director Bharat resources for core business activities". In forgot that the Disaster Management Act which will be handled by the NDMA Prakashan Jagdish Upasane has been its June 17 letter, the DFS asked state- (DMA) under which Modi took over these directly under the Prime Minister. The named as the chairperson of the owned banks to defer avoidable Man killed Telangana tops powers was enacted during the UPA regime NDMA website reveals that Amit Shah is recruitment board. The government is set expenditure, including purchase of staff Mumbai: A 24-year-old man itself in 2005. Interestingly, Modi as Gujarat in Covid cases not even a member of the NDMA. to appoint new chairman of the Prasar cars and refurbishment of guest houses. Of was killed after his Chief Minister had opposed the proposed Bharti Board also after A Surya Prakash course, it gave them some liberty that motorcycle skidded on the n a surprising development, Telangana Bill and alleged that the UPA wants to retired a few months ago. expenditure could be incurred in cases Santacruz-Chembur Link Iemerged on top of the coronavirus cases swallow powers of the states. But he was Shake-up on cards where it is highly unavoidable. DFS has Road (SCLR) here, police said in terms of percentage. It pushed the lone voice in his own party as the then also directed the banks to postpone Sunday, adding that the Maharashtra to the second slot and Delhi Central BJP leadership was in a state of or the first time the Modi government y When PMO was furious expenditure on decorative, non-functional pillion rider sustained as its growth rate skyrocketed while in coma after the sudden defeat in 2004 Fhas decided to set up a separate items for the interiors in non-customer

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k y m injuries. The deceased Suresh other states the situation is on the decline. parliamentary polls. When the coronavirus facing premises like administrative c Thakur was working with a This is worrying the Centre which had been pandemic broke out in 2020, Modi invoked broadcaster. The CEO who is appointed by leading Public Sector Bank had the offices and back offices, and private blood bank, he said. nudging Telangana to conduct more tests. the same 2005 Act to declare coronavirus as the government from the administrative audacity to purchase luxurious Audi cars. refurbishment of guest houses. The heads Thakur lost his control over The number of Covid cases in Telangana is national epidemic and vested complete service will be made redundant with the The bank management purchased not one of PSU banks are extremely unhappy with the motorcycle due to the 17357 only compared to Maharashtra's 1.86 power to fight it under the National Disaster constitution of the board. The CEO has not but three latest model Audi cars for its the leading bank chief that they all would slippery road on Saturday lakh. But these states have undertaken Management Authority (NDMA). even been made a member of the senior most officers. Highly placed sources have to suffer due to its folly. evening, the official added. JOE BIDEN WINS P10 MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR LOUISIANA PRIMARY It is the first time that the Presumptive Democratic presidential WHO has acknowledged nominee Joe Biden has won the primary in that the airborne route the state of Louisiana. The former Vice contributes to the spread President won with 82.2% of the vote, of this (Covid) disease leading Senator Bernie Sanders, who

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IAIN DUNCAN SMITH | FORMER SECY OF ment that some of the ruling party STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS OF THE UK leaders are aligning with the south- ern neighbour to remove him from My thoughts power after his government issued go to Istanbul. a new political map incorporating I think of three Indian territories. The party Santa Sophia and and the government worked to- I am very pained gether to issue the new map, he POPE FRANCIS pointed out. Earlier in the day, addressing a meeting of the District Disaster People could Management Committee in be fined if they Chitwan, Prachanda said that the refuse to be political activities should not affect Demonstrators march during a protest in memory of Breonna Taylor in Los Angeles. PTI PHOTO tested for the government's response to the coronavirus KP Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' coronavirus crisis and natural dis- SCOTT MORRISON | asters. "Any attempt from any- where else to weaken the party AUSTRALIAN PM Johns Hopkins sues Trump PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Prachanda also advised unity would not be in favour of the people," Prachanda was quoted AGENCIES cent report of the Student and SHORT TAKES Kathmandu, July 12: Amid the the party cadres to as saying by The Rising Nepal. FOREIGN STUDENT ROW Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), political turmoil in Nepal, the abide by the party He urged the entire political New York, July 12: Johns Hopkins there were over 1,94,000 Indian stu- ruling communist party executive parties, civil society, media and one University has joined a growing dents enrolled in various academic Quake hits chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal principles and not and all to engage in a combined list of prestigious higher institutions of the US in January north China ‘Prachanda’ said Sunday that he will to run from one battle against the COVID-19 crisis education institutions in the US this year. not allow the party to split and any and natural disasters. Oli and suing the Trump administration The JHU's complaint, filed in US Beijing/Shijiazhuang: Beijing attempt from anywhere to weaken camp to another Prachanda have held over half a over its “cruel” decision not to allow District Court in Washington, and several other cities in its unity would hurt the fight at the time of the crisis dozen one-on-one meetings in re- foreign students to take online-only D.C., seeks a temporary re- northern China were jolted against the coronavirus pandemic cent days, but the two leaders are courses this fall semester. straining order against the pro- after a 5.1-magnitude and natural disasters. nowhere close to a power-shar- On Monday, the Trump admin- the COVID-19 pandemic for the posal by the US Immigration and earthquake and moderate Addressing the Nepal cluding ‘Prachanda’, demanded ing deal. istration announced new rules for nearly 5,000 international students Customs Enforcement (ICE), stat- tremors hit Hebei province’s Communist Party (NCP) members Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's Meanwhile, the ruling party is international students for the up- at the university and thousands ing that it is "arbitrary and capri- Tangshan city Sunday. The in his hometown Chitwan, resignation, saying his recent divided on one-on-one talks be- coming fall semester (September to more across the country. cious," unlawful, and a reversal of quake struck Guye district at Prachanda said that he was anti-India remarks were “neither tween Oli and Prachanda, with a December) that requires them to Johns Hopkins said the policy earlier guidance upon which 6:38 AM Beijing