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The Ministry’s data last year. With           M    record sowing of kharif crops showed that the area sown in and Maharashtra planting soy-  M          so far. Interestingly, the area Bihar is estimated 5.11 lakh abean over 42.2 lakh hectares !       sown in Punjab is estimated to hectare as against 1.17 lakh and 29 lakh hectares as com-      "N#  Q  have declined due to lack of hectare last years during the faced influx of migrant work- Similarly, Chhattisgarh paddy over 68 lakh hectare so pared to 8.5 lakh hectares and  P  Q         farm labourers. same period. Similarly, Uttar ers during the lockdown peri- which also saw migrants’ far as compared to 49.2 lakh 1 lakh hectares, respectively,           (   )      According to Agriculture Pradesh has witnessed kharif od. UP and Bihar that account- influx, reported 13.40 lakh hectares last year. during the corresponding peri- (    "(   Ministry’s data, the area under crops plantation of 5.96 lakh ed for nearly 75 per cent of hectare kharif crops sowing Punjab has reported od the total area under soy-            kharif crops increased by 88 per hectare as against the 1.52 lakh trains ferrying migrants back compared to 4.38 lakh hectare decline in kharif crops sowing abean cultivation zoomed 225     P*    cent over to 433 lakh hectares hectare last year. received 1,723 and 1,680 last year. As per the Ministry’s due to shortage of farm labour- per cent to 109 lakh hectares.  QO till Friday as against 230 lakh Both these States have shramik trains respectively. data, farmers have planted ers in the State. The area sown Turn to Page 4 +   # ,   N- (  O          .     N      O N      O N         O    $  + ! R  -  $R    .   )           ) /           four-wheeler to enter. accused, he would be immedi-          Besides, CCTV cameras ately terminated and arrested.               day after a Deputy SP and were found inside and outside ADG Kanpur Zone Jai   0 1 Q "N*      Aseven others were fatally of the four gates to monitor Narain Singh also said that     2        ambushed by history-sheeter entry and exit of visitors. Dubey Vinay Tiwari was being probed  ON3  OM     Vikas Dubey and his cronies at lived in the newly-built four to ascertain his suspicious role    #    Bikru village of Chaubepur in rooms about 80 metres away in the matter.     # Q         Kanpur, the administration from the main gate. While one The STF suspected that           )   razed his palatial house to the of the rooms was used by his the information on the -  !  ground in two hours on father Ram Kumar Dubey, impending police raid was *P ,     Q 4 5 Saturday. Ironically, the same housemaid Rekha, her husband leaked by the SO to Dube. On      JCB machine that Dubey and two daughters lived in a the basis of call detail records,  ( P O      , 6  deployed to hinder police raid room just behind it. a sub-inspector, a constable and     P        on Friday, was used to demol- Prior to bulldozing the a homeguard posted at   # Q   ish his house. Dubey’s two construction, the police evac- Chaubepur police station were          /    luxury vehicles were also dam- uated his father, the maid and also on the police .   #    aged beyond recognition. her family from the house and radar and were quizzed by )           During subsequent search, banned entry of people, includ- STF officers. Meanwhile, sev-       .       the police discovered an under- ing media. eral surveillance teams were     ground bunker used for storing The demolition drive last- pressed into service to trace #         89:;   arms and ammunition by the ed for about two hours during over 500 mobile phones in the     ganglord. which the construction trans- area.              The house had four newly- formed into debris. In the On Wednesday, Vinay       M /    built rooms and it was sur- process, Dube’s two luxury Tiwari had visited Dube’s house <      rounded by a 12 ft high bound- cars and two tractors were at Bikru village along with    L *   M   ary wall topped by two feet badly damaged. Heavy police                               Rahul Tewari of Kanpur, who      barbed wire net. forced continued to be deput-                       !   "#$ alleged that Dube had tried to  )    4 5     Villagers told the officials ed at Bikru village and some of kill him after kidnapping him.           at site that the house was built the families chose to abandon inputs to ganglord Vikas Dube detail records (CDR) were also Confirming this on At the house, Dube brutally        about eight years ago. The the village fearing backlash by about the impending police recovered to figure out his Saturday, IG, Kanpur Range, beat up Rahul in the presence   original house within the cam- the police. raid. links with the absconding Mohit Agarwal said that if of the SO. When Vinay Tewari 3          /   pus was now being used a shel- Meanwhile, Station Officer Earlier on Friday, sleuths of Dube. After Tiwari’s suspen- needed, an FIR would also be intervened, Dube snatched his  M       M ter for caretakers. The campus (SO) of Chaubepur, Vinay Special Task Force (STF) had sion, Inspector Krishna Mohan lodged against the SO. He said mobile phone and abused him    N         O had four entry gates and all Tiwari, was suspended for detained Tiwari and quizzed Rai was made the SHO of that if anybody was found after which a heated exchange             gates were wide enough for dereliction of duty and leaking him for several hours. His call Chaubepur. hand in glove with the prime ensued. = # *   #Q       >      >        *  = #      N       2                  &/   *    F                        O #Q                  ! *           )     ()&  *                 3    = #        !              @A       *    -  B         " #$% #$&'              Geneva: China did not come China picked up a media state- been sent to Government   )         forward on its own to report to ment by the Wuhan Municipal   Institute of Medical Sciences 3       = # Q the World Health Organisation Health Commission from their (GIMS) in Greater Noida for          (WHO) that it had a problem website on cases of “viral pneu-     treatment. There are total 162       .  =    in Wuhan following the virus monia” in Wuhan, according to children at the observation         / < C outbreak late last year, accord- the chronology of events enu- home and Covid antigen and          ing to the updated information merated by the WHO. On    PCR tests were conducted on N         O      the UN health agency posted January 1, the WHO request- all the inmates and 17 staffers           about how it has handled the ed information on the report- t least 13 inmates of the of the observation home              Covid-19 crisis so far. ed cluster of atypical pneumo- Ajuvenile home in Noida throughout Thursday.   On December 31, 2019, the nia cases in Wuhan from the tested positive for coronavirus The results of the antigen !/ <         WHO’s Country Office in Chinese authorities. IANS on Thursday and they have test came on Thursday itself, >M           and 13 of the inmates were  M              that deep can be carried on.” found positive.         While Bengal has a total of Of them, seven were new       <  89D@! about 21,000 cases, out of which inmates, who had been serving   Q            6,200 are still active, Maharashtra the mandatory isolation of 14          with a total of 1,92,990 confirmed days in two separate rooms      (   #Q     cases is the worst-hit State in the inside the premises.          which a letter from the State country. Tamil Nadu has 1,02,721 While there are three !            Chief Secretary was sent to the cases whereas is at third rooms which have been         >3  he Central Government Aviation Ministry. It said, “West spot with about 95,000 cases. reserved for the new inmates to           Thas suspended flights link- Bengal is also witnessing a Gujarat has registered about serve quarantine, the remain-            ing Kolkata’s NSI Airport to six steep rise in cases. A large num- 34,600 infections. %              ing reside in five different halls.       hotspot cities of Delhi, ber of cases have been report-      '      "#$ However, there are multiple .      Q    Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur in ed from people coming in the   common areas used by all the > #           Maharashtra, Chennai in Tamil State from outside with infec-   inmates.            Nadu and Ahmedabad in tion. The Government of West     And officials suspect that             Gujarat following a request Bengal has decided to stop or   !"#  $ $% the six other old inmates could            from Bengal Chief Minister curtail the movement of &!  %  $ have contracted Covid since         Q   Mamata Banerjee. incoming flights and trains they were using the same wash-  3       ) A statement issued by the into the State.” '#( )$)% %$ rooms, water coolers in the         airport authorities said, “It is The Chief Minister too  "& $$ )$ common area. !    C C    informed that no flights shall had told the media “though our &!*+* ) $) “The health department       3   operate to Kolkata from Delhi, recovery rate at more than 65  officials were of the view that               Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, per cent is higher than the *, $% ))$% the old inmates got infected >         Q) Chennai and Ahmedabad from national rate we have problems &-&*+! ) ) possibly because they used the /  E          July 6 to July 19, 2020 or till fur- with the infected people com- (* %$) $ same washrooms, water cool-                ther order whichever is earlier.” ing from outside, particularly ers and touched walls and win-    C      ) According to sources, the the hotspot areas … I have   *""& %%  dows of the premises. Anyway,      14   order was circulated by the air- asked the Chief Secretary to * $ $ we are offering warm water, tea              port slot allocation team fol- write to the Centre about sus- ""&  $%) to the inmates twice to the    lowing directives from the pending flights from the high- inmates, who are also being 3            Aviation Ministry. ly affected regions.” ! -  $  made to do gargles. The water      M<      Earlier, the State She, however, said that  % ) coolers have been removed,”   3       Government had requested the “the flights connecting the " "   )$%) said Dharmendra Maurya,        3     ! Centre to suspend flights to cities in Bengal and those to caretaker of Noida observation        and from these cities following States where the crisis is not / #0    $) home.      " +, -.-.

0    ! $ -  .   . +/ 12/3       ?   ment’s request to allow private hos- M    progress of the prevention of com- pitals to install TruNat machines. municable diseases campaign      ! ttar Pradesh Chief Minister “The ICMR has in principle     which was launched in the entire UYogi Adityanath has directed given its nod for allowing private   & state on July 1 for next one month.   ?   the health and medical education hospitals to install TruNat    The chief minister has shown departments to prepare a special machines to test a patient whether interest in joining the campaign in he Uttar Pradesh government set up four action plan for Ghaziabad and he or she is coronavirus positive or ( )  some districts too. TBoards on Saturday to decide on the Gautam Buddha Nagar districts as not,” the chief minister said.     The chief minister asked offi- transfer of police officers up to ASP rank. more efforts are needed to contain “This will boost the non-    cials to give extra attention to food The first three-member Board will be coronavirus spread and improve Covid treatment and major emer- grain distribution under normal headed by DGP while ADG/IG (Karmik) health services in these two dis- gency operations in private hospi-    distribution and PM Poor Welfare and ADG/IG (Administration) will be its tricts tals where patients have to wait for *   Food Grain Scheme and said that members. The Board will look after the trans- “A team of health officials days to come clear whether they    while maintaining transparency in fer of additional /assistant superintendents should be sent to Ghaziabad dis- are free of coronavirus infection,” distribution, availability of food of police trict to camp there. This team he said. monitoring of health services in Yogi again stressed on setting   *+!,"- grain to the needy must be The transfer of DySPs will be decided by should make efforts to improve the The chief minister said that the medical colleges. He also asked the up Covid helpdesks in all hospital ./ N ensured. a second three-member board headed by health services in Covid hospitals Covid testing should be ramped up special secretary-rank officers, of the health department. “Keep an eye on the move- DGP with ADG/IG (Karmik) and ADG/IG and provide the best services to to more than 25,000 through RT- sent to districts as nodal officers, The chief minister directed ment of locusts and ensure (Administration) as its members. COVID-19 patients,” Yogi said PCR (reverse transcription poly- to monitor arrangements in the officials to make quarantine and tection from medical infection arrangements for control,” he said. The third Board led by DGP and hav- while presiding over a high-level merase chain reaction) testing Covid hospitals. screening facilities for the travellers and to make efforts to insulate Meanwhile, Additional Chief ing ADGs/IGs of Karmik and Establishment Unlock 2.0 review meeting at his method. The testing should further The chief minister further coming by international flights. PAC battalions from infection. Secretary Awanish Awasthi said wings as members, will decide on the trans- official residence here on Saturday. go up with use of TruNat machines directed officials to ensure that the Similar screening facilities should The chief minister asked offi- that there were 2,765 coronavirus fers of inspectors. The chief minister also direct- and rapid antigen tests,” Yogi said. relatives of patients admitted to be made at railway and bus stations cials to ensure social distancing hotspots in the state which covered The fourth Board will look after trans- ed officials to send a similar team He directed officers to main- Covid hospitals were informed also, he said and asked officials to norms along with better sanitation around 8.42 lakh houses and a fer of sub-inspectors but unlike other boards to Bulandshahr district also. tain proper arrangements in med- about the condition of the patient exercise all caution to control the in public places. He said that population of over 49.38 lakh. He headed by the DGP, it will be chaired by Coronavirus testing in Uttar ical colleges and ensure that senior on a regular basis. For this, the spread of the infection. door step delivery mechanisms said there were 7,852 coronavirus ADG/IG (Establishment) and its members Pradesh is set to get a major boost doctors take regular rounds. ward in-charge should make He also directed officials to should be ensured in the contain- positive cases in these hotspots and will be DIG (Karmik) or an officer of DIG- in coming days as the ICMR has He asked senior officials to arrangements to inform on the pay proper attention to the train- ment zones for supply of essentials. they were in hospitals while 9,518 rank nominated by the DGP, SP given its nod to the state govern- nominate separate officers for telephone, he added. ing of medical personnel for pro- Yogi also reviewed the people were in quarantine. (Administration) and ASP/DySP (Karmik). $    +  ' !2&" *  $  # 3 *+4 !     +   , &4#&")&!"   ?   the PWD portfolio, said that   ?   the total estimated cost of these   ?   o complete the ongoing projects was about Rs 98.40 ongress general secretary Tprojects of bypass, ring crore and so far the govern- he Baghpat police rescued CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra roads, flyovers in Gorakhpur, ment already sanctioned about Ta girl from the clutches of said that law and order in Maharajganj and Basti dis- Rs 62.54 crore. three kidnappers who were Uttar Pradesh was in a sham- tricts, the state government He said that the head of the raping her in a moving car on bles due to the nexus of crim- released a fund of Rs 4 crore on PWD had been directed to Friday night. inals, ruling party leaders and Saturday. ensure that the work on these The police good work was officials. Giving this information projects were taken up on pri- facilitated as the car being Chairing a virtual meeting P  here on Saturday afternoon, ority and that their completion used by the outlaws ran out of with UP party leaders to dis-    Deputy Chief Minister Keshav certificate should be submitted fuel and it stopped near a cuss the law and order in UP   Prasad Maurya said that for by April 30, 2021. police patrol. and corner the Yogi Adityanath Gorakhpur, Rs 2 crore had He also asked officials to As per reports, a team government on Saturday,     been released for Sangramour regularly inspect the work so from Binauli police station Priyanka said that the deterio-    (Unwal) bypass, Rs 1 crore for that quality was not compro- were patrolling near Dera rating law and order would be   Tuthiwari-Rajabari mini bridge mised. Maurya also wished Sachha Sauda Ashram on a major plank in the forthcom- and Maheshpuri Indo- people on the occasion of Badaut-Meerut road when they ing panchayat polls in the state.     border bypass in Maharajganj Purnima Parv falling on saw a car slowing by the road- Prominent leaders who   and remaining Rs 1 crore for Sunday and appealed to the side near them. As the cops attended the virtual meeting  ! broadening and beautification people to follow the path looked closely, they found a girl included UP Congress chief of road from NH-28 and pass- shown by their and con- held captive on the rear seat by Ajay Kumar Lallu, Congress "    #  ing through polytechnic till LD tribute in the development of two youths. Legislative Party leader   $ Marg. Maurya, who holding the country. When the cops enquired, Aradhana Mishra `Mona’, Rajiv  the youths claimed that their Shukla, Jitin Prasada, Brijlal vehicle had run out of fuel and Khabari, Pradeep Jain and *"3 &3*53*! *& they were doing nothing objec- Imran Masood. Facebook Live. People will be tionable. However, the girl Priyanka’s diatribe against urged to raise their voice urged the men in uniform to the state government came in against the increasing crimes in 3,&&*43#+ *+ free her from the accused. the aftermath of eight police the state,” she said. During quizzing, it sur- officers and personnel being Priyanka urged the people Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh government said that coro- faced that the girl was a native ambushed by wanted history to post their messages against navirus tests carried out on frontline workers, chemists and phar- of Doghat area in Badaut and sheeter Vikas Dubey in a rising crimes on Facebook, macists across the state had shown encouraging results. The gov- was returning home at night Kanpur village early Friday Twitter, Instagram, etc. ernment agencies carried out over 26,000 tests on Friday. when the accused forcibly bun- morning. “If you have any problem, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that dled her inside the car. Later Mentioning the Kanpur you can write about it and give random sampling of frontline workers, chemists and pharmacists they took turns in the moving incident, the top Congress it to Congress workers of the in 75 districts of the state was carried out recently. “A total of 12,299 car by threatening to kill her if leader said that patronage from district and party leaders. The samples were collected. Of these, positive cases were found in 26 she raised an alarm. those in power had boosted the Congress party will collate all districts that too in 70 people, constituting of merely 0.85 per cent,” The police arrested all morale of criminals and hence letters and complaints and sub- Prasad said during a briefing on Saturday. The additional chief sec- three Youths. They were iden- they were indulging in such mit them to the UP Governor retary claimed that similar random sampling of vendors, street hawk- tified as Gaurav of Kakaud in audacious acts. She said that it and National Human Rights ers, urban slums dwellers and others were done and the ratio of Chiprauli, Sanjay and Shivam would not be an exaggeration Commission (NHRC) for nec- positive cases was under 1 per cent. Prasad said that 26,061 tests of Vijbada in Baghpat. The vic- to state that jungle raj prevailed essary action,” she said.. were carried out on Friday, taking the number of total tests to 8.34 tim was sent for medical exam- in UP. Earlier, Congress leader lakh so far. “Of these, 1,973 tests were 5-sample and 302 10-sam- ination and later handed over Priyanka said that Rahul Gandhi had raised ques- ple pool tests. In the 5-sample pools 264 were found positive while to her parents. Congress would launch a cam- tions about the safety of peo- in the 10-sample pools, 57 were found positive,” he said. “Around Forensic experts were paign against the jungle raj in ple in Uttar Pradesh when the 1.59 lakh health teams have covered 1.16 crore houses across the called in to collect evidence UP and organise press confer- police were being attacked. state to screen over 5.94 crore people in 25,855 areas, including from the vehicle where the ences against rising crimes in “Another proof of hooli- 10,220 hotspots. There are 7,630 people in isolation wards of Covid crime took place. The accused every district. “The party will ganism in UP. When the police hospitals and 4,420 in institutional quarantine,” he said. were sent to jail on Saturday. also run an online campaign in are not safe, how will the com- the state and party workers and mon public be?” Rahul said, R    !! leaders would be seen on oting a news report on Friday.

  ?   The rise in overdues in September 2015 were taken April is being seen as a direct over by the UP government, ven as the Centre has outcome of the lockdown thus enabling the power utili- Eannounced a fresh Rs imposed due to coronavirus ty to contract fresh loans. 90,000-crore package by PFC- pandemic, as it has adversely As per the tripartite MoU REC to the state-run power dis- impacted the electricity signed in January 2016 by the tribution companies, Uttar demand and the revenues and UP government, UPPCL and Pradesh’s outstanding dues to cash collections for the dis- the Union Ministry of Power, electricity generating compa- coms. the power utility was required nies (gencos) have kept on pil- “The lockdown has result- to bring down the transmission ing. ed in a massive dip in power and distribution loss to 14.86 As on April 2020, the state demand. Since the maximum per cent by the end of March discoms have accumulated demand fall has come from 2019. The MoU said, “If the tar- pending bills to the tune of Rs industrial and commercial get is not achieved then the dis- 32,000 crore to gencos, as establishments which pay high- coms shall strive to achieve it against a total of Rs 17,500 er tariffs, the blow has been in subsequent year so as to crore owed by them in March very hard. achieve the target of 14.86 per 2019, reflecting a severe stress To add to that is the fact cent positively by the end of in the sector. that collections from power March 2020.” Of the Rs 32,000 crore, sold has not been more than However, as per the annu- state generating companies’ 10-20 per cent as it has been al revenue requirement (ARR) dues stand at Rs 9,859 crore, difficult to continue meter filed with power regulator UP those of IPPs at Rs 9,700 crore reading exercises and collect Electricity Regulatory and of Central generating com- payments from consumers Commission, UPPCL has panies at Rs 6,500 crore. The amid the country-wide lock- shown lines losses of 17.9 per Central transmission owes the down. These factors have cent during 2020-21. discoms Rs 1,200 crore while aggravated the payment delays As per the UDAY scheme, the state transmission owes Rs to generation companies,” said all discoms were required to 3,700 crore. Apart from this, an official. eliminate the gap between the the renewable energy produc- The present financial mess average cost of supply (ACS) ers have pending bills of Rs has arisen singularly due to the and average revenue realised 1,050 crore. failure of the UPPCL to adhere (ARR) by the end of March The discoms’ overdues — to the minimum performance 2019. bills that remained unpaid for standards it had promised to UPPCL had promised the more than 60 days — have achieve for availing of the ben- eliminate the gap by the end of been rising relentlessly. efits of the financial bailout March 2019. UPPCL had According to sources, among package UDAY (Ujjwala assured to eliminate the gap the IPPs, Lalitpur Power Assurance Discom Assurance positively by the end of March Generating Co has the maxi- Yojna). Under UDAY, debt ser- 2020 but it failed to honour its mum dues, worth Rs 3,000 vicing obligation of the 50 per legal obligation and the gap crore, followed by NTPC, at Rs cent loans of the UPPCL and its between ACS and ARR 2,900 crore. five subsidiaries up to remains 70 paisa per unit.

