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New Delhi (UNI)The Directorate General of Civil

Aviation on Friday announced exten-sion of the suspension of scheduledinternational passenger flights in thecountry till July 31.

However, some internationalscheduled services on selected routesmay be permitted on a case to casebasis, the DGCA said in a notification.

On March 23, India has suspendedscheduled passenger flights due tothe coronavirus crisis and a subse-quent lockdown in the country.

On June 26, the DGCA said it wassuspending international passengerflights till July 15.

“.... the competent authority hasextended the validity of circular is-sued on the subject cited above re-garding scheduled internationalcommercial passenger services

to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of 31stJuly, 2020. This restriction shall notapply to international all-cargo oper-ations and flights specifically ap-proved by DGCA. However, interna-tional scheduled flights may be al-lowed on selected routes by the com-petent authority on case to case ba-sis,’’ according to the circular.

Scheduled domestic passengerflights were resumed in the country onMay 25 after a gap of two months.

International flights to remainsuspended till July 31

Islamabad (UNI)At least 20 Sikh pilgrims were

killed while 10 others sustained in-juries when a train crashed into acoaster at a railway crossing nearSheikhpura on Friday, railway offi-cials said in a statement.

Rescue team reached the accidentspot and shifted the injured and thedead to nearby hospitals, the state-ment added.

According to media reports, mostof the passengers in the coaster were"Sikh Yatrees" who were returningfrom Nankana Sahib. The accidenttook place at a railway crossing nearSheikhupura that reportedly did nothave a gate.

Several passengers on board theShah Hussain Express were also in-jured.

Minister for Railways SheikhRashid has ordered authorities totake immediate action against thoseresponsible for the accident.

Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi expressed his condolencesover the incident.

"Pained by the tragic demise ofSikh pilgrims in Pakistan. Mythoughts are with their families andfriends in this hour of grief", thePrime Minister said in a tweet.

Pakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan and President Arif Alvi ex-pressed deep sorrow over the loss oflives and assured that the best med-ical care would be provided to thoseinjured.

"Deeply saddened at the accidentthis afternoon at a railway crossingnear Sheikhupura which resulted inthe death of atleast 20 people, main-ly Sikh pilgrims returning fromNankana Sahib. Have directed thatproper medical care be provided tothe injured", Khan said in a tweet.

Pakistan: 20 Sikh pilgrims killed,10 injured in train-bus collision

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn Madhya Pradesh, 298 cases

were found within 24 hours. Thehighest number of 57 corona posi-tives was found in Morena followedby 53 in Bhopal. With this, 14159have been infected in the state. Sofar, 589 deaths have been confirmeddue to infection in MP. At the sametime, 10845 people have returned totheir homes after defeating the coro-na infection. Now 2702 active casesare left in the state. There are still1053 active containment areas in thestate where about 3 lakh people live.

Shops in Unlock 2 are beingopened in Bhopal till 10 pm, butmany traders closed shops early onThursday in New Market.

The Gwalior administration tight-ened the border at Rayaru due to thesudden increase in corona infectedpatients in the district. Police andadministrative officials returned thepeople coming from Morena and didnot give them entry in the district.Here, due to the ever increasing in-fection of Corona in Gwalior, now

the markets will be closed on everySaturday and Sunday in the city. Forthe remaining five days, the marketswill open but till two in the after-noon. This order will be applicablefrom Saturday. On Friday, the mar-kets opened till seven o’clock in theevening.

On Saturday and Sunday therewill be a few hours’ relaxation forcommon things like milk, fruits, veg-etables, medicines and petrol. Thisdecision was taken with the consentof everyone in the meeting of the Cri-sis Management Committee held atthe Collectorate on Thursday.

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Over 50 corona cases in Bhopalfor third consecutive day

New Delhi (UNI)Information and Broadcasting

Minister Prakash Javadekar and Rail-way Minister Piyush Goyal on Fridaycondoled the demise of ace Bolly-wood choreographer Saroj Khan,and said it is a big loss to the film in-dustry.

Saroj Khan died of cardiac arrestearly on Friday. She was 71.

Taking to micro-blogging siteTwitter, Mr Javadekar said,’ SarojKhan was a genius Choreographer,who impressed & entertained allwith her iconic work. Shocked toknow about her demise. A big loss tothe film industry. Condolences to herfamily, friends & fans. Om Shanti.”

Mr Goyal said,”Saddened to hearabout the demise of ace choreogra-pher #SarojKhan.

An inspiration for buddingdancers, she will be fondly remem-bered as the artist behind a numberof Bollywood’s iconic dance perfor-mances. My heartfelt condolences toher family, friends and fans.”

With a career span of over 40years, she choreographed more than2000 songs and is known as “TheMother of Dance/Choreography inIndia”.

Big loss to film industry: Javadekar,Goyal on Saroj Khan’s death

New Delhi (UNI)India’s novel coronavirus tally

surged to 632998 on Friday as it regis-tered a record breaking single-dayspike of 20903 infections.

According to the health ministry,the death toll across the country havenow reached 18311 after 379 morepeople lost their battle to the virus.

However, with the improving re-covery rate in the country, 379892 cas-es have so far been cured and dis-charged, which are 152453 more thanthat of the cases under active medicalsupervision in the country whichstands at 227439.

As per the Indian Council of Med-ical Research, so far 9297 749 sampleshave been tested for the virus tillThursday.

Maharashtra, the worst hit Covidstate in the country has witnessed asharp spike of 6328 fresh infectionstaking its tally to 186626 cases withdeaths reaching 8178.

Tamil Nadu, now moving close toone lakh cases has 98392 confirmedcases, while deaths in the state due tothe pandemic have reached 1321.

Delhi now houses 92175 confirmedcases after registering a single dayspike of 4343 infections , while deathtoll has mounted to 2864.

Gujarat’s tally stands at 33913, with681 new cases and deaths mountingto 1886. Uttar Pradesh’s Covid countsurged to 24825 after 769 cases wereadded since Thursday. Fatalities in thenorthern state were 735.

West Bengal’s tally rose to 19819,

while covid deaths in the state so farstand at 699.

Rajasthan was now home to 18662cases, deaths due to the virus havereached 430.

Telangana recorded 18570 cases af-ter adding 1213 fresh infections, whiledeaths reached 275 in the southernstate. Karnataka recorded 18016 Covidcases. Contagion deaths in the statestand at 272.

Andhra Pradesh’s tally has risen to16097 ,while 198 lives have so far beenclaimed by the virus spread.

Haryana registered 15509 casesand the fatalities due to the same inthe state have rose to 251.

Madhya Pradesh added 245 newcases in the past 24 hours , taking thecount to 14106 , while deaths at pre-sent stand at 589.

Bihar has recorded 222 fresh infec-tions since Thursday taking the tally ofinfected the state to 10471 with 77 fa-talities.

India’s nCov tally surges past6.3 lakhs, death toll at 18213

Kanpur (UNI)After losing

eight of itspersonnel inan encounter,police on Fri-day gunned down two close associ-ates of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey.

Though the police was yet to con-firm on the identities of the encoun-tered criminals but sources here saidthat while one of them is the VikasDubey’s brother- Atul, the other ishis maternal uncle Prem Prakash.

Inspector General of Police(IG)Kanpur, Mohit Agawral said that theencounter took place just 4 kilome-ters away from the spot where thepolicemen were ambushed. A ser-vice pistol and an assault rifle lootedfrom the police were also recoveredfrom the possession of the killedcriminals.

Police was holding up three morecriminals in a nearby jungle wherethe encounter is underway.

Meanwhile, ADG(law and Order)Prashant Kumar ,who has rushed tothe spot, said that a probe has beenordered as how the criminal came to

know about the police raid.Admitting he police intelligence

failure and lapse on part of the policeteam that raided the village, Mr Ku-mar said that on the directive of chiefminister Yogi Adityanath, he willsend a report to the governmentabout the incident.

On the other hand, ten policeteams, including a couple of STF,were engaged in tracing out thewanted criminal and his accom-

plices who escaped after killing thepolicemen. It is learnt that the crimi-nals could have fled to adjoining dis-tricts of Unnao or Farrukhabad,where an alert has been sounded.

Eight policemen, including threeofficers, were ambushed and sevenothers injured when they went to ar-rest a dreaded criminal VikasDubey(52) in Bikaru village inChoubeypur police station area inKanpur city early today.

After 8 cops shot dead in UP encounter

Leh (UNI)Asserting that the bravery shown

by the Indian troops in Ladakh hassent a message to the world about In-dia’s strength, Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi on Friday said ‘enemies ofBharat Mata have seen the fire andfury of our soldiers’.

Mr Modi, who on Friday reachedhere on a surprise visit to review theground security situation amid thestandoff with China at Line of ActualControl (LAC) and said those who areweak can never initiate peace as brav-ery is a pre-requisite for peace.

The Prime Minister said this whileaddressing soldiers at one of the for-ward locations in Nimu, which is lo-cated at 11,000 feet above sea level.

“Your courage is higher than theheights where you are posted today.Today as I’m among you I can feel thecourage and valour in all of you. Whenthe safety of the country is in yourhands, then there is a belief. Not onlyme, but the entire nation believe inyou and is not worried. As you protect

our borders, it inspires every citizen towork day and night. Our resolve for

self-reliant India has become strongerbecause of you and your strong re-

solve,” Mr Modi said.“The valour shown by you recently

has shown India’s strength on theglobal front. Leh, Ladakh to Siachenand Kargil and Galwan’s icy waters,every mountain, every peak is witnessto the valour of Indian soldiers,” hesaid. Lauding the soldiers, he said,“Bharat Mata’s enemies have seenyour fire and fury. Those who are weakcan never initiate peace as bravery is apre-requisite for peace. Your willpow-er is as strong and firm as Himalayas;the whole country is proud of you.”

PM Modi also paid tributes to thesoldiers who were killed in the GalwanValley face-off with the Chinesetroops. “I once again pay my tributesto the brave soldiers martyred in Gal-wan clash. These soldiers were fromdifferent parts of the country,” he said.

In an attempt to boost the moraleof the Indian soldiers post stand-offwhich China that left 20 Indian sol-diers dead, PM Modi said, “Tales ofyour bravery and valour are echoingin every house in the country.”

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World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 11,031,515 525,091USA 2,837,726 131,504Brazil 1,502,424 62,045Russia 667,883 9,859India 632,998 18,311Spain 297,183 28,368Peru 292,004 10,045Chile 284,541 5,920UK 283,757 43,995Italy 240,961 34,818Mexico 238,511 29,189Iran 235,429 11,260Pakistan 221,896 4,551Turkey 202,284 5,167Saudi Arabia 201,801 1,802Germany 196,738 9,064South Africa 168,061 2,844France 166,378 29,875Bangladesh 156,391 1,968Colombia 106,110 3,641

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Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Min-ister Yogi Adityanath on Friday an-nounced Rs 1 crore compensationeach to families of the eight po-licemen martyred in Kanpur am-bush. While announcing the com-pensation, the Chief Minister saidthat the culprits would not bespared at any cost. Besides, one

member of each family would be given a government job and they will getextraordinary pension.

Yogi announces Rs one cr to familiesof martyred policemen in Kanpur

State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 1,86,626 8,178Tamil Nadu 983,92 1,321Delhi 921,75 2,864Gujarat 33,913 1,886Uttar Pradesh 24,825 735West Bengal 19,819 699Rajasthan 18,662 430Telangana 18,570 275Karnataka 18,016 272Andhra Pradesh 16,097 198Haryana 15,509 251Madhya Pradesh 14,106 589Bihar 10,471 77Assam 9,013 12Jammu & Kashmir 7,849 115Odisha 7,545 272Punjab 5,784 152Kerala 4,753 25Chhattisgarh 3,013 14Uttarakhand 2,984 42Jharkhand 2,584 15Goa 1,482 4Tripura 1,435 1Manipur 1,279 0Himachal Pradesh 1,014 10Ladakh 990 1Puducherry 802 12Nagaland 501 0Chandigarh 450 6D&NH&D&Diu 230 0Arunachal Pradesh 195 1Mizoram 162 0

Delhi Earthquake - 4.7Quake Near DelhiNew Delhi: A medium-intensityearthquake of magnitude 4.7struck near Delhi on Friday,prompting people to rush out oftheir homes. The quake was the lat-est in a series of several low-inten-sity earthquakes jolting the cityover the last two months. The epi-centre of the earthquake was 60 kmsouthwest of Gurgaon in Haryana,according to India's National Cen-ter for Seismology.

Soldier shoots pregnantwife, self in WardhaWardha: A soldier posted at theCentral Ammunition Depot(CAD),Pulgaon, shot his pregnant wifedead and then shot himself in hisquarter,police said here on Friday.According to Police, Ajay KumarSingh (25) and his wife had a quar-rel on Wednesday late evening . In afit of anger, Ajay took out his ser-vice rifle and shot at his wife, whodied on the spot.

Four of family murdered in PrayagrajPrayagrak: Four members of afamily were brutally murdered inDevapur village under Holagarhpolice station in the district, late onThursday night. A woman was crit-ically injured in the attack. Policesources here on Friday said that aVaidya (local doctor) VimleshPandey (40) along with his threesons Somu (22), Shibu(19) andprince(18) were stabbed to deathwhile his wife was critically injured.

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Class-10 Board examresult todayChronicle Reporter, Bhopal

The Madhya Pradesh Board ofSecondary Education (MPBSE) willannounce the result of MadhyaPradesh Class 10 examination on Ju-ly 4 at 12 noon.

Board’s PRO SK Chaurasia saidthat this time more than 11 lakh stu-dents have appeared for the exam.Two papers could not be held due tothe Covid-19 lockdown. All the stu-dents have been passed in these pa-pers.

For the first time, the examina-tion results of 10th and 12th are be-ing declared separately. Students willbe able to watch it online. For this,MPBSE has uploaded it on 4 govern-ment websites. After 12 noon stu-dents will be able to visit these andsee it based on their roll number.With this, students will be able to seethe results on the mobile app as well.Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan had announced that 10thresults in board examinations willcome in the first week of July and12th results in the third week of July.

Results can be seen here at:www.mpresults.nic.in, www.mpb-s e . m p o n l i n e . g o v . i n ,www.mpbse.nic.in andhttps://www.fastresult.in

India registers strongprotest against continuedceasefire violations byPakistanNew Delhi: Amid unprovoked cease-fire violations by Pakistani forcesalong the Line of Control, India onFriday registered its strong protestsaying the activities are in contra-vention to the 2003 Ceasefire Under-standing between the two nations.

“We have registered our strongprotest at the continued unprovokedceasefire violations by Pakistanforces along the Line of Control andthe International Boundary whichare in contravention to the 2003Ceasefire Understanding,” sourcesin the government establishmentsaid.

Till June this year, 14 Indianswere killed and 88 injured in morethan 2,432 unprovoked ceasefire vi-olations carried out by Pakistanforces.

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Vijayawada (UNI)Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy haslaunched the Andhra Pradesh Cor-poration for Outsourced Services(APCOS) for recruiting employeesto various Departments in theGovernment putting away the pre-vious practice of contractors con-trolling the outsourcing system.

