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C ongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday was asked to vacate her Government-allocated Lodhi Estate bungalow in Delhi by August 1, as she no longer enjoys the Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has told Priyanka that if she stays beyond August 1, she will have to pay penalty as per the norms. As per records, she has accu- mulated dues of 3,46,677- as on June, 30 2020. She has been issued the notice to clear these dues. Priyanka had been allot- ted 35 Lodhi Estate, a Type VI bungalow, in February 1997 for security reasons. “Consequent upon with- drawal of SPG protection and grant of Z+ security cover by Ministry of Home Affairs, which does not have provision for allotment/retention of gov- ernment accommodation on security ground to you, the allotment of Type 6B house number 35, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi is hereby cancelled with effect from 01/07/2020,” said the ministry’s notice. The notice was issued by GP Sarkar, deputy director of estate (A-1), MoHUA. According to the current norms, there are no provisions for allotment or retention of government accommodation to those with Z+ security unless exceptions are made based on recommendations given by the home ministry. Continued on Page 4 Neyveli (TN) S ix men were killed and 16 others injured when a boil- er exploded at the NLC India’s thermal plant here on Wednesday, an official said. Home Minister Amit Shah, expressing anguish over the loss of lives, spoke to Chief Minister K Palaniswami and assured all possible help. While preliminary inputs from the explosion site said two people died, the toll has gone up to six now, the NLC official said. “Six men have died. Sixteen people who sustained injuries have been rushed to a hospital in Chennai,” he said. The six deceased men, aged between 25 and 42 years, were contract workers. The injured include employees who have sustained at least 40 per cent burn injuries. Detailed report on P4 I n a major relief to road acci- dent victims, the Centre on Wednesday announced a pro- vision of free cashless treatment up to 2.5 lakh to ensure that the victim gets immediate med- ical care including during the ‘Golden Hour’. According to a Government notification, the policy will also cover foreign nationals if they meet with any such road eventuality. The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has roped in the National Health Authority (NHA), which is implementing Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Aarogya Yojna, to process the claims raised by hospitals after treating the injured and will use its robust IT platform to run the scheme. The idea of such a facility for road accident victims was first conceived in 2012 and was announced for a pilot project launch in December 2014. “The Ministry will set up a Motor Vehicle Relief Fund with its own contribution and also from the General Insurance Company (GIC). The GIC will bear the expens- es incurred on victims due to accidents involving insured vehicles and in ‘hit and run’ cases. The road transport min- istry will bear the expenditure for crashes involving unin- sured vehicles,” said a senior MoRTH official. The move is considered to be significant considering that nearly 1.49 lakh people lost lives in road accidents in 2019 and about five lakh were left injured. About 15 per cent of the fatalities are on account of ‘hit and run’ cases. According to a report, about 50 per cent deaths can be avoided by ensuring timely medical care to the accident victims. The offi- cial said the policy aims to bring relief to the poor who can’t pay upfront to hospitals for medical care in case of acci- dent on roads. As per the plan, NHA will set up a dedicated cell for implementation of the scheme and settling the claims. NHA has been involved considering its expertise in implementing Ayushman Bharat scheme. Continued on Page 4 T he third round military- level talks between India and China to resolve the stand- off at various places along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, saw the two sides resolving to “sincerely” implement the disengagement understanding reached in the first corps commander-level talks on June 6. The Chinese establishment mouthpiece Global Times has painted a far more agreeable outcome of the parleys. In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the third round of talks said the two sides contin- ue working towards imple- menting the consensus reached at the two earlier rounds of commander-level talks and made progress in effective mea- sures by frontline troops to disengage and deescalate the sit- uation. China welcomes that. “We hope the Indian side will work with the Chinese side towards the same goal, keep up close communication through military and diplomatic chan- nels, and ease the situation and reduce the temperature along the border,” it said. India sources said India and China have stressed the need for an “expeditious” de- escalation as a “priority and the coming days could see more meetings on the military and diplomatic level to restore peace on the border. These agree- ments were arrived at in the lat- est round of Corps Commander level meeting on Tuesday in Chushul, Ladakh between Lt General Harinder Singh and Major General Liu Lin, sources said here on Wednesday. The talks lasted for more than ten hours and ended late in the evening, they added. In a related development, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Ladakh on Friday to review the situation on the ground. He will be briefed by senior commanders of the Northern Command and is expected to visit some forward areas. He will also interact with some of the soldiers who were injured in the bloody brawl on June 15 and now recuperating at the military hospital in Leh. It will be Rajnath’s first visit to Ladakh since the face-off began in early May. The pro- posed tour also comes at a time when the two sides are bol- stering their troop strength besides heavy weaponry on the LAC as the repeated rounds of talks, so far, have not yielded the desired result. Though the latest talks also remained inconclusive, officials said ‘’Both sides have empha- sised the need for an expedi- tious, phased and step wise de- escalation as a priority.’’ This, the sources said, is in sync with the agreement between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in their telephonic talks on June 17 that the overall sit- uation would be handled in a responsible manner. Continued on Page 4 T he Covid-19 positive case count in the country surged past the six lakh mark with Maharashtra on Wednesday alone adding 5,537 new cases of infection where the tally of the infected persons has touched 1,80,298 cases. Maharashtra recorded 198 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the tally of the dead due to novel coronavirus to 8,053. During the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu reported 3,882 fresh Covid-19 cases of infec- tion where the tally of those hit by the pandemic has reached 94,049. The State recorded 63 casualties during the day, tak- ing the death count to 1,264. Delhi reported 2,442 new cases of Covid-19 infection, taking the tally of the infected to 89,802. As many as 81 per- sons died during the day, tak- ing the tally of the deceased to 2,803. West Bengal added 611 cases to stretch the tally of infected people to 19.170. Fifteen persons succumbed to the disease during the day in the State that has now a death count of 683 persons. Rajasthan recorded 78 new cases, taking the tally to 18,086. As many as 413 persons have died in the State till so far with- out any casualty during the day. Karnataka added 1,272 new cases where 16,514 per- sons have been infected till now. Seven persons died dur- ing the day, taking the tally of deceased to 253. Andhra Pradesh recorded 657 new cases of Covid-19 to stretch the tally to 15,252. Six deaths added up during the day to take the tally of dead to 193. Continued on Page 4 Y oga Guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali will now market Ayurvedic combination “Coronil” as immunity boost- ing ‘Covid-19 management drug’ and not as Covid-cure drug as was initially announced by the promoter. Ramdev on Wednesday said that all issues with the Union Ayush Ministry have been resolved and their ayurvedic medicine has been labelled as a Covid-19 man- agement herbal medicine. The Ministry accepted the yoga guru’s claim saying that the herbal formulation will not be sold as cure for the coro- navirus but as immunity boost- er to manage the disease. Baba Ramdev said that his firm Patanjali Yogpeeth followed all due legal proce- dures in carrying out clinical control trials of Coronil, swasari and anu taila on Covid- 19 positive patients. He also pointed out that after carrying out successful clinical control drug trials on asymptomatic and mild patients, Patanjali is also carrying out advanced stage research on serious patients. “Our Covid-19 immunity boosters are solely abstract and compounds of Ayurvedic herbs like Giloy, Tulsi, Ashwagandha and have been effective in the treatment of coronavirus patients. “Soon this Coivd-19 immunity booster kit will be available across the country and we are in talks with those States also where due to some confusion the sale of Coronil was being opposed,” said Swami Ramdev. He pointed out that right through from licence seeking process, clinical trials, scientific documentation to submission of all the requisite documents pre and post trials, Patanjali fol- lowed each and every rule but undue confusion and doubts were created to malign their sincere efforts on creating an immunity boosting Ayurvedic medicine for Covid-19. “The drug mafia, MNCs and anti-national forces want me in jail,” he said. Acharya Balakrishna, gen- eral secretary of Patanjali Yogpeeth, said that Patanjali has carried out clinical trials for more than 10 diseases like dengue, hypertension, asthma, swine flu and it’s not the first time that they are conducting virology trials. I ndia gave yet another jolt to China on economic front with the Centre dumping off Chinese firms involved in road and highways projects across the country. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Indian Government will not allow Chinese companies to partici- pate in highway projects and they would not be able to take part in joint ventures as well. The Centre recently ter- minated a contract in Indian Railways worth Rs 471 crore with a Chinese company. BSNL too announced to terminate the contract with a Chinese com- pany to set up 4G services. The Department of Telecom has also decided not to let Huawei to take part in 5G spectrum testing. “The Government is going to ensure that Chinese investors are not entertained in various sectors like Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). We will not give permission to joint ventures that have Chinese partners for road construction. We have taken a firm stand that if they (Chinese companies) come via a joint venture in our country, we will not allow it,” Gadkari said. Gadkari said soon a policy would be out to ban Chinese firms from taking part in high- way projects. He said the sys- tem would aim at relaxing norms for the Indian compa- nies to expand their eligibility criteria for such projects. Currently only a few pro- jects which were undertaken much earlier involve some Chinese partners. Gadkari said the new decision will be imple- mented in current and future tenders and with respect to existing tenders and future bids. He said rebidding would be done if there are any Chinese joint ventures. “We have taken a decision to relax norms for our compa- nies to ensure that they qualify in bidding in large pro- jects. I have directed the Highways Secretary (Giridhar Aramane) and NHAI Chairman (SS Sandhu) to hold a meeting for relaxing techni- cal and financial norms so that our companies can quali- fy to work,” he said. Elaborating on the deci- sion, Gadkari said if a con- tractor can qualify for a small project, he can also qualify for a large project. “Construction norms are not good so I have asked to change it. We are changing it so that we can encourage Indian companies,” he added. According to him, qualifica- tion norms for projects are being rationalised to ensure Indian companies do not require to enter into pacts with foreign partners to grab projects. “Even if we have to go for foreign joint venture in the areas of technology, consul- tancy or design, we will not allow Chinese,” the Minister said. The RTH Minister also said while the Government is encouraging foreign invest- ment and joint ventures in MSMEs, the Chinese compa- nies will not be entertained for the same. He said this step is in sync with the vision of Prime Minister Modi to build a “self- reliant India” or Atmanirbhar Bharat. Continued on Page 4 A day after India banned 59 Chinese Apps, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday closed his account in Chinese social media plat- forum Weibo. The PM joined Weibo in 2015 on his first visit to China as his favourite micro blogging site Twitter was not available there. Modi till date published 115 posts on Weibo. According to PMO officials, though they had requested to cancel the account, Weibo was continuing the account. The PM’s posts were deleted by the officials on Wednesday. Right now Modi’s Weibo account is seen as blank. Modi has more than 24 lakh followers in Weibo and many of his posts were about the India-China relations. T he Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday can- celled the 4G upgradation ten- der of PSUs BSNL and MTNL to avoid the Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE make a bid for it. After the India- China tussle at Galwan valley, Indian officials had indicated that they would avoid using Chinese equipment in the the Indian telecom network. Now DoT will issue a new tender with clauses avoiding Chinese companies. LUCKNOW: (PNS) As many as 30 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the city on Wednesday, including eight mem- bers of a family at Meerabai Marg. A newly-wed couple had tested positive on June 28 after their wedding on June 18 and the new cases are from the same family. CMO Dr Narendra Agarwal said among those who tested positive included three in New Hyderabad, five in Kapoorthala, two in Gomti Nagar, and one each in Gomti Nagar Extension, Chowk, ‘112’ helpline, Arjunganj, Indira Nagar, Narhi, Vrindavan Yojana, Krishnanagar and Daliganj. Forty-nine patients were cured and discharged in the city, including seven from KGMU, 11 from SGPGI, eight from LBRN, three from RML Hospital, 17 from RSM and three from ESI hospital. ■ See Page 3

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Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra on

Wednesday was asked to vacateher Government-allocatedLodhi Estate bungalow in Delhiby August 1, as she no longerenjoys the Special ProtectionGroup (SPG) security cover.

The Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs has toldPriyanka that if she staysbeyond August 1, she will haveto pay penalty as per the norms.As per records, she has accu-mulated dues of �3,46,677- ason June, 30 2020. She has beenissued the notice to clear thesedues. Priyanka had been allot-ted 35 Lodhi Estate, a Type VIbungalow, in February 1997 forsecurity reasons.

“Consequent upon with-drawal of SPG protection andgrant of Z+ security cover byMinistry of Home Affairs,which does not have provisionfor allotment/retention of gov-

ernment accommodation onsecurity ground to you, theallotment of Type 6B housenumber 35, Lodhi Estate, NewDelhi is hereby cancelled witheffect from 01/07/2020,” saidthe ministry’s notice. Thenotice was issued by GP Sarkar,deputy director of estate (A-1),MoHUA.

According to the currentnorms, there are no provisionsfor allotment or retention ofgovernment accommodationto those with Z+ security unlessexceptions are made based onrecommendations given by thehome ministry.

Continued on Page 4

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Six men were killed and 16others injured when a boil-

er exploded at the NLC India’sthermal plant here onWednesday, an official said.

Home Minister Amit Shah,expressing anguish over theloss of lives, spoke to ChiefMinister K Palaniswami andassured all possible help. Whilepreliminary inputs from theexplosion site said two peopledied, the toll has gone up to sixnow, the NLC official said.

“Six men have died. Sixteenpeople who sustained injurieshave been rushed to a hospital inChennai,” he said. The sixdeceased men, aged between 25and 42 years, were contractworkers. The injured includeemployees who have sustained atleast 40 per cent burn injuries.

Detailed report on P4

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In a major relief to road acci-dent victims, the Centre on

Wednesday announced a pro-vision of free cashless treatmentup to �2.5 lakh to ensure thatthe victim gets immediate med-ical care including during the‘Golden Hour’. According to aGovernment notification, thepolicy will also cover foreignnationals if they meet with anysuch road eventuality.

The Road Transport andHighways Ministry has ropedin the National HealthAuthority (NHA), which isimplementing AyushmanBharat PM Jan Aarogya Yojna,to process the claims raised byhospitals after treating theinjured and will use its robustIT platform to run the scheme.

The idea of such a facilityfor road accident victims wasfirst conceived in 2012 and wasannounced for a pilot projectlaunch in December 2014.

“The Ministry will set upa Motor Vehicle Relief Fundwith its own contribution andalso from the GeneralInsurance Company (GIC).The GIC will bear the expens-es incurred on victims due toaccidents involving insuredvehicles and in ‘hit and run’cases. The road transport min-istry will bear the expenditurefor crashes involving unin-sured vehicles,” said a seniorMoRTH official.

The move is considered tobe significant considering thatnearly 1.49 lakh people lostlives in road accidents in 2019and about five lakh were leftinjured. About 15 per cent of

the fatalities are on account of‘hit and run’ cases. Accordingto a report, about 50 per centdeaths can be avoided byensuring timely medical care tothe accident victims. The offi-cial said the policy aims tobring relief to the poor whocan’t pay upfront to hospitalsfor medical care in case of acci-dent on roads.

As per the plan, NHA willset up a dedicated cell forimplementation of the schemeand settling the claims.

NHA has been involvedconsidering its expertise inimplementing AyushmanBharat scheme.

Continued on Page 4

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The third round military-level talks between India

and China to resolve the stand-off at various places along theLine of Actual Control inEastern Ladakh, saw the twosides resolving to “sincerely”implement the disengagementunderstanding reached in thefirst corps commander-leveltalks on June 6.

The Chinese establishmentmouthpiece Global Times haspainted a far more agreeableoutcome of the parleys. InBeijing, the Chinese ForeignMinistry on the third round oftalks said the two sides contin-ue working towards imple-menting the consensus reachedat the two earlier rounds ofcommander-level talks andmade progress in effective mea-sures by frontline troops todisengage and deescalate the sit-uation. China welcomes that.

“We hope the Indian sidewill work with the Chinese sidetowards the same goal, keep upclose communication throughmilitary and diplomatic chan-nels, and ease the situation andreduce the temperature alongthe border,” it said.

India sources said Indiaand China have stressed theneed for an “expeditious” de-escalation as a “priority and thecoming days could see moremeetings on the military anddiplomatic level to restore peaceon the border. These agree-ments were arrived at in the lat-est round of Corps Commander

level meeting on Tuesday inChushul, Ladakh between LtGeneral Harinder Singh andMajor General Liu Lin, sourcessaid here on Wednesday. Thetalks lasted for more than tenhours and ended late in theevening, they added.

In a related development,Defence Minister Rajnath Singhwill visit Ladakh on Friday toreview the situation on theground. He will be briefed bysenior commanders of theNorthern Command and isexpected to visit some forwardareas. He will also interact withsome of the soldiers who wereinjured in the bloody brawl onJune 15 and now recuperatingat the military hospital in Leh.

It will be Rajnath’s first visitto Ladakh since the face-off

began in early May. The pro-posed tour also comes at atime when the two sides are bol-stering their troop strengthbesides heavy weaponry on theLAC as the repeated rounds oftalks, so far, have not yielded thedesired result.

Though the latest talks alsoremained inconclusive, officialssaid ‘’Both sides have empha-sised the need for an expedi-tious, phased and step wise de-escalation as a priority.’’ This, thesources said, is in sync with theagreement between ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarand his Chinese counterpartWang Yi in their telephonic talkson June 17 that the overall sit-uation would be handled in aresponsible manner.

Continued on Page 4

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The Covid-19 positive casecount in the country surged

past the six lakh mark withMaharashtra on Wednesdayalone adding 5,537 new casesof infection where the tally ofthe infected persons hastouched 1,80,298 cases.Maharashtra recorded 198deaths due to the pandemic,taking the tally of the dead dueto novel coronavirus to 8,053.

During the last 24 hours,Tamil Nadu reported 3,882fresh Covid-19 cases of infec-tion where the tally of those hitby the pandemic has reached94,049. The State recorded 63casualties during the day, tak-ing the death count to 1,264.

Delhi reported 2,442 newcases of Covid-19 infection,taking the tally of the infectedto 89,802. As many as 81 per-sons died during the day, tak-ing the tally of the deceased to2,803.

West Bengal added 611cases to stretch the tally of

infected people to 19.170.Fifteen persons succumbed tothe disease during the day inthe State that has now a deathcount of 683 persons.

Rajasthan recorded 78 newcases, taking the tally to 18,086.As many as 413 persons havedied in the State till so far with-out any casualty during the day.

Karnataka added 1,272new cases where 16,514 per-sons have been infected tillnow. Seven persons died dur-ing the day, taking the tally ofdeceased to 253.

Andhra Pradesh recorded657 new cases of Covid-19 tostretch the tally to 15,252. Sixdeaths added up during the dayto take the tally of dead to 193.

Continued on Page 4

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Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev’sPatanjali will now market

Ayurvedic combination“Coronil” as immunity boost-ing ‘Covid-19 managementdrug’ and not as Covid-curedrug as was initially announcedby the promoter.

Ramdev on Wednesdaysaid that all issues with theUnion Ayush Ministry havebeen resolved and theirayurvedic medicine has beenlabelled as a Covid-19 man-agement herbal medicine.

The Ministry accepted theyoga guru’s claim saying thatthe herbal formulation willnot be sold as cure for the coro-navirus but as immunity boost-er to manage the disease.

Baba Ramdev said that hisfirm Patanjali Yogpeeth followed all due legal proce-dures in carrying out clinicalcontrol trials of Coronil,swasari and anu taila on Covid-19 positive patients. He alsopointed out that after carrying

out successful clinical controldrug trials on asymptomaticand mild patients, Patanjali isalso carrying out advancedstage research on seriouspatients.

“Our Covid-19 immunity

boosters are solely abstractand compounds of Ayurvedicherbs like Giloy, Tulsi,Ashwagandha and have beeneffective in the treatment ofcoronavirus patients.

“Soon this Coivd-19

immunity booster kit will beavailable across the countryand we are in talks with thoseStates also where due to someconfusion the sale of Coronilwas being opposed,” saidSwami Ramdev.

He pointed out that rightthrough from licence seekingprocess, clinical trials, scientificdocumentation to submissionof all the requisite documentspre and post trials, Patanjali fol-lowed each and every rule butundue confusion and doubtswere created to malign theirsincere efforts on creating animmunity boosting Ayurvedicmedicine for Covid-19.

“The drug mafia, MNCsand anti-national forces wantme in jail,” he said.

Acharya Balakrishna, gen-eral secretary of PatanjaliYogpeeth, said that Patanjalihas carried out clinical trials formore than 10 diseases likedengue, hypertension, asthma,swine flu and it’s not the firsttime that they are conductingvirology trials.

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India gave yet another jolt toChina on economic front

with the Centre dumping offChinese firms involved in roadand highways projects acrossthe country.

Union Minister NitinGadkari said the IndianGovernment will not allowChinese companies to partici-pate in highway projects andthey would not be able to takepart in joint ventures as well.

The Centre recently ter-minated a contract in IndianRailways worth Rs 471 crorewith a Chinese company. BSNLtoo announced to terminate thecontract with a Chinese com-pany to set up 4G services. TheDepartment of Telecom hasalso decided not to let Huaweito take part in 5G spectrumtesting.

“The Government is goingto ensure that Chinese investorsare not entertained in varioussectors like Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs). We will not give permission to joint venturesthat have Chinese partners for road construction. We have taken a firm stand that ifthey (Chinese companies)come via a joint venture in ourcountry, we will not allow it,”Gadkari said.

Gadkari said soon a policywould be out to ban Chinesefirms from taking part in high-way projects. He said the sys-tem would aim at relaxingnorms for the Indian compa-

nies to expand their eligibilitycriteria for such projects.

Currently only a few pro-jects which were undertakenmuch earlier involve someChinese partners. Gadkari saidthe new decision will be imple-mented in current and futuretenders and with respect toexisting tenders and futurebids. He said rebidding wouldbe done if there are anyChinese joint ventures.

“We have taken a decisionto relax norms for our compa-nies to ensure that they qualify in bidding in large pro-jects. I have directed theHighways Secretary (GiridharAramane) and NHAIChairman (SS Sandhu) to holda meeting for relaxing techni-cal and financial norms sothat our companies can quali-fy to work,” he said.

Elaborating on the deci-sion, Gadkari said if a con-tractor can qualify for a smallproject, he can also qualify for a large project.“Construction norms are not good so I have asked tochange it. We are changing itso that we can encourageIndian companies,” he added.According to him, qualifica-tion norms for projects arebeing rationalised to ensureIndian companies do notrequire to enter into pactswith foreign partners to grabprojects.

“Even if we have to go forforeign joint venture in theareas of technology, consul-tancy or design, we will notallow Chinese,” the Ministersaid.

The RTH Minister alsosaid while the Government is

encouraging foreign invest-ment and joint ventures inMSMEs, the Chinese compa-nies will not be entertained forthe same. He said this step is insync with the vision of PrimeMinister Modi to build a “self-reliant India” or AtmanirbharBharat.

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Aday after India banned 59Chinese Apps, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi onWednesday closed his accountin Chinese social media plat-forum Weibo. The PM joinedWeibo in 2015 on his first visitto China as his favourite microblogging site Twitter was notavailable there.

Modi till date published115 posts on Weibo. Accordingto PMO officials, though theyhad requested to cancel theaccount, Weibo was continuingthe account. The PM’s postswere deleted by the officials onWednesday. Right now Modi’sWeibo account is seen as blank.

Modi has more than 24lakh followers in Weibo andmany of his posts were aboutthe India-China relations.

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The Department ofTe l e c o m mu n i c at i o n s

(DoT) on Wednesday can-celled the 4G upgradation ten-der of PSUs BSNL and MTNLto avoid the Chinese telecomgiants Huawei and ZTE make

a bid for it. After the India-China tussle at Galwan valley,Indian officials had indicatedthat they would avoid usingChinese equipment in the theIndian telecom network. NowDoT will issue a new tenderwith clauses avoiding Chinesecompanies.

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Lauding Health departmentworkers for their role in the

fight against coronavirus, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanathlaunched a mega campaignagainst communicable diseasesspanning the next one monthacross the state on Wednesday.

The function held at theCM’s official residence at 5,Kalidas Marg in Lucknow wasattended by several ministersand officials. Some senior min-isters were also present in dif-ferent districts to launch thecampaign and participatedthrough video conferencing.

A mega surveillance ofcoronavirus is presently under-way in Meerut division com-prising, Meerut, Ghaziabadand Noida where Healthdepartment teams wouldscreen every household andsurvey members suffering fromany illnesses.

Speaking at the function,Yogi said that at a time whencoronavirus cases were rising inthe state, communicable dis-eases were also likely to spreadtentacles with the onset ofmonsoon.

“We have to be aware ofcommunicable diseases alongwith coronavirus by keepingour areas clean and followingprecautions,” he said.

Lauding the Health depart-ment for controlling commu-nicable diseases in 2019, Yogisaid that around 600 peopledied of communicable diseaseslike dengue, malaria andencephalitis in 2017 but the fig-ure plummeted to just 126deaths in 2019, due to the goodwork done by Health and otherdepartments. He also appreci-ated the work done by officersand medical staff in bringingdown encephalitis deaths ineastern UP districts.

Under the campaignagainst communicable diseases,volunteers would carry out

door-to- door survey of peopleand the ailing ones would beprovided medicines and chil-dren would be vaccinated.

Talking about upcomingcoronavirus surveillance acrossthe state, the CM said preven-tion of COVID-19 could onlybe through screening. “We

have to win the fight againstcoronavirus and will do what-ever is required to achieve thetarget,” he said.

Yogi said that door-to-door coronavirus surveillancewould start from Meerut divi-sion on Thursday and it wouldcommence in remaining divi-

sions from July 5.Of late, the highest spike in

coronavirus cases has beenreported from Ghaziabad,Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida)and Meerut districts of Meerutdivision. Almost 20-22 percent of the total coronaviruscases are reported from these

districts daily. Bharatiya JanataParty state chief Swatantra DevSingh, who was also present atthe function, said that thecampaign against communica-ble diseases would prevent thespread of dengue, malaria,encephalitis, chikungunya andother similar diseases.

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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati hit outat the Union and state governments, includ-

ing that of UP, for discrimination in extendingrelief of various schemes for the poor launchedby Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight thepandemic.

“It is a matter of concern that even as sev-eral schemes have been launched to help the poorin fighting the economic crunch during pandem-ic, the governments are biased in extending helpto the targeted groups,” Mayawati said.

“Whether a state is ruled by the BJP,Congress or any other party, there has been dis-crimination in extending help to the poor andonly those are benefiting who support ruling out-fits,” she asserted.

She appealed that the governments shouldensure that there were no bias in extending ben-efits of welfare schemes to the poor and the needy.

Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sannouncement of extending distribution offree food grains to the poor till November, theBSP chief asked the Centre to extend the facil-ity till the pandemic was over.

“In order to check ignominy of starvationdue to unprecedented hardship & unemploymentdue to pandemic and lockdown, PM GaribKalyan Anna Yojna must be continued till thepandemic was over,” she tweeted on Wednesday.

The former chief minister of UP alsoexpressed concern over rising petroleum pricesand said that while on one hand prices of essen-

tials were soaring due to the pandemic, on theother, the spike in fuel prices had further wors-ened the situation. She demanded that the gov-ernment should roll back the price rise imme-diately.

Commenting to a video showing healthworkers tossing the bodies of COVID-19 victimsin a large pit in Ballari (Karnataka), the BSP chiefsaid that it was the “height of cruelty and insultto humanity” and demanded stern punishmentto the guilty

After the video surfaced online, KarnatakaHealth Minister B Sriramulu said that theerring workers were suspended on Tuesday.

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Congress general secretary Priyanka GandhiVadra targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modiand Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath onWednesday, alleging that weavers in the primeminister’s constituency Varanasi were sufferingdue to lockdown. She sought a financial pack-age for the weavers.In a series of tweets,Priyanka said that workers were forced to liveby pawning their jewellery and houses.

“UP chief minister called the prime minis-ter and organised an event claiming that lakhsof jobs are being provided to workers in smalland medium industries. But in reality, theweavers of the prime minister’s parliamentaryconstituency, Varanasi, are today forced to liveby pawning jewellery and mortgaging theirhouses,” she said in a tweet.

Lucknow (PNS): In a major boost to the state’sefforts of drawing in investments, Microsoftagreed to bring its next campus of 4,000 employ-ees in Greater Noida.

The virtual agreement by Microsoft IndiaManaging Director Rajiv Kumar took place ina discussion with MSME Minister SidharthNath Singh and would soon be followed by asite visit by Microsoft.

“The state is set to roll out the red carpetto Microsoft to make it easier to do business.The government earlier said that it will makeit simpler for investors willing to acquire landwithin 1 km on each side of the state’s express-ways,” Singh said.

“The company has said that they want tomove their North India campus to GreaterNoida. The next step will be a site inspectionby the team along Yamuna Expressway followedby their proposal which the government willexamine,” Singh said, without indicating thescale of planned investment.

The software major currently has twocampuses of 5,000 and 2,000 capacities at itsheadquarters in Hyderabad and in Bengaluru.

On the other hand, UP plans to develop anelectronics manufacturing park near JewarInternational Airport along Yamuna Expresswayconnecting Greater Noida with Agra.