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A pub- ver. off on Sunday, will be on con- suspected that he was thrown police station on Friday even lic response vehicle brought Umesh was found hanging trolling the mortality rate in off the building and demand- as the autopsy revealed that he Umesh to the police station inside the lock-up at Gomti the district. CMO Dr Narendra 5+ 6*  *  ed a thorough probe into the had injuries on his body. later and he was kept inside Nagar Extension police station Agarwal said that through this incident. Denying that the suspect, the lock-up. on Friday morning. The police exercise, they would be able to As per reports, Aditya Umesh, was beaten up at the Serious lapses surfaced in had claimed that the suspect diagnose the patients earlier   ?   Mishra (30) of Shekhupura police station, inspector handling of the case during hanged himself from an iron and thus control deaths due to Colony in the area worked Akhilesh Pandey said a per- initial investigation. Senior rod inside the lock-up. The Covid-19. s many as 78 persons test- with a private company. son, identified as Raj Kumar, officials sought to evade media SHO, a sub-inspector and He said the concern is not Aed positive for coronavirus Around 9 pm, he left his house his servant and others queries as the police failed to three policemen, including a so much about the increasing in the city on Saturday, includ- for some work. Later, the fam- thrashed Umesh after they explain why Umesh was not sentry, were suspended. DCP number of cases but that all the ing 32 from ‘Dial 102’, while ily was informed of Aditya’s caught him sneaking into the admitted to hospital if he had (East) Somen Burma had said patients should be diagnosed one patients succumbed at death. Preliminary investiga- house. He said a case of mur- injuries. The police failed to on Friday that the police had so that there could be proper KGMU. In the state, 772 peo- tion revealed that Aditya fell off der was registered against Raj explain why they were in a recommended a judicial probe containment and treatment. ple tested positive, including 84 the fourth floor of a highrise Kumar and others. hurry to put him in the lock- into the case. The CMO said 23 deaths in Ghaziabad, 83 in Noida, 19 near Yadav Loha Bhandar in have taken place in the district in Jhansi and 16 in Gorakhpur, the area. Vikas Nagar SHO DK and the mortality rate has taking the tally to 26,813. Shukla said Aditya belonged to been less than two per cent as Senior finance and Amethi district. He said Aditya, #  )  of now. Regarding the exercise accounts official from along with his friend, had gone to be carried out by 2,200 Information department, to the building. He said the teams of ANMs, Aanganwadi Rajnikant Verma also tested police rushed Aditya to KGMU and ASHA workers, he said positive for coronavirus and Trauma Centre where he suc- .. - .  they were making last-minute was admitted to KGMU. The cumbed to injuries. preparations in terms of building was sanitised and Further investigation   ?   evidence that Sajid had recced him. Anil told the police said arranging infrared thermome- closed for 48 hours. Samples of revealed that Aditya, along the office, invited the killers, pro- Anoop used to force him to ters and pulse oximeters. people who have been in con- with his friends Gaurav and he Chowk police on vided them with resources, bring liquor and food but did “These teams will measure tact with him will now be col- Mohammed Sahan, had gone TSaturday slapped National helped them in hiding after the not give money for the same. He oxygen level in the lungs of lected. Besides, five members to their friend Pawan’s under- Security Act (NSA) on the key crime was executed and also in said he was fed up with Anoop’s people having comorbidities in of Gram Vikas Minister Moti construction house near Yadav conspirator for the loot & mur- avoiding arrest. He said the high-handedness and decided to the houses that they visit and Singh also tested positive. !         $ 0         Loha Bhandar. Gaurav and der incident at the office of a killers were arrested after a long kill him. On the fateful day, will check the temperature of CMO Dr Narendra !   "  Mohammed Sahan told the gutkha businessman some time manhunt. Anoop got drunk and slept other residents with thermal Agarwal said others who who police that Aditya stepped on back. The accused, identified as Meanwhile, the Para police after which Anil battered him to scanners,” he added. tested positive included five Kalyanpur, 22/26 Rana Pratap 11.44 pm on Friday. He was a duct which was covered with Sajid (58) of Gausganj in arrested an accused who was death and fled the scene. A senior health official each from Gautampalli & Marg, A-43 Kalyanpur, also suffering from diabetes a plywood sheet. Due to his Wazirganj, was served the notice named in the murder of a Meanwhile, the Kakori said it was the most unique Chandernagar, four from Indorabagh BKT, 105/243 and acute respiratory distress. weight, the sheet cracked and in jail where he is presently cool- labourer, Anoop, on Saturday. police on Saturday arrested a exercise being carried out in Cantt road, two each from Phoolbagh, C-2/246 Under contact tracing, 747 Aditya fell down. Aditya was ing his heels. Anoop was found lying dead on chain-snatcher who had target- such a large area of the state Mohan road, Gayatrinagar, Jankipuram, 4 Gautampalli samples were collected and pursuing graduation and his Chowk SHO Vishwajeet Friday morning and his broth- ed a woman on July 1. The simultaneously. “Delhi is doing IDH and Kalyanpur, three Marg, 1 Chandra Villa Sarojini sent to KGMU for testing. father works with a pharma- Singh said the police collected er had named Anil Kumar accused, identified as Pawan it but partially. Our primary from Indira Nagar, and one Naidu Marg, K-1116 LDA There were 24 deaths ceutical company in Lucknow. evidence against Sajid and pro- Rawat as an accused. The police Kumar Yadav of Kakori, is said focus is to reduce the mortal- each from Kursi road, Chowk, Colony Kanpur road, Type reported from the state, The SHO said a case would be duced a detailed report at the said Anil owned up his crime to be a hardened criminal. ity rate but we are also taking Sarojininagar, Harinagar, 200 near PAC Campus, including five from Noida, registered if Aditya’s family DM office for NSA recommen- and disclosed that Anoop was However, his aide Dinesh care of the rising figures Vikasnagar, Ajaynagar, Hardoharpur bkt, C-1951 three each from Ghaziabad, lodged an FIR. dation. He said the police had stoutly built up used to bully Rastogi managed to evade arrest. because if the numbers Rajajipuram, Banikala, Aliganj, Rajajipuram, 143 A Type 1.3 and Bareilly, two increase, so will deaths,” he Malihabad, Devikheda, Narhi, Battalion RPSF and Room no from Jhansi, and one each said. He added that it would and Singature Building. 303 Aman Apartments. from Agra, Meerut, Lucknow, help because they would be Sixteen areas were made KGMU media spokesper- Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar, >        testing symptomatic people as containment zones while 14 son Dr Sudhir Singh said a 60- Amroha, Ballia and Shrawasti, well. “The more tests we carry containment zones ceased to year-old medical profession- taking the toll to 773.   ?   the area. The lawyer, identified sensing danger. from all sides and started beat- out, the more positive cases we exist as ones. The new contain- al from Rajajipuram died at Meanwhile, 560 people recov- as Rahul Rawat of Srinagar Some time after midnight, ing me with sticks. I cried for will get, and then these patients ment zones are 485/14 on Saturday morning. He was ered, taking the figure to verbal spat during a photo Colony in Madiaon, had gone Rahul Soni of Bharatnagar help, hearing which residents of will be isolated so that the Daliganj, 529 Bajrangnagar admitted to the hospital at 18,154. Ashoot at a birthday party to a birthday party in the locality in Madiaon called him my colony came out. The mis- spread can be contained,” he cost dearly to a lawyer who was house of an acquaintance on and asked him to meet him creants opened fire and also said, adding that the patients that they are taking it up as a the report regarding the herd Bacteriology. We are not hav- thrashed by a group of youths Friday night. During a photo outside the house. Rahul lobbed crude bombs before that they are getting now have pilot study because donors are immunity status would be sub- ing any lab under the in Madiaon on Friday night. session, a youth, who he iden- alleged that he was trapped by fleeing the scene,” he said. been from all categories and coming to KGMU from all mitted by the end of the Provincial Medical Services The attackers also fired sever- tified as Tiger, picked up a fight Soni as Tiger and his aides were Rahul alleged that the not restricted to one section. communities. “These are month. which is carrying out bacteri- al shots and lobbed crude with him. Since Tiger was with present when he reached the Madiaon SHO did not attend Meanwhile, KGMU has absolutely asymptomatic peo- Meanwhile, director of al cultures and this lab will be bombs, creating sensation in his friends, Rahul went away scene. “They surrounded me the call on his CUG number. started antibody tests through ple and they are coming from Balrampur Hospital Dr Rajeev developed into the same,” Dr the sampling of health work- all socio-economic status and Lochan said they had complet- Lochan said. ers on Covid -19 duty and not limited to a region. Also, ed the settings of biosafety Meanwhile, the National blood donors. Dr Tulika we have a limited number of level-2 lab and were waiting for Accreditation Board for Chandra, who heads the Blood chips because you need a lot of the inauguration by Chief Testing and Calibration Transfusion Unit of KGMU, money for surveillance. If it Minister Yogi Adityanath. Laboratories (NABL) has expe- said they would be checking gives good results, it can be “We have also applied for dited approval mechanisms the presence of antibodies in translated into a large-scale registration of the lab with the with fast track approvals being blood to assess the herd immu- exercise,” she said. She added ICMR. The lab is in the granted within seven days to nity which people may be that in case of the sampling of premises of Balrampur hospi- labs. The Indian Council of developing. blood donors, they are doing tal and has been funded by the Medical Research, New Delhi, “It’s important because if it post donation. Centre and state government,” in a letter to the UP govern- the herd immunity is develop- “If the donors turn out to he pointed out. The director ment, said private laboratories ing, the disease is on the verge be positive for coronavirus, said they will focus only on the in the state that intend to start of decline and if it is not, it is their plasma can be used for testing and no research work. TrueNat/CBNAAT based test- a matter of concern,” she said. plasma therapy also because “Later on, we plan to ing for coronavirus should be She said it is difficult to go they have a good antibody sta- develop this lab as the depart- encouraged to immediately in the field to get samples and tus in them,” she said. She said ment of Virology and apply for NABL accreditation. *6E   3  .+567-       ?   said she broke her partnership address and passed the infor-  in beauty parlour following mation to the Ashiyana coun- businessman was duped Dheeraj’s amorous advances. terparts. Later, a sub-inspector Lucknow (PNS): The Lucknow Aof Rs 32.5 lakh by an She alleged that the police did from Ashiyana police station, division of North-Eastern employee in Madiaon a week not listen to her complaints and Dalbir Singh, worked on the Railway has taken to complete ago. The victim lodged a case it was only after she case. He said Ruchi was paperless working, right from in this connection on Saturday. approached the DCP (West) brought to the hospital around the field unit level up to the divi- Reports said Dev Prasad of that a case was registered in this 12:33 am on Saturday. He said sional office and headquarters Sukriti Apartment deals in alu- connection. It surfaced that Ruchi hanged herself around during the coronavirus minum scrap. A week ago, he Dheeraj sent an obscene video 10 pm on Friday. “Her family pandemic. sent his employee, Ramu of the victim to her husband as members rushed her to Civil A spokesman said even in Gautam of Dubagga, to a bank well. She alleged that a sub- Hospital where she was the remotest of the field loca- to deposit money. Dev Prasad inspector, identified as declared brought dead,” he tions like Nautanwa on the said that Ramu, along with his Paramhans, resorted to dilly- said. Indo-Nepal border, around 345 brother-in-law Lalla and a dallying tactics when she con- The police said they were kms from the divisional head- friend, left for the bank. tacted him for help. verifying the claims made by quarters, no officers have been “In the afternoon, I called Ruchi’s family members. “We posted (only supervisors of var- Ramu but his phone was 303 "  have yet to find out why the girl ious departments are available) switched off. He call me in the "4 took the extreme step. We and the NER Lucknow division evening and said he met some /" "0 were told that Ruchi hanged has also created an e-kiosk for mishap so could not answer my A 20-year-old girl ended herself following a verbal spat sharing the resources so as to call. The next day, he reached her life at her house in with some family members,” maximise the outreach of e- the office and said he was Ashiyana late on Friday night. the police said. office by getting all the focal robbed of the cash which was Police came to know about the In another incident, a points of the division connect- meant to be deposited in the incident when a memo was teenager, identified as Satish ed digitally. bank. I asked him to lodge a sent by Civil Hospital to (19), ended his life in a rented “Now, all employee bills, case but he absconded,” Dev Hazratganj police station and accommodation in PGI police mastersheets, inspection notes, Prasad said. the information was passed on station area. His elder brother leave applications and routine Meanwhile, a woman to the Ashiyana police. Indal told the police that Satish correspondence between super- lodged a case against her for- As per reports, Amit went to sleep in his room visors of all departments and mer business partner alleging Kumar, who is a ward boy at around 10 pm on Friday and sub-divisional as well as divi- that he misbehaved with her Civil Hospital, informed the was found hanging from the sional headquarters will be and threatened to share her Hazratganj police on Saturday ceiling on Saturday morning. done digitally. It will save time morphed photos and doctored morning that a girl, Ruchi The police said Satish was a in correspondence, increase videos on social media to Sharma (20) of Qila native of Sitapur. He used to accountability & transparency, defame her. The SHO said a Mohammedi in Ashiyana, was help his brother and father who facilitate monitoring and also be case under IT Act was regis- declared brought dead. The are egg-sellers. The police sent useful in the current times of tered against Dheeraj Kashyap Hazratganj police reached the the body for autopsy and start- coronavirus pandemic,” he said. of Thakurganj. The woman scene and the verified the girl’s ed further investigation.    -   * $

  ?   Mukesh Kumar said the high- diversity in the state. “The dred or more trees would be lights of the plantation are exercise will also focus on mal- felicitated as environment hief Minister Yogi that the Forest department is nutrition, especially among ambassadors. “A control room CAdityanath will inaugu- planting 10 crore saplings at women and children, for which had been set up under which rate Van Mahotsav at Kukrail 10,034 sites while 26 other drumsticks are being planted in residents can have their queries on Sunday by planting a ‘har- departments are planting 15 large numbers as they are often addressed. We will be utilising ishakari’ sapling. PCCF Rajiv crore saplings in the state. termed ‘wonder plants’,” he the forest land, private land, Garg said the sapling represents He said as per the direc- added. agricultural land, educational Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh. tions of the Chief Minister, the Meanwhile, a district institutes land, catchment area Media spokesperson and mis- focus of the plantation this year administration official said all and the land near the rivers for sion director of plantation, will be to have increased bio- those residents who plant hun- plantation,” he said.  2  3     " +, -.-.

@)     !88        9!!#     5      ?   efforts of the community for conserva- lovers help each other in exchanging rare Aryan Krishna, a class IX tion of the varieties from Malihabad is mango variety plants,” he said. student of CMS, Kanpur Road entral Institute for Subtropical the only way how on farm conservation “Lucknow Mango Festival is one of Campus, has CHorticulture organised a mango of rare varieties will be achieved,” he said. the most important events in north secured 100 . <  diversity show in which over 100 vari- Agriculture Foreign Trade Minister and participants from other states also percent marks eties were displayed. Director Shailendra of Uttar Pradesh Shriram Chauhan was take part in it. Over one lakh people visit in mathematics   ?   Balrampur Hospital should be Rajan said 50 farmers attended the the special guest and he showed keen to see varieties in this unique event. It is in International completed by September. He mango diversity show, which was organ- interest in large mango germplasm col- rightly said that it is a festival where not Benchmark Test he Divisional Commissioner also issued directions for use of ised because of queries pouring in. He lection. only mangoes but several value-added (IBT), getting Thas given a grace period of high-grade aluminium sheets said it was also aimed at motivating those Rajan said mango diversity show has products are also sold,” he pointed out. the top rank globally. IBT is two months to the officials for for a 60-bed night shelter at making efforts to increase mango vari- its own importance, and people who con- He said CISH would actively partic- organised by the Australian completing Smart City projects Balrampur Hospital and also for eties in the orchards. serve rare mango varieties wait for this ipate in the festival but this year, they Council for Educational which got delayed because of the construction of a false ceiling. “CISH made efforts to educate peo- event because they can exhibit the her- organised an exhibition of mango vari- Research (ACER) once a year coronavirus pandemic and con- Regarding the Integrated ple about conservation of varieties in itage available in their orchards. eties and more than 50 farmers and in many countries. In India, sequent lockdown. A review Traffic Management System, he their own orchards by following a prin- “Many farmers bring their fruits for entrepreneurs participated in it. CISH- thousands of students from meeting of the Smart City pro- said that at some of the crossings, ciple of ‘one variety with one farmer’, sale and the urban masses happily pur- developed value-added products, tech- several noted schools appeared jects was held by Divisional the public announcement system which will make conservation of thou- chase these uncommon mangoes at a nologies and mango varieties were dis- for IBT. CMS will honour him Commissioner Mukesh and display boards could be sands of varieties possible. Collective premium price. At this event, mango played in the exhibition. with a cash prize of Rs 50,000. Meshram on Saturday and was used for spreading awareness attended by Municipal regarding Covid-19. Commissioner Indramani For quality assessment of #   )89 93&453& * *&&*&&* Tripathi, project manager the projects under the Smart City Mahesh Verma and finance offi- project, he said that a third-party    E#>(    ?   28 degree Celsius, respective- Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, cer JP Singh. audit should be carried out by ly. The state forecast is thun- Kushinagar, Deoria, The Divisional institutes such as IIT-Kanpur and Lucknow (PNS): Ram ities they can be seen enjoy- he Met department has dershowers at many places Gorakhpur, SK Nagar, Ballia, Commissioner was informed NIT-. Manohar Lohia Hospital has ing the music. Light music Tforecast heavy rains in over the state. There is a warn- Mau, Ghazipur, Chandauli, that the projects under the Regarding traffic Jam on the installed a music system in and radio is for their enter- eastern and western UP. ing of heavy to very heavy Varanasi and adjoining areas. Smart City got delayed due to Daliganj road junction, he said the isolation wards for tainment and to keep them Lucknow is expected to receive rains at isolated places over On Saturday, Gorakhpur lockdown. He told the officials the work should be completed by Covid-19 patients to help abreast of current affairs,” he a light spell of rains. MeT eastern UP and heavy rains at received the maximum rainfall that they were getting a grace the end of September and pub- them bust mental stress and said. He said they came up director JP Gupta said there isolated places over western at 34.1 mm rainfall while period of two months but further lic toilets in area-based develop- it has received encouraging with this idea after watching was a circulation over eastern UP. Gupta said that thunder- Churk received 19.4 mm and delay would lead to increased cost ment of the Smart City should feedback. Media spokesper- the other hospitals and pri- UP and the trough line of storm and lightning, accompa- Jhansi 30.2 mm rainfall. of construction material. He said also be completed by July. The son Dr Srikesh said many vate institutes using televi- monsoon was passing over nied by gusty winds would However, in the state cap- it would be wrong to say that Divisional Commissioner said patients appreciated this sion and music for the eastern UP due to which heavy also occur at a few places ital, residents waited for rains labourers are not available that the work of beautification of effort on social networking patients. “Television was not rains would occur. over the state. as the humidity made life dif- because there is a large number some identified parks should be sites. possible because it requires The local forecast is cloudy He said light to moderate ficult for them. Lucknow of migrants who have come back completed by July. He was “Some of our patients a lot of infrastructure, and sky with few spells of rains and thunderstorm and lightning recorded the maximum tem- and their services could be used. informed that the work on tourist took to social media to hence we decided to go for thundershowers in some areas. was likely over districts of perature at 35.4 degree Celsius, He said that the work of set- information kiosks was not com- appreciate this initiative In music because it is easy to The maximum and minimum Pilibhit, Bareilly, Badaun, which was normal, while the ting up of smart grid water waste pleted and that the firm which the morning when they are install music system,” he temperature is expected to be Sambhal, Rampur, minimum settled at 28.2 treatment and reuse plant at had been given the project. going for their routine activ- said. around 33 degree Celsius and Moradabad, Balrampur, degree Celsius. ? 7  ' 7  *  '  7   From Page 1 ly. Maharashtra and Madhya Similarly, Gujarat, which Pradesh reported maximum   !78 9 planted groundnut over 16.3 increase in pulses sowing so far. lakh hectares as against 10 lakh As per the data, there is also    for introducing in the Indian market Asserting that scientific advances hectares, accounted for most of a 100 per cent jump in cotton potential Covid-19 related drugs, the cannot be “made to order”, CPI(M) gen- the increase in groundnut plant- planting to 91.7 lakh hectares ith health experts raising concerns indigenous vaccine development process eral secretary Sitaram Yechury alleged the ing, which went up by 60 per with Maharashtra and Wover the Indian Council of Medical has also been sought to be insulated from ICMR was trying to fast track the produc- cent to 25 lakh hectares. Telangana planting cotton over Research’s (ICMR) decision to set the slow file movement,” the ICMR said in a tion of a coronavirus vaccine so that the The area under pulses crops, 33 lakh hectares (4.6 lakh August 15 deadline for the launch of the statement. Prime Minister i could make the too, registered a whopping 289 hectares) and 15 lakh hectare Covid-19 vaccine, the ICMR has said it But not convinced by the ICMR state- announcement on Independence Day. per cent increase to nearly 37 (7.9 lakh hectare), respectively. has decided to fast track the process to cut ment, both Congress and Left parties have “A vaccine would be the most deci- lakh hectares as compared to the Almost 96 per cent increase red tape and it is in accordance with glob- said that the ICMR’’s plans to launch a sive redemption from the pandemic. same period last year. There was in maize sowing to 45.6 lakh al practice. coronavirus vaccine by August 15 was The world is waiting for a safe vaccine, a five-fold increase in area under hectares pulled up the area In a statement, the ICMR said the let- aimed only at enabling the Prime Minister which is universally accessible. arhar crop which went up to 16.5 under coarse cereals to 70.7 lakh ter sent by DG-ICMR to investigators of to make a big announcement from the “But...scientific advances can never lakh hectare from 2.8 lakh hectare, which was 101 per cent the clinical trial sites was “meant to cut Red Fort. be ‘made to order’. Forcing the develop- hectare in the corresponding more than 35.2 lakh hectare unnecessary red tape, without bypassing “Why is ICMR rushing for an unre- ment of an indigenous vaccine as a cure period last year. planted in the same week last any necessary process, and speed up alistic timeline of August 15for Indian for COVID-19, bypassing all health & The area under urad and year. Other major coarse cereal recruitment of participants”. corona(virus) vaccine when global experts safety norms, to be announced by PM moong, on the other hand, crops such as bajra and jowar, “Just as red tape was not allowed to are giving 12 to 18 months ‘ time frame,” Modi on Independence Day is fraught increased by 369 per cent and too, registered more than 100 become a hindrance in the fast-track Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan tweet- with horrendous human costs,” Yechury 200 per cent to 8.8 lakh hectares per cent increase as compared to approval of new indigenous testing kits or ed. said in a tweet. and 9.4 lakh hectares, respective- the previous year. 1:1   +$ 2, 2;  )/-

" states will be the biggest benefi- ances, land acquisition and ciaries to send their produce to royalty/local tax exemptions to sserting that the proposed Delhi Mumbai markets, this make the project see the light of the A8,250 crore Chambal expressway will be a boon for day soon. Expressway could be a game chang- primitive tribes like Saharia in He underlined that land acqui- er for the poor and tribals living in Morena, Sheopur and other sition should cater to the develop- far-flung areas of Madhya Pradesh, areas," Road Transport and ment of wayside amenities, besides and Uttar Pradesh, Union Highways Minister Gadkari said, industrial and commercial clusters Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday reviewing the project. with potential for having smart urged these States to expedite land The proposed expressway will cities, mandis, hunar haats, among acquisition, environment clear- prove to be the newest model of others, on both sides. ances and tax relief for the project. infrastructure development jointly The expressway will offer huge The project will also provide between the states and the Centre, employment potential in these dis- cross-connectivity with the Golden he said. The about 404 km-long tricts and adjoining areas, he said. Quadrilateral's Delhi-Kolkata cor- expressway provides an alternate Stressing on the need to bring ridor, North-South Corridor, East- route from Kanpur to Kota through down the cost, Gadkari said royal- West Corridor and Delhi-Mumbai Madhya Pradesh, and then it joins ty and tax exemptions on the pro- -Expressway. the Delhi-Mumbai corridor. ject material will save more than "The upcoming expressway Reviewing the project with 1,000 crore. could be a game changer for trib- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister He suggested that chief minis- als and poor living in the far-flung Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Union ters of the states through which the areas, specially Chambal region Agriculture Minister Narendra road will pass should chair State- which is considered as one of the Singh Tomar and BJP leader and level High Powered Committee most backward areas in the Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya meetings to sort all state-specific country. Scindia, Gadkari emphasised on issues which will facilitate faster "While farmers of all three expeditious environment clear- implementation of the project.   ) +/   *!

"   => oped influenza-like illness after which he was tested for Covid-19 and ttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh resulted in positive, Gautam Buddh UNagar on Saturday recorded five Nagar officials said. more deaths due to Covid-19, while "He has been admitted to an iso- 83 more people,including the chief lation ward for treatment. His con- medical officer, were found positive dition is stable," District Surveillance for the infection in the district, offi- Officer Sunil Dohare said. cial data showed. Meanwhile, senior doctor Nepal The death toll due to the novel Singh will officiate as the chief med- coronavirus has now reached 28, ical officer of Gautam Buddh Nagar, while the tally of positive cases rose the officer said, adding the CMO's to 2,646, the highest for any district office has been sanitised as per pro- in the state, according to the data tocols for Covid-19. released by UP Health Department. On the other hand, 3,328 tests The number of active cases came were carried out for Covid-19 across down to 972 from 1,005 on Friday, as Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday, 105 more patients were discharged according to official data. after treatment, the data showed. Of the total tests, 20 were So far, 1,646 patients have got dis- TrueNat, 1,512 were RTPCR and charged from hospitals in the district, 1,796 were antigen-based testings, the it showed. The recovery rate data stated, adding that 1,488 surveil- improved to 62.20 per cent from lance teams were deployed for door- 59.98 per cent on Friday. It was 61.60 to-door screening in the district. per cent on Thursday, 64.47 per cent Gautam Buddh Nagar currently on Wednesday, 65.36 per cent on has the second highest active cases of Tuesday and 64.76 per cent on COVID-19 after adjoining Monday, according to official statis- Ghaziabad district (1,118) in the state. tics. The mortality rate of positive They are followed by Lucknow patients grew to 1.05 per cent from (490), Kanpur Nagar (328), Meerut 0.89 per cent on Friday, according to (283), Varanasi (231), Aligarh (210), the statistics. Bulandshahr (167) and Mathura CMO Deepak Ohri had devel- (153), the data stated.  4     " +, -.-.    )<      !  * ! 

"  /"   -  88-2=   +  he Minister of Medical and THealth, Family Welfare, Mother and Child in UP "  /"B   7 deaths. In Ghazipur, five new Government, Jai Pratap Singh patients have been detected, inspected five hospitals in the ith the finding of 24 new increasing the number to 365 Prayagraj district on Saturday. WCOVID-19 cases, the with just 41 active patients The minister reached Motilal district touched 600-mark here and four deaths. As many as Nehru Divisional Hospital at on Saturday. It has become the 314 patients have been recov- around 10 am. He met the hos- first district in this belt of ered. In Mirzapur, four new pitalised patients and sought Purvanchal (eastern UP) com- positive patients have been information about the arrange- prising 10 districts of three found, increasing the number ment there. divisions to reach the alarming to 133 with 73 active patients The UP Health Minister figures. During the day, the city and one death as 73 have been directed the Chief also saw yet another death, discharged from the hospital. Superintendent of the hospital increasing the toll to 22. Earlier, Purvanchal saw a Dr VK Singh to ensure that During the day, five patients big spike as 97 new corona pos- patients should not have any have been discharged from the itive patients were found dur- inconvenience in the hospital. hospitals and with this, the ing the 24 hours by Friday. The Thereafter, the Health Minister number of total patients who total number of patients has inspected the Trauma Centre of have been recovered has !               !   "  increased to 2562. However, in the District Women’s Hospital increased to 340, leaving 238 comparison to new findings of and Tej Bahadur Sapru (Beli) active patients. patients, the recovery has been Hospital. With the finding of new during the day. Till date, 13,119 from diabetes and severe acute slowed down as only 32 were After inspecting these hos- patients, the number of samples have been collected respiratory infection (SARI). discharged from the hospitals pitals, the minister went hotspots has increased to 290. and results of 12,263 have been Meanwhile, as many as 18 while the number of active straight to L1 COVID Hospital, Out of them, 132 have come in received while 856 are awaited. new COVID-19 patients have patients has increased by 62 Kotwa Bani and sought feed- green zones while there are 158 Out of all received reports, been found in Ballia, increas- during the period. Out of the back from the patients admit- department’s plan in the Singh has summoned a report the Commission instructed the active hotspots including 25 in 11,663 were negative and 600 ing the total number to 166 total patients, 1734 (67.69 per ted there. He also talked to the evening in the Circuit House. from DM in this matter. girls and workers working in orange zones while 133 are in positive. According to the Chief with 67 active patients. The dis- cent) have been discharged corona-infected patients and During the inspection, special Taking this matter seri- different girls’ homes of the dis- red zones. As many as 242 Medical Officer (CMO) Dr trict had seen two deaths, In while only 769 (30.01 per cent) inquired about their health. He secretary Prakash Bindu, CMO ously, the Commission has tricts to use cent per cent samples have been collected VB Singh, a housewife aged 60 Azamgarh, one more positive are active patients. The mor- directed the hospital’s super- GS Bajpai, among others were asked the department to ensure masks, observe physical dis- and sent to the Microbiology from Dalmandi area (Chowk) patient was found, increasing tality rate has improved slight- intendent Dr Amritlal Yadav present. necessary treatment as per the tancing as possible, and main- department, Banaras Hindu died at Sir Sundarlal Hospital the number to 263 with 72 ly to 2.18 per cent with 56 that no laxity would be toler- Meanwhile, the State consultation with the Health tain the cleanliness of the hous- University (BHU) for testing (SSH), BHU. She was suffering active patients and seven deaths. ated in providing any kind of Women’s Commission has department for all the girls of es. The Nari Niketan campus care in the treatment of coro- taken cognisance of two girls the girls’ home. Instructions has been directed to make 100 na patients. of the Government Girls Home were also given to ensure bet- per cent sanitisation of its In the same sequence, he located opposite Khuldabad ter treatment for these girls to premises and provide the latest also inspected Jhunsi Primary police station being affected spread the infection of detailed report related to treat- 39, +    Health Centre. The minister with corona. Deputy Chairman COVID-19. ment of the girl child infected also reviewed the Health of the Commission Sushma The Deputy Chairman of with COVID-19.  +!<   ; *