time, the determined to keep the party unity take an in-person class to remain China Earthquake Networks politically correct nor diplomatically senior party leader saying that change sending international stu- months of careful planning is Centre (CENC) said. intact. “It is natural to have appropriate.” Prachanda also prolonging the issues will not serve in the country. Many American dents back to their home countries based. differences of opinion, dispute advised the party cadres to abide anybody's interest. universities have scaled back or if they don't enroll in in-person The Baltimore-based private in- and debate in a big party, but I will by the party principles and not to The meeting of the NCP's 45- eliminated in-person classes due classes, “suddenly and unexpect- stitution joins other well-known not allow the party to split,” he run from one camp to another at the member powerful Standing to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. edly" plunged Johns Hopkins, and schools such as Harvard All poll rallies said. “If there is a dispute in the time of the crisis. Committee to decide Oli's fate Johns Hopkins University (JHU) virtually all of higher education University, the Massachusetts cancelled in SL party, there are proper procedures “Don’t describe some leaders was scheduled to be held on filed a lawsuit in federal court in the United States, into chaos. Institute of Technology (MIT) to resolve it.” within the ruling party as anti-na- Friday. But it was postponed for Friday, pushing back against the the Hundreds of thousands of Indian and the University of California Colombo: All election rallies His remarks came amid tional and others as nationalist," he a week at the last moment, citing Trump administration order that students in the US will be affected system in filing litigation to stop of Sri Lankan President speculation that the NCP could said, in an apparent reference to floods and landslides that killed would abruptly rescind accommo- by the decision of the Trump ad- the US government from enforc- Gotabaya Rajapaksa and split after top party leaders, in- Prime Minister Oli's recent state- at least 22 people. dations for online learning during ministration. According to a re- ing the new rule. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have been cancelled temporarily, the SLPP announced Sunday, PAKISTAN RESTORES following a spike in coronavirus cases in the Trump finally wears a mask Nearly 6L vote in Hong Kong BANK ACCOUNTS OF country. The parliamentary elections in the island nation INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE are scheduled for August 5. SAEED, HIS 4 AIDES Washington, July 12: US President Donald Trump was pro-democracy primaries PRESS TRUST OF INDIA seen wearing a mask while visiting Spain holds two a military hospital near REUTERS Islamabad, July 12: Pakistan regional elections Washington, D.C., the first time he has restored the bank accounts did so on camera since the coro- Hong Kong, July 12: Hundreds of of the outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa Ordizia (Spain): Over 4.4 navirus pandemic broke out in thousands of Hong Kong residents (JuD) chief and the 2008 Mumbai million Spaniards in two the country. turned up over the weekend to vote terror attack mastermind Hafiz northern regions are voting in “I’ll probably have a mask,” Trump has been a in an unofficial primary election held Saeed and his four top aides, a regional elections Sunday Trump told reporters Saturday latecomer to wearing by the city’s pro-democracy camp media report said Sunday. amid tight security measures ahead of his trip to Walter Reed as it gears up to field candidates Saeed, a UN designated terror- to avoid more outbreaks of National Military Medical Center a mask during the for an upcoming legislative poll. ist whom the US has placed a $10 the coronavirus. Regional authorities in both the in Bethesda, Maryland, where he pandemic, which has The primaries were held two million bounty on, was arrested Basque Country and Galicia visited injured soldiers and med- raged across the US weeks after Beijing imposed a sweep- July 17 last year in the terror have prohibited over 400 ical workers tasked with ing national security law on the financing cases. He was sentenced people who have tested containing the coronavirus, since March and semi-autonomous territory in a to 11 years in jail by an anti-ter- positive for the virus that Xinhua news agency reported. infected more move widely seen as chipping away lature. The new law prohibits what and use the primaries as a guide to rorism court in February this year causes COVID-19 from going "I think it's a great thing to at the “one country, two systems” Beijing views as secessionist, sub- field the best candidates in the of- in two terror financing cases. He to polling stations to vote. wear a mask. I've never been than 3.2 million and framework under which Britain versive or terrorist activities or as ficial legislative election in is lodged at the Lahore's high-se- against masks but I do believe killed at least 1,34,000 handed Hong Kong over to China foreign intervention in Hong Kong September. Its goal is to win a ma- curity Kot Lakhpat jail. they have a time and a place." in 1997. It was passed in response affairs. Under the law, police now jority in the legislature, which is typ- Pak to boost Trump has been refusing to wear to last year's massive protests call- have sweeping powers to conduct ically skewed toward the pro-Beijing a mask himself since the the “simple lifesaving practice” ing for greater democracy and more searches without warrants and camp. To hold the primaries, pro- US Navy welcomes trade activities pandemic broke out, citing his of wearing a mask has been police accountability. Throngs of order internet service providers democracy activists had raised good health and frequent negative politicised to showcase whether people lined up at polling booths in and platforms to remove messages money via crowd funding. They 1st Black female Islamabad: Pakistan has tests for the virus. one supports Trump or not, the summer heat to vote despite a deemed to be in violation of the pledged to veto the government's opened two more key "I have no problem with a Republican Senator Lamar warning last week by Hong Kong's legislation. budget if they clinch a majority in trade routes with Tactical Aircraft pilot mask. I don't think you need constitutional affairs minister, Eric neighbouring Afghanistan to Alexander said June 30 that he On Friday, police raided the of- the legislature. promote business and one when you're tested all the had “suggested the president Tsang, that the primaries could be fice of the Public Opinion Research Under Hong Kong's mini-con- ASSOCIATED PRESS trade activities after time, everybody around you is should occasionally wear a mask in breach of the new national se- Institute, a co-organiser of the pri- stitution, known as the Basic Law, months-long closure tested, you're quite a distance," even though there are not many curity law because it outlaws in- maries. The computer system was the city's leader must resign if an Kingsville (US), July 12: The US due to the coronavirus he said