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  5@A Gurjar, Rao Inderjit Singh, included 35.45 km 4-lane new ROBs/RUBs have been ciated with the MSME sector. Haryana Deputy Chief Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar constructed in the state at a cost This loan facility would be nion Road Transport and Minister Dushyant Chautala section of NH 334B costing Rs of about Rs 944 crore whereas extended to 5 lakh persons in UHighways Minister Nitin and National Highways 1183 crore, the 70 km 4-laning work is in progress on 52 the state, he added. Gadkari on Tuesday inaugu- Authority of India (NHAI) of Punjab-Haryana Border to ROBs/RUBs with an estimated rated and laid foundation stone Chairman S S Sandhu were also Jind section of NH 71 costing cost of Rs 1366 crore. Contrary CM SEEKS GADKARI for 11 national highway pro- present during the function. Rs 857 crore, and the 85.36 km to this, only 64 ROBs/RUBs INTERVENTION ON SYL jects worth Rs 20,027 crore in The Union Minister also 2-lane with paved shoulders were constructed in the State in ISSUE Haryana as part of the new eco- urged the Chief Minister to Jind-Karnal Highway on NH the last 48 years. Apart from Chandigarh: The Chief nomic corridor. make separate schemes of Agro 709 costing Rs 200 crore. this, the State Government has Minister Manohar Lal on In the new economic cor- MSMEs, thereby, playing a He also laid the foundation also removed 17 toll barriers in Tuesday sought intervention of ridor, Rs 20,027 crore will be vital role in the MSME econo- stone of eight road projects Haryana, Manohar Lal added. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari invested to ensure smooth con- my of 5 lakh crore as envisaged costing Rs17,787 crore. He informed that with a in resolving the long-pending nectivity from Haryana to by the Centre Government in The Union Minister said view to further promote Micro, issue with neighbouring state of other states, including Punjab, the next two years. that the National Highways Small and Medium Enterprises Punjab regarding Sutlej Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, the Gadkari said that his aim is Authority of India (NHAI) (MSMEs) in Haryana, the State Yamuna Link (SYL) canal so Minister for Road Transport to create five crore new jobs in would spend Rs 2 lakh crore on Government has created a sep- that Haryana could get its and Highways Gadkari said in the MSME sector in the com- the construction of new roads arate MSME Department. legitimate share of river water. his address through video con- ing years. in Haryana in the next two Himachal Pradesh, the State economy. Haryana which would not only He further said that a The Chief Minister urged ferencing. “These highways While lauding the hard- years. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh Out of Rs one lakh crore provide seamless connectivity scheme is also being prepared Gadkari to intervene and raise will pave the way for infra- working farmers of Haryana, The highway projects of Rs and Jammu and Kashmir, being spent on the Delhi- within the state but also with for the setting up of clusters in the SYL issue before the Centre structure development at large he said that Centre is also 20, 027 crore which he dedi- Gadkari said. Mumabi Industrial Corridor, other parts of the country. all 22 districts of the state Government for early resolu- scale and farmers will get bet- mulling the ethanol economy cated to the people of Haryana He said that apart from Rs 55,000 crore is being He said that the special wherein people would be tion of this long pending issue ter market access,” he said. of Rs one-lakh crore in the on Tuesday would open new these road projects, the 687 km incurred in Haryana, he provision has been made in the encouraged to set up agro- in the interest of Haryana. The online function was country in which Haryana has vistas of development in the long Delhi-Amritsar-Katra informed. budget for the construction of based industries. Apart from Both Punjab and Haryana presided over by Haryana Chief an important role to play. state and provide better road expressway passing through Speaking on the occasion, more Railway over Bridge this, the State Government has have so far failed to find a mid- Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Earlier, Gadkari inaugu- connectivity to the western Jind in Haryana would also the Chief Minister said that (ROB) and Railway under also made an arrangement of dle path to resolve the SYL Union Ministers Gen V K rated three big road projects part of the country and also benefit Haryana in a big way various road projects worth Rs Bridge (RUB) in the state. providing Mudra Loan under canal issue even after the direc- Singh (retd), Krishan Pal worth Rs 2240 crore. These neighbouring States of Punjab, and also give a major boost to 53,000 crore are in progress in In the last five years, 47 Shishu Category to those asso- tions from the Supreme Court. &   '  
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   "  March, has apparently over- large gathering of students are revised guidelines recently stat- country demanding scrapping exams and evaluating stu- exams for various courses. meeting held on Monday had 5@A lapped the 2020 examination allowed to appear for terminal ing that the Universities must of final year or terminal semes- dents according to their pre- The PU Syndicate has consti- also decided to send a request season with students and their semester exams in Universities conduct examination for ter- ter exams in view of the risks vious academic record. In tuted a committee under to the UGC to review its he COVID-19 pandemic families not only going through and Colleges. minal semesters or year by of mortality and health com- fact, several State Professor Navdeep Goyal to decision regarding holding Twhich triggered a nation- exam-related stress but also fear After the University Grants September 30, it has sparked plications due to COVID-19. Governments have already look into the possibilities of final-semester exams for var- wide lockdown in the month of of contracting the infection if Commission (UGC) issued students’ protest across the While the controversial announced to cancel final- conducting exams, online ious courses. decision has drawn flak from year examinations and award admissions, online classes and On the other hand, the the students and teachers degrees to students. other academic aspects amid UGC had a day before made bodies, some State The Panjab University in COVID-19 pandemic. The it clear that cancellation of Governments like Punjab, Chandigarh is, meanwhile, committee is likely to submit exams will not be in the inter- Maharashtra and others are working on a plan regarding its report in a week or so. est of the students and it has insisting on not conducting the conduct of the final-year The PU Syndicate, in its already given ample time and options to the Universities to conduct the final exams. The PU and its affiliated Colleges in Chandigarh and Punjab have more than two lakh students. There are around 70986 students who are in final semester in vari- ous courses, as per the data with the University. As suspense continues over the conduct of exams in PU, the Professors have sug- gested the students to be pre- pared to sit for the exams in the middle of COVID-19 pan- demic. The University authori- ties have also assured putting in place all safety measures for holding the exams as per stu- dent’s convenience and also reiterated that the COVID-19 should not be used as an excuse by the students to not write their exams. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | WEDNESDAY | JULY 15, 2020 Covid kills man in ‘Learn from senior ministers’ experience’ Raipur, 105 blocks STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR reeting the newly in Red zone Gappointed 15 STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Orange classification of blocks Parliamentary Secretaries, was also released on Tuesday: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister man who was admitted in 112 blocks in 24 districts have Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday Athe Dr BR Ambedkar been put in Red zone. Last said they have a chance to Memorial Hospital here died week, 105 blocks in 23 dis- work under an experienced of coronavirus infection, offi- tricts were in the Red zone. Minister and urged them to cials said on Tuesday. Of the 105 fresh cases, take this as a lifetime oppor- Also, 105 fresh Covid-19 Bilaspur, Sukma and tunity to learn by giving their cases were registered across Naraynpur accounted for 18 best. Chhattisgarh while 73 patients cases each, Surguja 12, Raipur Baghel was speaking after were discharged upon their 9, Balrampur 8, Rajnandgaon 7, administering the oath of recovery, the officials added. Kondagaon 3, Raigarh, Korba office and secrecy to 15 MLAs A man from Raipur who and Kanker 2 cases each and as Parliamentary Secretaries was suffering from acute coro- Durg, Gariaband, Surajpur, at a simple function held at nary syndrome pneumonia, Jashpur, Bastar and Dantewada the Chief Minister's resi- acute renal injury and septic reported 1 case each. dence. MLA Chintamani with cabinet Ministers. the proceedings of the be implemented with a stern procured at `2 per kilogram.” General Secretary in charge shock was admitted to a pri- So far 4,379 people have Maharaj took oath in Sanskrit Baghel said the success of Legislative Assembly. hand. The Chief Minister spoke of Chhattisgarh P.L. Punia, vate hospital and then referred tested Covid positive in while all others did it in any public representative is On the Covid-19 crisis in On the ‘Godhan Nyay in detail about all the steps MPs, cabinet Ministers and to the Dr BR Ambedkar Chhattisgarh out of which Hindi. his grip over his constituency the state, the Chief Minister Scheme’, he said: undertaken by him which MLAs were present. The Hospital. He died on Monday. 3,275 were discharged upon The Chief Minister also and deep knowledge of said the challenge of the “Chhattisgarh has become the helped boost the state economy. oath ceremony was He was detected Covid their recovery. The deadly issued an order of attachment administrative work. They pandemic is not yet over. All first in the country and the Assembly Speaker Dr conducted by Chief positive, the officials said. virus has claimed 20 lives in of Parliamentary Secretaries should also be proficient in preventive measures have to world where cow dung will be Charan Das Mahant, AICC Secretary R.P. Mandal. The Red, Green and the state. Parliamentary Secretaries meant 15 Parliamentary Secretaries to stifle crisis in government: BJP STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR he Congress government in attached with 12 Ministers TChhattisgarh has made a U- STAFF REPORTER n Scheduled Tribe and Akbar, who holds the port- Ambika Singh Deo Agrawal, Minister for turn and appointed RAIPUR Scheduled Caste folios of Transport, Housing (Baikunthpur) is with Guru Revenue and Calamity Parliamentary Secretaries after Development, OBC and and Environment, Forest, Rudra Kumar, Minister of Management, opposing it bitterly when the BJP ll the 15 newly appoint- Minority Development, Law and Legal Affairs, Public Health Engineering Rehabilitation, Commercial was in power in a bid to curb dis- ed Parliamentary A School Education and Shakuntala Sahu and Gramudyog. Tax (Registration and sidence within the ruling party, Secretaries have been Cooperative. (Kasdol) is deputed with Stamps), and Kunwar Singh the BJP said on Tuesday. U.D. Minj (Kunkuri) attached with 12 cabinet Vinod Sevanlal Ravindra Choubey, cabinet Nishad (Gunderdehi) with Interacting with the media will work with Kawasi Ministers except Chief Chandrakar (Mahasamund) Minister for Parliamentary Amarjeet Bhagat, Minister after Parliamentary Secretaries Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Lakhma, Minister for and Gurudayal Singh Affairs, Agriculture for Food, Civil Supplies and were appointed on Tuesday, Two Parliamentary Commercial Tax (Excise), Banjare (Navagarh) will Consumer Protection, Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Secretaries each have been Development and Farmers’ Commerce and Industries. without worrying about the rights said. assist Singh Deo, Minister Welfare, Bio Technology, Planning (Economic) and Kaushik said the erstwhile BJP and wrongs, Kaushik added. The BJP leader said the given to cabinet Ministers Parasnath Rajwade for Panchayat and Rural Animal Husbandry, Statistic, Culture. government’s decisions were Meanwhile, former BJP Congress government had in the T.S. Singh Deo, Tamradhwaj (Bhatgaon) will assist Dr Rashmi Ashish Fisheries, Water Resources. correct in the eyes of law. Minister Rajesh Munat sought last 18 months refrained from Sahu and Mohammed Development, Public Health Umesh Patel, Minister for Singh (Takhatpur) will work That is why the Congress an unconditional apology from appointing Parliamentary Akbar. and Family Welfare, Medical Vikas Upadhayay Higher Education, Skill with Anila Bhendiya, government is continuing with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Secretaries, but recent According to a notifica- Education, 10-point (Raipur city-West) and Development, Technical Minister of Women and the same policies and works, he and other Congress leaders for developments in Madhya tion issued by D.D. Singh, Programme Chintamani Maharaj Education and Child Development and said, adding that in the present opposing the appointment of Pradesh and Rajasthan have Secretary, General Implementation, (Samri) have been assigned Employment, Science and Social Welfare, while scenario it was meant to avert a Parliamentary Secretaries while broken the slumber. Administration Commercial Tax (GST). to Tamradhawaj Sahu, Technology, Sports and Rekhchand Jain (Jagdalpur) crisis in the administration. in the opposition. The Congress has split and Department, Dwarikadhish Chandradev Prasad Rai Minister for Public Works, Youth Welfare. is with Dr Shivkumar Over the years, the Congress Now against 13 cabinet lost power in Madhya Pradesh Yadav (Khallari) has been (Bhilaigarh) and Sishupal Home, Jail, Religious Trust Indershah Mandavi Daharia, Minister of Urban opposed the BJP's policies just for Ministers, 15 Parliamentary and is now battling an internal attached with Dr Premsai Sori (Kanker) have been and Endowment and (Mohala-Manpur) has been Administration and the sake of opposing them, Secretaries have been named, he crisis in Rajasthan. Singh Tekam, Minister for attached with Mohammed Tourism. attached with Jaisingh Development, Labour. GPF account Campaign to protect children, slip available on websites women from anemia launched RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR government has made the General Provident Fund (GPF) he Sishu Sanrakshan Mah annual account slip for all its T(SSM) campaign was launched officers and employees and across Chhattisgarh on Tuesday to Public Provident Fund (PPF) of protect children and women from Indian Administrative Officers anemia and other deficiencies. available on websites for fiscal A total of 28 lakh children in year 2019-20. the age group of 6 months to 5 years According to a statement will be provided Iron-Folic Acid from the Accountant General’s (IFA) syrup to protect them from Office (Accounts and anemia. Children will also get Entitlement) on Tuesday, the Vitamin A tablets. GPF Annual Account Slips for “This programme will be 2019-20 can be seen for all carried out in every district to pro- government employees on the tect children and pregnant women departmental website of AG as well as children from malnour- office www.ag36g.cag.gov.in and ishment related problems including the state government’s website of anemia,” Health Secretary Niharika e-kosh www.treasury.cg.nic.in. Barik Singh told The Pioneer. All the government Highly malnourished children employees can access their slips will be admitted to nutrition also get tips and counseling on how facility of ante-natal-care, said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel presents a laptop to Kumari Nirmala, the first 12th with their password and user ID, centres, she added. to keep themselves safe amid the another Health Department officer. Class pass tribal girl from Birhor community, at his official residence in Raipur on Tuesday. which is provided by the state The mother and pregnant Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign will conclude on government. women coming to the centres will Pregnant women will be given August 14. Five Maoists, 3 carrying Migrant worker dies Covid-19 sample collection cash rewards, surrender of snake bite in Korba centres to come up across state STAFF REPORTER n Jagdish was the Maoist operating squad member and STAFF REPORTER n the collection centres STAFF REPORTER n The deceased had DANTEWADA "operating squad commander" was involved in damaging the RAIPUR that are easily accessi- and carried a reward of `3 lakh high-tension line in Barsur due KORBA returned from Jhansi in ive Maoists including three ble to the locals, a press on his head. He was part of a to which there was 8-10 days Uttar Pradesh earlier this mid rising coron- release said. Fwho carried cash rewards 25-year-old migrant month along with four Maoist team that ambushed power outage in the region, the Aavirus cases in CMHOs have on their heads surrendered in Aworker died after being other people from his security forces at Jhara Ghati in officer said. He carried a Chhattisgarh, the gov- been directed to publi- Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Narayanpur in 2007 killing seven reward of `1 lakh on his head. bitten by a snake at a village and was quaran- ernment has decided cize the centres so that Dantewad district, fed up with policemen, the officer said. According to Pallav, Dinesh Covid-19 quarantine tined in the government the Maoist ideology, police facility in Chhattisgarh's to open more sample common people, if Likewise, he took part in was the Maoist ‘Kranti Jantana school for 14 days as a collection centres, offi- said on Tuesday. Sarkar’ President and was Korba district, police said precautionary measure, the they have any Covid “They were also disillu- the 2009 killing of three police- cials said on Tuesday. involved in incidents like attack- on Tuesday. officer said. symptoms, can reach sioned with the hardships of men by detonating a pipe The Health bomb in the Mandoda jungle. ing police and trying to disrupt Dhansingh was bitten A case has been regis- them and provide jungle and touched by the ‘Lon Department has He was involved in other elections during the 2013 state by a poisonous snake while tered and further investiga- samples for testing, the Varratu’ (homecoming) pro- sleeping in a room in a directed all district statement said., gramme of Dantewada police,” incidents too and was a mem- assembly election. He too carried tion is on, he added. ber of the Maoist technical a reward of `1 lakh on his head. government school in Incidents of suicide by Chief Medical and So far 4,379 Superintendent of Police Health Officers people have tested Abhishek Pallav said. team which made muzzle load- Todma Shivnath and Lengi village late on migrant workers and Covid positives in The five were identified as ing guns, single shot guns, 12 Balku Kashyap were Maoist Monday, said R.K. Rana, deaths due to snake bite in (CMHO) to start sam- Jagdish alias Ratan Kawasi bore gun, clamor pipe bomb, Janmilita members, the officer the Station House Officer quarantine facilities have ple collection centres Chhattisgarh, out of (30), Kamlesh alias Motu Ram IED and other explosives. He said, adding that all of them of Pasaan police station. been reported from other in both rural and which 3,275 have been Poyami (22), Dinesh alias also repaired AK-47, INSAS, were provided immediate The victim died early districts including Mugeli, urban regions. discharged upon their Mani Ram Alami (24), Balku SLR and .303 rifles, Pallav said. assistance of `10,000 each and Tuesday while undergoing Rajnandgaon, Baloda Bazar The department recovery. The deadly Kashyap (20) and Shivnath Kamlesh Motu was the will be rehabilitated in line treatment at a hospital in and Gariaband in the last has directed officials to virus has claimed 20 alias Manuram Poyami (25). Maoist Bodhghat local with the government policy. Pendra town, he added. two months. choose such spots for lives in the state.   !"#"#  !' -   !"#$     
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    (-. /.   01    5(6(  demic and its response on other from hospitals and clinics diseases is fraught with diffi- and force public health pro-   5(6(  senior officials of the ministry cal strain and consideration of isruption in health ser- culty, especially when so much grammes to be cancelled, on revising the State-specific the suggestions of the High- Dvices due to deadly Covid- remains unknown about the leading to a large spike in n the wake of Covid-19 pan- proposals of the ministry in Level Group of the 15th 19 pandemic will have a ripple virus and the extent to which deaths from other major Idemic which has infected light of the Covid-19 experi- Finance Commission on effect causing a surge in HIV, other disease programmes may infectious diseases that had over nine lakh people across ence. “Looking at the peculiar health, the statement said. tuberculosis (TB), and malaria be disrupted, and how this been coming under control.” the country, the Union Health state of the pandemic, the The National Health Policy deaths over the next five years might impact population The greatest impact on $0' Ministry has revised its fund commission’s final report will (NHP) 2017 targets include in some low-and middle- health. HIV is projected to be from requirements to 6.04 lakh have a separate chapter on increasing public health expen- income countries (LMICs), a Malaria deaths worldwide interruption to the supply   crore during 2021-2026 as it health,” said Chairman of the diture to 2.5 percent of the study published in the Lancet have reduced by half since and administering of ART, identified new areas for sup- Commission, NK Singh. GDP in a progressive manner Global Health journal has 2000, but progress has stalled as which may occur during port which include urban The ministry pointed out by 2025, Primary Health warned. mosquitoes and parasites gain times of high health system   
   health, essential medicines, that currently 35 percent of the Expenditure to be 2/3rd of the Some LMICs could see resistance to treatment. Around demand. The researchers sug- Diplomate of National Board public health expenditure is total health expenditure and HIV, TB, and malaria deaths “The pandemic and actions gest that offering individuals (DNB) courses and post- done by the Centre and 65 per- increase state sector health increase by as much as 10 per taken in response to it could receiving ART multi-month   5(6(  tion, the virus remains public Coronavirus health sector. cent by the state governments. spending to more than 8 per- cent, 20 per cent, and 36 per undo the some of the advances prescriptions or home deliv- enemy number one”. “If basics The Ministry has submit- “The pandemic has estab- cent of their budget by 2020. cent respectively over the next made against major diseases ery could ensure they can s the number of coron- are not followed, the only ted a revised proposal for fund lished the importance of the The Commission agreed five years due to services diver- such as HIV, TB, and malaria access treatment even in peri- Aavirus cases around the way this pandemic is going to requirement to the Finance need to strengthen the public that there was a need to sion to the ongoing outbreak over the past two decades, ods of highest health system world increased by a million go,” Tedros said. “It is going to Commission from the earlier health sector, surveillance and increase public sector health and its response. compounding the burden demand. in just five days, the World get worse and worse and demand of 4.99-lakh crore. public health management, outlay and also to develop a Modelling the public health caused by the pandemic direct- For TB, the greatest Health Organisation (WHO) worse. But it does not have to After a meeting with the preventive and promotive professional cadre of health impact of virus infection on ly”, said Professor Timothy impact is predicted to be warned that the pandemic is be this way,” he warned assert- 15th Finance Commission, the health care with special focus workers, the statement added. HIV, TB, and malaria in LMICs Hallett from Imperial College from reductions in timely worsening globally and that ing “there will be no return to Ministry in a statement said it on urban health. “The ministry For performance based over the next 5 years, London, UK, who co-led the diagnosis and treatment of “there will be no return to the the old normal for the fore- will require 6.04 lakh crore to also felt that there was a need incentives, the Ministry has researchers estimate the sub- research. “In countries with a new cases, which could result old normal for the foreseeable seeable future… There is a lot fund healthcare during the to increase the allocation of the proposed a composite health stantial disruptions by over- high malaria burden and large from long periods of COVID- future as COVID-19 cases to be concerned about”. five-year award period 2022- Ministry of Health and Family index to encourage States to whelming already fragile health HIV and TB epidemics, even 19 containment measures globally going past the 13 Meanwhile, two WHO 2026, to support new areas Welfare on a year to year basis,” improve performance on a systems, or through response short-term disruptions could limiting access to services. million figure. Without taking experts were in China for a including post-Covid health the statement said. year-on-year basis. It should measures limiting routine pro- have devastating consequences The model predicts that any names, WHO said “too mission to trace the origin of sector reforms. The estimate The meeting was held to have a weightage of 20 per cent gramme activities and care- for the millions of people who the greatest impact on malar- many countries are headed in the pandemic. In a related increased by 1.05 lakh crore discuss the specific issues of in the performance linked seeking, and interrupting med- depend on programmes to con- ia burden could result from the wrong direction” with the development, representatives from the earlier requirement of revising the State-specific pro- pool. ical supply chains. trol and treat these diseases. interruption of planned net pandemic and some were not of 10 Tibetan associations 4.99 lakh crore. posals of the ministry in light It also sought State specif- “But maintaining core ser- However, the knock-on impact campaigns, which usually take taking the proper steps to met with the WHO and the The Commission held a of the Covid-19 experience, ic funds for setting up medical vices for HIV, TB, and malar- of the pandemic could be large- place every 3 years. In the curb infections. The United United Nations (UN) offi- meeting with Union Health exploring the possibility of colleges attached with district ia--specifically access to anti- ly avoided by maintaining core worst case, with COVID-19 States, Brazil and India remain cials in Delhi and submitted a Minister Harsh Vardhan and backloading in the light of fis- hospitals. retroviral therapy (ART), time- services and continuing pre- disruptions coinciding with the worst-affected of virus memorandum, demanding a ly TB diagnosis and treatment, ventative measures.” the malaria transmission sea- infections. WHO, in its latest transparent investigation into and early resumption of the dis- He said, “Our findings son and planned LLIN distri- briefing also said that it won’t the source of the infection. tation of the Chinese investigation. University. tribution of long-lasting insec- underscore the extraordinar- bution, malaria deaths could be wise to expect a vaccine to The Tibetan representatives Government. Deaths from the virus As per WHO data, there ticide-treated nets (LLINs) and ily difficult decisions facing increase by 36% over the next solve our problems. demanded that China should The virus was first detect- have been rising in the U.S., are 12,929,306 confirmed antimalarial treatment-could policy makers. Well man- 5 years-equivalent to 474 Speaking at a virtual brief- make a public announcement ed in central China’s city of especially in the South and cases of COVID-19, including largely mitigate the broader aged, long-term suppression additional malaria deaths per ing in Geneva, WHO director that the scientists are studying Wuhan late last year. Beijing West, though they are still well 569,738 deaths across world. health impact of the COVID-19 measures could avert the most million population in 2020- general Tedros Adhanom the virus to comply with a had been reluctant to allow a below the numbers reached in USA has 67.80 lakh coron- pandemic,” researchers said. COVID-19 deaths. But if 2024”, said co-lead author Dr Ghebreyesus said, “Let me be WHO resolution to identify probe but relented after scores April, according to a recent avirus infection cases, fol- However, the authors cau- these interventions are not Alexandra Hogan from blunt, too many countries are the zoonotic source of the of countries called on the Associated Press analysis of lowed by Brazil 18.64 lakh and tion that predicting the true well managed, they could Imperial College London, headed in the wrong direc- virus and not so, at the invi- WHO to conduct a thorough data from Johns Hopkins India 9.30 lakh cases so far. impact of the ongoing pan- cause people to stay away UK. (4     067   !18  0$   -  40

