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The Ministry’s data last year.           M    record sowing of kharif crops showed that the area sown in With Madhya Pradesh and  M          so far. Interestingly, the area Bihar is estimated 5.11 lakh Maharashtra planting soyabean !       sown in Punjab is estimated to hectare as against 1.17 lakh over 42.2 lakh hectares and 29      "N#  Q  have declined due to lack of hectare last years during the faced influx of migrant work- Similarly, Chhattisgarh paddy over 68 lakh hectare so lakh hectares as compared to  P  Q         farm labourers. same period. Similarly, Uttar ers during the lockdown peri- which also saw migrants’ far as compared to 49.2 lakh 8.5 lakh hectares and 1 lakh           (   )      According to Agriculture Pradesh has witnessed kharif od. UP and Bihar that account- influx, reported 13.40 lakh hectares last year. hectares, respectively, during (    "(   Ministry’s data, the area under crops plantation of 5.96 lakh ed for nearly 75 per cent of hectare kharif crops sowing Punjab has reported the corresponding period the            kharif crops increased by 88 per hectare as against the 1.52 lakh trains ferrying migrants back compared to 4.38 lakh hectare decline in kharif crops sowing total area under soyabean cul-     P*    cent over to 433 lakh hectares hectare last year. received 1,723 and 1,680 last year. As per the Ministry’s due to shortage of farm labour- tivation zoomed 225 per cent  QO till Friday as against 230 lakh Both these States have shramik trains respectively. data, farmers have planted ers in the State. The area sown to 109 lakh hectares. +   # ,   N- (  O          .     N      O N      O N         O    &+   * )                        ) /                                       ! *    0 1 Q "N*      ()&  *         2        !   ON3  OM           *     #    " #$% #$&'     # Q         Geneva: China did not come China picked up a media state- test came on Thursday itself,           )   forward on its own to report to ment by the Wuhan Municipal   and 13 of the inmates were -  !  the World Health Organisation Health Commission from their found positive. "#P %     Q 4 5 (WHO) that it had a problem website on cases of “viral pneu- Of them, seven were new      in Wuhan following the virus monia” in Wuhan, according to     inmates, who had been serving  P M      , 6  outbreak late last year, accord- the chronology of events enu- the mandatory isolation of 14     N         ing to the updated information merated by the WHO. On    days in two separate rooms   # Q   the UN health agency posted January 1, the WHO request- inside the premises.         /    about how it has handled the ed information on the report- t least 13 inmates of the While there are three .   #    Covid-19 crisis so far. ed cluster of atypical pneumo- Ajuvenile home in Noida rooms which have been !           On December 31, 2019, the nia cases in Wuhan from the tested positive for coronavirus reserved for the new inmates to       )       WHO’s Country Office in Chinese authorities. IANS on Thursday and they have serve quarantine, the remain-     been sent to Government ing reside in five different halls.          89:;   State from outside with infec- about 21,000 cases, out of Institute of Medical Sciences However, there are multiple     tion. The Government of West which 6,200 are still active, (GIMS) in Greater Noida for common areas used by all the              Bengal has decided to stop or Maharashtra with a total of treatment. There are total 162 inmates.       M /    curtail the movement of 1,92,990 confirmed cases is children at the observation And officials suspect that <      incoming flights and trains the worst-hit State in the coun- home and Covid antigen and the six other old inmates could    L #   M   into the State.” try. Tamil Nadu has 1,02,721 PCR tests were conducted on have contracted Covid since          July 6 to July 19, 2020 or till fur- The Chief Minister too cases whereas Delhi is at third all the inmates and 17 staffers they were using the same wash-  !    4 5     ther order whichever is earlier.” had told the media “though our spot with about 95,000 cases. of the observation home rooms, water coolers in the           he Central Government According to sources, the recovery rate at more than 65 Gujarat has registered about throughout Thursday. common area.        Thas suspended flights link- order was circulated by the air- per cent is higher than the 34,600 infections. The results of the antigen “The health department   ing Kolkata’s NSI Airport to six port slot allocation team fol- national rate we have problems officials were of the view that 3          /   hotspot cities of Delhi, lowing directives from the with the infected people com- the old inmates got infected  M       M Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur in Aviation Ministry. ing from outside, particularly possibly because they used the    N         O Maharashtra, Chennai in Tamil Earlier, the State the hotspot areas … I have same washrooms, water cool-             Nadu and Ahmedabad in Government had requested the asked the Chief Secretary to ers and touched walls and win- = # *   #Q     Gujarat following a request Centre to suspend flights to write to the Centre about sus- dows of the premises. Anyway,   >      >    from Bengal Chief Minister and from these cities following pending flights from the high- we are offering warm water, tea     *  = #      Mamata Banerjee. which a letter from the State ly affected regions.” to the inmates twice to the N       2     A statement issued by the Chief Secretary was sent to the She, however, said that inmates, who are also being    F          airport authorities said, “It is Aviation Ministry. It said, “West “the flights connecting the made to do gargles. The water               O informed that no flights shall Bengal is also witnessing a cities in Bengal and those to coolers have been removed,” #Q          operate to Kolkata from Delhi, steep rise in cases. A large num- States where the crisis is not               said Dharmendra Maurya,          )     Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, ber of cases have been report- that deep can be carried on.”             caretaker of Noida observation             3 Chennai and Ahmedabad from ed from people coming in the While Bengal has a total of home.    = #                    @A   -  B         9              : ! 6                   )         3       = # Q New Delhi: With health experts “Just as red tape was not announcement from the Red          raising concerns over the Indian allowed to become a hindrance Fort. “Why is ICMR rushing for       .  =          Council of Medical Research’s in the fast-track approval of new an unrealistic timeline of August         / < C (ICMR) decision to set the indigenous testing kits or for 15for Indian corona(virus) vac-          August 15 deadline for the introducing in the Indian mar- cine when global experts are giv- N         O      ++       launch of the Covid-19 vaccine, ket potential Covid-19 related ing 12 to 18 months ‘ time           the ICMR has said it has decid- drugs, the indigenous vaccine frame,” Congress leader                ; < ed to fast track the process to cut development process has also Prithviraj Chavan tweeted.   red tape and it is in accordance been sought to be insulated Asserting that scientific !/ <         he Corona death toll in with global practice. from slow file movement,” the advances cannot be “made to >M           TJharkhand reached 18 on In a statement, the ICMR ICMR said in a statement. order”, CPI(M) general secretary  M              Saturday as three patients — said the letter sent by DG- But not convinced by the Sitaram Yechury alleged the         one each from , ICMR to investigators of the ICMR statement, both Congress ICMR was trying to fast track       <  89D@! Sahibganj and Khunti — died clinical trial sites was “meant to and Left parties have said that the production of a coronavirus   Q            during treatment, health cut unnecessary red tape, with- the ICMR’’s plans to launch a vaccine so that the Prime          officials said.         out bypassing any necessary coronavirus vaccine by August Minister could make the      (   #Q     At least 33 fresh cases of        +    process, and speed up recruit- 15 was aimed only at enabling announcement on      Covid-19 infection surfaced   ! ,-. /  0)12  ment of participants”. the Prime Minister to make a big Independence Day. PNS !            in the State on Saturday and 34 "  2    +           >3  patients recovered, a bulletin ic kidney disease. She also suf- 3                released by the National Health fered from diabetes and hyper-            Mission (NHM) stated. tension,” he said. health officials said. All the vic-       All the deceased patients The Khunti man, who died tims were said to have comor- .      Q    were suffering from severe on Saturday, was a patient of bid conditions that aggravated > #           comorbid conditions, health Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary due to Covid-19 virus.            officials said. Two of the three Disease (COPD) and was As per figures with the             casualties — a 55-year-old man undergoing treatment at the National Health Mission            from Khunti and a 66-year-old Covid ICU of RIMS. “He was on (NHM), the government has         Q   woman from Sahibganj — a ventilator,” Bhattacharya said. tested around 1.5 lakh people  3       ) occured at Rajendra Institute of The deceased from for Covid-19 in so         Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Jamshedpur was suffering from far, and more than 2700 of !    C C    . The third deceased, a several age related ailments, them have tested positive.       3   71-year-old man from Sonari said Deputy Commissioner of According to NHM, the               in Jamshedpur, died while East Singhbhum Ravi Shankar Covid mortality rate in >         Q) undergoing treatment at Tata Shukla. Jharkhand is 0.65 per cent, /  E         Memorial Hospital there, offi- Covid-19 virus has claimed against the national average of                cials said. as many as 18 lives in 2.88 per cent. The recovery rate    C      ) The head of Covid ICU in Jharkhand so far, says govern- in the state is also better than      14   RIMS, Dr Pradeep ment data. Out of the 14 Covid the national average, the NHM             Bhattacharya said that the deaths in the state, four were bulletin said. The recovery rate    Sahibganj woman suffered reported from Ranchi, two in Jharkhand is 74.29 per cent, 3            from chronic kidney related ail- each from Bokaro, Sahibganj against the national recovery      M<      ments. “She was refered to and Giridih, three from rate of 60.81 per cent.   3       RIMS from a private Hospital. Hazaribag, and one each from Jharkhand’s Covid recovery        3     ! She had multiple comorbid Gumla, Simdega, East rate, officials said, was one of 5   6  ++ +   7    !  8  +             conditions, including a chron- Singhbhum and Koderma, the best in the country.      6   +           " +, -.-.   

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What I actors are also struggling to    am doing now, I am thoroughly enjoying. maintain social distancing on  Why TV? the sets and not let the   ! Nobody from my family is from the pandemic affect their acting  entertainment industry. They are all skills. "   doctors or engineers. After my assignment “Day one on the set was " got over in Paris, I was asked to come back. extremely difficult. You wake I was staying in Europe, there was a huge up and get to hear so many      cultural gap between the two countries. deaths and the increasing #    The modeling world is also so different number of cases every day. It    $ from hence I was asked to come is indeed disheartening. It home. But I did a music video for affects you in some or the "  % Universal and that was the video that Ekta other way. You have the fear of # $  (Kapoor) had seen. Everything that catching infections. However,  $   happened was by fluke. It is only recently we all are taking utmost that I have started making career choice precautions and there is a      because it has taken me such a long time process of sanitisation that    to understand how the industry works and we have to go through before   7  2    5  ;  8   & " looking to doing web series not that TV entering the sets. Also when has taken a backseat. you are shooting, you have but now that has been reduced Principal of the English L ( )   You have done so many TV show, what your co-actors and it becomes to 50. But then it is for medium section of the school. has been the attraction? extremely difficult to maintain everyone’s safety only,” he I am looking forward to For me, doing TV is just like any other social distancing. The new adds. playing this character and I job. I got into acting by a casting agent for normal on the sets has Chhavi Pandey, who plays hope the audiences will enjoy a Balaji show. Since then it has been from changed completely,” Tara in Sony Sab’s Tera Kya it too.” getting into one contract to another. That Siddharth Nigam, who plays Hoga Alia, tells you that she Karan Jotwani who is the reason how and why I ended up Aladdin in Sony Sab’s Aladdin: is excited to get back to plays Neel in Zee TV’s being part of so many back-to-back TV Naam Toh Suna Hoga, tells work after a long gap. Qurbaan Hua tells you “There were a few shows. It has been a combination of you. “I am excited to that his first first day on apprehensions. One, once you quantity of work with quality. drama. In Naagin, it was a full-on family content being shown? The whole day on the sets, enter the show as Tara. It the set was exciting yet get busy with a shoot, you  What is a character that you loved drama and in the middle of it, one was Definitely. I have been watching a lot he says, is spent on what if we has been a long gap since apprehensive but the forget about social distancing. doing? shape-shifting and I couldn’t find a of shows now which have the concept of catch infection. “Earlier, our we have been shooting production house has Second, sometimes you just I loved playing Tanushree Ambolkar connect. woman-centric drama. The latest one is focus was completely on the and I have been made sure that the set is forget to wear a mask and you in Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani. A lot of people  What kind of roles do you love doing? Aryaa starring Sushmita Sen. Because of scene, but now we have to take missing it a lot. It’s sanitised regularly. can’t just take this risk while enjoyed watching the show. One of the I been looking forward for a project OTT platforms, a lot of content is being care of other things as well,” like a new start “That’s how it on the sets. These are the two reasons I enjoyed the role was because that has action. I want to portray a strong rediscovered or is very close to reality. I am Nigam says. for me as I will was. But that fears that I had,” he tells you. Ambolkar played fashionista in the serial character. It could be a cop or an action- looking to doing more web series. My web But like every coin has two be working was okay For Jotwani, adapting to and I love to dress up and got to wear the driven role. show is releasing this month — The sides, Nigam feels that there on a new because the new normal is neither kind of clothes I wanted to wear.  Does that mean that you have had Ghost Thesis — a horror drama. I recently are certain pros and cons of show after everyone was hard nor that easy. “This is one Everything about that character fell into some sort of training in doing action finished dubbing for it. I play a professor the shoots resuming. this a little thing that we have to live place. sequences? here and am part of a team who go hunting “The good thing is that a difficult apprehensive with. The rising number of  How important is it to identify with No, I have not taken any formal for a ghost in a palace. lot of people have got their phase and I about getting cases are of course a cause of the character one plays? training. But when I was in school it was  How do you choose your projects? Do jobs back. The ones who were am sure I back to work worry but then the recovery It has become an important part of me compulsory to be part of Taekwondo and you have a checklist? sitting at home, unsure of will have fun amid the rate of patients is high. Having now after doing TV for so many years gymnastics. We had to be part of other I don’t have one. I wish I had it. We what the future will bring are with the Coronavirus said that, no one wants to get where I am able to understand that sports as well. Since childhood, I have been don’t decide what kind of content comes now back at work especially all entire cast. scare,” Jotwani says. through the pain of being content. However, there were times when drawn to sports so n action show is right our way. Sometimes, if you have a huge list the technicians and the spot The character The biggest diagnosed with COVID-19. I I faced challenges while doing a show that up my ally. Also, once doesn’t see too many of projects coming your way, it may be dadas. They can now earn a of Tara is very apprehension was to agree that it is the new normal, I could not relate to like the show Naagin woman-centric characters on TV so I possible to choose but the kind of work living. But one con of this new elegant and she is follow all the norms but all we need to do is to be were I played a shapeshifter. I couldn’t would love to explore this genre. that I get for TV is usually family drama normal is that, earlier we had now going to be and guidelines patient and take proper safety relate to it. It was not like a sci-fi horror  Are the OTT platforms changing the or saas-bahu sagas. There is no checklist. a cast and crew of 200 people the Vice- +  5  while shooting. measures,” Jotwani adds.

