AGENCY NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 The Government of India has 'banned' over 2550 blacklisted foreign nationals for 10 years from travelling to India for their involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities, said the government sources on Thursday. It means that none of them would be allowed in any circum- stances to travel to India as a visa will not be issued to them. In April this year, the Min- istry of Home Affairs (MHA) had blacklisted 960 foreigners for violating visa rules after they were found involved in Tablighi activities. "Under the directions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the MHA has blacklisted 960 foreigners, present in India on tourist visas, for their in- volvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities," Home Ministry had said in April. These foreigners were in- volved in Tablighi activities and went to Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz, which became the ma- jor source of spreading COVID-19. The Home Ministry had earlier said that about 2,100 for- eigners visited India for activi- ties of the organisation since January 1 this year. "While approximately 824 of them, as on March 21, were dispersed in different parts of the country, 216 of them were staying at Nizamuddin Markaz. Others might have left the coun- try before the lockdown," the MHA had said. A large number of Indian Tablighi Jamaat work- ers were also involved in the ac- tivities of the organisation in different parts of the country. Details of these 824 foreigners had been shared on March 21 with the state police forces for identifying them, getting them medically screened and quarantining them. WWW.YUGMARG.COM REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Friday, June 5, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 122, PAGES 8, RS. 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 7 HP decides to set up sixth finance com- mission; sixth fi- nance commission Okays procurement of school bags 327 fresh covid cases in state, tally rises to 3281; Three more test positive at Kaithal Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over COVID-19 cri- sis; Targets govt over unemploy- ment, slow econo- my FOLLOW US ON PAGE 6 PAGE 5 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Veteran filmmaker Basu Chatterjee dead MHA blacklists, bans 2,550 foreign Tablighi members Living illegally in mosques, violating visa norms: Govt Highest single- day spike in Covid cases NEW DELHI: India's tally of Covid-19 cases jumped to 2,16,919 after 9,304 people tested positive for the virus in- fection in the last 24 hours in the biggest jump so far, Union Health Ministry said. The country has also reported a staggering 260 deaths in the past one day, taking the death toll to 6,075, the data shows. With the situation intensifying day by day, active cases across the length and breadth of the peninsular have stepped up to 1,01,497. India, Australia sign seven MoUs, decide to share medical research AGENCY NEW DELHI, JUN 4 Recognizing the importance of glob- al cooperation for saving lives and managing the economic impacts of COVID-19 and future global chal- lenges, India and Australia on Thurs- day decided to share the benefits of scientific and medical research and development, strengthen healthcare systems to respond effectively in preventing the global pandemic. The joint statement on Compre- hensive Strategic Partnership be- tween India and Australia was issued after the two Prime Ministers Naren- dra Modi and Scott Morrison, partic- ipated in an India-Australia Leaders’ Virtual Summit on Thursday. The 12-point joint statement dwells at length upon enhancing cooperation between the two countries in fighting terrorism, enhancing defence and maritime cooperation and strength- ening people-to-people contact and boosting economic cooperation. After the virtual summit, India and Australia also signed seven MoUs in the areas of cyber technol- ogy, science and technology, de- fence, mutual logistic support and water resource management, public administration and governance re- forms. As the world battles to contain the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the two sides also vowed to reflect on the recommendations of the independent and comprehensive evaluation of the international health response to COVID-19 to improve capacity for preparedness in tackling the pan- demic. SHIV KUMAR SHARMA CHANDIGARH JUNE 4: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has directed all the Deputy Commissioners of the State to intensify the work on various ongoing short term schemes of flood control in the State and said that they should personally visit the sites to ensure that these are completed well before the com- mencement of mon- soon season. Setting a target for the DCs, he directed that work on the ongoing schemes and other flood con- trol measures including de- silting of both urban and rural drains should be completed by June 20, 2020. Mr Manohar Lal gave these directions while presid- ing over a meeting with all the Deputy Commissioners to re- view flood preparedness in the State through video con- ferencing here today. At pres- ent, 143 short term schemes are being implemented in dif- ferent districts of the State at an estimated cost of Rs 132.25 crore. While directing the DCs to take up all flood control measures in their respective districts on priority basis, he said that DCs should person- ally visit the work site every week to see for themselves the progress of work and ensure that same are completed at the earli- est. He said that work for the disciliting of drains should be com- pleted before June 20, 2020 positively. He also directed the DCs to en- sure the strengthening of river banks especially in Yamunana- gar and Karnal districts to avert flooding. It was informed that out of the total 833 urban and rural drains in the State, 588 drains have been identi- fied for cleaning. It was also informed that the work of de- silting of drains is being car- ried out at a rapid pace under MGNREGA. Covid: Punjab to conduct free testing of samples sent by private clinics BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 4: Keeping in view to strength- en the screening of the pop- ulation for timely detection of COVID-19 patients to contain the spread of pan- demic, the Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government has decided to conduct free of cost RT- PCR testing for COVID-19 samples sent by empanelled p r i v a t e hospitals/clinics and private Labs. It was disclosed by the Health Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu in a press communiqué. The Minister said that instructions have been is- sued to the Civil Surgeons to empanel those private hospitals/clinics and Labs who are willing to get em- panelled voluntarily for of- fering free of cost testing of samples. He said that it has been made mandatory that the private hospital/clinics and Labs should have a sep- arate isolated area for the suspected patients of COVID-l9 where sample will be taken and the person taking samples will ensure complete Personal Protec- tive Gear. The private hospi- tal shall arrange the required logistics and collect sam- ples, pack them and send to the nearest Government Health facility as per protocol. They ensure to fill in the details as per ICMR Protocol in RT-PCR App. He further said that the user name and passwords for the same shall be provid- ed by respective Civil Sur- geons for collection centers to empanelled private hospi- tals/clinics. The private hos- pitals/clinics shall send the line list generated by RT- PCR App with sample ID along with the samples. The samples sent by empanelled private hospitals/clinics shall be tested free of cost at Government Labs. AGENCY NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 Hours before the world observes World Environment Day, people across the world have expressed their outrage through a petition platform over inhu- mane killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. In less than 24 hours, as many as 927 petitions have been filed on the pe- tition website Change.org and over 13 lakh people have signed these demand- ing the perpetrators of this cruel act be punished. "Perhaps a more important question to ask right now is why we hear news about so many voiceless deaths and not enough about prosecutions? The law in India does not give long prison sentences for wildlife crimes. A sense of fear should be spread amongst people who might become killers of these inno- cent living beings. Convictions for wildlife killing must receive rigorous sentencing with hefty fines," said Kamal Ganatra, a citizen of Oman, in his peti- tion. The petition has been supported by 5.6 lakh people in a day. Thane resident Nikhil Suryawanshi, another petitioner on the platform, demanded that a mur- der charge be slapped against the perpe- trators of the gruesome crime. People across world seek justice for killed elephant Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar tests positive NEW DELHI: Defence secre- tary Ajay Kumar has tested positive for Covid-19 and is un- der home isolation. “He tested positive on Tuesday. His condition is stable and he will stay at home till he tests negative,” sources said. The defence ministry has not issued a statement on the matter so far. Kumar is the top govern- ment official to test positive for the disease. At least 35 officials working at the ministry’s headquarters in South Block here have been sent on home isolation after his reports testing positive for the infection emerged. France to aid India with 200 million euro concessional loan NEW DELHI: France has fi- nalised a concessional loan of 200 million euros to support vul- nerable segments of the Indian society in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and cy- clone Amphan, French diplo- matic sources told ANI on Thursday. "The French Devel- opment Agency has finished fi- nalising a concessional loan of 200 million euros”. Haryana CM directs to intensify works to tackle floods
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AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 4
The Government of India has'banned' over 2550 blacklistedforeign nationals for 10 yearsfrom travelling to India for theirinvolvement in Tablighi Jamaatactivities, said the governmentsources on Thursday.
It means that none of themwould be allowed in any circum-stances to travel to India as avisa will not be issued to them.
In April this year, the Min-istry of Home Affairs (MHA)had blacklisted 960 foreignersfor violating visa rules after theywere found involved in Tablighiactivities.
"Under the directions ofUnion Home Minister AmitShah, the MHA has blacklisted960 foreigners, present in Indiaon tourist visas, for their in-volvement in Tablighi Jamaatactivities," Home Ministry hadsaid in April.
These foreigners were in-volved in Tablighi activities andwent to Delhi's NizamuddinMarkaz, which became the ma-jor source of spreading
COVID-19.The Home Ministry had
earlier said that about 2,100 for-eigners visited India for activi-ties of the organisation sinceJanuary 1 this year.
"While approximately 824of them, as on March 21, weredispersed in different parts ofthe country, 216 of them werestaying at Nizamuddin Markaz.Others might have left the coun-try before the lockdown," theMHA had said. A large numberof Indian Tablighi Jamaat work-
ers were also involved in the ac-tivities of the organisation indifferent parts of the country.Details of these 824 foreignershad been sharedon March 21with the statepolice forcesfor identifyingthem, gettingthem medicallyscreened andq u a r a n t i n i n gthem.
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HP decides to set upsixth finance com-mission; sixth fi-nance commissionOkays procurementof school bags
327 fresh covid casesin state, tally rises to3281; Three more test positive at Kaithal
MHA blacklists, bans 2,550foreign Tablighi members
Living illegally in mosques, violating visa norms: GovtHighest single-day spike inCovid casesNEW DELHI: India's tally ofCovid-19 cases jumped to2,16,919 after 9,304 peopletested positive for the virus in-fection in the last 24 hours in thebiggest jump so far, UnionHealth Ministry said.The country has also reported astaggering 260 deaths in thepast one day, taking the deathtoll to 6,075, the data shows.With the situation intensifyingday by day, active cases acrossthe length and breadth of thepeninsular have stepped up to1,01,497.
India, Australia signseven MoUs, decide toshare medical researchAGENCYNEW DELHI, JUN 4
Recognizing the importance of glob-al cooperation for saving lives andmanaging the economic impacts ofCOVID-19 and future global chal-lenges, India and Australia on Thurs-day decided to share the benefits ofscientific and medical research anddevelopment, strengthen healthcaresystems to respond effectively inpreventing the global pandemic.
The joint statement on Compre-hensive Strategic Partnership be-tween India and Australia was issuedafter the two Prime Ministers Naren-dra Modi and Scott Morrison, partic-ipated in an India-Australia Leaders’Virtual Summit on Thursday. The12-point joint statement dwells atlength upon enhancing cooperationbetween the two countries in fightingterrorism, enhancing defence andmaritime cooperation and strength-ening people-to-people contact andboosting economic cooperation.
After the virtual summit, Indiaand Australia also signed seven
MoUs in the areas of cyber technol-ogy, science and technology, de-fence, mutual logistic support andwater resource management, publicadministration and governance re-forms.
As the world battles to containthe raging COVID-19 pandemic, thetwo sides also vowed to reflect on therecommendations of the independentand comprehensive evaluation of theinternational health response toCOVID-19 to improve capacity forpreparedness in tackling the pan-demic.
SHIV KUMAR SHARMACHANDIGARH JUNE 4:
Haryana Chief Minister, MrManohar Lal has directed allthe Deputy Commissioners ofthe State to intensify the workon various ongoing short termschemes of flood control inthe State and said that theyshould personally visit thesites to ensure thatthese are completedwell before the com-mencement of mon-soon season. Setting atarget for the DCs, hedirected that work onthe ongoing schemesand other flood con-trol measures including de-silting of both urban and ruraldrains should be completedby June 20, 2020.
Mr Manohar Lal gavethese directions while presid-ing over a meeting with all theDeputy Commissioners to re-view flood preparedness inthe State through video con-ferencing here today. At pres-ent, 143 short term schemes
are being implemented in dif-ferent districts of the State atan estimated cost of Rs132.25 crore.
While directing the DCsto take up all flood controlmeasures in their respectivedistricts on priority basis, hesaid that DCs should person-ally visit the work site everyweek to see for themselves the
progress of work andensure that same arecompleted at the earli-est. He said that workfor the disciliting ofdrains should be com-pleted before June 20,2020 positively. He alsodirected the DCs to en-
sure the strengthening of riverbanks especially in Yamunana-gar and Karnal districts toavert flooding. It was informedthat out of the total 833 urbanand rural drains in the State,588 drains have been identi-fied for cleaning. It was alsoinformed that the work of de-silting of drains is being car-ried out at a rapid pace underMGNREGA.
Covid: Punjab to conductfree testing of samplessent by private clinics
BUREAUCHANDIGARH, JUNE 4:
Keeping in view to strength-en the screening of the pop-ulation for timely detectionof COVID-19 patients tocontain the spread of pan-demic, the CaptainAmarinder Singh led PunjabGovernment has decided toconduct free of cost RT-PCR testing forCOVID-19 samplessent by empanelledp r i v a t ehospitals/clinics andprivate Labs. It wasdisclosed by theHealth Minister Mr.Balbir Singh Sidhuin a press communiqué.
The Minister said thatinstructions have been is-sued to the Civil Surgeonsto empanel those privatehospitals/clinics and Labswho are willing to get em-panelled voluntarily for of-fering free of cost testing ofsamples. He said that it hasbeen made mandatory thatthe private hospital/clinics
and Labs should have a sep-arate isolated area for thesuspected patients ofCOVID-l9 where samplewill be taken and the persontaking samples will ensurecomplete Personal Protec-tive Gear. The private hospi-tal shall arrange the requiredlogistics and collect sam-ples, pack them and send tothe nearest Government
Health facility as perprotocol. They ensureto fill in the details asper ICMR Protocol inRT-PCR App.
He further saidthat the user name andpasswords for thesame shall be provid-
ed by respective Civil Sur-geons for collection centersto empanelled private hospi-tals/clinics. The private hos-pitals/clinics shall send theline list generated by RT-PCR App with sample IDalong with the samples. Thesamples sent by empanelledprivate hospitals/clinicsshall be tested free of cost atGovernment Labs.
AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 4
Hours before the world observes WorldEnvironment Day, people across theworld have expressed their outragethrough a petition platform over inhu-mane killing of a pregnant elephant inKerala.
In less than 24 hours, as many as927 petitions have been filed on the pe-tition website Change.org and over 13lakh people have signed these demand-ing the perpetrators of this cruel act be
punished. "Perhaps a more importantquestion to ask right now is why we hearnews about so many voiceless deathsand not enough about prosecutions? The
law in India does not give long prisonsentences for wildlife crimes. A sense offear should be spread amongst peoplewho might become killers of these inno-cent living beings. Convictions forwildlife killing must receive rigoroussentencing with hefty fines," said KamalGanatra, a citizen of Oman, in his peti-tion. The petition has been supported by5.6 lakh people in a day. Thane residentNikhil Suryawanshi, another petitioneron the platform, demanded that a mur-der charge be slapped against the perpe-trators of the gruesome crime.
People across world seekjustice for killed elephant
Defence SecretaryAjay Kumar tests positiveNEW DELHI: Defence secre-tary Ajay Kumar has testedpositive for Covid-19 and is un-der home isolation.“He tested positive on Tuesday.His condition is stable and hewill stay at home till he testsnegative,” sources said. Thedefence ministry has not issueda statement on the matter sofar. Kumar is the top govern-ment official to test positive forthe disease.At least 35 officials working atthe ministry’s headquarters inSouth Block here have beensent on home isolation after hisreports testing positive for theinfection emerged.France to aid Indiawith 200 million euroconcessional loanNEW DELHI: France has fi-nalised a concessional loan of200 million euros to support vul-nerable segments of the Indiansociety in the context of theCOVID-19 pandemic and cy-clone Amphan, French diplo-matic sources told ANI onThursday. "The French Devel-opment Agency has finished fi-nalising a concessional loan of200 million euros”.
Haryana CM directsto intensify works
to tackle floods
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CHANDIGARH,: Sonalika Tractors registered phenomenal overall growth both in domestic sales and export of 18.6% with sale of 9177 tractors in May’20 as compared to 7737 tractors in May’19. The company have strengthened its No.1 tractor exports position from India by registering 25% growth with exports of 1537 tractors in May’20. Speaking on the performance, Raman Mittal, Executive Director, Sonalika Group, said, “Taking cognizance of the situation, we remained positive and stayed innovatively engaged with the teams. Tractors play a very important role in the farmer’s life to enhance his productivity from the given set of his land. Farmers are majorly oriented towards application based farming like puddling, mulching, baler application, orchards, horticulture etc. Paddy being the major Kharif crop, we are seeing a demand rise for customized tractors which will be able to address these specialized needs. Commenting on the future, “We have seen a healthy growth of 26% in our tractor deliveries in May’20.
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CHANDIGARH: Microsoft announced the launch of a program for agritechstartupsin Indiathat are committed to driving transformation in agriculture. The Microsoft for AgritechStartupsprogram is designed to help startupsbuildindustry-specific solutions, scale and growwith access to deep technology, business and marketing resources. “Sustainable agricultural technology can t r a n s f o r m t h e g l o b a l f o o d l a n d s c a p e . Agritechstartupinnovations are addressing some of our key challenges connected to agriculture and food production. TheMicrosoft for Agritech Startupsprogram is among the early steps in our journey towards empowering thesestartups in India and transforming global agricultural practices,” said.
Microsoft announces program to accelerate growth of agritech startups
AMRITSAR: Pearson, the world’s learning company, reopened its Pearson Professional Centre in Amritsar to cater to the demand for language proficiency tests by aspirants. Test delivery will resume at the centre from following the social distancing and other stringent safety measures as per the government guidelines.Commenting on the reopening of the test centre, Ramananda SG, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Pearson India, said, “Every year, thousands of test takers in India aspire to study or work abroad. Though this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, their aspirations have been hit hard but despite the uncertainties, Indians want to continue with their plans as per a recent research report. Additionally, the pandemic has catalyzed the shift towards online education and many universities across the globe are planning to conduct their first semesters online, so that students can continue with their academic year.
Pearson Professional Centre in Amritsar resumes services for study & work abroad aspirants
AMRITSAR : Underlining its vision to deliver the ultimate gaming experience, tech giant ASUS has launched an all-new range of TUF gaming laptops and ROG desktops for Indian users. The brand has rolled out two models: A15 and A17, under the TUF series, featuring the new 7 nanometer AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors. A15 has a Bonfire Black (FA506) and a Fortress Gray (FA566) version, whereas A17 (FA706) will be available in Fortress Gray version. ROG desktops, on the other hand, include two models: GA15 and GA35, powered by AMD Ryzen™9 3950X Desktop Processor Commenting on the launch, Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, Asus India said.
ASUS elevates the Gaming Experience with AMD Ryzen™ Powered TUF Series and ROG Desktops
JALANDHAR/ AMRITSAR: The Building & Factories business of L&T Construction has transformed established or under-construction healthcare unitsinto COVID-19carefacilities acrossIndia.The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro, with its mission-oriented and fast-track approach, turned around large-scale healthcare infrastructure into COVID-19 care facilities in the cities of New Delhi, Champaran and Madhepura in Bihar, Puducherry, Diamond Harbour in West Bengal and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. The company has the capability to construct300 bed hospitals in record three to four months. It is capable of quickly turning around existing or under-construction medical infrastructure into COVID-19 related facilities and transform large establishments like marriage halls, schools andhotel rooms quickly into isolation wards.
L&T Construction Converts Healthcare Units into COVID-19 Care Facilities
Court reserves order on bail plea of jailed AAP MLA
NEW DELHI, JUN 4 :A Delhi Court will prosecution and reserved order on the application pronounce on Friday it's order on the interim bail plea for tomorrow. The lawyer appearing for the accused of AAP legislator Prakash Jarwal, MLA said that the deceased had arrested in connection with a case of breathing problem since last two days alleged suicide of a doctor in south and he was admitted in LNJP Delhi in April. The MLA has sought hospital. The father in law of the bail as his father-in-law, who was accused had some breathing suspected to be Covid-19 positive, problem since last two days has died. Rajendra Singh, 52, consequently he was admitted in allegedly committed suicide in Durga hospital. He expired in LNJP Vihar in south Delhi on April 18. In hospital where he was under his suicide note, the doctor held treatment. He was suspected with Jarwal responsible for his death. Covid-19 virus and his samples has Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal been taken by LNJP hospital doctors, the application, heard arguments from the accused as well as the moved by advocate Mohd Irshad, said.
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CHANDIGARH : Mastercard, Axis Bank and Worldlinetoday launched Soft POS to become the first financial payments service in India to transform everyday smartphones intomerchant Point ofSale terminals. The solution comes with various features for the merchant community. Merchants who have traditionally accepted cash payments, now have a simpler and more secure way to manage transactions. The merchant community can start using Soft POS almost instantly as the online registration process with the acquiring bank takes less than 30 minutes. The solution is available as a white label solution to all banks and payment aggregators in the industry.The solution addresses the needs of small businesses, especially during these challenging times of COVID-19.
Master card, Axis Bank and Worldline launch Soft POS to enable smartphones to be used as POS devices
CHANDIGARH : Alibaba.com, the B2B arm of Alibaba Group, hosted multipleonline training workshops during the past two months to support MSMEsin response to the uncertain economic conditions resulting from the impact of Covid-19. Alibaba.com has adopted a digital approach to continue enablingMSMEs across cities, which includes hosting online training workshops. Over 800 attendees from nearly 50 towns and cities in India attended these workshops.Majority of these attendeesoperate in textile, handicrafts, jewelry and machinery sectors, and approximately 10-15% of these attendees comprise women entrepreneurs. The training workshops are an on-going engagement by Alibaba.com to enable existing and potential sellers on the platformby offering a range of topics, which are helpful for sellers across different stages of ecommerce business.
CHANDIGARH: Sony India today announced a new line-up of in-car media receivers, XAV Extra Bass seriesto enhance your driving experience in a way that makes for a safer and smarter on-road experience. The five new audio receiver models areXAV-AX8000, XAV-AX7000, XAV-AX5500 XAV-3500 and XAV-1500 with Smartphone Mirroring by WebLinkTM1 Cast.The top models, XAV-AX8000, XAV-AX7000 and XAV-AX5500 are also supported with some of the most advanced usability features and amazing displays such as Apple CarPlay, Android Auto.Apple CarPlay integrates iPhone with the car audio’s display and controls; it enables users to make phone calls, access music, send and receive messages, get directions optimised for traffic and more while the driver stays focused.
Alibaba.com organizes Online Training Workshops to help MSMEs
I, Abhishek Kumar Singh is l e g a l l y b r o t h e r o f No.15801179Y Rank L/NK name Raghvendra Vikram Singh presently residing at village Gainhi Jangle, Post Madanpur Bhedihari, Tehsil P a d r a u n a D i s t r i c t Kushinagarm State Up Pin 274802 have changed my name from Abhishek Kumar Singh to Abhishek Singh vide affidavit dated 04 June 2020 before at notary Ferozepur.
900011I, T Madhavi Spouse of No. JC-245408P Rank RIS Tulagapu Madhu Residing at Duvvara veedhi pathapatnam, Pathapatnam, Pathapatnam, Pathapatnam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh-532213 India have changed my name from T Madhavi to Tulagapu Madhavi. That both name T M a d h a v i t o Tu l a g a p u Madhavi pertain to one & same Person Vide Affidavit No. AC 454259 dated 4 June 2020.
72737I, Army No. JC-246786A Rank RIS Asim Kumar Nandi S/o Nitai Chandra Nandi R/o 46, Armd regt C/o 56 APO Khasa Cantt , Amritsar, Punjab, India declare that in the Army record the name of my self is mentioned as Asim Kumar Nandi whereas in his civil document in mentioned as Ashim Kumar Nandi. Please making necessary correction in the name of my self as Ashim Kumar Nandi in place of Asim Kumar Nandi in the army record. Vide Affidavit no. AC 454260.
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It Is Notified For The Information That My Original Qualifying Examination Certificate Of Main Secondary Examination Of Year 2010 And Roll No.2200442, Issued By Cbse Has Been Ac tua l ly Los t . Name Of Candidate Amita Gupta Address R/O #558, New Grain Market Sangrur.
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LUDHIANA: Pearson, the world’s learning company, reopened its PTE Academic Authorized Test Centre in Ludhiana to cater to the demand for language proficiency tests by aspirants. Test delivery will resume at the centre following the social distancing and other stringent safety measures as per the government guidelines. The test takers can now schedule the PTE test by visiting - https://pearsonpte.com/. Commenting on the reopening of the test centre, Ramananda SG, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Pearson India, said, “Every year, thousands of test takers in India aspire to study or work abroad. Though this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, their aspirations have been hit hard but despite the uncertainties, Indians want to continue with their plans as per a recent research report. Additionally, the pandemic has catalyzed the shift towards online education and many universities.
Pearson PTE Test Centre in Ludhiana resumes services for study & work abroad aspirants
I, No. 17027483L CFN Rajesh Bana R/o 148 FD, WKSP (Det) Pin-906148 C/o 56 APO Declare that the correct name of my wife’s Sumitra Khyalia instead Sumitra Bana. Vide Affidavit No. 3132 June 4, 2020 Bathinda, Court.
63372I, Parmjit Singh S/o Makhan Singh R/o Saddarwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib) declare that my son Gulrej Singh is out of my control. So I disown with him from my moveable/immoveable property. If anybody dealing with him at his/her own risk.
63372I Jasvir Kaur W/O Jaswant Singh R/O Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Barnala Declare That My Son Harpreet Singh Out Of My Control. I Disown Him From My Moveable And Immoveable Property. Anybody Dealing With Him His/Her Own Risk.
63372I Jaspal Kaur Widow Nachattar Singh S/O Kalu Singh R/O Village Chak Sherewala Distt Sri Muktsar Sahib . Declare That My Son Rupinder Singh Out Of My Control. I Disown Him From My Moveable And Immoveable Property. Anybody Dealing With Him His/Her Own Risk.
63372I, Charanjit Singh Bhangu S/o Harbajan Singh R/o Vpo. Rurka Kalan (Ludhiana) inform that I had disown my son Gurjit Singh Bhangu and his wife Swarndeep Baath and grandson Meharveer Singh Bhangu because all of them are out of my control. but now all of them are under my control. So I cancel my disown notice. in future all of them are nominee of my property.
63372I, Meena Rani W/o Late: Rajinder Kumar R/o H.No. 107 St.No. 2 Bawa Colony Haibowal Kalan (Ludhiana) inform that I had disown my son Suresh Kumar Kalsi alias Vicky and his wife Manju Rani dated 18-07-2017 from Pehredar News Paper because they are out of my control. but now they are under my control. So I cancel my disown notice. in future they are nominee of my property.
63372I, Sumer Chand S/O Shri Kali Ram R/O Arainpura Road Arya Nagar Gali No 2 Gharaunda Teh Gharaunda Distt. Karnal Declare That My Son Vijay Kumar as he is now under my control, now I owned and inherited him as my legal heir against all my immovable and movable property.
900010(P)I,hans Raj S/o Ramkishan R/o Vill J akhwala Tehs i l Pehowa ( Kurukshetra) Declares That My Son Sushil Kumar And His Wife Arti Out Of My Control ,i Disown T h e m F r o m M y Moveable/immoveable Properties.i A n d M y F ami ly Wi l l N o t Responsible For Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them .