Thursday. Even occasions when it is necessary terference and disruption of du- suspected of being hacked, causing important bill such as the budget Navy has welcomed its first Black pandemic. Pakistan and Republican lawmakers have ad- for him to do so.” ties by the local government. a data leak, police said in a state- is vetoed twice. Organisers said female Tactical Aircraft pilot. Afghanistan share 18 vised him to do so publicly so as Trump wore a mask behind Organisers dismissed the com- ment, and an investigation is on- Sunday that nearly 600,000 people “MAKING HISTORY!” the US crossing points. to curb the spread of the con- the scene in late May during a ments, saying they just want to going. Hong Kong's pro-democracy voted at polling booths set up across Navy tweeted Thursday in tagion. Regretting the fact that visit to a Ford factory in Michigan. hold the government accountable camp, which includes multiple par- the city, exceeding organisers' es- response to a post that Lt. j.g. by gaining a majority in the legis- ties, is attempting to join forces timates of a turnout of 170,000. Madeline Swegle had completed Thousands naval flight school and would later this month receive the flight offi- march in UK cer insignia known as the “Wings THE HAVELI HAS TURNED INTO A GHOST BUILDING, RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SAID of Gold”. The Naval Air Training London: Some 5,000 people Command tweeted that Swegle is took to the streets of UK's the Navy’s “first known Black Brighton city in support of the Black Lives Matter female TACAIR pilot”. movement, the media ‘Kapoor Haveli’ in Pak faces demolition threat reported. Large crowds of demonstrators set off from the city's Palace Pier on PRESS TRUST OF INDIA lapidated condition, the building less the government takes timely ac- Saturday afternoon, with can collapse anytime, they said. tion to conserve it. “It is a matter many carrying signs that Peshawar, July 12: The historic an- The state of the building is deteri- of concern that the 'Kapoor Haveli' read “Decolonise everything” cestral home of late Bollywood orating with each passing day due which we consider as the pride of and “Defund the police”, the actor Rishi Kapoor in Pakistan's to ecological impacts, torrential our city is in dilapidated condition Metro newspaper reported. Peshawar city is facing demolition rains, earthquakes and wind storms. and is fast heading to the disap- threat as the current owner of the The haveli is currently owned pearance because of being ignored,” house is adamant on building a by Haji Muhammad Israr, a wealthy said Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, a resident 10 more killed in commercial complex on the site jeweller in the city. The provincial of Dhaki Nalbandi where the pala- worth crores. government wanted to buy the tial house is located. Nepal landslides In 2018, the Pakistan government haveli keeping in view its historic Mujeeb said that he was a Madeline Swegle decided to convert the ''Kapoor importance and conserve it in its teenager when late Rishi Kapoor and According to Stars and Stripes, Kathmandu: At least ten Haveli'' in Qissa Khwani Bazar in original shape for the tourists. Israr, Randhir Kapoor had visited their Swegle is from Burke, Virginia, and people were killed Sunday in landslides caused by incessant Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa however, wants to demolish the cial government has failed to con- haveli and construct a huge com- ancestral home in the early 90s. graduated from the US Naval rains across Nepal, taking the province into a museum, heeding building and construct a new com- vert the building into a museum mercial market at the site. "I have Shakeel Waheedullah, Secretary Academy in 2017. Officials said

to a request by Rishi Kapoor who mercial building at this prime lo- due to differences with its owner sufficient money to cater to my Cultural Heritage Council Khyber she is assigned to the Redhawks of

k y m total number of fatalities due c to landslips to 54 in last three died recently at a hospital in cation. He made three/four attempts over its price. Israr, the owner of the needs. I supply around 3 to 4 maund Pakhtunkhwa, expressed regret Training Squadron 21 in Kingsville, days. Landslides and floods Mumbai. Foreign Minister Shah in the past to demolish the building haveli, has denied that he had any (120kg-160kg) gold a week to over the dilapidated condition of Texas. Swegle’s milestone comes triggered by continuous Mahmood Qureshi had assured but could not do it as FIRs were issue with the government over Peshawar's biggest jewellery mar- the house. The ''Kapoor Haveli'' was more than 45 years after Rosemary heavy rains for the past three Rishi Kapoor that the Pakistan gov- registered against him by the Khyber the price of the property, estimated ket," he said. built by Basheswarnath Kapoor, Mariner in 1974 became the first days have hit 19 districts ernment will convert the actor's Pakhtunkhwa heritage department. to be over Rs 5 crore. He said he Local residents fear that the build- the father of Hindi film industry- woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, across Nepal. house into a museum. Due to its di- There were reports that the provin- simply wanted to demolish the ing may automatically collapse un- pioneer Prithviraj Kapoor. according to news outlets. P11 GOLD ETFs ATTRACT `3,500 cr IN H1 MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR The earnings announcements have begun Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw hefty net after a washout quarter for most inflows of over `3,500 cr in the first six months of industries. This uncertainty combined with 2020 as investors continued to hedge their profit-booking happening after the recent exposure to riskier assets amid the COVID-19 rally, means that volatility is expected to crisis. In comparison, investors had pulled out continue in the markets

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k y m VINOD NAIR | HEAD OF RESEARCH, GEOJIT FINANCIAL SERVICES c of the day uote ‘Online grocery ‘FY21 GDP growth to be in negative territory’ market can exceed Going forward, we $3bn sales in 2020’ AGENCIES conducted in June, drew responses need the from leading economists repre- LOCKDOWN EFFECT legislative backing to have some kind of New Delhi, July 12: With eco- senting industry, banking and fi- n The Indian economy is expected to record a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA a resolution nomic activities coming to a halt nancial services sectors. negative 4.5% growth rate in the current financial corporation, which amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Economic activity-wise annual year, according to FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey New Delhi, July 12: The Indian has to deal with resolution and the lockdown, the Indian economy forecast indicated a median growth online grocery market could exceed n Economic activity-wise annual forecast indicated a revival of stressed financial firms. is expected to record a negative of 2.7% for agriculture and allied sales of $3 billion (about `22,500 median growth of 2.7% for agriculture and allied The regulator will continue to take 4.5% growth rate in the current fi- activities for FY21. Agriculture crore) in 2020, a substantial 76% activities for FY21 necessary measures, continue to nancial year, according to the FICCI's seems to be the only sector with a jump over the previous year, engage with the management of Economic Outlook Survey. silver lining. n The industry and services sectors are expected to Spencer’s Retail Chairman Sanjiv NBFCs to identify the vulnerabilities The minimum and maximum There’s an apparent upside as contract by 11.4% and 2.8%, respectively Goenka said. The preference for

