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Nominations forPadma Awards-2021 open NEW DELHI: The Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) onThursday informed that nomi-nations for Padma Awards-2021 are open till September15."Online nominations/recom-mendations for the PadmaAwards to be announced onthe occasion of Republic Day,2021 have started from 1stMay 2020. The last date fornominations for PadmaAwards is 15th September2020," said a press releasefrom the MHA.The nominations/recommen-dations for Padma Awards willbe received online only on thePadma Awards portalhttps://padmaawards.gov.inThe press release read, "ThePadma Awards, namely, Pad-ma Vibhushan, PadmaBhushan and Padma Shri,are amongst the highest civil-ian awards of the country. In-stituted in 1954, these Awardsare announced on the occa-sion of the Republic Dayevery year.

Rajnath's plannedvisit to Ladakhrescheduled: SourcesNEW DELHI: Defence Minis-ter Rajnath Singh's plannedvisit to Ladakh on Friday hasbeen rescheduled, officialsources said on Thursday.It was not immediatelyknown why the visit has beenpostponed.The sources said Singh will"soon" undertake the visit toLadakh to take stock of In-dia's military preparedness inthe region where Indian andChinese troops are locked ina seven-week bitter borderstandoff. The defence minis-ter was to be accompaniedby Chief of Army Staff GenMM Naravane.

4 die whilecleaning wellin KupwaraSRINAGAR: Four peopledied allegedly due to suffoca-tion in a well in north Kashmirdistrict of Kupwara on Thurs-day, official sources said.They said a labourer, identi-fied as Mohammad AltafKhan, was cleaning a well atDardpora in Kupwara onThursday. “Altaf suddenlycollapsed inside the wellwhile he was cleaning it,”they said, adding three morelabourers went inside to res-cue him.However, they said all thefour died on the spot due tosuffocation. “Their bodieswere retrieved and sent tohospital for postmortem,”they said.

90 year womanwins battleagainst CoronaDHARAMSHALA: A family,including a 90-year-oldwoman, of Bout village, underBangana of Una district haswon the battle against thedeadly Coronavirus with thehelp of neighbours and properhealth facilities.All members of the family--the nonagenarian, her ex-serviceman son, daughter-in-law, and two grand-daughters,were found to be infected withthe lethal virus, except for hergrandson.The woman's son had re-turned from Mumbai on June2, after his retirement from theIndian Army and tested posi-tive on June 8.

Near one lakh covidcases in last 5 days Tally crosses 6 lakh, recovery rate stands around 60 %

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUL 2

India's COVID-19 tally zoomedpast six lakh cases on Thursdaywith a single-day increase of19,148 cases, just five days afterit crossed the five-lakh mark,while the death toll rose to17,834, according to the Unionhealth ministry data.

The COVID-19 case load in-creased to 6,04,641 while 434people have succumbed to thedisease in the last 24 hours, thedata updated at 8 am showed.

With a steady rise, the num-ber of recoveries stands at3,59,859 while one patient hasmigrated. There are 2,26,947 ac-tive cases of coronavirus infec-tion presently in the country.

"Thus, around 59.52 per centof patients have recovered so far,"an official said. The total numberof confirmed cases include for-eigners. Of the 434 deaths report-ed in the last 24 hours, 198 arefrom Maharashtra, 63 from TamilNadu, 61 from Delhi, 21 eachfrom Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat,15 from West Bengal, nine fromMadhya Pradesh, eight from Ra-jasthan, seven each from Telan-gana and Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: The total num-ber of people tested forCOVID-19 in the country willsoon touch one crore mark asCentre removed all bottlenecksand took steps to pave way forenhanced testing, the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) said.

The ministry said that thediagnostic testing network isexpanding very fast and thereare now 1065 testing labs in thecountry.

"The total number of peo-ple being tested for COVID-19tests in the country will soontouch one crore. This has beenpossible due to removal of allbottlenecks by Government ofIndia. Various steps taken bythe Central Government havepaved the way for enhancedtesting for COVID-19," read arelease by the MoHFW.

"As on date, 90,56,173tests have been conductedthrough a diagnostic testing

network which is fast expand-ing. There are now 1065 testinglabs in the country comprising768 in the public sector and 297private labs. The per day testingcapacity is also fast growing.Yesterday, as many as 2,29,588people got tested for COVID-19," it read. India's COVID-19tally breached the 6 lakh casesmark today with 19,148 newcoronavirus cases being report-ed in the last 24 hours, as perthe data by the MoHFW.

India conducts 9 million Corona Tests

IAF to get 33 newRussian fighter jets

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

In a major boost for the Indian AirForce, the Defence Ministry onThursday approved the acquisitionof 33 new Russian fighter planes in-cluding 12 Su-30 MKIs and 21 MiG-29s along with 200 Astra Beyond Vi-sual Range air-to-air missiles.

The fighter aircraft project, thatincludes upgrading 59 existing MiG-29 platforms, would cost over Rs18,140 crore, Defence Ministry offi-cials said.

The Defence Ministry clearedthe acquisition of 248 Astra BeyondVisual Range air-to-air missiles forthe Indian Air Force and the Navy,the officials said.

The Navy would get 48 Astramissiles for its MiG-29K fighter jetswhich operate from Goa air base andsometimes on the aircraft carrier INSVikramaditya. Design and develop-ment of a new 1,000 kilometre strikerange Land Attack Cruise Missile byDRDO has also been cleared, theysaid. The officials said that Defence

Acquisition Council cleared propos-als worth Rs 38,900 crore of whichacquisitions worth Rs 31,130 crorewould be from the Indian industry.The projects cleared include ammu-nition for Pinaka rocket launchers,BMP combat vehicle upgrades andsoftware-defined radios for Army.

Modi, Putin discussbilateral tiesNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin on Thursday discussedvarious bilateral issues and the post-COVID world. The leaders took noteof the effective measures undertakenby the two countries to address thenegative consequences of theCOVID-19 pandemic and agreed onthe importance of closer India-Russiaties for jointly addressing the chal-lenges of the post-COVID world, anofficial statement said. During theirtelephonic conversation, they agreedto maintain the momentum of bilateralcontacts and consultations.

Centre extends postal ballot facility to voters above 65AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

The government has extended thepostal ballot facility to electors above65 years of age and COVID-19 posi-tive patients who are under home orinstitutional quarantine.

The changes have come aboutmonths before assembly elections inBihar, which are likely to take placelater this year.

According to a notification bythe Law and Justice Ministry, theCentre after consulting the ElectionCommission of India (ECI) maderules to further amend the Conduc-tion of Election Rules, 1961.

The notification said that in therule 27A, clause (aa) of the Conductof Election Rules 1961, after the

words "or persons with disability"occurring at the end, the words, letterand figures "or the COVID-19 sus-

pect or affected persons" shall be in-serted. In clause (e), for the figuresand word "80 years", the figures andword "65 years" shall be substituted.After clause (e), according to the no-tification, a clause (f) shall be insert-ed which will read "COVID 19 sus-pect or affected persons" means theelectors who are (i) tested as COVID19 positive by the government hospi-tal or the hospital recognised by thegovernment as COVID hospital, or(ii) under home quarantine or institu-tional quarantine due to COVID 19,and certified by such competent au-thority, as may be notified by thestate government or union territoryadministration."

Banning Chinese apps a"digital strike": Prasad

AGENCYKOLKATA, JUL 2

Calling the ban on Chinese apps a "digitalstrike", Union Communication and Informa-tion Technology Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad on Thursday said India wants peacebut if someone casts an evil eye the countryis capable of giving a befitting reply.

Hailing the "strong" leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, he asserted, if In-dia lost 20 soldiers in the Galwan Valley bor-der clash, the toll is double on the Chineseside.

"Now you can hear about only two 'Cs'Coronaviris and China. We believe in peaceand solve problems through discussion, butif somebody casts an evil eye on India, wewill give a befitting reply. When people fromChina tried to create pressure on LAC, oursoldiers gave them a befitting reply...if our20 jawans have sacrificed their lives, the tollis double on the Chinese side.

"You all must have noticed that theyhave not come out with any figure," Prasad,also the Union law and justice minister, tolda virtual rally for the people of West Bengal.

He said people will remember the retal-iatory assault mounted by India after terror-ist strikes in Uri and Pulwama.

"When our PM is saying that the sacri-

fice of our jawans won't go in vain, it has ameaning in terms of national security. Ourgovernment has the will to deliver. All of usare aware of the courage of our PM."

Prasad said the India of 2020 will neither"stop nor bow its head" before anyone. "It'snot the India of 1962," he said, referring tothe India-China war in which the countrywas defeated because of the superior Chi-nese war machine. Insisting that India car-ried out a "digital strike" to protect the dataof countrymen, Prasad sought to know whythe TMC was opposing the ban on Chineseapps. "For us, the privacy and protection ofdata of our countrymen are supreme. As ITminister, we decided to ban 59 apps to pro-tect data.

Khattar approves diagnostic centre at Mansa Devi NEERAJ SHARMACHANDIGARH, JULY 2-

The 18th meeting of Shri Mata MansaDevi Shrine Board (SMMDSB),Panchkula which held under the Chair-manship of Chief Minister, Mr ManoharLal here today approved various newworks worth of about Rs 45 crore includ-ing establishment of a Diagnostic Centrewith OPD facility in the Shri MataMansa Devi Shrine premises to providetreatment facilities to the people on sub-sidized rates. Besides this, the ChiefMinister also directed to explore the pos-sibility of transferring additional 10 acresof adjoining and unutilized land ofHaryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran

(HSVP) to SMMDSB forproviding amenities to thedevotees in a planned man-ner.

A total of 25 agendaitems were taken up in themeeting. Speaker VidhanSabha, Mr Gian ChandGupta and Chief Secretary,Mrs Keshni Arora werealso present in the meeting.

The Chief Minister, MrManohar Lal who is alsothe Chairman of the Shri Mata MansaDevi Shrine Board directed the con-cerned officers to start the process for theconstruction of building of DiagnosticCentre at the earliest. He said that besides

the retired doctors, servicesof medical practitioners as-sociated with differentNGOs should also be takenfor providing medical facil-ities to those visiting theDiagnostic Centre whichwould come up on landmeasuring 4 Kanal and 6Marla. The DiagnosticCentre which would bebuilt, managed and run bythe Shri Mata Mansa Devi

Shrine Board would be equipped with allmodern and latest facilities. The treat-ment and test facilities in the DiagnosticCentre would be provided on the subsi-dized rates.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUL 2

Private train operations in thecountry will begin by April2023, and the ticket fares inthese trains will be competi-tive with airfares on similarroutes, the Rail-ways said Thursday.

Addressing apress conferenceonline, RailwayBoard ChairmanVK Yadav said thatprivate players inpassenger train op-erations will mean aquantum jump intechnology andcoaches that run athigher speeds. Theimprovement in technologywill also mean that the coach-es that now require mainte-nance after running 4,000 km,will need maintenance afterevery 40,000-km, that is eitheronce or twice a month, he said.His statement came a day afterthe Railways formally kick-started its plans to allow pri-vate entities to operate passen-ger trains on its network byinviting request for qualifica-tions (RFQ) for participation

on 109 pairs of routes through151 modern trains. Allayingfears that the Railways net-work was being handed overto private parties, Yadav toldthe Thursday press conferencethat private participation inpassenger train operations will

only be five per cent of the ex-isting 2800 Mail/Expresstrains over IR. "Train sets haveto be brought by private oper-ators and maintained by them.Private train operations arelikely to begin by April 2023,all coaches will be procuredunder Make in India policy.Fares in private trains will becompetitive and prices on oth-er modes of transport like air-lines, buses will have to bekept in mind, he said.

Private train operations likelyby April 2023: Railways

Shah chairs meetingwith UP, Hry, Delhi CMs

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursdaychaired a meeting via video conference with Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar andDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, to reviewthe COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR.

The Union Minister for Health andFamily Welfare, Harsh Vardhan wasalso present in the meeting.

Earlier on Wednesday, Shah chaireda meeting with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet Secretary and other top officials regarding the COVID-19 situation.

568 new casesreported in Hry CHANDIGARH: The Haryana hasreported 568 new case of Covidon Thursday, which led state tallyto 15509 here. As per information106 cases were detected from Gu-rugram and 130 new cases werefounf in Faridabad. Sonipat report-ed 131 whereas 31 persons werefound infected in Rohtak. 34 newcases came to light from karnaland 18 from Hisar. The state hasrecovery rate of 71.05 per cent.

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63372 63372 I Surjit Kaur W/o Iqbal Singh Moonak (Sangrur) Pb, 63372 Kaur Amandeep, Concerned Please Note. Z o y a B a n u t o Z o y a R/o Village Daula Distt. Sri changed my name from I Daan Singh Alias Chhota 72778 72737 Mazeed Shaikh , vide Muk t sa r Sah ib , have Harpreet Kaur to Happy Singh S/O Narain Singh R/O I, Joginder Pal S/O Darshan I, No. 13626930w Rank affidavit no, AK 309135 changed my name to Sukhjit Kaur. Mehal Khurd (Barnala) Ram R/O Vpo. Randhawa L/nk Rajpal Singh S/o dated 29.6.2020 before Kaur. 63372 Known By Both Above Masandan, Distt. Jalandhar, S a r a b j i t S i n g h R / o D i s t r i c t C o u r t ,

63372 I, Kamaljit S/O Parkash Ram Names. My Both Names Are Punjab -144004 Have H.no.s/37, Green City, Kapurthala.R/O Ladian District SBS Correct. Changed My Name From Lane No.1, Palah Sahib 98706Nagar Have Changed My 63372 Joginder Pal To Pal Joginder Road , Amr i t sa r Have I, Satish Kumar S/o Ram Name To Kamaljit Daroch I Jagjeet Singh S/O Sukhdev , Changed My Father ’s Kumar Vill Shergarh ,po. And My Minor Daughter Singh Vpo Lalton Kalan 72778 And Daughter ’s Name N a r a r D i s t t K a i t h a l Name From Jasmine To District Ludhiana Name I Hitherto Known As Rajesh From Sarbjit Singh To Changed Given Name Jaishmeen Kaur And Minor Change Jagjeet Singh Grewal. Kumar S/O Jagdish Sharma, Sarabjit Singh And From Satish Surname Kumar.S o n N a m e F r o m 63372 R/O H.no. 54, Near Ghas Mansirat Kaur Mahal To 84661Jashanpreet To Jashanpreet M a n d i C h o w k , N e w M a n s i r a t K a u r Vi d e I No. 7785478A Rank NK I, Mohinder Singh Narang S/o Daroch. Hargobind Colony, Basti Affidavit No. Ah 478997 (MP) Vikash Kumar S/o Jaswant Singh R/o Subash

63372 Colony Zira (Ferozepur) Sheikh, Jalandhar-144002, Dt .01-07-2020 Before Sunder Dev Singh of Unit I Sukhwinder Kaur Vraich c h a n g e d m y n a m e t o P u n j a b , I n d i a , H a v e Notary Public Amritsar PH & HP(I)Sub Area PRO W/O Nachhattar Singh Mohinder Singh. Changed My Name And 900020 C / o 5 6 A P O . H a v e Waraich R/O Duneke, Ward 63372 Shall Hereafter Be Known I, No.15341133w Rank C h a n g e d M y B r o t h e r No 45, Moga I Changed My As Rajesh Sharma. Lnk Surj i t Singh S/o n a m e f r o m U j j a w a l I Amarjit Kaur W/O Pritam My Name Sukhwinder 72778 Didar Singh R/o Village Kumar To Ujjwal KumarSingh R/O H. No. 21/44 Kaur Waraich. I, Swarn Kaur W/o Rattan K h u r a d , P. o . D h n o a 98765(P)Mohalla Arafwala Kapurthala

63372 Declare That My Daughter Singh R/o H.No. 16, Opp. Kalan, Amritsar Have I Nachhattar Singh Vraich Mandeep Kaur And Neha Deep Nagar Jalandhar Changed My Wife’s Date S/O Karam Singh R/O Same And One Person. Cantt. have changed my O f B i r t h W r o n g l y Duneke, Ward No 45, Moga 63372 name from Swarn Kaur to Written As 10-03-1985 I Changed My My Name Sawaran Kaur. Instead Of 06-01-1984.I, Narinder Kaur W/o Jaimal Nachhattar Singh Vraich To 72778 900020Singh R/o W.No. 02 Basti Nachhattar Singh Waraich. I , Rakesh Kumar S/O I, No.15341133w Rank Khachar Wali Mallan Wala

63372 Teh-Zira (Ferozepur) changed Mohan Lal R/O H. No. 45- Lnk Surj i t Singh S/o I, Khushwinder Kaur W/o my name to Ninder Kaur. B, Rani Ka Bagh, Near Ravi Didar Singh R/o Village Jasvir Singh R/o Vpo. 63372 Gas Agency, Amri tsar K h u r a d , P. o . D h a n o a Poohla (Bathinda) changed Declare That I Also Known Kalan, Amritsar Have I , Mandeep Kaur W/o my name from Kushwinder By My Another Name Changed My Daughter ’s Harpreet Singh Kingra R/o Kaur to Khushwinder Kaur. Rakesh Sharma. Both Date Of Birth Wrongly Patti Usang Vpo. Kokri Kalan

63372 Tehsil Moga Distt Moga Names Are Of One And Written As 01-07-2006 Same Person. Concerned Instead Of 01-03-2006.Punjab have changed my Note. 900020name to Mandeep Kaur

I, Ram Chand Mattu S/o Kingra. 72737L a l C h a n d R / o 63372 I, Sawinder Singh S/o Charan

Singh R/o.7362 Gali No.8 H . n o . 6 5 4 1 / 2 1 , A m r i k I, Harpreet Singh S/o Malkit Subash Colony Mustafabad Singh Nagar, O/s Lahori Singh R/o Patti Usang Vpo. Batala Road Amritsar declare G a t e , A m r i t s a r H a v e Kokri Kalan Tehsil Moga that Sawinder Singh and Changed My Name To Distt Moga Punjab have Surinder Singh both names Ram Chand.changed my name to are of one and same person. 900020Harpreet Singh Kingra. Both names are mine. I, Rajvinder Kaur W/o 63372

72737 Harpreet Singh R/o Vpo I Rachna Rana W/O No. I, Surjeet Singh S/o Surinder Chhajjal Wadi, Amritsar 1 4 8 5 6 0 6 2 k N k / M t Singh R/o.7362 Gali No.8 Have Changed My Name Balvinder Singh Vill Subash Colony Mustafabad To Rajwinder Kaur.Bakniar, P.o. Bhater, Teh. Bata la Road Amri tsar 900020Touni Devi Distt. Hamirpur declare that Surjeet Singh I Manpreet Kaur D/o State-h.p. Pincode No. S/o Surinder Singh and Rajbir Singh R/o V.p.o. 177022 Declare That I S u r j e e t S i n g h S / o Pa ndori Bariah Teh. & Have Changed My Name Sawinder Singh both names Dis t t . Amri tsar Have From Rachna Rana To are of one and same person. Changed My Name To Rachna Kumari. Vide

Anupreet Kaur.Affidavit Date- 02-july- 727372020 Issued By Executive I, Rupinderjeet kaur W/o 900020Megistrate, Jalandhar, Darshan Singh R/o.L-5/554, I Tanveer Shaikh spouse Punjab. Gali No.3, Shaheed Udham of No. 146624801 NK

72778 Singh Nagar TarnTaran Road S h a i k h M a z e e d m i y a Amritsar Have Changed my B a p u m i y a p r e s e m t l y I, Kulwinder Kaur Kular name after my marriage from residing at 243,ARMD W/O Raghubir Singh Kular Rimple to Rupinderjeet WORKSHOP C/O 56 R/O Village Narangpur, Po Kaur. Please note it A P O , K a p u r t h a l a , Kular, Distt. Jalandhar –

Punjab have changed 144625, Punjab, India 72737my name Tanveer Banu Have Changed My The I, Gurdip Singh S/o Mani to Tanveer Shaikh vide Name Of My Minor Singh R/o H.No.L-4/163, affidavit no. AK 309136 Daughter Gurleen Kaur sultanwind Road Kot Salig dated 29.6.2020 before Kular (Aged Approx 17 Ram Amritsar Have Changed D i s t r i c t C o u r t , Years) And She Shall my name to Gurdip Singh Kapurthala Hereafter Be Known As Bhullar. All concerned note

Gurleen Kaur. it. 9870672778 72737 I No. 146624801 NK Shaikh

I V i s h a l J a u r a S / o Mohinder Singh R/o H No 1621 St No 3 Near Park Nai Basti Bathinda Have Changed My Minor Son Name Luvraas To Luvraas Jaura

100078(b)I Navneet Kumar s/o Om Parkash R/o H.No. 131/P, Walker Building, Bhagat Singh Road, Ferozepur Have changed my name N a v n e e t t o N a v n e e t Kumar & Both Are the Same Person.