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Each of these facilities in Hazaribag after a man who who tested positive. will be sanitised and cops will / / 62 was kept in lock-up there test- anchi district administra- Sanitisation works in the be asked to take additional pre- > > / ed positive for Covid-19, health Rtion has started sanitising police stations have also cautionary measures while they 206/0.0 officials said. police stations after six cops begun,” said Jha. are on duty, police sources 0/ % Notably, police personnel from five police stations here Six policemen from said. 2606 are on the forefront of exposure tested positive for Covid-19, Bariatu, Argora, Hindpiri, Ranchi Sub-Divisional engaged in regular duty during officials said on Saturday. Chutia and Dhurwa police sta- Officer (SDO) Lokesh Mishra the lockdown. The State gov- Senior Superintendent of tions tested positive for Covid- said that the administration As per Government data, ernment had also run special Police (SSP) SK Jha said that 19 on Friday. While there were was also screening residents of at least 227 people have tested community kitchens at all police have also started contact speculations that the afore- localities where the Covid pos- positive for Covid-19 in Ranchi police stations of the State, tracing of the six cops, who mentioned police stations itive cops lived. “All the police- so far. Ranchi was also the first where migrant workers travel- tested positive, in a bid to would be sealed, Jha on men from the five police sta- Covid-19 red zone in ling from far areas and villagers identify other policemen and Saturday clarified that none of tions will be tested,” he said. Jharkhand. The State’s largest were served meals. #  # &+,-&./  -   0  &  5' *#   " 4'5 &&  &   1 *  /#/<"-9->-3 $ #$" he renowned guru, Paramahansa 1,L,,3#3$ TYogananda, began his spiritual "3$"54+7- classic Autobiography of a Yogi with -# these words: “The characteristic ":>3 features of Indian culture have long $"O $" # been a search for ultimate verities < * 126,3 and the concomitant disciple-guru $"#/ #9- relationship.” "$3 Guru Purnima, falling this year on Sunday, 5 July 2020, is an occa-  ( &   & sion to celebrate the guru-disciple  "# relationship. $##" The guru helps his disciple — /<### especially when the disciple makes # ;$. 5$ 7- / $-#" a mistake because at that time he is 7   +  + "      ; < /3 "#" overcome by delusion, and therefore          6   # needs help more than at other times.  +   6   =     The guru guides the disciple, and good fortune of the disciple.’” ttacking Bharatiya Janata Party #3  ##  protects him from making mistakes / 0 70 Paramahansaji in his book of A(BJP), MP from Godda, Nishikant frighten us,” said Bhattacharya. "$ $" repeatedly. /0 ;M.068 prayers, Whispers from Eternity, Dubey on Saturday, the Jharkhand The party General Secretary further   3 #  The guru’s primary role is to give .0 0. . wrote: “May I realize that in my jour- Mukti Morcha (JMM) said that Dubey said that the present State Government $ ##3 the disciple complete liberation — >//>//,07 ney toward divine expansion, incar- lost mental stability as he is talking about led by Chief Minister, Hemant Soren freedom from rebirths, karma, any nation after incarnation, Thou [God] organizing Shravani Mela during started reviewing work of previous and every form of misery.God in the ./ .. // and Guru have been and will be my highly contagious global epidemic government then the MP once again form of the guru brings the yearn- / 00// only Eternal Friends.” COVID 19. said that he wrote a letter to the Prime ing truth seekerback to Himself. / ./%/0 / A true guru is always affection- Addressing a press meet here on Minister for probe for a construction The guru Paramahansa /7E 0;O 0 atelywatchinghis disciple, with Saturday the JMM General Secretary work of 22 story building is going on in Yoganandaji’s path to Self-realization 70/ 0 %/ 70 unconditional love and unques- and Spokesperson, Supriyo Kolkata in which Hemant Soren invest- includes the practice of ancient sci- tioning acceptance, like an adoring Bhattacharya said that various impor- ed money and he also demanded to entific techniques of meditation 7 80/8 62N eternal motherobserving her little tant festivals like Ram Navami, Sarhul, Chief Minister on the issue. The party taught in his Yogoda Satsanga child — her little darling! Muharram and others in which people is saying that when he wrote to the Lessons. The sincere practice of attract and guide lost souls back to Paramahansa Yogananda laud- congregate were prevented to stop Prime Minister then why he is demand- these methods is the best expression His home of immortality.” ed the role of the guru in these spread of COVID 19, which has creat- ing a probe from the Chief Minister, he of our gratitude toParamahansaji. The saint Kabir extolled the words: “The guru is the awakened ed havoc in the entire world and took added. Bhattachrya said that the party “The guru-disciple relationship,” guru in these words: “It is the mercy God, awakening the sleeping God in lakhs of lives. During this time Dubey is not deterring from any probe, BJP Yoganandaji said, “is the loftiest and of my true Guru that has made me the disciple….The guru is the best is demanding to hold Shrawani Mela at leaders are saying that they have docu- most sacred of all relationships. to know the unknown;I have of givers. Like the Lord Himself, his like every year, which is clear- ments, but JMM is showing the docu- One who partakes of this relation- brought my love and my meditation generosity knows no boundaries!” ly showing his mental condition. ments of their wrong doing in the last ship is on the way to wisdom and into the land where there is no sun Swami Shraddhananda Giri is “Dubey is saying that Lord Shankar five years. freedom.A guru….is a human vehi- and moon, nor day and a senior monk of Yogoda Satsanga will destroy those who are involved in If BJP leaders have guts then they cle whose body, speech, mind, and night….Kabir says: ‘The Guru is Society of India, founded by preventing the Mela but he doesn’t know should come forward with the docu-     7!!  6   <       spirituality God uses as a channel to great beyond words, and great is the Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. that we are also Shiv Bhakt no one can ments, he added.         2  =     +       P * " #L

&' & ; < Things have changed and now one must be prepared what time will it land and the  Q we have got our act together to that it can happen to any- exact path it is going to take,” n the TEDx Kanke Webinar an extent. Going by the focus one. One cannot be cir- said the DG.   ; < ISeries titled ‘The Rise of a on disaster response especial- cumspect enough vis- a- Rajeev Gupta curator of the New World’ the speaker for the ly by the present government vis disaster and must event said, “Whenever there is n the one hand the work- 14th session on July 4 was and in the last decade, it should assume that it can hap- a crisis, there is hope. The idea Oers’ unions claim that their Director General (DG) of go well in the future as well,” pen to anyone as only behind TED is ‘Ideas Worth three day strike was complete- National Disaster Response said Pradhan. then will one be in the Spreading’ and with that in ly successful but on the other Force SN Pradhan and the “The future of disaster disaster ready mindset. mind TEDx Kanke Webinar hand there are various exam- talk was titled ‘Future of response in India goes from There is a lot of gap series has been started to con- ples that the employees were Disaster Management in India’. recovery to resilience in a net- which needs to be cov- nect great speakers from vari- forcefully prevented from The series, which began on worked world. In the past dis- ered and we are not yet ous spheres with local com- entering their workplace, May 2, is slated to have speak- aster response as a subject was in the disaster ready cul- munities to seek a deeper Central Coalfields Limited offi- ers from the fields of technol- with the Agriculture Ministry. 9 5    9  6    ?596@ tural mindset. It is always understanding of ourselves and cials said on Saturday. ogy, innovation, leadership, In the present day, the govern- +5       wise to be disaster ready our changing world and to According to the CCL creativity and art and culture of ment has decided to meet the as a country. In a net- inspire ideas and action for a sources on the first day of the national and international disaster before it happens and In a digital world the net- worked world only a collabo- better future for us all. The strike on Thursday a total of acclaim. The sessions are being also as it happens. It has working has to be much more rative response will work,” lockdown and social distancing 1278 workers had made atten- streamed live on the facebook become a part of the national complete and comprehensive. remarked Pradhan. has inspired us to take the event dance, on the second page fb.me/tedxkanke20. security infrastructure and that The implication can be seen in “Lot of good technology is online and reach out to more day on Friday 43 per cent             !!=  %      “The aspect of disaster as a is why it has moved from the the Covid challenge as one can- now pitching in and we are and more people, keep them more workers than Thursday        P  2  6   +       function of governance has Agriculture Ministry to the not have a vaccine which is amongst the best countries inspired, positive and be ready came to work. not been mainstream for a Home Ministry. This is a very country centric. It could be building that kind of a future for the new world post Covid- During the lockdown from ly affected the coal dispatch of Mazdoor Sabha, INTUC, very long time first in the symbolic movement which is something that starts in a coun- where we have the capability of 19.” various dispatch points of the the company, the sources AITUC, CITU and Rashtriya world and then certainly in both response centric before, try but will be multiplied once predicting a disaster as it hap- The organizing team for Company on an average 26 added. Swayamsewak Sangh backed India. That it is a government during and after a disaster,” it succeeds. It will eventually be pens or well before it happens. the series includes Kanishka rakes were dispatched per day, The strike has been called BMS were agreed to go on a function and has to be met as added Pradhan. a world template,” said the Presently, there is a conver- Poddar, Kanika Malhotra, during the strike it came down in protest against allowing three day strike to catch the disaster happens or as it devel- “Why a networked world speaker. gence of technology and exper- Kailash Manjhi, Pravin to 15 rakes on the first and sec- commercial mining in the coal attention of the Central ops or before it develops was because disasters don’t know “Disasters have happened, tise happening. In the case of Rajgadhia, Bijendra Sharma, ond day of the strike so it can sector and almost all major Government’s decision in this never a mindset, especially borders and impact across will happen and can happen to Cyclone Amphan, NDRF team Rashmi Saha, Priti Gupta and be said that the strike partial- central trade unions - Hind regard. about maybe two decades ago. communities and countries. all of us. To be disaster ready could tell the people exactly Santosh Sharma.        >        -  ! 1  0 

&' & ; <    2   ith the Central government Wimposing a ban on 59   ; < Chinese apps including the popu- lar entertainment platform Tik riticising the coalition govern- Tok on June 29, artists across Cment in the State, former CM Jharkhand claim that talent is not Raghubar Das said on Saturday that based on a particular app. the present government lacks both Showing support to the gov- intention and policy. “The CM has ernment’s decision, the users of become habitual to point fingers at apps like Tik Tok and Vigo Video every policy of the Central are worried about what happens to Government. Regarding the new their content on the various social electrification policy, the CM has media platforms and hope that alleged that the Central Government some similar Indian apps will soon is conspiring to destabilize the non- be made for them to showcase their BJP ruled states with its policies. In   !  6   9    P O+ 8 +    > P  talent. fact, the Jharkhand government’s  ,   7   +       based Dharam    +       +      9       The dubbing artists also have own policies are becoming deadly for Kumar and Vikas Kumar had a YouTube channel by the name of them. At the time of Corona, those self-sufficient by increasing coal rules are trying to collapse the fed- about 1.43 lakh followers on Tik “The biggest drawback of this recently started posting videos on DesiVoice with 84,000 followers. who have not managed to maintain production in the country. This will eral structure of the country’ is Tok and close to four lakh on Vigo is that we have lost all our follow- the app. “We were fairly new to Tik “With the advertisements shown a colony are questioning the policies create new employment opportuni- unfortunate, ridiculous and sad,” he Video. “We had been posting funny ers and will now have to start Tok and in just about two weeks during our videos, I manage to earn of the Central Government today,” ties in the State. The country’s econ- said. videos on Tik Tok for about six afresh. Another major problem is time our fan following had gone up some extra pocket money as well. said Das. omy will get a boost, domestic The former Chief Minister months and on the other one for that since the ban was imposed, we to 10,000. Prior to the lockdown we So after the Chinese apps, I and my The former CM further said that industry and resources will gain alleged that the government has almost two years now. Our videos do not have any access to our pages had posted around 50 videos. A lot teammates have decided to share when the Central Government momentum, but the State failed on every front. Despite ade- were mostly on the native language so we can neither remove our of people generally post their our videos on YouTube only. decided to auction the coal mines for government does not want all this,” quate supply of foodgrains by the of Jharkhand. This is a very good content from there nor deactivate videos using our voice over. The Initially we were just making these commercial mining, the CM first he said. Center, the distribution of food decision taken by the government our accounts,” added Dharam. decision to ban the app is in videos for dun but on sharing them welcomed the request to implement Das said that now they (JMM) grains is not done properly and peo- to ban Chinese apps. We will now Dubbing artists Akram Ali absolute favour of the country. And with friends, when they found it it after the lockdown, but then are also finding faults in the new elec- ple are falling victim to starvation. He post our videos on YouTube and and Mohammad Asfaqulla from if we have the talent then we will funny we were encouraged to moved the Supreme Court against it. trification policy of the Center. has advised the CM to work in State’s hopefully a new Indian app will Ranchi had a page on Tik Tok by surely find another way to show- make more of them,” added “The Central Government has start- “Without studying the new electri- interest, in the public interest and also be made soon.” the name of DesiVoice99 and had case it very soon,” said Akram Ali. Akram. ed this auction process to make India fication policy, the charge that ‘these leave excuses.     " +, -.-.   3 < %- ( %% %7% -7 %