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Wby parents about schools “Pragyata”. ity education through a People’s Liberation Front of November 10, 2016 and the that Fuleshwar Gope had con- The apex court said it conducting online classes like Parents have been com- healthy mix of schooling at India (PLFI) is a banned Naxal chargesheet was filed January 9, spired with accused Dinesh he Uttar Pradesh would hear on July 20 the pleas in normal times, the Union plaining about schools resort- home and schooling at school,” outfit. 2017. Gope and formed a dubious TGovernment told the seeking court-monitored probe HRD Ministry on Tuesday rec- ing to increase in children’s HRD Minister Ramesh On Monday, the NIA After taking up the probe of company namely, Shiv Supreme Court Tuesday it into the encounters of Dubey ommended a cap on the dura- screen time after the COVID- Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said. arrested the accused Fuleshwar the case on January 19, 2018, Shaktisamridhhi Infra Pvt. Ltd, would file a status report detail- and his associates. tion and the number of sessions 19 pandemic forced a shift He said that the guidelines Gope, 44, a resident of village NIA arrested six more accused in partnership with Hira Devi ing the steps taken by the Eight policemen, includ- in a day for students, extend- from classroom teaching to have been made with a focus Palkot Road, Shanti Nagar, persons involved in the case, (first wife of Dinesh Gope), for authorities on encounter killings ing DSP Devendra Mishra, were ing not beyond a total of 180 online learning as schools con- on online education for stu- District Gumla, Jharkhand. conducted searches and seized channelizing the extorted levy of gangster Vikas Dubey and his ambushed in Bikru village in minutes and not more than tinue to remain shut for over dents who are at home. “The This case arose out of properties worth 90 lacs and amount into legitimate means associates. Chaubeypur area of Kanpur four sessions a day. four months. guidelines have been developed Crime No.67/2016 of Police other incriminating documents. by depositing it in the bank A bench headed by Chief when they were going to arrest As per the guidelines, for “The COVID-19 pandem- from the perspective of learn- Station Bero, Ranchi that was The bail of four accused account of the said dubious Justice S A Bobde said it may Dubey and fell to bullets fired classes 1 to 8, the HRD ic has led to closure of schools ers, with a focus on online, registered under relevant sec- persons was also cancelled and company, the agency said. consider appointing a commit- from rooftops shortly after mid- Ministry has recommended and has impacted over 240 mil- blended, digital education for tions of the Unlawful Activities the first supplementary Shiv Shaktisamridhhi Infra tee headed by a former judge to night on July 3. two online sessions of up to 45 lion children of the country students who are presently at (Prevention) Act and various chargesheet in the case was Pvt. Ltd., became a frontal com- probe the encounters of Dubey Dubey was killed in an minutes each and for classes 9 who are enrolled in schools. home due to the lockdown. sections of the Indian Penal filed on October 21, 2019 pany to legitimise levy amounts and his aides as also the killing encounter on the morning of to 12, it is four sessions of 30- Extended school closures may These guidelines on Code besides provisions of against ten arrested accused collected by Dinesh Gope and of eight Uttar Pradesh police- July 10 when a police vehicle 45 minutes duration. And the cause loss of learning. To mit- digital education provide a Criminal Law Amendment Act persons and one absconding to invest the same in properties. men by the gangster. carrying him from Ujjain to duration for online classes for igate the impact of the pan- roadmap or pointers for car- and pertains to seizure of accused person Dinesh Gope. The profit earned by the said Solicitor General Tushar Kanpur met with an accident pre-primary students should demic, schools will not only rying forward online education 25.38 lacs, belonging to Dinesh During further investiga- company was intended to be Mehta, appearing for Uttar and he tried to escape from the not be for more than 30 min- have to remodel and reimagine to enhance the quality of edu- Gope, Chief of PLFI. The tion, Hira Devi and Sakuntala used for furtherance of terror- Pradesh, told the bench that he spot in Bhauti area, the police utes. the way teaching and learning cation,” Nishank added. money was seized by the police Kumari, both wives of Dinesh ist activities of PLFI. would file the status report by had said. O2 3 ) P  ! .9        
1 2    5(6(  viding them three scholarships accept the former finance min- for higher technical/profes- ister’s due pension last year on  "   5(6(  extension in good faith”, he he Rajya Sabha on Tuesday sional education in the fields of the grounds of Jaitley’s “phil- tweeted. “Would only request Tlaunched its “Employee Engineering, Medicine and anthropist past”. Twitter row erupted you to first sort out these Welfare Scheme”, named after MCA/MBA/LLB. Along with In a letter written to the Abetween Congress general issues within your own party former Finance Minister and this, families of Group C chairman of the Rajya Sabha secretary Priyanka Gandhi before venting in public. Streak BJP stalwart late Arun Jaitley. employees will be supported and also marked to Prime Vadra and Union Housing and of entitlement and playing vic- Jaitley’s wife, Sangeeta with a financial cover in case of Minister Narendra Modi, fol- Urban Affairs (MoHUA) tim don’t go well together,” the Jaitley, has donated the family death and medical emergency. lowing the death of Arun Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on minister further added. pension for the betterment of The family pension of Arun Jaitley, Sangeeta Jaitley had Tuesday over the Lodhi Estate The Minister’s tweet did the Group C employees of the Jaitley at the present rates comes asked that the pension due be bungalow. Dismissing claims not go unchallenged. Priyanka’s Rajya Sabha Secretariat. The to over 3 lakh annually and his offered to Class IV Rajya Sabha that she had requested for an husband Robert Vadra also scheme will be called ‘Arun wife, Sangeeta Jaitley has staff. extension of the tenure beyond tweeted, “ This is completely Jaitley Financial Assistance for already transferred the amount According to the Salary August 1 to vacate her govern- that her request most certainly no such request. As I said, I will incorrect !! We have not asked Group C employees’ scheme’. to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and Allowances of Members of ment bungalow, Priyanka clar- be accepted”. be vacating the house by the 1st for any extension of stay. We Children of the Group C for the period after Jaitley’s Parliament Act, a former MP is ified that she would be vacating The MoHUA had served an of August.. as required in the were sent a notice on the 1st of employees will be rewarded death last year. entitled to a minimum pension her government accommoda- eviction notice to Priyanka to eviction letter.” July to leave in 30days. We at with this welfare scheme, pro- The family had refused to of 20,000 per month and an tion by August 1. This prompt- vacate her 35 Lodhi Estate bun- Puri’s reply came shortly a time of “Covid” have packed additional pension of 1,500 ed the union minister Hardeep galow she had been staying in afterwards and he left little to our entire household, and will per month for every year served Singh Puri to counter her by since 1997 on the grounds that imagination as he described leave a week before time”. as member of either House for stating that a “powerful she was no longer eligible for a the so-called powerful Congress Congress leader Randeep a period exceeding five years. Congress leader, a political advi- bungalow after her security leader who he claimed had Surjewala tweeted: “Priyankaji Jaitley has been a Rajya sor, had indeed made such a cover was downgraded last year. called him. fights for the cause of people Sabha member since 1999 request on her behalf. Puri retorted: “Facts speak “The leader who called and needs no favours from which qualified him to receive In a response to a news for themselves! A powerful me, & many others, is at the your ilk. So stop bragging an additional 22,500 per report, Priyanka tagged the Congress leader with much very top of the Congress hier- unwarrantedly. The issue is month. The total monthly pen- news report and tweeted, “This clout in the Party called me on archy...the same political advi- closed. And so that all know, sion entitled to Arun Jaitley is FAKE NEWS. I have not 4 July 2020 at 12:05 pm to sor who speaks and acts on did you allot 35, Lodhi Estate would have been around made any such request to the request that 35, Lodhi your family’s behalf. It was to a Congress MP or BJP 47,500. government. As per the eviction Estate be allotted to another when he requested that we Spokesperson? So please stop However, Family pension letter handed to me on the 1st INC MP so that Priyanka Vadra decided to give a two month sensationaling your lies.” to spouse or dependent of a of July, I will be vacating the can stay on. Let’s not member or ex-MP is equal to government accommodation at sensationalise everything 50 per cent of the pension oth- 35 Lodhi Estate by the 1st of please.” erwise sanctioned to such August”. The news report Reacting to the Puri’s departed member/ex-MP. Thus, claimed that Prime Minister tweet, Priyanka replied: Arun Jaitley’s family was eligi- Narendra Modi has agreed to a “If someone called you ble to get about 25,000 per request to allow Priyanka Mr Puri, I thank them for month or 3 lakh per annum as Gandhi Vadra to retain the 35, their concern, and thank pension. Lodhi Estate Bungalow for some you for your considera- The BJP stalwart breathed time. The report also claimed tion as well but it still his last on August 24, 2019, at that “when the matter [of does not change the facts: AIIMS after suffering from a Priyanka’s bungalow] was I have made no such prolonged illness. brought to Modi’s notice, he said request, and I am making   !"#"# 9

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Pinarayi Vijayan who has been 19 pandemic while 67 persons succumbed to the and Thiruvallur (360) recorded higher number end and the situation in the that he was equally worried tod to take stringent action The questioning was con- literally caught with his pants disease during the last 24 hours. of covid-19 cases on Tuesday. State is really grievous, accord- over the number of persons against those who violate tinuing at the Customs Office down. Vijayan should quit Except for a small fall in the number of pos- Adding more concern was the report from ing to Chief Minister Pinarayi afflicted with coronavirus covid-19 rules. They are at the time of going to Press. immediately owning up the itive cases diagnosed in Chennai, rest of the State the other districts in the State. Madurai tested Vijayan. Kerala saw 608 new through social contacts. The already registering cases against This is the first time in the his- responsibility for the immoral gave an impression that things are going out of 450 positive patients on a single day while cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, day saw 396 persons getting those who fail to wear face tory of Kerala, a senior official activities of his principal sec- control. Virudhunagar had 328 covid-19 cases. the highest number of positive infected through social con- masks and violate social dis- in the CMO is questioned in a retary,” said George. Alarmed over the continued increase in the Sivaganga, the home district of Congress cases tested on a single day tacts, he said. tancing norms,” he said. gold smuggling case by the But Chief Minister Vijayan number of cases, Tamil Nadu Government has strongman P Chidambaram tested 113 positive which made Vijayan repeat “It is almost sure that the Vijayan also came down Customs, pointed out political scoffed at these allegations and resorted to Yoga and Naturopathy to cure Covid- cases. throughout his interaction with disease could be brought under strongly on the local body gov- commentators. said let the investigating agen- 19 patients, according to Health Minister Dr C Chief Secretary K Shanmugam has sent a the media that community control by the year-end. So all ernments and councillors for In another development, cies come out with concrete Vijaya Basker. directive to the district collectors