Companies planning to start manufactur-ing will be entitled to subsidies and incentivesby the state, over and above what the Centre’soffers. Other companies like Tata ConsultancyServices (TCS), Wipro and Haier are also in var-ious levels of discussions with the state govern-ment on bringing in investments inNoida/Greater Noida region.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment bagged the top slot in

distributing wages to labourersunder MGNREGA and provid-ing jobs under the employmentguarantee scheme.

Additional Chief Secretary(Home) Awanish Awasthi saidon Wednesday that as perCentral government report,UP’s share in giving jobs tolabourers in MGNREGAschemes was 21 per cent of theentire country, as it providedemployment to over 46.27 lakhpeople by creating 13.06 lakhman days.

Awasthi said that UP paidthe maximum wages of�2594.82 crore to MGNREGAworkers out of which �71.32crore was paid on Tuesday.

He said Rajasthan camesecond to UP by distributingMGNREGA wages amount-ing to �2,064 crore.

The ACS said that employ-ment growth in the state was 12per cent while 74.69 lakh peo-ple were working across thestate . Government recordsmaintain that UP has about1.80 crore MGNREGA jobcard holders and of them, 85lakh are active.

Besides, construction workin gram sabha, restoration ofrivers, construction of ruralroads, digging of ponds andpits for plantation drives andother works are being carriedout under rural job scheme toprovide work.

In the last financial year,the highest single-day engage-ment of labourers stood at 14lakh and around the same timelast year, an average of aboutnine lakh workers wereengaged under MahatmaGandhi Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme (MGN-REGS).

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To expedite work in ongoingprojects, Deputy Chief

Minister Keshav PrasadMaurya released �150 crore forseven projects on Wednesday.The fund was procured as loanfrom Asian Development Bank(ADB).

In a communiqué releasedon Wednesday, Maurya saidthat funds were released toseven cities under UP MainDistricts Road DevelopmentProject financed by the ADB.He said the total budget of theproject was �1614.46 crore and�775.04 crore had beenreleased till now.

The deputy chief ministersaid that under UP Core RoadDevelopment Programmefunded by the World Bank, Rs40 crore were released for fourongoing projects.

Under these projects,broadening of 262.38 kilome-tre roads have been carried outand of the total estimated costof �1412.07 crore, �490.36crore has been released.

Maurya said that for acqui-sition of land for two projectsunder Indo-Nepal Border RoadConstruction Project, the stategovernment had released �5.51crore and a notification wasreleased by Public WorksDepartment (PWD) in thisregard.

Maurya, who holds thePWD portfolio, also directedofficials to ensure full utilisa-tion of released funds and toexpedite ongoing work whilemaintaining social distancingand other safety protocols to

check coronavirus spread. He claimed that all projects

be completed in time and allstandard norms be followed,failing which action would beinitiated against the errant offi-cials.

Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister YogiAdityanath directed all governmentdepartments and district administrationsto set up Covid helpdesks in large num-bers to screen people for coronavirus infec-tion. The government has set a target ofsetting up 10,000 Covid helpdesks acrossthe state and around 6,500 are working atpresent. All government offices, hospitals,police stations, private hospitals andindustrial units have set up Covidhelpdesks where teams check people withinfrared thermometers, pulse oximetersand take down details of those screened.

At a routine meeting of Team 11 inLucknow on Wednesday, the CM said thatafter achieving the target of 25,000 Covidtests per day, the target should now beraised to 30,000 tests per day.

He said that TrueNat machines fortesting coronavirus should be set up at pri-vate hospitals in large numbers after tak-ing permission from ICMR.

“Testing of Covid in private hospitalswill help non-Covid treatment in largenumbers too,” he said.

After the meeting, Additional ChiefSecretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi saidthat the CM also gave his nod for settingup a Covid testing lab in Ghaziabad, wherecoronavirus patients have been detected inlarge numbers in recent weeks.

Besides, he said, the government alsoreceived 50,000 additional kits of rapidantigen tests which would be used in sixdistricts of Meerut division.

At present, these tests are being donein 11 districts of UP.

Yogi also directed district officials tobe strict on people not wearing masks inpublic, especially in big cities like Lucknow,Kanpur, Noida, Ghaziabad, Varanasi,Gorakhpur, Agra and Meerut. The offi-cials were also asked to enforce night cur-few during Unlock 2.0.

Meanwhile, Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that therecovery rate of coronavirus positive caseswas increasing by the day and onWednesday it stood at 69.12 per cent.

“A new milestone was achieved whenthe state carried out a record 26,479 testson Wednesday. The target is to achieve25,000 tests per day in June, but more testshave been done. The state has carried outCovid tests in the excess of 7.58 lakh so far,”he said.

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Lucknow (PNS): Samajwadi Partypresident Akhilesh Yadav celebrat-ed his 47th birthday onWednesday. The occasion was cel-ebrated in a simple way in view ofthe coronavirus pandemic.

SP leaders however erectedseveral hoardings on variousstreets of the state capital to greettheir leader.

In several parts of the state, SPworkers organised small pro-grammes to celebrate the occasion.

Former Lok Sabha memberand wife of Akhilesh Yadav,Dimple Yadav, was among the firstto tweet to wish her husband onhis birthday. Dimple appealed tothe party workers to help theneedy and poor on the occasion asthis was also the wish of her hus-band. SP spokesperson RajendraChaudhary said here onWednesday that party workersdistributed food, fruits and med-icines to the needy.

There was no major congrega-tion or celebration at the partyoffice and the occasion was cele-brated in simple way, he said.

Some district units of theparty organised havan and prayerfor the well-being and long life oftheir leader.

For the past one month,Akhilesh Yadav has been ratheractive and has been holding videocalls with party leaders in the dis-tricts. He is also revamping theparty organisation and gearing upfor the 2022 UP Assembly elec-tions.

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After several women teach-ers were found working on forged doc-

uments, now a male teacher of a govern-ment school was found drawing salariesfrom two schools of west UP simultaneous-ly.

Interestingly, the accused teacher wentmissing after going on leave and he sent hisresignation in November last year.

As per reports, Pradeep Kumar wasemployed at government primary schoolsof Muzaffarnagar and Bareilly districts.While he was staying and teaching inMuzaffarnagar since June 2011, he alsodrew salary from the Bareilly school. Thiswas confirmed by officials of Educationdepartment in Muzaffarnagar.

The officials said the matter came tolight on Tuesday when they were scanningthe documents submitted by Pradeep

Kumar at the time of getting job.“During online checking of docu-

ments, we found that Pradeep Kumar wasemployed as a teacher in two schools — inMuzaffarnagar and in Bareilly. However, hegot the job on the basis of same docu-ments,” Khand Shiksha Adhikari (educa-tion officer) in Muzaffarnagar NarenderSingh said.

Singh said that an inquiry had beenordered and legal action would be initiat-ed as per the findings.

Kumar, who had been teaching at theMuzaffarnagar school for more than eightyears, went on medical leave in November,2019.

He later sent his resignation and hiswhereabouts are not known.

Last month, UP Police arrested sever-al people for using same set of documentsto secure jobs in different governmentschools.

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Media spokesperson DrSudhir Singh said SarojKumari (23) was brought tothe hospital on June 30 morn-ing. “The patient was referredto the Emergency Medicinedepartment’s holding area formanagement of fever anddelivery. She delivered a boy at4:10 am on Wednesday. It wasa normal delivery under allseptic precautions. As herCovid status was awaited, thewoman was under continuoussupervision,” said Singh. “Themother and her child will beshifted to Queen Mary’s as herreport has come out negative,”he said. Dr Haider Abbas saidemergency care is provided topatients in KGMU.

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A32-year-old man wasfound dead under myste-

rious circumstances and thebody was recovered from neara school in PGI police stationarea on Wednesday. He wasmissing for the last three daysand his father had lodged acase only on Wednesdaymorning. Police claimed thathe was a history-sheeter.Rubbishing reports of foulplay, the police said the bodybore no injury marks.

PGI SHO KK Mishra saidthe body was recovered fromnear SKD School in VrindavanColony (sector-3) onWednesday afternoon. He saidthe deceased was identified asDharmendra Singh akaKuldeep of Kalli Paschimlocality in the area.

“Dharmendra Singh akaKuldeep was a history-sheeterand listed on HS number 11-A at the PGI police station.The body appeared to be threedays old and it had no marksof injuries. His father hadlodged a missing report onWednesday morning and the

body was recovered in theafternoon,” the SHO said.However, the family of thedeceased cried foul anddemanded an investigationinto the incident. They alsodisclosed the names of youthswho used to roam aroundwith Kuldeep. They said thepolice were not taking thecase seriously.

Meanwhile, a youth, iden-tified as Rakesh Kumar (19) ofGarhi Kanaura in Alambagh,ended his life on Tuesdaynight at his house. He wasfound hanging from the ceil-ing with a rope tied around hisneck. The police said Rakesh’sfamily members rushed him toCivil Hospital where he wasdeclared brought dead. TheAlambagh police said Rakeshworked as a labourer and wasunmarried. The police failedto explain why he committedsuicide.

Meanwhile, hit on thehead with an iron rod by atipsy group of youths, aMadiaon resident, Rishi wasbattling with life at a hospital.He was said to be in a criticalcondition. Police arrested two

persons in this connection.Rishi of Shankarpur locality inthe area was attacked onTuesday night allegedly afterhe stopped a group of youthsfrom creating a scene. Henoticed the group exchangingexpletives when he and hisfamily were returning home from an engagementceremony.

“We returned homearound 10:30 pm when we sawour neighbour Ram Chandraand his son Dharmendra,Arvind and Sandeep engagedin a verbal spat in a drunkenstate. As Rishi asked them tomend their ways, RamChandra and others flew inrage. As the brawl escalated,someone from Ram Chandra’sside attacked Rishi with aniron rod, leaving him critical-ly injured. He fell down andbled profusely. Three otherfamily members also sufferedinjuries. Rishi was rushed to ahospital. The police acted onlyafter mediapersons startedasking questions to seniorofficials. Later, the policearrested Ram Chandra and hisson Dharmendra.

Lucknow (PNS):Mankameshwar temple hasensured precaution for the firstMonday of Shravan monthwhich falls on July 6. MahantDevyagiri said even though thefootfall has been barely 25 percent of the regular visitors, theywere expecting not less than25,000 devotees because it is anauspicious occasion and comesonce a year.

“From the main door of thetemple up to the sanctum sanc-torum, we will draw five circlesand five people can walk up toto the start of the ‘garbh griha’from where there will be mech-anism through which they canpour water on ‘Shivling’. It willbe a little inconvenient becausethis is not the tradition in thenorth Indian temples and ismainly followed in the southIndian temples. It may beinconvenient but we will trythat the devotees get proper‘darshan’ and move in a conve-nient manner,” she said.

She admitted that manage-ment of crowds is essentialbecause ‘Shravan’ has always

seen maximum number ofcrowds in the temple.

“No matter how much youdiscourage people from com-ing to the temple because of thecurrent pandemic, people willcome to the temple on theoccasion,” she said.

She added that these timeshave always been consideredvery conducive for the spreadof infectious diseases and thismakes it more important to laystress on need to check thespread of communicable dis-eases. Making reference to thespecial puja which is held on‘Nagpachami’, she said most ofit will be conducted inLucknow now instead of Nasikand Ujjain which people usedto visit. “People will not begoing to Nasik and Punebecause of Covid-19 and hence‘puja’ will be conducted atMankameshwar temple. Sinceit involves a collection of agroup of people, we have decid-ed that this ‘puja’ will be con-ducted near the banks of Gomtiriver and not inside the temple,”she added.

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Three persons, including awoman, ended their lives

in different parts of the city inthe last 24 hours. InMahanagar, a BCom (III) stu-dent, identified as ShashikantBharti (20) of Nai Basti inRahimnagar locality, wasfound hanging from the ceil-

ing with a saree tied aroundhis neck on Wednesday morn-ing. Police reached the placeand sent the body for autop-sy. A police spokesman said itwas not clear why the youthcommitted suicide and furtherprobe was underway.

“The student was foundhanging in a room on topfloor of the house,” the

spokesman said, adding sub-inspector Parvez Ahmad wastasked with probing the case.Family members of thedeceased were in a state ofshock and they could notexplain what made the studenttake the extreme step.

In Hasanganj, a 27-year-old garments shopowner,identified as Paropkar Singh

aka Aman of Niralanagar, wasfound hanging from the ceil-ing with a bedsheet tiedaround his neck. Police saidAman had a shop in JanpathMarket, Hazratganj. “He wasseen hanging from the win-dow grill in the morning.Aman was unmarried and itcould not be ascertained as towhy he hanged himself. Sub-

inspector has been assignedthe probe into the case,” thepolice spokesman said. Theincident came to light around10:30 am on Wednesday.

Elsewhere in Para, awoman, identified as Sunita(40) of Teji Khera locality, wasfound hanging at her house onWednesday morning. Reportssaid neighbours spotted the

woman hanging and the newsreached the landlord, KrishnaUpadhyay of Sarojininagar.Upadhyay reached the sceneand informed the police.

Police said Sunita wasfound hanging with a dupat-ta tied around her neck.Sunita is sur vived by husband Ashok and threechildren.

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Traders associated with thewedding industry put up

banners at their shops acrossthe city on Wednesday askingthe government to either startthe industry or give them theright to commit suicide.President of Tent-Caterers’Association, Adarsh VyaparMandal, Vijay Kumar said thesituation is bad and thus theycame up with a unique form ofprotest.

He said they did not evenearn a paisa even as the wed-ding season culminated onTuesday. “The traders associat-ed with the wedding and otherareas did not have an iota ofbenefit in the wedding season.All the benefit went to thehotels who made small pack-ages for clients and madearrangements for weddings,” hesaid. Kumar said there are over3,000 traders in Lucknow asso-ciated with the wedding indus-try and there have been noearnings so far.

“We have suffered losses tothe tune of Rs 40-50 crore inLucknow alone and till now, weare dependent only on oursavings. Our earnings takeplace only in April, May andJune and we use the same forthe rest of the year,” he said.

On an average, a weddingcosts over Rs 6 lakh and there

are over 2,000-2,500 guesthouses in the district, bringingrevenue to those involved in thetrade. Kumar pointed out thatover 140 people are employedwith one wedding and if thereare functions in over 1,200guest houses on a single day,more than 1.5 lakh people getemployment.

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Uttar Pradesh has less num-ber of Covid-19 patients

because of the effective con-tainment strategy by the stategovernment, State SurveillanceOfficer Vikasendu Agarwalclaimed at an online press con-ference organised by UNICEFon Wednesday.

Agarwal said other statesare following Uttar Pradesh inthe strategies which the govern-ment has adopted. He said thestate is increasing its testingcapacity to 26,000 samples perday while door-to-door surveywill be started across the statefrom July 5 and master train-ers have already been trainedfor the purpose.

He said all the cases beingtracked are under surveillanceand village monitoring com-mittees have played a majorrole in keeping the count lowin villages even after the influx

of migrants. “Seventy-two per-cent of the cases are still asymp-tomatic,” he pointed out.

DG, Family and WomenWelfare, Mithilesh Chaturvedisaid the rising number of pos-itive cases is not an issue as theyhave the facilities.

On queries regarding herdimmunity as a strategy to fightthe coronavirus, Agarwal saidlatest studies have shown thatit is not right and there havebeen indications that herdimmunity actually leads to a lotof deaths.

On repeated queries thatthe numbers of coronaviruspatients in Uttar Pradesh is lowbecause of less testing facilities,the officer maintained that UPhad the best projection interms of cases against samplesand it is one case against 20samples. Regarding the numberof cases increasing in the com-ing months, he said it is unpre-dictable.

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Atotal of 2,200 teams willcarry out a door-to-door

survey for containment ofcoronavirus in Lucknow fromJuly 5. The survey has beenmade a part of the campaign ofcommunicable diseases whichstarted on Wednesday.

CMO Narendra Agarwalsaid the teams will consist ofone ASHA worker and oneAanganwadi worker each andthe survey will start simultane-ously across the district.

“The ASHA workers willtell the inmates about how toprotect themselves from coro-navirus infection and ask themif there are any cases of thefever, cough and cold so thatproper investigation can bedone. They will also inquireabout people suffering fromco-morbid conditions, if any.Simultaneously, awareness willalso be spread on how resi-dents should keep their sur-roundings clean and makesure that water does notremain stagnant anywhere tocheck the outbreak of commu-nicable diseases,” he said. Headded that they will give dailyreports on how many housesthey visit, how many houseshave comorbid patients andwhat are the findings.

As far as mortality age inLucknow is concerned, he saidpatients above 60 years of ageare more at risk even thoughfour patients that died recent-ly in the district were agedbetween 40 and 45 years.

“We cannot say that themortality age has reduced

because of these patients asthey came late for treatment.Had they come earlier orreported earlier, we could havesaved them,” he said. The totalnumber of corona deaths inLucknow is 19 while the totalnumber of cases is 1060.

Meanwhile, BalrampurHospital will be starting itsCovid-19 testing facilities soon.Director Dr Rajeev Lochansaid they have already got theBioSafety Lab level-2 readyand they are in the process ofappointing an MD(Microbiology) and an MSc(Microbiology) for that.

“We are starting this facil-ity under the initiative of ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath andwe are only waiting for humanresources,” he said. He said it’sthe CMO who will decidefrom where the samples will becoming to the lab.

“We will be testing ourown samples as also the onesgiven by CMO or DM,” he said.

He added that all the non-Covid activities have beenstarted at the hospital. “We arecarrying out orthopaedic, ENT,urology, burns and gastro surg-eries,” he said, adding thatvery few among the generalpatients coming to the hospi-tal are testing positive throughthe TrueNat machine whichthey have. “We test all thepatients going for elective surg-eries, even those with theslightest of symptoms,” headded.

Besides, media spokesper-son of Ram Manohar LohiaHospital Dr Srikesh Singh saidthe Covid hospital is almost

full to capacity. “We have 86patients at the moment. Aboutsix of these patients are thosewho tested positive in theholding area and were admit-ted to the hospital,” he said.

He pointed out that the agegroup of Covid-19 patients isbetween 21 and 65 years.“Earlier, the patients whichwere being admitted wereasymptomatic but lately, wehave seen that patients who arecoming and, especially thosewith co-morbidities, have

symptoms,” he said.He added that currently

they are managing them but astheir numbers increase in thecoming months, the influx ofpatients in ICU may alsoincrease. “Right now, we haveover 16 patients in the ICU,” headded.

Meanwhile, KGMU mediaspokesperson Dr SandeepTewari said that among thenon-Covid activities, they arealready running trauma andemergency services, emer-

gency services of LariCardiology and other cardiacservices. Gynaecological ser-vices are running, so are allOPDs related to cancerpatients and 30-40 percentelective OPDs have been start-ed. However, he added thatgeneral OPDs had not beenstarted.

“Only some departmentsare opening the general OPDsfor a couple of hours but dig-ital OPDs are working andpatients are reaching out for

consultation and treatment,” headded.

Meanwhile, at IndianInstitute of ToxicologyResearch (IITR), director AlokDhawan said they have com-pleted the testing of over13,000 samples at the rate of400-500 per day. “The stategovernment has set a target of400-500 samples per day. Ourturnaround time is 24 hoursand the maximum which wehave gone up to is 700 samplesin a day,” he added.

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As many as 30 more peopletested positive for coron-

avirus in the city onWednesday, including eightmembers of a family atMeerabai Marg. A newly-wedcouple had tested positive onJune 28 after their wedding onJune 18 and the new cases are from the samefamily. CMO Dr NarendraAgarwal said among those whotested positive included three inNew Hyderabad, five inKapoorthala, two in GomtiNagar, and one each in GomtiNagar Extension, Chowk, ‘112’helpline, Arjunganj, IndiraNagar, Narhi, VrindavanYojana, Krishnanagar andDaliganj.

Forty-nine patients werecured and discharged in thecity, including seven fromKGMU, 11 from SGPGI, eightfrom LBRN, three from RMLHospital, 17 from RSM andthree from ESI hospital.

The CMO has made 11areas as containment zonesand removed an existing one.The new containment zonesare Brijpushp Apartment’s thirdfloor (Alambagh), 2C/140Vrindavan Yojana (Telibagh),HN616 Sai City (IIM Road),420/131 Katra, B-301 RohiniApartments (Gomti NagarExtension), A-34 Indira Nagar,999 Sector 8 Patelnagar, 538Triveninagar Sitapur road, 307

Vikasnagar, Ujariaon near AdilApartments and flat number1301 in Gomti nagarExtension. Thirty-six teamsfrom the CMO office, alongwith 12 supervisors, carried outa drive in Aliganj, Mahanagar,Triveninagar, Vikasnagar,Madiaon, Gudamba andDaliganj on Wednesday. Asmany as 328 samples were col-lected and sent to KGMU fortesting. Meanwhile, KGMUspokesperson Dr Sudhir Singhsaid that a 24-year-old manfrom Nawabganj, Kanpur, wasadmitted to the Radiotherapyward for treatment of braincancer but he later turned outpositive for coronavirus. “Fiveemployees and four doctorshave been home-quarantinedwhile a resident doctor whocame in direct contact with the patient has tested negative,”he said.

In the state, 585 personstested positive, including 58 inNoida, 25 in Moradabad and12 in Unnao, taking the total to24,242. Twenty-one peopledied in the state, includingthree each in Meerut &Moradabad, two each in Agra& Lucknow and one each inKanpur, Ghaziabad, Barabanki,Bulandshahr, Prayagraj,Muzaffarnagar, Kaushambi,Ballia, Jalaun, Jhansi andChandauli, taking the toll to718. Besides, 546 persons weredischarged, taking the figuresto 16,629.

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An inspector who tried totouch a woman com-

plainant inappropriately andlater exposed himself inde-cently in his cabin at a policestation, was terminated withimmediate effect on the direc-tion of state government. IGGorakhpur range issued the ter-mination order. The inspectorwas also arrested later in thenight from Harraiya locality ofBasti district on Wednesday.

In a brazen act, the inspec-tor had tried to inappropriate-ly touch the woman com-plainant and later exposed him-self indecently in his cabin at apolice station in Deoria onJune 22. On coming to know ofthe incident, the Deoria policechief had immediately sus-pended by police officer. ,Thevideo of the lewd act went viralon Wednesday.

As per reports, a womanand her minor daughterapproached SHO of Bhatnipolice station, Bhishm PalSingh Yadav, for lodging acomplaint about a propertydispute. The SHO kept on call-ing the woman on consecutivedays and tried to act fresh withher. On June 22, unable to getcloser to her, the Inspectorbrazenly exposed himselfbefore the woman and herdaughter. Sensing his mala fide

intentions, the minor girlrecorded the inspector’s inde-cent acts on her mobile phoneand passed the clips on tosome kin who posted them onsocial media.

As the incident came to theknowledge of the district policechief, he immediately suspend-ed Yadav. But sensing his immi-nent arrest, the officer abscond-ed. Earlier, Superintendent ofPolice of Deoria said, “An FIRwas registered against theaccused inspector, he was sus-pended and action was beingtaken. The woman stated thatthe inspector was touching hisprivate parts in front of herwhile leading her to his cham-ber to register the complaint.

After the erring inspectorabsconded, a cash reward of�25,000 was announced forhis arrest. Earlier, an IPS offi-cer posted in an importantcity of west UP had hit theheadlines after being seen in avideo exposing himself to awoman during a video chat. Hewas subsequently suspended.

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Ablast in the second unit ofthe Neyveli Lignite

Corporation of India Ltd, near-ly 200 km south of Chennai onWednesday morning claimedthe lives of six workers. 16 per-sons who suffered seriousinjuries have been admitted toa corporate hospital in Chennaiwhile one person is being treat-ed at Neyveli itself, said thecompany release.

This is the second mishapin two months occurring inNLCIL, a public sector enter-

prise. A blast in early May hadresulted in two persons losingtheir lives.

According to SGurusaminathan , ChiefGeneral Manager , NLC, theblast occurred when workerstried to restart a boiler whichhad been shut down onTuesday night. On Wednesdaymorning, the management haddeputed 17 contract workersand six permanent staff to re-start the boiler . The blasthappened at 9.45 am while theteam was trying to start theboiler.

Union Home Minister

Amit Shah spoke to ChiefMinister EdappadiPalaniswami on hearing aboutthe news and assured the latterall help from the Centre.“Anguished to learn about theloss of lives due to a blast atNeyveli power plant boiler inTamil Nadu. Have spoken to@CMOTamilNadu and assuredall possible help," Shah tweet-ed.

The Home Minister fur-ther said that Centre's para-military wing CentralIndustrial Security Force(CISF) was already on the spotto assist the relief work.

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For the seventh day in suc-cession, Tamil Nadu tested

more than 3,000 positive casesfor coronavirus while the deathtoll too continued to be on thehigher side. On Wednesday3,882 persons were diagnosedwith covid-19 in the State while63 patients succumbed to thepandemic on a single day.

A medical bulletin issuedby the Tamil NaduGovernment said the totalnumber of persons diagnosedwith the pandemic till datereached 94, 049. As onWednesday, there were 39, 856patients all over the State while52, 926 persons have beencured of the pandemic till dateand discharged from hospitals.

Tamil Nadu’s death toll reached1,264 on Wednesday, said therelease.

Out of the 63 patients whosuccumbed to covid-19 onWednesday, 55 died withcomorbidities.

The State Governmentcontinued with its aggressivetesting through 91 laboratoriesacross Tamil Nadu. OnWednesday, 30, 571 personswere tested while till date 1.14million people across the Statehas been tested, making TamilNadu one of the leading Stateswith aggressive testing.

Chennai continued to topthe list of districts with thehighest number of personsdiagnosed with coronavirus.Out of the 3,882 persons test-ed positive on Wednesday2,182 were from Chennai. Theneighboring districts ofChengalpet accounted for 226cases, while Thiruvallur (147)

and Kancheepuram (86)showed some decline. Madurai(297) and Salem (162) are thenew cause of worry for healthprofessionals as there has beenno let up in the number ofpatients in these districts.

While 11, 294 persons inthe 60+ age group were afflict-ed with coronavirus, it is thepopulation within the 13 to 60age group which took a majorbrunt of the virus in the State.78, 138 persons in this agegroup were afflicted with thepandemic.

Though Tamil Nadu hasbeen seeing the return of manyexpatriates and people fromother parts of the country tothe State, it has not caused amajor issue in the State. OnWednesday only 75 personswho returned to the State from

foreign countries as well asother parts of the country test-ed positive for covid-19.

Dr K Kolanda Swamy, for-mer director of Public Healthand Preventive Medicine ,Government of Tamil Nadusaid the utmost care has to beobserved in the present phaseof the pandemic. “Avoid closecontact between persons stay-ing even in the same house.Maintain at least two metersdistance if separate rooms arenot available in the house.Avoid visitors and relatives. Useelectronic mode of communi-cations to the extent possible,”Dr Kolanda Swamy told ThePioneer.

He said it was not fair toexpect that the lock downwould bring down the numberof cases.

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Spontaneous protests brokeout in several parts of Bengal

after alleged TrinamoolCongress supporters attackedState BJP president Dilip Ghoshnear his new residence atRajarhat-New Town, a poshtownship in the north easternfringes of Kolkata.

Ghosh alleged that he washeckled by TMC goons whovandalised his vehicle and beatup his party men. The State rul-ing outfit however has dis-missed the charges.

Ghosh a BJP MP fromMidnapore had recentlychanged his residence fromSalt Lake to Rajarhat NewTown where he was attackedwhile he was out on a morningwalk.

“I keep changing my res-idence every year. I have comehere very recently and was ona morning walk. As usual Iwas speaking to some peopleduring Cha Chakra --- gos-siping over tea cups --- afterfinishing my morning-walkwhen some henchmen of theTMC emerged from nowhereand started abusing us…when we tried to reason outthey heckled me and my secu-rity men and even beat up myparty cadres. Even when I hadleft the place they were attack-

ing my party people,” Ghoshalleged saying party presi-dent Amit Shah too called himup to enquire about his well-being.

“He was asking as to howthe goons could pierce thesecurity ring to attack DilipGhosh,” a local party leader saidadding the Centre was takingthe issue very seriously.

“Such is the condition thatthe Government is harassingthe person who has rented methe house asking him to pro-duce all his papers, buildingplans and even summoninghim to the Lal Bazaar policeheadquarters,” Ghosh said.

The incident triggered aspontaneous reaction fromother political parties too withCongress Lok Sabha leaderAdhir Chowdhury attackingthe TMC for “stooping so lowas not to spare even as Statepresident of a party.”

The TMC may have ideo-logical differences with theBJP “but that does not meanthat a senior leader will beattacked like this. Even I amopposed to the BJP’s ideologybut I strictly condemn thisattack on the State president ofthat party,” he said.

CPI(M) central committeemember and State LegislatureParty leader Sujan Chakrabartysaid “TMC is the ideal party torepresent lumpen politics,”

adding the “attack was anoth-er way of popularizing the BJPand its leaders in Bengal… Thisattack was mounted not for anyother reasons but to give Ghoshthe publicity —in a minute —for which he would have to toilhard for months.