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We Deepak Raheja S/o Milkhi Ram Raheja, Himanshu Raheja And Aman Raheja S/o Rajinder Raheja S/o Milkhi Ram Raheja R/o-733 Sector-13 Urban Estate Karnal. We are the owner of Property comprising In khewat No. 1140, 1141 Khatoni No. 1386, 1387 Khasra No.-143, 158, Kila No. 23/2 (4-0), 25 (8-0) 24/2 (8-0), 3/2 (3-8), 4/1 (6-18), 5/1 (6-18) Kitte-6 Situated at Village Kutail Tehsil Gharaunda Distt Karnal. Our Orignal Sale Deed No. 2059/1 Dated 08-06-2011 Which is Sold By Krishna Devi W/o Omparkash and Krishna Devi W/o Subhash to Ashok Kumar S/o Sohan Lal Has Been Lost. In Lieu Of That A D.D.R Has Also be Filed Vide D.D.R No. 132310532000890 Date 04/06/2020. In Case Some One Find, Please Return This With In Fifteen Days. This Property is mortgage In HDFC Bank Ltd. If any Discrepancy Found Than We Will Be Solely Liable for That. Con :- Advocate Abhishak Chaudhary. Chember No. 185, Distt Court Karnal.
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CHANDIGARH: TATA AIG General Insurance Company Limited launched an innovative telematics-based next-gen application and device ‘AutoSafe’ today. The app helps policyholders to save on premiums by selecting the kilometers driven, promotes safe driving, works as anti-theft device as it comes with a GPS-based tracking facility. Available on all policies offering personal accidental cover to the tune of Rs. 15 lakhs for owner and driver, this app also tracks distance traveled by the vehicle, live speed and other driving pattern parameters and offers bonus kilometers for good driving behavior at the time of the renewal, thus, promoting safe driving habits. The usage-based insurance (UBI) private car policy for car owners, launched under the IRDAI’s Regulatory Sandbox, is personalized, affordable and offers a customized solution towards your driving profile.
Tata AIG offers telematics-based motor insurance through “AutoSafe” tracking app and device
Blood donationcamp heldSARBJEET SINGHASSANDH: A blood donation camp wasorganised by JCI Assandh Eminent in aprivate hospital in the city. MLA Shamsh-er Singh Gogi attended the camp as thechief guest. Speaking on the occasion,Gogi said that there is no greater virtuethan donating blood and that donatingblood in the time of such epidemic is ofgreat value. He encouraged the blooddonors in the camp.The team of doctors from the Red CrossSociety and Kalpana Chawla Govern-ment Medical College did the first med-ical check-up of the blood donors. Afterthis blood donation was done. Acordingto MLA Shamser Singh Gogi, as muchas 57 units of blood was collected in theblood donation camp today.
Corona positivefound inGharaundaVIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA: Corona scare has start-ed in Gharaunda also. Ward No. 6 BalajiColony has come across a corona posi-tive case. Ward MC Kavaljit Singh Virksaid that he lives in the street and hasbeen working in a private company inSonepat for many years. He was athome for about 2 months during the lock-down, but he went to work in Sonepatabout 10 days ago. He returned homefour-five days ago. He reported to havecomplained of fever earlier. The feverwas cured. Nevertheless, a test was con-ducted yesterday at Kalpana ChawlaMedical College and his report wasfound to be positive.Duty Magistrate Tehsildar Ramesh Ku-mar said that Vishal is a resident of wardnumber 6 Balaji Colony, resident of NorthSurendra. He had got his test done inKalpana Chawla Medical College yester-day. The members of the house will alsobe tested now. They have been instruct-ed to stay in the house. The area aroundthe house has been sealed.
Guru is the guide oflife: Muni PiyushKARNAL: Deputy promoter Shri PiyushMuni Ji told Shri Atma Manohar JainAradhana Mandir in his daily messagethat Guru's place in life is paramount.Before God, a law has been made tobow to the Guru, because only by thegrace of the Guru is there knowledge ofthe path of liberation and walking on itcan be found on its destination.Not only in the spiritual realm, but inevery sphere of life, the importance ofGuru remains. Guru is the guide andartist of life. Just as the sculptor carvesthe idol of the Lord out of the pitchedstone, similarly the Guru salutes the lifeand places the person's life on the throneof greatness and makes it the centre ofpeople's faith. The Guru makes a personworthy of worship by removing the faultsof life and filling life with qualities. Guru isthe one who removes the mental dark-ness of ignorance and makes every par-ticle of life bright and bright with the lightof knowledge.
Teachers seek re-instatement of PTIsKARNAL: Haryana School Teachers As-sociation has demanded to get the 1983PTI released by the state government re-instated on the job. The teachers demon-strated once again on Thursday. Afterholding a meeting at Fountain Park, theTehsildar was submitted a memorandumto the Chief Minister in the District Secre-tariat. District head Anil Saini said thatHVAS has been requesting the Haryanagovernment and the education depart-ment for years that the Haryana govern-ment should keep a positive stand in thecourt and favor these PTIs.It was demanded that an appeal bemade in the large bench in protestagainst the decision of the SupremeCourt of April 8. The Haryana SchoolTeachers Association is also ready tolaunch a big movement. On this occa-sion, the state sub-heads Jagtar Singh,Shamsher Singh, Roshanlal Rana, Ra-jesh Kumar, Anil Niwas, Krishna Nirman,Gurdhyan Singh, Pradeep Rana, Reena,Kamlesh, Sudesh, Veena and Sushil Ku-mar also gave their views.
Five new Corona patientsin KarnalGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: According to the report of theCivil Surgeon, Deputy CommissionerNishant Kumar Yadav said that samplesof a total of 8576 persons suspected ofCorona virus infection have been takenso far in the district, out of which 8324 re-ports have been negative, while result of174 report is yet to come. He explainedin detail about the status of Kovid-19 thatso far 455 persons have completed 0 to28 days of surveillance in the district and880 persons are still under surveillance.The Deputy Commissioner said that 5new positive cases of Corona havecome to the district on Thursday, 1 ofwhich Pritam Sharma has died, 1 ofNilokheri, 1 of Hanuman Mandir Gha-raunda, 1 of Shyam Nagar Karnal, 1 ofArjun Gate Karnal. Travel history of allthese is of outside the district.Civil Surgeon Dr. Ashwini Ahuja said thatwhere the corona-positive patients werefound, the respective areas of all thosepersons have been declared as con-tention zones and adjoining areas asbuffer zones. All of them are being treat-ed at Kalpana Chawla Government Med-ical College. He said that out of 74 posi-tive cases in the district so far, 27 per-sons have recovered and gone to theirhomes and 45 cases are active. He ap-pealed to the people that the Coronavirus is not yet eradicated, to protect itfrom the Guideline of Kovid-19.
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3HARYANAShops to open from 9 am to 7 pmDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: The time has been set by the municipal administration to open and close shops.Now shops will be open from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, which will continue from Monday to Satur-day and all shops will remain closed on Sunday. Municipal Secretary Davinder Narwal told re-porters that the milk dairy will be open seven days a week from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm and in theevening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, including the Medical Store Clinic Lab week.Medical stores will be open on all days of the day. He instructed all the shopkeepers to main-tain a distance of 2 yards by following social distancing and not to enter more than 2 cus-tomers. It is necessary to make a roundabout at a distance of 6 feet. All shopkeepers mustkeep their goods inside the shops. It will be mandatory for all shopkeepers to download theArogya Setu app, he said.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
327 fresh covid cases instate, tally rises to 3281AGENCYCHANDIGARH, JUNE 4
Haryana on Thursday registered 327coronavirus cases, raising the infectedtally to 3281 in the state.
On Wednesday, the state hadrecorded highest one-day rise of 302positive cases. Most of the cases in thestate are coming from NCR districts.
According to an official healthbulletin, 215 fresh cases have been re-ported from Gurugram, 35 fromFaridabad, 13 from Rohtak, eightfrom Hisar, seven from Palwal, foureach from Bhiwani and Nuh, threefrom Karnal and one new case eachfrom Panipat and Sirsa districts.
Of the 23 fatalities till now, tendeaths have been reported from Farid-abad district, four from Gurugram,three from Panipat, two from Ambala,while one death each was reportedfrom Jind, Sonepat, Karnal and Ro-htak districts.
Gurugram has reported the high-est number of infections in the statewith 1,307 confirmed cases, followedby Faridabad 522, Sonepat 261, Ro-htak 110, Jhajjar 103, Palwal 86, Nuh82, Narnaul 70, Ambala, Hisar andKarnal 69 each, Panipat 65, Bhiwani49, Sirsa 48, Kurukshetra 37, Jind 32,Kaithal 30, Panchkula 27, Fatehabad25, Rewari 23, Charkhi Dadri 13, Ya-munanagar nine and 21 US-returneeHaryana citizens.
Of 1,30,231 samples, 3128 havetested positive and 1,22,506 negative,while results of 4,583 samples are
awaited. There are 2021 active casesin the state.
A total of 1084 patients, including288 from Gurugram, 168 from Farid-abad, 158 from Sonepat, 92 from Jha-jjar, 66 from Nuh, 46 from Panipat, 48from Palwal, 40 from Ambala, 26from Panchkula, 21 from Narnaul, 25from Karnal, 24 from Jind, 18 fromKurukshetra, 13 from Sirsa, elevenfrom Rohtak, nine from Yamunana-gar, seven from Fatehabad, six eachfrom Bhiwani and Kaithal, five fromHisar, four from Rewari, one fromCharkhi Dadri district and two US re-turnee Haryana citizens have beendischarged from hospitals till now.
As many as 73,911 patients havebeen put on surveillance till date, ofwhich 45,480 have completed theirsurveillance period and presently,only 28,431 patients are under sur-veillance.
Three more testpositive at KaithalKAITHAL: Three fresh corona posi-tive cases have some to light hereThursday. Out of these, one personliving in a safe house with his wifehere has tested positive . The secondcase has been detected in Pabnawavillage of the district and as per histravel history he had returned fromMumbai two days back and testedpositive . The third case is from Pun-dri where a man had returned fromChennai . CMO said there sampleswere taken on June 2 and after re-ceipt of reports Thursday.
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Haryana Environment Minister Mr. KanwarPal said that environment, nature and biodi-versity are elements that complement eachother.
While giving this message during an on-line seminar on the occasion of 'InternationalEnvironment Day' that falls on June 5, the En-vironment Minister said that it is also a coin-cidence that recently on May 22, 2020, theworld celebrated 'International BiodiversityDay'. The theme of International BiodiversityDay was ‘The solution for human problemslies in nature itself.’ Now, 'International Envi-ronment Day' is being celebrated on June 5,2020, on the theme of 'Biodiversity'. Thisproves that biodiversity, nature, and environ-ment are deeply interlinked with each other.The biodiversity’s existence is possible if na-ture and environment strike the right balanceand likewise environment’s equilibrium is sus-tained due to biodiversity.
He said that due to population explosionand other reasons, biodiversity is declining
and some species have even become extinct.There are numerous reasons which have led tothe extinction of biodiversity, primarily due toenvironmental pollution, climate change, de-forestation, and excessive grazing, fragmenta-tion of biodiversity habitat and hunting of an-imals etc. Increasing environmental pollutionis the root cause of extinction of biodiversity.
Mr. Kanwar Pal said that the 'State Biodi-versity Board' is actively working to compileinformation about biodiversity in the state. Ac-cording to the provisions of the BiodiversityAct, 2002, biodiversity committees have beenconstituted across the state for this work. It isthe responsibility of the Biodiversity Commit-tees to maintain a register of the region withthe details of all types of biodiversity informa-tion so that the biodiversity data in that areacan be obtained. The bio-diversity registerrecords the information of herbs available withthe villagers so that such valuable knowledgecan be kept safe for future generations.Through these biodiversity registers, the Bio-diversity committees will be able to maintaininformation about the herbs found in their re-spective areas.
State govt to celebrateEnvironment Day today
CM greets people on Kabir JayantiCHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has greeted the people of the country and thestate on the occasion of Sant Kabir Dass Jayanti. He said that Sant Shiromani Kabir ji did not belong toany particular caste or community but is looked upon as a guide for the entire humanity. His sayings andteachings are relevant to this day, he added.In a message issued here today on the eve of Sant Kabir Dass Jayanti, the Chief Minister said that SantShiromani Kabir is the only poet of Bhaktikal who devoted his entire life to social reforms and the welfareof society.The Chief Minister said that in order to make today's young generation aware of the ideals and teachingsof great personalities like Sant Kabir Das, Sant Ravidas and Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, theHaryana Government has taken a unique initiative to officially celebrate the birth anniversaries of suchgreat personalities and has set an example for the entire nation by doing so.He urged the people of the state to imbibe the teachings and messages of such great personalities in theirlives so that the sense of disharmony in the society ends and the spirit of equality, love, and brotherhoodprevails. Quoting Sant Kabir’s couplet, the Chief Minister said that Sant Kabir was against casteism and his cou-plet- ‘Jati-Paati Puchhe Nahin Koi, Hari Ko Bhaje So Hari Ka Hoi’ reflects this.
20th blood donationcamp held under Gaba
SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 4
The 20th Blood Donation Camp was held at Civil Hospital un-der Pankaj Gaba. On this occasion, Pankaj Gaba said that blooddonors are playing a role between the life and death of needypatients in this crisis. They are helping patients in this epidem-ic like coronavirus. These blood heroes will always be remem-bered for their help in this virtuous work. He said that this smalleffort for the blood bank for children suffering from Tha-lassemia is not anemic. Continuing from last 27 April, Gabasaid that in view of social distancing, from the small 20 blooddonation camps by them, so far 600 young fellows have do-nated their blood and contributed to this virtuous work.
On this occasion, Blood Bank Officer Dr. Sanjay Dr. San-jay Verma distributed certificates to youth by Verma andPankaj Gaba said that blood donation is a `Mahadan’. Everyhealthy person should donate blood. Among those who donateblood on this occasion, Dinesh, Rajesh, Deepak, Ravi, Rakesh,Sunny, Praveen, Tilak Raj, Vikram, Sunil, Rajendra, Ajay,Praveen, Rahul Dudeja, Doctor Neer H, Rajendra, Tejveer,Praveen, Rajendra Kumar, Ramdas Munde, Rahul, Sanjay do-nated their blood and contributed to this pious work. AnilChanalia, Sonu Sharma, Piyush Sharma, Akash Sirswal werepresent on this occasion.
MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 4
State President of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati RajOrganiSation, Haryana, Dr. Sunil Panwar andCongress candidate from Indri, Dr. NavjotKashyap Panwar today, through a press confer-ence in Indri with senior leaders and workers ofCongress Party Indri, demanded work for MN-REGA workers. He said that MNREGA Act2005 guarantees 100 days of employment toMNREGA workers every year. Dr. Sunil Pan-war said that only a few villages of Indri havelabourers and most of the MNREGA labourersin the village are going through financial crisisdue to lack of work. Dr. Sunil Panwar and Dr.Navjot Kashyap demanded that during theCorona epidemic where all business is on theverge of collapse, these MNREGA laborersshould be saved from this terrible situation bygiving them 200 days of employment everyyear instead of 100 days.
He said that job cards of many MNREGAlabourers which are not made by the secretaryin the village itself with immediate effect. Dr.Navjot Kashyap said that women should be giv-en work according to their efficiency, not dis-criminating against MNREGA. Dr. Sunil Pan-war said that in Karnal district, the governmentdid not provide job card copies for the last oneyear. He demanded that the government shouldsend copies of job cards to the block officessoon so that laborers can get their job cards as
soon as possible. During this dialogue, Dr. SunilPanwar and Dr. Navjot Kashyap also demand-ed that the card of the MNREGA labourersshould be made the Ayushman Bharat Yojana,the laborers whose houses are raw should begiven a grant to build a pucca house, the MN-REGA law of every MNREGA worker Musthave life insurance under. On this occasion, Dr.Sunil Panwar and Dr. Navjot Kashyap filledMNREGAlaborers from 5 villages and submit-ted them to ABPO as part of their demand forwork.
He was accompanied by Mahendra Tussia,former District Councilor Karan Madhan,Youth Congress Indri President Prashant Arora,Sukhwinder Udana, Block Committee mem-bers Sanjay Chandel, Sanjeev Panjokhara, RaviBhadas, Bhushan Kumar, Prof. Narayan Dutt,Naresh Sandhu, Sandeep Anarya, SunilParocha Kheda, Gaurav Arora, Deep Bajaj,Sunil Burhanpur, Riyasat Ali, Pawan Burhan-pur, Satish Madhan Chaugawa etc.
Workers should be given200 days of work: Panwar
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Whatever may have been caused bythe declining human immunity inthe whole world, it is mainly due tomodern living and eating habits.Due to this lifestyle, sugar, bloodpressure, new types of fever, andAIDS, cancer, heart diseases arespreading in the world. However,humans do not believe at all. Theycontinue to forget culture due topleasure and enjoyment of luxury. IfSanatani tradition and food areadopted, people will be safe. At thesame time do not tamper with na-ture. So most of the diseases will bedestroyed by themselves. NationalPresident Bharat Prem presentedsuch views before the Central Exec-
utive today. Members of the CentralExecutive, Shiv Ratna Aggarwal,Swami Devendra Chetanya, DaraSingh, Ravi Dutt Pappi Chauhan,Suresh Jain, Sushma Nath, andJagdish Bansal were also present onthe occasion.
Everyone agreed that effortsshould be made at the national levelto increase immunity. Swami De-
vendra Chaitanya said today thatpublic health will be improvdthrough Yoga, Ayurveda and Medi-tation under the leadership of Jus-tice Kailash Gambhir, PadmashreeVijay Chopra, and Supreme CourtAdvocate KN Singh on the advice ofthe Central Executive, by whichpeople across India will be given theinformation about meditation
through Yoga, Ayurveda andSanatani tradition, the possibility oftreating and preventing infectionslike corona will also be consideredfor a healthy future.
Speaking on the occasion, KNSingh said that strange is a strangesituation. He said he applauds the ef-forts of Bharat Prem that he is look-ing for possibilities of curing thesepandemic diseases by increasing im-munity from the Sanatani tradition.In fact, the time has come when peo-ple have to analyse progress and ac-tions or say that it is time to look in-side the mind. Perhaps people canfight against diseases like corona.We all should develop immunity toresist diseases keeping in mind theinstructions of the World Health Or-ganization (WHO).
Commemoration for the welfare of mankind: Swami
DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI, JUNE 4
Emergence of a Corona positive casein Neelokheri has caused panicamong the people, even in rural areasof the town. A young man ofNeelokheri working in Delhi PrivateFinance Company and during lock-down he was at home only when hewent on duty, and when he realisedsome illness there, he told his housethat he went straight to KalpanaChawla Medical College where histesting took place, whose report camepositive today. Hearing this news,there was panic in the city. When theinformation came from there, the
team of the Municipal Health Depart-ment in Nilokheri and the police ad-ministration team reached the youngman's house.
Neelokheri's SMO Dr. Vandanasaid that there is no need to panic.Pole must follow the orders of thegovernment, use masks and keep so-
cial distance as well. This morningwhen the team of healthy departmentreached their house, the test of thefamily members was done in addi-tion to the screen test of peoplearound his house also. Before this acase came a Corona positive case inBarthal. He also had a Delhi travelhistory and he was also found posi-tive. On this occasion, the staff of thecivil hospital, police post in-chargeDharampal, Kuldeep, and the peopleof the police administration, besidesthe representatives of the municipalhead, Satnam Ahuja, Rajkumar Ku-mar Dhawan, Bhupesh Juneja, be-sides the municipal staff were alsopresent there.
New Corona patient in Nilokheri
Sarv Karmachari Sanghsubmits memorandumKARNAL: Sarva Karmachari Sangh division Karnal organised a protestday on the call of All India State Government Employees Federation.Through the Tehsildar, the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister submit-ted a memorandum on the demand issues. Bhag Singh presided overthe protest day and the programme was conducted by Anil Saini. StateCommittee Member of Sarva Employees Union Haryana and StateHead of the Mechanical Workers Union, Krishna Sharma said that themain issues of this demand letter: Safety to protect regular and irregularemployees of all departments working in Kovid-19 including Health De-partment from infection. They demanded that equipment should be pro-vided and all workers should also be included in the uniform 50 lakh XGresia Insurance Scheme, the services of 1983 PTI removed by theSupreme Court should be restored. The protest was addressed by VijaySharma, Ashok Panchal, Udyam Singh Rathi, Jagmal Singh, SureshPal, Sushil Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Kamlesh, Sudesh and Reena.
MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 4
SDM Sumit Sihag said that all ban-quet halls and marriage palaces re-garding the Corona epidemic willopen from 10 am to 6 pm, and all in-dividuals will have to keep records,thermal scanning done at the gate it-self. Not more than 50 persons willbe present, including pundits, guardsand staff members. Ppermission hasto be obtained from the SDM office
in writing for such programmes. Noactivity can be done in the banquethall after 6 pm. In addition, recentlycentralised air conditioning will notbe permitted, fans may operate. Itwill be the responsibility of the ban-quet owner to give masks to every-one before entering the banquetpremises, the entire staff will alsowear masks and the entire hall andpremises will be sanitised from timeto time. He said that those who areliving in the Containment Zone will
not be allowed to participate in themarriage programme. Owners of theconcerned banquet and marriagepalace will have to make a list of allthe persons who attend and theirnames, addresses and contact num-bers will be taken. The administra-tion will closely monitor the duty ofmagistrates and high officials. If vi-olation of the instructions is foundanywhere, then legal action will betaken under the sections of the Dis-aster Management Act and IPC.
Only 50 people can attend wedding function
Students must be promotedwithout exams: Sahil
GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, JUNE 4
NSUI state general secretary Sahil Sharma has written a letter to Deputy Chief Minis-ter Dushyant Chotala demanding that students be promoted with 10 per cent and markswithout exams. NSUI leader Sahil says that there is no adequate arrangement to takeonline examination in the state, in such a situation, the option of online examination isnot in the interest of the students and taking the exam with the same pen-paper is mess-ing with the lives of the students. Sahil says that in most areas of Haryana, internet isnot even better today. Recently IIT Kanpur-Meerut-Mumbai, Amity Rajasthan and Ma-harashtra government have decided to promote students without examinations, in sucha situation .
4BECAUSE THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY
ARE, THINGS WILL NOT STAY THE WAYTHEYARE.
BERTOLT BRECHT
ART IS THE DESIRE OF A MAN TO EXPRESS HIM-SELF, TO RECORD THE REACTIONS OF HIS PER-
SONALITY TO THE WORLD HE LIVES IN.
AMY LOWELL
STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh’s belated admis-sion Tuesday that troops of China’s People’sLiberation Army were present “in sizable num-
bers” at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, thoughhe did not go into specific numbers, or the extent of thereported intrusion into Indian territory early last month,is a welcome step by the government which has beenfairly opaque on the situation at the border. For the pastmonth, Indian and Chinese troops have been engagedin tense confrontations at several points in easternLadakh, including the northern bank of Pangong Tsolake and the Galwan river, as well as near Naku La innorthern Sikkim (where soldiers of the two sides evenengaged in scuffles), but the matter is yet to be re-solved. Several rounds of local-level talks were con-ducted by the two armies’ colonels, brigadiers and fi-nally two major-generals on Tuesday, but remained in-conclusive. India’s ambassador in Beijing also talkedto the Chinese foreign ministry, again to no avail.
Now, as the defence minister announced, seniorcommanders of the two armies, of lieutenant-generalrank, will make a fresh effort Saturday to resolve theimpasse, with the Indian side led by the head of Leh-based 14 Corps. We can only hope that they are able tofind a way to end the standoff.
The immediate provocation for the latest Chineseaggressiveness appears to be India’s intensified effortsto build a network of feeder roads and bridges on itsside of the LAC to ramp up infrastructure that could,among other things, speed up the movement of troops.
This has possibly made China see red, particularlywhen it seems on the backfoot globally, with severalWestern and other governments targeting it for failingto check the coronavirus’ spread from its soil.
Beijing spent decades ramping up infrastructure onits side of the LAC, such as metalled roads in Tibet go-ing right up to the Indian border, so when New Delhibegan efforts to catch up in both Ladakh and theNortheast (where a tunnel is planned under theBrahmaputra), China felt it should respond.
But even if the present confrontation is defused af-ter Saturday’s meeting of the generals, the root causeof the friction between the two sides still remain. Thekey point is that while the LAC is the de facto India-China border, and has been largely peaceful for the last50 years (unlike the Line of Control between India andPakistan, which often flares up on a daily basis), theIndian and Chinese armies have different “perceptions”of what the Line of Actual Control actually is.
To ensure LAC peace, let’sagree to define it
YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
Editorial
Literature & CultureChildhood obesity and pandemicLockdowns implemented across the world
due to the COVID-19 pandemic havenegatively impacted diet, sleep and phys-
ical activity among children with obesity, ac-cording University at Buffalo research.
The study, published in April in Obesity,examined 41 overweight children under con-finement throughout March and April inVerona, Italy. Compared to behaviors recordeda year prior, the children ate an additional mealper day; slept an extra half hour per day; addednearly five hours per day in front of phone,computer and television screens; and dramati-cally increased their consumption of red meat,sugary drinks and junk foods.
Physical activity, on the other hand, de-creased by more than two hours per week, andthe amount of vegetables consumed remainedunchanged. "The tragic COVID-19 pandemichas collateral effects extending beyond directviral infection," said Myles Faith, PhD, UBobesity">childhood obesity expert and co-au-thor on the study.
"Children and teens struggling with obesityare placed in an unfortunate position of isola-tion that appears to create an unfavorable envi-ronment for maintaining healthy lifestyle be-haviors," added Faith.
"Recognizing these adverse collateral ef-fects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown iscritical in avoiding the depreciation of hard-fought weight control efforts among youths af-flicted with excess weight," said Faith, chairand professor of counseling, school and educa-tional psychology in the UB Graduate Schoolof Education. The study was led by StevenHeymsfield, MD, professor at the LouisianaState University Pennington Biomedical Re-search Center; and Angelo Pietrobelli, MD,professor at the University of Verona in Italy.Children and adolescents typically gain more
weight during summer vacation than during theschool year, says Faith, which led the re-searchers to wonder if being homebound wouldhave a similar effect on the kids' lifestyle be-haviors.
"School environments provide structureand routine around mealtimes, physical activityand sleep - three predominant lifestyle factorsimplicated in obesity risk," said Faith.
The researchers surveyed 41 children andteens with obesity in Verona, Italy, who wereinvolved in an ongoing long-term study.Lifestyle information regarding diet, activityand sleep was collected three weeks into Italy'smandatory national lockdown and compared todata on the children gathered in 2019.
Questions focused on physical activity,screen time, sleep, eating habits, and the con-sumption of red meat, pasta, snacks, fruits andvegetables.
The results confirmed the negative changein behavior, indicating that children with obesi-ty fare worse on weight control lifestyle pro-grams while at home compared to when theyare engaged in their school curriculum.
"Depending on the duration of the lock-down, the excess weight gained may not beeasily reversible and might contribute to obesi-ty during adulthood if healthier behaviors arenot re-established. This is because childhoodand adolescent obesity tend to track over timeand predict weight status as adults," said Faith.
Government officials and policymakersshould consider the potential harmful effects oflockdowns on youths with obesity when mak-ing decisions regarding when and how toloosen restrictions, says Faith.
There is also a need to establish and evalu-ate telemedicine programs that encourage fami-lies to maintain healthy lifestyle choices duringperiods of lockdown, he adds.
The small stimulus andthe fiscal deficit fetish
The divide between the Key-nesians and the ChicagoSchool is as intense and of-
ten as antagonistic as the Sunni-Shia, Catholic-Protestant or The-lakarai-Vadakarai Iyengar divides.Keynesian economics is a theorythat says the government shouldincrease demand to boost growth.Keynesians believe consumer de-mand is the primary driving forcein an economy. As a result, the the-ory supports an expansionary fis-cal policy.
The Chicago School is a neo-classical economic school ofthought that originated at the Uni-versity of Chicago in the 1930s.The main tenets of the ChicagoSchool are that free markets bestallocate resources in an economyand that minimal or zero govern-ment intervention is best for eco-
nomic prosperity. They abhor fis-cal deficits.
