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Price: Rs.1 | Page 12 | Vol. No.: 10 | Issue No: 153 Postal Registration No. JK-458/16-18 epaper.dailyjammurising.in RNI No: JKENG/2011/40494 BRIEF NEWS J&K LG chairs meet to review security, With highest J&K reports 387 new positive single-day spike other arrangements for Amarnath Yatra of 26,506 cases, India's COVID-19 cases, 5786 recovered so far tally reaches JAMMU RISING 19), out of 9888 positive cases, 3943 period. 7,93,802 JAMMU, JULY 10 are Active Positive, 5786 have recov- Providing district-wise breakup, The Government on Friday in- ered and 159 have died; 15 in the Bulletin said that Bandipora has NEW DELHI: With the formed that 387 new positive cases of Jammu division and 144 in Kashmir 336 positive cases (including 08 highest single-day spike of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 97 division. cases reported today) with 50 Active 26,506 COVID-19 cases and from Jammu division and 290 from The Bulletin further said that out Positive, 283 recovered (including 475 deaths reported in the Kashmir division, have been re- of 437928 test results available, 01 case recovered today) and 03 last 24 hours, the total num- ported today thus taking the total 428040 samples have been tested as deaths; Srinagar has 1545 positive ber of COVID-19 cases in In- number of positive cases in Jammu negative till July 10, 2020. cases (including 94 cases reported dia reached 7,93,802 on Fri- and Kashmir to 9888. Also 05 Additionally, till date 308573 today) with 1012 Active Positive, day, according to the Union COVID-19 deaths have been re- travelers and persons in contact 494 recovered, 39 deaths; Anantnag ported; 01 from Jammu division with suspected cases have been en- district has 775 positive cases (in- Ministry of Health and Fam- and 04 from Kashmir Division. listed for surveillance which in- cluding 11 cases reported today), SRINAGAR: Jammu this month. The Lt Gover- said. He said the meeting ily Welfare. Out of the total Moreover, 91 more COVID-19 pa- cluded 38509 persons in home with 171 Active Positive, 591 recov- and Kashmir Lieutenant nor chaired a joint security was attended by DGP Dil- number of cases, 2,76,685 tients have recovered and dis- quarantine including facilities oper- ered (including 01 case recovered Governor G C Murmu has review meeting in Kulgam bag Singh, Kashmir Divi- charged from various hospitals, 35 ated by government, 44 in Hospital today), 13 deaths; Baramulla has emphasized the need for district, in south Kashmir, sional Commissioner Pan- „Turn to page 2 from Jammu Division and 56 from Quarantine, 3,943 in hospital isola- 1251 positive cases (including 36 better and close coordina- in which he took a detailed durang K Pole and other tion between all agencies to review of existing security senior officers of police and India, South Kashmir Division. tion and 44932 under home surveil- cases reported today) with 707 Ac- ensure smooth conduct of arrangements relating to other security forces. According to the daily Media Bul- lance. Besides, 220986 persons tive Positive, 513 recovered Korea to further the annual Amarnath Yatra the upcoming Amarnath letin on novel Corona virus (Covid- have completed their surveillance promote defence „Turn to page 2 which is likely to begin later Yatra, a police spokesman „Turn to page 2 ties between armed forces Army jawan killed in Pakistan Union Minister Jal Shakti, Lt Governor review Reviewing the ongo- ing bilateral defence ties initiatives, India and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in J&K South Korea on Friday firing on LoC in Rajouri JAMMU expressed commitment An army jawan was killed "The nation will always re- as Pakistani troops opened main indebted to him for Sh. Gajendra Singh to further promote Shekhawat, Union Minis- defence cooperation fire and lobbed shells from his supreme sacrifice and across the LoC in Nowshera devotion to duty,” he said. ter for Jal Shakti and Lieu- engagements between tenant Governor, Girish their Armed Forces. sector of Rajouri district on The body of the army Thursday night. jawan has been shifted to Chandra Murmu today re- Defence Minister Sources said Pakistan re- Nowshera for medico-legal viewed the implementa- Rajnath Singh had a sorted to firing and shelling formalities. tion of Jal Jeevan Mission telephonic interaction around 12.35 am in which This is the sixth killing of in the Union Territory of with his South Korean an army jawan received seri- soldiers along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir counterpart Jeong ous splinter injuries. He was Poonch and Rajouri sector through video conferenc- Kyeong-Doo and agreed rushed to a nearby hospital in Pakistan shelling. Last ing. been identified as Havildar Advisor to the Lieu- to take forward the where he succumbed to his Sambur Gurung, a native of month, India lost five sol- tenant Governor, Sh. Ra- „Turn to page 2 injuries. Nepal. diers along the LoC in jeev Rai Bhatnagar; Sh. department; Sh. Ajeet Ku- Department of Rural De- through video conferenc- Jammu-based defence The defence spokesper- Poonch and Rajouri sectors. BVR Subrahmanyam, mar Sahu, Commis- velopment and Panchay- ing. Fraudster arrested spokesperson Lt Col Deven- son said Havildar Sambur On July 8, a 60-year-old der Anand confirmed the Gurung was a brave, moti- woman was killed while an Chief Secretary; Sh. Arun sioner/Secretary, Jal ati Raj and other senior of- Timeline for achieving for duping people death. vated and a sincere soldier. Kumar Mehta, Financial Shakti department; Ms. ficers attended the on pretext of The deceased soldier has „Turn to page 2 Commissioner, Finance Sheetal Nanda, Secretary, meeting, in person and „Turn to page 2 investing LeT terrorist arrested India most J&K begins process to Crime Branch Jammu attractive global Both India, China To Ensure Complete provide high-speed has arrested fraudster market for clean in Bandipora broadband access to Mohinder Paul Sharma, energy: Modi who was impersonating SRINAGAR: Security Disengagement Along LAC: MEA as Regional Head of forces arrested a Lashkar-e- ndia has emerged as the all villages Toiba (LeT) terrorist from most attractive global mar- NEW DELHI: India and dia and China reviewed firmed to ensure complete JAMMU: As Internet Kotak Securities to dupe Bandipora district of China on Friday held a fresh progress made in disen- disengagement of the the gullible people of ket for clean energy, Prime connectivity remains a ma- Jammu and Kashmir and Minister Narendra Modi round of diplomatic talks on gagement process along troops along the LAC for their hard earned jor issue in conflict-ridden recovered ammunition said on Friday. the border row in eastern Line of Actual Control in "full restoration" of peace Jammu and Kashmir, the money worth lakhs of from his possession, police Launching a 750 MW so- Ladakh and reaffirmed to western sector," the MEA and tranquility in the bor- UT administration has rupees on the pretext of said on Friday. Based on a lar project in Rewa in Mad- ensure "complete disen- said in a statement. Both der areas in accordance started an exhaustive exer- investing in Kotak specific input regarding hya Pradesh through video- gagement" of the troops in the sides have agreed to with bilateral agreements cise to provide high-speed Securities. Involved in movement of terrorists to- conferencing, Modi also the region for "full restora- maintain communication at and protocols. broadband access to all vil- wards Hajin town, a joint case FIR No. 23/2019 said the state will emerge as tion" of peace and tranquil- diplomatic and military "They also agreed that for lages in J&K under the Na- naka was established in grenade on the naka party. level to ensure early resolu- the overall development of U/S 420, 467, 468, a major hub for clean and ity along Line of Actual Con- tional Broadband Mission Hakbara area of Hajin town The official said incriminat- trol. tion of the situation at the bilateral relations it was es- cheap power in the country. (NBA). 471/RPC P/S Crime by security forces on Thurs- ing material along with two The Ministry of External border area, it said. sential to maintain endur- “Solar energy is sure, pure The project envisages the day evening, a police official live grenades and 19 live Affairs said the talks were Senior army command- ing peace and tranquillity in „Turn to page 2 and secure and the country socio-economic develop- said. He said during check- rounds of AK-47 rifle were held under the framework ers of both India and China the border areas," the MEA is now among the top five ment of people across the ing, a terrorist identified as recovered from his posses- of Working Mechanism for will meet soon to discuss said. BSP MP urges solar power producers in Union Territory. Rafiq Ahmad Rather alias sion. Rather had joined the Consultation & Coordina- further steps to ensure com- The Indian and Chinese the world,” he said. Haji, a resident of Chan- LeT recently and was tasked tion on India-China Border plete disengagement, the armies were locked in a Under the project, the ad- Rajnath to help The Rewa solar power dergeir, was apprehended Affairs (WMCC). Ministry said. ministration has planned to „Turn to page 2 „Turn to page 2 find missing offi- while trying to hurl a „Turn to page 2 "In diplomatic talks, In- It said the two sides reaf- „Turn to page 2 cer in Ladakh Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Lok Sabha MP Three-story shopping mall catches Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviews Kunwar Danish Ali has written to Union fire in Jammu, fire tenders on job situation in eastern Ladakh Defence Minister JAMMU: A major fire on NEW DELHI: Defence shal RKS Bhadauria besides Line of Actual Control in creation of a buffer zone of Rajnath Singh to Friday morning broke out Minister Rajnath Singh on several other senior military eastern Ladakh as well as in three kilometres in the enhance the search in a three storied shopping Friday carried out a com- officials. Gen Naravane Arunachal Pradesh, Ut- three friction points of Gal- operations by deploying mall in Bakshi Nagar area prehensive review of the sit- gave a detailed account of tarakhand and Sikkim. As wan Valley, Gogra and Hot best men and machines here. uation in eastern Ladakh the implementation of the the first phase of the disen- Springs as part of a tempo- with top military brass in first phase of mutual disen- gagement is nearing com- rary measure, they said, The fire broke out in to find the 27-year old view of the withdrawal of gagement of troops from pletion, government adding there has been thin- Indian Engineering Vishal Mega Mart at Bakshi troops from the friction Galwan Valley, Gogra, Hot sources said the two sides ning out of troops from Fin- Service (IES) officer Nagar in Jammu West. points by China's Peoples Springs and Finger 4 areas are set to hold a fourth ger 4 area in Pangong Tso as missing since June 22 in Police said that some lo- Liberation Army, govern- in Pangong Tso, the sources round of corps commander- well. The disengagement of Ladakh. In a letter to cals on seeing smoke com- ment sources said. The de- said. They said the Army level dialogue by early next troops from the friction Rajnath Singh, the BSP ing out of the building, in- fence minister carried out chief apprised Singh about week to finalise modalities points formally kicked off the review at a meeting with combat readiness of the In- for de-induction of troops on Monday following eight formed them and police MP said, "Subhan Ali Chief of Defence Staff Gen dian Army in the region to amassed by both sides in weeks of eyeball-to-eyeball had gone for an party was dispatched from Bipin Rawat, Army Chief deal with any eventualities their rear bases along the confrontation between the the nearby police station, Gen MM Naravane, Navy and presented a detailed LAC, the de-facto border two armies at multiple „Turn to page 2 Chief Admiral Karambir update of situation in all the between the two countries. „Turn to page 2 Singh and Air Chief Mar- sensitive areas along the Both sides have completed „Turn to page 2 CMYK YK CMYK 2 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 FROM PAGE ONE With highest single-day spike of about the arrangements in place at the ground level for forg- gar and Reasi before 15th August this year. The bulletin again explained that early detection of ing coordination among different forces deployed in the Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam assured the COVID-19 can prevent the spread of disease so we need 26,506 cases, India's COVID-19 tally district for maintaining the law and order. Union Minister and the Lt Governor that the work in to be responsible for the well-being of ourselves and Army jawan killed in Pakistan firing on LoC in some districts would be completed this year itself and the everyone around us. “Not disclosing symptoms could reaches 7,93,802 rest by March 2022. The procurement systems of Jal put life of individuals and their families at risk. In case of Rajouri Shakti department have been revamped for this pur- symptoms like fever, cough and difficulty in breathing re- are active, 4,95,513 have been cured/discharged/mi- other was critically injured after Pakistan targeted for- pose, he added. port early. Do not fear, call COVID-19 helpline num- grated and 21,604 have died so far due to the infection. With ward areas with mortars along the LoC in Mendhar sector of Commissioner-Secretary, Jal Shakti department, bers and seek medical advice”. Poonch district. as many as 2,30,599 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra con- Ajeet Kumar Sahu briefed the meeting about the status Advisory has further exhorted upon the people not to tinues to remain the worst-affected state, followed by Tamil Three-story shopping mall catches fire in of number of households connected and District wise step out of home, unless absolutely necessary. “If you Nadu (1,26,581) and Delhi (1,07,051). Meanwhile, 2,83,659 PWS connectivity across J&K. It was informed that out have to move out for unavoidable reasons, ensure that samples were tested for coronavirus on Thursday, taking Jammu, fire tenders on job of 6,877, village action plans for 1,800 villages have you wear a mask and practice social distancing, per- the total number of samples tested up to July 9 to which is just 200-300 metre away from the spot. been prepared. sonal hygiene and frequent handwashing with soap and Jal Shakti Department J&K earlier envisaged com- 1,10,24,491, according to the Indian Council of Medical Re- However, an official of the Fire and Emergency Services water.” pleting this Mission with approximate funding of Rs. In case of any emergency people can avail free ambu- search (ICMR). said, “we received information about the fire and immedi- 10,644.12 crore in three Phases. The Department during lance services 24x7 at their doorsteps by calling on toll- India, South Korea to further pro- ately rushed six fire tenders to the spot including two from the financial year 2019-20 made aggressive efforts in free number 108 while as pregnant women and sick in- mote defence ties between armed City area.” providing new connections and regularizing earlier con- fants can avail free ambulance services by dialling forces He added that more than 30 fire fighters are also on job to nections by way of adding another 2.93 lakhs connec- toll-free number 102. agreements in the field of defence industry and douse the flames which has spread to all the three floors. tions and thus making the total tally of PWS connected People can also call on toll-free national helpline Households to 7.82 lakhs, he added defence technology cooperation between both the “The fire control operation is still on,” he added. number 1075; J&K COVID-19 Helpline Numbers 0191- The shopping mall deals in sale of grocery items, gar- The Mission having a three tiered structure for im- 2549676 (UT level Cell), 0191-2520982, 0191-2674444, countries. plementation viz. i) Jal Jeevan Mission, J&K at the ments, household goods, toys, utensils, paper and plastic 0191-2674115 (For Jammu Division), 0194-2440283 & The two defence ministers also had discussions Union Territory level comprising of an Apex Committee, on issues pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic products. 0194-2430581 (For Kashmir Division) for support, an Executive Committee and a Mission Directorate; ii) guidance, and response to health-related queries on situation, the defence ministry said in a statement. India most attractive global market for District Jal Jeevan Mission at the Districts level; and Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Mr Singh informed his South Korean counter- iii) Paani Samitis at the village level. Public is advised to strictly follow the advisories is- part on India’s contribution to international efforts clean energy: Modi plant will not only supply power to Madhya Pradesh, but The Department has 20 District Level Water Quality sued by the government from time to time and rely only against COVID-19 and discussed areas of mutual also to the Delhi Metro, Modi said. Testing Labs and process for NABL Accreditation of on the information released by the government through cooperation in the global fight against the pandem- This Rewa project comprises three solar generating units these Labs has been initiated under JJM. 04 Mobile the daily media bulletin to print and electronic media. ic. of 250 MW each located on a 500 hectare plot of land situ- Water Quality Testing Labs are being procured under People are also advised to refrain from spreading ru- They also agreed to work together to deal with ated inside a Solar Park (total area 1500 hectare). JJM, it was informed. mours and pay no heed to them at the same time. the complex challenges posed by this pandemic, it The Solar Park was developed by the Rewa Ultra Mega Both India, China To Ensure Complete Disengagement Along added. Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture company of Madhya J&K reports 387 new positive cases, The two leaders also exchanged views on the Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN), and Solar LAC: MEA regional developments of shared security interests Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a Central Public Sector 5786 recovered so far bitter standoff in multiple locations in eastern Ladakh during the telephonic call. (AGENCIES) Undertaking. (agencies) (including 07 cases recovered today), 31 deaths; for the last eight weeks. The tension escalated manifold af- Union Minister Jal Shakti, Lt Governor review Shopian has 887 positive cases (including 14 cases re- ter a violent clash in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Fraudster arrested for duping people on ported today) with 209 Active Positive, 663 recovered Army personnel were killed. implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in J&K (including 11 cases recovered today) and 15 deaths; In the last five days, Chinese military has reportedly with- pretext of investing Kupwara has 709 positive cases (including 34 cases re- drawn troops from three friction points in line with a disen- the target of 100% piped water supply to each house- gagement understanding with Indian Army. Branch Jammu, the accused was arrested from ported today) with 243 Active Positive, 458 recovered hold was set for the completion of First Phase by March Both sides have held several rounds of diplomatic and Muthi area of Jammu City after a team of Crime and 08 deaths; Budgam has 528 positive cases (includ- 2021; Second Phase by December, 2021 and March, military talks in the last few weeks to ease tension in the re- Branch Jammu put in strenuous efforts to track 2022 was set for the completion of the Third Phase. ing 06 cases reported today) with 224 Active Positive gion. him both within and outside the UT. The case was The Union Minister observed that the Government and 293 recovered cases (including 01 case recovered registered on a written complaint by one Dr Sham of India is committed to provide assured basic services to today) and 11 deaths; Ganderbal has 160 positive cases LeT terrorist arrested in Sunder Gupta of Shastri Nagar Jammu to the effect the people living in rural areas across the country. He re- (including 07 cases reported today) with 73 active posi- that the accused namely Mohinder Paul Sharma, iterated the commitment of Union Government to pro- tive cases and 86 recoveries (including 08 cases recov- Bandipora son of Tara Chand Sharma of village Chaloge, vide all assistance to the UT to achieve the set goal under ered today) and 01 death; Kulgam has 963 positive cases to carry out grenade attacks on security forces in and around Hajin locality, the official said. A case has been reg- Tehsil Bani, District Kathua, has duped him and JJM. (including 33 cases reported today), with 298 Active He stressed on testing of all water sources for once Positive and 647 recoveries (including 01 case recov- istered and further investigation has been initiated, the of- other people worth lakhs of rupees on the pretext ficial added. of Kotak Securities etc. The accused is presently on for chemical parameters and twice for bacteriological ered today) and 18 deaths and Pulwama reported 640 Police remand to face the interrogation so that the contamination (pre and post monsoon). He further positive cases (including 47 cases reported today) with J&K begins process to provide high-speed 331 active positive cases and 304 recovered (including 26 case investigation is taken to its logical conclusion. called for imparting training to five persons, preferably, women, in every village for surveillance of water quality cases recovered today) and 05 deaths. broadband access to all villages BSP MP urges Rajnath to help find through Field Test Kits (FTKs). The UT was asked for Similarly, Jammu has 452 positive cases (including provide over 4,000 Gram Panchayats high-speed opti- NABL accreditation of all laboratories in next few 23 cases reported today) with 121 active positive cases cal fibre connectivity. missing officer in Ladakh months. and 322 recoveries (including 08 cases recovered to- For this purpose, the UT administration has constituted a inspection of the Minamarg Quarantine centre The Union Minister further emphasized on prepara- day) and 09 deaths; Udhampur has 298 positive cases high-level panel to be headed by the Chief Secretary BVR on June 22, but did not return." Ali, who is the Lok tion of village action plans as well as constitution of vil- with 51 active positive cases, 246 recovered (including 05 Subrahmanyam, and comprises administrative secretaries Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha said that lage water and sanitation committee/ Paani Samiti as a cases recovered today) and 01 death; Samba has 218 of four major departments as members. The panel would en- sub-committee of Gram Panchayat with minimum 50% positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with sure implementation and realise the objectives as envis- the 27-year-old officer''s family was informed on aged in the NBA. women members, responsible for planning, designing, 81 Active Positive and 137 recoveries (including 05 cases June 23 that the vehicle in which he was travelling The panel has been mandated to advice, either suo-moto implementing and operating & maintaining of in-vil- recovered today); Rajouri has 240 positive cases (in- has fallen into a deep gorge and was swept away in or on a request from the governing council or steering com- lage water supply infrastructure. In all villages, IEC cluding 51 cases reported today) with 151 active posi- mittee, on the matters relating to accomplishment of the the fast flowing river in Drass. Ali further said that campaign along with community mobilization needs to tive cases and 88 recovered (including 02 cases recov- objectives of the mission concerning Jammu and Kashmir. four