“When the Left was inpower we had stopped BJPfrom communalizing Bengal.But during Mamata BanerjeeBJP has done this very easily.First she tried to bring themdirectly through an alliance butwhen she failed she broughtthem to Bengal in an indirectmanner.”

The TMC however deniedsuch charges even as their MPSudip Bandopadhyay said, “BJPhas not reached a stage ofpopularity in Bengal fromwhere we will have to beat theirleaders down. The 2019 generalelections was just a flash in thepan and in 2021 you will seewhere they stand… and theyare staring defeat they are try-ing to create such kind ofdrama… the allegation is com-pletely baseless.”

Meanwhile BJP supporterscame down on the streets inlarge numbers in Kolkata—where an attempt to march tothe State secretariat was foiledby the police, Coochbehar,Hooghly, North 24 Parganasand elsewhere in protest againstthe Wednesday’s attack.

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Images of a minor boy, sittingover bullet-ridden body of

his maternal grandfather,stirred a Nation’s conscienceshortly after two Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists, hid-ing in an attic of a localmosque, ambushed a CRPFparty killing a jawan and acivilian on the spot while leav-ing three others grievouslyinjured near Model town areaof Sopore on early Wednesdaymorning.

Braving a barrage of fire, aStation House Off icer ofSopore, identified as AzimKhan, safely evacuated a vis-ibly 'traumatised' kid andhanded him over to his fami-ly after a short gap.

Flouting all norms, theimages of a minor boy, sittingby the side of a 'motionless'body of his grandparent, wail-

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“For upgradation of tech-nology, research, consultancyand other works, we willencourage foreign investmentand joint ventures in MSMEsbut in case of Chinese we willnot entertain them,” he said.

On stopping of consign-ments from China at Indianports, the Minister said thereis “no arbitrary stopping ofgoods” at Indian ports and theGovernment is initiatingpath-breaking reforms to helpMSMEs and businesses in abid to make the country self-reliant.

“It is a good step. Theimports from China will bediscouraged and the countrywill take large strides towardsself-reliance,” the Ministersaid and added that he isamong the strongest propo-nents of “AtmanirbharBharat”. There are reportsthat customs authorities atChennai andVishakhapatnam ports areconducting extra scrutiny ofconsignments from China.

Gadkari did not mentionthe name of the country fromwhere these equipment wereimported.

“Indian business has thestrength and skills to growfurther and power our jour-ney towards self-reliance.Under strong leadership ofPM Narendra Modi, theGovernment of India isproactive and initiating path-breaking reforms that willhelp businesses and MSMEs,”he said.

Most of these equipment,as per the information, per-tain to spraying devices forpesticide control as the samehad been diverted to urbanareas during the Covid-19pandemic outbreak.

Amid heightened bordertensions with China, Indiancustoms officials have startedphysical inspection of all con-signments coming from theneighbouring country spe-cial ly Chennai andVishakhapatnam ports.

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Also, the process of disen-gagement along the LAC is“complex”, and in such a context,speculative and unsubstantiat-ed reports need to be avoided,sources said. They said the dis-cussions reflected the commit-ment of the two sides to reducetensions along the LAC andmore meetings are expected,both at military and diplomat-ic levels, to arrive at a “mutual-ly agreeable solution”.

At Tuesday’s dialogue, thetwo sides also resolved to sin-cerely implement the disen-gagement understandingreached in the first corps com-mander-level talks on June 6,they said. “The meeting onTuesday was long and held in abusinesslike manner keepingin view the COVID-19 proto-cols. The discussions reflectedthe commitment of both sidesto reduce the tensions along theLAC,” the source said.

Meanwhile, reports comingfrom China also said the twocountries have agreed to disen-gage front-line border troops inbatches and take effective mea-sures to ease the situation in theborder areas.

A source close to Chineseborder troops also told theGlobal Times on Wednesday,the two Corps Commandershad a frank and in-depthexchange of views, discussedeffective ways to resolve currentdifferences in border control,and studied concrete measuresto enhance mutual trust andmaintain stability.

The two sides have agreedto disengage front-line troops inbatches and take effective mea-sures to ease the situation in theborder areas. The source saidthat the military commander-level’s meeting showed the twosides’ willingness to ease ten-sions on the border, and avoidfurther escalating the situation.

The two sides should makeuse of the existing border talkmechanism, abide by agree-ments, respect historical facts,

accommodate each other’s coreconcerns, and push for theimplementation of the consen-sus reached through negotia-tions, the source said.

What is urgent now is thatIndia should meet Chinahalfway, strictly restrain theactions of front-line troops,refrain from taking radicalmoves and risks, and jointlysafeguard peace and tranquili-ty in the China-India borderareas, the source stressed.

This was the third round oftalks between the two CorpsCommanders since June 6. Inthe previous two rounds oftalks, the Indian side demand-ed immediate withdrawal ofChinese troops from variousareas in the region and restora-tion of status quo ante prior toMay 5.

In the talks on June 22, thetwo sides arrived at a “mutualconsensus” to “disengage” fromall the friction points in easternLadakh. The first round of talkson June 6 saw both sides final-izing an agreement to disengagegradually from all the standoffpoints beginning with GalwanValley. However, the situationdeteriorated following theGalwan Valley clashes on June15 killing 20 Indian Army per-sonnel and the two sides sig-nificantly enhancing theirdeployments in most areasalong the LAC.

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Nearly 20,000 private andgovernment hospitals are onthe NHA platform and thiswould come as a big help forquicker and successful imple-mentation of the scheme.

The Centre had launchedpilot projects on three highwaystretches that provided the vic-tim cashless treatment for up toRs 30,000. The NH coveredunder such a scheme wereGurgaon-Jaipur section of NH8, Mumbai-Vadodara of NH 8and Ranchi-Rargaon-Mahuliaof NH 33.

Another senior MoRTHofficial explained that a GPS

enabled ambulances, connect-ed with a central control roomthrough a toll-free number1033, will be stationed at dis-tance of 20 km to transport theinjured to the hospitals fortreatment within the GoldenHour.

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Haryana reported 393 newcases, taking the tally of theinfected to 14,941. Four per-sons died during the day in theState that has death count of240 persons till now.

Madhya Pradesh recorded268 new cases in the State witha tally of 13,861 infected per-sons till now. Nine persons diedduring the last 24 hours wheredeath toll stands at 581.

Bihar added 87 fresh casesof infection where count ofinfected persons breached the10,000 mark. The State has10,075 infected persons tillnow. Five persons died duringthe day in the State that has wit-nessed a toll of 73 persons tillnow. Odisha recorded 251 newcases where the tally hasreached 7,316. One death wasreported during the day wherethe toll is now 33.

Jammu & Kashmir added198 new cases where the countof the infected people has now

reached 7,696. Four personssuccumbed due to the diseaseduring the day to take the tollto 104.

Assam reported 140 newcases where the tally has surgedto 8,548 cases. The State hasrecorded 12 deaths till nowwithout any casualty during theday.

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The bungalow was allottedto her despite being a privatecitizen on the account ofPriyanka Gandhi having beena Special Protection Group(SPG) protectee. The SPG rulesallow all the protectees to getgovernment accommodation.Priyanka Gandhi, however,pays rent for the Lodhi Estatebungalow. The Modi govern-ment changed the rules forallotment of governmentaccommodation in 2015 andmade only SPG protectees eli-gible for government accom-modation. Before 2015, eventhose with Z plus security wereentitled for government accom-modation. The security pro-tectees will not be required tosurrender their own houses inDelhi in lieu of allocation ofgovernment accommodation.

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ing inside a policy gypsywent viral on various socialmedia platforms.

In the last two weeks, itis for the second time theterrorists have used a reli-gious place to target thesecurity forces in Kashmirvalley.

Two terrorists were neu-tralised in a Jamia mosque inMeej area of Pampore onJune 19 without causing anycollateral damage inside themosque.

According to a localpolice officer, "the minorchild was traveling in a pri-vate car with his maternalgrandparent, identified as65 year old Bashir Ahmadfrom Srinagar". "BashirAhmad was working as acontractor and was headingtowards Handwara to picksomeone. When he wascaught in the crossfire he ranout of the car to secure asafer place but received twobullet injuries and suc-cumbed".

Some miscreants inKashmir valley also attempt-ed to launch a misinforma-tion campaign on varioussocial media platforms andeven aggrieved family mem-bers parroted the narrativethat a civilian was killed byCRPF jawans. Reacting tothese reports, Inspector

General of Police, Kashmirrange, Vijay Kumar, deniedall these allegations and alsourged the family to appreci-ate the role of a police offi-cer who saved their minorboy and escorted him tosafety amidst exchange ofheavy gunfire. "I want to askthem whether they were pre-sent at the site of the inci-dent. Did they see them-selves who fired" ? IGPasked. He also patted theback of the SHO for dis-charging his duty and savingan innocent life during crossfiring.

A CRPF spokesman inSrinagar also rejected thefamily's allegation. “His fam-ily was not on the spot. Howcan they level such allega-tions,” he said. “BashirAhmad was killed in the ter-rorist firing. He was hit bythe bullets coming from thesame side from where ourCRPF jawans were also hit,”he said.

According to a StationHouse Officer (Sopore),Azim Khan, "when the localpolice party arrived at thespot they saw injured CRPFjawans and a civilian lying ina pool of blood". He said,"we also noticed a minor boypresent there. My first pri-ority was to evacuate him tosafety. We covered the area

with mobile bunkers of J&kPolice and CRPF to preventthe minor boy from comingin the line of fire from theopposite side". SHO said, "wealso shifted the injured CRPFjawans and one of them suc-cumbed due to fatal bulletinjuries in the hospital". SHOclaimed, no one coming fromthe opposite direction fromHandwara and Kupwarareceived bullet injuries. Someof the travelers had takenshelter inside local shops andwe rescued several amongthem,none of them were hurtin the firing from our side.He claimed, "all the CRPFmen and a civilian receivedinjuries when terrorists firedupon them from inside alocal mosque in the area".

Sharing sequence ofevents, IG Kashmir rangetold media persons inSrinagar, "around 7.30 a.mwhen a CRPF party wasdeboarding near a Modeltown area of Sopore to set upa routine security checkpointnear Model town area ofSopore they were fired uponby two LeT terrorists from anearby mosque".

He claimed one of theLeT terrorists involved in theattack was a Pakistani nation-al Usman Bhai and anotherwas identified as Nasir, alocal LeT cadre.

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When Prime MinisterNarendra Modi calls for

turning hardship into opportu-nities here is school boy inBengal residing not far fromKharagpur IIT who has taken upthe challenge and delivered the‘goods’ as well as services.

Even as Trinamool CongressMP and Bengali cine star NusratJahan has attacked the Centre forits knee-jerk decision to banChinese apps without arrangingfor any backup systems causingjob losses to thousands of peo-ple, a Class XII student fromMidnapore has come out with analternative system to replacemuch popular Chinese App

TikTok et al, sources said.Named “Inosens” the new

App was created by PriyanshuSingh a student of a privateschool of Midnapore not farfrom Khargagpur IIT and hisfriend Shivam Singh during thelockdown period. The App isavailable in the Google PlayStore, sources said adding theApp has been prepared alongthe lines of the most popularChinese Apps. The students ofDAV Public School have cre-ated the App confirming to thecyber security laws, one wastold.The new developmentcomes after the CentralGovernment banned 59Chinese Apps amid a heavybuild up along the Indo-Chinaborders and in the wake of theneigbouring country’s aggres-sion in Ladakh border that ledto 20 Indian Army men beingmartyred on June 15.

Meanwhile Nusrat Jahan apopular actor and TMC MPfrom Basirhat camedown heav-ily on the Narendra ModiGovernment for banning theChinese Apps without pro-viding adequate backup Appstriggering a job loss for thou-sands of people during a peri-od when the country wasalready passing through arecession on account of coro-na pandemic.

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Though Tamil NaduGovernment on Wednesday

offered a job in the State servicefor the daughter of P Jeyaraaj,who was “killed” with his 31-year-old son Fenix last week inpolice custody, the tempers incivil society has not cooleddown over the alleged policeatrocity.

Tamil Nadu MinisterKadambur Raju called on thebereaved family on Wednesdayand handed over the letterappointing Jeyraaj’s daughterin the Government service tohis widow.

Film actor Rajinikanth, whohad made known his politicalambitions earlier, condemnedthe action of the Tamil NaduPolice which resulted in thedeath of the father-son duo inpolice custody. “While the entirehumanity has opposed the bru-tal killing of the father and sonby torture, I was shocked at theway some policemen behavedand spoke in front of the judi-cial magistrate. All thoseinvolved should get appropriatepunishment. This should not bespared,” the actor said in hissocial media posting onWednesday. But the actor wassilent about the death ofMurugesan of Tenkasi who toodied in police torture in Tenkasi.

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Activists of the SamajwadiParty (SP) celebrated the

47th birthday of party nation-al president and former UPChief Minister Akhilesh Yadavon Wednesday but forgotmaintaining social distancingin enthusiasm.

The activists of SP cut cakeand distributed face masks andsanitisers among needy personsat Dr RP Ghat. The activistsgathered at above mentionedghat and celebrated the birth-day of party president withgreat enthusiasm. KishanDikshit and many others werepresent on the occasion. Agroup of party activists gath-ered at Azad Park in Lahurabirand cut cake. They also distrib-uted ration kits and face masksamong needy persons. RajuYadav and others were presenton the occasion. Another groupof SP activists celebrated thebirthday of Yadav by distribut-ing face masks and sanitisersamong persons living in Benia

Bagh slum locality. The partycorporator Mithilesh Sahani,activist Amar Deo Yadav andothers took out bicycle proces-sion from Machhodari Parkand carried out tree plantationat a lawn in Mukimganj tomark the birthday of partyleader. They also pledged ofmaking environment pure andclean the locality. Besides, they

also pledged of getting policiesof party reach to commonman. The SP activists AshishRai and others celebrated thebirthday by planting saplingsnear Prabhu NarayanGovernment Inter College inRam Nagar and Kamlesh Yadavand others celebrated the birth-day near Ram Nagar Fort.

The activists also took out

bicycle procession in Sarnatharea that culminated at muse-um. They cut cake and tookpledge of maintaining environ-ment planting saplings. AnandYadav, Radha Krishan SanjayYadav, Umesh Yadav and manyothers were present on theoccasion. The party activistsSatyaprakash Sonkar, VarunSingh, Pravesh Patel and oth-ers celebrated the birthday ofparty chief distributing fruitsamong divyangs of SantkatMochan Kusth Ashram anddistributing ration kits amongpoor families in Nagawan.They also performed hawan atDurgakund for the long life ofYadav. They pledged for work-ing for the welfare of poor andgetting party policies reach tocommon people for whomAkhilesh Yadav did a lot dur-ing his tenure as CM of UP.

But while celebrating thebirthday of party chief, the SPactivists forgot to maintainsocial distancing in enthusiasm,through they put on facemasks.

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Congressmen continuedtheir protest against the

hike in the price of petrol anddiesel and staged demonstra-tion at all tehsils of district. Itmay be noted here that theCongressmen have beenprotesting against the increasein the price of petrol and dieselfor the last many days.

On the call given by partynational general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra, thelocal party leaders and workersstaged demonstration at alltehsils of the district. Theworkers led by former stateminister Ajay Rai stageddemonstration at Pindra tehsiland the activists led by ex-MPDr Rajesh Mishra demonstrat-ed at Gangapur tehsil. TheCongressmen staged demon-stration at Rajatalab tehsilunder the leadership of partydistrict president Rajeshwar

Patel and the workers demon-strated at Sadar tehsil under theleadership of party city chiefRaghvendra Chaubey.

The agitated Congressleaders said that the price ofpetrol and diesel has beenincreasing for last 20 days on

daily basis and now the com-mon man is finding themfinancially incapable to main-tain their vehicles as the priceof petrol and diesel has crossedRs 80. In the history of coun-try, the price of diesel becamemore than that of petrol dur-

ing last few days, they saidadding that the increase in theprice of diesel would hike theprice of essential commoditiesand it would also add the woesof common people. Theydemanded the government toroll back the hike at the earli-est in the larger interest of com-mon man. They threatened ofintensifying their agitation ifthe government failed in meet-ing out the demand. But atsame time, they were seen notmaintaining the social distanc-ing though they put on facemasks. It may be noted herethat the Congress Party hasbeen protesting against theincrease in the price of petroland diesel for the last manydays. They had staged nation-wide protest against the hikerecently and today they stageddemonstration at tehsil level instate on the call given by partynational general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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Indian Institute ofInformation Technology,

Allahabad (IIIT-A) hasachieved a milestone amongthe top ten best technical insti-tutes in the country.

The leading magazine,India Today in its latest releaseof ranks of country’s top engi-neering colleges, IIIT-A hasbeen ranked 10th position inthe overall category.

The top ten collegesinclude IIT- Delhi-1st rank,IIT-Mumbai-2nd, IIT-Kharagpur-3rd, IIT - Kanpur-4th, IIT-Roorkee-5th, IIT-Guwahati-6th, IIT, BIIT-Pilani-7th, NIT- Tiruchirapalli-8th,Delhi TechnologicalUniversity-9th and IIIT-A -10th rank.

Prof P Nagabhushan,Director, IIIT-A in a messageto all congratulated every sec-tion of the institute for scalingnew height in the country.

He said that we shall con-tinue to put our best efforts

and best step forward. ‘IIIT-Allahabad aims to evolve anintegrated ambience of cre-ative learning, researching fornovelties, contributing to thegrowth of knowledge, map-ping the knowledge into inno-vations, innovations in termsof innovative products, ser-vices and also in terms of re-engineering the educationprocess itself, devising thenewer tools and sophisticatingthe skills at a higher level.’

NBW AGAINST JAYAPRADA QUASHED: TheAllahabad High has quashedNBW against Jaya Prada intwo separate cases related tomaking a false statement inconnection with 2019 LokSabha elections.

However, the court haddirected the subordinate courtto move afresh in accordancewith law.

Justice Om Prakashpassed the order in a petitionfiled by Jaya Prada challeng-ing Non Bailable Warrantagainst her.

On February 13, 2020,Additional District & SessionsJudge, Court No 6, Rampurhad issued non-bailable war-rant against Jaya Prada in a2019 case.

In April 2019, a criminalcase was registered againstJaya Prada in which allega-tions against her were that shemade indecent remarksagainst her political oppo-nents.

Petitioners plea was thatthe offence was non cogniz-able offence and as per lawNBW could not be issued insuch cases. Therefore, pro-ceedings initiated against herin trial court are not as perprocedure prescribed inCrPC.

"NBW and other proceed-ings against the petitionermust be quashed. Proceedingson the basis of the chargesheetcould only continue as a com-plaint case. The trial court didnot consider the legal positionand wrongly issued NBWagainst Jaya Prada’, argued

counsel for petitioner. The court after hearing

concerned parties allowed thepetition of Jaya Prada andquashed NBW issued againsther while directing the trialcourt to proceed afresh inaccordance with law.

C H A R T E R E DACCOUNTANTS DAY CEL-EBRATED: This year onJuly 1, 2020 72nd CharteredAccountants Day is celebrat-ed with great zeal. Howeverdue to on-going COVID 19pandemic, on this occasion of72nd Chartered AccountantsDay, ICAI Flag is hosted atBranch premises situated atTulsiani Plaza Civil LinesPrayagraj.

On this occasion CA.Divya Chandra, Chairman;CA. Atul Mishra Vice-Chairman and Secretary, CAGaurav Agrawal treasurer,CICASA Chairman hasextended heartiest greetings toall of CA students andChartered Accountants onthis momentous occasion.

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North Central Railwayscaled new heights in pas-

senger and freight train oper-ations in June-2020. GeneralManager North Central andNorthern Railway RajivChaudhry stressed that safetyin train operations mustremain our prime focus.

In the video conferenceheld on on Wednesday withPHODs and DRMs of NorthCentral and Northern Railway,General Manager RajivChaudhry reviewed status ofsafety related measures takenon both Railways and stressedthat safety in train operationsmust always remain our prima-ry concern. He said that allRailway officers are safety offi-cers in their own domain andwe all have to strive continu-ously towards safe and efficienttrain operations.

Under the leadership ofGeneral Manager Chaudhry

North Central Railway hasscaled new heights in field ofpassenger and freight trainoperations in June-20 despiteongoing COVID-19 crisis.

On loading front NorthCentral Railway has achievedfreight loading of 1.43 milliontonnes in June-20 which is 8.33per cent higher than 1.32 mil-lion tonnes loading in June-19.To ensure supply of foodgrainacross the length and breadthof the country 1.6 lakh tonnesfoodgrain was loaded in June-20 which is double of 80,000tonnes foodgrain loaded lastyear in June. Agra division ofNorth Central Railwayachieved highest ever loadingof 153 petroleum and Bitumenrakes from Baad depot duringthe month. Earning fromfreight loading in June-20 is �150.51 crore which is approx-imately ��35 crore higher than��115.69 crore earned in June-2019.

In June , 2020 , 100 per

cent punctuality performancewas achieved by all three divi-sions on many occasions withAgra division achieving it on 15days , Prayagraj division on 4days and Jhansi division on 15days. With efficient operationof trains on all three divisions,NCR maintained excellentpunctuality of 94% in Junebesides achieving 100 per centPunctuality on June 21 & 23.

Apart from coachingtrains, Freight trains are alsorunning efficiently on NCRand goods trains clocked aver-age speed of 40.5 Kmph inJune-20 registering 75 per centincrease over last year. NCR isalready working on mission 50Kmph average speed of goodstrains through various mea-sures including operations offreight trains on twin pipebraking system. All new freightwagons equipped with thisfacility have two pressurized airpipes in braking system calledBrake Pipe(BP) and Feed

Pipe(FP) over the convention-al system of single Brake Pipe.Charging through additionalfeed pipe considerably reducesBrake release time after eachbrake application thus reducestime to cover certain distanceand improved speed of goodstrains. All the divisions onNorth Central Railway havestarted monitoring running offreight rake equipped withtwin pipe in twin pipe modeand efforts are also being madeto segregate single pipeand twin pipe wagons toform more twin pipe freightrakes.

Excellent performance inpassenger and freight opera-tions over NCR has been fullysupported with excellent main-tenance of all assets like tracks,rolling stock, OHE, siganlling,locomotives etc. though time-ly completion of all correctiveand preventive maintenanceactivities with COVID-19related precautions.

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National Doctors Day wascelebrated on Wednesday

at Military Hospital to honourthe legendary physician andsecond Chief Minister of WestBengal, Bharat Ratna DrBidhan Chandra Roy born onJuly 1, 1882. This day providesan opportunity to extendthanks to all the healthcare pro-fessionals and workers for theirdedication, devotion and ser-vice to community.

This day assumes morerelevance to thank healthcareworkers in a COVID pandem-ic with challenging environ-ment.

To mark the occasion aBuddha statue was unveiled byMaj Gen IM Lamba, General

Officer Commanding, PurvaUP & MP Sub Area at Military

Hospital, Allahabad. This wasto felicitate all the healthcarestaff in the current COVIDpandemic.

Brigadier SundeepBhandari, VSM, Commandant,Military Hospital, Allahabadexplained the importance ofthe Doctors Day and reiterat-ed the commitment, compas-sion and care towards patientsplus community at large in aCOVID pandemic publichealth emergency.

A steel plate with philoso-phy of KARMA was also placedwith the Buddha statue whichreads — ‘Think good thoughts,say nice things, do good thingsfor others, everything comesback’.—

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Again late on Tuesday night,nine new patients were

found infected with the coro-navirus in the Prayagraj dis-trict. The number of patientsinfected with the coronavirusin the district is continuouslyincreasing.

The report of a midwifeposted in the Gynaecologydepartment of SRN Hospitalhas also come up positive.Patients found infected wereadmitted to COVID Hospital.286 patients have been foundin the district. Of these, 206patients have cured andbecome fully healthy. Currently,72 patients are being treated inCOVID hospitals in the city.

Corona infection is spread-ing rapidly among SRNHospital staff. On Tuesdaynight, the entire departmentwas sealed after coronationwas confirmed by a midwifeposted in the Gynaecologydepartment of the hospital.Pregnant women admitted tothe ward were immediatelyshifted to another ward of thehospital to prevent the spreadof corona infection to otherpatients.

The woman, who hailsfrom Ahiyapur, works as amidwife in the Gynaecologydepartment of SRN Hospital.When she complained of fevertwo or three days ago, she got

her sampling done in the hos-pital. Reportedly, it wasrevealed that she was coronapositive.

It is being said that her hus-band also had a fever problemsince last week. There was apanic in the department assoon as the test report wasreceived positive. Immediatelythe entire ward was evacuatedfrom the patients and theyhave been shifted to anotherward. Now for two days therewill be no treatment nor deliv-ery in this department. Till the

report comes, other staffincluding the head of thedepartment will remain in thequarantine. Delivery has beenarranged at the DistrictWomen's Hospital.

With corona infection con-tinuing to spread in the city, therisk of increasing communitytransmission has increased.With this, the administrationand Health department aredoing all the exercises for itsprevention.

The antigen kit is playingan important role in this.

Through this, more and moresampling is being done and thecorona is being tested. TheHealth department team isreaching out to the areas withdifferent hotspots every dayand checking through this kit.So far, more than 300 sampleshave been collected and a pos-itive case has also been foundin it.

Till now it was taking threeto four days for the report ofthe corona test to come out.However, after permissionfrom ICMR, the city has nowstarted testing with antigenkits. This allows the corona tobe tested on the spot without alab and machine. The reportcomes in half-an-hour.

Nodal and DistrictSurveillance Officer forCOVID-19, Dr Rishi Sahaisaid that due to the introduc-tion of antigen kit, the Healthdepartment is getting a lot ofconvenience in the testing ofcorona. The special feature ofthis kit is that if the samplereport is positive it does notneed to be re-examined, but itcan be re-examined if thereport is negative and the sus-pect has symptoms of corona.This campaign is going on fastin the hotspot area. The kit hasbeen tested in more than 20parts of the city in the last sevendays. This campaign will becarried out in about 40 areas,added Dr Sahai.

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Fifty-seven-year corono positive from Malviya Nagar,undergoing treatment at the SRN Hospital developed breathingproblems and was put on a ventilator on June 30. He died latein the night. Similarly, 75 year-old corona positive from GandhiNagar in Kaushambi was admitted in the hospital on June 27 last.He developed breathing problems on Tuesday evening and wasput on a ventilator. He too died late in the night.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday 511 samples were taken for coro-na positive test in the city, out of which 175 were from whole-sale chemists shop dealers and workers situated on the LeaderRoad.

Nodal officer Dr Rishi Sahai has informed that testing teamwere deployed to take samples from chemist shopowners andtheir workers on the Leader Road.

On Wednesday, six corona positive patients undergoing treat-ment were discharged after being treated. Out of which four werefrom Kotwa and two from Meja.

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The district witnessed a bigspike as a total of 29 new

COVID-19 patients weredetected on Wednesday andwith this the number of totalpositive crossed the mark of500 and reached to 525.Though, as many as 14 patientshave been discharged butdespite this, the number of totalactive cases reached to 198. Atotal of 307 patients have so farrecovered from this highlyinfectious disease. And, withone death at late night onTuesday, the toll rose to 20.

As per information provid-ed by the district administra-tion, a total of 29 COVID-19patients have been detected andthe number of total positivereached to 525 crossing themark of 500. For the last fewdays the district has been wit-nessing the COVID-19 casesmore than 20 per day. Out of29 new cases, a total of 23 pos-itive cases were reported fromthe contact tracing and two aremigrant residents while fourpatients are local. One deathwas also reported at late nighton Tuesday and with this thetoll rose to 20.

As many as 14 patientshave also been discharged asthey won against this highlyinfectious disease and withthis the number of total recov-ered patients reached to 307 tilldate. But at the same time, thenumber of total active positivecases also reached to 198. Asmany as 20 new hotspots havebeen made and with this thetotal number reached to 247.Out of 247 hotspots, the num-ber of green, orange and redzones are 127, 19 and 101

respectively.The teams of the Health

department collected a total of467 samples on Wednesdayand with this, the number oftotal samples collected till datereached to 12,269. Out of total12,269 collected samples, theresult of 11,609 samples werereceived and of them, a total of11,084 samples were found asnegative while the samples of asmany as 525 were found posi-tive. The result of rest 640 sam-ples is awaited.

Meanwhile, in view of thegradual increase in COVID-19cases, the district administra-tion on Wednesday imposedcomplete restriction on thesale of paan masala andgutakha with immediate effect.The educational institutions,coaching centres, parks and

sports grounds would remainclosed till July 31. The personsto be found wandering withoutany genuine reason, could faceweek-long home or govern-ment quarantine.

The District MagistrateKaushal Raj Sharma issuedfresh guideline for Unlock-2under which there would becomplete restriction on thesale of paan masala andgutakha as the district admin-istration found the spittingmain cause behind the spike inthe cases of COVID-19.

If anyone is found wander-ing without genuine reason,could be sent for seven dayshome or government quaran-tine and all the educationalinstitutions and coaching cen-tres for the students wouldremain closed till July 31. There

would be restriction on the per-sons aged above 65 years preg-nant women, persons withsevere diseases and the minorbelow 10 years to go out fromhomes barring in emergencyand on medical ground.

