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Our brave soldiers have ly members, every Indian knowledge, wealth for helping sector,” the Prime Minister territory, the Prime Minister AICC virtual Press conference. his monthly radio broadcast proven that they will not let painfully regrets the loss. The and strength for protecting. said lending a new credence to kept receiving donations from Singhvi said reports sug- ‘Maan ki Baat’, the Prime anyone cast an evil eye on the inner sense of pride that fam- India has always used her ‘boycott-China’ pitch in the Chinese companies. gest that as on May 20, 2020, Minister said the world after glory and honour of Mother ilies feel on the supreme sacri- might, echoing the same sen- country. The Opposition party also the fund received 9,678 crore. acknowledging Indian spirit India,” the Prime Minister said fice of their brave sons…their timent. India’s solemn resolve The current trade deficit is sought details from BJP chief JP “No one knows the con- of universal brotherhood in the in his address which was devot- sentiment for the country, con- is to safeguard her honour and heavily loaded in favour of Nadda about certain funding of stitutional or operational difficult time of coronavirus ed to the border escalation, stitutes the true power, the sovereignty. India’s aim is a self- China which existed in the the BJP and the RSS from framework of the PM Cares pandemic, has now also coronavirus pandemic and might of the country”, he said. reliant India,” he said. times of Congress rule but China and asked the ruling Fund and how it is controlled noticed India’s commitment theme of ‘Atmnirbharta’ (self- Without naming India and The Prime Minister said all continued to be same during party to disclose its link with Has the PM received 7 crore or money given to it utilised. and might “when it comes to reliance). China, Prime Minster quoted should strive towards enhanc- the Modi Government. The the “China Association for from the controversial compa- The fund is not even subject to safeguarding her sovereignty Without naming the a Sanskrit saying to explain two ing the country’s capabilities current border escalation has International Friendly Contact” ny Huawei? Does Huawei have audit by any public authority and territorial integrity.” ‘Galwan` in eastern Ladakh diverse characters. and capacities in safeguarding fuelled anti-China sentiments (CAIFC) and reasons for its a direct connection with including CAG. The PMO has Towards this end, he said where 20 Indian soldiers were “Vidya Vivadaya Dhanam our borders. across the country with Prime regular interactions with the People’s Liberation Army of gone to the extent of saying India would not “shy away” killed in skirmish with Chinese Madaay, Shaktih Pareshaan “A self-reliant India would Minister asking countrymen to ruling Chinese Communist China? Has the Chinese com- this fund is not a public from giving a befitting response army, the Prime Minister said Paripeednayakhalasya Sadhoh be a tribute to our martyrs in adopt a new ‘mantra’ of Party (CCP). pany owning TikTok facilitat- authority.” to his adversary, Modi said. the entire country comes Vipareetam Etat, the truest, deepest sense,” Modi Swadeshi. Senior Congress ed a donation of 30 crore to “The fund appears to be “Those who cast an evil eye together in paying tributes to Gyaanaydaanaych Rakshanay. said and cited messages from Modi said in the fields of spokesperson Abhishek Manu the controversial PM Cares solely run by the Prime on Indian soil in Ladakh have the bravery of our jawans who Which means, a person who is across the country pledging to defence and technology, India Singhvi asked, “Why has PM Fund?” Minister in an opaque and got a befitting response. India “attained martyrdom in wicked by nature, uses educa- buy only ‘swadeshi’ goods. is relentlessly endeavouring to Modi received Chinese money The Congress also sought secret fashion with zero trans- honours the spirit of friend- Ladakh.” tion to foster conflict, wealth “Rajni ji has written to me advance and taking strides in the PM Cares Fund, despite to know whether the PM Cares parency and zero accountabil- ship…she is also capable of giv- “The entire country bows for conceit and strength to from Assam. She says, after towards self-reliance. the overt Chinese hostilities? Fund received donations about ity,” claimed Singhvi. ( 
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(  TManav Sangrahalaya Minister of D  ;A organised sankalp parv, where State for people actively participated Culture and       at a rapid pace. Around 2,56,318 MT with social distancing. Saplings Tourism  &   137/9 About one thousand addi- wheat was procured from of Banyan, Amla, Peepal, (Independent  / -; tional procurement centres 22,627 farmers in Sheopur dis- Ashoka, Bel, Mango were charge) t was a delightful and energetic were set up compared to last trict, 84,229 MT from 14,204 planted in the kumahar para Prahlad Singh ISunday evening for the the year. With all these arrange- farmers in Morena and 79,296 open air exhibition museum Patel on Bhopalites. The broadcast of the  &   137/9 ments, maximum one crore 29 MT wheat from 10,612 farm- premises. Sunday called Nimadi folk dances 'Kathi' and lakh 34 thousand 500 metric ers in Bhind. Director of the Museum, for successful 'Gangaur' wad held on Sunday he strategy that was adopt- tonnes of wheat has been pro- Around 3,78,697 MT of Dr. PK Mishra said that the organizing on Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Ted in Madhya Pradesh to cured so far on support price wheat was procured from Ministry of Culture has decid- “Sankalp Museum's YouTube Channel. procure wheat from farmers on from farmers in Madhya 29,350 farmers in Indore dis- ed to celebrate Sankalp Parv Parva” and The music lovers enjoyed an support price has become a Pradesh. trict, 2,01,412 MT from 26,945 from June 28 to July 12, 2020. planting trees evening with calm classical record for the country amid Maximum 27.89 lakh met- farmers in Khandwa, 3,56,400 Our Prime Minister and as desired by music along with the fun filled proper arrangements. ric tonnes of wheat has been MT from 34,803 farmers in Minister of Culture have asked our Prime Nimadi and Kathi dance on Madhya Pradesh has also procured through 3 lakh 6 Dhar, 1,55,943 MT from 25,454 to plant these five trees during Minister. Shri Patel informed choice. and we are proud of our Herbal floor. Under Uttaradhikar series surpassed the State of Punjab thousand 485 farmers in farmers in Khargone, 4,694 the fifteen day festival, he said. that the Ministry of Culture has Patel also said that the Wealth which hasenough of Madhya Pradesh Tribal in the manner in which the Bhopal division. This includes MT from 1,176 farmers in Banyan, Amla, Peepal, decided to celebrate Sankalp organizations must ensure that strength to enable us to sail Museum, two musical events State Government has han- 7,23,710 MT wheat from 69 Burhanpur, 2,507 MT from Ashoka, Bel, which represent Parva, wherein Ministry each employee should plant at through safely in the period of were organized at the museum dled the hard work of the thousand 2 farmers in Vidisha, 885 farmers in Alirajpur, 33,643 the true herbal heritage of our expects all its Subordinate least one tree of his/her choice Pandemic. I urge everybody to premises. farmers of the State. Farmers 7,43,223 MT wheat from MT from 5,446 farmers in country, It started today the Offices, Academies, Attached and over and above these five participate in this Sankalp Parv It is noteworthy that keeping and Government machinery of 81,269 farmers in Sehore, Barwani and 41,047 metric kumhar para open air exhibi- Institutions, Affiliated trees which should be planted and plant and take care of at in view the Guru Shishya all districts of the State have 6,28,634 MT wheat from tonnes of wheat from 6,727 tion at museum premises. He Institutions to plant trees in its as per the call of the Prime least one plant, so we can cre- Parampara, Tribal Museum is played an important role in 62,128 farmers in Raisen and farmers in Jhabua. further said that in each exhi- campus or at the surroundings Minister.The Institutions must ate healthy environment and a organizing a series of classical making all time records. 3,85,443 MT wheat was pro- Around 4,13,090 MT of bition area for fifteen days, wherever it is possible. He also ensure that the employee flourishing “Bharat”. music and dance under The Government had to cured from 63,832 farmers in wheat from 35,936 farmers in along with these five plants, added that the Ministry of takes care of plant planted by The program was orga- Uttaradhikar series every face major challenges in the Rajgarh. Jabalpur district, 4,37,142 MT Palash, Bel, Pakad, Neem, Culture recommends to plants them during the year so that it nized by the entire team of Sunday. procurement work that started In Gwalior district, from 47,401 farmers in Seoni, Mango, and a local plants five trees which have been survives and flourishes . Horticulture unit with the The programme began with from April 15 due to corona 1,81,179 MT of wheat was 2,03,022 MT from 30,941 farm- Should be planted and every identified by our Prime Patel urged all to participate direction of Rajendra Kumar 'Kathi Folk Dance' by infection. procured through 15,061 farm- ers in Narsinghpur, 2,10,726 employee must plant at least Minister and which represent in the Sankalp Parv and share Jharia (Horticulture Officer). Lakshminarayan Maurya and Amidst the challenges, not ers, 2,03515 MT wheat from MT from 32,727 farmers in one tree of their choice. It is the herbal heritage of our the photo of plantation with On this occasion, photography, team from Harda. After this, only was the system of pro- 17,885 farmers in Ashoknagar Katni, 2,33,087 MT from very important for our life country. These trees are (i) #?????????? #SankalpParv with videography was done by the 'Gangaur Folk Dance' was per- curement in the mandis, but 2,54,049 MT from 28,998 farm- 29,792 farmers in Chhindwara, ,that is why tree plants are also “Bargad” (ii) “Awla” (iii) “Pepal” Ministry of Culture. He said concerned section and the formed by Sanjay Mahajan and informing farmers through ers in Shivpuri, 1,76,840 MT 12,839 MT wheat was procured worshiped in our country, Saint (iv) “Ashok” (v) “Bel”. He fur- that monsoon season has start- entire report of the program troupe from, Barwah. SMS to come to the market, from 19,577 farmers in Datia from 5,745 farmers in Balaghat Kabir expressed his impor- ther said that if sapling of ed , which is right time for plan- was uploaded by the media sec- Laxminarayan Maurya has arranging gunny bags, storage, and in Guna 2,17,053 metric and 9,753 metric tonnes from tance in this way ‘virksh these trees are not available tation. We have seen the impor- tion on the site of Ministry of been active in this field for a long transportation and payment tonnes of wheat were procured 5,117 farmers in kabahun nahi phal bhake nadi then people may do plantation tance of clean and healthy envi- Culture, Government of time. Laxminarayan Maurya has arrangements were also made from 22,534 farmers. Dindori. na sanche neer paramaarath ke of any other sapling of their ronment during this Pandemic India. given many presentations of folk dance at various art forums of the country. 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Organisation (BRO) in Jammu Ladakh, Nagaland, Sikkim and tion ceiling and additional consecutive cases on Sunday, as deny treatment to Covid The chief secretary said it & Kashmir and Uttarakhand Tamil Nadu for state PWDs sanction ceiling already given the State added 5,493 new patients, said a top official on is also the statutory duty of all for 2020-21. and for state/ UT of Jammu & and at least 50 per cent of sanc- infected cases to its tally and Sunday. "Private medical estab- private medical facilities to Of this, 1,351.10 crore Kashmir and Uttarakhand for tioned works under instant 156 more succumbed to the lishments in the state shall not prevent the spread of commu- has been sanctioned to BRO for BRO," the communication said. additional sanction ceiling," it pandemic. deny, refuse or avoid treatment nicable diseases and adhere to road works in Jammu & It said that the existing added. After it recorded 5,024 and to patients with Covid and the Patient's Charter. Kashmir, the road transport sanction for national highways Earlier, National Highways 5,318 deaths on Friday and Covid like symptoms," ordered Bhaskar invoked the and highways ministry said in (original) work for state PWDs and Infrastructure Saturday respectively, Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Disaster Management Act 2005 a communication to Border was 2,269 crore, which has Development Corporation Maharashtra once again wit- Bhaskar. and passed the orders in the Roads Development Board been raised to 2,340 crore. In (NHIDCL) enhanced the nessed a biggest-ever record of Bhaskar highlighted that capacity of the chairman of the (BRDB) Director General Lt addition, 1,691 crore ceiling remuneration of its personnel 5493 positive cases, taking the the government took note of State Executive Committee, Gen Harpal Singh. was approved for BRO, taking working in tough terrains. total number of the infected metropolis rose by 1,287 cases ery since the second week of some private medical estab- Disaster Management, under A total of 340 crore ceil- the additional ceiling of Rs NHIDCL, a fully-owned cases in the State to 1,64,626. to touch 75,539. March this year, the recovery lishments in the state refusing the powers vested under ing has been approved for 4,081 crore for national high- company of the Government of Out of the 156 deaths In addition to 87 deaths rate in the state stood at 52.59 treatment to Covid patients. Sections 24(f) and 24(I). Uttarakhand for national ways in these areas. India, under the Ministry of reported in the state today, 60 recorded in Mumbai, there per cent. The mortality rate in According to the chief sec- He also directed the private highways, according to the "For NH(O)-General pro- Road Transport and Highways, occurred in the last 48 hours were 26 deaths in Thane, 20 the state is 4.51 per cent. The retary, such refusals amount to hospitals to strictly comply communication dated June 24. jects for state govt/UTs, 20 per is engaged in building, main- and 96 deaths are from the pre- deaths in Pune, 8 in Nashik, 6 state health authorities pegged violating Section 11 of the with the provisions of Sections In addition, it has also cent of the sanction ceiling has taining and upgrading nation- vious period. in Jalgaon, 4 in Solapur and the number of “active cases” in Karnataka Private Medical 11 and 11 A of the Karnataka given nod for additional sanc- been proposed for cross al highways and strategic roads, With 156 new deaths, the death each in Jalna, Amravati, the state at 70,607. Establishment Act, 2017, which Private Medical Establishments tion of 71 crore for highway drainage works. Sanction of including interconnecting total number of deaths in the Yavatmal, Sangli and On the laboratory testing mandates that every private Act 2017 and the Indian Penal works by the state's Public damaged cross drainage work roads in parts of the country state mounted to 7,429. Ratnagiri. front, 1,64,626 (17.82%) out medical establishment should Code (IPC). Works Department in Jammu may be given topmost priori- which share international Of the 156 deaths report- With 34,257 cases and 845 of 9,23,502 samples sent to lab- actively participate in the imple- State Health & Kashmir, Ladakh, Sikkim ty," the communication boundaries with neighbour- ed on Sunday, Mumbai fatalities, Thane district - has oraties tested positive for mentation of all national and Commissioner Pankaj Kumar and Tamil Nadu, said. ing countries. accounted for 87 deaths, a tally emerged as the second worst- Covid-19 until Sunday. state health programmes. Pandey also clarified that no Besides, it has also Widening of national high- The roads are built in dif- that took the total number of hit district after Mumbai in the Currently, 5,70,475 peo- "Private medical establish- private medical college, hospi- enhanced the total ceiling to ways (NHs) and their strength- ficult terrain under inhos- deaths in Mumbai from 4,284 state. With 86,575 patients hav- ple are in home quarantine ments shall actively participate tal or similar establishment 1,955 crore for highways work ening under the annual plan pitable and hostile weather to 4,371 now. The total num- ing been discharged from var- while 37,350 people are in in the implementation of all can deny treatment to Covid for Nagaland under Tribal Sub- 2020-21 may be suitably conditions and other environ- ber of infected cases in the ious hospitals after full recov- institutional quarantine. national and state health pro- patients. 