"  /"B   7 Himalayan regions and even in like tea for preventing the merase, hence blocking the "  /"   -  Dham Kshetriya Vikas informed about wearing masks respective homes. BHU’s Botanical Garden, we’ve attack of the COVID-19. viral RNA synthesis, inhibiting Sansthan informed the properly, added Shekhar. Meanwhile, the impact of research by Professor good number of the same ‘We still don’t have the full the protease enzyme, which in ith giving a jolt to the newspersons the committee As lakhs of pilgrims and 20 India soldiers being mar- AShashi Pandey of plants. ramification of the SARS- turns blocks the capsid forma- Wdevotees, the manage- has cancelled all the religious devotees visit the temple dur- tyred in a clash with Chinese Department of Botany, Institute According to her, since nCoV-2 but a publication titled tion and also interacts with ment committee of Bhayharan events normally organised ing Shrawan month every year, troops on LAC in Ladakh of Science, Banaras Hindu long the plant has been used for ‘Therapeutic options for the spike glycoprotein that is Dham, the famous tem- during Shravan month in view the management committee area is also visible. The shop- University (BHU) has revealed treatment of malaria and other 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- involved in the viral – human ple of Lord on the bor- of COVID-19 outbreak. The has informed senior police keepers selling decorative important findings with regard diseases and even the World nCoV)’ published in Nature cell interaction. der of Pratapgarh and Prayagraj preventive measures to be and administrative officials in items and statues of Lord to COVID-19 cure. The study Health Organisation (WHO) Reviews - Drug Discovery has Prof Pandey said ‘the bioin- districts has cancelled the pop- taken have been put in prac- Pratapgarh and Prayagraj Shiva have announced boycott suggests that the bioactive has recommended the same for made few crucial facts very formatical data shows high ular Mangal Mela held during tice already. about cancellation of all of all Chinese products. compounds of Artemissia treatment of malaria. clear about the pandemic caus- efficacy of these four drugs and Shravan month and made A joint team of police and events. The owner of a popular Annua along with its deriva- ‘During the lockdown peri- ing virus that SARS-nCoV-2 can be used as a more potent compulsory for devotees to sansthan members ensured The committee members store at Chowk said they have tives showed good interaction od, we’ve started doing more has a positive single stranded drug against the COVID-19 wear masks for entry and fol- that devotees arriving to offer are also informing all devotees completely boycotted Chinese with the different parts of the research work on the plant by RNA genome with three major disease. low social distancing inside. prayers strictly followed social that Kanwar is not decorative items and have viral genome which may show using bioinformatics tools and open reading frames (ORF),’ The outcomes have already The committee also can- distancing norms and took all allowed this year. brought all indigenous prod- a way to find a potential cure. found some satisfactory results,’ she said. been submitted in Virus celled all religious events precautions, he said. Chief priest Bhola Nath ucts. The outcomes have been sub- she said, adding that both the According to her, the Disease Journal months back organised during Shrawan The committee members Tiwari said that he has been The idols of Lord Shiva mitted in Virus Disease Journal Vice-Chancellor of BHU Prof bioactive compounds of for publication. Scientists in month in wake of COVID-19 used thermal scanners to appealing to devotees not to idols are being brought from for publication. Rakesh Bhatnagar and Director Artemissia Annua along with Germany have also claimed on outbreak. The Shravan month check the temperature of each visit the temple during Rajasthan this year, while dec- Talking to ‘The Pioneer’ of Institute of Science Prof its derivatives showed good Wednesday that extracts of the begins from July 6. and every devotee before Shravan in view of COVID orative articles were sourced here on Saturday, she said that Anil Tripathi have assured of interaction with the different artemisia plant are active Samaj Shekhar, general allowing entry. The devotees outbreak and urged them to from West Bengal, Mathura actually Artemissia Annua is their full support for carrying part of the viral genome and against the virus causing secretary of Bhayharan Nath were told to use sanitisers and perform Rudrabhishek at their and Delhi. Chinese plant but that does not on further research work on the they are currently being used as COVID-19. Further research in mean that it’s only planted in plant in this direction. Prof antimalarial drugs in India. this direction is being done in China because in India, it can Pandey suggested that even They are interacting with the the Institute of Science, BHU be planted easily in the ‘Kada’ of the plant can be used RNA dependent RNA poly- here, she added. ?.++   :  ; *$  1- .1    ashrams, maths and others lakhs of devotees and Mahadev, Omkleshwar "  /"B   7 have already cancelled their Kanwarias after covering about Mahadev and Laat Bhairav. Guru Purnima Mahotsav. Two 120 kms come here to offer jal- President of Chandravanshi "  /"   -  book is like an experiment targets the adolescents who his holy city of leading ashrams located in the abhishek in Kashi Vishwanath Gop Sewa Samiti Lalji Yadav guide book where we do the have got tremendous potential TDwasdasjyotiling is all set northern and southern out- temple after carrying sacred said that as per the permission t is quite rare that an expert experiment and get the desired which is yet unused and to see lacklustre religious activ- skirts of the city, Sarveshwari water from Sangam (Prayagraj) given by the district adminis- Iof a technical field authors a result. The reader can experi- unutilised. The entire life of ities during the auspicious Samuh and Garhwaghat but this time, there is a restric- tration, only five Yadav book in public interest on a ment the matter explained in every human being is a journey month of Shravan this year due respectively had already tion on the same as the devo- Bandhus would go to Kashi non-technical subject of the book and get the result, the of ‘aim and effort’. But in this to worldwide coronavirus pan- announced cancellation of fes- tees have been instructed to Vishwanath temple to offer achieving success by guiding success. The secret of success journey, the incidences of fail- demic. Unlike other years, this tivals several weeks ago and offer prayer at nearby Shiva prayer. the energy in the right direc- has been explained in the sim- ure are more than success. time no outside saffron-clad their religious heads including temples. Meanwhile, in view of the tion. And this has been done by plest possible way such that it This is because people do not Kanwarias would be seen at Gurupad Sambhav Ram and Besides, other festivals pandemic the management of the Principal Chief Mechanical remains no more secret. know the path of success. This Kashi Vishwanath and other Sadguru Sarnanand had falling during the month famous Shooltankeshwar Engineer, North Central When asked as to what becomes the reason for dissat- famous temples of Lord Shiva. appealed to their disciples to including Somvati Amavasya Mahadev has decided to keep Railway, Prayagraj, Kundan inspired him to write this book, isfaction and disappointment. Generally during the month, offer their prayer on Guru on July 20, Nag Panchmi on the temple premises closed Kumar who recently published the author said history is enor- This book will give a clear idea lakhs of devotees and Purnima staying at home. July 25 and Raksha Bandhan during Shravan. The decision a book ‘Path of Success’ to mously filled with great achiev- about the path of attaining Kanwarias come here to offer However, it is expected that and Somvati Purnima on was taken by the temple man- remove all confusions from ers. Incidences of failures and success. jalabhishek. Though Kashi some devotees would reach August 3 would also see lack of agement after its meeting with the minds of the budding mil- dissatisfactions are also in Answering a question Vishwanath and many other the places of their Gurus, espe- activities. SDM (Raja Talab) Pramod lions who are full of energy, but     galore. I tried to experience the regarding the main message the Shiv temples have already cially where no heavy rush is As per tradition, the Yadav Pandey and Circle Officer (CO) waste the same in the absence path the successful people go author briefed— ‘Success is reopened after long lockdown, seen. Bandhus will take out their Abhishek Pandey. It is said that of proper guidance. through and I concluded – yes, not a matter of chance, it is a normal and usual activities This year, there is a great Jalabhishek Yatra on first as heavy rush throngs the tem- While talking to The self and his potential. there is a path through which matter of choice’. It is a must have yet not been started due importance of Shravan as it is Monday (July 6) and offer ple during Shravan month, it Pioneer Kumar presented the To motivate the youth for every achiever has to travel to read book to clearly understand to several restrictions. rarely seen that the month prayers at all the nine temples would not be easy to maintain brief of the contents and said, making efforts to achieve suc- achieve success. The idea the path of success, to attain Not only for Shravan, but begins and ends on auspicious of Lord Shiva including Gauri social distancing so it has been ‘My book is divided broadly in cess, the author has used quotes inspired me to describe the success confidently and to live the city is also famous for its Mondays. Besides, there are Kedareshwar, Teel decided that the main gate of three parts — First part is the and success stories of scores of path of success so that every- a life of satisfaction and worth. grandeur activities on Guru five Mondays falling on July 6, Bhandeshwar, Sheetla Mata, the temple would remain glimpses of life stories and legendary personalities includ- one can understand the path of The author has dedicated Purnima, falling on Sunday. 13, 20 and 27 and August 3. Aaheshwar, Kashi Vishwanath, closed and the approach roads messages. This part aims to ing Lord Buddha, Socrates, success and attain his share of this book to his parents because Several leading religious Normally, on these occasions, Mahamritunjya, Trilochan would be barricaded. energise the motivational Aristotle, Abraham Lincoln, success. he feels that he has derived the instinct of the reader; Second Tagore, Vivekanand, Mahatma When asked about the tar- energy to write the book from part is to define success and the Gandhi, Mother Teresa, APJ get readers, Kumar explained, the blessings of his parents. path to attain success, while the Abdul Kalam, Ratan Tata, success is the need of everyone. This 272- page book has third part is the personality Narayan Murthy and so on, So the book is broadly for every been published by Ink 3> 2 1 assets which aims to give vision before defining success. person of any age or any field. Publication, Prayagraj, and is to the reader to recognise him- Kundan Kumar says, my However the book specifically also available on Amazon.

"  /"B   7 were taking both to jail the leader Vikash Patel reached reached police station and not advocates present on the occa- there on bike and when the allowed anyone to remain in he police on Saturday sion put strong protest alleging cops asked him and sought premises of police station. On $   *  ! Tarrested the district gener- that the manner followed by reason why he had not put on the application of SI Sunil al secretary of the Bharatiya the police to produce before face mask he became agitated Gond, the case under various Janata Party (BJP) and member the court for the remand was and allegedly misbehaved with sections was lodged against the "  /"   -  comes here with family. had breathed his last. The Microbiology, Sam of Zila Panchayat Surendra improper. However, the police the cops. It was alleged that the BJP leader, his brother and six On Saturday, Ramesh news of the murder created Higginbottom University of Patel and his brother Virendra succeeded in taking the BJP BJP leader also reached there others. n a sensational, a man killed Chandra Patel was making panic in the village. Agriculture, Technology and Singh on the charge of man- leader and his brother to jail. in the meantime and heated The CO, Bhelupur Preeti Ihis brother over an issue of the bricks to spread on the Ramesh’s death caused a Sciences (SHUATS) Prayagraj handling and misbehaving with But in the other court, the plea exchange of words took place Tripathi informed that the BJP land dispute in the Karchana ground to build a house. Ram pall of gloom in his house. On and Department of a sub-inspector. The case of BJP leader and his brother between him and cops. The leader and others had man- area of trans-Yamuna here on Bahadur also reached the vil- being informed by the vil- Microbiology, All India against Zila Panchayat member, was accepted and they were incharge of police outpost handled and misbehaved with Saturday afternoon.. on the lage after getting information lagers, Karchana police station Institute of Medical Sciences his brother and six others has released later on. alleged the BJP leader for man- the sub-inspector and the case receipt of information, police about this. Incharge and Circle Officer (AIIMS), New Delhi. been lodged at Lanka police According to information, handling and misbehaving has been registered against reached the spot, took the He tried to convince reached the spot and took The webinar commenced station under various sections. the incharge of Sunderpur with him. Patel, his brother and others in body of the victim into custody Ramesh as to why he is getting stock of the situation there. with the welcome note from Both were released on bail police outpost Sunil Gond When the situation this connection. and sent it to the mortuary for the brick on his ground. In the After interrogation, the police Prof Rubina Lawrence, Head, later on. along with cops were making became tense, the incharge of After producing before the the postmortem examination. meantime, both parties arrested the accused Ram Department of Industrial When the cops took both process of cordoned off the Lanka police station Ashwani court, Surendra and his The police have also arrested entered into an argument over Bahadur who tried to flee the Microbiology, Sam to produce before the court on hotspot area at night on Friday Chaturvedi also reached the brother Virendra were sent to the accused. the issue. spot after committing the Higginbottom University of Saturday, the heavy police force last. It is said that there is also spot and brought the BJP jail. Rourdin, resident of Meanwhile, Ram Bahadur crime. Agriculture, Technology and was deployed at district court residence of member of Zila leader and his brother to police The district president of Patharhia village in Dharwara, fired with a licensed gun and WEBINAR: The Sciences, Prayagraj wherein and at the office of SSP to avoid Panchayat and BJP’s district station. It was said that some the BJP Hansraj Vishwakarma under the Karchana police the bullet hit Ramesh’s temple American Society of she welcomed the chief any confrontation with advo- general secretary in the area BJP leaders along with party confirmed that the Zila station, has two sons Ram resulting in he slumped on the Microbiology webinar on guest on the occasion cates as the brother of BJP where the hotspot was being workers reached the police Panchayat member is general Bahadur Patel and Ramesh ground in a pool of blood. ‘Combating millennium pan- Director AIIMS Dr Randeep leader Virendra Singh is an made. station to get Patel released. secretary of the district unit of Chandra Patel. Ram Bahadur When the people around demic COVID-19’ is being Guleria and Prof (Dr) advocate. After producing him It was said that in the The SP, City Vikash Chandra party and he and his brother has also built his house in reached the spot after hearing organised jointly by Rajendra B Lal, Vice- in the court when the cops meantime, the son of BJP Tiwari and CO Bhelupur also were released on bail. Gauhania. Sometimes he the sound of firing, Ramesh Department of Industrial Chancellor, SHUATS.     " +, -.-.  5

% .    0&  (     *  6* 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() crops. Minister also asked sev- Bundelkhand for better pro- eral questions from the persons duction of crops. Minister also .      !  UAT is progressing contin- concerned regarding income inspected the pond where fish Buously. Agriculture univer- and expenses of these units. He farming was being being done. sities and scientists play a vital appreciated these projects He discussed this scheme in "  /"  "  /"  role in field of agriculture. being run for the welfare of detail and asked Vice- Agriculture based on the geo- special cleanliness drive anpur Nagar reported 41 graphical condition of that Ahas been launched in Kmore coronavirus cases in particular area makes people Kanpur by Kanpur Nagar the last 24 hours, taking the prosperous. Banda University Nigam under the supervision total number of infections so of Agriculture and Technology of Mayor Pramila Pandey. far to 1,315, while two more (BUAT) and its scientists were Addressing a meeting with COVID-19 patients died in working continuously. These officials, she said special ramps the city. views were expressed by Uttar be made and two RC bins Chief Medical Officer Dr Pradesh Minister for placed at all the places where AK Shukla said on Saturday Agriculture Surya Pratap Shahi there was maximum littering so that the 41 new cases were at a review meeting organised that the garbage could be reported from Vinayakpur, at BUAT on Friday. Minister dumped in them. She said this Vishnupuri, Gwaltoli, Swarup said that BUAT was on the path would not only ensure unob- Nagar, Acharya Nagar, Nirala of progress under the efficient structed movement of traffic Nagar, Shivkatra, Govind leadership of Vice-Chancellor but also check the threat of vec- Nagar, Nagar, Lal Dr US Gautam. Shahi appreci- tor-borne diseases. Bangla, Shyamnagar, Barra-2, ated the models prepared by Pandey said the KNN had Patara, Shakkar Mill, Chowk the scientists in the field of agri- decided to use bullock carts to Sarafa, Arya Nagar, Patkapur, culture with limited resources.  ( ! "   !             remove garbage from the city. Harbansh Mohal, Krishna Shahi said that BUAT was    1  #  . 2)   1#  1 ! '   She said this was being done in Nagar, Sanigwan, Gujaini, training the farmers about        .  view of the steep rise in prices Kidwai Nagar, Darshanpurwa, modern techniques of farming of petrol and diesel. She said Kalyanpur, Naseemabad and a for better production. Earlier farmers of this area. Agriculture Chancellor to promote it for the idea may sound a bit weird few more localities. the minister inspected Ken minister, Vice-Chancellor, increasing the income of farm- but as there were a large num- He said with the discharge river project sponsored by the BUAT Dr US Gautam, Banda ers. Minister also inspected ber of bulls in cattle shelter of 20 COVID-19 patients from Government of India and MP RK Patel, Banda MLA the fruit-bearing trees grown in homes, it had been decided to (   "  "        "  hospitals, 941 infected per- issued instructions to the work- Prakash Dwivedi, Tindwari 12 hectare area in the univer- harness them in bullock carts sons had been cured in the city ing agencies to ensure the MLA, Brajesh Prajapati, sity. Minister had requested to remove garbage on a regu- and at present 317 active coro- quality work within stipulated Naraini MLA, Raj Karan Kabir, Central Government to sanc- lar basis. places and all the bulls would every year on its 72 trucks for should have name tags with navirus cases were undergoing time. Minister said that this and BJP district president, tion 25 crore for different The mayor said the KNN be harnessed to ensure regular removing garbage out of the their mobile numbers so that in treatment. project would be able to irrigate Ramkesh Nishad, planted schemes of the university. Later would be manufacturing the movement of garbage of the city. case in their areas anyone Dr Shukla said with two 600 acre area on the universi- saplings on the university cam- Vice-Chancellor Dr Gautam first bullock cart which would city. She said the KNN was The mayor directed that all wanted to call them for garbage more deaths, the toll stood at ty campus and 500 acre area of pus. Minister also inaugurated proposed the vote of thanks to later be manufactured at other spending several crore rupees the safai nayaks (supervisors) removal it can be done. 57 on Saturday evening. the farmers outside. Later min- tissue culture laboratory estab- all participants.The pro- Among the two patients ister inspected different pro- lished in Forestry College gramme was convened by PRO who died, one was a 80-year- jects being run in the univer- under National Agriculture Dr BK Gupta. Among those old woman suffering from sity. These projects included Development Scheme. Minister present on the occasion were hypertension, and the second related to poultry, duck farm- said that the saplings prepared Director Administration and 31 " .1 a 35-year-old man with severe ing, goat rearing, fish farming, in the laboratory would be of Monitoring Dr BK Singh and respiratory syndrome. vegetables, fodder, fruits and great help to farmers of PA to V-C Ranjeet Singh. The CMO said 547 sam- ples were taken on Saturday, including 116 random samples 1      +% .$ from hotspots and 179 as per government directive. "  /"          P Metro Rail Corporation %&5-;<= Uhas awarded the contract 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $* +,#- Singh said. It is noteworthy railway administration has for supply, testing and com-   that in the month of June this announced special concession missioning of 201 cars for 67 he North Eastern Railway year the average speed of goods on loading of goods for short three-car trains (39 for Kanpur T(NER) administration is trains was 35.5 km per hour distance (short lead) and long and 28 for Agra) along with ! making efforts at several levels which has almost doubled from distance (long lead) since July train control and signaling sys- to bring qualitative improve- the average speed of goods 1 to June 30, 2021. tem for Kanpur and Agra "  /"  ment in goods loading and trains in the month of June last According to another deci- Metro projects to Indian con- their rapid transportation for year. Similarly from April to sion, instead of those goods sortium M/s Bombardier he annual placement meet- the expansion of industrial June this year the average speed sheds which were more busy Transport India Pvt. Limited. Ting of Virendra Swarup and commercial activities. of goods trains was 31.97 km the loading of goods in the Each Metro train will have Educational Foundation was General Manager of North which was 83 per cent more nearby goods sheds was being the capacity to carry approxi- held at Dr Virendra Swarup Eastern Railway, Lalit Chandra than the same period last year. encouraged. On loading goods mately 980 passengers (i.e. Institute of Computer Studies Trivedi, reviewed the progress It is noteworthy that the aver- from nearby less busy (alter- 315-350 per coach/car). and was chaired by its secretary of goods loading and trans- age speed of goods trains on native) goods shed, the traders Four international firms Dr Gauravendra Swarup along portation regularly with the some sections of North Eastern will get a rebate of 20 per had participated in the global with acting director Dr Arpit heads of department and senior Railway was about 64 km per tonne on payable terminal bidding and submitted their Awasthi. railway officials concerned and hour. In the efforts being made charge. Such busy and their tenders on February 18. After Dr Swarup said that the discussed various aspects of to increase the speed of goods alternate goods sheds in North detailed technical evaluation of three units of VSEF were Dr giving new momentum to it. trains freight convoy and the Eastern Railway are as follows: the bids by the UPMRC team, Virendra Swarup Institute of Moreover such review meet- corridor played a special role. The busy goods sheds were the Chinese bidder was dis- Computer studies at Saket ings are also held regularly at The railway administration on Basti, Naka Jungle, Kusamhi, qualified. Financial packages of Nagar, Dayanand Academy of the divisional railway manag- holidays keeping in mind the Rudrapur City, Siwan and the three technically qualified Management Studies at Govind er (DRM) level. As a result of operational status of the pas- Sitapur City. The less busy bidders were opened and the Nagar and Virendra Swarup these concerted efforts, there senger trains and cancelling the ones (alternative) goods sheds tender was finally awarded to Institute of Professional Studies had been an unprecedented less useful passenger trains were Khalilabad, Anandnagar, the lowest bidder, M/s at Kidwai Nagar and for the improvement in the average makes special corridors for Sardaranagar, Bisalpur Road Bombardier Transport India entire courses for session 2019- speed of goods trains on the goods trains to ensure their and Haldwani, Gonda Kutcheri Pvt. Ltd. on Friday (July 3). 20 a total of 52 companies vis- NER, Chief Public Relations uninterrupted and fast move- and Balrampur, Mairwa and These state of the art mod- ited the campus for interviews Officer (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar ment one behind the other. The Khairabad Avadh. ern stainless steel trains will be and a total of 617 students were manufactured by M/s ( )         #   $ ". 3.    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It may be recalled that again to replicating the same a short inter-station distance of signaling based on communi- students, TCS selected 94, shortage of fund, and she INSPECTED: In order to UPMRC has won accolades achievement in the delivery of about one kilometre between cation-based train control Wipro selected 31, Capgemini ivisional Commissioner would try to solve it but no ensure enforcement of Unlock and recognition for achieving Kanpur and Agra Metro pro- the stations, having a maxi- (CBTC) with continuous auto- 102 students besides other DPreeti Shukla reviewed the excuse for delay was acceptable. 2 guidelines city magistrate the fastest delivery of first jects and has set an extremely mum design speed of 90 kmph matic train control system companies like GenPact, Tech progress of projects at her Reviewing the projects which Jagadamba Singh inspected the train-set in a record 64-week tight deadline of 65 weeks and schedule speed of 80 (CATS) had been selected. Mahindra, BYJus, Policy Bazar office in Pathariya on Friday. were at the completion stage market on Friday and found period for Lucknow Metro from now for the delivery of the kmph. He said the selection of He said after successfully and Zaro Education carried out Addressing the working agen- the DC directed the authorities that 14 shopkeepers had Phase-1A project, and achiev- first train-set from Bombardier. technology for trains for UP restarting civil construction in campus placements. He said cies she reviewed projects to equip the buildings with opened their shops. He ing the distinction of fastest The strategy of an integrated Metro was governed primari- full swing at Kanpur Metro site the VSEF holds a record num- worth above 50 lakh, exclud- essential amenities and hand ordered the police to lodge an Metro project implementation rolling stock and signaling ly by design considerations for post lockdown, the award of ber of placements which no ing roads. While referring to them over to the departments FIR against their owners under in the country in less than four- package for Kanpur and Agra energy efficient, reliable, com- contract for the rolling stock other company had achieved. projects like barrack of Police concerned and chalk out a relevant laws and initiate the and-half years period (36 days Metro projects will again help fort to passengers in terms of and signaling system would not Dr Swarup said that the Lines, Mirzapur, district judge’s plan for it and inform her process to seize the shops till ahead of schedule). This could in achieving the target sched- riding quality, lower-noise level, only boost the economy but VSEF was making meteoric rise residence at Bhadohi, projects positively. In very that con- further orders. He warned the be possible because of the suc- ules. and environment friendliness. also bring the people of Kanpur and stood first among the tech- pertaining to tourism depart- nection she directed the shopkeepers to follow the cessful implementation of a UPMRC Managing He said the body shell of and Agra closer to their dream nical institutions. He said it had ment, bridges of the division, department concerned to equip norms of social distancing at combined package for rolling Director Kumar Keshav said cars made of stainless steel was of having their own metro. the best placement figures and Ganga ghats at Vindhyachal, the Ganga ghats at Vindhyachal any cost and said that no laxi- every effort was being made to construction of government with lights. The meeting was ty would be tolerated even if ensure its placement was 100 schools, polytechnic buildings attended by the District the shops were found open on per cent. etc. she made made it clear that Magistrates and the CDOs of the prescribed day. During the Others present included cost of no project should the division along with the inspection the officer was $     + KM Mishra and Khushboo increase due to inordinate working agencies and was con- accompanied by the police Kishnani. delay. She further directed the ducted by Joint Development force from the City Kotwali as officials to inform her if there Commissioner Navneet well as Katra Kotwali. .  ) >$,< <>!     93#+ 1!&&&" *&, !!&"   8PSS@TQPI9@IU  ./ 0#- on Friday. 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As per the reports Rajgarh Road its driver lost ne person was killed when Neelima Gupta said in the pre- The keynote address was She said societal pressures ed an individual with knowl- Church College, Kanpur, joint- received here, on being tipped control from it and it collided Oa pick-up hit a motorcycle sent times when COVID-19 delivered by Prof Maria were being faced due to this edge of advance technology, a ly organised an online inter- off by an an informer at night with a pick-up coming from near Turkwaliya village under threatened the entire world, it Arlene de Almeida, Sau Paulo catastrophic pandemic, system which was manageable national conference on ‘Role of that some persons were the opposite direction. On get- the Pipiganj police station on was essential that mental University, Brazil, who strong- adding that this unpredictable from distance and not medicinal chemistry in the indulged in gambling at public ting information the police Friday night. resilience should be the prior- ly supported poetry which fast spreading infectious dis- only with knowledge but also current scenario (RMCCS- place in Ratanganj locality the reached the spot and got the According to a report ity in this situation. helped in shaping loss, ease had caused universal having practical applicability. 2020)’ with participation of Katra Kotwali police raided the three injured admitted to the received here, Deep Narayan She congratulated Mahila heartache and even depres- despair, anxiety and distress He shared various character- National Research Centre, place and arrested the gam- primary health centre (PHC) in alias Bablu Gupta (32), a resi- Mahavidyalaya for organis- sion. among individuals which in istics of digital human Cairo, Egypt, University of blers, Amit Chaurasia, Ankit Rajgarh. The victims were later dent of Bariarpur under the ing a webinar on a relevant Prof de Almeida said return was causing frustration resource. Groningen, The Netherlands, Chaurasia, Sultan and referred to district hospital Kotwali police station of Sant topic and said it would cer- poetry also forced an indi- and panic. The vote of thanks was Association of Chemistry Mustaqeem, residents of due to their serious injuries. Kabir Nagar district, died in the tainly help in spreading vidual to confront ones inner- Prof McDonald said the proposed by Dr Preeti Teachers, North Zone India Ratanganj. Besides stake CASE REGISTERED: The accident. He was at present liv- awareness and prepare people most thoughts and feelings need of the hour was to cater Dwivedi, the anchoring of and SR Group of Institutions, money worth 1,550 the police Halia police have registered a ing in Ekma village under the mentally to stand up united- and provided a comfortable to this and develop the the programme was done by Lucknow. recovered 710 on frisking the case against three persons on Pipiganj police station. On the ly against the coronavirus format to be able to share strength and the immune sys- Dr Nishi Singh and Dr Saba Chief guest Prof Sandeep gamblers. After lodging an FIR the application of the father of other hand, his companion, pandemic. them with others. tem which was more harmo- Yunus. Verma from Science and under Section 13 of the a girl. In it he had alleged that Sanjay, who too was sitting on Addressing the session, She said that in this time nious in terms of personal Prominent among those Engineering Research Board, Gambling Act the police com- the three persons of his village the motorbike with him was Mahila Mahavidyalaya prin- of crisis it was a better way to social and economic well- present included Mahila Delhi told the gathering that pleted the necessary legal for- had kidnapped his daughter a injured. On getting information cipal Dr BR Agarwal said comfort ones anxiety in the being. Mahavidyalaya Secretary, Dr medicinal chemistry was a malities in this connection. couple of days ago by enticing the men in khaki rushed to the today the major cause of con- form of poetry which may Addressing the session, Gauravendra Swarup, Dr stimulating field as it linked THREE HURT: Three her away. After registering the spot, sent the injured to a hos- cern was that mass hysteria result in a peaceful mental Prof Tosaporn Mahmud said Alka Katiyar, Dr Pratibha many scientific disciplines and persons were seriously injured case Station Officer Amit Singh pital for treatment and took the and panic vis-à-vis COVID-19 state. as physical movement was Srivastava, Dr Sangeeta Sitani, allowed collaboration with when a Tata Magic collided said that the culprits would be body of the deceased into cus- was leading to psychological The second lecture was restricted in this pandemic, Dr Neelu Mishra and Dr other scientists in researching with a pick-up at Indranagar apprehended and the girl tody and sent it for the post- problems in people from all delivered by Prof Betty there was need for a well- Deepali Nigam, and developing new drugs. under Madihan police station would be recovered soon. mortem examination.     " +, -.-.  6