SHAKTIKANTA DAS | GOVERNOR, RBI growth estimate stood at (-) 6.4% and far as performance of monsoon online delivery of products be- 1.5%, respectively, for FY21, it said. was concerned this year with came more visible following the The quarterly median forecasts in- enough water in reservoirs, it said. lending support to the rural econ- sectors, like consumer durables Absence of demand stimulus, a COVID-19 outbreak, he added. dicated 14.2% contraction in the The rural sector, supported by a omy, it showed. and FMCG (fast-moving consumer second wave of the pandemic and Spencer’s Retail, part of the When we gross domestic product (GDP) in steady agriculture performance The industry and services sectors goods), is gaining traction, most continuation of social distancing and RP-Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG) Group, went for the first quarter of FY21, it added. and hopefully a limited number of are expected to contract by 11.4% and companies are still operating at quarantine measures would weigh had acquired online supermar- technology The signs of an impending slow- COVID-19 cases, will be a key de- 2.8%, respectively. "Weak demand low capacity utilisation rates. Labour heavily on growth prospects, it said. ket and grocery store Nature's selection, we had down have been sharply accentuated mand generator this year, as per and subdued capacity utilisation availability and feeble demand re- "With demand and investment Basket in July 2019. Consumers two options: either by the COVID-19 pandemic-induced the survey. were manifesting into a drag on main major issues. outlook muted, robust government opted to buy essentials and other to go for European lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic Further, the direct income sup- investment, and the pandemic has Therefore, fresh investments expenditure has been the only sav- products from home in a bigger technology or the has severely hit global as well as do- way than they had done in the Chinese technology. Chinese, as we port through the PM-KISAN and further extended the timeline for re- would be difficult to come by in the iour. Nonetheless, growth is likely all know, is the cheaper technology mestic growth. increased allocation to MGNREGA covery," it said. near-to-medium term, the survey to bottom out after the second quar- past, he said. but a stable one as well. We chose The current round of survey, were helping the returnee migrants, Even though activity in some predicted. ter of FY21," FICCI survey said. to go with Foton back in 2017 based on the fact that we wanted to get products quicker, suitable for India ‘Capture FASTag AMAN GARG | DIRECTOR, PEMSPL details before US remains India’s top trading partner in 2019-20 vehicle registration’ Major ports According to commerce ministry’s data, the bilateral trade between the US and India have among "The result is that India's online them about PRESS TRUST OF INDIA stood at $88.75 billion in 2019-20 as against $87.96 billion in 2018-19 grocery market could exceed USD 1,10,000 hectare land. A chunk of this 3 billion in sales in 2020, a sub- will be used for New Delhi, July 12: The gov- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA diaspora is creating demand for stantial 76 per cent increase over developing ernment Sunday said it has de- Indian goods such as consumer the previous year following a de- industries and industrialisation for cided to ensure capturing of New Delhi, July 12: The US re- items and we are supplying that. A mand spike for the home deliv- port-led development in the FASTag details while registering mained India’s top trading partner balanced trade deal will further ery of fresh produce," Goenka country. We are in the process of or issuing fitness certificate to ve- for the second consecutive fiscal in boost the economic ties," Dhar said. said in his address to sharehold- identifying port-led industries hicles all over the country. 2019-20, which shows increasing eco- India and the US are negotiat- ers in the company's Annual Report In a letter addressed to NIC, nomic ties between the two countries. ing a limited trade pact with a view for 2019-20. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA | MOS FOR SHIPPING with copies to all the states and UTs, According to the data of the com- to iron out differences at trade front With increased access to smart- the ministry has informed that merce ministry, in 2019-20, the bi- and boost commercial ties. phones and low data costs, shop- full integration of National lateral trade between the US and Professor at Indian Institute of pers now prefer an omni-channel SHORT TAKES Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) India stood at $88.75 billion as Foreign Trade Rakesh Mohan Joshi shopping experience, he added. with VAHAN portal has been against $87.96 billion in 2018-19. between the two neighbours have boost domestic manufacturing. said that although the trade pact will Spencers Retail is attractively achieved, Ministry of Road The US is one of the few countries declined to $48.66 billion in 2019-20 Trade experts believe that the be mutually beneficial for both the positioned to capitalise on the Ericsson hopes Transport and Highways said in with which India has a trade sur- from $53.57 billion in the previous trend of widening trade ties be- countries, India should be a bit cau- omni-channel opportunity, he said. a statement. plus. The trade gap between the fiscal. The data also showed that tween New Delhi and Washington tious while negotiating the pact "The company did not just re- to win contracts countries has increased to $17.42 bil- China was India’s top trading part- will continue in the coming years with the US in areas such as agri- spond to this sectoral inflexion New Delhi: Amid heightened lion in 2019-20 from $16.86 billion in ner since 2013-14 till 2017-18. Before also as both the sides are engaged culture, dairy and issues related point with a relevant mobile ap- anti-China sentiments in 2018-19, the data showed. China, UAE was the country’s in further deepening the economic intellectual property rights. plication and home delivery; it in- India, Swedish telecom In 2018-19, the US first surpassed largest trading nation. ties. Presence of Indian diaspora in Ludhiana-based Hand Tools vested in enhancing proximity to equipment maker Ericsson China to become India's top India is also considering certain the US is one of the main reasons Association President S C Ralhan consumers through phone call- has said it hopes to win trading partner. The bilateral trade steps like framing technical