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And now the orders are Singh Chauhan is constantly Sagar zone, 241 contractual  &   137/9 not be ascertained that cial. location where the drones are for locust control operations," making efforts to bring back works costing 151542.45 lakh Dharmesh died of poison or it "We have got the order to to be used. Sometimes the Jayaprakash added. the economy of the State on in Ujjain, 326 contractual ensation prevailed in New was a natural death as he was deploy five drones for anti- notice is very short. According to him, the track. For this, he has ensured works worth 161794.34 lakh SBairagarh area near suffering from prolong illness locust operations from Banda Jayaprakash said the locust Covid-19 pandemic and locust continuous works especially in Gwalior, 208 contractual Allahbad bank after two real and used to remain at home. University of Agriculture & hit percentage is about 70 per attack has increased the focus for the labourers. works costing 310439 lakh in brothers were found dead; one Naresh used to work as hawk- Technology, Uttar Pradesh. We cent as per the state govern- on drones and their use. In view of the Covid-19 Setu Pariksehtra Bhopal, 28 was found hanging while other er and would sell garments in will be sending 10 pilots for ment officials. Apart from spraying anti- crisis, works on large scale road construction contractual was found lying dead on floor Bairgarh and used to take care operating the drones. The man- "Unlike bees that attack an coronavirus disinfectants, have been started by the State works costing 452826.71 lakh on Sunday, two died 4-5 days of Dharmesh. date is to deploy the drones for adversary, locusts swarm does drones were used by police in Government. In total, 4247 in Bhopal zone, 324 contractual ago, said police. The bodies were 4-5 days a total of 50 hours at the loca- not attack drones. Perhaps they Tamil Nadu to monitor the works costing 38701.51 crore daily. works costing 99268.86 lakh Police were informed by old as for the same period the tions specified by the see it as a big bird, their enemy lockdown violators. have been started and 20,745 Under the Engineer in in Central Zone Jabalpur, 360 neighbours after foul smell locals have not spotted the University," Agnishwar and avoid. Their main purpose Jayaprakash said Garuda labourers have been employed Chief, Public Works depart- contractual works worth  emanating from the house was two in the area. After smell Jayaprakash, Managing is to eat, procreate and fly," Aerospace has manufactured in these works. ment, 3394 works worth 112647 lakh in Rewa zone, 211 found. started to emancipating out of Director of city-based Garuda Jayaprakash said. and serviced drones for sever- As per the intention of the 28,211.73 crore have been contractual works costing Rs. A police team reached the the house lcoals informed the Aerospace, told IANS. According to him, the al government departments in Chief Minister, the Principal started and 1,427 labourers 159262.68 lakh in West Zone spot and made forced entry police. He said the company has Banda University order will be Tamil Nadu, like forests, elec- Secretary of the Public works have been employed for these Indore and 391 contractual into the house to found par- Soon after receiving infor- already deployed its drones in executed in three/four days as tricity, police, mining, agri- department Neeraj Mandloi is works. Similarly, under the works costing 205609.89 lakh tially decomposed bodies. The mation police rushed to the Rajasthan in locust control the total 50 hours of flying can culture, Indian Coast Guard constantly monitoring the Engineer in Chief, Road are underway. two deceased were identified as spot and started operations. be completed by the five drones and others. works of the department. Development Corporation, 85 The Madhya Pradesh Road Naresh Lalwani (36) and investigation. "This is the first time in that time. "Already drones are being Along with this, emphasis is works costing 5,099.15 crore Development Corporation has Dharmesh Lalwani (35). SDOP Their financial position of drones are being used in locust "The five drones will be used for spraying pesticides, being laid to ensure employ- have been started and employ- also re-started the construction Bairagarh Deepak Nayak said the two was not good but it control measures in India. It is flown by air on Monday," he weedicides and liquid fertilis- ment to the maximum number ment has been given to 2012 activities. Under these activi- that nothing which could could not be assumed as the a new case scenario," added. er on farms and is also used for of labourers by reviewing the labourers in these works. ties, 2012 labourers have been established the reason of the reason behind the deaths. The Jayaprakash said. Garuda Aerospace has monitoring of pipelines and works of the Public Works Under the Project Director, employed in total 85 re-start- death has been found in the sister of deceased lived in According to him, there are been carrying out drone based surveillance and now for locust Department, Project Project Implementation Unit, ed works in various districts. investigation. Ajmer and would arrived two methods of spraying the anti-coronavirus sanitation control operations," Leo Peter Implementation Unit and 768 works worth 5390.63 The total cost of the re-started Naresh was found hanging tomorrow after which the post pesticide -- one by flying above orders from several municipal Charles, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Road crore have been started and works is over 5099 while Dharmesh was found in mortem would be the swarm of locust and spray- corporations and smart cities Jane Aerospace Private Ltd Development Corporation employment has been given to crore. an unconscious state. It could conducted ing on them and the other is to like Varanasi, Rourkela, Raipur, told IANS.    (),-  %$ 
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$10  her rental accommodation in times…Staying alone at home option for her now. She belongs Badhai, begging and working as depression and got suicidal community in these difficult pletely vulnerable due to lack of A3+ :,23 the month of May and also lost with the fear of being evicted, to Chamoli district in sex workers. The community is thoughts during the lockdown times. food and income, there was a her source of livelihood during left with no money and no job Uttrakhand and was abandoned barred from most of the period,” she adds. The prominent transgender positive development for three n a year unlike any other, as the lockdown. “I was working as took a toll on my mental health by her family a long time back. employment opportunities as Dhananjay, a trans woman activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi members of the community, Ipeople across the globe are a makeup artist at a beauty salon and I had started having suici- “I have to pay around Rs 12000 discrimination runs rampant in herself tells, she used to receive had sent 100 monthly ration kits who were given vending licens- commemorating the pride in Zirakpur but due to the dal thoughts. rent for the last three months to employment and there are no 8-10 calls every day in April and and we are distributing it among es by the civic body to ensure month to recognize the progress nationwide lockdown My friends counseled me, the landlord. I do not have any policies in place to ensure job May with transgenders seeking transgenders,” she adds.A 28- their livelihood.Transwoman made towards equality and jus- announced in March, the par- provided me with ration and job and any savings... can’t earn opportunities and a healthy monetary help, ration and coun- year-old transwoman, who did Mona Singh, 40 is among three tice for LGBTQ, the communi- lour had to be closed and I lost accommodation,”she says Gauri this much by begging. I am workplace environment for seling to cope with depres- not wish to reveal her identity of them who received the vend- ty is perhaps facing an excep- my source of income. I could is not the only one facing eco- dealing with psychological dis- transgenders in the country. sion.The National Institute of tells, “She was working as a sex ing license and is preparing to tionally challenging time due to not pay the rent for the month nomic hardships and emotion- tress and do not know when the Dhananjay Chauhan, a Social Defence (NISD) of the worker. This has been her only start a tea stall near Elante Mall the COVID-19 pandemic. of April and was evicted from al distress. Many people from things will get back to normal,” transgender activist and mem- Union Ministry of Social Justice source of income for the last in Industrial Area here. This June, there were no my rental accommodation in LGBTQ community are going says Divya, who lives in Khuda ber of the Chandigarh and Empowerment had many years. “The last three months were pride parades with rainbow- Manimajra,” she tell The through tough times as their Lahora here. Transgender Welfare Board promised Rs 1,500 financial But since the lockdown, really difficult as I was not able coloured floats on the streets Pioneer“I had no savings and plight remains under-the-cover “I had received financial says, “The LGBTQ people faced assistance for transgenders but there was no client and she to earn even a single penny. due to COVID-19 triggered was left with no money, to due to government’s neglect. assistance of Rs 1500 from the mental distress, lost their liveli- everyone did not receive it. could not earn money. She Before lockdown, I had a stall to restrictions and the LGBTQ even buy food. Since May, I have Divya Kumar, 32, a trans- government during lockdown hoods and was left with no Many members of the commu- along with 23 others, who work sell cigarettes and tobacco. Our (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- been living with my friends, gender tells “She used to earn but have spent it. I was provid- money for food, pay rent and nity do not have basic docu- as sex workers, are experiencing community leaders helped me gender and queer) community going from one place to anoth- from ‘Badhai’ (earn money by ed with ration from our com- utility bills due to lockdown mentation such as Aadhaar severe financial hardships.” “We by providing ration in the last received little attention during er after every 15 days as I don’t singing, dancing and conferring munity leaders during the lock- restrictions since March. Due to cards and bank accounts to ran out of money and food. It two months as I was left with no their continued struggle to want to become a burden on blessings on people during wed- down period,” she the COVID-19 triggered lock- receive financial aid.“We had was our community leaders money to buy anything,” says make both ends meet amid the anyone,” says Gauri, who dings and child birth). But due adds.According to the 2011 down, many transgenders were submitted a list of around 400 who helped us by providing Mona.She further says, “I am yet lockdown. belongs to Dehradun to the pandemic, there are no census, there is a population of also stuck at home with their transgenders to the NISD for stock of ration and money for to be allotted the place to start The LGBTQ people, who (Uttrakhand) and came to functions now and she has no 142 transgenders in the city. families and faced physical and depositing Rs 1500 in their paying rent in the last three tea stall near Elante Mall and continue to remain marginal- Chandigarh nearly four years way of earning money to pay However, the number is esti- mental abuse.”“The transgen- bank accounts but only 50 per- months,” she says. She howev- waiting for the same. But I am ized and socially isolated in a back after her family aban- rent, utility bills and buy gro- mated to be much higher as ders living in the deras follow- cent of them received the er maintains they did not face thankful for finally having a conservative India, lost their doned her. ceries.”“We have always been many transgenders do not dis- ing hijra culture and practice of money,” Dhananjay says.“On any difficulty in getting supplies source of livelihood. Shrishti livelihoods, evicted from rental Gauri says the beauty salon isolated and socially neglected close their gender identity due ‘Badhai’ still have some our request, the Municipal of antiretroviral (ART) drugs and Vijayta are other two trans- accommodations and suffered where she works is likely to be but the lockdown period added to fear of harassment and resources to survive. But those Corporation had provided for treatment of HIV during the genders who got vending licens- psychological distress. opened in July and she hopes to to our woes,” she says. embarrassment.Most transgen- who had no support of families ration to 15-20 transgenders. lockdown period. es from the civic body for sell- Gauri Sharma, 33, a return to her work soon. “These Divya also used to beg ear- ders have mainly three sources and living alone ran out of But we are working on our own While the lockdown ren- ing tea and have started work- transwoman was evicted from are really difficult lier but that is no longer an of income—earnings from money and faced starvation, to provide help to the LGBTQ dered the community com- ing.”    ! " "  . $ 3#21. 4 !   ! 
