www.galaxynews.news DAILY ENGLISH NEWSPAPER JAMMU MAX: 42.70C| MIN: 290C SRINAGAR MAX: 25 0 C MIN: 160 C || POSTAL : JK-365/09-11 || RNI : JKENG/2009/27183 || VOL. 13, ISSUE. 171, JAMMU THURSDAY JULY. 23, 2020 PAGES: 8, PRICE . 1 News in Brief Predictions, pandemics and Hizbul Mujahideen terror module Don’t make Jammu, a City of busted in Budgam, 3 terror public health Toll Plazas: Federation Priyanka urges govt to provide associates arrested P 4 all help to family of doctor who died of COVID-19 COVID-19 tally in India climbs to 11,92,915, NEW DELHI, JUL 22 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi recoveries surge to 7,53,049 Vadra on Wednesday urged the govern- NEW DELHI, JULY 22 This is the to July 21 with 3,43,243 in Rajasthan, 429 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli cases. A total of 6,159 ment to provide all assistance to the family India?added?37,7 seventh?consecutive?da samples being tested on Telangana, 364 in and Daman and Diu and have been infected by of a doctor, who died after contracting 24 fresh cases of y that COVID-19 cases Tuesday, Haryana, 263 in Punjab Ladakh has reported two the virus in COVID-19 while working with Delhi's COVID-19 on have increased by more Of the total 28,732 and Jammu and fatality each Jharkhand,?5,729 in National Health Mission. Wednesday?taking than 30,000.? deaths reported so far, Kashmir each, 217 in The Health Ministry Chhattisgarh, 4,849 in Javed Ali, a contractual doctor with Delhi gov- the country's tally Of the 648 deaths Maharashtra tops the Bihar, 103 in Odisha,?58 stressed that more than Uttarakhand, 4,027 in to? 11,92,915, while? reported in the last 24 tally with 12,276 fatali- in Assam,?55 in 70 per cent of the deaths Goa, 3,331 in Tripura, recoveries surged to hours, 246 are from ties followed by Delhi Uttarakhand and occurred due to comor- 2,179 in Puducherry, 7,53,049 with 28,472 Maharashtra, 75 from with 3,690 deaths, Tamil Jharkhand each and 44 bidities. Maharashtra 2,015 in Manipur, 1,664 people having recu- Tamil Nadu, 62 from Nadu 2,626, Gujarat in Kerala has reported the highest in Himachal Pradesh perated in a day, the Andhra Pradesh,?61 number of cases at and 1,198 in Ladakh highest so far,? from Karnataka, 37 from 3,27,031 followed by Nagaland has record- according to the? Uttar Pradesh, 35 from Tamil Nadu at 1,80,643, ed 1,030 COVID-19 Union Health West Bengal, 34 from Delhi at 1,25,096, cases, Arunachal Ministry? data.? Gujarat, 27 from Delhi, Karnataka at Pradesh 858, The death toll due to 18 from Madhya 71,069,?Andhra Pradesh Chandigarh 751 and the disease rose to Pradesh, 9 each from at 58,668, Uttar Pradesh Dadra and Nagar Haveli 28,732?with 648 people Haryana, Jammu and at 53,288,?Gujarat at and Daman and Diu succumbing to the dis- Kashmir and Rajasthan 50,379 and Telangana at together have reported ease in the last 24 hours, Telangana has 47,705. The number of 705 cases. Meghalaya the data updated at 8 am reported seven fatalities COVID-19 cases has has reported 490 cases, ernment's National Health Mission, died on showed each followed by Odisha gone up to 47,030 in Sikkim 330, Mizoram Monday of coronavirus. There are?4,11,133? with six deaths, West Bengal, 31,373 in has registered 317 infec- Ali had been on the frontline in the fight against active cases of coron- Chhattisgarh four, Goa Rajasthan,?28,952 in tions so far, while coronavirus since March. avirus infection present- three, Jharkhand two Bihar,?27,462 in Andaman and Nicobar "Dr. Javed Ali and all other doctors offer their ly in the country, while while Kerala, 2,196, Karnataka Puducherry has reg- Haryana, 25,382 in Islands has recorded 212 services during this crisis by risking their lives. Sad 7,53,049?people having Puducherry, Punjab and 1,464,?Uttar Pradesh istered 30 deaths, Assam and 24,095 in cases. "Our figures are news was received about Dr. Javed. recovered so far.Thus Tripura have registered 1,229, West Bengal Chhattisgarh 29, Goa 26, Madhya Pradesh being reconciled with He was serving on contract," Priyanka Gandhi 63.13 per cent people a fatality each 1,182,?Andhra Pradesh C h a n d i g a r h Odisha has reported the ICMR," the ministry said in a tweet in Hindi. "It is time to stand with the have recovered According to the 758 and?Madhya 12,?Himachal Pradesh 18,757 infections, said, adding state-wise families of these martyrs. The government should The total number of ICMR, a?cumulative Pradesh 756 11, Tripura Jammu and Kashmir distribution is subject to provide all possible help to Dr. Javed's family," she confirmed cases includes total of 1,47,24,546 sam- So far, 577 people 8,?Meghalaya 15,258, Kerala? 