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KARNAL: What projects and what works will be done in Smart City? To convince the public representatives, Karnal Smart City Limited CEO and Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav on Thursday held a meeting in Mini Secretariat. The meeting was organised in the auditorium by MP Sanjay Bhatia, BJP District President Jagmohan Anand, Mayor Renu Bala Gupta, Chief Minister's representative Sanjay Bathla and all the ward councilors were invited. They gave a briefing. Councilors present in the meeting made several suggestions like additional parks, drinking water tube wells, sewerage cleaning and lighting arrangements in their wards, which will be included in the smart city project.

RANBIR PARASHARKAITHAL, JULY 2

Additional Deputy Commissioner Satbir Singh Kundu said that everyone should keep their mouths covered with masks to avoid the infection of global epidemic Corona. By applying a mask, we can avoid the risk of infection. A mask made of cloth can be washed and reused. No person feels uncomfortable wearing a mask made of cotton cloth.

A d d i t i o n a l D e p u t y Commissioner Satbir Singh Kundu was speaking after launching the mask sales center created by the Rishi Pundarik

Haryana State Rural Livelihood women of self-help groups are of which 1 lakh 31 thousand 290 Mahila Cluster Organization Mission, members of self-help also becoming self-sufficient. have been sold. Rajat Bhaskar, under the Haryana State Rural groups are making clothes So far, 1 lakh 42 thousand 450 Manoj Kumar, PD Garg, Neha Livelihood Mission in the masks and providing them to the cloth masks have been made by etc. were present on this premises of the Small Secretariat.people at concessional rates, women of self-help groups, out occasion.He said that under the

Work begins on Smart City projects

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these

are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

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KAITHAL,(RANBIR PARASHAR) :Deputy Commissioner Sujan Singh said that the Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation has provided a loan of Rs 7 lakh 70 thousand to 13 youths of the district for starting self-employment in June, out of which 80 thousand rupees is grant amount. The Corporation provides loans to Scheduled Caste youth for starting self-employment. For animal husbandry in the district, 10 beneficiaries were provided Rs. 5 lakh for first animal, Rs. 70 thousand for 1 beneficiary for Jhota-Buggi and camel reeds, Rs. 2 lakh for 2 youth in industrial sector.

Loan made available to 13 youth

ROHIT LAMSAR following the instructions of TARAORI, JULY 2 the district administration and

a d o p t i n g n e c e s s a r y Social activist Digvijay precautions.Jhanjhari said that the To prevent the spread of epidemic of corona infection Kovid-19, it is necessary to that is spreading put on a mask. continuously is Social worker life-threatening. D i g v i j a y The only defence Jhanjhari said that is caution. In such one should wash a situation, we hands frequently should take care to t o a v o i d i t s a v o i d t h e infection. To wash e p i d e m i c o f hands, hand wash corona infection with soap and and also follow the water or alcohol instructions of the should be used. d i s t r i c t Also, if someone is administrat ion. c o u g h i n g o r Social worker Digvijay sneezing, keep a proper distance Jhanjhari was talking to from it, do not touch your eyes, journalists at Taraori Grain nose or mouth. Jhanjhari said Mandi. During this, he said that when coughing or sneezing, that we can protect ourselves cover your nose and mouth with and the people around us by elbow or tissue paper.

People should follow norms to contain infection: JhanjhariWear mask to avoid corona: Kundu

PUBLIC NOTICESI, Swinder Singh Sran S/o Bachan Singh D.O.B. 29-03-1951 R.o Flat No 3096 (3rd Floor), Cod-2, Tower No , Landran Road Kharar, Te h s i l K h a r a r D i s t t . Mohali Declrare That My Son Kamaljeet Singh Sran, D.O.B. 1993 Is Out Of Control. I Disown With H i m F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e P r o p e r t y. I f A n y b o d y D e a l i n g Wi t h H i m A t His/her Own Risk.

100071We , Prem Singh S/o Maan Singh & Krishna Devi W/o Prem Singh R/o Mayapuri Colony , Karnal Road Bye Pass , Kaithal Declares That Our Son Anil Kumar And His Wife Reena Are Out Of Our Control. We Disown Them F r o m O u r M o v a b l e - Immovable Properties. We Will Not Responsible For Any Work Of Them In Future.

84451I No. 14678180N Rank Sep ,Kale Dattatraya Raosaheb S/o Raosaheb Sonaji Kale Unit 948 AD MSL Regt ( S P ) , W K S P , C / o 5 6 APO,Ambala Cantt.Have Changed my Mother Name from Bhimabai Raosaheb To Bhimabai Raosaheb Kale & changed DOB from 01.07.1959 To 01.01.1963 & Changed Father Name f r o m R a o s a h e b T o Raosaheb Sonaji Kale & C h a n g e d D O B f r o m 0 1 . 0 7 . 1 9 4 7 T o 01.06.1954..

98765(P)I Rejani C legally wedded spouse of JC700303F Rank Subedar Name Anil Kumar G of Unit 4002 FD H o s p i t a l C / O 5 6 A P O P r e s e n t l y r e s i d i n g a t Village & PO Elamadu Tehsil Kottarakkara Distt. Kollam State Kerala Pin-691533 have changed my name from REJANI C to R A J A N I C p r o p o s e d / a d o p t e d n e w name vide Affidavit dated 01.07.2020 at Ambala

98765(P)I, Rampal S/o Nanak Ram R/o Vill Uchana Teh And Distt.karnal Declare That My Son Kapil Kumar Is Out Of Control. I Disown Him From My Movable And Immovable Property. The One Dealing With Him W i l l B e R e s p o n s i b l e Himself.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI , Surinder Singh S/o Sohan Singh R/o H.No.100, Guru Nanak Nagar Patiala Haal R/o H.No.645, New Mehar Singh Colony Patiala Declare that My son Smaty Singh and his wife Harpreet Kaur are out of my Control, I, disown them from all my moveable / i m m o v a b l e P r o p e r t y . Anybody dealing with them will do so at his / her own risk.

63372I Monika W/o Amit Kumar R/o H.No.26403/059, New Shakti Nagar, B-34-V, Near Fanta Colony, Jassian Road, Haibowal Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab Declare that in my child’s BVM School record my name wrongly mentioned as Monika Dadri and my husband name wrongly mentioned as Amit Kumar Dadri now onwards my name & my husband name should be mentioned as Monika & my husband name Amit Kumar.

63372I, Tarsem Lal S/o Parkash Ram R/o Vill: Mander Po. Khanpur Teh-Banga (SBS Nagar) Punjab, (India) Ropi is nick name of my daughter Rajwinder Kaur as per her birth certificate. Ropi and Rajwinder Kaur is one and same person now she is changed her name Ropi to Rajwinder Kaur.

63372I, Usha Kumari D/o Mattu Ram W/o Kalyan Sagar R/o H.No. 77 W.No. 4 St.No. 6 Teh-Sunam (Sangrur) in my certificate my name written as Usha Kumari, But now my name is Reetu Rani. I have known by two names Usha Kumari alias Reetu Rani.

63372I Balan K S/O Kailasam R/O F/8 2799 A M K Flats Pookaraveeravandaryar Street Thanjavur Tamil Nadu C/O 56 APO Ambala Cantt That Brindha Sinha Balan And B. Brindha Sinha That Both Are The Names Of My Daughter. But Her Actual Name Is B. Brindha Sinha. Concerned Note

63372I, Satpal S/o Girdhari Lal R/o 372/14,fauji Plot Teh Pehowa Distt (kurukshetra) Declares That My Daughter Mamta Out Of My Control., I Disown Them From My M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Properties.i And My Family Will Not Responsible For Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them .

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PUBLIC NOTICEWe Deepak Raheja S/o Milkhi Ram and Himanshu Raheja S/o Rajinder Raheja R/o House No.-733 Sector-13 Urban Estate,karnal. We are the owners of Khewat No-1149, Khatauni No-1395 Khasra No-143//16/1 (6-0) Village Kutail Tehsil Gharaunda Distt Karnal.Our Original Sale deed No. 4276/1 Dated 21-01-1997 Which was sold by Suba Singh S/o Telu To Sanjeev Kumar S/o Pala Ram has been lost.In lieu of that a D.D.R has a l s o b e f i l e d v i d e D D R n o . 132310512001105 dated 30.06.2020. In case someone find, Please return within fifteen days. This property is mortgage in HDFC Bank ltd. If any discrepancy found, then we will be solely liable for that.Contact : Advocate Abhishek Chaudhary. Chamber Number-185, Distt Court Karnal. Mob: 98123-45146

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4 new Coronacases in

KurukshetraISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA, JULY 2

District Civil Surgeon Dr. SukhbirSingh said that reports of coronavirus samples of 4 people from dif-ferent places in Kurukshetra havecome positive. Apart from this, oneperson was discharged from thehospital after being found negative.In this district, 104 patients infect-ed with coronavirus have beencured and so far 133 positive sam-ples of coronavirus have arrived.Not only this, samples of 11795people have been taken so far inKurukshetra, out of which 11126reports have been negative.

District Civil Surgeon Dr.Sukhbir Singh said in a health bul-letin issued late on Thursday thatthe report of a 12 to 24-year-oldman from Shahbad ward numberand a 21-year-old youth's samplefrom Arup Nagar in Shahabad hascome positive. Apart from this, thereport of a 22-year-old man fromLadwa's village Badarpur and a 34-year-old man from Mohalla in Ku-rukshetra has come back positive.The travel history of 3 of these isbeing told from Delhi and the histo-ry of a 34-year-old youth from Ku-rukshetra is from Rohtak. He saidthat the report of a 21-year-oldyouth sample from Arup Nagar hasbeen discharged from the hospitalafter coming negative.

Inflation,unemployment atpeak now: Sahota

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, JULY 2

Gyan Sahota, state president of theScheduled Castes DepartmentHaryana Pradesh Congress Com-mittee, said that during the tenureof the Bharatiya Janata Party, infla-

tion and unem-ployment were atthe peak. Apartfrom this, corrup-tion is also rising.Government offi-cials and employ-ees themselves areinvolved in corrup-

tion, but the government is trying toprotect them. He said that on theone hand during the tenure of theBJP government, the farmers of thecountry and the state are unhappywhile the general public is also dis-tressed. Gyan Sahota, the state pres-ident of the Scheduled Castes De-partment Haryana Pradesh Con-gress Committee, was talking tojournalists at Taraori Grain Mandi.He said that at first the people of thecountry and state were troubled bythe corona epidemic, but even inthis epidemic, the BJP governmentat the Centre increased the prices ofpetrol and diesel, due to which thepublic anger is growing. He saidthat all the decisions taken by theBJP government at the Centre werewrong and the people of the coun-try and state got the gift of inflationin the lockdown.

Globe Heritageschool waives 3

months feeKULDEEP SAINIRADAUR, JULY 2

Globe Heritage InternationalSchool Sangipur has completelywaived April, May, June 3 monthsfees for school children due to out-break of Coronavirus disease. ThusGlobe Heritage InternationalSchool is the first school in the dis-trict and Radaur region to announcea waiver of 3 months fee for Stu-dents. This has been welcomed bythe parents of the children and thepeople of the area. Giving informa-tion about this, the MD of theschool Dinesh Goyal and PoojaKamboj said that due to the globalepidemic like Corona on behalf ofthe School Management Commit-tee, the school fees have been cutdrastically. He said that no admis-sion fee, annual fee, traffic fee orany other fee will be charged fromany student and the parent has tosubmit tuition fee only. The schoolhas also completely waived tuitionfees for the months of April, Mayand June. He said that a 50 per centconcession in tuition fee has alsobeen given for pre-primary classes..

Rajeev Sharma newhead of Rotary Club

RADAUR: A meeting of 85 clubsof Rotary Club was held onWednesday night through a webi-nar. Cubs from Haryana, Punjab,Chandigarh, Uttarakhand partici-pated. At the same time, new exec-utive functions of all clubs wereformed online in which the new ex-ecutive of Rotary Club Radaur, so-cial worker Rajiv Sharma was ap-pointed as head and Jaswant SinghBanchal was appointed as secretaryof the club. Rajiv Sharma, the headof the newly appointed club, wasgiven the responsibility of wearingthe collar by former head advocateSureshpal Banchal. On this occa-sion, newly appointed head RajivSharma was administered the oathof office and secrecy on behalf ofthe club.

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3HARYANAComplaint registered for violation of actDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Complaints were registered today personally in front of the Additional Commis-sioners and ZP CO. We also gave a copy of the Panchayati Raj Act section 9 which was vio-lated. We also lodged a protest and gave copies of the Act , copies of the letter of the rulesdecided by the Principal Secretary of the Government of Haryana was also handed over tothe concerned officials. The Deputy Commissioner told us that after studying the High Courtorder and the letter of the Principal Secretary, Chandigarh they will talk in this regard and willnot do anything out of law Today's proceedings and the stand of the authorities, we are fullysatisfied and sure that the action will be taken as per the instructions given in the Act and noone will be denied fundamental rights.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

Govt asks officials to make peopleaware about Jansahayak mobile app

It will help citizens to get all services of stateBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 2

Haryana Government has askedall the Administrative Depart-ments to issue necessary in-structions to their field officersregarding effective implementa-tion of Jansahayak Mobile app.

Giving information in thisregard, an official spokesmansaid that all the AdministrativeSecretaries, Head of Depart-ments, Managing Directors, Di-visional Commissioners,Deputy Commissioners andRegistrars of Universities weredirected to ensure implementa-tion of Jansahayak Mobile App.He said that it is a one-stop mo-bile app for citizens who wish toseek any kind of services fromthe state. The Jansahayak appli-cation allows citizens to connectHaryana government for multi-ple services and their requestwill be submitted to concerneddepartment and their district-

level offices.He added that to make the

app operational, various Dis-tricts have been provided withlogin id and passwords. There isa help option for both Citizensand District Administration –they can share their issues orseek support on email idhelp.jansahayak@gmail.com.The spokesman further in-formed that the officers con-cerned have to ensure timely de-livery of services to the citizensand it is necessary to fix time-frames for the delivery of serv-ices. Accordingly, the TAT(Turn and Around Time) forvarious services has been fixed.Also, the Field offices of vari-ous departments have to followa certain Standard OperatingProcedure (SOP) for each serv-ice they deliver. Such SOP hasbeen finalized in consultationwith the Deputy Commission-ers.

The spokesman further

added that the departments con-cerned also have to ensure com-munication between GAD andthe District Administrations, aJanSahayak Support Team hasbeen created at GAD Head Of-

fice. This team isin constant touchwith District Ad-ministrations viaWhatsapp Groupnamed ‘JanSa-hayak – Imple-mentation’. TheWhatsapp groupwill work on pend-ing requests – Es-calations, any op-e r a t i o n a lissues/testing/feed-back of services,and other commu-nications as per therequirement. In ad-dition, citizen sat-isfaction and time-ly delivery of serv-ices is to be en-

sured, all Departments and theirconstituent Boards/Corpora-tions, as well as field officials,are requested to ensure that theservices are delivered withinthe specified TAT.

552 kg narcotics seized inFatehabad in last six monthsBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 2–

Continuing with its crackdown ondrug peddlers, Haryana Police haveconfiscated over 552 kg narcoticsworth crores of rupees in Fatehabaddistrict alone during the last sixmonths period between January andJune 2020. Police have also arrested286 accused by registering 162 casesunder NDPS Act.

While stating this here today, aHaryana Police spokesperson in-formed that large quantity of drugs in-cluding 5 kg 759 gram of heroin, 13kg 185 gram opium, 514 kg 690 grampoppy husk, 18 kg 427 gram ganja and

225 opium plants were seized from thepossession of arrested accused.

In addition, police teams have alsorecovered 53345 tablets/capsules and82 bottle syrups, fallen under the cat-egory of prohibited medicines.

He said that following the Direc-tor General of Police (DGP),Haryana Mr Manoj Yadava’s direc-tives, the State Police force actingtough to completely crush the men-ace of drugs and its distribution net-work. The district Superintendentsof Police have been taking stern ac-tion to bust the network of supplychain and tightening the noose onthose involved in peddling them inthe State.