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( in the last 24 hours. The recov- samples are being tested. The ICU beds and 78,060 oxygen Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, 15 under the fourth phase of   %  ered cases have exceeded the samples tested in the last 24 supported beds, it said. which is headed by Sonia the Vande Bharat Mission to active cases by 1,06,661 as on hours have further increased to Also, 2,400 dedicated Gandhi, continuously bring back stranded Indian (   / Saturday, the ministry said. 2,31,095. The total number of COVID Health Centres with received donations from the abroad. The recovery rate is samples tested, as on date, is 1,40,099 isolation beds, 11,508 Chinese embassy between said that the allegations by of RSS invited by the CCP Under the fourth phase of 16, following which the sec- 58.56% amongst COVID-19 82,27,802,” the Government ICU beds and 51,371 oxygen 2005 and 2009, from the “tax Nadda were his flailing despite it not being a political the mission, Air India will be ond phase began. patients. said. supported beds have also been haven” of Luxemburg between attempts at distraction and party and what discussions conducting 114 flights con- The US Department of India now has 1,036 diag- As on June 28, the COVID operationalised. 2006 and 2009 and NGOs diversion from the issues of were held on our sensitive necting India with Canada, Transportation announced on nostic labs dedicated to related health infrastructure Besides, 9,519 COVID with commercial interests. national security and territo- State of Arunachal Pradesh as the US, the UK, Kenya, Sri June 22 that it has barred Air COVID-19. This includes 749 has been strengthened with the Care Centres with 8,34,128 TheCongress sought to rial integrity. also Tibet? Lanka, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, India from operating char- in the government sector and availability of 1,055 dedicated beds are now available to com- clarify the issue late on Congress spokesperson It further asked why did Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, tered flights between India 287 private labs. COVID Hospitals with bat Covid-19 in the country, Saturday saying the grants to Randeep Surjewala said the the then BJP President, Nitin Thailand, South Africa, Russia, and the United States from “Daily more than 2,00,000 1,77,529 isolation beds, 23,168 the Ministry said. RGF accounts were duly BJP chief has made it his Gadkari go to China on a five- Australia, Myanmar, Japan, July 22 without its prior audited and statutory returns “favourite pastime to mis- day visit on January 19th, Ukraine and Vietnam. The approval, in an apparent retal- were filed under Foreign lead the country by making 2011 at the invitation of the Ministry also stated that private iation for the Indian Contributions Regulation Act sensational claims”. Communist Party of China airlines have volunteered to Government not allowing : $ 
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( 2019. denied the same for all complainant and going The move followed a these years. through the written sub- complaint by one Anuj He was told by the missions of the respon- Bhardwaj with 80 per IDBI that as there was no dent and other docu-   )   cent of the locomotor reservation in promo- ments available on disability who had tion within the Officer’s record, the CCPD Chief alleged that despite his cadre. Commissioner &$ +80 893: due to the rising water of the possible help has been assured eligibility for the said However, not ready Shakuntala Doley Brahmaputra. to the State. Modi government of Guwahati College and landslide- prone areas to post, he was ignored by to give in, Bhardwaj Gamlin) has now nion Home Minister Amit “I spoke to Chief Minister stands firmly with the people of &$ ,.03: also an accomplished vacate their houses and his organisation where approached the CCPD instructed the IBDI UShah on Sunday spoke to Shri @nitishkumar ji about the Assam”. dancer who performed at shift to safer places till the he had been working for alleging that the IDBI Bank to submit details Bihar Chief Minister Nitish rising water level of Mahananda Water level of the woman student was various events across the monsoon season is over. the past 28 years. was taking pretext of which could prove Kumar and enquired about the River in Bihar and assured him Mahananda river is expected to Akilled in a landslide country. Following the land- Bhardwaj had ‘Selection Method’ of the transparency in the rising water level of Mahananda of all possible help from the cen- go up due to heavy rains in near Raj Bhawan here on “Due to incessant slides, the Union home approached the CCPD in organization which selection process. river and assured him of all help tral government for the protec- Nepal and areas between the Sunday, prompting the rainfall for the last few minister talked to August last year but changes as per the con- The CCPD has also from the central Government for tion of the people of Bihar,” Shah Mahananda and Bagmati river administration to ask days in Guwahati city, Sonowal and Health because of the Covid-19 venience of the manage- sought details of the cut the protection of the people of tweeted in Hindi. basins. people living in vulner- several incidents of land- Minister Himanta Biswa pandemic, his case could ment. of marks of all the can- the State. The home minister also The flood situation in able areas to move to slides have occurred, Sarma to enquire about not be taken up. But He said that while he didates as well minutes Separately, the home min- tweeted: “Spoke to Assam Chief Assam worsened on Saturday safer places, officials said. leading to loss of lives the incident and the now the CCPD which achieved all the parame- of the selection commit- ister also spoke to Assam Chief Minister Shri @sarbanandson- with two more people losing The administration and property. Moreover, flood situation in the has started taking griev- ters prescribed in various tee appeared from 2011 Minister Sarbananda Sonowal wal and Shri @himantabiswa to their lives due to the deluge, also closed down a hos- there is every possibility state. ances through video categories, but that his to 2019 within the next and Minister Himanta Biswa take stock of the alarming situ- which has affected over 4.6 lakh pital temporarily near of occurrence of more “Spoke to Assam conferencing held the interview/Group two weeks. Sarma and took stock of the ation in Brahmaputra river and people across 21 districts, offi- Raj Bhawan, a guard wall such landslide incidents Chief Minister Shri @sar- alarming situation developing landslides near Guwahati. All cials said. of which has become in the coming days,” an banandsonwal and Shri vulnerable due to grad- official said. @himantabiswa to take -  -,#  ual sliding of land, they The authorities of stock of the alarming sit- added. Kamrup Metropolitan uation in Brahmaputra #& $    The governor's resi- district, which primarily river and landslides near dence located in comprises Guwahati city, Guwahati. All possible - &. /#   Kharghuli area of the ordered the closure of help has been assured to &$ +80 893: tioner and the state dismissed demic and the nationwide city, however, is safe. Borthakur Clinic and the State. Modi govern- the plea. lockdown. Another incident of Hospital at Kharghuli ment stands firmly with &$ 5!!. he Supreme Court on The apex court was hear- The appeal further con- landslide took place at and asked for shifting of the people of Assam,” he TSunday in an urgent hear- ing an appeal filed by Devi, tended that around 120 Gita Nagar locality. its patients to nearby tweeted. Altogether 18 10-year-old girl was ing dismissed a plea seeking mother of an examinee of the schools, which have been ear- A road and a house facilities immediately. people have died in the Akilled and three per- cancellation of the remaining Class 10 board, against the May marked as examination were damaged but no The hospital is locat- flood which affected sons were injured when two Class 10 examinations 29 order of the Rajasthan high centres, had been used to casualty was reported ed just below the back- nearly 9.3 lakh people in they were struck by scheduled to be held on June court which had dismissed a quarantine migrant workers from there. side of Raj Bhawan, a 23 districts of the state. lightning in a remote 29-30, to be conducted by the plea seeking cancellation of during transit to their native Union Home guard wall of which is “Thank you Shri area in Poonch district board of secondary education the remaining examinations places. Minister Amit Shah vulnerable due to erosion @AmitShah ji on behalf of Jammu and Kashmir of Rajasthan, said a lawyer conducted by the State’s board The appeal also referred to called up Assam Chief of land. of the people of Assam. on Sunday, police said. appearing for the State of secondary education. the June 26 order of the top Minister Sarbananda “The guard wall may With your support and The lightning hit a Government. The appeal said that the court with regard to remain- Sonowal and assured fall at any time and may guidance, we will surely mud-house in Manai The bench of Justices A M board of secondary education ing examinations of Class 10 him of all help. cause damage to the lives overcome every chal- village in Behram Gala Khanwilkar, Dinesh of Rajasthan had passed a and Class 12 of CBSE board as Officials said the col- and properties of lenge that we are facing area around 5.30 pm, Maheshwari and Sanjiv direction for conducting the well as of ICSE board. lege student Priyanka patients, doctors, para- at this moment,” Sonowal resulting in on the spot Khanna, in an urgent hearing remaining two papers of Class The appeal had sought an Boro was outside her medical staff of the hos- said on Twitter: death of a minor girl and conducted on Sunday evening 10 on June 29 and June 30 and interim stay on the remaining home when a huge pital,” Kamrup Sarma too tweeted injuries to three other through video conferencing, 11,86,418 students are likely to examinations to be conducted chunk of landmass from Metropolitan Deputy about Shah's call and his persons, a police official dismissed the plea filed by one appear. on Monday and Tuesday. the hill above came down Commissioner Biswajit assurance about all sup- said. was handed over to her The injured were Maghi Devi. It said the board had con- The petitioner before the and buried her, killing Pegu said. port from the National He identified the family for last rites after evacuated to a hospital, Senior advocate Manish ducted the last exam on March High Court had also sought her instantly. He also appealed to Disaster Response Force deceased girl as Ufaq completion of legal the official Singhvi who appeared for the 18 and thereafter the cancellation of remaining Boro was a student the people residing in (NDRF). Iman and said her body formalities. said. state government said the examinations were deferred examinations to be conducted bench after hearing the peti- due to the COVID-19 pan- by CBSE due to COVID-19.    ! " "  0


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The number of deaths ties being coordinated and district on Saturday, keeping in view the impend- was 85. District Magistrate P.N. reviewed by the nodal officer ing monsoons and to curb the spread of Covid-19. Singh said the number of active appointed by the Yogi government. This initiative aims at promoting the maxim -- cases now was 103. So far 21,113 The Agra Municipal ‘Break the Chain' -- in the fight against samples have been collected. Corporation has mounted a pro- Covid-19. Health officials, however, warn paganda blitz to sensitise people on “The residents have been urged to use umbrel- that July would be the crucial health related issues. Teams of las voluntarily at public places which would auto- month when the rate could spike doctors are visiting mohallas in the matically ensure social distancing without any con- to alarming heights, as Malaria and interior city to give consultations scious effort,” an official release said. Dengue could compound the sit- and medicines to the sick. The S.N. The new initiative by Assam Rifles was appre- uation and increase the pressure on Medical College will have 200 ciated by village authorities and the residents as the already burdened medical beds ready for corona patients by well. IANS 2    &    )       3    &)     15 infrastructure. June end. IANS    ! " "    / 0% 0 ;?    >  /   ?   ? :% ) *, &&  ! ('           %    *        4   5+  # %                A     ;;         ) %   ?    @A      )                      #  N  O  ; +        ;       #           1.          O         O          (               (           ?  (  ( $ 7      31(  ( 7 ?      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Twenty five  (    years ago, it was a bootlegger’s paradise with    @ @$              unruly men stumbling about in a drunken stu-                 ( por. Today, as we battle COVID-19, this village stands out as a model of resilience. The spirit "             +  behind this collective determination is sarpanch $  0  A  4 0(  $  0  7  Nirmala Geghate, who symbolises the multiple 7  + 4 0 (              roles women play in a crisis like a pandemic. 0@!  )       (     Primarily as caregivers, women are not just sus-                 taining families but also serving as front-line    *              ( responders, mainly in the health and service sec- 38A7E: <$+       tor of the country, even in rural India. 3897A4 70+               During my early career in the State Bank of India (SBI), I was posted as manager of the local 3E8! 89:98 ? 0   A        :CC828+A879:C8               # 0  branch. I also happened to be piloting the self- help group (SHG) movement. 