As part of the reforms the StateGovernment has been undertak-ing to bring in transparency intothe governance, APCOS was start-ed to take care of the recruitmentand salaries, including the ESI andPF benefits, in tune with the State’spolicy of providing 50 per centreservation to the SCs, STs, BCs,minorities and women.

After the launch from his campoffice at Tadepalli near here on Fri-day through online, the Chief Min-ister formally handed over the ap-pointment letters to the outsourc-ing staff working with the GeneralAdministration Department

(GAD) at the Secretariat while 50,449 letters will be handed over bythe APCOS to the employees work-ing in various Departments acrossthe State.

Speaking on the occasion, theChief Minister said in some cases,the contractors were inflating thenumber of employees while carry-ing out the work with lesser num-ber of employees and pocketingthe remaining money. Besides thecommissions, there was no ac-countability on the deductions ofESI and PF.

“By setting up APCOS, we willbe putting an end all such corrup-tion and nepotism. All recruit-ments and salaries will be doneonline on time and under the su-pervision of the concerned districtcollector. The incharge ministerwill also be in the committee,which will ensure that 50 per centreservations are provided to theweaker sections and women” theChief Minister said.

AP CM launches APCOS

New Delhi (UNI)Expressing grief over the killing of

eight policemen in an encounter inKanpur, Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday de-manded strict action from the UttarPradesh government.

In a tweet she said, “The miscre-ants opened fire indiscriminately onthe police who went to arrest themiscreants, in which eight jawans,including CO, SO of Uttar Pradeshpolice were martyred. My condo-lences to the families of these mar-tyrs of UP Police.’ ‘Law and order sit-uation in Uttar Pradesh has deterio-rated, criminals are fearless,” theCongress leader said.

“The public and even the police are not safe. The law and order re-sponsibility is with the CM himself.

After such a horrific incident, the CM should take strict action. Thereshould be no laxity,” she said.

Kanpur encounter: Priyanka demandsstrict action from UP govt

New Delhi (UNI)Delhi High Court on

Friday said that people re-ceiving treatment forCOVID-19 cannot beforced to give an under-taking to donate plasmaand it has to be voluntary.

A bench comprisingChief Justice DN Patel andJustice Prateek Jalan washearing a PIL seeking di-rections to the CentralGovernment and DelhiGovernment to make itmandatory to obtain plas-ma from patients who re-

covered from COVID-19either at home or at a hos-pital.

The PIL claimed thatthe Central Governmentand Delhi Governmentwere not taking effectivesteps for ensuring suffi-cient availability of plas-ma for treatment ofCOVID-19 patients in Del-hi. The petition alsosought from Court tomake it obligatory on thepart of every recoveredpatient to donate plasmaat first instance.

People cannot be forced to donateplasma: Delhi High Court

New Delhi (UNI)To augment Covid-19 facilities,

the Centre has distributed morethan 2.02 crore N95 masks and1.18 crore PPE kits to states, UTsand Central Institutions free-of-cost since April 1.

Also, the Centre has distributedmore than 6.12 crore HCQ tabletsand dispatched 11,300 ‘Make in In-dia’ ventilators to the state/UTgovernments to supplement theirefforts in the prevention, contain-ment and management of Covid-19. The Union Government’s rolehas been in strengthening healthinfrastructure to fight the pan-demic in the country.

Of the 11,300 ‘Make in India’ventilators dispatched to variousstates,UTs and Central Institutionsso far, 6,154 ventilators stand al-

ready delivered to various hospi-tals. The GOI is also ensuring theirinstallation to bridge the massivegap in availability of ventilators inCovid ICU facilities.

The Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare (MoHFW) is also supply-ing 1.02 lakh oxygen cylinders tostates and UTs, of which 72,293have been delivered to strengthenoxygen beds there, an official re-lease here said.

Till now, 7.81 lakh PPEs and12.76 lakh N95 masks have beensupplied in Delhi, 11.78 lakh PPEsand 20.64 N95 masks in Maharash-tra, and 5.39 lakh PPEs and 9.81lakh N95 masks in Tamil Nadu byMoHFW.

Most of the products suppliedby the Union Government werenot being manufactured in the

country initially, and there was aglobal demand due to the pan-demic resulting in scare availabili-ty in the foreign markets.

However, with the combined ef-forts of MoHFW, Ministry of Tex-tiles and Ministry of Pharmaceuti-cals, Department for Promotion ofIndustry and Internal Trade (DPI-IT), Defence Research and Devel-opment Organisation (DRDO) andothers, domestic industry hasbeen encouraged to manufactureand supply essential medicalequipment like PPEs, N95 masks, and ventilators during thisperiod.

With the result, the resolve for‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make inIndia’ has been strengthened andmost of the supplies made by GOIare domestically manufactured.

Over 2 crore N95 masks, 1 cr PPEs distributed free by Centre to states

Puducherry (UNI)Puducherry Chief Minister V

Narayanasamy on Friday de-manded that the central government should reconsider itsmove to privatise Indian Rail-ways.

In an audio clip sent to thepress here,Narayanasmay said asalready air travel and bus travelwere in the hands of private sec-tor, Railways was the mode oftransport for the poor.

If privatized ,the charges willnot be affordable for the poor andit will affect them, he said.

He said that the administrationis taking steps to set up COVIDtesting centres in all the four re-gions of the union territory.Al-ready steps were taken to set upone in Karaikal region and cen-

ters will be started in Mahe andYanam regions.Besides Govern-ment medical college and Jipmer

in puducherry region,COVID testwill be conducted in all privatemedical colleges with an aim totest more and give them treat-ment forthwith,he added.Testingcenters would also be started atVillianur and Karikkalampakkamhere.

The chief minister said thatHomeopathy medicine ‘AlsenicAlbum’ is being provided to thepeople in all constituencies hereto boost their immunity power toresist COVID 19.

Private medical colleges herehave come forward to providebeds for COVID patients,he saidadding that however,in some vil-lage areas there was oppositionfrom the people.They should co-operate with the government andshould not oppose,Narayanasamy said.

Centre should reconsider move toprivatise Railways: CM

Alwar (UNI)Farmers here are making

frantic efforts to save theircrops as the district was hitby swarms of locusts on Fri-day.

Not just the farmers, buteven the city dwellers are fac-ing facing a harrowing timedue to the intrusion.

The locusts have spreadacross various areas of thedistrict including Bansur, Al-war city, the Sariska Tiger re-serve forest, Mala khera andRamgarh.

Numbering in crores, thelocusts reached Bansur thismorning causing anxietyamong the farmers of thearea, people are trying to dri-ve out the locusts by beatingutensils.

As the swarms made theirway into the city, at around1100 hrs, the citizens hurriedto close their doors and win-

dows to prevent them fromentering their homes. Ac-cording to initial informa-

tion, the locusts have alreadycaused extensive damage tocrops.

Locust attack in Alwar

New Delhi (UNI)Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Fri-

day handed over a cheque of Rs one croreto the family of Late Dr Aseem Gupta ofLNJP Hospital and said it is a symbol ofDelhi’s respect and honour towards him.

Dr Gupta lost his battle to Covid-19 onJune 28.“One crore is a very small amountand is a symbol of Delhi’s respect and ho-nour towards Dr Gupta. He will remain likea brother to the family and will solve anydifficulties that may come in the way of DrGupta’s family,” the CM said during his vis-it to the doctor’s residence today.

He also said that Dr Aseem Gupta was a‘People’s Doctor’ and it is the government’sduty to support families of people who laydown their lives to save others.

Talking to reporters after his visit, MrKejriwal said,”Dr Aseem Gupta was mar-tyred while treating and saving the lives ofCorona patients. This is a very big loss for

us. The biggest support for Delhi is the wayits doctors, nurses, and all the paramedicstaff are working and saving the lives of thepeople.” “I spoke to some colleagues of DrGupta, like Dr Suresh who is the head ofthe LNJP hospital, who told me that DrGupta never cared about getting infectedfrom Corona. He served the patients withhis full capabilities. Even his neighbourstell me that Dr. Gupta was the first to comeforward and help as soon as anybodyneeded help in the colony. Such noblesouls are difficult to find. I met his family,his wife Nirupama Ji is also a doctor in Noi-da,” he said.

“There is no value attached to any-body’s life, but the compensation of Rs onecrore offered to his family is nothing butjust an honour on our behalf. I am like abrother to her, if the family faces any diffi-culty in the future, she can tell me anytimewithout any hesitation. She works with the

UP government right now and wants totransfer to Delhi. We will try our best toshift her to a Delhi government hospital,”he said. Mr Kejriwal said that consideringthe situation of Delhi a month back andthe sudden surge in the number of Coronacases after the lockdown was lifted, theprojections were that it will have 60,000 ac-tive cases.“But there are only 25,000 activecases in Delhi today. This is the result ofthe sustainable efforts of all the two crorepeople of Delhi, governments, and soci-ety,” said the CM.

“There is a downward trend in Delhi,but it does not mean that we will not doanything to address the situation. We haveto be prepared for all situations, and we aredoing that. I pray to God that this down-ward trend continues. I pray that the vac-cine for Corona is discovered as soon aspossible so that the whole world can befree from Corona,” the CM added.

Kejriwal hands over Rs 1 cr chequeto late Dr Aseem’s family

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Lightning kills 29 in BiharPatna: With deaths of eightmore people in lightning invarious parts of Bihar today,death toll increased from 21 to29 in the state. Two moredeaths were reported fromSamastipur which increasedthe toll from six to eight in thedistrict, while one person morelost his life in Patna which in-creased the figure from five tosix in Patna district. Twodeaths were reported fromMadhepura, one death eachwas reported from Jamui, WestChamparan and Purnea dis-trict. Similarly, four people losttheir lives in East Champaran,while three people each losttheir lives in Sheohar and Kati-har districts. On the directiveof Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar, compensation of Rs 4lakhs each would be paid tofamily members of those killedin lightning. Mr Kumar had ex-pressed his deep shock overthe deaths.

No meeting or discussion onreintroduction of lockdown inKarnataka: YediyurappaBangaluru: Karnataka ChiefMinister B S Yeddiyurappa onFriday clarified that there wasno discussion or meeting heldon reimposing lockdown in thestate. Speaking to newsmenhere, he said that the news wascreated by some of the mediahouses and denied any suchmeeting held. Stating thatthough there is an increase inthe number of positive cases inthe State, taking any hasty de-cision about imposing lock-down will affect the State’seconomy. Hence, Whatevermay be the pressure the gov-ernment will not impose lock-down again, he added. He saidthat instead of the lockdown,the government planned totake serious note to control theincreasing cases, serious andstrict measures will be im-posed. The government hasbeen initiating various mea-sures to take both economicactivity and control the covid.

12 more police personneltest positive in Nagpur’scentral jailNagpur: Twelve more policepersonnel at the Nagpur Cen-tral Jail tested positive for coro-navirus on Thursday, sourcessaid. With this development,the total number of cases inthe jail surged to 64, which in-cludes several inmates, saidsources.. On Wednesday, 44persons, including policestaffers and inmates of the jail,had tested COVID-19 positive,while on Tuesday, nine policepersonnel were found infect-ed. However, no prisoner test-ed positive on Thursday.Twelve police personnel, in-cluding a woman officer, test-ed positive for coronavirus inNagpur central jail today . As ofdate there are total 1800 in-mates lodged in the jail, where265 police personnel are post-ed on duty, sources added.

34 cows rescued, 1 heldNanded: The Rural Police fromNava Ghat area have rescued34 cows from an animal shedmeant for slaughter and arrest-ed a man in this connection.Despite having a law banningthe slaughter of cattle, there isno dip in such incidents, po-lice said. On a tip-off, a team ofRural Police, led by sub-divi-sional police officer Dhanan-jay Patil, raided the spot at De-gloor Naka area, rescued 34cows and took custody of anaccused but other accused fledfrom the spot during action.The Rural Police have filed acase against the accused andstarted investigation into thematter, sources added.

Two hacked to death, 2 others injured by gang overlove marriage in South TNThoothukudi: A 42-year-oldwoman and her kin werehacked to death, while herhusband and son were seri-ously injured in an attack by anunidentified gang at Sivakalainear Eral in this district late onThursday night. Police sourcessaid the deceased were identi-fied as L.Pechimuthu (42) andher relative Arun (21).Pechimuthu’s son L.VigneshRaja (21) fell in love with a girland they got married a fewdays ago, despite stiff opposi-tion from the girl’s family. Lastnight, a gang, armed with sick-les, attacked Vignesh Raja,Pechimuthu, her husband Lak-shmanan (50) and Arun indis-criminately near their house.While Pechimuthu and Arunsuccumbed to multiple cut in-juries, Vignesh Raja and Laksh-manan were admitted toThoothukudi govt medical col-lege hospital in a serious con-dition.

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Talking to reporters after his visit,Mr Kejriwal said,”Dr Aseem Guptawas martyred while treating andsaving the lives of Corona patients.This is a very big loss for us. Thebiggest support for Delhi is the wayits doctors, nurses, and all the para-medic staff are working and savingthe lives of the people.”

“There is a downward trend inDelhi, but it does not mean that wewill not do anything to address thesituation. We have to be preparedfor all situations, and we are doingthat. I pray to God that this down-ward trend continues. I pray thatthe vaccine for Corona is discoveredas soon as possible so that thewhole world can be free fromCorona,” the CM added.

Sonia urges PM toextend OBC reservationin All India Quota ofmedical & dental seatsNew Delhi (UNI): Expressingconcern over the denial ofreservation to the OBCs un-der All-India Quota beingfilled through National Eligi-bility cum Entrance Test(NEET), in state and UTMedical education institu-tions, Congress chief SoniaGandhi on Friday urgedPrime Minister NarendraModi to ensure reservationfor OBCs in admission tothese institutions.

‘’Under the All India quo-ta, 15%, 7.5% and 10% seatsare reserved for SC, ST andEconomically Weaker Sec-tion (EWS) candidates re-spectively, in both Centraland State/UT Medical edu-cation institutions. However,reservation for OBC candi-dates under All India Quotais restricted to Central Insti-tutions.

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4 die of asphyxiation: TN CM announcesRs 10 lakh solatiumChennai (UNI): TamilNadu Chief Minister KPalaniswami on Fridayannounced a solatium ofRs ten lakh each to thefamilies of four peoplewho died of asphyxiationwhile cleaning a sceptictank in Tuticorin lastevening.

In a statement here, heexpressed grief and an-guish over their deathsand directed the districtadministration to providea solatium of Rs ten lakheach to their families.

Mr Palaniswami alsooffere his heartfelt condo-lences to the bereavedfamily members.

Bhopal, Saturday, July 4, 2020 3City

(Contd. from page 1)More than 50 cases of corona

have been found in Bhopal for thethird consecutive day. On Friday,after the report of 53 positive, thenumber of infected people hasreached 2994. 10 people belongingto the same family living inIbrahimganj have found to be in-fected. None had symptoms ofcorona infection, but all familymembers were tested after comingin contact with an infected rela-tive. The number of people wholost their lives due to coronavirushas reached 105. On Thursday, an-other patient admitted to the ICUof Corona ward died. He wasplaced on a ventilator. His son iscurrently admitted to the Covidward.