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All the pre- and the scale products can Smerely an “election win- Amit Shah, Defence Minister sentations detailed the distri- achieve if they can satisfy the ning machine” but an organi- Rajnath Singh, Finance bution of food packets, face- demand, he said. sation for the service of the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, masks, ‘Paduka’ and help ren- “Nowadays, we are seeing society, Prime Minister and BJP-run State Chief dered to stranded migrants in huge interest and enthusiasm Narendra Modi on Saturday Ministers including Yogi reaching their native places. among the start-up and tech lauded the “seva” of the party Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Bihar state unit president ecosystem to innovate, develop workers in the time of coron- Chouhan and BJP state presi- maintained that but for the    Innovation Mission are launch- and promote homegrown avirus crisis and suggested that dents were present in the BJP help provided by them not ing the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat apps,” Modi said. every ‘mandal’, district and Headquarters here. The even 10 per cent of migrants lose on the heels of ban- App Innovation Challenge’,’ the “Today, when the entire State prepares a digital work of Programme was titled “Seva hi could have made it to their Cning 59 Chinese apps, prime minister tweeted sharing nation is working towards cre- its experiences during the pan- Sanghthan”. homes during the lockdown. Prime Minister Narendra Modi the link to the LinkedIn post. ating an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, demic and releases it by Modi said he was proud Intervening during the on Saturday invited the start-up Modi had given a call for it is a good opportunity to give    Vadodara district of Gujarat. September 25, on the birth that BJP proved that “service” Bihar session, the Prime and tech community to par- an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat” (a direction to their efforts, She has started CSC work with anniversary of the Bharatiya was its primary aim and power Minister briefly spoke in the ticipate in the ‘Aatmanirbhar self-reliant India) and had momentum to their hard-work oya Khan from the Telemedicine consultation. Her Jan Sangh and BJP ideologue was only a means to an end. native language while lauding Bharat App Innovation urged people to be ‘vocal for and mentorship to their talent ZVadodara district of Gujarat vision is to support the trans- Deen Dayal Upadhyay. “This tradition we inherited the work done by the party Challenge’ and exhorted them local’ products. to evolve apps which can sat- has become the first transgen- gender community in making The Prime Minister, who from our founding fathers and work. He said UP and Bihar to create an ‘Aatmanirbhar App He said the app innovation isfy our market as well as com- der operator of the Common them digitally literate & give was reviewing the work of their hard work”. has a great challenge and will Ecosystem’. challenge is for those who have pete with the world”, he said in Service Centre (CSC) in India. them better opportunities,’’ he party workers in the last four He said some observers see have to work with the same “Who knows, I may also such a working product or if the write-up. Union Minister of said. months of crisis and watching an organisation in context of zeal in future. use some of these apps made by they feel they have the vision To help the start-up and Electronics and Information Common Service Centres the presentations of seven BJP elections only. “For us organ- Similarly, he congratulated you,” Modi said in a write-up and expertise to create such tech community achieve this Technology, Ravi Shankar are facilities provided by the states through video confer- isation is not an election win- Assam unit saying they worked on LinkedIn. products. objective, the challenge will run Prasad shared the news with Government of India for deliv- encing , said the digitalisation ning machine, for us organi- pro-actively and the work is In a tweet, Electronics and “I urge all my friends in the in two tracks, which are her pictures of working in the ering e-Services to rural and from all tiers could finally be sation means service for “showing” with people’s confi- Information Technology (IT) tech community to partici- Promotion of Existing Apps office on his Twitter handle. remote locations where avail- converted into one that of the everyone’s happiness and the dence in BJP increased in the Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad pate”, he said while sharing the and Development of New ‘’Zoya Khan is India’s first ability of computers and entire country, “inspiring the idea of -Nation first”, Modi said state. said that the PM has launched write-up ‘Let us Code for an Apps, Modi explained. transgender operator of Internet was negligible or most- future generation”, not only and went on to say that BJP Modi asked all state units the challenge to encourage Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. This challenge will be joint- Common Service Centre from ly absent. within the country but global- had tried to build an equal to be alert and aware of the Indian application developers India has a very vibrant ly hosted by the Government ly too. society. approaching festival season as and innovators. tech and start-up ecosystem, and members of the tech com- 7P       Modi said digitalisation He said BJP today repre- “coronavirus danger is still the Today, there is immense which has done India proud munity to make it more holis- should be done at least in sents all section of society same”. He asked the rest of the enthusiasm among the tech nationally as well as globally, tic, he said. three languages-mother with 52 dalit MPs, 43 tribal state units to send their pre- and start-up community to Modi said. The Government recently tongue, and English. He MPs, 130 OBC MPs and also sentations directly to him. create world class ‘Made in The country’s youth have banned 59 Chinese apps, some      said the work would give a having 150 tribal MLAs in Nadda said 22 crore food India Apps’, Modi said. excelled in providing tech solu- of them immensely popular great strength and inspiration “Vidhan Sabhas”. packets were distributed in ‘To facilitate their ideas tions across sectors, he said. like TikTok and Shareit, on to those who would get to read Presentations were made the last 68 days and 5 crore and products, the Ministry of ‘The COVID-19 pandem- grounds of ensuring security       the “commendable service” before the Prime Minister by “Modi ration kits” were also Electronics and Information ic has also brought about a big and safety of Indian cyber done by lakhs of people during the state unit chiefs of seven delivered. 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to look eye-to-eye at China Chinese 1959 line, whatever Remdesivir on day one and    and unequivocally tell them the consequences and how- 100 milligram for the next to retreat from their ever long and hard the four days. day after Prime Minister illegal and brazen occupation struggle may be. The Ministry had on June ANarendra Modi visited Leh of Indian territory. Mr Prime The Congress leader said 13 allowed the use of and addressed the soldiers, the Minister, this is the only ‘raj paradoxically, the Chinese remdesivir for “restricted Congress on Saturday said time dharma’ that you must follow,” 1959 line clearly depicted the emergency use” in moderate has come for him to follow his Sibal said at AICC virtual entire Galwan Valley in India coronavirus cases.    ) =   “raj dharma” and tell the peo- Press conference. and it was only on June 16, Hyderabad-based drug- ple of the country about the “They say ‘pictures do 2020, a day after the fatal maker Hetero has the he Army on Saturday    reality of Chinese “incursions”. not lie’. Will the Prime clashes, that China formally approval to Ttermed reports in social    The grand old party also Minister now tell the nation laid claim, for the first time manufacture remdesivir for media as ‘malicious” claiming   countered BJP’s claim that it - is this Indian territory on ever, to the entire Galwan the treatment of coronavirus a hastily assembled hospital &    was only Modi to visit a front- which radars, helipad and Valley.    to five. patients. and fit soldiers posing as line. Former Union Minister other structures have been “Isn’t it correct that the According to the updat- Last month, the company injured during Prime Minister >   Kapil Sibal said former prime built by the Chinese in a local councillors of Ladakh, he Union Health Ministry ed version of its Clinical had said that it will deliver the Narendra Modi’s visit to a mil- * ( ministers Indira Gandhi and brazen act of transgression? including BJP councillors, Ton Friday revised the pre- Management Protocol for the first set of the medicine to itary hospital in Leh on Friday.  * & Lal Bahadur Shastri had visit- “Have the Chinese occu- submitted a memorandum to scribed dosage of anti-viral coronavirus released by the Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Taking exception to reports ed forward locations to boost pied our territory in Galwan Prime Minister Modi in drug Remdesivir for coron- Ministry, the patients must be Nadu, Gujarat ata price of hinting the event was staged, 77 :  the morale of Indian soldiers Valley, including ‘Patrol Point February about the capture of avirus patients from six days injected with 200 milligram of 5,400 per vial. the Army said these were   and Jawaharlal Nehru too had 14’, where our 20 jawans of our land by China? What “malicious and unsubstantiat- *  also visited soldiers in the the 16 Bihar Regiment made action did the prime minister ed accusations” in some quar- forward locations in NEFA in the supreme sacrifice? Has take? Had he acted, wouldn’t ters regarding the status of the    1962 to boost their morale. China also occupied Indian we have been able to pre-empt (        facility visited by the Prime =    “But it appears that our territory in Hot Springs?” the the brazen Chinese Minister.    prime minister stayed 230 km Congress leader asked. transgressions?” Sibal asked It is unfortunate that asper- away in Nimu, Leh,” Sibal said, “Has China occupied our which was also seconded by sions are being cast on how our   taking a swipe at Modi’s visit. territory up to ‘Y-Junction’ (18 the his party colleague and a  2       brave Armed Forces are treat- ?   Posing a set of five kms inside the LAC) in the former Jammu Kashmir Chief ed. The Armed Forces give the questions to the Prime Depsang plains, Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. best possible treatment to their Minister, Congress asked threatening India’s strategic In a clear message to personnel, the statement said. quarantine from COVID areas. Modi to say whether the actu- DBO airstrip, which is the China, Modi on Friday said  2    It is clarified that the said Army Chief General M M al picture of “Chinese occu- lifeline for the era of expansionism is facility is part of the Crisis Naravane and the Army pation of our territory” up to our military supplies to the over and that India’s Expansion capacity of 100 beds Commander have also visited the “Finger 4 Ridge” in the Siachen glacier and enemies have seen the “fire    Poshan Thali and Nutria- and is very much part of the the injured braves in the same Pangong Tso area depicts the Karakoram pass?” he asked. and fury” of its armed forces, gardens are being promoted General Hospital complex. location on earlier occasions, it truth on the ground. On Modi saying this is as he made an unannounced eviewing the progress of through Krishi Vigyan The COVID-19 protocol said. Sibal used satellite images not the India of 1962 and the visit to Ladakh, signalling Ragriculture research, exten- Kendras. Pilots were conduct- had necessitated some wards of After the bloody skirmish of Ladakh’s Pangong Tso from era of expansionism is over, India’s firmness in dealing sion and education in India ed in Madhya Pradesh and the General Hospital to be on June 15 in the Galwan val- May and June to show the former Union Minister with the border row with the through video conference, Chhattisgarh involving 76 converted into isolation facili- ley leaving 20 Indian army Chinese structures in the area said Jawaharlal Nehru, the neighbouring country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ties. Hence, this hall which oth- personnel dead, the injured sol- and asked the Prime Minister first Prime Minister of the In an address to troops in on Saturday stressed the need 450 model farms. In its pre- erwise was normally used as a diers were kept there to ensure to at least speak the truth country, had told China then Nimu, the prime minister to adopt organic and natural sentation ICAR highlighted Training Audio Video Hall isolation from COVID-19 about it. that India will never paid glowing tributes to the farming practices on a cluster the Magic seeder in Punjab, was converted into a ward ever affected areas. Sibal also asked Modi to accept the Chinese claim- 20 Indian soldiers killed in the -based approach. He exhorted and Delhi to address since the hospital was also On a surprise visit to stop doing the politics of line. Galwan Valley clashes and the need to create awareness that start-ups and agri-entre- the problem of stubble burning designated as COVID treat- Ladakh on Friday, Modi “illusion and delusion” and According to Sibal, Nehru said tales of the bravery and regarding inclusion of millets preneurs need to be promoted after the harvest of paddy crop. ment hospital. addressed troops at Nimu out- showing “red eyes” to China, wrote to China, saying India valour of the armed forces are like Jowar, bajra, ragi and sev- to ensure innovation and use There is a reduction of 52% in The injured braves have side Leh and later visited the and protect Indian territory. will never submit to the echoing in every part of the eral other minor millets in of technology in agriculture burning events in 2019 in com- been kept there since their Leh military hospital and met “The times warrant India demand for it to accept the country. diet to ensure a healthy diet. and allied sectors. parison to 2016. arrival from Galwan to ensure the soldiers. PM appreciated the efforts He highlighted the need to towards developing varieties leverage information technol- focusing on specific require- ogy to provide information on .) "3/=  ments of agro-climatic zones demand to the farmers. PM $ ! ! and exhorted the need for Modi also directed that developing forward and back- Hackathons may be organised ward linkages to assure better twice a year to solve identified   /.! returns to farmers. problems and meet design " 7<>!  Reviewing the contribu- needs for tools and equipment   "   rushed to augment a matching in the country to screen and tions of ICAR in developing that can reduce drudgery if response to the buildup of the quarantine, at its Chhawla camp new breeds of cattle, sheep and farming activity, given that a he BSF that secures the Chinese forces amid the ten- here, the Indians and foreigners goats, PM Modi stressed the large number of farm workers   social distancing and take pre- behaviour. So, we don’t know Tfrontiers on Bangladesh and sions between the two evacuated from Wuhan which need for research on indige- are women. scribed precautions and there how it will behave. Anyway, a Pakistan continues to be head- countries. was then the epicentre of the nous breeds of dogs and hors- They said the PM appreci- hough the national Capital is a strict implementation of pandemic lasts for a year or so, ed by the ITBP Director General The BSF also faces addi- Covid-19. es. PM Modi exhorted that ated the efforts towards devel- Thas seen a drop in the containment measures even as therefore as a society we must SS Deswal in a stop-gap mea- tional threat along the Besides the charge of ITBP, study of grasses and local fod- oping varieties focusing on Covid-19 cases over the past lockdown measures are eased. be prepared,” he said. sure for the last nearly four International Boundary (IB) Deswal continues to hold the der crops should be under- specific requirements of agro- one week but the experts in city “In some cities there was a Maurya, however, warned months after the former BSF with Pakistan in Rajasthan and additional responsibility of the taken to understand their climatic zones and exhorted the claimed that the city may go decline in trend, but once the that the city could see a “second chief Vivek Johri was repatriat- Punjab as Pakistan’s army is a BSF till now. nutritive value. need for developing forward past the coronavirus cases peak lockdown was lifted people wave of the viral attack” in ed to his parent Madhya “brother” army for Chinese “Consequent upon repa- At the meeting, Dr. and backward linkages to in early August. did not follow the dos and August or September, given its Pradesh cadre on March 11. counterparts and can potentially triation of Vivek Johri, (1984, Trilochan Mohaptra, Director assure better returns to farm- However, they have dont’s and this led to a surge in fickle nature. The ITBP is the designated play a spoilsport in the event of IPS officer of MP cadre), General, Indian Council of ers. warned that if social distancing cases. So, there is no space for Various previous predic- border-guarding force and Lead an escalation with Beijing. The Director General Border Agricultural Research cum- The PM highlighted that and hygiene norms prescribed complacency. A lapse on some- tions on number of cases in Intelligence Agency on the Line need for a full-fledged chief of SecurityForce to his parent Secretary, Department of avenues for enhancing bio by authorities are not adhered one’s part somewhere...Could Delhi and on peaking period of Actual Control (LAC) with the BSF is the need of the hour, cadre, competent authority has Agricultural Research & ethanol from sugarcane and to by people, then there could lead to a spike,” Dr Guleria said. have proven wrong, as the China while the BSF is in a sim- insiders said. approved that SS Deswal (1984- Extension, presented the pri- other crops need to be be a surge again. Dr Vikas Maurya, Director virus is novel, he said. ilar role along the frontiers While Johri is a 1984 batch batch IPS officer of the Haryana orities, performance and pre- explored. AIIMS Director Randeep & Head, Department of “Only thing we can do to with Bangladesh and Pakistan. Indian Police Service (IPS) offi- cadre), DG, ITBP (Indo-Tibetan paredness to face various chal- In an effort to bolster Guleria said, “If the number of Pulmonology and Sleep continue, to ensure less cases For the last over two cer of the Madhya Pradesh Border Police) shall hold addi- lenges. ICAR has developed ‘Kuposh Mukt Bharat’ (India cases in Delhi continues to be Disorders, Fortis Hospital, occur, is by practising social months, the Indian Forces are in cadre who heads the police in tional charge of the post of DG geo-referenced Organic free from Malnutrition) 70 bio static or decreases over the next Shalimar Bagh, said cases in distancing, adhering to a standoff positions with the the State, Deswal is a Haryana BSF vice Shri Vivek Johri, till the Carbon Map of India, identi- fortified varities with enhanced few weeks, and the decline is at Delhi haven’t risen as project- hygiene and other norms pre- Chinese Army at several points cadre officer of the same batch appointment and joining of the fied 88 bio control agents and Iron, Zinc and Protein content a sustained pace, then we can ed earlier, so there is a chance scribed by government along the LAC in eastern and took additional charge of successor or until further orders, 22 Bio pesticides which can have been developed. Bhagwa, say that we may pass the peak it will soon be past the peak, say authorities. Otherwise, all our Ladakh where the role of the the BSF on March 11 when the whichever is earlier,” an order promote organic agriculture. a variety of Pomegranate, is in August.” in August. gains will be lost, and we ITBP has further increased as ITBP was one of the lead forces issued by the Home Ministry on According to the agricul- rich in Iron, Potassium, But that can only happen if “But, again, it’s a novel might see again a spike in additional troops have been managing quarantine facility March 10 had said. ture ministry, the PM directed Vitamin C and Anti-oxidants. people continue to maintain virus, and we don’t know its cases,” Maurya said.     " +, -.-. "3  4  @ 1   +   +