Barring emergency activi-ties and transport vehicles,there would be restriction onthe plying of any vehicle from9 pm to 5 am. There will berestriction on the use of mar-riage hall and banquets for theuse of any purpose. The restric-tion on social, political, sports,entertainment, cultural andreligious programmes wouldcontinue. The business estab-lishments would remain closeas per earlier arrangement ofleft and right side and therewould be weekly closing day onSunday.

Meanwhile, the policearrested 26 persons by takingaction under 151 of CrPCagainst them on Tuesday last.The police took action againsta total of 34 persons underSection of 188 of CrPC andSection of 51 of DisasterManagement Act. The policelaunched vehicle checkingdrive at 14 border points of dis-trict and 49 checking pointsand made challan of 1,718vehicles and seized seven vehi-cles while realised a penalty of� 1,10,200 from 145 vehicles.The district had registered asmany as 295 cases at variouspolice stations against a total of683 persons by June 30 last andascertained action against 4,269persons under the Section of188 of CrPC and Section 51 ofDisaster Management Act. Thepolice arrested 3,381 persons bytaking action against themunder 151 of CrPC.

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To mark its Installation Day,the State Bank of India

(SBI) on Wednesday made twoventilators available to PtDeendayal UpadhyayGovernment Hospital for treat-ment of COVID-19 patients.

The SBI held a programmeto observe Bank Day at itsadministrative office near dis-trict court here. On the occa-sion, the bank presented twoventilators to Pt DeendayalUpadhyay Government

Hospital for the treatment ofCOVID-19 patients. ChiefGeneral Manager, LucknowDivision Ajay Khanna pre-sented both ventilators to theChief Medical Officer Dr VBSingh during a programmeorganised to mark the day.

The bank also made 3,000face masks available to thedistrict administration. On theoccasion, Dr VisheshwarShukla and Dr VirendraBahadur Singh were also hon-oured by the bank. Besides, thezonal head Vinod Kumar Sinha

planted saplings at the officepremises, Police Lines andCutting Memorial School tomark the day and also set atarget of planting 5000 saplingsin the zone. The cash vanwas also flagged off on theoccasion.

Speaking on the occasion,Sinha said that the InstallationDay of the bank is observed onJuly 1 each year because theImperial Bank had beenrenamed as State Bank of Indiaon this day in 1955. Though,the history of the SBI is 214

years old when the Bank ofKolkata had been established inKolkata in 1860 and it had beenknown as Bank of Bengal lateron, informed Sinha addingthat the Bank of Mumbai andBank of Madras had beenmerged into Bank of Bengal in1921 and the new bank hadcome into existence after themerger with the name ofImperial Bank.

Many were present tograce the occasion includingChief Manager (Rajbhasha)Vinay Kumar Singh.

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Divisional CommissionerVindhyachal Preeti Shukla

asked the officials to completeworks without inordinate delay.At a review meeting organisedin her office at Patharahiya onTuesday, she made it clear thatno laxity would be tolerated inconnection with schemes beingaccorded priority by the CM.She expressed her discontentover tardy progress of workspertaining to PACSFED andasked the JDC to write a letteragainst the project manager tothe principal secretary,Cooperative. She took a seriousnote of the absence of SE RES.She asked the working agenciesto start pending works andexpedite the widening, main-tainence and strengthening of

roads besides ensuring thatthey were pothole free. Shedirected the CDOs to inspectthe projects and inform her. Inthe meeting the progress underNamami Gange and AMRUTwas also reviewed. She askedthe forest department to makesuccessful the mega event ofplantation which was sched-uled to be held on July 5 withproper coordination with theother departments. On theissue of Covid-19 she directedthe CMOs to create moreawareness about social dis-tancing and use of masks withthe proper coordination of themachinery. She asked to theCMOs to continue the testingand increase the number ofdaily tests. The meeting wasconducted by joint develop-ment commissioner Navneet

Kumar and attended by all thedivisional officers, the DMs andCDOs of the division.

ARRESTED: The Ahraurapolice arrested an accused forrioting and damaging publicproperty. Reports said that anaccident had taken place nearSonbarsa petrol pump onAugust 16, 2019, and publichad protested against it andsome persons had set six trucksablaze. Out of the 10 culpritsnine had already been sent tojail under relevant sections ofIPC. But Raju Patel, a residentof Patihta village, was still atlarge. For the arrest of theabsconding accused a reward of�25,000 had been announced.On Tuesday the police arrest-ed Raju Patel near Ashirwadpetrol pump Ahraura and senthim to jail.

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level of rivers and problems inview of rain and floods the rail-way administration remainedvigilant about safety and secu-rity of railway tracks in orderto ensure smooth and unin-terrupted rail movement asmuch as possible. Severalimportant rivers flow in thearea of operations of the NorthEastern Railway (NER) and-special monitoring of railwaybridges built on them wasdone. A water level monitoringsystem has been installed tomonitor the water level onimportant railway bridges.Chief Public Relations Officer(CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singhsaid that on NER the use ofmodern water level monitoringsystem had been started to keepa constant watch on the level ofrivers in place of traditionalgauge system. Under it throughthe solar system near the railbridge a sensor was placed inthe river which also had achip. This sensor was con-nected to the track manage-ment system. In this new sys-tem the mobile numbers ofassistant divisional engineer,SSE/Works, SEE/PermanentWay etc related to railwaybridges were fed. This systemautomatically sent informa-tion to the authorities con-cerned through SMS every dayat regular intervals regardingthe increase and decrease in thewater level of rivers. Earlier the

monitoring of water level dur-ing rain was done manually.With the introduction of thissystem safety has beenstrengthened further. This sys-tem has been started on impor-tant bridges, including the Izatbridge located betweenDaryaganj-Jhusi, bridge No 16situated between Majhi andBakulha and bridge No 50located between Paniyahwa-Balmiki Nagar, bridge No. 97over Sharda river. There arealso plans to install water levelmonitoring system on othermajor rail bridges as perrequirement in future.

BOOK RELEASED: GM,NER, Lalit Chandra Trivedi, onMicrosoft team through videoconferencing on Tuesday dur-ing a meeting of principal headsof departments, DRMs andsenior railway officers releaseda book ‘Corona Yoddha’ pub-lished by Varanasi division.This book has been preparedunder the guidance ofDivisional Railway ManagerVaranasi Vijay Kumar Panjiar,CPRO PK Singh said. Notablyfor uninterrupted supply ofessential items during lock-down the protected movementof parcel trains, Shramik special

trains and special passengertrains was successfully ensuredeven in odd conditions. Inaddition more than 381Shramik Special trains hadarrived at various stations ofVaranasi division of NER. Therole of railway personnel inensuring that these labour-ers/passengers followed allmethods to prevent coronaand by arranging food etc. forthem and taking them home incollaboration with the localadministration was matchless.In the book ‘Corona Yoddha’measures taken to prevent coro-navirus and new developmentwork for this purpose, arrival of3.44 lakh migrant labourers atdifferent stations of Varanasidivision by Shramik Specialtrains, making available food to12,209 families, works for safe-ty of railway workers and pas-sengers, converting coaches intoCovid care centre, efforts foruninterrupted power supply,ensuring availability of Covidkits to railwaymen and essentialmaterials for safety of tracks andlevel crossings, movement ofparcel specials and goods trains,strengthening of signal andhonouring of 59 railway work-ers as corona warriors wasincluded. It may be pointed outhere as per the instructions ofGM LC Trivedi the schemewas started to encourage rail-waymen who had done excel-lent work by honouring them asCorona warriors. Under it oneemployee each from every divi-sion and headquarters was hon-oured as corona warrior daily.

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The development of villageswill be done with the sup-

port of scientists and farmers.BUAT will train farmers of vil-lages and motivate them to usemodern techniques of farmingin order to become more pros-perous. These views wereexpressed by V-C BUAT Dr USGautam while addressing farm-ers at Jari village on Tuesday.He said that the scientists ofBUAT had given training tofarmers there during the pastfive days. They had also inter-acted with several progressivefarmers to spread knowledgerelated to better farming amongvillagers. Vice-Chancellor said

that BUAT would make avail-able high quality seeds andsaplings for this village. He saidthat the scientists had also toldthe farmers about the advan-tages and disadvantages in fieldof agriculture. They also dis-

cussed marketing strategy too.Dr Gautam said that Jari villagehad been identified to trainfarmers about modern tech-niques of farming under BUATFarmer Progress Project. DrGautam said that the farmerswould be trained about main-taining home garden. Later hedistributed masks and saplingsof fruit-bearing trees amongthe farmers. He also gave infor-mation about Kisan Suvidhamobile app and asked the farm-ers to download it. Prominentamong those present were reviewofficer, Dr Narendra Singh, pro-gramme officer, Dr DharmendraKumar, PRO Dr BK Gupta, DrDinesh Sahu, Dr Sunil Kumarand Dr Diksha Patel.

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The body of a girl was found in a well in Kakarad vil-lage under the Madihan police station on

Wednesday. As per the reports received here, Kavita (16),daughter of Vishnu Chauhan, had left her house onMonday in afternoon without informing her family. OnWednesday her body was found in the well situated nearher house. On getting information the police reachedthe spot and completed the legal formalities.

VALUABLES STOLEN: Valuable worth lakhs werestolen from house in Lalapur village under the Lalganjpolice station. Reports said that Krishna Prasad Dubeywas being treated at Mumbai for some ailment. But atpresent he was in his house and his daughter had comefrom her inlaws’ house to see him. On the said nightthe thieves sneaked into the house through the roof andstole valuables, jewellery and cash from the boxes. Thefamily members came to know about it in the morn-ing. A case has been registered at the police station inthis connection and the matter was being investigated.

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Motorcycle-borne goons looted �1.50 lakh from aretired lekhpal, Rampreet (60), on Fatima bypass

road under the Shahpur police station on Tuesday. Theincident took place when the victim belonging toDombarwa village under the Kaptangainj police stationwas returning home on a tempo after withdrawing themoney from the bank. On getting information COGorakhnath Praveen Singh and personnel belonging toShahpur police station reached there. The CO said that asearch had been launched for nabbing the criminals.

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Four accused were arrested in con-nection with the incident in which a

bag containing gold and silver ornamentswas looted from a bullion trader ofMaudaha. SP Shlok Kumar while givingdetails on Tuesday evening said AkhileshKumar Soni, a resident of Marathipurain Maudha, has a jewellery shop. On June23 when he was going to the village fourpersons on two motorbikes had snatchedhis bag containing gold and silver orna-ments at pistol point. The police arrest-ed four accused and recovered gold andsilver jewellery worth nearly Rs 9 lakhand illicit weapons from them.

THREE INJURED: Three membersof a family were injured when they felldown from a motorcycle as cow came onthe road near Bargawan village onSarila-Biwar Road on Tuesday.According to a report received fromSarila, Bijay (25), a resident of Orai, wasreturning from his inlaws’ place inNibada along with his wife, Aarti (22),and son, Kanha (3). When they reachednear Bargawan village under Jariyapolice station they fell down from themotorcycle when the cow suddenlycame in front of them. As a result allthree of them were injured. On gettinginformation an ambulance took them tothe community health centre. However,as the condition of Kanha was causinganxiety he was referred to the districthospital for treatment.

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Brig Saurabh Sinha, visited the Ordnance ParachuteFactory in Kanpur on Wednesday. He said in thechanging scenario, the products of OPF had becomehighly relevant. He expressed satisfaction over theproducts and the expertise of the OPF employees whowere providing best defence equipment to the defencepersonnel.

He also visited the exhibition room and praisedthe exhibits put up for display. He also visited the unitswhich were linked to the parachute production,including P2, P6 and later visited the textile testinglaboratory. He then visited the Float department andpraised its products. He said there was no doubt theOPF was producing products at par with the best inthe world. General Manager DK Bangotra said in thetime of crisis the OPF was devotedly manufacturing

different products and taking care of its corporatesocial responsibility (CSR). He said by PPE producedby OPF had set a record. Others present includedAGM TK Saha, JGM Subhashish Bannerjee, VivekGupta and Manager (Adm) Ayesha Khan.

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distributed ration to the poor on the 47th birthdayof party president, Akhilesh Yadav. SP city presidentMoin Khan said in the present times of crisis whencoronavirus pandemic had brought every activity toa halt, it was the duty of people to help each other.He said the SP had always been in the forefront to helpthe poor and the needy. Prominent among those pre-sent included Varun Mishra, Kamlesh Omar, DeepaYadav Deepika Mishra, Ashu Khan, and AnilChaubey.

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In a bid to boycott Chinese products, the state gov-ernment would purchase 1,000 idols of Ganesh-Laxmiand one lakh diyas (earthen pots) from city’s GaushalaSociety during Diwali. This was stated by UP Go-SewaAyog Chairman Shyam Nandan Singh during a meet-ing with Bharatiya Janata Party MLA SurendraMaithani and Gaushala Society convenor SureshGupta at Indira Bhavan in Lucknow on Tuesday. Singhasked them to send samples of both the products soon.Singh said the purchase was under the AtmanirbharBharat campaign which would help in increasing theearning of Gaushala and making it self-reliant.Singh also expressed his annoyance over the non-receipt of any proposal for grant of aid from theKanpur Gaushala Society for the past two years.Maithani said that for want of requisite resources,Gaushala was unable to produce various products toits capacity. He said fodder was not available for cat-tle while it was difficult to pay salary to Gaushalaemployees. Singh asked them to inform the districtmagistrate about illegal possession on Gaushalaland to get it vacated soon.

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Showing high degree ofindustrial acumen and sta-

mina to work in challangingatmosphere, city entrepreneurshave succeeded in setting upover 225 new manufacturingunits in the past 60 days whenthe entire world, includingIndia, was reeling under theCOVID-19 pandemic.

So far, these units have sup-plied three lakh personal pro-tective equipment (PPE) todifferent parts of the country.Besides, 18 brands of sanitisersare being produced in KanpurNagar alone while after cottonand surgical masks, the pro-duction of N95 mask has alsobeen started in the city.

According to local repre-sentatives of Indian IndustriesAssociation (IIA), ProvincialIndustries Association (PIA),Laghu Udyog Bharti (LUB)and Directorate of Industries(DI), at least 500 micro unitsare also running in housesand small shops in the city.

During the time when

hundreds of people lost theirjobs due to lockdown clampedto contain the spread of coro-navirus, the city industrialistsdirectly helped around 2,000persons by providing themjobs in their units.

Joint Commissioner onIndustries Sarveshwar Shuklasaid, “Kanpur has carved aniche in the manufacturing ofsanitiser, mask and PPE kits.Three lakh PPE kits havealready been supplied. Theunit to manufacture N95 mask,which was hitherto importedfrom Ahmedabad, has alsobeen set up in Kanpur by localentreprenuer Sandip Patil.”

Former chairman of IIA’sKanpur Chapter, Sunil Vaishya,aptly summed up, “The pres-ence of entrepreneurship acu-men among people is the pluspoint of Kanpur. People shouldlearn to take advantage of thesituation amidst various chal-langes from the city’s entre-preneurs. It is all the moreimportant as the productsbeing produced in the cityhave been found to be of high

quality and are dominatingover others.”

They said Kanpur hadexcelled in the manufacture ofsanitiser also. At present, the110 units present in the city areproducing 1.5 lakh bottles ofsanitiser daily, while in the firstweek of April, only 10,000 bot-tles were being produced in 22units. Likewise, in 90 registeredunits, 2.70 lakh masks arebeing manufactured daily.Besides, four lakh masks perday are also being manufac-tured and supplied by around500 unregistered units.

They said with the settingup of NABL testing lab inKanpur, as many as 32 certifiedunits had started production ofPPE kits as per the set stan-dards. These kits are beingsupplied to many prestigioushospitals and other organisa-tions of the country, includingBHEL, ONGC and HAL. FromApril to June, three lakh kitshave been supplied whileorders for supply of anotherfive lakh kits are pending withthese units.

Hitherto, the only NABLtesting lab was situated inGwalior. Now, machines tomanufacture PPE kits inOrdnance Factory andFieldgun Factory have alsobeen installed. As the govern-ment has exempted the threemodels of PPE kits from labtesting, their production wouldbe ramped in the city, they said.

Industry sources said thatCOVID-19 had revived thefuture of city’s packaging andlamination sectors. Plasticgoods manufacturing units areoperating in two shifts now.During the past two months,the workload in these units hasincreased by 125 per cent. Asmany as 30 new sanitiser man-ufacturing units are in the pipeline.

There has been a boom inAyurved sector also that wasfacing slump during the pastfive years. Of the over 65 closedunits, 22 have started produc-tion of Ayurved products, whileseven new units have startedproducing various immunitybooster products.

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Kanpur Nagar registered 18more coronavirus positive

cases, taking the tally of theinfected persons detected in thecity so far to 1,188, while oneCOVID-19 patient died in hos-pital.

Chief Medical Officer DrAK Shukla said on Wednesdaythe 18 new cases were report-ed from Kidwai Nagar, LomanMohal, LLR Hospital, GandhiNagar, Fazalganj, Bithoor,Chakeri. Harbans Mohal,Panki, Ashok Nagar, Kakadeoand Babupurwa.

He said with 45 COVID-19patients being discharged fromhospitals, 883 infected per-sons had recovered in the cityand at present 281 active caseswere undergoing treatment.

Dr Shukla said with onemore COVID-19 patient dyingin the city, the death toll stoodat 52 on Wednesday evening.

He said 335 samples werecollected on Wednesday, 112 ofmigrants and 117 as per gov-ernment orders

He said 25 teams scanned2,160 houses and apprisedpeople of the need to maintainsocial distancing and carriedout thermal screening.

Meanwhile, Kanpur MayorPramila Pandey on Wednesdayflagged off vans to spreadawareness about communica-ble diseases.

The Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has launched amonth-long campaign to con-trol communicable and vector-borne diseases. The campaign,

launched on Wednesday, willcontinue till July 30.

In the present time whenthe world is grappling withCOVID-19 pandemic, the UPgovernment is ready to checkthe onslaught of vector-bornediseases seen in the monsoon.Every year the vector-bornediseases take a heavy toll acrossthe country.

With country and statestill grappling with the coron-avirus pandemic, it is essentialto jointly make efforts tokeep the situation from aggra-vating. It is the duty of everyindividual to ensure they donot hide but timely inform theauthorities about their ailmentsso that precious lives can besaved.

This was stated by KanpurMayor Pramila Pandey while

flagging off mobile vans fromMotijheel on Wednesday.

She said some vector-bornediseases spread due to unhy-gienic conditions and stagnantwater especially in houses andthus it was the duty of the peo-ple to ensure that they keeptheir houses and surroundingclean and ensure there was nostagnant water around.

She said with the coron-avirus spreading dangerously, ifthe vector-borne disese set init would be a big healthproblem for the people of thecity.

The mayor said cleanlinesscould not be maintained by thedistrict administration aloneand everyone had to lend ahelping hand.

She said the mission couldbe successful if there was per-

fect coordination between thedifferent departments.

Pandey said this campaignwas not alone for vector-bornediseases but even an effort tospread more awareness aboutcoronavirus.

She said cleanliness couldeven end fungal diseases. Shesaid these vans would visitevery home in different local-ities and apprise people of howto combat vector-borne andcommunicable diseases.

She released 19 big vehiclesfor fogging and 42 small vehi-cles to carry out fogging in allwards.

Prominent among thosepresent included MunicipalCommissioner Akshay Tripathiand Chief Medical Officer DrAK Shukla and officials of var-ious other departments.

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District Magistrate BRTiwari while felicitating

blood donors at a functionorganised by GSVM MedicalCollege on Wednesday, saidblood donation was the noblestdonation which saved preciouslives.

He said blood donation notonly helped the one whoreceived blood but also gave abig sense of satisfaction to thedonor for saving a life.

Dr Tiwari said each healthyperson must donate blood atleast once a year. He said nowwith modern diagnostics oneunit of blood could save livesof three people at a time andthus more and more peopleneed to donate blood.

GSVM Medical CollegePrincipal Prof RB Kamal saidgiving blood could reducechances of a condition calledhemochromatosis, or excessiron in blood. He said it was adisease that caused an ironoverload and was labelled asthe most common genetic dis-ease.

Prof B Kamal said givingblood may lower risk of suf-fering a heart attack by 88 percent. He said it also decreasedrisk of cancer for blood donorswith different maladies.

The principal said eventhe liver stayed healthy andabove all there were severalphysical benefits of donatingblood, the most powerfulhealth benefit being in thepsychological realm.

The district magistratehonoured 50 people for donat-ing blood.

Others present at the func-tion included members ofNational Human RightsConfederation of India andBharat Vikas Parishad.

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It may be mentioned herethat the churches of smallerdenominations are verticallydivided over opening ofchurches from July 1. The dis-trict administration has washedits hands off the responsibilityand placed the onus on thechurch heads.

Ironically bigger churcheswhich truly represent theChristian community of thecity were ignored by the districtadministration.

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The Supreme CourtWednesday refused to

entertain a plea for interim bailof convict and former MLAMahender Yadav, serving 10years jail term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on the groundthat he has been admitted tothe ICU after being tested pos-itive for COVID-19.

A vacation bench ofJustices Indira Banerjee and BR Gavai, in the hearing con-ducted through video-confer-encing, said the interim bailapplication cannot be enter-tained as the family has no“grievance” related to Yadav’streatment and moreover, norelatives can visit him in theICU where he has been treat-ed for the novel coronavirus orCOVID-19.

Besides Yadav, formerCongress leader Sajjan Kumarand former Congress council-lor Balwan Khokhar are serv-ing life imprisonment in thecase after the Delhi High Court

had convicted them onDecember 17, 2018.

The counsel for Yadav saidthe convict was above 70 yearsof age and has tested positivefor COVID-19 on June 26 inMandoli jail where anotherconvict, sharing the barrackwith him, has recently died ofthe deadly disease.

“I do not think we canentertain this petition inabsence of any specific alle-gation or complaint regardingtreatment and also commonrules have to befollowed..Nowhere relativesof a patient is allowed tovisit,” Justice Banerjee said.

Senior advocate H SPhoolka appeared for theriots’ victims and opposed theinterim bail plea of Yadav.

Earlier, the apex court, onMay 13, had dismissed theinterim bail plea on healthgrounds of former Congressleader Sajjan Kumar in thecase saying that he did notneed hospitalization as permedical report at themoment.

It had declined to enter-tain similar pleas of other twoconvicts Yadav and Khokhar.

The regular bail plea ofSajjan Kumar will now be list-ed for hearing in August, ithad said.

Khokhar’s life sentencewas upheld by the Delhi HighCourt in 2018, while it hadreversed the acquittal ofKumar by the trial court in2013, in a case related to thekil l ings of f ive Sikhs in the Raj Nagar Part-Iarea in Palam Colony insouthwest Delhi on

November 1-2, 1984, andburning down of a Gurdwarain Raj Nagar Part-II.

The anti-Sikh riots hadbroken out after the assassi-nation of then Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi on October 31,1984 by her two bodyguards.The high court had alsoupheld the conviction andvarying sentences awardedby the trial court to the otherfive -- Khokhar, retired navalofficer Captain Bhagmal,Girdhari Lal and formerMLAs Mahender Yadav andKishan Khokhar.

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As the total Covid-19 case-load is all set to zoom

past six lakh across the coun-try, the Centre on Wednesdayasked the States to urgentlyfacilitate and ramp up testingto ensure quick implementa-tion of ‘test-track-treat’ strat-egy for early detection andcontainment of the pandem-ic.

Pointing out that in someStates/UTs, the capacity util-isation of the testing labs, par-ticularly the ones in privatesector, is grossly sub-opti-mal, Union Health SecretaryPreeti Sudan said States/UTshave been advised to facilitatetesting at the earliest byenabling all qualified medicalpractitioners, including pri-vate practitioners, to pre-scribe Covid test to any indi-vidual fulfilling the criteria fortesting as per ICMR guide-lines.

The ICMR, on its part,recommended that laborato-ries should be free to test anyindividual in accordance tothe ICMR Guidelines andState authorities must notrestrict an individual fromgetting tested, as early testingwill help in containing the

virus and saving lives.While RT-PCR is the gold

standard for diagnosis ofCOVlD-19, ICMR has recent-ly approved the use of a point-of-care Rapid Antigen Test for

early detection of Covid-19.The test is quick, simple,

safe and can be used as apoint-of-care test in containment zones as well ashospitals, as per criteria spec-

ified by ICMR for testing.More such kits are being validated by ICMR to increasethe available options to thecitizens, said a statement here.

ICMR has so far

approved a total of 1,056 lab-oratories for COVID-19 test-ing.

Of this, 764 labs are inpublic sector and 292 are inthe private sector.

In order to facilitate test-ing, States/UTs have also beenadvised to make efforts in‘campaign mode’ by setting up

camps/ using mobiles vans inhigh incidence areas to collectsamples of all symptomaticindividuals as well as their

contacts , and get those samples tested by using rapidantigen tests while attention ispaid to ‘contact tracing.’

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As the demand for pulseoximeters and oxygen con-

centrators is on the rise due tothe increase in Covid-19 cases,the National PharmaceuticalPricing Authority (NPPA) hasdirected all the manufacturersand importers of the medicaldevices to submit the maxi-mum retail price (MRP) of therespective products within thenext 10 days. The move isbeing seen as a bid to ensuretheir prices do not escalate andthere is no artificial shortage ofthese products in the market.

The manufacturers orimporters of these deviceshave to comply within next tenJune, failing which action maybe initiated for violation ofprovisions of DPCO 2013 readwith Essential Commodities(EC) Act 1955.

A pulse oximeter mea-sures blood oxygen satura-tion and heart rate. If thebody is deprived of adequateoxygen supply, which hap-pens in the case of pneumoniacaused by COVID-19, it isimmediately detected by the

device while oxygen concen-trator is the vital piece ofequipment that supportssevere and critical patientswho cannot get enough oxy-gen into their blood by breath-ing normally.

The Delhi Governmenthad recently announced that itwill make arrangements forsending pulse oximeter andoxygen concentrators toCovid-19 patients under homeisolation in case their oxygensaturation levels drop.

“This (seeking MRP fromthe manufacturer andimporters) has been done todo price monitoring underPara 20 of Drugs Price Control

Order (DPCO)-2013 to ensurethat nomanufacturer/importer canincrease more than ten percent of MRP during the next12 months,” said an officememorandum (OM) issuedby the national drug priceregulator NPPA on June 29.

“This is with reference tothe gazette notification datedMarch 31, 2020 wherein it wasnotified that medical deviceswhich have been notified asdrugs under the provisions ofDPCO 2013 with effect fromApril 1, 2020… In this regard,this is to reiterate that witheffect from April 1, 2020 MRPof pulse oximeter and oxygen

c o n c e n t r a t o rshall be monitored under Para20 of DPCO -2013 to ensurethat no manufacturer andimporter can increase theMRP more than 10 per cent ofMRP during the next 12months,” the order stated.

The NPPA had earlieralso directed manufacturersand importers of medical N-95 masks to submit MRP oftheir products and were alsoasked to obtain requisite cer-tification from Bureau ofIndian Standards (BIS) expe-ditiously.

Major manufacturers andimporters of medical N95masks have reduced theirprices up to 67% of the MRP(the details of such manufac-turers/importers has also beenshared by the NPPA).

The WHO had on June 25warned that many countriesare experiencing difficulties inobtaining oxygen concentra-tors. WHO Director GeneralTedros AdhanomGhebreyesus said that “80percent of the market isowned by just a few compa-nies, and demand is current-ly outstripping supply.”

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With masks becoming anintegral accessory during

the current Covid-19 pan-demic, researchers have sug-gested well-fitted homemademasks with multiple layers ofquilting fabric, and off-the-shelf cone-style masks, sayingthat they have been found to bethe most effective in reducingdroplet dispersal that couldcontain viruses.

These masks were able tocurtail the speed and range ofthe respiratory jets signifi-cantly, albeit with some leak-age through the mask mater-ial and from small gaps alongthe edges, said the researchersin their study published inPhysics of Fluids.

However, they cautionedthat face coverings are not a100 per cent effective in block-ing respiratory pathogens.“This is why it is imperativethat we use a combination ofsocial distancing, face cover-ings, hand-washing and otherrecommendations from healthcare officials until an effectivevaccine is released,” saidScientist Siddhartha Verma

and his team from FloridaAtlantic University.

The team experimentedwith different choices in mate-rial and design to determinehow well face masks blockdroplets as they exit themouth. Using a laser to detectdroplets as they were coughedand sneezed out of a man-nequin head, the group wasable to map out the paths ofdroplets and examine howdifferent designs and materi-als alter that path.

The authors noted theneed for further quantitativeanalysis but were aware of thepower of more straightforwardvisualisation.

“While there are a fewprior studies on the effective-ness of medical-grade equip-ment, we don’t have a lot ofinformation about the cloth-

based coverings that are mostaccessible to us at present,”said Verma. “Our hope is thatthe visualizations presented inthe paper help convey therationale behind the recom-mendations for social dis-tancing and using face masks.”