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Nirmala hesitated for several days but finally !8:A.97.9D All houses have indoor toilets and says the women of her village never The success story of Wanoja’s                    ( yielded to our gentle and persuasive prodding. /2A:8  piped water supply. They get filtered thought they would pull the “cart” so SHGs and its women underscores the                 ( What tipped the scales in our favour was that + 99388+2D drinking water from a plant installed far. She is happy in her role as the “cart importance of giving poor people             her mother-in-law was quite supportive and + 8Q:/7:+7 by a power generation company under puller” and envisions a prosperous access to loans, savings accounts and               promised to relieve her of a number of house- 38E:99,80828 its CSR initiative. The firm has also set future for her village. The first SHG, other financial services that can sup-           # 0  / hold chores. Nirmala convinced neighbouring 898 +:2!9 up a medical centre manned by a qual- which began with a monthly contribu- port their precarious lives and busi-                  women to band together and the first SHG was C72!8 8!7 ified medical team. The village is tion of 20 from each member, has nesses and enable them to reach their         * 0    ( born in the village. It was christened Savitribai /278A382 periodically disinfected by the compa- now increased the amount to 200, an full potential. It can also alter the     # * /       Phule Bachat Gat, appropriately named after E:99,8C27! ny. The sarpanch has made sure that indication of the increased income and socially-constructed roles and identi-                #   ( rural India’s pioneering woman reformer. All A7E: <$38: the donors get enough value from their saving capacity of the women. ties of these women who live in some              )    women in the SHG, barring Nirmala, were investment and has provided promi- Changes at the individual, house- of the most challenging and fragile con- unlettered. Nirmala persevered hard to teach her 8+.2:+,AA8 nent visibility and branding to their hold and community level have accom- texts. For the resilient women of              A   ( group members the nuts and bolts of manag- 7AA.28 work so that they are able to enhance panied the economic impact of the Wanoja, every disaster is an opportu-                ing the group. Every time she visited the bank, :+C72!:7+ their social bottom line. SHGs. Participating in group meetings nity to move forward. Recurrent     # * /          she made one woman accompany her by rota- 7488/383, Women’s leadership in agricul- has provided women with new oppor- droughts have given the women a                " ( tion so that they could observe how a bank 3807!8+ 38:2 ture is increasingly being recognised as tunities and experiences. They have chance to show their families that they                 worked. In the end, these women started trans- C!:9:8+ 38:2 a key to tackling climate change. They also become confident in dealing with can be leaders too.       +          acting business at the bank independently. A7!!.+::8C8 are playing a strong role in adapting public officials and authority figures. Women have a unique vantage                 Nirmala’s hard work paid off and the group new technology, spreading information The most perceptible change for point for identifying trends at the local          A  prospered. This had a multiplier effect in the and urging action. They have taken the women at the household level is the level that might signal the start of an #                ( entire village as several more SHGs emerged. As advantage of a slew of agricultural ini- men’s attitudes towards housework. In outbreak. They are the eyes and ears of             the SHGs’ focus was more on collective enter- tiatives in the last few years that have the past, women had few income-earn- not only the medical establishment but prise, the number of businesses the women have focussed on aiding marginalised com- ing opportunities and were mainly also the administrative apparatus.          )       set up in this long journey include a retail agency munities and women farmers. engaged in housework. Their husbands When she looks back at her own           A       for farm inputs. The most recent success story The COVID-19 and the lockdown gave them little or no assistance in this evolution, Nirmala is grateful for hav-                   ( is the Government support that has enabled each have made little difference to life in work. Now, because of the success of ing achieved a satisfactory level of well-               SHG member to set up an independent poul- Wanoja village. The village head the SHGs, the tension between remu- being for her family and the commu-          @$ try unit. There are now around 300 poultry units ensured that social distancing and nerative work and housework has nity. The women of the SHGs say they #    0  /        with the chicks, poultry feed and shed, all fund- other mandatory lockdown instruc- been resolved by men sharing some are now able to assert their right to be      (   @         ed by the Government. tions were meticulously practised and household responsibilities. heard and to have their opinions taken      (      ( In the process of mapping out her SHG’s tra- all the entry and exit points to the vil- Women of the village are getting seriously. Over the years, some gains                  ( jectory and navigating murky village politics, lage were sealed. As the sarpanch, increased recognition as the breadwin- will undoubtedly be reversed; others            @$ #      Nirmala was drawn into electoral politics. Nirmala formed teams to protect her ners and this is substantially altering will be resilient to reversals. Women @$     I             ( Panchayat Raj was already beckoning women village from COVID-19. She is ensur- the family relationships at the grass- like the ones in Wanoja provide us to join governance and she couldn’t remain insu- ing access to accurate information to roots level. To the women, their shiny silver glimmers of hope as we                lated from political currents, much as she tried keep the SHGs, the women, their involvement in SHGs results in fewer battle COVID-19.       to avoid them. She represented her ward for two families and their communities safe. “problems” with their husbands. (The writer is a well-known devel- C         D terms and finally became the village sarpanch, These efforts include essential guidance Women, as they say, are now granted opment professional) &;                                           

entirely different, I decided to visit Spanish in the 15th century. Pakistani and Indian Punjabs. South-Asian Muslims in the US arrived acquire wives from home. When the Another factor behind the trans- Ahmad. We met at a bar just behind According to Diouf, the majority According to Moore, these early from Pakistan. According to Moore, wives arrived in Europe and had chil- formation was when the American his office and had lunch there. Ahmad of African slaves brought to the US, immigrants from South Asia were approximately 1,800 Pakistanis migrat- dren there, both parents began to adopt Government adopted the idea of mul- told me that his ancestors were some especially during the cotton boom in mostly Sikhs, but some among them ed to the US between 1947 and 1965. religiosity, especially when their chil- ticulturalism in the 1990s. This meant of the first Muslims to come to the US, the 18th and 19th centuries, followed were also Muslims and Hindus. Almost all of them were men. And dren entered their teens. They felt this that a group could exist with its own over 500 years ago. This wasn’t some traditional African religions and many However, Moore adds that they were since they were unable to bring wives would help them keep a check on their cultural ethos within a larger meta-cul- fancy talk. In her 1998 book, Servants were also Muslim. Both Diouf and all clubbed as Hindus by the Americans and children with them, many married children growing up in “permissive” ture, without fully integrating. So the of Allah, American historian Sylviane Haselby write that a large number of who believed they followed the same Latin-American women in the US. societies. A similar thing happened in question of identity, Islamic evangelism 22 Diouf writes that among the first them converted to Christianity and faith. They largely worked as hired When US immigration laws were fur- the US. and multiculturalism combined, espe- batches of African slaves brought to the those who didn’t, managed to remain hands in agriculture and factories. ther relaxed in 1965, the number of Moore writes that even though the cially in the post-9/11 scenario, for sec- US by Europeans in the early 17th cen- Muslim. According to the Encyclopedia Around 6,000 such South Asians Pakistanis migrating there increased first groups of Pakistani migrants ond generation Pakistani migrants, hile watching TV footage of tury, were many Muslims. But accord- of American Religious History, there migrated to the US between the late manifold. These also included young were not very demonstrative about who began to signal their identity the recent race riots in the ing to historian Sam Haselby, a former were no mosques in the US until 1921. 19th century and 1917, when the US Pakistani men and women interested their faith and had either become through Islamic symbols. WUS, I recognised one of the faculty member of the American Ahmad told me that his ancestors Congress placed restrictions on migra- in higher education in American uni- entirely Westernised or placed more This actually played out during my many African American protesters University of Beirut, there was, in fact, belonged to Senegal in Africa and tions from India. In 1923, the US versities and colleges. According to emphasis on their ethnic customs and lunch with Ahmad. Later he informed being arrested in Washington DC. The a Muslim presence in the US even arrived in South America as slaves in Supreme Court declared that Indian Moore, these first groups of Pakistani cultures, the last batch of this genera- me that the bar we were in was start- protester was Ahmad Farooq, whom before European Puritans set up their the late 16th century on a Spanish ship. migrants were not eligible for US cit- migrants did not exhibit any outward tion of migrants became conservative ed by a Pakistani named Humayun. He I had met in 2018 when he approached first colony in the region in 1607. In an They escaped and reached Mexico, izenship because they were not White. displays of their faith and quickly when their children reached school- had migrated to the US in the 1960s, me after a talk I had delivered at the essay for the May 2019 issue of Aeon, from where they moved to what Moore writes that since they continued adopted “the American way of life.” going age. Impacted by the growth of and started the bar in the early 1970s. International Forum for Democratic Haselby writes that Muslims regular- became Arizona in the US. being called Hindu and faced racial However, things in this context the “politics of identity” in the US, the In the mid-1980s, he suddenly sold the Studies, where I was stationed as a ly arrived in the Americas with Spanish The history of South-Asian attacks, some moved the courts to began to gradually change from the children grew up looking for their bar because of “community pressure.” Research Fellow. expeditions in the 15th and 16th cen- Muslims in the US is equally interest- plead that they were descendants of early 1980s. Palestinian Professor roots. But instead of finding these roots So what happened to Humayun? “No, After the talk, Ahmad invited me turies, sometimes as slaves and some- ing. Professor of Religious Studies ancient Aryans, and therefore should Bishara Khader writes that one of the in Pakistan, as such, the children were he didn’t end up in Afghanistan. He’s for coffee. All I knew about him was times even as advisers. Kathleen Moore writes that the first be treated as Whites. The ploy did not factors that instilled a greater role of actually handed explanations in this still here in Virginia. But I don’t think that he lived in Virginia and was a A majority of them were from Muslims from South Asia arrived in the work. Restrictions on immigration religion in the lives of Muslims in context by Islamist evangelical outfits his children know that daddy once retired college professor. A week later, Granada, a Muslim stronghold in US in the late 19th century. They were from South Asia were lifted in 1946. Europe was the fact that more and that mushroomed in the US, especial- owned a bar”, Ahmad smiled. while visiting the area for something Europe before it was overthrown by the all from areas constituting present-day From 1947 onward, a majority of more Muslim migrants began to ly from the 1980s onwards. (Courtesy: Dawn)    ! " " %8 