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  ? the so called ‘parents’ of the youth national activities. There are from films, these stars were sur-   ? <*)'8.* 6*),(<)&(8( tests 7,087 per million of its popu- and it ended up in the arrest of ten enough links pointing towards viving on the income from stage .,&7-*8@(.98#;*8,#'&-#&6,)*$&,< lation. dozen female film and TV persons. It was their dubious behav- smuggling of gold and narcotics shows. The floods and the corona ovid-19 claimed 65 persons in )-()*)(*<.)-,&)##>)-(<';+(8#9 On Saturday, 35, 426 persons Aartists of Kerala have com- iour that evoked doubts in the making use of the services of these pandemic derailed their livelihood CTamil Nadu on Saturday while 4, 6(8&#<&7'8(.#9)-(6*<.(;,7),$$ were tested all over the State and total plained to the Ernakulam City minds of Shamna’s parents, the stars,” said a senior police officer on and most of them are facing uncer- 280 more persons were diagnosed .*)()#  number of persons tested till date Police about a gang that threatens artist told media persons. condition of anonymity. tainty,” said Gopalakrishnan. with the pandemic in the State. reached 1.25 million. them with kidnaps, ransom money, “Shamna Kasim is just the tip The gang members are skilled Lalithasree, actress and dub- The Tamil Nadu Government has State. On Saturday, 2,214 patients Out of the 65 who breathed forced flesh trade and gold smug- of the ice berg. The gang has enough to take pictures and videos bing artist, based in Chennai, too started making arrangements like were discharged from various hos- their last on Saturday, 59 died with gling, according to Vijay Sakhare, established contacts with many of these unsuspecting stars and later agreed to what Gopalakrishnan increasing the number of beds and pitals in the State and this took the co-morbidities. Chennai accounted City Police Commissioner. artists and some of them have con- they blackmail them with these pic- said. “Their dreams have no bor- hospitals to accommodate more cases number of persons cured of the for 37 deaths. The first artist to boldly file a fided to the police the entire hap- tures. “Many have fallen into sex ders and limits. Whatever they earn as there are no signs of the pandem- pandemic till date to 60,592. The capital city continued to lead complaint with the police was penings. This is not just a one-off trade as well as gold/narcotics is squandered away through shop- ic getting subsiding in the near The State Government in its the table with highest number of Shamna Kasim, an upcoming film crime affair. A massive operation is smuggling as a result of this tactics,” ping and high style living. They future. By Friday, Vijaya Hospital, one mission to identify and isolate the covid patients. 1,842 persons in star, who complained to the police underway to exploit the film stars,” said the police officials. never expected the nature’s fury and of the largest private corporate hos- coronavirus continued to open more Chennai were diagnosed with the that a five-member gang was try- said Sakhare. Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, the corona pandemic would strike pitals offering medical care at rea- laboratories as part of its aggressive pandemic on Saturday. Chengalpet ing to extort money from her and The modus operandi of the dubbing director, lyricist and script them like this. We have the case of sonable rates was shut down follow- testing. The day saw three more lab- (215), Kancheepuram (134) and kidnap her for ransom gang is as follows. They collect the writer, is of the view that many Sushant Singh Rajput before us. Ill ing many medical staff testing posi- oratories starting testing for covid- Thiruvallur (251) the three neigh- . She told the police that the contact numbers of the gullible upcoming stars and mimicry artists not be surprised if some stars tive. 19 taking the total number of labo- bouring districts which have been gang approached her parents with stars, approach them with mar- in Mollywood (as Malayalam film from Malayalam film industry The total number of persons test- ratories in the State to 94. Tamil Nadu locked down till July 5 along with a marriage proposal for a youth riage proposals, roles in films, industry is known) might have fall- choose the path of Rajput. Situation ed positive for the pandemic till date is ahead of other States in the num- Chennai did not show any signs of working in a West Asian country. advertisement films and fully paid en into this trap. “The last two years is really bad,” said Lalithasree. reached 1, 07, 001 while there are 44, ber of testing . While Maharashtra abatement. They even sent the Kasims pho- trip to West Asian countries for have been a period of crisis due to Ernakulam Police is probing 956 active patients in the State. The with a population of 12.31 crore tests Madurai tested 352 positive cases tographs of a Dubai based youth as stage shows. the floods of 2018 and 2019. The the matter. Ten persons have been only information which offers some 8,521 persons per million, Tamil while Thiruvannamalai (173) and the prospective groom. Shamna’s “These stage shows are a year 2020 has been devoured by arrested so far and three of them solace to the people is the number of Nadu’s figure is 16, 325 persons for Ramanathapuram (149) emerged as parents received phone calls from façade for their anti-social and anti- coronavirus. More than the income managed to get bail and come out. persons cured of the pandemic in the every million. Neighbouring Kerala areas of worry for the authorities.  & 2!& 9&#+& * 3!&#2 *4& 3   A  4&4#& # && 3&&E& * &! ?   !  * +    clashes between the two sides his supporters to teach the SUCI "   ' * 3"   ? ous hospitals. The day saw visit. Kadakampalli that continued for several hours, leaders a lesson and went about 209 patients getting cured of Surendran,minister for our people died in Bengal on locals said. torching their houses. This led ith 14 new Covid-19 here was no let up in the the pandemic and reaching tourism, temple administra- FSaturday with two falling On the other hand SUCI to mass fury when villagers Wcases and three deaths in 3*/#! Tnumber of coronavirus home safe. tion (devaswam) and cooper- prey to political clashes between leadership said that one of their mounted a counter attack,” for- the last 24 hours, alarm bells cases in Kerala as 240 persons The minister put the blame ation pleaded with the people the ruling Trinamool Congress district committee members mer SUCI MP Tarun Mandal have begun to ring in the Taj were diagnosed with the pan- on the expatriates and people of the capital city to maintain and the Socialist Unity Centre of Sudhanshu Jana was abducted said. city. The district authorities Ayodhya: Shri Ram demic on Saturday. This is the who returned to Kerala from social distancing and wear face India (SUCI) at Kultali in South from his house by the Ashwini’s A large posse of police has have reviewed the grim situa- Janmabhoomi Teerth highest number to test positive other parts of the country for masks without failure. “What I 24 Parganas. The other two men where after he was killed been deployed in the sensitive tion and scaled up testing in the Kshetra trust will meet here for coronavirus in the State till the hike in the number of see in the city is overcrowded died while making bombs which and hung from a tree. area and investigations are on, hotspots. on July 18 to discuss the way date, according to a press cases. Out of the 240 persons market places, shopping malls, accidentally went off in a house While locals said that the district authorities said. In view of the spike in forward of temple construc- release issued by Health diagnosed with the pandemic public parks where people in Murshidabad district, police clash was the result of a power The second incident hap- cases, the authorities have again tion and the date for 'bhoo- Minister K K Shylaja. on Saturday, 152 were from for- openly violate the covid-19 said. tussle at Manipith-Baikunthapur pened at Suti town in raised the number of contain- mi pujan' (land worship). An This is a major setback for eign countries while 52 were guidelines. This is disappoint- In the first case a TMC panchayat others said that things Murshidabad district’s Jangipur ment and buffer zones to 68. invitation has been sent to Kerala which had declared on from other States of India, said ing and worrisome,” said the worker was allegedly lynched by came to a flash point after sub-division where two goons Earlier, the number had all the members of the trust. May 8 that the coronavirus the release. 367 persons were minister who cautioned the a 300-strong crowd mostly led Sudhanshu gheraoed the local died while they were making dropped to 54. “The trust meeting has curve has been flattened in the hospitalised on Saturday. There people that if they flout the by reported SUCI workers after TMC office alleging nepotism bombs. Some other people have The new cases have taken been called in Ayodhya on State which meant that the pan- are 135 hotspots in the State. rules, the administration may a senior leader of that party was and corruption in distributing been injured and were being the tally to 1,267. Six patients July 18. Right now stones demic has been totally elimi- Situation in Ernakulam have to resort to extreme mea- reportedly killed by the TMC post Amphan relief. treated in a nearby hospital, were discharged after recovery. which have gathered moss nated. But the Covid-19 virus and the capital city of sures. men. “As people came out in police said adding the house has The death toll now stands at 90, are being cleaned,” the trust has returned with full ‘vigour’ Thiruvananthapuram contin- Shops and establishments While a district Trinamool large number to protest against been damaged completely, and while the total number of dis- general secretary Champat and afflicted more number of ued to be grave on Saturday. have been asked to down the leader Saukat Mollah said the massive corruption in distribu- its owner is on the run. charged patients is 1,040. Rai said. people. Community transmission of shutters by 7pm. The main veg- SUCI and the CPI(M) goons tion of relief funds to the peo- The wife of the house owner Health officials said the num- He said there is no dis- The release said that as on the pandemic has become a etable and commodities mar- attacked and hacked a local ple —as is the case throughout was being questioned in con- ber of active cases now was 137. cussion among the saints Saturday, there were 2,129 per- reality in the capital city mak- ket at Palayam and Chalai has TMC leader Aswhini Manna to the State — the TMC leader nection with the incident, the The recovery rate is 82.09 on the issue of increasing the sons under treatment in vari- ing it a dangerous zone to been closed down. death. The death was a result of Ashwini Manna went out with officer said. per cent. height of the temple. “I have met 200 saints and seers in the last 15 days,” he said. He said the work of lining is , # O5! *+  3 , 3 "!34,"3* being done on the levelled land. The line disappears due     - sions for his visit, the landing Road, a lot of details of his officials were present. coming as it did in the midst of the minister on how the actor Police chief who also provided to rains. Now the temple site of his chopper at a private heli- “secret” visit to the grape city However, a lot of “secrecy” had the ongoing lockdown. was permitted to fly in a chop- a police escort despite the fact is being demarcated with ollywood mega star Akshay pad and stay at the resort. have emerged. been maintained over the Bhujbal, who incidentally per from Mumbai to Nashik at the area came under the juris- pegs. BKumar’s recent “secret” fly- Three days after Akshay According to available actor’s visit to Nashik. the district guardian minister of a time when the inter-district diction of the Nashik Rural The L&T company is ing visit to Nashik and his stay flew in a private helicopter and information, the actor was Asked whether the actor Nashik, said: “I have no infor- travel continues to be regulat- Police. On his part, the minister doing this work. He said that at a nearby resort for some landed at a private helipad of received by prominent office had obtained necessary per- mation about the actor’s visit to ed and whether he had been steadfastly refused to answer any statement on the start of medical treatment has sparked Sapkal Knowledge Hub, at bearers of the educational insti- missions from the authorities Nashik. If there are any (lock- granted permission to land at questions from the local jour- temple construction and a controversy over the “secre- Anjaneri on the outskirts of tution and some district offi- for his visit, Maharashtra Food down) violations relating to the a private helipad. The local nalists and said he would com- 'Bhoomi Pujan' in the month cy” maintained and the man- Nashik and later stayed at a lux- cials on his arrival at a private & Civil Supplies Minister actor’s visit, an inquiry will be journalists also wanted to know ment on the issue only taking of Shrawan is just imaginary. ner in which the actor managed ury resort “Grape County” helipad of Sapkal Knowledge Chhagan Bhujbal feigned igno- conducted into them”. about the felicitation reported- “full information” from the dis- No decision has been taken to obtain necessary permis- located on the Trimbakeshwar Hub. Even at the resort, police rance about the actor’s visit, The local media grilled ly accorded to him by the Nashik trict collector. yet, he said. Ashish Sompura, son of Chandrakant Sompura, the chief architecture of the Ram temple model has taken the > - ..  52788. .  A. charge of the technical work. He oversaw the workshop. He said, “The stones "   of participants around the National and internation- In JioMeet meetings users shows 4 participants at a time others, users need to scroll JioMeet allows 9 active partic- have been lying here for a world. al seminars will experience can expand any participant’s on a single mobile screen (for through multiple pages). ipants on single mobile screen. long time. They have turned hile video conferencing We know what it takes to complete migration a similar video or Shared Screen’s video black and are being cleaned Wapp, Zoom has a 40- become the unified communi- limitation because without any by a double tap. to shine.” minute limit on group meet- cations platform we are today, entry fee they can host their JioMeet has 2 advanced Q@ RA  $    Talking about increasing ings in its basic or free including the immense amount research - and conversation can meeting settings over and the height of the temple, plan, JioMeet, soft launched on of work and focus required to spill over beyond 40 minutes above Zoom options. 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Besides a price tag of zero, Zoom allows Sign Up only with JioMeet offers enterprise- are today, including the optimises experience with ment to hand over the site at JioMeet said, “Zoom has expe- Friends, alumni networks in terms of features and func- Email ID. grade host control and secu- immense amount of work HD video quality even at Ayodhya for the construc- rienced intense competition and relatives will now not need tionality JioMeet score on JioMeet allows sign up rity that and can be used for and focus required to create lower bandwidths and intu- tion of the Ram temple and since it was established in 2011 to be caught in the “tyranny of advantages. In a Zoom meet- with Email Id and mobile 1:1 video calls and hosting our frictionless user experi- itive and user-friendly inter- set up a trust for this. and yet we have become the 40 minutes,” the free time ing, users can’t expand a par- number. meetings with up to 100 par- ence, sophisticated security, face enhances overall confer- IANS platform of choice for millions allowed by Zoom runs out. ticipant’s video. Inside the call, Zoom ticipants. The application has and scalable architecture,” encing experience.     " +, -.-.  / ,     +      %5:     )    Washington: Two US aircraft the exercises. Islands, which are claimed by carriers were conducting exer- Wikoff, commander of the both Vietnam and China. cises in the disputed South strike group led by the Ronald Vietnam and the Philippines China Sea on Saturday, the US Reagan, said the exercises were have also criticised the planned     navy said, as China also carried not a response to those being Chinese drills, warning they out military drills that have conducted by China, which the could create tension in the New Delhi: Amid global con- government for the visit. “ A been criticised by the Pentagon Pentagon criticised this week as region and impact Beijing’s cerns that China delayed giving team is going to China next and neighbouring states. “ counter-productive to efforts relationship with its neigh- information regarding the novel week to investigate the origins China and the United at easing tensions and main- bours. coronavirus outbreak, a team of of the virus,” Swaminathan told States have accused each other taining stability” . The United States accuses WHO (World Health ANI. of stoking tension in the strate- China dismissed the US China of trying to intimidate Organisation) will visit the “ What is needed now is a gic waterway at a time of criticism of its drills on Friday Asian neighbours who might country next week to investigate good investigation going back strained relations over every- and suggested the United States want to exploit its extensive oil the origins of the virus and its before December to find out thing from the new coronavirus was to blame for increasing ten- and gas reserves. spread to human beings. where and how it jumped from to trade to Hong Kong. The sions. US carriers have long Brunei, Malaysia, the The visit will take place animal to human. Was there any USS Nimitz and USS Ronald carried out exercises in the Philippines, Taiwan and more than six months after the intermediate animal or not or it Reagan were carrying out oper- Western Pacific, including in Vietnam also lay claim to parts WHO’s Country Office in directly jumped from bat to ations and exercises in the the South China Sea, according of the South China Sea, China picked up a statement humans which are also possible? South China Sea “ to support to the US navy. through which about $3 trillion from the Wuhan Municipal Bats have been implicated in a free and open Indo-Pacific,” At one point recently, the of trade passes each year. Health Commission on cases of other viral diseases — Nipah for the navy said in a statement. United States had three carri- The US statement said the ‘viral pneumonia’. WHO example. It is possible it came It did not say exactly where 1,500 km (900 miles) and 90% “ The purpose is to show ty and stability,” Rear Admiral ers in the region. China naval exercises gave comman- Director-General Dr Tedros directly. It is also possible that the exercises were being con- of which is claimed by China an unambiguous signal to our George M. Wikoff was quoted announced last week it had ders the flexibility and capa- Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke there was an intermediate ani- ducted in the South China despite the protests of its neigh- partners and allies that we are as saying by the Wall Street scheduled five days of drills bilities “ that only the US Navy in January about an agreement mal-like in the case of SARS. Sea, which extends for some bours. committed to regional securi- Journal, which first reported starting July 1 near the Paracel can command” . AGENCY with China for sending a team That thorough investigation of international experts “ as still needs to be done,” she said. soon as possible” to work on Dr Swaminathan said that increasing the understanding of the Chinese government had 0 P        %      the outbreak. reported an outbreak of “ typ- Covid-19 has killed over ical pneumonia cases” from 500,000 people in the world and Wuhan on December 31. “ Our  "( :P     (   cases and deaths are increasing WHO country office in China by the day. picked it up and on January 1, . +-  , In an exclusive interview WHO activated its interna- Kathmandu: A crucial meeting the NCP required more time to communist party close to a with ANI, Dr Soumya tional mechanisms which we do of Nepal’s ruling communist forge an understanding on the split. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, as part of international health party to decide the political outstanding issues. During the meeting, Seoul: North Korea on rejected North Korean demands to sit face-to-face with the U.S., WHO said that a “ thorough regulations whenever there’s future of embattled Prime The meeting has been majority of the party leaders Saturday reiterated it has no for major sanctions relief in as it does not consider the investigation” needs to be done any new signal gets reported. It Minister KP Sharma Oli was postponed as NCP chairper- were expected to demand Oli’s immediate plans to resume exchange for a partial surrender DPRK-U.S. Dialogue as nothing into the origins of the virus. is conveyed to everyone so postponed until Monday to sons Oli and Pushpa Kamal resignation from the post of nuclear negotiations with the of its nuclear capability. more than a tool for grappling She said that the WHO has that the whole world knows allow more time for the top Dahal Prachanda were busy Prime Minister accusing his United States unless Kim entered 2020 vowing its political crisis,” she said. been working with the Chinese about it,” she said. AGENCY leadership to iron out their dif- holding internal consultations government of failing to live up Washington discards what it to bolster his nuclear deterrent Some analysts believe ferences over his autocratic amid the rift in the party. to the people’s expectations describes as “ hostile” polices in face of “ gangster-like” U.S. North Korea would avoid seri- style of functioning and anti- “ The Standing Committee and responding effectively to toward Pyongyang. Sanctions and pressure. ous negotiations with the India statements. meeting has been postponed the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement by North Choe’s statement followed United States at least until the ()   *  The meeting of the Nepal until on Monday as both the Many top leaders, includ- Korean First Vice Foreign a series of similar declarations November presidential elec- Communist Party’s 45-member chairs needed time for further ing former prime minister Minister Choe Son Hui came by the North that it would no tion as there’s a chance U.S. powerful Standing Committee discussions,” said Bishnu Prachanda, have also slammed days after President Donald longer gift Trump with high- Leadership could change.     was scheduled to be held on Sapkota, the press advisor to Oli for his anti-India remarks. Trump’s former national secu- profile meetings he could boast The North in recent Saturday at 11 AM local time. Prachanda. The meeting was “ The Prime Minister’s rity adviser, John Bolton, told of as his foreign policy achieve- months have also been ramp- But it was postponed at the last supposed to begin at the Prime remarks that India was con- reporters that Trump might ments unless it gets something ing up pressure against South     minute. Prime Minister’s press Minister’s official residence in spiring to remove him was nei- seek another summit with substantial in return. Korea, blowing up an inter- advisor Surya Thapa said the Baluwatar to find a way out ther politically correct, nor North Korean leader Kim Jong “ Is it possible to hold dia- Korean liaison office in its ter- meeting was postponed until from the intra-party crisis diplomatically appropriate,” he Un as an “ October surprise” logue or have any dealings ritory and threatening to aban- Monday as the top leaders of which is dragging the ruling said on June 30. PTI ahead of the US Presidential with the US which persists in don a bilateral military agree- election. the hostile policy toward the ment aimed at reduce tensions. Kim and Trump have met DPRK in disregard of the It follows months of frus- 9 + three times since embarking on agreements already made at the tration over Seoul’s unwill-   $  their high-stakes nuclear diplo- past summit?” Choe said, ingness to defy US-led sanc-  >. 2 macy in 2018, but negotiations referring to North Korea by its tions and restart joint eco- have faltered since their second formal name, the Democratic nomic projects that would   !!   summit in February last year in People’s Republic of Korea. breathe life into the North’s .       Vietnam, where the Americans “ We do not feel any need broken economy. AP Tokyo: Heavy rain in southern ".23  Japan triggered flooding and @ !!    Geneva: China did not come on the cluster of cases. mudslides on Saturday, leaving Hong Kong: Books written by Wong said he believed the + +.  forward on its own to report to According to the WHO, more than a dozen people pre- prominent Hong Kong democ- removal of the books was the World Health Organisation Chinese officials provided sumed dead, about 10 missing racy activists have started to sparked by the security law.      *     *  (WHO) that it had a problem information to it on the clus- and dozens stranded on disappear from the city’s “White terror continues to in Wuhan following the virus ter of cases of “ viral pneumo- rooftops waiting to be res- libraries, online records show, spread, the national security .+ outbreak late last year, accord- nia of unknown cause” iden- cued, officials and news reports days after Beijing imposed a law is fundamentally a tool to ing to the updated information tified in Wuhan only on said. draconian national security incriminate speech,” he wrote Washington: On an average  9   the UN health agency posted January 3. More than 75,000 residents law on the finance hub. on Facebook, using a phrase day, President Donald Trump about how it has handled the The updated timeline of in the prefectures of Among the authors whose that refers to political perse- sends about 14 posts to the 28 Mount Rushmore National “ It will not happen.” Covid-19 crisis so far. WHO’’s response to Covid-19 Kumamoto and Kagoshima titles are no longer available are cution. million Facebook followers of Memorial (US): At the foot of The speech and fireworks at On December 31, 2019, the posted this week covers events were urged to evacuate follow- Joshua Wong, one of the city’s Searches on the public his campaign account. His Mount Rushmore on the eve of Mount Rushmore came against WHO’’s Country Office in up to June 26. ing pounding rains overnight. most prominent young library website showed at least Democratic rival, Joe Biden, Independence Day, President the backdrop of a pandemic that China picked up a media state- This timeline supersedes The evacuation was not activists, and Tanya Chan, a three titles by Wong, Chan and delivers about half that many Donald Trump made a direct has killed over 125,000 ment by the Wuhan Municipal the timeline statement pub- mandatory and it was not well known pro-democracy local scholar Chin Wan are no posts to an audience of just 2 appeal to disaffected white vot- Americans. The president flew Health Commission from their lished in April 2020. known how many actually fled. lawmaker. longer available for lending at million. ers four months before Election across the nation to gather a big website on cases of “ viral US President Donald “ I smelled mud, and the Beijing’s new national secu- any of dozens of outlets across The numbers are similar- Day, accusing protesters who crowd of supporters, most of pneumonia” in Wuhan, Trump had earlier accused the whole area was vibrating with rity law was imposed on the city. ly skewed in other spheres of have pushed for racial justice of them maskless and all of them according to the chronology of WHO of being lenient on river water. I’ve never experi- Tuesday and is the most radi- An AFP reporter was the social media landscape. engaging in a “ merciless cam- flouting public health guidelines events enumerated by the China. Trump also suggested enced anything like this,” a cal shift in how the semi- unable to find the titles at a On Twitter, Trump’s 82.4 paign to wipe out our history.” that recommend not gathering WHO. that the virus might have orig- man in a shelter in Yatsushiro autonomous city is run since it public library in the district of million followers dwarf Biden’s The president dug further in large groups. On January 1, the WHO inated in a laboratory in China. city, in western Kumamoto, was handed back to China by Wong Tai Sin on Saturday 6.4 million. The president has into American divisions on The discord was height- requested information on the However, he did not present any told NHK TV. He said he fled Britain in 1997. afternoon. spent years cultivating a ragtag Friday, offering a discordant ened as the Trump campaign reported cluster of atypical evidence to back up the claims. early fearing a disaster. China’s authoritarian lead- The city’s Leisure and digital “ army” of meme mak- tone to an electorate battered by confirmed during the presi- pneumonia cases in Wuhan The UN health body in a NHK footage showed large ers say the powers will restore Cultural Services Department, ers and political influencers a pandemic and wounded by dent’s speech that Kimberly from the Chinese authorities. media briefing earlier this week areas of Hitoyoshi town in stability after a year of pro- which runs libraries, said books who retweet campaign mes- racial injustice following the Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for On January 2, the WHO said that it would send a team to Kumamoto inundated in democracy protests, will not had been removed while it is sages hundreds of times daily. high-profile killings of Black the campaign and the girlfriend representative in China wrote China next week to prepare to muddy waters that gushed out stifle freedoms and will only determined whether they vio- Trump is outspending Biden people. He zeroed in on the of Trump’s eldest son Donald to the National Health investigate the source of the virus from the Kuma River. Many target a “ very small minority”. late the national security law. on Google and YouTube adver- desecration by some protesters Trump Jr., had tested positive for Commission, offering WHO responsible for Covid-19 which cars were submerged up to But it has already sent fear “ In the process of the tising by nearly 3 to 1. of monuments and statues the coronavirus while in South support and repeating the has so far killed over 525,000 their windows. coursing through a city used to review the books will not be As his reelection bid faces across the country that honour Dakota. AP request for further information people worldwide. IANS Mudslides smashed into speaking openly, with police available for borrowing and ref- growing obstacles, his prima- those who have benefited from houses and floodwaters carried arresting people for possessing erence,” it said. cy in the dizzying digital world slavery, including some past trunks from uprooted trees. slogans pushing independence The law targets acts of is one of his top advantages, presidents. “ This movement is Several people were standing or greater autonomy and busi- subversion, secession, terrorism giving him a massive plat- openly attacking the legacies of ,%($  .1  atop a convenience store as nesses scrambling to remove and colluding with foreign form to connect with sup- every person on Mount they waited for rescuers. AP protest displays. forces. AFP porters and push a message Rushmore,” Trump said. that ignores his vulnerabilities He lamented “ cancel cul- related to the pandemic, ture” and charged that some on .   unemployment and race rela- the political left hope to “ defame ;* $    tions. our heroes, erase our values, and Biden and his allies are indoctrinate our children.” London (PTI): Bars, pubs, UK’s economic response to us all to enjoy summer safely”. now working feverishly to He said Americans should restaurants, cinemas and hair- the COVID-19 pandemic, Last week, he had revealed establish a social media force speak proudly of their heritage dressers across England began expressed his worry for the on Twitter that though he isn’t  @! of their own. and shouldn’t have to apologize opening up on what has been thousands of job losses that a drinker, he was excited about For the first time, Biden for its history. branded “Super Saturday” due have already taken place across pubs reopening. outspent Trump on Facebook “ We will not be terrorised, to the coronavirus lockdown different sectors of the econo- “I can’t wait to get back to Islamabad: Washington’s envoy plans in support of peace can a controversy over intelligence advertising in June, pouring we will not be demeaned, and measures being significantly my. “Huge numbers of people the pub… and I don’t even to Afghanistan stressed never start too early,” Khalilzad reports that Russia was paying twice as much money into the we will not be intimidated by eased. who are losing their jobs, fam- drink… glad we’ll all have a Saturday the economic benefits tweeted. money to insurgents with links platform as the president. AP bad, evil people,” Trump added. UK Chancellor of the ilies losing security, that weighs chance to enjoy the summer of the peace deal with the However, Washington has to the Taliban to kill American Exchequer Rishi Sunak is heavily on my shoulders,” he safely,” he tweeted. Taliban, forging ahead with an recently become embroiled in and NATO soldiers. AP among the ministers urging the said. Sunak’s plea for the econ- agreement that has run into public to relearn safely going In a preview of his planned omy was echoed by UK Prime new political obstacles both in # 2 +*&&* 3* out and enjoying meals with message to MPs in Parliament Minister Boris Johnson, who the US and regionally. "" 3"4 0 friends and family in order to on an economic update on said in a Downing Street press Zalmay Khalilzad was 35?3 ":&! &5 kick-start the economy after Tuesday, Sunak said that restor- conference on Friday evening wrapping up a week-long trip ""  P4  over three months of complete ing consumer confidence is the that he would certainly “buy that included stops in 5#*"531# *&& shutdown. “Ultimately if we eat best help the British economy and drink a pint” when pubs Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the   7 '  ligence officials, and two days out to help out, we can protect can receive at this stage. reopen from Saturday. Gulf state of Qatar, where the later, the US and Taliban signed those jobs. It’s not abstract,” The Treasury is also set to “And I really do need to Taliban negotiators are head- ntelligence that Afghan an agreement in Qatar. Washington (AP): US President Donald Trump on Saturday Sunak told ‘The Times’ in an publish an analysis to reveal repeat the message to every- quartered. Imilitants might have The agreement clears the signed into law a temporary extension of a subsidy programme interview. that his Treasury depart- body… this is a big turning The US signed a peace accepted Russian bounties for way for America to end 19 for small businesses battered by the coronavirus. “I’m worried about a gen- ment’s efforts, such as the point for us. We’ve got to get it deal with the Taliban in killing American troops did not years in Afghanistan and gives The legislation extends the June 30 deadline for applying for eration that is scarred by coro- Coronavirus Job Retention or right. Let’s work together and February to end 19 years of war scuttle the US-Taliban agree- Trump a way to make good on the programme to August 8. Lawmakers created the programme navirus — we don’t want to lose furlough scheme, reduced enjoy the summer safely,” he in Afghanistan. ment or President Donald his promise to end US in March and have modified it twice since, adding money on one that generation. There’s no rea- the economic hit from the said, adding that the “econom- Khalilzad has sought to Trump’s plan to withdraw thou- Involvement in what he calls “ occasion and more recently permitting more flexible use of the son for that to happen if we can deadly virus to average ic health of the whole country” stress the economic benefits of sands more troops from the endless wars.” funding despite some grumbling among GOP conservatives. get these next few bits right. For household incomes from 30 depended on responsible con- the peace deal throughout his war. On March 3, three About $130 billion of $660 billion approved for the pro- me this is really about social per cent to 10 per cent. sumers allowing for a success- tour. In a series of tweets early It did give critics of the deal days after the agreement was gramme remains eligible for businesses to seek direct federal sub- justice. I look at the situation, On a visit to the Bell and ful reopening. Saturday, the U.S. Envoy said he another reason to say the signed, the president had a 35- sidies for payroll and other costs such as rent, though demand and I’m desperate for all those Crown in Chiswick in west “Lockdown only succeed- had met with the Qatar Taliban shouldn’t be trusted. minute phone call with Mullah for the Paycheck Protection Program has pretty much dried up people to go back to the jobs London, he said Britain’s pubs ed in controlling the virus Investment Authority and the The bounty information Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co- in recent weeks. that they had at the beginning and bars employ almost half a because everyone worked Taliban’s chief negotiator was included in Trump’s pres- founder of the Taliban and The Democratic-controlled House voted on Wednesday to of all of this,” said the Indian- million people, “which is why together, and we will only suc- Mullah Abdul Ghani, in the ident’s daily intelligence brief head of their political office in approve the extension of the program after the Republican-con- origin Cabinet minister. it’s such good news that so ceed in reopening if everyone tiny Gulf state’s capital of Doha. on Feb. 27, according to intel- Qatar. trolled Senate did the same. 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 From modeling to an actor, how has rom the chart topper the experience been? Kumkum Bhagya to the It has been amazing and I can’t Fkids’ most loved shows complaint. I started my modeling career Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna in Paris. I just wish I had explored this Hoga, our favourite shows are more instead of coming to Mumbai and ready to air fresh episodes after doing TV. There were some decisions that a three-month hault. Actors I was not sure of since I was only 18. If I covered in masks and the could turn back time and go back to Paris, crew in PPE kits, is the new )   it would be a dream come true. normal on the sets. Joining the   How did your acting career begin? bandwagon is the sanitiser ( Modeling and acting were nowhere on which is now leading from the the radar. I was studying Science and front. +?   wanted to be a Genetic Engineer. But the Like everyone else, the      road completely changed for me. What I actors are also struggling to ?  am doing now, I am thoroughly enjoying. maintain social distancing on     Why TV? the sets and not let the Nobody from my family is from the pandemic affect their acting  entertainment industry. They are all skills. ( doctors or engineers. After my assignment “Day one on the set was ? got over in Paris, I was asked to come back. extremely difficult. You wake I was staying in Europe, there was a huge up and get to hear so many   cultural gap between the two countries. deaths and the increasing =    The modeling world is also so different number of cases every day. It    from India hence I was asked to come is indeed disheartening. It home. But I did a music video for affects you in some or the   C Universal and that was the video that Ekta other way. You have the fear of =    (Kapoor) had seen. Everything that catching infections. However,    happened was by fluke. It is only recently we all are taking utmost that I have started making career choice precautions and there is a  ( ) because it has taken me such a long time process of sanitisation that    to understand how the industry works and we have to go through before   ;      0  <  5   ,  looking to doing web series not that TV entering the sets. Also when has taken a backseat. you are shooting, you have Hoga Alia, tells you that she is as I will be working on a new L # E  You have done so many TV show, what your co-actors and it becomes excited to get back to work show after this difficult phase has been the attraction? extremely difficult to maintain after a long gap. and I am sure I will have fun For me, doing TV is just like any other social distancing. The new “I am with the entire cast. The job. I got into acting by a casting agent for normal on the sets has excited to character of Tara is very a Balaji show. Since then it has been from changed completely,” enter the show elegant and she is now getting into one contract to another. That Siddharth Nigam, who plays as Tara. It has going to be the Vice- is the reason how and why I ended up Aladdin in Sony Sab’s Aladdin: been a long gap Principal of the English being part of so many back-to-back TV Naam Toh Suna Hoga, tells since we have medium section of the about getting back to work shows. It has been a combination of you. been shooting school. I am looking amid the Coronavirus scare,” quantity of work with quality. The whole day on the sets, and I have been forward to playing this Jotwani says.  What is a character that you loved he says, is spent on what if we missing it a lot. character and I hope the The biggest apprehension doing? catch infection. “Earlier, our It’s like a audiences will enjoy it too.” was to follow all the norms I loved playing Tanushree Ambolkar focus was completely on the new Karan Jotwani and guidelines while shooting. in Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani. A lot of people scene, but now we have to take who plays Neel in “There were a few enjoyed watching the show. One of the care of other things as well,” Zee TV’s apprehensions. One, once you reasons I enjoyed the role was because Nigam says. Qurbaan Hua get busy with a shoot, you Ambolkar played fashionista in the serial But like every coin has two tells you that forget about social distancing. and I love to dress up and got to wear the sides, Nigam feels that there his first first Second, sometimes you just kind of clothes I wanted to wear. are certain pros and cons of day on the forget to wear a mask and you Everything about that character fell into character. It could be a cop or an action- Aryaa starring Sushmita Sen. Because of the shoots resuming. set was can’t just take this risk while place. driven role. OTT platforms, a lot of content is being “The good thing is that exciting yet on the sets. These are the two  How important is it to identify with  Does that mean that you have had rediscovered or is very close to reality. I am a lot of people have got fears that I had,” he tells you. the character one plays? some sort of training in doing action looking to doing more web series. My web their jobs back. The ones For Jotwani, adapting to It has become an important part of me sequences? show is releasing this month — The who were sitting at home, the new normal is neither now after doing TV for so many years No, I have not taken any formal Ghost Thesis — a horror drama. I recently unsure of what the future hard nor that easy. “This is one where I am able to understand that training. But when I was in school it was finished dubbing for it. I play a professor will bring are now back at thing that we have to live content. However, there were times when compulsory to be part of Taekwondo and here and am part of a team who go hunting work especially all the with. The rising number of I faced challenges while doing a show that gymnastics. We had to be part of other for a ghost in a palace. technicians and the spot cases are of course a cause of I could not relate to like the show Naagin sports as well. Since childhood, I have been  How do you choose your projects? Do dadas. They can now earn a worry but then the recovery were I played a shapeshifter. I couldn’t drawn to sports so n action show is right you have a checklist? living. But one con of this new apprehensive rate of patients is high. Having relate to it. It was not like a sci-fi horror up my ally. Also, once doesn’t see too many I don’t have one. I wish I had it. We normal is that, earlier we had but the production said that, no one wants to get drama. In Naagin, it was a full-on family woman-centric characters on TV so I don’t decide what kind of content comes a cast and crew of 200 people house has made sure through the pain of being drama and in the middle of it, one was would love to explore this genre. our way. Sometimes, if you have a huge but now that has been reduced that the set is sanitised diagnosed with COVID-19. I shape-shifting and I couldn’t find a  Are the OTT platforms changing the list of projects coming your way, it may to 50. But then it is for regularly. “That’s how agree that it is the new normal, connect. content being shown? be possible to choose but the kind of everyone’s safety only,” he start it was. But that was but all we need to do is to be  What kind of roles do you love doing? Definitely. I have been watching a lot work that I get for TV is usually family adds. for okay because patient and take proper safety I been looking forward for a project of shows now which have the concept of drama or saas-bahu sagas. There is no Chhavi Pandey, who plays me !  0  everyone was a measures,” Jotwani adds. that has action. I want to portray a strong woman-centric drama. The latest one is checklist. Tara in Sony Sab’s Tera Kya little apprehensive     " +, -.-.  ..