The group found looselyfolded face masks and ban-dana-style coverings had littleto no effect on stoppingdroplet jets. Well-fitted home-made masks with multiplelayers of quilting fabric andoff-the-shelf cone style masksproved to be the most effec-tive. Some leakage notwith-standing, these masks reducedthe number of droplets sig-nificantly.

When without a mask,the mannequins were pro-jecting droplets much fartherthan the oft-cited 6 feet insocial distancing guidelines.

Verma said the grouplooks to continue studyingthe complex interplay thatcan involve droplet evapora-tion, ambient airflow andproperties of the respiratoryfluid ejected that lead to howd r o p l e t sbehave.

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The CBI on Wednesday reg-istered a case against arms

dealer Sanjay Bhandari in acorruption case for allegedlyreceiving “consultancy” fee tothe tune of USD 50 lakh fromSouth Korean firm SamsungEngineering Company Ltd forallegedly influencing award ofDual Fuel Cracker Unit ofONGC Petro Additions Ltd(OpaL) at Dahej in Gujarat.

Besides Samsung, theagency has a lso namedBhandari-promoted SantechInternational, FZC, UAE,Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.,UK, then senior manager ofSECL Hong NamKoong andunknown of f icials ofONGC/OPaL and unknownothers in a case of graft,cheating, criminal conspiracyand criminal misconduct.

Sanjay Bhandari, Directorof Santech international, UAEallegedly acted in criminalconspiracy with other accusedand in furtherance of thesaid conspiracy entered into aconsultancy agreement withSECL in violation of the con-tract agreement betweenOPaL and SECL, CBI officialssaid.

Bhandari a l legedlyobtained USD 49,99,969(approximately) from theSouth Korean major in theoverseas bank account ofSantech International in order to induce unknownpublic servants to showalleged undue favour to theconsortium of SECL in theaward of contract of DFCUproject at Dahej, Gujarat,they said.

It was further alleged thatthe said agreement was relating to the consultancyservices to be provided bySantech International FZC toSECL for obtaining the DFCUcontract.

It was also alleged thatSamsung had to pay 10 mil-lion US Dollars as coordina-tion and consulting fee, with50 per cent payable within 30days of receipt of advancepayment from ONGC and

the remaining 50 per cent was to be paid within sixmonths of the receipt of pay-ment from ONGC.

But on the date of agree-ment on October 30, 2007,the ONGC/OPaL Board didnot approv the advance pay-ment to be released to the tenderer and the tender document (BEC) did not havethe provisions for makingadvance payment.

However, the OPaL Boardin its 5th meeting held onDecember 17, 2007 allegedlyapproved the provision ofadvance and linked the pay-ments to the progress of thework.

The interest free advancepayment was made in con-travention of CVC circularand CAG in its report has alsoraised objection on the same,the CBI said.

It was further alleged thatthe tender for DFCU projectwas floated on April 20, 2007and two consortiums-Germany and South Korea-based private company andUSA and India-based privatecompany submitted their bidsfor the project.

The contract was awarded to the consortium ofSouth Korea and Germany-based company at their quot-ed lump sum price on thebasis of higher Net presentvalue calculated by UK basedcompany.

The consortium of theUSA-based company chal-lenged the selection. But therepresentation was turneddown and the tender ofDFCU was finally awarded tothe consortium of SouthKorea and Germany-basedcompany for lump sum costof Rs 6744.32 crore and thecontract was signed onFebruary 10, 2009.

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In view of the coronaviruspandemic, the Union Public

Service Commission (UPSC)on Wednesday announced toallow candidates for CivilServices (preliminary) exam-ination, 2020, scheduled to beheld on October 4, to changetheir exam centres.

The opportunity to changethe centres will also be applic-able to Indian Forest Service(preliminary) examination,2020 which will also be heldalong with the Civil Servicesexamination all over India onthe same date as per therevised schedule.

Keeping in view the largenumber of candidates andrequests received for change ofexam centres, the Commissionsaid it was decided to givethem an opportunity to submitrevised choice of centres.

“The option to change thecentres for Civil Services(Main) Examination, 2020 andIndian Forest Service (Main)Examination, 2020 is alsobeing made available to thecandidates,” the Commissionsaid.

The requests for change inexam centers will be consid-ered against an additional orenhanced capacity intimatedby the respective centres foraccommodating additionalcandidates.

The time window for sub-mitting revised choices of cen-tres will be operational in twophases -- July 7-13 and July 20-24 on the Commission''s web-site.

The candidates are advisedto visit the website and submittheir choices of centres for theabove examinations, ifrequired.

The UPSC also clarifiedthat requests for change ofcentres will be consideredbased on the principle of “first-apply-first allot” basis andonce the capacity of a partic-ular centre is met with, thesame will be frozen.

The candidates who can-not get centres of their choicedue to the ceiling will berequired to choose centresfrom the remaining ones, itsaid.

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Union Home Ministry onWednesday declared nine

persons belonging toKhalistani organisationsabroad as DesignatedTerrorists. These nine personsbelong to various Khalistaniterror outfits like Pakistan-based Babbar KhalsaInternational, InternationalSikh Youth Federation,Khalistan Zindabad Force.Some persons are harbouredin Germany, USA and Canadaand London working underthe banner of Sikh For Justiceand Khalistan Tiger Force arealso designated as terrorist.

As per the Union HomeMinistry circular, the follow-ing nine persons are classifiedas Designated Terrorists underUnlawful Activit ies(Prevention ) Act. “WadhawaSingh Babbar: Pakistan basedChief of terrorist organization,“BabbarKhalsa International”.Lakhbir Singh: Pakistan basedChief of terrorist organization,“International Sikh YouthFederation”.

Ranjeet Singh: Pakistanbased Chief of terrorist organisation,“Khalistan Zindabad Force”.Paramjit Singh: Pakistanbased Chief of terrorist orga-nization “KhalistanCommando Force”. BhupinderSingh Bhinda: Germany basedkey member of terrorist orga-nization, “Khalistan ZindabadForce”. Gurmeet Singh Bagga:Germany based key memberof terrorist organisation,“Khalistan ZindabadForce”.Gurpatwant Singh Pannun:USA based key member ofUnlawful Association, “Sikhfor Justice”. Hardeep SinghNijjar: Canada based Chief of“Khalistan Tiger Force”.Paramjit Singh: UnitedKingdom based Chief of ter-r o r i s torganization,“BabbarKhalsaInternational”.

Few months back afterthe amendment in UAPA,India first classified four persons - Maulana MasoodAzhar, Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi and DawoodIbrahim – as DesignatedTerrorists.

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Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar

on Wednesday urged thefarmers to grow different vari-eties of crops during Kharifseason keeping in view thetype of farmland in order tomake farming a 'gainful activ-ity'. In a letter to the farmersacross the country, the agri-culture minister has exhortedfarmers to adopt best agricul-tural practices in an attempt toensure maximum productionin the ongoing Kharif season.

In his communication,Tomar highlighted a numberof good agricultural practicesincluding control of weeds,use of biopesticides, organicmanure and vermicompost,ridge and furrow method ofcrop planting, seed treatmentof pulses with rhizobium bac-teria, balanced use of nitroge-nous fertilizers along withpotash and phosphorus inaccordance with a soil healthcard, and using best irrigationmethods.

Appreciating the farmersfor completing their workwith responsibility and dedi-cation even during the diffi-cult time of Coronavirus-trig-gered lockdown which affect-ed industries and businesses,the Minister said that underthe leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, thecountry has been effectivelydealing with the Covid-19crisis.

He said the Rabi cropswere harvested and sellingprocedure completed with-out any hindrance.

Tomar has mentionedsome of the best methods offarming of paddy, the chiefKharif crop, pulses, oilseeds,coarse grains and other Kharifcrops grown in the different

parts of the country.Tomar said that PM Modi

has visualised an''Atmanirbhar'' or self-reliant

India keeping agriculture andvillages at the centrestage.

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West Bengal, MadhyaPradesh, Sikkim,

Manipur and Bihar have per-formed unsatisfactorily whilein implementing the PradhanMantri Garib Kalyan Yojana(PMGKY) while Chandigarh,Andaman & Nicobar,Lakshadweep, AndhraPradesh, Rajasthan and Jammuand Kashmir are among thetop which lifted almost 100percent food grains quotaunder the scheme. Biharassembly polls are expectedthis year while West Bengal’spolls are due next year.

Interestingly, of the total5.79 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT)Pulses dispatched, theStates/UTs have been able todistribute only 4.47 LMT so far.A total of 08.76 LMT pulses(Tur- 3.77 LMT, Moong-1.14LMT, Urad-2.28 LMT, Chana-1.30 LMT and Masur-0.27LMT) was available.

As per the data of theMinistry of Consumer Affairs,Bihar distributed around 72per cent of grain it lifted in thethree months — 91 per cent ofApril’s quota, 88 per cent ofMay and just 37 per cent ofJune’s quota. In the case ofpulses, Bihar has distributed 82per cent of April’s quota, 31 percent of May, and hasn’t dis-tributed anything from June’squota. Data show that Bihar isentitled to distribute 50,655tonnes of pulses in the three

months at 16,885 tonnes permonth.

In the case of West Bengal,the state has distributed 59 percent of its quota of grains tillJune 30. Of its quota of puls-es, the state has distributed just87 per cent of April’s quota andnothing since. It has receivedalmost 28,000 tonnes of freepulses out of its quota of44,000 tonnes.

In Madhya Pradesh, datatill June 30 show, around 68 percent of the three months’ allo-cation has been distributed.This includes 74 per cent ofApril’s quota, 83 per cent ofMay, and just 48 per cent ofJune’s quota.

In the case of free pulses,MP has distributed 64 percent of April’s quota, 48 percent of May, and, very little ofJune’s quota. The state is enti-tled to distribute 35,000 tonnesof pulses at 11,686 tonnes permonth and has received a lit-tle over 16,000 tonnes of puls-es and distributed 15,475tonnes so far. Chandigarh andLakshadweep have lifted their100 percent food grains quotaunder the scheme.

Under the scheme, theCentre has provided 5 kg ofgrains per person and 1 kg ofpulses free of cost to rationcardholders for the months ofApril, May and June amid thenationwide lockdown. As perthe revised data under thePMGKAY, for the April-Juneperiod, a total of 116.34 Lakh

Metric Tons (LMT) food grainshas been lifted by variousStates and UTs. In the monthof April 2020, 37.06 LMT(93%) food grains have beendistributed to 74.12 crore ben-eficiaries; in May 2020, total36.83 LMT (91%) food grainswere distributed to 73.66 croresbeneficiaries and in the monthof June 2020, 29.64 LMT (74%)food grains have been distrib-uted to 59.29 crores beneficia-ries.

Under Atma NirbharBharat package, the states andUTs have lifted 6.39 LMT offood grains. States and UTshave distributed 1,06,141 MTof food grains to 121.00 lakhbeneficiaries in May and 91.29lakh beneficiaries in June,2020. Around 33,998 MTgram/dal have been dispatchedto the states and UTs. A total32,291 MT gram has beenlifted by various States andUTs. 7,263 MT gram has beendistributed by the states andUTs. The Centre is bearing100% financial burden ofapproximately Rs. 3,109 croresfor food grain and Rs 280crores for gram under thisscheme.

After Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY)extended till November, theMinistry of Food andConsumer Affairs has esti-mated cost for distribution offood grains (Rice and Wheat)and pulses around �1,48,938crore.

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Aplea has been filed in theSupreme Court seeking a

direction to the Centre to makepublic its trade policies withChina amid the bitter standoffbetween the two armies atmultiple locations in easternLadakh for the last sevenweeks.

The Indian and the

Chinese armies are engaged ina standoff in various areas ineastern Ladakh and the tensionescalated after 20 Indian sol-diers were killed in a violentclash in Galwan Valley on June15. The Chinese side also suf-fered casualties but it is yet togive out the details.

Following the GalwanValley incident, the govern-ment has given the armed

forces “full freedom” to give a“befitting” response to anyChinese misadventure alongthe Line of Actual Control(LAC), the 3,500-km de-factoborder.

The petition filed in theapex court has referred tomedia reports and allegedthat a state and a private firmhad signed memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) for busi-

ness with China-based firms.The plea filed by Jammu-

based lawyer Supriya Panditahas said that after the June 15incident at the LAC, the citi-zens and trade associations inIndia are calling for boycott ofChinese goods in the country.

It said on June 29, thegovernment banned 59Chinese mobile app citingthreat to India’s security.

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On the ground in easternLadakh, there is a pro-found lack of clarity afterthe Galwan fracas. It isreminiscent of China’s

sudden announcement in December2010 that it did not have a border withIndia in Jammu & Kashmir as a pre-lude to signing the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) agree-ment. In an act of defiance, thePeople’s Liberation Army (PLA) hasrestored its new post at the confluenceof Galwan and Shyok rivers, which wasdestroyed by Indian soldiers, leadingto the Galwan clash.

According to satellite imagery ofJune 25, the PLA has encroached 500metres on the Indian side of the Lineof Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan. Ithas continued with its build-up andblocked Indian forces from patrollingup to its LAC in Galwan, finger areaswhere a PLA helipad has come up,Gogra Heights, Chushul and DepsangBulge. Except for Galwan, which ismountainous, all other intrusions arein the plain areas. All of this has com-pelled the Indian forces to block thePLA intrusions in strength and alsooccupy gaps where it could make freshencroachment. This has turned theLAC in eastern Ladakh into a virtualLine of Control (LoC), occupied bythree Indian Infantry divisions. Thisis unprecedented.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’soriginal statement, where he gave aclean chit to China during an all-partymeeting after the Galwan brawl —despite clarification from the PrimeMinister’s Office (PMO) and his warn-ing last Sunday that “those casting anevil eye on Indian soil in Ladakh havegot a befitting reply” — was translat-ed into Mandarin and widely circulat-ed. There was a method to his word-play that “India’s territorial integrityhad not been violated.” The articula-tion was strategic, meant for his elec-toral constituency while keeping thewindow open for salvaging summitrywith Chinese President Xi Jinpingwhere he is heavily invested.

Notably, Modi did not condemnChina for any treachery. Instead, sevenweeks after multiple intrusions by theChinese, on June 26, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs (MEA) admonishedChina — about amassing troops, itsunjustified and untenable claims,changed behaviour, attempting tochange status quo and violating bor-der protocols. These were regurgitat-ed the next day, which is last week, byAmbassador Vikram Misri in Beijing.The veil of denial was finally lifted.

Galwan has become the tippingpoint for India-China relations. But

why did we wait for 45 days tospeak up and show the strengthto push back or at least containthe intrusions? We have provedhopeless in the battle of narra-tives compared to our reactionsduring Depsang (2013),Chumar (2014) and Doklam(2017); though these were pro-mulgated singly and not collec-tively like now.

This time, the PLA isenforcing its 1959 claim line togive depth to its strategic assetsin Aksai Chin and at the sametime, threatening India’s newstrategic highway to DaulatBeg Oldie. One reason cited forthe glaring infrastructural dif-ferential, besides constraints offunds and terrain, is the erst-while defeatist reasoning thatconnectivity on our side of theborder would facilitate PLA inits operational plans. FormerDefence Minister AK Antonyrevealed this last week and asa veteran, I can confirm this tobe the legacy of the 1962 syn-drome.

China picked up thethreads of its intentions in2010 to excise the 1,500 kmborder with Jammu & Kashmir,reducing it from 3,488 km to2,000 km. Mandarins in theMEA had then said that Chinacan lop off the LAC but it can-not remove our troopsdeployed in those areas. This isprecisely what the PLA isattempting to do now.Separatist leader MirwaizUmar Farooq had then said, as

China holds parts of Jammu &Kashmir, it is a stakeholder inthe Kashmir dispute, therebytrilateralising a bilateral issue.

China occupies 92,535 sqkm of Jammu & Kashmir —5,180 sq km of the ShaksgamValley was ceded by Pakistan in1963 in violation of the KarachiAgreement (1949) and UNCIP(1950) and 37,355 sq kmannexed in the late 1950s inLadakh through which it builtthe West-East link to Tibet viathe Aksai Chin. Territorially,India holds 45 per cent,Pakistan 35 per cent and China25 per cent of undividedJammu & Kashmir.

In his book, India-ChinaBoundary Issues: Quest forSettlement (2014), late RanjitSingh Kalha, who handledChina negotiations for 12 years,wrote: “In the west, China isalready in possession of terri-tory up to its claim-line.” In theeastern sector, it has to contendwith the McMahon Linethough it claims all ofArunachal Pradesh. The mid-dle sector is the least con-tentious region. The ongoingChinese military coercion inLadakh is extending furthertowards the west — its controlof the 1959 claim-line and themove to enhance security toCPEC, which India has termed“illegal passage through Indianterritory.”

India’s new map followingthe revocation of Article 370shows the Aksai Chin within

the boundary of Ladakh. Kalhaadds, “The major differences indetermining LAC in the west-ern sector are Samar Lungpa,Trig Heights, Depsang,Kongkla Pass, Pangong Tso,Spanggur Gap, Mount Sajun,Dimachele, Demchok andChumar.”

The Galwan River Valleywas never one of them in thewestern sector among the 23contested areas overall. Sowhatever be China’s geopoliti-cal compulsions for its aggres-sive behaviour, the centrality ofLadakh — renunciation of theborder with Jammu & Kashmirand multiple and interlinkedintrusions as fait accompli — isclear.

Few Indians are calling forretribution, adding China is notPakistan. It is insane to start aconflict — in the middle of adeadly pandemic that is yet topeak in India — which youcannot terminate on yourterms given the power differ-ential and its potential to turninto a two-front situation.

Equally, it is unwise toover-emphasise the battle expe-rience variables between thewar-tested Indian military anda Vietnam-bruised PLA in1979. Still, the PLA has decisiveforce multipliers, modernweaponry and is led by Xi. Thisis not to suggest that the PLAcannot be given a bloody noseif push comes to shove, aNathu La à la 1967 can berepeated. But India should

choose its moment and not besucked into a Galwan-like trapagain.

We have stopped the bleed-ing but during negotiations, wemust not lose key terrain in theGalwan River Valley. LikePakistan forced theSiachenisation of Kargil, Chinamay succeed in India’s militari-sation of the LAC, turning itinto a de facto LoC at enormouscost for India. There is muchIndia can do to raise the stakesdiplomatically but turningadversary into enemy has to becalibrated. On the trade andeconomic front, pragmatismand not emotions should dic-tate policy, avoiding overplay-ing atmanirbharta.

Taking down Chinese appswill incur costs. The lessonfrom Galwan is to keep up yourguard. Right now, neither thediplomatic WorkingMechanism for Consultationand Coordination (WMCC)mechanism nor military com-manders dialogue — thirdround was held on Tuesday —will result in a breakthrough:Disengagement terminating instatus quo ante on May 5.Maybe a Modi-Xi summit canhope to achieve it if troops ininadequate habitat are to avoida harsh winter at 17,000 ft.

(The writer, a retired MajorGeneral, was Commander IPKFSouth, Sri Lanka and foundermember of the Defence PlanningStaff, currently the IntegratedDefence Staff.)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Crying shame” (June 29). Thecustodial death of two traders inTamil Nadu is the latest exampleof how police brutality results inthe loss of life. Undeniably, thecase will be investigated by anautonomous high power body.The State Government wants theCBI to probe the case. It is theresponsibility of the investigativebody to fix accountability.

But the current system ofprobe itself is farcical. Retentionof the guilty in service withnominal penalties like transfer isan open secret. Police forces aresupposed to be the watchdog ofthe people but the law and ordersystem is such that the officialsfeel emboldened and flout dueprocess and perpetrate violenceon citizens. According to datasubmitted by State police beforeMadras High Court, there were157 custodial deaths in TamilNadu between 2012 and 2016.While an impartial probe is amust, the State Government mustsend out the message that policeexcesses will not be tolerated.

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Sir — Be it concerns regardingthe sovereignty and integrity ofIndia or mounting anti-Chinasentiments, the IndianGovernment’s move to ban 59Chinese apps, including TikTok,is welcome.

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present ban on apps has comein retaliation to heightened ten-sions between India and Chinaat the border. But the fact is thatthe ban has sent a clear messageto China that India is firm in itsresolve to push Chinese aggres-sion back. It must also be agreedthat a ban on these apps willhardly affect China. If Beijingcontinues to mount pressure at

the border, a ban on Huawei, aglobal leader in 5G and othercommunication technologies,will hurt it the most. Nor havewe as yet put a ban on Chinese-funded Indian businesses orChinese businesses seekingmarket in India. China mustexercise caution.

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Sir — Amid continuing stalematebetween India and China alongthe LAC, sparring between thetwo main parties, the Congressand the BJP, has refused to diedown. Both parties have accusedeach other of being in league withthe Chinese. It is ironic that in theface of a serious external threat,our leaders have stooped toridiculous levels, becoming alaughing stock of the world.

As a matter of fact, both theUPA and the present BJPGovernment are guilty of under-estimating the threat posed byChina. Instead of lampooningeach other, political leaders mustwake up to the gravity of the sit-uation and act as responsible leg-islators. The time has come for usto collectively introspect, takestock of the situation and builda national security strategy tocounter the Chinese threat.Political leaders must learn howto deal with democratic differ-ences with dignity.

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COVID-19 has left the world bewildered asmuch as it has challenged the global scien-tific community, which is making every

possible effort to learn more about the virus, findeffective diagnostic assays, drugs and vaccines forits cure. Learning about the structure, behaviourand prevalence of the virus to help design pub-lic health strategies and medical interventions isthe need of the hour. Almost every scientist is try-ing to make a contribution to the pandemic. Thishas led to everyone, including non-scientists, writ-ing and publishing on almost every aspect of thespread. The research efforts of the scientific com-munity are visible from the mammoth quantitiesof data generated through publications, growingby thousands every day. More than 4,000 new sci-entific papers pertaining to the disease and thevirus were added just in a week’s time.

COVID-19 papers have been downloadedmore than 150 million times since publishersbrought down paywalls on research related to thepandemic. Since January, several major publish-ers have made around 50,000 COVID-19-relat-ed papers freely available. This is the biggest explo-sion scientific literature has ever seen. It is becom-ing increasingly difficult for scientists to keep pacewith the growing volumes of information and sift-ing through all of it to find that which is relevantto their areas of research. The world is grapplingto find ways to manage and effectively use the sci-entific information being generated. Thankfully,data scientists and software developers across theworld have geared up with the help of journalpublishers to create new search tools. These arein the form of datasets through data cleaningefforts and curated sets that bunch publicationsinto collections of similar studies, while also high-lighting the strong papers in those areas ofresearch.

Efforts are also being made to cut outunnecessary noise through automated search toolsvia Artificial Intelligence (AI) so that a researcherlands at the information being sought, thus sav-ing a lot of time and effort. Several datasets anddatabases have surfaced to help ease the COVIDinformation overload crisis for researchers.

WHO COVID-19 database: The WorldHealth Organisation has a WHO COVID-19 data-base that gathers latest international multilingualscientific findings and knowledge. Searches andadditions are made on a daily basis to the datasetthrough bibliographic databases, hand searchesand expert-referred scientific articles from glob-al literature. Efforts are on to build a more com-prehensive database through collaboration withkey partners to enrich citations. The WHO data-base has over 18,000 publications, searchable inmany languages by title, abstract or subject. Itsglobal research page provides quick updates.There is an international clinical trials registryplatform that provides updates on the WHOSolidarity Trial for accelerating a safe and effec-tive vaccine.

The Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre: Itbrings together new content from across TheLancet journals as it is published, making the con-tent free to access in order to assist health work-ers and researchers. Similarly, there are otherresources on COVID-19 like CambridgeUniversity Press, Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, Chinese Medical Association,Cochrane, Elsevier, European Centre for DiseasePrevention and Control (ECDC), JAMA Network,

The Lancet, LITCOVID: US NationalLibrary of Medicine, New EnglandJournal of Medicine and, OxfordUniversity Press.

The CORD-19 dataset: TheCOVID-19 Open Research DatasetChallenge, an initiative of the WhiteHouse Office of Science and TechnologyPolicy, has brought together theSemantic Scholar team at the AllenInstitute for AI with the likes of Google,the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative andNational Institutes of Health (NIH) tocreate a free resource of open tools anddatasets of over 63,000 scholarly articles.

This is the largest structured datasetthat caters to the ongoing need of theglobal research community for whichthe corpus is updated regularly with cur-rent research featuring in peer-reviewedpublications from sources like PubMed’sPMC, corpus maintained by the WHOand from archival services like bioRxiv,medRxiv and so on, based on searchCOVID-19 and Coronavirus research.In addition to the above major databas-es, there are numerous other datasets, lit-erature repositories, specific informationresources, re-purposing databases andtechnological advancements that arehelping the world make meaning out ofthe mayhem.

Ethical concerns due to rapid pub-lication rate: There is ample reason tobe concerned about the quality of dataas well as regulatory and ethical issuessurrounding data generated at such aquick pace. Questions on gaps in infor-mation generated, its quality and thor-oughness have been raised. A recentretraction in The Lancet and the scan-dal associated with it is proof enough ofthis cause for concern. Social media plat-forms have been instrumental in releas-ing quick information about researchfindings of significance and providinginstant feedback through online com-ments or suggestions for the study, as

also linking the information with sim-ilar studies going on elsewhere in theworld. However, not all significantresearch findings garner the same atten-tion on social media platforms forresearchers to pick up and relate. In fact,some do not surface on such platformsat all or drown in endless tweets orFacebook posts when there is too muchto report on a subject and it’s hard tocatch up, till you are spending too muchtime on these platforms.

A general search for research pub-lications, based on key words likeCoronavirus and COVID-19, has shownthat while there are quite a few promis-ing studies and publications of highquality that can be pursued further, mostother publications are either analysis,commentaries or incomplete studies thathave been reported to either hasten pub-lication or be visible. A thorough peerreview is missing in most cases andhence, the authenticity or the quality ofdata raises grave concern. In many cases,research findings reported do not sup-port the conclusions that have beenstepped up to ensure publication in pres-tigious journals. While most of the lit-erature on COVID-19 is freely available,around 20 per cent of the research pub-lications are still behind paywalls, andthis percentage is expected to grow in thenear future to almost half of the total.That makes a comprehensive analysisquite difficult.

The role of biological resource cen-tres: Rapid data sharing is important tohelp identify the causative agent; inves-tigate and predict the extent of diseasespread; define diagnostic protocols andevaluate treatments and methods to con-tain further spread. The types of infor-mation that can be collated and sharedmay include surveillance data, trialdata, pathogen genomic and proteom-ic data, case study reports and summa-ry of observations from these data

sources. The users may include data scien-

tists, bioentrepreneurs, clinicians, pub-lic health workers, researchers, govern-ments, NGOs, disaster managementexperts, regulatory bodies and so on.However, there are multiple barriers torapid data sharing, including concernsover data protection, confidentialityand different data protection legislationsacross countries. Other major barriersmay be poor curation tools and qualityof data. There is little doubt that break-throughs in various facets of biotechnol-ogy will hugely impact our societies andlives almost as profoundly as informa-tion technologies have done in thepast. Data sharing is necessary forenabling the global community to pre-pare for and respond to pandemics andsimilar global health crisis and speed upthe diagnostic and therapeutic regimen.

With major sequencing effortsacross the world resulting in massivebiological data accumulation, storing,managing, annotating and archiving ithas become quite a scientific challenge.Using this growing body of informationto dig out solutions to the challenges isthe need of the hour. Although, there aremany biological data centres across USand Europe, access to biological dataresources remains restricted due to dif-ferent data protection policies. As aresult, researchers from many develop-ing economies could not access this.

While the world awaits a biologicaldiscovery, our trust in science to han-dle the global crisis and impact scien-tific, societal, political and economicdecisions only grows with passing time.This can also have a separate dimensionfor storage, accession and archival ofpublished information on infectiousorganisms to aid the researcher.

(Bhaskar is Registrar and Suri isCEO, Office of Connectivity, RegionalCenter for Biotechnology)

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On June 15, India was electedunopposed as a non-perma-nent member of the United

Nations Security Council (UNSC)for a two-year term starting fromJanuary 1, 2021. India secured a com-fortable vote of 184 out of 192 at theUnited Nations General Assembly(UNGA), which was more than thetwo-third majority votes required(128 votes) to become a member. Indiawas a candidate from the Asia-Pacificregion for the non-permanent seat forthe term 2021-22.

Last year, India’s candidature wasunanimously endorsed by the 55-member Asia-Pacific group, including

China and Pakistan. Historically, Indiahad been the non-permanent memberof the UNSC seven times starting 1950.

While the UN has completed 75years of existence, its achievementshave been mixed. Its five organsachieved certain milestones in health-care, economy, social welfare, humanrights and environmental issues, con-cerning mostly the developing nations.At the same time it saw many aspira-tions of the five UNSC permanentmember countries i.e. UK, France,Russia, US and China getting realised.

There have been situations wherethese veto-powered nations did notrespect the verdicts of the InternationalCourt of Justice (ICJ) and made amockery of the organisation for whichthey acted as superlative leaders.Therefore, the universal objective ofjustice and peace has been halfwayrealised.