to replicate transmission could set in any we can do is to observe the their lethargic attitude. “The news channels aired that K T proof of the involvement of “Yoga and Naturopathy treatment is being fever camps experiment which was found to be time from now. mandatory guidelines and take situation could be controlled Jaleel, Minister for Higher officials in this scam. provided in all Government Medical Colleges successful in Chennai. Out of the 67 deaths While the number of per- enough precautions,” he said. only with the cooperation of Education and a leader of the “A team of officials led by in the State and more than 61,000 persons have reported on Tuesday, 65 has co-morbidity sons diagnosed with the pan- According to Vijayan, a the general public,” said the banned SIMI, had telephonic Chief Secretary is looking into been benefited by this treatment,” the minister problems. demic recorded the highest sense of ennui has set in among Chief Minister. conversations with Swapna allegations that Sivsankar was said in a statement. There is no let up in Tamil Nadu in testing number, there was equally wor- health workers and officials Thiruvananthapuram Suresh many times. having liaison with persons Chennai, where the coronavirus cases were the population as 106 laboratories across the rying information the chief because of the prolonged work (201) and Ernakulam (70) led But Jaleel told reporters associated with gold smug- hovering in the 1200-1100 marks for the last one State tested 39, 776 persons on Tuesday. This minister shared with the pub- and the repetitiveness of the the table of districts with high- that he spoke to Swapna as per gling. Let them come out with week saw the numbers coming down to 1,078 took the total number of persons tested till date lic. Tuesday saw 720 persons job. “This is further aggravat- est number of covid patients in the directive of the UAE Consul the report and we will see what on Tuesday. But the information from the prob- to 1.6 million. afflicted with the pandemic get- ed by the complacency shown the State on Tuesday. General in connection with the should be done,” said the CM. AR R@      >&> Monday morning found hang- Bengal bandh called by the BJP ing from a bar outside a shop to protest against the alleged <5   &  mid intensified protests by about a mile away from his vil- “murder” of the MLA. Angry Athe BJP against what it lage house. His family members protesters pelted stones at buses &,&!2
>&+ & &&       57$7' mouth. Born in Naringre village called a “cold-blooded” murder and the new party claimed that at Coochbehar, and torched of Sindhudurg in coastal of its party MLA from he had been murdered possibly motorcycles at Toofanganj. A New Delhi: Demanding dis- lar demands. The body of Bista alleged that the state n a heartening development Konkan region on July 15, 1920, Hemtabad in North Dinajpur by his political rivals even as BJP nearby TMC party office was missal of the Trinamool Hemtabad MLA Ray was police and other agencies were Ithat came a day ahead of his Naringrekar had been admitted district postmortem reports — president JP Nadda slammed the also torched, sources said. Congress Government in West found hanging from the ceiling being used by the Mamata turning 100 years, a retired to the HHSB Thackeray made public by the State Trinamool Congress The bandh had a partial Bengal because of the “politi- of a verandah outside a shut- Banerjee government to teacher was discharged from the Hospital on July 1, after he was Government a day after the Government for perpetrating impact in Malda, North cal killings” there, a BJP dele- tered shop near his home in “harass” her political rivals, and Brihanmumbai Municipal diagnosed with Coronavirus a Legislator’s unnatural death — “Gunda Raj” in the State. Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar gation met President Ram Nath Bindal village in North that a CBI probe was necessary Corporation (BMC)-run Hindu few days earlier. indicated at his having com- A senior officer from the and Coochbehar districts while Kovind on Tuesday and also Dinajpur district on Monday. to bring out the truth. Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Naringrekar had initially mitted suicide. district said “prima facie it in South Dinajpur its impact was sought a CBI probe into the “Democracy has been Dasgupta said “political Thackeray Hospital at developed pneumonia, after Suggesting suicide as the seems a matter of suicide not felt, sources said. mysterious death of party hanged in West Bengal. murders” in the state have just Jogeshwari in north Mumbai on some of his family members most probable cause of the BJP because had it been a murder by Meanwhile, one person was leader Debendra Nath Ray. Political workers were being gone on for too long, and Tuesday afternoon, after he fully tested positive for Covid-19. leader’s death Bengal Home strangulation with a rope then arrested from English Bazar The delegation, which killed so far, and now elected Ray's alleged killing was not an recovered from Covid-19. Later on, he himself had tested Secretary Alapan Banerjee on the ligature mark would have area of Malda in connection included BJP general secretary leaders are being murdered and isolated incident. “We have Shortly before he was dis- positive for the pandemic – a Tuesday said, “other than the lig- been continuous around the with Roy’s suicide sources said Kailash Vijayvargiya, Union shown to have committed sui- seen a series of them... There is charged, Arjun Govind development that had shattered ature mark around the neck … but here the autopsy adding the deceased MLA had minister Babul Supriyo, party cide. Anarchy prevails in the also harassment of political Naringrekar -- a retired ashram his children, grandchildren and deceased’s neck and one pressure surgeon’s report says that it was named two person’s in his sui- MP Raju Bista and nominated state, and its government has rivals in violation of all demo- school -- had a pleasant surprise great-grandchildren who were abrasion encircling his left hand, non-continuous ligature mark cide note holding them respon- Rajya Sabha member Swapan no right to be in power... We cratic norms,” he said. when he was wheeled to the preparing to celebrate his birth no other injury mark was found which indicates that the MLA sible for his taking the extreme Dasgupta among others, told have demanded that the assem- Supriyo said the memo- hospital’s reception area where centenary at home. on the body. Preliminary find- committed suicide by hanging.” step. The second person was President Kovind that Ray's bly be dissolved,” Vijayvargiya randum submitted to the nurses and other staff members At the hospital, Naringrekar ings and evidences have sug- However, he said that the chem- being looked for, police said. “murder” is another one in the said after meeting the President contained details of celebrated his birth centenary in – who was the senior-most gested Roy’s death was an act of ical reports and other support- Sources said the MLA who long series of “political killings” President. the “murder of Hemtabad BJP advance and in their own way. patient -- was treated with suicide.” ing evidences were being wait- had recently sold a few bighas of in the state. He claimed that over 105 MLA Debendranath Roy and The hospital staffers helped utmost care by doctors, nurses Roy, a CPI(M) MLA who ed for. his land to fight financial crisis The delegation later met people associated with the BJP also 105 BJP workers & sup- the to-be centurion cut the cake and other staffers during his two had defected to the BJP post Meanwhile, stray violence in his family might have been Home Minister Amit Shah have been killed in the state in porters who were killed in the and placed a piece of it into his weeks’ stay there. 2019 general election was on marred the dawn-to-dusk North duped by these two persons. and presented him with simi- last three years. last 3 years”. Agencies 67 
   
 Q    <A 8 AD       >&  pour.       “Ramayana authored by Thunhathu      57$7' trict in Maharashtra. ome Thursday and for the next 32 days Ezhuthachan came in handy because the poet      57$7' tain illegal softwares (mostly called Pune, which has emerged as the third worst Cthe Hindu homes in Kerala would rever- had used Bhakthi (devotion to God) as the as bots). n not so significant fluctuation in the Covid- affected district in terms of spread of the pan- berate every mornings and evenings with basic theme in this work,” said Issac. ith the arrest of one key per- By manipulating the existing I19 graph, Maharashtra on Tuesday witnessed demic, has recorded 42,092 infections and 1152 stanzas from the great epic Ramayana. Swami Chidanandapuri, head of Wson, the Crime Branch system of respective social net- 6,741 fresh infections and 213 new deaths in var- deaths till now. The family head, preferably grandma or Kulathoor Advaithashram, who is the spir- sleuths of the Mumbai Police on works, these racketeers post such ious parts of the State. Meanwhile, the total number of patients the lady of the house would sit in front of a itual guru of Hindus in the State, says the Tuesday ripped the lid off an inter- fake followers etc. “There are esti- With the new positive cases and fatalities, discharged from various hospitals after full lighted traditional oil lamp and recite/read recitation of Ramayana in Kerala was there national racket involving creation mated more than 100 such portals the total number of positive cases in the state recovery since the second week of March this Ramayana starting from Bal kaand. since time immemorial. of fake profiles on social media and involved in such rackets across mounted to 2,67,665, while the total number of year touched 1,49,007. The recovery rate in the This Thursday marks the beginning of The monk said there are no other books fraudulent activities in social media India. The arrested accused was deaths rose to 10,695. state stood at 55.67 per cent. The mortality rate Karkkadaka (the last of Malayalam month) in Malayalam which had influenced readers marketing business. working for one of such portals viz. Of the total 213 deaths, Mumbai alone in the state is 4 per cent. The state health author- and the month itself is known in the State as like the Adhyatma Ramayanam authored by Acting on a complaint made by www.followerskart.com,” the crime accounted for 70 deaths, while neighbouring ities pegged the number of “active cases” in the Ramayana Month, a unique distinction. Thunchath Ezhuthachan. “It is in pure Bollywood playback singer Bhoomi branch officer said. Thane recorded 64 deaths. state at 1,07,665. The Ramayana Month would conclude Malayalam and an average reader does not Trivedi that a person had created a This is for the first time that With the new deaths, the total number of Out of 13,72,939 samples sent to laborato- on the 32nd day when the readers last wind require any interpreter to explain the mes- fake profile of Instagram, the crime such a racket which has interna- deaths in Mumbai went up from 5,335 to 5,405, ries, 2,67,665 have tested positive (19.49 per cent) up the book by reading Yudha Khanda, that sage. That is the secret behind the success and branch officials used analytical tional ramifications, been busted in while the number of infected cases in the for Covid-19 until Tuesday. marks the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya popularity of Ezhuthachan’s Ramayanam in Techint and also through sources to India. metropolis rose by 954 cases to touch 95,100.. Currently, 6,98,854 people are in home quar- with Sita after killing the demon king which Lord Rama is portrayed as incarna- arrest one Gauri Shankar from The investigators have found With 65,324 infected cases and 1769 deaths, antine while 42,350 people are in institutional Ravana and installing Vibheeshana as the tion of God,” he said. Kurrla in north-central Mumbai. that these types of fake profiles and Thane continued to be the second worst hit dis- quarantine. King of Lanka. It is interesting to note that how a work Shankar was produced before followers are being used to create Though literary world is agog about the became an obsession in a State where the a city court which remanded in the rumours and panic amongst the thousands of Ramayana in vogue, Hindus in Progressive Writers under the auspices of crime branch’s custody till July 17. society. Kerala read Adhyatma Ramayana, authored CPI(M) had given a call to burn Ramayama The investigations have The perpetrators behind the      /  by Thunchathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, terming it a literary work of Fascists. revealed that Shankar was alleged- racket are found operating through rated as the Father of Malayalam and the “The Virat Hindu Meeting held at Kochi ly a part of a larger international Indian as well as foreign internet  <0 #  Primal Poet of Malayalam. It is not known in 1982 was the turning point and since then fraud racket. “The racket involves networks and servers. 