Gwalior city limits sealed againGwalior collector has now given

strict orders regarding social dis-tance and masks in the markets.He said that the common man willbe fined Rs 100 for not applyingthe mask while the shopkeeperwill be fined Rs 300. With this, vigilwill be tightened on the city limitsnow. Work will continue in smalland big factories, so workers willbe allowed to work.

Instructions have been issuedby the collector to seal the city lim-its within the day itself. On receiv-ing the message from the collector,vehicles were blocked from enter-ing the city on all four points. Forthis reason, long lines took placeand people were upset. Mostcrowds were seen at Rayaru Nakay.

Bhind had a total lockdown

Thursday to break the coronaviruschain. The police also showedstrictness on those who went outof home unnecessarily. Total lock-down will remain in the city on Fri-day as well.

Collector extends curfewin Morena

In order to control the coronainfection, Morena District Collec-tor Priyanka Das has increased thecurfew till the Kill Corona cam-paign in Morena city. Initially, theKill Corona campaign in Morenawas to run from July 1 to 7, butnow after the instructions ofHealth Commissioner Sanjay Goy-al, the campaign is to end by July 5.For this 65 teams have beenformed, which will cover 100 hous-es daily. The district collector in-formed that there are a total of 36thousand houses for the Kill Coro-na campaign, for which 30 ASHAand 350 Anganwadi workers havebeen engaged in the campaign.

Shivpuri: Elderly womanpositive, while not leaving home

The report of a 70-year-oldwoman living in the city’s Sid-dheshwar Colony and SAF Jawanof the 18th Battalion have turnedout to be Corona positive. The spe-cial thing is that the elderlywoman did not go out of thehouse. However, the SAF jawanhas also not moved out of the dis-trict. That is, the corona infectionis now spreading at the communi-ty level.

Over 50 corona cases in Bhopalfor third consecutive day

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Bhopal Branch of the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India(ICAI) on the occasion of “72ndChartered Accountants FoundationDay” has organized a Five Day “Vir-tual Seminar”. These webinars wereorganized in view of the unprece-dented times of COVID-19 outbreak.The Managing Committee of BhopalBranch has decided to celebrate thisoccasion by holding various pro-grammes.

The topics for webinar wereStandard on Auditing, LatestAmendments in Company Laws,GST Issues in Works Contact & Taxa-bility on Real Estate Developers,Concept of Limited Scrutiny underIncome Tax Act and Recent JudicialPrecedents related to Scope of Limit-ed Security: Concept of LimitedScrutiny and Professional Opportu-nities for Women CA’s, These webi-nars are addressed by past presidentof ICAI CA Manoj Fadnis Ji, CAKhemisha Soni Central Councilmember and by other eminentspeaker experts in the field of DirectTaxes & dignitaries from other pro-fession of the country as well. In allthe webinars about 400 membersacross the country participated and

updated themselves with latest lawsand changes in the professional ar-eas.

In continuation of the series ofthese programmes the Flag HoistingCeremony was held on 01st July2020. This program was held at ICAIBhawan PSP Plot No. 1 Bagsewaniya,Bhopal and about 20 members par-ticipated in the program. The largegathering was avoided consideringspecified guidelines of the head of-fice and Central Government due topandemic. On this occasion manypast chairpersons of the Bhopalbranch and other senior membersparticipated.

On this occasion uniform wasdistributed to the branch staff. Theschool books and stationery articlesdistributed to the children. After-

wards a tree plantation programmewas held at ICAI Bhavan. The BranchChairman and Secretary along withPast Chairpersons of Bhopal Branchof ICAI and other senior membersplanted trees. Trees improve our airquality by filtering harmful dust andpollutants and clean the air whichwe inhale.

CA Zuber Ullah Khan, Chairmanof the Bhopal Branch along with CA,Anshul Agarwal Vice Chairman, CAPradeep Mutreja, Secretary, CASamankMohabe, Treasurer CAAnkur Jain, CICASA Chairman withother committee members CAMayank Agarwal & CA Aditya Shri-vastava also participated in the pro-gram. Several senior members of theBhopal branch also participated inthe programme.

ICAI holds 5-day virtual seminarChronicle Reporter, BhopalTwo people, including a 21-year-old engineer student, were brutallymurdered in Chhola Mandir policestation area by five miscreants, in-cluding three minors. The accusedattacked the youth for not givingmoney for liquor. Another personwas injured in the attack.

Yogesh Lodhi, a resident of Na-javijan Colony, Kainchi Chhola,was an engineering student in civ-il branch. CSP Nishatpura divisionLokesh Sinha said that during theintervening night of Thursday-Fri-day, Yogesh was standing and talk-ing with his friends Manish andKaran in the colony. At the sametime, Virendra alias Bihari andChhotu Vishwakarma, residingthere in the same colony, arrivedwith their three other minor com-panions. They were drunk. Theycaught Yogesh and started askinghim for money for liquor. Yogesh,Manish and Karan started oppos-ing this.

Angered by this, Virender alongwith his accomplices started fight-ing with the three. During the as-sault, the accused attacked thethree with knife. He inflicted mul-

tiple stabs on Yogesh and Karan’shead, chest and legs. All three weretaken to Hamidia Hospital in criti-cal condition. Yogesh and Karandied during treatment, while Man-ish’s condition is stable. Police re-ceived information about the inci-dent from the hospital.

CSP Lokesh Sinha said that Yo-gesh’s father is a retired govern-ment employee. He was studyingBE in Bhopal. The information sofar revealed that Yogesh was the

only brother among his two sisters.A pall of gloom has descended atYogrsh’s home after the incident.The police have taken some sus-pects into custody for questioning.Of the five accused except Virenderand Chhotu all the other three areminors.

Youth dies as speedingcar hits bike

A 28-year-old man died whilehis friend escaped with injuries af-ter their bike was hit by a speeding

car near Chandukhedi trisectionunder Parwalia police station area.

According to the police, two in-jured persons were rushed to hos-pital who were severely injured af-ter their bike was hit by a speed-ing car head on. One of the injuredman was declared dead and wasidentified as Mukesh Singrauli.

Deceased was a resident ofBairagarh Kalan and met accidentwhile he was on his way to workalong with his friend DevendraSharma. The car driver escapedleaving the car which was seizedby the police in the later investiga-tion. At the time of the accidentDevendra was riding whileMukesh was pillion rider.

Mukesh was mowed downwhile Devendra who fell few me-ters away escaped the accident.

Police said that at the time ofthe incident the car was speedingand hit the bike head on. Thebody was sent for the post mortemafter the preliminary investigation.The police have registered a caseunder section 304 A of the IPC andhave started further investigation.The two used to work for a privatecontractor and was on their way towork at BSF Campus.

Engg student among 2 brutally murdered

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalA meeting of the newly formed Cabinet was heldin Mantralaya today under the chairmanship ofChief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.Chief Minister Shri Chouhan gave hearty con-gratulations and best wishes to all the ministerson this occasion and expected them to work dili-gently in the interest of the people of the state.He said that the ministers should work in coor-dination as per the suggestions of MLAs andother people’s representatives and ensure thewelfare of the people of the state. The economythat has been adversely affected due to Coronawill also recover gradually and it will not taketime to change Madhya Pradesh.

Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal Singh Bains gavedetailed information about the important deci-sions taken by the state government in the lastthree months. Additional Chief Secretary HealthShri Mohammad Suleman gave a presentationon the efforts made for the control of Covid-19in the state and the current situation.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that wehave to work for the seven and a half crore peo-ple of the state. We should work with full ability,concentration and diligence to fulfil this respon-sibility not for ourselves but for the commonman. I hope that all ministers will diligently ful-fill the responsibility assigned to them. ShriChouhan said that efforts should be made to en-sure unrivalled hard work besides transparency

and credibility should also be established. ChiefMinister Shri Chouhan said that we have to workas a team. The current Corona crisis has affectedthe economy adversely. On this occasion, theChief Minister Shri Chouhan informed that ameeting of the Cabinet will be held on everyTuesday. He urged the ministers to work onMonday and Tuesday by staying in the capitalBhopal.

Covid-19 controlled successfully withpublic support in Madhya Pradesh

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan informed at themeeting that efforts to control Covid-19 in Mad-hya Pradesh have been successful. Corona posi-tive patients are being given free treatment ingovernment hospitals and government-con-tracted private hospitals. Work has been doneunder the I.I.T.T. strategy in the state. The firsteffort made was Identification of the disease,then the system of Isolation for the patients.Proper treatment was arranged by enhancingtesting capacity. The Kill-Corona campaign hasstarted from July 1 under which house-to-housesurvey is being conducted. Chief Minister ShriChouhan urged the ministers to participate inthis campaign and make people aware. The use-fulness of Ayurvedic kadha has been proven. Thepublic should also be motivated for its use. ChiefMinister Shri Chouhan informed that at present,all necessary efforts are being made to control

the occurrence of positive cases in Morena re-gion. The growth rate of Corona in MadhyaPradesh is lower than in other states. In compar-ison to India’s average growth rate of 3.63, theCorona growth rate in Madhya Pradesh is lessthan half, that is, just 1.48. In recovery rate, Mad-hya Pradesh is second in the country, with 75percent recoveries. Reports of positive cases stillcontinue to come from Neemuch, Burhanpur,Gwalior and Sagar. Citizens have extended sup-port in the efforts of the state government whileadhering to social distancing, use of masks andprecautions like not spitting anywhere.

Prevention from Corona infectionIn a presentation Additional Chief Secretary

Health Shri Mohammad Suleman informed thata capacity of 9800 Corona tests has been devel-oped daily in the state. A total of 78 testing labsare operational. The average death rate in thestate was once more than 11 percent, which hasnow been reduced to less than 2 percent at pre-sent. The positivity rate in the state is 3.8 against6.6 percent in the country. Madhya Pradesh con-tributed to 9 percent of Corona infection in thecountry, which has been reduced to as low as 1.2percent. Only 17 percent of the normal beds,oxygen beds and ICU beds provided to the pa-tients are being used in the state. At present, 24thousand 235 normal beds, 8924 oxygen bedsand 317 ICU beds are available in the state.

CM urges ministers to work diligently for people of the state

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn a meeting of the Cabinet held under thechairmanship of the Chief Minister ShriShivraj Singh Chouhan at Mantralaya,Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal Singh Bains in-formed about the decisions taken by thestate government in the last three months.

Management of MigrantLabourers’ Transportation

The Cabinet was informed that familiesof 14 lakh 98 thousand migrant labourersreturned to the state. Out of these 6 lakh 8thousand labourers were repatriated bytrains / buses. Eight lakh labourers weretransported to the home towns by othermeans by the government. Five lakh 5thousand labourers from other states wereferried by buses at the border of neighbour-ing states. As many as 150 special trains forlabourers were run via state. More than 30thousand buses were plied for the move-ment of labourers. About Rs 150 crore werespent on transport and other arrangementsfor labourers.

Welfare of migrant labourersAn amount of Rs 15 crore 22 lakh was de-

posited in the accounts of one lakh 52thousand labourers by introducing theMukhyamantri Pravasi Mazdoor SahayataYojana 2020. The Migrant Labourers Com-mission was constituted. More than 25 lakh30 thousand labourers were employed un-der Shram Siddhi Abhiyan. Nearly 3 lakh 47thousand migrant labourers were providednew job cards. Out of these, one lakh 76thousand labourers got employment inMNREGA.

Rozgar SetuThe Rozgar Setu Portal was developed as

an electronic labour market place for mi-grant labourers and local employers. Over 7lakh 30 thousand migrant labourers andtheir 5 lakh 80 thousand family members(total 13 lakh 10 thousand plus) were regis-tered on the portal. So far, more than 23thousand 500 employers have been regis-tered. Also, more than 11 thousand migrantlabourers were provided employment by

local employers based on their skills.

Wheat procurementMadhya Pradesh ranked first in the

country in wheat procurement. Over onecrore 29 lakh metric tonnes of wheat wasprocured from about 16 lakh farmers infifty days. One-third of the total wheat pro-cured by all the states of the country wasprocured in Madhya Pradesh. Over Rs 24thousand crore was transferred to the ac-counts of 15 lakh 93 thousand farmers. Nota single person became corona infectedduring the entire procurement process.

Farmers welfareProcurement of gram, mustard and ma-

soor was completed. Gram mixed with twopercent tivda was purchased at supportprice. Decision was taken to give loans atzero interest rate to farmers of the state. Rs3100 crore of crop insurance was paid to 16lakh farmers. Under the Pradhan MantriKisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, a totalamount of Rs. 1700 crore was released formore than 72 lakh farmers.

Reforms implemented in Mandi lawsProvision was made for the establish-

ment of mandis in private sector. Ware-houses, Silos, cold storage etc. can also bedeclared as private Mandis. Provision wasmade food processors, exporters, wholesellers and end users at village level for di-rect procurement from farmers outsideMandis. Mandi committees will not inter-fere in the work of private mandis. Provi-sion was made for trading in the same statewith a single license and for e-trading.

Mukhya Mantri Jan Kalyan(Sambal) Yojana

The implementation of this scheme wasresumed. Under the scheme, provision forRs 4 lakh to labourers on accidental death,Rs 2 lakh on natural death and Rs one totwo lakh on disability was made. Provisionof Rs 30 thousand in form of incentive wasmade for 5 thousand children who get

highest marks in Class XIIth. Provision wasalso made for maternity assistance, educa-tion promotion, free medical facility, assis-tance for business under the scheme. Mi-grant labourers were linked to Sambal Yo-jana.

Panch Parmeshwar YojanaThe Cabinet was informed that the

Panch Parmeshwar Yojana was restarted.An amount of Rs.1555 crore of the 14th Fi-nance Commission was released. 75 per-cent amount can be spent on new infra-structure, 10 percent on drinking water sys-tem, 7.5 percent in maintenance works and7.5 percent on official work.

Arrangement of rationUnder the National Food Security Act, 7

lakh 71 thousand metric tonnes of foodgrain was provided in advance to 1 crore 16lakh families in March as per the arrange-ment of providing ration at the rate of Re. 1per kg to 25 categories of eligible familiesfrom March to May 2020. As much as 3 lakh64 thousand metric tonnes of food grainunder SDRF head was provided to strand-ed, homeless, destitute and 32 lakh persons(without ration card). Under the PradhanMantri Gharib Kalyan Anna Yojana, thebeneficiaries were additionally given freerice in ratio of 5 kg per beneficiary and 1 kgpulses per family from April to June 2020.The scheme has now been extended till No-vember 2020. The migrant labourers, whoare not eligible under National Food Secu-rity Act, have been provided 10 kg wheatper member free of cost in May and June2020 to meet the requirement of food ofabout 2 lakh such beneficiaries.

Jeevan-Amrit YojanaIt was informed during the Cabinet

meeting that packets / bottles of Ayurvedic/ Homeopathic and Unani medicines andAyurvedic kadha have been distributedto 3crore 35 lakh people so far. Around 2001Covid positive patients and 6970 quaran-tined patients have recovered and went

home after being treated with Ayurvedicmedicine “Arogya Kashayam”. Rs 35 crore41 lakh has been spent on the scheme sofar.