The global order is still basedupon hegemony and domination.Earlier the world was bipolar, where-by global politics was dominated by

two superpowers, the former SovietUnion and the US. Now it is unipo-lar.

Even after the end of the ColdWar, the smaller States are still strug-gling to align with the bigger powersin order to secure their sovereign sta-tus. Imperialism and expansionism stillexist in many forms in the internation-al arena like trade blocs, illegitimateaccess and exploitation of maritimeresources, building power structuresfor future wars, manufacturing cheap-er goods and dumping the same indeveloping countries despite thosedeveloping countries having a substan-tial workforce to manufacture the samecommodities.

Such tactics and exploitative aspi-rations are often realised by biggerpowers by funding various govern-ments in order to incline their foreignpolicy towards themselves, creatinganimosities among the neighboringcountries, funding and managing thefacilities of other countries. In such ascenario, the concept of NAM (Non-

Aligned Movement) seemed to be veryrelevant as it rose against the conceptof power blocs by drawing on the prin-ciples agreed at the BandungConference initiated by Indian PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru andIndonesian President Sukarno withEgyptian President Gamal AbdelNasser and the Yugoslav PresidentJosip Broz Tito. The purpose of theorganisation was very clear:Sovereignty, territorial integrity andsecurity of non-aligned countries intheir “struggle against imperialism,colonialism, neo-colonialism, racismand all forms of foreign aggression,occupation, domination, interferenceor hegemony as well as against greatpower and bloc politics.”

Thus, from the very beginning ourleaders foresaw the possible dangers ofaligning with bigger powers. The cur-rent situation is very clear, where theworld is demanding more multilater-alism because the majority of themembers of NAM had to look eitherleft or right as the NAM could not rope

itself tightly. India started lookingtowards the West as China attacked itin 1962, Indonesia started looking atthe US to balance the influence fromChina or the Communist Bloc.

The best example which elucidatesthe above statement is the rise of anassertive China, which is not conflict-free. Several sovereign States in thevicinity or in the neighbourhood havebeen experiencing the pressures of itsimperialistic, aggressive and belliger-ent attitude, especially in the SouthChina Sea (SCS), as well as in otherbordering States like Bhutan andIndia. China’s imperialistic attitude isreflected in the form of illegitimateaccess to their exclusive economic zone(EEZ) and building structures in thecommon waters.

However, things have changed. Asmaller country is visibly more pow-erful now than what it was during thecolonial period, but it is still reelingunder the new colonialism carried outby the bigger power in name of devel-opment or aid.

The UN has expanded its mem-ber base from 50 to 193. In such a sce-nario, we need a stronger UN basedupon the inclusivity and multilateral-ism which would emphasise uponhuman rights, democracy and otherissues facing the world. Indonesia is amember of the UNSC and has a big-ger say in terms of its geostrategicimportance, population and economy.

In an IPI (International PeaceInstitute) virtual event held on April24 with the President of the UNGATijjani Muhammad-Bande, the Chairand former Australian Prime MinisterKevin Rudd said that while theCOVID-19 pandemic was the most“urgent” challenge the 193-nationbody had ever faced, it could be bestaddressed through the global “inter-connectedness” represented by theUN.

Rudd emphasised that “pan-demics are the very essence of the rea-son why we have a multilateral systemof global governments, and we knowthe reason for that is because epi-

demics and pandemics have no respectfor international borders.” He furtheradded, “This has tested not just ourinstitutions of national governmentaround the world, but it has truly test-ed our system of global governance.”He observed that the creation of theWorld Health Organisation (WHO) in1948 and the International HealthRegulations in 2005 had been“anchored” in the UN Charter. Thus,India at the west frontier and Indonesiaat the east can play a very importantrole in seeking a multilateral world.

As the whole world is reelingunder the onslaught of the pandem-ic, China has intensified its belliger-ence, overshadowing humanity byindulging in fierce aggression in theSCS as well as on the Line of ActualControl with India. This clearlydemands revamping and strengthen-ing of the UN in order to isolate suchbelligerence and create a peacefulglobal order.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,JNU)

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CUB 121 123.95 120.65 122.5ABFRL 125.35 126 123.15 123.85ASTRAZEN 3451.9 3585 3451.9 3550.9AMARAJABAT 651.8 665.75 647.45 660.4INDIACEM 128.7 129.4 126.6 128ADANIPOWER 36 36.1 35.75 35.85JKPAPER* 100.15 100.9 98.7 100.05UNIONBANK 32 32.6 31.5 32.5CHENNPETRO 78.3 78.3 75.2 76.55BOSCHLTD 11407.15 11407.15 11165.8 11292.8UBL 1040.8 1048.3 1018.55 1025.1GMM 4119 4270 4119 4178.5NETWORK18 41.2 42.55 40 42.55TORNTPOWER 316 324.3 316 321.35DELTACORP* 86.75 91.05 86.75 90.75DCAL* 125.5 130.05 117.95 127.55BOMDYEING 72.5 73.4 71.25 72.35JKTYRE 64.35 65.5 63.7 64.55GNFC 154.25 156.5 151.5 155.8DHANUKA 710 742 706.3 734.95RAYMOND 277.4 283.75 275.75 277.65BIRLACORPN 584.8 603.9 578 581.45DIXON 5760 5925.95 5675 5878.3MINDTREE 928.9 936 918.9 923.9ITI 103.3 105.8 102.6 103.7CUMMINSIND 392.35 399.4 390 397.2PFIZER 3975 3992.95 3958.8 3974.65INOXLEISUR 227.6 232 220 229.9TRENT 622 635.45 608.3 614.55EDELWEISS 63.5 63.5 59.55 59.55JSWENERGY 47.2 49.8 47.2 48.9NOCIL 83.4 87.25 83.4 86.55TRIDENT 7.06 7.06 6.91 6.93CGCL 151.6 171 151.6 169.6UCOBANK 14.35 15.4 14.27 15.05WELCORP 80.05 82 77.4 80.1ICICIGI 1252.45 1273.95 1248.55 1265.95PAGEIND 19994.35 20340.2 19946.35 20243.1RAMCOCEM 639.55 652.9 634 649.8BAJAJHLDNG 2580 2597.25 2520 2556.8IPCALAB 1665 1684.15 1623.85 1641.6RAJESHEXPO 477 478.85 463.4 466.9RVNL 19 19.2 18.65 18.9SPICEJET 50.8 50.8 49.5 49.7DALBHARAT* 677.95 698.45 671 697.25OIL 93.65 95 92.5 94.8SANOFI 7650.05 7949.95 7650.05 7888.15IFCI 7.6 7.6 7.19 7.24NBVENTURES 51.3 56.25 50.8 53.05EIDPARRY 275 275 266.1 269.6GSFC 52.75 54.5 52.75 54.4SUNTECK 188.2 191.1 173.05 179.75SWANENERGY 132 149 131.25 142.3GODREJPROP 864.55 868.9 852.35 855.8MINDACORP 71.55 76.95 71.55 75UFLEX 215.55 218.25 210.65 213.7COROMANDEL 759.6 765.2 746.2 750.75SHANKARA 359.8 384.65 359.75 370.85TATAMTRDVR 40.25 41.3 39.9 40.85BEML 642 642 626.65 630.3IEX 181.75 189.85 178.3 180.1MPHASIS 864.1 890 858 884.25SONATSOFTW 238.9 241.9 233.6 238.7JISLJALEQS 13.39 13.39 13.39 13.39MEGH 51.1 53.2 51.1 52.65GRAPHITE 183 187.85 181.4 183.5KALPATPOWR* 227.5 227.5 220 221.3ADANITRANS 259.8 269.3 259 263.55RCF 46.8 47.4 46.35 46.85PRESTIGE 207 210.5 205.05 205.6INFIBEAM 56.1 62 56.1 62PARAGMILK 95.15 96.9 92 93.1FDC 287 289.2 274 275.2FSL 35 36.7 35 36.05KTKBANK 41.35 42.35 41.2 42.1IBREALEST 48.85 51.25 48.85 51.25LINDEINDIA 616 642.4 615.55 636.65PTC 48.55 49.15 48.35 48.8CESC 625 645 620.6 641.75SHILPAMED 485 485 460 468.05JINDALSAW 58.1 58.8 57.35 57.65SHK 63.9 66.75 62.6 65.8FORTIS 122.2 124.9 122 122.6ABBOTINDIA 15798.15 15865 15736.8 15770.55NAUKRI 2733.8 2777 2726.9 2761.2LALPATHLAB 1564.6 1580 1542.8 1576.85SUPRAJIT 145 158.6 143.55 152.65NHPC 20 20.2 19.95 20.05GODREJAGRO 432 447 430.8 433.3SCI 57 57.85 56 56.25LTI 1970 1970 1924.95 1929.55CENTRALBK 17.3 18.3 17.3 17.85OFSS 2850 2920 2775 2855.7MAHSCOOTER 2520 2555.45 2512.5 2533.7VBL 689.4 696 676.15 690.3GALAXYSURF 1489.6 1564.45 1485 1558.5LUXIND 1161.05 1161.05 1121.35 1132.85HAWKINCOOK 4056.15 4135 4050 4122.45ALKYLAMINE 2104.05 2175 2096.1 2167.3JKLAKSHMI 253.5 260.8 252.9 258.65SUDARSCHEM 390.15 393.55 385.75 388.45IRCON 88.15 90.5 86.6 89.7CARBORUNIV 289.6 289.6 273.6 277.35GSPL 223.8 225.4 219 224.4GICRE 154 154.3 151.1 151.85HONAUT 29898.95 30043.9 29755.35 29913.55ISEC 472.25 475.3 469.25 472.6KAJARIACER 391 402 388.5 393.25AUBANK 552.6 568 542 558.65

PGHH 9850.05 10299 9850.05 10257.05NLCINDIA 46.75 46.75 45.4 45.8BAYERCROP 5937 5995.7 5920 5975.1FCONSUMER 16.15 16.15 16.15 16.15DCMSHRIRAM 318.5 321 311.4 317.45MRPL 36.8 37.6 36.2 36.85LTTS 1283.55 1305.95 1267.1 1299.35IFBIND 415.15 430 410.95 423.65GARFIBRES 1377 1487.85 1345.35 1367.9VENKYS 1108.5 1112.95 1092 1102.5TATACOFFEE 81.5 82.45 81.3 81.95MAHABANK 10.8 11.19 10.8 11.1BAJAJCON 146 148.95 145.35 146.4FINCABLES 288 300.15 288 291RADICO 373.1 375.75 370.3 371.7TNPL 113.55 113.55 109 110.75SOBHA 226.35 228.55 217.9 224.45JAMNAAUTO 33.3 33.3 32 32.35JMFINANCIL 70 71.45 69.25 70CASTROLIND 126 126.55 123 123.35SYNGENE 408.9 414.5 405 408ADANIGREEN 340.8 340.8 340.8 340.8CROMPTON 235.2 240.5 235.1 238.75AJANTPHARM 1430 1435.95 1412.9 1429.95FORCEMOT 954 954 936 940.5VINATIORGA 960 969.55 960 962COCHINSHIP 300.15 300.45 294 299.65RAIN 75.95 78.85 75 77.5INDHOTEL 79.8 80.25 79.05 79.2HSCL 47.7 47.7 46.55 47.35PNCINFRA 145 145.8 142 142.65APLAPOLLO 1560.6 1624.7 1560 1618.4BASF 1150 1189 1142.4 1181.1CHALET 128 132.9 126.55 131.6JKCEMENT 1378 1425 1373.3 1381.3IBULISL 58.5 62.4 57.15 59.05EIHOTEL 63.6 64.75 63 64.35DBL 274 276.3 270.7 271.55PGHL 4040 4095 4031.6 4084.3ARVINDFASN 171.9 171.9 160.2 160.35BALMLAWRIE 112.75 114 111.55 112.45SHOPERSTOP 168 170 164 169.35VAIBHAVGBL 1289.4 1295 1250 1289.1RELAXO 627.6 635.95 627.1 628.6NATCOPHARM 627.3 642.7 626.75 635.8FINOLEXIND 492 502.6 488 498.25KEI 352 352 336.45 343.95CERA 2200 2253.85 2151.05 2190KANSAINER 437.15 454.9 433.45 448.75BBTC 1053.5 1060.5 1035.65 1042.45GLAXO 1482 1492 1466 1476.05HEIDELBERG 178.5 181.5 177.6 178.85PCJEWELLER 16.5 16.5 16 16.25CRISIL 1625 1693.15 1617.15 1659.3ORIENTELEC 205.5 205.5 196 197.95GREAVESCOT 83.8 84.8 83.35 84.45SJVN 21.9 21.95 21.6 21.85REPCOHOME 121.65 125.85 119 123.9MINDAIND 275.25 276.15 270.75 271.7REDINGTON 87 90.5 85.75 89.85DHFL 16 16 15.05 15.45ECLERX 447 453.6 440.65 450.75GHCL 136.4 136.4 134.1 135.15ESSELPRO 180.25 181.45 177.65 180SKFINDIA 1695 1695 1666.5 1670.55WESTLIFE 308.7 313.4 306.55 308JYOTHYLAB 117.6 119.2 116.15 116.65PHOENIXLTD 586.45 589.2 562 565.9VGUARD 170 171.6 169.15 170GILLETTE 4975 5017.2 4955 5002.7HINDCOPPER 32.5 32.5 31.3 31.6VARROC 182.25 183.75 177.1 182.5HAL 760.25 778 760.25 763.75JBCHEPHARM 706.8 709.1 697.35 705.45KEC 267.5 272.7 266.25 267.9BAJAJELEC 394 394.8 386 388VIPIND 261 261 253.05 257.7BLISSGVS 97.45 97.6 95.9 96.95ESABINDIA 1390.65 1410 1360 1402.45AEGISLOG 180 180 173.5 174.7SCHNEIDER 79.05 81.65 79.05 80.55WELSPUNIND 37.2 37.25 35.5 35.7MAHSEAMLES 218.9 229.55 217.85 226.2METROPOLIS 1357 1364.35 1340 1350.75GRSE 210 218.15 210 216JAGRAN 39.65 40.6 39.65 40.4GODREJIND 423.05 423.05 404 407TATAMETALI 476 504.35 476 486.453MINDIA 18800 18866.05 18544.6 18624.7CENTURYPLY 118.5 120.35 118 118.8AAVAS 1301.55 1354.9 1300.05 1316.7GMDCLTD 40.2 40.4 39.55 40.1MOTILALOFS* 591 605 584.25 595INDOSTAR 255.7 274.65 240.65 269.6ZENSARTECH 120.5 127.9 120.5 124.6SOMANYCERA 116.25 122.5 116.25 117.05ORIENTCEM 71.6 73.95 70.25 70.75VMART 1724.2 1776 1724.2 1770.15VRLLOG 156.25 161.65 156.25 159.85IIFL 74.6 76.45 72.9 75.15MMTC 16.95 17.45 16.65 16.9SYMPHONY 878.45 882 871.25 880.2TIINDIA 440.6 451 440.6 446.85WHIRLPOOL 2058 2065.5 2043.9 2051.4ALKEM 2361.95 2368 2342.55 2348.35ADVENZYMES 172.95 175.5 169.15 172.6SOLARINDS 990 1010.05 975.25 997CCL 231.15 235.95 227.85 232KNRCON 209.4 210.95 204.85 209.1

JTEKTINDIA 68.7 68.7 66.5 67.1DBCORP 76 76 73.35 74FINEORG 1880.1 1902 1855.15 1859.3GESHIP 211.45 212.35 207 209.45ASTERDM 124.55 124.55 121.15 122.05ATUL 4555 4555 4479.8 4505.05JSLHISAR 70.5 71.5 68.9 69.05TATAINVEST 748 770.5 731.5 761.15AMBER 1445 1459.45 1433.55 1440.05MOIL 140.5 143.3 140 141.75BRIGADE 136 137.5 133.85 136.45TTKPRESTIG 5545 5545 5386.65 5400.3ASTRAL 950.6 967.05 947.25 954.9GAYAPROJ 14.75 15.25 14.75 14.85WABAG 108.1 109.65 105.5 106.55PERSISTENT 638 645.6 630 637.2HIMATSEIDE 63.25 63.25 62 62.85THYROCARE 508 509 485.3 503.1THERMAX 754.3 754.3 737.45 739.6LAOPALA 182.85 187.35 180 183.8GEPIL 453 465.35 450.45 459.7MAHINDCIE 115.6 119 114.75 115.4ZYDUSWELL 1272.4 1283.15 1265 1276.45GPPL 76 78 75.9 76.55TIMETECHNO 37 38.5 36.95 38.05TEJASNET 48.9 50.1 47.1 47.9ITDCEM 50 51.6 49.5 50.25GUJALKALI 322.6 333.1 322 325VSTIND 3124.8 3150 3100.05 3143NESCO 426 429.3 419 427.6INTELLECT 111.85 114.8 109.25 111.25ERIS 458 460 446 447.4SUNDRMFAST 382 384.2 374 376.45CHOLAHLDNG 286.1 305 286.1 300.6MHRIL 167.8 177.4 167.55 172.85SIS 381.25 385.45 364.25 382.55GRINDWELL 490.45 504 483.85 485SUPREMEIND 1128 1133 1118.1 1121.3RATNAMANI 1064 1064 1040 1044.45AKZOINDIA 1833 1835.8 1805.55 1807.35GULFOILLUB 590 614 576 577.8LAXMIMACH 2860.05 2900 2811.9 2835.25SHRIRAMCIT 687 687 670.45 681.8SCHAEFFLER 3587.05 3595.3 3497.85 3547.15BLUEDART 2079.95 2079.95 2006.05 2012.25SADBHAV 46.8 46.8 43 44.35ENDURANCE 870 883.7 870 876.45TEAMLEASE 1688.95 1702.45 1640 1659.6PRSMJOHNSN 47 47.3 45.9 46.8NAVNETEDUL 76.5 79 76.35 78.05MASFIN 656.35 659.7 631.6 636.1INDOCO 203 210.35 201 205.85TCIEXP 679 682.25 669.5 672.3ALLCARGO 79.5 82 78.45 80.3STARCEMENT 85.95 87.4 85.75 86.5ORIENTREF 177.5 177.5 168.45 170.2AIAENG 1609.55 1618.5 1579.5 1586.5OMAXE 127.1 127.1 127.1 127.1MAHLOG 273.5 279.3 272.15 278TIMKEN 949.25 973.15 945 965.25CREDITACC 524 530 519.05 523.8BLUESTARCO 499.4 504.5 495.8 496.6JCHAC 2274.15 2277.55 2233.8 2244.1KPRMILL 485.35 505 483.85 498.15KPITTECH 63 64.1 61.55 61.75ITDC 210 210.8 207.35 208.1NILKAMAL 1138.95 1138.95 1121.5 1124.1MAHLIFE 210.4 215.1 206 212.6TVSSRICHAK 1369.8 1397.4 1362.25 1385.55WABCOINDIA 6889 6893.9 6875.1 6891.75TAKE 50.85 50.85 49.5 49.7KSB 466 468.45 460 466.25JSL 40.15 40.4 39.2 39.6GDL 85.85 85.85 83.3 83.8NH 266.35 267.75 263.25 263.9SFL 1383.8 1455.15 1383.8 1443.9TCNSBRANDS 341.1 344.45 337.85 339.7GET&D 74.85 74.9 72.95 73.3CARERATING 414.25 416.25 410.7 411.75INOXWIND 39.8 41.5 39.8 40.05CENTRUM 17.4 17.4 17.3 17.3TVTODAY 184.85 186.6 184.7 185.1HERITGFOOD 262.85 266.65 261.5 264.6VTL 653.4 664.1 649.1 656.85

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10,323.80 10,447.05 10,299.60 10,430.05 127.95AXISBANK 410 437.35 406.65 432.45 25.8UPL 430.9 449 429 447.6 22.4BAJAJFINSV 5,818.00 6,194.80 5,802.65 6,148.85 303.7HDFC 1,764.00 1,844.80 1,760.40 1,836.80 82.15ITC 194.65 203.85 194.65 203.7 9.05BAJFINANCE 2,831.00 2,968.70 2,806.00 2,949.00 118INDUSINDBK 480.5 494.6 475.15 492.2 17.4SBIN 179.45 185.4 178.6 184.6 6.15ICICIBANK 354.25 365.75 351.6 362.4 10.95ZEEL 167 178 165.05 175.1 4TATAMOTORS 99 101.45 98.2 100.5 2.25RELIANCE 1,720.00 1,749.00 1,708.05 1,736.25 32.15BPCL 377 383.4 374.1 380.2 6.2VEDL 106.4 108.8 105.95 107.8 1.4HDFCBANK 1,065.85 1,096.00 1,061.30 1,079.50 13.65JSWSTEEL 190.3 193.05 188.55 191.6 2.25HINDALCO 147.5 148.85 144.5 147.7 1.5COALINDIA 132.85 134.65 131.4 134.05 1.2GAIL 102.15 103.35 100.25 103 0.85TECHM 544 547.35 536.05 546.75 3.35TCS 2,079.70 2,113.95 2,079.50 2,095.00 12.85IOC 85.65 86.15 84.3 85.75 0.4BAJAJ-AUTO 2,838.05 2,872.00 2,828.60 2,837.80 11.75EICHERMOT 18,540.00 18,649.55 18,301.00 18,365.00 30.7ADANIPORTS 345.9 347.05 341.3 344.45 0.55BHARTIARTL 575 575 558.3 560.2 0.35ASIANPAINT 1,698.00 1,698.00 1,680.05 1,687.40 -0.05ULTRACEMCO 3,888.00 3,933.95 3,862.10 3,892.70 -0.85HEROMOTOCO 2,556.00 2,575.05 2,530.00 2,544.00 -2.95TITAN 950 968.5 945 948 -1.85WIPRO 221 222.4 218.35 218.9 -0.75HINDUNILVR 2,183.00 2,191.80 2,160.10 2,168.15 -11.85ONGC 79 80.95 78.3 80.9 -0.45POWERGRID 175 175.4 171.9 173.75 -1.1INFY 737.25 742.3 729.75 730.85 -5.1MARUTI 5,838.30 5,885.00 5,775.00 5,795.00 -43.3DRREDDY 3,965.20 3,966.00 3,885.85 3,915.00 -29.95TATASTEEL 329 329.6 320.3 324.1 -2.6GRASIM 619.8 625.95 612.15 614.05 -5.65HCLTECH 557.95 559.6 551 551.2 -5.65SUNPHARMA 473.5 475.8 466.15 467.95 -5KOTAKBANK 1,319.00 1,364.80 1,316.00 1,345.00 -15.45INFRATEL 223 223 216.5 218.8 -2.7M&M 513.75 521.4 494.25 502.3 -8.4BRITANNIA 3,605.00 3,611.00 3,536.00 3,542.00 -61.8CIPLA 642.6 642.6 621.05 628.2 -12.05SHREECEM 22,814.35 23,215.00 22,516.80 22,599.00 -452.05LT 941 941 917 924.85 -18.8NESTLEIND 17,205.00 17,205.00 16,720.00 16,820.00 -354.45NTPC 94.7 94.7 92.3 93.75 -2.05

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Equity indices clawed backlost ground on Wednesday

after two sessions of losses asinvestors accumulated banking,finance and energy stocks amidencouraging macroeconomicdata and firm global cues.

After hitting a high of35,467.23, the 30-share BSESensex settled 498.65 points, or1.43 per cent, higher at35,414.45. Similarly, the broad-er NSE Nifty surged 127.95points, or 1.24 per cent, to closeat 10,430.05.

Axis Bank was the topgainer in the Sensex pack,soaring 6.58 per cent, followed

by Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, BajajFinance, ITC, IndusInd Bank,SBI, ICICI Bank and RelianceIndustries.

On the other hand, NTPC,Nestle India, M&M, L&T andONGC were among the lag-gards, skidding up to 2.40 percent.

On the macroeconomicfront, GST revenue collectionsin June swelled to �90,917crore, from �62,009 crore inMay and �32,294 crore inApril, official data showed.

The country’s manufac-turing sector activity alsomoved towards stabilisation inJune, according to PMI data.

The headline seasonallyadjusted IHS Markit IndiaManufacturing PurchasingManagers’ Index (PMI) stoodat 47.2 in June, up from 30.8 inMay. The figures show green

shoots in the economy, thoughthe Covid-19 crisis remains amajor overhang on global aswell as domestic growth,traders said.

“A revival in GST collec-tions during June and a smartcomeback by the banking sec-tor buoyed sentiments as themarket rose over in trade today.

“The broader market tooexhibited strength as savvyinvestors were seen lappingup select counters (which)seem to be less impacted fromthe pandemic,” said SRanganathan, Head ofResearch at LKP Securities.

BSE finance, bankex, ener-gy, oil and gas, FMCG andbasic materials indices endedup to 2.74 per cent higher,while capital goods, power,healthcare and realty finishedwith losses.

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Major automobile manu-facturers, including

Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai,Toyota and Mahindra &Mahindra, on Wednesdayreported big dip in June sales,though fared better as compared to May as companiesgradually ramped up opera-tions after relaxation in lockdowns.

The country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India(MSI) reported 53.7 per centdrop in domestic sales at 53,139units last month, as against1,14,861 units in June 2019.

Its June performance, how-ever, got better than May whenit had posted domestic sales of13,888 units.

“On the customer side ifyou look at parameters whichreflect demand pattern whichare enquiries, bookings andretails, there I think we havereached levels 80-85 per cent ofthe normal,” MSI ExecutiveDirector Marketing and SalesShashank Srivastava told PTI.

It means “there is quite agood pick up in demand main-ly due to pent-up demand” asthere was no retail in April andvery less in May, he said addingthat June was in that sensemore representative monthbecause showrooms were openentire month.

With sales demand reviv-ing, he said, the companies arenow also looking at ramping upproduction.

Last month, sale of com-pany’s mini cars comprisingAlto and WagonR stood at10,458 units as compared to18,733 units in the same monthlast year, down 44.2 per cent.

Sales of compact segment,including models such as Swift,Celerio, Ignis, Baleno andDzire, declined 57.6 per cent to26,696 units as against 62,897cars in June last year.

Similarly, sales of utilityvehicles, including VitaraBrezza, S-Cross and Ertiga,declined 45.1 per cent at 9,764units as compared to 17,797 inthe year-ago month. HyundaiMotor India reported dip indomestic sales last month at21,320 units as against 42,007units in June 2019.

Similarly, Toyota KirloskarMotor (TKM) saw domesticsales plunge 63.53 per cent inJune at 3,866 units as against

10,603 units in the same monthlast year.

“With demand graduallycoming back in the marketand with strong support fromour dealer partners as well asthe hard work of our SBUs(Strategic Business Units), wehave been able to keep upwith customer expectations.Thanks to our special financ-ing offers and buy back offerswhich has also helped bringcustomers back to dealerships,”TKM Senior Vice PresidentSales and Service Naveen Sonisaid. The company is also see-ing a visible growth in onlineenquiries as well as bookings,he added.

Homegrown auto majorMahindra & Mahindra sawdomestic sales drop by 53 percent to 18,505 units last month,as against 39,471 units in June2019.

“The automotive industryhas started to see recoveryboth in the passenger andsmall commercial vehicle seg-ments. This has been led pri-marily by rising rural demandand movement of essentialgoods across the country,” saidVeejay Nakra, chief executiveofficer, Automotive Division,M&M Ltd.

MG Motor India said itretailed 2,012 units in June.

In the two wheeler seg-ment, market leader HeroMotoCorp reported 26.88 percent dip in sales last month at4,50,744 units as compared tothe same period of last year.

The company’s dispatcheslast month, however, grewfour-fold when compared toMay this year. The companyhad sold 6,16,526 units in June2019 while it despatched1,12,682 units in May 2020.

“We have demonstratedphenomenal leadership quali-ty and tenacity to clock a sharpvertical growth in our sales ata time of massive disruptionand uncertainty,” HeroMotoCorp Chairman PawanMunjal said.

Sales of over 4.5 lakh two-wheelers in a highly disruptedmonth is also a clear signal ofthe resilience of the Indianeconomy to be able to revive inthe face of any adversity, headded.

“This has vindicated ourstrong belief in the robust fun-damentals of the Indian econ-omy,” Munjal said.

He added that a majorpart of the market demand isemanating from the rural andsemi-urban markets, whichhave been helped to a largeextent by the various stimuluspackages rolled out by the gov-ernment. “A combination ofmultiple factors, including theforecast of a normal monsoon,a bumper rabi crop and theupcoming festive seaso areexpected to keep the momen-tum going over the next fewmonths,” Munjal noted.

TVS Motor Companyreported 36 per cent dip indomestic two-wheeler sales at1,44,817 units last month ascompared to 2,26,279 units inJune 2019.

“The market is opening upgradually post the lockdown,and we are witnessing a posi-tive uptake in both domesticretail as well as exports,” thecompany said.

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New Delhi: Tata Motors onWednesday reported 81.78 percent dip in its total sales at 25,047units in the first quarter endedJune 30, 2020.