54 such when was the Ramayana Month came into Ramayana became a part and parcel of the creation crores of fake identities on Indian portals have been duly   5(6(  were active in Barmer, the ministry said the control being but Prof C I Issac, member of Indian Hindus, cutting across caste barriers,” said R various social media platforms. identified by the Crime Branch and Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, measures were taken in about Council of Historical Research is of the view Sanjayan, director, Bharatiya Vichar Kendra, The fraudsters create fake perfor- efforts are on to bring the culprits s the locust menace con- Jhunjhunu, Sriganganagar, 3 lakh hectare, which includes that it has been in practice in the State for a national level think-tank. mance statistics such as fake fol- to justice. Atinues, the Centre on Alwar and Churu districts of those in 1.60 lakh hectare across more than thousands of years. Even as the sloka “Sree Rama Rama lowers, fake comments and fake The Crime Branch sleuths are Tuesday said control measures Rajasthan. nine states -- Rajasthan, “Karkkadaka is the month of uninter- Rama, Sree Ramachandra Jaya..” reverberates views in order to inflate influencers’ working in tandem with almost all to stop the spread of the crop- They were also active in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, rupted rain as the South West Monsoon across Kerala, the person who wrote the book performance statistics,” a senior the social media platforms in order threatening pest have so far Bhiwani and Mahendragarh Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and would be in full flow. That was the scenario is yet to get recognition in his birth place or crime branch official said. to curb the menace of such fake been carried out in about three districts of Haryana, while in Haryana -- by locust circle much before the dense rainy forests were in Kerala. “There are no statues of Thunchath Shankar had allegedly created influencers’ fraud racket. lakh hectare area across nine Sitapur and Gonda districts of offices (LCOs). destroyed under the pretext of building dams Ezhuthachan anywhere in Tirur, his place of “5 lakh fake followers for total of Realising the scale of such ille- States, including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, it said. The control operations in and extending cultivation of cash crops,” said birth. We Muslims who are a majority here 176 profiles in Instagram, Tiktok, gal business growing exponential- Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. India The control measures are the rest of the 1.36 lakh hectare Prof Issac. are against statues because it is un-Islamic to Facebook and other social media ly, an Special Investigation Teach has been battling with the still continuing and were car- area in Rajasthan, Madhya He said the rains forced the people to install statues,” said Ali Akbar, noted movie platforms” in order to fraudulent- (SIT) of CIU and Cyber Cell has locust problem since April. ried out in 33 places in three Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar confine to their homes as no farming oper- maker and writer. ly project them as influencers been set up under the supervision In its latest update, the states -- Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, ations could be done during this period and Adhyatma Ramayanam remains as the The investigations have of DCP Detection Nandkumar Agriculture Ministry said Pradesh and Haryana -- in the Chhattisgarh, Haryana and they turned to God to ward off hunger and top seller Malayalam book in Kerala even revealed that the fake followers were Thakur to investigate and curb the swarms of immature pink past two days, it added. Bihar were carried by state diseases that always accompanied the down- after 500 years after it was written! created either manually or by cer- malpractices. locusts and adult yellow locusts From April 11 to July 12, governments, it added.   !"#"#   "  "   " E  D4   " E E

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This ance quantity from the market at a 80 crore people are eligible for food vir-   to facilitate supplies to the poor, free of cost. &65& means that all of the incremental much higher price, which in the case of tually for free, the subsidy bill is bound )!      But what Modi didn’t say is that collections 0$05'( amount, 1,50,000 crore, will be bor- rice, is at least 35 per kg, being linked to become unsustainable.  )# !     from tax are far from adequate to pay for free rowed by the FCI. Together with the to the cost of supply. For buying 10 kg, In early 2015, a committee under (3(0 !$'  4   !  or subsidised food supplies and that the 5A$50 1,37,000 crore initially budgeted, the the poor have to spend a total of 190 Dr Shanta Kumar, a senior BJP leader,      !  %   ! Government is borrowing heavily to make up total borrowings by the FCI during (five kg at 3 per kg plus five kg at 35 had examined these issues. It recom-  (A0>&! ) !  !! E FO for the shortfall, thereby imposing an unsustain- 2020-21 will be 2,87,000 crore. per kg). Thus, the effective price works mended a cut in beneficiaries from 67 able burden on the future generation of taxpay- !5@ Add to this figure the cumulative out to 19 per kg instead of 3 per kg per cent to 40 per cent. It also proposed  O  "!! 5& !  !   )@ 3 ers. Let us check out some facts. borrowings of 2,00,000 crore as on that s/he should be paying. Unless the restricting the benefit of 1/2/3 per kg Under the NFSA, the supply of wheat, rice ('A4" March 31, 2019 plus 1,10,000 crore subsidy imbroglio is addressed and pay- only to the poorest of poor people ! #      !  and coarse cereals to the beneficiaries/consumers 'A&G borrowed during 2019-20. The total ments are brought down to sustainable under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana   "P     at 2/3/1 per kg is a fraction of the cost of pro-  (A(A( amount owed by the FCI to the NSSF levels, India runs the risk of falling into while increasing the supply to seven kg  !    curement, handling and distribution (e.g. 1/12th  A((7B&A would be close to 6,00,000 crore by the a debt trap. Broadly, there are three per person and making the rest pay 50      Q! !! in case of wheat). The supplies are made by the ! &A0'( 5 end of the current fiscal. Though stay- major factors behind high and ever- per cent of the MSP paid to farmers.         !    Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other State @ 5 ing on the balance sheet of the FCI, the increasing food subsidy viz. high cost That report is lying in cold storage.      !  agencies on behalf of the Centre who reimburs- (3(A.5 A(05@ fact remains that this mammoth debt is of supply, low issue price and an ocean The above recommendations can !     3!   es to them an amount equal to “the difference !&&0$'0G entirely the liability of the Union of beneficiaries. help in saving a good amount of P-'',-,:!%   !E:%F ! between the cost and the sale price multiplied Government and will need to be ser- The cost of supply includes the money. But this is far from making a by the quantity sold.” This reimbursement " @  &0 viced from the latter’s tax collections in Minimum Support Price (MSP) paid to dent in the problem of a ballooning     ! -''& +' &!0$44G J-'(,+,J -'(& !  ,+ amount is known as food subsidy. the future. farmers besides the handling and dis- food subsidy. A sustainable solution In recent years, food subsidy has increased &600$( In the past, thanks to inadequate tribution cost. While the former is com- won’t emerge so long as the :% !    ! Q) to frightening levels. During 2019-20, against an 4A (5 allocation in the Budget, the puted as cost of cultivation plus 50 per Government remains involved in pro- ! ! 3!      already high Budget Estimate (BE) of 1,84,000 5& (5&! Government had been making short cent of this as profit, the latter is reim- curement, handling and distribution of 3! !     B crore, the actual spend during the year was '(5(! A(0 payments to the FCI, forcing the latter bursed to handling agencies on “actu- foodgrains; as then, all stakeholders will         2,19,000 crore. Of this, the Revised Estimate to borrow from banks to sustain oper- al” basis. This system of paying on expect it to do all that keeps the sub-   !!   4  (RE) was 1,09,000 crore even as the balance ations. When the FCI started taking “actuals” devoid of any norm with sidy bill rising all the time. Thus, farm-  3 ! !   1,10,000 crore was borrowed by the FCI from loans from the NSSF in 2016-17, the regard to efficiency in operations lies ers would want it to pay higher MSP; !   @   the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF). For Centre had committed to release the at the root of both the MSP and han- handling agencies won’t rein in costs !      !     2020-21, the expenditure was estimated to be subsidy arrears to enable it to pay back dling and distribution cost being on a and more and more people would wish 2,53,000 crore, including 1,16,000 crore as BE in subsequent years. But that was not to rising trajectory at all times. to come under the NFSA. 8 !!!    )     !!  ! !  )  and likely borrowings of about 1,37,000 crore be. The subsidy arrears kept mounting The price at which foodgrains are The Government should withdraw by the FCI. and the FCI kept on borrowing more issued to beneficiaries, i.e. 2/3 per kg from buying and selling of food. !!! )# That was before the COVID-19 crisis. It does and more from the NSSF. for wheat and rice, are almost close to Instead it should restrict its role only !     " not include the impact of free food given dur- The Indian food subsidy regime “zero.” This means that almost the to giving subsidy directly to the poor "  ing April-June, (60,000 crore) and promised by remains fundamentally vulnerable. The entire cost of supply is subsidised. In using the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)  ! !    ! Modi for July-November (90,000 crore). With COVID-19 crisis has only aggravated case of rice, with 35 per kg being the option. This will also be in sync with ! " ;     1"  !! this additional expenditure of 1,50,000 crore, this vulnerability. The irony is that cost, 32 comes from the Government its big bang reforms (announced on -'(& !    ! -*  the total spend on food subsidy during the cur- despite spending mammoth sums, even as subsidy. In such a scenario, rampant May 15) giving an unfettered role to the ! -'(, 5  !  rent year will cross the 4,00,000-crore mark (in the poor are not getting full justice. The misuse of subsidy is inevitable. private sector in agri-marketing. The 9! : 8!  " ! case, the scheme is extended beyond November, supplies under the NFSA at five kg per Finally, the beneficiaries getting State agencies may continue but as a   4  "   that will further inflate the bill). person per month barely cover 50 per food at near zero price are over 80 crore commercial entity at par with private       Given the highly-fragile resource position cent of the requirement of a person or nearly two-third of the population. players. Then only will we have real (due to a steep fall in tax collections on the one which is 10 kg per month, as estimat- Is India home to that many poor? There food security in the country without  )   !  S hand and COVID-19-related hike in expenses ed by the National Sample Survey is something seriously amiss as the offi- mortgaging the future.  !  38! on the other), the Government is unlikely to pro- Organisation (NSSO). cial word on the number of poor is no (The writer is a New Delhi-based E        F vide any extra amount over and above the Budget This forces him/her to buy the bal- more than 25-30 per cent. Yet, if over policy analyst)                       

loans. The data on credit offtake pro- verge of personal bankruptcy. MSMEs were in the ICU and if not Credit Guarantee Funds Trust for to increase their customer base and expansion, separate from their day- vided by the Finance Minister’s office The drastic decline in demand given working capital, they would not Micro and Small Enterprises diversify their loan portfolio, on the to-day operational or working capi- on June 18, almost a month after the and the prolonged absence of work- survive after another three to four (CGTMSE) notwithstanding, the other, they are faced with the peren- tal requirement. stimulus announcement, clearly ers have made it nearly impossible for months. The 2019 report of the RBI level of transparency and trust in nial risk of default and potential bad It is vital to implement the shows that out of the 3 lakh crore the MSMEs to pass the regular cred- Committee on MSMEs estimated the lender-borrower relations has proved debts, which worsens the macroeco- MSME loan package while balancing allocated for the collateral-free it checklist of lenders. As a matter of difference between demand and sup- to be seriously inadequate to respond nomic consequences of their confu- the interests of businesses and banks Emergency Credit Line Guarantee fact, those with existing debt on their ply of credit for them to be in the to the need for instant fund transfers sion “to lend or not to lend” at such such that the financial system and $$-)$6!1 Scheme (ECLGS), only about six per books or having stressed balance range of 20-25 trillion. The ongoing to be implemented. a time of crisis. credit cycle remain stable and sustain- cent or approximately 52,000 crore sheets are struggling to stay solvent pandemic has increased this gap, Based on an analysis of last Since bank loans to MSMEs are able. Hence, the Government must he economic stimulus scheme has been disbursed. until credit approvals are processed making it harder for MSMEs to access month’s reports in the Press, only classified as Priority Sector Lending remember that on the one hand, for Micro, Small and Medium Apart from the big Public Sector and funds disbursed to their accounts. credit than ever before. PSBs have so far sanctioned emer- and the RBI has recently exempted while it must create more entrepre- TEnterprises (MSMEs), Banks (PSBs), namely the State Bank In the face of fast-disappearing Despite the Central gency loans worth 8,320 crore to such loans from the statutory require- neurs and employment, on the other, announced by the Centre on June 1, of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara equity, most MSMEs now face a Government’s intention and the RBI’s MSMEs in 12 States under the ment of maintaining a Cash Reserve it must also take necessary steps to has still not been satisfactorily imple- Bank and Punjab National Bank, the looming threat of existing creditors endorsement of the MSME rescue ECLGS, of which, 599 crore have Ratio (CRR) under Section 42(1) of mitigate the risk to public deposits mented, thanks to the ineffectual sta- rest of the PSBs have fallen woefully invoking the Securitisation and package, bankers still remain been disbursed to 17,904 accounts. the RBI Act, 1934, more liquidity will and the State’s own investment in tus quo process of credit approval and short of both the sanctioned amount Reconstruction of Financial Assets extremely wary of disbursing loans to This is barely a fraction of the total be available in the banking system banks and financial institutions. disbursement by commercial