Jeevan Shakti YojanaThe Cabinet was informed that more

than 10 thousand women entrepreneurs ofurban areas were registered under JeevanShakti Yojana and orders for manufacturing20 lakh masks was given to them. About 10lakh 12 thousand masks were prepared andreceived. About 4 lakh masks have beensold. This has aided both mask supply andlivelihood.

Amendments in labour lawsThe Cabinet was informed that the reg-

istration / license period was reduced from30 days to 1 day by making amendments inlabour laws. Provision has been made foronly one register and one return instead of61 registers and 13 returns. Permission hasbeen granted for allowing labourers towork 12 hours per shift in place of 8 hoursper day in factories / industries. There wasno compromise on the health, safety, liveli-hood of the labourers.

Electricity bill relief

* Recovery of fix charges for electricity billsof industrial consumers from April toJune 2020 postponed.

* More than Rs 623 crore relief in electricitybills to more than 97 lakh domestic andnon-domestic consumers of the state.

* PM Gharib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan24 districts of Madhya Pradesh were se-

lected under PM Gharib Kalyan Rozgar Ab-hiyan from where more than 25 thousandworkers go to other states in search of em-ployment. Under the campaign, 25 workareas have been selected and the labourerswill be given 125 days employment in ayear.m

Urban street vendor welfare schemeUnder the scheme, a provision has been

made to help in providing business loansup to Rs. 10 thousand to all eligible streetvendors. Seven percent interest subsidy onthe loan will be borne by the Governmentof India and the rest by the state govern-ment. So far, over 8 lakh street vendors havebeen registered. Decision was taken to ex-tend this scheme to the rural areas also inform of a state scheme. The benefit of thescheme is being given to 1.5 lakh street ven-dors in towns with a population of 5 thou-sand or more.

Atmanirbhar BharatWork was started by making an assis-

tance package for industries, employmentin rural and urban areas, assistance in agri-culture and other allied services in form ofadditional loan of 2 percent of gross statedomestic product (GSDP) to the states.

Other important decisionsIn various beneficiary-oriented

schemes, in the last 3 months, over Rs 40thousand 500 crore has been transferred tothe accounts of beneficiaries and others.The Chambal Progress Way will now cover atotal of 316 km from Bhind to Rajasthanborder. Uniforms and nutritious food willbe prepared for children of governmentschools through self-help groups. Decisionwas taken to provide loans at 4 percent in-terest rate to self-help groups. The decisionto abolish 22 Nagar Parishads was repealedand new delimitation in urban areas has al-so been cancelled.

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Presentation on decisions of government in CabinetChief Secretary enlightens about schemes and implementation

Electricity bills Expected bills Amount payable Amount and received in in May-June, in May, June, July Number of April 2020 July consumers to

be benefited (approx.)

Up to Rs 100 Upto Rs 100 Rs 50 per month 63 lakh and bene- and benefi- (Rs 100 crore)ficiaries of iaries of Sambal Sambal

Up to Rs 100 Rs 100 to Rs 400 Rs 100 per month 28 lakh(Rs 150 crore)

Above Rs 100 More than Half the bill amount 8 lakhMaximum up Rs 400 will have to be paid (Rs 200 crore)to Rs 400 (the remaining half

will be decided after scrutiny of bills

Accused demanded money to buy liquor; three minors among 5 suspects

EDITORIAL

Founder : Late Shri Ramgopal MaheshwariInspiration: Late Shri Prafulla Kumar Maheshwari

In the Bhagavad Gita,Lord Krishna has saidthat the death of onewho is born is alsoimminent, but it givesus immense pain. Todaymorning has also start-ed with one such sadnews. The untimelydemise of Bollywood’slegendary choreograph-er Saroj Khan is not onlyanother major setbackfor the already strug-gling Bollywood but itseems that the coronacrisis and folklore havebroken into havoc. Theseries started with IrrfanKhan and has reachedSaroj Khan via RishiKapoor, Sushant SinghRajput and composerWajid Khan. Althoughnone of these stars havedied from Coronaexcept Wajid Khan, thelong folklore in theCorona period hasalways affected the starsof with a sense of inac-tivity. These cine stars,who rule over crores ofhearts of the country,are unable to under-stand how Bollywoodwill be able to stand onits feet when the doorsof the studios inMumbai open after theend of the Corona peri-od. Crores of projectsare stuck in the filmworld. Artists have toreturn the signingamount.

From the footsteps ofOoty, Mussoorie Shimlato London, New Yorkand Switzerland, theartists have to spend aday doing workouts ontheir own bungalows.Artists who are accus-tomed to living in aglamorous lifestyle allthe time have beenimprisoned in bunga-lows in Juhu, Bandraand Andheri.Depression is the root ofmany diseases. Perhapsthis is the reason whyBollywood has toendure the untimelyseparation of stars oneafter the other.

Talk of Saroj Khan.

From Sridevi andMadhuri Dixit to AliaBhatt, Saroj Khan hasbeen an important con-tributor to the career ofall the actresses. Shewas the number onechoreographer ofBollywood at this time;Ganesh Acharya’s namealso comes after her. Awhole era of film worldhas gone with her. Weremember that a fewdays ago, Saroj Khanwas reported to havecorona but theserumors came to an endafter her investigationreport came negative.Cardiac arrest is thecause of her death. At atime when budding tal-ented actors likeSushant Singh Rajputembrace death, alleged-ly hurt by the nepotismof the film world andexpelled from manyfilms. Saroj Khan’s life isan inspirational exam-ple for such emergingartists. She also did nothave the background ofany film family. Sheearned name, fame andopulence through hertireless hard work. Whenshe had just come toMadhya Pradesh shestarted working in filmsas a child artist from theage of three.

The people alsohatched conspiracies toexpel her from the filmworld, but she stayed,continued to do herwork and more than twosuper hit films likeTezaab, Villain, Mr.India, Nagina, Chandniand Devdas wererecorded in her accountbut all the FilmfareAwards, She was award-ed the National FilmAward and AmericanChoreography Award.Finally, although SarojKhan attained liberationat the age of 71 in theLord’s feet and this ageis considered as theVanaprastha period inthe Indian tradition, buttoday stars remainactive till the last breathof life.

An unforgettable artistOf late there had been lots of talks

about population control in India. PMModi had many a times spoken aboutpopulation dividend and in particularthe 80 Crore young population ofIndia. But the body language of rulingparty has now changed in 2020 andthere are now talks of high populationas liability. Many minister too are talk-ing about bringing the legislation toimpose strict population control.Incidentally some of these ministersare from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It isa coincidence that these two verystates of India are actually a huge dragon India’s population control. It istheir population and fertility ratewhich is fundamentally drowning theother states’ sterling performance onthis front.

Latest data on population and totalfertility rate (TFR) shows that India’sfertility rate is down to 2.2 in year2020whereas the same was 5.9 in1950. It is huge plus as far as popula-tion control is concerned. World overthe fertility rate of 2.1 is considered asperfect replacement fertility level. Itmeans at 2.1 birth rate, there is noincrease or decrease in population. Afertility rate of below 2.1 means popu-

lation numbers are on decline and arate above 2.1 means population isstill increasing.

A broad look at major states ofIndia will reveal that all the southernand western states of India havereached the fertility rate level of below2.1 whereas only Gujarat is at 2.1which is neutral rate (no increase ordecrease). Telangana, Andhra Pradeshand Tamil Nadu have clocked 1.6

“Total Fertility Rate” (TFR). Kerala,Karnataka and Maharashtra are at 1.7of TFR. In eastern India, Odisha is atTFR 1.9 and West Bengal at fabulous1.5 of TFR. Apart from that Sikkim andGoa too falls in category of below 2.1TFR.

Among northern states, Jammuand Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh andPunjab are at 1.6 of TFR whereasUttarakhand clocks 1.8 of TFR.

Thus 13 major states in India havealready reached the levels of below 2.1(TFR). Among the north Indian statesBihar and UP are major drags andhave clocked TFR of 3.2 and 2.9respectively. MP is at number 3 andhave TFR of 2.7. Rajasthan andJharkhand together have clocked 2.5of TFRwhereas Chhattisgarh has aTFR of 2.4. Haryana is just at borderi.e. 2.2 which is India average.

The data clearly shows that gains of13 major states are fully nullified bysome Bimaru states. It is sad com-mentary that other states which haveworked hard to reduce fertility ratehad to suffer the drag on account ofBimaru states. Incidentally these dis-parities are directly reflected in theper capita income of states too. Goa,Delhi, Chandigarh, western and southIndia states show remarkable progress

in per capita income ($ 2500 to $ 6986)whereas UP and Bihar are only twostates in India whose per capitaincome is below $1000.

Delhi as city has clocked one ofbest TFR of 1.5. The urban populationin 18 states has below replacementlevel of 2.1. Data for much smallerstates is not available at this juncture.

If we compare the TFR of Indiawith some of our neighbours in SouthAsia, then Bangladesh at 2.1 has itspopulation fully stabilized. Indiabeing at 2.2, Pakistan at 3.6, Sri Lankaat 2.2, whereas our northern neigh-bour China is at 1.7 of TFR. Althoughthe progress India has achieved isremarkable but more needs to bedone as any increase from here will bea huge drag on economy as well asprospects for young population in dif-ferent parts of country.

In fact it is political failure ofbimaru states that even after 72 yearsof independence, they could notreach optimum level of affluence,education, health and social parame-ters which are determining factors fora state’s progress and growth.

As far as population control bill isconcerned, actually it is needed onlyfor bimaru states and not for otherswho have successfully controlledpopulation growth and are virtually innegative zone of population growth.Any kind of enforcement for perform-ing states will work as great deterrentand may work adversely. Time now isto draw a localized strategy for bimarustates to bring awareness so that theirTFR could be reduced to below 2.1before year 2030.

Only after these targets areachieved, a sustainable growth forcountry could be dreamt.

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There are rogue planets in the galaxy without any orbits. There are alsocalled interstellar, free-floating and orphan planets. Don’t plan on going there.They are probably colder than Pluto itself.

President Putin and I agreed to maintain regularconsultations in the coming months, as we preparefor a successful visit by him to India later this year.The India-Russia partnership can and will play animportant role in the post-COVID world.

Narendra Modi

The moreyou let go andgo with thecosmic flow,the more lifeshows up invery support-ing ways. Itcomes to younot throughyour seekingbut throughyour servingand giving.You will beginto feel thisenergy like aninstrument ofa higherpower whichis workingthrough youin order tofulfill yourlife’s purpose.You will begin to feel it as an ever-present presence which is always supplyingeverything you need to sustain you and assist you to fulfill your purpose in cre-ating a more harmonious world.Managing Editor- Sumeet Maheshwari, Group Editor- Kranti ChaturvediEditorial Board Send article on email - chroniclebpl@gmail.com

As on 30.06.2020, 70.32 lakh Kisan Credit Cardshave been sanctioned with credit limit of Rs 62,870crore out of Rs 2 lakh crore concessional credit underthe #Aatmanirbhar package. This will benefit 2.5 crorefarmers, including fishermen & dairy farmers.

Nirmala Sitharaman

Good wishes and greetings to Shri. Akhilesh YadavJi (@yadavakhilesh) on his birthday. Wishing himgood health and happiness.

Pinarayi Vijayan

Neighbour told us: Taking astrict decision, the central gov-ernment has banned 59 Chineseapps, which includes the mostpopular Tik Tok app. This willhurt China financially. Morethan 100 million people used theTik Tok app in India. Now peopleare using the Chingari app madein India as an alternative to TikTok. 3 million people havedownloaded it.

We said: There is a lot ofstrength in a chingari or sparkburied in ashes! You must haveheard the song - If a sparksparks, the fire will extinguish it,when the fire burns, who extin-guishes it!

The neighbour said: Thechingari app has left the Tik Tokapp behind. Anyway, a sensibleenemy is better than an inno-cent friend. For your informa-tion, let us tell you that Chineseapps were hacking personalinformation or data of Indians.Given such spying, it is perfectlyappropriate to ban them.

We said: When you are usingmobile, then your information

reaches someone or the other.Your interests, likes, trends,political leanings, your spendingpattern, etc., are known to athird person whom you do noteven know!

The Center has already givenauthority to 10 governmentagencies to remove any datafrom mobile, laptop, personalcomputers, email and otherapps of the Internet. This meansthat none of your communica-tion is confidential. TheGovernment has given theIntelligence Bureau (IB) CBI,Revenue, Intelligence, RAW, NIA,Narcotics Control Bureau, DelhiPolice the right to stop, investi-gate or seize information ema-nating from or stored on anycomputer.

Neighbour said: There is noneed to fear so much, the appshows which companies you buyproducts from. Internationalcompanies buy this data frommobile companies for their sur-vey and business purposes. Thismakes people understand thetrend of shopping.

Tik Tok App not allowed

The world is rife with viruses; at leastmore than three lakh kinds are known toinfect mammals alone. And thesepathogens rarely stick within onespecies. Most of the pandemicsobserved in the past 100 years werecaused by “zoonoses,” or germs thatcome from other animals. HIV emergedfrom nonhuman primates. The diseaseEbola is borne by bats. The measles virusevolved from a disease that hurts cowssometime around the third century A.D.Viruses generally hijack the cellularmachinery of their hosts to make copiesof themselves, and many don’t have anyproofreading mechanism to edit mis-takes out of their genetic material. This means they mutate far faster than cel-lular life and can adapt to change rapidly. Climatic changes have facilitatedthis for which we people are responsible.

National Academies of Sciences panel cautioned that changes in heat andhumidity may not affect how covid-19 spreads. Heat at 56°C kills the SARScorona virus at around 10000 units per 15 min. The temperature affects itstransmission from one person to another. The dried virus on smooth surfacesretained its viability for over 5 days at temperatures of 22–25°C and relativehumidity of 40–50%, i.e., typical air-conditioned environments.

I am in harmony with the universe Climatic effects on corona virus

By Gaurav AgarwalThe Human Resource

Development (HRD) Ministry said ina statement dated June 25 that, “Thenew NCF (National CurriculumFramework) for school education hasbeen initiated. NCERT (NationalCouncil of Educational Research andTraining) will be expected to makechanges in the textbooks in accor-dance with the new NCF. Subjectexperts will initiate this process forschool education, and give them theinterim report by December 2020. Thenew NCF is expected to be ready byMarch 2021.”

The Ministry further said, “Also, thecognitive load of the textbooks is toohigh. Additional areas such as creativethinking, life skills, Indian ethos, art,and integration need to be integrat-ed.”

The two words which pop out anddisplay their prominent heads fromthe above quoted paragraph of the

HRD Ministry are ‘Indian ethos’ and‘integration,’ which are conceptsThomas Babington Macaulay – theman who shaped our education sys-tem, at least in contextual relationshipwith education, had zilch regard for.He considered ‘useful learning’ exclu-

sively synonyms with ‘western cul-ture.’ His supremacist and xenopho-bic contempt for native Indian cul-tures and learning is widely illustratedin his infamous Memorandum onIndian Education of 1835. Yet, forclose to 185 years, we have continuedto pay obeisance to that man through

actively engaging our successive gen-erations in his introduced system oflearning. If this does not resembleself-disembowelment on a pan-Indian transgenerational scale, thenwhat does?