The only reason why the actualstimulus package is only Rs63,000 crores is the obsession withfiscal deficits by Chicago econo-mists such as former Reserve Bankgovernor Raghuram Rajan and hisformer student, the hapless Krish-namurthy Subramaniam, the pres-ent chief economic adviser.
They are true disciples of theWashington Consensus to judgecountries like India by the fiscaldeficit size. The instruments usedto beat countries like India intosubmission are ratings agencieslike Moody’s, which has justdowngraded India. We shouldn’tlose too much sleep over it. Indiais a hardly a borrower abroad andis more of a lender holding $490billion as reserves.
India has lifted various re-strictions imposed duringthe lockdown to prevent
the spreading of virus, but af-ter the unlock 1.0 has startedthe number of cases are at riseand that is a big concern forhealth authorities. The deci-sion of unlock was taken toboost the economy and tosave the employments espe-cially in the private sector. Isit sensible to open all marketareas and offices during thepandemic, this is debatable. Acautious approach to easinglockdown restrictions that re-duces the risk of later lock-downs may be better for theglobal supply chain in thelong run, according to a newstudy.
The study led by re-searchers at the UCL and Ts-inghua University was pub-lished in the journal NatureHuman Behaviour.
This is the first peer-re-viewed study to comprehen-sively assess potential globalsupply chain effects of Covid-19 lockdowns, modelling theimpact of lockdowns on 140countries, including countriesnot directly affected byCovid-19.
The study found thatstricter lockdowns imposedearlier - such as the two-month lockdown imposed inChina - are economicallypreferable to more moderatelockdowns imposed for fouror six months, as the durationof lockdown matters more toeconomies than their severity.This is because businesses canabsorb the shock of a brief
lockdown better by relying onreserves and because shorterlockdowns cause less disrup-tion to regional and globalsupply chains.
Researchers also foundthat countries not directly af-fected by Covid-19 maynonetheless experience largelosses of more than 20% oftheir GDP due to falls in con-sumer demand and bottle-necks in supply chains.
Particularly at risk areopen or highly specialisedeconomies, such as Caribbeancountries that rely on tourism
and Central Asian countriessuch as Kazakhstan that relyon energy exports. Also vul-nerable are globalised indus-tries that rely on difficult-to-replace suppliers, such as au-tomobile manufacturing,where production is estimatedto fall by up to half.
Lead author ProfessorDabo Guan (UCL BartlettSchool of Construction &Project Management and Ts-inghua University) said: "Ourstudy shows the ripple effectscaused by lockdowns alongglobal supply chains, with
countries not directly affectedby Covid-19 still experiencingheavy economic losses.
"While predicting the truecost of lockdowns is not pos-sible at this stage, our researchsuggests that shorter, stricterlockdowns minimise the im-pact on supply chains, whilegradually easing restrictionsover the course of a year mayalso be less disruptive than aswift lifting of restrictions fol-lowed by another lockdown."
The researchers estimatedthat gradually easing lock-down measures over 12
months would minimise sup-ply chain impacts comparedto lifting restrictions morequickly, over two months, andthen introducing a secondround of lockdowns in Janu-ary next year, which they esti-mated would increase the costby one-third.
Co-author ProfessorSteven Davis (University ofCalifornia, Irvine) said: "Ouranalysis quantifies the globaleconomic benefits of robustpublic health responses andsuggests that economic justifi-cations to re-open businessescould backfire if they result inanother round of lockdowns."
Looking ahead to a poten-tial second wave, the re-searchers found that a strict,globally co-ordinated lock-down implemented for twomonths would be less eco-nomically costly than lock-downs happening in differentparts of the world at differenttimes - risking a potential eco-nomic loss to global supplychains by 50% rather than60%.
This is because the eco-nomic cost of a lockdowngoes beyond national bordersand a shorter, one-off shock iseasier to absorb.
Professor Guan said:"Companies will survive thesupply chain failures thatlockdowns cause by relyingon reserves of stock or findingnew suppliers. If a secondshock hits, reserves may below and supply chains onlyrecently repaired - making anew break much more costly."
If recurrent global lock-
downs occur, New Zealand'sfood services sector and Ja-maica's tourism industrywould face estimated produc-tivity losses of about 90%,while China's electronicsbusiness and Iran's oil indus-try would face productivitylosses of about two thirds.
The cost to the UK econo-my, meanwhile, would risefrom a potential supply chainloss of 38% (one lockdowngradually eased over 12months) to 57% (recurrentglobal lockdowns happeningat different times in differentcountries).
In the United States, thecost to the financial sectorwould nearly double if a sec-ond global lockdown occurs,with potential supply chainloss rising from 33% (onelockdown gradually easedover 12 months) to 57% (re-current global lockdowns hap-pening at different times indifferent countries).
The most important factoraffecting the global economiccost of lockdowns, the studyfound, was the number ofcountries implementing them,highlighting the importance tothe global economy of onecountry containing an epi-demic.
Co-author Professor D'-Maris Coffman (UCL BartlettSchool of Construction &Project Management) said:"Just as individuals staying athome protect others as well asthemselves, so countries im-posing strict lockdowns pro-vide a public good to othercountries.
Easing of lockdown
HopeIn the womb ofcloudsMere thunders lienotWater is also there
Palm of the skyis not sheer blackbut multi - coloured too
All of a suddenJammed window would openAnd inside darknesswould get lost in blinking of aneye
This suffocation is a matter ofmomentDo not feel my dear.
POEMS
Poem by: Madhav Kaushik
The Indian Railwaysis rightly under firefor messing up the
return journey of fleeingmigrants from the metrosto their home states.
It tried to save faceby claiming that the de-lays were due to trainroutes being purposelydiverted to avoid heavytraffic congestion on cer-tain routes. There may befew takers for that! Buteven within the organisa-tion, there are reports of abrewing discontentamong the officials.
It is being accused ofpractising discriminationin the promotion of offi-
cers. And, since duringthe Covid-induced lock-down many senior offi-cers are unable to travelto present their case tothe higher authorities, itis the Railway Board thatis catching the flak.
The most talked-about case among railbabus is that of A.K.Kathpal, the principalchief mechanical engi-neer of Integral CoachFactory (ICF).
Recently, the appoint-ments committee of theCabinet headed by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,approved the promotionof four mechanical offi-
cers to the grade of anadditional member,equivalent to generalmanager. Mr Kathpal,who was eligible, was de-nied promotion on theground that there was avigilance case againsthim.
Those who back MrKathpal’s claim to pro-motion argue that the vig-ilance cases against ICFofficers involved in theTrain 18 project arenowhere near a conclu-sion, and therefore it iswrong to use this as aploy to deny promotionto a senior officer. Appar-ently, the rules state that
unless a vigilance casereaches finality and un-less the Central VigilanceCommission recom-mends departmental pro-ceedings against an offi-cer, he cannot be deniedpromotion. Also, thecomplaint against MrKathpal is now older thansix months, in which caseit cannot be taken cogni-sance of.
Many believe that MrKathpal was denied pro-motion to create a prece-dent to deny promotionto another mechanical of-ficer to the post of addi-tional member or secre-tary, Railway Board.
Shramik special disgrace: Can it betraced to crisis within Railways
NEWS AT AGLANCE
Uttarakhand reports 59 nCoV infections,caseload 1,145DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand on Thursday registered 59 coronavirus cases and onedeath, taking the count in the state to 1,145 and fatalities to ten. Of the fresh cases,34 surfaced in Dehradun, ten each in Nainital and Tehri, four in Pauri and one inUttarkashi, a health bulletin said. A 26-year-old youth, resident of Muzaffarnagar, whowas under treatment at AIIMS, Rishikesh, succumbed to the sinister virus. AIIMSNodal Officer Madhur Uniyal said the youth was hospitalised on June 2 with highfever and breathing problem. He was shifted to ICU after he tested positive for thecontagion, where he died. A 25-year-old woman, who was admitted to hospital onJune 1 with other ailments and tested positive for the contagion, breathed her last onWednesday. In the last 24 hours, 133 people have been screened in the medicalfacility, two coronavirus patients have been admitted while four have recovered.
Man arrested for raping,impregnating minorHAMIRPUR: A man was arrested forallegedly raping and impregnating a15-year-old teenager in the district,police said on Thursday. The accusedwas arrested from Uttar Pradesh'sSaharanpur district after victim'smother lodged a complaint on May 28.She was raped twice by a neighbourand threatened of dire consequencesif she reveled the incident to anyone,the complainant said. The incidentcame to fore after the girl, whocomplained of abdominal pain, wasrushed to local Medical College, andwas found pregnant on May 26. Acase under sections 376, 506 IPC andsection 6, POCSO Act has beenregistered. Hamirpur SP Arjit SenThakur said after committing thecrime, the accused fled the district.The accused was traced inSaharanpur, post which a teambrought him here on transit remand.He further said that the medicalexamination of the man was beingconducted and further probe is on.
Man held with 494charas in HamirpurHAMIRPUR: Badsar police hasarrested a man of Nagerda village ofthe district for carrying 494 grams ofCharas (Hashish) in his possession.SP, Hamirpur, Arjit Sen Thakur said onThursday that during a regular policechecking, one vehicle was stopped onTuesday night and during course ofsearch 494 grams of charas was foundkept therein. A case under section 20,25-61-85 ND&PS Act has beenregistered against the alleged accusedvides FIR Number 135/20. Furtherinvestigations were on, the SP added.
Ladli RakshakSanstha honours DC
PANKAJ KATNAUNA: During the Corona crisis, DeputyCommissioner Una Sandeep Kumarwas conferred with the honor ofCorona warrior by the Ladli RakshakSanstha due to better work done bythe district administration Una. Underthe leadership of Ladli RakshakSanstha President Rekha Jambal, theorganization honoured him in the officeof DC Una and appreciated the effortsmade to make best arrangements andremove the misery and pain of everysection. Seema Sharma Advisor, VicePresident Ritu Kumari Singh was alsopresent on the occasion.
Clothes shops toremain open till 6pmSHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: The Nalagarh Textile TradeAssociation has decided to open all theshops associated with the clothes tradein the market by 6 pm. Upkar SinghBhatia, president of the Board of Trade,said that a unanimous decision hasbeen taken in this regard. He said that inview of the prevailing situation, all thetextile traders have agreed to keep theirshops in Nalagarh open till 6 pm. UpkarSingh said that the decision to opentextile shops by 6 pm will be effective tillJune 15. After that whatever the nextdecision will be made, all the textiletraders will be made aware. Upkar Singhsaid that the textile traders should followthe decision to cooperate with the tradeboard. Apart from this, after applying thenecessary guidelines issued by thegovernment, social distance and maskmust be applied.
YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
Himachal decides to set upsixth finance commission
Okays procurement of school bags under Atal School Vardi YojnaAGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 4
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in ameeting held here today underthe chairmanship of ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur gaveits consent to constitute 6thState Finance Commission. TheCommission will review thefinancial position of thepanchayats and urban localbodies and makerecommendations to theGovernor regarding measuresneeded to improve the financialposition of these panchayatsand urban local bodiesdetermination of taxes, duties,tolls and fees, grants in aid topanchayats from theconsolidated Fund of the Stateand any other matter regardingsound finances of thePanchayats and urban localbodies. The Cabinet alsodecided to increase thehonorarium of JalRakshaks/Para Fitters and ParaPump Operators in Jal ShaktiVibhag by Rs. 300 per month.With this increase, now JalRakshaks would get Rs. 3300per month whereas Para Fittersand Para Pump Operators
would get an honorarium of Rs.4300 per month. It gave its nodto amend the income criteria foreligibility of 3/2 Biswas land inRural/Urban areas of the Stateto houseless persons/familiesby enhancing it from existingRs. 50,000 to Rs. one lakh perannum, so that more peoplecould get benefit of thisscheme. The Cabinet accordedits approval for procurement,supply and distribution ofschool bags under Atal SchoolVardi Yojna to the school
students of 1st, 3rd, 6th and 9thclasses on e-tender basisthrough Himachal PradeshState Civil SuppliesCorporation Ltd. for the year2020-21. This would benefit2,56,514 students of theseclasses. It decided to create aState Disaster Mitigation Fundand approved the guidelines forthe administration of the Fundunder Disaster ManagementAct, 2005 and Rules, 2011 tomeet the expenses onmitigation, as preparedness and
response activities are coveredunder a separate fund known asState Disaster ManagementFund. Under this Fund, 20percent of the State DisasterRisk Management Fund wouldbe used for mitigation, whichcomes to Rs. 90.80 crore for thecurrent financial year. Besides,funds worth Rs. 50 crore havealso been recommended formanaging Seismic andLandslide Risks in hill Statesfrom National DisasterMitigation Fund to the State.
It gave its consent toestablish a Silkworm SeedProduction Centre at Thunag inMandi district alongwithcreation and filling up of fourposts of different categories toman this Centre.
The Cabinet accorded itsnod to open a new GovernmentPolytechnic Institute in SulahVidhan Sabha area of Kangradistrict alongwith creation andfilling up of 29 posts ofdifferent categories to managethis institution.
It decided to create and fillup three more posts of differentcategories in Civil Hospital,Tihra in district Mandi for itssmooth functioning.