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n July 3, an earthquake of mag- explains. gent movement of two plates of the earth's prone to disasters due though floods, plementary measure, alongside other activ- nitude 4.7 on the Richter scale The Himalayas is known for its high lithosphere. The Indo-Gangetic belt and the cyclones and typhoons are due to climate but ities that focus on the overall development hit Delhi-NCR. However, this seismic activities. When it shears there, the deposited sediments make hazards much earthquakes are caused due to shift in plates. of the community; with a team spirit. There was not the first one. There shocks travel to Delhi and can cause dam- more significant in this area. These alluvi- But yes, due to our positioning, we are in is a need to bring this spirit of togetherness have been 17 earthquakes in ages. If any quake occurs in the Himalayas um sediments amplify the earthquake the middle of the ocean and changes in the and solidarity well before a disaster so that Delhi-NCRO between the magnitudes of 3 to or even the Hindukush, the impact could motion and thus its impact is much more oceans due to global warming makes us a community can be prepared well to face 4.5 on the Richter Scale lately, but it is no be felt in Delhi-NCR. The 2015 Nepal earth- in northern India. Many microzonation pro- more vulnerable. As for earthquakes, again the disaster and thus reduce the loss of life cause for panic even though some of these quake which was felt across the Indo- jects have been done in Northern Indian we are more prone to them due to the and properties. lasted longer and caused a bit of worry for Gangetic belt including Delhi is one such cities, which have mapped the seismic activ- Himalayas,” Rajendran tells you. Dr Kalachand Sain, director, Wadia Delhiites. Experts say that India is highly vul- example. Delhi lies on the Indo-Gangetic ity and the soil shear strength profiles with He says because we have had a history Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehra nerable to earthquakes since the entire belt which has sediments and these sedi-    depth,” Sitharam tells you. of earthquakes, we today, have more instru- Dun tells you that there is no way that Himalayan belt falls on the tectonic plates. ments amplify the earthquake motion and Very few people know that when an ments that can help us better understand and onecan predict when the next earthquake But the real cause of alarm is that Delhi falls thus its impact is much more. No one can  '7  ?  earthquake occurs, it is not one point but study earthquakes especially after Latur dis- will hit nor can we predict what will be the in the Zone IV (severe intensity) of seismic say when earthquakes can happen and it is in an area of say 150 to 200 km which is con- aster. But whether, on is better prepared, magnitude. activity. This means that if an earthquake of not possible to predict earthquakes. Science 7 A ?  A< sidered as its epicentre. The area it covers especially whether Delhi is prepared is not “The Delhi-NCR is a path through even a 6 on the Richter hits the metro, most of prediction of earthquakes has not pro- 9 7   7 and the depth at which it occurs determine very clear. “We must take a leaf out of what which the strain energy needs to come out. buildings will flatten and an unimaginable gressed much, one is told. the extent of damage. In the Hindu Kush Japan and Taiwan have done — learnt to live Without a path, it won’t happen. Due to the number of people will die. There is a reason why India is prone to B -<7?  area, the depth is at 210 km. So, a quake here with earthquakes. There is need for public weak zones and faults and paths in this What makes this region vulnerable is disasters like floods, cyclones and earth- ?   will have little impact on life and property. awareness and education and also in terms region, there is activity. Since, we have not that it has not seen any activity in over 200 quakes. The collision zone between the Also, the farther one is from the point of of building proper structures. This can’t be had a major activity in a long time, there is years and now, experts insist, a shaker is long Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate in     impact, the less the damage. Usually cites done in one day. It is a continuous process a chance that the energy may release. But overdue. What’s causing them to be anxious the Northern and Northeastern part of India   M ?  that are more than 500 km away are safe. and should be built into and collapse sys- there is no way earthquakes in this area can is that while some plates in the region have makes it more vulnerable for hazards. Unfortunately, Delhi is only 250 km or so tem where people should be made aware to be predicted. In order to predict we need shown some activity, the major plates Floods, cyclones and earthquakes are nat- ?? 9  away from the frontal Himalayan region. bring down casualties and collapse of three things — epicentre, magnitude and which were locked thus far, can move any ural hazards. When there are natural haz-   ' :  India is the 13th most vulnerable coun- buildings. For the already constructed when. This is not possible. We can only have time. This, they tell you, is like a ticking ards, they can't be prevented. These natur- try to climate change in the world. As per buildings, one must strengthen them,” conjectures based on studies,” Sain explains. bomb. Unlike a cyclone, which can now be al hazards are termed as disasters when they 7 A<   the National Disaster Management Rajendran says. What can be said with certainty is that there predicted, there can be no forewarning for occur in places that are heavily inhabited ? O  ?   Authority of India, 58.6 per cent of India's Also, where the country is lacking are is a lot of strain energy in this region. an earthquake. areas. Factors that are manmade which will landmass is prone to earthquakes; over 40 the doers. One is told that while we have the “If say 4 magnitude energy has been Professor TG Sitharam, Director, IIT help in turning a hazard into a disaster.    97   million hectares (12 per cent) of its land is theoretical aspect down to a perfect T, the released, it doesn’t mean that all energy has Guwahati tells you that the than 10 earth- Disaster risks in India are further com-   - prone to floods and river erosion; 5,700 km practicalities need to be worked on. What expanded because this area has also seen quakes in Delhi have caused panic. pounded by increasing vulnerabilities relat- of the 7,516 km long coastline is prone to is on paper needs to trickle down to the peo- strain energy release of 6 magnitude in the “Knowing the seismic history of Delhi, the ed to high population density, changing  7<  cyclones and tsunamis; 68 per cent of its cul- ple at the grassroots level with required train- past. For an earthquake of 6 on the Richter occurrence of minor earthquakes in the demographics and construction quality. tivable area is vulnerable to droughts and its ing so that they are able to carry out the dis- Scale to occur, to release that amount of vicinity of Delhi is not very unusual,” he says. The main reason for India being more ? 9    7  hilly areas are at risk from landslides and aster instructions and rescue operations. energy we need 1,000 earthquakes to release Seismotectonics of the Delhi region prone to so many hazards floods, earth- B 97  - avalanches. Therefore, teams like the What is missing is the last link that of that much energy. Till now, this region has indicates the presence of several lineaments quakes and cyclones is ignorance and lack National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), connectivity. It has been found that during seen 17 earthquakes but still there is no accu- and faults in the region, which are respon- of knowledge. People are not aware of the  7O  under the aegis of National Disaster a disaster, the local administration has large- rate prediction that is at work here. We make sible for earthquake activity in the region. serious effects and scale of these disasters  ?   Management Authority, are in place. ly been unable to give the exact location to these calculations on the basis of what has The outcrops of Alwar quartzites in south until they are affected by it. People are also According to Professor CP Rajendran the Air Force to drop food packages, lead- taken place in the past,” Sain says. Delhi, are generally highly jointed and fold- complacent and assume that it is not going   M  at the geodynamics unit of the Jawaharlal ing to a delay in trying to find out the lon- The kind of disaster that will take place ed. Some activity near the junction of Delhi- to hit us. It is not that only India faces a large K  ? 7  Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific gitude and latitude of the maximum dam- will depend on the kind of energy that will Hardwar ridge and the Lahore-Delhi ridge. number of disasters and many countries face  ?   Research in Bengaluru the recent seismic age area. be released. Also, the destruction will Most of the area of Delhi is covered by allu- more disasters than we do. But, India's pop- activity in the Capital should not lead to any According to Sitharam the solution lies depend on the depth of the epicentre. If the vium due to Yamuna river. ulation and density of urban areas are the 7   9   A  cause of worry among the people because in understanding our buildings subjected to epicentre is at 32 km with magnitude of 6 “Earthquakes happen in and around major reason for being prone to disasters. '  'A  this kind of sequence has happened in the earthquakes not really earthquakes. It is the destruction will be less as compared to Delhi-NCR because of its several faultlines. Earthquakes do not kill people it is the build- region before. important to put an emphasis on sensitis- disaster that will occur at a depth of 5 km Maybe lockdown had an impact on the peo- ings. The quality of construction also plays “There is no need for panic. What hap- ing people and taking precautionary mea- of the same magnitude. The shallower ener- ple (who are at home) to feel these vibra- a major role. pened in Delhi-NCR is a normal activity due sures. “There is a strong need to prepare the gy release will have a greater impact and tions and shocks. The Indian Plate is at pre- Interestingly, while, it is easy to map the to the stress that are being built due to the community for earthquake disaster. there is no way that the surface will not be sent moving North-east at five cm (2.0 in) entire Gujarat region by testing the soil structure of the faultlines. The construction Earthquakes don’t kill, it is the buildings that affected and besides building collapse, per year. Due to this movement, the intra strength and the areas that have been that is happening in the Himalayas should do. Thus, awareness on earthquake resistant there will be cracks on the surface as well. fault lines around Delhi are subjected to showing seismic activity, it will take a long be of more concern than what happened in design and earthquake preparedness is “There are three things that we can say movements and these shocks are very time to do the same in North India. Delhi. The Himalayas can generate large big important to the community at large and it with certainty. First, Delhi is vulnerable. common. Most of these shocks are shallow “Gujarat region and Northern India earthquakes and places in Delhi-NCR can is critical to prepare the community for an Second, we can tell up to what depth the focus and very small intensity (with only the region are not comparable. Seismic activi- be impacted but it should not lead to panic,” eventuality,” he says. earthquake can occur only after a thorough quake occurring at Rohtak was above 4 ty is much higher in Northern India due to Rajendran says. Also, earthquake preparedness is not a in-depth study. Third, we can’t predict the which falls under the medium intensity its close proximity to the MBT and Main He tells you that the sequences of events part of the public consciousness even in the amount of strain that will be released but we quake). Also, note the nearest point from the Central Thrust (MCT). Himalayas — the that took place in the area may not neces- vulnerable regions of India. There are can find out the lelve of strain but it does- Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) to Delhi is mountain belt of complex geo-tectonic sarily lead to bigger earthquakes and the rea- many things that individuals and commu- n’t help to predict the earthquake. Though at around 200 km. The MBT is a plate set-up stretching about 2,400 km long in an son why Delhi is vulnerable is because out nities residing in seismically active regions there is some study and maybe with tech- boundary on which large earthquakes East-West direction with variable width of the city’s proximity to the Himalayas. can do that will reduce the havoc and loss nological advancement we may be able to greater than 7 can happen,” Sitharam 230 to 320 km is formed due to the conver- “The reason why our country makes it during a quake. These steps can be a com- predict them in the future,” Sain says. "$?#?

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The second and third Test financial losses from the coro- pool, which is a fixed %age. cricketing summer ahead will be held in Manchester navirus pandemic. The Australian Cricketers remains unclear. (July 16-20 and July 24-28). The decision to “reset” Association, which represents So far, only two tours involv- % $=    !              % $ “When we have big crowds negotiations follows the resigna- players, rejected the forecasts as ing Australia have been impact-  2    : #   " in and the Barmy Army are tion last month of CA chief exec- hasty and issued the governing ed by coronavirus — a two-Test here it is amazing but we’ll still utive Kevin Roberts, with his body with a notice of dispute, tour of Bangladesh and a limit- "    “We are playing against be playing Test cricket and it’s interim replacement Nick which could have led to a court ed overs visit from Zimbabwe one of the best test teams in still the pinnacle,” Pope said Hockley vowing to repair rela- standoff. that have both been cancelled. est Indies coach Phil the world and we need to start after England’s intra-squad                   2    tions between the two sides. But CA on Saturday agreed There is also doubt over WSimmons says his team on the front foot. We’re trying warm-up game. >         !    " The body in June forecast to postpone its projections until whether Australia will be able to will have to avoid early debacles to bring back memories of “Even if there’s not a single revenues would fall by nearly it had a clearer idea of the host the T20 World Cup, but its which have often affected its Headingley and get the psy- person in the crowd it’s still can find ways of creating our not out in Team Buttler’s sec- 50% in the 2020-21 financial financial impact of the pandem- four-Test series against India overseas campaigns and take chology right.” what we all dreamed of doing. own atmosphere I’m sure. ond innings to go with his 25 year despite the pandemic hit- ic. In turn, the ACA withdraw scheduled to start in December inspiration from the 2017 The three-match Test series, There will still be the same We’ve got to find a way to do in the first. ting in the off-season and India’s its notice of dispute. is still expected to go ahead. Headingley Test win to start the which will mark the resumption nerves in the morning because that when we get on top or “The quality of competi- lucrative Test tour this year still “Today’s agreement is a sig- Officials also remain hope- three-match series against of International cricket follow- so much rides on it. When that when we need a bit of energy.” tion going on out there was set to go ahead. nificant step forward in cricket’s ful of having crowds for the pop- England on the front foot. ing the coronavirus-forced Test match starts up, crowd or Pope said the intensity of really high-class throughout Australian players, both response to the challenges pre- ular T20 Big Bash League. PTI A batting failure saw West break, begins at Agaes bowl in no crowd, you are going to be the intra-squad three-day the three days. I think we’re get- Indies lose the opening match Southamption in a bio-secure really up for it.” warm-up game at the Ageas ting there. We’re all moving the against England in Birmingham environment on July 8. The 22-year-old right- Bowl here has put the team in right direction,” Pope said after 6      by an innings and 209 runs dur- The West Indies team has a handed batsman said playing the right direction ahead of the the game. *  3& +1& *" ing their last Test tour in 2017. world class pace attack featuring without spectators doesn’t affect opening Test. “I felt pretty good in the    >  But they staged a remarkable the likes of Kemar Roach, the quality of cricket. The practice game between first innings, and it was nice to comeback in the second Test, Alzarri Joseph, Shannon Gabriel, “Whether we are going to Team Stokes and Team Buttler spend a bit more time out there -13"3&!! *!!53   ; 77 chasing down 322 to record a Chemar Holder and Oshane play a bit of music out of the ended in a draw on the final today. We’re all moving in the five-wicket win in Headingley. Thomas but it is their batting speakers I’m not sure but we day on Friday. Pope made 55 right direction.” "     "    “We are drawing on that. that has not been able to live up The Test match before to expectations. scored runs here,” he said. practice is about sharpening out spectators. ormer Pakistan captain he England and Wales Headingley we were horrible The 57-year-old Simmons “(Shai) Hope has got back- up the skills. But mentality is “I think maybe ... The FInzamam-ul-Haq has TCricket Board (ECB) has and that seems to be like that said the batting unit is trying to to-back hundreds here. It’s the big thing.” senior guys it might affect a backed rising star Babar Azam, announced the resumption most times we go on tour. We get into the best mental state about getting to the mental The Test series will be few of them because they are saying the Pakistan white-ball of recreational cricket from are trying to make sure that bad ahead of the series. stage where you are prepared held behind closed doors due used to sold-out matches in skipper has the numbers to July 11 after Prime Minister match is taken out of the equa- “I think the batters have for a Test match in England, to Covid-19 pandemic and England. But in the Caribbean back him amid constant com- Boris Johnson gave the green tion and we start properly,” worked hard on getting to a because it’s different to many Simmons said it might affect a there’s not much crowds for parisons with Virat Kohli. light. Simmons said during the mental stage of where they need other places. few seniors but for most it Test so we are kind of accus- “Babar is always compared The ECB’s announcement Cricket, on the Inside webinar. to be because most of them have “The next three days of won’t be an issue to play with- tomed to that,” he said. to Virat Kohli but the latter has on Friday night came after played a lot more cricket and Johnson made a U-turn after if you look at their stats and his earlier suggestion that     performances at the stage teas and dressing rooms were %        Babar is now, he has not done among major obstacles in the badly at all,” Inzamam told a amateur and grassroots game TV channel. Pakistani legends like Javed — a traditional feature of   & @  The two modern-day Miandad, Mohammad Yousuf British summertime — greats are time and again pit- or Younis Khan," Azam said returning amid the Covid-19   Wicket-keeper  9 5   ted against each other, by fans during a teleconference as per pandemic. Jonny Bairstow and spin bowl- and critics alike, for their Cricket Pakistan. An ECB statement said ing all-rounder Moeen Ali were "  impeccable playing styles and Azam and his Pakistan the UK Government’s on Saturday left out of England’s incredible consistency. teammates have already announcement pertaining to 13-man squad for the first ‘bio- ustralia pacer Josh Azam recently stated that touched down in England for recreational cricket applies secure’ Test against West Indies, AHazlewood says his team he doesn’t want to be compared their much-anticipated series at this time to England only. starting July 8. prefers to “stay clear of engage- with India captain Kohli but in August which includes three “The ECB is delighted Ben Stokes will lead the side ment” with Indian captain Virat with some of the top-class Tests and as many T20Is. that the UK Government has and the squad features pacers Kohli whenever he is batting as batsmen that have donned the “Babar struggled initially in given the green light for recre- James Anderson, Stuart Broad, it brings out the best in him. jersey of Pakistan in the past. Test cricket but we never had ational cricket in England to Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in Hazlewood and his proven “I don’t want to be com- any doubt about his ability so return from Saturday 11 July,” addition to all-rounders Stokes pace colleagues will be up pared with Virat Kohli. It we persisted with him and see the statement said. and Chris Woakes. against the Kohli-led Indian would be better if people com- today where he is standing in “The latest update from In the spin department, team if its upcoming tour of pare me with one of the all formats,” Inzamam added. the UK Government signals England have gone with Australia goes on as scheduled. progression from Step 3 to Dominic Bess. Jack Leach has Speaking on Star Sports Step 4 of ECB’s roadmap to been left out of the main squad show Cricket Connected, return for the recreational and is among reserves. of only 334 runs in 2019 at an Hazlewood talked about bowl-     game, meaning competitive The most Notable omis- average of 18.55. ing to Kohli. cricket matches in England sions from the 30-man training Moeen took a break from “We try to probably stay     with adjustments to respect squad include Bairstow and red-ball cricket after being clear of engagement, obviously. hygiene and social distancing Moeen. dropped from England’s set up I think that was fully evident in the field, you know they can Hazlewood also said that  " C"D Former India All the appointments are for would be permitted.” Bairstow’s position in the mid-way through the Ashes. He throughout the (last Test) series get him engaged there and Cheteshwar Pujara is the one seamer Aavishkar Salvi has been one season. Earlier on Friday, PM side had first become uncertain went wicket-less his first bowl- (in 2018),” Kohli said. sort of work him out a little bit player who wears down the appointed head coach of the Confirming the develop- Johnson made a U-turn from in 2019 after a prolonged run of ing innings in the warm-up “I think he likes to get in that if possible. bowlers with his workman-like Puducherry senior team for the ment, Salvi said, “This is my sec- his reservation of return of low scores. He was initially left match and picked up two wick- tussle and it probably brings out “...But certainly when he approach to batting. upcoming domestic season. ond stint with Puducherry as I recreational cricket, saying out of England’s squad for their ets in the second, but Bess and the best in him, especially when was batting, it was just leaving “Pujara will grind you The development was con- was their head coach for the first he “sought scientific advice” tour of New Zealand but was Leach both got more wickets. he’s batting, that was always a him to his own devices, and down and make you work for firmed by a Cricket Association season. This time, they have after being “stumped”. able to find a spot due to injury SQUAD: Ben Stokes (c), James no-go-zone for the bowlers.” hopefully, we get him in a bit his wicket, he really puts a price of Pondicherry (CAP) official reappointed me.” “It is exciting. “We do want to work as to Joe Denly. Anderson, Jofra Archer, However, the ploy is not of a switched off mood and on his wicket and we saw that who also informed that former We don’t know when the crick- fast as possible to get cricket Bairstow then got a spot on Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, quite the same when Kohli is take advantage of that,” the last time in Australia.” Mumbai first-class cricketer et season will start, but still if an back, and we will be publish- the tour of South Africa but Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), leading the team out on the pacer said, referring to the Kohli’s men are scheduled Onkar Khanvilkar will be assis- association is preparing them- ing guidelines in the next scored only ten runs in two Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Ollie field, according to Hazlewood. planned upcoming engage- to tour Australia for a four-Test tant coach and former Rajasthan selves, it is a good thing to be few days, so that cricket can innings of the one Test he Pope, Dom Sibley, Chris Woakes “I think it’s a different case ments. series, beginning on December keeper Dishant Yagnik will don part of it,” added Salvi, who resume in time for next week- played. That left him with a tally and Mark Wood. PTI if the guys are batting and he’s During the show, 3 at Brisbane. the role of a fielding coach. played four ODIs for India. end,” he said.     ;)  3 .  -+  )  4   :GH /" A full training say one date and then the     @)         camp for boxers is likely to next week, it gets changed. start on August 1 at the So I won’t speculate on the "  Jaipur shall soon accordance to the ICC /" The Sports Ministry Indian and foreign — will be for his or her success as a coach. National Institute of Sport dates. We will try to get be getting one of the guidelines, with mod- on Saturday removed the 2 a four-year cycle in sync with the “All new coaches and exist- (NIS) in Patiala, according them all here in the next largest cricket stadiums ern pressbox for media lakh cap on the salary given to Olympics to ensure continuity. ing coaches who are given the to men’s boxing High two three weeks but it’s in the world, with a seat- and broadcast. Indian coaches for training elite Indian Olympic Association new contract will be imparting Performance Director okay if that is also post- ing capacity to accom- A parking facility to athletes in a bid to encourage (IOA) welcomed the move, say- training at National Camps and Santiago Nieva. NIS poned by one or two weeks modate around 75,000 accommodate around them to produce better results. ing it will encourage domestic SAI's National Center of allowed the boxers to because there is no spectators. 4,000 vehicles would be The move is also aimed at coaches to produce better results Excellence (NCOEs), and will be return to the facility and on urgency. There are no The world-class made in the stadium. attracting former players to as they have been put on par selected jointly by the Sports Friday, the first batch con- competitions right now so green stadium shall have Sharma informed become high performance train- with their foreign counterparts. Ministry and the National Sports sisting of 13 men and three we have time. But yes, if modern grand pavilion that this will be the third ers. “IOA and National Sports Federations,” a ministry release women arrived. they are here by August 1 stands, corporate boxes, largest stadium after the The announcement came Federations wholeheartedly said. While boxers were it will be good,” he said. plush sports field, mod- Motera Stadium in after the ministry’s decision to appreciate the decision of the Welcoming the move, chief sent away to their respec- Contact training ern club house and many Ahmedabad and the extend the contracts of all for- Sports Ministry to remove salary national badminton coach tive homes before the first between the pugilists other world class features Melbourne Cricket eign coaches till September 30 cap of domestic coaches. The Pullela Gopichand said: “This is lockdown was declared on able to go.” batch of 13 men and three seems an unlikely prospect for indoor games and Ground in Australia. next year. cap was limiting our coaches a long standing request of the March 25, Nieva has been Nieva said that there women have arrived. I can- for the foreseeable future. sports training facilities, While Motera has a seat- “Several Indian coaches are who have been producing high- sporting fraternity. I am very stuck at NIS for three have been conversations not meet any of them for SAI’s SOP states that spar- said Rajasthan Cricket ing capacity of 1.10 lakh, showing very good results and performance international happy with the decision because months now. Uncertainty with the BFI about poten- the next one week at least. ring and even use of a ring Association (RCA) the MCG can accommo- need to be rewarded for their medallists,” IOA Secretary it will give a great boost to the over how he would get to tially going back home. There are more to come in will not be permitted. Secretary Mahendra date 1.02 lakh spectators. hard work. The Government is General Rajeev Mehta said. overall sporting ecosystem by his native Sweden and how “But the situation was very the coming weeks,” he said. However, considering the Sharma. He added that The stadium would also keen to attract the best “This decision is also attracting many talented coach- he would get back to India difficult. There were no In keeping with the fact that Nieva believes the stadium will be further accommodate coaching talent from across the encouraging for more sportsper- es and eminent ex-athletes to in time for a national camp, flights and we also wanted SAI Standard Operating the first thing they would spread over 100 acres of two practice grounds country to train elite athletes and sons to choose coaching as a join the profession.” whenever it was held, to start the camp in June. Procedures (SOP) for the need to do is get the box- land. which can be used for we do not want the cap on com- profession now. With new steps The Sports Ministry will meant that Nieva ended up I want to start the camp resumption of training, the ers down to their normal “The land has been Ranji Trophy matches. pensation to be a deterrent for to improve the coaching educa- also resume grassroot-level tal- staying put in Patiala. before I go over there boxers arriving at NIS are weights, the lack of spar- finalised in Chonp vil- Also, there will be two good coaches to join,” Sports tion, domestic coaches would be ent scouting with an eye on 2028 “I have not seen my because it is possible that those in the mix for the ring is not a big worry at lage, 25 km from Jaipur restaurants, 30 practice Minister Kiren Rijiju said. on par with international coach- Olympics when the situation wife and daughters for six once I go I won’t be able to Tokyo Olympics. “For the moment. on the Jaipur-Delhi nets for players and a The ministry release said the es in the future.” arising out of the Covid-19 months. They were sup- return,” he said. more people to join and get “The biggest thing is Highway and the con- press conference room increased remuneration and The ministry said eminent pandemic improves. posed to come in March While his wards are ready it will take a mini- that some boxers have struction is expected to with a seating capacity of longer contract period “is to coaches already working in var- The elite Indian coaches/ex but that was not possible trickling back into the facil- mum of two weeks. So I gained weight. They are begin in the next four 250. attract ex-elite athletes into the ious Public Sector Undertakings athletes, including those from and I was supposed to go ity, Nieva cannot meet any would be very happy if we above their normal weight months,” he added. The stadium would high performance sporting (PSUs) would also be allowed to the PSUs and leading sports pro- there in May or June which of them yet as they have to can start a camp by August which is expected in this Sharma said that be constructed in two ecosystem, and to use their join on deputation and be eligi- motion boards will be part of the was also not possible,” first go through their 1. We believe that we sport. So we will have to get those coming to the sta- phases; first phase to be experience and skill to train ath- ble for the 4-year contract as well Talent Scouting Committee Nieva said. “But this is a mandatory self-isolation should be able to start them to come down to dium, including players developed with 45,000 letes bound for major interna- as the higher salary structure. which will be touring various very extreme situation and period. “Before the lock- something before August 1 their proper weight first. As as well as the audience, seating capacity while tional competitions, including The remuneration will be parts of the country to scout raw we just have to (deal) with down we sent all the box- maybe even from July 15. I said, there is a lot of time would get world-class the second would have a the Olympics”. decided on the basis of their per- talent in the age group of 10-15 it. At some point this will ers home. Now the boxers “But I know that (the so no urgency of any kind,” facilities. There would be seating capacity of The future hiring — both formance as an athlete as well as years. PTI hopefully end and I will be are coming back, the first situation is such that) you he said. IANS flood lights installed in 30,000. IANS     " +, -.-.  .1