Now, it is important to explicitly set

out at the outset that nothing is moreimportant for a people or a nationthan to reclaim its right to self-deter-mination, because the moment it putsthat paramount right on the back-burner, it ensures that its populaceremains a slave to learning about itsown history and its own culture from

the contemptuously overwritten ver-sion of itself by another.

Moreover, ceding the right to self-determination and trying to under-stand the history of one’s own landthrough the gaze of the colonizer cansandpaper one’s mind into question-ing if there even was an ‘Idea of India’before the British came - like Saif AliKhan did. Now, it will do us all well toremember that India, which is Bharat,is a civilizational state more than 7-10thousand years old depending onwhether one subscribes to the AryanInvasion Theory or not (I do not).Similarly, there are innumerable othersuch asinine and profoundly ignorantclaims which are made in relation toIndia, particularly ancient India, how-ever, it would be pertinent to tackleone extraordinarily misinformed, ormotivated, allegation for now whichsays- ‘ancient India was a hotbed ofethnic warfare and casteism.’

Redrafting the Curriculum Framework for SchoolEducation: A Potential Bulwark Against Deracination?

As far as population control bill is con-cerned, actually it is needed only for

bimaru states and not for others who havesuccessfully controlled population growthand are virtually in negative zone of popula-tion growth. Any kind of enforcement for per-forming states will work as great deterrentand may work adversely. Time now is to drawa localized strategy for bimaru states to bringawareness so that their TFR could be reducedto below 2.1 before year 2030. Only after thesetargets are achieved, a sustainable growth forcountry could be dreamt.

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The Ministry further said, “Also, the cognitiveload of the textbooks is too high. Additional

areas such as creative thinking, life skills, Indianethos, art, and integration need to be integrated.”‘

Planets Without Suns and Orbits

Bimaru States Are a Huge Drag on Population Control

(Dinesh K Vohra & Dr. Sushma Gajapure ‘Sudiv’are independent writers on

economic and contemporary issues) Mail: write1966@gmail.com

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Agencies, Tokyo

Tokyo protested toBeijing after ChineseCoast Guard ships en-tered waters near thedisputed Senkaku Is-lands, Chief CabinetSecretary YoshihideSuga said on Friday.

On Thursday, the Ky-odo news agency re-ported, citing the JapanCoast Guard, that twoChinese ships had en-tered Japan’s territorialwaters around theSenkaku Islands,known as Diaoyudao Is-lands in China, andtried to approach aJapanese fishing boat.The attempt was thwarted by a Japanese patrol ship, which sailed be-tween the fishing vessel and Chinese ones.

“Via diplomatic [channels] from yesterday ... we are asking them tostop such an activity and leave our waters immediately with a strongprotest,” Suga said at a press conference.

The islands in question have long been an object of territorial disputesbetween China and Japan.

While Tokyo maintains it has had sovereignty over them since 1895,Beijing claims that the islands are marked as a Chinese territory on Japan-ese maps circa 1783 and 1785.

Following World War II, the islands were controlled by the United Statesand handed over to Japan in 1972. China believes Japan has illegallyseized them while Tokyo rebuts that they have begun claiming the islandsfor themselves after in the 1970s the surrounding water area was found tobe full of valuable minerals.

The tensions have exacerbated after the Japanese government boughtthree of the islands from a private owner in 2012.

Japan protests after Chinese vessels enterwaters near disputed Senkaku islands

Brasilia (UNI)The number of confirmed

COVID-19 cases in Brazil has in-creased by 48,105 to 1,496,858within the past 24 hours, the na-tional Ministry of Health said.

The death toll has risen by1,252 to 61,884 people within thesame period of time, the HealthMinistry said on late Thursday.

A day earlier, Brazil reportedabout 46,712 new cases of thecoronavirus disease and 1,038new fatalities.

Brazil comes second on a glob-al tally of coronavirus cases afterthe United States, which hasrecorded over 2.7 million COVID-19 patients.

The World Health Organizationdeclared the COVID-19 outbreaka pandemic on March 11.

To date, more than 10.9 millionpeople have been infected withthe coronavirus worldwide, withover 519,000 fatalities, accordingto Johns Hopkins University.Russian COVID-19 cases riseto 667,883Moscow: Russia recorded 6,718

new COVID-19 cases in the past24 hours, taking its total to667,883, the country’s coron-avirus response center said in astatement on Friday.

The death toll rose by 176 to9,859, while 437,893 people haverecovered, including 8,915 overthe last 24 hours, said the state-ment.

Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 659 newlyconfirmed cases, taking its tally ofinfections to 223,530.

On Thursday, 284,158 peoplewere still under medical observa-tion, while more than 20.4 millionvirus tests have been conductednationwide, Russia’s consumerrights and human well-beingwatchdog said Friday in a sepa-rate statement.Indonesia reports 1,301newly-confirmed COVID-19cases, 49 new deathsJakarta: COVID-19 cases in In-donesia rose by 1,301 within oneday to 60,695, with the death tolladding by 49 to 3,036, AchmadYurianto, a Health Ministry offi-

cial, said at a press conferencehere on Friday.

According to him, 901 morepeople were discharged from hos-pitals, bringing the total numberof recovered patients to 27,568 inthe country.

Within the past 24 hours, fiveprovinces, namely South Kali-mantan, Jakarta, Central Java,East Java and South Sulawesirecorded high numbers of cases,Yurianto said.

No more new positive caseswere found in six provinces,namely Jambi, Lampung, WestKalimantan, North Kalimantan,East Nusa Tenggara and CentralSulawesi.

Yurianto called on the publicto obey the health protocols in abid to avoid more COVID-19 in-fections.Kyrgyzstan reports 506 newCOVID-19 casesBishkek: Kyrgyzstan reported 506new confirmed COVID-19 caseson Friday, taking the total numberto 6,767.

Ainura Akmatova, head of the

health ministry’s public healthdepartment, said at a news brief-ing that all the new cases are con-tacts of confirmed patients, ex-cept from a single imported case.

Among the new cases, 73 aremedical workers, taking the totalnumber of infected medicalworkers to 994, including 484 re-coveries, she added.

Akmatova said that 125 morepatients have made a full recoveryfrom the virus, taking the totalnumber of recoveries to 2,655.

She also confirmed 10 moredeaths, pushing the country’sdeath toll to 76.

Currently, 638 people remainhospitalized, 19 patients are in in-tensive care and another 3,398asymptomatic patients are underhome quarantine. In total, 23,019people have had contact with in-fected patients.Mongolia sees 2 new COVID-19recoveries, continues to reportno deathsUlan Bator: Mongolia reportedtwo new COVID-19 recoveries,bringing the total recoveries to

179, the country’s National Centerfor Communicable Diseases (NC-CD) said Friday.

Meanwhile, the NCCD con-ducted 194 tests for the virus inthe last 24 hours, all of whichshowed negative results, Amarjar-gal Ambaselmaa, head of the sur-veillance department of the NC-CD, said at a daily press confer-ence.

The Asian country has a totalof 220 cases, all of which are im-ported, mostly from Russia, ac-cording to the NCCD.

Mongolia has not reported anylocal transmissions or deaths sofar.Obese people at higher riskGeneva: People with obesity andsmoking habits are at higher riskof developing complications andeven death if they get infectedwith Covid-19, said Dr SoumyaSwaminathan, Chief Scientist ofWorld Health Organization.

Addressing the media onThursday after second meeting ofGlobal research and InnovationForum on Covid-19, Dr Swami-nathan noted that this diseasedisproportionately affects peoplewith certain risk underlined con-dition, including obesity in theyoung people.

“We have to remember youngpeople are not immune from se-vere disease or death. Its lesscommon than in older people butthey should not become compla-cent that its fine for young peopleto get infected. ...Particularlythose with obesity, those withhabits like smoking, for example,are at higher risk of complicationand death,” she said.

The Forum met on Wednesdayand Thursday. It also concludedthat the actual number of infec-tion may be 10 times more thanthe number of cases detected.

Responding to a question onmortality rate, WHO chief scien-tist said that in places where seroprevalence studies have beendone to look at the prevalence ofanti-bodies in the population, it’sclear that “the number of peopleinfected is often is about 10 timesthe number of people who actual-ly get diagnosed as cases.”

COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises by 48,105 to over 1.49 mlnDeath toll from minelandslide reaches 166 inMyanmar’s Kachin stateNaypyitaw (UNI): More bodieswere recovered on Fridaymorning from the jade mine atMyanmar’s Kachin state takingthe death toll to 166, as per thelatest figures released by theFire Services Department. Thelandslide took place yesterdayat a jade mining site in Sate Muvillage tract of Hpakant town-ship at 08:00 a.m. local time, itis believed to have been trig-gered by the monsoon rains.Xinhua quoted an official re-lease by the fire departmentsaying that the landslide alsocaused injuries to 54 otherpeople who are currently re-ceiving treatment at theHpakant township hospitals.

French PM PhilippeResigns: Elysee PalaceParis (UNI): French PresidentEmmanuel Macron has ap-proved the resignation noticetendered by Prime MinisterEdouard Philippe confirmedthe Elysee Palace on Friday.Sputnik quoted Elysee Palacesaying that the Prime MinisterEdouard Philippe had submit-ted a notice of resignationfrom his post and the presi-dent has accepted it. An offi-cial statement from the ElyseePalace said that Philippe andcabinet members will contin-ue managing pending mattersuntil a new government is ap-pointed.

US worried about Chinesemilitary drills in contestedwaters in South China sea - PentagonWashington: The UnitedStates is concerned about Chi-na’s decision to conduct mili-tary exercises in contested wa-ters and territory in the SouthChina Sea, the Pentagon saidin a statement. “The Depart-ment of Defense is concernedabout the People’s Republic ofChina (PRC) decision to con-duct military exercises aroundthe Paracel Islands in theSouth China Sea on July 1-5,”the statement said on Thurs-day. “The designated areawhere the exercises are due totake place encompass contest-ed waters and territory.” ThePentagon said China’s militarydrills will further destabilizethe situation in the South Chi-na Sea and violate an interna-tional pact to avoid activitiesthat would escalate disputes inthe region.

Two police officers killedin roadside bomb blastin northern AfghanistanKabul: Two police officerswere killed and five otherswounded in a roadside bombblast in Afghanistan’s northernprovince of Baghlan, TOLOnews reported on Friday. Theincident occurred on Fridaymorning in Baghlan’s Nahrindistrict. Nahrin police chiefAbdul Waris was among thoseinjured. National defense andsecurity forces conduct jointcounterterror operationsacross Afghanistan amid thelong ongoing fight betweenthe government and the Tal-iban radical movement. TheIslamic State (ISIS) terroristgroup has also strengthenedits influence in the conflict-stricken country.

At least 30 people killedin militants’ attack insouthern MaliBamako: At least 30 peoplewere killed in militants’ attackon four villages in southernMali, local media reported.The attack took place in theBankass area in the Mopti Re-gion on Wednesday. These arelocalities of Gouari, Djimdo,Panga Dougpou, Dialakanda,all of the localities occupied byDogons. The attackers arrivedfrom the Baye area, near theborder with Burkina Faso, onfour vehicles, the Mali Jet newsoutlet reported. The situation inMali was destabilized in 2012when the Tuareg militantsseized vast territories in thenorthern part of the country.

Kyrgyzstan to hold parliamentary electionson October 4Bishkek: President of Kyrgyzs-tan Sooronbai Jeenbekov onFriday signed a decree to holdparliamentary elections onOctober 4. The press service ofthe Kyrgyz president said thatin accordance with the decree,the Central Election Commis-sion (CEC) has been instructedto organize elections in accor-dance with the legislation ofthe country.

MUSTREADThe death toll has risen by1,252 to 61,884 peoplewithin the same period oftime, the Health Ministrysaid on late Thursday.Moscow: Russia recorded6,718 new COVID-19 casesin the past 24 hours, takingits total to 667,883, thecountry’s coronavirus re-sponse center said in astatement on Friday.Geneva: People with obesi-ty and smoking habits areat higher risk of developingcomplications and evendeath if they get infectedwith Covid-19, said DrSoumya Swaminathan,Chief Scientist of WorldHealth Organization.Ulan Bator: Mongolia re-ported two new COVID-19recoveries, bringing the to-tal recoveries to 179, thecountry’s National Centerfor Communicable Dis-eases (NCCD) said Friday.

Agencies, Washington

President Trump will celebrateAmerican independence Friday inhis signature self-aggrandizingstyle, staging a fireworks show thatframes him before a granite moun-tain carved with four of the na-tion’s most celebrated presidents.

But Democrats are hoping thatthe latest display of self-flattery byTrump at Mount Rushmore willhave a different effect than similarefforts in the past, following a shiftin public sentiment that suggeststhe 2020 presidential race is beingfought on different terrain thanTrump’s first campaign for theWhite House.

“In 2016, Trump’s buffoonerywas held up by some as a refresh-ing rejection of an ineffectual sta-tus quo. He would step up to theplate eventually, they thought,”said former Clinton campaignmanager Robby Mook, explainingthe thinking that now dominateshis party’s strategists. “Today, it’sthe same buffoonery, except it iskilling people.”

About 7,500 guests are expectedto gather to see Trump. In keepingwith the president’s preferences,the rally will occur without anymandates from South Dakota Gov.Kristi L. Noem (R) to socially dis-tance or wear masks, despite fed-eral health guidelines that suggestthem and overwhelming publicopinion against such events. A re-cent Fox News poll found eight inten Americans favored mask wear-ers and less than one in fourthought it was a good idea for pres-idential candidates to hold largepolitical events or rallies right now.

This contradiction has becomea central target for former vice

president Joe Biden’s presidentialcampaign, which has been draw-ing on Democratic polling and fo-cus groups that find enormousnew vulnerabilities for Trump thathave contributed to his recentslide in the polls.

“Mr. President, this is not aboutyou,” Biden said Tuesday, in a suc-cinct summary of his message. “It’sabout the health and well-being ofthe American public.”

A gut political player, Trump hasfor years dismissed criticism of hisnarcissistic public style andproved his naysayers wrong whenthey predicted it would lead to hisdownfall. He boasted his way tothe top of the Republican nomina-tion fight in 2015 and won theWhite House with a great-mantheory of governance summed upwith his convention declaration: “Ialone can fix it.”

Since then, Trump has repeat-edly declared himself the best, themost knowledgeable and the mostrighteous as president. “Nobody’sever done a better job than I’m do-ing as president,” he said in 2018.

But he has struggled this year,as a pandemic and economic shut-down took hold, to wield that self-regard against national fears aboutcrises that have impacted nearlyevery American in painful ways. Inthe last two weeks, Trump haspushed for largely maskless massgatherings in Arizona and Okla-homa, two states that have seenrecent spikes in coronavirus cases.He also pushed for the relocationof his nominating convention toFlorida, another state battling anoutbreak, to increase the odds thathe is greeted by roaring crowds inlate August.

Trump’s “I alone can fix it”campaign collides with achanged public mood

Islamabad (UNI)The Pakistani government has

said that the inquiry into the is-suance of ‘illegal’ licences toabout 236 pilots is currently inprogress and that the Civil Avia-tion Authority (CAA) would com-plete the scrutiny of suspected pi-lots and verification of the cre-dentials of other aviation staff inthe coming days.