Hafed to tie up with HAU toprovide bio fertilizers to farmers

CHANDIGARH: Keeping in view the larger interest of farmers of the State, HaryanaState Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited, (HAFED), has decided totie-up with Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to make available good quality Bio-Fertilizers to the farmers and to promote the use of Bio-Fertilizers for improving soilhealth as well as boosting Agriculture Production. Sharing more details in this regard,an official spokesman of HAFED said that use of these Bio-Fertilizers by farmers willlead to better germination for robust and healthy crop growth which will result in savingof 20-25 percent of chemical fertilizers like urea. He said that the Bio-Fertilizers wouldbe made available through the sale outlets of HAFED, Cooperative Marketing Soci-eties, and PACS under tripartite MoU between HAFED, Haryana Agricultural University,and Habitat Genome Improvement Primary Producer Company.

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JULY 2

Sports kit was distributed by theRural Development Youth Clubin village Bayana by NehruYuva Kendra Karnal (Ministryof Youth Affairs and Sports,Government of India) in villageBayana of Indri in which Con-gress leader Dr. Sunil Pawar,Assistant Prashanth, ProfessorNarayanadatta were present asthe Chief Guest. District YouthCoordinator Renu Singhal fromNehru Yuva Kendra Karnal, Ac-countant Rajkumar Gaur, For-mer Accountant Kehar Singh were alsopresent.

The programme was launched by cre-ating social distances and using masks.Dr. Sunil Pawar, while giving his views,said that the youth should take part in so-cial work in a big way so that unity in thesociety remains. He said the Corona epi-demic would have to be cautious. Rajku-mar Gaur said that Yuva Mandal hasbeen associated since 1990 and is work-

ing with Nehru Yuva Kendra. PramodKashyap, the head of the United SportsAcademy, while giving his views saidthat caution is very important to dealwith the corona epidemic.

On this occasion, the club's headMonika, club members Dr. SukhvirSharma, Anuj Kumar, Rajat, Partial,Tanu, Kuldeep Bedi, Anuj Tomar, organ-ization member Vijay Sharma. NeeruDevi etc. were present.

Youth should take partin social work: Dr. Sunil MAIN PAL KASHYAP

INDRI, JULY 2

People of Indri demanded thegovernment to make IndriMLA Ramkumar Kashyap aminister and raised slogans ofMLA Zindabad. Formersarpanch Shyam Lal BeedRatkhana, Sandeep Madan,Rajpal Numberdar RamPrasad, Sheesram, RamRatan, Karmaveer Advocate,Rajpal Numberdar, Rajindersaid that the honour of thepeople of Indri constituency

should be increased by mak-ing Ramkumar Kashyap aminister.

In the last election too,

the people of Indri had open-ly supported the BJP govern-ment. Now again they havealso fully supported the gov-

ernment. They have demand-ed from CM Manohar Lalthat MLA Ram KumarKashyap must be given thepost of minister. They saidthat Ramkumar MLA is a per-son who is involved in thehappiness and suffering ofevery person and he has a lotof affection for the light peo-ple. Whatever problem theyhave with them is heard. InIndri mild, whether it is amatter of development or dis-cipline, people are getting fullsupport of the MLA.

People demand to make Kashyap minister

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JULY 2

In the meeting hall of Indri'sBDPO office, MP SanjayBhatia and MLA Ram KumarKashyap heard public prob-lems by holding an opencourt. Most of the problemsin the open court were aboutproblems related to yellow ra-tion, card BPL card, Pradhan

Mantri Jan Awaas Yojana,electricity board and hun-dreds of problems related toelectricity. Those were re-solved on the spot. SDMSumit Sihag, TehsildarDarpan Kamboj, BDPO Eng-lishman More, Police Officer-in-charge Satpal Singh andother administrative officerswere present in the opencourt. The people meet MP

Sanjay Bhatia and MLA RamKumar Kashyap in the court

every morning. Problems arebeing heard. MLA Ramku-mar Kashyap said that if anycitizen has any problem thenhe can tell it here. KunjpuraMandal President MohanlalSaini, BJP Indri Mandal Pres-ident Amandeep Virk, SumerChand Kamboj, Rishi PalKamboj BJP workers and alarge number of people werepresent on the occasion.

MP, MLA hear public grievances

BUREAUKARNAL, JULY 2

The number of corona positive people inKarnal is increasing rapidly and causing apanic in the Health Department. Two coro-na-infected patients died on Thursday and41 patients reported corona positive simul-taneously. The district administration hasadvised people to take precautions.

Deputy Commissioner Nishant KumarYadav said that 41 cases of corona infectionhave come on Thursday in district Karnal,1 case from Urban Estate Karnal, 2 casesfrom Bus Stand near Bansa Karnal, 1 casefrom village Ongad, 1 case from villageTikri-Kailash. From, 1 case from Taraori, 1case from Ganiyana, 1 case from JarnaliColony, 1 case from village Bahlone, 2 casefrom Model Town, 1 case from BudhapurAbad, 1 case village from Kulvehri, 1 case

from Jundla, 1 case from Ahmedgarh, 1case from Basant Vihar, 2 cases from BajajColony, 1 case from village Kamla, 1 casefrom Prem Nagar, 4 cases from New CharChaman, 1 case from village Chauchara, 1case from Alpha City, 2 case sector 7 From,1 case from RK Puram, 8 cases from Am-ritdhara Hospital, 1 case from village Bi-jana, 1 case from Barachpur Ladwa, 1 casefrom Panipat, 1 case from Shahabad.

The Deputy Commissioner said that sofar a total of 19244 persons suspected ofCoronavirus infection have been found inthe district, while of these 18516 reportshave been negative and 359 cases are pos-itive, out of which 8 have died, 138 are ac-tive and 213. The patient has recovered andgone to his home. He asked the villagers togo out only for some necessary work, usemasks, take care of social distancing andkeep sanitising themselves constantly. He

clarified that in view of growing cases ofcoronavirus, the administration is strict. Aperson who walks out of the house withouta mask will be challaned for Rs 500.

Corona patients rising rapidlyCivil Surgeon Dr. Ashwini Ahuja ex-plained in detail about the status ofKovid-19 that the district has so far1173 passengers from abroad, out ofwhich 1100 persons have completedsurveillance time of 28 days or more.While the number of contacts and pas-sengers of 0 to 14 days is 2845 and thenumber of passengers of 15 to 28 daysis 994 and 1187 persons have com-pleted 28 days of surveillance. Thenumber of notices displayed by theHealth Department to Thursday was28.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 2

Deputy Commissioner Nis-hant Kumar Yadav saidthat the government isrunning the `Mera PaniMeri Virasat’ scheme tosave ground water inHaryana. Under thisscheme, for the conven-ience of the farmers ofthe district and to reducethe cost of maize sowing,one maize sowing ma-chine will be available ineach block. Small farm-ers will get the facility ofthese machines for freeon a first come first servebasis. Apart from this,modern agricultural im-plements are being madeavailable to the big farmerson the grant amount from thegovernment.

The DC held talks withmedia persons after flaggingoff 6 maize sowing machinesfrom the Agriculture Depart-

ment's office on Thursday. Heclarified that each grain ofmaize and millet crop will be

purchased at the minimumsupport price in the grainmarket near him. Therefore,farmers should come forward

to grow the said crop andcontribute to groundwaterconservation. Deputy Direc-

tor of Agriculture Depart-ment, Dr. Aditya Dabas in-formed that under KarniPaani-Meri Heritage Scheme

in Karnal district, 5500farmers have registeredabout 5 thousand hectarearea to cultivate maize in-stead of paddy. For farmersto take advantage of thescheme, it is compulsory toregister on the portal MeraPani-Meri Heritage on theportal of Ddddmdhttd-dm4ddtdpdad1. For moreinformation, toll free num-ber 1800-180-2117 or youcan contact your Agricul-ture and Horticulture Offi-cer. State Nodal of Engi-neer Wing JagmandraNain, SDO of AgricultureDepartment Sunil Bajad,

AAE Jagdish Chandra, Dr.Ratan, Kamal Beniwal werepresent on the occasion.

DC flags off 6 maize sowing machines

BUREAUKARNAL, JULY 2

A sit-in demonstration was held infront of the District Secretariat on thecall of the Left parties. Left activistsincrease petrol and diesel prices wild-ly. Left activists expressed concernover the huge increase in petrol anddiesel prices. Later, the activists whoreached the District Secretariat sub-mitted a memorandum to the PrimeMinister through the SDM. Commu-nist Party of India Marxist, Commu-nist Party of India and CommunistParty of India MLA were present inprotest. The meeting was presidedover by Satpal Beniwal. The keynotespeakers were Dr. Ashok Kumar, Bal-

jeet Singh Saini and Jagmal Singh. Dr.Ashok said that a monthly cash pay-ment of Rs. 7500 should be made toall the families falling in the categoryof non-income tax for the next sixmonths.

Each family should get a free ra-tion of 10 kg per person per month.MNREGA wages should be increasedand 200 days of work should be pro-vided. Employment Guarantee Actshould be expanded in agriculture andurban areas. There was a ban on pri-vatization of government institutions.Government spending should be in-creased on public health. The vacantposts should be filled by permanentrecruitment. Petrol, diesel and cook-ing gas prices should be reduced.

Left party activistsprotest oil price hike

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 2

Congress District Convenor S. Tar-lochan Singh has said that on one hand,Prime Minister NarendraModi is describing the pres-ence of more than fifty peo-ple in marriage ceremonywith social distance andmask as unbearable. ThePrime Minister is gettinghis challan cut when hecomes without a mask. Onthe other hand, at the wed-ding of Bharatiya JanataParty's President SubhashBarala's son in Karnal,Pradeshadhyak violated the law byadding about one thousand guests in-stead of fifty in the presence of theChief Minister. On the other side, pic-tures of this ceremony which havecome out. Everyone violated the mask-

ing and scientific distance during hisstay. What action will the governmentand administration take against thesepeople. He was talking to reporters to-day. He said that generally if someone

calls more than fifty peoplein his family's program andis found without a mask,then challan and other ac-tion is taken against him.But the law related to thepresence of social distanceand masks was mocked atthe wedding of the son ofthe BJP state president.What action will the govern-ment take against it? He saidthat so far only less than

fifty people had been called in whatev-er Congress programs were held orheld. Social distance was taken care of.But even after that, the administrationtries to put obstacles in the programs ofthe Congress.

BJP state president puts Karnal'speople in danger: Tarlochan

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JULY 2

The Punjab Government to carry outdrone based large scale mapping ofAbadi in rural areas of Punjab. TheMoU in this regard was signed todayhere by the Rural Development andPanchayts department, Punjab withSurvey of India in the presence ofMinister for Rural Development andPanchayats Mr. Tript Rajinder SinghBajwa.

Rural Development and Pan-chayayts Minister Mr. Bajwa brief-ing about this new initiative said thatthis was a long lasting demand of therural people to prepare a detailed in-ventory of all kinds of propertieswithin the ‘Laal Lakeer’ of villages.He said that this survey will pave theway to give ownership rights ofproperties falling in Lal Dora of vil-lages.

The Minister said that this pro-gram will provide rural people withthe right to document their residen-tial properties so that they can usetheir property for economic purpos-es such as applying for loans. Thiswill also help in resolving propertyrelated disputes. The scheme willenable creation of better-qualityGram Panchayat Development

Plans (GPDPs), leveraging the mapscreated under this programme there-by paving way for “Gram Swara-jya”. Once the inventory is complet-ed, documents of ownership will beprepared and on the basis of thesedocuments owners can take loansand other benefits. He further saidthat this information shall also bevery helpful in planning develop-ment works of the villages as well asfor having data regarding housesprofile. Seema Jain Financial Com-missioner Rural Development, Pun-jab said that this scheme SVAMIT-VA(Survey of villages and mappingwith improvised technology in vil-

lage areas) is a highly ambitiousscheme which is being implementedin Punjab in collaboration with SoIand Ministry of Rural Developmentand Panchayati Raj, Government ofIndia. SVAMITVA aims to providean integrated property validation so-lution for rural India, engaging thelatest Drone Surveying technology,for demarcating the inhabitant (Aba-di) land in rural areas.

The state of Punjab will witnessestablishment of 16 CORS (Contin-uously Operating Reference Sta-tions) which will set the stage forundertaking actual survey and map-ping of inhabited areas of villages

next year. The MoU on behalf ofSurvey of India was signed by Mr.Prashant Kumar Director Punjab,Haryana and Chandigarh GDC andon behalf of Punjab Government itwas signed by Mrs Seema Jain (Fi-nancial Commissioner, Departmentof Rural Development and Panchay-ats) in the presence of Mr. Tript Ra-jinder Singh Bajwa Minister forRural Development and Panchayats.Others prominent present on the oc-casion included Vipul Ujwal, Direc-tor Rural Development and Pan-chayats, Avtar Singh Bhullar JointDirector, Rural Development andPanchayats.

Punjab inks MoU with SOI to prepareinventory of properties in villages

State level SVEEP coordination committee meetingon July 9CHANDIGARH: To execute seamless SVEEP activities in the state and speed up the special campaign forcreating awareness among public, the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab would convene a meeting ofState Level SVEEP Coordination Committee on July 9.

Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson said that Chief Electoral Officer Dr. S. Karuna Raju willpreside over the meeting, which will be held through Google Meet on 12:30 PM in view of the current Covid-19 situation. He said that effective execution of online SVEEP activities in the state for educating the votersand other concerned matters would be discussed in the meeting.

S P JAINCHANDIGARH, JULY 2

Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Thurs-day released an easy-to-under-stand Punjab COVID-19Clinical Management Manualas a single reference point forall healthcare providers, withthe overall aim of reducing themortality rate through a cohe-sive and coordinated approachdealing with all facets of thepandemic.

Describing the Manual asa force multiplier for his gov-ernment’s `Mission Fateh’,the Chief Minister said it willserve as a bridge between thenational protocol and theState’s requirements onCOVID management. It willgive healthcare providers deal-ing with the care and manage-ment of Coronavirus positivepatients easy access to the toolsneeded for better handling ofthe pandemic, he added.

Curated by an ExpertCommittee headed by Dr. K KTalwar, former Director ofPGI, the Manual incorporateseasy to understand audio visu-al aids, colour coded assess-ment tools and referral criteria

based on practical experiences,along with best practices in theclinical management ofCOVID positive patients. TheCommittee, convened by well-known cardiologist fromDMC Ludhiana, Dr. BishavMohan, also comprises severalother renowned medical prac-titioners from eminent Insti-tutes around the globe. The Manual caters to the treat-ment needs of all COVID cas-es - from mild and moderate tosevere.

CM releases covidclinical mgt tool forhealthcare workers

Schedule for educationalcompetitions announcedCHANDIGARH: The Punjab SchoolEducation Department has releasedthe calendar of five and a half monthlong educational competitionsdedicated to the 400th Parkash Purbof Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji. EducationSecretary Mr. Kirshan Kumar hasreleased this calendar. He said thatcompetitions would be held from 6thJuly 2020 to 21st December 2020.These include shabd gyan, song,poetry, speech, playing musicalinstruments (harmonium, tabla, dholak,fiddle, dhadd), poster making, painting,slogan writing, calligraphy, P.P.T.making and dastarbandi.Disclosing this here today aspokesperson of the educationdepartment said that thesecompetitions would be related only tothe life, philosophy, teachings, Baniand sacrifice of Sri Guru TeghBahadur ji. Only government schoolstudents will be able to participate inthese competitions. All thecompetitions will be held at primary,middle and secondary levels. Similarly,the competition for children withSpecial Needs (CWSN) also will be onthree levels. A student can participatein a maximum of two items.

Date sheet for conducting bi-monthly assessment of govtschool students releasedCHANDIGARH: Director SCERT hasreleased the date sheet for conductingbi-monthly assessment of studentsstudying in government schools.Disclosing this here today aspokesperson of the Punjab schooleducation department said that in viewof the current situation of covid-19, thesubjective test of the students of 6th to12th classes would be taken onlinethrough the Teacher-StudentWhatsApp group. Question papers inthis regard would be prepared by thehead office and will be sent online.Assessment test will be of 20 marksand there will be objective and subjectquestions. According to thespokesperson, the date sheets for the6th to 10th classes has been releasedwhile the date sheets for 11th and 12thclasses will be prepared by the schoolprincipals at their own. According tothe spokesperson, all the subjectteachers will be given one week timeto check these tests of the students.Subject teachers will prepare a recordof students' marks in collaboration withthe class in-charge. It is to be notedthat the two-month (April to May)syllabus for classes 6th to 12th hadalready been provided through TVchannels / Zoom Classes / PDFAssignments.

Survey will pave way to give ownership rights in lal dora: Bajwa

JALANDHAR, JULY 2

Deputy Commissioner Ja-landhar Mr. GhanshyamThori today exhorted the cap-tains of Micro Small andMedium Enterprises(MSME) to take maximummileage of Emergency CreditLine Guarantee Scheme(ECLGS) started for helpingthem in this hour of crisis.

Divulging the details, theDeputy Commissioner saidthat Government of India hasannounced a new schemenamely Emergency CreditLine Guarantee Scheme(ECLGS) for helping MSMEby providing additionalWorking capital on term loansupto 20% of outstanding

credit without, any Collateral.He said that in order to coor-dinate with eligible MSMEsand Financing Institutionsand also with Industrial Asso-ciations, the Punjab govern-ment led by Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh hasunder ‘Mission fateh’-aimedat resurgence of state fromCovid 19 pandemic, consti-tuted an ECLGS Cell in the

office of the Director Indus-tries Punjab with members in-cluding Consultant PunjabBureau of Investment Promo-tion Mr. Tushar Tulsian,Chief Manager cum NodalOfficer State Level BankersCommittee Mr. Naresh Ku-mar Sharma and Joint Direc-tor (Credit), Department ofindustries & Commerce, Pun-jab Mr. Sarbjit Singh.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR, JULY 2

“The role of the media in today’sworld assumes great importance as itacts as a bridge between the commonpeople and the government and dis-seminates the info and moulds the

public opinion.” These views wereexpressed here today by the Speaker,Punjab Vidhan Sabha Rana K.P.Singh on the occasion of launchingof the web based channel PBCNews. The Speaker further said thatin the emergency situations such asthe present corona virus pandemic,

the role of media becomes all themore important as correct flow of theinformation needs to be ensured. Healso appreciated the fact that in thecurrent situation, the media-personsare discharging their duties in a veryprofessional manner and are actingas frontline warriors alongwith thepolice and the health department.Meanwhile, the Speaker also calledupon all to follow strictly the healthdepartment guidelines regarding fol-lowing social distancing norms,wearing of the masks in public andwashing of hands with soap andhand sanitizers so as to make Mis-sion Fateh, echo in every nook andcorner of the world. Among otherspresent on the occasion included theSDM Kharar Himanshu Jain, SPRural Ravjot Grewal and theFounder of the PBC News SatpalSingh Kataria.

