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In a bid to empower the credits Rs. 10.32 crore through DBT farmers to improve the growth level and support the national goal of productivity, BUDGAM, JUNE 24: tivities, which were halted due to district. Accordingly, about 999 added. innovative initiatives of the lockdown and restrictions, were works including 780 spillover “despite challenging circum - government are in line with With easing of lock down re - resumed immediately after cer - and 219 new ones were taken in stances due to Covid-19 out - the efforts that are being strictions imposed in the wake of tain relaxation were announced hand for early completion while break, it was a challenge for the made. the district the Covid-19 pandemic, rural by the Government, especially on rs. 10.32 cores have been credit - district administration to ensure development Commissioner development department public movement”, said ed into the individual accounts of maintaining proper hygiene and shopian, Choudhary (rdd), Budgam has activated Assistant Commissioner beneficiaries through dBt mode social distancing norms at all Mohammad yasin, today said men and material to take up development (ACd) Budgam, on account of wages so far. work-sites as most of the works that the government is taking most of the works under MGn - Ms nuzhat Qureshi. “the works “Works under MGnreGA are done manually and are forward an innovative initia - reGA and PMAy flagship pro - were taken up on fast track basis and PMAy were taken up pur - labourer oriented. For this pur - tive and pioneering work in grammes to enable labour class and each Panchayat was asked to posely as these are main source pose, the rural development agriculture and rural areas. of the district to earn their liveli - prioritize the works to ensure ex - of generating livelihood means department provided 4.50 lac said that the Government hood and overcome financial cri - ecution of minimum two works for labour class and 17280 labor - face masks, adequate quantity of has been continuously work - sis they were facing due to lock - in the first instance”, she added. ers were simultaneously engaged hand sanitizers, drinking water ing hard on such initiatives, down. As the restrictions were to ensure smooth execution across the district in 17 Cd blocks and hand washing soaps to the to secure productivity, inter - eased, rdd has been giving spe - of all undergoing works, the thereby generating about 1.22 laborers engaged on different ests of farmers, increase their cial focus on resuming stalled rural development department lakh man-days providing alter - works,” the officer said. income levels and improve ing a medium of better future tween July 7 and July 21. schemes besides taking up of (rdd) is working in synergy with nate employment to 9602 house - “rdd Budgam has worked their standard of living and for the agricultural sector and “Kisan Pakhwada” celebrates new labour oriented works par - all line departments and allied holds,” she said. tirelessly to extend financial sup - this way the government as - improving agriculture busi - the spirit and vigour of our ticularly under MGnreGA and agencies with the aim of achiev - regarding progress made port to labour class during the pires to double the income of ness for farmers. the farmers and it also aims at having enormous potential to ing the targets and compensate under PMAy since the easing of lockdown period when all activi - farmers by 2022. the ddC di - Government had undertaken promoting increase in ad - generate large number of man- the time lost due to lockdown. restrictions, the department has ties had come to a standstill and rected the concerned to pub - the initiative of Kisan vances in rural and agricul - days all across the district so that While elaborating on resump - cleared 33 new cases under this the department has succeeded to lish informative books, Pakhwada across the country ture sectors. Among others workers are provided the means tion of developmental activities, scheme for sanction and subse - a great extent. the department leaflets, pamphlets to pro - which had reaped huge suc - the meeting was attended by to earn their livelihood. she said that focus initially was quently rs. 12.90 lac have been will work in the same spirit and mote this mission and also a cess therefore it has been de - Additional deputy “Following the Government how to provide immediate finan - released in favour of the benefici - speed for overall betterment of booklet on agro loan products cided to continue organizing Commissioner shopian and instructions all the labour orient - cial help to underprivileged, aries registered with the depart - the people of Budgam district,” to assist farmers that he said this initiative this year too other concerned officers and ed works and developmental ac - poor, workless labour class of the ment as first installment, she the officer added. will be instrumental in creat - which will be conducted be - officials of the district. Director Horticulture reviews DC G’bl discusses strategies for better outcome under KP
the functioning of deptt GANDERBAL, JUNE 24: the earliest so that the final list is consolidated to deputy Commissioner achieve the target on time. Ganderbal, shafqat Iqbal Lead Bank manager today chaired meeting of Ganderbal and cluster head line departments to discuss J&K Bank Ganderbal was the strategy and arrange - directed to ensure that all ments to be made for bank branches of the dis - achieving desirable out - trict have proper hoard - come while observing ings, literatures regarding ‘KissanPakhwada’ (KP) various schemes available from July 7th to July 21st and ensure that branches 2020. are disposing favourably ‘KissanPakhwada’ is loan applications available observed with an aim to en - within a stipulated time - SRINAGAR, JUNE 24: on the issues related to availability of qual - hance the flow of advances frame so that a substantial ity inputs like fertilizers and pesticides and in agriculture sector and credit is approved and dis - director horticulture Kashmir, were directed to ensure frequent checking double the income of farm - bursed before or during Mr.Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today convened a re - of the stocks available in the market, so that ers by way of their cent per - KissanPakhwada. view meeting here to take stock of all de - the quality products are made available in cent involvement in agri - the dC urged upon all velopmental programmes being undertak - the market. the extension agencies work - cultural related welfare the stake holders to ensure en in the field. director horticulture high - ing in the field were directed to publicize schemes like KCC, PM- guidelines and sOPs relat - lighted the importance of the horticulture the role of the department and schemes KIssAn, rKVy, nMsA, ed to COVId-19 are fol - sector and its role for employment genera - under implementation through etc. lowed while carrying out tion through trade in fertilizer, distribu - department of horticulture using all mod - the objectives that activities related to the tion, pesticides, machinery and other post ern tools of information like pamphlets, were laid down for observ - campaign. harvest management practices besides hoardings, posters in the field so that the ing Kissan Pakhwada dur - the meeting was at - production of fruit crop. he laid emphasis ers and organizing Kissan bank branches for issuance deparment to make farm - farmers are benefited under the schemes in ing the meeting include sat - tended by Additional on propagation of quality planting material melas. to achieve targeted of KCC besides provide ers aware of various vogue. Among others the meeting was at - uration of KCC to cent per - deputy Commissioner in public sector nurseries for establish - goal in KCC saturation, the handholding in submitting schemes, technological tended by all the Chief horticulture officers cent farmers, foolproof fi - Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmed ment of orchards in farmer’s fields.during dC directed the sdM applications to banks as upgradation required, new and other subordinate officers of Kashmir nal list of beneficiaries un - Baba, Chief Planning offi - the meeting all the officers were sensitised division. Kangan, tehsildars, well as obtaining approval seeds and new technologies der PM Kissan, removal of Agriculture department for credit thereof. of cultivation. cer, sdM Kangan, ACr, bottlenecks for farmers in and allied wings to associ - regarding awareness, While discussing the CMO, all tehsildars, Chief obtaining loans against ate themselves with the dC stressed for involv - status of PM-Kissan, the Agriculture officer, Chief DM Anantnag, DHS Kmr & Nodal Officer KCC, credit to primary agri - “KissanPakhwada” and ing the experts of dC asked the tehsildars to horticulture Officer, Ad culture sector, massive help the intending eligible Agriculture, horticulture, share the list of eligible Fisheries, Lead Bank man - awareness regarding beneficiaries related to Animal and sheep farmers of the district with ager Ganderbal, Cluster COVID-19 visit Toll post Lowermunda schemes available for farm - their sector to approach husbandry and Fisheries Agriculture department at head and other concerned. ANANTNAG, JUNE 24: director health services & on national highway. nodal Officer COVId-19 the dM, Anantnag the district for deployment of 24 tech - asked CMOs of both the DDC Shopian chairs Magistrate, Anantnag, nicians for collection sam - districts to submit the list Social Welfare Deptt B'la distributes K.K.sidha along with ples of the truckers. of requirements for which DLRCC meeting director health services the director health funds will be made avail - SHOPIAN, JUNE 24: Kashmir, dr. sameer services Kashmir and able from disaster assistive devices among beneficiaries Matoo and nodal Officer nodal Officer COVId-19 Management Fund. district development Commissioner COVId-19 dr. Owais directed CMOs of he also assured of pro - BARAMULLA, JUNE 24: as executive director state rehabilitation Council (ddC) shopian, Chaudhary Mohammed Ahmad today visited toll Anantnag and Kulgam to viding other facilities in - Ishfaq Ahmad Wani was the Guest of honour at the yasin today convened district Level Post Lowermunda to as - depute 12 technicians cluding drinking water, to contribute to the welfare measure social event. the deputy Commissioner on the occasion review cum Consultative Committee (dL - sess the arrangements for from each district to make power and other basic fa - Welfare department Baramulla today distributed hailed the efforts of the social welfare department rCC) meeting here. the meeting reviewed augmentation of COVId- the COVId-19 sample col - cilities. assistive devices among specially abled persons dur - towards socio economic welfare of different sections the performance of banks and line depart - 19 sample collection centre lection centre functional at the AdC, Anantnag, ing a distribution camp. About 180 hearing aids, 83 of the society. he said that the specially abled per - ments for the end of Quarter Fourth end - for truckers. the location. Mr. Ghulam hassan Wheelchairs and 50 tricycles were distributed sons constitute an important organ of our society ing 31st March 2020 of Fy 2019-20. the the dM asked for the the sample collection sheikh, CMO Anantnag, among the identified beneficiaries of the district be - and administration is committed to ensure their re - ddC on the occasion exhorted upon the functioning of the COVId- centre shall function CMO Kulgam and officers sides 13 Motorized tricycles, provided by the state habilitation, moreover, he said that the distribution bankers to speed up their activities and 19 testing centre within round the clock and ensure from various departments rehabilitation Council were also distributed among of special assistive devices among beneficiaries is a work with zeal and dedication so that two days for which he the COVId testing of the were present during the the beneficiaries. deputy Commissioner Baramulla, step forward to ensure their sustainable and inde - down trodden and common people get sought the attention of drivers ferrying vehicles inspection. dr G n Itoo was Chief Guest on the occasion where pendent livelihood. benefitted. he emphasized upon the banks to increase the lending in agricul - ture, horticulture and allied activities to generate more employment opportunities in the district. he also exhorted upon the Secy Hr Edu inspects progress on banks to sensitise the people about various schemes in collaboration with concerned infrastructure projects at GDC Paloura DDC Kupwara reviews works departments to increase the credit flow in various sectors Among others the meeting JAMMU, JUNE 24: was attended by AdC shopian, director rsetI shopian, representatives of banks, Commissioner/secretary, CshO, CAhO, officers from line depart - under JJM, I&FC, B2V ments besides other concerned officials. higher education department, talat Parvez rohella today paid a visit to KUPWARA, JUNE 24: reviewing the works approved un - Food