These 236 pilots are suspectedto have been issued licences be-tween 2012 and 2018 withoutcompleting the required criteria.

Addressing the press on Thurs-day, the Maritime Affairs MinisterAli Haider Zaidi, InformationMinister Senator Shibli Faraz andSpecial Assistant to the PrimeMinister on Accountability Bar-rister Shahzad Akbar claimed thatthe Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)government is committed to en-suring merit and transparency inall national institutions.

The officials went on to accusethe previous governments of de-stroying all state institutions, in-cluding the Pakistan Internation-al Airlines (PIA).

Dawn quoted them as sayingthat the national flag carrier had

been ruined due to political inter-ference by the previous govern-ments.

Mr Zaidi expressed his hopethat the inquiry would be com-pleted in about four months afterwhich the PIA would emerge asan airline that observes high safety standards as it would haverid itself of all irregular induc-tions.

On July 1, the United KingdomCivil Aviation Authority withdrewthe Pakistan International Air-lines’s (PIA) permit to operate in

three of its airports, namely Lon-don Heathrow, Birmingham andManchester airports.

The announcement by theUK’s Civil Aviation Authority fol-lowed the European Union AirSafety Agency’s (EASA) decisionto suspend PIA’s operations with-in the bloc for the next sixmonths. These developmentscome after the grounding of 262pilots whose licences weretermed as “dubious” by Pakistan’sAviation Minister Ghulam SarwarKhan.

Investigating ‘illegal’ licences of 236 pilots: Pakistan govt

Lebanese finance ministersays bailout talks with IMF‘on hold’Agencies, Beirut: Bailout talks be-tween Lebanon and the Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF)have been suspended, as the lo-cal authorities need to agree onreforms to be implemented tosettle the ongoing economic cri-sis as soon as possible, FinanceMinister Ghazi Wazni said on Fri-day, adding that Beirut will be inconstant contact with the IMF toresume the negotiations.

Earlier this week, a seniormember of Lebanon’s team ofnegotiators with the IMF, AlainBifani, resigned over his dis-agreement with the govern-ment’s strategy and the solutionto resolve the lasting economicand financial crises.

“Negotiations with the Inter-national Monetary Fund weresuspended, waiting for Lebanonto start implementing reforms assoon as possible and agree on acommon approach on numbers.But until rounds of talks resume,I will maintain a constant con-tact and communication withthe fund,” Wazni told theLebanese Al Joumhouria news-paper.

The Lebanese authorities arenow working to determine thelosses and their amount in allsectors, the minister added.

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In case your state guidelines allow you tohave wedding functions at a banquet hall, thenyou can book a small space to have your inti-mate wedding. Society parks, community hallsand rental homes are some other options tochoose for your small wedding.

Wedding Décor: Since it’s going to be an inti-mate wedding, decorating it would not be a has-sle. From DIY décor or hiring someone to deco-rate the venue will do the job. For DIY projects,you can go for lanterns, floating centrepiece,greens, floral arrangements, and more. Bridal outfit: Since we are no longer under fulllockdown, there are some options available forthe brides to be for their wedding outfits. Sever-al brides are wearing their grandmother’s ormother’s wedding outfits to make your big dayeven more memorable. You can also DIY yourbridal outfit and match your face mask with it.Even designers have reopened, online portalslike Pernia’s Pop Up Shop, AZA fashion andmore have begun delivering. Makeup: Now that the bridal ensemble is sorted,it is time to get the makeup sorted. It is all about

a natural, dewy look for millennial brides. So, foryour intimate wedding, you can DIY makeup ifyou can, or you can always hire a professionalmakeup artist to make you look ravishing onyour D-day. Photography: How can we get photographers?Those are the people who make the weddingmemories last a lifetime by clicking the mostamazing pictures of you and your loved ones.Hire a professional photographer, which by theway, is not so difficult. Once you get them, sharethe photos with the people who couldn’t bethere to witness the day. Invitations: With your guest list cut short andwedding date changed, you need to send out in-vitations. But at times like these, it can be diffi-cult to get them ready on time. The quick andeasy is a way to create your own invitations. DIYyour wedding invitations for your small and in-timate weddings. Be creative with it and bringyour own element to it. They will be inexpensiveand will have a personal touch as well. Coordinating with guests: Due to the govern-ment guidelines, you can only include 50 guestsat your wedding. Some states like Uttar Pradeshhave only permitted 30 people. To enjoy the dayto the fullest with your loved ones, have an on-line wedding and make sure all your guests arewell informed with the timings. Food: This is one area you can go all out. Sinceit’s a small wedding, you can include as manyfood items you want with keeping everyone’schoice in mind. From tasty starters to lip-smacking dishes, you can choose your weddingmenu the way you want. In larger weddings, youhave to think about preparing for a huge crowd,but with a small wedding, all you need to thinkabout is what you and your loved ones prefer.

From the menu to the décor, you can split theresponsibility between the bride and groom’ssides to make your wedding day a successfuland memorable affair.

Are you craving for a chocolateflavoured decadent sweettreat? Then you are at the rightplace as today we have shareda super yummy fudgy brownierecipe. Brownies are go-tocomfort food for several peo-ple who have sweet tooth. Thisis an eggless variant and youcan either bake it or preparethe non-bake variant too.With the help of this recipe,you can prepare rich, dense,fudgy in the middle brownieswith crinkly tops. Either youcan enjoy on its own or servethe slices with a cold glass ofmilk. Speaking of this recipe,the same is shared by a HomeChef Nivedita Gangay. And thebest part is that most of the in-gredients are already sitting inyour kitchen and you need afew minutes to toss, mix and

bake the brownies. If you havenever prepared brownies athome or prepared them fromthe box, then you should defi-nitely give this recipe a try. So,without further ado, let’s checkout the recipe.YIELDS - 8*8 inch squaredbrownieIngredients:1 cup Melted Butter1 tsp Instant Coffee + 2 tsp Hot

Water1 tsp Vanilla essenceHalf cup Milk2 tbsp Yogurt (Curd) Half cup Cocoa Powder3/4th cup Regular Sugar (Not

powdered) 1 tsp Baking Powder1 Cup All-Purpose Flour (Maida)1 tsp salt (only when you use un-

salted butter)Directions:1. Mix instant coffee+water and

set aside.2. In a large bowl - add melted

butter and Sugar - whisk tillsugar dissolves slightly.

3. Add the remaining wet ingredi-ents and mix well.

4. Add all the dry ingredients andmix till well combined (Use aspatula to fold it all in - Noneed of sieving the dry ingredi-ents).

5. Add Instant Coffee mix andVanilla essence and mix well.

6. Transfer the cake batter into a

greased 8*8 tin and tap in twiceto remove air bubbles.

7. Bake as per instructions below -let the brownies cool com-pletely - run a knife around theedges before transferring to aserving plate.

8. Cut into pieces and serve!FOR NO-OVEN BAKING1. Pre-heat a huge kadhai with a

lid on for 5 mins on mediumflame.

2. Keep a steel rack inside and putthe cake tin on it.

3. Cover and let the brownie bakefor 40 mins on low flame.

FOR BAKING IN OVEN1. Bake at 180 degrees in a pre-

heated oven for ~20 to 25 mins.NOTE: Since these are FUDGYbrownies - a skewer inserted willcome out with moist crumbs onit. If you want it cooked com-pletely or cake-like then you cancontinue baking for additional5-10 mins.

How to make instant eggless Fudgy Brownies?

Natkhat is a short film that shedslight on the various issues sur-rounding gender inequality. Thefilm is directed by Shaan Vyas andwritten by Vyas and AnnukampaHarsh which stars Vidya Balan andchild actress Sanika Patel at theforefront. An intriguing fact aboutthe film is that all children were un-trained non-actors who the makersof the film workshopped with andtrained over weeks. Elaborating onthat fact, the writer recently spokeabout how they went to the childactress’s hometown Harda andtrained the child actors in the film.

Anukampa said “We had con-sciously made the decision to notcommit to any specific state in ourstory so that we can create a filmthat is relatable to everyone fromaround the country. And we alsomade a decision to move our shoot

to whichever place our Sonu isfrom, because instead of includingany kind of nuances or language-based nuances in the writing andthen finding a child who cannotadapt to that easily, rather find achild that we adapt our storyaround our culture and manner-isms of that child.”

The writer of the film furtheradded “Having said that, once wefound Sanika and laid our faith inher talent and knew that she is ourSonu, Shaan and I flew down andwe went to Harda to meet Sanikasince we had never met her face toface, we wanted to spend sometime with her and get to know her.Most of the major theater scenesare based out of places like Bhopaland Indore and we wanted to avoidhaving to bring in talent from dif-ferent parts of the country. “

Find out how the makers of the filmNatkhat trained their child actors! A brilliant Indian Dance Choreog-

rapher, Saroj Khan who didn’t onlymake her name in the field ofdance and choreography in the In-dian film and entertainment in-dustry but also earned great re-spect and was revered among allthe people with whom she worked.Her moves, her expressions, andthe way she taught dance cannotbe forgotten even after her unfor-tunate demise at the age of 71 to-day.

Life & FamilyYou’ll be surprised by knowing

that Saroj first got married at theage of 13 with a 41-years old mannamed Sohanlal who already had 4children. She had her first child atthe age of 14 but later they got sep-arated as he left her and their kids.After that, she got married to abusinessman Sardar Roshan Khanwith whom she was blessed withdaughter Sukaina Khan.

Career & AwardsThis dazzling star’s career was

started at a very early age when sheworked as a child artist at the age of3, in the movie Nazarana and afterthat this ideal dancer initiated hercareer as a background dancer.

She got hype in her vocationfrom the film Nagina’s song “MainNagin Tu Sapera” with the iconicdance moves of Sridevi. And thenin 1986, she again choreographedSridevi in her popular song “Hawaa

Hawaai” from the movie ‘Mr. India’and then the bar of her success inthis dancing field never went off.

She won eight Filmfare BestChoreographer awards for thesongs of movies like ‘Guru’, ‘Dev-das’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’,‘Khalnayak’, ‘Beta’, ‘Sailaab’,’Chaal-baaz’ and ‘Tezaab’, along with oneAmerican Choreography award forthe movie ‘Lagaan’ and Nandiaward. Saroj Khan was the one whoworked with almost all the actors inBollywood and she choreographedmore than 2000 songs in her wholelife.

Illness and DeathSaroj Khan was in her early 70’s

and was already facing severalhealth issues related to diabetesand also had AIDS. But on 3rd Julyat 1:52 am IST, after battling withthe cardiac arrest, she died in GuruNanak Hospital at Bandra, Mum-bai.

Saroj Khan: Life, Career, Illness, and Awards

A lot of things are happen-ing in the country and therecent 7-year-old girl’s bru-tal rape and killing by threeunidentified men in TamilNadu took social media bystorm. The heart-wrench-ing incident has left every-one in shock and manytook to social media to ex-press their anger over thesame. Twitterati are inshock and are demandingjustice for the little girl.South beauty Sai Pallavi al-so expressed her anger onthe recent horrifying crime in the country.The Premam actress tweeted her thoughts onhow the hope in the human race is deterio-rating very fast.

In a series of her Tweets, Sai Pallavi wrote,“The hope in human race is deteriorating at

such a fast pace. We misusepower that’s given to helpthe voiceless. We hurt pplwhom we find weaker. Andwe kill babies to satisfy ourmonstrous pleasures. Withevery passing day it lookslike nature is telling us thatour race needs to be wipedclean, for living such a pa-thetic life where we watchsuch incidents happen butstill be so useless!!! This in-humane world doesn’t de-serve to birth another Child!”

Her next tweet read, “I pray that theredoesn’t come a day when justice is served on-ly when the crime is brought to the limelightor it happens to “Trend” on social media.What would happen to all those crimes thatgo unnoticed and unreported ??.”

Sai Pallavi expresses anger on horrifying crime:The hope in human race is deteriorating

Hina Khan is unapologetic of heropinions and has always beensomeone who takes a stand. Need-less to say, in an exclusive chat withus, we asked Hina on the ongoingcontroversy over nonpayment ofdues, in the view of Humari SilkBahu cast threatening with suicideand legal action over the same. Be-ing her outspoken self, Hinasaid that she has heardabout this and she finds it‘bizarre’ because produc-ers are supposed to de-liver the remunerationsas promised. She alsoemphasized the needfor the producers tocalculate theirrisks.

She shared,“This is absolutelybizarre that suchthings are happen-ing. I know thereis this one showwhere the castand crew arereaching out forhelp, it is so sad.The producersshould at leastgive them half thepayment, I under-stand that eventhey are in crisisbut then theywere the ones totake the risk, weare not the risk-

takers. For me, a producer hasfound me, it is their duty to deliverthe remuneration they have signedme for and it is my duty to deliverin my performance and the work-ing hours. If I have delivered mypart, they need to deliver theirpart.”

She continued, “If tomorrowthat show would have been do-

ing extremely well, it is notlike they would have giventhe share of profits with ac-tors, then how can they ex-pect them to wait for this

long? I understand thecrisis, but when you

take the risk of becom-ing a producer, youhave to have yourrisks calculated,

you have to keepan amountseparately incase thingsdon’t workout. But theydon’t do it.Why can’tthey calcu-late theirrisk? Turn-ing a pro-ducer is ahuge re-sponsibilityand theyneed topay theirdues.”

Hina Khan on nonpayments ofdues: This is absolutely bizarre; itis the producer’s duty to pay dues

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Rio de JaneiroBrazilian broadcaster TV Globo

said it has rescinded its contractwith the Rio de Janeiro Football Fed-eration (FERJ) after Flamengo uti-lized a new federal law to stream ahome match on social media.

Globo said the move breachedexclusivity rights outlined in its con-tract with FERJ for the Cariocachampionship. Of the competition’s12 teams, 11 signed off on the deal,with Flamengo being the only ex-ception. “In Globo’s understanding,

the contract was violated yesterday,when FlaTV aired the match be-tween Flamengo and Boavista live,”read a Globo statement on Thurs-day.

It added that, at the time the con-tract was signed, Brazilian law stipu-lated that the right to broadcast anymatch hinged on the consent ofboth clubs involved. According tothe network, this meant that no-body could legally broadcast Fla-mengo matches under terms of itsagreement with FERJ.

Brazil’s TV Globo terminatesRio broadcast deal

Noida: To give further boostto the Soil Testing facility inthe country for promotingappropriate use of fertilizers,NFL has launched five MobileSoil Testing Labs for testingthe soil samples at thedoorstep of farmers free ofcost.

Sh V N Datt, C&MD alongwith Directors and senior of-ficials today flagged off onesuch Mobile Lab from thepremises of NFL CorporateOffice in Noida.

These Mobile Labs, loadedwith latest soil testing equip-ment, shall be used for macroand micro nutrient analysisof soil. In addition to this,these Mobile Labs are also

equipped with Audio-Videosystem to educate farmers onvarious agricultural topics.

Other than the Mobile SoilTesting Labs, the company isalso serving farming commu-

nity through six Static SoilTesting Labs located in differ-ent parts of country. All theseLabs tested around 25,000soil samples free of cost in theyear 2019-20.