Met issues orange warning for next two days in HPSHIMLA, JUN 4
Rainfall and hailstorm lashedmany parts of HimachalPradesh in last 24 hrs andMet Office issued Orangewarning for the next two daysin the state likely to bringmore rain or thundershowersin many places. Kandaghat inSolan had 49 mm rainfall,Janjehli in Mandi 45 mm,Pachhad in Sirmaur 42 mm,Shimla 36 mm, Jubbar Hatti-24 mm, Nahan in Sirmaur 22mm, Dalhousie in Chamba18 mm, Mandi 16 mm,Palampur in Kangra &Kasauli in Solan nine mmeach, Kumarsen & Mashobra
in Shimla eight mm each,Dharampur in Solan sevenmm, Bhuntar in Kullu,Rajgarh in Sirmaur,Bharmaur in Chamba, Dehra
Gopipur and NagrotaSuriyana in Kangra, Bijahiand Pandoh in Mandi, Kufriin Shimla, Manali in Kullusix mm, Solan, Karsog in
Mandi & Keylong in LahaulSpiti five mm each, Theog inShimla, Kothi in Kulu &Gohar in Mandi four mmeach, Baijnath in Kangra andBanjar in Kullu three mmeach. The minimumtemperature stayed three tofour degrees below normal inthe state as Keylong was 6.5degrees, Kalpa 7.6 degrees,Kufri 8.3 degrees, Manali tendegrees, Dalhousie 11.3degrees, Shimla 12 degrees,Solan 13.2 degrees,Palampur 14.2 degrees,Chamba 14.9 degrees,Bhuntar 14.7 degrees, Mandi15 degrees, Sundernagar 15.9degrees, Dharmshala 16.4
degrees, Hamirpur 17.8degrees, Bilaspur and Nahan18 degrees each, Kangra 18.6degrees and Una 20.7degrees. Met Office issued ayellow warning ofthundershowers withlightening hailstorm andgusty wind with a speed of 40to 50 km per hours at isolatedplaces of Bilaspur, Hamirpur,Chamba, Kangra, Kullu,Mandi, Shimla, Solan andSirmaur district for next 24hrs. The forecast of rain orthundershower is made formany places in the mid andfoothills and few places inthe high reaches in the next24 hrs.
AGENCYSHIMLA, JUN 4
Jal Shakti Minister MahenderSingh and Education MinisterSuresh Bhardwaj said on Thursdaysaid that no irregularities werefound in the Patwari recruitmentexamination, which was cleared ina judgement passed by theHimachal Pradesh High Courttoday. The leaders of the oppositionwere raising an unnecessary hueand cry in this regard, which wascompletely baseless, he said,adding that more than three lakhcandidates had applied forappearing in this examination andabout three lakh candidatesactually appeared in it forapproximately 1,200 vacancies and1,150 candidates emergedsuccessfully but the further processhad to keep in abeyance in view ofthe pendency of the petition.
On November 17, 2019, thewritten examination was conductedthrough various DeputyCommissioners in differentdistricts.
Few candidates challenged therecruitment of the Patwaris in theHigh Court, alleging irregularitiesin the recruitment. StateGovernment filed a detailed replyon this appeal and stated that noirregularity was done in this regard.They said that one of thecandidates, who had challenged theappeal had not even appeared in theexamination.
Mahender Singh and Suresh
Bhardwaj said that on January 8,2020, the Himachal Pradesh HighCourt asked to further investigatethe matter and detailedinvestigation report in this regardwas filed by the CBI on May 29,2020. High Court specificallyobserved that the CBI has lookedinto the matter and has submitted adetailed report and as per thisreport nothing objectionable isthere with regard to the conduct ofthe examination and selectionprocess. It was observed by theCourt that nothing survives in thecase in view of the report of theCBI and the petition wasdismissed.
Ministers said that noirregularity was done in therecruitment and the StateGovernment was ready to get theinvestigation done in this regard byany State or Central agency.
They said that completetransparency was followed whileconducting this examination andthe State Government ensurestransparency in recruitment andother such matters without makingany compromise.
Government maintainstransparency in recruitment
of Patwaris: Bhardwaj
Corona provedcostly for flowergrowers: ModgilJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, JUNE 4
Ever since the crisis of Corona has deepened in thecountry, the market has not been able to sell flowerby growers till date. In a memorandum sent to theState Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, GeneralSecretary Desraj Modgil and State PresidentHanspal Singh have described the economiccondition of the farmers. Desraj Modgil, in thememorandum, while describing the condition offlower growers, said that there are thousands offlower growers in the state. As per the scheme ofthe state government, which has installed polyhouses on grants to improve their economy. Lakhsof rupees have been loaned from banks for plantingpoly houses but in Corona crisis, not a single flowerhas been sold due to lack of market to sell flowers.Due to which the flowers have been destroyed andthe profits have not been made. We have to re-sowfor the next crop, but are feeling unable due tofinancial constraints. Again, loans cannot be takenfrom banks as there are already borrowed frombanks. The farmer is forced to commit suicide. Insuch difficult times, a demand was to Jairamgovernment that these flower growers be providedspecial relief money, so that the farmers will be ableto plant a new crop of flowers.
HP Kissan Sabha holds protest, demandsspecial package, enhance MSP
Parmar varsity extendsdate for admissions
SOLAN, JUN 4
Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF),Nauni has extended the last date of submission of onlineadmission forms for its undergraduate, M Sc and MBAAgribusiness programmes for the academic year 2020-21. Theuniversity has taken this decision in view of the hardships facedby students and parents due to COVID-19. In undergraduateprogrammes, the University is offering B Sc (Hons)Horticulture and B Sc (Hons) Forestry at its four constituentcolleges i.e. College of Horticulture and College of Forestry atthe main campus, College of Horticulture and Forestry(COH&F), Neri and College of Horticulture and Centre ofExcellence in Horticulture Research (CEHRE), Thunag. Theuniversity also offers B Tech Biotechnology programme atCOH&F Neri. The last date for receipt of application forundergraduate programmes has now been extended till 15thJuly for normal seats and 31st July for self-financing seats.
SHIMLA, JUN 4
Farmers' organisation--Himachal Pradesh KissanSabha-- on Thursday held aprotest in seven districts ofthe states to show solidarityto farmers, labourers andmigrants who suffered fromnovel coronavirus-inducednationwide lockdown.Finance secretary of theorganisation, SatyavanPundir, said farmers fromShimla, Kullu, Kangra,Mandi, Sirmaur, Solan,Kinnaur held protest at
district,block,Tehsil andPanchayat level under the callgiven by All India AgricultureWorkers Union. Farmers alsoassembled at front of offices,working places as well as attheir fields holding playcardsof their demands. Dr KuldeepSingh Tanwar, president ofstate Kissan Sabha, allegedfarmers and workers arebeing cheated by notreleasing Rs 18,000 perfarmer as under KissanSaman Nidhi and Rs 7,500 tomigratory workers. He saidthat more loan facility, once
again extended to farmers,would push them on the brinkof committing suicides.
The leader also allegedthat farmers' demand ofenhance Minimum SupportPrice as recommended bySwaminathan Commission,was still not met by the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi-ledNDA government in theCentre. He demanded aspecial relief package forfarmers keeping in viewunprecedented crisis due toCovid-19 pandemic andsubsequent lockdown.
Shramik Express togo from Amb to West
Bengal on June 6JYOTI SYALUNA, JUNE 4
The special Shramik Expresstrain carrying 1002 strandedpeople of West Bengal inHimachal Pradesh will go on6 June due to the lockdown.Giving information in thisregard, DeputyCommissioner Una SandeepKumar said that on June 6,special shramik train is beingrun which will go from Amb-Andaura to Howrah (WestBengal), which will carry atotal of 1002 passengers. Hesaid that 79 passengers ofBilaspur district, Chamba 20,Hamirpur 35, Kangra 35,Kinnaur 157, Kullu 76,Mandi 141, Shimla 38,Sirmaur 51, Solan 285, Una76 passengers. The DC saidthat in compliance with theguidelines issued by theMinistry of Home Affairs. In
addition to the use of maskand face cover, everypassenger must also ensurecompliance of socialdistance. Sandeep Kumarsaid that if any strandedperson has not applied to goto West Bengal earlier, thenhe can get in touch with theDeputy Commissioner or theconcerned SDM in time.
Sanjay becomes leadingbeekeeper in Una
PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JUNE 4
Starting with 10 boxes ofbees, Sanjay Kumar, aresident of Taretta in theBangana subdivision, isearning millions of rupeestoday by becoming theleading beekeeper of thedistrict Una. Excited by thegovernment's plan and theresults of his hard work,Sanjay now has 74 boxes. Ayear and a half ago, Sanjaydecided to venture into thefield of beekeeping. Took 10boxes on subsidy from KhadiBoard and took trainingalong with it. Sanjay Kumar,34, said, "Other familymembers also helpthemselves with beekeeping,which makes the workeasier. After success in thework, interest was createdand they carried on theirwork. Today through
beekeeping, I am earningwell. " In the year 2018,when CM Jairam Thakurstarted Madhu Vikas Yojana,this scheme became a boonfor many bee keepers likeSanjay. Sanjay received atotal grant of 1.60 lakhrupees, with subsidies for
bees as well as necessaryequipment. Sanjay's work iscontinuously increasingunder the advice and help ofexperts from the horticulturedepartment. Sanjay Kumarespecially thanks ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur forthis scheme.
Apeejay Collegeorganises WebinarHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The Department ofComputer Science & IT of ApeejayCollege of Fine Arts, Jalandharorganized webinar where the alumni ofCollege- Krishma Kochar (SoftwareDevelopment Engineer, Amazon WebServices, Netherlands) and MriduThakur (Team Manager CustomerService UK, Amazon Hyderabad,India) joined as panelists. They sharedtheir experience of getting into ITSectors with the young students ofBCA, B.Voc Data Science & B.VocE.Commerce. Dr Rupali Sood warmlywelcomed them and expressed herpleasure to have them. Studentsasked various questions from both thealumni. They asked about how thejobs in MNCs can be captured, role ofPost Graduation Degree in securing aJob, Technical skills required for a jobin MNC, their role models, how tomake the best of student life etc.Krishma answered their questions byputting forth that in IT sector tobecome an expert of each andeverything is not possible; so it isbetter to find a field one is interested inand is passionate about and thenmaster it in perfect sense. Regardinghaving a role model, she added oneshould compete with oneself and try tobecome the better version of them incomparison to what they were earlier.She also added that with a Bachelordegree too one can secure a job butwith Post graduation degree one getsmore exposure. Mridu Thakur sharingher experience at Amazon put forththat there is no short cut for successand only consistency and hard workcan lead you towards it. She addedknowledge in Management andTechnology opens more options foryou in IT Companies. She also sharedwith the young minds that participationin extracurricular activities definitelyadds confidence and moulds one'spersonality in positive manner.
PCM SD Collegestudetns shine inM.Sc. IT result
JALANDHAR: Success is the sum ofsmall efforts being repeated day andday as well as overall personalitydevelopment. Result of M.Sc. I.T.Sem 3rd has been outstanding.Sucheta from M.Sc. IT bagged 1stposition by securing 415/600,Gurdeep Kaur bagged 2nd positionby securing 410/600 marks and Poojastood 3rd with 396/600 marks incollege. Principal Dr. Kiran Aroracongratulated the students andfaculty of PG Department ofComputer Science and IT on theremarkable success and alsoappreciated them for their hard work.
HMV students excelin university exams
JALANDHAR: The students of PGDiploma in Cosmetology of Hans RajMahila Maha Vidyayala broughtlaurels to the college by gettingUniversity positions. Manpreet Katariagot 1st position in University. HarnoorKaur got 2nd position, Savneet Kaurgot 4 th position, Jaskirat Kaur got5th position, Priya and Muskaan got6th position and Rachna got 8thposition in University results. PrincipalProf. Dr. Ajay Sareen congratulatedthe students, Mukti Arora, BinduKohli, Parvashi and Aditi of theCosmetology Deptt.
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Thandal seeks construction of Garhshankar Banga roadDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: A press conference was held by Sohan Singh Thandal, GeneralSecretary, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and former Cabinet Minister, during whichThandal while congratulating Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Harsimrat Kaur Badal,President Sukhbir Badal for this initiative and thanked the Union Government. Onthis occasion Thandal demanded that Garhshankar Banga and Adampur-Garhshankar Road connecting almost half of Punjab and our religious historicalplace Shri Anandpur Sahib should also be constructed. He said that it should beconstructed as soon as possible so that the people of the area do not face anydifficulty in visiting places of worship. He said that Gadkari had also laid the firstfoundation stone of this road.
Remdesivir effective in treating critical COVID-19 patientsAGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 4
Former honorary physician tothe President of India andsenior physician at Ganga Ramhospital Dr Mohsin Wali haswelcomed the move of theDrug Controller General ofIndia to give permission foremergency use of Remdesivirto treat COVID-19 patients andsaid that the medicine iseffective in treating those whoare critically ill. "Remdesivir is
a new medicine. The companymanufactured the medicine forthe Ebola virus. This medicinecannot be freely used. TheDrug Controller General ofIndia (DCGI) has allowed it tobe used by patients who areadmitted to ICU or are veryserious and who are onventilators," Wali told .
"One cannot buy it fromthe market like normalmedicine, it is a very expensivemedicine and not everyone canafford it. The medicine has
also many side effects," hesaid. Speaking about how the
medicine works, Wali said:"When the virus multiplies
inside cells, there is an enzymecalled RNA polymerase thatalso increases its numbers.This medicine can block thisenzyme. Therefore, it can beused to protect lung cells. It isvery fortunate that it has beenallowed in India. Thosepatients who were taking 11days in ICU to recover they arenow taking 5 days to recover.This is a big difference."
On Tuesday, ANI reportedthat the Central Drug ControlStandard Organisation
(CDCSO) office of DCGI gaveits permission to US-basedGilead Sciences for marketingauthorisation of its anti-viraldrug Remdesivir for "restrictedemergency use" onhospitalized COVID-19patients. Remdesivir, aninvestigational antiviraltherapy developed by Gilead,has received Emergency UseAuthorization (EUA) by theUnited States Food and DrugAdministration (USFDA) totreat Covid-19.
Rahul Gandhi slams Centreover COVID-19 crisis
Targets govt over unemployment, slow economyAGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 4
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi onThursday, in a dialogue withindustrialist Rajiv Bajaj on theeconomic fallout of the COVID-19crisis, criticised the Centralgovernment for its handling of thedisease and said that "there was nolockdown even during the worldwar". "It is quite surreal. I do notthink anyone imagined that theworld would be locked down in thisway. I do not think even during theworld war, the world was lockeddown. Even then, things were open.It is a unique and devastating sort ofphenomenon," Gandhi said.