Safety warns the Government degree der Back to Village Programme, the College Paloura (Mishriwala) the district development meeting was informed that 110 works at FBO’s of selling to review progress of the in - Commissioner (ddC), Kupwara, an approved cost of rs.170 lakh were expired food articles frastructure projects includ - Anshul Garg today convened a meeting taken up under B2V Phase I & II, 37 ing eight classrooms, four of concerned officers to review the pace works have been completed so far and SRINAGAR, JUNE 24: labs and a Girls hostel,being of progress achieved under Jal Jeevan work is in progress on rest of the 73 executed in the College cam - Mission (JJM), Back to Village (B2V), projects. the Food safety has warned Food pus by the r&B deptt. and JK Phe, Irrigation and Flood Control the ddC directed the concerned Business Operators (FBO’s) of selling ex - housing Board under the (I&FC) sectors in the district. executing agencies to speed up the pace pired food articles. the Assistant Commissioner Food safety as per statement Languishing Project scheme. members and encouraged plan for development of the On the occasion, a concerned offi - of progress of on-going projects with has informed that it has been observed dur - he also interacted with the of - them to make GdC Paloura college and facilities to be cer briefed the ddC about the progress strict compliance to the timelines al - ficials of r&B and JK housing of the projects through PowerPoint ing market checking that some Food busi - excel academically and in ex - provided to the students in fu - ready set for completion of the projects. ness operators including wholesalers and re - Board and enquired about the presentation and was informed that 89 tracurricular activates. ture. she informed that the superintending engineer tailers are in possession of certain food items ongoing projects. he directed projects have already been approved at earlier, College Principal, students of the college are ex - hydraulic Circle handwara, ex. er’s whose date of best before and use by date has them for early completion of Prof. rita Bhagat, after for - celling in sports and compet - a cost of rs.264.37 crore under Phe & Phe division Kupwara, handwara and elapsed which has been viewed seriously. It is the ongoing projects so that mal welcome, briefed the ing at Inter-collegiate and I&FC sectors. It was informed that, out ssd tangdar, ex. er I&FC division impressed upon all such Food business oper - infrastructure becomes func - Commissioner about student University Level. Abdul Majid of 89 projects, work is going apace on Kupwara and handwara besides dIO ators to immediately inform the department tional for the use of students enrolment, staff strength and Bhat, director Finance, ac - 82 projects, 1 project has been complet - and other concerned officers attended with regard to the quantity of such food arti - as soon as possible. he also subjects taught in the college. companied Commissioner ed and 6 projects are yet to be taken up. the meeting. cles so that same are dealt as per the relevant interacted with the staff she discussed institutional secretary on the occasion. provisions of Fss Act, the statement read. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal/natiOnal JAMMU, thUrsdAy, JUne 25, 2020 Advisor Khan reviews functioning of DDC Doda holds meeting with BDCs FCS&CA Deptt, distribution of ration Asks BDCs to act as a bridge between people and administration during COVID-19 pandemic DODA, JUNE 24: district development Commissioner, dr sagar d Compliments Deptt’s role for doifode today chaired a meeting of all BdC ensuring ration at people’s Chairpersons of the dis - trict and listened to their doorsteps during lockdown period grievances. BdC Chairpersons apprised the ddC about various issues JAMMU, JUNE 24: scored the need to cover all pertaining to their respec - the Union territory of tive blocks, they sought of - Advisor to Lieutenant Jammu and Kashmir with fice facilities for them to Governor, Farooq Khan to - fair Price shop facility so carry out their routine day chaired a meeting to re - that 1000 more such shops work, construction of view the functioning of would be added in the exist - roads, payment of pending Food, Civil supplies and ing Public distribution liabilities, payment of Consumer Affairs system (Pds) by end of ing all assistant directors of imum 4 to 6 months in ad - black marketing of ration pending land compensa - (FCs&CA) department August this year. the department to ensure vance so that people in and maintain register of in - tions, fast internet facility transport facility for the provide them sufficient here at the Civil secretariat. the Advisor impressed that their respective dis - these areas wouldn’t face spection schedule and in the far flung areas, accu - far flung areas, formula - space in all the Block the meeting was at - upon the concerned officers tricts would complete up - any difficulty during clo - stock available during in - rate job card verification tion of plan in transparent development Offices and tended by secretary to update consumers' ra - dation process by the end of sure of highway due to spection. in all the blocks, payment manner, timely estimation action taken report shall FCs&CA, simrandeep tion card with their August 2020. snowfall. the Advisor was in - of pending PMAy and of the works besides other be submitted to the ddC singh; director FCs&CA Aadhaar number so that Advisor Khan also ap - Advisor Khan empha - formed about the status of sBM cases, regular field important issues were also Office within two days Jammu, Jatinder singh; every beneficiary could be preciated role of the depart - sized for ensuring Kerosene food distribution under visits by the field staff. raised by all the BdC's for without any delay. Controller Legal Metrology benefitted with this facility ment during ongoing Oil and domestic gas (LPG) Atmanirbhar Bharat the BdCs also sought which ddC paid patient the ddC informed all department and other con - anywhere in the country. COVId-19 pandemic by en - supply to far flung and re - Abhiyan, national Food release of pending funds in hearing and assured every the BdCs that in the dis - cerned. While as director he directed the con - suring supply of ration and mote areas of Jammu and security Act and JKFes 14th FC, completion of all possible support to them trict administration is go - FCs&CA Kashmir and oth - cerned that no dealer other commodities at the Kashmir like Poonch, during the lockdown period the developmental works by the district ing to earmark one kanal er concerned participated should stop ration to any doorsteps of people. doda, Kishtwar, Kupwara and that the entire allocat - lying with different de - Administration. state land for the construc - in the meeting through consumer if his/her he also directed the and many other districts. ed ration was distributed partments in their respec - While discussing the tion of BdC offices in each video conferencing. Aadhaar number is not up - concerned to ensure buffer he asked the concerned among the beneficiaries tive blocks, shortage of issue of providing office block and thus going to en - speaking on the occa - dated for the months of stock of food grains in to regularly conduct in - during the lockdown peri - staff in health centres, spaces to all the BdCs, sure strengthening the sion, Advisor Khan under - July and August, while ask - snow-bound areas to a min - spections in order to stop od. provision of government ddC directed the ACd to PrI's . DDC Kathua reviews arrangements at Quarantine Centers DDC Kishtwar reviews preparedness of Kissan Pakhwara KISHTWAR JUNE 24: ddC reviewed the progress bottlenecks in the sanctioning of In order to raise the massive KATHUA, JUNE 24th: their quarantine time with negative made by these departments for loans to deserving farmers. he awareness about various schemes, Covid-19 results. the nodal officers were In order to ensure the smooth previous year on the implementa - asked them to increase the credit to recent technological upgradations, district development Commissioner asked to make sure that re-sampling of all and successful observance of the tion of various pro farmers’ primary sector by 2.5 times this new seeds and technologies of cul - O.P Bhagat, today chaired a meeting to re - those inmates who tested negative for upcoming 15 day long "Kissan schemes being undertaken by year as desired by the Government tivation, he directed the concerned view the arrangements for the inmates at Covid-19 was done before being sent for Pakwara" which is going to start these departments in the district. of J&K Ut, wherein a substantial district Officers to mobilise the Quarantine Centres . the ddC impressed home quarantine, added ddC. from July 7, 2020, district On the issue of cent percent chunk of applicants should be ap - field staff to the destination areas upon the nodal Officers to ensure proper to maintain good hygiene and cleanli - development Commissioner, saturation of farmers in the various proved and disbursed the same be - and initiate the awareness camps safety and security of the inmates in line ness, the ddC directed to ensure changing rajinder singh tara today chaired schemes under Agriculture, dairy fore or during the Kissan there before the Kissan Pakhwara. with latest standard Operating of bed sheets, disposal of garbage and a meeting to review the prepared - and Fisheries sectors, the ddC Pakhwara. the meeting was attended by Procedures (sOP’s) issued by the govern - cleanliness of wash rooms on a daily basis. ness made by various departments. asked the departmental heads, he directed the bank heads to Additional district development ment. he directed them to immediately he also directed nodal Officers to regular - ddC took stock of the pre - field functionaries as well as the ensure credit insurance and loans Commissioner Kishtwar, Mohd shift the sick inmates, if any to the nearest ly check the quality of food being given to paredness made by Agriculture, Bankers to reach out to farmers disbursal to the applicant farmers hanief Malik, Assistant Community health Centre (ChC) or GMC the inmates. the ddC passed directions to horticulture, Animal, sheep without any delayto ensure enrol - at the earliest and submit the re - Commissioner revenue, dr Amir Kathua for proper medical care. he also the nodal officers to ensure availability of husbandry, Fishery and ment as eligible beneficiaries of port of the same in his office regu - hussain, Joint director Planning directed nodal Officers to immediately administrative staff in quarantine centres sericulture departments ahead of KCC. Furthermore, he stressed up - larly and periodically for better ac - Mohd Iqbal, sdM Chhatroo and discharge the inmates who completed round the clock. the Kissan Pakhwara. on the Bankers to remove all the countability. Paddar among others. DDC Kathua GDC Budhal celebrates KCC registration cum awareness inaugurates camp hosted for farmers Refrigeration Van International Yoga Day JAMMU, JUNE 24: husbandry. the farmers were providing employment op - Principal GdC Kalakote, dr. told that any dairy farmer, portunities, as well. director at Khakhyal village Mehmood Ahmed and dr. An awareness camp was poultry farmer either individ - Animal husbandry Jammu, KATHUA, JUNE 24: Poonam rani, Assistant today organized here by the ual or joint borrower, self Vivek sharma spoke in detail Professors of GdC sidhra, extension & Publicity wing of help Groups can apply under about the impact of the district development Commissioner, Jammu. Animal husbandry this scheme at nearest veteri - scheme on the farming com - O.P.Bhagat, today inaugurated In essay writing, Asya Jan, department for sensitizing nary hospitals/ sub-centers munity. she mentioned about student of M.ed semester IV refrigeration Van having capacity of 90 and enrollment of farmers, es - of their area. the farmers were the special drive launched by of Government College of pecially st population, under quintals at village Khokhyal to facilitate informed that the KCC the government for providing education Jammu, sumita Kissan Credit Card (KCC) scheme provides hassle free of all dairy/Poultry farmers, farmers for transportation of Fresh Jamwal, student of M.ed scheme. the scheme Kissan loan facility of rs. 1.60 lakh Milk co-operatives and milk Vegetables from their field directly to the semester II of Government Credit Card (KCC) extends the without any mortgage to producers with Kissan credit vegetable mandies. ddC highlighted the College of education, Jammu credit facilities to farmers to farmers at subsidized rate of Cards (KCC’s) so that the ben - benefits of the Van and appealed the farm - and Jagmeet Kaur, student of help them to meet their work - interest. this will help to boost efits should percolate down ing community to take maximum benefit of B.A semester VI of GCW ing capital requirements for the animal husbandry busi - the level to boost the rural this facility to boost their economical status Parade Jammu bagged first, activities related to Animal ness of farmers along with