NFL launches High-Tech MobileSoil Testing Labs

Mumbai (UNI) Edelweiss Asset Management on

Friday announced the launch of thesecond tranche of BHARAT BondETF in July, with two new series, af-ter the successful launch of the ini-tial series of ETFs in December2019.

Chairman & CEO, Edelweissgroup Rashesh Shah, said, “The firstlaunch of BHARAT Bond ETF washighly successful and since then ithas seen healthy growth in AUMand good liquidity on exchange. Wehope that the BHARAT Bond ETFprogram achieves its ultimate ob-jective of creating a liquid yieldcurve for CPSE bonds and helps fur-ther agenda of development ofbond markets. We believe that theBHARAT Bond ETF program willkeep growing and will provide a safeand secure investment avenue forinvestors and an easy way for CPSEsto raise funds.”

Secretary, DIPAM, Ministry of Fi-nance Tuhin Kanta Pandey said,“BHARAT Bond ETF program hasachieved some important objectivesthat were envisioned while creatingthe blueprint of this program. It hasprovided aggregate savings in bor-rowing cost for participatingCPSEs/CPSUs/CPFIs. It has provid-ed easy access to investors intoBond markets and adequate Liquid-ity on exchange with low bid-askspreads, this will encourage investorparticipation and help in develop-ing bond markets further. The or-ganic increase in AUM of existingBHARAT Bond ETFs even duringthese uncertain times resembles in-vestors building confidence with theproduct. In upcoming issue, we ex-pect to raise anywhere between3,000 cr to 14,000 cr. This will helpCPSEs in their capex programs incoming months.”

MD & CEO, NSE, Vikram Limaye,said, “The BHARAT Bond ETFs,

tracking the Nifty BHARAT Bond In-dex series, have been successful inincreasing retail participation incorporate bond market with morethan 50000 retail investors partici-pating in the first two ETFslaunched in December 2019. NSE isglad to continue working with De-partment of Investment and PublicAsset Management (DIPAM), Gov-ernment of India, Edelweiss AMCand other stakeholders in launchingmore indices within the uniqueBHARAT Bond Index series that willbe tracked by the upcoming tranch-es of BHARAT Bond ETF. The newBHARAT Bond ETF tranches matur-ing in 2025 and 2031 will providemore investment choices to fixed in-come investors.” The BHARAT BondETF program is an initiative of theGovernment of India, from the De-partment of Investment and PublicAsset Management and the latterhas given the mandate to EdelweissAMC to design and manage theproduct. The two new Bharat BondETF series will have maturities ofApril 2025 and April 2031.

NFO will open for subscriptionfrom July 14, 2020 and will close onJuly 17, 2020. Through the launch ofthese two new ETF series, EdelweissMutual Fund proposes to raise aninitial amount of Rs 2,000 croreswith a green shoe option of Rs 6,000crores in 2025 Maturity and initialamount of Rs. 1,000 crores with agreen shoe option of Rs. 5,000 croresin 2031 Maturity based on marketdemand.

Edelweiss Mutual Fund tolaunch second tranche of‘BHARAT Bond ETF’

Colombo (UNI)The investigation into the

match-fixing allegations raisedagainst the Sri Lanka cricket teamof 2011 World Cup has concludedand players have been cleared,Chief of the SIU SSP Jagath Fon-seka said according to a report innewswire.lk.

Sri Lanka Cricketers, includingMahela Jayawardena, KumaraSangakkara, Aravinda de Silvaand Upul Tharanga were inquiredand summoned in this regard.

Fonseka said the statements ofthree cricketers summoned so farare genuine, and has revealed thepractical reason for a change insquad during the tournament,adding that this is an incidentthat had occurred in 2011. He fur-ther said that they will send thereport on the investigation to theSecretary of the Ministry ofSports.

A decision to end the probewas taken on Friday after a dis-

cussion with high ranking offi-cials of the Special InvestigationUnit, the report added.

SSP Fonseka pointed out thatthe summoning of various crick-eters to record statements hadcaused a crisis in the country andcan lead to a major issue.

“The three statements record-ed thus far shows that there areno evidence to prove the 14- alle-gations raised by former Parlia-mentarian MahindanandaAluthgamage. The InternationalCricket Council too has not re-sponded with regard to the alle-gations. It has also not even com-menced any investigations’, hetold Lankadeepa Newspaper.

The Ministry of Sportslaunched an investigation intothe allegation, after former Minis-ter of Sports MahindanandaAluthgamage revealed in Junethat the 2011 Cricket World Cupfinal between Sri Lanka and Indiawas fixed.

2011 World Cup Final inquiry ends, no proof against KumarSangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena

Kolkata (UNI) West Indian legend Sir Everton Weekes

would be immortalised in this cricket crazyKolkata as the Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) announced that the cricketer wouldfea-ture in the soon to come up Cricket Museumat iconic Eden Gardens. Sir Everton Weekes,one of the game’s great batsmen and part ofthe trio of legendary 3 Ws, died aged 95 onWednesday.

West Indies great Sir Everton Weekes hasdied at his home in Barbados after a long bat-tle with ill-health.

Weekes was the last of the famous ‘ThreeWs’ a trio of West Indian batting legendswhose lives became irrevocably entwined.

The other two being Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott.

“Everton Weekes was a huge name in crick-et. His loss is deeply felt in the world of sports.He is especially remembered by all of us herefor being the first person to score an Interna-tional century at Eden Gardens in Indepen-dent India. We have decided that his namewould feature prominently in the

Cricket Museum which would be set up at

Eden Gardens, the work of which would com-mence oncethe pandemic is over,” said CABPresident Avishek Dalmiya.

The CAB also plans to have a small featureon that Test Match during its Annual AwardsCeremony. Speaking on this, the CAB Presi-dent stated, “We would remember that his-toric test which happened for the firsttime atEden Gardens after Indian Independence dur-ing the Annual Awards Ceremony later thisyear.

“ Since we would be felicitating the SeniorBengal Cricket Team on becoming the Ranji fi-nalists during the 2019-2020 season in thatevent, we would also be remembering lateMantu Banerjee’s contribution in that match.We would also be highlighting late Banerjee’scontribution to Bengal Cricket since one hasto remember that he had been the highestwicket takerduring the 1952 / 53 season whereBengal lost to Holkar in the RanjiFinal at EdenGardens by a whisker.”

Sudangsu Mantu Banerjee played only oneTest, the one in which Weekes became the firstoverseas batsman to score twin tons in a Testin Independent India.

Mantu Banerjee remains one of the eightmen with five wickets and three catches onTest debut. He never donned the Indian colorsagain.

Talking about Weekes, CAB Secretary Sne-hasish Ganguly said: “ Legends like Sir EvertonWeekes rarely. The people of Calcutta werefortunate to see him play at Eden Gardens. Ihave heard often about him from my grandfa-ther. Perhaps the most famous of the ThreeWs, he had a century at Eden also and if wecan get some memorabilia of Sir Weekes in ourproposed museum it will be a shrine for crick-et lovers. I will also urge the young cricketersto read up about him try to get inspired by hisachievements. To score over 4000 runs fromjust 81 Tests and with the kind of bat they usedthen speaks volumes about his talent. I am re-ally sad today.”

The Secretary further added: “We would re-member Sir Weekes’s outstanding contribu-tion during our Annual Awards Ceremony.

We will also remember Mantu Banerjee’scontributions in that Test for his five wicketfeat and his services to Bengal cricket in gen-eral.”

West Indian Cricket Legend Sir Everton Weekes to be immortalised at iconic Eden Gardens

Manchester (UNI) West Indies experi-

enced fast bowler Shan-non Gabriel coming outof an ankle surgery hasbeen drafted into the 15-member Test squad forthe Test series againsthost England starting onJuly 8.

Gabriel was amongthe reserves whenWindies team landed inEngland but proved hisfitness with impressiveperformances in the twointer-squad warm-upmatches at the EmiratesOld Trafford.

“I am delighted thatwe are able to add Shan-non to the Test squad. Hehas shown that he is fitand ready, he will add ex-perience, firepower andpotency to the bowling

unit,” Roger Harper,Cricket West Indies selec-tor said.

On tour he has bowledin three innings andgrabbed eight wickets for122 runs. The 32-year-oldmade his Test debut atLord’s on May 17, 2012

and has so far played 45matches claiming 133wickets.

His career-best perfor-mance came two yearsago at the at the DarenSammy Cricket Groundin Saint Lucia when hetook 8-62 against Sri Lan-

ka to end with match fig-ures of 13-121.

West Indies will travelfrom Manchester toSouthampton on Fridayas they continue prepara-tions in a bid to retain theWisden Trophy in the#RaiseTheBat Test Series.

The first Test will beplayed at the Ageas Bowl,starting July 8.

Test Squad: JasonHolder (captain), Jer-maine Blackwood,Nkrumah Bonner, KraiggBrathwaite, ShamarhBrooks, John Campbell,Roston Chase, RahkeemCornwall, ShaneDowrich, ShannonGabriel, Chemar Holder,Shai Hope, AlzarriJoseph, Raymon Reifer,Kemar Roach

Shannon Gabriel drafted into 15-memberWindies Test squad vs England

Mumbai (UNI) The Indian equity market re-

mained strong for the third straightsession on Friday, as BSE Sensexadvanced by 177.72 pts at36,021.42 following gains in Tele-com, Power, Capital Goods and In-dustrial stocks.

The Nifty of national stock ex-change too rose by 55.65 pts to10,607.35.

The Nifty registered day’s highand low at 10,631.30 and 10,562.65points respectively.

The Sensex opened higher by182 pts to 36,025.38. During theday it rallied by 267 pts to36,110.21, before closing at36,021.42, up by 177.72 from itsprevious close.

The indices that kept the rallyintact were Telecom, Power, Tech-nology, Capital Goods and Indus-

trial stocks.In scrips, Bharti Airtel (up 4.05

per cent) and Bajaj Auto (up 2.5 percent) were the top Sensex gainers.

Reliance Industries gained 1.5per cent after the company an-nounced that Intel has invested Rs1,894.5 crore in Reliance Jio for a0.39 per cent stake.

Moreover, JB Chemcials rose 3per cent after it said global invest-ment firm KKR will pick up a con-trolling stake of 54 per cent in the

company.Meanwhile, HDFC Life gained

around 4.5 per cent as the compa-ny will replace Vedanta on Niftywith effect from July 31.

The Mid cap rose by 0.56 pc andSmall Cap by 0.47 pc.

In 30 scrips, 19 advanced while11 declined.

The indices including, Power,Capital Goods, Technology, Indus-trials and Telecom boosted themarket.

These stocks were edged up be-tween 1 to 3.45 pc.

However, selling in IndusIndBank, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, BajajFinance and Bajaj Finserv restrict-ed from further gains, broker in-formed.

Rallied throughout the week,European stocks were seen weaktoday.

Sensex touches 36k level; up by 177.72 ptsBUSINESS

Panasonic India offers COVID-19insurance on its Camera RangeMumbai: Empowering the frontlinephotographers and videographers,Panasonic India is providing a spe-cial industry-first COVID-19 med-ical insurance to consumers on thepurchase of any Panasonic camerasand to all its existing sub-dealers.

The insurance scheme of up toRs 1 Lakh provides insuranceagainst COVID-19 to photographersand videographers who are goingabove and beyond to report newsand capture ceremonies and eventsduring the coronavirus pandemic.The insurance policy is valid for oneyear from the date of purchase forconsumers. Announcing the specialinitiative, Mr Sandeep Sehgal, Busi-ness Chief, Imaging BusinessGroup, Panasonic India & SAARC,said, ‘Photographers across the In-dia are out in their communitiesevery day doing the hard work oftelling the stories of COVID-19 andbringing ceremonies and events tothe rest of us in the safe environ-ment of our homes.

Lionel Messi unwillingto renew Barcelonacontract: reportsMadrid: Barcelona captain Li-onel Messi has reportedlybrought a halt to his contractrenewal talks and is ready toleave the club when his currentdeal expires in 2021. Messi isangry with Barcelona’s frontoffice about leaked media re-ports that appeared to makehim seem responsible forevents at the club, includingthe January sacking of coachErnesto Valverde, and that he isfrustrated about the squad’slack of quality, according to areport from Spanish radio net-work Cadena Ser. Messi andhis father had begun dis-cussing renewing his last dealwith the club, which wassigned in 2017, but they nolonger wish to advance the ne-gotiation, the report said. Mes-si, who turned 33 last month,has put together an incrediblecareer at Barcelona, winningthe Ballon d’Or six times. Hescored his 700th career goalTuesday in a 2-2 draw withAtletico Madrid.

World Athletics putsANA process on holdafter RusAF misses finepayment deadlineParis: The process of allowingRussian athletes to return tocompetition will be put onhold after the country’s athlet-ics federation failed to pay itsfine for breaching anti-dopingrules, World Athletics said in astatement on Thursday. TheRussian Athletics Federation(RusAF) was due to pay a fineof five million U.S. dollars forbreaching the sport’s anti-dop-ing rules, and an extra fee of1.31 million to cover the rele-vant investigation and legalcosts by July 1. But World Ath-letics said it has not receivedthe payments, nor any infor-mation on when the moneywill be paid, despite remindersand correspondence with theRusAF.

Ramos penalty takesReal Madrid fourpoints clear in La LigaMadrid: Real Madrid movedfour points clear of FCBarcelona at the top of La Ligathanks to a narrow 1-0 win athome over Getafe, which camethanks to a Sergio Ramospenalty with 12 minutes toplay. Real Madrid on Thursdaynight struggled to create any-thing in the first half against arival that was well-organizedin midfield and defense andcovered more ground than thehome side, despite having aday less to prepare for thegame.

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Income Tax Dept refunded Rs 62,361 cr to more than 20 lakhtaxpayers amid Covid-19New Delhi (UNI) : Central Board of Direct taxes (CB-DT) has issued refunds in more than 20.44 lakh cas-es amounting to more than Rs 62,361 crore fromApril 8 to June 30.

In pursuance to government’s decision to issuepending income tax refunds in order to help taxpay-ers in a Covid-19 pandemic situation, the IncomeTax Department has issued tax refunds at a speed of76 cases per minute in the period.

During this period of just 56 weekdays, the CBDThas issued refunds in more than 20.44 lakh casesamounting to more than Rs. 62,361 crore, accordingto a Finance ministry statement here on Friday.

It is stated that taxpayers are experiencing thisfacet of the I-T Department which is not only tax-payer-friendly, but also that of a facilitator providingliquidity in this hard time of COVID-19 pandemic.

Income tax refunds amounting to Rs 23,453.57crore have been issued in 19,07,853 cases to taxpay-ers and corporate tax refunds amounting to Rs38,908.37 crore have been issued in 1,36,744 cases totaxpayers during this period.

Argentina U-23 defenderMedina joins RC LensBuenos Aires: Highly-rated Argen-tinian defender Facundo Medinahas joined newly-promoted RCLens from Talleres de Cordoba, theFrench Ligue 1 club said.

The 21-year-old, who has rep-resented Argentina at Under-20and Under-23 level, signed a four-year deal reportedly worth fourmillion US dollars. “I wanted tohave Facundo in our ranks. He hasa great temperament and the dar-ing approach of a young player,”Lens manager Franck Haise saidon the club’s official website onThursday.