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On June 5, the seven-day regimes and terrorist organiza- immediately respond to a firmed COVID-19 cases stood their doorsteps. But now, some average for daily new cases hov- tions around the world,” the US request for comment on Hook’s at 2,510,092, while the death places that appeared to have ered at around 96; by Friday, that special representative to Iran said remarks. Hook made the com- toll increased to 125,539, avoided the worst are seeing figure was 211. As cases rise, the Sunday. ments while on a visit to Abu according to the Johns Hopkins surges of infections, as worries U.S. Army commander at Fort Brian Hook told The Dhabi, the capital of the US- University. shift from major cities to rural Riley in the state’s northeast Associated Press that the world allied United Arab Emirates, as The tallies currently areas. ordered his soldiers to stay out should ignore Iran’s threats to part of a Mideast tour. Hook met account for the world’s highest While much of the focus of of a popular nearby restaurant retaliate if the arms embargo Saturday with Emirati Foreign both in terms of cases and fatal- concerns that the United States and bar district after 10 p.m. set to expire in October is Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al ities. is entering a dangerous new Idaho and Oklahoma have extended, calling it a “mafia Nahyan and planned Sunday to More than 42,000 new phase has been on big Sunbelt seen similarly large percentage tactic.” Among its options, the meet with other officials. Hook cases were reported nationwide states that are reporting thou- increases over the same three- Islamic Republic could expel declined to say where else he as of Saturday, the second day sands of new cases a day — like week period, albeit from low international inspectors mon- would travel on his trip. in a row that the daily increase counties looking to move into reopen before others. Services of Arizona reported Texas and Florida — the wor- starting points. In Oklahoma, itoring Iran’s nuclear program, Hook spoke to AP journal- has surged to above 40,000, the Phase 4 of reopening due to Phase 4 would resume 3,591 new cases Saturday rying trend is also happening in the seven-day average for daily deepening a crisis created by ists in Dubai via videoconfer- Xinhua news agency an increase in the number of recreational activities and allow morning, pushing the tally in places like Kansas, where live- new cases climbed from about President Trump unilaterally ence as Abu Dhabi’s borders quotedThe Washington Post as new COVID-19 cases. for gatherings of more than 50 the western state to 70,051. stock outnumber people. 81 to 376; Idaho’s jumped from withdrawing from Tehran’s remain closed to the UAE’s six saying in a report. “We all want to get back to people, according to the state’s The new lab-confirmed In early June, Kansas looked around 40 to 160. AP 2015 atomic accord with glob- other sheikhdoms over the coro- The states of Arizona, doing all the things we love in “Safe Start” plan. cases number, which jumped al powers. navirus pandemic. The United Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Washington during the sum- For the third time in the by 5.4 per cent from the previ- Washington Post. in the state. The UN arms embargo so Nations banned Iran from buy- Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, mer, and fully open our econ- four days, Florida set a new ous 24 hours, exposed part of Hospitalizations have risen But the state’s COVID-19 far has stopped Iran from pur- ing major foreign weapon sys- Nevada, New Mexico, North omy, but we aren’t there yet,” daily record for novel coron- the worrisome landscape that rapidly since Memorial Day, test positivity rate has dropped chasing fighter jets, tanks, war- tems in 2010 amid tensions Carolina, Texas and Inslee said in a statement. avirus cases with more than Arizona is facing to contain the when there were 1,511 to around 1 per cent, the low- ships and other weaponry, but over its nuclear program. That Washington have either rolled “This is an evolving situa- 9,500 confirmed on Saturday. pandemic. COVID-19 patients in the est among the country’s big has failed to halt its smuggling blocked Iran from replacing its back or paused their reopening tion and we will continue to The 9,585 new COVID-19 Texas also set a record for state’s hospitals. states, according to New York of weapons into war zones. aging equipment, much of plans due to a sudden spike in make decisions based on the cases brought the state’s total to coronavirus-related hospital- Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Despite that, Hook argued both which had been purchased by the number of cases. data.” 132,545, according to figures izations for the 16th consecu- state, once the epicentre of the Other states with over an import and export ban on the shah before the 1979 Islamic On Saturday, Washington Washington is taking a released by the Florida tive day on Saturday, with pandemic in the US, reported 100,000 cases include Tehran must remain in place to Revolution. An earlier embargo state Governor Jay Inslee phased approach to reopening, Department of Health. 5,523 patients currently being 391,923 cases and 31,362 California, New Jersey, Illinois secure the wider Mideast. targeted Iranian arms exports. announced the suspension of allowing some counties to The Department of Health treated, reported The deaths, both tallies the highest and Massachusetts. IANS “If we let it expire, you can AP ,   ??  43   & 
   
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Sunday began reviewing a con- police units that have cracked statutes already account for cases in the country, the health including 13 women, were dis- spike in coronavirus infec- in the last three or four weeks Patel’s confirmation came troversial national security bill down on Hong Kong protesters, such matters and that Beijing is ministry said on Sunday. charged from hospitals, taking tions, as latest figures showed in particular. There will be sup- as England has seen an over- for Hong Kong that critics as well as Chinese Communist determined to use the law to The deadly virus has so far the total number of recoveries that Indian-origin people port going into Leicester,” said all fall in the daily death toll worldwide say will severely Party officials responsible for pursue political opponents. claimed 28 lives in Nepal, health to 3,013. As on Sunday, 9,731 remain in the category of those Patel. and prepares to substantially compromise human rights in imposing the national security The central government in ministry spokesperson COVID-19 patients were hardest hit from the deadly “With local flare-ups it is lift its lockdown restrictions the semi-autonomous Chinese law. The measure also would Beijing also would set up a Jageshwar Gautam said at his undergoing treatment at differ- virus among Britain’s ethnic right we have a localised solu- from July 4, when bars, restau- territory. impose sanctions on banks that national security office in Hong daily press briefing. ent health facilities across Nepal. minorities. tion in terms of infection con- rants and cinemas will begin to The National People’s do business with entities found Kong to collect and analyze With the detection of 463 Health authorities have so far Home Secretary Priti Patel trol, social distancing, testing open up to public access amid Congress Standing Committee to violate the law. intelligence and deal with crim- new coronavirus cases in the last conducted 2,15,839 coronavirus confirmed as “correct” the and many of the tools actually Covid-secure guidelines of safe took up the matter at the start Last week, a former United inal cases related to national 24 hours, the total tally now tests, including 4,962 in the last reports of the first such local within the Public Health distancing and hygienic con- of a three-day session, China’s Nations human rights chief and security. stands at 12,772, he said. The 24 hours, the ministry said. PTI lockdown for Leicester, a region England space that will come ditions. PTI official Xinhua News Agency eight former UN special envoys Few details have been reported. China has said it is urged the body’s secretary-gen- released, but it appears that determined to enact the law, and eral to appoint a special envoy Beijing will have ultimate  4$$ 11  its passage is expected by on Hong Kong over what they power over government Tuesday. said is a pending “humanitari- appointments, further reducing &$ A797!17 was reported. Initially, a nation- The US says it will respond an tragedy.” the relative independence it wide blanket curfew was by ending favorable trading Britain has said it would promised to Hong Kong in a he Sri Lankan government imposed but it was later eased terms granted to the former grant passports to as many as 3 1984 joint declaration with Ton Sunday completely lift- for about two-thirds of the British colony after it passed to million of Hong Kong’s 7.8 Britain that is considered an ed a curfew imposed to contain country and was mostly con- Chinese control in 1997. The million people. international treaty.The mea- the spread of the coronavirus fined to nighttime. Senate on Thursday unani- Beijing has denounced all sures have been widely seen as after no new case of community The government had mously approved a bill to such moves as gross interference the most significant erosion to infection was recorded for near- ordered partial opening of impose sanctions on business- in its internal affairs. date of Hong Kong’s British- ly two months in the country. offices and businesses mid- es and individuals — including The law would criminalize style rule of law and high Sri Lanka has been under a May. From early June, the the police — that undermine secession, subversion of state degree of autonomy that China continuous lockdown since restrictions were further relaxed Hong Kong’s autonomy or power, terrorist activities and promised Hong Kong would March 20, a week after the first with public transport being restrict freedoms promised to colluding with foreign forces to have under a “one country, two local victim of the pandemic allowed. the city’s residents. endanger national security. systems” principle. AP $   .& $ &   &$ $ 1 Taipei: The Taiwanese capital Still, those who did take American student Loren held its annual LGBT pride part said it was a testament Couse, 28, said Taipei’s ability parade on Sunday, making it both to Taiwan’s ability to con- to hold the parade was “really one of the few places in the tain the pandemic and its com- impressive.” “I think Taiwan has world to proceed with such an mitment to rights for people of done a really good job so far, event in the face of the coro- all sexual orientations. and I am really proud of living navirus pandemic. Taiwan is the only place here, not only because it’s so The parade in Taipei has in Asia where same-sex open to people like myself, the drawn tens of thousands of marriage is legal, and its gay community, but also people in the past, but partic- liberal political system has because I think it’s such an ipant numbers on Sunday were long promoted human rights, example for the world and reduced by both virus con- free speech and freedom of how to handle the pandemic so  $   M1  +    BN .  3 cerns and heavy rain. assembly. far,” Couse said. AP + $  1 )1  2 =    >  .4$            #  

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The board crore between June 1 and June %<$/ in Geneva and “we will block WTO’s Information A WTO member country The portal was launched in late payment of dues in the approved a loan for 26. Prior to this, foreign it”, the official added. Technology Products (ITA-2) can file a dispute if it perceives May 2018 to bring in trans- directive. Strengthening Teaching- investors remained net sellers According to the trade dis- agreement, and New Delhi is that another country’s trade parency in power purchase Last month, the Learning and Results for States for three consecutive months. tunity. pute norms of the WTO, if not part of this pact. India is a policies or actions are violating transactions between the gen- Government announced  Program (STARS) on June 24, They pulled out a net 7,366 With a relatively long-term these countries would come part of ITA-1, signed in 1997, global trade norms and impact- erators and discoms. 90,000 crore liquidity infusion 2020, the World Bank said in crore in May, 15,403 crore in investment horizon, Indian with their requests for second in which it did not contain any ing their local In April 2020, the total for discoms under which these a statement.”Some 250 million April and a record 1.1 lakh equities could be a good invest- time, the panel will be set up in obligation to eliminate cus- industry.According to the glob- overdue amount, which was utilities would get loan at eco- students (between the age of 6 crore in March. ment option for FPIs especial- the case. toms duties on these products. al trade rules, seeking consul- not cleared even after 60 days nomical rates from Power and 17) in 1.5 million schools, “FPIs are increasing their ly once the COVID-19 crisis is In May last year, both the According to the minutes tation is the first step of dispute of grace period offered by gen- Finance Corporation and REC and over 10 million teachers investments in small- and mid- resolved and the current mar- countries filed a case against of the meeting of the dispute settlement process. erators, stood at 1,08,487 Ltd. This was an initiative of the will benefit from the program. cap stocks that they were ket trend reverses,” Himanshu India in the WTO over the settlement body, which was If the bilateral consulta- crore as against 58,200 crore Government to help gencos to The STARS program builds on already investing in for over a Srivastava, associate director- import duties imposed on cer- held in February and March, tions do not result in a satis- in the same month of the pre- remain afloat. the long partnership between year now,” said Harsh Jain, co- manager research at tain electronic goods, including India had stated that it was fully factory solution, the com- ceding year. Discoms in Rajasthan, India and the World Bank founder and chief operating Morningstar India, said. telephones for cellular net- committed to its ITA-1 com- plainant can request the WTO According to the latest data Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & (since 1994), for strengthening officer at Groww, said. In addition to that, works; machines for recep- mitment and had been abiding to set up a dispute panel