banks and disbursement target. and Enforcement of Securities those who need it the most. The number of MSMEs or of their total and the balance sheets of the banks At the end of the day, the Prime and specialised financial institutions Private banks and small finance Interest Act, 2002 and forcing them ground reality is that lenders now credit requirement. will not be under constant pressure Minister’s clarion call for an such as the Small Industries banks are yet to even participate in to declare bankruptcy. view every MSME utilising the loan Private bankers have also throughout the year. Atmanirbhar Bharat and the Atma Development Bank of India (SIDBI). the ECLGS scheme. In the meantime, The gravity of the situation that moratorium as a potential Non- remained unwilling to increase cred- Since the recent revised definition Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan cannot be Unfortunately, even a crisis of this the cash flow situation of the major- MSMEs find themselves in was Performing Asset with impaired it exposure to their existing MSME of MSME removes the distinction realised and become a successful pan- scale has not been able to reform ity of the over six crore registered recently brought to public knowledge repayment ability or inherent disabil- clients due to the unprecedented between manufacturing businesses India model until and unless each and commercial lending practices, which MSMEs, including sole proprietor- by the Federation of Indian Micro ity to service even short-term debt. uncertainty that has gripped the and service businesses altogether, and every MSME is made solvent as well continue to operate in the same man- ships, is already extremely dire, with and Small and Medium Enterprises, As far as the immediately bor- supply chains and manufacturing classifies them based on investment as profitable in the long-term. ner, both in terms of how bankers several small businesses in shut- when its president, Animesh Saxena, rowable amount of up to 20 per cent processes because of the pandemic. and turnover, they must now be given (The author is a lawyer and assess and select MSMEs to disburse down mode and their owners on the sounded an alarm in an interview that of outstanding debt is concerned, the While on the one hand, bankers seek new financing options for growth and investment advisor)   !"#"#  +*

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including its construction of ners in protecting their sover- artificial islands, Zhao said the eign rights to offshore “arbitral tribunal abused its resources, consistent with their QR mandate, breached the princi- rights and obligations under ple of consent.” international law. The tribunal said China has His comments came as two Washington: The Trump growing fire for his response to Beijing: Refuting US allegations no legal basis to claim “historic US aircraft carriers - USS administration escalated its the COVID-19 pandemic, of building a “maritime empire” rights” to resources in the SCS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan actions against China on stepped up criticism of China in the disputed South China and it has violated the - drilled together in the SCS last Monday by stepping squarely ahead of the 2020 election and Sea, China on Tuesday claimed Philippines’ sovereign rights in week, amid China’s drills into one of the most sensitive sought to paint his expected its jurisdiction over the vast the disputed waters. around Paracel islands of the regional issues dividing them Democratic challenger, former ocean existed for more than The tribunal sided square- SCS which Beijing claims as and rejecting outright nearly all Vice President Joe Biden, as 1,000 years and accused ly with the Philippines, which Xisha Islands. of Beijing’s significant mar- weak on China. Washington of attempting to brought the arbitration case “on Beijing claims almost all of itime claims in the South Previously, US policy had sow discord between Beijing almost all claims,” Pompeo the 1.3 million square mile China Sea. been to insist that maritime dis- and the Southeast Asian coun- said. Zhao said, “the award South China Sea as its sovereign The administration pre- putes between China and its tries. was based on flawed evidence territory. China has been build- sented the decision as an smaller neighbors be resolved In a major policy speech on and unwarranted application of ing military bases on artificial attempt to curb China’s increas- peacefully through UN-backed Monday, US Secretary of State spokesman Zhao Lijian told a with its nine-dashed line in the “As early as 1948 China had law. The US hyped up the arbi- islands in the region also ing assertiveness in the region arbitration. But in a statement Mike Pompeo said the world media briefing in Beijing that SCS in 2009 to beef up its officially published the dotted tration to further its agenda, claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, with a commitment to recog- released Monday, Secretary of will not allow China to treat the the secretary of state’s remarks claims. line which is not questioned by China will never accept that.” the Philippines, Taiwan and nizing international law. But it State Mike Pompeo said the US strategically important South neglected the history and facts “The US says China any country in the region,” he Zhao said that China is Vietnam. will almost certainly have the now regards virtually all China Sea (SCS) as its “mar- about the SCS. announced a dotted line in the said, adding that China’s rights committed to resolving the Beijing has impeded com- more immediate effect of fur- Chinese maritime claims out- itime empire” and vowed to His remarks also breaches SCS in 2009. It is not true. have legal and historical basis. issue with the concerned coun- mercial activity like fishing or ther infuriating the Chinese, side its internationally recog- support worried Southeast the US government’s open China’s rights and sovereignty About the judgement of an tries. The US is driving a wedge mineral exploration by coun- who are already retaliating nized waters to be illegitimate. Asian countries against Beijing’s commitment to not taking has a long history. Our effective international tribunal in The between China and the coun- tries like Vietnam and the against numerous U.S. sanc- The shift does not involve dis- “campaign of bullying” to con- position on sovereignty related jurisdiction over the relevant Hague in 2016 which had tries in the region, he said. Philippines, claiming that the tions and other penalties on putes over land features that are trol the resource-rich region. issues of the SCS, Zhao said. islands reefs and waters in the rejected China’s claims in the Pompeo had said that ownership of territory other matters. above sea level, which are con- Reacting to Pompeo’s state- He disputed the US asser- SCS has been there for over SCS and delivered a sweeping America stands with its belonged to China for hun- It also comes as President sidered to be “territorial” in ment, Chinese Foreign Ministry tions that China has come up 1,000 years,” Zhao claimed. rebuke on Beijing’s behaviour Southeast Asian allies and part- dreds of years. PTI Donald Trump has come under nature. AP LR 9)        & Terre Haute (US): The US demic. Kathmandu: Prime Minister K to hear the new Ramayan of out any evidence and it has government on Tuesday carried The decision to move for-  &>G& The Abe Government’s role under the Japan-US secu- P Sharma Oli’s controversial Kaliyug from PM Oli.” only created controversy with- out the first federal execution in ward with the execution -- and Defense White Paper 2020 rity alliance, including dis- remarks that Lord Ram was “Such silly, unconfirmed in and outside the country, so almost two decades, putting to two others scheduled later in hina is pushing harder to highlights what are potential cussing a possibility of acquir- born in Thori near Birgunj and and unproven remarks by the he must withdraw the state- death a man who killed an the week -- during a global Cmake territorial claims in Chinese and North Korean ing a preemptive strike capa- the real Ayodhya lies in Nepal Prime Minister was not desir- ment and apologize for that,” Arkansas family in a 1990s in health pandemic that has killed the regional seas and even threats as Japan tries to further bility. on Tuesday invited sharp crit- able. PM Oli’s attention seems Gautam wrote on his face- a plot to build a whites-only more than 135,000 people in using the coronavirus pan- increase its defense capability. The White Paper accused icism, with a former premier to have been drawn towards book page. nation in the Pacific Northwest. the United States and is rav- demic to expand its influence Under Abe, Japan has China of using propaganda, saying it has “crossed the limit.” damaging Nepal’s relations “There are large numbers The execution came over aging prisons nationwide, drew and take strategic superiority, steadily increased its defense including spreading disinfor- Several top Nepalese polit- with India instead of improv- of devotees of Lord Ram both the objection of the victims’ scrutiny from civil rights groups posing a greater threat to Japan budget and capability and mation, about the spread of the ical leaders from different par- ing them, which is not appro- in Nepal and India, and no one family. as well as family of Lee’s victims. and the region, Japan’s gov- purchased costly American coronavirus. ties slammed Oli for making priate,” said Kamal Thapa, for- should hurt people’s religious Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Critics argued that the gov- ernment said. arsenals. “The COVID-19 pandem- “senseless and irrelevant” mer foreign minister and pres- faith,” Gautam said. “For a Yukon, Oklahoma, died by ernment was creating an The report highlighting Defence Minister ic may expose and remarks, and asked him to ident of the pro-Hindu Rastriya realistic communist it makes lethal injection at the federal unnecessary and manufactured the government’s defence pri- Taro Kono recently scrapped intensify strategic competition withdraw his controversial Prajatantra Party. no difference whether Lord prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. urgency for political gain. orities was adopted by Prime the deployment of a pair among countries intending statement on Ayodhya. Senior leader of the ruling Ram was born here or there.” The decision to move forward “The government has been Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet of costly US land-based missile to create international and “PM Oli’s statements have Communist Party of Nepal “Such senseless and irrele- with the execution -- the first by trying to plow forward with on Tuesday, less than a day after intercepting systems due regional orders more preferable crossed the limit. Extremism (NCP) Bam Dev Gautam said vant remarks made by a person the Bureau of Prisons since these executions despite many the Trump administration to technical issues, and to themselves and to expand only creates trouble,” former that Prime Minister Oli should of high position will damage 2003 -- drew scrutiny from civil unanswered questions about rejected outright nearly all of Abe quickly announced his their influence,” the report prime minister Baburam withdraw his controversial the country’s prestige,” said rights groups and the relatives the legality of its new execution Beijing’s significant maritime intention to revise Japan’s said. “We need to closely watch Bhattarai tweeted. remarks on Ayodhya. Bishnu Rijal, deputy chief of the of Lee’s victims, who had sued protocol,” said Shawn Nolan, claims in the South China Sea defense guidelines, possibly their move with serious con- In his sarcastic remark, “The statement made by Publicity Committee of the to try to halt it, citing concerns one of the attorneys for the men in a statement likely to deepen allowing Japan to go beyond cern affecting the national Bhattarai said, “Now let’s hope Prime Minister Oli was with- ruling party. PTI about the coronavirus pan- facing federal execution. AP the US-China rift. its conventional defense-only security.” AP 9)  