Mediapersons are also frontline warriors inwar against corona virus: Rana K.P. Singh

DC calls upon captains of MSME to takemaximum benefits of ECLGS scheme

District Admn ropes in MGNREGA workers forstrengthening Sutlej River's embankments

Distributed uniformkits to players ofvillage Dagham

LOKESH KUMAR WALIAGARHSHANKAR: In Dagham villageof the tehsil, Football Club Daghamand village panchayat office bearerstoday distributed uniform kits to theplayers of the village with the objectiveof promoting the game of footballamong the children and youth. Duringthe function, Principal of KhalsaCollege MahilpurDr.Jaspal Singh andvillage SarpanchRanjitBanga werespecially present.On this occasionPrincipal Dr. Jaspal Singh encouragedthe children and youth to stay awayfrom drugs and other social ills andjoin sports and said that with hardwork they too could make great stridesin the field of football like Asia captainJarnail Singh Panam. Panchayatmembers Kuldeep Joshi, ReshamSingh Dhanauta, Master Jarnail Singh,Prof. Mohan Singh, Balwinder Kumarand Lakhvir Singh along with othervillagers and youth players werepresent on the occasion.

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, JULY 2

The district administrationhas roped in MGNREGAworkers for strengtheningthe embankments alongwith Sutlej River in threesub-divisions includingPhillaur, Nakodar andShahkot Sub-Divisions be-fore the advent of the rainyseason.

On the directions ofDeputy Commissioner MrGhanshyam Thori, theSDMs have been regularlyvisiting the all the criticalpoints sand officials fromdrainage department are al-ready in the fields to ensurethe work completes soon.Divulging the details, theDeputy Commissioner MrGhanshyam Thori said that

MGNREGA workers havebeen deployed at all the sen-sitive points along with theriver to ensure all theseflood protections works getfinished well before thetime. He said that the MGN-REGA workers are workingunder the supervision of en-gineers of the drainage de-partment at all vulnerablepoints. He said that the jointteams of drainage and pan-chayat department are work-

ing round the clock at all thecritical points. He said thatthere was no dearth of fundsfor this purpose and moreresources along with thefunds would be pumped in ifrequired. Mr Thori said thatthe top priority was to en-sure that the vulnerablepoints along with riverSatluj were strengthened atevery cost to ensure thatthere was no loss to life andproperty of people.

Dhaliwal checks securitytowers of central jail PatialaVIKAS VERMADHURI : Keeping in view the safetyconcerns of the deployed policeofficials, Comdt. Dhaliwal following the

guidelines ofDGPHomeguardsV.K.Bhawara,made a visit toCentral JailPaitala. All thenecessary safetymeasures werechecked and

proper guidelines to ensure safetyfrom Covid-19 were passed to thesecurity staff. Moreover, staff wasasked to strictly ensure avoidance ofconsumption of any kind of drugs.During this inspection incharge NaharSigh and Company Incharge KaramjitSingh were also present.

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JULY 2

In front of the office of SubDivisional Village Bandala,under PSPCL Jandiala GuruDivision, the farmers staged asit-in dharna against lack ofpower supply. Farmers usedto get only 2 to 3 hours of sup-ply from Mandal Bandalawhen paddy crop is undertransplantion. The farmerssaid that if they did not supplytheir electricity for 8 hours,then they would intensify the

struggle. In this case, SDOsub-division BandalaSukhdev Singh said that weget the message of electricitysupply from the headquartersaccordingly we make powercuts. He said that he has in-formed the higher officialsabout the farmers' case.Farmers on this occasionwere Gurmakh Singh Hundal,Chintpal Singh, GulzarSingh, Gurpreet Singh,Gurpinderbir Singh, Gurpin-der Singh, Germanjit Singh,Balwinder Singh.

Farmers stage dharna againstlack of electricity supply

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHAR,JULY 2

In the interest of farmers,the BJP government at theCenter led by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi intro-duced all three laws relatedto agriculture in India andfarmers would get fair priceof vegetables and incomewould also increase.Presi-dent Narinder Parmar ad-

dressed the media underthe leadership of ShaheedBhagat Singh Nagar Dis-trict President PoonamManik.

He said that people werebeing misled by leaders ofCongress Party, Aam Aad-mi Party and other parties.The three laws passed bythe Modi government at theCenter have not changedthe minimum support price(MSP) for farmers' crops.

Responding to CongressPresident Sunil Jakhar andAam Aadmi Party leaderBhagwant Mann's state-ments of misleading farm-ers about the laws, Parmarsaid that these leadersshould first read the lawspassed by the Center andthen think carefully.

After 73 years of inde-pendence, the Modi gov-ernment has given freedomto the farmers throughthese laws and now thefarmer can choose to sellhis crop wherever he wantsinstead of the state or thecountry. Parmar appealedto all leaders includingChief Minister AmarinderSingh to rise above politi-cal interests and supportthese laws.

Three laws relating to agriculture willbenefit farmers: Narendra Parmar

BATHINDA, JULY 2

The Modi government hasbrought out the bankruptcy ofthe country's trade for what itwas supposed to bring in thegood old days. Before theGST / denomination, the ter-rible disease of the coronavirus was causing the pricesof petrol / diesel / LPG to sky-rocket. The country's tradecame to a complete standstill.

This was stated by BaldevSingh. During the massiveprotest, all the AAP membersled by Baldev Singh demand-ed a reduction in the best oilprices. He also demandedfrom the Punjab governmentto reduce the extra VAT on oilprices so that the farmers /transporters / traders and thegeneral public could get re-lief. Speaking on the occasionManjit Singh Bahia said.

Vinu Badal reviewsconstruction of schools

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JULY 2

Vinu Badal today inspected the various schoolbuildings under construction in Bathinda city. Dur-ing this she visited Government Elementary andHigh School Ghania Nagar, Dhobiana Basti, HajiRatan, Pooja Wala Mohalla, Parasram Nagar, San-

jay Nagar, UdhamSingh School, Qila nearDesh Raj Senior Sec-ondary School, LalSingh Basti. She askedthe PWD to complete allthe construction workswithin the stipulatedtime.

Vinu Badal on theoccasion said that education was the top priority forthe Punjab government. For this 10 school buildingsare being constructed in Bathinda city. She said thatthe aim of this was to provide high quality educationinfrastructure to the children of our city. She alsoasked the staff of the concerned schools to monitorthe construction work.

Protest against risein oil prices held

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JULY 2

Three deaths due to coronavirus have been reported inBathinda today and sev-en more patients havetested positive. This hasbeen confirmed by thehealth department.

The deceased was69 years old and a resi-dent of Gursewak DasMittal Birla MillColony, Bathinda, whowas cremated a day ear-lier. He was a suspectedcorona positive patientwhose death has beenreported and cremationwas performed by membersof the Youth Welfare Societywearing the PP kit and theirfamily members were not

taken to the crematorium.Civil Surgeon Amrik Singhsaid the deceased was un-dergoing treatment and thereport that came after his

death was yet to come.There were about 40 pa-tients and 7 more cases havebeen reported.

3 corona deaths, 7 morepositives in Bathinda

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

4.5 magnitude earthquake jolts KargilKARGIL: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale struckKargil in Ladakh at 1:11 pm on Thursday. The quake struck 119 kmnorth-northwest of Kargil. "An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurredon 02-07-2020, 13:11:02 IST, Lat: 35.46 & Long: 75.44, Depth: 90Km , Location: 119km North-North West of Kargil, Laddakh, India,"tweeted the National Centre for Seismology. No loss of life orproperty due to the quake has been reported as of now.

100 opium plants foundcultivated in fieldSHIMLA: Police found 100 opiumplants cultivated in a field here inThoeg on Wednesday. FIR has beenlodged under section 18-61-85Narcotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstances (NDPS) Act at Theog onthe complaint of a head constable.The investigation is being carried outby ASI Puran in the matter.

Road accidentclaims lifeSHIMLA: Two people, including aHimachal Pradesh Police Constable,died in separate road accidentsoccurred in the district under policestation Rohru, police sources said onThursday. According to the sources,Constable of Himachal PradeshPolice Jai Singh (36), resident ofJarashi area of Rampur subdivisiondied on the spot when a car carryinghim rolled down into a deep ditchnear Bamnoli village on WednesdayThe sources said that he wasreturning home after the duty in hiscar when the accident occured. Inanother incident, a car carrying twopeople fell down into a ditch atKrasnodar on Wednesday night. Thedeceased was identified as AnshulSharma, resident of Chiuni. Thesources further said that the anotherperson sustained injuries ad wasrushed to a nearby hospital. Thebodies of both the deceased weresent for postmortem at Civil HospitalRohru, they added.

Tanda College amongleading ones to conductresearch on tribal healthKANGRA: Dr Rajendra PrasadGovernment Medical College,Kangra at Tanda has been selectedamong top hospitals of the country toconduct research on "Improving theCapacity of Health System andCommunity for Screening andManagement of Some Non-Communicable Diseases(hypertension, diabetes and COPD)among Scheduled Tribes: AnImplementation Research." Thismedical college has been selectedas one among six such centresacross the country to conduct thisresearch. Prof Bhanu Awasthi,Principal Dr. Rajendra PrasadGovernment Medical College atTanda stating this to said it is onlydue to the strong commitment andcontinued encouragement of thestate government that this institutionwas venturing into wider areas ofresearch and capacity building. Hesaid, “The research we conduct isthe engine behind the growth of ourinstitution into one of the top medicalcolleges of the country”. He saidincidentally Tanda medical collegewas recently ranked 32nd amongmedical colleges in the country.

Unlock 2.0: Severaltemples reopen fordevotees in UttarakhandDEHRADUN: As more restrictionsget lifted in Unlock 2.0, severaltemples across Uttarakhandreopened for devotees for the firsttime on Wednesday after remainingclosed for 99 days due to thelockdown imposed to contain thespread of COVID-19. These templesare reopening after March 25, whenthe first phase of lockdown wasimposed. Several devotees wereseen offering prayers at TapkeshwarMahadev Temple, situated sevenkilometers from Dehradun, whichattracts thousands of people fromacross the country every year.

HIMACHAL/JK

Ensure time bound completion ofprojects, CM directs officials

Lays foundation stones of projects worth Rs. 5.61 croreAGENCYSHIMLA, JULY 2

While presiding over a reviewmeeting of various developmentalprojects being undertaken inMandi district at Vipasha SadanMandi today, Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur directed the officersto ensure time bound completionof the developmental projects toavoid cost escalation and toprovide benefits of development tothe people in time. Jai RamThakur said that work ondevelopmental projects worth Rs.4000 crore were being executed inMandi district. He said that theseinclude civil works in PWD, JalShakti, HPSEBL, Tourism, andother departments. He said that inMandi town developmentalprojects worth Rs. 200 crorewere being executed whichinclude ADB assisted Rs. 41 crorebeautification projects, Rs. 83crore Drinking WaterAugmentation Project for MandiTown, Rs. 69 crore SewerageScheme, Rs. 50 crore for roads,buildings and bridges and Rs. 25crore Victoria Bridge which hadbeen inaugurated. Chief Ministersaid that as many as 137 PWDprojects have been sanctioned forthe district with a project cost ofRs 1202 crore, which includes 77projects worth Rs 344 crore underPMGSY. He said that as many as

54 drinking water, irrigation,sewerage and flood protectionprojects were also under executionin the district by the Jal ShaktiDepartment with a totalinvestment of Rs 1535 crore. JaiRam Thakur said that theannouncements of Chief Ministermust be given top priority. Hedirected the officers to ensure thatany hindrances and bottlenecksshould be removed immediately.He said that any laxity in thisregard would be viewed seriously.He said that special focus must belaid on projects nearingcompletion for their time boundcompletion. He said that theCorona pandemic has adverselyaffected the pace of development,

thus extra efforts must be made tocomplete the projects within thetime period. He also directed theofficers to use funds allocated tothe respective departments withinstipulated period and any lapse inthis matter would be viewedseriously. He also stressed theneed for optimum utilisation ofun-utilised funds by thedepartments. Chief Minister saidthat the monsoon season wasround the corner and directed theofficers to make adequatepreventive arrangement tominimise losses due to rains.Later, the Chief Minister laidfoundation stones and inaugurateddevelopmental projects worth Rs.5.61 crore on the occasion, which

include inauguration of DistrictPanchayat Resource Centre underNational Gram SwarozgarAbhiyan to be constructed at a costof Rs 2.40 crore, laying offoundation stones of bye pass fromTreasury Office to Sakodi Bridgeto be completed by spending Rs.2.71 crore and Trekkers Hut to beconstructed at a cost of Rs. 50lakh under Nei Rahen NeiManzilenYojna. Earlier, whileinteracting with the partyfunctionaries, Chief Minister saidthat the Corona pandemic was notyet over and one must remaincautious so as to check spread ofthe virus. Chief Minister was alsopresented a cheque of Rs. 1.50lakh by Chairperson NagarParishad Mandi Suman Thakurtowards H.P. SDMA COVID-19State Disaster Response Fund onthe occasion. Agriculture MinisterDr. Ram Lal Markanda, RuralDevelopment and Panchayati RajMinister Virender Kanwar,Transport and Forest MinisterGovind Singh Thakur, Member ofParliament Ram SwaroopSharma, MLAs Anil Sharma,Inder Singh Gandhi, JawaharThakur and Prakash Rana,Principal Private Secretary toChief Minister Dr. R.N. Batta,Deputy Commissioner RugvedThakur, SP Mandi GurdevSharma and other officer werepresent on the occasion.

Atal tunnel would be dedicated topeople by September: Jai Ram

AGENCYSHIMLA, JULY 2

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid that the Atal tunnel wouldbe completed by the end ofAugust this year and PrimeMinister would dedicate thisproject to the people of thecountry probably during themonth of September. He wasaddressing the people at Sissuin Lahaul and Spiti districttoday. Chief Ministerappreciated the people ofLahaul Spiti for effectivelytackling the corona pandemic.He urged the people of thedistrict to keep the goodworking going on as this crisiswas not yet over. He said thatthe country was fortunate tohave an able and strongleadership in form of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi. Hesaid that the number of deathdue to COVID-19 in thefifteen most developedcountries with a population of142 crore was about five lakh,whereas in India having apopulation of 135 crore, about17,000 had lost life due toCorona till date. Jai RamThakur said that the situation

in the State was quite undercontrol. He said that there wassharp increase in coronapatients in the State as overtwo lakh people stranded indifferent parts of the countrywere brought back toHimachal Pradesh. He saidthat the people of the Stateneed not to worry as theGovernment was fully awareof the situation.

Chief Minister assured thepeople of the area that the StateGovernment would ensureadequate availability of fundsfor developmental works. Hesaid that since the workingperiod was limited, thereforeefforts must be made for timebound completion of variousdevelopmental projects in thearea.

DC asks youth to getenrolled on skill register

HAMIRPUR, JUL 2

Deputy CommissionerHarikesh Meena has urgedthe youth of the district whohave come from other parts ofIndia and abroad during theongoing COVID-19pandemic to get themregistered with skill register of thedistrict to get them jobs. He said that itwas a matter of pride that as many as2,903 such youths had already beenregistered and out of them one hundredhave got job offers from companies ofrepute on basis of their education andexperience. Meena said that so far,about 2,903 youths of the district haveregistered online on the Skill Register.Out of these, more than 100 educatedyouth have received offers foremployment in big companies. Heinformed that online registration ofyouth has been started throughHimachal Pradesh Skill Development

Corporation. After onlineregistration, the SkillDevelopment Corporation iscategorising youth accordingto their educational andprofessional qualificationsand skills. After this, directcontact is being made withthe youth to provide

employment according to the demand ofvarious companies and establishments.Apart from Himachal Pradesh SkillDevelopment Corporation, the DistrictEmployment Officer Office has alsobeen instructed to work in this directionat a rapid pace, so that educated andskilled youth can get employment to thebest of their ability. He said that if anyyouth is facing any problem regardingregistration, then he can contactHimachal Pradesh Skill DevelopmentCorporation office or DistrictEmployment Officer office set up in theDeputy Commissioner's officepremises.

Kanwar welcomes agedwoman who beat corona

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, JULY 2

Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister VirendraKanwar went to Bot on Wednesday evening and met the 90-year-old old woman who beat Corona and wished her a longlife. Kanwar said that even at the age of 90, the woman hasshown strong will and discipline and due to this she iscompletely healthy today. He said that four other members ofthe woman's familywere also infectedwith the corona buthave now recovered.The stategovernment isproviding betterhealth facilities andthe HimachalPradesh model fordealing with Coronais being discussed all over the country. Kanwar said thatunder the leadership of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, thestate government is making all possible efforts to help theCorona affected families. The Minister of RuralDevelopment also met Rajesh, a neighbor of the healthyfamily, and praised him and said that he has become anexample in front of the whole society by helping the Coronainfected family.

Modi govt becomes voice of migrant,labour and poor: Randhir Sharma

PREETI RANAUNA, JULY 2

State BJP Chief SpokespersonRandhir Sharma, whileexpressing gratitude forproviding free food to 80 crorepeople of the country for thenext five months under the PMGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana,termed the move a human.Expressing displeasure over theirresponsible attitude of the Congress in thisCorona period, he said that Congress Partyhas become insensitive. He said that theModi government has done welfare work byproviding economic and social security tothe migrant, labor and poor people of thecountry under the Pradhan Mantri GaribKalyan Yojana and Self-Reliant IndiaCampaign. He said that Prime Minister Modihas taken a commendable step in providingfood to the financially strapped families due

to loss of employment byextending the Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana forthe next five months in thisdisaster period. He informedthat with the implementation ofthis scheme, 80 kg of rice andone kg of gram dal will beavailable to the 80 crore peopleof the country for free. Thisscheme will also benefit 6 lakh

poor people of the state from the month ofNovember. Randhir Sharma said that theModi government is creating three lakh PPEkits and N-95 face covers every day bypromoting Make in India and creatingemployment opportunities. He said that thestate government had also taken measures toprevent the epidemic from spreading inHimachal. As a result, all the cases inHimachal Pradesh today are from thequarantined Himachalis who came backfrom other states.