to pass on the portal, total outstanding Kashmir, Telangana, Andhra public school education and to India has emerged as the increased liquidity in the glob- tion, conversion and transmis- by it over the years. a ruling on the matter. dues in April has increased over Pradesh, Karnataka and support the country’s goal of best-performing equity market al markets will also pave its way sion or regeneration of voice, India wished to reiterate In this case, as the con- the preceding month. In March Tamil Nadu account for the providing Education for All,” it in the past three months and into the emerging markets, images or other data; and parts that it had not intended to sultations have not yielded 2020, the total dues of discoms major portion of dues to said. this is certainly adding to with India also benefiting, of telephone sets. commit, and would not com- positive results, Japan and stood at 1,13,048 crore. power gencos, the data Prior to STARS, the bank India’s appeal as an invest- Srivastava added. They have alleged that mit, to any obligations beyond Chinese Taipei have The overdue amount in showed. had provided a total assistance ment destination, he added. The Indian financial mar- imposition of import duties on the scope of India’s ITA-1 com- approached the WTO to set up April 2020 also increased from Overdues of independent of more than 3 billion towards He further said India has kets will continue to witness these products by India mitment and it has maintained the panel. Even after establish- 1,01,181 crore in March power producers amount to 37 this goal.At the national level, done well in contact-tracing of rotational trend with respect to infringes WTO norms as India that the products arising out of ment of a panel, it would take 2020. per cent of the total overdue of through the Samagra Shiksha, patients, which is helping open foreign flows. One can expect has committed zero per cent technological progression about 1-1.5 years to come with Power producers give 60 1,08,387 crore of discoms in and in partnership with the up the economy. bouts of sharp net inflows and bound tariffs on these prod- could not be covered by ITA- the ruling. days to discoms for paying bills January. states of Himachal Pradesh, “Currently, the valuations outflows by FPIs in the Indian ucts. India has strongly 1, the minutes had said. Due to the COVID-19 for the supply of electricity. The proportion of central Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, are still compressed and equi- financial markets, depending opposed these allegations. “It was evident from a pandemic, the passing of the After that, outstanding dues PSU gencos in the overdue was Maharashtra, Odisha, and ties are attractively priced, on their changing opinion and While bound tariffs or WTO document...That India ruling may take more time. become overdue and genera- 35.47 per cent. 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Those individuals earning ucts from the neighbouring telecom service providers providers...Licence fee contri- ity in the country, Power allowance granted to meet the free conveyance is not provid- salaried income. between  2.5 lakh and  5 lakh country may lead to them pay- (TSPs), including a cut in spec- bution should be immediately Minister RK Singh said. cost of travel on tour or on ed by the employer. Offering an optional lower will pay 5 per cent tax. ing more for goods, trum charges and licence fee, as brought down from 8 per cent India has in the recent Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC it cited adverse impact of the to 3 per cent,” Mathews said. days taken steps to impose Bhargava said. COVID-19 pandemic on the On the issue of good and stringent quality control mea- While stating that import- sector. In a letter to Finance service tax (GST) or service tax, sures and higher tariffs on :           ing continuously for long peri- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, COAI said levy of GST should goods from China as it looks to od “is not really in anybody’s the Cellular Operators’ be exempted on licence fees, boost domestic manufacturing commercial interest”, Bhargava Association of India (COAI) SUC and payment of spectrum to cut reliance on imports. &$ +80 893:    $ %  “While suggesting names, ing to the treatment of also asserted that certain prod- also made a plea for refund of acquired in auctions. In an interview to PTI,  %);* relevance, simplicity and ease COVID-19 as ‘Corona Kavach ucts continue to be imported as the unutilised input tax credit “Exempt service tax on Singh said his renewable ener- egulator Irdai has invited   %   of recall may be kept in mind Policy’. Meanwhile, Irdai has there is “little choice in the mat- immediately. amount of licence fee/spec- gy ministry has proposed Rthe public to come up with in addition to the Pan-India issued an advisory on COVID ter” due to their non-availabil- “Else, we request that soft trum usage charges payable by imposing customs duties on names for three insurance poli- )$  usage,” it said. 19-related phishing attack cam- ity in India, or because of loan at MCLR rate (marginal telecom operators in compli- some solar power equipment cies keeping in view the needs    ( The three policies for paigns. quality and pricing issues. cost of funding-based lending ance with...Supreme Court starting August 1 as part of the and aspirations of the target which names are being sought Phishing refers to data “Everybody knows that rate) should be given to com- order,” COAI said. COAI high- country’s goal of becoming group. are - policy covering dwellings theft by internet attackers pos- importing products over time panies, using the GST input lighted that it represents all self-sufficient. The Insurance Regulatory icy which is to provide a pro- for any sum insured; policy ing as accredited entities. actually becomes more and credit as collateral,” COAI leading telecom service “Power is a very sensitive and Development Authority tective shield to dwelling units covering micro commercial The Indian Computer more expensive as the rupee Director General Rajan providers, network equipment and strategic sector for any of India (Irdai) has sought and small businesses from cat- entities having value at risk at Emergency Response Team gets weaker. If you were Mathews said in the letter manufacturers, e-commerce, country. names for standard products astrophic events, largely floods. any one location not exceeding (CERT-In) had recently issued importing something 10 years dated June 26. digital content providers, infra- Electricity runs all indus- for dwellings and small busi- “Recognising the impor- 5 crore; and policy covering an advisory to guard against ago, the same product today The association has also structure providers and tech- tries, communication systems nesses in the segment of tance of having appropriate small commercial entities that large-scale phishing attacks will cost 60-70% higher... urged the Government to ratio- nology partners.All leading and all databases including ‘Standard Fire and Special names for the proposed stan- have value at risk not exceed- against Indian individuals and “So it is not really in any- nalise the “high burden of the players in these sectors, includ- strategic ones and so we have Perils’. dard products that would ing 50 crore across all insur- businesses. All insurers and body’s commercial interest to regulatory levies on the TSPs ing Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, to guard it against any sabotage It has announced an award appeal to the targeted individ- able asset classes at any one regulated entities are advised to continue to import, you import with immediate effect” citing Bharti Airtel, Nokia, Ericsson, by countries which are adver- of 10,000 each and a citation uals/entities, the location. Participants are alert their staff to exercise because you really have little “the adverse impact on the Sterlite, Indus, Cisco, Facebook, saries or possible adversaries,” for suggesting appropriate Authority...Invites suggestions required to send their entries to extreme caution to prevent choice in the matter,” Bhargava economy and operations of Google, Amazon, are members he said. “We want to build a names. The names should from the public for suitable Irdai by July 10. 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NHPC capacity of 62110 MW, declared factor of 89.67%. dropped by 19.3 per cent year Directors approved the Audited 1.18/- per share already paid recently held meeting with the financial results for FY20 For FY20, the total income on year between January and Financial Results for FY 19-20 by the Company in March Government of Himachal along with the unaudited finan- crossed the one lakh crore May this year due to the impact in the e-meeting held on June 2020. The total dividend pay- Pradesh for execution of 449 cial results for Q4 FY20 on 27 mark and was 100,478.41 ,    625  of the COVID-19 pandemic, 27, 2020 at Faridabad. out for FY 19-20 is 1,506.76 MW Dugar Hydroelectric June 2020. crore as against 92,179.56   ()   the National Bureau of NHPC has reported net crore as compared to total div- Project, 260 MW Sach Khas, In FY20, NTPC has crore in FY19, registering an Statistics (NBS) said.According profit after tax of 3,007.17 idend payout of 1,466.58 130 MW Rashil and 104 MW recorded the highest ever com- increase of 9%. &  ,3R:1 He said that following the to the NBS, industrial profits Crore on standalone basis in crore for FY 18-19. NHPC, Tandi in the state. A meeting mercial capacity addition of For Q4 FY20, total income social disputes in the auction, stood at 1.84 trillion yuan the FY 2019-20 compared to  today has about seven lakh was also held with Government 8260 MW which includes was 28,278.75 crore as against n view of the danger of complete transparency has ($260 billion) for the first five 2,630.55 crore for the last fis- shareholders. of Sikkim for execution of 500 acquisition of 2970 MW capac- 22,545.61 crore in Q4 FY19, IKovid 19 infection, the been taken under the supervi- months of the year, reports Efe cal year. Sales for the FY 2019- AK Singh, CMD, NHPC MW Teesta-VI, 120 MW ity of THDC and NEEPCO. registering an increase of Ghaziabad Development sion of a committee. Not only news.The figure is less than the 20 stood at 8,735.41 crore to said, “NHPC has set a target of Rangit-IV and 520 MW Teesta- The gross generation of NTPC 25.43%. Authority has selected the this, the entire video graph of projections offered by analysts,  8,161.18 crore in the last fis- 10,000 MW installed capacity IV to be executed by NHPC. Group for FY20 was 290.19 Profit before tax was  Hindi Bhawan at Lohia Nagar the auction process has also who had predicted a 22 per cal year. Consolidated profit for by 2022 and 13,000 MW NHPC has recently signed an Billion units as against 305.90 14,465.92 crore in FY20 as instead of the GDA complex been sung. cent fall in profits during this 2019-20 stood at 3,324.72 installed capacity by 2024 from MOU with Hydropower Billion units during the previ- against 12,672.52 crore in for auction of properties. The Auction Committee period. crore before non-controlling its current installed capacity of Investment and Development ous year. FY19 registering an increase of In this link, industrial plots consists of the Chief Engineer The indicator is based on interest compared to 2,835.79 7071.2 MW. In addition, we Company Limited, Nepal for In addition, the gross gen- 14.15%. For Q4 FY20, PBT of Madhuban Bapudham and of GDA, Chief City Planner, the results of industrial firms crore in 2018-19. Consolidated have pan-India plans to expand jointly developing hydropow- eration of THDC & NEEPCO was 4,383.77 crore, as against Indraprastha Yojana were auc- Special Officer etc. with annual revenues above 20 total income of the company in NHPC’s solar and wind power er projects in Nepal. NHPC has was 10.91 Billion Units. On Rs 3,537.17 crore in Q4 FY19 tioned today, in which the He said that earlier the auc- million yuan. Of the 41 indus- 2019-20 is 10,776.64 crore as portfolio alongwith its core also held meetings with top Standalone basis, the gross registering an increase of highest bid of 11 plots was tion process used to take place trial sectors surveyed by the against 9,846.81 crore in 2018- business of hydropower devel- officials for development of generation of NTPC for FY20 23.93%. made, in this auction the GDA in the auditorium room of the NBS, 30 registered a drop in 19. opment and we are striving to solar projects in Andhra was 259.62 Billion units as Profit after tax was ? has earned 12 crore. GDA, but keeping in view the profits between January and NHPC Power Stations achieve additional solar capac- Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and against 274.45 Billion units in 10,112.81 crore in FY20 as This information was given social disturbance, the venue of May, one managed to retain the achieved highest ever genera- ity of 5,000 MW by 2022 Union Territory of Ladakh and the previous year. against 11,749.89 crore in by GDA Secretary Santosh the auction has been changed same profit while 10 witnessed tion of 26121 Million Units through these sources.” exploring in Rajasthan also. Coal stations achieved a FY19. Kumar Rai. to a large space Hindi Bhawan. their earnings rise.    ! " "