economy. by doubling their income. second and third positions re - ddC asked the farmers to grow veg - spectively. etable crops to get maximum benefit of In poster making competi - Office Of the executive enGineer their produce as they can transport their tion, Leepika sharma, student vegetables to any of the mandies of their RAJOURI JUNE 24: tem especially during COVId- of semester VI Integrated PG Phe mech. G.w.D DiviSiOn Jammu choice by proper usage of the AC Van. he 19 pandemic. english of Government MAM the nss and nCC Wing of Sub: Deep drilling, development and stabilization of 200 mm dia tubewell upto 100 mtrs said that the Van is highly beneficial for the A series of online events PG College Jammu, Gurpreet Government degree College, were conducted in which three Kour student of B.ed, semes - BGL at MAM College Jammu in Gandhi Nagar Constituency of District Jammu transportation of perishable vegetables. Budhal, organised a series of major events, essay writing ter II of MC Khalsa College of Chief Agriculture Officer, Kathua, Arun Ref: - This office e-NIT No. GWD /10 of 2021-21 dated:- 06.05.2020 activities to celebrate competition on "yoga: the key education Chand nagar Gupta, district Agriculture Officer (ext.) International yoga day to wellness", poster making Jammu and neha rani, stu - extenSiOn nOtice-ii sanjeev rai Gupta, subject Matter the event focused on en - competition on different yoga dent of M.ed, semester II of specialist Krishan Kant Gupta besides couraging students towards asans and video clips competi - Government College of 1. Due to no response the uploading dates for above mentioned subject e-NIT on the sarpanchs, Panchs, prominent citizens and adopting yoga and a healthy tion of seven yoga asans were education, Jammu were ad - website http: jktenders.gov.in is extended upto 06.07.2020 till 4 PM. progressive farmers were present on the life style in our daily lives to organised. judged first, second and third 2. Similarly the opening of technical bid online is extended upto 08.07.2020 or any oth - occasion. strengthen our immune sys - dr. romesh Kumar, respectively. er working day convenient to tender opening authority. All other terms and conditions shall remain un-changed as uploaded/ advertised earlier. Sd/- executive engineer JK’s 6 District Hospitals, CHCs, PHCs bag Kayakalap award 2019-20 Phe (m) G. w. D Division DiP/J-1681/20 Jammu DH Reasi claims top spot with a cash award of Rs 50 lakh
JAMMU, JUNE 24: with a cash prize of rs. 3 Commendation awards. superintendents, district both the Uts. she also Office Of the executive enGineer Sub tranSmiSSiOn DiviSiOn lakh each. In Primary health nodal Officers (QAP), conveyed her greatfulness GanDerbal kaShmir POwer DiStributiOn cOrPOratiOn limiteD In a significant Pertinently, the Centers and Urban Block Medical Officers to Bhupinder Kumar, Tel: - 0194-2416178 email: [email protected] achievement in the health Kayakalp Award was insti - Primary health Centres and Incharge of health in - Mission director, sector, six district tuted as part of the categories, 9 PhCs and 1 stitutions and their hospi - national health Mission, hospitals of Union 'swachh Bharat Abhiyan' UPhC have won the tal teams for achieving for providing continuous extenSiOn nOtice-8 territory of Jammu and on 15 May, 2015 as a na - award. UPhC shashtri this significant award. she motivation and timely Subject Extension of dates to Electrical works for augmentation of Receiving Station Kashmir have bagged tional initiative to recog - nagar in Jammu district, asked the CMOs to dis - guidance to the district Naidkhai from 1x6.3+1x3.15 MVA to 2x6.3 MVA, e-NIT No.: - STD/GBL/35 of Kayakalap award claiming nize and felicitate public PhC Budi (Katra), PhC seminate the idea of health Incharges for 2019-20 Dated: 11-03-2020. notable positions in the health facilities that ransoo (reasi), PhC tikri Quality Process in all the proper implementation of best hospitals category Due to the poor response to e-NIT no.STD/GBL/35 of 2019-20 Dated: 11-03-2020Electrical demonstrate high levels of (Udhampur) and PhC health Institutions of the Quality programme in works for augmentation of Receiving Station Naidkhai from 1x6.3+1x3.15 MVA to 2x6.3 2019-20. cleanliness, hygiene and rattanpur (samba) have their respective districts their respective districts. MVAthe dates are hereby extended as per details given below:- Four of these district infection control measure been declared winners so that more institutions she also appreciated hospitals are from on promoting cleanliness while PhC Laiter (reasi), can qualify from Jammu the hard work of dr S. Bid submission Technical Bid Financial Bid Jammu division including in public spaces. In PhC sumb (samba), PhC division under this pro - narinder Bhatial, state No End Date Opening Date Opening Date dh reasi which has Community health Barnara, PhC Majalta and gramme next year. Programme Manager, 01 27-06-2020 04.00PM 29-06-2020 02.00 PM Will be communicated to clinched the top spot win - Centres category, three PhC hartaryan from dis - dr. renu sharma also nhM and dr Vijay raina, qualified bidders ning a cash award of rs. 50 ChCs of Jammu division trict Udhampur got the conveyed gratitude to divisional nodal Officer lakh while Government qualified including ChC commendation awards. Financial Commissioner, “Quality Assurance Tender ID No: -2020_PDD_94934_1 hospital Gandhi nagar, ramnagar was declared director health health and Medical Programmes” who has No: -STD/GBL/Ts/689-92 district hospital second while ChC Katra services, Jammu, dr. education department, been instrumental in Dated: -22-06-2020 Udhampur and district (reasi) and ChC renu sharma, compli - Atal dulloo, for his keen bringing quality standards hospital Poonch have got Bhaderwah (doda) mented all the Chief interest in implementa - in health Institutions of executive engineer DiP/J-602-P/20 StD Ganderbal. commendation awards claimed the Medical Officers, Medical tion of the programme in Jammu division. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU thUrsdAy JUne 25, 2020 Glimpses of Future Testing the Gurkhas estABLIshed In 1986 By : ABHIJIT BHATTAcHARyyA ed from nepal’s high himalayan ter - rain. no doubt, Indian defence forces Whenever India stands up to are very well organised, built as they Need global cooperation to fight COVID-19 Chinese bullying, Beijing unleashes are on solid foundations thanks to our neighbours to open up new the British rulers’ ability to make it eeping in view the gravity of situation arising out fronts. nepal’s new map is one such an apolitical and (top-class) profes - attack on our armed forces inside the sional fighting machine. of Covid-19 pandemic in the world there is a great cantonment. In an unprecedented nevertheless, certain critical events need among the countries to have cooperation. move, the nepal Constitution passed of history need to be revisited. K an amendment Bill on June 13 to there’s a need to learn from past ex - the United nations chief has also criticised the total lack “update its new political map,” laying periences to tackle any future even - of international coordination in tackling the COVId-19 claim to India’s Lipulekh, Kalapani tuality. All of it started post the First and Limpiyadhura as its territories. War of Independence in 1857, when pandemic and has warned that the go-it-alone policy of this isn’t good news either for the Indian soldiers rose up against their many countries will not defeat the coronavirus. diplomats or the defence establish - British commanders. the British secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in an inter- ment in new delhi. What’s certain is constituted a new commission to that they will have to re-visit the sta - look into all parameters of military view with the Associated Press that what needs to be tus quo prevailing in our ties, start administration so as to maintain dis - done is to make countries understand that by acting in afresh and contemplate traditional cipline, quality and professionalism diplomacy. the matter is more seri - thereof. true, their ultimate goal was isolation they are creating the situation that is getting out ous than it has ever been because self-preservation of their empire and of control and that global coordination is key. COVId-19 nepal’s geography juts into the London’s self-interest. this at the ex - Indian heartland and also into the pense of the subjugated Indian sub - started in China, moved to europe, then to north two highly vulnerable yet vital, jects. however, what the British were America and now to south America, Africa and India, volatile flanks. this could instantly the outcome (hopefully satisfactory) other (past) normal “crisis.” It’s ab - really scared of most was large-scale affect the one crore plus nepalese di - of the present crisis, short-term solutely certain that the third coun - mutiny in the military owing to sev - and some people are now talking about second waves aspora in India and lakhs of Indians damage has definitely been inflicted try, China, is in play, which is adept eral fault-lines in India’s fragile so - coming at any moment. yet, there is total lack of coordi- in the himalayan state, who may fall on the centuries-old friendly rela - in unconventional rather than con - cial system, especially in recruit tionship between the two nations. A ventional warfare. It has played a nation among countries in the response to the COVId. prey to a potential crossfire of geo- catchment areas. the British feared economic-political and strategic perilous 21st century “Great Game” major role in the scheme of things en mass contamination of the paltan It's important to use that fact to make countries under- “Great Game.” Undeniably, nepal’s in the south Asian region awaits an (like in the past), affecting India- in the platoon, like the present-day stand that bringing them together, putting together their move to amend laws has multiplied uncharted and unpredictable jour - nepal ties. to this author, the aim is China-origin virus that has contami - security problems for India, espe - ney. Contextually though, it can be to inflict major damage to the Indian nated India. nevertheless, except for capacities, not only in fighting the pandemic in a coordi- cially as the crisis has emerged from argued that bilateral irritants, differ - armed forces. In light of this, India a few instances of small resentment nated way but in working together to have the treat- a small yet traditionally fraternal ences, disagreements and disputes must make every effort to pre-empt and sundry cause of dissatisfactions neighbour. A country of 30 million are nothing new for any country, in - any possible or impossible fallout in in the barracks, the British Indian ments, testing mechanisms, the vaccines accessible to people has put India’s 1.3 billion citi - cluding those in south Asia. yet the its regiment of Gorkha rifles, a Army did remarkably well and didn’t everybody, that this is the way we defeat the pandemic. zens into a tizzy. Whatever may be scenario today is graver than any chunk of whose soldiers are recruit - testing on Page 7 Coordinating political, economic and social responses to the fallout from COVId-19 including job losses, increas- ing violence and human rights being violated will also help mitigate the impact of the pandemic. there shall be a A small Opposition does not mean a weak one global cease-fire to all conflicts on March 23 to tackle By : KALyANI SHANKAR total strength of the ndA was 59. For COVId-19 but the response has been very limited. legislations like the triple talaq, the the weakening of the Opp in the Land Bill and the Insurance Bill, the repeated calls by the World health Organization chief, rs should not be a drawback because Modi Government had to adopt the for international solidarity to fight against COVId-19 it is not the numbers which matter Ordinance route after its failure to have not led to significant changes in nationalist ap- but the effectiveness of the argu - get them passed in the rajya sabha. ments. When the rajya sabha re - But the table has turned today. the proaches to dealing with the virus. the pandemic is also assembles for the Monsoon session, Opposition is slowly shrinking and still on the rise in Brazil, where there are more than 1 mil- it will be with new equations owing has a total of 65 seats and the to the change in the composition of Congress has been reduced to 41 lion confirmed COVId-19 cases and almost 52,000 fatal- the house. It will see a shrunken members. In this week’s biennial ities. the country's response has faced criticism since Opposition and a stronger national polls, altogether 61 seats were filled democratic Alliance (ndA). the BJP with 43 first-timers who had been March when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying so- is inching towards a majority after elected and 12 members who had cial distancing recommendations. Britain has the highest this week’s biennial polls to the sought re-election. the BJP won 17, a Upper house. the ndA has crossed coronavirus death toll in europe, at over 42,000, and the couple