DC inspects Santoshgarhcontainment zone

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JULY 2

Deputy Commissioner Una SandeepKumar inspected the Containment Zone inSantoshgarh. During this time people toldthem that the main street of the market hasbeen closed, which according to the orderis not in the containment zone. People arefacing problems due to the closure of thestreet. On this, DC instructed the officersposted on the spot to rectify the mistakeimmediately.DC appealed to the people tocooperate with the district administration.He said that till now the people of DistrictUna have given full support to theadministration and further cooperation isexpected from the people. Everyone has towork together to fight the Kovid-19 global

epidemic. In such a situation, comply withthe orders given by the districtadministration from time to time, becauseit is in everyone's interest.After this, DCalso inspected the Mahatpur barrier.During this time SDM Una Dr. SureshJaswal, Tehsildar Vijay Rai and otherofficers were present with him.

Road construction from BasowalSultani to Jogho begins

ANWAR HUSSIANNALAGARH, JULY 2

Former Nalagarh MLA KLThakur has started the workfor the road from BagheriMain Road to Basowal Sultanito Joghon Road in NalagarhVidhan Sabha constituencywith Rs 50 lakhs by holdingearth breaking ceremony. Thepublic strongly welcomed KLThakur and thanked himheartily for getting this workdone. It is pertinent to mention

here that according to theamount sanctioned on thisroad, this road will becompleted with coal tar andthe inter lock tile will be done.

KL Thakur said that as soon aspossible its work will also becompleted. On this occasion,the head of village headKashmir Pur Amarjit Kaur,former ward Panch Pyare Lal,Sanjeev Kumar, KaramChand, Sori Ram, Daata Ram,Pola Ram, Gurdeep Singh,Hans Raj, Tilak Raj, ShyamLal, Pyaar Lal Sharma, RajuBaba, contractor ShubhamSharma, and otherdistinguished citizens werepresent.

JAMMU, JUL 2

As part of its endeavour to boost adventuretourism and sports activities post COVID-19 pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmiradministration is in the process of setting upan artificial rock climbing wall atpicturesque Surinsar lake, around 40kilometres from here. This will be the firstclimbing wall being raised by thegovernment in Jammu as Kashmir alreadyhave one. Built in Surinsar Amphitheaterknown as ‘Nanisukh’, by the OutdoorSchool, a New Delhi based firm, theartificial rock climbing wall is being raisedwith a cost of approximately Rs 36 lakh andthe 42 feet high wall features Speed andLead Climbing and has got the provision to

further add Bouldering, the third form of thesport.

Initiated by the then Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) of the Surinsar MansarDevelopment Authority (SMDA), NagenderSingh Jamwal, the wall is almost completeand likely to be inaugurated soon but inview of COVID, its official launch wasdelayed.

Sharing details with UNI, sitting CEOof SMDA, Dr Gurvinderjeet Singh, said, “Tenders estimated at the cost of Rs 36.5lakhs were invited for this project and theconstruction work started in January thisyear.”

He said that it is a two face wallcomprising a speed climbing wall and thelead climbing wall.

Jammu to house first govt sponsored artificialrock climbing wall at scenic Surinsar

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

Manav Sewa Samiti helps bride in marriageABOHAR (RAJ SAODOSH): The Manav Sewa Samiti volunteers have come to rescue of abride’s family in arranging essential items to facilitate her marriage after govt recently relaxed

pandemic related lockdown restrictions. Alka Kamboj, in-charge of Women Wing of the Samiti said a family living inPanjpeer Mohalla approached them for help in arrangingmarriage function of their daughter. A survey team verifiedthat the family was actually unable to afford essential itemsthat the girl needs after marriage. Meenakshi Sachdeva, RimaDabra, Sudesh Gandhi, Amandeep Kaur, Mamta Narula, Ki-ran Middha and other volunteers made valuable contributionsto provide domestic use items to the bride.

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1,65,305 old patientsrevisit eight centers duringlockdown RAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR: Out-patient OpioidAssisted Treatment (OOATs) centershave witnessed a massive increaseamid lockdown/curfew period in thedistrict as 1968 new patients haveregisteredthemselves withthe eight OOATsclinics in the lastthree months.This influx ofvisitors at thesecenters was aresult of ChiefMinister CaptainAmarinder Singhled stategovernment's stringent action againstthe supply line of drug paddlers,which made the addicts join the de-addiction program. Divulging more,Deputy Commissioner Ferozepur Mr.Gurapl Singh Chahal said that 1968new patients registered themselves atall the eight OOAT clinics betweenMarch 23 to June 22, 2020.Meanwhile, 1,65,305 old patientshave revisited these clinics during thelockdown/curfew period.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/MOHALI,JULY 2

With a view to chalk outthe unified command forany unforeseen spike inthe cases related to coronavirus, a meeting with theleading hospitals of thedistrict was today held bythe Deputy CommissionerMr. Girish Dayalan.

During the course ofthe meeting, the DeputyCommissioner said thatthe main emphasis is onensuring that the preciouslives are saved and for thisto happen, the identifica-tion process, of the hospi-tals who can take covid pa-tients and provide topnotch medical treatment tothem, has to be carried out.The MoUs in this regard

have already been signed.The occasion also saw twoexpert committees beingformed.

One is an AdvisoryCommittee to give opinionin case the number of pos-itive cases reaches analarming level and the oth-er being a Referral Com-mittee which would sug-gest the levels of the hos-pitals as L1, L2 and L3.

The DC further saidthat the rates of treatmentin the identified hospitalswould also be uploaded onthe official website of theDistrict Administration forthe sake of transparency.

Meanwhile, as recog-nition of the valuable serv-ices rendered by the med-ical fraternity, the DeputyCommissioner on the oc-casion honoured the doc-

tors present with the Mis-sion Fateh badges and ex-horted them to continueserving the cause of hu-manity.

Among others presenton the occasion includedthe ADC Aashika Jain, As-sistant Commissioner(General) Yashpal Sharma,Civil Surgeon Dr. ManjitSingh and the District Epi-demologist Dr. Harman.

Mohali DC holds meet with hospitalheads to contain Covid-19

SGPC urges Centre to reopen KartarpurcorridorPHAGWARA: The ShiromaniGurdwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) on Thursday urged theCentral government to reopen theKartarpur Sahib Corridor. This cameafter Pakistan said it is prepared toreopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridorfor all Sikh pilgrims from June 29.While welcoming the opening of thecorridor by the Pakistangovernment,SGPC Member SarwanSingh Kular urged the UnionGovernment to try to open thecorridor as soon as possible whilefollowing the guidelines of the healthdepartment. In the wake of theCOVID-19 pandemic, the KartarpurCorridor which was inaugurated lastyear was shut down by the Indiangovernment. Kartarpur SahibCorridor, a 4.7-kilometer-longpassage connects Dera Baba NanakSahib in India's Gurdaspur andGurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan'sKartarpur. Kular said Sikh youthsshould stay away from inciting postson social media.

BUREAUJALANDHAR, JULY 2

In a major sigh of relief, 27more patients who were test-ed positive of Corona Viruswere today discharged afterproper quality treatment inlocal Covid Care Centre,Government MeritoriousSchool, Kapurthala road.

The discharged patientsfrom Covid Care Centre in-clude Kiran Kumar, Gopal,Rahul Sharma, Vikau Raj,Tara Singh, Sukhinder Singh,Rana Lal, Balwinder Singh,Balbir Singh, TanujaKhatyan, Sumit, Gulshan,Sunita, Virodi Ram, Dhar-minder, Manga Ram,Kuldeep Kaur, Gurjeet Ku-mari, Raja Ram, Kajal, Suni-

ta, Ramesh Lal, Anu, NeelKumar, Asha Rani, TarsemLal and Jatin were admittedto the Covid Care Centre af-ter they were detected posi-tive and undergone treatmentunder a dedicated team ofDoctors led by Senior Med-ical Officer Dr. Jagdish Kumar.

Following their dis-charged, the patients said thatthe state government led bythe Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh had madeelaborate arrangements forimparting quality treatmentto the patients suffering fromCovid 19. They also laudedthe doctors and other healthstaff for ensuring treatmentfor them during this hour of crisis.

27 more coronapatients discharged

in Jalandhar

SBI celebrates CircleDay by distributingsaplingsCHANDIGARH: State Bank of Indiatoday celebrates its Circle Day at itsLocal Head Office, Sector – 17Chandigarh, commemorating thefoundation of Chandigarh Circle of theBank on 02nd July 1979. The Bank

celebrated theCircle Day bydistributingsaplings ofmedicinal plants toall their staffmembers posted atLocal Head Office,Chandigarh whichreflected Bank’scommitment to

Green Sustainability drive and spreadpositive message across the societythat the largest bank of the nation alsocares for the mother nature. RanaAshutosh Kumar Singh, Chief GeneralManager, Chandigarh Circle thankedthe staff to maintain the bankingservices despite the challenges thrownby COVID 19 and urged to plant moreand more trees for healthierenvironment which will ultimately helpin reducing pollution.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, JULY 2

Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singhon Thursday directed theCooperation Minister toensure immediate pay-ment to sugarcane farmersfor 2019-20 by the state’snine sugarcane coopera-tive mills, which have re-ceived Rs 100 crore fromSugarfed on this account.

Sugarfed had releasedRs 100 crore against pay-ment of the sugar mills forcrushing season 2019-20on the directives of theChief Minister, said an of-ficial spokesperson. TheChief Minister has askedCooperation MinisterSukhjinder Singh Rand-hawa to issue directions to

the cooperative mills totransfer the payments tothe accounts of the farmerswithout any delay. Withthe release of Rs. 100crore, the cooperative sug-ar mills will be able toclear payment of Rs.349.05 crore against thetotal of Rs. 486.23 croredue for the crushing sea-son 2019-20. Payments of2018-19 season have al-ready been cleared by themills, located at Nawan

Shahr, Budhewal, Morin-da, Fazilka, Gurdaspur,Ajnala, Nakodar, Bhogpurand Batala. Randhawa hasassured the farmers of ear-ly clearance of the balancepayment for 2019-20. Hesaid that the Governmentof India was being ap-proached for early releaseof payment of about Rs. 60crore as sugar export sub-sidy and buffer stockclaim of the co-operativesugar mills so that all thearrears of sugarcane couldbe settled as soon as possi-ble. Randhawa reiteratedthe state government’scommitment to the wel-fare of the farmers, sayingthat despite the decline ingovernment revenue dueto the coronavirus andlockdown.

Sugarfed transfers Rs 100 crto 9 cooperative mills MK SHARMA

SULTANPUR LODHI,JULY 2

Master Cadre Union PunjabState Vice President HarpreetSingh Khunda, State Press Sec-retary Sandeep Kumar Durga-pur, State Organizing SecretaryRanjit Singh Virk, Block Pres-ident Naresh Kohli in a jointpress note said that Punjabshould extend the term of 6thPay Commission till 31st De-cember 2020.

With this, the anti-employ-ee face of Captain govt was ex-posed and the hopes of about6.50 lakh employees and pen-sioners were dashed. The PayCommission was set up by theAkali government in 2016 asthe 7th Pay Commission of theUnion Government had re-leased its report at that time.The commission was set up onthe strong demand of Punjab

employees to set up their ownpay commission following thereport of the Center. He saidthat the present governmenthad assured during the struggleof the employees that the reportwould be received and imple-mented by December 31, 2019in all cases. However, it wasannounced to issue and imple-ment the report by June 30,2020, but now it has been post-poned till December 31, 2020,which has infuriated the em-ployees and pensioners. Hesaid that Punjab's employeesand pensioners were alreadyreceiving less salaries.

Sixth Pay Commission report shouldbe implemented immediately: Union

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU, JULY 2

With the objective of eradicat-ing the effects of Novel CoronaVirus (Covid-19) and prevent-ing its formation, various de-partments are con-ducting door to doorawareness amongthe people. As partof the mission Fatehlaunched by thePunjab governmentto eradicate theCorona epidemic,Deputy Commissioner Shiv-dular Singh Dhillon also advo-cated for social distancing.

Under the leadership ofNarinder Singh Pannu, door todoor awareness was spreadamong the people about theprevention of Corona virus andpeople were encouraged to be-come Mission Fateh Yodhas.Giving information in this re-

gard, Pannu said that Angan-wadi workers and helpers wereeducating the people about thedangers of Covid-19. He saidthat a total of 1782 AnganwadiWorkers and 1621 AnganwadiHelpers in the district went

door to door today to informthe people about Mission Fatehand Cova app. He said that theprecautionary measures to betaken by the Anganwadi De-partment to prevent the spreadof this disease called Coronavirus such as wearing a maskwhen going out of the house,maintaining social distance,washing hands with soap.

Anganwadi workers makepeople aware of corona virus

ARYAN KALIAZIRAKPUR, JULY 2

Giving more speed to devel-opment work in zirakpur, to-day the inaugaration of dou-ble circuit power line of 66KV grid and a feeder (sachkhand feeder) of 11 KV wasdone by deepinder singhdhillon in dhakoli which wasdevoted to the residents ofzirakpur.

Speaking on the occasionMr.dhillon said that this dou-ble circuit power line willgive relief to the 50,000 resi-dents of dhakoli, peermuchala, baltana, harmilapnagar and gazipur who arefacing unusual power cutsand voltage fluctuation. Theysaid that the work of double

circuit power line of 66 KVcosts around 1 crore rupeesand the work of sach khandfeeder costs around 25 lakhrupees. On the occasionXEN khushvinder singh,SDO harbhajan singh, SDO

ashwini kumar, JE sarabjotsingh, gurpreet singh, Mediain-charge sumit garg, luckynabha, harjeet singh, deepakdhiman, wazir lathar and oth-er congress workers are pres-ent in large numbers.

Inaugaration of double circuit power line doneby Deepinder Singh Dhillon in Dhakoli

MC contractors who have eitherdelayed projects or have failed to start

dev projects to be blacklisted: AshuVARINDER KUMALUDHIANA, JULY 2

Punjab Food, Civil Supplies& Consumer Affairs MinisterBharat Bhushan Ashu todaysaid that the Municipal Cor-poration contractors whohave either de-layed the devel-opment proj-ects or havefailed to startthe projects de-spite work or-ders being is-sued to them,would be blacklisted.

He said that due to delay inthe execution of the projects,it is the residents who are suf-fering and no laxity would betolerated in terms of quality

or speed of the developmentprojects. Ashu said this whilechairing a review meeting re-garding development projectsat MC Zone D office inSarabha Nagar, here today.He was also accompanied byMayor Mr Balkar Singh

Sandhu, MC CouncillorMamta Ashu, MC Commis-sioner Mr Pardeep KumarSabharwal, MC AdditionalCommissioners Mr SanyamAggarwal.

School distributes scholarshipsunder Dr. Sadhu Ram JindalMemorial Scholarship Scheme

BARNALA: Scholarships weredistributed to the meritorious studentsof Gandhi Arya High School, Barnalaunder the Dr. Sadhu Ram JindalMemorial Scholarship Scheme. KeptSchool Principal Rajmahinder saidthat Ashish Jindal who is posted inthe rank of Jindal Udyog Africa haspassed 10th from this school. Jindalhas started a scholarship scheme forthe meritorious students of the schoolin the memory of his father Dr. SadhuRam Jindal. Under this today thescholarship money was distributed tothe students of the school who camefirst, second and third in theirrespective classes.

Shiv Sena will bear all expensesto arrest terrorist Pannu, bring

him to India: Bharti AgraNAWANSHAHAR (CHET RAM RATTAN): ShivSena Hind national president Bharti Agra told re-porters that he thanked the central and Punjab gov-ernments on behalf of Shiv Sena Hind for declaring

nine people as ter-rorists. These in-clude GurupatwantSingh Pannu ofSikh Justice andWadhwa Singh ofBabbar Khalsa In-ternational. He saidthat Punjab ChiefMinister Captain

Amarinder Singh and DGP Dinkar Gupta were con-stantly exposing terrorists like Pannu. As a result, theterrorist attack in 2020 did not succeed. The HomeMinistry has taken a major decision and declaredthem as anti-national terrorists, he said. We demandthe government to bring these terrorists includingPannu to India and hang them. Shiv Sena Hind isready to pay full expenses whatever the Governmentof India will spend in bringing Pannu to India.

Happy Sindhwani becomesPresident of Rotary Club

Nangal (Central) KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JULY 2

An important meeting of Rotary Club Nangal (Cen-tral) was held today in Nangal in which Happy Sind-hwani was unanimously elected President and Deep-ak Ahuja General Secretary for the year 2020-21.

They alsodiscussed thework to bedone. Speak-ing further inthis regard,the newly ap-pointed Presi-dent HappyS i n d h w a n isaid that hewould dili-

gently perform the service entrusted to him by theRotary Club. Among others present on the occasionwere Varun Dewan, tajinder Kohli, jp Singh VishalSharma, jp Singh, Dr hyanki, jk walia,Manish Khan-na, Rajesh Khanna.

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JULY 2

There has been a wave of re-sentment over the non-perma-nence of contractworkers for the last 15years by the Multi-purpose Health Work-er Female. Speakingto reporters here to-day, Sunita Kapoorsaid that while wehave been providingservices to the gov-ernment on contractbasis for the last 15years, every work of the healthdepartment is being takenaway from us during the Coro-na epidemic. Whether it is toconduct a survey in the vil-lages or to take samples or to

send Gyan Sagar Banur to thepatients who have tested posi-tive, all these things are doneby us, but it is a pity that nowthat the cabinet meeting has

taken place, the health work-ers There has been talk of ad-vertising recruitment and wehave been asked to apply in anew way instead of adjustingwhich is a shock to us.

Protests over non-confirmationof multipurpose workers

ANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA, JULY 2

Deputy CommissionerVarinder Sharma today saidthat the work on the interna-tional airport coming up atHalwara would start in twoweeks time. He said that theroad leading to the airport sitewould be widened and thePWD (B&R) officials havebeen directed to start the workon the boundary wall of theinternational airport at theearliest.

The Deputy Commis-sioner today visited the sitewhere the civil terminal of theinternational airport is tocome up and issued necessarydirections to the concerned

officials. He was also accom-panied by ADC (Jagraon)Mrs Neeru Katyal Gupta,SDM Raikot Dr HimanshuGupta, besides several others.While providing information,he said that with the start ofinternational flights fromHalwara Airport, the areawould develop as a business

hub, that would boost theeconomy of the state. He in-formed that the 161.2703-acre land required for the con-struction of this the civil ter-minal has already been ac-quired and Greater LudhianaArea Development Authority(GLADA) has taken posses-sion of the said land.