days later, the Maruti Gypsy was taken out of be taken up to make Jal Jeevan Mission truly a people’s ered today) and 01 death; Kathua has 272 positive cases the river, but the officer and his driver Palvinder movement. (including 07 cases reported today) with 65 Active pos- It would also facilitate implementation of the guidelines Singh were still missing. "The Border Roads Underlining the importance of sustainable infrastruc- itive and 206 recovered (including 05 recoveries today) issued by the governing council or steering committee, en- Organisation and Kargil administration have been ture, he asked for proper maintenance and third party in- and 01 death; Kishtwar has 44 positive cases with 19 ac- abling expansion of broadband services for the socio-eco- trying to find the officer and the efforts they have spection of water infrastructure for ensuring sustain- tive positive cases and 25 recovered; Ramban has 254 nomic development of people of the UT, besides monitoring made with their limited resources have not suc- ability. positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 48 and evaluating the work of the mission pertaining to Emphasis was given on convergence of Jal Jeevan ceeded in finding the missing officer," he said. "I active positive and 206 recoveries; Reasi has 53 posi- Jammu and Kashmir. Mission with Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), MGN- tive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 14 ac- request you to kindly look into the matter and According to official data, Jammu and Kashmir has 6,374 REGA and other relevant schemes for dovetailing of tive positive and 39 recovered (including 04 cases re- villages spread over 4,000 gram panchayats — nearly 40 deploy best men and machines to find the missing funds to ensure long term availability of good quality covered today); Poonch has 139 positive cases per cent of them still lack basic infrastructure like roads, IES officer whose distraught parents are going drinking water in adequate quantity. (including 02 cases reported today) with 21 active posi- water and electricity. through a traumatic nightmare," the BSP leader The Lt Governor observed that Jammu and Kashmir tive and 117 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered Pertinently, Jammu and Kashmir has been without high added. intends to be a leader under the Jal Jeevan Mission for today) and 01 death while Doda has 124 positive cases speed mobile Internet since August 5 last year when the J&K LG chairs meet to review security, other providing piped water supply (Har Ghar Nal se Jal) to (including 01 case reported today) with 54 active positive Centre abrogated Article 370 and 35-A, and re-organised every household. The Government of J&K seeks to cases and 68 recoveries (including 04 cases recovered to- the erstwhile J&K state by dividing it into two UTs — J&K arrangements for Amarnath Yatra make the UT, the first among UTs / States in India to day) and 02 deaths. and Ladakh. During the meeting, the Lt Governor emphasized upon complete the Jal Jeevan Mission. The J&K Government According to the bulletin, of the total 9888 positive The people have been demanding restoration of high better and close coordination between all agencies to en- has also allocated around Rs. 1800 crore for this pur- cases in J&K 2759 have been reported as travelers while speed Internet arguing that it has not only affected their sure smooth conduct of the yatra and for preventing the pose out of JKIDFC funding to start working on this 7129 as others. business but also adversely impacted the studies of stu- spread of COVID-19, the spokesman said. He said Murmu mission, he added. The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts dents in the UT. applauded the efforts of security forces in maintaining The Lt Governor called for focused attention on Jal from which the patients have been traced or are ordi- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviews peace and stability, and for preventive measures which have Jeevan Mission and directed the concerned officers for narily residing. situation in eastern Ladakh holding weekly reviews for its effective implementation. been taken to eradicate the spread of the coronavirus. The LG The bulletin has informed the people that, the best locations in eastern Ladakh. The Indian and Chinese laid focus on strengthening the coordination among the He further directed for establishment of water commit- way to protect themselves from COVID-19 is by main- armies were locked in a bitter standoff in multiple locations forces so as to ensure a crime-free society, he said. Kulgam tees (Paani Samitis) in villages. He asked the Financial taining physical distance of at least 2 metre from oth- in eastern Ladakh for the last eight weeks. The tension esca- Superintendent of Police briefed the LG about various Commissioner, Finance Department to release the ear- ers, frequently cleaning hands with an alcohol based lated manifold after a violent clash in Galwan Valley in drives launched by the district police to tackle "anti-social" marked funds for meeting the requirements under the hand sanitizer or washing them with soap and water which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed. Both sides elements in the district and also about the necessary scheme. and following good respiratory etiquette and hygiene. have held several rounds of diplomatic and military talks arrangements put in place to contain the spread of COVID- The Lt Governor said that the Government is eying As a measure for social distancing in public places in the last few weeks to ease tension in the region. 19, the spokesman said. He said the Kulgam SP also briefed for 100% coverage of 3 districts i.e. Ganderbal, Srina- and workplaces wearing a face cover is compulsory. 7 dead, 1 missing as landslides rock Arunachal amid incessant rain ITANAGAR, JULY 10: Seven per- Eight-year-old Lokam Rona ran out Pema Khandu ordered all possible re- sons were killed while one went miss- of the house and a girl, Lokam Gandhi lief and an ex-gratia amount of Rs 4 ing in incidents of landslides in (15), who was trapped inside the de- lakh each for the next of kin of the de- Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, even as bris, was rescued, Amo said, adding ceased. the landlocked state grappled with a that she sustained injuries on her leg He appealed to the people residing series of earthfalls due to incessant and was shifted to the Ramkrishna in vulnerable areas to be cautious and rains for the last five days, officials Mission Hospital here for treatment. move to safer places. said. Rescue operation being carried out Khandu said according to the India Four members of a family, including after a massive landslide hit a house Meteorological Department (IMD), an eight-month-old baby, were buried following incessant rainfall, in Itana- heavy rain was expected across the alive as a massive landslide hit their gar.(PTI Photo) state in the next few days, and urged house at Tigdo village in Papum Pare Police and State Disaster Response people to take all precautionary meas- district in the wee hours. Force (SDRF) personnel retrieved ures. The landslide that occurred around three bodies from the debris, while a Incessant rains for the last five days 2.30 am buried the house with all the hunt for the missing person was on, have triggered landslides and floods occupants sleeping, Papum Pare Amo said. that have left a trail of devastation in Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pige Ligu The deceased were identified as the state, damaging roads, houses and said. Kamduk Kagung (30), wife of Kamdak inundating low-lying areas. Debris after a massive landslide fol- Tado, and Kamdak Karna (9) and Landslides have been reported from lowing incessant rainfall in which four Kamdak Jita (8) — both daughters of various locations in and around the members of a family perished, in and the deceased were his two sons, Martin (22), his wife Yabung Lindum, away in a major landslide around 11.30 Tado. state capital region. Papum Pare, on Friday, July 10, 2020. daughter-in-law and grandchild, Ligu daughter Tana Yasum (eight months) am, Superintendent of Police (Capital) A hunt is on for another woman, Besides, road communication has (PTI Photo) said. and brother Tana John. Tumme Amo said. Lokam Minu (20). been badly affected and the water level The bodies were retrieved from the However, Neka and his wife were In another incident, three members Kamdak Tado, the owner of the With this, the death toll due to mon- in the streams and rivers in the state debris by the police and the NDRF per- safe as they live in another house, he of a family were killed while one went house, was at his neighbour’s place soon-related incidents in the state has capital has risen. The water supply sonnel with the help of locals, he said. added. missing as their house in Modirijo, when the incident occurred. His wife climbed to 14. project at Poma has also been dam- The house belonged to Tana Neka Those killed were identified as Tana near the Lingalaya temple, was swept and two daughters were buried alive. Expressing grief, Chief Minister aged due to a landslide. NEWS 3 Daily Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Kissan Pakhwada: Awareness camp DC Reasi convenes meeting of organized at Ramgarh Samba JAMMU RISING District Environment Committee JAMMU, JULY 10 JAMMU RISING A Block Level Kissan awareness JAMMU, JULY 10 camp under Kisan Pakhwada was Deputy Commissioner, Indu Kan- today organized at Jarh Abtal Block wal Chib, who is also the Chairper- Ramgarh of district Samba in col- son of District Environment Com- laboration with Agriculture, Horti- mittee Reasi, today convened a culture, Animal Husbandry and meeting with the district officers to other allied departments. review implementation of the deci- More than 150 farmers of block sions taken in the last meeting of Ramgarh and adjoining area partic- District Environment Plan Commit- ipated in the camp. All farmers were tee. made aware about various schemes Additional Deputy Commissioner, besides benefits of KCC and how Rajinder Kumar Sharma, Assistant they can apply for KCC. Commissioner Development, Dr Several banks have filled 100 KCC Anirudh Rai ACD, DMO Shafiq forms out of which 20 Kisan Credit cultivation of Mushroom through Tilak Raj Sharma, Subject Matter Ahmed, DFO, Jyotsana, CMO Dr. Cards were issued on the spot by the year and how farmers can fetch Specialist(DL), Aman Jyoti , Sub Rajeev Sharma, CEO Mushtaq and noise pollution monitoring ity to work for the protection of the J&K Bank Ramgarh. Dignitaries maximum return from Mushroom Divisional Agriculture Officer, Dolly Ahmed besides other seniors officers among a number of other activities. environment and stressed on the from the organizing departments cultivation. John, Agriculture Extension Officer, attended the meeting. Deputy Commissioner said the en- participants to sensitize people briefed the farmers about schemes Chief Agriculture Officer, Sanjay Ramgarh, S. Ajit Singh and Branch During the meeting, threadbare tire world is confronted with im- about the hazardous effects of pollu- and activities of their department Kumar Verma, Chief Animal Hus- Manager J&K Bank Ramgarh, discussion was also held on consti- mense environmental issues and a tion. and role of KCC to boost the rural bandry Officer, Dr. S.P Verma, Dis- Suresh Nagpal and Vijay Kumar and tution of Biodiversity Management sustainable lifestyle, through Re- DC said that environmental dis- economy. trict Agriculture Officer, Satish all JAEO’s and AEO’s of Zone Ram- Committees and formation of DEPs duce, Reuse and Recycle, is an an- turbance puts adverse impact on hu- Spawn Production Officer, Aman Sharma, Subject Matter Specialist, garh were present on the occasion. besides assigning of duties to vari- swer to a majority of our problems. man health and natural resources Jyoti apprised the farmers about ous departments for effective imple- While referring to the challenges thereby causing imbalance to our mentation of Environment plans. being faced by the people due to de- ecological system. She further said The plans included solid, liquid, pleting water table, deforestation that need of the hour is to adopt a VC SKUAST-J for adopting dairy farming plastic, Biomedical, e-waste man- and environment pollution, the DC comprehensive policy that aims to agement, water quality management said it is our collective responsibil- protect our fragile environment. with focus on value addition of milk Kisan Pakhwada: DDC Kishtwar inaugurates JAMMU RISING JAMMU, JULY 10 Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, Kisan Mela at Mughal Maidan Professor J. P Sharma, advised the farmers to adopt dairy farming in a JAMMU RISING income. big way with focus on value addition JAMMU, JULY 10 He also asked the field of milk. As a part of ongoing 02 functionaries of all the con- He was speaking at the inaugural week long Kissan Pakwada cerned Departments to mo- ceremony of a two-day training for in the District,District De- tivate and educate the farm- dairy farmers on ‘Prevention and Ef- velopment Commissioner ers to avail the benefits of fective Control of Production Dis- Kishtwar Rajinder Singh KCC , PM-KISAN and other eases’ organized by FVSc & AH, Tara today inaugurated schemes at their door step in SKUAST-Jammu at its R.S Pura Kisan Mela here at TRC these 14 days of Kissan campus and sponsored by the De- Mughal Maidan. Pakhwara and ensure the partment of Biotechnology, Govern- The Kissan Mela Which 100 percent saturation of ment of India, New Delhi. was organised by the Agri- the farmers under Kissan Vice Chancellor said that with re- and milk products and asks the farm- ences and Animal Husbandry, Dr M S culture Department in col- credit card and PM Kisan so ducing land holding, dairy farming is ers to form self-help groups to mar- Bhadwal, also apprised the farmers laboration with the Horti- that the the objectives of a lucrative avenue for budding entre- ket their products. He assured all regarding precautions to protect their culture, Animal husbandry, KISSAN Pakhwara are ful- preneurs and diversifying farmers. help from the University in achieving animals from different diseases. Sheep Husbandry and other filled. He stressed that farmers need to this objective. The training, coordinated by Dr allied departments wit- He further exhorted upon adopt newer technologies for value Vice Chancellor released a technical Neelesh Sharma, was attended by nessed the participation of formation of the Self Help addition of milk to get better price for bulletin on ‘Nutritional management various faculty members of the Fac- more than 400 farmers, or- Groups which can help the their produce. He laid emphasis on of mastitis in dairy animals’. ulty of Veterinary Sciences and Ani- chadists and common farmers in providing finance and other printed works He further informed that the need of better marketing of milk Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sci- mal Husbandry. masses. , marketing and the sale of In the Mela stalls were in- highlighting the centrally owing to the high potential their products in an effective stalled by different depart- sponsored schemes in agri- of developing horticulture and coordinated manner. ments showcasing various culture and allied sectors. sector in kishtwar ,few days He lauded the efforts of Dogri Radio celebrates Platinum Jubilee, schemes implemented by In the Mela 300 Kisan back empanelled agencies the Agriculture, Horticul- their respective depart- credit cards were distributed have visited Kishtwar and ture and other departments ments. District officers from to the farmers on the spot have conducted a study of for organising such massive Various departments also besides 1000 KCC applica- Ultra high density planta- awareness camps in far features Padamshree Balwant Thakur tion forms were also distrib- tions projects in different ar- educated and created flung areas that too follow- uted among the participat- eas of the district. JAMMU RISING Dubai (1999), Presentation at House of personalities including Padam Vib- awareness about various ing all the COVID-19 SOPs. JAMMU, JULY 10 World Cultures, Berlin, Germany (2003), hushan Dr. Karan Singh, Padam Shri schemes implemented their ing farmers. While highlighting the he asked all the District Offi- Dogri Radio completed platinum Ju- Year of India in Russia (2009), Central Padma Sachdev, Padam Shri Balwant respective departments While addressing the role of PRI members in up- cer to make such awareness bilee today with the completion of 75 Asian tour to Kazakhstan, Tazkistan, Thakur , Padam Shri Shiv Nirmohi, Bolly- through one to one interac- gathering ,Director Horti- lifting the agriculture sector camps as routine affair. episodes and the celebrations featured Uzbekistan and Kirgizstan (2012) and wood Actor Mukesh Rishi, and Asia tions; distribution of pam- culture highlighted the fact in the district, DDC asked Meanwhile, the DDC Padamshree Balwant Thakur- the cul- presentation at British Parliament and Peace Singer Seema Sehgal phlets, posters, leaflets, that the area of Kishtwar is them to act as a bridge be- along with Director Horti- tural diplomat of India to South Africa Trafalgar Square, London (2016). The The Chairman of Jammu Diary Sugam handouts and displaying best suited for growth of tween the people and the culture also visited Model who narrated the global glorification of 75th episode of Dogri Radio will be re- Baral while sharing his vision said that in banners and mass aware- temperate fruit trees and Government for dessimina- Orchard cum Nursery at Dogras in his presentation live from Jo- membered by all for the years to come for these crucial times when everybody is ness using Public Address asked the farmers to shift tion of the awareness about Dambar in Chhatroo and hannesburg, South Africa. Balwant the reason that this platinum jubilee pro- finding it difficult to stay inside, local boy System. from the tradition practices these pro-farmer centrally took stock of the remarkable Thakur in a very interesting manner de- gramme brought lot to pride for the Dogri Sugam has come up with this idea to keep The DDC along with Di- of the agriculture and agri- sponsored Schemes and work done by the Horticul- them entertained. Dogri Radio has con- scribed the proud moments of his Interna- lovers who came to know about the his- rector Horticulture, Ram allied activities to the new other schemes meant for ture department there by tional showcasing of Dogri language and toric global glorification of Dogras nected the folks of Jammu and Kashmir Sevak inspected the stalls in- methods and parctices upliftment of the agriculture propogating the plantation culture. The prominent among his Inter- through this narrative of Balwant Thakur. with its roots. We are leaving our lan- stalled by various depart- based on the scientific lines standard and thereby allevi- of ultra hybird species of Ap- national presentations abroad on Dogri Dogri Radio is an initiative of Jammu guage and already having identity crisis ments displaying their prod- such as high density planta- ating the poverty of the ple and the Kiwi in the nurs- language and culture included Festival of Diary- a socio cultural organization. In 75 and Dogri Radio is one such initiative to ucts, tools, booklets, posters tions. farmers by doubling their ery. India, Thailand (1995), Global Fair, episodes it proudly featured the top Dogra connect dogras worldwide. 4 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Commissioner Secretary releases COVID-19: Govt evacuates M Raju reviews development Annual Administration Report, Digest 2,05,603 stranded J&K residents; 1,40,184 via Lakhanpur, 65,419 projects in Anantnag through special trains of Forest Statistics JAMMU RISING each at Doru and Shangus, 3.99 core under NABARD JAMMU RISING from other states and UTs in- JAMMU JULY 10 completion of Rehmati- are under execution. JAMMU JULY 10 cluding 823 from abroad Secretary Planning, De- Alam Hospital, construction Secretary Planning The Jammu and Kashmir have been evacuated by the velopment & Monitoring De- of Youth Hostel, LN2 plant stressed upon the officers to Government has evacuated government through partment, M Raju, today re- for Animal Husbandry etc. work in unison with the dis- about 2,05,603 JK resi- Lakhanpur till date. viewed progress on various SE PDD informed that 9 trict administration to com- dents, stranded in other As per the detailed development projects being towns have been electrified plete all the pending as well parts of the country due to breakup of the figures, about executed in the district under under PMPD Urban out of as ongoing development COVID lockdown, via 2311 stranded passengers in- PDD, PHE, Flood, RDD sanctioned 12 towns and works within stipulated time. Lakhanpur and through cluding 2 passengers from Health, Education, Agricul- work is in progress on 3 re- He said that government is special trains and buses till Ukraine and 27 from Pak- ture and allied sectors dur- maining towns which is ex- keen towards assessing and date amid strict observance istan have entered through ing an officers meeting held pected to be completed by resolving the basic issues and of all necessary guidelines Lakhanpur from July 9 to here today. September 2020. concerns of the public. He and Standard Operating July 10 mornings while 971 District Development SE Hydraulic informed added that government has Procedures.As per the offi- passengers have reached to- Commissioner, K.K Sidha, the meeting that there are 9 introduced several techono- cial data received in this re- day in the 58th Delhi COVID through a Power Point Pre- regular schemes, 39 under logical interventions, Geo JAMMU RISING concerned officers and offi- like climate change, human gard, the Jammu and Kash- special train at Jammu. So sentation gave detailed infor- NRDWP, 15 under NABARD tagging to bring added trans- JAMMU JULY 10 cials were present on the occa- wild life conflict, livelihoods mir administration has far, 58 trains have reached mation about the physical with 72 per cent completion parency and accountability Commissioner Secretary, sion. and meeting the bonafide de- received 79 special trains at Jammu with a total of 49,723 and financial achievements while out of 30 minor irriga- in the working of all depart- Forest, Environment and Commissioner Secretary mands of people. She said Jammu and Udhampur rail- stranded passengers belong- registered under various tion schemes 13 stands com- ments. Ecology, Sarita Chauhan, to- appreciated efforts of the these publications of the de- way stations from different ing to different districts centrally sponsored schemes pleted pertaining to flood The meeting was attended day released the Annual Ad- department in compiling partment will go a long way states and UTs, so far, with while 15,696 passengers in the district.The concerned threats. by ADC, CMO SEs, Execu- ministration Report 2018- voluminous data and infor- in facilitating the depart- about 65,419 passengers have reached Udhampur in officers briefly presented the Executive Engineer FCD tive Engineers PDD, R&B 19 and Digest of Forest mation at one place which is ment to serve the people in a while about 1,40,184 persons 21 special trains, so far. progress achieved in their re- informed that the depart- and Hydraulic, GM JKPCC, Statistics 2017-19. an important indicator to better way. spective sectors besides ap- ment has identified 29 vul- JD Planning and other offi- Principal Chief Conserva- gauge the outcome of vari- PCCF, while highlighting prising the Secretary about nerable spots and is all set to cers of concerned depart- tor of Forests, Dr. Mohit ous initiatives taken up to the significance of these COVID-19: J&K Govt brings back their issues and demands meet any flood threat. Under ments.Later, Secretary along Gera, Chief