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might develop a sense of passion in them and they might develop cooking as a hobby. Don’t forget to teach them the pre- cautionary measures to be taken care in kitchen and also instruct them not to enter the kitchen area alone. Make sure that they are early to bed, so that they get good 8-10 hours of sleep and relax body and mind. To cheer them, you may allow them for 30 -45 min- utes relaxation time by enjoying cartoon network or any animated film. An interesting way to make them utilise time is to ask them to journal the daily routine in a notebook. This will improve their handwriting and also help you understand their interest in writing and creativity in weaving stories. The widening gap All these activities need to be planned from the space of mental stimulation, :        emotional, and social benefits. There need to be a balance of virtual events to     H    online play dates with peers to texting to video calling along with social media      
H  engagements. They also need to be       informed that these are a part of the new normal and also it is primary for their        mental well-being.     25D7,: For children, family and friends is a cohesive unit that aids in their develop- 123!4.!2 +:4.+5 5: ment mentally, socially, and emotionally. As a part of existence, it is the duty of par- t’s a known fact that during the last two decades, ents to teach them the family values and Ithe agriculture sector across the Indian sub-con- traditions. Connecting with family, rela- tinent has witnessed crisis in the form of decline in tives, grandparents, and friends help chil- rate of growth, rising numbers of farmer’s suicides, dren maintain connectedness and unity declining prices of several crops, and a widening gap and this time can be used to strengthen between the agriculture and non-agriculture sectors. the same via social media platforms. Also, It can thus be said that the indian agriculture sec- parents can guide kids to make family tree tor is experiencing unprecedented crisis with stag- and cherish the same. This will make them nation or declining rural employment growth and understand the pictorial representation of as a result, food security and employment opportu- the same, how important it is to be con- nities for the rural poor have been eroded. Various nected with the roots of existence. studies done by research scientists and scholars over Apart from this, parents just need to a period of time reveal that poverty remains the most hile COVID-19 has taught us listen to them, this will help you under- common reason for suicides in the country. many new things, the biggest stand their feelings, thoughts, and behav- As per a report tabled by NCRB in 2015, India Wlearning has been to be with iour better; this is significant as it results reported 5,650 farmer suicides, whereas the high- family and your loved ones. Pandemic iso- in invalidating their feelings. While this est number of farmer suicides were recorded in 2004 lation has been hard on all of us, not "< - + "-8& activity sounds lame to many, but this when 18,241 farmers committed suicide as per offi- because of something else, but just the fact helps them easily exchange feelings. And cial figures. In view of these statistics, it becomes clear that we are stuck at home. We are so used we all know that how important it is to what havoc skyrocketing prices would have played to meeting people and living world out-   #            share feelings and express what you feel in the lives of not only farm- side that being at home is hurting us. inside-out. ers but all those who had While the matured minds are struggling,              Also, it is important for parents to already been struggling think of the younger ones, who don’t even make kids understand the value of com- each day to make both know much about the crisis the world is    5:*9:7 9&:" ;*1<    %   munication. They can do the same by keep ends meet, those who are dealing with. Here, it’s important for the that channel open and let them express the being pushed to the edge parents to be the protection shield and save       plethora of experiences by them. This will every day because they have the kids from all sorts of frustration and help in controlling the trauma effect of the hardly any means to live. In loneliness that might creep in due to pan- They need to prepare a routine for need to take care of this and should make kids. It is important for parents to take pandemic and will keep kids happy and addition to this, increase in demic. Monday-Friday and weekend should be sure that this platform is not only used for some time out, study about such oppor- cheerful. Some other activities that can be prices of fuel, essential com- It has been found that kids worry devoted to relaxation and fun activities. studies but also to engage kids with their tunities and help kids utilise the oppor- added to the above-detailed ones are: modities, and a steep hike about anxiety and fear due to a drastic cut To begin with, the day should start peer to fight with anxiety and help them tunity to sharpen new skills. Virtual kids party with school friends and in the cost of food grains down in their social interaction. This can with some workout or 10-min yoga ses- connect with them and break the monot- Evening hours of weekdays can also family get-togethers, Quiz or competition and vegetables, have made have an adverse effect on their socio-cul- sion, followed by shower and breakfast and ony. It is also suggested that parents can be used for in-house extra-curricular activ- with peer group, Virtual tour to a muse- living conditions for the tural development. In order to handle this then regular digital classes should be car- co-ordinate with other parents and plan ities like sketching, painting, writing, um or historical monument, Art and craft common man unbearable, making him pay through right and keep them calm, it is important ried till first half of the day with regular some virtual games and fun activities for gardening, pottery and much more. These workshop and story writing and craft the nose. And still, there seems little hope that the for parents to understand their psycholog- intervals in between. Make sure that they kids, where they all participate. This will activities are refreshing and also keep them show. situation would roll back to normal. The repercus- ical levels first and then channelise their drink water in between and walk a bit to not only bring them close, but will also away from screen and phone. All these will help maintain the con- sions of these are serious. While many are driven to energies in the right direction. keep the digestive system at ease. Post- make kids feel happier, especially during You can also use this time and nectedness and keep them away from the take the extreme step out of despair as stated above, In this initiative, the foremost step that lunch a power nap is equally advisable evening hours, when they love to be out- indulge with them in cooking activities or negativity of being at home. Most impor- there are others who take to illegal means to make needs to be taken is to bring back the kid’s keeping the humid weather in mind and door and spend time with friends. take them out for grocery and veggies tantly, this will help them understand the their living. In a crisis situation like the one whole life to a routine and discipline. Parents evening hour should be dedicated to Apart from this, the digital world can shopping. Baking and cooking are consid- value of family and being with the closed world is facing right now, which has outlived the pub- need to understand that due to lockdown online surfing. be used to develop new skills among kids ered as effective de-stressing mantras. You ones. lic’s patience span, morality is the first casualty. So, and over-burdened digital classes, kids While excessive use of digital world too. There are various online platforms can excite kids with the same and spend (The writer is the Managing Director, while in the offices, corruption tends to increase rob- have lost discipline in life, which used to is not good for mental health of kids but offering courses and learning opportuni- time in kitchen and make them learn Cambridge Montessori Preschool and beries and murders, incidents of chain snatchings, be an integral part of regular schooling. a balanced interaction is good. Parents ties that will sharpen the aptitude skills of about spices and other ingredients. This Daycare Pvt ltd.) auto-thefts become the order of the day. This is the bitter truth of today. Even though many NGO’s are working to improve the lot of the destitute and create employ- ment opportunities for them so that they can earn a living by honest means. But it is not completely pos-  #*# - %
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Since Corona, tion package of 50,000 yet working in the frontline have When taxes are increased, it is fixed income group of virus by employing successful hypertension, respiratory prob- it has become a 24-hour job, when fifty-two-year-old been given an incentive of  which bears most of the brunt. The so-called creamy and effective strategies. lems, pregnant women and chil- we hardly have time to relax,” Vimla Devi, a ASHA worker 2500. Are the lives of ASHAs layer — those who amass most of the wealth — often As per the health depart- dren of up to 10 years. They also shared Susheela. died, she was denied the assis- any less important? manage to avoid the taxes and pay the minimum they ment, over 6,50,000 homes and 24 must keep track of those who have If not for ASHA workers tance. Before her death, she However, apart from this, can, by manipulations. In such a situation, the bulk lakh people were screened ensur- come from outside or from con- like Susheela, the state govern- was given the duty of watch- ASHAs are officially cate- of population is sandwiched between too little income ing 100 per cent coverage in both tainment zones or highly conta- ment would have found it ing over a Corona positive gorised as “volunteers”. The and too many payments. And seeing the rich get away urban and rural regions of the dis- gious places. impossible to do the contact patient and she diligently per- key link between rural com- easy, morality to them becomes nothing more than trict. The credit for the implemen- Susheela, one of the ASHA tracing required to zero down formed the task for 22 days. munity and the public health a burden to be shed. It is another thing that there tation of the strategy is being right- (Accredited Social Health Activist) a Corona positive patient. While their designated delivery system under the always have been some people who want to take fully given to “Corona Captains,” workers from Dadabari area in Each day these workers sur- work hours are four, it often National Rural Health short cuts or bypass the law to make a quick buck, who were appointed from among textile town in Bhilwara district, veyed up to 100 houses, stretches for more than eight Mission, ASHAs have been but many are forced into unethical practices by unaf- SDMs and BDOs and their team was given the task of surveying at entailing a distance of at least hours, especially during time entrusted with crucial roles fordable cost of living. Hence, the policy makers and of “Corona Fighters” that consist- least 80 houses for Corona cases six to seven kms, mostly on of emergency. For long, they and responsibilities. They the movers and shakers of the country’s economy, ed of four to five members includ- in a day. To achieve the target, she foot. have been demanding to be counsel pregnant women, who dream of making India a global power in the ing the panchayat members, would start her day at eight in the According to Shakuntala regularised as government record every birth in the vil- 21st century should very well remember that great teachers and ASHA workers. Of morning and work through the Sanghi, 62, another ASHA employees and are protesting lage, keep track of antenatal nations are built on the foundations of a strong char- this team, it was the group of 1,66, scorching heat till late evenings — worker in Bhilwara, they are for an increase in salary of up check-ups, immunisation, acter. 600 ASHA workers who have much beyond the official work just given a mask and some- to 18,000, which currently supplementary nutrition, san- So, if we still continue to ignore the social and been fighting the deadly virus hours. “After meeting our targets, times gloves along with hand is  2500. itation, counsel couples for ethical consequences of our policies in order to since its advent into the district. there was seldom a day when we sanitisers till date. “We too are Although, for their ded- family planning and also achieve quick economic growth, we may end up They have been working tireless- got to go home on time. 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ani Ceballos fired Arsenal into the FA Cup semi-finals as the DSpaniard's stoppage-time strike clinched a dramatic 2-1 win at Sheffield United on Sunday. Mikel Arteta's side rode their luck after surviving a second-half barrage from the Blades at Bramall Lane. Nicolas Pepe put Arsenal ahead with a first-half penalty after Chris Basham fouled Alexandre Lacazette. David McGoldrick equalised with three minutes left, but on-loan Real   $ & Madrid midfielder Ceballos settled a hard-fought quarter-final in the final moments. &   