Work on international airport at Halwarato start in two weeks: Sharma

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

100 percent punctuality of trains achieved forthe first time, says Railway MinistryNEW DELHI: The Ministry of Railways on Thursday announced that 100 percentpunctuality rate has been achieved "with all trains being on time". "For the first timeever in the history of Indian Railways, 100 per cent punctuality of trains has beenachieved, with all trains being on time," the Ministry of Railways tweeted onThursday. "The previous best was 99.54 per cent on 23.06.2020 with one traingetting delayed," it further said. Union Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal, expressinghappiness at the achievement of the Railways, said in a tweet: "Trains in the FastLane: Enhancing services to unprecedented levels, Indian Railways made history on1st July 2020 by achieving 100% punctuality rate."

7Ministry of Jal Shaktihonours KMVHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: In a major achievementof Kanya Maha Vidyalaya(KMV)Jalandhar, Ministry of Jal Shakti,Government of India under theleadership of Gajendra SinghShekhawat honoured KMV for thevarious environment conservation effortsof the students.The ministry also laudedthe college for the various environment

conservationactivities carriedout in the collegeincluding the SaveWater campaignMoreover, theministry alsocarried a beautifulpoem written byPawanpreet KaurMannan, a student

of MA Economics Sem IV of KMV.Principal Prof. Dr. Atima SharmaDwivedi congratulated the students ontheir achievements. Madam Principallauded the efforts of Dr Madhumeet,Dean, Department of Student Welfare &Sadhna Tandon, Head, Department ofZoology & Suffalica for motivating thestudents for all these initiatives.

Mehr ChandPolytechnic Collegeholds webinar

JALANDHAR: Under “Mission Fateh –an initiative by Punjab Govt.”Department of Civil Engineering of MehrChand Polytechnic College, Jalandharorganized a Webinar on “Reshaping andReconstructing Road Ahead- polishingskills post pandemic”. Resource personfor the webinar was Sangeeta Bhatia(Psychologist). Principal Dr. JagroopSingh Congratulated the efforts made byDeptt of Civil Engineering for organizingthe webinar and emphasized the needof updating the e-learning tools and thenecessity of good mental health in thispost pandemic. Rajeev Bhatia, Head ofDeptt. extended DS Rana, SanajyBansal, J.S Ghera, Kashmir Kumar,Richa Arora, Manju and other facultymembers attended the webinar.

Apeejay College organiseswebinar on designing anddeveloping e-content

JALANDHAR: Apeejay College of FineArts organized a webinar on the topicDesigning and Developing E-Content inwhich the resource persons were Prof.Vivek Sabherwal Director and Prof.Anand Khatri E-Learning Coordinatorboth from Apeejay Institute ofTechnology, School of Architecture andPlanning, Greater Noida. Theydiscussed in detail the process ofdeveloping e-content for the students inthe times of pandemic.The faculty askedpertinent questions which wereanswered effectively by the resourcepersons. Dr Sucharita principal of thecollege expressed gratitude to theresource persons and said that this newdigital learning is the need of the hour.

Maha: Four die ofsuffocation in newlyconstructed wellGONDIA: A father-son duo and twoother persons died of suffocation afterinhaling some harmful gas in a newlyconstructed well in Maharashtra'sGondia district on Thursday, policesaid. The incident took place atKanhartola village in Amgaon tehsilaround 9 am. Village resident AtmaramBhandarkar (62) constructed a newwell in his premises and kept a pujaceremony on Thursday morning beforestarting use of the water body. To purifythe well, he put a mixture of bleachingpowder, alum and some otherchemicals in its water on Wednesdaynight. On Thursday morning, his sonentered deep into the well to remove awater motor pump installation and fellunconscious. Bhandarkar then steppedinto the well to save his son, but healso fell unconscious and did not comeout, assistant police inspectorRajkumar Dunage said. Their twoneighbours then went into the waterbody to save them, but they also fellunconscious and died, the policeofficial said. On being alerted, a policeteam rushed to the spot and the bodieswere later fished out. It is suspectedthat the chemicals put in the wellgenerated some harmful gas, whichthe four victims inhaled and died ofsuffocation, the police said, adding thatfurther investigation was on. BesidesAtmaram Bhandarkar, the otherdeceased were identified as his sonJhanaklal Atmaram Bhandarkar (36),and neighbours Raju BhaiyalalBhandarkar (35) and Dhanraj LaxmanGaidhani (40), he said.

No community spread of COVID-19 inMaharashtra, says Health Minister

AGENCYMUMBAI, JULY 2

Even as coronavirus casescontinue to rise in Maharashtra,Health Minister Rajesh Tope onThursday clarified that there isno community spread of thevirus in the state. He assertedthat most new cases are ofpeople who are either underinstitutional quarantine, homequarantine or with some contacthistory. "I don't think that thereis community spread in thestate. At least, as of today, weare of the opinion that we do nothave community spread here.Most of the cases which arecoming positive are of peoplewho are either underinstitutional quarantine, homequarantine or with some contacthistory," Tope said at a pressconference here. "We are seeinga lot of places where flatteningof the curve has started likeSangli, Malegaon, and Solapuretc. Spread will increase it'strue, but we can't close downeverything including stoppingeconomic activities. But thereare certain places wherelockdown can be imposedlocally to contain the spread,"he said. "But it's not needed thatlockdown should be re-imposed. We are going towardsmore relaxations phase-wise,not towards lockdown. We willsee a phase-wise unlock in thecoming days," Tope said.

Maharashtra, the worst-hitcoronavirus state, has a total of1,80,298 cases including 8,053fatalities. The minister said thatRemdesivir and Favipiravirmedicines will be available inall the districts in the comingtwo days. "We are ensuring thatthese medicines are not justavailable for the rich andinfluential people. They will beavailable to all. In governmenthospitals, they will be free andin private and trust hospitalsalso we have ensured they areavailable at the least possibleprice," he said.

Tope highlighted thatplasma therapy is a veryeffective way of treatment, withnine out of ten patients gettingbetter through it.

He said that a dedicatedhelpline will be started forrelatives of COVID-19 patients.He also said all hospitals havebeen directed to makearrangements for patients to seeand speak to their relatives at a

certain place while following allsocial distancing norms andCOVID protocols.

The minister further saidthat all collectors andcommissioners will acquireambulances on a rental basisand per kilometre rates will befixed for every district.

"About complaints ofprivate ambulance operatorstaking extra money frompatients, we have decided thatall collectors andcommissioners will acquireambulances on rental basis andper kilometre rates will be fixedfor every district.

KOLKATA: At least sevensleuths of the Kolkata Policedetective department havetested positive for COVID-19,sources at the state healthdepartment said on Thursday.Test reports of the sevenpolicemen, who hadcomplained of fever last week,confirmed that they havecontracted the disease, a seniorofficer at the department said.All seven of them have been

sent for treatment at differenthospitals in the city, he said.The entire premises of thedetective department atKolkata Police headquarters inLalbazar has been sanitised, headded. Sources at the healthdepartment said more than 350policemen here have beendiagnosed with the diseaseover the past four months.Most of them have, however,recovered, they said.

Shivraj holds first cabinetmeeting after induction

of new ministersAGENCYBHOPAL, JULY 2

Madhya Pradesh Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan onThursday held the first cabinetmeeting in Bhopal after 28Ministers were inducted into hiscabinet.

Notably, this is the secondcabinet expansion since ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhanreturned to the helm of state affairson March 23. He had earlier onlyinducted five ministers in thecabinet in April.

The leaders who became a partof the cabinet are, GopalBhargava, Vijay Shah, JagdishDevdha, Bisahulal Singh,Yashodhara Raje Scindia,Bhupendra Singh, Adal SinghKansana, Brijendra Pratap Singh,Vishwas Sarang, Imarti Devi, DrPrabhuram Chaudhary, Mahendra

Singh Sisodia, Pradhumn SinghTomar, Prem Singh Patel, OmPrakash Sakhlecha, Usha Thakur,Arvind Bhadoriya, Dr MohanYadav, Hardeep Singh Dang,Rajvardhan Singh, Prem SinghDattigaon, Bharat SinghKushwaha, Inder Singh Parmar,Ram Khelwan Patel, RamkishoreKanware, Brijendra Singh Yadav,Girraj Dandotiya, Suresh Dhakadand OPS Bhadoriya.

Seven policemen in Kolkatatest positive for COVID-19

PATNA: 188 more COVID-19 cases have been reportedfrom Bihar, taking the totalnumber of coronavirus casesin the state to 10,393, said theState Health Department onThursday. India's COVID-19tally breached the 6 lakh casesmark today with 19,148 new

coronavirus cases beingreported in the last 24 hours,as per the data by the Ministryof Health and Family Welfare.The total cases now stand at604,641 of which there are226,947 active cases while359,860 patients have beencured/discharged/migrated.

188 more corona cases in Bihar

Delhi BJP chief hails PMModi's pro-poor initiatives

NEW DELHI, JUL 2

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta onThursday praised Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for various welfareinitiatives of his government to helpthe poor, including migrant workers,women and farmers, during thecrisis triggered by coronavirus. Theextension of the Garib Kalyan AnnaYojna by the prime minister till

November will benefit 80 crorepeople, including 70 lakh in Delhi.The scheme will receive a shot inthe arm after the implementation ofthe one nation one ration card' plan,Gupta said in a press briefing. Hesaid over 20 lakh women in Delhihave been benefited with direct cashtransfers of total Rs 305 crore intheir Jan Dhan accounts during threemonths of lockdown.

NEW DELHI, JULY 2

The Supreme Court onThursday adjourned till July10 hearing on a batch ofpetitions challenging theblacklisting and cancellationof visas of foreign nationalswho attended the MarkazTablighi Jamaat congregationin Nizamuddin area here.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for theCentral government,submitted that orders forrevoking the visas andblacklisting foreign nationalswho attended TablighiJamaat congregation havebeen passed on a case to casebasis. After the Centre'ssubmission, a three-judgebench of the apex courtheaded by Justice AMKhanwilkar said that it willbe open for the petitioners to

file rejoinder affidavits on thematter. The Centralgovernment was alsodirected by the top court tosend copies of orders passedon visa cancellation to thepetitioners by email to thecounsels. Advocate ChanderUday Singh, appearing forone of the petitioners, saidthat a one-line email statingthat your visa has beencancelled was received bythe petitioners. The SupremeCourt had earlier this weeksought clarification from the

Central government on theorders blacklisting andcancelling visas of foreignnationals who attended theNizamuddin congregation,which had reportedly becomean epicentre for coronavirusacross the country.

The petitions, filed by theforeign nationals from 35countries, have soughtdirections to the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) toremove their names from theblacklist, reinstate their visasand facilitate their return totheir respective countries.The petitions sought todeclare the decision of theMHA of blacklisting theforeign nationals whoattended the Tablighi Jamaatcongregation as "arbitrary"."Unilateral blacklisting of960 foreigners by the HomeMinistry vide press release

dated April 2, 2020, and thesubsequent blacklisting ofaround 2,500 foreigners asreported on June 4, 2020, isin violation of Article 21,"the plea said. "Therefore, it isvoid and unconstitutional asthe petitioners have neitherbeen provided any hearingnor notice or intimation inthis regard," it added. Theseforeign nationals presently inIndia were blacklisted for aperiod of 10 years fromtravelling to India for theiralleged involvement inTablighi Jamaat activities.The Home Ministry had saidthat foreign Tablighi Jamaatmembers, who were stayingin India in violation of visarules during the nationwidelockdown implemented tocombat the COVID-19spread, have beenblacklisted.

Orders for blacklisting foreign Jamaat attendeesissued on case-to-case basis: Centre tells SC

Coal India workers start strikeagainst privatisaion in Ranchi

RANCHI, JULY 2

Workers of Coal India Limited (CIL)started a three-day strike against theprivatisation of the company onThursday. The workers raised slogansagainst the e-auction of coal blocks toprivate parties. Five labour unions areleading the strike and have haltedmining and production activitiesacross CIL's subsidiaries inJharkhand and seven other states.Protestors gathered outside theCentral Coalfields Limited (CCL)headquarters and shouted slogansagainst commercial mining.

According to Rajiv Ranjan, Secretaryof the Akhil Bhartiya MazdoorSangh, the workers are makingdemands against the privatisation ofCIL. "We demand that the authorities

put a stop to commercial coal miningin our country. We ask that theCentral Mine Planning and DesignInstitute (CMPDI) not be separatedfrom CIL and the decision made bythe high power committee regardingcontractual workers be enforced."

Jagannath Sahu, a CILemployee claimed that their rightswill be taken away if CIL isprivatised. "The Centre is undoingthe nationalisation of CIL, whichwas done back in 1972-73. If theyprivatised the company, workerswill be constantly worried about thesecurity of their jobs.

Mission Conquest: Anganwadi workers visit 1,09,444homes to raise awareness about Covid-19

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JULY 2

Awareness was spread from door to doorin Hoshiarpur under the 'Mission Fateh'launched by the Punjab Government towin the war against corona virus due tothe far sightedness of the Chief MinisterCapt. Amarinder Singh. The Departmentof Women and Child Protection todaywent door to door to educate the peopleabout the dangers of Covid-19. Inaddition to maintaining social distance,people were encouraged to takeprecautions like wearing masks andfrequent hand washing. Awarenesspamphlets and masks were alsodistributed. Appreciating the DeputyCommissioner Apneet Riyait said thatthe Department of Women and ChildDevelopment has discharged itsresponsibility well which is the besteffort in the war against Covid-19 under'Mission Fateh'. He said that 1882Anganwadi workers and 1635Anganwadi helpers visited 1,09,44houses and made the people aware about

the precautions to be taken against thecorona virus. He said that all thesupervisors and child developmentproject officers of Hoshiarpur districthave played a special role in thiscampaign. He said that victory overCorona could be achieved only by takingprecautionary measures, therefore under'Mission Fateh' it was the need of thehour to make precautions like socialdistance, mask, hand washing a part ofdaily life.

At event held under Mission Fateh, Coronaoutlined measures to avoid epidemic

CHARANJIT SARNAJAGRAON, JULY 2

Sub division level function was organized bythe Punjab government under the programMission Fateh at Government SeniorSecondary School (Boys) here today. S. D. M.Narinder Singh Dhaliwal and District CongressLudhiana (Rural) President Karanjit SinghSony Galib specially attended. On the occasionPresident Sony Galib lauded the efforts beingmade by the Punjab government to prevent theCovid-19 epidemic, while also praising theadministration for providing rations to theneedy people in sub division Jagraon, issuingpasses etc. He said that besides the civiladministration, doctors and sanitation workershave also contributed immensely during the

Corona epidemic. On this occasion, S. D. M.Dhaliwal lauded and encouraged the officersand staff on duty during the Corona epidemic inthe sub-division. He recited the poem 'MissionFateh Naara Laaye' and also explained themethod of making a mask for the prevention ofCorona epidemic.

Delhi's first plasmabank operational

NEW DELHI, JUL 2

Delhi's first plasma bank to help treat novelcoronavirus started functioning on Thursday,with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying thatCOVID-19 patients can donate their plasma 14days after recovery. Addressing an online mediabriefing, the chief minister issued numbers -1031 and 8800007722 where people can contactfor donation of plasma to save the lives ofCOVID-19 patients. The government has set upthe plasma bank at the state-run Institute of Liverand Biliary Sciences. Kejriwal hoped thatCOVID-19 deaths will decrease due to plasmatherapy. Those aged between 18 and 60 andweighing not less than 50 kg can donate theirplasma for COVID-19 patients, he added.Plasma therapy involves taking antibodies fromthe blood of a person who has recovered fromCOVID-19 and transfusing those into acoronavirus infected patient to help kick-start theimmune system to fight the infection.

Ghulam Nabi deploresCentre for asking

Priyanka to vacate houseAGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

Accusing the BJP ofengaging in "vendetta"politics, Leader ofOpposition in Rajya SabhaGhulam Nabi Azad onThursday criticised theCentre for asking CongressGeneral Secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra to vacate hergovernment accommodation."I strongly deplore decisiontaken by the BJP Govt askingPriyanka Gandhi to vacateher house. BJP is engaged invendetta politics - 1st theyscaled down security ofGandhi family & now her

house. How many non-MPBJP leaders are staying inbigger Govt. Bungalows inNew Delhi?" Azad tweeted.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadrahas been asked to vacate hergovernment accommodationin Delhi by August 1 with agovernment notice statingthat her allotment standscancelled from Wednesday.

In a letter to PriyankaGandhi, the Directorate ofEstates under the UnionMinistry of Housing andUrban Affairs asked her tovacate the bungalow on LodiRoad as she no longer hasSpecial Protection Group(SPG) security.

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The key takeaway of Prime Minister NarendraModi’s address to the nation on Tuesday was theextension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan

Anna Yojana that offers 5 kg grain and one kg of puls-es to 80 crore people for another five months. This iswelcome. True, it’s an acknowledgement that the na-tion has a long way to go before it’s business as usual.But for now, the project that Mr Modi said will cost`90,000 crore to the national exchequer will help keepthe home fires burning and the poor survive the crisiscreated by pandemic Covid-19. It should now be ajoint endeavour of the Union and state governments toimplement the scheme productively.The Prime Minister also chose the occasion to warn hisfellow citizens against being lackadaisical about socialdistancing norms during Unlock 1.0. The warningsounded timely, and should reach the last person,should we aim at winning the fight against the virus.The Prime Minister, however, was silent on the groundrealities on the Corona front and the administrativemeasures the government is taking to contain it. He, asusual, chose to pick the low hanging fruit, saying Indiais comparatively in a better position when it comes tothe death rate, without mentioning the fast pace withwhich the number of infections is surging and the crip-pling impact it has on the lives and livelihoods of Indi-ans. While none questions the decision to impose lock-down, experts are on record saying India did not makethe optimum use of the opportunity. The Prime Minis-ter’s claim on the other decisions flies in the face of thefacts that the healthcare infrastructure in the country isbeing overwhelmed and there are little or no nationalefforts to address it. The states’ pleas for financial as-sistance have never received a sympathetic hearing.It’s a paradox that as Mr Modi was explaining to hisfellow citizens about the dos and don’ts of social life inUnlock 2.0, and the Union home ministry was issuingthe guidelines to be followed across the nation, manystates were busy announcing their own decisions to ex-tend the lockdown. National capital Delhi and severalkey cities that work as the engines of growth have beenput under lockdown for a long period with no immedi-ate signs of an unlock. The impact it has on the econo-my has started surfacing, fast and furious. Every singleindicator, be it economic growth, unemployment, for-eign debt or sovereign rating offers no reason to becontented. This would force one to think that the gov-ernment has no cogent plan to take on the challenges;on the other hand, it betrays signs of a dispensationwhich can take only expedient and ad hoc decisionsthat come in bits and pieces.