Wild Life War- protect and preserve the publications, said that the like release of funds, land ac- FMP, out of 22 works taken with DDC and other officers den, Suresh Kumar Gupta, forests of J&K besides pro- first requirement for devel- quisition, construction of DC up 17 stands completed while visited Rehmati- Alam hos- Managing Director J&K viding solution to chal- opment planning is avail- 2924 passengers from various office complex, augmenta- one scheme for Jhelum pital and inspected develop- Forest Development Corpo- lenges faced by the depart- ability of practically accurate tion of grid stations, con- stands completed and pro- ment works being executed ration, Vasu Yadav, CCF ment. and authentic data. He added countries to the Union Territory struction of two MCHs one tection works of Lidder Nal- there. Kashmir, Farooq Ahmad She added that availabil- that these publications can JAMMU RISING (105 passengers) in the lah with a project cost of Rs. Geelani CF Central/Work- ity of detailed and reliable further be broadened to in- JAMMU JULY 10 month of June were facili- ing Plan Circle, Irfan Ali information is a pre-requi- clude the contribution of The Jammu and Kashmir tated by the JKSRTC by pro- Shah, DFO Statistics, Mo- site for policy making and forests in meeting SDGs and government has facilitated viding them free buses from hammad Yaseen and other to mitigate the challenges Gross Domestic Product of repatriation of 2924 passen- Delhi and Amritsar respec- Parliamentarian Group lauds the gers from various countries tively to Srinagar. to the Union Territory Additionally, about 355 Div Com chairs 251st HLC through special evacuation residents of Jammu and efforts of J&K Pollution Control Board flights in the wake of COVID- Kashmir who arrived from 19 pandemic till date. Pakistan through Wagah JAMMU RISING had held National Clean Air dated the use of Retrofitting Since May 8, 2020, a total border were also extended JAMMU JULY 10 program inauguration Emission Control Technol- meeting of CRP Srinagar of 2924 passengers reached free JKSRTC buses service Parliamentarian Group event on 17-03-2020 with ogy for DG sets including Srinagar through flights and up to Srinagar. for Climate Action (PGCA) Sh. Prakash Javadekar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu by road from Lakhanpur. Pertinent to mention that has lauded the efforts and Minister for Environment and Haryana .The Parlia- Through special evacua- the Ministry of External Af- initiative taken by J&K Pol- and Forest Climate change, mentarian Group for Cli- Information and Broad- mate Action plans to high- tion flights 672 passengers fairs on the request of lution Control Board to- casting and Heavy Indus- light the efforts of JK PCB arrived from Dhaka in the Jammu and Kashmir Gov- wards improving the Air tries and Public Enterprises to improve the Air Quality month of May; 705 from ernment has extended all Quality of Non-attainment as the Chief Guest. as per National Clean Air possible assistance in facili- cities of Jammu and Srina- Dubai during the months of The Parliamentarian Program (NCAP) during tating early return of JK resi- gar.In a communication May, June and July; 148 Group for Climate Action the monsoon session of dents stranded abroad. sent to the Chief Secretary from Riyadh and 129 from of J&K, Member of Parlia- appreciated the proactive Parliament. The passage of stranded Dammam in May; 172 from ment (Rajya Sabha) Dr. and inspiring steps taken by Chairman JK PCB, Doha in the months of May Jammu and Kashmir resi- the JK PCB towards im- Suresh Chugh expressed JAMMU RISING cussed various cases includ- tions with the parties. Vikas Mahatme who is a and June; 157 from Muscat dents from various parts of Padam Shri Awardee and proving their quality by or- gratitude for recognition of JAMMU JULY 10 ing removal of bottleneck at He further ordered him to during the month of June; the country, in the wake of dering installation of Retro- the efforts of the PCB in- The Divisional Commis- Naqashpora junction on implement land acquisition an Ophthalmologist, Social 290 from Jeddah during the lockdown due to spread of entrepreneur & visionary, fitting Emission Devices in cluding Transport Depart- sioner Kashmir, Pandurang western Foreshore Road, ex- law wherever necessary to months of June and July; global pandemic of corona congratulated the UT of DG Sets above 125KVA and ment by the Parliamentar- K Pole today chaired 251st pansion of Peer Dastiger remove bottlenecks on the 335 from Kyrgystan during virus, is high on the agenda Jammu and Kashmir in issuing directions to the ian Group for Climate Sahib Shrine at Khyanyar, Circular Road. High Level Committee June and July; 171 have ar- of the administration and so general and JK PCB in par- Transport Department to Action and also appealed to removal of bottleneck at Meanwhile, Pole also in- meeting of Circular Road rived from Sharjah in the far a large number of ticular for mandating the install Retrofitting Emis- all the stake holders to im- Shah Mohalla Nawabazar teracted with the involved Project Srinagar to review month of June. stranded people have been use of Retrofitting Emission sion Control Devices having plement the orders of PCB the progress of acquisition on Syed Mansoor Nawab parties in the cases and 145 people who arrived ferried by various modes of Control Devices for DG Sets a minimum 70% Particu- regarding Retrofitting cases pertaining to the proj- Bazaar Road, Zewan Junc- asked them about their po- from Kuwait at Delhi (40 transport including railways above 125 KVA for com- late controlling efficiency PCDs in DG Sets and Diesel ect. tion to Sempora Road sition and opinions regard- passengers) and Amritsar into the UT. mercial Diesel driven vehi- for all Diesel driven vehicles driven commercial vehicles The meeting deliberated widening and other issues of ing their respective issues. cles of 1500 CC rating as per with engine of 1500CC in order to reduce the car- upon acquisition, compen- building Community Halls The meeting was attended BS-IV standard and make manufactured as per bon footprint of the emis- sation and rehabilitation of and compensation to struc- by DC Srinagar, Dr Shahid below. Bharat Stage-IV standard sions and to improve Air the people whose residential ture owners and tenants. Choudhary, ADC Srinagar, Coordinator NEET Dr. Mahatme informed and below. Quality of the state which or commercial structures On the occasion, Divi- SE Circular Road Project, the Chief Secretary that he He further informed the shall go a long way in main- have been acquired by the sional Commissioner di- Srinagar, and Engineers of had convened the Parlia- Chief Secretary that follow- taining the clean atmos- government to remove bot- rected SE, Circular Road the project besides officers calls on Div Com mentarian Group for Cli- ing J&K’s example, many phere and health of people tlenecks on the project. Project Srinagar, to resolve of revenue department, Sri- mate Action (PGCA), which other states have also man- of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting also dis- the issues through negotia- nagar. DC B'la reviews upgradation of PHC DDC Kupwara reviews pace & Singhpora into H&W Centre progress of developmental projects SRINAGAR, JULY 10: pending. JAMMU RISING The Coordinator National The coordinator sought JAMMU JULY 10 In a significant move to pro- Eligibility Cum Entrance the intervention of Div Com vide better health care facilities Test (NEET), Srinagar to- for making the space of pri- especially during the current day called on Divisional vate school institutions COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner Kashmir, PK available, so that hundred Commissioner Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo today inspected upgra- Pole regarding the availabil- percent students are accom- dation work of the Primary ity of the examination cen- modated to appear in NEET Health Centre (PHC) Singh- ters for the conduct of 2020. pora Kalan into Health and NEET 2020. The Div Com directed Wellness Centre. On the occasion, DC took a On the occasion, Div Com ADC Srinagar to make the detailed appraisal of pace and was informed that 25000 arrangement of required progress of the work and it was play fields of the district and in- persons of the district. aspirants are appearing in space of examination cen- informed that work on the said teracted with the youth, he di- Later, the DC also inspected the examination from Kash- ters from private school in- PHC is in its final phase and rected District Youth Services the Public Library and dis- AMMU ISING It was further informed works of which are ex- shall be made functional and Sports officer to provide cussed various modalities for its mir division this year, stitutions and further or- J R shortly. sports kits to the youth adding relocation as per the demands among these examination dered him to form JAMMU JULY 10 that the Video Wall in Dis- pected to start soon. The DC directed the con- that various initiatives are being of the people from different centre for 20000 candi- committees headed by District Development trict Administrative Com- These 3 projects include Commissioner (DDC) plex, is near to completion construction of 12 MW cerned agencies to speed up the taken to develop sports infra- quarters for larger public inter- dates has been made avail- Tehsildars assisted by ZEOs pace of work and said that a bet- structure in the district. est.He urged upon the people to Kupwara, Anshul Garg to- and other projects includ- Power Project at Karnah, ter and qualitative health care Moreover, the DC took re- follow all the SOPs and guide- able from various colleges to review the facilities in- day convened a meeting of ing Government Degree construction of Indoor system especially in present cir- view of the feasibility of estab- lines and stressed upon the sen- and Govt. schools however cluding potable drinking concerned engineers to re- College Tangdar, 33KVA Sports Complex and Ap- cumstances has been the ad- lishing a Press Club in the dis- ior citizens to stay indoors as the accommodation of water, cleanliness in the ex- view the pace and progress Receiving Station at Teet- proach Bridge at Galizoo ministration's priority. trict, which has remained the they are more vulnerable to the 5000 candidates is still amination centres and con- of various ongoing devel- wal, KGB at Budrahar Ra- and construction of Parallel Dr Itoo also inspected several persistent demand of media infection. opment projects in the dis- jwar, Night Shelter and byepass road to Lolab val- trict.It was informed in the Girls Hostel for Gujjar and ley. meeting that as many as 11 Bakerwal students at Zangli The DDC said that by DDC Shopian inaugurates Kissan Mela at Keller projects are nearing com- Kupwara besides 100 bed- commissioning of these pletion at an estimated ded Girls Hostel at Zachal- projects, Kupwara district JAMMU RISING tion with other allied De- Kisan Credit Cards were ers to get latest technical schemes and activities cost of Rs. 66.3 crore. dara are also at the final will see the new era of de- JAMMU JULY 10 partments. distributed by the DDC knowhow of latest agri- besides they also created The DDC reviewed proj- stage of execution. velopment. District Development Speaking on the occa- among the beneficiaries, cultural equipments and awareness among farm- ect wise status of works The DDC stressed upon Additional Deputy Com- Commissioner Shopian, sion, DDC said that the adding he said that peo- techniques to increase ers about the benefits of and it was informed that the concerned executing missioner (ADC), Nazir Chowdhary Mohammad Kisan Mela has been or- ple have suffered of dam- their income. KCC and other schemes. the IPD block at Sub Dis- agencies to speed up the Ahmad Lone, Joint Direc- Yaseen today inaugu- ganised with an aim to ages caused to their crops He exhorted upon the Among others Addi- trict Hospital, Kupwara construction works and tor Planning, Abdul Ma- rated Kisan Mela under cover cent percent popu- and this programme was people for maintaining tional Deputy Commis- and Academic Block, ensure that all 11 projects jeed, DGM, JKPCC; DGM National Mission on lation of farmer commu- held so that the people of social distancing and sioner Shopian, Joint Di- Women’s Degree College, are completed this month Housing Board; Executive Agriculture Extension nity under various cen- Keller can avail the bene- adopting SOP’s especially rector Agriculture, Lead Salkote is near to comple- and handed over to the Engineers R&B Division and Technology trally sponsored schemes fits of various schemes. stressed on use of masks District Manager, J&K tion besides Upgradation concerned departments for Kupwara and Handwara, (NMAET) at Keller like PM Kisan, KCC and He said besides availing to avoid the spread of Bank and other con- of Darzipora-Salkote road commissioning. representatives from Edu- Shopian. other welfare oriented benefits under KCC and COVID-19 Virus. cerned besides a large and construction of Boys The DDC also took stock cation, SAMAGRA, The Mela was organ- schemes for their eco- other schemes, the On the occasion, all the number of beneficiaries S.T. Hostel at Degree Col- of the progress of 3 new de- JKPDC and other con- ised by the Department of nomic upliftment. Kissan Mela will provide departments gave participated in the day lege Handwara are also at velopmental projects cost- cerned attended the meet- ing Rs.127.53 crore, the ing. Agriculture in collabora- On the occasion, 44 an opportunity for farm- demonstration of their long programme. the final stage of execution. 5 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Advisor Baseer Khan reviews FC Revenue visits Ramban; inspects arrangements for Amarnathji Yatra NH-44 four laning construction works JAMMU RISING JAMMU RISING JAMMU, JULY 10 JAMMU, JUNE 10 Finance Commissioner, Revenue, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, who is also the Baseer Ahmad Khan, today con- Nodal Officer National Highway vened a high-level meeting to re- Four Laning Project, today visited view arrangements for smooth con- district Ramban and inspected NH- duct of the Amarnathji Yatra, 2020. 44 construction works being exe- Threadbare discussion was held cuted from Banihal to Nashri. on various issues regarding the an- FC asked the NHAI and other de- nual pilgrimage which inter alia in- partments to expedite the pace of cluded traffic, food supply, Health construction work to complete the services, fire safety measures, elec- Jammu -Srinagar, National High- tricity, water supply, telecom con- way which is priority of the govern- nectivity, disaster management, ac- ment. curate weather forecasting services, Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, and other issues. Advisor discussed various mat- Nazim Zai Khan, SSP, Haseeb –ur- from the acquired land. safer places is expected to be com- ters with the concerned officers and priate communication tools to help Advisor was apprised that most of Rahman, ADC, Ashok Sharma, Pro- FC was informed that construction pleted by December. Besides, alter- also sought suggestions from them the pilgrims seeking registration the arrangements have already ject Director (PD) National Highway work on 8.5 Km long Banihal-Qazi- nate land has also been provided to to ensure timely and fool-proof for the Yatra, including the need for been done at the Holy cave and en- Authority of India (NHAI), SDM gund road tunnel is near completion the TLMD for construction of the arrangements for smooth conduct a compulsory health certificate for route the Yatra and now they are Ramsoo, Dil Mir Choudhary, SDM, and after the security and other neces- same, he added. of the annual pilgrimage. He registration during the annual pil- giving finishing touch to the Banihal, Zaheer Abbas Bhat, other sary audit of the tunnel it will be He said that keeping in view the stressed on effective coordination grimage. arrangements as per the standard concerned officers and representa- thrown open for public use. tough topography of hilly terrain be- among all the concerned depart- Advisor also discussed the need practices. He was further informed tives of construction companies were Expressing satisfaction over the tween Ramban and Banihal a De- ments for ensuring smooth conduct for effective traffic regulation to en- that most of the works have been present on the occasion. pace of work on the project, he said tailed Project Report is being formu- of the Yatra. sure smooth movement of the pil- completed or are at the final stages During his one day tour, FC in- that the ongoing works of NH44 lated by NHAI worth Rs. 2000 crore Advisor enquired from the grims to the respective base camps of completion. He was also informed spected construction works at widening project will be completed to complete changed 16 KM four lan- Deputy Commissioners about es- and directed the traffic department by the Health department that ad- Chamalwas, Nachilana, Ramsoo, within one and half year and con- ing realigned project which included tablishment of control rooms at the to strictly adhere to the timing vance placement of medical staff is Seri, Ramban, Chanderkote and struction works in the tunnels are go- more tunnels and bridges to avoid district level and various civic facil- schedule. He also asked the Meteo- being done on Yatra duty for the bet- Dahlwas besides directing the con- ing on war footing. He instructed the landsliding and sinking areas. ities that have been put in place for rological department to send ter healthcare facility to the Yatris. cerned officers for removing bottle- NHAI and contractors engaged in the Earlier, ADC apprised FC of the the yatris. He also directed the offi- weather reports on a daily basis to Advisor also enquired about fire necks, if any, hindering the project. widening of the NH44 to ensure status of land acquisition cases, shift- cers to identify locations on the Na- the concerned departments. tenders, oxygen booths, temporary He was informed that the land acqui- proper maintenance of existing roads ing of 132 KV tower lines and other tional Highway and other locations Expressing his satisfaction over ration depots and services like tents, sition process has been completed for hassle free vehicular movement. structures besides other bottlenecks where the pilgrims can be lodged in the arrangements that have been beddings, ponies for the yatra. He and all the working sites have been FC, while addressing the media hindering road projects. He assured case of the inclement weather. put in place, the Advisor directed directed the concerned officers to handed over to the NHAI to start con- persons on the occasion, said that the that the work would be completed as Heads of various departments the officers to keep on taking peri- gear up their men and machinery to struction works besides almost all of process for shifting of towers of 132 per target fixed by the Chief Secretary apprised the Advisor of the odical reviews at their level to plug ensure adequate arrangements for the structures have been removed KV line from Right Of Way (ROW) to earlier. arrangements that have been put in any loopholes. comfortable journey and stay of Ya- place to ensure smooth conduct of The officers from various districts tris. He asked the concerned de- Yatra. gave a detailed brief about the partments to make sure that the pil- Two Day Online International Webinar held in Central University The discussion was also held on arrangements put in place by their grims do not face any hardship various issues to strategize appro- respective administrations. during the pilgrimage. of Jammu on Human Values & Human Rights Amidst Covid 19 Advisor Baseer Khan visits SPS Library; Pandemic: Elevating Through Educational Interventions JAMMU RISING lor, Prof. Ashok Aima, Central Uni- mode, new consumers, literature, re- JAMMU, JULY 10 versity of Jammu, Prof. Rajnish ligion etc.He also explained that the Emphasises introduction of modern facilities Two day online International We- Sumar Shukla, Vice chancellor, Ma- current situation lead to change the JAMMU RISING searchers. This vital public utility has Advisor asked the authorities to find binar on Human Values & Human hatma Gandhi International Hindi paradigm shift from Interdepen- JAMMU, JULY 10 been raised after a very long struggle out ways and means to upgrade the fa- Rights Amidst Covid 19 Pandemic: University as a Chief guest and Prof. dence to Self-Dependent in the com- Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, and every effort should be made for its cility on modern lines so that readers Elevating Through Educational In- Lokesh Koul, Professor Emeritus Hi- ing new normal situation. Prof. Baseer Ahmad Khan, today visited proper functioning and maintenance, are attracted to the place besides en- terventions was organized by Centre machal Pradesh University Shimla, Shukla explained that the current sit- SPS Library Srinagar to oversee its he asserted. He directed the concerned couraging reading habits among the for Assessment & Evaluation, School who was a keynote speaker. uation raised two main question functioning and facilities available to authorities that any pending engineer- locals. of Education, Central University of In his chief guest address,Prof. Ra- whose needs a solution; one is disci- the readers. ing work should be completed at the During the visit, Advisor also called Jammu under the aegis of PMMM- jnish Sumar Shukla, Vice chancellor pline adjustment and other is disci- Advisor went round the premises earliest for proper functioning of the for reviving the culture of book read- NMTT Scheme, Department of of Mahatma Gandhi International pline advancement.Prof. Ashok including the Reading Room, Senior library. ing and reading rooms to enrich the Higher Education, Govt. of India. Hindi University, said that we are Aima, Vice Chancellor, Central Uni- Citizens’ Section, General Philosophy The SPS Library, established in the intellectual capital that would in turn This webinar is eighth in the series living in new conditions and circum- versity of Jammu, in his presidential and Languages section and the Chil- year 1898, hosts a collection of books in educate the people about the culture, of different programmes pre- stances due the Covid Pandemic address, said that the current situa- dren’s gallery. He asked the concerned English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, San- history, national integration and other arranged by School of Education, through which we can realized that tion has brought huge disturbance authorities to ensure availability of skrit, Kashmiri, Hindi and Punjabi aspects. He said that there is a need to Central University of Jammu which is human existence is more important but the survival of human depends books and other reference material re- languages. It also has a collection of 74 keep a provision for creation of infra- desirable during this period of than anything else in the world. He upon the tendency to tolerate the quired for students and avid readers. manuscripts in Persian, Sanskrit, Ara- structure, reading rooms and mini li- COVID-19. The key objective of this too stated that this pandemic has shock or problem. He too elaborated During his visit to the Library, Ad- bic and Urdu. SPS library is counted braries at the district level so that read- seminar is to discuss how educa- raised a very big question on Social that human values are the reflection visor said that it is a huge asset and an as one among the 8 oldest libraries ers are able to access books at the local tional interventions can address the and Interpersonal relation in the so- of civilization and Indian Philosophy incubation centre for scholars and re- across the country. level. various Human Rights issues and ciety specially in the field of Social embedded with human values and concerns along with the changing Sciences. He