Arsenal join Manchester United in the last four, with Leicester facing Chelsea and Newcastle hosting Manchester City in & !:9+ Sunday's other quarter-finals. Arteta was Arsenal's captain when azio fought back from a goal down to beat they won the FA Cup final against Hull in LFiorentina 2-1 in Serie A and keep its fading 2014. title hopes alive. And the Gunners boss remains on Luis Alberto struck seven minutes from time course to get his hands on the silverware to cut the gap to league leader Juventus back to again as Arsenal look to win the compe- four points. tition for a 14th time. Ciro Immobile converted a penalty to can- After losing their first two matches fol- while Mesut Ozil was also absent Arsenal grabbed the lead in the 25th flash of his potential when he cut in from narrowly over the bar. cel out Franck Ribéry's opener for Fiorentina. lowing the restart, Arsenal, who beat from the Gunners squad. minute. the right and forced Henderson to save his United were denied by another VAR Lazio's hopes of claiming a first league title Southampton in the Premier League in David Luiz was back in long-range drive. review when John Egan headed home after since 2000 took a hit midweek when its 21-match midweek, have now won two in a row. Arsenal's defence after serving a &   &  Arsenal were clicking at last and McGoldrick’s shot from an offside position unbeaten run ended with a defeat at Atalanta in The Blades have gone winless in their suspension for the red card he Kieran Tierney broke down the left, was pushed out by Martinez. its first match back following the hiatus due to four matches since the English season picked up during a disastrous sub- Basham’s challenge on Lacazette crossing for Pepe to shoot just wide. Basham should have equalised from the coronavirus pandemic. restarted, ruining their hopes of a push to stitute appearance in the defeat at looked innocuous, but he caught the Luiz’s difficult start to the resumed sea- Jack Robinson's cross, but the defender And it seemed as if it was going to slide fur- qualify for the Champions League and Manchester City last week. Arsenal striker just inside the area son continued when the Brazilian limped headed wide from close-range. ther when Ribéry curled in the opener following ending their FA Cup campaign. It wasn't long before Arsenal's and Paul Tierney awarded a penalty. off injured after stumbling while shepherd- Arsenal were undone by a terrible a magnificent solo run in the 25th Arteta made five changes, with Pierre- defensive frailties were on display when Ivory Coast winger Pepe stepped up ing the ball out of play early in the second piece of defending in the 87th minute. minute. Emerick Aubameyang and Eddie Nketiah John Lundstram nodded home from Oli to beat Dean Henderson from the spot for half. Sead Kolasinac made a comical mess But Immobile, who is leading the among those left out. McBurnie's header, but the goal was ruled his eighth goal of the season. Henderson almost scored a remark- of clearing Robinson’s long throw, smash- Serie A goal-scoring chart, convert- There was no place for Matteo out by VAR for offside against the Blades Pepe has mostly struggled through an able goal from his own penalty area, the ing it into Mustafi and McGoldrick ed a penalty in the 67th for his 28th Guendouzi again after the Arsenal mid- midfielder. underwhelming first season with Arsenal. keeper's wind-assisted kick bouncing past pounced to beat Martinez with a close- of the season after Fiorentina goal- fielder's role in the brawl against Brighton, Despite their unconvincing start, Invigorated by the goal, he showed a Gunners stopper Emiliano Martinez and range finish. keeper Bartlomiej Dragowski fouled Felipe Caicedo. Lazio snatched all three points when Luis Alberto surged forward from midfield and an attempted pass to his teammate took a kind deflec- O5     $    P tion back to him and he fired in the winner.  $ . &$ +80 893: nental and world stages. are being played with its infrastruc- Red Miners. Genoa fought back from two goals down to “Indian talents just need more ture are great and the only thing “It was amazing, I lived and draw at bottom-placed Brescia 2-2 and pick up ormer Australia and Jamshedpur games, get them playing all the time that the game needs more than any- breathed everything and was very a vital point in its bid to avoid relegation. FFC striker Tim Cahill believes and competing and when they go thing is unity. close to the community as well as Brescia hadn’t won a match since December Indian football’s young talents can into international fixtures, you “Everyone is flowing in the the owners from the Tata Group,” but went 2-0 up inside 13 minutes thanks to goals flourish with systematic exposure at (will) see that they can handle the same direction to get to that one said Cahill, who had also spent from Alfredo Donnarumma and Alessandro the top level. pressure,” Cahill was quoted as goal - which is to win an AFC Asian eight years at English Premier Semprini. Cahill, who brought his sterling saying by 'Star Sports Football Cup title, to reach the World Cup League side Everton, featuring in But Genoa got back into the match seven career to an end following his stint United' according to the Asian and help women’s football and to 226 matches with 56 goals to his minutes from halftime when Iago Falque convert- with the Jamshedpur-based side in Football Federation website. develop your own leagues.” credit. ed a penalty after Andrea Papetti was adjudged the 2018-19 season of the Indian The 40-year-old said India is Cahill's spell at Jamshedpur “One of the best things about to have fouled Cristian Romero. Super League (ISL), said his expe- moving towards the right direction was cut short to 11 matches due to the club was that everything we did Genoa levelled with another spot kick, this rience convinced him that India has to achieve greater heights. injury but the Australian legend has was for our fans and everything time by Andrea Pinamonti, after Daniele Dessena what it takes to excel on the conti- “The ISL and the leagues that fond memories of his time with The Jamshedpur FC did was for players.” handled in the area.   ;  Joseph wants to prove doubters wrong Entertainment in sport is about quality: Holding ;  8 &$ +80 893: &$ !+A3882 “I’d think more often than not,  < G9 teams would see me as the weaker link. pectators certainly add to any high octane e might be perceived as the weak- I think my job is to come in and just Scontest but the entertainment value of any Hest link in the West Indies pace back those bowlers (up) and keep the sport can only be determined by its quality as $  97+ 7+ attack but young Alzarri Joseph pressure on. the English Premier League has shown since its believes that being relatively “It’s not necessarily because of resumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic, feels ngland spinner Jack Leach isn’t “unknown” entity will work to his age, but because of the number of fast bowling great Michael Holding. Eperturbed by the competition for advantage during the upcoming Test matches I’ve played compared to the International cricket will be resuming with places in the national team and stat- series against England starting July 8. other three bowlers,” the young right the much-awaited Test series between England ed that he wants to bring over his best The West Indies will be playing a arm fast bowler added. and the West Indies at the Old Trafford from July form from club cricket to the interna- three-Test series against England in a But not being known has its set of 8 in a 'bio-secure’ spectator-less environment. tional arena in order to become a reg- bio-secure environment amid the advantages as well. Will cricket in the COVID-19 times be ular starter in the Test team. COVID-19 pandemic, the first of its “I could use it as an advantage - I devoid of fun and entertainment with fans being “I’m thinking about trying to kind in the sport. know my abilities and they might not kept away? "Crowds are very important to add the bring my best to the England set-up,” The 23-year-old Joseph has played know. But once I turn up on the day “Entertainment in any sport is determined atmosphere but like football, that has restarted Leach was quoted as saying by nine Tests so far is a part of the quar- and get the job done, I know I can get by the standard of play in that sport and not by in the UK, the entertainment has been the stan- Cricbuzz. "I feel like I haven’t done that tet led by Shannon Gabriel along with on top of any opponent. what is happening in the stands," Holding, one dard of football played,” Holding said. yet and it takes a bit of working out Kemar Roach and Jason Holder for “I see this tour as an opportunity of the most respected voices in world cricket, Asked if the economic implications of mentally how you want to go about company. for me to help the team to get higher told PTI in an exclusive interaction. COVID-19 will hurt Test cricket in coming days things.” “Obviously those three guys have up the rankings. Any opportunity I get Holding, who spends most of his time in the as boards might be inclined to play more white- a lot more experience than I do,” to play, I'll take it, and whatever the UK, gave an example of how the quality of EPL’s ball bilaterals, he answered in negative. Joseph was quoted as saying by the captain and the team require me to do, games didn't take a hit despite matches being “I dont see how that should affect the type ‘Cricbuzz’. I’ll put my best foot forward.” played in front of empty stands. of cricket played,” Holding said. O $ P$  
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Here I feel “I have been reading/ hearing a lot during which he also became a calmer leader. team's batting coach like I haven’t done that yet and I think about the changes being suggested to “In 2007, it was the first time and you under- Vikram Rathour. I have a better understanding of why help grow women's cricket/ make it a stand that when you are given a big responsi- “For me, the best thing that is,” he said. more attractive product. I personally bility of leading a about Virat Kohli is his Leach remains in contention for feel most of the suggestions to be super- team, you get excited,” commitment to the game,” a place in the England line-up that will fluous," 31-year-old Pandey, a serving Pathan said on Star Rathour told Sportskeeda. take on West Indies in the first Test of officer of the Indian Air Force, wrote. Sports' 'Cricket "He wants to be the best the three-match series at Ageas Bowl Pandey, who has 113 wickets from Connected’ when player in the world and he starting July 8. 104 international appearances, drew the asked how Dhoni works hard for that. He The series will mark the resump- analogy of 100m sprints while describ- changed as a captain puts in the hard yards, and tion of cricket after the sport was sus- ing what a light weight ball and 20-yard between 2007 and he is the hardest working pended in March due to coronavirus pitch would mean for women’s cricket. 2013. cricketer that I have seen. pandemic. “An Olympic 100m female sprint- “The team meet- Other than that I believe “My main aim (is) to bring my er doesn't run 80m to win First place we will get better. Please have patience. ings were always small his adaptability is his best to the party and if I do that then medal and clock the same timing as her We are skilled players, who are evolv- though, both in 2007 biggest strength.” I won't be far away,” Leach said. male counterpart. ing,” wrote Shikha. and 2013 during “He is not a one “We’ve got five really good spinners “So the whole 'decreasing the length What she finds objectionable is try- Champions Trophy, dimensional player, he can Bangalore to the final. hundred without hitting a here so it feels like there’s everything of the pitch' for whatever reasons ing to achieve growth through tinker- just 5 minutes meet- change his game as and “One of the best exam- single ball in the air,” he to play for, like 30 guys all are play- seems dubious. Also, it almost definite- ing of rules rather than robust market- ing,” added the bowler, who announced his retire- when required. He plays ple in which I saw was in further said. ing for spots. ly takes the double headers out of ques- ing. ment from all forms of cricket earlier this year. every format differently the 2016 IPL where he “So that kind of change “There’s lots of competition tion,” she wrote. “Growth can also be achieved by Talking about the one change that he and that has been one of his scored four hundreds and to bring into your batting throughout the squad and spin is no While she is game for reduction of marketing the sport well. We don't have noticed in Dhoni, Pathan said, “when young greatest strengths,” Rathour hit 40 odd sixes. He was because you are playing a different. It’s about us all working size of the cricket ball in women’s game to tinker with rules or the very fabric Mahendra Singh Dhoni became a captain in added. going through a great patch different format, not many together to all be at our best. but she is completely against reducing of the game to attract an audience. 2007, he used to run from the wicket-keeping Rathour took the of form and after that we cricketers can do that. With “Then it’s up to the selectors and the weight simply because of the per- “Why not have DRS, Snicko, end to the bowler in excitement and try to con- example of the 2016 season had a tour to the West Virat Kohli, I think he can not up to us who takes that spot. I’m ception that they can't hit the ball long. Hotspot, all of the technical acumen trol the bowler as well. of the Indian Premier Indies. After playing like play the way he wants to so glad to see Mo (Moeen Ali) back “Please don't bring the boundaries and live broadcast for every game that “By 2013, he was letting the bowler control League where with a mind that for two months in the play. He can play according as well. Mo at his best is an unbeliev- in! We have surprised you with our we play anywhere in the world,” she themselves rather he controlling them, so he numbing 973 runs Kohli IPL, he goes to the West to different situations and able player, so yes it'll be interesting to power-hitting in recent times, so questioned, asking for more investment understood that and he was very calm and in almost single handedly Indies and in the first that I think is his biggest see,” he added. remember, this is only the beginning; at the grassroots. control in 2013 Champions Trophy.” took Royal Challengers match he scores a double strength,” Rathour said.