Sam Curran self-isolatingafter falling sickS o u t h a m p t o n(UNI): Englandall-rounder SamCurran will notplay the remain-ing intra-squadwarm-up matchas he is self-iso-lating in his roomat the Ageas Bowlafter feeling sick on Wednesdaynight.

Curran was not out at 15 on thefirst evening of England’s intra-squad warm-up match, but tookno part in the game after sufferingfrom “sickness and diarrhoeaovernight”, ECB said in a state-ment.

The statement further addedthat Curran was feeling better onThursday afternoon, but con-firmed that he would play no fur-ther part in the ongoing warm-upmatch. He has been monitored bythe team doctor and was testedfor Covid-19 earlier today.

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalHearty congratulations were ex-tended to the Chief MinisterShri Shivraj Singh Chouhan onsuccessful completion of 100days of tenure as Chief Ministerby the Union Minister of Pan-chayat and Rural DevelopmentShri Narendra Singh Tomar,Union Minister of Social Justiceand Empowerment Shri ThawarChand Gehlot, Minister of Statefor Culture and Tourism ShriPrahlad Patel, MP Shri Jyotira-ditya Scindia and other MPs,members of the state Cabinetbesides MLAs.

The state has set manyrecords of development in theshort period of 100 days underthe leadership of the Chief Min-ister Shri Chouhan. On onehand, while worldwide Coronainfection was defeated in thestate, its infection rate was low-ered down to a minimum of 1.44percent, on the other hand, mi-grant labourers were successful-ly repatriated to the state andprovided employment as pertheir skills. The state set an all-time record in procuring wheatof all registered farmers of the

state at support price andranked first in the entire coun-try. Landmark changes weremade in Mandi laws and a re-markable job was done by pro-viding maximum value to thefarmers for their produce. At thesame time, by amending labourlaws and providing facilities toindustries, investment was pro-moted in the state to generateemployment in large number.

Sambal Yojana for the welfareof the poor, scheme to provideloans to farmers at zero percentinterest and the PanchParmeshwar Yojana for the de-velopment of villages was re-started. Students were promot-ed to the next class on the basisof previous exam marks (exceptXIIth) and were provided withthe “Top Parent App” and “Digi-Lap” facility for online educa-tion.

A scheme to provide loans atfour percent interest to empow-er women self-help groups waslaunched, while provision ofloans without interest to urbanstreet vendors was made. TheChief Minister took full care ofevery section of the society.

100 days of CM Chouhan’stenure successfully completedState sets new records of development in many areas

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn Madhya Pradesh and Chhat-

tisgarh, the monsoon has been farbetter than usual. However, thereare some districts in both stateswhere there has been a shortfall inrainfall. Since the arrival of themonsoon i.e. from the beginningof the monsoon season till July 1,the eastern parts of MadhyaPradesh have recorded 48% morerainfall than normal. Whereaswestern parts of Madhya Pradeshreceived 77% more rainfall thannormal. Similarly, rainfall inChhattisgarh has been 40% morethan normal. But many districtsare still reeling under deficit rain.

Monsoon will be active soonAccording to Skymet Weather,

conditions are again favorable forgood monsoon rains in these twostates of central India. At present,the axis of Monsoon trough is fromBikaner and Ajmer in Rajasthan toGuna and Satna in MadhyaPradesh to Daltonganj in Jhark-hand and Malda in West Bengal.There is also a cyclonic circulationover East Uttar Pradesh. Throughthis system, a trough is formedfrom East Madhya Pradesh up toVidarbha.

Due to all these seasonal sys-tems, weathermen are expectingthat there will be a gradualincrease in rainfall activity in MP.During the next 24 hours, the rain-

fall will be mainly in South Chhat-tisgarh and West Madhya Pradesh.Whereas during this period, therewill be relatively less rainfall inNorth Chhattisgarh and East Mad-hya Pradesh.

Moderate to heavy rains willbe seen in many districts

After 24 hours, the scope of rain

and the intensity of rain will startincreasing and it is expected thatmoderate to heavy rains will beseen in many districts from July 3onwards. According to the weatherexperts of Skymet, between 3 and 7July, rain activities will continuecontinuously in almost all the dis-tricts of Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh. Monsoon willremain active, due to which light to

moderate and heavy rains can beseen in most places during thisperiod.

Farmers in both the states havebeen troubled so far due to lack ofuniform distribution of rain. Nowthe distribution of rain willimprove and the intensity of rainwill also increase, this will greatlybenefit the farmers and the sowingof kharif crops will pick up speed.

Rains likely in all dists including Bhopal

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalStreet vendors are an integral

part of the Indian lifestyle in bothurban and rural areas. The streetvendors calling out in his specialway from the street is recognized byevery household. The buyer hearshis voice and comes out to makepurchases. His voice becomes ahabit with people.

During lockdown in Corona, noone heard the voice of the streetvendor, be it a vegetable or fruitseller or anyone else. The purchasersomehow bought essentials, butthe street seller became unem-ployed. This class constitutes alarge number and is required more.Both Prime Minister Narendra Mo-di and Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan always stay connectedwith ground reality.

Understanding the reality ofstreet vendors, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi announced thePradhan Mantri AtmanirbharSwanidhi for this section to provideworking capital to a large popula-tion of urban street vendors. Underthis scheme, working capital of Rs.10 thousand will be made availableto registered urban street vendors.Interest subsidy will be provided bythe central and state government.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan implemented thisscheme of the poor in MadhyaPradesh first. The registrationprocess was done through the Ur-ban Unorganized Workers Portal.As of June 29, 8 lakh 15 thousand890 street vendors have been regis-tered. Documents of registeredvendors are being scrutinized.Street vendors will start gettingloans from July 3. A target has been

set to disburse loan of more than Rsone thousand crore in MadhyaPradesh. This scheme is being im-plemented in all 378 urban bodies.Vendors who have been sellinggoods in urban areas before March24, 2020 will be included in thescheme. This benefit will be provid-ed to those who possess a townvending certificate and identitycard. Such street vendors, who havemigrated to other places due toCorona pandemic and have re-turned will also be eligible for thescheme.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan had started the registra-tion process by launching the ChiefMinister’s Urban UnorganizedWorkers Integrated Portal on June 6itself. A state-level committee hasbeen set up in the Urban Develop-ment and Housing Department forthe implementation of the scheme.The process of bank-wise target set-

ting and implementation of thePradhan Mantri AtmanirbharSwanidhi Yojana for street vendorshas been ensured in the State-levelBankers Committee meeting heldon june 23 under the chairmanshipof the Chief Minister.

The registered street vendors in-clude, about 28.36 percent veg-etable vendors, 10.27 percent ven-dors dealing in clothes, 7.23 percentin fruits and 6.84 percent in foodand beverage business. Among reg-istered street vendors, 62 percentare male and 38 percent are female.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has given strict instruc-tions to officials to ensure that thatthe eligible vendors do not have towander to avail benefits under thePradhan Mantri AtmanirbharSwanidhi Yojana. Chouhan felt theagony of the street vendors and en-sured necessary arrangements forthem to resume their trade. A bud-get provision of Rs 25 crore has alsobeen made for the implementationof the scheme.

Chief Minister Chouhan has alsodecided to launch the DeendayalAntyodaya Yojana National UrbanLivelihood Mission in all 378 urbanbodies with an aim to provide em-ployment opportunities to urbanwomen through self-help groups.At present, the scheme is being runin only 120 urban bodies. The ChiefMinister has said that this missionwill provide means of livelihood tothe urban poor through capacitybuilding, self-employment, skilltraining, social security and cultur-al development. In this mission,shelters for the homeless andhawkers corners for the street ven-dors will be developed.

Voice of the street seller will be raised

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Shivraj SinghChouhan government hascompleted 100 days of itsfourth term in MadhyaPradesh. An innings, thatstarted off with very toughchallenges. This series ofchallenges is longer thistime. The governmentfaced several dilemmasamid the alarming rise inthe cases of Corona infec-tion.

Not only the commonman, but even the govern-ment was facing the ob-struction of financial man-agement due to the twoand a half month longlockdown and unlock re-strictions. In such a situa-tion, a big cause for con-cern before Shivraj soonafter taking over the reinsof the government, washow to provide relief to theaffected sections whilestopping the spread ofCovid-19. Shivraj, who hasbeen engaged for the thir-teen years in transformingMadhya Pradesh into aprosperous state, believesin fighting the challengesface-to-face. Leading thegovernment in a difficultperiod of Corona was ahard nut to crack. But thecase here is of Nayak re-turns. Therefore Shivraj re-lied more on workingrather than worrying.

The situation was evenmore troubling in terms ofwork because the prioritywas to connect a largenumber of government

staff to more importantprocesses, including sur-veys, awareness cam-paigns and collecting sam-ples related to Corona.Half the staff was at homedue to the lockdown. Insuch a situation, Shivraj’sstrategy and administra-tive skills were at test. ButShivraj also has a record ofrunning a government forconsecutive 13 years andcreating new scales of pop-ularity with his pro-peoplepolicies. Under such cir-cumstances, Shivraj hasprobably stopped differen-tiating between night andday in order to provide re-lief to the general public bymaking unlimited effortswith limited resources. Itcan be said that the poli-cies and intentions of thegovernment moved in theright direction. As a result,today Madhya Pradesh isfighting the right battleagainst Corona. Thoughthe enemy is unknown, hehad to face the victims.

Here, in preference toany kind of Corona victim,the government consid-ered it feasible and used itsresources.

The 15-month old gov-ernment before March 23,2020 could not take Coro-na virus seriously, its ownpolitical confusion wasbigger than this pandemic.The effect was that whenShivraj Singh Chouhantook charge, the Covid-19situation had started to de-teriorate. The previous

government had discon-tinued many of theschemes implementedduring the three tenures ofthe Shivraj Singh govern-ment, hence giving bene-fits and relief or theirstrong alternatives to themasses through theseschemes had also becomea major challenge. Undersuch circumstances, thiscan undoubtedly be calledthe century innings of anexperienced Shivraj interms of achievements.The most important thingis that the state govern-ment is successfully deal-ing with the Corona pan-demic. The lowest growthrate and the highest recov-ery rate in the country canbe called a big success forthis government.

Prior to this, the govern-ment has also been suc-cessful in the direction ofstrict adherence to the sys-tem of lockdown and in-vestigation of Corona vic-tims including keepingthem under quarantine,making complete arrange-ments in government andprivate hospitals for theirtreatment and the manda-tory use of masks and so-cial distancing.

It is remarkable that the15-month old previousgovernment had beenwailing since Day-1 overthe state treasury. Butwhen Shivraj took over, hedid not utter a word thatcould break the morale ofthe people of the state. He

maintained economic liq-uidity in the state by de-positing the funds of vari-ous government schemesdirectly in the accounts ofthe people. Many activitiesrelated to unemploymentand livelihood had beenstalled in the lockdown.The government provideddirect relief to every sec-tion in the society.

Thanks to the efforts ofthe government, anamount of Rs 24 thousandcrore has been provided to16 lakh farmers for wheatprocurement. Along withthis, Rs 2762 crore rupeeswere provided to aboutthree lakh farmers by pur-chasing gram, mustardand lentils from them . Theeffect of these works hasalso been that the state hasreached the first place inthe country in the field ofwheat procurement.

The government tookseveral prompt decisionsin these three months inorder to enable farmers toget good prices for theircrops. Lakhs of peoplehave benefitted from theKisan Credit Card andCrop Insurance Scheme,implemented by the Shiv-raj government to help thissection. The governmenthas taken several steps to-wards improving the Man-di Act as well as givingloans to farmers.

The government tookdecisions in favour ofevery category. Prioritywas given the betterment

of all sections be it stu-dents, labourers orwomen. Jeevan Shakti Yo-jana was introduced tomake masks tio provideemployment to women.Initiatives were taken toexecute the scheme to pro-vide loans to women self-help groups at low interest.

Lockdown and Covid-19 led to a rapid move-ment of labourers fromone state to another. TheMadhya Pradesh govern-ment made concretearrangements to bringback the labourers of Mad-hya Pradesh staying inother states. Labourerswere transported back toMadhya Pradesh and theirhomes by more than 150trains free-of-cost. Beingin the heart of the country,arrangements of medicine,food anf drinking waterwere made apart fromtransportation to the Mad-hya Pradesh border forlabourers from neighbor-ing states, especially Ma-harashtra to Uttar Pradesh,Bihar, Jharkhand in Mad-hya Pradesh. Chief Minis-ter Shivraj Singh Chouhanwas so sensitive in thismatter that the no labour-er of any had to walk inMadhya Pradesh. He wasof the opinion that ‘Humsab Bharat Maa ke lal, phirbhedbhav ka kahan sawal’(when all of us are the sonsof the soil, where is thequestion of discrimina-tion?

The government

worked with the spirit thatthe labourer of every stateis our brother.

New job cards weremade in MNREGA, ShramSiddhi campaign waslaunched to provide em-ployment to all the labour-ers who came to MadhyaPradesh.

The historic Rozgar Se-tu Portal was developed toprovide employment toskilled laborers by provid-ing one platform to the in-dustries and labourers.The Sambal Yojana wasrevived to provide assis-tance to the poor frombirth to death. Priorarrangements of ration,social security pensionwere made to the peopleunder the adverse cir-cumstances of Corona.

Once again the public’s Chief Minister rises to power

Showers bring relief from sultry weather

Plant at least 5 saplings: Minister Bhopal: Home, Public Health and Family Welfare Min-ister Dr. Narottam Mishra planted saplings in villageLidhaura of Datia. He called upon the villagers to plantat least five saplings. Addressing the plantation cere-mony, Minister Dr. Mishra said that plantation will def-initely provide clean environment for our future gener-ations. He said that our country is an agriculturalcountry and we get good rains from trees, which alsostrengthens our agro-based economy, so all of usshould not only plant but also take responsibility fortheir safety. On this occasion, the Minister Dr. Mishra,having open discussion with the villagers, also heardtheir problems and distributed relief material to theneedy families. Public representatives, officers and vil-lagers also planted saplings in village Lidhaura.

Examine casesof street vendorsin 10 daysBhopal: The Principal Sec-retary Urban Developmentand Housing has directedall the Municipal Commis-sioners and Chief Munici-pality Officers to examinethe cases of registeredstreet traders in the portalin 10 days. He said that theprocess of acceptanceshould also be done soon.On July 3, Chief MinisterShri Shivraj Singh Chouhanwill inaugurate the loan dis-tribution programme to thebeneficiaries of PradhanMantri Swanidhi Yojana.The event will be held si-multaneously in all 378 ur-ban bodies.

The Principal Secretaryhas said that the PrimeMinister’s self-fundingshould be done on thestamp of Rs 50 in the agree-ment with the bank. Underthe scheme, a loan of 10thousand rupees will begiven to the beneficiary. Itsinterest will be borne by thegovernment. He has saidthat banks should discussthis with the authorities.Principal Secretary saidthat after talking tobankers, take action to dis-burse the loan in the sanc-tioned cases. He separatelydiscussed with the officialsof all the urban bodies andinquired about the status ofthe scheme.