 (886 Covid ward at about 1 pm. cial. woman and stays at Kadma,” staying in quarantine centres in cases have been shifted to Tata “ The city witnessed its first The number of Covid-19 said TSUISL official. different parts. All the positive Main Hospital Covid wing. 2%/7 death. The deceased had no cases continues to rise in the By Friday night, 16 new 6/ travel history; he was suffering steel city, presently leaving no cases came up, adding the total from a number of chronic dis- locality unaffected, thus mak- number of cases to 466. !  C     DD, ,     &4 eases since the past two years. ing the total number of Covid- Whereas 15 of the fresh cases @ /$:; After he had shown some signs 19 cases in the city to 265 and were from the city limit, includ-    ,     of getting infected with the 466 across the East Singhbhum ing that of posh Bistupur local- ity witnessed its first death Coronavirus, he had been sub- district. ity, only one case was reported An 88-year lady was treated at TMH and she Cfrom corona after a 71- jected to a swab test for the Today, the Tata Steel from Potka block in the East admitted to TMH on 21st required ventilatory and year-old man died of Covid-19 Coronavirus, which came out Utilities and Infrastructure . June in a critical condition organ support. However, she at the Tata Main Hospital on positive. Soon after he was Services Limited (TSUISL) for- The Kolhan Division with difficulty in breathing succumbed to her prolonged Saturday. The deceased patient admitted at the Tata Main merly JUSCO, billing section which was under green zone, and chest infection. She was illness at TMH on 4th July was a resident of Khuntadih in Hospital’s Covid ward on the body will not be handed Subernarekha Ghat and no was sealed after one of its offi- came under coronavirus map bed ridden at home and was 2020 because of her multiple Sonari and was admitted at the Friday,” said Jha. over to the family members one from the deceased’s fami- cials tested positive on Friday with two persons testing pos- a known patient of cardiac comorbid diseases. In view of Tata Main Hospital’s Covid He said that the adminis- and would be disposed off as ly will be allowed to attend the night. itive at , under East disease and had other medical her chest infection initially, a ward two days ago. tration has also set up a con- the protocol by the civic body, cremation. The body has been “We have kept the billing Singhbhum district on May 12. comorbidities including a his- COVID-19 test was done tainment zone surrounding his Jamshedpur Notified Area kept at the hospital morgue. section closed from 7 am today Several other persons tested tory of stroke and diabetes. after her death as a precau- civil surgeon, RN Jha con- house located close to RMS Committee (JNAC). After the concerned family after one of the staff at the positive have travel history She was initially tested for tionary measure. The RTPCR firmed about the death of the School in Khuntadih immedi- Officials of JNAC informed members complete the paper- billing section has been tested from Maharashtra, Delhi, COVID-19 by RTPCR and report of her COVID-19 test elderly man and said that he ately. that the civic body would get work at the Covid ward, it will positive. The infected staff Gurugram and Chennai. They the reports were negative. done after her death has come died at the Tata Main Hospital’s The civil surgeon informed the body disposed of at be disposed off,” said the offi- member is a middle-aged had arrived in the city and were Over the next 14 days she was out as positive. "#    B   !   =         0  

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The City police arrest- ivil courts Latehar civil courts for two days July 3 like this our learned advocates ed four persons from Makdumpur area within Cremained closed for second and 4 and it was done, added and sensible clients do under- limits of Balidih police station while few other consecutive day on Saturday in Sahay. “This was a precaution- stand the delicacy of the situa- gang members are yet to be nabbed. the wake of an ASI of police ary measure and in the larger tion” said Sahay. The cops came into action after Manoj who had visited the civil courts interest of safety of health of all SP Latehar Prashant Anand Kumar of Sector-ll filed a complaint of cheat- Abdul Hamid and Hanif Ali are the mas- when he ought to have been officials of the civil courts offi- too said this ASI of police who ing with City police against the gang a few days terminds of the racket and Saijuddin used to doing institutional quarantine cials, judicial officers, judges, is posted in Barwadeeh police ago for cheating him of Rs 2.5 lakh. meet the victims and convince them to buy the then. clients, advocates and others station had returned from leave “After he filed a complaint, we tracked down gold biscuits.    > ; Manager (Safety & Fire) Principal district & ses- too” said the PDJ adding, “As and as all returnees from leave the accused to Makdumpur and nabbed them,” “Their modus operandi was simple. They Services) A. Jha and other pre- sions judge (PDJ) Latehar V K this ASI had visited court room are to undergo isolation set up said Gyan Ranjan, Deputy Superintendent of used to convince the local residents that they had ire Detection and Alarm ferred officers and personnel Sahay said, “Under order of the of SDJM the SDJM and the staff in police line Latehar the ASI police(City ). gold and would sell it at prices lower than the FSystem was inaugurated at were present. Jharkhand High Court Ranchi have been put under home too was to undergo this but he “When questioned, the accused admitted to market price. the High Voltage Sub-Station of From the security point of civil courts Latehar remained isolation and all are doing well skipped and went moving have duped some other people in similar fash- Once the resident Manoj Kumar gave cash, Coke Oven (CO & BPP) view, a fire detection and alarm shut for two days beginning and fine there.” round and even reached civil ion. Their mobile phone details too revealed that they used to hand him over duplicate gold bis- Department of BSL by Atanu system was required in the high Friday July 3.Sahay further said, Sources said the ASI had courts. Anand said the ASI they were in touch with some other people,” cuits,” DySP added. Bhowmik, Executive Director voltage sub-station of CO and “It was intimated to our SDJM visited civil courts on June ought to have shown wisdom added Gyan Ranjan. When the jeweller learnt that he had been (Operations). On this occasion, BPP department under cate- on July 2 that one ASI of police 24,25 and 26 but the shut down and concern for his own health The arrested persons have been identified duped and tried to get his money back, the gang Chief General Manager gory-1, for which churn was who was asymptomatic but was came on July 3 and 4 just to and others too besides he was as Abdul Hamid, Hanif Ali, Saijuddin Parmanik members used to threaten them. (Maintenance) DN Mohanty, being done for a long time. Due mandated to undergo isolation leave no one in any worry or duty bound to follow health and Saijul Parmanik.They belonged to Dubri dis- Others too fell to the same trick as he was Chief General Manager (CO & to the installation of this system in the police line Latehar had anxiety over this prowling of the protocol which calls for manda- trict in Asam. While some other members are shown gold biscuits by the gang and convinced BPP) BK Tiwari, Chief General in the high voltage sub-station, allegedly skipped this isolation asymptomatic ASI whose test tory quarantine/ isolation on yet to be nabbed. to pay money. Manager (Blast Furnace) the cable gallery will be able to and went roaming around and report is awaited. coming from leave or from out- Anjani Kumar, Chief General receive timely alerts of any even visited our courts too on PDJ Sahay said a team of side the district but this ASI Manager (Electrical) Ved emergency and the security June 24,25 and 26 as per infor- health workers are out sanitiz- flouted the health safety mea- Prakash, Chief General system will be highly improved. mation available so far.” ing civil courts and every nook sures.        

BERMO: In the insurgency-hit Khakhanda vil- reached the spot as soon as the incident was lage of Mahuatand in the district, a grader received and got involved in the investigation. machine was set on fire by unidentified miscre- Police have informed that no leaflet has been ants at 11:30 pm on Friday. Police are investigating received from the spot. This grader machine is the case. Whether it is a Naxalite incident or the worth Rs 1.5 crore. There is a fire in the grad- incident has been carried out by criminals, the er’s cabin. The grader machine of East India police are investigating the matter,said ASP Anjani Construction Company, which is renovating the Anjan. Lalpania-Naya diversion path, has been set on fire. Police sources said that the three miscreants An attempt was also made to burn the emo- who carried out the incident reached here rid- tion spray machine, which failed. A roller was ing on a bike. In the insurgency-hit Khakhanda also standing which had been abandoned. village of Mahuatand in , the grad- Jageshwar Bihar Police Station incharge Vishnu er machine was set on fire late at night. The police Saha is present at the scene. PNS -" (  + " !  & P    Hazaribag: Hazaribag Table Table Tennis Federation. Tennis association officer and The Hazaribag table tennis  excellent player of his tenure association felicitated Kumar in Ravindra Kumar has been a small function. The General appointed international Umpire Secretary of district association  by International Table Tennis Bhaiya Murari, Executive Federation (ITTF). The Chairman Anup Rajesh Lakra B $  Hazaribag residents felt proud and district association patron- for this achievement. age Ruchi Kujur congratulated $ (% The Federation has sent the Ravindra Kumar for this ($*+* massage to Kumar through an achievement. The patron of e mail. In this mail the federa- association Ruchi Kujur said that    B ; > 9 tion said that the badges, pins all types of support will be and certificate would be made given by the state government. wo medical students from available to him after lockdown Members of the association also TKyrgyzstan were found through the Jharkhand state honored Ravindra Kumar. PNS Carona positive here on Saturday evening. Now only 31 patients are under treatment at Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital and in Arogyam hos- pital. Total 168 patients have been discharged till Saturday by both the hospitals. HMCH Superintendent Sanjay Sinha said that the 2 new Corona positive patients have been shifted to Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital. Sinha said that both the youth (aged 19 and 23) are the residents of . They are the medical students in Kyrgyzstan. 19 students came from Kyrgyzstan to Gaya International airport. Hazaribag administration received them from airport and quarantined at AK International hotel in Hazaribag. The blood reports of all the students were sent to RIMS. Out of 19 reports 17 came neg- ative and 2 resulted as positive. After getting the positive report both the students (Boy and Girl) were admitted to HMCH. Sinha said that at present only 31 active patients are in the hospital under treatment, out of which 14 are in HMCH, 15 in Covid 19 Arogyam hos- pital and 2 are in RIMS. Total 168 patients have been released from hospitals after their recovery. The total number of cases in the district is 202.     " +, -.-. " $ 5

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All the pre- and the scale products can Smerely an “election win- Amit Shah, Defence Minister sentations detailed the distri- achieve if they can satisfy the ning machine” but an organi- Rajnath Singh, Finance bution of food packets, face- demand, he said. sation for the service of the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, masks, ‘Paduka’ and help ren- “Nowadays, we are seeing society, Prime Minister and BJP-run State Chief dered to stranded migrants in huge interest and enthusiasm Narendra Modi on Saturday Ministers including Yogi reaching their native places. among the start-up and tech lauded the “seva” of the party Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Bihar state unit president ecosystem to innovate, develop workers in the time of coron- Chouhan and BJP state presi- maintained that but for the    Innovation Mission are launch- and promote homegrown avirus crisis and suggested that dents were present in the BJP help provided by them not ing the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat apps,” Modi said. every ‘mandal’, district and Headquarters here. The even 10 per cent of migrants lose on the heels of ban- App Innovation Challenge’,’ the “Today, when the entire State prepares a digital work of Programme was titled “Seva hi could have made it to their Cning 59 Chinese apps, prime minister tweeted sharing nation is working towards cre- its experiences during the pan- Sanghthan”. homes during the lockdown. Prime Minister Narendra Modi the link to the LinkedIn post. ating an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, demic and releases it by Modi said he was proud Intervening during the on Saturday invited the start-up Modi had given a call for it is a good opportunity to give    Vadodara district of Gujarat. September 25, on the birth that BJP proved that “service” Bihar session, the Prime and tech community to par- an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat” (a direction to their efforts, She has started CSC work with anniversary of the Bharatiya was its primary aim and power Minister briefly spoke in the ticipate in the ‘Aatmanirbhar self-reliant India) and had momentum to their hard-work oya Khan from the Telemedicine consultation. Her Jan Sangh and BJP ideologue was only a means to an end. native language while lauding Bharat App Innovation urged people to be ‘vocal for and mentorship to their talent ZVadodara district of Gujarat vision is to support the trans- Deen Dayal Upadhyay. “This tradition we inherited the work done by the party Challenge’ and exhorted them local’ products. to evolve apps which can sat- has become the first transgen- gender community in making The Prime Minister, who from our founding fathers and work. He said UP and Bihar to create an ‘Aatmanirbhar App He said the app innovation isfy our market as well as com- der operator of the Common them digitally literate & give was reviewing the work of their hard work”. has a great challenge and will Ecosystem’. challenge is for those who have pete with the world”, he said in Service Centre (CSC) in India. them better opportunities,’’ he party workers in the last four He said some observers see have to work with the same “Who knows, I may also such a working product or if the write-up. Union Minister of said. months of crisis and watching an organisation in context of zeal in future. use some of these apps made by they feel they have the vision To help the start-up and Electronics and Information Common Service Centres the presentations of seven BJP elections only. “For us organ- Similarly, he congratulated you,” Modi said in a write-up and expertise to create such tech community achieve this Technology, Ravi Shankar are facilities provided by the states through video confer- isation is not an election win- Assam unit saying they worked on LinkedIn. products. objective, the challenge will run Prasad shared the news with Government of India for deliv- encing , said the digitalisation ning machine, for us organi- pro-actively and the work is In a tweet, Electronics and “I urge all my friends in the in two tracks, which are her pictures of working in the ering e-Services to rural and from all tiers could finally be sation means service for “showing” with people’s confi- Information Technology (IT) tech community to partici- Promotion of Existing Apps office on his Twitter handle. remote locations where avail- converted into one that of the everyone’s happiness and the dence in BJP increased in the Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad pate”, he said while sharing the and Development of New ‘’Zoya Khan is India’s first ability of computers and entire country, “inspiring the idea of -Nation first”, Modi said state. said that the PM has launched write-up ‘Let us Code for an Apps, Modi explained. transgender operator of Internet was negligible or most- future generation”, not only and went on to say that BJP Modi asked all state units the challenge to encourage Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. This challenge will be joint- Common Service Centre from ly absent. within the country but global- had tried to build an equal to be alert and aware of the Indian application developers India has a very vibrant ly hosted by the Government ly too. society. approaching festival season as and innovators. tech and start-up ecosystem, and members of the tech com- 6"P          Modi said digitalisation He said BJP today repre- “coronavirus danger is still the Today, there is immense which has done India proud munity to make it more holis- should be done at least in sents all section of society same”. He asked the rest of the enthusiasm among the tech nationally as well as globally, tic, he said. three languages-mother with 52 dalit MPs, 43 tribal state units to send their pre- and start-up community to Modi said. The Government recently tongue, and English. He MPs, 130 OBC MPs and also sentations directly to him. create world class ‘Made in The country’s youth have banned 59 Chinese apps, some >     said the work would give a having 150 tribal MLAs in Nadda said 22 crore food India Apps’, Modi said. excelled in providing tech solu- of them immensely popular great strength and inspiration “Vidhan Sabhas”. packets were distributed in ‘To facilitate their ideas tions across sectors, he said. like TikTok and Shareit, on to those who would get to read Presentations were made the last 68 days and 5 crore and products, the Ministry of ‘The COVID-19 pandem- grounds of ensuring security     2  the “commendable service” before the Prime Minister by “Modi ration kits” were also Electronics and Information ic has also brought about a big and safety of Indian cyber done by lakhs of people during the state unit chiefs of seven delivered. 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Mr Prime The Congress leader said 13 allowed the use of and addressed the soldiers, the Minister, this is the only ‘raj paradoxically, the Chinese remdesivir for “restricted Congress on Saturday said time dharma’ that you must follow,” 1959 line clearly depicted the emergency use” in moderate has come for him to follow his Sibal said at AICC virtual entire Galwan Valley in India coronavirus cases.     # " ! “raj dharma” and tell the peo- Press conference. and it was only on June 16, Hyderabad-based drug- ple of the country about the “They say ‘pictures do 2020, a day after the fatal maker Hetero has the he Army on Saturday  ! $ reality of Chinese “incursions”. not lie’. Will the Prime clashes, that China formally approval to Ttermed reports in social    The grand old party also Minister now tell the nation laid claim, for the first time manufacture remdesivir for media as ‘malicious” claiming   countered BJP’s claim that it - is this Indian territory on ever, to the entire Galwan the treatment of coronavirus a hastily assembled hospital was only Modi to visit a front- which radars, helipad and Valley.    to five. patients. and fit soldiers posing as 0    line. Former Union Minister other structures have been “Isn’t it correct that the According to the updat- Last month, the company injured during Prime Minister :    Kapil Sibal said former prime built by the Chinese in a local councillors of Ladakh, he Union Health Ministry ed version of its Clinical had said that it will deliver the Narendra Modi’s visit to a mil- 2"   ministers Indira Gandhi and brazen act of transgression? including BJP councillors, Ton Friday revised the pre- Management Protocol for the first set of the medicine to itary hospital in Leh on Friday.   2 0 Lal Bahadur Shastri had visit- “Have the Chinese occu- submitted a memorandum to scribed dosage of anti-viral coronavirus released by the Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Taking exception to reports ed forward locations to boost pied our territory in Galwan Prime Minister Modi in drug Remdesivir for coron- Ministry, the patients must be Nadu, Gujarat ata price of hinting the event was staged, 66 + " the morale of Indian soldiers Valley, including ‘Patrol Point February about the capture of avirus patients from six days injected with 200 milligram of 5,400 per vial. the Army said these were    and Jawaharlal Nehru too had 14’, where our 20 jawans of our land by China? What “malicious and unsubstantiat- 2 "  also visited soldiers in the the 16 Bihar Regiment made action did the prime minister ed accusations” in some quar- forward locations in NEFA in the supreme sacrifice? Has take? Had he acted, wouldn’t ters regarding the status of the     "  1962 to boost their morale. China also occupied Indian we have been able to pre-empt facility visited by the Prime # " !  “But it appears that our territory in Hot Springs?” the the brazen Chinese        Minister.      prime minister stayed 230 km Congress leader asked. transgressions?” Sibal asked It is unfortunate that asper- away in Nimu, Leh,” Sibal said, “Has China occupied our which was also seconded by sions are being cast on how our   taking a swipe at Modi’s visit. territory up to ‘Y-Junction’ (18 the his party colleague and a brave Armed Forces are treat-     " Posing a set of five kms inside the LAC) in the former Jammu Kashmir Chief  ,       ed. The Armed Forces give the questions to the Prime Depsang plains, Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. best possible treatment to their Minister, Congress asked threatening India’s strategic In a clear message to personnel, the statement said. quarantine from COVID areas. Modi to say whether the actu- DBO airstrip, which is the China, Modi on Friday said It is clarified that the said Army Chief General M M al picture of “Chinese occu- lifeline for the era of expansionism is  ,    facility is part of the Crisis Naravane and the Army pation of our territory” up to our military supplies to the over and that India’s Expansion capacity of 100 beds Commander have also visited the “Finger 4 Ridge” in the Siachen glacier and enemies have seen the “fire    and is very much part of the the injured braves in the same Pangong Tso area depicts the Karakoram pass?” he asked. and fury” of its armed forces, General Hospital complex. location on earlier occasions, it truth on the ground. On Modi saying this is as he made an unannounced eviewing the progress of The COVID-19 protocol said. Sibal used satellite images not the India of 1962 and the visit to Ladakh, signalling Ragriculture research, exten- had necessitated some wards of After the bloody skirmish of Ladakh’s Pangong Tso from era of expansionism is over, India’s firmness in dealing sion and education in India the General Hospital to be on June 15 in the Galwan val- May and June to show the former Union Minister with the border row with the through video conference, converted into isolation facili- ley leaving 20 Indian army Chinese structures in the area said Jawaharlal Nehru, the neighbouring country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ties. Hence, this hall which oth- personnel dead, the injured sol- and asked the Prime Minister first Prime Minister of the In an address to troops in on Saturday stressed the need erwise was normally used as a diers were kept there to ensure to at least speak the truth country, had told China then Nimu, the prime minister to adopt organic and natural Training Audio Video Hall isolation from COVID-19 about it. that India will never paid glowing tributes to the farming practices on a cluster was converted into a ward ever affected areas. Sibal also asked Modi to accept the Chinese claim- 20 Indian soldiers killed in the -based approach. He exhorted since the hospital was also On a surprise visit to stop doing the politics of line. Galwan Valley clashes and the need to create awareness designated as COVID treat- Ladakh on Friday, Modi “illusion and delusion” and According to Sibal, Nehru said tales of the bravery and regarding inclusion of millets ment hospital. addressed troops at Nimu out- showing “red eyes” to China, wrote to China, saying India valour of the armed forces are like Jowar, bajra, ragi and sev- The injured braves have side Leh and later visited the and protect Indian territory. will never submit to the echoing in every part of the eral other minor millets in that start-ups and agri-entre- a variety of Pomegranate, is been kept there since their Leh military hospital and met “The times warrant India demand for it to accept the country. diet to ensure a healthy diet. preneurs need to be promoted rich in Iron, Potassium, arrival from Galwan to ensure the soldiers. PM appreciated the efforts to ensure innovation and use Vitamin C and Anti-oxidants. towards developing varieties of technology in agriculture Poshan Thali and Nutria- focusing on specific require- and allied sectors. gardens are being promoted ()* +'   ments of agro-climatic zones He highlighted the need to through Krishi Vigyan and exhorted the need for leverage information technol- Kendras. Pilots were conduct- developing forward and back- ogy to provide information on ed in Madhya Pradesh and ward linkages to assure better demand to the farmers. PM Chhattisgarh involving 76 &,'(- returns to farmers. Modi also directed that Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Reviewing the contribu- Hackathons may be organised 450 model farms. In its pre-      rushed to augment a matching in the country to screen and tions of ICAR in developing twice a year to solve identified sentation ICAR highlighted response to the buildup of the quarantine, at its Chhawla camp new breeds of cattle, sheep and problems and meet design the Magic seeder in Punjab, he BSF that secures the Chinese forces amid the ten- here, the Indians and foreigners goats, PM Modi stressed the needs for tools and equipment Haryana and Delhi to address Tfrontiers on Bangladesh and sions between the two evacuated from Wuhan which need for research on indige- that can reduce drudgery if the problem of stubble burning Pakistan continues to be head- countries. was then the epicentre of the nous breeds of dogs and hors- farming activity, given that a after the harvest of paddy crop. ed by the ITBP Director General The BSF also faces addi- Covid-19. es. PM Modi exhorted that large number of farm workers There is a reduction of 52% in SS Deswal in a stop-gap mea- tional threat along the Besides the charge of ITBP, study of grasses and local fod- are women. burning events in 2019 in com- sure for the last nearly four International Boundary (IB) Deswal continues to hold the der crops should be under- They said the PM appreci- parison to 2016. months after the former BSF with Pakistan in Rajasthan and additional responsibility of the taken to understand their ated the efforts towards devel- chief Vivek Johri was repatriat- Punjab as Pakistan’s army is a BSF till now. nutritive value. oping varieties focusing on ed to his parent Madhya “brother” army for Chinese “Consequent upon repa- At the meeting, Dr. specific requirements of agro- Pradesh cadre on March 11. counterparts and can potentially triation of Vivek Johri, (1984, Trilochan Mohaptra, Director climatic zones and exhorted the The ITBP is the designated play a spoilsport in the event of IPS officer of MP cadre), General, Indian Council of need for developing forward border-guarding force and Lead an escalation with Beijing. The Director General Border Agricultural Research cum- and backward linkages to Intelligence Agency on the Line need for a full-fledged chief of SecurityForce to his parent Secretary, Department of assure better returns to farm- of Actual Control (LAC) with the BSF is the need of the hour, cadre, competent authority has Agricultural Research & ers. China while the BSF is in a sim- insiders said. approved that SS Deswal (1984- Extension, presented the pri- The PM highlighted that ilar role along the frontiers While Johri is a 1984 batch batch IPS officer of the Haryana orities, performance and pre- avenues for enhancing bio with Bangladesh and Pakistan. Indian Police Service (IPS) offi- cadre), DG, ITBP (Indo-Tibetan paredness to face various chal- ethanol from sugarcane and For the last over two cer of the Madhya Pradesh Border Police) shall hold addi- lenges. ICAR has developed other crops need to be months, the Indian Forces are in cadre who heads the police in tional charge of the post of DG geo-referenced Organic explored. a standoff positions with the the State, Deswal is a Haryana BSF vice Shri Vivek Johri, till the Carbon Map of India, identi- In an effort to bolster Chinese Army at several points cadre officer of the same batch appointment and joining of the fied 88 bio control agents and ‘Kuposh Mukt Bharat’ (India along the LAC in eastern and took additional charge of successor or until further orders, 22 Bio pesticides which can free from Malnutrition) 70 bio Ladakh where the role of the the BSF on March 11 when the whichever is earlier,” an order promote organic agriculture. fortified varities with enhanced ITBP has further increased as ITBP was one of the lead forces issued by the Home Ministry on According to the agricul- Iron, Zinc and Protein content additional troops have been managing quarantine facility March 10 had said. ture ministry, the PM directed have been developed. 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##").    1.10 lakh crore under the 100 crore. biggest fiscal component of A finance ministry state- per cent Emergency Credit In a tweet, office of Finance the 20-lakh crore Self-Reliant ment said that banks from he Central Government is Line Guarantee Scheme, of Minister Nirmala Sitharaman India Mission package both public and private sector  L  Tgoing all out to ensure that which more than 52,000 crore said: “As of July 1, the total announced by Finance have contributed to the success liquidity concerns of the has already been disbursed. amount sanctioned under the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the ECLGS. Of the 52,000   blocked,” Nathulal Pandey, MSME sector are addressed on There has been a big jump 100 per cent Emergency Credit in May.To ensure that the crore disbursement, public sec- president of HMS-affiliated priority under its Emergency in sanctions in the last couple Line Guarantee Scheme by scheme achieves its objective of tor banks have released  he three-day nationwide Hind Khadan Mazdoor Credit Line Guarantee Scheme of weeks. And just in the last six #PSBs and private banks stands providing adequate liquidity to 33,000 crore to about 12,59,000 Tstrike by coal workers Federation, said.However, a (ECLGS). days up to July 1 sanctions have at 1,10,343.77 crore, of which the MSME segment during MSME accounts while private against the Government’s deci- Coal India official has said that As of July 1, 2020 public increased by a whopping  52,255.53 crore has already the current difficult period, the banks have disbursed 19,000 sion to open the sector for pri- coal production was 4.81 lakh sector and private banks have 10,000 crore while disburse- been disbursed.” finance ministry has regularly crore to about 1,45,000 vate players led to almost nil tonne on Thursday, which is sanctioned loans worth over  ment has increased by  7,000 The ECLGS scheme is the held meetings with the banks. accounts. production in most of the close to 38 per cent of the nor- mines, and dispatch of the fuel mal 13 lakh tonne per day, cal- was totally blocked, a trade culated as average of 10 days union leader said on Saturday. immediately prior to stoppage < -< @A#1+-,,, .+/.,, Five trade unions, including of the operations.CIL RSS-affiliated Bharatiya despatched 5.78 lakh tonnes on )-,,,./ &#   Mazdoor Sangh, of Coal India the first day of strike. This is have been on strike since around 42 % of the normal off-   nies had on Friday said they decide the final contours of the Thursday to protest against take of 14 LTs/day, as per would form a JV to develop project. At present, solar capex 0- 1%  " the government’s decision to referred calculation.A coal oal India Ltd (CIL) and 5,000 MW of solar and thermal for each MW is around 4 start commercial coal min- Ministry official said that on CNLC India will jointly power assets across the coun- crore,” they said.The New Delhi: M Taj Mukarrum ing.”The three-day strike in Friday CIL produced 5.55 lakh develop solar power assets of try.”A solar JV is already in Government plans to impose has assumed the charge of coal industry is big success...In tonnes of coal Friday, which is 3,000 MW with a likely invest- process of formation with an 20 per cent basic customs duty Director (Finance) of Power most of the mines (in all the 42.7% of the 10 days average ment of around 12,000 crore, initial capital of 10 lakh. Once duty on imported solar panels Grid Corporation of India three days), production was nil production (from June 22 to sources said on Saturday. the company is formed, the to boost the domestic industry, Limited (POWERGRID) on 4 and the dispatch was totally July 1) of 12.969 lakh tonne. The two State-run compa- respective company boards will the sources said. July, 2020. Prior to taking up this assignment, he was work- ing as Executive Director (Finance), POWERGRID. M "2& 72   . Taj Mukarrum has about thir- ty five years of experience in Power Sector which includes sional Agencies for   8   Long term Financial Planning, Consultancy Business Vertical   Financial Concurrence, including Smart Grid and CAPEX & O&M payments, Energy Efficiency such as &9:;<2 /=& vetting of Detailed Project Electric Vehicle Charging (eV), Greater Noida: The Greater efforts are being made for And by visiting the Greater Reports (DPR)/Revised Cost Energy Audits, setting up Noida Authority is providing timely and timely disposal of Noida Authority’s website New Delhi: Estimates (RCE), Coordination Smart Grid Cities online services for its allottees, applications, complaints and (https://investgnida.in/Home.a Breaking all previ- for Project Financial Viability Infrastructure, Railway residents, farmers and applications received by the spx) can be accessed by click- ous records, NFL Appraisal by external profes- Electrification Projects. investors. Due to coronavirus, Authority. In the order of the ing the link titled has achieved high- most of its services have been above, a brief description of the ‘Contemporary content’. est-ever fertilizer made online by the authority. settlements made in a month Information on the following 3 sale of 12.85 Lakh The desired through various online ser- points/update status and pend- MT in first quarter information/information can vices, Mitra app etc. ing cases can be obtained by (April-June) of this be obtained as soon as people A month ago, the facility of clicking on the following: financial year. sit at home. Citizen Dash Boardwas started 1- Mitra App This is about In order of the above, under which any person of 2- Online Services. 21.5% higher than online services, Mitra App, general public, institution, 3- Department wise the sales of 10.57 LMT made by of 13% during the quarter. In Problem Solving System, intellectual and journalists, etc. Pendency. company in the first quarter of the month of June’20, the com- WhatsAppp and Helpline can go to the above dash board The new facility for gener- 2019-20. pany sold 5.30 LMT of fertil- Centre are also working by the to get the desired information, al public/Greater Noida resi- Other than significant izers, up by 15.5% than the 4.59 authority. information and the latest sta- dents has been started by the growth in Urea sale, P&K fer- LMT sold in the same month Through which continuous tus of pending case. Greater Noida Authority. tilizers also recorded a growth previous year.     " +, -.-. " < 6"%  %  7  %"-- " 8<     !    