"The economy slowed downbefore COVID-19. Unemploymentwas becoming a serious problembefore this virus. Now COVID-19pushed it over the edge," he said.
Responding to the Congressleader, Bajaj criticised the Centralgovernment for imposing the'draconian' lockdown and claimedthat it was only in India that peoplewere not allowed to move outdoors.
"The way India has been lockeddown is a draconian lockdown. I amnot hearing about this kind oflockdown from anywhere else. Allmy friends and family from acrossthe world have always been free tostep out," Bajaj said.
On tacking the hardships ofeconomy, Bajaj was of the view thatIndia can tackle it by adopting"specialisation" as a strategy.Agreeing with the industrialist'sopinion, the Gandhi scion said, "It(lockdown) was also imposedsuddenly. The bitter-sweet thing yousaid is shocking to me. See, richpeople can deal with it as they havea home, a comfortable atmosphere,but it is completely devastating forthe poor people and migrants."
"A lot of people said that theyhave lost confidence and I think thisis a very sad thing, and dangerousfor the country," the Congress leaderadded. Rajiv Bajaj further targetedthe Centre and said, "Don'tunderstand how despite being anAsian country, we ought not to lookEast, we looked at Italy, France,
Spain, the UK and the US. Not rightbenchmarks in any sense be it interms of inherent immunity,temperature, demography etc.""Instead of looking to the west or tothe east, why didn't we say that weare actually a confident country, let'slook at ourselves and let's come outwith an Indian solution. Why wasthat not the natural impulse?"Gandhi said. Taking theconversation ahead Rahul Gandhitold Bajaj that he spoke to some ofthe experts and specialist regardingthe ongoing problem and said,"Right in the early days of thelockdown, what one of them told meand which stuck in my mind, hesaid, look the moment you apply afull lockdown, you are changing thenature of the disease. You aremaking this non-fatal disease to fataldisease in the minds of the people.Once you've done that, then toreverse that, that is going to take asignificant amount of time and it isgoing to take a lot of effort. He alsosaid that don't view the lockdown asan on-off switch. It is not going to bean on-off switch."
"Once you have moved into alockdown, switching it off again isnot going to be easy. It is going to beextremely complicated. I liked yourpoint about, we look West and notEast. Why do you think we lookwest," he said.
Restoration work begins inRaigad post Cyclone Nisarga
MUMBAI, JUN 4
The National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF) andlocal authorities inMaharashtra's Raigad districthave started restoration workin the region that bore thebrunt of cyclonic storm'Nisarga', an official said onThursday. The cyclone madelandfall near Shrivardhan inthe district on Wednesdayafternoon and lashed thecoastal areas of Alibaug,Revdanda, Revas, Murud,Mhasala and Roha withstrong winds and haeavyrains. Several kutcha houses,temporary shades weredestroyed, trees andelectrical poles wereuprooted and roofs of somestructures were blown awayby the storm, the officialsaid. Once the storm abated
on Wednesday evening,personnel from the NDRFand district administrationassessed the damages andbegan restoration activities,he said. NDRF teams helpedpeople repair their homes inAlibaug, Revdanda and othertehsils, which were severelyhit, he said. Among 20 teamsof NDRF deployed in state,seven were already stationedin Raigad district to tackleemergencies and morepersonnel reached the districton Thursday morning, theofficial added. Taking toTwitter director general ofNDRF Satya NarayanPradhan said, "More teams of#TEAMNDRFINDIA movedto Raigad for#PostNisargaRestorationwork. Total 20 teamsdeployed across Maharashtrastate.
MUMBAI, JUN 4
Veteran filmmaker BasuChatterjee, known for hisrelatable, light as soufflbrand of cinema with filmssuch as "Rajnigandha" andChitchor , died on Thursdayfollowing age related healthissues. He was 93.Chatterjee, who is survivedby his daughters SonaliBhattacharya and RupaliGuha, died in his sleep at hisSantacruz residence.
"He passed awaypeacefully in his sleep in the
morning. He hadn't beenkeeping well for quite awhile due to old age
problems and died at hisresidence. It's a great loss forthe film industry," Ashoke
Pandit, president of theIndian Film & TelevisionDirectors' Association(IFTDA), told PTI. The lastrites of the filmmaker, whoblazed a middle-of-the-roadtrail in the 1970s and 1980s,will be performed at theSantacruz crematorium,Pandit said. Many people inthe film industry and outsidecondoled the death of thedirector, who placed themiddle class and its everydayjoys and struggles at thecentre of his cinematicworld.
West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeesaid, "Saddened at thedemise of legendary filmdirector and screenwriterBasu Chatterjee. He gave usgems like 'Chhoti Si Baat','Chitchor', 'Rajanigandha','Byomkesh Bakshi', 'Rajni'among others. Condolencesto his family, friends, fans &the entire film fraternity."Filmmaker Hansal Mehtasaid Chatterjee leaves behinda great legacy of cinemagems. "Basu Chatterjeemoves on.
Veteran filmmaker Basu Chatterjee dead
30 MaharashtraPolice personnel died
of COVID-19 so far
MUMBAI, JUNE 4
At least 30 police personnel, including an officer,have so far died due to COVID-19 in Maharashtra,while over 2,500 have tested positive for thedisease, an official said on Thursday.
Nearly 18 of the total 30 victims were workingin the Mumbai Police force and contracted thedeadly infection while implementing the lockdownorders, he said.
"Till now, over 2,500 state police personnelhave tested positive for the coronavirus and 30 ofthem, including an officer, have died," the officialsaid. As of now, the number of active cases in thepolice force stands at 1,510, including 191officers, he said.
Since the lockdown, the Maharashtra Policeregistered 1,22,484 offences under Indian PenalCode Section 188 (disobedience to order dulypromulgated by public servant) and arrested28,820 people in this connection, he said.
More than one lakh calls were handled byvarious police control rooms across the state inconnection with queries and complaints related toCOVID-19 during the lockdown, he said.
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Two Gurgaon returnees test positive in MuktsarMUKTSAR: Two persons--a 19-year-old girl from Tarmala village and a 33-year-old Malout res-ident tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Thursday. Civil Surgeon Hari Narayan Singhsaid that the two had returned from Gurgaon on May 29 and May 30 respectively. Their sampleswere obtained on June 1 and were found positive. They both belong to Muktsar and were stayingat Gurgaon. “We have sent both of them to the Covid Hospital where their condition is stable,” MrSingh said. He said that the people with whom they came into contact during their stay in Muktsaris being traced. “We will also obtain the sample of all those people who came in the contact withthese two persons,” the Civil Surgeon said.
So far, 69 patients have tested positive for Covid-19 in Muktsar district, including the fresh cas-es, of which 67 were discharged when they got well after undergoing treatment.
GAURAV GOELLUDHIANA, JUNE 4
Punjab Industries & CommerceMinister Sunder Sham Arora todayinformed that with an increasingnumber of industrial units resumingoperations in the state, the govern-ment has written to the Union gov-ernment to arrange trains for bring-ing migrant workers who wish tocome back from their home statesand start working. He informed thatthe Punjab government had evensent buses to ferry the labour backto Punjab and two such busesreached back Hoshiarpur today.
The Minister informed thiswhile interacting with media per-sons after a meeting with represen-tatives of industrial organisations atCircuit House, here today. Arorasaid that he has written a letter tothe Union government to arrangefor trains to bring back migrantlabourers keen to come back fromother states to Punjab. Thanking the
industry for supporting the govern-ment in ensuring that migrantlabourers in the state faced no prob-lems, he also promised all possiblemeasures to ensure smooth reopen-ing of the industry. He also thankedthem for taking on the difficultchallenge of resuming operations inthe midst of the COVID 19 pan-demic. He assured the industrialiststhat the Capt Amarinder Singh ledPunjab government is committed todevelop Punjab as a industrial hub.With a view to utilise Punjab ca-
pacity in manufacturing of PPEs tofullest, Mr Sunder Sham Arora saidthat he has written to the UnionMinister of Commerce and Industryto consider allowing its exports toother countries in need. He said thathe has also written another letter toall Chief Ministers of other states topurchase masks and PPE kits beingmanufactured by the Punjab’s tex-tile industry. He informed that atpresent, 103 units are manufactur-ing approved PPE kits in the state.He said that to assist the industry in
this hour of need, the Punjab gov-ernment has also written to theUnion government that instead ofanother loan, they should waive offbank interest of existing loans tak-en by industrialists for a period of atleast six months. He informed thatunder the Ghar Ghar RozgarScheme, around 20,000 local youthis being trained as boiler operatorsand their two-year course at ITIswould end this year and it wouldbenefit the industry to a large ex-tent.
Centre urged to allow migrant workersto travel back to Punjab: Sham Arora
Int'l webinar on visualarts heldCHANDIGARH: The Department of ArtHistory and Visual Arts, PanjabUniversity organised an InternationalWebinar in conversation with SatadruSovan Banduri, an international multi-disciplinary artist on "Space Inside OutMuseum Space and Performance Art."The entire conversation was curatedand moderated by Dr. TirthankarBhattacharya, Chairperson of thedepartment who is also amultidisciplinary artist and has curatedshows on performance art. The talkwas interdisciplinary and was wellattended by national and internationalartists, researchers and scholars. Thevote of thanks was presented byProfessor Rajeev Patnaik.He spoke on the idea of enquiry andmerger with the concepts of desire,fantasy, body, mind, global and socialjustice continuing action andamalgamation of South-Asian gender-dogma and sexuality. His work comesfrom global cyberspace, socialnetworking and psychedelic,Phantasmatic visions of race andgender performative narrative.Thework integrates various means ofcommunication and artistic productionusing physical environments, New-media technologies, and interactivenarratives that prompt publicengagement, dialogue, Video, soundanimation verse composition andreflection. Based on notions ofgeography, identity, gender roles,image appropriation, and the politics ofbody migration, he explore issues thataffect diverse urban communities. Hehas attempted to showcase a segmentof our society that refuses to begeneralised.
OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/ MOHALI,JUNE 4
In a good news for the farmersof the district who had opted forthe land pooling facility in theAerocity, Eco City-2, IT Cityand Sector-88 and 89 (underGMADA), they won’t have topay additional charges anymorefor the preferential locations. Anotification to this effect hasbeen issued by GMADA. Thefarmers who has deposited mon-ey regarding the above locationsof the plots, would now get theirmoney back within 3 monthsfrom GMADA.
Divulging this, the HealthMinister Punajb , Balbir SinghSidhu said that this decisionwould benefit a large number offarmers who had opted for theland pooling facility. He also dis-closed that earlier, the additionalcharges at the rate of 10 percentfor the corner plot, and the fac-ing park plots and 15 percent incase of both being joint, werelevied from the farmers. He fur-ther added that the allottee farm-ers were demanding since longtime the rollback of these addi-tional surcharges and the ChiefMinister has bestowed a gift to
the farming community by ful-filling his promise made at thetime of elections. The decisionwould also benefit those farmerswho opt for land pooling duringthe acquisition of new lands.Thanking the Chief Minister andthe Housing & Urban Develop-ment Minister Mr. SukhbinderSingh Sukh Sarkaria, and theGMADA Secretary SarbjitSingh, Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhusaid that the decision hassparked a wave of elationamongst the farmers of the area.Among those who expressedhappiness at the decision includ-ed Boota Singh Sohana, TaraSingh, Randhir Singh Chauma-jra, Sarpanch Bakarpur JagtarSingh, Bahal Singh Gill,Jaswinder Singh Gill, BhagatSingh Namdhari Mauli Baid-wan, Sarpanch Landran villageHarcharan Singh Gill.
Farmers opting for land poolingfacility not to pay additional
charges for preferential locations
Corona tightens its gripon 1 more in HoshiarpurHOSHIARPUR: With the detection ofone fresh case of novel coronavirus invillage Gorsian in Dasuya sub divisionof this district Thursday the number ofnovel covid-19 infections rose to 135 inthe district including 5 fatalities. In ahealth bulletin issued here Thursdayevening senior doctor stated that anASI of Punjab aged 50 years of villageGorsian in Dasuya sub division, postedin Begowal police station, was foundpositive of novel Covid-19. The healthdepartment had taken 3323 samples ofsuspected coronavirus patients in thedistrict of which reports of 2650 werefound negative so far. Reports of 512samples is still awaited. He said 112positive coronavirus patients had beencured till date and only 18 active caseswere under treatment in Covid carecentres in the district.
Tarn Taran policefreezes property offour drug smugglersKULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU : Various measuresare being taken by the District TarnTaran Police to control the drugmenace. The property of SukhwinderSingh son of Jagir Singh of KotliVasava police station Valtoha, ShatisKumar son of Pritam Das of Jhabalpolice station Jhabal, Amandeep Singhson of Paramjit Singh of Thatta policestation Sarhali and Mandeep Singhson of Jagtar Singh of Cheema Khurdpolice station has been frozen.Amanat Khan's assets have beenfrozen at a cost of about Rs 3 crore,Rs 51 lakh, Rs 83250.
Two held with 10 gms smackOUR CORRESPONDENT KHARAR: Kharar City Police havearrested two suspect Gurdip Singh aresident of Nandpur and Parvinder
Singh a residentof Gapalonfollowing therecovery of 10grm smack fromtheir possessionon Wednesday.SHO Kharar CityPolice stationBhagwant Singh
said that a case under the NDPS Acthas been registered. The suspectswere travelling in a car. They wereremanded in one day police remandby a local court.
Malerkotla policearrests person withintoxicants
MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: Malerkotla police gotbig success when team of anti narcoticcell Malerkotla lead by SI Balbir Singhand L/SI Kavalpreet Kaur of city 1Malerkotla in a joint operation arrestedFarooq of Malerkotla with 650 tabletsof carisoma and 292 pcs of wincirefbottles. DSP Sumit Sood whilespeaking to media said that an FIRhas been registered under 22,29/61/85NDPS Act and further investigation isin progress, he further said that policeis searching for Gora Resident ofGhanor, Jishan (Baba) of Malerkotlaand Mohd Qasim of Malerkotla, as perinstructions of State Government guiltywill be dealt with iron hands, he added.