alsogave an insight that peace in the world. He too quoted values patterns which have come up there is a rise of new normal condi- that if there is harmony in home, because of COVID 19.The inaugural tion in the whole world after the pan- there is order in the nation and if session of the Web Seminar was demic, which leads to transforma- there is order in the nation, there is graced by honorable Vice Chancel- tion in various fields namely trade peace in the world. Jammu Rising 6 Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 EDITORIAL The real face remained in the mask, the OPEN THE snake also died, the stick was not broken HOUSE ventually, Vikas Dubey help criminals and pursue their other four or five men together the car, then he tried to flee, and the You can indeed be happy with he fat e of the Monso on session was killed by the police in economic and political interests. turned the car upside down so that bullet that was fired at him did not Vikas Dubey's encounter, Uttar EKanpur. Anyway, every And this unholy criminal nexus es- it could be shown to the media and hit him below the waist but hit him Pradesh Police will be happy that of Parl iament , usually held in criminal must get a fair punish- caped again. The happiest of the public. up. by this encounter it has regained its Tthe third w eek of Jul y, is still ment for his crime. But these pun- Dubey's end are the innumerable As far as I am concerned, the Some white people indeed es- lost reputation. Yogi Ji will be uncertain. There is no official w ord ishments should be meted out only leaders of the ruling and opposi- truth is that if Vikas Dubey had caped being black. Everything was happy that he has built his image as under the law and order estab- tion parties, big and small, and survived, many ministers, MLAs, scripted, otherwise, the names of a strong and adventurous ruler. But yet on w hen the House, broug ht to an lished by the constitution in the Jaichand-type policemen who MPs, and officials would not have many people would have come to the country has not had democracy abrupt standstill b y the C OVID-19 out- country. If there are any flaws in were worried about exposing their survived !! The khadi and the khaki the fore and their clothes would for the last few years and it will be break, w hich cut short the Bu dge t ses- the current law and order then they nefarious relationship with Dubey who were involved in the misdeeds have come off, otherwise, the public very dangerous in the time to come. should be rectified, no one has the at any time while he was alive. of Vikas Dubey have got relief from would have taken them off. Well, I have no sympathy for Vikas sion in March, will recon vene. The right to take the law into their own But don't we all understand this? this. The rest is public, she knows this situation is not pleasant. En- Dubey but we cannot call this pandemic seems t o ha ve subdued hands. Relatives of all the eight policemen everything and when the time counters like this show that crimi- method correct. Gandhiji's assas- Today, thousands of questions killed by Dubey may have found comes, she also announces her de- nals should understand their po- sin Godse could have been killed by even the parl iamentary committees, have arisen on the controversial some peace in this encounter. But cision. tential, their hooliganism a mob at that time, or he could have w hich carry on P arl iament’s w ork of encounter of Vikas Dubey, whose ordinary people will not under- Nothing will happen with a daub. professions can only flourish under been killed in jail, but India showed scrut in y of go vernment’s functioning failure is this? If this continues and stand for a long time whether they The facts cannot be hidden from the administration. This is the sit- the world that it is a democratic such encounters are understood to should be happy or worried about who is saying what. Under whose uation if administrative and political country. in be tw een sessions and f orm a cru - be right, then it should not be the what happened in Uttar Pradesh. direction he traveled for six days. blessings are removed. In the present times, the judici- cial brid ge be tw een the parl iamentary case that people do not start doing Many questions are simmering in How did you reach Ujjain from UP, Well, at the moment I am happy. ary has lost its credibility and our their justice on the streets with everyone's mind. Will the person as is being said? Whether only two I can pay homage to 8 policemen media is working in vain, the condi- institut ion and the people. Ev er since their own hands. who has surrendered himself hundred in the police were engaged today, I am not a leader, I am not tion of the policy is such that it has both Houses adjourned on March 23, The arrest of gangster Vikas snatch the weapons of the police- in his mizazpursi, who have been mafia, I am not a khaki, I am a gen- now become a court itself. Crowds the o ver 3-month-long silence was Dubey and the encounter of some men and run away? taken on surveillance or Dhurand- eral public and I don't know why I make decisions on the street, en- of his accomplices is not a success And secondly, how did a car like har is also involved in this act. am happy, there must be some rea- counters are glorified, we listen to broken only l ast w eek when the for the police. Rather, there is a Scorpio overturn on such a good Vikas Dubey's house was demol- sons for this. But now one of my abusive spokespersons, we make Committee on Welfare of Other huge alliance between the police road? No one else knows but the ished without a court order. All the questions is asking me, should the the culprit the leader. Everyone Backward Classes me t and made rec- and politics, which has not been talent of the driver who flipped his secrets of Dubey were encountered. interest of the society and justice be knows that Vikas Dubey's alliance left to be understood, but it is pub- car to kill the culprit has to be No one was caught alive, only the handed over to the police and the was from leaders to senior police ommendat ions t o v arious ministries lic sir, everyone understands. saluted. The third thing is why the vehicle in which Vikas Dubey was government and lock up the judici- officers, so he had to die, but by re- — t w o parl iamentary committee Criminals are caught and released. media was stopped? It is also possi- overturned in bringing UP from ary. This will save billions in a coun- ally dying, he made many people But these developments show ble that after unloading the crimi- MP. He was not even handcuffed, try struggling with poverty, malnu- spotless. meetings are scheduled for today, that politics is full of people who nal, they first encountered and the a police pistol was snatched inside trition, and illiteracy. Frid ay. The ap parent hesitat ion, or reluctance of Ind ia’s Parl iament t o resume work amid the pandemic, e v en as l egisl atures w orld wid e are Wait for the migrant: Once opportunities designing inno vative and h ybrid modalities f or doing so , is t aking a t oll that ma y not be visible but it is there are there, they will return Yoginder K. Alagh shown that labour migrated to Bhaduri thesis. Our paper proved globalisation crises hit us, Iwan J didn’t have the heart to complain. — arguably adding an accountability igrants, very often, those Japanese prefectures that there was indeed a “suction Azis, the Indonesian economist Migration has always been a and representat ion d eficit t o a serious get an undeserved which were growing fast econom- mechanism” in Indian agricul- who held positions at the Cornell shock absorber. It is this role we and prolonged publ ic heal th emer - Mbad name in our ically, including agriculturally. ture. University in the US and the Na- choked off by regional lockdowns market economy. However, in Diagrammatically, if you plotted Not satisfied, Raj organised a tional University of Indonesia, and transportation blockages, gency. India’s not very old experience, output per unit of land against set of seminars on the issue in dif- and I looked at reverse migration. causing enormous suffering and Since March 23, accord ing to PRS and in the process of develop- labour per unit of land, you got an ferent parts of India. At Ben- Azis showed that the Southeast many deaths. I get disturbed Legisl ative Research, the central go v - ment generally, as migration inverse relationship in a rectan- galuru, D T Lakdawala, the then Asian economies were chugging when some very eminent col- plays a major developmental role gular hyperbola. If agricultural deputy chairman of the Planning along at 6 per cent plus growth leagues recognise the uncertainty ernment has issu ed about 850 it’s careless and somewhat irre- productivity went up, more Commission chaired the meet- when the SARS outbreak hit the of the situation and yet choose COVID-relat ed not ificat ions and 11 sponsible to downplay the role of labour was “sucked” into the pre- ing. D M Nanjundappa, chair- region. The Thai baht lost half its livelihood over life. A filled up migrant workers. Statements fecture. Much like migrant work- man of the Karnataka State Plan- value in a few days. The conta- belly may starve. But the dead ord inances. These range from int er- emphasising that in a downturn ers from UP and Bihar going to ning Commission, said that if gion was a lot like the later won’t come back. This is not the nat ional travel restrict ions t o board economy, local labour will fill the the Green Revolution belt. instead of irrigation pumps we viruses. In a few months, many empirical welfare economics my exam dos and dont ’ s, from prohibi - gap, simply ignore the cycles in Raj wanted to test Ishikawa’s had the old buffalo driven wheels countries lost upto a third of their teachers — many of them Nobel the demand for labour. We in the hypothesis in India. He asked and water was lifted by buckets, wealth. India, I showed, fared Prize winners — taught me. Good tions on e xports of v entla i tors to man- cities, after all, will have to worry me, G S Bhalla and Amit Bhaduri employment in well irrigation better because it was a relatively economics doesn’t make careless dat ing of the use of the Aarogy a Se tu. about our needs whenever the to do this job. He knew me be- would be higher. Bhalla, a Marxist closed economy. choices between life and death. “M” or the “W”-shaped swing cause he was a great admirer of by inclination and very critical of Azis showed that there was re- We have now, hopefully, learnt M a n y of the measures w ere needed, takes place. my patience in selecting younger what he thought were ante-dilu- verse migration. The migrants from our mistakes. Today, many but many have also spark ed qu est ions In the Seventies of the last cen- people at the Centre for Develop- vian ideas, responded that “if we went back to their villages where of the migrants may say that they and contro vers y about the nature of tury, the economist K N Raj, a ment Studies in Thiruvanantha- do irrigation with spoons, em- they did not have to starve. They will never come back. But once guru to many of us, brought the puram and holding my own ployment would be even higher”. had picked up skills in the cities opportunities are there, they will government response t o the pande m - importance of migrant labour to against some of the bigwigs of the Nanjundappa protested that which helped them initiate agro- return. Until then, it is not quite ic — its proport ional it y and it s our attention. Raj, an example to institute who tended to be very “Bhalla is making fun” of him. based development like diversi- kosher to stop them from going responsi veness t o the anxie ties and many of us, worked in India for formal. Lakdawala, the great liberal, fication away from rice in In- home under pressure from most of his career. But at that I had co-authored a book with doused the fire. donesia. The experience was builder lobbies. The market needs of the most vul nerable, includ- time, certain compelling personal Bhalla on district-level agricul- Later, the ILO economist of similar in Philippines and Viet- should be allowed to work for ing migrants. It is also tru e that across reasons led him to work with the tural experience and had a lot of Pakistani origin, Rashid Amjad, nam. Migrants were regarded as both industry and labour. UN. He chose to go to the ILO data. Over many rounds of analy- published a book that talked an asset. In fact, the reverse migration the w orld, even as the y scramble to and set up the ILO ARTEP — an sis and discussions, Bhaduri kept about the similar experience of At a dinner in Delhi, I was could bolster the agricultural sec- respond t o a mostl y unknown virus Asian Regional Employment on saying that “this business was migrant workers in several other made to sit at the head table with tor in the short-run. We should that d o es not y et ha ve a cure, go vern - Programme. There Raj brought a truism”. At one stage, a little fa- countries, making the Ishikawa the then Prime Minister Atal Bi- integrate the process of reverse to our notice the historical role of tigued, I had to tell him: “We hypothesis a universal theory en- hari Vajpayee. I had written to migration with agro-based devel- ments have used the crisis t o extend migration in Japan’s develop- don’t want to work with falsisms, dorsed by the ILO. Labour migra- him to get the meltdown in Surat opment in the short-run and wait and enlarge their o wn po w ers, ment. He propagated the work of do we? Let’s go ahead.” This was tion as a serious policy issue had looked into. He turned to me and for the migration back to cities as the eminent Japanese economist the origin of the, by now, well- arrived. said, “Alagh saheb, sab theek we get out of this disaster. impose stricter, e ven d raconian l aw s, Kaoru Ishikawa. Ishikawa had known Alagh, Bhalla and In this century, as the different hain” (Everything is all right). I rest rict freed oms, short-circuit pri va - cy concerns, or simpl y resort t o a te c h n o crat ic solut ionism that isnt ’ How India responds to China’s ‘expansionistic mindful enoug h of human costs and unint ended consequences of pol icy responses. It is all the more impor - tendencies’ will have ramifications for the world tant , theref ore, that spaces and Deepender Hooda Mao’s — based on nationalistic fer- Sea to India in the Himalayas; from nomic momentum necessitate that to our loyal friend, Bhutan, by mak- vour. Xi had started speaking about its traditional rivals like Japan and we play a clearer role in the Cold ing ridiculous territorial claims on forums f or the scrut iny of e xecut ive Finally, after a round of high- the “Chinese global dream and na- Taiwan to independent-minded War’s 21st-century sequel. its eastern border containing the decisions, and f or enf orcing accounta- level talks — which included India’s tional glory” as early as 2012, even nations like South Korea and Aus- Our foreign policy has lacked a Sakteng wildlife sanctuary, next to National Security Adviser — fol- before he took over as president in tralia. Include recent Chinese ac- clear vision about China. Delhi so Arunachal Pradesh. bilit y, remain al ive and kicking — lowing a three-week standoff at the 2013. tions in Hong Kong, and the mes- far has been “hedging” its interests A nation’s self-respect is as non- especiall y in crisis. LAC, there are signs of disengage- The other reason for Beijing’s ex- sage is clear: China sees itself as a globally — we have been deepening negotiable as its territorial in- ment at Galwan Patrol Point 14, pansionism is its economic model. global power whose time has come. our strategic relationship with the tegrity. As with the latter, one can- Ind ia’s Parl iament must meet sooner, Gogra and the Hot Springs area. The Chinese growth model needed It will assert itself — comply or deal US but without wanting to alarm not cede even a notional inch of rather than l ater, physically or virt ual - There is no movement yet at the to find subservient emerging mar- with it. China. Ahmedabad has witnessed national pride for while keeping the Pangong Tso finger area. But the kets where it can park huge debts The US and western powers have both the “jhula diplomacy” with Xi pretence of preserving sovereign ly. If the rules of pro ced ure st and in it s talks are continuing and it is now and make investments to keep been very vocal in calling out Bei- and “Namaste Trump”. Recent power. The time has come for us to w ay — parl iament secre tariat has possible that further blows will not feeding the Dragon’s high growth jing in recent times. US-China re- events show that Beijing is uncon- stand-up to Chinese expansionism. be exchanged. rates. Friendly foreign debt-invest- lations have hit rock bottom, espe- vinced by this nuanced balancing This path will require conviction laggedf the confident iality of virt ual Yet, India’s broader strategic ment markets were needed to com- cially since Donald Trump took act. and exercising a range of military, meetings as a concern — the y must challenge remains. How India re- pensate for over-investment at office. The US-China trade war is Meanwhile, relations with other diplomatic and economic options sponds to China’s “expansionistic home. The Belt and Road Initiative now taking a toll on the world sys- neighbouring nations have also be- based not just on emotions but on be tw eak ed and the NIC’s t echnologi- tendencies in 21st century”, as was rolled out as a meeting point tem. For example, it is creating fis- come a cause of concern. Pakistan the cold calculus of relative cal pro w ess harnessed. After all, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi put for China’s geo-strategic and geo- sures among ASEAN members. has practically become a minion strengths. Breaking Chinese TVs it in Nimu, will have significant economic interests. As the destabilising rise of China state for the Chinese – the $62-bil- and mobile phones will achieve lit- Prime Minist er and other minist ers ramifications not only for us but Since Doklam, China has ex- is shaking up global alignments lion CPEC is a case in the point. tle. Calling out China’s expansion- and hig h go vernment official s cont in- the world. panded its global footprint by sign- and shaping a new world order, the Nepal is no longer on our list of all- ism and banning Chinese apps are In 2017, I had sent out a warm- ing on about 100 countries to the Trump administration is increas- weather friends, Chinese influence welcome but can only be consid- ue to mee t amid the pandemic. The ing through these pages that Dok- BRI. It has made aggressive moves ingly being criticised for not pro- is growing in Sri Lanka and ered the first baby steps. What is re- nation needs its Parl iament t o ge t lam was symbolic of a new Chinese on most of its non-submissive viding global leadership. India Bangladesh — both signatories to quired is determined leadership policy: President Xi Jinping is aim- neighbours — from Vietnam, could afford to be largely non- the BRI. And just last week, Beijing, that secures strategic and tactical back t o w ork. ing to create for himself “the great- Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and aligned during the 20th century to put more pressure on Delhi, sent deterrence. est legacy’’ — greater than the great the Philippines in the South China Cold War, but our size and eco- another appallingly stern message Daily Jammu Rising 7 SPORTS Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 F1: Red Bull say no to The 20 YO lighting up F1 Vettel's hopes of a return NEW DELHI:The For- enough. mula One season finally But the pair insists that NEW DELHI:Red Bull shifted into overdrive with McLaren would not have the season's opening race in finished in P4 in the 2019 have given "a definite no" to Austria on Sunday, July 5. Constructors Champi- four-times Formula One The Austrian GP had all onship had it not been for world champion Sebastian the ingredients of a perfect their jovial nature. Vettel's hopes of returning race -- there was drama, In the wake of George to them next year, team there was a retirement, Floyd's death at the hands boss Christian Horner said there was a penalty and a of the police in Minneapo- on Friday. new face on the podium. lis, Norris, who has over The race at the scenic Red 400,000 followers each on The German, who is out Bull Ring saw the emer- Twitter and streaming plat- of contract with Ferrari at gence of Lando Norris who form Twitch, urged them to the end of the season and pipped defending cham- sign a petition to fight dis- facing an uncertain future, pion Lewis Hamilton for a crimination, a move that had said on Thursday he third place finish, logging saw him lose followers on would say yes to a Red Bull 16 points and two records the platforms. in the process. 