of seats more than its the 100 mark though it may take a strength, due to cross-voting. the Conservative government has been sharply criticised for while to reach the magic number of Congress got nine, the Janata dal what many see as its slow, muddled response to fighting 123 for a majority in the house of (United) three, the Biju Janata dal 245. the BJP alone has 86 seats, a (BJd) and the trinamool Congress the pandemic. We need to promote humility, because it's vast improvement from its 2014 tally (tMC) four each, the AIAdMK (All only based on humility that we'll understand our oppor- of just 43 members. Over the next India Anna dravida Munnetra shibu soren. two other former Chief 2.0, the BJP was able to push four years till March 2024, over a 100 Kazhagam) and the dMK (dravida Ministers, sharad Pawar and through most of its core agenda, in - tunity, and understanding our opportunity we under- MPs are retiring and the BJP is likely Munnetra Kazhagam) three each, digvijay singh, have returned, too. cluding the repeal of Article 370 and stand the need to have solidarity and unity. to improve its numbers further. the nationalist Congress Party so what does it mean politically? the Citizenship Amendment Act elections will be held, eight each in (nCP), the rashtriya Janata dal the ascendancy of the BJP in the (CAA). this was possible because of a 2021 and 2023, 77 in 2022 and four (rJd) and the telangana rashtra house of elders would result in more divided Opposition, which the Modi in 2024 before the Lok sabha polls. samithi (trs) got two each. political leverage for the party. First Government took advantage of and no doubt, the narendra Modi Interestingly, the house now has of all, it enables the Modi also managed to mobilise the sup - Government suffered a setback due some heavyweights like former Government to go ahead with the port of some neutral parties like the Code Red Delhi to the commanding majority of the Prime Minister deve Gowda, former much-needed reforms and Bills in BJd and the trs. now, the ndA Congress-led Opposition in 2014 in Congress Leader of Opposition in the both the houses of Parliament. Government is unlikely to face any the rajya sabha. At that time, the Lok sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and earlier, the Opposition blocked a challenge in pushing through its leg - Congress alone had 68 seats and the former Jharkhand Chief Minister number of measures though in Modi a small opposition on Page 7 Short cuts won’t work By : ROBIN R DAvID Additionally, labour laws protecting children and women will stay. the fundamental question is if Madhya Pradesh (MP) promul - these new labour laws brought in by gated the MP Labour Laws states as a result of the pandemic se - (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, cure the good of the workers or safe - which has a 1,000-day plan and guard the interests of the employ - Gujarat has a 1,200-day plan to re - ers?. When the bubonic plague vive businesses. MP, Gujarat and struck the city of Ahmedabad in 1917, other states have relaxed the appli - about 10 per cent of the population cation of labour laws, including the succumbed to it. As the plague was Factories Act, 1948, the Contract much more severe in the towns than Labour regulation Act, 1970 and the Lives could have been saved if the disease protocol was executed in let - in the villages, the workers employed Industrial disputes Act, 1948. these ter and spirit. We can’t afford to go the new york way. In a major firefight- in the textile industry wanted to re - new laws increase the working hours ing exercise, the Centre and the delhi Government have decided to bury turn to the relative safety of their vil - from 48 a week to 60 and 72, reduce the hatchet, work together to curtail the spread of COVId-19 and keep the lages. to prevent an exodus, mill compliance by factories and permit fatalities in the national Capital down. For the success of any clinical proto- owners handed out “plague bonuses” industries with less than 300 work - col can only be assessed when the death rate is ascertained and under con- to their staff which ranged from 20 ers to declare termination or closure trol. And as far as delhi is concerned, the number of deaths is more worri - per cent to 70 per cent. however, the without prior approval. some of the some than the number of positive cases. Of course, now the city’s medical prices of essential commodities, too, new laws suspend the erstwhile infrastructure is being ramped up on a war footing, with Union home went up manifold due to the out - mandatory conciliation procedures Minister Amit shah announcing another 10,000-bed facility near break. After the contagion subsided, before retrenchment. Gujarat has Chhatarpur, which is supposed to be bigger than anything China had built the employers stopped paying the announced that there will be no during the contagion. But then, delhi’s caseload has now far surpassed plague bonus to their workers, who the three major takeaways from the application of labour laws such as overtime wages and only salary in code red on Page 7 in turn protested as the prices were the plague outbreak in the context of the Factories Act, 1948 and the proportion to the existing one shall still high. they demanded a 50 per the COVId-19 crisis are: the em - Industrial disputes Act, 1947. be paid. till now, UP, MP, Gujarat, cent dearness allowance (dA) and ployers wooed the workers and dis - the state Governments are con - himachal Pradesh, rajasthan, there were strikes. to break the im - suaded them from going to the vil - scious of the fact that the lockdown Karnataka, Punjab, tripura, H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y passe, the Collector of Ahmedabad lages by giving them plague bonuses. has resulted in a loss of income for Uttarakhand, haryana, Assam and invited Mahatma Gandhi to inter - second, efforts were made to end the businesses and a loss of livelihood Goa have temporarily amended their vene and facilitate arbitration pro - dispute amicably and finally, the im - for workers. On May 22, Karnataka, labour laws. though these new laws 1967 : Six-day war ends ceedings between the workers and passe was resolved in a consultative invoking the public emergency pro - are temporary, the fundamental the employers. Gandhi’s involve - manner by involving the workers, vision of the Factories Act, increased question is if they secure the good of the six-day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors ends with a ment included regular meetings with employers and the Government. the working hours to 10 a day. Uttar the workers or safeguard the good of United nations-brokered cease-fire. the outnumbered Israel defense the workers under a babul tree on the the new laws triggered by Pradesh (UP) made the UP the employers? Indian labour laws: Forces achieved a swift and decisive victory in the brief war, rolling over the banks of the sabarmati. he pub - COVId-19: today, the outbreak and temporary exemptions from the directive Principles of state Arab coalition that threatened the Jewish state and more than doubling the lished a leaflet daily to educate and the post-lockdown economic gloom Certain Labour Laws Ordinance, Policy in Part IV of the Constitution amount of territory under Israel’s control. the greatest fruit of victory lay in create awareness among the work - have prompted the states to an - 2020, which suspends the operation say that the health and strength of seizing the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan; thousands of Jews wept ers. One such leaflet assured that “we nounce mitigating measures in the of all labour laws in the state. the workers should not be abused and while bent in prayer at the second temple’s Western Wall. Increased ten- want to secure the good of the work - form of Ordinances and executive di - only exceptions to this are that all citizens must not be forced by eco - sions and skirmishes along Israel’s northern border with syria were the im- ers while safeguarding the good of rections in the labour and economic workers must be paid the minimum nomic necessity to enter vocations mediate cause of the third Arab-Israeli war. In 1967, syria intensified its the employers.” the non-violent sectors. states, in an attempt to kick- wage; maximum hours of work shall unsuited to their age or strength. bombardment of Israeli settlements across the border, and Israel struck protests ended when the workers start economic activity, have an - be 11 and the spread-over should not Further, the state within its limits of ay back by shooting down six syrian MiG fighters. After syria alleged in M were given a 35 per cent dA. nounced a slew of measures to relax exceed 12 hours in a day. 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Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU thUrsdAy JUne 25 , 2020 3 more test positive for COVID-19 ITBP takes over largest COVID-19 care center in Delhi PRESS TRUST Of INDIA said. More than 1,000 doctors of the ItBP in Mizoram; total count 145 New Delhi, Jun 24 and other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and 2,000 paramedics and securi - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA tested positive for coronavirus on the Indo-tibetan Border Police on ty staff are expected to be deployed at this Aizawl, Jun 24 June 13," he said. Pachuau, who is Wednesday took over a 10,000 bed capacity facility, the officer said. the south delhi also the state nodal officer of the COVId-19 care center in delhi, officials district administration will provide admin - three more persons, including Integrated disease surveillance said. A team of officials from the border istrative support to the center, he said. two women, have tested positive for Programme, said there is nothing guarding force visited the radha soami the ItBP was the first organisation in COVId-19 in Mizoram, taking the to panic as the woman was placed Beas facility and held discussions with the the country to have created a 1,000 bed state's tally to 145, an official said under home quarantine before she delhi government and other stakeholders quarantine center for coronavirus affected on Wednesday. Of the three cases, tested positive for the virus. she was who will be partners in running the center. people. the center in Chhawla area of two were reported from Aizwal dis - admitted to ZMC on Wednesday Union home Minister Amit shah had on south-west delhi has treated about 1,200 trict and one from Lunglei, he said. morning, Lalmalsawma said. tuesday said the center has been entrusted people, including 42 foreigners who were A total of 647 samples were Mizoram currently has 126 active to the (ItBP). "the force took over the brought to India on special evacuation tested at Zoram Medical College cases, while 19 have recovered from COVId-19 care center at radha soami Beas flights from Wuhan in China and Italy, after (ZMC) and Lunglei civil hospital on the infection. Altogether 11,964 in Chattarpur, new delhi on Wednesday. the COVId-19 outbreak few months back. tuesday, and three were found pos - people have so far returned to "the home ministry had nominated ItBP the facility is still operational and is taking itive for the disease, dr Pachuau Mizoram from different parts of the as the nodal agency to provide doctors and care of those ItBP troops who are joining Lalmalsawma, spokesperson of the country and abroad in the wake of team of other professionals to this center as back to work after the countrywide lock - health department on COVId-19, the lockdown, another official said. requested by the delhi government," an down. It also created the first standard op - said. "Of the fresh cases, two had re - "We expect that 1,155 more people ItBP officer said. It is expected that a 2,000 erating procedures for management of the cently come from delhi and were in will come back soon and the num - bed facility will be operational at the center pandemic among the various CAPFs and institutional quarantine facilities, ber of returnees could increase as from June 26, another officer said. the total central and state police organisations. the while a woman was found to have stranded people continue to regis - bed capacity may go upto 10,200. this will about 90,000 personnel strong force is pri - contracted the disease through ter their names with the state gov - be the largest COVId-19 care center in the marily tasked to guard the 3,488 km long contact with her father who had ernment," he added. national capital as well as the country, he Line of Actual Control with China. Can't permit ICSE board exams Gujarat : Policeman arrested Over 73.5 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 in India till June 23 : ICMR for assaulting bank employee PRESS TRUST Of INDIA validated the 1,000th test - are in government setups care dia gnostic tests," the in Maha: State govt tells HC PRESS TRUST Of INDIA New Delhi, Jun 24 ing laboratory, ramping while 270 are in the pri - ICMr noted in its advisory is - Surat, Jun 24 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA ment cannot permit the conduct of up th