regu- for increasing bilateral trade, said there is huge potential to boost based delivery, Chatbots and contracts in the Indian between India and China has dipped lations and quality control orders Biswajit Dhar, professor of eco- bilateral trade between the countries WhatsApp-driven product deliv- telecom market on the to $81.87 billion in 2019-20 from for host of items with a view to cut nomics at Jawaharlal Nehru on account of increasing anti-China ery using its stores as hubs," strength of its technology The VAHAN system is now get- $87.08 billion in 2018-19. Trade deficit import dependence on China and University, said. "Presence of Indian sentiment in both the nations. Goenka said. leadership, and added that as ting all information on FASTags a practice, the company does through VIN/VRN (vehicle iden- not base business plans on tification number/ vehicle regis- matters not under its control. tration number), it added. BIZ BUZZ Ericsson India head Nitin FASTag employs radio fre- NBFCs, HFCs tap special Bansal said that the company quency identification (RFID) tech- remains "very confident" of UK plans to create ‘freeports,’ cut taxes its technology prowess. nology for making toll payments on national highways directly London: British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce from the prepaid or savings ac- liquidity window for financing sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of count linked to it. Insurance sector ` planning laws in up to 10 new A prepaid tag, fixed on vehi- AGENCIES up to 200 crore in commercial “freeports” within a year of the UK’s sees 18.6% drop cles' windscreen, allows automated paper issued by the applicant. becoming fully independent from the deduction of toll charges, and lets New Delhi, July 12: The finance Non-banking financial compa- European Union in December, Reuters New Delhi: Hit hard by the any vehicle pass through a toll ministry Sunday said financing re- nies (NBFCs) and housing finance said. Sunak will open the bidding for coronavirus pandemic, the life plaza with zero human contact. quests of close to `10,000 crore have companies (HFCs) came under towns, cities and regions to become insurance sector witnessed "As such, the ministry has asked been received under the special stress following a series of defaults freeports, which would place them outside UK customs territory, in an 18.6% drop in the first year to ensure capturing FASTag details liquidity scheme worth `30,000 by IL&FS group firms in September his autumn budget later this year, the newspaper said, citing a copy ` premium to 49,335 crore in while registering new vehicles, crore for stressed NBFCs and HFCs 2018. During the latest review of the of the plans it said it had seen. Sunak plans to confirm the the April-June quarter of the as also while issuing fitness cer- whose financials further deterio- Atmanirbhar Bharat package by successful bids by next spring and introduce major tax and current financial year, tificates to vehicles plying under rated due to the COVID-19 crisis. ceived 24 applications requesting Finance Minister Nirmala regulatory changes in those areas at next year’s budget, Reuters according to a report by CARE national permit," the statement The scheme was launched on about `9,875 crore of financing as Sitharaman, progress of various added. They include research and development tax credits, Ratings. The overall sum said. The fitment of FASTag in July 1. The Reserve Bank of India on July 7, 2020 which are being schemes was discussed, including generous capital allowances, cuts to stamp duty house-purchase assured also declined 12.9% ` tax and business rates, and local relaxations of planning laws. to `8.8 lakh crore in the June new vehicles at the time of sales (RBI) has provided funds for the processed," the finance ministry the 3 lakh crore credit guarantee 2020 quarter, compared with of vehicles of category M and N, scheme by subscribing to govern- said in a statement. scheme for the MSME sector hit `10 lakh crore (which was an was made mandatory in 2017. ment-guaranteed special securi- The first application has been hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. increase of 17.6%) in the But the integration with ties issued by a trust set up by SBI approved and the remaining are Banks have sanctioned loans of JSW Steel cuts capex plans by 45 pc to `9k cr corresponding period of the bank account or they being Capital Markets Limited (SBICAP). also under consideration, it said. about `1,20,099 crore under the `3 lakh previous year. activated was being avoided "RBI has also issued a circular to The Investment Committee of crore Emergency Credit Line New Delhi: Concerned over uncertain market conditions, JSW Steel by citizens, which would be NBFCs and HFCs on July 1, 2020 it- Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS) Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the has decided to reduce its capex target for 2020-21 by about 45 per checked now. self on the Scheme. SBICAP has re- Trust has approved investment of MSME sector, the statement said. cent to `9,000 crore against its earlier plan of spending `16,340 crore. At 9,000 crore, the capex target is about 12 per cent lower Tsuzuki to set up compared to the company's `10,200-crore spend during 2019-20. In plant in Haryana the company’s annual report, JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal said the Paradip Port Trust launches export and import services company has undertaken a detailed exercise to prioritise all planned New Delhi: Model Economic and discretionary Township Ltd (METL), a spends. The POST NEWS NETWORK beginning of this service, PPT will be able to import goods at com- subsidiary of Reliance objective is to Chairman Rinkesh Roy informed. paratively lower costs. Industries Ltd, on Sunday said conserve liquidity, Japanese company Tsuzuki will Paradip, July 12: Aimed at bring- “A container vessel named MV Earlier, container ships used to ensure that set up a manufacturing facility ing down the logistical expenses Damu Bhum with 150 empty con- harbour at ports elsewhere and strategic projects at its Jhajjar-based (Haryana) of its customers, Paradip Port Trust tainers reached here from Port goods were transported to Odisha which are in location. The company has (PTT) Saturday launched export Klang in Malaysia. All empty con- through inter-port surface trans- advanced stages entered into an agreement and import (freight) services at the tainers will be unloaded from the port system. of completion are with the Japanese firm in this port, a top PPT executive said. ship and it will start for Malaysia The imported goods can now commissioned on regard, METL said in a A container ship harboured in the again with 23 goods-laden con- while inaugurating the service. reach Paradip directly with the in- priority basis, statement. Tsuzuki will afternoon at Paradip International tainers. In turn, the ship will fur- This service will benefit hun- auguration of this service, a PPT he said. manufacture steering knuckle Cargo Terminal (PICT) to mark the ther proceed to Europe,” Roy said dreds of small entrepreneurs who official said. for the automobile industry at Reliance MET, it added.