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US Military. He refused to give According to the researchers, including those from the Prachanda on Tuesday coronavirus pandemic and nat- Okinawan officials on Sunday details, but said the problems exist Pasteur Institute in France, severely ill COVID-19 patients resumed talks after a six-day ural disasters. Unrealistic to have a ‘perfect Can’t pin our hopes on a vac- said most of the cases since early at US Bases throughout Japan, not experience a combination of deficiency in the response of hiatus in a bid to save the party Prachanda, addressing the vaccine’ ready, WHO issues cine alone, says WHO July were at Marine Corps Air just on Okinawa. an immune system molecule called interferons, as well as from a split in the wake of NCP members in his hometown warning Mike Ryan, executive director Station Futenma, which is at the In a possible indication of an exacerbated inflammation. growing differences between Chitwan on Sunday, said he was There have been 13 million of health emergencies, WHO center of a relocation dispute. one of the problems, Kono said The study, published in the journal Science, assessed blood the two factions led by them. determined to keep the party confirmed COVID-19 cases was also quick to admit that it Others were at Camp Hansen, Japanese officials are inspecting samples from 50 COVID-19 patients with symptoms rang- Prachanda’s press advisor unity intact as it is “natural to recorded globally and six would be wrong to pin all of our Camp Kinser and Camp a hotel used by the US Military ing from mild to critical, and found this signature may pro- said that the “two chairs (of the have differences of opinion, dis- months after, it is just as dead- hopes on a vaccine alone: “And McTureous. to house service members newly vide a rationale for therapeutic approaches combining inter- Nepal Communist Party) have pute and debate in a big party.” ly and mysterious as before. also, believing that magically we On Tuesday, Kadena Air Base assigned to Okinawa from the US feron supplementation, along with neutralisation of inflam- resumed discussions,” The Top party leaders, includ- There is no proper cure or will get a perfect vaccine that reported two positive cases. While they undergo a 14-day matory response in the body. The scientists said COVID-19 Kathmandu Post reported. ing ‘Prachanda’, have been treatment identified yet and everyone will have access to, is Combined with three cases at self-quarantine. Okinawan offi- is characterised by distinct patterns of disease progression They last time held one- demanding Prime Minister work is in progress to develop also not realistic.” However, he Kadena in March, the total among cials and residents have raised depending on the patient, implying that patients exhibit dif- on-one talks on Wednesday. Oli’s resignation, saying his a vaccine which could garner did attest to the fact that despite the U.S. Service members on concerns about whether ade- ferent immune responses to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV- The talks are taking place recent anti-India remarks were immunity against the deadly everything, it is not impossible Okinawa is 100, officials said. quate safety measures are in 2. Based on earlier studies, they said about five to 10 per cent ahead of the crucial Standing “neither politically correct nor virus. Russian researchers too to develop a vaccine to combat “We have discovered a num- place at the hotel. AP of patients progress to severe or critical disease. Committee meeting on Friday diplomatically appropriate.” claimed to have found success COVID-19: “We can and will which is expected to determine The differences grew fur- in its human trials and are quite develop a vaccine, the question the political future of the 68- ther after Oli said that some of hopeful of launching the vac- mark is: ‘how effective will that year-old prime minister who the ruling party leaders are cine by August. Not only has vaccine be?’ And, more impor- has previously alleged that his aligning with the southern the timeline been mooted by tantly, and more worryingly: detractors were trying to neighbour to remove him from several epidemiologists and ‘who will get that vaccine?’ remove him with India’s help. power after his government medical experts, WHO, in its And: ‘will that distribution be The key meeting is taking issued a new political map latest briefing said that it won’t fair and equitable?’ place days after NCP executive incorporating three Indian ter- be wise to expect a vaccine to chairman Prachanda said he ritories. PTI solve our problems. What are the dangers we are facing? Coronavirus crisis may get After months of lockdown, sev- ‘worse and worse and worse’ eral places have opened up with In its latest briefing, the leading curtailed measures. 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An organi- is being harnessed by Gen Z to prints to the family and guests, is seen a sharp rise in adoption of sation can understand the impact become entrepreneurs and bring in now the star of the show. From styl- agile, design thinking, and other on business trends over time. It is a new wave of innovation in the ized photoshoots with the use of digitally oriented practices. also possible to factor in the extra- industry. drones, to digitally correcting the In the past, quantitative meth- neous impact. All this can help to Media is one such field that is final photos, wedding photography ods were applied to assess financial predict the appropriate people hugely influenced by these new has become a glamorous field. It is and operational scorecards, but it practises to be followed to ensure technologies and millennials are one of sought after profession which has always been difficult to employ that the business is impacted in a crafting a new future for themselves finance, marketing, and exception- can pay as much as two lacs per day Qualitative methods to evaluate positive manner. with unique opportunities like suc- al interpersonal skills. Typically, to the professional photographer. people. Therefore, people analytics Increase diversity in the cessful ventures in startups amongst showrunners of popular web series glamour photography, food pho- has certainly been a game chang- organisation: Diversity is a pow- others. earn as much as a top director of a tography, industrial photography, er. It has helped to evaluate behav- erful thing for any business. Across Showrunner: Web series on big-budget Bollywood film. and corporate photography are ioural data on what employees are lytics that organisations are embrac- come up with new techniques of a company’s employee lifecycle, OTT platforms are created with a Careers in film appreciation: equally flourishing. working on, how behavioural ing as they use data to evaluate the engaging with employees at all People Analytics plays a key role in purpose to encourage viewers to Most of the people think that cine- Music producer: Traditionally, changes can affect the financial per- journey of an employee in the levels. analysing the state of diversity. binge watch on the internet. Making ma is only about making films or act- a film used to have one music direc- formance of the company, what can organisation. Transparent recruitment This also helps in identifying areas one season of a web series is equiv- ing in them. However, millennials tor, who composed songs as well as affect employee behaviour in the Following are the ways how this process: One of the most chal- of unintentional bias and effectively alent to making five full-length fea- who have a passion for cinema and the original soundtrack for the film. organisation. course is equipping the HR pro- lenging tasks for HR is finding the addressing the problem areas. ture films. Such scale of production are interested in studying & research- However, today the industry uses dif- In their role as Human fessionals for the industry: right pool of talent suiting the needs People Analytics has emerged for each project requires creative pro- ing about the field have a myriad of ferent composers, music directors, Resource Managers, MBA students Analyse employee behaviour of a particular department and as a key differentiator in the HR ducers, line producers, writers and choices in exploring new age careers. and lyricists for each song in a film. have started learning the impor- effectively: One of the crucial identifying which department has domain and anyone who wants a individual directors. The overriding These career options always existed, With this trend, it becomes vital to tance of People Analytics in their aspects that an HR professional gaps in terms of the kind of skills more strategic work profile can cer- authority of this process is the but now they've become financially ensure that there is continuity and career. Students have started to needs to ensure is to keep employ- required. In such cases, People tainly go for a specialisation in this showrunner, who acts as the con- rewarding enough to be seen as inde- seamlessness in the soundtrack. To understand how this specific ee behaviour at optimised levels. Analytics plays a key role in pro- field. Apart from making you a spe- necting medium between the plat- pendent career choices. These career withhold this job, comes the role of domain in HR would help them Recognising an employee’s efforts viding insights on the skills need- cialist, analytics will definitely help form, the financiers, various writers, choices include: curating in-flight music producers who take over and take data driven decisions while with fair compensation is directly ed among talent, sorting through you in upskilling and make evi- producers, and actors. entertainment for airlines, film deliver the final soundtrack includ- understanding employee behav- related to the happiness and satis- the profiles, transparent profiling dence-based decisions to improve The showrunner is a highly museums, cinema archivists, histo- ing various versions of the songs. iour. This premise comes with the faction of an employee. 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The celled the SRM Joint Engineering Those who scored in JEE Main Principal Mamta V Bhatnagar an e Book Week the librarian Achla Sahay and Primary Vellore Institute of admission will be Entrance Exam (SRMJEEE) for BTech and SAT are encouraged to apply. of its own kind was organised by Dipti A Coordinator Neha Khanna to conduct virtu- Technology (VIT) has based on Class XII/ admissions 2020, that was planned in The forms for providing the +2 Bhatnagar. It commenced from July 1 and con- al meetings and take rehearsals for their role been conducting VIT pre-university marks 127 Indian cities and five overseas cen- /pre-university/equivalent marks and cluded on July 5, 2020. Each child of the school plays. Engineering Entrance in Physics, Chemistry tres in Dubai, Doha, Muscat, Bahrain JEE (Main)/SAT Score are available was asked to read a book during the month It was fun to watch them transforming Examination and Mathematics/ and Kuwait. on the university website — of June and to participate in activities based into lions and foxes, grasshoppers and ants, (VITEEE) for admis- Biology. The B.Tech admissions for 2020 www.srmist.edu.in. on his reading. Stories and books were metic- woodcutter and a chai waala. They displayed sion to various engi- Those who scored will now be based on +2/pre-uni- Applicants can swiftly update ulously handpicked to add on to the knowl- favourite characters from the famous stories neering programmes in JEE (Main) will be versity/equivalent marks in Physics, and complete their forms. In case the edge of the child and to make him learn val- and various other stories conveying a message of Ruskin Bond enacted their famous per- offered by VIT group given weightage. The Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology. results of the Class XII Board ues. to be content, not to be greedy, be naive, gen- sonalities also. It concluded with a great show of Institutions. forms for providing The new admission process will Examination are not declared, the Like in primary they read Needle Tree, erous and good to others. In middle they were by the volunteers and words of wisdom by Conducting the marks are provid- apply to all campuses of SRMIST- marks can be uploaded as soon as the The Honest Woodcutter, The Lion and the asked to read stories of Ruskin Bond, Harry Mamta V Bhatnagar, Director, Manav Sthali VITEEE-2020 in var- ed in the VIT Website Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, results are known. 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   ' O P    Pep Guardiola on Tuesday said a weight had been lifted from Manchester City after their European ban was over-  75 (0(A turned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but rival managers Jose anchester United Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp criticised the Mmissed the chance to ruling. move up to third in the The court on Monday lifted a two- ; /     P     8>   Premier League on year ban imposed earlier this year on the Monday after Premier League club by European foot- Michael Obafemi’s ball’s governing body UEFA over 96th minute equalis- Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches. er earned “I am incredibly happy for the deci- L Southampton a 2-2 sion. It shows all the people said about the draw at Old Trafford club wasn’t true,” said Guardiola. 8 in the latest twist in the “People cannot understand how dif- race for a place in next ficult it was for everyone as a club being N season’s Champions under suspicion. Now we have proven it  @A5 consecutive victory. League. at the court, we go again on the pitch.” “Our vision when we start every Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Tottenham manager Mourinho said eal Madrid need one victory to season is to win the league,” said men were unable to take the court’s decision was a “disaster” and Rsecure La Liga after they held off Zidane. “There are two games left. advantage of weekend showed FFP, which limits club’s spending a second-half comeback from We are close but we’re not there yet.” defeats for Chelsea and in line with their revenue, is now dead, Granada on Monday to win 2-1 and When the final whistle blew, Leicester to remain in fifth. while Liverpool boss Klopp said City’s move four points clear of Barcelona. Zidane roared with relief and Ramos United had become reprieve was a bad day for football. With two games left, Madrid clenched his fists after coming the first side in Premier An initial fine of 30 million euros ($34 will be crowned champions if through their toughest test League history to win four million) imposed by UEFA was reduced they beat Villarreal at home on since the restart. consecutive games by a to 10 million euros by CAS. However, the Thursday regardless of how “We can’t relax, we’re a bit three-goal margin, but fine related only to City’s failure to coop- Barca fare at the Camp Nou closer but we have to carry on,” there was no cruise for the erate with UEFA’s investigation against Osasuna. said Ramos afterwards. Red Devils this time even rather than FFP breaches. But they were made to “We let our guard down after they responded to Mourinho said if they were sweat by a Granada team that are here a bit on the second half. We Stuart Armstrong’s early guilty, City should be banned — gunning for Europe and have been won the first half and lost the sec- opener. but if they were innocent, they arguably the division’s surprise of the ond and maybe that’s a warning for Two goals in as many ) ?  :  .&7.      ?     