e capacity for detection vate sector. this includes sued on tuesday. Also, th ere Over 73.5 lakh sam - Mumbai, Jun 24 ICse exams from July 2, given the A police constable was suspended of COVId-19 in the country. rt-PCr labs (557), truenat is value in conducting ples have been tested for current COVId-19 situation in the and arrested for allegedly thrashing a Currently, three lakh sam - Labs (363) and CBnAAt serosurvey with IgG-based COVId-19 till June 23, of the Maharashtra government on state, Kumbhakoni told the court. bank employee i n surat district after Union ples can be tested per day, Labs (80). "however, in antibody tests in certain which 2.15 lakh were ex - Wednesday told the Bombay high theICseboard had decided to con - Finance Min ister nirmala sitharaman an official said. "A cumula - spite of these develop - situations, it said. In view amined on tuesday, the Court that the Indian school duct its pending examinations from sought timely actio n in the matter. Bank offi - tive total of 73,52,911 sam - ments, access to testing of this, it is now suggested highest in a day since the Certificate examination (ICse) board July 2 to 12 across the state after they cials said police constable Ghanshyam shyora ples have been tested up to still remains a huge chal - to include additional test - beginning of the pandem - cannot be permitted to conduct its could not be held in March due to the entere d the Canara Bank's saroli branch June 23, with 2,15,195 lenge in a large country ing methods to improve ic, ICMr officials said on pending standard X and XII exams in COVId-19 outbre ak. A petition was then on Monday and asked the woman clerk to samples being tested on like India. there is a defi - access and availabilit y of Wednesday. July in view of the current COVId-19 filed by city resident Arvind tiwari chal - print his passbook. When told the printer tuesday," the ICMr said. nite need to increase the testing in various parts of the the apex health re - situation. the government said it has lenging the boards decision, claiming wasn't working, he lost lost temper, Of the 1,000 COVId-19 outreach of testing by in - country, the health research search body on tuesday also decided not to conduct its own that the number of COVId-19 cases abused her and started slapping and testing laboratories, 730 troducing rapid point of body said. university exams for final year stu - was still on the rise. hence, it would be pushing her. the video of the attack went dents in the state in the wake of the appropriate to declare results based viral on social media. pandemic. Advocate General on a gradation and assessment of past "My office is being informed that the Contn. from Page 6 ...... Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for performance of students in internal Commissioner of Police visited canara the state, told a division bench of exams conducted by variousICse banks saroli branch and assured staff of Chief Justice dipankar datta and schools, the petitioner said. the court full cooperation; the accused police con - Justice s s shinde that the state on Monday directed the state government stable is plac ed under suspension," 1967 ...... disaster Management Committee, to clear its stand on the issue. Kumbhakoni sitharaman tweeted on Wednesday. the min - under the chairmanship of Chief told the court on Wednesday that the ister s aid her office had spoken to the 1967 that Israel was massing troops along the border, every sign of a pan-Arab attack in the works, Israel’s gov - Minister Uddhav thackeray, held a state government had similarly taken surat Commissioner of Police r B egypt mobilized its forces and demanded the withdrawal ernment on June 4 authorized its armed forces to launch a meeting on tuesday where it was de - a decision to not conduct its own uni - Brahmbhatt who assured that the ac - of the U.n. emergency Force from the Israel-egypt cease- surprise preemptive strike. On June 5, the six-day War be - cided not to permit the ICse board to versity exams for final year students cused constable shall be suspended im - fire lines of the 1956 conflict. the U.n. peacekeepers left on gan with an Israeli assault against Arab air power. In a bril - conduct its exams. the state govern - due to the pandemic. mediately. May 19, and three days later egypt closed the straits of liant att ack, the Israeli air force caught the formidable egyptian tiran to Israeli shipping. On May 30, Jordan signed a mu - air force on th e ground and largely destroyed the Arabs’ most tual-defense treaty with egypt and syria, and other Arab powerful weapon. the Israeli air force then turned against Contn. from Page 6 ...... states, including Iraq, Kuwait, and Algeria, sent troop con - the lesser air forces of Jordan, syria, and Iraq, and by the tingents to join the Arab coalition against Israel. With end of the day had decisively won air superiority. Short cuts ...... Code red ...... economic capacity or development, shall make effective als, who were unable to realise their rights or enjoy oppor - that of Wuhan’s and the priority should be to ensure that containment zones and slackened policing there have led provisions to secure the right to work, public assistance in tunities on account of adverse physical, mental, social, eco - no patient is allowed to deteriorate unattended, without a to people interacting with each other normally and multi - cases of unemployment, disablement and in other cases of nomic, cultural, political, geographic or health circum - bed or oxygen, or turned away. some lives could have been plying the incidence of the disease. the state should draft undeserved want. In all, Indian labour laws are beneficial stances, disability, caste, ethnicity, religion or political/re - saved if the management protocol was executed in letter in more medical workers and volunteers for better data pieces of social legislation. India’s global commitments: ligious belief. Businesses are encouraged to file Business and spirit. For example, although the delhi Government collection and on-site reports. experts are now pushing for India has been a member of the International Labour reports under these guidelines. Further, the seBI as part ordered that 20 per cent of beds in 117 private a 100 per cent survey of all containment zones by June 30 Organisation (ILO) since 1919. ILO’s International Labour of integrated reporting by listed entities, has mandated top hospitals/nursing homes in the city would be reserved for and an extensive one of delhi by July 6. there is also talk of standards (ILs) stress on the health and safety of workers 500 listed companies to file Business responsibility Coronavirus patients, the latter are not being cared for. a serological study being planned between June 27 and and human-centred recovery that is sustainable. the reports, which include a declaration on compliances un - there have been far too many complaints about patients, July 10, and 20,000 samples being collected to analyse the employment and decent Work for Peace and resilience der the labour laws. Problems with the new laws: though a once they were admitted to the hospital, being simply left scale of the spread of the virus. For this is not the time to fly recommendation, which was adopted by several nations health crisis has triggered the new laws, they have ignored alone. Forget about treatment for Covid, patients are also blind or go by assumptions but to map the reality as is to including India, emphasises that crisis responses need to health and safety issues. Moreover, ILs and UnGPs have finding it difficult to get treated for their co-morbidities prevent deaths. there are also plans to expand contact ensure respect for all human rights and the rule of law, in - been ignored contrary to the Centre’s commitments. with doctors staying away. And this despite being charged tracing beyond family members of Corona patients as 60 cluding respect for fundamental principles and rights at taking the case of the Factories Act, 1948 alone, the states the moon. this could be one of the reasons why the fatality per cent of deaths occurred within three days of admission work. ILs acknowledges the importance of engaging in of UP, MP and Karnataka have relied on section 5 to relax rate has spiked. If the city has to see a fall in the number of in hospital, showing a worrying lack of surveillance. While processes and mechanisms to ensure efficient tripartite the provision of the Factories Act, contending that a public deaths, then it is not enough to frame strategies and action encouragingly, the doubling rate in the country improved consultations and reaching a consensus on effective solu - emergency has arisen. Under this law, a public emergency plans. they have to be implemented on the ground. there to 20.7 days, cases in delhi are doubling in 14.4 days and 57 tions. A climate of trust can be built through social dia - is a grave emergency whereby the security of India or any must be a collective will, too. significantly, the renewed ef - per cent of them are coming from either clusters or con - logue and tripartism will be essential to address the part of the territory is threatened by war, external aggres - forts to beat the pandemic will include more stringent reg - tainment zones, indicating a serious problem in the cur - COVId-19’s impact. In 2011, the Un human rights sion or internal disturbance. the UP and Karnataka labour ulations in the city’s 261 containment zones, stricter con - rent strategy. It is no wonder then that the Centre also Council endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and law amendments have been challenged in the high Courts tact tracing, rapid antibody testing to gauge the spread of wants to analyse every COVId-19 death in the city, includ - human rights (UnGP) in recognition of the state’s exist - at Allahabad and Bengaluru. during the hearings, the virus in the community, close involvement of the police ing the number of days a person was in hospital and if they ing obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights Karnataka and UP have conceded that no “public emer - to enforce social distancing norms and inclusion of the were in home isolation. Plus, in a slight variation of the dik - and fundamental freedoms; the requirement of business gency” exists to relax the application of the Factories Act. delhi Government’s 11 epidemiologists to play a larger role tat issued by the L-G, from now on positive cases will have enterprises to respect human rights and the need for access On June 12, Karnataka informed the high Court that it had at the district level. so grim is the situation that delhi saw a to go to Covid care centres for an assessment before a deci - to an effective remedy for those who are affected by ad - withdrawn its notification by which the provisions of the 31 per cent spike in infections last week and has overtaken sion on home isolation is taken. new delhi is dangerously verse business-related human rights impacts or abuse. the Factories Act, 1948, governing the working hours of staff, tamil nadu to be the second-worst hit state in the country. similar to new york where all the initial emphasis was on UnGPs have become the authoritative global standard for were suspended. so far, the laws on working hours and With delhi accounting for 24 per cent of all new cases and capacity creation and no attention was paid to contact- business and human rights. According to the Prime wages had ensured the welfare of labourers. the amend - 25 per cent of the Covid-19 deaths reported in the country tracing or mapping the disease. A clinical protocol can Minister, “responsible business conduct is a globally- ments have distorted the balance and exposed workers to in the last two days, there has to be war room efficiency. work only when we know what we are dealing with. so let’s recognised concept founded on the idea that businesses exploitation. state Governments will have to prioritise Following the example of Karnataka, it can even get com - not ask questions of who did a good or bad job or who has can perform better when engaged in re-vitalising the socie - health and safety during this crisis. Further COVId-19 is a munities involved in contact tracing and accelerate the the upper hand politically and administratively. suffice it ty from which they extract resources for production.” health crisis, and the states need to ensure that the health process of early detection. the lack of contact tracing in to say that this coordinated effort should deliver in the end. the national Guidelines on responsible Business and the safety of the workers is a priority. the state Conduct, 2018, were formulated by the Ministry of Governments should not be permitted to lower standards Corporate Affairs in its commitment to the sustainable at the expense of human labour and consequently trade. Testing ...... development Goals. the UnGPs are a means of nudging Most of the new labour laws appear to be an attempt to en - businesses to contribute towards broader development courage business entities without consulting the workers. face any mass scale