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 4
The Punjab Govt. today an-nounced the appointment ofmedia veteran, Dr. SandeepGoyal as the first CEO of therecently constituted PunjabCSR Authority, which hasbeen tasked with the respon-sibility of attracting CSRfunds from industry bothwithin Punjab, and from out-side the state, and streamlin-ing the CSR activities to coa-lesce into a set of commongoals. The CEO will report tothe Secretary, Industries &Commerce, Punjab.
The state of Punjab ranksquite low on India Inc’s prior-ity list for CSR. The state hasreceived just Rs. 234.27 crore– a meager 0.55% of the total
Rs. 42,467.23 crore of CSRspending by industry acrossall the different states andunion territories of India –between the financial years2015-16 and 2017-18, ac-cording to the Union Ministryof Corporate Affairs data,based on the filings made bythe companies up to June 30,2019.
Though the annual CSRexpenditure by companies inPunjab has gone up slightly,from Rs. 69.93 crore in 2015-16 to Rs. 88.51 crore in 2017-18, it is still far below thefund support that all othermajor states, including neigh-bouring Haryana and Ra-jasthan, continue to receivefrom industry. During thesame three-year period under
reference, companies havespent Rs. 1,554.70 crore andRs. 1,027.24 crore on CSRactivities in education, healthand other sectors in Delhi andHaryana, respectively. Simi-larly, northern states of Ra-jasthan and Uttar Pradeshhave also cornered a far big-ger share of CSR funds fromindustry, compared to thestate of Punjab.
According to the Compa-nies Act, 2013, companieswith a net worth of at least Rs.500 crore, turnover of morethan Rs. 1,000 crore, or a netprofit of Rs. 5 crore or moreare required to spend 2% oftheir average profits duringthe three immediately preced-ing financial years on CSRactivities.
Says large number of migrants want to join their jobs
BJP local unit chalks out Virtualconferences with masses
CHANDIGARH (R N KHERA) : With the Modigovernment 2.0 having completed one year in office, aPress Conference addressed by the BJPChandigarh StatePresident Arun Sood, was held at the party state HQ,Kamlam, today. Briefing the newspersons Arun Soodsaid that as promised during the elections, the work ofNDA 2.0 has been to build upon the outstanding workdone during the NDA 1.0. Prime Minister NarendraModi, in 2104, had inherited a country that was in a badshape on all counts. Innumerable corruption scams haddrained the country not only of its financial resources butalso of the resolve of its people. Policy paralysis and deeppervading sense of hopelessness prevailed. Now, consid-ering the current situation in the country as well as com-pletion of 1 year of the Modi government, the party hasplanned a series of activities. These have broadly beencovered under the heads of : Personal contact, DigitalContact and Virtual contact. Prime minister letter in list-ing the achievements during the last year will be distrib-uted to the all citizen of Chandigarh personally by thecouncilor and other mohalla representatives of BJP.
KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JUNE 4
Engineer Kamaljit Singh to-day assumed charge as theChief Engineer, BBMB. Hewas warmly welcomed by allthe officers and employees ofBBMB. Kamaldeep Singhsaid that he would fulfill theresponsibility entrusted tohim by the department andwould do his best to resolvethe issues of Nangal city andthe workers.
Present on the occasionwere Deputy Chief EngineerHussan lal kamboz RakeshNair, Dr. Ravinder Diwan,Advocate Paramjit SinghPamma, Piara Singh Jaswal,Ashwani Gill, Kapur Singh,Rajesh Angra, Ashish Kumar,Ashok Saini, Surinder Pam-ma, Vijay Kaushal, HappySindhwani, Varun Diwan,Vishal Sharma, Partap Saini,SDO Gulshan Kumar, SDOYogesh etc., eminent peopleof the city were present.
Kamaljit Singh takes over BBMBChief Engineer in charge
ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 4
To save the country's declin-ing economy, it was neces-sary to open the Lok Down.In the long run, the economycould not be harmed. Thiswas stated by former BJPminister Manoranjan Kaliaduring a press conference inBathinda today to count theachievements on the comple-tion of one year of Modi gov-ernment-2 and claimed thatModi government was guard-ing the public interest and re-sponsibility.
And decisions are beingtaken to strengthen the coun-try, but sadly the rations sentby the central government tothe people have not beenproperly distributed by theCaptain's government, lead-ing to starvation of the peo-ple, he added. Mandatory ap-proval of MLAs for distribu-
tion of foodgrains to the poor.He alleged that the ChiefMinister Capt. AmarinderSingh and the Finance Minis-ter Manpreet Singh Badal hadnot fulfilled their vows toguard the public interest.
Today there are liquor,mining and seed scams inPunjab, the responsibility ofwhich is also with the ChiefMinister, but the Chief Minis-ter has remained silent in-stead of giving a clean chit,
which proves that the inten-tion and policy of Captaingovt is anti-people. Askedabout the SAD-BJP alliancefor the forthcoming assemblyelections and the BJP's de-mand for more seats, the for-mer minister said thatwhether the alliance wouldlast or not, it was up to theHigh Command to decidehow many seats the BJPwould contest. They can't saymore about it.
Maize cultivation inarable land by BCL
BATHINDA (ANIL VERMA): Taking a step to-wards agricultural diversification in the area, maizesowing in the area has been expedited as part of ajoint effort by the Agriculture Department with BCL.As part of the drive, the team led by the District ChiefAgriculture Officer planted maize on BCL's own cul-tivable land. While the agronomists were present onthe occasion, the farmers were also briefed about thesowing of maize.
It may be mentioned here that this year the Agri-culture Department in collaboration with BCL wasmaking special efforts to increase the area undermaize. As part of the next phase of the campaign,BCL has also planted maize in its agricultural field.On the occasion of its formal inauguration, the Dis-trict Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Bahadur SinghSidhu, District Agriculture Information Officer Dr.Gurtej Singh Brar, Agriculture Officer apart fromDharmapal, Sub-Inspector Council Sihang of Agri-culture Department was also present. Giving infor-mation on this occasion Chief Agriculture Officer Dr.Bahadur Singh said that the area under maize inBathinda and adjoining areas has increased signifi-cantly this year. He said that BCL was planting goodquality maize in a large part of its cultivable land.
Unlockdown to save the country'sdeclining economy: Kalia
KULJEET SINGH JANDIALA GURU, JUNE 4
Poor have suffered a lot ofeconomic loss during lock-down in corona epidemic. Togive relief to this class, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hasintroduced 15 kg wheat and 3kg urad free pulses to thewhole family under the PrimeMinister Garib Kalyan AnnaYojana.
Manjit Singh Tarasikka,chairman of the former mar-ket committee Deepi Mandi,said that about 175 familieshave been cheated in Tarsikkain the free distribution ofwheat and pulses allocationunder the Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana.One family with 4 members
gets 60 kg of wheat at the rateof 15 kg per member but theywere given only 40 kg ofwheat. Similarly, urad dal hasalso been given only 2 kg in-stead of 3 kg. By doing this,the holders are very big withthe poor public.
He is being cheated. Hesaid that he has written a writ-
ten complaint in this case toAFSO Tarsikka Vikas Shar-ma. Sharma said that he wasinvestigating it. InspectorVikas Mahajan of the supplydepartment, who is involvedin this investigation team,said that a lot of shortcomingshave been found in the inves-tigation of the case.
Wrong doings in wheat and pulses distributionunder PMGKY: Manjit Singh Tarsikka
KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, JUNE 4
All over the world as WorldCycle Day. Similarly Gid-derbaha Cycle Club celebrat-ed World CycleDay today underthe leadership ofClub PresidentSukhdeep SinghSidhu. Disclosingthis here todayP r e s i d e n tSukhdeep SinghSidhu and Gurse-wak Sandhu saidthat today the club organizeda 30 km cycle ride in which30 members of the club par-ticipated.
He said that the main ob-jective of today's ride was tomotivate the public to use bi-
cycles and also to createawareness among the peopleabout the environment. Hesaid that the members of theclub have been cycling for 5consecutive years. Gursewak
Sandhu, Jagsir Samadhar,Jatinder Husnar, GurwinderSingh, Ram Singh, RanjitKumar, Rajwinder SinghBrar, Ashish Jodha, Jain Ku-mar and Mani Dhalla werealso present on this occasion.
Gidderbaha cycle clubcelebrates World Cycle Day
SBI local head officegets new GM
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 4
Chander Shekhar Sharma has joined asGeneral Manager, FI&MM, ChandigarhCircle. Fifty Two Year old Sharma started
his career withState Bank ofIndia as a Pro-bationary Offi-cer in 1994.
In his illus-trious career of26 years, he hasheld importantassignments invarious fieldslike RetailBanking, Credit
Management, International Banking. Shar-ma has come to Chandigarh on promotionfrom Jaipur Circle. He will be heading theFI&MM vertical of the Bank in the Finan-cial Inclusion and Micro Market Sector forthe States of Punjab, Haryana and Hi-machal Pradesh.
KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JUNE 4
The effigy of the Central Govern-ment and Prime Minister NarendraModi was burnt near the Gt RoadJandiala Guru Grain Mandi headedby District Secretary Secretary Jar-manjit Singh Bandala, by theFarmers Laborer SangarshCommittee Punjab. Talking tomedia , Germanism Singh Ban-dala called the amendment inthe Essential CommoditiesRules 1955 by the Central Gov-ernment by ordinance as slav-ery of the farmers and said thatthis would completely destroythe business of the farmers.
He said that the way of givingthe agricultural market in the handsof corporates will be straightfor-ward. This will have a direct im-pact on the organized farming ofPunjab and Haryana. The Modi
government is moving towards thepossession of corporate houses andprivate companies on the lands ofthe farmers by the Kheti ContractBill. This will not allow the farm-ers and laborers of India to imple-ment it. For cancellation of this or-dinance, on June 8, 2020, Kisan
Mazdoor Sangharsh Committeewill demonstrate fury in front ofDC offices across Punjab.Sukhchain Singh, AmardeepSingh, Jodhangari, Balbir SinghPradhan, Subedar Niranjan SinghJabbowal, Ranjit Singh Chatiwind
Kisan Sangarsh Committee burnseffigy of central government
Dr. Sandeep Goyal appointed asCEO of Punjab CSR authority
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Maha govt allows interdistrict movement in MMRAGENCY Movement of stranded of its 'Mission BeginAgain'.MUMBAI, JUN 4 labourers, migrant workers, A revised order on Thursday
pilgrims, tourists will continue to said no garden, open air gym, The Maharashtra government be regulated as per the standard and play area equipment will be on Thursday allowed inter- operating procedures, it said. allowed to operate. In phase two district movement of people Gardens and open air gym from June 5, all shops on one side w i t h i n t h e M u m b a i equipment will not be allowed to of the road, lane or passage will Metropolitan Region. With operate as part of outdoor open for full working hours on 56,794 COVID-19 cases and physical activities, it said. The one day,while all shops on the 1,742 deaths so far, the Mumbai state government on May 31 other side of the road will remain Metropolitan Region (MMR), allowed some outdoor physical open the nextday and so on, the which includes Mumbai city, activities as part of the first phase order said.Mumbai suburban, Thane, Palghar and part of Raigad district, is the worst affected by COVID-19 in the state.
In revised guidelines issued on Thursday, the state government said inter-district movement of people in MMR shall be allowed.
It also said that the inter-district movement elsewhere in the state as well as inter-state movement will continue to be regulated.
PUNE: A 35-year-old man, who was severely injured in an incident of wall collapse during cyclonic storm 'Nisarga' in Maharashtra's Pune district, died at a hospital here on Thursday, police said. This is the third cyclone-related death reported in the district. The cyclone impacted Pune as it moved towards the northern part of the state on Wednesday, battering parts of Khed, Maval Mulshi, Junnar and Ambegaon tehsils. Pune district had already recorded two cyclone-related deaths on Wednesday. Narayan Ananta Navale, whose mother Manjabai was killed after a wall of their home in Khed tehsil collpased on Wednesday, died at a private hospital in Pune on Thursday, an official said.
Pune reports third cyclone-related death
SHORT TALKS
CHET RAM RATANNAWANSHAHAR, JUNE 4 : Satbir Singh Palli Jhikki, Chairman, District Planning Committee, Government of Punjab has launched Mission Fatah to help the poor and needy people. Funds have been approved. Chairman Satbir Singh Palli Jhikki told here today that under the said scheme, 2412 persons between the age of 60 and 79 years were given assistance. An amount of Rs. 2500 has been released to 135 Divyang beneficiaries. He said that this amount will go to the accounts of 1231 general beneficiaries and 2333 SC beneficiaries. He said that in the first month of April, 3564 beneficiaries of the district were approved at the rate of Rs. 500 per beneficiary and after the approval of the District Planning Committee.
Mission Fateh launched for needy poor
CHANDIGARH: National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) the Indian Restaurant Industry’s premier association has launched its NRAI Chandigarh Chapter and appointed a young & dynamic restaurateur from tricity Sunveer Sondhi to head it. It is noteworthy that Sunveer
Sondhi is Founder & CEO of La Pyramid Hospitalities Pvt. Ltd.,the brand owners & franchisor of “Pyramid Café Lounge Bar”, “Pyramid Microbrewery”, “The ATM Bar”, “Pyramid Express” (Cloud kitchen) and “Easy Switch” (Frozen foods). Commenting on his new role as Head of NRAI’s Chandigarh Chapter, Sunveer Sondhi said, “It is my honour to take up the responsibility as the Head of NRAI Chandigarh Chapter. The Indian Restaurant Industry is the worst hit due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Restaurant Owners, be of any
size and capacity, are in need of support and guidance. Restaurants in North India are no exception. This is the time when all should unite under a banner.” It is pertinent to mention here that NRAI founded in 1982 and headquartered in Delhi, as a leading association of the restaurant industry in India represents the interests of 500000+ restaurants across the country.
Sunveer takes over National Restaurant Association of India’s Chandigarh Chapter