Expediency alone notenough to curb Covid-19

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

Editorial

Literature & EducationThe ban impact: TikTok's parentcompany may lose USD 6 Billion

TikTok's mother company, Chi-na-based ByteDance, couldface a loss of USD 6 Billion

following Indian government's deci-sion to ban 59 Chinese apps includ-ing wildly popular TikTok.

"The loss of Chinese internetcompany Byte Dance mother com-pany of Tik Tok could be as high asUSD 6 billion afterthe Indian govern-ment banned 59Chinese apps, in-cluding Tik Tok fol-lowing deadly bor-der clash betweenIndia and Chinesetroops last month,"reported GlobalTimes citingsources.

A source closeto ByteDance said that in the pastfew years, the company had invest-ed more than USD 1 billion in theIndian market, and the ban couldvirtually halt its business there,causing a loss as high as USD 6 bil-lion. That figure would exceed thepotential losses of all the other appscombined, The Global Times report-ed.

TikTok is a short video-sharingplatform under ByteDance, andHelo is a social media platform thecompany released for the Indianmarket. Another app called VigoVideo, which is also on the list, isalso from the company.

According to data from Sensor

Twoer, a mobile app analysis com-pany, TikTok was downloaded 112million times in May, with 20 per-cent of that total in the Indian mar-ket, double that of the US market.The Indian government on Mondaysaid that it has decided to block 59apps in view of the informationavailable that "they are engaged in

activities which are prej-udicial to sovereigntyand integrity of India, de-fense of India, the securi-ty of the state and publicorder".

Information Technol-ogy Minister, RaviShankar Prasad said thatthe government hasbanned apps for safety,security, defence, sover-eignty, and integrity of

India.The development comes in the

wake of latest escalation betweenthe ties of India and China follow-ing the recent stand-off at GalwanValley in Eastern Ladakh along theLine of Actual Control (LAC) lastmonth, which also killed 20 Indianpersonnel, in one of the most bloodyconfrontations between the bordertroops of two sides since the 1972war. China had expressed concernsover India's decision to ban 59 appsdeveloped by Chinese firms andstressed that New Delhi has a re-sponsibility to uphold the legalrights of international investors in-cluding Chinese.

Education inculcates the sys-tematized learning of variousaspects of life and surround-

ings. Initially, we, the human has nosystem at all. The journey fromnothing to the current dynamic sce-nario of growth and development ismore or less credited to education.But do we ever think upon how thiseducation itself developed to cur-rent state from the state of nothing.How the humans are so differentfrom other species on this earth?

This is so because besides theso many specific features bestowedto human by the almighty; one is theability of observance. If we lightupon the most of the inventions inthe history, they are the outcome ofkeen observance. For example;Newton was just like others whenhe saw the apple falling from tree toground. But his keen observance ledhim to search the science behind thefall of apple from the tree to ground.

The early ancestors of humanstarted their development journeythrough observance. The first everexpression of human emerged as thecave paintings which reflected whatthey observed in their minds fromsurroundings. Then further theimagination ability of human mindled human to add imagination intheir observance from the surround-ing environment. Education actu-ally inculcate and boosts this obser-vance and imagination power byadding the systematic knowledge toget more specialised outcomes. Itlets one know not only about one-self as a biological being but alsothe physical, psychological, and sci-

entific knowledge of the surround-ings and self. This further triggersthe human query and answers in ob-servation and let the path of growthexpand further.

From stones to coal, coal tokalam, kalam to pencil and pencil toclicks, the journey is on to readsenses for expressing the views. Butsomehow the today education is notacquainted with the magic to sharp-en the observance capacity of thenewer generations. The educationwas systematised to provide fullerutilisation of the human potentialsbut the burdens of competition,ranking and comparing the successby earning has degraded the realpurpose of education.

Our ancient education systemwas more systematised as well asflexible. The students were morefree to ask queries and experiment.But today the bounded infrastruc-ture has limited the observance andimagination capacities of our newgeneration. We need to regeneratethat free and flexible environment

to let each child flourish as per one'spotential. Now a day, mental bur-dens of studies are strengtheningbut the actual practices are dimin-ishing.

One probable solution could bethat from the basic classes, startproviding such spaces in which thestudents could experiment their vi-sualisation through surrounding ob-servation. Why to provide such op-tions at Ph.D. level where the hu-man mind is occupied with the somuch thoughts and burdens of life.Rather, let the child grow their cre-ativity in their creative ages whenthe mind is free of bothering theconsequences. Though, such labs orinfrastructure for experiments shallbe provided under appropriate su-pervisions so as the contingentharmful effect could be precau-tioned well.

Moreover, every creature onthis earth have been blessed withsome special skills. For example,see the animals, birds etc. Each onehas their own skills of developingtheir house and eatables etc.

Again human are not onlyblessed with special skills but arealso able to learn new skills as andwhen as per their choice and inter-est. The skills let the human poten-tial effectively utilised to the fullest.India has already taken a good stepat promoting skills through skill de-velopment mission and strengthen-ing more of skill education to let ourspecies again flourish with the ulti-mate power of observance for hu-man development and growth.

Dr. Bharti Batra

Amid ongoing borderrow between two Hi-malayan giants in

Eastern Ladakh, China’sPeople Liberation Army(PLA) wants to revive Pak-istan-based terror outfit AlBadr to carry out violencein Jammu and Kashmir.

The terror organisationhad a history of perpetrat-ing violence in Kashmirand Afghanistan.

Recently, the cadres ofAl Badr have met the Chi-nese officials in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK),according to sources in thesecurity establishment.

The sources also addedthat the China was provid-ing all sorts of support torevive this outfit.

As per the reports, Pak-istan has moved around20,000 troops along theGilgit-Baltistan area inPoK, aiming to gain fromIndia-China border tussle.

Pakistan-occupiedGilgit-Baltistan adjoins theUnion Territory of Ladakh,in whose eastern part, theLAC standoff between In-dia and China is ongoing.

China is also supplyingfunds and sophisticatedweaponry to armed groupsin Myanmar and theNaypyitaw-designated ter-rorist group, the ArakanArmy, to have leverageover Myanmar and India,Licas News reported. Amilitary source with experi-ence in South-East Asiaconfirmed that China is

providing approximately 95per cent of Arakan Armyfunding. He further re-vealed that the ArakanArmy has approximately 50of the MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defense Sys-tems) surface-to-air mis-siles.

"An object lesson indiplo-terrorism is the lever-age over Myanmar and In-dia that China gained byarming the Arakan Army,operating in the corridorfrom North-East India overMyanmar's Chin andRakhine states to the IndianOcean," according to LicasNews reported.

According to a source,China's strategy as one to

push its influence wellsouth of its own border."This strategy of support-ing the Arakan Army hasenabled the Chinese to ex-pand its area of influencetowards western Myanmarthat is, the India-Myanmarborder," the source said.

"China is playing amulti-dimensional game inSouth Asia. China wants toweaken India. India is in awar with Pakistan and doesnot want to make a new en-emy of Myanmar," said anAustralian academic.

"China does not wantIndian influence to increasein Myanmar," according toan Indian source. "Theywant a monopoly."

China's support of theArakan Army against In-dia's construction in Myan-mar has been apparentlyquite effective. The USD220 million road contractwas awarded to the Delhi-based contractor, C&CConstructions, in June2017. The Myanmar gov-ernment then delayed therequisite clearances untilJanuary 2018. Once con-struction was underway, theArakan Army kidnappedcrews including Indian citi-zens, firefighters, a Myan-mar member of parliamentand sabotaged a vehicleand building materials. Ac-cording to an Eastern Linkarticle by Subir Bhaumik,

the more recently uncov-ered arms delivery fromChina was a "consignmentcontaining 500 assault ri-fles, 30 universal machineguns, 70,000 rounds of am-munition and a huge stockof grenades ... brought inby sea and offloaded at theMonakhali beach not farfrom the coastal junction ofMyanmar and Bangladeshin the third week of Febru-ary." A Rakhine sourceclose to the Arakan Armyclaimed that the shipmentincluded FN-6 ChineseMANPADS, according tothe article.

A diplomat in the re-gion said that "seven differ-ent groups (includingArakan Army) in Myanmarreceived Chinese arms andsupport." He said that the"Chinese object has alwaysbeen to keep the West awayfrom Myanmar by keepingMyanmar (a) weak andclosed state with a poor hu-manitarian record."

Arakan Army is thelargest insurgent group inthe Rakhine state of Myan-mar and is the armed wingof the political party, Unit-ed League of Arakan(ULA). On March 23, theMyanmar government des-ignated the Arakan Armyand ULA as terrorist organ-isations for "inciting fear"and disrupting the stabilityof the country by attackinggovernment and civiliantargets. In 2019, the groupallegedly attacked four po-

lice stations, causing 20 ca-sualties among police.Some of the police diedfrom their wounds.

China did not condemnthe attack but gave a verybland statement saying"China supports all partiesin Myanmar to promotereconciliation and peacetalks and strongly opposesany form of violent at-tacks".

China does not supplyweapons for free but earnsmoney from inciting vio-lence in Myanmar.

The Arakan Army paysChina's front organisationsin South-East Asia forweapons, and Thai armssmugglers front for theChinese, according tosources.

According to Bhaumik,a former BBC reporter inMyanmar, anti-Tatmadawsentiment in Rakhine Statehas been galvanised andquickly expanded throughthe influx of Chinese mon-ey and arms.

China is blatant in us-ing its support for ethnicmilitia groups to threatenthe government. When ad-dressing local concernsabout a Chinese-backedcopper mine, according toSwedish journalist BertilLintner, a Myanmar gov-ernment minister fearedthat Beijing could retaliateagainst any trouble to themine by supporting ethnicviolence that would harmMyanmar's economy.

China wants to reviveterror to weaken India

The Lake Isle of InnisfreeI will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and

wattles made;Nine bean-rows will I havethere, a hive for the honey-bee,And live alone in the bee-loudglade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peacecomes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning towhere the cricket sings;There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon apurple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds bythe shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on thepavements grey,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

POEMS

William Butler Yeats

(BY William Butler Yeats )

Educate to skill observation

According to an internationalteam of researchers, womenwho experience high blood

pressure during pregnancy are morelikely to develop heart disease andheart failure in later life.

Between 1-6 per cent of all preg-nancies in Western countries are af-fected by high blood pressure, whichusually returns to normal after givingbirth. This condition is known as ges-tational hypertension, or pregnancy-in-duced hypertension. Clinicians in-creasingly recognise that women whohave had gestational hypertension aremore likely to develop cardiovasculardisease in later life. However, studiesof different kinds of cardiovasculardiseases, such as heart disease andheart failure, have found mixed results.

To examine these links further, an in-ternational team of researchers con-ducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 studies involving a totalof 3.6 million women, 128,000 of whopreviously had gestational hyperten-sion. This type of study is a way ofcombining data from all existing rele-vant studies, allowing researchers tocompare and consolidate results fromoften-contradictory studies to reachmore robust conclusions. The resultsare published in the Journal of theAmerican Heart Association. The re-searchers found that women who ex-perienced high blood pressure duringtheir first pregnancy were at 45 percent higher risk of overall cardiovas-cular disease and 46 per cent higherrisk of coronary heart disease com-

pared to women who did not have highblood pressure in pregnancy.

Women with one or more preg-nancies affected by high blood pres-sure were at 81 per cent higher risk ofcardiovascular disease, 83 per centhigher risk of coronary heart diseaseand 77 per cent higher risk of heart fail-ure. "When we looked at all the avail-able research, the answer was clear:women who develop high blood pres-sure during pregnancy -- even when itdoesn't develop into pre-eclampsia -are more likely to develop several dif-ferent kinds of cardiovascular dis-ease," said senior author Dr ClareOliver-Williams from the Cardiovas-cular Epidemiology Unit, Departmentof Public Health and Primary Care,University of Cambridge.

Women with high BP during pregnancymay develop heart diseases later

handigarh : Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, today launched CtheNew Honda WR-V with Enhanced exteriors styling,

enriched interiorsandBS-6 compliant engines in both Petrol & Diesel.Commenting on the launch of New WR-V, Mr Gaku Nakanishi, President & CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd., said, “Honda WR-V, the premium Sporty Lifestyle Vehicle features the brand’s global DNA and has been very well accepted by almost1 lakh customers in India. We constantly work towards creating products that appeal to our customers and are extremely delighted to introduce the New WR-V with bolder new looks and feature enrichments. We are confident that the renewed WR-V line-up will be appreciated by our customers.” “We have offered the New WR-V in both Petrol and Dieselin BS-6 regime to offer wider choice to our customers depending on their requirement.,” he added.The New Honda WR-V’simpactfulexterior changes includeNew Bolder Solid Wing Chrome Grille, New Advanced LED Projector Headlamps with Integrated DRLs and Position Lamps, New Advanced LED Fog LampsandNew Advanced LED Rear Combination Lamps.The Newly designed advanced R16 Dual Tone Diamond Cut Alloy Wheels, Louver type Front Grille and Shark Fin Antenna add to the overall bold look of the model.The Interiors of the New WR-V offer a spacious, comfortable cabin with New & Exclusively Designed Premium Seat Upholstery with Emboss&Mesh design and get additional Chrome Accents to add to the premium look of the cabin.

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HDFC Bank to offer ZipDrive Instant Auto Loans HEALTH/NEWSYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

Remember the good ol’ days when as a kid you waited for birthdays and special occasions with bated breath just to unwrap the gift box with your name on it. The joy of receiving a gift regardless of one’s age fills everyone with innocent joy and happiness with a special place in one’s heart for the person who gave us the gift . The popular Kids Entertainment channel -Sony YAY! now will have gifts for kids every day. The channel is all set to spark this joy amongst kids with unlimited gifts with their special on-air contest called ‘Gift Pe no Break’. As the title suggests, thechannel and kids’ favorite YAY! toons Honey-Bunny have decided to shower the kids across the country with a chance to win exciting gifts like Instant Camera, Cycles, watches, headphones and much morealong with a non-stop.

Honey Bunny to make June all the more joyful with Gifts Pe No Break Contest

visited OPD.Dr. Sharma said that during handigarh: Lockdown May 1 to June 15 last year, implemented due to he had have just one case of Covid-19 has drastically Ccomputer vision syndrome in affected eyes of the people who the OPD which have kept glued to the mobile phones, increased to 22 during the computer and TV. During lock-down period this year. lockdown, an eye disease known Similarly, during the same as 'Xerophthalmia' i.e. dryness of period last year, a total eyes has increased manifold. number of 18 patients with Apart from this, cases of fatigued-dry eye syndrome visited eyes also increased all this while.OPD. This year the number Not only this, the sale of 'lubricant has increased to 28 during eye drops' also touched new these months. Apparently, heights during lockdown period.due to electronic gadgets Forced to stay indoors from the According to Dr. Ashok Sharma, dryness in the eyes, added Dr such as mobile phones and last week of March to the first an ophthalmologist at the Cornea Sharma.TV being constantly used for week of June due to the lockdown, Center in Chandigarh, cases of This dryness can cause injury to several hours, the radiation people kept themselves busy using 'CVS' i.e. Computer Vision the cornea of the eye to and of the gadgets affected the mobile phones and computers to Syndrome are also seen among eventually it may a turn a person moisture level in the eyes of know the outside world and to those who work continuously on blind. Dr. Sh rma, popularly the users. These figures also know the updates coming from all the computer. fatigue and mild known as Cornea Graft Specialist revealed that dry eye over the world about the corona swelling in the eyes is also seen in asserted that after the lockdown syndrome patients did not virus disease. People who stopped such cases. opened up last month, there are show differentiation with age taking newspapers for fear of Apart from this, there are lot many more cases of dry eye syndrome in factor. That means patients spreading corona also frequented cases reporting irritation in eyes patients coming to the cornea of all ages used mobile to mobile phones for to receive due to decrease in moisture level , center. Looking at the data from phones, laptops, computers information throughout the day. most of which are due to excessive May 1 to June 19, shows that the and TVs equally.Data usage of mobile companies use of mobile phones. number of cases of Computer As the number of patients reveals that during lock down, the Vitamin A is the essential element Vision Syndrome and Dry Eye of dry eye syndrome average 'screen time' of the mobile that helps to keep the lacrimal Syndrome have increased increased, sale of phone of the people was multiplied gland working properly and thus manifold. These include those 'Lubricants' eye-drops also by many hours. As a result of this, keeping the eyes moist. patients who were getting increased taking it to cases of fatigue and dryness in the Longer usage time on a mobile consultation online due to being almost double. eyes increased alarmingly. phone or computer increases trapped in lockdown and later also

handigarh/Patiala: VG Learning Destination, in partnership with Grant Thornton India LLP&Becker Professional Education is Claunchinga course in US Certified Public Accounting (US CPA). The

qualification is one of the highest and most valued accounting qualificationin the United States of America (USA). The world’s largest accounting body, American Institute of Chartered Accountant (AICPA) administers the US-CPA examination.The course comes with huge opportunities, both at the national and the international level.The programme is well-r e s p e c t e d i n India.Professionals with US CPA qualification are hired by firms such as the big four (Deloitte, KPMG, EY, PWC), other audit firms (BDO, Grant Thornton), USCPA firms (Citrin Cooperman, Eisner Amper), US-based multinational corporations(MNCs) (PepsiCo, Genpact, Accenture) and Indian MNCs, who have presence in the US (Tata Motors) . Talking about the CPA course, Mr. Vinod Gupta, Founder – VG Learning, said, “US CPAs are one of the most sought after experts in the field of Finance and Accounting. A certification in USCPA Programmeopens a wide array of opportunities in Assurance Services, Forensic Accounting, International Accounting, Internal and External Auditing, Tax and Financial Planning, Consulting Services, and Forensic Accounting.

Glimpses of Nissan’s new B-SUV released

ICICI Bank launches instant loan against MF units

HANDIGARH: Building on its focused strategy of creating a Crobust portfolio of premium

products, Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has commenced the dispatches of its eagerly-awaited new motorcycle – the Hero Xtreme 160R. The new Xtreme 160R will be available at Hero MotoCorp showrooms across the country at an attractive price point of Rs.99,950/-*(Front Disc with Single Channel ABS)and Rs. 1,03,500*(Double Disc with Single Channel ABS). *(both prices ex-showroom Delhi) Malo Le Masson, Head of Global Product Planning, Hero MotoCorp, said “The Hero Xtreme 160R is a real Head-turner, cat like agility with power to weight ratio of a street racer, and tech-loadedwith segment first features like the all LED package. This modern street fighter is targeting to win the urban race. With this latest model, weare now offering a compelling and competitive line-up of premium motorcycles, from Street Naked to Sport with the Xtreme 200S, from Adventure with XPulse 200 to casual Touring with the XPulse 200T.”