revolt till 1946. they kept strict vigil to seeds of the present India-nepal tension have not been goals while seeking to maximise their profits. these guide - Further, the new laws, or as some call them reforms, ignore avoid any political discourse in the officer’s mess, discour - sown in the foothills of the south of the himalayas but lines recognise that businesses are an integral part of socie - issues of health and safety of the workers. these laws are aged all acts of religious lunacy and managed the somewhere else. Across the north-east of the himalayas to caste/language faultlines rather well. Little wonder then be precise. And conviction compels one to revisit the ty and that they will hold themselves accountable. these contrary to India’s ILO commitments. A balanced ap - that millions of Indians from the rural belt and officers August 2009 essay written by Zhan Lue of a Beijing think- guidelines focus on equity, dignity and well-being, provi - proach with the involvement of the workers, employers from preferred “background” served them with great elan, tank. “China should break India into 20-30 states.” Using sion of decent work for all employees, engaged within a and the Government in labour reform is the only way for - thereby ensuring two world war victories to the British highly venomous and toxic semantics, he openly stated business or in its value chain, without any discrimination ward. even if laws are tilted to favour businesses, at the monarchy. Contextually, therefore, few salient features of that “if China takes a little action, the so-called Great and in a way that promotes diversity. the principle recog - cost of worker welfare, it will not help the economy in the soldiering now need to be revisited. the house/village of Indian Federation can be broken up with the help and sup - nises that the well-being of an employee also includes the long-term. It is now time for the Government and employ - the soldier must preferably be politically uncontaminated port of friendly countries like Pakistan, nepal, Bhutan and welfare of her/his family. the guidelines signify the impor - ers to engage with the workers and develop a climate of and peaceful. A frontline soldier can never give his best Bangladesh.” Ironically, these aggressive words appear to tance of protecting vulnerable and marginalised individu - trust to rebuild the economy. with an oscillating mind, fluctuating between uncertain - have become China’s standard operating procedure to ca - ties in two fronts: Guns of the enemy in front and goons in jole and compel all in the vicinity to kow-tow to Beijing, es - his estate in the rear. second, hurt religious feelings led to pecially since Xi Jinping became the strong man of the A small ...... the mutiny of 1857 during the military rule by London’s hans to reverse the role of his country’s “ignominious his - clueless commercial company. Again, when the political tory of 110 years.” Abnormal and absurd territorial, tech - islative agenda. It is sweet revenge for the BJP that it has should not be a drawback because it is not the numbers clarion call for India’s freedom from the British reached nology and trade demands of the hans have already upset overtaken the Congress, reaching almost twice the num - which matter but the effectiveness of the arguments in the the catchment areas of soldier recruitment and barracks, the West. Whenever India tries to stand up to Chinese bul - ber, 86. this shows that the saffron party has also achieved house. It is the duty of the Opposition to uphold the tenets mass spontaneous revolt of the men in uniform could not lying, Beijing unleashes our neighbours to open up new an impressive surge in the rajya sabha. the Opposition of democracy and ensure that the Government does its job be aborted in 1946. One, therefore, sincerely hopes that the fronts. nepal’s new map certainly is one such attack that has had an upper hand for 39 of the 68 years but this will well. there are many important issues facing the country present “enlarged” territory of nepal doesn’t transform a aims to damage the Indian armed forces deep inside the change now. Just as the BJP brought back the single party right now like the handling of the pandemic, the Chinese benign personal thought into an uncontrollable passion. cantonment. the hans have gone berserk. their “Great majority in 2014 after three decades, this too, will be seen skirmishes, the face-off with nepal, the ailing economy An emotive issue must not be allowed to break the balance Game”, consisting of the Belt and road Initiative and the as a feather in its cap. For the Opposition, which is already and so on. the veterans that are there in the rajya sabha or professionalism of the Gurkha Brigades of the Indian China–Pakistan economic Corridor, faces all-round chal - weak, this would mean a complete setback in both the must take these issues up strongly. did not a handful of garrison. that’s because no sensitive soldier, however loyal lenges. the contagion has further stymied China’s growth houses. earlier, it had the advantage in the rajya sabha Opposition leaders expose the Bofors scandal during the and disciplined he may be, under extreme tension — creat - engine. All-round lockdowns have led to largescale unem - but now there is a danger that the Government could flex rajiv Gandhi era when he had 415 members in the Lok ed by indigenous political, populist and demagogues’ reck - ployment across the world. the closure of air and sea its muscles and take unilateral decisions. Also the sabha? In fact, the invaluable experience of heavyweights less call to the sons of the soil to rise and protect the image, routes has battered international trade, technology and Opposition has a leadership vacuum, is not united and has like Gowda, Pawar and Manmohan singh would come in prestige, honour and self-respect of his “motherland”/ter - tourism. hence, a desperate “strategic indirect approach” no joint floor strategy. the fact remains that only a vigilant handy. On the whole it is for the Opposition to be vigilant ritory and soil of the family — can control himself beyond a to fix India’s vulnerable heartland. India must counter to and united Opposition can hold the Government account - and for the Government to avoid unilateral decisions to point. he’s bound to cave in at the spur of the moment ensure the safety and security of its soldiers, the state and able. the weakening of the Opposition in the Upper house safeguard democracy. though. It needs no rocket science to state the obvious. the society. At least, we should wake up now. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, thUrsdAy, JUne 25, 2020 'Learn From History': North Korea: Kim suspended military Trump Promises retaliation against South Punishment For 'Vandals' Seoul, Jun 24 north Korea on Wednesday said leader Kim Jong Un sus - pended a planned military re - Who Destroy Statues taliation against south Korea, possibly slowing the pressure campaign it has waged against Trump's campaign sees the attempts to remove statues as a its rival amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the trump potential presidential lifeline. The campaign argues that liberals administration. Last week, the Washington June 24 who destroy or tamper with are dramatically overreaching by embracing calls to 'defund the north had declared relations statues on public property that with the south as fully rup - ited by the international sanc - As America grapples with commemorate anyone who police' and remove statues of American icons tured, destroyed an inter- tions against the north over its racism in its past, President served in the Us military. he Korean liaison office in its terri - nuclear weapons programme. donald trump lined up said the executive order would “defund the police” and re - share his avowed commitment for this new red Guard that tory and threatened unspeci - the public face of the squarely with those who argue “reinforce” existing law. move statues of American to safeguard symbols of the na - nobody elected.” fied military action to censure north's recent bashing of the that the pendulum has swung “We are looking at long- icons taught in history books. tion's past. senator tim scott of south seoul for a lack of progress in south has been Kim yo Jong, too far in favour of removing term jail sentences for these trump's prior defense of A White house official and Carolina, the chamber's only bilateral cooperation and for the powerful sister of leader statues and other symbols of vandals and these hoodlums Confederate statues and mili - a campaign aide outlined the Black republican, also decried activists floating anti- Kim Jong Un, who has been that flawed history, saying and these anarchists and agi - tary bases named after such president's thinking speaking the toppling of statues but said Pyongyang leaflets across the confirmed as his top official on mistakes will be repeated if not tators,” trump said, referring figures amounted to a political on condition of anonymity be - celebrating “all of our history border. inter-Korean affairs. Issuing learned from and understood. to protesters who have vented risk in the current climate. But cause they were not authorized would be crazy.” Analysts say north Korea, harsh statements through state trump's campaign also their anger over racial injus - aides now believe the presi - to discuss the matter publicly. “I'm not going to celebrate after weeks deliberately raising media, she had said the north's sees the divide over this latest tice by toppling statues of fig - dent has found an unexpected senate Majority Leader all of our history because all of tensions, may be pulling away demolishing of the liaison of - cultural flash point as a way to ures tied to America's racist new attack line against Mitch McConnell on tuesday it shouldn't be celebrated,” just enough to make room for fice would be just the first in a boost the president's standing, democrats as the effort to re - cast the “lawlessness” of the at - scott told Fox news on history. south Korean concessions. series of retaliatory action which has suffered during his move symbols has spread in tacks on statues as a cultural tuesday. “But we should re - he spoke out after an at - Pyongyang's official Korean against the enemy south and handling of the coronavirus tempt Monday night to bring some places to include the phenomenon among “far-left member it.” Visitors to the Central news Agency said Kim that she would leave it to the outbreak and the protests over down a Lafayette Park statue likes of Presidents Ulysses s. radicals” in need of a history Lafayette square area tuesday presided by video conference north's military to come up racial injustice that followed of Andrew Jackson, one of Grant, Jackson and George lesson. also panned the statue re - over a meeting tuesday of the with the next steps. the George Floyd's death in trump's favorite presidents, Washington. “Our founding fathers are moval effort. ruling Workers' Party's Central General staff of the north's mil - Minneapolis. was foiled by police in the park though all three figures being roped to the ground like Wenola Wade, a white res - Military Commission, which itary has said it would send After weeks spent de - across from the White house. were flawed individuals, they were saddam hussein,” ident of the district of decided to postpone plans for manding “law and order” in re - trump called it a “sneak trump's campaign believes he McConnell said, referring to Columbia, said she's frustrat - troops to the mothballed inter- military action against the sponse to the protests sparked attack” on the statue of can use them to wage a culture Iraq's former authoritarian ed that “we're not far enough Korean cooperation sites in south brought up by the by Floyd's death by police, Jackson, who owned slaves war and position the president leader. Iraqis celebrated the along” in dealing with sys - Kaesong and diamond north's military leaders. trump began to draw a line in and was ruthless in his treat - as the defender of a way of life end of hussein's government temic racism but added that Mountain and restart military the sand. ment of native Americans. that is threatened by demo - by toppling a statue of hussein “we can't take down every sin - KCnA didn't specify why drills in frontline areas. he promised executive ac - “We should learn from the graphic change and genera - in Baghdad in April 2003. gle statue. that's stupid." the decision was made. It said such steps would nullify a tion to protect monuments af - history,” he told Fox news in a tional shifts in views on issues McConnell criticised pro - “to me, that takes away other discussions included bol - set of deals the Koreas reached ter some statues of taped interview broadcast from marriage to racial justice. testers for doing the same to from what the real message is,” stering the country's "war de - during a flurry of diplomacy in Confederates and other histor - tuesday. “And if you don't un - Calls to overhaul policing statues of Washington and said Wade (75), who was walk - terrent". 