Washington: Two US aircraft the exercises. Islands, which are claimed by carriers were conducting exer- Wikoff, commander of the both Vietnam and China. cises in the disputed South strike group led by the Ronald Vietnam and the Philippines China Sea on Saturday, the US Reagan, said the exercises were have also criticised the planned     navy said, as China also carried not a response to those being Chinese drills, warning they out military drills that have conducted by China, which the could create tension in the New Delhi: Amid global con- government for the visit. “ A been criticised by the Pentagon Pentagon criticised this week as region and impact Beijing’s cerns that China delayed giving team is going to China next and neighbouring states. “ counter-productive to efforts relationship with its neigh- information regarding the novel week to investigate the origins China and the United at easing tensions and main- bours. coronavirus outbreak, a team of of the virus,” Swaminathan told States have accused each other taining stability” . The United States accuses WHO (World Health ANI. of stoking tension in the strate- China dismissed the US China of trying to intimidate Organisation) will visit the “ What is needed now is a gic waterway at a time of criticism of its drills on Friday Asian neighbours who might country next week to investigate good investigation going back strained relations over every- and suggested the United States want to exploit its extensive oil the origins of the virus and its before December to find out thing from the new coronavirus was to blame for increasing ten- and gas reserves. spread to human beings. where and how it jumped from to trade to Hong Kong. The sions. US carriers have long Brunei, Malaysia, the The visit will take place animal to human. Was there any USS Nimitz and USS Ronald carried out exercises in the Philippines, Taiwan and more than six months after the intermediate animal or not or it Reagan were carrying out oper- Western Pacific, including in Vietnam also lay claim to parts WHO’s Country Office in directly jumped from bat to ations and exercises in the the South China Sea, according of the South China Sea, China picked up a statement humans which are also possible? South China Sea “ to support to the US navy. through which about $3 trillion from the Wuhan Municipal Bats have been implicated in a free and open Indo-Pacific,” At one point recently, the of trade passes each year. Health Commission on cases of other viral diseases — Nipah for the navy said in a statement. United States had three carri- The US statement said the ‘viral pneumonia’. WHO example. It is possible it came It did not say exactly where 1,500 km (900 miles) and 90% “ The purpose is to show ty and stability,” Rear Admiral ers in the region. China naval exercises gave comman- Director-General Dr Tedros directly. It is also possible that the exercises were being con- of which is claimed by China an unambiguous signal to our George M. Wikoff was quoted announced last week it had ders the flexibility and capa- Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke there was an intermediate ani- ducted in the South China despite the protests of its neigh- partners and allies that we are as saying by the Wall Street scheduled five days of drills bilities “ that only the US Navy in January about an agreement mal-like in the case of SARS. Sea, which extends for some bours. committed to regional securi- Journal, which first reported starting July 1 near the Paracel can command” . AGENCY with China for sending a team That thorough investigation of international experts “ as still needs to be done,” she said. soon as possible” to work on Dr Swaminathan said that increasing the understanding of the Chinese government had 5 P        the outbreak. reported an outbreak of “ typ- , % %- % Covid-19 has killed over ical pneumonia cases” from 500,000 people in the world and Wuhan on December 31. “ Our cases and deaths are increasing WHO country office in China   <P       by the day. picked it up and on January 1, ( %7 3%-6" In an exclusive interview WHO activated its interna- Kathmandu: A crucial meeting the NCP required more time to communist party close to a with ANI, Dr Soumya tional mechanisms which we do of Nepal’s ruling communist forge an understanding on the split. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, as part of international health party to decide the political outstanding issues. During the meeting, Seoul: North Korea on rejected North Korean demands to sit face-to-face with the U.S., WHO said that a “ thorough regulations whenever there’s future of embattled Prime The meeting has been majority of the party leaders Saturday reiterated it has no for major sanctions relief in as it does not consider the investigation” needs to be done any new signal gets reported. It Minister KP Sharma Oli was postponed as NCP chairper- were expected to demand Oli’s immediate plans to resume exchange for a partial surrender DPRK-U.S. Dialogue as nothing into the origins of the virus. is conveyed to everyone so postponed until Monday to sons Oli and Pushpa Kamal resignation from the post of nuclear negotiations with the of its nuclear capability. more than a tool for grappling She said that the WHO has that the whole world knows allow more time for the top Dahal Prachanda were busy Prime Minister accusing his United States unless Kim entered 2020 vowing its political crisis,” she said. been working with the Chinese about it,” she said. AGENCY leadership to iron out their dif- holding internal consultations government of failing to live up Washington discards what it to bolster his nuclear deterrent Some analysts believe ferences over his autocratic amid the rift in the party. to the people’s expectations describes as “ hostile” polices in face of “ gangster-like” U.S. North Korea would avoid seri- style of functioning and anti- “ The Standing Committee and responding effectively to toward Pyongyang. Sanctions and pressure. ous negotiations with the India statements. meeting has been postponed the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement by North Choe’s statement followed United States at least until the ()   *  The meeting of the Nepal until on Monday as both the Many top leaders, includ- Korean First Vice Foreign a series of similar declarations November presidential elec- Communist Party’s 45-member chairs needed time for further ing former prime minister Minister Choe Son Hui came by the North that it would no tion as there’s a chance U.S. powerful Standing Committee discussions,” said Bishnu Prachanda, have also slammed days after President Donald longer gift Trump with high- Leadership could change.     was scheduled to be held on Sapkota, the press advisor to Oli for his anti-India remarks. Trump’s former national secu- profile meetings he could boast The North in recent Saturday at 11 AM local time. Prachanda. The meeting was “ The Prime Minister’s rity adviser, John Bolton, told of as his foreign policy achieve- months have also been ramp- But it was postponed at the last supposed to begin at the Prime remarks that India was con- reporters that Trump might ments unless it gets something ing up pressure against South minute. Prime Minister’s press Minister’s official residence in spiring to remove him was nei- seek another summit with substantial in return. Korea, blowing up an inter-     advisor Surya Thapa said the Baluwatar to find a way out ther politically correct, nor North Korean leader Kim Jong “ Is it possible to hold dia- Korean liaison office in its ter- meeting was postponed until from the intra-party crisis diplomatically appropriate,” he Un as an “ October surprise” logue or have any dealings ritory and threatening to aban- Monday as the top leaders of which is dragging the ruling said on June 30. 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More than 75,000 residents law on the finance hub. on Facebook, using a phrase day, President Donald Trump about how it has handled the The updated timeline of in the prefectures of Among the authors whose that refers to political perse- sends about 14 posts to the 28 Mount Rushmore National “ It will not happen.” Covid-19 crisis so far. WHO’’s response to Covid-19 Kumamoto and Kagoshima titles are no longer available are cution. million Facebook followers of Memorial (US): At the foot of The speech and fireworks at On December 31, 2019, the posted this week covers events were urged to evacuate follow- Joshua Wong, one of the city’s Searches on the public his campaign account. His Mount Rushmore on the eve of Mount Rushmore came against WHO’’s Country Office in up to June 26. ing pounding rains overnight. most prominent young library website showed at least Democratic rival, Joe Biden, Independence Day, President the backdrop of a pandemic that China picked up a media state- This timeline supersedes The evacuation was not activists, and Tanya Chan, a three titles by Wong, Chan and delivers about half that many Donald Trump made a direct has killed over 125,000 ment by the Wuhan Municipal the timeline statement pub- mandatory and it was not well known pro-democracy local scholar Chin Wan are no posts to an audience of just 2 appeal to disaffected white vot- Americans. The president flew Health Commission from their lished in April 2020. known how many actually fled. lawmaker. longer available for lending at million. ers four months before Election across the nation to gather a big website on cases of “ viral US President Donald “ I smelled mud, and the Beijing’s new national secu- any of dozens of outlets across The numbers are similar- Day, accusing protesters who crowd of supporters, most of pneumonia” in Wuhan, Trump had earlier accused the whole area was vibrating with rity law was imposed on the city. ly skewed in other spheres of have pushed for racial justice of them maskless and all of them according to the chronology of WHO of being lenient on river water. I’ve never experi- Tuesday and is the most radi- An AFP reporter was the social media landscape. engaging in a “ merciless cam- flouting public health guidelines events enumerated by the China. Trump also suggested enced anything like this,” a cal shift in how the semi- unable to find the titles at a On Twitter, Trump’s 82.4 paign to wipe out our history.” that recommend not gathering WHO. that the virus might have orig- man in a shelter in Yatsushiro autonomous city is run since it public library in the district of million followers dwarf Biden’s The president dug further in large groups. On January 1, the WHO inated in a laboratory in China. city, in western Kumamoto, was handed back to China by Wong Tai Sin on Saturday 6.4 million. The president has into American divisions on The discord was height- requested information on the However, he did not present any told NHK TV. He said he fled Britain in 1997. afternoon. spent years cultivating a ragtag Friday, offering a discordant ened as the Trump campaign reported cluster of atypical evidence to back up the claims. early fearing a disaster. China’s authoritarian lead- The city’s Leisure and digital “ army” of meme mak- tone to an electorate battered by confirmed during the presi- pneumonia cases in Wuhan The UN health body in a NHK footage showed large ers say the powers will restore Cultural Services Department, ers and political influencers a pandemic and wounded by dent’s speech that Kimberly from the Chinese authorities. media briefing earlier this week areas of Hitoyoshi town in stability after a year of pro- which runs libraries, said books who retweet campaign mes- racial injustice following the Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for On January 2, the WHO said that it would send a team to Kumamoto inundated in democracy protests, will not had been removed while it is sages hundreds of times daily. high-profile killings of Black the campaign and the girlfriend representative in China wrote China next week to prepare to muddy waters that gushed out stifle freedoms and will only determined whether they vio- Trump is outspending Biden people. He zeroed in on the of Trump’s eldest son Donald to the National Health investigate the source of the virus from the Kuma River. Many target a “ very small minority”. late the national security law. on Google and YouTube adver- desecration by some protesters Trump Jr., had tested positive for Commission, offering WHO responsible for Covid-19 which cars were submerged up to But it has already sent fear “ In the process of the tising by nearly 3 to 1. of monuments and statues the coronavirus while in South support and repeating the has so far killed over 525,000 their windows. coursing through a city used to review the books will not be As his reelection bid faces across the country that honour Dakota. AP request for further information people worldwide. IANS Mudslides smashed into speaking openly, with police available for borrowing and ref- growing obstacles, his prima- those who have benefited from houses and floodwaters carried arresting people for possessing erence,” it said. cy in the dizzying digital world slavery, including some past trunks from uprooted trees. slogans pushing independence The law targets acts of is one of his top advantages, presidents. “ This movement is Several people were standing or greater autonomy and busi- subversion, secession, terrorism giving him a massive plat- openly attacking the legacies of atop a convenience store as nesses scrambling to remove and colluding with foreign form to connect with sup- every person on Mount they waited for rescuers. AP protest displays. forces. AFP porters and push a message Rushmore,” Trump said. that ignores his vulnerabilities He lamented “ cancel cul- related to the pandemic, ture” and charged that some on unemployment and race rela- the political left hope to “ defame 1* $    tions. our heroes, erase our values, and Biden and his allies are indoctrinate our children.” now working feverishly to He said Americans should establish a social media force speak proudly of their heritage  /! of their own. and shouldn’t have to apologize For the first time, Biden for its history. outspent Trump on Facebook “ We will not be terrorised, Islamabad: Washington’s envoy plans in support of peace can a controversy over intelligence advertising in June, pouring we will not be demeaned, and to Afghanistan stressed never start too early,” Khalilzad reports that Russia was paying twice as much money into the we will not be intimidated by Saturday the economic benefits tweeted. money to insurgents with links platform as the president. AP bad, evil people,” Trump added. of the peace deal with the However, Washington has to the Taliban to kill American Taliban, forging ahead with an recently become embroiled in and NATO soldiers. AP agreement that has run into new political obstacles both in the US and regionally. $$ C(4 &(' Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up a week-long trip ( $ P4 & that included stops in Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the   $ 9  ligence officials, and two days Gulf state of Qatar, where the later, the US and Taliban signed Taliban negotiators are head- ntelligence that Afghan an agreement in Qatar. quartered. Imilitants might have The agreement clears the The US signed a peace accepted Russian bounties for way for America to end 19 deal with the Taliban in killing American troops did not years in Afghanistan and gives February to end 19 years of war scuttle the US-Taliban agree- Trump a way to make good on in Afghanistan. ment or President Donald his promise to end US Khalilzad has sought to Trump’s plan to withdraw thou- Involvement in what he calls “ stress the economic benefits of sands more troops from the endless wars.” the peace deal throughout his war. On March 3, three tour. In a series of tweets early It did give critics of the deal days after the agreement was Saturday, the U.S. Envoy said he another reason to say the signed, the president had a 35- had met with the Qatar Taliban shouldn’t be trusted. minute phone call with Mullah Investment Authority and the The bounty information Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co- Taliban’s chief negotiator was included in Trump’s pres- founder of the Taliban and Mullah Abdul Ghani, in the ident’s daily intelligence brief head of their political office in tiny Gulf state’s capital of Doha. on Feb. 27, according to intel- Qatar. “ We agreed development     " +, -.-.  =