13,994, further verification and said. foreigners ples have been tested up have died of COVID-19 4,?Arunachal Pradesh 3, while Punjab has 10,889 reconciliation. NCERT adds scrapping of Article 370 to Class 12 textbook Govt asks 59 Chinese apps to ensure strict compliance to ban order NEW DELHI, JULY 22: After banning 59 other applicable Acts, which would attract penal pro- apps of Chinese origin, the government on visions. If any apps in the banned list is found to be chapter, drops portion on separatist politics in J-K Tuesday directed them to ensure strict made available by the company through any means NEW DELHI: The NCERT has Earlier this month, a controversy compliance to its orders, and warned of for use within India, directly or indirectly, it would be revised a chapter in its Class 12 polit- had erupted over the reduction of serious action in case of any violation, construed as a violation of the government orders, the ical science textbook to drop a para- syllabus by the CBSE due to the according to an official source. source added. All these companies have been direct- graph on separatist politics in COVID-19 situation, with the The government on June 29 had banned 59 apps ed to ensure strict compliance of the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir and to add a Opposition alleging that chapters on with Chinese links, including TikTok, CamScanner ministry, failing which serious action will be taken, brief mention of the scrapping of its India's democracy and plurality are and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sov- the source said. special status last year. being "dropped" to propagate a par- ereignty, integrity and security of the country. The The ministry in a communication sent to these The National Council of ticular ideology. government source told that the IT Ministry has now companies has mentioned that the ban imposed Educational Research and Training But the Board had insisted it is a written to all these companies, warning that contin- was in exercise of the sovereign powers and section (NCERT) has revised the chapter in the withdrawal of Article 370. one-time measure for this academic ued availability and operation of these banned apps, 69A of the Information Technology Act, and that the textbook "Politics in India since The revised portion, where the year only and is not restricted to a Independence" for the academic ses- chapter talks about Jammu and particular subject as is being project- directly or indirectly, is not only illegal but also an the said companies should ensure strict compliance sion 2020-21. While the topic Kashmir, says, "Jammu and ed by some. offence under the Information Technology Act and to the order issued in this regard. "Separatism and Beyond" has been Kashmir had a special status under The Central Board of Secondary deleted from the chapter, the scrap- Article 370 of the Indian Education (CBSE) had notified the US lawmakers pass legislation urging China to ping of Article 370, which gave the Constitution. However, in spite of it, new syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for erstwhile state of Jammu and the region witnessed violence, cross- the 2020-21 academic session after Kashmir special status, has been border terrorism and political insta- rationalising up to 30 per cent of the de-escalate situation with India along LAC included under the topic "Regional bility with internal and external curriculum. WASHINGTON, JUL 22 Krishnamoorthi said in a agreement to de-escalate military bases on artificial Aspirations". ramifications". According to the updated curricu- The US House of statement. and disengage along the islands in the region also On August 5 last year, the Centre "The Article resulted in the loss of lum, the chapters deleted from the Representatives has China's military provo- Line of Actual Control, the claimed by Brunei, had scrapped the state's special sta- many lives, including that of inno- Class 10 syllabus are those dealing passed a bipartisan cations of India are unac- resolution says that on Malaysia, the Philippines, tus and divided it into union territo- cent civilians, security personnel and with democracy and diversity, gen- legislation, urging ceptable, and the peaceful June 15, at least 20 Indian Taiwan and Vietnam. ries of Jammu and Kashmir, and militants. Besides, there was also a der, religion and caste, popular China to peacefully de- resolution of their border soldiers and an uncon- China has impeded Ladakh. struggles and movement and chal- large scale displacement of Kashmiri escalate the situation standoff will help restore firmed number of Chinese commercial activity like "One strand of separatists who lenges to democracy.