2018 that prohibited them from ical figures with checkered life derstand your history, you will and confront lingering racial thomas Jefferson. And he ing near Lafayette square yoh sang-key, spokesman taking hostile action against stories were angrily brought go back to it again." inequality may be bipartisan, marveled at efforts to take around midday hoping to see of south Korea's Unification each other. Also condemning down from parks and other trump's campaign sees but trump's reelection team down statues of Grant, the some of the protesters' Ministry, said seoul was "close - the south over north Korean places of public prominence. the attempts to remove statues believes the most aggressive “general who crushed the posters. ly reviewing" the north's report refugees floating anti- trump said he wants the as a potential presidential life - steps being pushed by some Confederacy, the president the White house declined but didn't further elaborate. Pyongyang leaflets across the maximum punishment avail - line. the campaign argues that democrats will turn off cen - who used federal force to fight comment on when trump yoh also said it was the first border, the north said Monday able under federal law — up to liberals are dramatically over - trists and energize the presi - the Klan. they, too, have been would issue the executive or - report in state media of Kim it printed 12 million of its own a decade in prison — for those reaching by embracing calls to dent's base -– many of whom placed on the historical hit list der. holding a video conferencing propaganda leaflets to be meeting, but he didn't provide a dropped over the south in what specific answer when asked would be its largest ever anti- whether that would have some - seoul leafleting campaign. It China warns US over actions thing to do with the coron - wasn't immediately clear UN chief criticises lack of global avirus. whether Kim's decision to hold against 4 more media outlets the north says there hasn't back military action would af - been a single COVId-19 case on fect the country's plans for Beijing, Jun 24 its territory, but the claim is leafleting. the north's military cooperation on COVID-19 questioned by outside experts. had said it would open border China has warned that it will take countermeasures Kim dong-yub, an analyst areas on land and sea and pro - after the Us added four more Chinese media outlets to a United Nations, Jun 24 tries in the response to the COVId. fire to all conflicts on March 23 to from seoul's Institute for Far vide protection for civilians in - list of organisations that should be considered foreign Guterres said it's important to use tackle COVId-19 but the response eastern studies, said it's likely volved in the leafleting cam - missions in the United states because of their ties to the the United nations chief criti - that fact to make countries under - has been very limited. that the north is waiting for fur - paigns. the north has a history government and ruling Communist Party. Foreign min - cised the total lack of international stand that bringing them together, And his calls, and repeated ther action from the south to of dialling up pressure against istry spokesperson Zhao Lijian attacked the trump ad - coordination in tackling the putting together their capacities, calls by the World health salvage ties from what it sees as the south when it fails to get ministration's move as yet another example of the Us's COVId-19 pandemic and warned not only in fighting the pandemic Organization chief, for interna - a position of strength, rather what it wants from the United flagrant political suppression of the Chinese media, say - that the go-it-alone policy of many in a coordinated way but in work - tional solidarity to fight against than softening its stance on its states. the north's recent steps countries will not defeat the coro - ing it would interfere with their reporting on the Us and ing together to have the treat - COVId-19 have not led to signifi - rival. "What's clear is that the came after months of frustra - navirus. secretary-General betray America's commitment to freedom of the press. ments, testing mechanisms, the cant changes in nationalist ap - north said (the military action) tion over seoul's unwillingness Antonio Guterres said in an inter - vaccines accessible to everybody, proaches to dealing with the virus. We strongly urge the United states to abandon the was postponed, not cancelled," to defy Us-led sanctions and view with the Associated Press that this is the way we defeat the am frustrated, of course, with Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, and imme - said Kim, a former south restart the inter-Korean eco - that what needs to be done is to pandemic. the secretary-general the lack of international coopera - diately stop and correct this wrong practice that serves no Korean military official who nomic projects that would make countries understand that said coordinating political, eco - tion at the present moment, one's interest. Otherwise China will have to make the nec - participated in inter-Korean breathe life into its broken by acting in isolation they are cre - nomic and social responses to the Guterres said, but I hope that the essary legitimate response, Zhao said. military negotiations. Other ex - economy. nuclear negotiations ating the situation that is getting fallout from COVId-19 including new generations will be able to the Us decision on Monday to add the four organisa - perts say the north would be out of control and that global coor - job losses, increasing violence and make things change in the future. between Pyongyang and tions to the list, which already included five others, does - seeking something major from dination is key. human rights being violated will the secretary-general didn't Washington largely stalled af - n't directly impede their ability to conduct journalism but the south, possibly a commit - COVId-19 started in China, also help mitigate the impact of single out any countries, but Us ter Kim's second summit with could force some to cut staff in the Us and is likely to fur - ment to resume operations at a moved to europe, then to north the pandemic. From the start of President donald trump halted President donald trump last ther aggravate relations between the two countries. state America and now to south the pandemic, Guterres has been all funding to the World health shuttered joint factory park in year in Vietnam, where the department officials said the four organisations, includ - America, Africa and India, he said, trying to mobilize international Organization, accusing the Un Kaesong, which was where the Americans rejected north ing state-run CCtV, will be required to submit the identi - and some people are now talking action to address what he says is agency leading the fight against liaison office was located, or Korea's demands for major ties of all staff in the Us and any real estate holdings just about second waves coming at any the biggest international chal - the pandemic of failing to respond restart south Korean tours to sanctions relief in exchange for as they would if they were foreign embassies or con - moment. yet, he said, there is total lenge since World War II. to the coronavirus because China the north's diamond Mountain a partial surrender of its nu - sulates. lack of coordination among coun - he called for a global cease- has total control over it. resort. those steps are prohib - clear capabilities. H-1B Visa Suspension Will Harm American Businesses That Rely On Immigrants: US lawmakers
Washington June 24 companies depend on it to hire tens of alone is home to about 10 per cent of thousands of employees each year all green card holders...the state will the h-1B visa is a non-immigrant from countries like India and China. Indian professionals protest in front of the White House. likely be impacted the hardest after visa that allows Us companies to em - "It's a purely xenophobic and big - new york.experts predict the long- ploy foreign workers in specialty oc - oted agenda that actually works term ramifications of this decision cupations that require theoretical or against our national interest," Chu will not only stifle the nation's ability technical expertise. said. to attract top global talent, but also the temporary suspension of h- she underlined that immigrants hurt America’s greatest asset – its di - 1B and other non-immigrant visas by are vital to the Us economy and are versity." President donald trump will "dis - needed not only in the agriculture A green card, officially known as a proportionately" impact high-skilled and medicine sectors, but also in Permanent resident Card, allows a workers from Asia as well as harm the business, academia, and "everything foreigner to live and work perma - American businesses that rely on im - in between as well". nently in the United states. migrant workers, Us lawmakers have "If we want to rebuild our econo - Meanwhile, Congressman Mo said. In a huge blow to Indian It pro - my in the wake of the COVId-19 pan - Brooks praised trump's action. fessionals eyeing the Us job market, demic, we cannot close ourselves off “I’m also pleased President trump signed a proclamation on from immigrants. the President's or - trump refused to cave to intense Monday suspending the most sought- der puts his own election-year poli - pressure from the Us Chamber of after h-1B visas along with other tics over the needs of our country," Commerce and other special interest types of foreign work visas until the Chu said. groups that, out of greed and self-in - end of 2020 to protect American "Worse, by stoking xenophobia to shift blame. Immigration and Citizenship Chair ic recovery, growth and competitive - terest, had the hutzpah to demand the workers in a crucial election year. the and furthering the false impression trump's "relentless anti-immi - Zoe Lofgren said trump is once again ness. "I represent the heart of silicon importation of even more cheap for - new restrictions take effect from that immigrants take away American grant agenda is not only immoral, it abusing the law in an attempt to dis - Valley, which leads the world in inno - eign labour despite the severe dam - Wednesday. "this (the suspension of jobs, the President’s order is putting harms the American businesses that tract the American public from his vation. nearly one in three of my con - age done to struggling, jobless visas) will disproportionately impact immigrants at risk at a time when rely on immigrant workers", he said. abject failure to combat COVId-19. stituents was born outside of the Us American families,” he said. high-skilled workers from Asia, who hate crimes are spiking. this order the visas which are temporarily "rather than leading us into a sta - and they are essential to our nation's Congressman Lance Gooden said overwhelming utilise the h1-B visa divides our country at a moment suspended include L-1 visas for intra - ble period of economic recovery -- success," the democratic lawmaker h-1B visas and similar guest worker system and account for over 80 per when we need to be rebuilding. I’m company transfers, h-1Bs for work - one that brings real, sustainable jobs said. programmes are unnecessary when cent of h1-B visa holders in the strongly opposed to the trump ad - ers in specialty occupations as well as to the American public -- he tries to Congressman Filemon Vela said 45 million Americans are out of work United states," Congresswoman ministration’s continued attacks on the h-4 visa for spouses, h-2Bs for shift blame and return to his the suspension will affect high-skilled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional our legal immigration system," she temporary non-agricultural workers favourite political ploy of targeting workers, seasonal workers, spouses While defending his move, Asian Pacific American Caucus, said said. and most J-1 visas for exchange visi - and scapegoating immigrants," said of high-skilled immigrants, re - President trump had noted that the on tuesday. According to Congressman tors. the new rules would apply only the two democratic Congressman. searchers, scholars, and company ex - overall unemployment rate in the Us the h-1B visa is a non-immigrant Jerrold nadler, Chairman of the to those who are outside the Us, do Congresswoman Anna G eshoo ecutives seeking to transfer to the Us nearly quadrupled between February visa that allows Us companies to em - house Judiciary Committee, the visa not have a valid non-immigrant visa said the president's decision unfairly from positions abroad with the same and May of 2020 -- producing some ploy foreign workers in specialty oc - suspension order is both an "abuse" and an official travel document other blames immigrants for America's employer. noting that immigrants of the most extreme unemployment cupations that require theoretical or of the president's executive power than a visa to enter the country. In a cascading economy and will only are essential to positive economic rates ever recorded by the Bureau of technical expertise. the technology and a "politically motivated" attempt joint statement, nadler and harm the nation's long-term econom - growth in the Us, he said, "texas Labour statistics. Glimpses of Future