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Solskjaer’s men were unfazed Jamie Vardy bagged his 100th &4*" !>&43&" hots up. kick for his 20th club goal of the sea- and Greenwood restored their two- Premier League goal in the 77th E3 &+3! * *+!&& & United have won their last four son. goal cushion five minutes later as he minute, the striker becoming the 29th &+#&4 2 +* *4&: games in all competitions, scoring 13 Martial joined the party in first shot into the top corner after eluded player to reach the milestone as he =?  *33*!"3*"?!3 &&> goals in the process. half stoppage-time. Diego Rico. tapped in Harvey Barnes’ pass. 3*'&&*33"*3 They were rocked in the 16th Cutting in from the left, the Fernandes capped another influ- Vardy struck again in the 90th 43&"&&*!&+#&+3! * minute when Junior Stanislas gave French striker beat Ramsdale with a ential display when the Portugal minute as Leicester won for the first 5%:Q 3*+2!&+&" Bournemouth a shock lead. superb curling effort from playmaker bent a powerful time in five games. *"3#*+&3*! 4&! &* Stanislas’ initial effort was the edge of the area. free-kick beyond Ramsdale Norwich manager Daniel Farke = 4&>311 &93!&*"*& blocked but he cleverly nutmegged Martial and Rashford in the 59th minute. conceded his side are heading for rel- 33*&&&&43&" 3& * Harry Maguire on the touchline and both now have 20 goals in all egation after Trossard fired Brighton  *+!&& &&+#&&3* shot past David De Gea at his near competitions this season —   to a 1-0 win at Carrow Road. post. the first time a United pair At the King Power Trossard netted in the first half Farke knows Norwich’s chances United hit back 13 minutes later have managed that since Stadium, Leicester went to move Brighton nine points clear of of avoiding an immediate return to when Greenwood finished off a Dimitar Berbatov and Javier ahead five minutes into the the relegation zone before the bulk of the Championship are almost over, flowing break for his 14th goal this Hernandez in the 2010-11 second half thanks to a mis- the weekend’s matches. especially with games against Chelsea term. campaign. take from Palace keeper Brighton’s second win in four and Manchester City still to come. Fernandes picked out the 18- Eric Bailly gave Bournemouth Vicente Guaita. games since the restart puts them in “It was more or less our last year-old on the edge of the area and brief hope when he conceded a Marc Albrighton and Ayoze position beat the drop, but the picture chance to get back in the mix and we his strike raced past Bournemouth penalty just four minutes after com- Perez combined to pick out Youri is much bleaker for Norwich. are disappointed,” he said. keeper Aaron Ramsdale. ing on as a half-time substitute. Tielemans and when the Belgian With five matches left, Norwich “After a few losses, we don’t United doubled their lead in the The United defender’s handball swung a cross into the six-yard box, are seven points from safety after los- have the right to make any fighting 35th minute after Adam Smith was was ruled by VAR to be just inside the Kelechi Iheanacho poked home after ing all five games following the coro- messages or to make any unrealistic penalised for handball in the area. ;          3=      6        " area and Josh King scored the spot- Guaita failed to collect. navirus hiatus. claims.” )    &+   +- -+> )+3!)23 *)"2!4& A    7 O "&1& 3 *3: *"&13&*+&*322!4& (           3 3   7@   " Bayern Munich’s Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara is          set to leave the Bundesliga side in the close season because ianluigi Buffon set a new lvaro Morata scored twice to he wants a new challenge, the GSerie A appearances record Ahelp Atletico Madrid to a 3- club’s CEO Karl-Heinz on Saturday as Juventus beat 0 win over relegation-haunted Rummenigge has said. Torino 4-1 in the Turin derby to Mallorca on Friday and stretch The 29-year-old, who move seven points clear at the their unbeaten La Liga run to 12 joined Bayern in 2013 from top of the table. games. Barcelona for 25 million euros The 42-year-old goalkeep- The victory consolidated ($28.12 million), has since Rummenigge said they had er Buffon passed the previous their third place on 62 points to played 230 games and won no choice but to sell the play- record of 647 appearances he stay well on course for a return seven league titles with the er as they did not want to let jointly held with AC Milan to the Champions League next German champions. him go without receiving a great Paolo Maldini as he start- season. “A top man on and off the transfer fee. ed the game at the Allianz Morata opened the scoring   (      ( P    6  (   #(B# pitch. We negotiated with him “We do not want to lose Stadium. from the penalty spot in the 25th in a serious way and fulfilled all any player without any money Cristiano Ronaldo was minute. He had been fouled by “Missing and then getting into an empty net. his wishes. But it now seems next year,” he explained. among the scorers, becoming Aleksandar Sedlar but then saw back up and trying again is part Koke, with a deflected shot, that he wants to do something Bayern manager Hansi the first Juve player to score 25 his spot-kick saved by Manolo of football,” Morata said about put away the third goal for new for one more time,” Flick had said earlier on Friday Serie A goals in a season in 59 Reina. the penalty. Atletico in the 76th minute. Rummenigge told Bild in an that he hoped Thiago would years, as Maurizio Sarri’s men However, a Mallorcan play- The striker added a second Atletico next visit Celta on interview on published on stay at the Munich club. moved further clear of second- er had encroached in the penal- goal just before the break. Tuesday, while Mallorca host Friday. Media reports have linked placed Lazio, who host in-form )  6        ; A    2  " ty area and Morata made no Ideally set-up by Marcos 12th-placed Levante on Thiago’s deal with Bayern Thiago with a move to AC Milan later on Saturday. mistake with his second attempt. Llorente, he prodded the ball Thursday. ends next season and Liverpool. Agencies Buffon, who spent last sea- before laying the ball off for through his own net. son at French club Paris Saint- Cuadrado to drill a low drive Torino remain 15th in the /#? Germain before rejoining Juve into the bottom corner. table, six points above the rele- / (  this term, signed a one-year Torino gave themselves gation zone with eight matches      contract extension earlier this hope when Andrea Belotti to play. Barcelona: 9? -4&!3* & ! ,&! 3 1&  3# 4&*! week. scored a penalty past Buffon in "&5&*"&7 #&!   53&&35&&3*5&&   It was the eighth Serie A the sixth minute of first-half     9&*4 *&* 3*! 1&+* & &* 3  *" &3!& appearance this campaign for injury-time. Atalanta travel to mid-table 3*+3 *+231!&   !&5,*&&< &4!#1 #&"1 &5  7 -' great job by Valtteri and Buffon, with Polish interna- Simone Verdi was denied Cagliari on Sunday on a seven- 43 #* J#& &2! * *+      " &" P it’s a great start to the tional Wojciech Szczesny usu- an equaliser early in the match league winning 43*& && &*P3* ,*&&1#" "*G *" 4&3 altteri Bottas sur- season. I think we show ally the defending champions’ second half by the lines- streak while Napoli host !3*+& !!1&3#!3#+&72* 2&2&4#!&& Vvived a high-speed year on year that we are number one. man’s flag, but Ronaldo Roma with both teams 43#!"1& "&! *&"53#23 &&,< spin as he upstaged the best team — because The record comes 25 years put the game to bed in hoping to hold off those Mercedes team-mate we are open-minded, after Buffon made his Serie A the 61st minute with a eyeing their places in the        Lewis Hamilton with a keep with the times and debut for Parma and 19 years brilliant free-kick. Europa League.  sizzling display on nobody is too stubborn after he first signed for Juventus. It was the first time the five- Gennaro Gattuso’s side will Amsterdam: #4 "5 &!"& &!& 7*& ("&  Saturday to claim pole to admit they are The hosts wasted little time time Ballon d’Or winner had surely be favourites against a 43* "& *+ 43 *+ 3# 35 & & &* 3 2! 53   position for Sunday’s wrong.” in taking the lead as Paulo scored a free-kick in Serie A and Roma side whose performance 3 &3*4!#1&4!34! &" &&23&"<7*& ("& delayed season-opening Max Verstappen Dybala put them ahead in the it was his 25th league goal of the against Udinese was widely 3*  * 3*! &43" 35 ) 42 *"  ,& 3 & Austrian Grand Prix. was third for Red Bull, third minute with an excellent campaign, making the reported as being described &&!*"G 43&3!"?#25 *! *& &" * The Finnish driver half a second adrift of individual goal, collecting Juan Portuguese the first Juventus “shameful” by club president 5&5 *  *+3*!3 !'5 *M*"*G outpaced the six-time the two newly-painted Cuadrado’s pass before jinking player to achieve that feat since James Pallotta. 2!&" 53 3 &3*< & &#* 22& 3 & 1&&* champion with a best ‘black arrows’ cars past two defenders and firing a Omar Sivori in the 1960-61 sea- On the pitch Roma have &3,&"1&45*2# *+3# "&3, *+ 3(3 * # 2 '  !     ! %      & 4!#1<P G!!+ &  *,3#+ &!&"23,&*3 lap in qualifying in one whose dominating per-           2 2     left-footed shot into the roof of son. won just six of their 16 match- /3" =I# "  & &4 13>P & ):&:3!" 7*& ("& minute and 2.939 sec- formance delivered a : :   ;              the net. Juve were not done there es in all competitions and coach 3!"!34!&!&  3*< onds and then survived 65th front row lock out           .      The advantage was doubled and made it four with three Paulo Fonseca admitted he was an ‘off’ into the gravel for the team, equalling  !       $         just before the half-hour mark minutes remaining as Torino “worried” about his team fol-     and a spin on his final Ferrari’s record.   2       as Ronaldo charged forward defender Koffi Djidji put lowing Thursday’s awful display. Tokyo: /2*G 235& 3*! 5331!! !&+#& &&" 3* lap to remain 0.012 sec- “I’m happy to be 7#"5&53#: 3*1&,4#&"1&433* # onds clear of the Briton. P3,” said Verstappen. 2*"& 4< !!  32:5! + &  && * 4 3* *" & It was Bottas’ third “But we have a different * *&+ &&&2!&" 3#5*</2*G232#!23 pole at the Austrian tyre — so it’s going to be 1&1!!!&+#&&&"! 3*!3 3#5*< Grand Prix and the 12th interesting.” >0    C  of his career, a feat that Lando Norris was         followed Hamilton’s an impressive fourth for London: - ! * 53" '1 &!  *&!!    +*&"  clean sweep of the three McLaren ahead of Alex *& !3*+:&  43*4   &*! &4# *+   5##& practice sessions on Albon in the second            && &&+#&4!#1< *&!! 43&"+3! Friday and Saturday Red Bull and Sergio *22&*4& &3* *4&(3 * *+53  #*3! morning. Perez who was sixth in "  - / ' D E “bad boy” reputation during his # &< P    & 22  '1    +*&"  *& “It feels really good Racing Point’s ‘pink In an eight year span between 2006 younger days and has several tattoos, 43*4 #<& &!&*&"3#*+2!&*"& — I’ve missed this feel- Mercedes’. egendary Chinese shuttler Lin Dan, and 2014, Lin waltzed to virtually ends with 666 singles wins and a glut  2&&"#  2&53 *4& #"&*"3,: ing,” said Bottas. Charles Leclerc was Lthe first men’s singles player to retain every major final he took part in, of medals. &< & & !33, *+ 53" 3 +& *+   14, 3 5#!! “The qualifying a disappointed seventh the Olympic title, on Saturday including five Worlds, two Olympics “My thanks also go to my excellent 5 *&*"34 *+ "&&!32 &*3#4!#1P&" shakes! It’s something for Ferrari ahead of his announced his retirement, bringing and two Asian Games Golds. ‘opponents’ who inspired me,” he said. 434 ,&! &J#3&" *+1&355 4 !4!#1 special when you push future team-mate Carlos down curtains on a two-decade long Lin became the first badminton Malaysian legend Lee Chong Wei, &1 &< the car to the limit and Sainz in the second illustrious career. player to seal the sport’s Super Grand who had retired just over a year ago, I’ve been waiting for a McLaren, Lance Stroll in Considered as one of the greatest Slam by winning all nine of its paid glowing tribute to Lin Dan,        long time — we seem to the second Racing Point players in history, the two-time major titles in 2011. against whom he had raged many epic New Delhi: 9331!!&! "&4 "&"3 &3555&&53 be in our own league.” and Daniel Ricciardo of Olympic champion, popularly known battles with the two dominating the 2!&&+  3**"4!#1D4"& &44&"  3**" Hamilton said: “A Renault. as Super Dan, announced his retirement “After going through four Olympic International stage for more than a ! 4&* *+3!&&*&5 **4 !1#"&*13#+#23*& on China’s Twitter-like site Weibo. cycles, I have never thought about leav- decade. 1&?3 ":%2*"& 4<  "&4 "&""# *+9331!! “From 2000 to 2020, after 20 years, ing, nor would I want to think about “We knew this day would arrive, &! G &&4# & 43 && && *+ &!"    "&3 I have to say goodbye to the national it. ‘Persistence’ is the word I told Heavy moment of our lives; You pulled 43*5&&*4 *+3*9 "<   !!1& *& &*4& !!4 )< team. It is very difficult to say it out myself in every suffering moment in down the curtain gracefully, You were loud,” the 36-year-old, who had claimed order to keep my career longer. king where we fought so proudly; Your        Gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 “Rather than simply pursuing final wave all four disappear, Within the Vienna: 3!"*# 1&&&3 * 4  &  !!"3*&& Olympics, wrote. rankings as a young shuttler, I’m chal- hush of silent tear. #lindan,” C h on g We i 2 & 3*&  & 3* * -&!+"& "# *+ & !!:5&" “Being 37 years old, my physical lenging my physical limits as an ‘old’ wrote on his Twitter handle. "  3# && 3, (3,3 4 *" && 3& condition and injuries no longer allow athlete under the sports spirit of never Lin Dan had struggled in the last 2 4 2*&&"23  &53433* # 5& me fight alongside my teammates. giving up.” phase of his career, with his world rank- J#3&" 1 # * &"  3* 9 "<  & G 5& There is gratitude, reluctance and frus- During his glorious career, Lin Dan ing plummeting to 19 and it would have 3!5+*+3!3 * 3&&" "*333 tration. In the days to come, I hope to he said, according to Xinhua. has also won five World Championship been difficult for him to qualify for  & 3#!""3*& 2 & 3*&<  spend more time with my family, and He said he dedicated everything to title and six All England champion Tokyo Olympics ahead of compatriots                ,    " I will also look for a new ‘competition’,” the sport he loved. crowns. Lin, who had something of a Shi Yuqi and Chen Long.     " +, -.-.  .3 P0      Q

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ou are dying out of boredom. You unlock your phone only to N" &4 3& open TikTok to spend or par- ticularly waste a good two Yhours on the app watching other peo- ple dance to some random song or lip *  3*23(&4O sync to some of the most famous Bollywood films’ dialogues or just to get some cheap thrills watching the gully’s Kabir Singh proposing to his Preeti. All this now sound a bit too old, since all the Chinese apps are under the Government’s scanner. From everyone’s go-to scanning app Cam Scanner to youth’s favourite pastimes like TikTok, Helo and Likee and to UC Browser, all the leading Chinese applications are paying the price of the Galwan valley clash. However, the Government’s ban on these applications seems like a bless- ing in disguise for the Indian app devel- opers. While the ban did upset some of the TikTok stars who had a colossal amount of followers which is now at stake, many of them seemed to have suffered huge losses in their earnings. Vishal Pandey, a member of the Teen Tigada group, famous for mak- ing short dance videos on the app says the ban did hit them at that very moment. “We did not see this coming. When the ban was announced, Sameeksha Sud, Bhavin Bhanushali and I were on a conference call. It did hit us because we were making videos on the platform for a few years now. We used to wake up, make videos and edit them. It was a full circle for us. It did require a lot of hard work and efforts. Not only us, but everyone who had been there on the app must have felt the same. But, having said that I am in 88 full support of the Government's deci- sion. There is nothing more important than my country,” Pandey tells you. He adds that it is an interim ban 7-  7 1 *+3#&233*3&" + ! ,&3*? * !! and we need to wait for further dis- closure on this. “I want to clarify that this is not a permanent ban. There are 2&53 3& *" *23"#4+  *+1333&&43*3  talks going on and the Government will give us clarification on the same. to name any particular app but we need ing for her refund in despair. “I don’t nullify any chances of snooping or data However, this ban has definitely taken a lot of developments. Also investing   ""  know whether I will get the amount theft. Though Bluetooth transfer is a away the earnings of many TikTok stars in these apps will be a good idea keep- back or not,” says Mumbai-based little slow but completely safe. I feel it who don’t have an alternative as of now. ing in mind the likes of the youth,” Nabanita Guha. is ok to be old school rather than hav- Though YouTube, Facebook and Pandey says. In the list of the 59 applications, ing some stranger looking at my per- =<9)A"";"     Instagram are there, it is not easy for But many people were quick to another widely used one is SHAREit. sonal data,” he says. everyone to attract eyeballs on these switch to the Mitron TV app, so much And all of us might have had that Since the ban, switching to Indian- !$  11". !   platforms. The impact felt much so that the daily traffic jumped up by application on our mobiles because it origin apps has become the new norm ;":88;";<"   *  stronger because people were already more than 11 times just after the one was on the priority list of our dukan and the ongoing movements like losing jobs because of COVID-19. If day of the ban. And that it has become walas for some reason and they shied #MakeInIndia and #VocalForLocal N       the ban would have come after things one of the most downloaded apps in away from downloading it in all the cell will get the much needed push. came back to normal, it wouldn’t have India during the last two months. phones that they used to sell. “India is currently witnessing a What is Corona Ki Adalat about? made much of a difference. For us, we Not only the TikTok fanatics, but Such is the case with Amit Pandey, tense situation with China, however, It is a fictional courtroom drama enacted in animation to didn't suffer major losses because we the ban had also upset the ones who senior scriptwriter at Cosmos . the decision to ban Chinese applica- engage and educate people about the stigma, prejudices and myths are engaged in doing other things as are always on a shopping spree because “When I bought the phone, SHAREit tions is a welcome move. It gives a mes- related to COVID-19. These are short 90 second films, populat- well, but some people have suffered a Shein and Club Factory were also a was among the few pre-installed apps sage that we have to preach and prac- ed with very interesting characters and deals with a fresh topic lot. But as they say talent always finds Chinese product. More so, because the by the shopkeeper. Since then, I had tice, the concept of Atmanirbhar each time. a way and so these people will,” he tells apps had a variety of clothing ranging been using it to transfer files between Bharat for our country’s growth. How did the idea to make the animation come from? you. from a size S to a 5XL, which is hard devices but later uninstalled it after Moreover, this decision opens up great Since we were all in lockdown and confined to our homes, Amid all this, a lot of Indian alter- to find in that easy. hearing so many cases of data theft and opportunities for the IT MSME sector. we could not shoot with live actors and in studios or locations. natives are also popping up like “I had ordered two tops from Shein snooping by mobile applications. Quick They can work on developing appli- This was the best option we had under the circumstances. Chingari and Mitron TV to name a before the ban, just when I was about is now preferring to switch to Indian research helped me find alternate apps cation software similar or better. It will From directing theatre and musicals to animation, how was few. “I haven’t used any app yet. to return them because of their fit, the brands for her retail therapy. like Files by Google, ShareAll, act as a catalyst in boosting the greater the experience? However, I am reading the reviews ban was announced. Now I have to use Another disheartened shopaholic, Superbeam and others but later I economic condition of the country,” Initially, I was very reluctant and unsure as this was unchart- about some of these apps and people them anyway,” a 30-year-old Mumbai who had returned her order on Shein switched back to the old and reliable says RP Yadav, Chairman & Managing ed territory for me. However, as I got engaged with my writer Iqbal are finding a lot of bugs. I don't want resident, Madhvi Pandey tells you, who a few days before the ban, is now wait- style of file sharing — Bluetooth — to Director, Genius Consultants Ltd. Raj and the animators at Doublex studios, I got more comfort- able and excited, because the fundamentals of storytelling remain similar to theatre and cinema. It just needs to be adapted to a new "" / "   medium. The first step was clarity of concept, quirky characters and unusual cases to be resolved. Once we had worked out all these in detail, the writing and animation took over. onsoons are here and place in a mixing        How did you come on board for directing the animation Mand so is the desire bowl. videos? for tempting pakodas and Massage the salt into the " "  I have been collaborating with Population Foundation Of India lip-smacking chutneys! onions and allow  (PFI)f or the last eight years on various projects, notably the land- While these Indian mon- them to rest aside.  While corn is cooking, mark television series Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon which has soon delicacies remain Add gram flour to the Fresh corn on the cob, prepare pesto. 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“We are serving a mission much greater it was difficult at times for veterinary nursing clients who were unable to bring their pets to than ourselves, and in helping the voiceless at staff to cross the Delhi border and no public the hospital. this time of strife, we are truly following the transportation in Gurugram as well. During the 100 days of lockdown, the Veterinarian’s Oath” Veterinarians at the hospital were extremely hospital kept even functional advanced diag- committed to helping pets in need in spite of nostics like Computerised Tomogragaphy he novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the possibility of Covid-19 exposure on a reg- (CT) Scan, which was exceptionally benefi- has caused a sudden change in the ular basis. cial to diagnose a disc prolapse in suddenly operations worldwide. With the The Pasha wing, a dedicated unit of CGS paraplegic Labrador, Max. Dr. Vikash lockdown commencing March 22, Hospital committed primarily to serving des- Chauhan, a certified veterinary radiologist at 2020, citizens were urged to stay at titute dogs and cats was also functional daily CGS hospital said: “ Unfortunately due to the homeT to contain the spread of the virus. To to help stray dogs and cats as most NGOs lockdown, many veterinary clinics and exter- keep ourselves entertained, many of us also were providing only Emergency cases. A nal labs weren’t open routinely and pets were resorted to watching online films, many of notable mention is the successful surgery of affected. We managed to diagnose three cases which were ironically based on Virus out- stray dog, Ruby, who was struggling to deliv- of long standing intestinal perforations via breaks! One noticeable feature in most of er at the side of the road for two days, and abdominal CT Scans and successfully operat- Dr. Shriram Ganesan, the veterinary ophthal- these ‘End of the world’ themed movies is the owing to the lockdown, her regular feeders ed and saved the lives of those pets. The joy mologist has treated many emergency eye absence of the adversities faced by and caretakers couldn’t reach her. However, 6. !!(6 !!$0'5 ((5>060 and satisfaction of a life saved is the ultimate trauma cases, corneal ulcers, glaucoma and   )'! 5   animals/pets. one family managed to bring her in the wee reward.” cataract cases in pets during this lockdown The sudden home confinement of the hours of the morning for an emergency Outdoor pets sometimes find it hard stay- period, referred from far and wide. Some pet human race has altered the lives of animals, Caesarean section that managed to atleast ing indoors and numerous reports of falls of owners have crossed state borders with spe- pets and strays alike. On the one side, nature preserve the life of one puppy after rigorous cats and dogs from high rise building terraces cial permissions just to treat their pets’ ocular was its best with self purification of rivers, veterinary neonatal care. The jubilant cries of and balconies during the lockdown was issues due to lack of such expertise at their migratory birds returning to nest, turtles seen that healthy puppy gave reward to the attend- strange. Three cats had to undergo surgery to towns. on the Mumbai coast after decades, multiple ing vet’s sleepless night! repair their hard palate injuries. Mirza, the Loneliness and a need for companionship sightings of peacocks, etc. and then, you have With restaurants and roadside eateries yorkie who had a Humpty-dumpty like fall has lead to a sudden surge in the number of the species that has domesticated itself over shut, as an initiative to help the hungry and and fractured his femur, has recovered well puppies adopted or purchased in Delhi NCR. the years, namely, cats and dogs suddenly left starving stray dogs and cats, CGS Hospital post fracture stabilisation surgeries at the Sadly, many of them tend to fall prey to viral stranded without a constant source of food provided fresh food to approximately 300-500 Hospital. It is best that pets aren’t allowed to infections like Parvo virus and require hospi- owing to closure of restaurants and malls. Pet stray dogs. These strays were fed twice daily venture out onto roof tops on their own and talisation. The hospital infectious ward was dogs had to be restricted to relieving them- by the hospital team. 9  '  ? are supervised when left on balconies to filled during the lockdown phase but thank- selves on a balcony or a diaper mat at one It is only when one believes that there is relieve themselves. fully, most puppies emerged triumphant over end of a room due to confinement con- light at the end of the tunnel, can one emerge ? B :% 7   Stray dogs seemed to have claimed the the disease. There is always a special bond straints. All outdoor activities for pets came as one’s best self and truly help another self- 7   streets during the initial lockdown phase but between each vet and a Parvo survivor puppy. to a halt. Many pet owners have mentioned lessly. This was aptly showcased by two daily as the lockdown opened, a drastically high Having personally treated quite a few during that their pets were initially overjoyed to have wage labourers who when rummaging ? 7  < number of road accidents resulting in frac- this phase and now vaccinating them post their parents home all day. As with us, every- through the garbage at Sikanderpur found an ?'7 7  7 tures were noticed sadly. recovery, it is always a special experience for one wants their space, and pets started emaciated sickly puppy. They immediately Pet shops in most areas were closed and me. There is no thank you as heartfelt as seen demanding some quiet at home. Then came rushed on foot to the hospital for urgent vet-  A  even online supply of pet supplies was lag- in the eyes of a Parvo survivor pup! the question of pet health care.. erinary care and continued to bring that A  7< ging behind. Regular deworming and These are only a few examples of pets With only essential services being permit- puppy for the next five days, both in the ectoparasite treatment was not easily avail- helped by dedicated vets at CGS Hospital. ted during the lockdown, veterinary clinics morning and evening for necessary treatment.  ? '  able to pet owners and thus began the vicious Veterinarians all over the world need to be remained open for limited hours with cur- “Blessed is the man who has nothing and yet    7 cycle of intestinal worm infections. applauded for the wonderful work they are tailed staff. CGS Hospital (a unit of CGS gives”. They even managed to rustle up a small Lyla, a friendly Dobermann was present- doing inspite the odds. It is our profession, Charitable Trust), which is a part of the phil- leash and collar and gave the chap a name — M - 7 ed with the complaint of chronic vomiting. but also our passion to serve the voiceless. anthropic wing of DLF Ltd., situated in Lucky! And indeed, lucky he was! This inci- '  '  She was diagnosed with oesophageal nodules With resilience and peer support, not Gurugram, remained open only for emergen- dent moved me to tears and reinforced our via an Endoscopy and is getting the appropri- only the vets, but each and every employee of cies primarily only during the first week, but belief in the goodness of humanity. 7  9? B  ate medical treatment she deserves. veterinary hospitals and clinics continue to later due to increased number of pet illness “Fearing Pandemic Covid-19 is not the  7 Minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical brave the odds, providing valuable service to cases, surgeries, pet hospitalisation and criti- answer to the current situation. CGS hospital options have been in focus in the medical the dogs and cats that come to them. We cal care requirements, the hospital was rou- is here to help you and your pets. We are world recently. Lyla and many other pets have believe in our hearts that we too are COVID tinely functional. Most of the pet clinics reaching out to both pet owners to quell benefitted from Endoscopic and laparoscopic Warriors! being closed or running for a few hours only doubts regarding the spread of Covid in procedures at the hospital. with shortage of staff caused an increase in pets,” says Dr. Samar Singh Mahendran, Richard, the diabetic Labrador, had his The writer is a post graduate footfall at CGS during the lockdown period. Director, CGS. The CGS Vets also provided vision restored just this month at the veterinary surgeon practising at All vets were on duty with staff, even though free tele-OPD assistance to our regular Ophthalmology Unit of CGS hospital. CGS Hospital, Gurugram.       7 9 7  ?  79   A 7 ' < A  yvixi€ari€  7  7 ?  7 K'  - 4G @A@A