'You try to do what's good drive if one was offered. think that has great poten- Spaniard Carlos Sainz. Norris became only the and what's right, but so Vettel won his titles with tial for the future as well. Vettel's options would ap- third youngest racer to have many people don't believe Red Bull from 2010-13 and "So unfortunately it's not pear to be dwindling, with a podium finish in Austria. in it. If they don't believe in remains on good terms with something we are going to champions Mercedes ex- At 20, he was the the WSK Euro title -- and phy before being officially lion or Australian Riccia- it, then I';m happy they un- the Austrian energy drink be able to accommodate. pected to stick with six- youngest driver in Sunday's followed that up with the unveiled as McLaren's test rdo's 3 million, but more followed me,' Norris said. Karting KF Championship and reserve driver. than double that of last brand's senior manage- That is a definite no, I'm times champion Lewis race and the youngest 'I've got to make the most title. He finished runner-up a year's other rookies, ment. afraid. Sebastian I think is Hamilton and Valtteri Bot- Briton to stand on an F1 of the opportunities to podium. In 2014 he moved to rac- season later in Formula 2 Alexander Albon and show people to believe in "We had a brilliant time aware of that." tas. He also claimed a bonus ing cars and by the follow- before being roped in by George Russell. what's right ... Whatever with Seb," Horner told Sky Horner's comments Racing Point, owned by point for fastest lap in the ing season he was racing in McLaren for the 2019 sea- Much of his appeal comes way I can try to persuade F1 television during practice closed another door to the Canadian billionaire opening race of the season. Formula Four. son, finishing at P11 with 49 down to an infectious and them to believe in the right for the Styrian Grand Prix at 33-year-old after Renault Lawrence Stroll, or Ferrari- Born in Bristol to an Eng- With Team Carlin, he im- points. impish personality -- the thing, I will try and do that,' Austria's Red Bull Ring. "He announced on Wednesday powered Alfa Romeo could lish father and a Belgian pressed with a win in the His on-track exploits Briton calling up team he added. opening race and his pace apart, Norris is hugely pop- mates and rivals on his mo- will forever be a part of our that they had signed double still be possibilities, how- mother on November 13, In April, more than 1999, Norris's tryst with saw him finish third in the ular on social media. Ac- bile for some light-hearted 36,000 people watched a history. world champion Fernando ever. racing started as a seven championship that season. cording to Nielsen Sports, banter before and during a livestream on Twitch of "We didn't expect him to Alonso to fill the vacancy "It's unusual for a four- year old when he and his In the following two sea- his social media following virtual Bahrain race in Norris shaving his head to be on the market this year left by departing Australian times world champ to be older brother competed in sons he won the MSA For- grew faster than any other March. raise more than $12,000 and our commitment is to Daniel Ricciardo. out of a drive at this point in kart races. mula Championship as well F1 driver in revcnt weeks. Norris and his McClaren for the fight against coron- our existing drivers. We Ricciardo, Vettel's former the year," said Horner. The son of the 501st rich- as the Toyota Racing series Norris has 1.3 million fol- team-mate Carlos Sainz are avirus. among others. lowers on Instagram, still known to be easy-going think we've got a great pair- Red Bull team mate, is mov- "I guess he's got a couple est man in the UK -- retired Will he be Lewis Hamil- In 2017 he graduated to way behind Mercedes' six characters, a laugh there ing in Max (Verstappen) ing to McLaren next year in of choices available to him, I money manager Adam ton's heir someday? This Norris -- Norris Jr won his Formula 3 with the same times world champion and a smile here -- some- year's F1 races will offer us and in Alex (Albon). We place of Ferrari-bound assume either Racing Point first major title in 2013 -- team and won another tro- Lewis Hamilton's 15.1 mil- times viewed as not serious an indication of that. Under-pressure Ahmad resigns Players Will Need To Inspire Each Shaw needs to be more Other In Upcoming Series, Feels disciplined off the field: Jaffer as Hockey India president NEW DELHI:Former Mushtaq Ahmed India opener and domestic NEW DELHI:Hockey In an RTI reply, it was re- NEW DELHI: Pak- Pakistan are currently stalwart Wasim Jaffer India president Mohd vealed that the sports min- istan's spin bowling coach quarantining at the compared Prithvi Shaw to Mushtaque Ahmad re- istry, in 2019, had held Ah- Mushtaq Ahmed feels in Worcester's New Road the great Virender Sehwag signed from his position cit- mad's election as HI the absence of spectators, Ground, where they are but also said the Mum- ing personal commitments, president on October 1, players will have to inspire also preparing for the three- baikar needs a more disci- a development that was ex- 2018 violative of the Sports each other in the upcoming match Test series against plined lifestyle off the field. pected after the Sports Min- Code as he had served as an series against England to be England, which begins at After an impressive Test istry asked him to quit, de- office-bearer for two terms. held in a bio-secure envi- Old Trafford, Manchester debut against the West In- claring his election violative In a letter on February 13, ronment due to the COVID- on August 5. dies, Shaw was handed an of the national sports code's 2019, the ministry asked 19 pandemic. The 50-year-old Mush- eight-month ban for a dop- tenure guidelines. Ahmad to demit office im- International cricket re- taq, who has worked ing violation last year. HI Executive Board tion for the post of presi- mediately and told the HI to sumed on Wednesday after around the world with lead- After the completion of named Manipur's Gyanen- dent" by September 30 for hold elections for presi- a 117-day break with Eng- ing international teams and the ban, he returned to dro Nigombam, who was the remaining term, that is, dent's post. land and West Indies T20 franchises, has rich ex- competitive cricket and senior vice-president in the "upto 30.09.2022...". In response to this (on squaring off in the ongoing perience of English condi- played during India's tour federation, as the officiating "...the matter has been ex- February 23, 2019), HI con- first Test at Southampton. tions, having plied his trade of New Zealand earlier this president in Ahmad's place. amined...and it has been tended that the revised age year. Playing behind closed in county cricket besides run getter in Ranji Trophy, year.According to Jaffer, "Hockey India Executive observed that Mushtaque and tenure guidelines were "I also feel his lifestyle off doors is one of the many being a long-serving spin said once he gets set Shaw Shaw needs to understand Board held an emergent Ahmad had earlier served issued on May 1, 2010 and the field, he (Shaw) needs safety protocols put in place bowling coach of the Eng- has the ability to demolish his game better as he falls meeting today and named as Treasurer in Hockey In- cannot be applied retro- to probably get more disci- by the ICC for the game's land national team. the best of bowling attacks. into the trap laid by the op- Manipur's Gyannendro dia from 2010-2014 and spectively. plined there. He has the resumption. Mushtaq said they are "I think he is a special position."But somewhere I Nigombam as the Officiat- secretary general from HI was not a recognised game to succeed at the in- After the West Indies, slowly getting used to the player, without a doubt feel, he needs to under- ing President of Hockey In- 2014-2018. The instant federation in 2010. It got ternational level but he England will host Pakistan new normal and protocols and the shots he plays if he stand (his game), where he dia," the national body said term 2018-2022 of Mush- recognition on February 28, needs to be a lot more disci- for three Tests starting next of the game, including how gets going, he has the abil- needs to take a little bit of in a press release on Friday. taque as president is his 2014 and at that point in plined outside cricket month. This will be fol- to shine the ball without us- ity of Virender Sehwag, backseat. He has been out "This was following the third consecutive term as time, Ahmad was serving as also," Jaffer told former lowed by a three-match ing saliva. who can completely de- couple of times on short resignation letter of Mod office-bearer in HI," the let- a treasurer, having been India opener Aakash T20 series also to be played "Despite the COVID-19 molish the attack," added balls and he falls into that Mushtaque Ahmad re- ter said. elected to the post in elec- Chopra on the latter's in a bio-secure environ- related challenges, the play- Jaffer, who announced his trap. He needs to under- ceived by Hockey India on "Thus his election as pres- tions held on August 5, youtube channel. ment. ers have been exceptional retirement in March this stand that," said Jaffer. July 7 which cited personal ident of HI is not in conso- 2010. Jaffer, who is the highest and family commitments as nance with the government He was elected as secre- "This tour is being played so far. We are trying to the reasons. guidelines limiting age and tary general on October 13, in extraordinary circum- make them familiar with "In the meeting convened tenure of office-bearers of 2014 before becoming pres- stances. There are no spec- the protocols and they have Mugello to host Ferrari's today, the resignation of National Sports Federa- ident in 2018. tators, there are hardly any responded wonderfully Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad tions," it added. HI said the 2018 elections journalists either to analyse well. Players are coping was accepted." Under the Sports Code (of were its second after recog- the teams or the game. with the new regulations 1,000th F1 race The Sports Ministry had 2011), office-bearers of an nition and Ahmad is cur- Players need to inspire each with regards to shining the found that Ahmad had vio- NSF can have only two con- rently serving his second other, back each other and ball as well," he said. NEW DELHI:The Fer- lated the tenure cap guide- secutive terms of four years term as an office-bearer. support each other to the "Historically, spinners rari-owned Mugello circuit will debut on the Formula lines of the code in the 2018 each. But after amend- The ministry, however, hilt," Ahmed told the Pak- have used saliva to shine One calendar in September to elections, when he took ments, a president was al- ruled that the guidelines istan Cricket Board website. the ball now they are being host the Italian team's charge of the president's po- lowed to hold office for "are applied at the time of "I am happy with the start taught new methods in lieu 1,000th championship Grand sition. granting recognition (in we have made; we are get- of the revised ICC rules and three terms. Prix, with Russia's race in ting accustomed to the en- regulations. In a July 6 letter ad- The election of Ahmad as February 2014) and accord- Sochi also confirmed on Fri- dressed to HI secretary gen- HI president in 2018 has ingly the tenure of office- vironment and conditions "I am confident we have day. eral Rajinder Singh, the been a matter of contro- bearer at the time of recog- and still have a long time to the players that can not The September 13 race, to Ministry asked the federa- versy between the NSF and nition is considered while go before the start of the se- only compete but also win be called the Grand Prix of tion "to conduct fresh elec- the ministry. examining the eligibility". ries." the series," Mushtaq added. Tuscany Ferrari 1,000, will follow on from the September 6 Italian Grand Prix at Monza Why Sachin rates Jimmy 'very, very, highly' as the ninth round of a season major moment in our season like the 1,000th grand prix for that has been heavily revised NEW DELHI:Sachin But what he has done, vealed that he started and we are looking forward to Scuderia Ferrari at our own due to the COVID-19 pan- being back in Sochi in Sep- home at Mugello is an incred- Tendulkar is very im- he has got you to commit practising the art of re- demic. pressed with Jimmy An- to play for an outswinger verse swing after watch- tember. ible opportunity," said Ferrari Russia will be the 10th race "We are equally excited to team boss Mattia Binotto. derson's reverse swing and the ball after covering ing Zaheer Khan's stu- on September 27. abilities. almost 3/4th of the length pendous success during see Formula One race for the "Mugello is not just one of Formula One said in a state- first time at Mugello, an occa- the most spectacular and The England pacer, de- of the pitch starts leaving India's tour of England in ment it still expected to stage clares Sachin, is 'one of you. And that is some- 2007. sion that will mark Ferrari’s challenging tracks for drivers between 15-18 rounds in a 1,000th Grand Prix."Mugello and cars, it is also a structure the best exponents of re- thing which was new to 'I remember a few years championship that started at verse swing.' me,' adds the game's back, in the last tour in will be the fourth Italian cir- that has made sustainability Austria's Red Bull Ring last cuit to host a championship one of its priorities." 'What I experienced highest run-scorer. 2007, Zaheer did get a lot weekend, with more an- over a period of time that 'Nobody had done that. of reverse swing. That's Grand Prix, after Monza, Imola, which hosted the nouncements in coming Imola and the Pescara road San Marino Grand Prix up to he would hold the bowl as Now I have spotted even when I started practising weeks. if he is bowling an Stuart Broad doing that. it,' Anderson had then course.The Tuscan circuit, 2006, could yet feature on the "We are increasingly confi- north of Florence, has been a 2020 calendar if other races outswinger, but at the re- But Anderson started this said. dent in our plans to race lease point, he would try position and what he has both sides of the ball will long time ago. So, I rate 'There is a shiny side, fixture on the MotoGP calen- are cancelled. actually done, he has take the ball away from throughout the remainder of dar and is also used by Ferrari Formula One is also lining and bring the ball back him very, very, high and and if the batsman knows 2020," said Formula One in,' explains Sachin. shown you that he is you,' Sachin says in a he is one of the best expo- which side it is, it makes for testing and other races. up Portugal's Algarve circuit bowling an inswinger, but video posted on his Twit- chairman Chase Carey. "To be able to celebrate an in Portimao, with Vietnam 'The number of batters nents of reverse swing.' it a lot easier for them. It "The Russian Grand Prix is a would look at the wrist the imbalance between ter handle. Anderson once re- proved to be a good skill.' extraordinary anniversary still a possibility. 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Email :- [email protected], editor.dailyjammurising.in 08 Daily Jammu Rising NATIONAL Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 China warns of pneumonia worse Karnataka CM in quarantine after staff tests positive NEW DELHI:About a pealed to the people not to than COVID in Kazakhstan month ago, the building was panic. closed for disinfection after a The CM urged people to NEW DELHI:China has correct," the ministry said. been infected with the relative of a police constable adhere to the guidelines as warned its citizens living in Chinese Foreign Ministry COVID-19, the report posted there was infected by a precautionary measure to Kazakhstan of a local "un- spokesman Zhao Lijian told quoted Kazakh media as the virus. control the spread of coron- known pneumonia" which, a media briefing here that, saying. In a statement on Friday, avirus. it said, has a "much higher" “We would like to get more The minister said that it 77-year-old Yediyurappa The total number of fatality rate than the information. China hopes has planned to publish ac- said, "I am going to dis- COVID-19 infections in the COVID-19 disease, prompt- to work with Kazakhstan to curate tallies of confirmed charge my duties from state on Thursday breached ing the Central Asian coun- fight the epidemic and safe- cases as early as next week, home from today for the He said he would give the 30,000 mark as it re- try to dismiss it as "fake guard the public health," he noting that while it is not next few days in view of necessary directions and ported its biggest single day news." said. necessary to publish the some of the staff in the of- suggestions through video spike of over 2,200 new The "unknown pneumo- Kazakhstan borders number, the public needs to fice-cum-residence Krishna conferencing mode. cases and 17 related fatali- nia in Kazakhstan caused China's northwest Xinjiang know the true situation, testing positive for coron- Noting that he was ties, taking the toll to 486, 1,772 deaths in the first six Uygur Autonomous Re- Kazakh international news avirus." healthy, Yediyurappa ap- the health department said. months of the year, includ- gion. agency Kazinform reported. Many organisations in- "The information pub- ing 628 people in June The embassy is remind- Kazakhstan has reported cluding Kazakhstan's health lished by some Chinese me- alone", the Chinese em- ing the Chinese citizens in 51,059 cases of COVID-19, department are studying dia regarding a new kind of bassy in the central Asian Kazakhstan to raise their including 264 deaths, ac- the "virus of this pneumo- pneumonia in Kazakhstan COVID-19 has pushed back growth country said in a statement awareness of measures to cording to Johns Hopkins nia", the embassy said. is incorrect," Hong Kong- on its WeChat platform on prevent the spread of the University's coronavirus re- There has not been any based South China Morning Thursday, adding that the virus. source centre. indication whether this dis- Post quoted the ministry as of women's cricket: Mithali fatalities also included Chi- It quoted local media as The US and many coun- ease is related to the saying. nese citizens. saying that since mid-June, tries have accused China of NEW DELHI:Leg- COVID-19. It said its tallies of bacter- However, Kazakhstan has almost 500 people have hiding the COVID-19 data endary Indian skipper Some Chinese experts ial, fungal and viral pneu- dismissed as "fake news" been infected with the from the world. Mithali Raj feels the said that measures should monia infections, which the warning put out by the pneumonia in three regions However, China has de- COVID-19 forced break be taken to prevent the also included cases of un- Chinese embassy. of Kazakhstan. nied covering up the extent may have pushed back the pneumonia from spreading clear causes, were inline “The fatality rate of the Kazakhstan's healthcare of its coronavirus outbreak growth of women's cricket into China. with World Health Organi- disease is much higher than minister on Wednesday and accused the US of at- by at least two years. Reacting to this, Kaza- sation guidelines. "The in- COVID-19," state-run said that the number of pa- tempting to divert public at- Mithali, Indian women's khstan's health ministry formation published by Global Times quoted the tients sickened by the pneu- tention from the pandemic ODI captain and the world's termed the Chinese em- some Chinese media re- embassy's statement on Fri- monia is two to three times that has hit America, which highest run-getter in 50- bassy statement as "fake garding a new kind of pneu- day. more than those who have is the worst-hit nation. over cricket, also said that a news." monia in Kazakhstan is in- full-fledged women's Indian Premier League is still at Family of man who least three years away al- UP gangster Vikas Dubey killed in though a fourth team can be died by suicide added for the Challenger se- ries. 'encounter' while being taken to Kanpur seeks compensa- Mithali said that she had had talks with the Board of KANPUR, JULY 10: Dubey, who carried a reward tion of Rs 100 Control for Cricket in India that the emphasis will be to Narinder Batra said, "Cor- Gangster Vikas Dubey was of Rs 50,000, in an encounter brass with regards to a ded- present India's indigenous porates must adopt at least killed in an alleged encounter in Maudaha village in Hamir- crore from Italy icated calendar for the sports in a new avatar, one Indian sport and broad- on Friday after a police vehicle pur district. KOCHI, JULY 10: The women's national team. which will "further open up casters must allocate con- carrying him from Ujjain to On July 9, two more aides of family of a man who died by "However, we have had opportunities for Indian siderable time to promote Kanpur met with an accident gangster Vikas Dubey, wanted suicide has claimed that he discussions with BCCI to start-ups". them. and he tried to escape from the in connection with the Kanpur was on a fishing boat that draw up a firm calendar for Pradhan spoke about re- "Companies must realize spot in Bhauti area, a senior ambush, were killed in sepa- came under fire from Italian the Indian women's team so setting the priorities. that the wave of one athlete police official said. rate encounters in Kanpura marines eight years ago when that fans can regularly cheer "Being physical while performing well can indi- "Dubey was injured in the and Etawah districts. While he was 14 years old and has leveraging digital is the new rectly impact lakhs of oth- appealed to the Centre to get for the team. encounter and he was declared Kartikeya alias Prabhat was "The plans have obviously normal, so we need to re- ers." Rs 100 crore compensation set, re-invent and re-work Stressing further on cor- dead in the hospital," ADG killed in Kanpur when he tried from that country. been disrupted but we be- Kanpur range, J N Singh said. to flee from police custody, an- After witnessing the firing lieve we can re-build our priorities. porate partnerships, he After the accident, Dubey other aide of Vikas Dubey, by the marines from oil tanker quickly. I think a full- "The SAI is organizing said, "We cannot expect the snatched the rifle of an STF Praveen alias Bauwa Dubey, “Enrica Lexie”, which killed fledged Women's IPL is still several online sports classes government to take upon it- personnel and tried to flee but said that the accident took Chaubeypur area of Kanpur was shot dead in an encounter two fishermen on February 2-3 years away but we in association with the Na- self the onus of building a was surrounded by the police place on Friday morning when when they were going to arrest in Etawah. 15, 2012 off the Kerala coast, would certainly look to have tional Sporting Federations, world-class sporting envi- team and he was injured in an it was raining heavily and the Dubey and fell to bullets fired Kartikeya, who was arrested Prijin A was terrified and had a fourth team in the which includes interactive ronment when it is exchange of fire. police vehicle overturned near from rooftops shortly after from Faridabad on Wednes- sustained some minor in- Women's Challenge that is sessions with young ath- stretched between the many He was rushed to the hospi- day, was being brought to Kan- juries, the family claimed in its letes about their techniques priorities of a developing Kanpur. midnight on July 3. Earlier, July 6 plea addressed to the played concurrently with tal where he was declared "Some policemen accompa- five members of Dubey gang pur on transit remand when he the IPL," said one of the and how to develop their economy, this is where the Union Cabinet Secretary. overall physical skills and corporate India needs to dead. nying Dubey were also injured were killed in separate encoun- snatched the pistol of a police- They said Prijin became game's icons. mental abilities." step in, and it has to be a col- The officer confirmed that in the incident," the SSP said. ters. man and tried to flee. Vikas very disturbed and subse- During the webinar, DG Dubey "sustained injuries" but He did not specify whether While on July 3, two of his Dubey, who was carrying a re- quently fell into depression (SAI) Sandip Pradhan said The IOA president lective effort." did not confirm to what extent, they were injured in the acci- associates, Prem Prakash ward of Rs five lakh on infor- and eventually ended his life saying it would be revealed in dent or during the encounter. Pandey and Atul Dubey, were mation leading to his arrest, in July last year. the postmortem report. Senior Eight policemen, including killed by police in an encounter was arrested from Ujjain in According to the family, UP announces 2-day Superintendent of Police DSP Devendra Mishra, were in Kanpur, on July 8 the police Madhya Pradesh on Thurs- hailing from Kanjampuram in Kanyakumari district of Tamil (Kanpur) Dinesh Kumar P ambushed in Bikru village in killed another aide, Amar day. Nadu, Prijin was a victim of the Enrica Lexie incident. lockdown from Friday night The eight member family, NEW DELHI:The Uttar US aerospace major Boeing completes comprising Prijin’s 59-year Pradesh government has old mother and sisters, ap- pealed to the Centre to take imposed a lockdown in the steps to obtain compensation state from 10 pm on Friday delivery of 37 military helicopters to India “for the violation done against till 5 am on Monday, per- him” from Italy under the mitting movements only for NEW DELHI, JULY terms of the findings of an Ar- providing medical and es- 10: In the midst of India’s bitral Tribunal constituted sential services in the state. tense border standoff with under the UN Convention on "The curbs have been im- China, US aerospace major The Law of The Sea. posed in the state to check Boeing delivered the final Prijin was “not provided the the spread of COVID-19 and five of the 22 Apache attack protection entitlements of be- other communicable dis- helicopters to the Indian Air ing a child aged 14 years as per international child rights law eases," Chief Secretary R K Force last month, and the Tiwari said in an order com- fleet has now been part of and Indian Constitution by the Republic of India and Re- municated to district offi- COVID -19 pandemic and closed during this period al- the assets deployed in key public of Italy”, the family said cials all over the state. for putting an effective though medical and health air bases along the Line of in their petition to the Secre- This decision has been check on it, the chief secre- services and other essential Actual Control, officials said tary, submitted through an taken after reviewing the tary said, adding all offices services will continue as be- on Friday.Boeing said it advocate engaged by them. present situation of the and markets will remain fore. completed delivery of all 22 Apache and 15 Chinook mil- itary helicopters to the IAF Culprit killed, what about those who gave patronage: Priyanka and is fully committed to LUCKNOW/NEW and urged all the judges to to the story till today morn- meet their operational forces to deliver the right mensurate with that of its lowing customers to operate DELHI, JULY 10: The op- resign. "After Vikas Dubey's ing. Proceed with this as the needs of the Indian armed value and capabilities to closest allies and in climatic (hot), altitude position parties on Friday encounter, all the judges of final truth (sic)," Jha forces.The AH-64E Apache meet their operational partners.In a statement, (high), and crosswind con- slammed the Yogi the country should resign. tweeted. is one of the world’s most needs,” said Surendra Boeing said the AH-64E ditions,” the company said. Adityanath-led Uttar There is no need of court in According to reports, as advanced multi-role combat Ahuja, Managing Director, Apache has an improved It said the CH-47F(I) Chi- Pradesh government over BJP's encounter rule," the convoy bringing Dubey helicopters, and is flown by Boeing Defence India.India modernised target acquisi- nook contains a modern the encounter of dreaded Chaudhary said in a series of from Madhya Pradesh's Uj- the US Army. The Chinook is one of 17 nations to select tion designation system that machined airframe, a com- gangster Vikas Dubey, while tweets. "All this drama has jain reached the Bhauti area is a multi-role, vertical-lift the Apache and has the provides day and night tar- mon avionics architecture being brought back to the been created to save the real under the Barra police circle most advanced variant, the get tracking system. ter Dubey died on Friday platform, primarily used for system cockpit, and a digital state from Madhya Pradesh's culprits of killing eight po- in Kanpur on Friday morn- AH-64E Apache. “In addition to classifying morning after being critically transporting troops, ar- automatic flight control sys- Ujjain. licemen," the RLD leader ing, the vehicle in which Defence and security ties air and ground targets, the injured in an alleged tillery, equipment and fuel. tem.