The company had sold1,37,545 units in the April-Junequarter of 2019-20.

Domestic sales of the com-pany stood at 23,845 units in thefirst quarter of the current fiscal,down 82 per cent from 1,31,879units in same period of 2019-20,Tata Motors said in a statement.

“Amidst subdued demand envi-ronment, first quarter wasmarked by successful transi-tion to BS-VI across the rangeof commercial vehicles,” TataMotors President, CommercialVehicles Business Unit GirishWagh said. There are earlyrecovery signs in a few sectors,and the company looks forwardto a gradual pickup in demandon the back of overall econom-ic recovery while continuing toaddress the challenges of inter-

mittent demand and supply dis-ruptions from Covid-19, headded. The company’s com-mercial vehicle sales during thequarter declined by 90 per centto 10,476 units as compared with1,00,357 units in same period of2019-20.

Passenger vehicle sales dur-ing the period under reviewdeclined by 61 per cent to14,571 units as against 36,945units in the corresponding peri-od last year. PTI

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Hong Kong: Hong Kong policemade their first arrestsWednesday under a newnational security law imposeda day earlier by China’s centralgovernment, as thousands ofpeople defied tear gas andpepper pellets to protest againstit.

Police said nine peoplewere arrested under the law,including a man with a HongKong independence flag and awoman holding a sign dis-playing the British flag and call-ing for Hong Kong’s indepen-dence.

Others were detained forpossessing items advocatingindependence. Further detailswere not immediately available.

Hong Kong police said onFacebook that they arrestedmore than 300 people on var-ious charges, including unlaw-ful assembly, possession ofweapons and violating thenational security law.

The arrests come as thou-sands took to the streetsWednesday on the 23rdanniversary of Britain’s han-dover of Hong Kong to Chinain 1997. For the first time,police banned this year’s annu-al march. Protesters shoutedslogans, lambasted police andheld up signs condemning theChinese government and thenew security law.

The new security law deep-ened concerns in Hong Kongand abroad about the semi-autonomous territory’s future.

The law, imposed by Chinafollowing anti-governmentprotests in Hong Kong last year,makes secessionist, subversive,or terrorist activities illegal, aswell as foreign intervention inthe city’s internal affairs.

Any person taking part insecessionist activities, such asshouting slogans or holding upbanners and flags calling for thecity’s independence, is violatingthe law regardless of whetherviolence is used.

The most serious offend-ers, such as those deemed to bemasterminds behind thecrimes, could receive a maxi-

mum punishment of lifeimprisonment. Lesser offend-ers could receive jail terms ofup to three years, short-termdetention or restriction.

Hong Kong’s leader strong-ly endorsed the new law in aspeech marking Wednesday’s23rd anniversary of the han-dover of the territory — offi-cially called the Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region— from British colonial rule.

“The enactment of thenational law is regarded as themost significant developmentin the relationship between thecentral authorities and theHKSAR since Hong Kong’sreturn to the motherland,” chiefexecutive Carrie Lam said in aspeech, following a flag-raisingceremony and the playing ofChina’s national anthem.

“It is also an essential andtimely decision for restoringstability in Hong Kong,” shesaid. A pro-democracy politi-cal party, The League of SocialDemocrats, organized a protestmarch during the flag-raisingceremony. About a dozen par-ticipants chanted slogans echo-ing demands from protesterslast year for political reformand an investigation into accu-sations of police abuse.

The law’s passage Tuesdayfurther blurs the distinctionbetween the legal systems ofHong Kong, which maintainedaspects of British law after the1997 handover, and the main-land’s authoritarianCommunist Party system.

Critics say the law effec-tively ends the “one country,two systems” framework underwhich Hong Kong waspromised a high degree ofautonomy. AP

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London: Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Wednesday heldChina in “clear and seriousbreach” of the Sino-Britishagreement under which HongKong had been handed over tothe Chinese authorities andconfirmed that a citizenshiproute will now be offered toHong Kong’s British National(Overseas) passport holders.

Addressing his weeklyPrime Minister’s Questions(PMQs) in the House ofCommons, Johnson saidChina’s new National SecurityLaw is a threat to the rights andfreedom of the region and indirect conflict with Hong KongBasic Law.

“We stand for rules andobligations and we think that isthe soundest basis of our inter-national relations. The enact-ment and the imposition of thisNational Security Law consti-tutes a clear and serious breachof the Sino-British JointDeclaration. It violates HongKong’s high degree of autono-

my and is in direct conflict withHong Kong Basic Law,” he toldMPs in Parliament.

“The law also threatensthe freedoms and rights pro-tected by the Joint Declaration.We made clear that if Chinacontinued down this path, wewould introduce a new routefor those with British National(Overseas) status to enter theUK, granting them limitedleave to remain with the abili-ty to live and work in the UKand thereafter to apply for cit-izenship. And, that is precise-ly what we will do now,” he said.

The UK has committed tomake it easier for the estimat-ed 350,000 Hong Kong resi-dents who are British NationalOverseas (BNO) passport hold-ers to come to the UK, as wellas nearly 2.6 million others whoare eligible to BNO status.Under current rules, they areentitled to visa-free access to theUK for six months but under anew “bespoke” system this willbe further extended. PTI

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opened an office to facilitatemigration from Hong Kong fol-lowing China’s passage of anational security law for the for-mer British colony seen assharply restricting politicalopposition and freedom ofspeech.

Taiwan is a self-governingdemocracy claimed by China asits own territory and has firm-ly rejected Beijing’s demandthat it unify with the mainlandunder the “one country, two sys-tems” framework in place inHong Kong.

At a ribbon-cutting cere-mony, Taiwan’s Mainland AffairsCouncil minister, Chen Ming-tong, said the office would assistHong Kong professionals seek-ing to move to the island for arange of purposes, includingeducation and business.

Under Hong Kong’s nation-al security law enacted Tuesday,those found guilty of incitingactivities deemed to be of asecessionist, subversive or ter-rorist nature or of colluding withforeign forces could face up tolife imprisonment. AP

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Washington: The US haswarned China that it will notstand idle while it “swallows”Hong Kong into its “authoritar-ian maw,” a day after Beijingimposed a “draconian” nation-al security law in the formerBritish territory.

In a strongly-worded state-ment, Secretary of State MikePompeo said it was a “sad day”for the people in Hong Kong andwarned China of new counter-measures, including endingdefence and dual-use technolo-gy exports to the territory.

The national security lawcame into effect in Hong Kongon Tuesday dramaticallybroadens the powers of localand Chinese authorities toinvestigate, prosecute and pun-ish dissenters.

The law, approved byChinese President Xi Jinping,criminalises secession, subver-sion, terrorism, and collusion

with foreign powers. Peopleconvicted of such crimes canface sentences of up to life inprison.

Reacting to Beijing’s move,Pompeo said, “The ChineseCommunist Party’s (CCP) deci-sion to impose draconiannational security legislation onHong Kong destroys the terri-tory’s autonomy and one ofChina’s greatest achievements.”

“Hong Kong demonstratedto the world what free Chinesepeople could achieve - one of themost successful economies andvibrant societies in the world,” hesaid on the 23rd anniversary ofthe handover of Hong Kongfrom British rule to China.

But Beijing’s “paranoia andfear” of its own people’s aspira-tions have led it to eviscerate thevery foundation of the territory’ssuccess, turning ‘One Country,Two Systems’ into ‘One Country,One System’, he said. PTI

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London: From Tokyo toBrussels, political leaders haveswiftly decried Beijing’s move toimpose a tough national secu-rity law on Hong Kong thatcracks down on subversiveactivity and protest in the semi-autonomous territory.

But the rhetoric has morebark than bite. For people inHong Kong, the question is:Will international anger andstatements of concern make anydifference? Individual coun-tries have little leverage overBeijing on human rights,experts say. A joint effort couldmake a difference, but coordi-nated action seems unlikelygiven strained ties between theTrump administration andmany of Washington’s tradi-tional European allies.

“The USA And EU aremoving in different directionsin many areas. It is perhaps toChina’s advantage that thatshould be so,” said Rod Wye, anAsia-Pacific associate fellow at

the Chatham House think tankin London. In particular,Europeans do not want to bedrawn into the US-China tradewar, he said.

“Expressions of concernare certainly not going tochange the Chinese intentionone little bit,” he added.

A joint US-Europeanreport released this week onrelations with China described“a deep sense of frustration,fatigue, and futility. Thestronger China gets, the lesswilling it has become to evenengage perfunctorily with theWest on the issue.”

The report — from theAsia Society, the BertelsmannStiftung and GeorgeWashington University — saidthat concern about humanrights abuses in China remainsdeep, from the new security lawin Hong Kong, which went intoeffect Tuesday night, to therepression of Muslim minoritiesin the Xinjiang region. AP

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Atlanta: President DonaldTrump and his challenger, JoeBiden, have found somethingthey agree on: The Novemberelection could be rife withcorruption because of howofficials handle the votingprocess.

Of course, the Republicanincumbent and his Democraticrival place the prospectiveblame in different places. Eachpoints at the other’s party.

“I really, really, reallybelieve we’re on the cusp ofwhat could be the most corruptprocess that we’ve seen in ageneral election if we don’tmonitor this every single sec-ond,” Biden told donorsTuesday evening as he dis-cussed Trump’s and manyRepublicans’ opposition toexpanding early voting andmail-in voting amid theCOVID-19 pandemic.

That’s similar language towhat Trump has tweeted to hismillions of social media fol-

lowers in recent weeks. “Mail-in voting … will lead to themost corrupt election in USAhistory,” Trump declaredSunday.

The president previouslyargued that mail-ballotingallows voters to “cheat.” Onesuch tweet drew a rare, special

tag from Twitter that directedreaders to mail-voting factsthat rebutted the president’sunsupported claims aboutvoter fraud.

There are instances ofvoter fraud in the U.S., mostoften found in local or small-er jurisdictional elections, but

there is no evidence of wide-spread fraud that would tiltstatewide or national results.

Biden noted Tuesday thatTrump himself has voted usingmail ballots, most recently usingFlorida’s absentee process tocast his Republican primaryballot in March. AP

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Washington: President DonaldTrump on Wednesday dis-missed as “Fake News” allega-tions that Russia offered boun-ties for killing American troopsin Afghanistan.

He said news stories aboutthe allegations were made up to“damage me and the RepublicanParty.”

Lawmakers have beendemanding answers over theallegations, and Democrats haveaccused Trump of bowing toRussian President VladimirPutin at the risk of US soldiers’

lives. Trump tweetedWednesday that he had notbeen briefed on intelligenceassessments that Russia offeredbounties because there wasn’tcorroborating evidence. Thoseintelligence assessments werefirst reported by The New YorkTimes, then confirmed to TheAssociated Press by Americanintelligence officials and otherswith knowledge of the matter.

“The Russia Bounty story isjust another made up by FakeNews tale that is told only todamage me and the Republican

Party,” Trump tweeted. “Thesecret source probably does noteven exist, just like the storyitself.” The president’s nationalsecurity adviser, Robert O’Brien,said the intelligence wasn’tbrought to the president’s atten-tion initially because it wasunverified and there was noconsensus among the intelli-gence community. But that’s ahigh bar — it’s rare for intelli-gence to be confirmed withouta shadow of doubt before it ispresented to senior govern-ment decision-makers. AP

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Johannesburg: Protestersagainst Africa’s first COVID-19vaccine trial burned their facemasks Wednesday as expertsnote a worrying level of resis-tance and misinformationaround testing on the continent.

Anti-vaccine sentiment inAfrica is “the worst I’ve everseen,” the CEO of the GAVI vac-cine alliance, Seth Berkley, toldan African Union vaccine con-ference last week.

“In general, people inAfrica know the diseases andwant to protect each other,” hesaid. “In this case, the rumormill has been dramatic.” Thetrial that began last week inJohannesburg is part of onealready underway in Britain ofthe vaccine developed at theUniversity of Oxford. Some2,000 volunteers in South Africa

are expected to take part.It’s important that vac-

cines be tested in Africa tosee how they perform in thelocal context, professor ofvaccinology Shabir Madhi,leader of the new COVID-19vaccine trial in South Africa,told reporters and others in awebinar Sunday.

But the small band ofdemonstrators who gatheredWednesday at the University ofthe Witwatersrand, where thetrial is based, reflect long-run-ning fears among some in Africaover testing drugs on peoplewho don’t understand the risks.

“The people chosen as vol-unteers for the vaccination,they look as if they’re frompoor backgrounds, not quali-fied enough to understand”protest organizer Phapano

Phasha told The AssociatedPress ahead of the event.

“We believe they are manip-ulating the vulnerable.” Theactivist and political commen-tator brought up the widely cir-culated remarks earlier this yearby a French researcher, Jean-Paul Mira, who said, “”If I canbe provocative, shouldn’t we bedoing this study in Africa,where there are no masks, notreatments, no resuscitation?”

He compared it to someAIDS studies: “In prostitutes, wetry things because we know thatthey are highly exposed and thatthey do not protect themselves.”“The narrative we got is ourcontinent is a dumping ground,”Phasha said. First ensure thevaccine works elsewhere beforebringing it to Africa, she added.

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Kathmandu: Nepal has regis-tered 482 new coronavirus casesin the last 24 hours, taking thenationwide Covid-19 tally to14,046, the health ministry saidon Wednesday.

Health MinistrySpokesperson JageshwarGautam said that 365 men and117 women tested positive forCOVID-19 during tests con-ducted across the country in thepast 24 hours. Thirty peoplehave died due to the coron-avirus. The virus has spread toall 77 districts of Nepal. In thelast 24 hours, 1,462 patients havebeen discharged from hospitalsafter their recovery. So far, 4.656Covid-19 patients have recov-ered, he said. PTI

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around the world have calledfor a United Nations probe intoa Chinese government birthcontrol campaign targetinglargely Muslim minorities inthe far western region ofXinjiang, even as Beijing saidit treats all ethnicities equallyunder the law.

They were referring to anAssociated Press investigationpublished this week that foundthe Chinese government istaking draconian measures toslash birth rates among Uighursand other minorities, whileencouraging some of the coun-try’s Han majority to havemore children. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance onChina, a group of European,Australian, North American,

and Japanese politicians fromacross the political spectrum,demanded an independentU.N. investigation.

Politicians around theworld have called for a UnitedNations probe into a Chinesegovernment birth control cam-paign targeting largely Muslimminorities in the far westernregion of Xinjiang, even asBeijing said it treats all ethnic-ities equally under the law.

They were referring to anAssociated Press investigationpublished this week that foundthe Chinese government istaking draconian measures toslash birth rates among Uighursand other minorities, whileencouraging some of the coun-try’s Han majority to havemore children. AP

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The commemoration,which was closed to the pub-lic because of coronavirusprevention measures, cameamid intense scrutiny ofDutch involvement in theslave trade that has gainednew urgency fol lowingprotests across the countrysince Floyd’s May 25 death atthe hands of Minneapolispolice. Protesters in theNetherlands have vandalizedseveral statues of historic fig-ures linked to the slave tradeand called for such statues tobe removed.

From the 17th centuryuntil the abolition of slaveryin 1863, Dutch merchantsand ships were heavilyinvolved in slave-trading, andplantation owners in Dutchcolonies in the Caribbeanused slave labor.

The national slaver ymonument in Amsterdam’sOosterpark was decorated forWednesday’s observance withblack and red cloths, colors ofmourning in West Africa.

The government used theday to announce plans for anationwide dialogue to con-front the country’s historiclinks to slavery. The dialoguewill focus on “how the slaveryhistory still influences ourdaily l ives,” EducationMinister Ingrid vanEngelshoven said.

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Netanyahu made the com-ments on Tuesday shortly afterwrapping up talks with WhiteHouse envoy Avi Berkowitzand the US Ambassador toIsrael David Friedman. Thesides have been holding talksfor several months on finaliz-ing a map spelling out whichareas of the West Bank will beannexed by Israel.

“I spoke about the questionof sovereignty, which we areworking on these days and wewill continue to work on in the

coming days,” Netanyahu said.Netanyahu has been eager

to begin annexing West Bankterritory in line with PresidentDonald Trump’s Mideast plan.The plan, unveiled in January,envisions turning over some 30per cent of the territory underpermanent Israeli control,while giving the Palestiniansautonomy in the remainingland.

But the plan to redraw theMideast map has come underfierce international criticism.The UN secretary-general, theEuropean Union and key Arabcountries have all said Israeliannexation would violateinternational law and under-mine the goal of establishing aviable independent Palestinianstate alongside Israel.

The Palestinians, who seekall of the West Bank as part of

a future state, have rejected theTrump plan.

Israel captured the WestBank from Jordan in the 1967Mideast war. The internation-al community considers theterritory to be occupied, andfor Israel’s more than 120 set-tlements to be illegal.

But Trump has taken a farmore conciliatory line thanhis Republican and Democraticpredecessors. Netanyahu, aclose ally of Trump, has saidIsrael must take advantage ofwhat he calls a “historic oppor-tunity”, and is eager to moveforward before the Novemberpresidential election.

In an unsourced report,Israel’s public broadcaster Kanpublished a graphic on Tuesdayshowing what it said was pro-posed Israeli modifications tothe initial annexation map pro-

posed by Trump.The map calls for turning

over additional West Bank ter-ritory allocated to thePalestinians, specifically landsurrounding settlements andhighways that is marked ingreen. In return, it proposes“compensating” thePalestinians with territory,marked in yellow, the Trumpproposal had allocated to Israel.

Israel’s Channel 12 TVreported that the Americannegotiators are asking Israel tomake “a significant step” as agesture to the Palestinians,such as handing over WestBank territory to Palestiniancontrol comparable to thatannexed.

Israel currently has fullcontrol over 60 per cent of theWest Bank. That report alsowas unsourced.

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For the first time in Russia,polls were open for a week tobolster turnout withoutincreasing crowds casting bal-lots amid the coronavirus pan-demic — a provision thatKremlin critics denounced asan extra tool to manipulate theoutcome.

Putin is all but guaranteedto get the result he wants fol-lowing a massive state propa-ganda campaign and the oppo-sition’s failure to mount a coor-

dinated challenge. Ironically,the plebiscite aimed at consol-idating Putin’s grip could endup eroding his position becauseof the unconventional methodsused to boost participationand the dubious legal basis forthe balloting.

By Wednesday morning,the overall turnout alreadyexceeded 55 per cent, accord-ing to election officials, andkept climbing through theday to reach almost 90% ofel ig ible voters in someregions. After polls closed inRussia’s Far East, eight timezones ahead of Moscow, offi-cials quickly reported earlyresults showing over 70 percent of voters backing thechanges.

Kremlin critics and inde-

pendent election observersquestioned official figures.

“We look at neighboringregions, and anomalies areobvious — there are regionswhere the turnout is artifi-cially (boosted), there areregions where it is more or lessreal,” Grigory Melkonyants,co-chair of the independentelection monitoring groupGolos, told The AssociatedPress.

Putin voted at a Moscowpolling station, dutifullyshowing his passport to theelection worker. His face wasuncovered, unlike most of theother voters who were offeredfree masks at the entrance Theballot completes a convolutedsaga of concealment, decep-tion and surprise that began in

January, when Putin first pro-posed the constitutionalchanges in a state-of-the-nation address.

He offered to broaden thepowers of parliament andredistribute authority amongthe branches of government,stoking speculation he mightcontinue calling the shots asparliamentary speaker or aschairman of the State Councilwhen his presidential termends in 2024.

His intentions becameclear only hours before a deci-sive vote in parliament, whenlegislator Valentina Tereshkova,a Soviet-era cosmonaut whowas the first woman in space in1963, suddenly proposed ameasure to let him run twomore times.

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Every spaceEvery raceSeeks todayA safe abodeI am in my haven..... My home and my soul.May be the birds always chirped, I

never had the time.I evoke the memory of the clear skies.Now that I see it and have the time.In the muddy pond of dark noises,

my mind glows like a white lotus.Spotless and calm, it brings me where Iam.

Artist Shuchi Khanna quotes theselines which aptly sum up her stateof mind while painting during

the lockdown.When the outside world came to a

standstill, we were all forced to reboot,go slow and look within. By the verynature of their profession, artists havealready developed this skill and attitudeto introspect, reset and innovate, on adaily basis. Like each one of us, they toostayed locked down but certainlyunlocked in spirit. If anything, theybecame even more free with the lan-guage of their expression.

The project — The Spirit RemainsUnlocked, conceptualised and curated byThe Art Route founder Lubna Sen,launched on the first day of the lock-down, celebrates this resilience and theunrestrained creative spirit of the artistcommunity.

It was launched with 30 artistswho remained confined in their respec-tive homes and studios across thecountry and abroad.

“The concept came intuitively tome. The idea was, art has to go on —for the creator and the beholder.Suddenly, we were all asked to stay athome, go slow and reflect. By the verynature of their work, artists do this everyday. I felt here is a section of societyfrom whom we can learn a lot at thistime. Also, as a curator and promoter

of forthcoming artists, I felt this projectcould motivate them to live through theuncertainty of the market,” says Lubna.

She further says that the dailyonline interactions among artists inject-ed a positive spirit. Yes, life and its upsand downs happened to all of us butthere was a purpose in life whichshielded us from the negative news out-side and an end goal which helped usride through the troughs.

Also, as a student of art history,Lubna shares how the historical contextin which art is created has always fas-cinated her. As chroniclers of their time,artists are always the first responders toa crisis like this. “We are at a pivotalpoint in history, the effect of which we

will see in coming years. There was,hence, an impulse to capture this snap-shot through this project,” adds she.

The artists were asked some com-mon questions to be answered throughtheir works. “The personal journey isimprinted into each of their works —some are more explicit than others.Since I have known most of theseartists for years, it was interesting for meto see those deviations in their lan-guages — some subtle, some not so sub-tle,” says Lubna.

For a few, the pandemic itself servedas a subject — be it the virus, the deathsor the plight of the migrants or the silentvictims of domestic abuse taken up byfeminist artist Nitasha Jaini.

For some, who had no resourcesavailable for existing media of practice,this was an opportunity to work on newmedia and keep the creativity going.Sculptor Neerajj Mittra turned todrawings and sketching, printmakerPranjit Sarma turned into water coloursand digital art. Gayatri, who is inspiredby the colour of textiles, made use of theonly available resource that she had athome — charcoal.

For some, the journey of confusionto peace is very clearly stated in theirworks, such as Usha’s ceramics. Yet forothers, self quarantine is exactly whatthey needed to focus on their own exist-ing language because the experience re-affirmed their own artistic inquiry.

The paintings give us a glimpse intothe artists solitary worlds as they haveshared their ongoing works, thoughts,hopes and aspirations. Artist RituAggarwal says, “Art is always a medita-tion for me as it helps me unclutter mymind. During lockdown, art was theonly source to keep my mind stable andpositive. Though I was already working,this project gave me the direction andinspiration to do work with more pos-itivity which was really important forme at that moment. It made me realisethat the doors can be locked but thespirit is always unlocked.”

Her painting, Silent Spaces, which isone of her favourites too, is very differ-ent from her previous works. The pan-demic forced her to think about theenvironment and atmosphere aroundher which grew cleaner, more peacefuland silent. “Everything seems to be con-nected with nature and breathable.And this gave me the new theme for myforthcoming works,” adds Ritu.

Artist Harsh Inder Loomba’s, NuevaVida, depicts flowers blooming out ofthe cracks of a wooden log. The ideabehind his work was to portray the cur-rent happenings and their impact onhim and surroundings through colours.“I paint nature and surrealistic figures.

Nature has inspired me to move fromlandscapes to abstraction. I have triedto depict the importance of our boun-ties through minimalist expressions,”says he.

As he was confined to home, heshares that he would have painted any-way. “Our residential complex wassealed twice, so stepping out of thehouse was out of the question. Thisrestriction may drive someone insanebut being an artist is a blessing as weneed solitude to work. We must alwaysbe hopeful and create positive energythrough our art,” adds Harsh. This “me”time gave him a reason to look withinfor answers and inspirations. Whatinspired him to paint amidst thesechaotic times was the desire to give fullplay to his imagination and probablytouch the topic of our existence in thisworld in harmony with nature.

Painted in acrylic medium, a forestview with medium-sized seven birchtrees that have yellowish-green leaves,oval and elliptical in shape, is one of theartist’s finest works created during theproject — Birches in Woods. With nohorizons, the unknown path seems tolead nowhere and has nobody aroundto walk over it. There are birds too, butare hard to spot. The trees stand so closethat they give a feeling of warmth andunity in nature.

“The birch trees are seven becauseit is the number of completeness andperfection, both physical and spiritual.The bird which one could miss easily,symbolises freedom and future. For timeimmemorial, mankind has consideredbirds to be a sign of eternal life. Thiswork was born after hearing about hownature is reclaiming its space,skies/rivers are clearer and birds arereturning. So, it is dedicated to thesupremacy and importance of nature inour lives; we have to live in harmony.It is also about hope and a moreresponsible future by caring for ourplanet,” says he.

For most of the artists, art is a ther-apy as it helps you to connect with yourinner self and reflect upon the pertain-ing issues. “It takes me away from themundane life full of noises. It brings mecloser to myself and keeps me sane andhappy. It also raises your spirits and helpsyou evolve as a person,” says artistShuchi Khanna. She shares that lockdownmade her realise the importance ofhuman relationships and encouragedher to declutter her insecurities. Paintingis all about expression and to express oneneeds to feel things. During the processof exploring herself, she realised that thisforced slowdown had given her time toreflect on various aspects of life. “My dayto day life is hectic. Managing betweenhome, job, art, fitness schedule, I lost outon simple moments of sheer joy ofintrospecting and doing nothing. Thislockdown helped me bounce back to myold natural self. I hope we heal soon fromthe situation, the panic, the pain and thescare,” says she.

While artist Niloy Sen’s Deadly Gamecaptures the enormity of this global cri-sis, he says that the atmosphere within thegroup was positive and creative, with allthe participants sharing their thoughts,interactions and experimentation. Thisinspired him to get up every morning anddo a new piece or finish the old one.“Each painting is a creative expressionand interpretation of my thoughts. There’sme hiding behind every work,” adds he.

The aim of the project is to contin-ue the conversation on art and providean ambience where the audience can sitback and enjoy looking at artworks byclicking a button. They can walk throughthe virtual gallery. “I disagree with theschool of thought that this is not the righttime to talk about art. We have becomeso materialistic that we only look at artas an end product, available for purchaseand not as an intellectual source of inspi-ration. In fact, this is the best time to talkabout it. Art reacts, responds and healsus in times like these,” says Lubna.

(The artworks will be showcased ontheartroute.com from July 5 to August15.)

There’s no denying that theTikTok ban in India will hit

ByteDance the hardest.However, the decision has alsoleft various content creatorswondering about their futureand careers. The short-formvideo making and sharing plat-form garnered more than 200million users of the app andidentified India as its largestinternational market. During itsbrief ban in 2019, the compa-ny had missed out on half a mil-lion dollars a day of revenue.Well, the app indeed gave riseto a whole new breed of celebri-ties in the country — theTikTok stars! But now what?

While some brands alsocame up with innovative adcampaigns on the platform,there are several people whofound stardom and a possiblecareer through it. Experts say

that the ban will put a lot ofthings on hold. Nidhi Kumar,24, has 1,30,000 followers onInstagram but 1.2 million onTikTok. The dancer postsaround six videos on TikTokeveryday, which typicallyreceives half a million viewscumulatively. She had earliersaid, “The way you can reachthe masses with TikTok is nextlevel.” Kumar gets up to 40 percent of her income from socialmedia via TikTok, and secondfrom Instagram.

TikTok inf luencerVaishnavi Naik (@beingnavi)who has over six million follow-ers on TikTok yesterday postedon her Instagram, “As you allknow, TikTok is banned, will beposting my content here. Needyour support.”

Another user, ArmanRathod, a Gujarat-based carcleaner, said that TikTok was his“one-way ticket” to unexpectedstardom as it allowed him topursue his lifelong dream ofbecoming a dancer.

Some of the popular con-tent creators on the app alsohave a significant presence onother social media apps such asInstagram or YouTube.However, those “who did notdiversify will feel the heat,”said Ashutosh Harbola, founderand CEO of influencer-market-ing firm, Buzzoka, earlier.

Shamsuddin Jasani, Group MD,Isobar South Asia, told anational daily, “We don’t knowhow long this ban is going tolast for. But if it lasts for a fewmonths, it is certainly going tohave a big effect on the curat-ed video space. And YouTubewill be for sure the big gainer aswell as other Indian apps in thespace.”

While these influencers arethankful to have got a platformto showcase their skills, manysaid the sole reason for theirpopularity is their talent. Ifnot on TikTok, they will usesome other platform to show-case their talent as it has beengarnering “decent views”. A fewother Indian apps that are sim-ilar to TikTok and its interfaceare Mitron App, Bolo Indya,Roposo App, Dubsmash andChingari.

Veteran producer Anand Panditwho is co-producing Abhishek

Bachchan-starrer The Big Bull alongwith Ajay Devgn says an OTTrelease for The Big Bull, was definite-ly not his first choice.