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form of execution. Sense of Sacrifice: There cannot be service without sacrifice and practice. To acquire certain spiritual skills, one may need to sacrifice certain pleasures. Sheer Guts: Spiritual service includes safeguarding people against such external forces and negative energies transmittable through prac- tices like black magic. Initiative: While philosophy does sound impressive, it takes initiative and intent to put that philosophy into prac- tice and go beyond expected levels of uman mind is the main source of stress as well as its attainment and act intuitively. main victim. Stress has always been a major psycho- Obedience: Disobedience and Hsomatic issue afflicting human health from ancient obedience are the snakes and ladders to the modern times. For the ancient man, the problem was in the game of Guruism. Disobedience anxiety of the uncertain. Little knowledge, naturally, proved leads your guru to relinquish his dangerous. The irony is that with more knowledge, we worry responsibility towards you as you have more now. As technology infiltrated our lives, life got derailed, shown a lack of faith in him. and went offline. George Orwell’s proverbial big brother is Loyalty: Loyalty to the guru and getting bigger causing more and more anxiety and stress to his mission is a critical component for human beings. Aadhar that was supposed to make life eas- acceptance by any spiritual master. ier has become a cause for concern. While the banks are insist- Spiritual training in physical pres- ing on data and digitisation, the cyber thugs are swindling ence of the guru ensures an interaction, money from accounts with consummate ease giving sleep- where one learns not only through the- less nights to the customers. But this is not the only cause ory but also from the teacher’s respons- of online driven anxiety. The Coronakaal, as we can call it es, body language, instant corrections now, is giving a double whammy. On the one hand warn- and so on. The guru often leads by ings galore from many sources are scaring people to abnor- example and it is a disciple’s curricu- mal levels, while on the other, the work from home is mak- lum to perfect the prescribed practices ing many experience virtual hell. A new mega organism, the and not just understand theory. There online CEO, has emerged on the scene. Relaxing in the cool is vast difference between attending a climes of homes the corona age boss is keeping all employ- ou, me, the birds, the bees, three distinct levels of the body, mind, The final stage however, is not of wor- lecture in a classroom and reading ees in his loop on the toes. Shooting mails at the oddest of the tree, its roots and every and spirit. He knows you not only in shipping the guru, but instead, wor- scriptures online. the hours he is issuing directives by the minute. One step atom in the cosmos, are part the physical form you are in now, but shipping the guru within YOU. While Discipleship needs continuous forward two steps backwards, that is the nature of command, of the same source — the also who you were and will be in lives devotion is a matter of heightened monitoring and interaction. Such because he himself is not sure what to do. Needless to say supreme consciousness. of the past and future A siddh guru '' B7 emotion, acceptance is a more centred training includes rewards and admo- all this is leading to excessive stress as the hapless employ- YExperientially understanding this is always knows the strength of a poten- approach without emotion as its power nitions. Many use their guru as a ees are continuously on alert for the next mail or WhatsApp  '! where we need to get to. The buck tial disciple’s spirit. He will also try to source. Therefore, even though the crutch, and not a launch pad. It is nec- message on their mobiles. These nightmarish experiences starts from, and eventually comes sense the connection between the per- ?  AQ journey may start with devotion, it essary for us to understand that a guru are slowly but surely threatening to become a full blown health back to you. son’s destiny and his spiritual growth. ends with acceptance and self-worship. is the remover of ignorance and the one crisis. Already, anxiety and stress related disorders are on the We aspire for divinity even though Nobody can introduce you to 9 ?  7  It is not easy to assess the stage of who bestows internal knowledge. rise and frustration is leading to depression and even sui- we are already divine, unaware of our yourself better than your Guru. By  9 ' 99 9  evolution of spiritual people. There is Physical presence of the guru is a cides. And you cannot blame this on Corona only. It is the true whole self. Instead, we search for introducing you to you, he introduces no standard metric. A man on the luxury one cannot bank on for an big bug, the bloated bossy ego of haughty minded people divinity in other people, places and you to your destiny and gunas, help- B  9"Q  street may be more spiritually advanced extended period of time. His teachings that is the root cause. While Corona related data of distress things. Which door we knock on is all ing you to accept yourself on an as-is-   7A  than one in saffron. Looks and style, and philosophy will succeed him. As is available, the online distress is making life more miser- destiny’s play, and if destiny is kind to where-is basis. He leads you to under- knowledge of scriptures and oratory a tribute to the teacher, the disciple able. People are already feeling the Zoom fatigue which may us, we will find on the other side of the stand and engage in self-acceptance  'BA abilities do not necessarily a spiritual- must implement a collection of his be a generic expression for all the different online platform open door, a Siddh Guru, who will lead and self-respect leading to an egoless 7  9 ist make. There are other attitudes and teachings and instructions. related stress. There is ample evidence to suggest that exhaus- us onto the path of spiritual evolution, self-worth of your own spirit. practices, coupled with destiny and Many a siddh guru can awaken the tion from excessive video chatting is harmful to both mind back to our true selves. Only when a disciple understands   7   intent that make an individual rise on power of knowledge or intuition in his and the body, as the total psycho-biology gets affected. It is In principle, a guru is not a person, the totality of who and what he is, can   the spiritual ladder. A guru looks for disciples by using their will power or time we thought of a tweak in workmen’s compensation act but a concept that embodies infinite he play music to the words ‘Tat Twam certain qualities in his disciple: spiritual energy. A guru gives knowl- to include executives who are increasingly becoming victims wisdom and universal knowledge. Asi’ or ‘That You Are’ which means, at ? B 7 A Sense of Awareness: For a disci- edge, gati and clarity. A guru facilitates of on line stress due to idiosyncratic fancies of some peo- Thus, in a guru-disciple relationship, the core, you are a part of the con- 7   ple to observe his own thoughts, reac- the lifting off of the veil of maya. He ple. There could not be a better time to enact the right to the disciple emulates not the person he sciousness supreme. tions and actions, which your guru may walks you through every step of real- disconnect legislation that is waiting assent as a private mem- refers to as his guru — but his gunas This responsibility is immense.   A 7 require you to change for your isation that the world we perceive ber’s bill, given the agony and torture employees are subject (qualities). With all the technology, The concept of a guru is far more exalt- -A  < improvement. through our five senses is only a delu- to. Many western nations already have such legislation in place information and spiritual content ed and profound, because not only is Flexibility: your guru may want sion, the reality lies beyond it. He teach- to protect employees from online firing directed at them. Not being so easily available in every lan- he a role model, he takes on the disci-  ?7A  for you to have mouldability and es you not only to accept but also to see only privacy and freedom but life as a whole is at stake as guage, do people still need a guru? ple’s karmic debt and leads him out of nimbleness to change behaviour and and live in this reality. this round the clock monitoring and maneuvering is driving Most of us know ourselves at a it to whatever extent possible. It is A  ?? reaction patterns set from past expe- The guru introduces the disciple to people crazy. As oldspeak is being replaced by newspeak in superficial level. That is, what we per- imperative for the guru to ensure the -  7   B riences. the disciple’s inner being, and within a new Orwellian global order, human beings become pup- ceive ourselves to be. Or worse, what disciple’s spiritual transformation. Non-dogmatism: Dogmatic that being lies the ultimate guru. pets tied to online strings. And the key deliverables in this we believe others perceive of us. On his journey towards spiritual  7  A thinking chains one down to rituals, Wishing you luck in the journey of new order are stress and anxiety. What Orwell visualised in A Siddh Guru who has the intuitive advancement, a disciple goes through defeating the purpose of freeing you finding the divine with you! 1984 is being realized in 2020. knowledge to recognise you beyond various stages of evolution, from shrad- from the illusion that is maya. A guru #       5  !  "               your physical self, knows you at the dha (devotion) to (worship). wants a disciple to let go of this one         . 5         .C .    (    *" *3!3+# *+&  4*4!4#!&&#243 *+3*3 4! *& #5 +#&3## 3*&O*#&4 4# *4& !1!& &&* 43 2!&&44#4 ? A  B?   &3#4& !& *J#&53'3" & /   - 7

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The Cosmic reasons behind the occurrence of these design does not allow us to ever get big- earthquakes — movement of tectonic ger, because these bigger souls will begin plates; breaking of rocks within the earth clashing for supremacy. surface; increase of temperature in the How can we improve our situation? innermost earth surfaces leading to gas The answer again is: we can improve the formation and eventually volcanic erup- quality of our lives. Usefulness comes tion. first. In this material world people are to current events as far as possible gives character and attitude. Without them, Vedic Astrology is part and parcel of respected/given attention as long as they me enormous satisfaction, because the quality can be ordinary only. What the . Astrology is the science of are useful. It is not possible to exist well God is involved in this activity; He we aim for must be lasting. This is knowing what lies in the future. The utili- on the basis of your laurels. That was guides. This activity actually gives me ensured by a connection with God, who ty of astrology is as clear as that of meteo- earlier. This world is very cruel in this the maximum satisfaction. I mostly controls everything mine or yours. And rology. But, a meteorological department respect. Even the family members judge myself on the progress mode on this connection will ensure peace, can only predict the weather for only a begin to treat those, who are no longer this front. without which there is no superior exis- few days with the help of their devices. useful as burden. We cannot blame any- Lastly, my connection with God tence. Indian astrology contains a few point- Retrograde Planet and earthquake: increase the prevalence of an earthquake. one for this, because there are always provides to me everything superior like In the end, I must mention that ers about the future of earthquakes, with When major planets such as Jupiter, Mars duties for everyone. In my case, if I peace, bliss, support, security, guidance, sense enjoyments occupy an important the help of which the astrologers predict and Saturn move to retrograde, there is a Months and earthquake: As per spend a lot of time establishing a bet- wisdom, help, energies of various kinds place in our lives, but these should be the occurrence of these earthquakes. chance of earthquake. Vedic astrology, there is a high-probabili- ter connection with God by doing var- like ‘atmabala’ — the strength of the appropriate only, that is what is required However, Indian astrology, using the ty of earthquakes during summer (mostly ious spiritual practices, I am given soul, maintenance of my family and for- indeed by our bodies, minds, intelli- Panchang can calculate all the upcoming Planetary transits and earthquake: May and June) solstice, and winter (most- respect for doing that. Rather my fam- giveness for mistakes made by me, inad- gence, etc. Anything beyond degrades; astronomy events with complete accuracy. In Planetary transit, apart from the posi- ly December and January) solstice. ily feels more secure due to my spiritu- vertently of course. Thankfully, there is does not enhance the quality of life. tion of major planets such as Jupiter, al acts. Following ‘dharma’ is very a good connection between God and Sense pleasures of momentary nature Eclipse and earthquake: No earth- Saturn and Mars, there should be a com- Meteorite and earthquake: There are important for me. This defines my per- me. I mostly get God’s guidance during are always temporary. They should not quake ever happens during the eclipse pliance in the positions of major astro- several meteorites in the universe. But, sonality. Doing “paropkar” (good deeds my sleep in night, which I can recollect dominate our psyche. Only then, we will period. However, there is a probability of nomical bodies such as Moon and Rahu, when these meteorites are in proximity to by helping others) is similarly very sat- upon getting up. advance in the quality of life index. And earthquake in the coming post-eclipse like: Mars and Saturn should be opposite the earth or sun, the chances of the occur- isfying to me, that is whatever I can do, Everyone must figure out what suits this effort should be ongoing life after lunar phase of full moon or new moon to each other; Sun, Mars, Saturn and rence of the earthquake increases. limited as I am due to my resources. one’s nature, circumstances, available life, because we exist eternally. We (Purnima and Amavasya, respectively). Rahu in Kendra (1st, 4th, 7th and 10th Apart from these, the position of Resources are important to me. I resources, etc. However, the following should ensure that the next life will be house of horoseope); Sun, Mars, Saturn Uranus, cruel planets (kur grah) and the am still engaged in doing business. guidelines will be quite handy in estab- better than the present one. The Cosmic Time of earthquake: As per vedic and Rahu transit to 8th house of horo- collision of stars too have an important These resources allow me facilities and lishing what will enhance the quality of design allows this continuity; we should astrology, the probability of occurrence of scope; Shadasthak of Mars and role in bringing about a disastrous and comforts, which are important to me. one’s life. Our lives revolve around our take advantage of it. After all, the next the earthquake is high during mid-day Saturn, Mars and Rahu, and Sun and devastating earthquake. Essentially, I am a householder; becom- duties, therefore, we have to keep them life will also surely come. 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During his six years of tenure, 43&4&2 ,& and the IOR are set to face worse eco- Prime Minister Narendra Modi vis- *&*& +13#33" nomic crisis in the post Covid peri- ited all neighbouring countries and 23! 433&43 & od, China is ready to exploit the sit- ensured satisfactory progress on ? *&& * &"& +* uation for its own political, economic political, diplomatic as well as phys- and strategic gains. ical connectivity fronts. New Delhi The recent report titled “A seems determined to connect eastern Global Survey of US-China neighbours through BBIN Competition in the Coronavirus (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Era” by Hudson Institute, the USA, Nepal) sub-regional initiative and explicitly mentioned that China’s with the construction of more than immediate goal in South Asia is to 10 new check points to facilitate trade limit any “defiance “from India and and movement of vehicles along the thwart its expanding partnership borders of eastern neighbours: Nepal, with the US. China’s penetration into Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. India’s region of influence (South Complaining against Chinese eco- Asia and IOR) is indeed a strategic nomic influence in the neighbouring loss for India. The neighbours in the countries and China-linked security ($# 1(6 Chinese debt trap are undoubtedly concerns in India’s vicinity, intangi- a potential threat for India’s securi- ble or tangible, is indeed a futile exer- ty. Further, the report rightly men- cise. However, India should avoid the tioned that now China, the second in the Indo-Nepal bilateral ties. in the region is continued during officials of health-care professionals enhancing India’s goodwill with habit of downplaying China-related largest economy in the world, is suc- The small countries of the region pandemic also, although, means and of SAARC countries and dispatch of many countries. But China is not security concerns in South Asian ceeding its South Asia strategy such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, and intentions are not the same. Yet, mid the teams of military doctors to behind; during the Covid pandem- water. The China’s base and port through the Belt and Road Initiative Maldives choose to prefer “omni of the Covid-19 crisis, India has Maldives, Nepal and Kuwait. India ic, China is enhancing its influence strategy in South Asian littoral states (BRI), which distributes loans and directional friendship with shifting scaled up its diplomatic outreach and supplied medicine, both on com- in the region by providing medical or in the IOR or presence of Chinese invest in large infrastructure projects tilts” where ruling party or parties humanitarian assistance in the most mercial and the grant basis, to more hardware and other assistance to submarines in the Andaman water across the region. and their leaderships primarily deter- part of the world, including South than 100 countries. But immediate smaller countries of the region. are definitely not only to serve the After Pakistan and Sri Lanka, mine the direction of the tilts. The Asia and the IOR. Prime Minister neighbourhood remains the China, which has already made her China’s commercial interest. To bal- now Nepal, despite some resistance change of guards in Sri Lanka and Narendra Modi’s initiative to create key priority for India as it supplied potent presence in the region through ance China in South Asian water or from its own citizens, is preparing to Maldives in 2015 and 2018 respec- an emergency Covid-19 fund for the medicine to immediate neigh- various means such as economy, in the IOR, beside the capacity build- plunge into Chinese debt trap. Nepal’s tively assured the curtailment of SAARC countries, India’s Covid bours by Indian aircraft and Air trade, defence and soft power, is now ing and capacity enhancement, with recent political adventure, the con- Chinese influence in their respective medical diplomacy and the Indian force flights and to others by com- ready to neutralise the Indian efforts or without Quad India should not stitutional claim after updating the countries. The ouster of the pro- Army and Navy’s initiatives to help mercial couriers. in her immediate neighbourhood. hesitate in engaging the US and other !($# ##$%6D country’s map without historical facts China Mahinda Rajapaska the neighbouring countries to deal For India, Covid-19 pandemic is And, undoubtedly, this is one of the like-minded major and middle pow- and evidence, is merely a conspiracy Government in Sri Lanka in 2015 with the growing numbers of coro- an occasion to coordinate, cooperate key reasons why despite the good ers in the region, especially in the by ruling political party to ignite the and the Abdullah Yameen navirus cases in such an unprece- and lend assistance to smaller neigh- intension and approach India’s neigh- vicinity of the Arabian Sea and the anti-India sentiments for immediate Government in Maldives in 2018 was dented situation at domestic front, bours to fight against pandemic and bourhood first policy has not been Bay of Bengal. domestic political gains and to sighing of relief for India; while to must be appreciated. India’s Covid create greater impact in the long much successful in last decades to appease China. Certainly, it will not India’s chagrin, KP Oli returned as medical diplomacy is not only about term. Medical diplomacy has meet the expectations. (The writers are Delhi-based be prudent to blame India’s neigh- Prime Minister of Nepal in 2018. export of medicine, but also includes emerged as an effective tool of India’s How to manage China’s rising International relations and foreign bourhood policy for such a muddle India, China’s jostle for influence online training programme for the Covid diplomacy, and certainly profile in South Asia in the post- policy analysts)

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Similarly, several com- the world many valuable learn- Institute of Allergy and vaccines, novel therapeutics, panies are being supported to ings — sustainable and collab- Infectious Diseases of the repurposing of drugs and other scale-up production and man- orative practices to become National Institutes of Health, technologies to find ufacturing of testing and self-reliant are the truest har- the USA, has supported count- solutions for the healthcare screening kits, PPEs, ventila- bingers of healthy societies, less research and capacity challenges of this pandemic. tors, etc. From extending economies and healthier strengthening programmes in More than 20 different Vaccine financial support to solutions nations. As we battle Covid-19 priority areas like viral hepati- Candidates are being devel- that are ready for deployment today and reconcile with the tis (such as hepatitis C), oped by our indigenous devel- to accelerating vaccine devel- # *+?3 " && possibility of a new endemic typhoid, rabies, rotavirus diar- opers from industry, startups opment and encouraging vac- 2&2&3#&!&53 infectious disease, we must rhoea, acute respiratory infec- and academia. cine research, DBT-BIRAC are *&3!"3#534# realise that “atma nirbharta” is tions, tuberculosis, parasitic A true example of our playing a catalytic and enabling the only way to not only cush- diseases (leishmaniasis, malar- mission towards self-reliance is role in battling Covid-19 with 31&3*& 23*4&35 ion us from the socio-eco- ia), HIV co-morbidities, strep- the development of indige- indigenous solutions through *" +&*3#&&4 nomic blow that this pandem- tococcal infections and dengue. nous diagnostic kits for Covid its 16 research institutes, more *""&&!32 &*35 ic has dealt us but also prepare It’s no surprise then that the 19. 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The Department of reliance, Biotechnology Industry turers and a kit production As the world is looking at Biotechnology (DBT), since Research Assistance Council capacity of more than 1 lakh finding quick solutions for its very inception in the late (BIRAC), established by the kits per day. To meet this meeting the huge healthcare 80s, has been committed to cooperation and collaboration development has been a core countries. Today 1 out of 6 chil- Department of Biotechnology, requirement, the Department challenges which Covid-19 delivering solutions for societal are at the core of self-reliance focus-area for DBT. In a mat- dren in the world receive India- has consistently exemplified the of Biotechnology and BIRAC outbreak has brought before us, challenges with a focus on — India’s progress will ter of national pride, in 2018, manufactured vaccines. 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Within met through N-BRIC, a research and development of formed the scientific innova- initiating multiple collaborative disease that claims lives of a multi-year plan to focus on the first few weeks of the National Biomedical Resource impact-driven innovation, this tion spectrum in India. research and development pro- nearly half a million children development of vaccines for Covid-19 pandemic, DBT- Indigenisation Consortia set up is key for our march towards an As appropriately said by grammes with several coun- every year across the world — malaria, dengue, chikungunya BIRAC announced a in a PPP model to cater to our ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’ our Prime Minister it is imper- tries and philanthropic organ- prequalification allowed and tuberculosis. Covid-19 research consortium needs to meet the targets of ative that we don’t conflate a isations in diverse areas of ROTAVAC to be procured by Similarly, since 1987, the to develop safe and effective Atmanirbhar Bharat. 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