 % & ,, Windies must draw on Headingley spirit: Simmons sented by the Covid-19 pan-  ! $     demic and should provide our stakeholders with renewed clar- ity and confidence about the summer ahead,” CA said in a R  $ statement. “Calculating revenue projec- tions 12 months ahead during a  $ :  /  what we all dreamed of doing. Bowl here has put the team in once-in-a-century pandemic There will still be the same the right direction ahead of the has not been without its chal- ngland middle-order bats- nerves in the morning because opening Test. lenges, but we believe we have Eman Ollie Pope says the so much rides on it. When that The practice game between arrived at a position that pro- absence of spectators in the first Test match starts up, crowd or Team Stokes and Team Buttler vides all parties with greater cer- Test against the West Indies will no crowd, you are going to be ended in a draw on the final '& '; A potential pay dispute men and women, operate under tainty about how to navigate the not lessen the team’s intensity. really up for it.” day on Friday. Pope made 55 between Cricket Australia and a revenue-sharing arrangement next year.” The three-Test series will The 22-year-old right- not out in Team Buttler’s sec- players was averted on Saturday and faced a significant knock-on The move is seen as a com- be played behind close doors handed batsman said playing ond innings to go with his 25 after the governing body with- effect in the amount of money mon-sense approach from both due to the Covid-19 pandem- without spectators doesn’t affect in the first. drew a contentious projection of distributed to their payment sides, given the picture for the ic. The second and third Test the quality of cricket. “The quality of competi- financial losses from the coro- pool, which is a fixed %age. cricketing summer ahead will be held in Manchester “Whether we are going to tion going on out there was navirus pandemic. The Australian Cricketers remains unclear. (July 16-20 and July 24-28). play a bit of music out of the really high-class throughout The decision to “reset” Association, which represents So far, only two tours involv-  G    +   "             “When we have big crowds speakers I’m not sure but we the three days. I think we’re get- negotiations follows the resigna- players, rejected the forecasts as ing Australia have been impact-  ,    <    > in and the Barmy Army are can find ways of creating our ting there. We’re all moving the tion last month of CA chief exec- hasty and issued the governing ed by coronavirus — a two-Test here it is amazing but we’ll still own atmosphere I’m sure. right direction,” Pope said after utive Kevin Roberts, with his body with a notice of dispute, tour of Bangladesh and a limit-     Headingley we were horrible be playing Test cricket and it’s We’ve got to find a way to do the game. interim replacement Nick which could have led to a court ed overs visit from Zimbabwe and that seems to be like that still the pinnacle,” Pope said that when we get on top or “I felt pretty good in the Hockley vowing to repair rela- standoff. that have both been cancelled. est Indies coach Phil most times we go on tour. We after England’s intra-squad when we need a bit of energy.” first innings, and it was nice to tions between the two sides. But CA on Saturday agreed There is also doubt over WSimmons says his team are trying to make sure that bad warm-up game. Pope said the intensity of spend a bit more time out there The body in June forecast to postpone its projections until whether Australia will be able to will have to avoid early debacles match is taken out of the equa- “Even if there’s not a single the intra-squad three-day today. We’re all moving in the revenues would fall by nearly it had a clearer idea of the host the T20 World Cup, but its which have often affected its tion and we start properly,” person in the crowd it’s still warm-up game at the Ageas right direction.” 50% in the 2020-21 financial financial impact of the pandem- four-Test series against India overseas campaigns and take Simmons said during the year despite the pandemic hit- ic. In turn, the ACA withdraw scheduled to start in December inspiration from the 2017 Cricket, on the Inside webinar. July 8. mental stage of where they The Test series will be held ting in the off-season and India’s its notice of dispute. is still expected to go ahead. Headingley Test win to start the “We are playing against The West Indies team has need to be because most of behind closed doors due to lucrative Test tour this year still “Today’s agreement is a sig- Officials also remain hope- three-match series against one of the best test teams in the a world class pace attack featur- them have scored runs here,” he Covid-19 pandemic and set to go ahead. nificant step forward in cricket’s ful of having crowds for the pop- England on the front foot. world and we need to start on ing the likes of Kemar Roach, said. Simmons said it might affect a Australian players, both response to the challenges pre- ular T20 Big Bash League. PTI A batting failure saw West the front foot. We’re trying to Alzarri Joseph, Shannon “(Shai) Hope has got back- few seniors but for most it won’t Indies lose the opening match bring back memories of Gabriel, Chemar Holder and to-back hundreds here. It’s be an issue to play without spec- against England in Birmingham Headingley and get the psychol- Oshane Thomas but it is their about getting to the mental tators. 6      by an innings and 209 runs dur- ogy right.” batting that has not been able stage where you are prepared “I think maybe ... The ##" ing their last Test tour in 2017. The three-match Test to live up to expectations. for a Test match in England, senior guys it might affect a few    F  But they staged a remarkable series, which will mark the The 57-year-old Simmons because it’s different to many of them because they are used comeback in the second Test, resumption of International said the batting unit is trying to other places. to sold-out matches in England. > #  7 -- chasing down 322 to record a cricket following the coron- get into the best mental state “The next three days of But in the Caribbean there’s not five-wicket win in Headingley. avirus-forced break, begins at ahead of the series. practice is about sharpening up much crowds for Test so we are     ;     “We are drawing on that. Agaes bowl in Southamption in “I think the batters have the skills. But mentality is the kind of accustomed to that,” he The Test match before a bio-secure environment on worked hard on getting to a big thing.” said. ormer Pakistan captain he England and Wales FInzamam-ul-Haq has TCricket Board (ECB) has backed rising star Babar Azam, announced the resumption saying the Pakistan white-ball of recreational cricket from skipper has the numbers to July 11 after Prime Minister ,  6  "  >  back him amid constant com- Boris Johnson gave the green parisons with Virat Kohli. light. “Babar is always compared The ECB’s announcement  $; Wicket-keeper pacers James Anderson, Stuart The most Notable omis- Zealand but was able to find Moeen took a break from to Virat Kohli but the latter has on Friday night came after Jonny Bairstow and spin bowl- Broad, Jofra Archer and Mark sions from the 30-man train- a spot due to injury to Joe red-ball cricket after being played a lot more cricket and Johnson made a U-turn after ing all-rounder Moeen Ali Wood in addition to all- ing squad include Bairstow Denly. dropped from England’s set up if you look at their stats and his earlier suggestion that were on Saturday left out of rounders Stokes and Chris and Moeen. Bairstow then got a spot mid-way through the Ashes. performances at the stage teas and dressing rooms were England’s 13-man squad for Woakes. Bairstow’s position in the on the tour of South Africa He went wicket-less his first Babar is now, he has not done among major obstacles in the the first ‘bio-secure’ Test In the spin department, side had first become uncer- but scored only ten runs in bowling innings in the warm- badly at all,” Inzamam told a amateur and grassroots game against West Indies, starting England have gone with tain in 2019 after a prolonged two innings of the one Test he up match and picked up two TV channel. Pakistani legends like Javed — a traditional feature of July 8. Dominic Bess. Jack Leach has run of low scores. He was ini- played. That left him with a wickets in the second, but Bess The two modern-day Miandad, Mohammad Yousuf British summertime — Ben Stokes will lead the been left out of the main tially left out of England’s tally of only 334 runs in 2019 and Leach both got more greats are time and again pit- or Younis Khan," Azam said returning amid the Covid-19 side and the squad features squad and is among reserves. squad for their tour of New at an average of 18.55. wickets. ted against each other, by fans during a teleconference as per pandemic. and critics alike, for their Cricket Pakistan. An ECB statement said impeccable playing styles and Azam and his Pakistan the UK Government’s #!   incredible consistency. teammates have already announcement pertaining to Azam recently stated that touched down in England for recreational cricket applies ><!$ he doesn’t want to be compared their much-anticipated series at this time to England only. with India captain Kohli but in August which includes three “The ECB is delighted  with some of the top-class Tests and as many T20Is. that the UK Government has batsmen that have donned the “Babar struggled initially in given the green light for recre-  ; Jaipur shall soon be jersey of Pakistan in the past. Test cricket but we never had ational cricket in England to getting one of the largest crick- “I don’t want to be com- any doubt about his ability so return from Saturday 11 July,” et stadiums in the world, with pared with Virat Kohli. It we persisted with him and see the statement said. a seating capacity to accom- would be better if people com- today where he is standing in “The latest update from modate around 75,000 specta- pare me with one of the all formats,” Inzamam added. the UK Government signals tors. progression from Step 3 to The world-class green sta- Step 4 of ECB’s roadmap to dium shall have modern grand return for the recreational pavilion stands, corporate  $    game, meaning competitive boxes, plush sports field, mod- cricket matches in England ern club house and many ? "  "  with adjustments to respect other world class features for hygiene and social distancing indoor games and sports train- $  EF; Former India All the appointments are for would be permitted.” ing facilities, said Rajasthan seamer Aavishkar Salvi has been one season. Earlier on Friday, PM Cricket Association (RCA) appointed head coach of the Confirming the develop- Johnson made a U-turn from Secretary Mahendra Sharma. Puducherry senior team for the ment, Salvi said, “This is my sec- his reservation of return of He added that the stadium will upcoming domestic season. ond stint with Puducherry as I recreational cricket, saying be spread over 100 acres of The development was con- was their head coach for the first he “sought scientific advice” land. firmed by a Cricket Association season. This time, they have after being “stumped”. “The land has been of Pondicherry (CAP) official reappointed me.” “It is exciting. “We do want to work as finalised in Chonp village, 25 who also informed that former We don’t know when the crick- fast as possible to get cricket km from Jaipur on the Jaipur- Mumbai first-class cricketer et season will start, but still if an back, and we will be publish- Delhi Highway and the con- Onkar Khanvilkar will be assis- association is preparing them- ing guidelines in the next struction is expected to begin tant coach and former Rajasthan selves, it is a good thing to be few days, so that cricket can in the next four months,” he keeper Dishant Yagnik will don part of it,” added Salvi, who resume in time for next week- added. the role of a fielding coach. played four ODIs for India. end,” he said. Sharma said that those coming to the stadium, includ- ing players as well as the audi- ence, would get world-class   &4)  % facilities. There would be flood lights installed in accordance 5)& $, to the ICC guidelines, with modern pressbox for media 5&(; The Sports Ministry Indian and foreign — will be for his or her success as a coach. and broadcast. on Saturday removed the 2 a four-year cycle in sync with the “All new coaches and exist- A parking facility to lakh cap on the salary given to Olympics to ensure continuity. ing coaches who are given the accommodate around 4,000 Indian coaches for training elite Indian Olympic Association new contract will be imparting vehicles would be made in the athletes in a bid to encourage (IOA) welcomed the move, say- training at National Camps and stadium. them to produce better results. ing it will encourage domestic SAI's National Center of Sharma informed that this The move is also aimed at coaches to produce better results Excellence (NCOEs), and will be will be the third largest stadi- attracting former players to as they have been put on par selected jointly by the Sports um after the Motera Stadium become high performance train- with their foreign counterparts. Ministry and the National Sports in Ahmedabad and the ers. “IOA and National Sports Federations,” a ministry release Melbourne Cricket Ground The announcement came Federations wholeheartedly said. in Australia. While Motera has after the ministry’s decision to appreciate the decision of the Welcoming the move, chief a seating capacity of 1.10 lakh, extend the contracts of all for- Sports Ministry to remove salary national badminton coach the MCG can accommodate eign coaches till September 30 cap of domestic coaches. The Pullela Gopichand said: “This is 1.02 lakh spectators. next year. cap was limiting our coaches a long standing request of the The stadium would fur- “Several Indian coaches are who have been producing high- sporting fraternity. I am very ther accommodate two prac- showing very good results and performance international happy with the decision because tice grounds which can be need to be rewarded for their medallists,” IOA Secretary it will give a great boost to the used for Ranji Trophy match- hard work. The Government is General Rajeev Mehta said. overall sporting ecosystem by es. Also, there will be two also keen to attract the best “This decision is also attracting many talented coach- restaurants, 30 practice nets coaching talent from across the encouraging for more sportsper- es and eminent ex-athletes to for players and a press confer- country to train elite athletes and sons to choose coaching as a join the profession.” ence room with a seating we do not want the cap on com- profession now. With new steps The Sports Ministry will capacity of 250. pensation to be a deterrent for to improve the coaching educa- also resume grassroot-level tal- The stadium would be good coaches to join,” Sports tion, domestic coaches would be ent scouting with an eye on 2028 constructed in two phases; Minister Kiren Rijiju said. on par with international coach- Olympics when the situation first phase to be developed The ministry release said the es in the future.” arising out of the Covid-19 with 45,000 seating capacity increased remuneration and The ministry said eminent pandemic improves. while the second would have longer contract period “is to coaches already working in var- The elite Indian coaches/ex a seating capacity of 30,000. attract ex-elite athletes into the ious Public Sector Undertakings athletes, including those from Mehta and associates LLP high performance sporting (PSUs) would also be allowed to the PSUs and leading sports pro- and Delhi based sports design ecosystem, and to use their join on deputation and be eligi- motion boards will be part of the consultancy firm GRAS, who experience and skill to train ath- ble for the 4-year contract as well Talent Scouting Committee will build the stadium, have letes bound for major interna- as the higher salary structure. which will be touring various given a presentation of the tional competitions, including The remuneration will be parts of the country to scout raw design to RCA chief patron the Olympics”. decided on the basis of their per- talent in the age group of 10-15 C.P. 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“We are serving a mission much greater it was difficult at times for veterinary nursing clients who were unable to bring their pets to than ourselves, and in helping the voiceless at staff to cross the Delhi border and no public the hospital. this time of strife, we are truly following the transportation in Gurugram as well. During the 100 days of lockdown, the Veterinarian’s Oath” Veterinarians at the hospital were extremely hospital kept even functional advanced diag- committed to helping pets in need in spite of nostics like Computerised Tomogragaphy he novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the possibility of Covid-19 exposure on a reg- (CT) Scan, which was exceptionally benefi- has caused a sudden change in the ular basis. cial to diagnose a disc prolapse in suddenly operations worldwide. With the The Pasha wing, a dedicated unit of CGS paraplegic Labrador, Max. Dr. Vikash lockdown commencing March 22, Hospital committed primarily to serving des- Chauhan, a certified veterinary radiologist at 2020, citizens were urged to stay at titute dogs and cats was also functional daily CGS hospital said: “ Unfortunately due to the homeT to contain the spread of the virus. To to help stray dogs and cats as most NGOs lockdown, many veterinary clinics and exter- keep ourselves entertained, many of us also were providing only Emergency cases. A nal labs weren’t open routinely and pets were resorted to watching online films, many of notable mention is the successful surgery of affected. We managed to diagnose three cases which were ironically based on Virus out- stray dog, Ruby, who was struggling to deliv- of long standing intestinal perforations via breaks! One noticeable feature in most of er at the side of the road for two days, and abdominal CT Scans and successfully operat- Dr. Shriram Ganesan, the veterinary ophthal- these ‘End of the world’ themed movies is the owing to the lockdown, her regular feeders ed and saved the lives of those pets. The joy mologist has treated many emergency eye absence of the adversities faced by and caretakers couldn’t reach her. However, 96) ++> >6 ++ 58 >8F596>5 and satisfaction of a life saved is the ultimate trauma cases, corneal ulcers, glaucoma and animals/pets. one family managed to bring her in the wee 9 2 !