“Those innovations and Congress General Secre- said in another tweet. Vikas was seated, over- between India and the US fire control radar has been shootout with the STF offi- India finalised a multi-bil- technologies will help the tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Rashtriya Janata Dal turned after skidding on the have been on an upswing in updated to operate in the cials on Friday morning near lion dollar contract with Indian Air Force meet took a swipe at the Yogi (RJD) leader and Rajya road due to heavy rain. the last six years. The bilat- maritime environment. It is Kanpur. The gangster was Boeing to procure 22 evolving mission demands, Adityanath government over Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Dubey, along with two Apache helicopters and 15 eral defence trade touched uniquely suited to meet a maximize interoperability, the encounter and ques- shot when he reportedly commander’s needs, includ- Jha also criticised the Uttar other police personnel in the Chinooks for the IAF in Sep- USD 18 billion mark in and reduce life-cycle costs,” tioned what will happen to tried to flee, following a road ing reconnaissance, secu- Pradesh government over vehicle, was injured in the tember 2015. 2019, reflecting growing de- it said. those who gave patronage in accident in which the vehicle rity, peacekeeping opera- the encounter saying the accident. As soon as the Both the Apache and Chi- fence cooperation between Earlier this year, India this case. "The culprit has he was travelling in over- tions, and lethal attack, "black truth" of the entire gangster was taken out of nook helicopters have been the two sides. and the US signed a contract been killed but what about turned near Kanpur. Dubey across myriad environ- "syndicate" has also been the vehicle, he allegedly pressed into service as part Both sides have also been for the acquisition of six crime and people who gave was taken to the emergency ments - without reconfigu- "encountered" along with snatched a pistol from the of the IAF’s deployment pushing for joint venture Apaches for the Indian patronage?" Priyanka ward of the Hallett Hospital. ration,” the Boeing said.It Dubey. "If the news of the STF team and tried to fire at along the LAC in view of the and collaboration between Army during President Gandhi said in a tweet. Senior Superintendent of said 20 defence forces Vikas Dubey death in the the police. He was fatally in- bitter standoff with China in private sectors of the two Donald Trump’s visit to Former Chief Minister and Police (SSP) Kanpur Dinesh around the world either encounter is true, then ac- jured in retaliatory firing. eastern Ladakh, officials countries in defence manu- Delhi. Samajwadi Party Chief Kumar said that the doctors have Chinooks in service, or cept that the black truth of Dubey received a bullet in- facturing. Boeing’s joint venture Akhilesh Yadav took to twit- have confirmed the death of said. are on contract to receive the entire syndicate has also jury in the chest which In June 2016, the US had with Tata in Hyderabad has ter and wrote, "Actually. his Vikas Dubey. “With this delivery of mil- them. been encountered. The sys- proved fatal. Five members designated India a “Major been producing aero-struc- car has not overturned, but Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) itary helicopters, we con- “The iconic tandem-rotor tem has saved itself from be- of the Dubey gang have Defence Partner,” intending tures for the AH-64 Apache the government has been leader Jayant Chaudhary tinue to nurture this part- helicopter has been the ing naked. How the story is been killed in police en- nership and are fully to elevate defence trade and helicopter for both US Army saved from turning over the also slammed the BJP gov- world’s most reliable and ef- so simple from yesterday's counters over the past seven committed to working technology sharing with and international cus- secret." ernment over the "en- ficient heavy-lift helicopter visuals of Mahakal temple days. closely with India’s defence New Delhi to a level com- tomers. His remarks came soon af- counter rule" in the state for more than 50 years, al- 09 Daily Jammu Rising BUSINESS Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Financial stocks drag Sensex CBI case may be GVK down 143 points at close NEW DELHI:Equity mestic benchmarks fol- chief's biggest test yet benchmark Sensex lowed the negative trend in dropped 143 points on Fri- other Asian equities as con- NEW DELHI:GVK sultant remarked. group founder G V Krishna A 5.5-acre land parcel day, dragged by losses in fi- cerns over a fresh spike in Reddy is facing his biggest sub-lease to Oasis Reality nancial stocks and negative COVID-19 cases and its im- test yet as the Central Bu- for Rs 580 crore in 2014 cues from Asian peers. pact on economic recovery reau of Investigation (CBI) also did not go through. The 30-share index weighed on investor senti- has accused him of siphon- Meanwhile, the slum ended 143.36 points, or ment. ing off Rs 705 crore from clearance scheme has fal- 0.39 per cent, lower at The number of cases Mumbai airport’s funds. tered, and around 18,000 36,594.33. around the world linked to This comes at a time when tenements built for slum the GVK group is already dwellers on airport land lie The NSE Nifty shed 45.40 the disease has crossed 1.22 fighting multiple battles. unused. points, or 0.42 per cent, to crore and the death toll has It is trying to stave off "Demand for in situ reha- close at 10,768.05. topped 5.54 lakh. Adani group's entry as a bilitation of slum dwellers Axis Bank was the top Titan, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Pharma, HUL, Bharti Airtel In India, the number of shareholder in the Mumbai is pending for five years and loser in the Sensex pack, ONGC and HDFC Bank. and TCS were among the infections has spiked to airport project. we are fighting for it," said skidding over 3 per cent, On the other hand, Re- gainers. 7.93 lakh, with 21,604 fatal- Rating agency CRISIL Bharatiya Janata Party leg- followed by IndusInd Bank, liance Industries, Sun According to traders, do- ities. and Maharashtra govern- islator Parag Alavani. ment's City and Industrial Aviation industry ob- Development Corporation had said. nual revenue share. servers say the CBI case (Cidco), which owns 26 per With curtailed airport op- To its credit, the group may impact the group's Rural spending has skyrocketed cent in the Navi Mumbai erations after the Covid-19 executed a swanky new air- fundraising plans and it airport along with GVK pandemic, liquidity chal- port terminal and airside may feel the need to buy out group, have separately lenges have increased. improvements helped in- 23.5 per cent stake in Mum- flagged off concerns over its MIAL had liquidity levels of crease daily flight move- bai airport held by two finances. Rs 130 crore, as of May 12, ments from 550 in 2006 to South African companies - but defence hit badly For Reddy, the execution ACSA and Bid Services Di- to meet its upcoming debt over 900 before Covid-19 of Mumbai and Navi Mum- vision Mauritius (a Bidvest NEW DELHI:Despite a border tensions began in servicing obligations and is disrupted air traffic glob- bai airport projects has not exploring options with ally. investment arm). precipitous fall of 40 per June. been a smooth ride either. lenders and other stake- But the group's plans to Though a fall in air traffic cent in tax collection, the Similar to major devel- Real estate development holders for resolving this. free the airport land of has reduced the extreme ur- central government has opmental spending heads on Mumbai airport land and The monetisation of the slums and monetise land gency for a second airport doubled its farm and rural under defence, the pension the work on Navi Mumbai 17-acre airport land has parcels have not gone as for the city, delays in finan- sector spending in April and outgo also has been lower airport have been inordi- faced prolonged delays and planned. cial closure of Navi Mumbai nately delayed, which have airport project prompted May, data released by the than the previous year. CRISIL said it was unlikely In 2014, the group had prompted rating down- Cidco to seek an explana- Controller General of Ac- The government re- to happen before June, re- announced plans for com- grades and raised questions sulting in challenges in mercial development of tion from the GVK group. counts (CGA) shows. ceived flak some time back on its financial capabilities. servicing loans. 200 acres of airport land A source said Cidco had The combined spending for keeping the defence In May, CRISIL down- A GVK group spokesper- under SkyCity project, but recently sent notices to GVK by the ministries of agricul- pensions spending higher graded Mumbai Interna- son did not immediately re- there’s been little progress. as it failed to start work and ture and rural development than its productive spend. tional Airport's (MIAL’s) spond to queries on the "MIAL is expecting pre- said that delays in equity in- in April-May FY21 was Rs Commenting on the short-term loans, project topic. CRISIL declined to mium for its land parcels, fusion were adversely im- loans, and Rs 2,000 crore of pacting the project. 91,355 crore, compared to capital heads. a worrying sign. But we changes in expenditure comment. citing easy access to airport proposed non-convertible On its part, GVK has in- Rs 44,054 crore in the same The government has put have to take the monthly pattern, eminent economic In 2006, the Airports Au- and metro line, but the real debentures due to cash flow thority of India executed an estate market is subdued. sisted upon availability of period of FY20. extra thrust on health ex- accounts with a pinch of policy expert and head of constraints. MIAL's debt agreement with the GVK "Except for a few hotel 100 per cent encroachment- The department of food penditure, as a response to salt," Laxman Behera, a Mumbai-based Indira continues to be under rating group to run the Mumbai projects there has not been free land before it com- and public distribution is the public health emer- defence expert with Gandhi Institute for Devel- watch with negative impli- airport for 60 years in re- much development on air- mences construction of not behind; it has spent Rs gency. Manohar Parrikar Insti- opment Research S Ma- cations, the rating agency turn for 38.7 per cent an- port land," a real estate con- Navi Mumbai airport. 10,000 crore in two months Fertiliser subsidy, road tute for Defence Studies hendra Dev said that the on capital infusion for food projects, and transfer or and Analyses told Business short term needs of provid- provisions, way higher than money to states has seen en- Standard. ing food are more impor- the annual capex allocation hanced flow in the first two "To fund the pandemic tant than anything else at Why Tata, Adani, Essar are of Rs 2,000 crore. months, in comparison to policy response, there is a the moment. However, the strong the previous year. cap on how much min- “Livelihoods are at stake thrust on food and rural sec- But at the same time, dis- istries can spend in the after the fall in economic upset with the Gujarat govt tor has come at a cost: de- bursal of direct benefits for first quarter of FY21. activity, so it is vitally im- fence spending has been hit, LPG consumption, and "For the MoD, the limit portant to address imme- NEW DELHI:In a setback to and till May, it is nearly 30 spending on education is at a is 15-20 per cent. In addi- diate concerns of food se- Tata Power Mundra, Adani Power per cent less than the previ- lower pace than before. tion, some book-keeping in curity."Defence spending and Essar Power, the Gujarat gov- ous year. Spending on police forces, defence expenditure may should be looked at in the ernment has gone back on its ear- The same CGA data tells too, has been slower. not get reflected in medium term,” he told lier decision to revise power pur- us that major defence ex- Experts did not find re- monthly accounts," he ex- Business Standard. chase agreements (PPA), totalling penditure in the first two duced defence spending as plained. He also pointed out that 7,180 megawatt (Mw). months of FY21 has been Rs a good indication. Defence spending as- the enhanced limit for for- According to state government 48,000 crore, nearly 25 per "Most of the defence cap- sumes even more impor- eign direct investment in sources, the earlier resolution al- cent less than Rs 65,000 ital expenditure goes into tance when India’s borders defence would help in the lowing these developers to charge crore in the same period of procurement and mod- are under threat. medium and longer term. higher tariffs, “now stands can- FY20. ernisation. But it has to be kept in The government usually celled”. This includes the expen- "At the outset, this much mind that the data is avail- front-loads its spending It will now sign supplemental diture under revenue and of a drop in capex could be able only till May, while the various heads: meaning, it PPAs with these units on a “case- by-case basis” over and above the existing PPAs. The earlier resolution was issued Free LPG reaches only 50% in November 2018 after a high- powered committee (HPC) formed by the state government suggested The notice by the Gujarat govern- through on the final power rates. new terms of PPA with cost escala- ment said the tariff at which CGPL The two developers were given re- beneficiaries, shows govt data tion to be shared by consumers, signs the supplemental PPA would lief by the CERC in 2014, then de- NEW DELHI:The dis- tion implemented the lenders, and the project developer. be lower than what it signs with nied by the Appellate Tribunal for tribution of free cooking scheme. State government sources said other states. Electricity (APTEL), and again gas cylinders from April- “To achieve the target, with the situation changing in con- The annual report said, “Accord- awarded by the same in 2016. June was highlighted as a company executives ad- ventional power in terms of re- ing to the legal opinion received, In 2017, after states contested feather in the cap by the vised distributors to initi- duced coal prices and keeping sup- even if Mundra supplies power as APTEL’s decision, the Supreme government, in the midst ate 100 per cent booking plementary PPAs in mind, the per the tariff discovered through Court quashed any compensation of the pandemic. for PMUY beneficiaries, increased tariffs were becoming un- the competitive bidding process to to these units. It also directed the CERC “to However, data available even if the beneficiaries viable for the government. five states under a single PPA, in or- compute a relief, according to the with the government didn’t approach them. The notice by the state said it der to implement the HPC recom- shows that only 49.6 per "Some OMCs even acti- respective PPA”. would sign a supplemental PPA mendations, CGPL can enter into cent of the targeted free vated auto booking. Meanwhile, the Gujarat govern- with Essar Power. separate supplemental PPAs with cylinders were distributed "When these methods ment formed the HPC to formulate during the period. failed due to actual low The one with Tata Power is await- each procurer.” a relief plan for imported coal- Given that the target demand from beneficiar- ing nod from the state government. The report added CGPL is follow- based plants on its territory. In the case of Adani Power, the mat- ing up with Gujarat and Maharash- The HPC recommended capacity was to reach 80.34 million Wednesday offered relief a major reason. ies, the same executives families under Pradhan started ter of a supplemental PPA is pend- tra to sign separate supplemental charge or the fixed cost of the unit to to beneficiaries who are The annual rate of re- be reduced by 20 paise per unit Mantri Ujjwala Yojana yet to utilise the advance fills by Ujjwala consumers pressurising/threatening ing with the Central Electricity Reg- PPAs. (PMUY) - within three distributors to either de- ulatory Commission (CERC). Adani Power Maharashtra (1,980 (kilowatt-hour), following the credited to their account. was a mere 2.9 cylinder lender taking a cut on some portion months starting April 1 - This will benefit PMUY per connection according liver the booked refills, or The decision by the Gujarat gov- Mw) was commissioned in 2008 at a the government should get ready for bulk transfer of the debt repayment. beneficiaries who have to industry sources, ernment comes a week after the tariff of Rs 2.35 per unit and CGPL The energy/variable charge have distributed at least been credited with the ad- though a report by the of their connections to Maharashtra government agreed to in 2012 at a tariff of Rs 2.26 per 241.02 million cylinders other distributors. would be revised monthly and was vance for buying the cylin- Comptroller and Auditor allow revised tariffs for Coastal Gu- unit. capped at $110 per tonne for 6,322 by the end of June "This compelled them der, but have not been General (CAG) pegged it jarat Power. While Adani had a PPA with Gu- kilocalorie/kilogram grade of coal. The government, how- to divert the refill, in or- able to purchase the refill. at 3.21. The Maharashtra State Electric- jarat and Haryana, CGPL had Any price escalation beyond it ever, distributed only der to accomplish their Therefore, beneficiaries Nevertheless, the free would be borne by the developer. 119.7 million liquefied pe- targets,” said the Federa- ity Distribution Company recently signed a PPA with Gujarat, Ra- with the advance in their LPG scheme has helped Power developers repay debt troleum gas (LPG) cylin- tion of LPG Distributors received the go-ahead from the jasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, and account may now take improve consumption through capacity charge, while ders. of India, in a letter to the state government to revise tariffs Haryana. free refill delivery till Sep- numbers. variable charge is the return on in- Though the government companies. for CGPL. In 2010, following an order by the tember 30. LPG consumption vestment for the developer. expected an outgo of Rs According to the letter, Tata Power in its latest annual re- Indonesian government increasing The free LPG cylinder recorded year-on-year The supplemental PPA would 13,500 crore with respect 22 per cent of Ujjwala scheme was part of the re- growth of 12.8 per cent for port had mentioned that CGPL its coal benchmark price, the land- follow a similar formula, except the to the scheme, only Rs beneficiaries have not lief package ‘Pradhan May. could sign a supplementary PPA ing cost of coal in India increased. energy charge has now been re- 9,710 crore was trans- taken refills since incep- Mantri Garib Kalyan Yo- There were criticisms over and above the existing one, at a Adani and Tata, which were im- duced to $90 per tonne, from $110 ferred directly into the tion of the scheme. jana’, aimed at providing levelled at the manner in higher tariff with states. porting from Indonesia, asked the per tonne earlier. bank accounts of Ujjwala It added that 5-7 per a safety net to the poor which IndianOil Corpora- CGPL is the ultra mega power CERC to grant them “compensatory It was, however, only Adani beneficiaries, as of June cent of the beneficiaries and vulnerable. tion, Bharat Petroleum project of Tata Power in Gujarat’s tariff” for increased fuel cost. which received relief as Tata Power 30. had not even received the The low rate of refills by Corporation, and Hindus- Mundra. This would have been passed was asked to get approval from its The government on Ujjwala beneficiaries was tan Petroleum Corpora- amount for the first refill. four procuring states. 