9  ! should not have to pay a penny. season after being promoted from us. We have to make sure we don’t minutes from Marcus “It’s a disgraceful deci- second tier last year. repeat that mistake.” Rashford and Anthony said United manager Ole impressive form with only restart. got the rhythm in our sion, because if Man City is Ferland Mendy and Karim Madrid could win La Liga for Martial turned the game Gunnar Solskjaer. “We’ve a place in the top four now But two dropped passing today, especially not guilty then to be pun- Benzema looked to have set the third time in eight years at the around, but United were won so many games that good enough for points were a reminder after 2-1.” ished with some millions Madrid on course for a comfort- Alfredo di Stefano Stadium on caught out by a corner way ourselves but it’s all Champions League quali- that United are far from Ralph Hassenhuttl’s is a disgrace. If you are able win at Los Carmenes but Thursday night. “It would mean a deep into stoppage time part of the learning for this fication. the finished article if they side remain in 12th, but not guilty, you are not Granada were transformed after lot,” said Ramos. when substitute Obafemi team.” Solskjaer will still be aspire to challenge have lost just once in six punished. By the other the break and Machis’s 50th- “We’re in the race and hopeful- turned home Jan Manchester City’s vic- confident of achieving that Liverpool and Manchester games since the restart. way if you are guilty minute strike gave them hope. ly on Thursday we can celebrate.” Bednarek’s flick on. tory over UEFA in the goal as his side have closed City for the title next sea- “We are becoming more you should be banned so it An increasingly nervous If Madrid slip up against “It’s the worst time to Court of Arbitration for an eight-point gap on son. brave,” said Hassenhuttl. is also a disgraceful deci- Madrid were clinging on by the end Villarreal, they will still have a sec- concede a goal but it hap- Sport earlier on Monday Leicester, who they face on “We didn’t deserve “You can feel the guys sion. In any case the deci- and needed Sergio Ramos to clear ond chance on Sunday when they pens in football. You have upped the pressure on the final day of the season, three points today,” admit- really enjoy what they are sion is a disaster,” said one shot off the line as Zinedine finish at Leganes while Barcelona to be strong and take it,” United to continue their since the Premier League’s ted Solskjaer. “We never doing.” Mourinho. AFP Zidane’s side dug in for a ninth visit Alaves. O  !&& $   1 4O    # >    : 9 Former India crick- He, however, kept the gloves 5    9B2 $ eter Mohammad Kaif has tried in the two-match Test series,      0& > &7 to decode as to why young which India lost against Kane    Former Barcelona mid- spend so much time up front wicket-keeper-batsman Rishabh Williamson’s troops.  75 fielder Luis Garcia feels the club’s because he knows it’s harder, so he ormer Swedish World Pant has been a hit with Delhi “Rishabh Pant is a free- superstar forward Lionel Messi can drops a little more. He shows why FNo1 Stefan Edberg said Capitals in IPL but has failed to flowing player. He is an attack- nter Milan put one foot in next easily continue playing till 2025. he’s so intelligent. He adapts his that Swiss great Roger put up consistent performances ing player and he should play Iseason’s Champions League on The 33-year-old is currently game to what the team needs in Federer is set apart by the for Team India on the interna- attacking shots from ball one,” Monday after coming from contracted until the end of next every game. I could see him play- kind of all-round ability tional arena. Kaif told former India cricketer behind to beat relegation-threat- season with Barcelona holding ing in 2025, easily!” added the for- that he possesses. Edberg Kaif, who is Delhi Capitals’ Aakash Chopra on his YouTube ened Torino 3-1 and move up to talks with the ace Argentina for- mer Atletico Madrid and coached Federer between assistant coach, has seen Pant show AakashVani. second place in Serie A. ? 1 . .      ?   ! ward about an extension. Liverpool winger. January 2014 and from close quarters and stated “At first, Dada (Sourav Antonio Conte’s Inter There is speculation that Real Madrid are closer to December 2015. his batting position hasn’t been Ganguly), (Ricky) Ponting and moved above Atalanta and Lazio 14-point gap between them and ed last month. record six-time Ballon d’Or win- winning the LaLiga title after “Like I said to Roger, fixed by the Indian team man- I decided to send him early but to go eight points behind league fifth-placed Roma with six Moreno Longo’s side are ner Messi is unhappy with the their 2-1 win against Granada he looks so easy when he agement and that is why he has- then we figured out he has to leaders Juventus thanks to two matches left to play. 16th, five points above the rele- club’s leadership. on Monday which took plays, he floats around the n’t been able to replicate his con- play 10 overs. He should get 60 goals early in the second half “It’s important to win gation zone. “Why not? The way he is them four points clear of court. He’s got grace, he’s sistent IPL performance on the balls to play. This is something from Ashley Young and Diego matches like this any way you Inter were dismal in the first playing, adapting his style to Barcelona with two games got power, he’s got touch, biggest stage. that Indian team hasn’t done yet. Godin and another from can... I think we deserved to period and the transformation the game is impressive. Every remaining in the season. he’s got everything you Before coronavirus pan- “An attacking player should Lautaro Martinez just win,” said Godin to after the break suggested they year he shows us something “There have been a cou- wish for. He’s almost the demic put a stop on cricket in get the role a finisher. I feel they after the hour mark. Sky Sport Italy. “We’re had been subjected to one of different but keeps up the ple of games where they have perfect tennis player as I March, Pant saw KL Rahul haven’t been able to figure out The Milanese club second now and we coach Antonio Conte’s famous same amount of goals, of struggled. But they carry see it-both on and off- take over wicket-keeping on Pant’s batting position in are level on 68 points want to continue win- roastings at halftime. assists,” Garcia, who the momentum when court. So he’s very special duties in New the Indian team. In IPL, we with off-form Lazio, who ning... let’s see where “It was a very good perfor- played for Barcelona even not playing well they like we all know,” Edberg Zealand in know we have slumped to a 2-1 defeat at we can finish, but it’s mance with over 60% posses- in the 2003-2004 sea- are getting the results. told Eurosport. limited-overs to make him Sassuolo on Saturday, and difficult to get closer to sion, 20 shots on goal, nine cor- son, said during a (Federico) Valverde has Edberg said that formats as the play the last 10 one ahead of flamboyant Juventus.” ners to two,” said Conte. “The video conference been one of their best Austrian Dominic Thiem is southpaw was overs. He plays his natural Atalanta in fourth. Torino meanwhile still lads did well. That goal could facilitated by LaLiga. players so far. Key players a player he feels is closest dropped fol- game in the IPL and that is However, with a first league have to look over their shoul- have made us nervous but they “Even getting have been Ramos and among the younger gener- lowing a string of why he does well,” he title since 2010 unlikely, the most ders following their fourth stayed on their feet and kept more every year! He’s Benzema,” Garcia said on ation of men’s tennis play- underwhelming scores. added. IANS important statistic for Inter is the defeat since the league restart- playing and finding the goal.” adapting, he doesn’t Real Madrid. IANS ers who can match up to the incredible career stats of Federer, Rafael Nadal %  &:   + (:  and Novak Djokovic. %    9   “He showed he could have won the Australian  %"# "$ + &  $' bowlers rankings. promises to gain momentum as rankings include left-handed Open this year very easily,” Skipper Virat Kohli remains number-two Ben Stokes has also opener Rory Burns, who is in the the Swede said about    Former New Zealand often,” Turner was quoted as say- ason Holder on Tuesday second in the batsmen standings made huge gains to attain a top 30 for the first time after Thiem. “That was a big captain Glenn Turner has rated ing by The Telegraph. Jattained the highest rating behind Steve Smith while career-best tally of 431 points, scores of 30 and 42, while mid- chance for him. If Rafa current skipper Kane “Kohli’s greater exposure points by any West Indies bowler Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya narrowing the lead from 66 to 54 dle-order batsman Zak Crawley wasn’t there, he’s going to Williamson ahead of his to pitches that take turn will have in 20 years, reaching a career-best Rahane remain seventh and points. is in the top 100 after accumulat- win the French Open one Indian counterpart Virat Kohli him more accustomed to play- second place in the ICC Test ninth respectively. Jasprit Bumrah Stokes, leading the side in the ing 86 runs in the match. day. He’s probably the clos- iwhen it comes to tough bat- ing spin better. Conditions less Player Rankings after leading is the only Indian bowler in the absence of Joe Root, has equalled For the visiting side, Shannon est one today, I would say. ting conditions. favourable for swing and seam- his team to a famous win over top-10 at seventh spot. his career-high ninth posi- Gabriel has gained 46 points to “But at the same time, Kohli and Williamson are ers will also have allowed him England at Southampton. Holder retained 35th tion among batsmen that he reach a tally of 726 with a play- (Alexander) Zverev has regarded as two of the finest more opportunities to become Holder, who picked seven position among achieved last November, after er-of-the-match effort of nine shown a lot of potential, batsmen in modern-day crick- good at aggressively dominating wickets including a haul of six for batsmen after scores of 43 and 46 at the wickets, but risen only one place sort of lost track a little bit, et. As per the latest ICC Test that type of bowling. 42 in the first innings, is now on the first Test Ageas Bowl. to 18th owing to the wide gap but it doesn’t take much to rankings, Kohli and of him to bat in challenging bat- “I would only say that a career-best 862 rating points, and has also He is now only one between him and Ravindra Jadeja get back on the right track Williamson are placed at sec- ting conditions. under tougher batting condi- the best for any West Indies reached a place behind Root. Stokes (722) before the match. again. ond and fourth spots respec- “Kohli is less likely to have tions, I would back Williamson bowler since Courtney Walsh’s career-best has also risen three Jermaine Blackwood’s superb “(Stefanos) Tsitsipas tively and have been leading been exposed early in his devel- ahead of Kohli. Under good bat- tally of 866 in August 2000. tally of 485 places in the bowlers’ second-innings knock of 95 has has shown some… He’s their respective teams with opment to seaming pitches and ting conditions, Kohli is likely Indian cricketers, who have points at the list to 23rd position helped him advance 14 slots to definitely knocking on the great aplomb for a while now. the ball continuing to swing for to be more dominant, thereby not taken the field since March top of the all- with six wickets in the 58th position among batsmen door as well. I probably can Turner believes Kohli’s abil- extended periods, whereas providing his team with more due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rounders’ list. match. while Shane Dowrich is at a add a few others. But ity to play spin is second to none Williamson will have experi- time to get a favourable result,” have retained their positions in The competi- Other England career-best 37th position after Thiem, I would say at the but he rated Williamson ahead enced those conditions more he added. IANS the top-10 of batsmen and tion at the top players to move up the scores of 61 and 20. moment. @  6   

2 ' /    England should not be “We got a bit carried away, overly reliant on express pace in seeing Wood bowl really quick-  0&$ 74&5 first and foremost, we want to from there.” the next two tests against West ly in South Africa. We’ve seen give Jos the best opportunity to Another player who strug- Indies and must consider alter- Archer do it, but it’s very hard ngland head coach Chris succeed,” Silverwood said. gled in the opening Test is top- nating Jofra Archer and Mark to do it every single game.” ESilverwood has thrown his “(Jos) looked brilliant com- order batsman Joe Denly and he Wood, former quick Darren Gough said England weight behind struggling Jos ing into this game, in practice might be dropped for the second Gough has said. should also bring back Stuart Buttler, saying he looked good and everything. He looked very Test with regular skipper Joe England opted for the Broad and Chris Woakes for the with the bat in the first Test good in the first innings. He just Root returning following the express speed of Archer and second test, which begins on and will be given “the best needs to go and make those big birth of his second child. Wood and the experience of Thursday at Old Trafford. chance to succeed” in the scores now, doesn’t he? Which he Denly scored 18 and 29 in James Anderson in “I would rest Wood and remainder of the series. knows as well.” the opening Test, while batting Southampton but lost by four Anderson at Old Trafford and Buttler, a wicket-keeper The 45-year-old said it is all at No four Zak Crawley wickets in the series opener. bring in Broad and Woakes,” batsman, has not scored a fifty about giving Buttler the confi- impressed with a top score of 76 “I’ve said from the start — Gough said. “That would be my in his last 12 Test innings and dence with the hope that he will in the second innings. rotate Archer and Wood,” plan then, with back-to-back also dropped Jermaine come good in the next match. “We’re all desperate to see Gough, who played 58 tests Test matches, you bring Blackwood, who ended up scor- “From our point of view, it’s Joe do really well. We can see he’s between 1994-2003, told Sky Anderson and Wood back (for ing match-winning 95 for West just making sure that he feels trying hard, he’s training hard. Sport Cricket. the third Test).” Agencies : *@ .            
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