+ 8   reward.” cataract cases in pets during this lockdown The sudden home confinement of the hours of the morning for an emergency Outdoor pets sometimes find it hard stay- period, referred from far and wide. Some pet human race has altered the lives of animals, Caesarean section that managed to atleast ing indoors and numerous reports of falls of owners have crossed state borders with spe- pets and strays alike. On the one side, nature preserve the life of one puppy after rigorous cats and dogs from high rise building terraces cial permissions just to treat their pets’ ocular was its best with self purification of rivers, veterinary neonatal care. The jubilant cries of and balconies during the lockdown was issues due to lack of such expertise at their migratory birds returning to nest, turtles seen that healthy puppy gave reward to the attend- strange. Three cats had to undergo surgery to towns. on the Mumbai coast after decades, multiple ing vet’s sleepless night! repair their hard palate injuries. Mirza, the Loneliness and a need for companionship sightings of peacocks, etc. and then, you have With restaurants and roadside eateries yorkie who had a Humpty-dumpty like fall has lead to a sudden surge in the number of the species that has domesticated itself over shut, as an initiative to help the hungry and and fractured his femur, has recovered well puppies adopted or purchased in Delhi NCR. the years, namely, cats and dogs suddenly left starving stray dogs and cats, CGS Hospital post fracture stabilisation surgeries at the Sadly, many of them tend to fall prey to viral stranded without a constant source of food provided fresh food to approximately 300-500 Hospital. It is best that pets aren’t allowed to infections like Parvo virus and require hospi- owing to closure of restaurants and malls. Pet stray dogs. These strays were fed twice daily venture out onto roof tops on their own and talisation. The hospital infectious ward was dogs had to be restricted to relieving them- by the hospital team. * ; 9 / < are supervised when left on balconies to filled during the lockdown phase but thank- selves on a balcony or a diaper mat at one It is only when one believes that there is relieve themselves. fully, most puppies emerged triumphant over end of a room due to confinement con- light at the end of the tunnel, can one emerge < A .12 $   Stray dogs seemed to have claimed the the disease. There is always a special bond straints. All outdoor activities for pets came as one’s best self and truly help another self- $;   streets during the initial lockdown phase but between each vet and a Parvo survivor puppy. to a halt. Many pet owners have mentioned lessly. This was aptly showcased by two daily as the lockdown opened, a drastically high Having personally treated quite a few during that their pets were initially overjoyed to have wage labourers who when rummaging <:;; $ : 3 number of road accidents resulting in frac- this phase and now vaccinating them post their parents home all day. As with us, every- through the garbage at Sikanderpur found an <9$ $  $ tures were noticed sadly. recovery, it is always a special experience for one wants their space, and pets started emaciated sickly puppy. They immediately Pet shops in most areas were closed and me. There is no thank you as heartfelt as seen demanding some quiet at home. Then came rushed on foot to the hospital for urgent vet- ; ? : even online supply of pet supplies was lag- in the eyes of a Parvo survivor pup! the question of pet health care.. erinary care and continued to bring that ? :; $3 ging behind. Regular deworming and These are only a few examples of pets With only essential services being permit- puppy for the next five days, both in the ectoparasite treatment was not easily avail- helped by dedicated vets at CGS Hospital. ted during the lockdown, veterinary clinics morning and evening for necessary treatment. ;; < 9 : able to pet owners and thus began the vicious Veterinarians all over the world need to be remained open for limited hours with cur- “Blessed is the man who has nothing and yet    ;$ cycle of intestinal worm infections. applauded for the wonderful work they are tailed staff. CGS Hospital (a unit of CGS gives”. They even managed to rustle up a small Lyla, a friendly Dobermann was present- doing inspite the odds. It is our profession, Charitable Trust), which is a part of the phil- leash and collar and gave the chap a name — N: :> $ ed with the complaint of chronic vomiting. but also our passion to serve the voiceless. anthropic wing of DLF Ltd., situated in Lucky! And indeed, lucky he was! This inci- ;9 ; 9  She was diagnosed with oesophageal nodules With resilience and peer support, not Gurugram, remained open only for emergen- dent moved me to tears and reinforced our via an Endoscopy and is getting the appropri- only the vets, but each and every employee of cies primarily only during the first week, but belief in the goodness of humanity. $;  *< A  ate medical treatment she deserves. veterinary hospitals and clinics continue to later due to increased number of pet illness “Fearing Pandemic Covid-19 is not the  $ Minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical brave the odds, providing valuable service to cases, surgeries, pet hospitalisation and criti- answer to the current situation. CGS hospital options have been in focus in the medical the dogs and cats that come to them. We cal care requirements, the hospital was rou- is here to help you and your pets. We are world recently. Lyla and many other pets have believe in our hearts that we too are COVID tinely functional. Most of the pet clinics reaching out to both pet owners to quell benefitted from Endoscopic and laparoscopic Warriors! being closed or running for a few hours only doubts regarding the spread of Covid in procedures at the hospital. with shortage of staff caused an increase in pets,” says Dr. Samar Singh Mahendran, Richard, the diabetic Labrador, had his The writer is a post graduate footfall at CGS during the lockdown period. Director, CGS. The CGS Vets also provided vision restored just this month at the veterinary surgeon practising at All vets were on duty with staff, even though free tele-OPD assistance to our regular Ophthalmology Unit of CGS hospital. 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form of execution. Sense of Sacrifice: There cannot be service without sacrifice and practice. To acquire certain spiritual skills, one may need to sacrifice certain pleasures. Sheer Guts: Spiritual service includes safeguarding people against such external forces and negative energies transmittable through prac- tices like black magic. Initiative: While philosophy does sound impressive, it takes initiative and intent to put that philosophy into prac- tice and go beyond expected levels of uman mind is the main source of stress as well as its attainment and act intuitively. main victim. Stress has always been a major psycho- Obedience: Disobedience and Hsomatic issue afflicting human health from ancient obedience are the snakes and ladders to the modern times. For the ancient man, the problem was in the game of Guruism. Disobedience anxiety of the uncertain. Little knowledge, naturally, proved leads your guru to relinquish his dangerous. The irony is that with more knowledge, we worry responsibility towards you as you have more now. As technology infiltrated our lives, life got derailed, shown a lack of faith in him. and went offline. George Orwell’s proverbial big brother is Loyalty: Loyalty to the guru and getting bigger causing more and more anxiety and stress to his mission is a critical component for human beings. Aadhar that was supposed to make life eas- acceptance by any spiritual master. ier has become a cause for concern. While the banks are insist- Spiritual training in physical pres- ing on data and digitisation, the cyber thugs are swindling ence of the guru ensures an interaction, money from accounts with consummate ease giving sleep- where one learns not only through the- less nights to the customers. But this is not the only cause ory but also from the teacher’s respons- of online driven anxiety. The Coronakaal, as we can call it es, body language, instant corrections now, is giving a double whammy. On the one hand warn- and so on. The guru often leads by ings galore from many sources are scaring people to abnor- example and it is a disciple’s curricu- mal levels, while on the other, the work from home is mak- lum to perfect the prescribed practices ing many experience virtual hell. A new mega organism, the and not just understand theory. There online CEO, has emerged on the scene. Relaxing in the cool is vast difference between attending a climes of homes the corona age boss is keeping all employ- ou, me, the birds, the bees, three distinct levels of the body, mind, The final stage however, is not of wor- lecture in a classroom and reading ees in his loop on the toes. Shooting mails at the oddest of the tree, its roots and every and spirit. He knows you not only in shipping the guru, but instead, wor- scriptures online. the hours he is issuing directives by the minute. One step atom in the cosmos, are part the physical form you are in now, but shipping the guru within YOU. While Discipleship needs continuous forward two steps backwards, that is the nature of command, of the same source — the also who you were and will be in lives devotion is a matter of heightened monitoring and interaction. Such because he himself is not sure what to do. Needless to say supreme consciousness. of the past and future A siddh guru 9:;:9 A$ emotion, acceptance is a more centred training includes rewards and admo- all this is leading to excessive stress as the hapless employ- YExperientially understanding this is always knows the strength of a poten- approach without emotion as its power nitions. Many use their guru as a ees are continuously on alert for the next mail or WhatsApp where we need to get to. The buck tial disciple’s spirit. He will also try to  9-! source. Therefore, even though the crutch, and not a launch pad. It is nec- message on their mobiles. 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he world today is technologically he answer is quality of life. The very advanced. But, despite these word quality is defined as the Tadvancements, no invention till date Tstandard of something when it is has been able to predict the occurrence, compared to other things like how good place of origin or the frequency of the or bad something is. Why is quality of earthquake. Although science has been life all important? Because we are eter- successful in setting up departments and nal souls and very small. This smallness a Richter scale to measure an earthquake, is in comparison to God, whose parts but, they are still lacking in predicting we are, who is far too big to be really time, place and frequency of an earth- comprehended by the human brain. quake. Scientists only accept a handful God is omnipresent. The Cosmic reasons behind the occurrence of these design does not allow us to ever get big- earthquakes — movement of tectonic ger, because these bigger souls will begin plates; breaking of rocks within the earth clashing for supremacy. surface; increase of temperature in the How can we improve our situation? innermost earth surfaces leading to gas The answer again is: we can improve the formation and eventually volcanic erup- quality of our lives. Usefulness comes tion. first. In this material world people are to current events as far as possible gives character and attitude. Without them, Vedic Astrology is part and parcel of respected/given attention as long as they me enormous satisfaction, because the quality can be ordinary only. What the Vedas. Astrology is the science of are useful. It is not possible to exist well God is involved in this activity; He we aim for must be lasting. This is knowing what lies in the future. The utili- on the basis of your laurels. That was guides. This activity actually gives me ensured by a connection with God, who ty of astrology is as clear as that of meteo- earlier. This world is very cruel in this the maximum satisfaction. I mostly controls everything mine or yours. And rology. But, a meteorological department respect. Even the family members judge myself on the progress mode on this connection will ensure peace, can only predict the weather for only a begin to treat those, who are no longer this front. without which there is no superior exis- few days with the help of their devices. useful as burden. We cannot blame any- Lastly, my connection with God tence. Indian astrology contains a few point- Retrograde Planet and earthquake: increase the prevalence of an earthquake. one for this, because there are always provides to me everything superior like In the end, I must mention that ers about the future of earthquakes, with When major planets such as Jupiter, Mars duties for everyone. In my case, if I peace, bliss, support, security, guidance, sense enjoyments occupy an important the help of which the astrologers predict and Saturn move to retrograde, there is a Months and earthquake: As per spend a lot of time establishing a bet- wisdom, help, energies of various kinds place in our lives, but these should be the occurrence of these earthquakes. chance of earthquake. Vedic astrology, there is a high-probabili- ter connection with God by doing var- like ‘atmabala’ — the strength of the appropriate only, that is what is required However, Indian astrology, using the ty of earthquakes during summer (mostly ious spiritual practices, I am given soul, maintenance of my family and for- indeed by our bodies, minds, intelli- Panchang can calculate all the upcoming Planetary transits and earthquake: May and June) solstice, and winter (most- respect for doing that. Rather my fam- giveness for mistakes made by me, inad- gence, etc. Anything beyond degrades; astronomy events with complete accuracy. In Planetary transit, apart from the posi- ly December and January) solstice. ily feels more secure due to my spiritu- vertently of course. Thankfully, there is does not enhance the quality of life. tion of major planets such as Jupiter, al acts. Following ‘dharma’ is very a good connection between God and Sense pleasures of momentary nature Eclipse and earthquake: No earth- Saturn and Mars, there should be a com- Meteorite and earthquake: There are important for me. This defines my per- me. I mostly get God’s guidance during are always temporary. They should not quake ever happens during the eclipse pliance in the positions of major astro- several meteorites in the universe. But, sonality. Doing “paropkar” (good deeds my sleep in night, which I can recollect dominate our psyche. Only then, we will period. However, there is a probability of nomical bodies such as Moon and Rahu, when these meteorites are in proximity to by helping others) is similarly very sat- upon getting up. advance in the quality of life index. And earthquake in the coming post-eclipse like: Mars and Saturn should be opposite the earth or sun, the chances of the occur- isfying to me, that is whatever I can do, Everyone must figure out what suits this effort should be ongoing life after lunar phase of full moon or new moon to each other; Sun, Mars, Saturn and rence of the earthquake increases. limited as I am due to my resources. one’s nature, circumstances, available life, because we exist eternally. We (Purnima and Amavasya, respectively). Rahu in Kendra (1st, 4th, 7th and 10th Apart from these, the position of Resources are important to me. I resources, etc. However, the following should ensure that the next life will be house of horoseope); Sun, Mars, Saturn Uranus, cruel planets (kur grah) and the am still engaged in doing business. guidelines will be quite handy in estab- better than the present one. The Cosmic Time of earthquake: As per vedic and Rahu transit to 8th house of horo- collision of stars too have an important These resources allow me facilities and lishing what will enhance the quality of design allows this continuity; we should astrology, the probability of occurrence of scope; Shadasthak Yoga of Mars and role in bringing about a disastrous and comforts, which are important to me. one’s life. Our lives revolve around our take advantage of it. After all, the next the earthquake is high during mid-day Saturn, Mars and Rahu, and Sun and devastating earthquake. Essentially, I am a householder; becom- duties, therefore, we have to keep them life will also surely come. (12 pm) to sunset and from midnight to Mars.    9,  >      ing a sannayasi is not my goal in this life. uppermost in our minds. "            sunrise. Such planetary transit situations            Writing on spiritual topics, which relate Similarly, dharma should define our   H # )       uvitiut 4F @A@A +  * R - . .   