So far, FPIs pull Bajaj Allianz GIC introduces ‘Corona Kavach Policy’ out `2,867 cr ajaj Allianz General Insurance, months. The premium for the base Premium for the base cover New Delhi: Foreign portfolio ` ` EXAMPLES FOR REFERENCE PURPOSE investors (FPI) have pulled out India’s leading private gen- cover ranges between 447 to 5,630 ranges between `447 to `5,630 `2,867 crore from Indian Beral insurer has rolled out its excluding GST, depending on the excluding GST, whichvaries Please note that the below premium amounts are excluding GST markets in July so far, mainly standard COVID-19 health indemnity age of the person, sum insured & pol- depending on the age of the Illustration 1: For a family of 3 aged 25, 40 and 50 years, on individual sum on account of profit booking policy, “Corona Kavach Policy, Bajaj icy period opted. person,sum insured & policy insured of `3 lakh each, total premium without GST would work out to after surge in Indian equities. Allianz General Insurance.” This Similarly, for an optional hospi- period opted `7,235 for a nine and a half month policy. The overseas investors pulled policy is as per the guidelines is- tal daily cash cover on benefit basis Illustration 2: For the same family for floater sum insured of `3 lakh, out a net `2,210 crore from sued by IRDAI June 26, 2020 to in- the premium is between of `3 to Premium for Hospital Daily Cash total premium without GST would work out to `6,873 for a nine and a ` equities and `657 crore from troduce a health indemnity product `620 excluding GST, which varies as optional coveris between 3 to half month policy. ` debt segment, taking the total that addresses the basic health in- per age of the person, sum insured 620 excluding GSTdepending on

` surance needs of insuring public re- and policy period opted. So for in- the age of the person, sum base cover, wherein the company basis. Bajaj Allianz General

k y m net outflow to 2,867 crore c between July 1-10, according lated to COVID-19. stance, if a person between 0-35 insured & policy period opted shall pay the insured person 0.5% Insurance has more than 6,500 net- to the depositories data. The The sum insured of this policy is years wants to opt for a base cover of sum insured per day for each 24 work hospitals and that coupled, latest withdrawal has come between `50,000 – `5 lakh and the cus- with sum insurance of `50,000 for cover which entails COVID-19 hos- post-hospitalisation expenses of up hours of continuous hospitalisa- with in-house health administration after investment of `24,053 tomer can opt for this policy for a pe- three and a half months, the cus- pitalisation expenses, home care to 30 days. A customer can also opt tion. This policy has a waiting pe- team, it aims to be there for its cus- crore by FPIs in domestic riod of three and half months, six tomer needs to pay `447, excluding treatments, AYUSH treatment, pre- for an optional hospital daily cash riod of 15 days and can be opted tomers in the times of their need and markets in June. and half months and nine and half GST. It is mandatory to opt for base hospitalisation of up to 15 days and cover on benefit basis along with the on individual and family floater offer them seamless service. P12 MONDAY | JULY 13 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c social message c Washington: NBA star LeBron James has said his thoughts on SHOOTER JITU GETS INTO ARMY GEAR social justice can’t be contained on the back of a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA said Sunday. prompt retort was, “No, there is do my daily basketball jersey. The Los As a ‘fauji’, he is also a keeping a none.” practice and Angeles Lakers superstar won’t New Delhi, July 12: Not content with tab on the developments on the Indo- Rai’s wife carry wear one of the NBA-approved bringing home only sporting lau- China border and. Without any hes- and 14-month- social justice messages on the rels, one of India’s most accom- itation, he said he will be ready to go old son are back of his jersey when plished shooters, Jitu Rai, has taken to the front if the call currently stationed in Indore. “I competition resumes later this to serving the nation as a newly- comes. miss them very much but then this month in the Orlando bubble. promoted Subedar Major in the “This is what I is what I have chosen to do. I love “It was no disrespect to the list Indian Army. He is currently posted Subedar read about doing this. I speak to them reg- that was handed down to all in Manipur. He brushed up his knowl- Major does, insurgency and I ularly and I will go and meet the players,” James said edge on one of India’s most sensitive they lead know we have to be them again when I am allowed my pistol Saturday in a conference call regions before taking off for the teams at the on guard all the time. I to take leave.” wherever I go,” Rai said. from Florida. “I commend northeast. Prior that Rai was posted front where am immensely proud Winner of multiple medals at Though he has not been able anyone that decides to put in Manipur. they play a and honoured that I top international events, in- to taste success in shooting for a something on the back of their jersey. It’s just something that It’s been a month since Rai joined critical role. am getting to cluding World Championships, while, Rai is continuing to prac- didn’t seriously resonate with his regiment – 11 Gorkha Rifles. I am always serve the nation Asian and Commonwealth tice hard and has his eyes trained my mission, with my goal,” he “You must have read it (insurgency ready to serve JITU RAI Games, the Olympian is at on a comeback. added. in the northeast), I read about it the Indian Army, ease in his new assignment. “I will train hard for a come- and I know we have to be on guard serve India,” said the And the passion for the new job has back into the national team and also all the time. I am immensely proud 2016 ‘Khel Ratna’ awardee, who was made shooting secondary. aim for the Olympics,” Rai, who about that. I love my job, how many honoured with the ‘Padma Shri’ this “Army is first priority at the mo- reached the final of the Rio Games Marriage plans people get such opportunities,” Rai year. To a question on fear, Rai’s ment and shooting is second. But I in 2016, added. New