9 hEalth JAMMU, thUrsdAy, JUne 25, 2020 A ‘never-before’ focus on health and safety, Why it’s a good idea to oil your body before a bath rise in spends on fresh food in India: Report ou are what you eat, but at times the skin gets neglected as the system depletes us of 62 per cent, 68 per cent and 62 per cent nutrients. Applying oil is one of the ideal of the above categories respectively y "Consumers will look ways to nourish our bodies, yet we tend to skip it. 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Face yoga: Do these 3 easy Monsoon diet: Eat right with these three immunity boosting foods exercises early morning to Almonds are a source of 15 nutrients such as Avoid falling sick this magnesium, protein, riboflavin, zinc, etc. In addition Turmeric to this, they are also high in vitamin e, which acts as get firm and glowing skin an antioxidant to support pulmonary immune func - monsoon by making tion. Vitamin e is also known to offer protection f you have been applying a lot of products on your skin and it against infections caused by viruses and bacteria. still feels dull and tired, it is time you Almonds are a convenient snack that can be eaten Itry face yoga. Wondering what ex - sure to include anywhere, any time of the day. you can also mix al - actly that is? Allow us to explain. Face yo - monds with your favourite flavours to create healthy, ga, which involves doing repetitive exer - yet tasty snacks! cises, focuses on strengthening the mus - immunity boosters in cles of your face. repeating the move - Yoghurt ments allows for better blood circulation and prevents premature ageing. not only your daily diet. that, it also helps release tension in the shoulders, making you feel light and reju - he monsoon season brings a respite from venated. the scorching heat of summer. the sheer Exercise #1 tdelight of bingeing on hot pakodas with Massage your jawline with your steaming ginger tea makes the rains even more en - knuckles in an upward motion. this joyable. however, as much joy as the weather brings, basically creates an acupressure- it also makes us susceptible to a multitude of season - like motion that releases tension. al diseases, not all of which are water-borne. do the same on your forehead too, According to ritika samaddar, regional head – di - beginning at the middle and end - etetics, Max healthcare, delhi, our immunity takes a ing at the temples. do this 5 dip during monsoons, making us more susceptible to times every day. common cold, viral infections, flu and digestive is - Exercise #2 sues. A good immune system, therefore, is required Use your thumbs and mas - during this season, which can be built by consuming sage your neck and chin in an certain foods. upward motion at least 5 Include these three foods in your diet for better immunity It is one of the most powerful Indian spices and times. this helps deal with neck lines and wrinkles near your mouth. has more than 300 nutrients including calcium, fi - next, tighten your jawline and making a kiss-face; now stretch your Almonds bre, iron, zinc etc. turmeric is also known to have an - jaw to one side and turn your head to the same side. do this for 30 sec - ti-inflammatory properties that can help in boosting onds and repeat for 5 times. this not only tightens your neck but also Probiotics or “good bacteria” present in yoghurt immunity. It also contains anti-viral, anti-fungal and helps get rid of double-chin. can help in boosting your immune function. they anti-bacterial properties that further add to Exercise #3 help in healthy regulation of the gut, which stimu - strengthening the body’s immune function. Place your thumbs under your chin and massage your cheeks in an lates your immune response to fighting diseases. turmeric can be consumed by mixing it with milk or upward motion (ending at the temples) using your fingers. do this 5 yoghurt is also fortified with Vitamin d, which is ghee along with black pepper. times. this helps smoothen smile lines and promotes blood circula - linked to cold and flu resistance. you can try making As much as we love the monsoons, no one prefers tion. next, close your mouth and make a fish-face. hold yourself like fruit smoothies or just throw in some chopped fruits falling sick and being restrained in the pleasant sea - this for 30 seconds and repeat 5 times. this lifts your face and gives and nuts in a bowl of yoghurt for a healthy meal op - son. It is a time for us to protect our body against dis - you a plump look. tion. eases by taking precautions. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU thUrsdAy JUne 25, 2020 Deepika Padukone Ahem! Shehnaaz Gill confesses that her Saroj Khan hospitalized due schools pap for posting to breathing problems; tests videos of Sushant Singh negative for COVID-19 Rajput's body dream man should be like Sidharth Shukla
Veteran choreographer saroj Khan has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after she complained of breathing problems. According to a source close to her family, the 71-year old choreographer was rushed to Guru nanak hospital in Bandra on saturday. Following her hospitalisation, a mandatory Covid-19 test was done, which turned out to be negative. "she is fine now and recovering. she the year 2020 has been cent interaction with friend. shehnaaz Gill said the softer and emotional side had breathing issues and was taken to hospital one of the darkest ones for Bollywood hungama, that they do chat up on the of the tV hunk. It is not that for that. her Covid test was done which turned our generation. It has not shehnaaz Gill spoke about phone occasionally and have they did not have fights but out negative. she doesn't have any symptoms. been easy for Bollywood and #sidnaaz and their fans have even met a couple of times. sidnaaz patched up at the she is likely to be discharged in a day or two," Indian cinema buffs either. gone aww! this is the disclo - sidharth shukla has earlier end of it with a lot of love. the source told PtI. In a career spanning over But if there is something that sure that she made on the thanked shehnaaz Gill for they have given so many four decades, saroj Khan is credited with has made people kind of video interview. A fan asked being his BFF inside the memorable moments to Bigg choreographing more than 2000 songs. the smile even in this tough shehnaaz Gill what was her house. they did a music Boss 13. sidharth shukla in a three-time national Award winner has choreo - times, it is #sidnaaz. definition of a dream man. video Bhula dunga together recent interview said he is graphed for some of the most memorable sidharth shukla and she laughed and said some - and it is a success. sidharth someone who believes in in - tracks, including "dola re dola" from sanjay shehnaaz Gill's chemistry in one who is just like sidharth shukla and shehnaaz Gill ner beauty. talking about Leela Bhansali''s "devdas", "ek do teen" from Bigg Boss 13 endeared them shukla. shehnaaz Gill has rocked the show with their love, he said if the mere pres - Madhuri dixit-starrer "tezaab" and "ye Ishq to millions all over the world. confessed her love for him on camaraderie. no one would ence of a person makes you haaye" from "Jab We Met" in 2007. she last even salman Khan called many occasions. she says it is have imagined that these two feel good it is love. We guess, choreographed for "tabaah hogaye", featuring them the husband and wife one-sided as sidharth would end up as BFFs. the it is a wait and watch game Madhuri from filmmaker Karan Johar's pro - couple of the show. In a re - shukla only loves her like a Punjabi singer brought out for fans. duction "Kalank" in 2019.
Cannes 2020: Kangana Ranaut slays in Richa Chadha blames 2020 for an all-white pantsuit at the inaugural ceremony postponing her wedding, with a hilarious Gangs of Wasseypur reference of Indian Pavilion at the festival recently, a video has surfaced of sushant singh rajput's body being taken from the hospital to the Kangana ranaut one of the crematorium, which has incurred the wrath of few Indian personalities who at - deepika Padukone. schooling the pap who posted tended the inaugural ceremony the video, deepika said, “right. But it is OK for you of the Indian Pavilion at the to take this video and not only post it but also prob - Cannes Film Market 2020. It was ably monetise it without his or his family’s written a virtual ceremony and Kangana consent?” Appreciating her candour and willing - participated in the same from ness to call it straight down the line, her fans left her home in himanchal. For the several comments, with one replying, “Well said,” occasion, the Judgmentall hai while another person wrote: “Agree with you. Kya actress opted for an all-white While deepika Padukone has made no direct com - pantsuit. she looked stunning as ment on sushant singh rajput's tragic suicide, ever despite being a virtual func - merely at the age of 34, when he was on the cusp of tion. Kangana ranaut's team stardom, the actress has left no stone unturned shared the photos from the same since his demise to spread awareness about de - on the team's official handle. pression and mental health in general, given her "Kangana ranaut serving own self-confessed battles with them in the past. French riviera glamour straight On the very day he took his life, the superstar had from her home as part of the vir - written on her official Instagram handle: “As a per - tual India Pavilion red carpet at son who has had a lived experience with mental ill - Cannes 2020. Fans of the Queen ness, I cannot stress enough about the importance actress had been waiting for her of reaching out. talk. Communicate. express. seek and listen to her speech and in - help. remember, you are not alone. We are in this sights at the launch. she began together. And most importantly, there is hope.” by thanking the host and ex - Later, she again took to Instagram to bust several pressing gratitude and welcom - myths about depression, writing: “repeat After ing everyone from the Indian Me. you cannot snap out of depression,” she’d writ - Film fraternity as well as other ten recently. Before that, the actor wrote, “repeat dignitaries. At the inaugural After Me. depression is not the same as sadness,” event, Kangana went on to talk and “repeat After Me. Feeling depressed is not the about being a part of such an same as feeling sad.” event. Sushant Singh Rajput suicide: Mahabharat actress Roopa Ganguly demands CBI probe in the case
Last sunday, the assured people of neu - whole nation got the tral and fair trial. As of shocking news that now, associates of the sushant singh rajput actor are being ques - One of the most memorable films to come out of had ended his life at tioned by the cops. Bollywood in the past decade was Gangs of Wasseypur. his Bandra residence. yesterday, his former From richa Chadha to nawazuddin siddiqui and Pankaj the 34-year-old actor publicist and good tripathi, every actor associated with the film has made a was battling clinical friend rohini Iyer mark for himself. richa Chadha played the role of nagma depression since six recorded her state - Khatun in the film. Fans still rave about her performance. months. It seems he ment to the Bandra the scene where she runs after Manoj Bajpayee with the had stopped taking Police. Fans are de - sickle in her hand is etched in the memory of all fans of the his medicines some manding that the case rustic gangster drama. Well, she has shared a meme from time back as he felt be handed over to the the film linking it to her wedding that got postponed due to better. Fans of the ac - CBI for a fair enquiry. the coronavirus pandemic. Ali Fazal and richa Chadha tor are in shock and Mahabharat's were supposed to marry in June. It would have been a low- many feel that it might draupadi, actress key ceremony with functions in delhi and Mumbai. richa be a different case. roopa Ganguly who is is from the capital city. Ali Fazal is from Lucknow. the cou - there is a strong de - also a part of the ple had been dating since a few years now. In fact, the date mand for thorough in - Bharatiya Janta Party for their registry marriage was set in April. the actors' vestigation into the has also asked for a CBI spokesperson told PtI in March, "Given the current sce - matter to find out if probe on the matter. In nario and the unfortunate turn of events owing to the there was any abet - a series of tweets, she COVId-19 pandemic globally, Ali Fazal and richa Chadha ment to suicide or pre- has expressed how she have decided to postpone their wedding functions to the planned murder. feels it is the right thing later half of 2020 tentatively." the couple's spokesperson Politicians like to do. she has also added, "they wish for everyone to be healthy and safe and Uddhav thackeray, tagged Amit shah of at no cost would want their friends, families and well-wish - Anil deshmukh have the BJP in her tweets. ers to be affected. 11 LOCAL !$$+ - % ). !+%
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