10 Daily Jammu Rising ENTERTAINMENT Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 'Rasbhari' critiques patriarchal thinking My father was defeated at box-office by hunks about women's sexuality: Swara Bhasker with six-pack abs: Irrfan Khan's son industry has a lot of flaws and we must discuss it. But we must also ushant Singh Rajput’s acknowledge that talent is death has triggered something you can't hide. many conversations "We have to look at things S about Bollywood and the in a balanced way. There entertainment industry as a is power struggle, there is whole. In a touching post on groupsim, they give Instagram, late actor Irrfan awards to their favourites Khan’s son Babil opened up but the fact is you can't about his father’s attempts to hide talent. Talent is elevate the art of acting, and appreciated and we what his father taught him should not deny that," about cinema. Bhasker said. In a long Instagram post, She pointed out that the Babil described how Irrfan biggest of superstars in was defeated at the box- the Hindi film industry office by “hunks with six- have been outsiders, pack abs delivering theatrical including Dilip Kumar, one-liners and defying the Dev Anand, Amitabh laws of physics and reality.” Bachchan, Shah Rukh Babil said that before he ctor Swara Basker interview. way. Khan, Priyanka Chopra, went to London to study cin- says her new web "The show is about this "I liked the tongue-in- Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin ema, his father Irrfan told Aseries Rasbhari hypocrisy, our discomfort cheek way in which the Siddiqui, Richa Chadha, him to make people abroad explores the hypocrisy with sexuality and under- story was told, the fact Radhika Apte, Kangana aware that Indian cinema is chuckles. it was tough to ney, was defeated in the box and safety of thought, so surrounding female sexu- standing that we have dif- that it was dealing with Ranuat and even Rajput, much more than Bollywood. even get a sensible conversa- office by hunks with six pack afraid to have our delicate ality in a patriarchal socie- ferent standards for men adolescent sexuality in a who was one of the most “Before I went to film school, tion about the real Indian cin- abs delivering theatrical one- illusion of reality shattered, ty that sets different stan- and women, she said. frank manner. I liked the successful actors of his he warned me that I’ll have ema of Satyajit Ray and liners and defying the laws so unaccepting of any shift in dards for men and Censor board chief character. It was a chal- generation in his brief to prove my self as K.Asif going. You know why of physics and reality, photo- perception,” he wrote. women. Prasoon Joshi had recent- lenge to play this kind of career. Bollywood is seldom that is? Because we, as the shopped item songs, just bla- He said that efforts to explore The Amazon Prime Video ly tweeted criticizing a double role, with such "....Nawazuddin Siddiqui respected in world cinema Indian audience, refused to tant sexism and same-old the potential of cinema were series is set in Meerut and scene where a child is two distinctive personali- had one scene in and at these moments I must evolve,” he added. conventional representations sidelined. He added that revolves around a school dancing in front of a ties," she said about the Munnabhai MBBS; he is inform about the indian cine- Babil said that his father of patriarchy (and you must now there is change. He boy Nand (Ayushmaan crowd. Swara had defend- series, written by India's finest talent today. ma that’s beyond our con- spent his life trying to elevate understand, to be defeated at admitted that Sushant’s Saxena) who falls for his ed the scene in question Shantanu Shrivastava and Pankaj Tripathi is one of trolled Bollywood (sic),” he the art of acting ‘in the the box office means that death has sparked discus- teacher (Bhasker). Things saying that Joshi perhaps directed by Nikhil Nagesh the most sought after wrote. adverse conditions of majority of the investment in sions. He wrote: “Although I become complicated misinterpreted the scene. Bhatt. Bhasker, who was actors today be it in films “There was literally one sin- noughties Bollywood’. “My Bollywood would be going resent that Sushant’s demise when people find out The actor, who has been at born and raised in Delhi, or web, Manoj Bajpayee gle lecture in the world cine- father gave his life trying to to the winners, engulfing us has now become a fluster of about the teacher's sup- the receiving end of criti- is an outsider in the film and Jimmy Shergill are ma segment about indian elevate the art of acting in the in a vicious circle). Because political debates, but if a pos- posed sex-obsessed alter- cism and abusive trolling industry who has made a another great example," cinema called ‘Bollywood adverse conditions of we as an audience wanted itive change is manifesting, ego, Rasbhari. on social media as well, mark for herself with her Bhasker added. and Beyond’, that too gone noughties Bollywood and that, we enjoyed it, all we in the way of the Taoist, we Bhasker said the series, said she fails to under- critically acclaimed roles The actor said it was through in a class full of alas, for almost all of his jour- sought was entertainment embrace it.” co-created and produced stand the hoopla around it in films such as important for those in by Applause when people don't have Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds power to behave responsi- Entertainment and an issue with adult sex Manu, Anarkali of Aarah bly whether they are from Priyanka Chopra, Anurag Kashyap to be this year’s Tanveer Bookwala, shows comedies starring men. and Nil Batey Sannata. the outside or from within how repressed people are "Nobody bats an eyelid to With Sushant Singh the industry. when it comes to female adult sex comedies (with Rajput's death at the age "A lot of these things are a sexuality. men) but when you have a of 34, the film industry result of power dynamics TIFF ambassadors "It shows you the show about a woman, has been facing criticism and dynamics of success- prestigious film festival promoting her film Mary hypocrisy of this world who is celebrating her sex- with the way it treats peo- ful and non-successful her ‘second home’. Kom at TIFF in 2004. view. The whole show is a uality, then everyone talks ple who don't come from person. Will the outsiders critique of patriarchy and about Indian values, cul- traditional film families. behave responsibly or dif- "Throughout my career, Pahuna: The Little Visitors patriarchal thinking ture and the future of chil- Bhasker, however, ferently when they TIFF has been a second (the film she produced), where women's sexuality dren, Bhasker said. believes that while power become stars to the stars home for me, with many took her to TIFF in 2018. In has to be repressed to the She believes a lot of peo- dynamics exist in the they now accuse? That is of my films, as both an 2019, her film point that it surfaces as an ple, who are criticising the industry, talent is impor- the question to be asked actor and producer, mak- The Sky is Pink was alter ego and of the fact show, haven't even seen tant for someone to get because power play will ing their world debut at screened at TIFF. Directed that men are scared of it. Bhasker, personally, ahead. exist even between the the festival. TIFF has by Shonali Bose, the film is female sexuality and they liked the way makers "The structural criticism outsiders who become always been at the fore- the love story of motiva- will vilify women, have dealt with various that is being made of the stars. front of supporting and tional speaker Aisha Bhasker told PTI in an issues in an interesting industry is true. The championing global con- Chaudhary's parents, tent that showcases diver- Aditi and Niren. Aisha sity and inclusion, a was diagnosed with pul- charge led by my friend monary fibrosis and I'm done with reflecting, time to look Cameron Bailey and his passed away in 2015. talented team, who work Priyanka also produced with passion to shine a the film which also fea- forward: Abhishek Bachchan spotlight on these special tured Farhan Akhtar and stories and storytellers. Zaira Wasim. bhishek Bachchan a simple man's rise to Even more than that, one Along with Priyanka, turned 20 in ambition. of the most exceptional director Anurag Kashyap Bollywood years A "That's the only similarity parts of the festival are the has also been invited to be last month and after a that it is thematic," fans of cinema who con- an ambassador of the next period of self-reflection, Abhishek admitted. gregate to celebrate the edition of the fest. TIFF is the actor says he now magic of the movies, and slated to run from wants to focus on the com- "The Big Bull is a story of who have always September 10 to 19. Other ing decades. perseverance, hard work, riyanka Chopra took (TIFF), after being invited embraced me with so ambassadors include The actor, who along with and dedication. I like to social media to as an ambassador this year much warmth and love," Martin Scorsese, Taika Kareena Kapoor Khan watching inspirational share her journey also. She shared a video of P Priyanka wrote in the Waititi, Nicole Kidman, made his debut with J.P. movies. What I liked with the Toronto her 11-year-long journey post. Rosamund Pike, Alfonso Dutta's 2000 film Refugee, about this one is that it International Film Festival with TIFF, and called the The video shows Priyanka Cuaron and Riz Ahmed. returned to screen with wasn't just a whitewash Anurag Kashyap's piece," he added. Manmarziyaan in 2018 The actor, who has also after a brief hiatus. worked with Ratnam in Mollywood costume designer Stephy "I have reflected far too much. Past two-three Yuva (2004) and Raavan years, I have only been (2010), said he would love reflecting in the media. So, is the follow-up to the cal. to collaborate with the slams WCC; targets 'privileged layer' I'm now done with that. 2018 Breathe, which "That time is gone when "genius" filmmaker again. starred R. Madhavan. the hero has to be morally When I completed 20 "He is one of my favourite years last month, I said The new season goes on a higher ground to the ahead with Abhishek, audience. In today's day directors. Mani has an in the collective 'Enough of looking back, amazing way of working. now we have to look for- who plays Avinash and age, especially the ostume designer Stephy ward'," Abhishek told PTI Sabharwal, a psychiatrist youth, they would much He tells great stories, his Zaviour has slammed the in an interview over a who will go to any length rather see a flawed charac- style of telling those sto- Women in Cinema Collective to find his missing daugh- ter achieve something by C Zoom call. ries is unique. I'm blessed (WCC) of Mollywood. This has come a Known for his perform- ter Siya. It starts streaming admitting their flaws and to have three Mani day after writer-director Vidhu Vincent ances in films like Yuva, from July 10. trying to work with it," Ratnam films in my reper- revealed about the 'double standards' Guru, Bunty Aur Babli Director of the show is Abhishek said. toire. I know actors who of WCC. Mayank Sharma who has "There are lesser and less- and would give an arm and a In a Facebook post, the designer alleged also co-written the show er fantastical characters. Bluffmaster, the 44-year- leg to do one film with that she was kept out from projects old actor said in the spirit with Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Our most popular heroes him. after she sought remuneration for her of going ahead the first Tuli, and Arshad Syed. today are all great charac- "Mani is family to me and work from a director, who is also part thing he has to offer is his Created by Abundantia ters which have one or of the WCC. Even as she strongly criti- Entertainment and pro- two flaws which just Aishwarya. He just has to work. cised the WCC, Stephy said the Film duced by Vikram makes them real. That just Abhishek, who will next call me and I'll be there." Employees Federation of Kerala Malhotra, Into The makes the character more be seen in Amazon Prime Ludo, a dark anthology (FEFKA) had always stood by her. Shadows also marks the tactile and approachable," Video series Breathe: Into comedy, gave him an Recounting the incident when she was actor's digital debut, but he added. The Shadows, said he opportunity to work with given the cold shoulder by the director, not included in the title card. Such peo- faced an issue at the sets of one of my he said yes to the project Besides Into The Shadows, happy to be getting the Basu, the director with a Stephy said, “I was called as the cos- ple are at the helm of the WCC, claim- initial films in 2015, FEFKA had inter- opportunity to play a on its story's merit. the actor has a slate of "wonderful, quirky mind". tume designer for this director's movie ing to work towards women empower- vened and solved it for me. Not just me, gamut of roles. "When I heard the story, I three films—The Big Bull, in 2017. Since I trusted her, I did not ment,” Stephy said. While alleging that FEFKA has always stood by several "I don't know in the next immediately said yes. The reportedly based on "He is a director I've had seek any advance amount nor did I sign a 'privilege layer' existed in the WCC, women working in the technical depart- six months what state of criteria that it was on India's biggest securities great admiration for. A any agreement before completing the the noted designer said the collective ments of the cinema," she explained. mind I'm going to be in to Amazon Prime Video, or it scam of 1992, Anurag latent desire that I'd get first schedule. I also worked on the pre- should introspect and first bring Stephy further said equality does not decide what kind of work was going to be a movie or Basu's anthology Ludo the opportunity to work production and trailer of the final changes within before claiming that mean the growth of a certain individual, I want to do. But current- TV show is immaterial to and crime thriller Bob with him and he's lived up women were harassed always at the but also nurturing the junior artists and ly, I just love the fact that me. At the end of the day, Biswas. schedule. When I asked for the remu- to it. He's a mad genius. I neration, I was kept away from the hands of the man. technicians who are in the lower rungs the producers, directors it was great material A rags-to-riches story The loved working with him. I which I really liked and Big Bull, which will digi- project without giving any proper rea- Stephy also narrated an incident when of the industry. "It is saddening to note and audience are allowing just love the way he looks me to do work which has a wanted to be a part of it." tally release on son. When I responded to this, the FEFKA general secretary B. that a collective that was formed for the at life and I think that lot of variety. I hopefully The actor said today's Disney+Hotstar, has "the- director said, 'I had already joined the Unnikrishnan resolved an issue involv- women's upliftment and equality has show them that there are audience is more interest- matic similarities" to reflects in his films. He has industry when you were born.'” "My ing a woman associate director without now turned into an outfit that only different things that I can ed in seeing characters Guru. The 2007 drama a very unique perspective assistant was also asked to work with using it to settle scores with the WCC. focuses on the grade and position of the convincingly do," he said. that are real and flawed directed by Mani Ratnam on everyday things," her without informing me. Then when She also said FEFKA had been support- main members, while taking deci- The psychological thriller rather than being fantasti- also charted the journey of Abhishek said. the film was released, my name was ive all through her film career. "When I sions,” Stephy added. 11 Daily Jammu Rising HEALTH Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Aug 15 target for COVID-19 vaccine launch Scientists discover small proteins which may 'unfeasible': Indian Academy of Sciences reduce inflammation caused by COVID-19 cientists have dis- he Indian Academy covered a new drug of Sciences, a S which they claim TBengaluru-based couldS be useful to combat body of scientists, has said inflammation of all vari- the Indian Council for eties, an advance that may Medical Research's help in fighting aggravat- (ICMR) target to launch a ed immune response in coronavirus vaccine by respiratory illnesses such August 15 is "unfeasible" as COVID-19. The thera- and "unrealistic". The peutic, described in the IASc said while there is an journal Cell Reports, is unquestioned urgent called TAT CARMIL1, and need, vaccine develop- is actually a combination ment for use in humans of two naturally occurring requires scientifically exe- small proteins, or pep- cuted clinical trials in a tides. According to the phased manner. researchers, including While administrative those from the University approvals can be expedit- of Toronto in Canada, ed, the "scientific process- "However, as a body of The IASc said trials for a be initiated. If the data of when the two peptides are whelmed by infections, tists, the peptide combines "The two receptors nec- es of experimentation and scientists including many vaccine involve evalua- any phase are unaccept- combined, they work such as those caused by a segment of a naturally essary for it to work sup- data collection have a nat- who are engaged in vac- tion of safety (Phase 1 able then the clinical trial together to penetrate a influenza, H1N1 or occurring protein, plies an unusual level of ural time span that cannot cine development IASc trial), efficacy and side is required to be immedi- cell's membrane in order COVID-19, it can release CARMIL1, with a peptide specificity," explained be hastened without com- strongly believes that the effects at different dose ately aborted," it said. to dampen an acute an unregulated flood of "vehicle," TAT, that brings Chris McCulloch, a co- promising standards of announced timeline is levels (Phase 2 trial), and For example, if the data inflammatory response. molecules called cytokines the CARMIL1 directly into lead of the study from the scientific rigour", the IASc unfeasible. This timeline confirmation of safety and collected from Phase 1 of In the current study, into the body. the cell. They said this University of Toronto. said in a statement. has raised unrealistic efficacy in thousands of the clinical trial show that they said the peptide They said when the enables the CARMIL1 to "We think the unusual In its statement, the IASc hope and expectations in healthy people (Phase 3 the vaccine is not ade- reduced degradation of body becomes over- calm the inflammatory nature of this pathway referred to the ICMR's let- the minds of our citizens," trial) before its release for quately safe, then Phase 2 the protein called collagen whelmed by infections storm. "The CARMIL pep- might restrict its side ter which states that "it is it said. public use. cannot be initiated and the by up to 43 per cent. such as those caused by tide effectively blocks a effects," McCulloch said. envisaged to launch the Aiming to launch an Clinical trials for a can- candidate vaccine must be If deployed early influenza, H1N1 or family of cytokines, called The scientists believe the vaccine for public health indigenous COVID-19 didate vaccine require discarded. enough, the scientists said, COVID-19, it can lead to interleukin1, from sig- therapeutic could be an use latest by 15th August vaccine by August 15, the participation of healthy For these reasons, the the peptide could reduce the unregulated release of nalling and reproducing unusually strong candi- 2020 after completion of ICMR had written to human volunteers. Indian Academy of some of the worst damage a flood of cytokines into in vast quantities," the date as a potential drug. all clinical trials". select medical institutions Therefore, many ethical Sciences believes that the caused by acute inflamma- the body -- a natural researchers noted in a Since molecules The ICMR and Bharat and hospitals to fast-track and regulatory approvals announced timeline is tory responses. defense response to an statement to the press. designed to work in con- Biotech India Limited, a clinical trial approvals for need to be obtained prior "unreasonable and with- They said acute infec- acute infection. They said the study junction with this peptide private pharmaceutical the vaccine candidate, to the initiation of the tri- out precedent", the state- tions, such as those caused Under such cases, the gives the first indication of would need to target cells company, are jointly COVAXIN. als, it added. ment said. by the novel coronavirus, study noted that infection- how these CARMIL pro- at both receptors, they developing the vaccine Experts have also cau- The IASc said the "The Academy strongly can cause inflammatory busting cytokines can teins are involved with said it narrows the poten- against the novel coron- tioned against rushing the immune responses usual- believes that any hasty responses known as cause severe damage in this pathway. tial field of candidates avirus -- SARS-CoV-2. process for developing a ly take several weeks to solution that may com- "cytokine storms," -- a the body -- everything The TAT CARMIL1 pep- from tens of thousands to The IASc welcomes the COVID-19 vaccine and develop and relevant data promise rigorous scientif- term that has gained in from holes in the lung tis- tide, according to the sci- hundreds. exciting development of a stressed that it is not in should not be collected ic processes and stan- popularity during the sue to vascular damage entists, targets two recep- The research team hopes candidate vaccine and accordance with the glob- earlier. dards will likely have COVID-19 pandemic. and blot clots, with the tors, sticking to both the to track the peptide's effec- wishes that the vaccine is ally accepted norms to "Moreover, data collect- long-term adverse The researchers most acute cases causing cell's surface and its cell tiveness and working quickly made available fast-track vaccine devel- ed in one phase must be impacts of unforeseen explained that when the death. substrate, where it mechanism further in lab for public use, the state- opment for diseases of adequately analysed magnitude on citizens of body becomes over- According to the scien- adheres to other cells. studies. ment said. pandemic potential. before the next phase can India," it said. Will India meet August 15 deadline for Body-on-chip may speed up screening of world's first COVID-19 vaccine? COVID-19 drug candidate cientists have devel- biological membrane that tionality. ACS Nano paper. ple can get infected multiple times, oped a new human separates the interior of all The hydrated conduct- "This method is com- casting doubts on how effective it SScell 'membrane on a cells from the outside ing polymers provide a patible with high- will be as a one-step solution." chip' that allows continu- environment and they more 'natural' environ- throughput screening Krishnan said the onus is on India ous monitoring of how play a central role in bio- ment for cell membranes and would reduce the to prove to the world that it drugs and infectious logical signalling, control- and allows robust moni- number of false positives launched its own vaccine quite scien- agents interact with our ling everything from pain toring of membrane func- making it through into tifically. "Science works on proven cells. The device that may relief to infection by a tion. the R&D pipeline," said facts, and when you have lives of 1.3 be employed to test poten- virus, acting as the gate- The team optimised the Owens. billion people at stake, it is not okay tial drug candidates for keeper between a cell and polymeric electrodes for The device can be as to proceed without ample support- COVID-19 is formed on the outside world. monitoring changes in the small as the size of a ing evidence. There are around 110 chips while preserving the The team set out to cre- membranes. human cell and easily fab- COVID-19 vaccines, under different orientation and function- ate a sensor that preserves The device no longer ricated in arrays, which stages of development, around the ality of the cell membrane. all of the critical aspects of relies on live cells that are allows scientists to per- According to the a cell membrane—struc- often technically challeng- form multiple measure- globe. None of them will venture out researchers from the ture, fluidity, and control ing to keep alive and ments at the same time, to declare a deadline, because there University of Cambridge over ion movement— require significant atten- said Anna-Maria Pappa, is a scientific protocol to be followed. in the UK, Cornell without the time-consum- tion, and measurements also from Cambridge and Having said that, if you have posi- University and Stanford ing steps needed to keep a can last over an extended joint first author on both BY ANIRUDHA KARINDALAM Independence Day. Narendra Modi, tive data, and you are following all University in the US, the cell alive. time period. papers. they say, wants India to be the first regulatory procedures, it is good to device could mimic any The device uses an elec- "Because the membranes Given the significant fter a letter from the director country in the world to launch its speed-up," said Krishnan. cell type—bacterial, tronic chip to measure any are produced from human risks involved to general of the Indian Council own indigenous vaccine against Mandatory vaccination? of Medical Research—which COVID-19. And, ideally, he would human or even the tough changes in an overlying cells, it's like having a researchers working on A It also remains to be seen whether cells walls of plants. membrane extracted from biopsy of that cell's surface SARS-CoV-2, the virus directed hospitals to fast-track the want to announce the same on an such a vaccine, once it is available for The devices have been a cell, enabling the scien- -- we have all the