Delhi: Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has revealed his marriage plans. He has said he will tie the knot only once the country lifts the World Cup, cricket’s Vidal keeps Barca in biggest prize. “Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan will only get engaged and then marry once Afghanistan win La Liga title campaign the World Cup,” Pakistani A Sterling affair journalist Saj Sadiq said in a AGENCIES tweet Sunday. The 21-year-old from Riyad Mahrez. cricketer reportedly made this Griezmann comment during an interview Bernardo Silva made it four and Barcelona, July 12: Arturo Vidal with ‘Azadi Radio’. Last then Sterling bundled in the fifth scored for Barcelona to sneak past month, Rashid lost his mother in the 81st minute, the ball bounc- feisty Valladolid 1-0 and keep the ruled out who died after a prolonged ing in off his head after he had pressure on leader Real Madrid Barcelona: Barcelona forward illness. In an international fallen to the floor. as the Spanish league approaches Antoine Griezmann is set to career spanning over four The result ensures that City, on its climax. miss his side’s final two La Liga Tests, 70 ODIs and 48 T20Is, 72 points, will finish in the runners- Barcelona closed to within one games after sustaining a thigh Rashid has picked 23, 133 and up spot. However, they will have to point of Madrid, who have a game injury during Saturday’s 1-0 win 89 wickets respectively. wait for the decision Monday from in hand, as they try to defend the over Real Valladolid. Griezmann the Court of Arbitration of Sport title they have won for two con- came off at half time and a (CAS) to find out if they will be able secutive years. statement from Barcelona said Chauhan tests +ve to compete in next season’s Vidal scored in the 15th minute Sunday he had injured his right Champions League. after being set up by Lionel Messi, thigh. The club did not say how New Delhi: Former India City have who, like most of his teammates, long the France striker would cricketer and Uttar Pradesh been banned had a discreet outing at Valladolid’s be out for although newspaper Cabinet Minister Chetan AT A GLANCE from empty José Zorilla Stadium. ‘Sport’ said he would be Chauhan has tested positive European Real Madrid play at Granada, sidelined for three weeks. for COVID-19. The matter Man City 5 Brighton 0 competition Monday. Their final two matches are came to light through tweets for two years against a Villarreal fighting for a Champions League (in August),” he of two other former Indian Liverpool 1 Burnley 1 by UEFA but Champions League berth and a added. cricketers, Aakash Chopra and appealed to Leganés trying to avoid relegation. Barcelona dominated from kick- RP Singh. “Chetan Chauhan ji Sheffield 3 Chelsea 0 Barcelona have games against off and attacked at will down the also tested positive for CAS in a bid #COVID-19. Sending best to overturn Osasuna and Alavés. Madrid holds right side through Nelson Semedo. wishes in his direction too...get the decision. the tie-breaker if they finish level However, Semedo, Puig, and Messi well soon, sir,” Chopra “We’ve qualified for the on points. all missed chances early on before tweeted. “Just heard about Champions League which was the “We will give it our all, and then Vidal got the winner. Other than his @Chetan Chauhan ji. He has minimum requirement for the wait and see,” Vidal said after the assist for Vidal, Messi was limited tested positive for club. We won it on the pitch and game. “It doesn’t depend on us. If to a pair of shots, including a free- #coronavirus . Praying for his hopefully Monday UEFA will allow it is not meant to be, then on to the kick that Masip palmed over his bar. speedy recovery,” Singh wrote. these players to play next season. The 72-year-old underwent They deserve to be in the COVID-19 test Friday and Champions League,” said City tested positive. Known to be a manager Pep Guardiola. gritty player, Chauhan played However, Chelsea’s bid to qual- 40 Tests between 1969 and ify for the Champions League took 1978 and scored 2,084 runs. a beating Saturday when they went down 0-3 at Sheffield United. Striker David McGoldrick scored two goals Brooklyn engaged for Sheffield while Oli McBurnie got the other one for the hosts. London: Brooklyn Beckham, GOALSCORERS ALL: (From left) Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Bernardo Silva celebrate after the game Chelsea stayed in third place, son of retired soccer but could get overtaken by Leicester superstar David Beckham and AGENCIES games but never looked likely to ex- corner. Jesus made it 2-0 just before and Manchester United if they fashion designer Victoria Beckham, and American tend that streak against a Brighton the break, turning in from close win their games in hand over the actress Nicola Peltz have Brighton, July 12: Raheem side that struggled from the outset. range after Rodri had headed a next two days. announced they’re engaged. Sterling struck a hat-trick as Sterling, who has now netted 27 corner goalwards. In another game played on the Brooklyn and Peltz both Manchester City crushed Brighton goals in all competitions, opened City took total charge in the sec- day Premier League Champions posted the news on their 5-0 at the AmEx Stadium in the the scoring in the 21st minute when ond half, with Kevin De Bruyne Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw Instagram accounts Saturday. Premier League game played he collected a nod-down from striking the post in the 51st minute by Burnley. It cost them the record “Two weeks ago I asked my Saturday. Second-placed City had Gabriel Jesus outside the box and and two minutes later Sterling of maintaining a home all-win FINE STRIKE: Arturo Vidal, watched closely by Lionel Messi (left) scores soulmate to marry me and lost their previous three away superbly drove it into the bottom heading in a fine curling cross record in the title campaign. Barcelona’s only goal against Valladolid she said ‘yes’,” Brooklyn wrote. “I am the luckiest man in the world. I promise to be INDIA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA IN 2020 STAR SPRINTER FEELS PLENTY OF TIME LEFT TO QUALIFY RESUMPTION TIME the best husband and the best daddy one day,” he added. Peltz said in her post, “You've made me