“I believe in the big theatre expe-rience. It is the ultimate for any cin-ema lover. But, in the challengingtimes that we live in, we are all learn-ing to adapt and more importantly,

experiment. An experiment tounderstand what the future holds forfilms and their audience. I would saythis release is a new evolutionarytool in the growth of cinema and itsaudience.”

The veteran producer was com-menting on the decision of releas-ing the thriller on OTT platformDisney+ Hotstar that wasannounced by the platform. The Big

Bull is one of the films in the OTTplatform’s roster to be released thisyear.

Not one to look at things fromjust one prism, Anand says it alsogives Hindi films an immediatereach with international audience innewer markets. “With an OTTrelease, the film will reach newermarkets and newer internationalaudience.”

He adds that the theatrical expe-rience will be back soon, “Theatricalexperience will be back soon andthat I assure you. In the meantime,let’s not stop enjoying the one thingwe are passionate about — films,” hesmiles and signs off.

Interestingly he is working withboth the Bachchans currently —with Big B in Chehre and JuniorBachchan in The Big Bull.

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Sachin Ashok Sharma (IRTS) tookcharge of Secretary to General

Manager of Western Railway. Sachin isan officer of the Indian Railways TrafficService of 2009 batch and has worked inimportant assignments pertaining totrain operations in previous positions asSenior Divisional Operations Managerof Nagpur and Bilaspur RailwayDivisions under South East CentralRailway.

His role particularly holds distinc-tion for having made an all time recordof highest freight loading and earning byany division over Indian Railways.Sharma’s contribution towards improv-ing Average Speed of Freight Trains andsuccessfully implementing the conceptof Mega Integrated Corridor blocksover Nagpur Division, won him theRailway Board’s National Award in2016.

He has also been the recipient of

Gold Medal for Best IRTS probationerin Academy, COM’s Award and GeneralManager’s Award. An officer with wideexperience of Passenger and FreightTrain Operations, Sachin has successful-ly facilitated more than 50 non-interlock-ing works for creation of new infrastruc-ture augmentation projects. Recently,Alok Kansal, General Manager ofWestern Railway, has lauded his effortsand issued appreciation letter for his roleduring lockdown period, especially withregards monitoring of Shramik SpecialTrains.

Outgoing Secretary to GM andCPRO/Western Railway, RavinderBhakar has joined as CEO of CBFC.Ravinder in his tenure as managed hisdouble responsibilities with utmost effi-ciency. Ravinder is also a recipient of theRailway Board’s National Award along-with many other prestigious awards atvarious levels.

Since Lok Nayak hospital andthen GTB hospital were

declared dedicated COVID hospi-tals, more than 400 Thalassemiapatients registered with these hos-pitals were facing a lot of hardshipfinancially and physically.

Patients and attendants had tovisit other hospitals for bloodtransfusions and drugs therapies.Sometimes they were referred toother hospitals due to the shortageof blood during this crisis. It isworth mentioning thatThalassemia major patientsrequire repeated blood transfu-sions every two to four weeks fortheir survival.

“We had initially madearrangements in otherThalassemia managing hospitals inDelhi but patients were finding alot of difficulties in travelling longdistances from one to another hos-pital. They were also finding prob-lems in arranging blood. So, theDelhi government issued instruc-tions to shift GTB hospitalThalassemia branch to Delhi Statecancer Institute and Lok nayakhospital Thalassemia branch to

GB Pant hospital,” said Dr SKArora, Additional Director Healthwith the Government of Delhi.

“Now we have started servicesfrom Delhi State Cancer Institutefor GTB hospital Thalassemiapatients from Monday and fromGB Pant hospital for LNHpatients from Tuesday,” added DrArora.

He further said that due toblood shortage, patients arerequested to bring blood donors

also till the present crisis due toCOVID-19 is over. We are alsorequesting all the hospitals to calla small number of donors on adaily basis. For the donations,hospitals can take help of regis-tered NGOs and Rogi Kalyansamiti apart from other commu-nity Volunteers.

“We should get ourThalassemia minor test donebefore marriage so that oneThalassemia minor doesn’t marryanother such which is the onlyPrimary Preventive Strategy if wewant our country to be free fromthis major disease, which is prac-tically untreatable,” he added.

MV Ravi Someswarudu hastaken over as Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of GAILGas Limited, a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of GAIL (India)Limited, engaged in the city gasdistribution business. Prior tothis assignment, he was serving asExecutive Director & Officer- In-Charge of the PetrochemicalProject at GAIL, Pata. He hastaken over the charge from AKJana, who is now the Managing

Director for Indraprastha GasLimited (IGL).

Someswarudu has diverseexperience encompassing morethan 34 years in the Oil & Gas andPetrochemical Sectors coveringdiverse functions like ProjectDevelopment, Operations andMaintenance, Technical Services,Process Design and Engineering,Design of Pipelines & Gas process-ing plants, Technology Selectionand R&D.

He has also served in theExploration & Production,Petrochemical Group at GAILCorporate Office and also heldadditional charge of ProjectDevelopment Department.

He played a significant role informulising the policies and proce-dures in various divisions of thecompany. He has also played a sig-nificant role in conceptualisingand taking up LNG Terminal pro-jects in India.

Another important appoint-ment is that of E S Ranganathan,who took charge as Director(Marketing), GAIL (India)Limited.

An Instrumentation & ControlEngineer from NSS College ofEngineering, Palghat in Kerala,Ranganathan is an MBA withspecialisation in marketing. He hasclose to 35 years of rich anddiverse experience in Oil and Gassector, particularly in project exe-

cution along with Operation &Maintenance of natural gaspipelines, gas marketing, businessdevelopment and business infor-mation systems entailing engi-neering and planning, processmanagement, scope management,resource management, schedulemanagement, enterprise resourceplanning, technology upgrada-tion, vendor management andquality assurance.

A firm believer in leveragingtechnology for business solutions,Ranganathan played a pioneeringrole in using technology towardsSMART working in the field ofO&M and project Management.

All of us have seen double-decker passenger trains,

at least in pictures. However,Central Organisation forRailway Electrification(Prayagraj) has made possiblethat a double-stack electricgoods train can now ply onrailway tracks. Major hurdle inrunning such goods train wasinsufficient clearance availablewith overhead electric wires.However, CORE unit ofAhmedabad the unique dis-tinction of introducing andopening for freight traffic, the25 KV AC Electric tractionwith High Rise OHE havingcontact wire height of 7.57meters, which is a first of itskind in Indian Railways and aworld record. The feat wasachieved by the team of railwayelectrification, Ahmedabadunit under CentralOrganisation for RailwayElectrification. The High RiseOHE route was opened forFreight traffic after a manda-tory and intense safetyInspections by Commissionerof Railway Safety, WesternCircle.

Further, for the first time,the hauling of (DSC) doublestack container with electrictraction was successfully intro-duced between Palanpur andBotad in Gujarat involving270 kilometers. The electrifica-tion with High Rise OHE andsubsequent hauling of doublestack container by electric trac-tion will boost the Green Indiainitiative over Indian Railway.

The maiden operationalrun of Double Stack Containerwith Electric Traction wasintroduced on June 10 fromPalanpur to Botad viaMahesana, Viramgam &Surendranagar. YP Singh;General Manger of CentralOrganisation for RailwayElectrification, has expressedhis pleasure on this historicalmilestone despite the toughchallenges and congratulatedentire team of RailwayElectrification, AhmedabadUnit consisting of Railwaysofficials pertaining to Technicaland Non-Technical both.

Conventional over headequipment (OHE) was

designed for Electric Tractionhauling with contact wireheight of 5.60m and was cater-ing to the existing demands ofIndian Railway. Subsequently,Indian Railways with an eye onmaximising freight traffic andat the same time keeping car-bon emission to minimumwith existing track capacity, itwas imperative to run thefreight trains with Double stackcontainers with same Linecapacity and increased haulingcapacity thereby necessitatingthe adoption of High RiseOHE with contact wire heightof 7.57 meters.

The electrification withHigh Rise OHE had its fair

share of technical problemswith regard to operationalissues with existing ElectricLocomotives and also negoti-ating existing over line struc-tures suited for conventionalOHE.

To offset the problem,Pantograph pressure wasadjusted suitably after severalLocomotive Run trials at var-ious speeds and study of theresults by Research Design &Standard Organisation(Research Wing of IR). Studiesbased on Locomotive trial runsare still going on for furtherimprovements.

The project involved 34710Cu.mof Concrete, 12015 MT ofsteel, 1386.62 MT of copperconductor & 93 No’s of Bridgemasts with an approximatecost of � 566 crore forElectrical, Civil and Signaling& Telecom works.

The electrification of Botadto Pipavav is almost in advancestage of completion and aftermandatory CRS inspection,the Freight trains will be intro-duced with Electric Tractionshortly up to Pipavav Portwhich is a very major connec-tivity to India’s first port buildin Public Private Partnershipmodel and a gateway port onthe west coast India for han-dling containers, bulk cargos &Ro-Ro cargos. The facilitatingof easy access to rail networkat Pipavav port provides logis-tical advantage connecting theport to critical markets in thenorthwest part of India.

National Doctors’ Day observed in KGHospital of CLW by garlanding the portrait

of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy on his birthanniversary. Doctors took oath on this day.General Manager, Praveen Kumar Mishra,and senior officers witnessed this programmefrom administrative office conference roomthrough WebEx video conferencing. Praveeninaugurated and dedicated four numbers ofmedical equipment of ICU through e-openingfor the service of the patients, which are verybeneficial for the treatment in the presentCOVID-19 situation. Equipment costing �1.7crore, mainly motorised ICU beds, modularmulti parameter monitor, BiPAP machine andechocardiography with colour doppler machineare provided in the hospital.

Praveen appreciated the efforts of medicalteam for successfully providing these essentialmedical equipment for fighting against pandem-ic for the betterment of CLW Railway employ-ees and others.

Shrikant Madhav Vaidya has taken over asthe chairman of Indian Oil Corporation

Ltd. He will also be the chairman of ChennaiPetroleum Corporation Ltd, a stand-alonerefining subsidiary of IndianOil and IndianOiltanking Limited.

Prior to his elevation, Vaidya was theDirector, Refineries, IndianOil Board, sinceOctober 2019. A chemical engineer from theNational Institute of Technology, Rourkela,he has over 34 years of experience in refin-ing and petrochemicals operations. He hashad a decade-long association with India’slargest cracker plant — the Panipat NaphthaCracker Complex, a major driver ofIndianOil’s petrochemicals business.

He has always laid emphasis on ensur-ing smooth supply of products, eco-friend-ly business operations and healthy refiningmargins. During his tenure as Director,Refineries, he presided over several refineryexpansion and petrochemical projects. Healso steered the timely rollout of BS-VI gradeauto fuels across the country, commencedsupply of IMO-compliant bunker fuel (0.5per cent Sulphur) and a special winter-gradediesel for the high-altitude regions of theHimalayas, and expanded the Corporation’sgreen energy offerings with projects relatedto biofuels and 2G/3G ethanol-blended fuelsat its refineries.

With proven technological prowess,future-ready business acumen and people-centric leadership style, Vaidya nurtures astrong vision of leveraging technology andinnovative, sustainable fuel solutions for theCorporation’s growth as an integrated ener-gy major.

The unprecedented situation due tothe ongoing pandemic has affect-ed all segments of our society. The

livelihoods of the poor and marginalisedcommunities have been seriously impact-ed and the tribals are some of the worstaffected in these trying times.

To ease the burden of the tribal arti-sans during such troubled times,TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal affairs has ini-tiated several immediate initiatives to re-energise the lagging economic activity forsustaining the livelihood development oftribals.

“The team of TRIFED warriors willtake Tribal Commerce based on forestproduces, handlooms and handicrafts toa new high for transforming tribal livesand livelihoods,” says Union MinisterArjun Munda. Addressing a video con-ference to launch the Trifed DigitalPlatforms, through VC, he stated thatwith more and more people going onlineto meet their various needs, be it for busi-ness operations, shopping and commu-nication, an important strategic push hasbeen to adopt an all-encompassing digi-tisation drive to map and link its villagebased tribal producers to the national andinternational markets setting up state ofart, e-platforms benchmarked to interna-tional standards.

This was the key focus area of thewebinar TRIFED Goes Digital and BeVocal for Local #GoTribal which wasorganised by TRIFED on June 27. It wasattended by over 200 participants. Themain highlight was the launch of theTRIBES India products on theGovernment e-Marketplace andTRIFED’s new website (https://trifed.trib-al.gov.in) by Munda.

Ramesh Chand Meena, Chairman,

TRIFED, Pratibha Brahma, BoardMember, TRIFED, Rajeev Kandpal, JS&CFO, GeM and Nanu Bhasin, ADG, PIBalso attended the launch.

In his address, Munda spoke aboutthe unprecedented situation and how themigrant labour have suffered a lot. Heexpressed his pleasure at the effortsbeing put by “the TRIFED Warriors” andthe Ministry officials to revive the flag-ging economic condition of the tribal arti-sans and tribal gatherers. He emphasisedthat empowering the tribal communitiesand utilising their skills, which has so farbeen disconnected from the mainstream,should be of prime focus and we shouldcapitalise on opportunities that have beenthrown open during the unprecedentedsituation. Munda opined that TRIFEDplays a major role in connecting the trib-als to the mainstream and congratulat-ed the team for their two major initiativesbeing launched.

Earlier, in his welcome address,Pravir Krishna, Managing Director,

TRIFED thanked the Minister for hispresence at the formal launch of the twodigital initiatives. He spoke aboutTRIFED’s ambitious digitisation drive andhow this is aimed at creating a level play-ing field for more than 50 lakh tribals(artisans, gatherers, dwellers) who will beconnected with the mainstream usingstate-of-the art technology.

Rajeev Kandpal, JS& CFO, GeMaddressed the webinar next. In hisaddress, he spoke about how the TRIFEDand GeM teams have worked hard underthe overall guidance and leadership. Hepointed out that social inclusion was amajor focus in GeM and that niche sup-plier segments such as start-ups, ruralentrepreneurs, tribal entrepreneurs,women, tribals have been encouraged.

Post this speech, a presentation wasmade about the all-encompassing digi-tal transformation strategy embarkedupon by TRIFED and the various mea-sures put forth to help ease the situationof the tribal community.

Keeping every aspect of tribal livesand commerce in mind, TRIFED has alsocommenced the digitisation of the pro-curement of MFPs through governmentand private trade and the related pay-ments to tribals. Leveraging the e-com-merce boom, TRIBES India products areavailable at www.tribesindia.com with allregions working together to ensure thatvarieties and offerings of all kinds arereadily accessible at other platforms too.

In addition, the Tribes IndiaeMarketplace, coming on the heels of theRetail Inventory Management Systemwhich has automated the sourcing andsale of stocks, is an initiative to on-boardalmost five lakh Tribal Artisans on the e-market platform to provide them accessto national and international markets.This is likely to be commissioned by endof July.

TRIFED’s VanDhan IntegratedInformation Network facilitates the pool-ing of all information pertaining to for-est dwellers engaged in Minimum

Support Price Operations and itsVanDhan Yojana linking them up toVillage haats and warehouses. Thisscheme has been implemented in 22states touching the lives of almost3,61,500 Tribals. The tribal clusters iden-tified and mapped across the country areeligible beneficiaries under AtmanirbharAbhiyan. The aim is to work in conver-gence with various ministries and agen-cies and help bring the benefits to thesevulnerable and distressed communities.

Post the presentation on TRIFED’sactivities, Meena, congratulated theTRIFED team for its sustained efforts andwas positive that the � 2 lakh crore trib-al economy will definitely get doubled ortrebled. Also, he was certain that theseefforts would result in the products andproduces of tribal gatherers and artisanswould get maximum coverage — both inthe country and abroad.

Anil Ramteke, ED, TRIFED conclud-ed this inspiring and informative sessionwith his Vote of Thanks.

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Lionel Messi scored his 700th careergoal but Barcelona suffered anoth-er blow to their La Liga title hopes

after a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid onTuesday.

Messi chipped in a penalty to reachanother astonishing milestone at CampNou but Atletico hit back twice with spot-kicks of their own, Saul Niguez convert-ing both after Barca took an early leadthrough Diego Costa’s own goal.

The result gives Real Madrid thechance to move four points clear at thetop of the table if they can overcomeGetafe at home on Thursday, a formida-ble lead with five games left. Atletico staythird, two points ahead of Sevilla, whowon 3-0 at Leganes.

With a superior head-to-head, itwould take a dramatic capitulation forReal Madrid not to lift the trophy fromhere but there is no guarantee Barcelonacan finish strongly enough even to cre-ate pressure.

This was their third draw in fourmatches and with suggestions of dishar-mony between the players and coachingstaff, the future of coach Quique Setienlooks bleak too.

“From the dressing room I feel sup-ported, yes,” he said. “And regarding themeeting with the board, I will not say

what was said in that.”Setien was also asked about his job

on Monday and had to play down the sig-nificance of a frank exchange of views inthe dressing room following Saturday’sdraw at Celta Vigo.

Messi had also caused a stir byappearing to ignore Setien’s assistant EderSarabia during a water break at Vigo andon Tuesday it was impossible toignore the contrast with Atletico’splayers, who huddled aroundDiego Simeone while 50 metresaway Setien stood alone.

At full-time, Setien stared intospace with the look of a coach thatis running out of time but he had takenbold decisions, leaving 120-million-eurosigning Antoine Griezmann on thebench and handing another start to 20-year-old Riqui Puig.

“It’s true that taking him out of theteam like that is hard for a player of hislevel but the circumstances forced me to

do it,” said Setien of Griezmann.“Tomorrow I will speak to him, not toapologise, but it is a decision he has tounderstand.”

����� ��������Yet it started well for them as Costa

endured a nightmare first quarter of anhour, first diverting Messi’s corner into

his own net after misjudging theflight of the ball at the near post.

Then he missed a penalty,won after the excellent YannickCarrasco left Gerard Pique for deadand then cut back inside ArturoVidal, who stuck out a leg.

Costa’s shot was saved but VARshowed ter Stegen had sprung off his linetoo early and Atletico were given a sec-ond chance. This time Saul took the balland he scored the equaliser.

Messi dinked over the sliding RenanLodi and then whistled a curling effortpast the far post. His deflected free-kick

forced Jan Oblak to adjust his feet andpalm over.

Finally, it was laid on a plate for himshortly after half-time. Felipe clippedNelson Semedo and Messi, with the 700thin sight, chipped the ball delicately downthe middle.

But every time Barca pulled away,Atletico pegged them back. Anotherpenalty was awarded, again instigated bythe speedy Carrasco, who made the mostof the slightest touch from Semedo.

Saul took responsibility again andwhile Ter Stegen got a hand to it, the ballsquirmed into the corner.

Vidal twice went close, the secondtime heading wide Jordi Alba’s cross, andThomas Lemar might even have won itfor Atletico in injury-time. For Barca, thedraw was damaging enough.

Earlier, Sevilla’s Oliver Torres scoredtwice and Munir El Haddadi added athird to see off Leganes and boost theirhopes of holding onto fourth place.

Sevilla sit five points ahead of Getafe,having played a game more. Leganes stay19th, nine points adrift of safety.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saidBruno Fernandes has

brought a winning mentality toManchester United after hisbrace inspired an impressive 3-0 win at Brighton on Tuesday.

Cajoled by the daz-zling Fernandes, Unitedproduced one of theirbest performances of theseason at the AmexStadium.

Mason Greenwoodopened the scoring earlyin the first half andFernandes doubled the leadbefore the interval.

Fernandes netted againafter half-time with a fine vol-ley as United climbed aboveWolves on goal difference totake fifth place in thePremier League.

“Bruno hascome and been fan-tastic. He hasbrought that winningmentality with him, that 99percent is not good enough.It has to be 100 percent,”Solskjaer said.

“I’ve got more thanone game-changer. Thethird goal was a great teamgoal. To see so many play-ers sprinting forward to geton the end of it was fantas-tic. A great finish by Bruno.”

Solskjaer’s side are twopoints behind fourth-placedChelsea, who play their gamein hand at West Ham onWednesday.

With fifth place secur-

ing qualification for theChampions League if second-placed Manchester City’sEuropean ban is upheld, Unitedare in a strong position to returnto the continent's elite clubcompetition.

If they make it, United willowe a huge debt of grat-itude to Fernandes, whohas scored six goals sincearriving from SportingLisbon in January.

The Portugal mid-fielder’s role in revitalis-ing United cannot beunderstated.

They were mired in a majorslump before Fernandes’ signing,

but are now on a 15-gameunbeaten run in all compe-titions, including three suc-cessive wins.

“It’s a joy to watchthem when you seethem express them-selves like that,”Solskjaer said.

“The confi-dence comes

from performances.They worked hardduring the lockdownand we know we haveloads to play for.

“I don’t care aboutmaking a statement, I

know we are a goodteam.”

United are also look-ing more solid at the back

with eight clean sheets intheir last 13 league match-es.

With a run-in thatincludes games against

Bournemouth, Aston Villa andWest Ham, Solskjaer’s mencould enjoy a memorable con-clusion to the campaign as theyalso chase success in the FA Cupand Europa League.

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Juventus maintained their four-point lead at the top of Serie

A on Tuesday after strolling toa 3-1 win at Genoa that keepschasers Lazio at bay despite theircomeback triumph at Torino.

Three stunning individualgoals from Paulo Dybala,Cristiano Ronaldo and DouglasCosta downed relegation-threat-ened Genoa and kept MaurizioSarri on course to deliver Juve’sninth straight league title in hisfirst season as coach.

Andrea Pinamonti pulledone back with 14 minutes left forthe struggling hosts, who stayjust one point above thedrop zone and third-from-bottom Lecce, who hostGenoa’s local rivalsSampdoria on Wednesdaynight.

Pinamonti's strike was thefirst goal Juve have concededsince losing at Lyon in February,but it wasn’t enough to stop thechampions from cruising totheir sixth straight league win.

“It was a good team effortand we scored three brilliantgoals,” said Sarri. “The team have

recovered well after thedisappointment of losingthe Italian Cup final, it wasonly a matter of time.”

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their part when they camefrom behind again to win 2-1against struggling Torino.

Ciro Immobile’s 29thleague goal of another remark-

able season for the Italy for-ward and Marco Parolo’sdeflected strike in the 73rdminute completed a deservedsecond-half comeback forLazio, who had clawed theirway to a 2-1 win overFiorentina in similar fashionjust two days earlier.

Andrea Belotti gave thehosts an early lead from thepenalty spot after Immobilehandled but spent the rest ofthe match on the back foot andare 14th on 31 points.

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Former South Africa skipper A Bde Villiers said that the semifinal

loss to New Zealand in the 2015World Cup wore him down for abouta year and played a huge role in hissudden decision to retire fromInternational cricket.

South Africa were leftheartbroken when they suf-fered a four-wicket loss toNew Zealand via D/L methodin a rain-affected 2015 WorldCup semifinal and deVilliers accepted thathe had struggledto come toterms with it.

“ T h a treally wore medown a touchbut I kept playing,I tried to bite the bul-let, I tried to be there. Iwas batting really well. Istill had incredible friend-ships and memories,” de

Villiers said during a Cricbuzz inConversation show hosted by HarshaBhogle.

The 36-year-old, regarded asone of the greatest batsmen of alltime, had called time on his 14-year-old International cricket in 2018despite being at the peak of his game.

De Villiers had then said that heran ‘out of gas’ and ‘was feeling tired’as the reasons behind his retirement.

However, the former Proteaskipper said that the New Zealanddefeat played a role in his sudden

decision.“From a personal

point of view, it playeda huge role,” said de

Villiers, who hasscored 8765runs in 114 Tests

and 9577 runs in228 ODIs respec-

tively for SouthAfrica.“We got beaten by

sport on the night and it wasactually a beautiful thing but it

was difficult for me to get throughthat year and to specifically meet upwith the team again a few monthslater, having to go again.

“Here we go again, we have torestart but I am like hold on, I am notover this World Cup. It hurt toomuch. So yes, I am sensitive andthose kinds of things play a huge rolein how I feel and my ambitions,” deVilliers said.

South Africa have been peren-nial under-achievers at the WorldCup, having faced massive disap-pointments in the 1992 and 1999 edi-tions.

De Villiers said he struggled tocope with the 2015 loss for about ayear and regrets not opening upabout his emotions.

“The next 12 months was real-ly tough for me. Maybe I should’vebeen more honest about it when Ilook back and communicated aboutit. I felt like I was a little bit alone atthe time but it’s silly to say that you’realone if you don’t seek help, if youdon’t talk about it,” he said.

��":��'�� The postponed3TCricket competition, whichwould mark the resumption ofLive cricket in South Africafollowing the coronavirus-forced break, will be held onJuly 18.

The Solidarity Cup, whichwill see 24 of South Africa’s topcricketers feature in threeteams playing two halves in asingle match, was scheduled tobe held on June 27 but waspostponed indefinitely afterCSA felt more work was need-ed to stage it.

The teams that will takepart in the match are theEagles, to be captained by ABde Villiers, Kingfishers, to beled by Kagiso Rabada and theKites, which will have Quintonde Kock as skipper.

The announcement of thenew date comes a day afterSouth Africa’s 44 cricketers,who are part of a men’s highperformance squad, returnedto training amid after gettingapproval from the country’ssports ministry. PTI

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Shashank Manohar onWednesday stepped down as

the International CricketCouncil’s first independentchairman, ending a stint whichcoincided with the BCCI los-ing its influence in the worldbody.

Manohar took charge asICC Chairman in November2015. His deputy ImranKhwaja, from Hong Kong, willbe the interim chairman.

“ICC Chairman ShashankManohar has stepped downafter two, two-year tenures at itshelm. The ICC Board mettoday (Wednesday) andagreed that DeputyChairman ImranKhwaja will assumethe responsibilities ofthe Chairperson untila successor is elected,”ICC stated in arelease.

The

process for the election of thenext chairperson is expected tobe approved by the ICC Boardwithin the next week.

Former ECB chairmanColin Graves and India’s SouravGanguly are the main con-tenders even though the formerIndia skipper’s candidaturedepends on the whetherSupreme Court would allowhim to continue as BCCIPresident by relaxing the cool-ing off norms mandated by theLodha administrative reforms.

Former Cricket WestIndies head Dave Cameron,New Zealand’s Gregor Barclay,Cricket South Africa’s Chris

Nenzani have also showninterest at different times.

As per the currentconstitution, Ganguly’s sixyears as office-bearer instate and BCCI end on July31 and he is qualified to

take over the ICCchairman-ship.

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England coach ChrisSilverwood believes star all-

rounder Ben Stokes will make upfor a great leader when hereplaces Joe Root as captain forthe first Test against the WestIndies starting here at AgeasBowl on July 8.

Having never led a side infirst-class cricket, star all-rounder Stokes will be captain-ing the national team for the firsttime in his career.

“I think he will do a greatjob. He is a talisman, isn’t he? Heleads from the front anyway. Heis conscious of the people aroundhim as well so I think he will doa great job in Joe Root’s absence,”Silverwood was quoted as say-ing by The Guardian.

“We know he has got anaggressive nature but equallythere is a good cricket brain inthere as well. I think he will bequite vocal about what moves he

is making out there.“I’m looking forward to

working with him from a coach-ing point of view. I will extendhim the same courtesies I doRooty. He will have a lot of sayin what is going on and he willplay a big part in giving his opin-ions in selection as well,” he said.

Silverwood also revealedthat Jos Buttler will be Stokesdeputy in the opening Test.

�����:���Former Sri Lanka captainKumar Sangakkara has been askedto record his statement in front of aspecial investigating unit of theSports Ministry probing allega-tions that the country’s 2011World Cup Final loss to Indiawas fixed, local mediareported.

Sangakkara was cap-tain of the Sri Lankanteam at that time.

According to local newspaperDaily Mirror, which quoted SSP WA J H Fonseka, a Special

Investigation Division of theMinistry of Sports has asked

Sangakkara to record his state-ment.

Sangakkara has been asked toappear before the unit onThursday at 9 am, according tothe report.

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recorded statements from Sri Lankabatting legend Aravinda De Silva,who was chairman of the selectioncommittee at that time, and theopening batsman of that matchUpul Tharanga.

On June 24, the SpecialInvestigation Division recorded astatement from Aluthgamage, whosaid that his early assertion was actu-ally a suspicion which he wants thor-oughly probed. PTI

����� A Cricket West Indies board officialhas sought the “immediate removal” of headcoach Phil Simmons for moving out of theteam’s bio-secure location to attend his father-in-law’s funeral ahead of the three-Test seriesagainst England.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) board mem-ber Conde Riley, who also heads the BarbadosCricket Association (BCA), called Simmons’actions reckless despite the fact that the for-mer West Indies all-rounder had taken CWI’spermission and has now quarantined himself.

“I am being bombarded by concerned par-ents and members of the BCA. This behaviouris inconsiderate and reckless. It endangers thelives of those 25 young men in theUK and in fact the entire man-agement team and cannot be tol-erated,” Riley was quoted assaying by ESPNcricinfo.

“The English press willhave a feast on his judge-ment and I suggest we actswiftly,” he added. PTI

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