ven as the whole world is facing Covid period will certainly be an Ean unprecedented global health uphill task for India. However, it was and humanitarian crisis with the never an easy task for any extra rapid spread of Covid-19 pandem- regional powers to dominate the <- ic, China sees this as an opportuni- periphery of any regional power; # ty to push her geopolitical agenda. advantage of geography blends with "" And, the same is explicitly evident in good neighbourhood policy might # South Asia and the Indian Ocean help India to balance China in the #--  region where China is unmistakably region. Although, under the leader- aiding her geopolitical agenda with ship of Prime Minister Narendra  - humanitarian assistance. Unlike Modi, to regain its influence in the  India, the Chinese approach in region India is making all efforts to   South Asia or in the Indian Ocean engage neighbours more meaning- ##"3 region (IOR) is neither benign nor fully, but the situation demands -- in accordance with the principle of some extra efforts and calibrations.    mutual benefits and inclusiveness. In Finding ways to correct the past mis- " fact, it is merely guided by China’s takes in the neighbourhood policy is national interest. And, interestingly, one of the most daunting tasks for - amused with growing Chinese influ- India’s foreign policy makers. O"  ence in their economic and securi- In the neighbourhood, India # ty domains, many small countries of needs to embrace the logic of eco-   the region are not interested to nomic interdependence and ensure #3 realise the long term consequences the timely completion of ongoing  of China’s growing clouts. As most connectivity and development pro- of the small countries of South Asia jects. During his six years of tenure, #  and the IOR are set to face worse eco- Prime Minister Narendra Modi vis- " nomic crisis in the post Covid peri- ited all neighbouring countries and # od, China is ready to exploit the sit- ensured satisfactory progress on <" uation for its own political, economic political, diplomatic as well as phys- and strategic gains. ical connectivity fronts. New Delhi The recent report titled “A seems determined to connect eastern Global Survey of US-China neighbours through BBIN Competition in the Coronavirus (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Era” by Hudson Institute, the USA, Nepal) sub-regional initiative and explicitly mentioned that China’s with the construction of more than immediate goal in South Asia is to 10 new check points to facilitate trade limit any “defiance “from India and and movement of vehicles along the thwart its expanding partnership borders of eastern neighbours: Nepal, with the US. China’s penetration into Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. India’s region of influence (South Complaining against Chinese eco- Asia and IOR) is indeed a strategic nomic influence in the neighbouring loss for India. The neighbours in the countries and China-linked security >  / >6 Chinese debt trap are undoubtedly concerns in India’s vicinity, intangi- a potential threat for India’s securi- ble or tangible, is indeed a futile exer- ty. Further, the report rightly men- cise. However, India should avoid the tioned that now China, the second in the Indo-Nepal bilateral ties. in the region is continued during officials of health-care professionals enhancing India’s goodwill with habit of downplaying China-related largest economy in the world, is suc- The small countries of the region pandemic also, although, means and of SAARC countries and dispatch of many countries. But China is not security concerns in South Asian ceeding its South Asia strategy such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, and intentions are not the same. Yet, mid the teams of military doctors to behind; during the Covid pandem- water. The China’s base and port through the Belt and Road Initiative Maldives choose to prefer “omni of the Covid-19 crisis, India has Maldives, Nepal and Kuwait. India ic, China is enhancing its influence strategy in South Asian littoral states (BRI), which distributes loans and directional friendship with shifting scaled up its diplomatic outreach and supplied medicine, both on com- in the region by providing medical or in the IOR or presence of Chinese invest in large infrastructure projects tilts” where ruling party or parties humanitarian assistance in the most mercial and the grant basis, to more hardware and other assistance to submarines in the Andaman water across the region. and their leaderships primarily deter- part of the world, including South than 100 countries. But immediate smaller countries of the region. are definitely not only to serve the After Pakistan and Sri Lanka, mine the direction of the tilts. The Asia and the IOR. Prime Minister neighbourhood remains the China, which has already made her China’s commercial interest. To bal- now Nepal, despite some resistance change of guards in Sri Lanka and Narendra Modi’s initiative to create key priority for India as it supplied potent presence in the region through ance China in South Asian water or from its own citizens, is preparing to Maldives in 2015 and 2018 respec- an emergency Covid-19 fund for the medicine to immediate neigh- various means such as economy, in the IOR, beside the capacity build- plunge into Chinese debt trap. Nepal’s tively assured the curtailment of SAARC countries, India’s Covid bours by Indian aircraft and Air trade, defence and soft power, is now ing and capacity enhancement, with recent political adventure, the con- Chinese influence in their respective medical diplomacy and the Indian force flights and to others by com- ready to neutralise the Indian efforts or without Quad India should not stitutional claim after updating the countries. The ouster of the pro- Army and Navy’s initiatives to help mercial couriers. in her immediate neighbourhood. hesitate in engaging the US and other + >  >6I country’s map without historical facts China Mahinda Rajapaska the neighbouring countries to deal For India, Covid-19 pandemic is And, undoubtedly, this is one of the like-minded major and middle pow- and evidence, is merely a conspiracy Government in Sri Lanka in 2015 with the growing numbers of coro- an occasion to coordinate, cooperate key reasons why despite the good ers in the region, especially in the by ruling political party to ignite the and the Abdullah Yameen navirus cases in such an unprece- and lend assistance to smaller neigh- intension and approach India’s neigh- vicinity of the Arabian Sea and the anti-India sentiments for immediate Government in Maldives in 2018 was dented situation at domestic front, bours to fight against pandemic and bourhood first policy has not been Bay of Bengal. domestic political gains and to sighing of relief for India; while to must be appreciated. India’s Covid create greater impact in the long much successful in last decades to appease China. Certainly, it will not India’s chagrin, KP Oli returned as medical diplomacy is not only about term. Medical diplomacy has meet the expectations. (The writers are Delhi-based be prudent to blame India’s neigh- Prime Minister of Nepal in 2018. export of medicine, but also includes emerged as an effective tool of India’s How to manage China’s rising International relations and foreign bourhood policy for such a muddle India, China’s jostle for influence online training programme for the Covid diplomacy, and certainly profile in South Asia in the post- policy analysts)

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he unprecedented situa- programme of the DBT, received an overwhelming glucose-monitoring and hyper- Ttion which has arisen glob- Ministry of Science and response and has, so far, sup- tension monitoring which are ally because of the Covid-19 Technology, Government of ported over 70 proposals for critical in Covid-19 manage- pandemic has brought before India; and the National development of diagnostics, ment. Similarly, several com- the world many valuable learn- Institute of Allergy and vaccines, novel therapeutics, panies are being supported to ings — sustainable and collab- Infectious Diseases of the repurposing of drugs and other scale-up production and man- orative practices to become National Institutes of Health, technologies to find ufacturing of testing and self-reliant are the truest har- the USA, has supported count- solutions for the healthcare screening kits, PPEs, ventila- bingers of healthy societies, less research and capacity challenges of this pandemic. tors, etc. From extending economies and healthier strengthening programmes in More than 20 different Vaccine financial support to solutions nations. As we battle Covid-19 priority areas like viral hepati- Candidates are being devel- that are ready for deployment today and reconcile with the tis (such as hepatitis C), oped by our indigenous devel- to accelerating vaccine devel- "<#- possibility of a new endemic typhoid, rabies, rotavirus diar- opers from industry, startups opment and encouraging vac-   infectious disease, we must rhoea, acute respiratory infec- and academia. cine research, DBT-BIRAC are -  realise that “atma nirbharta” is tions, tuberculosis, parasitic A true example of our playing a catalytic and enabling the only way to not only cush- diseases (leishmaniasis, malar- mission towards self-reliance is role in battling Covid-19 with # ion us from the socio-eco- ia), HIV co-morbidities, strep- the development of indige- indigenous solutions through " nomic blow that this pandem- tococcal infections and dengue. nous diagnostic kits for Covid its 16 research institutes, more # ic has dealt us but also prepare It’s no surprise then that the 19. In March 2020, when the than 1000 startups, and 50 #. us for what lies ahead in a post Indo-US VAP has been recog- first few testing activities began bio-incubators. The DBT-    O Covid-19 world. Prime nised internationally as a we were totally dependent on BIRAC team is also working # Minister Narendra Modi has model bilateral programme in imported kits. The along with the Drug Controller given a clarion call to all our biomedical research. The Indo- Government took immediate General of India (DCGI) to #> scientists, start-ups, industry EU collaboration for develop- action and with a combination provide a rapid response reg- saying that “a self-reliant India ment of an influenza vaccine is of enabling policies and fund- ulatory framework for the dis- is the only way forward — another such example. ing opportunities, today we covery to delivery process of Atmanirbhar Bharat.” In our effort towards self- have over 20 Indian manufac- Covid-19 innovations. The Department of reliance, Biotechnology Industry turers and a kit production As the world is looking at Biotechnology (DBT), since Research Assistance Council capacity of more than 1 lakh finding quick solutions for its very inception in the late (BIRAC), established by the kits per day. To meet this meeting the huge healthcare 80s, has been committed to cooperation and collaboration development has been a core countries. Today 1 out of 6 chil- Department of Biotechnology, requirement, the Department challenges which Covid-19 delivering solutions for societal are at the core of self-reliance focus-area for DBT. In a mat- dren in the world receive India- has consistently exemplified the of Biotechnology and BIRAC outbreak has brought before us, challenges with a focus on — India’s progress will ter of national pride, in 2018, manufactured vaccines. In ideation-to-innovation model through the National our effort is to ensure that our “Make in India.” Today, as we undoubtedly contribute to ROTAVAC — a vaccine to 2019, DBT launched the Ind- by identifying and incubating Biopharma Mission have set up innovations continue to focus are positioned from discovery global progress. The fight rotavirus developed with CEPI mission programme efforts towards needs-based a manufacturing complex at on scalability, sustainability research to translational Department of Biotechnology support from the Department aligned with the Global CEPI, product-focused research and AMTZ Vishakapatnam. 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Within met through N-BRIC, a research and development of formed the scientific innova- initiating multiple collaborative disease that claims lives of a multi-year plan to focus on the first few weeks of the National Biomedical Resource impact-driven innovation, this tion spectrum in India. research and development pro- nearly half a million children development of vaccines for Covid-19 pandemic, DBT- Indigenisation Consortia set up is key for our march towards an As appropriately said by grammes with several coun- every year across the world — malaria, dengue, chikungunya BIRAC announced a in a PPP model to cater to our ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’ our Prime Minister it is imper- tries and philanthropic organ- prequalification allowed and tuberculosis. Covid-19 research consortium needs to meet the targets of ative that we don’t conflate a isations in diverse areas of ROTAVAC to be procured by Similarly, since 1987, the to develop safe and effective Atmanirbhar Bharat. 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