the luckiest Ganguly wants quarantine Rijiju to talk with girl in the world. I can’t wait Hima not fretting about Olympics to spend the rest of my life by state counterparts your side,” she added period reduced for players PRESS TRUST OF INDIA for sports activities New Delhi, July 12: Star sprinter Hair-raising talk PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Hima Das is not losing her sleep PRESS TRUST OF INDIA over qualifying for the Olympics. New Delhi: Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir New Delhi, July 12: BCCI presi- She has included cycling and a New Delhi, July 12: Union Sports recently went down memory dent Sourav Ganguly wants a bit of cricket in her ‘medium-in- Minister Kiren Rijiju will hold dis- lane and revisited the time shorter than mandated quaran- tensity’ training regime while tak- cussions with sports ministers of when he shared room with tine period for the Indian team ing care to avoid the sweltering all states and Union Territories veteran wicketkeeper- when they travel to Australia for a summer heat. With no competi- from July 14 to figure a way forward batsman MS Dhoni. “We were Test series this year as ‘we don’t tions lined up in the near future as sporting activities begin to re- roommates for more than a want the players to go that far and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sume amid the gradual lifting of the month and all we used to talk sit in hotel rooms for two weeks’. Hima is taking it easy. COVID-19 lockdown. The two-day about was hair. He had long The COVID-19 pandemic has “There are no immediate com- online meeting will review the ac- hair and how he would changed the rules of the game. This will be a milestone petitions and so we are neither tions taken during the pandemic. maintain that hair and all that Players have to be in quarantine for series. So everyone will doing low level training nor in- “India is in the second phase of stuff would be our discuss- two weeks and be tested for the have to be match fit tense. We are just doing medium unlock now and it is important to ions,” Gambhir said. “We virus before they can take the field. when they land in Australia intensity training. Let us see when have a dialogue with the states to remember sleeping on the But Ganguly is hoping that the SOURAV GANGULY we pick up our training,” Hima align the way forward for sports and floor, because we had a very Indian team will get some relaxation who is currently at NIS Patiala said PTI FILE PHOTO youth related activities,” Rijiju small room. We removed the during their tour of Australia, Sunday. said in a statement Sunday. bed to make it look big,” comprising four Tests, including a get back to cricket,” the former “It is very hot here and so we do Hima Das winning the 400m gold at the U-20 World Championships in 2018 The national camps of athletics Gambhir added. day-night game. India skipper added. only morning training. In the and weightlifting have restarted, “...we have confirmed that tour. Ganguly also said that the evening we have spare time and I There is no use The 20-year-old Hima, known as Boxers will resume training in In December we will be coming. Australia series will be career- do cycling (in the velodrome) and worrying about 'Dhing Express', is the first Indian the next couple of weeks amid CR7 saves Juve We just hope the number of days defining for Indian skipper Virat even do bowling with cricket balls. qualification for woman to win a gold medal in the strict health safety measures. Rome: Atlanta held Juventus to in quarantine gets reduced a bit,” Kohli. I try to enjoy life as much as I can. Tokyo. There is plenty World Championships and holds “During the lockdown, activities a 2-2 draw here Saturday Ganguly said during an online pro- “I have been in touch with him, My motto is ‘be positive and be of time still left. First let us the national record (50.79 seconds) of both youth affairs and sports showing what it takes to tackle gramme, Sunday. “Because we don’t telling him ‘you have got to stay fit. happy’,” added the reigning jun- pray for the end of the in 400m. A lower back injury has have continued keeping in mind top tier teams. Juventus want the players to go all that far You haven’t played cricket for six ior World Champion in 400m. pandemic been troubling her for some time, the larger goals that have been needed two penalties from and sit in hotel rooms for two weeks. months’. You have got to make sure The pandemic has pushed back leading to speculations that she set,” Rijiju said. y Cristiano Ronaldo – including a It is very depressing and disap- your best bowlers are ready for the the Tokyo Olympics by a year and HIMA DAS may not run 400m in future and The minister also spoke about

pointing. “And, as I said Australia tour and fit. Whether it’s the international season stands switch to 200m. the online classes that received

k k y y m m c 90th-minute equaliser – to c prevent Atalanta from winning and New Zealand have been in (Mohammed) Shami, whether it’s suspended till November 30. still to go.Let us first pray that this “I am recovering (from the in- good response from athletes. its 12th straight match in all good position except Melbourne (Jasprit) Bumrah, whether it's However, Hima is not fretting pandemic ends quickly,” Hima said. jury). I will do whatever is decided “In sports too, despite closure competitions. Duván Zapata (regarding virus infections). So Ishant (Sharma) or (Hardik) over it. “The athletics season begins by my coach and the AFI. They of on-field training, online train- gave Atalanta the lead before from that point of view we will be Pandya, they have to be at the top “I am not worried about it (December 1) and there is a lot of will decide (which one I will run),” ing has been conducted for athletes Ronaldo equalised for the first going there and hopefully the quar- of their match fitness when they (Olympics qualification), it will time next year to qualify for the Hima said when asked about her of all levels as well as for coaches, time after the break. AGENCIES antine days will be less and we can land in Australia,” he added. only create tension. There is a year Olympics,” she added. injury. Rijiju informed.

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