material which causes COVID-19, remaining trials of the indigenous important occasion. public use, will be made compulsory vaccine for COVID-19—sparked Interestingly, a note from Bharat formed on chips while tists to safely and easily that would be present the scientists said they will for the public. They say there is a preserving the orientation understand how the cell including proteins and focus on making virus fears on the vaccine’s efficacy, and a Biotech, prior to the letter from legal backing that gives the govern- and functionality of the interacts with the outside lipids, but none of the membranes and fusing clarification later from the ICMR that Bhargava, had said the results of ment the power to enforce mandato- cell membrane, according world. challenges of using live those with the chips. quickening clinical trials was only phase I and phase II trials would be ry vaccination. Apparently, some to the results published in It integrates cell mem- cells," said Susan Daniel, The virus membranes meant to cut unnecessary red tape, out only by October. "Based on the clauses in the National Disaster two papers in journals branes with conducting associate professor at are identical to the SARS- Union Health Minister Harsh success results of Phase I and Phase Management Act of 2005 mentions Langmuir and ACS Nano. polymer electrodes and Cornell and senior author CoV-2 membrane but Vardhan said the ICMR should be II, which would be out by October that it is possible for the government They have been success- transistors. of the Langmuir paper. don't contain the viral allowed to do its job, sans any con- 2020, we will progress to the larger to order mandatory vaccination fully used to monitor the To generate the on-chip "This type of screening is nucleic acid, they said. troversy. clinical trials," the note had said. through the agencies concerned. activity of ion channels, a membranes, the team first typically done by the This way new drugs or "I am not commenting on the vac- In a press release on July 4, the Also, the Epidemic Diseases Act of class of protein in human optimised a process to pharmaceutical industry antibodies to neutralise cine now. Let's see how long it will ICMR said its process is in accor- 1897 authorises the government to cells which are the target produce membranes from with live cells, but our the virus spikes that are take to develop the vaccine," he said; dance with globally-accepted norms take all measures necessary, includ- of more than 60 per cent of live cells and then, coaxed device provides an easier used to gain entry into the When asked if fast-tracking the to fast-track the vaccine develop- ing vaccination, to prevent the approved pharmaceuti- them onto polymeric elec- alternative," said Roisn host cell can be identified, process has the backing of the gov- ment for diseases of pandemic spread of an epidemic. cals, the researchers said. trodes in a way that pre- Owens from Cambridge, according to the ernment, Vardhan said, "Obviously, potential. "All other vaccine candi- The Central government, if it The cell membrane is a served all of their func- and senior author of the researchers. the government would want a vac- dates across the globe have been sim- wants, can consider foisting a price cine for the use of public soon. Let's ilarly fast-tracked," it said. on people who do not obey. Take for wait for now. Let the ICMR do its The ICMR further said, "The letter instance, the Passport Act of 1967, Oropharyngeal secretions may help cut false negative job." by the DG to investigators of the clin- where there are clauses that give the The August 15 target to launch the ical trial sites was meant to cut government the power to refuse the indigenous vaccine was mentioned unnecessary red tape, without issuance of a passport, or cancel an in a letter that the ICMR's DG Balram bypassing any necessary process, issued passport, to any person who COVID-19 test results: Study Bhargava wrote to 12 hospitals and speed-up recruitment of partici- does not take vaccination. Also, the esting of secre- for-discharge COVID-19 values of the two viral minimises contact selected for carrying out clinical tri- pants." government can impose a require- tions from the patients who tested neg- RNA sampling meth- between healthcare als of Covaxin, a vaccine against 'Fast-tracking not a wise step' ment for vaccination on all people mouth and phar- ative using two consec- ods. workers and patients, coronavirus being developed by Some doctors have qualms on the TT who wish to enter India. ynx of a person may utive nucleic acid Oropharyngeal secre- thereby reducing the Bharat Biotech in cooperation with success of Covaxin. Said Ahmed Said Biji Manikoth, an advocate in reduce the number of amplification testing tions obtained from two risk of virus transmis- the National Institute of Virology. Subheir, a Kerala-based neurologist, the Kerala High Court, "In my opin- false negative COVID- (NAAT) of viral sam- of the 75 subjects in the sion. While some say there is a needless "Fast-tracking the vaccine in this ion, the government can only try to 19 results from nasal ples retrieved with NPS, first study yielded posi- "The NPS test has a haste being shown to expedite clini- manner is not a wise step. We should convince the public to get vaccinat- swab tests of patients according to the tive results for SARS- risk of sending home cal trials, others say this is only to not get in any race to be the first ed. No sensible government can who have seemingly researchers from CoV-2 nucleic acid, the more patients who still create a feel good factor among the country in the world to produce the compel a person to be vaccinated. recovered from the dis- Huazhong University of researchers said. have the infection while masses, and generate hope in these vaccine. No question that the vaccine This, especially when it is a new vac- ease, according to a Science and In the second study, the OS test will make study. Technology, China. OS samples were signif- such errors in fewer distressing times. is necessary at the earliest. But, com- cine. The Epidemic Diseases Act, In the letter, dated July 2, Bhargava promising the quality of trials may In the study, pub- Because of detection icantly more sensitive patients," said Jingzhi essentially, empowers the govern- lished in the Journal of of potential false-nega- for detection of the Ma, from Huazhong instructed officials in select hospitals be counter-productive. If we are ment to take necessary measures to to go in for subjects and complete the lucky we may hit the bull's eye, but if Dental Research, a small tives in that cohort, virus than NPS samples, University of Science prevent the spread of the pandemic. number of patients that NAAT results of paired and missed only 14 per and Technology. trial at the earliest. He said the plan we fail, it could be catastrophic." Here in India, the mandatory vacci- had tested negative OS and NPS samples cent of positive cases "Although OS sam- was to launch the vaccine for public Manu Krishnan, a researcher in nations are given as per the National through nasopharyn- collected from 50 addi- compared with 59 per pling improves the use by August 15. Some members of Amrita Centre for Nanosciences in Health Mission's Universal geal swabs (NPS) were tional COVID-19 cent for the NPS sam- accuracy of SARS-CoV- the scientific community believe that Kochi, said the vaccine that the Immunisation Programme, on the found to be positive recruits during their ples. 2 nucleic acid testing, it Bhargava's letter was to help the ICMR is planning to launch seems guidelines of the WHO, for the pro- through the testing of recovery stage were Sampling of OS is a must be emphasised Union government score political like a hurried-up product. "From the tection of children from preventable oropharyngeal secre- used in a second simple procedure that that this conclusion is points during the time of the surface viewpoint, that is. Also, peo- diseases." tions. prospective study to can be performed in any based on a very small It included 75 ready- compare the diagnostic quarantine setting and sample size," said Ma. BACK PAGE 12 Daily Jammu Rising Jammu, Saturday July 11, 2020 Advisor Baseer Khan visits Nishat garden Over 32 looms Directs for strict compliance of Covid-19 guidelines distributed among SWD Budgam unfurls initiative weavers of Moungri Block for transgender community UDHAMPUR, JULY 10:- Handloom Depart- Monthly Monetary assistance under ISSS guaranteed ment, Udhampur today dis- JAMMU RISING emerged as unique initia- stitutions and other public included in ‘under weaker tributed 32 Handlooms JAMMU, JULY 10 tive wherein people from sector ventures, they were section’, ‘underprivileged among the weavers of Block On World Transgender this community were in- always deprived of rights. class’ thus paving way for level cluster Moungri of Dis- day, Director social welfare vited to raise issues they are District Social Welfare Of- them to receive monthly trict Udhampur under the department gets this com- facing in their day to day ficer Budgam, Dr. Farhana monetary relief. National Handloom Devel- munity included in under lives.Aijaz Ahmad from Asgar said that it was ob- She said, Budgam is the opment scheme (NHDP) weaker section, underprivi- Budgam, representing served that these transgen- first district in the UT in im- here today. leged class to pave way for transgender community der are mostly illiterate, job- plementing this scheme in- During the distribution of them to receive monetary while highlighting some of less or have no work to do to stantly, adding that they looms social distancing was relief of Rs. 1000 per the issues the community earn for their livelihood, made lot of efforts in identi- maintained and all the par- month. faces said that they always neither they have been in- fying and reaching to out to ticipants were made aware have to go through chal- cluded in any welfare them individually so that JAMMU RISING Floriculture Sheikh Fayaz norms both inside and out- Likewise in other parts of about the prevailing welfare the country, world trans- lenges in all walks of life, be it schemes as is being pro- none of this community JAMMU, JULY 10 Ahmad and other concerned side these places. schemes being run by de- gender day was also ob- socio economic upliftment, vided to other economically shall be left without getting Advisor to Lieutenant Gov- officers. Maintaining that precau- partment. Beneficiaries served in district Budgam category based share in gov- and socially under privi- registered under this ernor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, The Jammu and Kashmir tions are very important, the were asked to avail loan op- and in this connection, de- ernment gobs or in private leged categories. scheme.The monthly relief today directed for strict com- administration had on Advisor also directed the au- portunities and start work partment of social welfare sector. The DSWO apprised the apart from enabling them to pliance of Covid-19 guide- Wednesday thrown open thorities to penalize those on the given looms immedi- organized a mini interac- He said their voice and Director Social welfare survive could also help them lines at the public parks. He parks and gardens for the found violating the precau- ately. tion session in which trans- struggle in seeking due right Kashmir about the circum- in extracting other options said this during his on spot general public. tionary measures. Among others, Assistant genders from across the never bore fruits despite stances in which these of survival and can even get inspection of Nishat Garden During his visit to Nishat He directed the officers Director Handloom Ud- district were invited to par- them approaching to differ- transgenders are managing education, skill trainings in to see that the guidelines are Garden, Baseer Khan advised that all the healthcare care hampur, Narsingh Dayal ticipate. ent corners and authorities, their day to day survival and different crafts and profes- being adhered properly. people to wear face masks, guidelines should be strictly besides panchayat repre- The interaction session respective government in- this category was thereafter sions to live with dignity. He was accompanied by use hand sanitizers and adhered at the gardens for sentatives and locals of the Commissioner Secretary, maintain social distancing the general public. area were present on the oc- casion. Navin chairs SLEC Meeting of MIDH Dulloo awards Health Deptt's Power shutdown UDHAMPUR, JULY Rs 75 crore annual action plan approved by the Ambulance driver for his exemplary 10:- Superintending Engi- neer, (Distribution) JPDCL, empowered committee for FY 2020-21 O&M Circle, Kathua has in- JAMMU RISING services during COVID-19 pandemic formed that for erection of 11 KV line for shifting of JAMMU, JULY 10 electrical utilities on Principal Secretary Agri- Billawar Phinter Road by culture, Horticulture, Ani- M/S Alliance Transcon Pvt mal and Sheep Husbandry Ltd, the power supply to departments, Navin Kumar PHE Billawar will remain Choudhary today chaired a affected on July 11, 13 and 15 State Level Empowered (03 days) from 7 am to 2 Committee (SLEC) meeting pm. of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticul- ture (MIDH) here today. Power shutdown The committee approved an annual action plan worth SRINAGAR, JULY 10: Rs 75 crore for the holistic are not correlated with the vance vis-à-vis this project. fron Mission. According to the Power development of Horticulture outcome for corresponding She maintained that this This mission as explained Controller, Kashmir sector in Jammu and Kash- periods. committee should act as include components like es- Province in order to carry Navin, who chairs this monitoring and guiding tool tablishment of new gardens, out necessary branch cut- mir for the year 2020-21. committee, directed the con- for ensuring obtaining of organic farming, creation of ting and other minor repair The meeting was attended cerned departments to en- timely outcomes on ex- water resources, import of JAMMU RISING Dulloo appreciated serv- due to COVID-19 in be- work and also to facilitate by Secretary Rural Develop- hance their expenditure pected lines. plant material, centre of ex- ices of the Health Depart- tween the districts but also GMC authorities to carry ment & Panchayati Raj, JAMMU, JULY 10 making capacity without Director Horticulture cellence for Horticulture, ment and its staff during dug graves and led funeral out cutting of poplar trees Sheetal Nanda (Member); Financial Commissioner compromising with the Kashmir, who is also Mis- post-harvest management, current crisis.He also ap- prayers on numerous occa- shutdown of 33 kV lines of Director Agriculture Kash- Health and Medical Educa- quality of results. He sion Director, MIDH, J&K HR management, food pro- preciated Digoo for his ex- sion.Pertinently, the driver STD II shall be undertaken. mir, Aijaz Altaf Andrabi tion, Atal Dulloo today pre- stressed that this mission is informed the meeting that cessing etc. emplary services beyond has been working round During the shutdown, (Member), Director Horti- sented a certificate of ap- power supply to 33kV/11 kV an umbrella development J&K has a total area of 3.20 The mission is a centrally the call of duty during the clock since the outbreak culture Kashmir, Ajaz Ah- preciation along with a Bemina–Exhibition line, program taking in its ambit lakh Hectares of land under sponsored scheme for over- COVID-19 pandemic. of pandemic COVID-19 mad Bhat (Member Secre- Shawl to Ambulance Driver F2, F3, F4, & F5 of receiving every aspect of horticultural fruit cultivation producing all development of horticul- On the occasion, Finan- without taking any leave. tary); Director Horticulture of Health Department, station Bemina Ist fed from development in J&K. He 23.30 lakh Metric tons of ture funded by Government cial Commissioner was in- Interestingly, he has volun- (P&M), Imam Din (Mem- Jameel Ahmad Digoo for Receiving Station Moom- emphasized that the results fruit annually. He further in- of India in the ratio of 90:10. formed that Digoo is not teered for such duty most of ber) and several other mem- rendering exemplary serv- inabad Court Complex shall should be visible on ground formed that the annual Its objective is to encourage only transporting dead the times, the FC was in- ber representatives from Fi- ices during COVID-19 pan- remain affected on July 12 and benefits should reach to turnover of Rs 8000 crore aggregation of farmers into demic. bodies of persons who died formed. between 9 am to 5 pm. nance, Agriculture Production, Forest, ground level farmers. are made into the local FPO/FIG's, enhance pro- PD&MD, I&C, Cooperatives Chairman SLEC directed economy by this vital sector ductivity and skill develop- and Floriculture depart- the concerned executing benefitting nearly 35 lakh ment & creation of employ- Executive Leadership Programme for ments. Representatives agencies to expedite the es- souls both directly and indi- ment opportunities. from SKUAST-K and tablishment of Centre of Ex- rectly. The SLEC today reviewed SKUAST-J were also pres- cellence, Udheywalla It was revealed in the progress made under previ- ent Jammu, and ensure that meeting that an expenditure ous plan and approved new Education, Skill Development Officers held The Principal Secretary available funds are utilized of Rs 58.30 crore was made action plan for 2020-21. It asked the concerned depart- immediately against the under this Mission with an further sanctioned DPRs in CEOs of Education Department, Principles ments that they should bring works already done. overall achievement of 78% favour of establishment of in the year-wise outcome Secretary RD&PR asked for the year 2019-20. The new CA stores, assistance for of Government Polytechnics participate oriented picture before the the officers to integrate sev- agencies that execute this establishment of one banana committee. He remarked eral of the components un- Mission includes Agricul- ripening chamber and ac- JAMMU RISING that superficially the figures der single head so that there ture, Horticulture, Floricul- quiring of refrigerated JAMMU, JULY 10 have no relevance if these is no confusion in their rele- ture departments and Saf- trucks by private partners. As part of its 1000 Lead- ers program, Jammu and Kashmir Skill Development Mission and BRIDGE Insti- District administration Rajouri organises tute, today organised a day- long “Executive Leadership Online Programme” fo- cussed on capacity building mega Kisan Pakhwada at Nowshera of Education and Skill De- JAMMU RISING velopment officers of the JAMMU, JULY 10 UT. As a part of the ambitious Principal Secretary, Edu- Kisan Pakwada programme and cation and Skill Develop- on the directions of the Deputy ment Department, Dr. As- Commissioner Rajouri, Moham- gar Hassan Samoon and mad Nazir Sheikh, a mega Kisan Commissioner Secretary, sides developing team ment skills which will equip informative and provided Pakhwada was organized today Higher Education Depart- building and management the officers in tackling new insight about the latest de- here at Subdivision Nowshera. ment, Talat Parvez Rohella, skills.” challenges and situations velopments in leadership The mela was inaugurated by launched the program in While appreciating the faced while implementing and management skills. Additional Deputy Commis- presence of Director, Skill program, Commissioner public welfare programs. Such programs should be sioner Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh Development Department, Secretary maintained, “We Simon Mackenzie and held regularly, and post- Samayal in presence of Chief Director, School Education are facing new challenges in Shashi Kumar Velath, Di- pandemic, offline compo- Agriculture Officer, Vijay Kumar, Department, Kashmir, Mis- our daily work and this pro- rectors of BRIDGE Institute nent must be added to such Chief Horticulture Officer, sion Director, J&K Skill De- gram is an opportunity to coordinated the program trainings,” said Shaista Madan Lal, Chief Animal Hus- velopment Mission and gain exposure to new lead- with focus on decision mak- Shamim, Principal Govern- bandry Officer, Mohd Younis, other senior officers of Edu- ership and management ing, team building, trans- ment Polytechnic College, BDC Chairpersons and other dis- cation and Skill Develop- practices being imple- parency, resourcefulness, Budgam. trict and sectoral officers. ment Department. mented across the world. resilience and strategic It is pertinent to mention Scores of farmers from adjoin- While exhorting the offi- We need to look out for such thinking. that JKSDM has been regu- ing areas participated in Kisan ADC said that the Kisan schemes and programmes farmers to mitigate their suffer- Pakhwada and all the SOPs cers to take full advantage of opportunities and get the Simon Mackenzie said larly organising leadership Pakhwada is one of the most launched by the Government ings and ensuring 100 per cent norms were followed while car- unique ways for close interaction from time to time for their wel- KCC is one of them. He im- this program, Dr. Samoon maximum out of it.” that it is a great privilege for and management programs rying out different activities during said, “This program is being Participants of the pro- BRIDGE to associate with such as Executive Education between the farmer and the ad- fare. He said that the aim for ob- pressed upon the farmers to be the programme. ministration. He also said farmers serving Kisan Pakwada is to en- open to adopting new technolo- conducted with the aim to gram which included Chief J&K Skill Development and Leadership Fellowship The officers from various de- remove the bottlenecks Education Officers of School Mission (JKSDM) in their program, International make a key contribution to the sure 100% coverage of the gies in the field so that production partments like Agriculture, Hor- development of a nation and thus farmers under KCC in the district could be boosted with the ulti- which we face during imple- Education Department, endeavour to provide capac- Skilling and Upskilling pro- ticulture, Sericulture, Floricul- it becomes important to give re- so that they can avail a low-interest mate aim to usher in a new green mentation of various pro- Principles of Government ity building trainings to the gram for Startups and Inter- ture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep spect to their dedicated efforts loan. revolution in the district. grams in the field of educa- Polytechnic Colleges and government officers and to- national Industry Collabo- Husbandry, JK Bank and others and to make them feel proud of The ADC said that concerted The ADC also handed over tion and skill development. other senior officers of Edu- day’s training is a part of ration Summit to build disseminated information re- their hard work.He also high- efforts are being made to achieve Kisan Credit cards to 22 progres- It also aimed at to bring out cation and Skill Develop- that collaboration of build- leadership and manage- lated to various Government lighted the objective behind the the goal of doubling the income sive farmers of the area to help the best in the participants, ment Department were ing capacity of human re- ment capacities of govern- schemes of their departments celebration of the programme of the farmers by 2022 and vari- them secure timely credit at rea- to streamline things, creat- trained on enhancement of source. ment officers, young entre- which are meant for the welfare and urged upon the farmers to re- ous steps are being taken to pro- sonable interest in a hassle-free ing visionary leadership be- leadership and manage- “The program was quite preneurs and students. of the general public. main updated with the new vide necessary benefits to the manner.

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