Hero MotoCorp Dispatch Commencement

of the XTREME 160R

Amaal Mallik tells all on MX Player’s Times of MusicCHANDIGARH: Amaal Mallik has given us some memorable and blockbuster hit songs that include Sooraj Dooba Hai to Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon amongst many others in his repertoire. But on MX Player’s Times of Music, the young music composer opens up about how his family reacted to his initial tunes. Sharing this fun story on the chat show, Amaal Mallik said, “I still don’t understand why my dad doesn’t believe that I have created this song. He still tells me - how can you make ‘Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon’, you’re not mature enough, it’s not possible, you’ve copied it from somewhere. He’s asked me to open the Shazam app to check for himself, we opened the app and it said “Not Found”. He was surprised and said I never knew that you are such a good composer. Well this is not the only story he spoke about, he also told us how Anu Mallik called him and complimented his work, whilechallenging him to making better songs! Narrating this story Amaal Mallik while laughing says, “And on the other side you have the aggressive, crazy, mad Anu uncle. When I made Sooraj Dooba Hai and after that I did Hero and 2-3 more songs, he called me and said something completely different.

VG Learning Destination launches one of highest and most valued US CPAcourse

CHANDIGARH: Nissan India on Wednesday revealed glimpses of the headlights and grill of its technology-rich and stylish B-SUV concept. For the first time, the B-SUV concept will be showcased to the world on July 16th at the global headquarters. The company’s first compact B-SUV for the Indian market reflects Nissan-ness, a philosophy aimed at empowering people through breakthrough products and technologies. The compact B-SUV is scheduled to be introduced in the second half of FY 2020-21.

udhiana: Pine Labs, one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce platforms, Lintroduced ePOS, an Android mobile

payment application for merchants during the nationwide lockdown with an eye to help merchants engaged in essential services accept payments in a safe manner. The has found some exciting use cases and is now being widely used by merchants across India as is evident from the more than 50,000 installs of this app on the Google Play Store. The app helps merchants accept payments via credit cards, debit cards, UPI, and mobile wallets using just their Android smartphone. “We are very happy to see the traction which ePOS by Pine Labs has witnessed with its launch recently. COVID-19 is a Black Swan event and the national lockdown that followed was quite unprecedented. We had to be agile and come up with a product that could help the merchants in this hour of crisis. ePOS product launch showcased our commitment to our merchant partners to innovate and adapt using the best of technology.

Pine Labs' ePOS app is empowering merchants to accept digital

payments anytime, anywhere

CHANDIGARH: HDFC Bank today announced its plans to offer ZipDrive Instant Auto Loans to customers across 1,000 cities across India.ZipDrive is HDFC Bank’s instant auto loan disbursal product, exclusively for bank customers with pre-approved offer. The offering is now being extended to Tier 2 and 3 cities, such as Phillaur, Phagwara, Taran Taran, Pathankot, Sangur in Punjab, among other places, across India. ZipDrive is arguably India’s fastest online auto loan offering. With this state-of-the-art technology-enabled solution, from the market leader in the auto loans business, auto loans can be availed as fast as within 10 seconds. "Digital platforms will play an increasingly important role as India opens up further, post the lockdown. We are glad to bring ZipDrive instant auto loans to our customers across Tier 2 and 3 towns and cities in the country," said Mr. Arvind Kapil, Country Head – Retail Lending, HDFC Bank.“We believe ZipDrive Instant Auto Loans offers a convenient and contactless. ohali: Remote monitoring of cardiac ailments with information

from an implanted device can help in the proper management of Mpatients. Studies suggest that this can also help in the detection of common heart rhythm conditions and atrial fibrillation causing a stroke. There is a need to raise awareness on the fact that analysis and interpreting this information enables in improving the overall outcome of cardiac treatments and longevity. Remote monitoring is a way for implanted heart devices like pacemakers to communicate with a doctor or a clinic using a small monitor. It potentially reduces the number of times a patient must travel to the clinic for an implanted heart device check. Speaking about this, Dr Rajat Sharma, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, said, “Today in heart rhythm management, the remote pacemaker and device monitoring is standard care and practice all over the world. In remote monitoring, the implanted pacemaker or the device is connected through a wireless system at home or anywhere and can directly transmit the pacemaker information or data to the doctor’s laptop or his smartphone at a regular interval or instantly during a life-threatening heart rhythm related episode or shock from the device. This allows the heart rhythm specialist or the cardiac electrophysiologist to assess the vital pacemaker information and patient’s heart rhythm activity and this helps to troubleshoot the problem more effectively and efficiently. Adding further, Dr Sharma, said, “Electronic devices such as pacemakers and intracardiac defibrillators require periodic monitoring to maintain optimal functioning and battery life. Pacemakers are capable of keeping vital heart rhythm information and can diagnose the underlying heart rhythm issues quite early and accurately.

eakin University, Australia and Chitkara University, near Chandigarh has announced an innovative pathway study option commencing September D2020. In the midst of the uncertain circumstances caused by the COVID-

19 pandemic, Deakin University, Australia and Chitkara University have announced the launch of an ‘Academic Mentorship’ program to ensure that students may continue to achieve their international study goals during this time. The announcement has come at a time when travel is suspended and students are uncertain of their dream for an overseas higher education opportunity. Deakin University and Chitkara University have developed a 4-year Bachelor of Software Engineering that will facilitate Indian students to study two years of Deakin University's licensed curriculum at Chitkara University before students transfer for the remaining two years on-shore at Deakin University in Australia. This transfer is based on conditions, and students after successful completion will receive a Deakin University Bachelor of Software Engineering degree in Australia. Speaking about this innovative program, Deakin University’s Deputy Vice President (Global) and CEO (South Asia), Ms Ravneet Pawha, said that, “at Deakin we are continuously innovating our offerings and with the current challenges presented by COVID-19, innovative hybrid programs like this would help students keep their study and career goals on track. “We are proud of our partnership with Chitkara University and delighted to have developed this unique program, which will allow students to study an international degree from their home-country while having academic mentorship through the teaching and support by the faculty at Chitkara University.”

Deakin University, Australia announces exclusive Academic Mentorship in Software Engineering for Indian Students

Remote cardiac or pacemaker monitoring can be done from comfort of one’s home

urgaon: ICICI Bank announced the launch of a facility that enables retail Gcustomers to get loan of up to Rs.1 crore

instantaneously by pledging their holdings in both debt and equity schemes of mutual funds. The fully digital and paperless facility empowers the customers to avail this loan as an overdraft (OD) in a matter of few minutes, without visiting a branch and submitting physical documents. Called, ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’, the facility has been launched in partnership with ‘Computer Age Management Services’ (CAMS), the country’s leading registrar and transfer agency for mutual funds. ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’ is an extension of the Insta LAS, an instant loan facility against equity shares, which the Bank launched over a year ago. With ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’, the millions of pre-approved customers of the Bank get the convenience to select the mutual fund scheme and number of units they wish to pledge, confirm the loan amount and set-up the OD limit in a few simple clicks on the Bank’s internet banking platform. The facility is open to customers of the Bank holding units in mutual fund schemes serviced by CAMS.

Mrs. Sarabjit Kaur Dhaliwal with whole family arrived at Gurdwara Ber Sahib

SULTANPUR LODHI( ):Today MLA Phagwara Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Wife Madam Sarabjit Kaur Dhaliwal, with family arrived at Gurudwara Shri Ber Sahib. Manager Jarnail Singh Boole and Head Granthi Joga Singh honored Mrs. Dhailiwal with siropa. Mr. Naresh Kohli President Master Cadre Union, Jasvir Singh Retired Officer, Pal Singh, Jaswant Singh Nanda, Joga Singh Head Granthi Jarnail Singh Ji Boole, Sahil Kumar PA and others were present at this moment.

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Signify launches portable Philips UV-C Disinfection system CHANDIGARH: The COVID-19 pandemic has created fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and needs. Advanced hygiene standards and minimal contact has become a priority for everyone at home and at work. To cater to this need, Signify, the world leader in lighting, has launched the Philips UV-C Disinfection system anduses the UV-C radiation technology, which has been validatedto effectively inactivate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Created with state-of-art-technology, the system is easytouse, low maintenance and portable, whichdisinfects frequently touched objects and personal items. As the product has the light source in enclosed space, it takes approximately two to eight minutes for disinfection depending upon the size of the object. Designed and manufactured in India, the new range is another step in the company’ssupport to the government’s call for self-reliance.

HANDIGARH: Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ctoday said that skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling of the

India’s workforce will play a crucial role in the success of the Government’s vision of Atmnirbhar Bharat and the recently launched GaribKalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan, announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The government is soon to get approval on the next phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which will have increased focus on demand driven skill development, digital technology and skills pertaining to Industry 4.0. The current part of the flagship skill training scheme (PMKVY 2016-2020) is about to conclude and has so far trained close to 73lakh youth in the country, Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey said in an ASSOCHAM webinar today.“We need to focus on employment in current scenario and that’s why we will be focusing upon demand-based skilling in the next phase of PMKVY, where we have added certain aspects like - strengthening district skill committees and connecting with local employment offices. District Commissioner and State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs) will also have a crucial role to play and will be connected to the industry bodies so that we can bridge the demand supply gap and impart relevant trainings to the migrant labour who have returned to their home state,” said Dr Pandey while addressing a webinar, ‘Skill Development Post Covid-19,’ hosted by ASSOCHAM.

Mere Desh Ki Dharti’ slated to release on 14th August 2020 in theatres

handigarh: ‘Mere Desh Ki Dharti’ starring Divyenndu Sharma, Anant Vidhaat and Anupriya Goenka in lead Croles is slated to release on 14th August 2020 in

theatres* with all the necessary precautions. The film is produced under the banner of Carnival Motion Pictures, part of prominent entertainment conglomerate Carnival Group. The news was announced with a first look poster release of the film on the official twitter page of Carnival Motion Pictures. The movie is directed by Faraz Haider, the film will also see some renowned and brilliant actors of the industry like Inaamulhaq, Brijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Atul Shrivastava, Farrukh Jafar and few others playing significant roles. Confirming the news Ms. Vaishali Sarwankar, CEO & Director of Carnival Motion Pictures said “We are excited to announce the release date of our film amid battling the tough pandemic that the industry and world is going through. We had an enriching experience working with talented actors who are part of this film and look forward to exploring more such tremendous actors to associate with us for our upcoming projects. The movie will relate with the life of millions of Indians, where we are trying to address a dominant issue in a humorous manner.

himla: International Zinc Association (IZA), in Scollaboration with Madhav KRG

Group and Initiative supported by Hindustan Zinc Limited has launched Asia's first-ever Continuous Galvanized Rebar (CGR) Manufacturing Facility today. The plant was virtually inaugurated by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan - Hon'ble Union Minister of Steel, Petroleum & natural Gas, Government of India (GoI) along with Mr. Sunil Duggal - Group CEO-Vedanta Limited & CEO-Hindustan Zinc and Mr. Andrew Green - Executive Director, International Zinc Association, Global and other representatives. The first-of-its-kind facility, situated near Gobindgarh in Punjab, will produce a new product, Continuously Galvanized Rebar (CGR). CGRs are value added rebars for higher life and low maintenance of infrastructure to provide significant cost savings compared to other corrosion resistant rebar systems. It offers on-site formability of the finished product, superior corrosion resistance.

International Zinc Association launched CGR

Manufacturing Facility

Honda Cars India drives in New Honda WR-V

ohali - A felicitation ceremony was organized to honour doctors, who have been waging a selfless war against the COVID-19 pandemic by J J Nikkamal Jewellers Munder its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). To coincide with National Doctor’s

Day celebrations as many as 30 doctors were felicitated at Fortis Hospital, Mohali and about 13 at Touch Clinic, also in Mohali. Neeraj Jain, Director JJ Nikkamal Jewellers presented certificates of appreciation to the frontline COVID warriors, who without thinking about their safety have been putting in great efforts to test and treat patients infected by COVID 19. The ceremonies were held under strict social distancing and safety protocols as per standard operating procedures in this regard. The event was organized by JJ Nikkamal Jewellers to express gratitude of society to doctors’ for their selfless contribution in the fight against the pandemic. Speaking on the occasion, Neeraj Jain said, “My motivation to honour doctors’ for their role in the COVID era became stronger also due to an incident which took place in our family. My sister who works in Las Vegas, USA as a doctor got infected with the n Corona virus while treating patients in the US hospital where she works. Subsequently she recovered but our family had to face difficult times.”Jain added, “After this incident, I realized that doctors were putting their lives on the line and taking up a major risk while taking care of COVID patients round the clock.

Mobile phone doubles 'dry eye syndrome' patients during lockdown

Sonalika records 55% growth in June’20CHANDIGARH: India’s one of the leading tractor manufacturing brand & No.1 Exporter from the country, Sonalika Tractorsoutpaces industry by 2.4X timesand with a new record of ever highest domestic sales of 13,691,

registering 55% growth against industry growth of 23% and overall sales of 15,200 tractors & 15.4% market share in June’20. Speaking on the performance, Mr. Raman Mittal, Executive Director,

Sonalika Group, said, “Beginning of Q1 this year when the first ever lockdown was announced we as a company had decided to put all our energies with positive effort to try not to de-grow in Q1. Today, the entire team is feeling proud that we have not just achieved our goal but alsohave registered an overall growth of 5% in Q1 which is highest for the industry. It is a matter of great pride for us that not only in tractor industry but also in automotive, two wheeler and CV industry, Sonalika is the only company to register maximum growth in these tough times.We are extremely delighted with the overall robust performance in June’20 with 15200 tractors which is our highest ever.”

HANDIGARH: Land unprecedented global demand Rover has confirmed the for New Defender 90 and 110 Cnew commerc ia l since its successful world

Defender 90 and 110 models will premiere last September and the restore the Hard Top name to its new Hard Top models will be the rugged 4x4 family. The versatile next additions to the legendary and durable Defender Hard Top bloodline. Michael van der will be launched later this year, Sande, Managing Director, Land combining unstoppable all- Rover Special Vehicle terrain capability with 21st- Operations, said:“We will century connectivity to give maximise the functionality and professionals a unique usability of New Defender’s combination of cargo space, cargo area, with tough materials practicality and premium and clever storage solutions to comfort. The Hard Top name ensure it surpasses the capability dates back to 1950, when the of any previous Defender Hard introduction of demountable Top.” The 90 and 110 HardTops Hard Tops gave early Series will both feature independent Land Rovers added security and coil-sprung suspension, with protection from the elements. advanced electronic air New Defender Hard Top suspension also available on the continues this ethos, sharing its 110.Both set-ups will provide fixed metal roof and silhouette outstanding off-road geometry, with the iconic original. Land with ground clearance of Rover has experienced 291mm, while the 110.

Doctors felicitated for selfless service against COVID 19

Land Rover Defender Returns for New Commercial Model

Skill development will be backbone of Atmnirbhar Bharat and Garib

Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan

By:Ravi Sharma

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Preity Zinta suggests wearingmasks to thank doctors

egendary actor Amitabh Bachchan-starrer crime thriller L'Sarkar' completed 15 years of its

release on Thursday. Bachchan took a trip down memory lane and shared a poster of the film on Twitter to mark the 15-year anniversary of the flick. He also wrote a note in Hindi, where he cherished the memories of the wonderful illustration and adaptation of the movie. "Is roopaantaran ka aabhooshan filmeekaran, chale varshon, rahe aamaran (The beautiful filming of this adaption remains for years, remains immortal)" he tweeted. Helmed by Ram Gopal Varma, the political crime-thriller saw the 'Sholay' actor in the role of Subhash Nagre, alongside Abhishek Bachchan as his younger son. The movie also featured Katrina Kaif, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Kay Kay Menon, Tanisha Mukherjee, and Anupam Kher in other significant roles. Released in 2005, the movie was appreciated by the viewers for its storyline, and also for the stellar performance of the 'Don actor. The first flick in the 'Sarkar' franchise, it was premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival. The movie was then followed by 'Sarkar Raj' in 2008, and 'Sarkar 3' in 2017. The second installment of the 'Sarkar' franchise added several nominations, including, Star Screen Awards, Stardust Awards, Filmfare Awards, and IIFA Awards.The sequel movies have the 'Gulabo Sitaabo' actor reprising his role.

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Vaani Kapoor to star opposite Akshay Kumar in 'Bellbottom'Vaani Kapoor to star opposite Akshay Kumar in 'Bellbottom'

ctor Vaani Kapoor will play the female lead opposite Akshay Kumar in the high-end espionage thriller "Bellbottom", producer Jackky ABhagnani announced on Thursday. The project marks Vaani's first

onscreen pairing with Akshay. Bhagnani said the "War" star has a "meaty" role in the much-anticipated movie. "Vaani is an intelligent and an effective actor and I have loved all her performances. The female lead in

'Bellbottom' has to be in sync with Akshay Sir's screen persona. "The role is meaty and I am confident that

Vaani will ace this one," Bhagnani said in a statement. Vaani said she is excited to share the

screen space with Akshay. "I am thrilled to partner with Pooja Entertainment who have already made me feel at home at this initial stage of our film. Hoping that this excitement will translate beautifully on screen," the 31-year-old actor said. Directed by Ranjit M Tewari, the story is set in the 1980s and is about one of India's forgotten heroes. It is written by Aseem Arrora and Parveez Shaikh, and

will go on floors later this year. "Vaani's character in the film is extremely intriguing.

She has a certain flair and we're all very excited to have her on board," Tewari said.

Pooja Entertainment presents in association with Emmay Entertainment, "Bellbottom" is produced by

Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikhil Advani. "Bellbottom" is scheduled to release on April 2, 2021.

Vaani is an intelligent and an effective actor

and I have loved all her performances. The

female lead in 'Bellbottom' has to be in

sync with Akshay Sir's screen persona.

#DobaraPoocho: Deepika's powerful campaign on importance of mental health

hrough a powerful campaign The hashtag of 'Dobara Poocho' this year bestowed with the #DobaraPoocho, actor stresses at urging people to repeat prestigious Crystal Award at the TDeepika Padukone on inquiring about the mental well World Economic Forum for

Tuesday urged people to be a little being of the person despite the spreading awareness about the more attentive towards their loved person's assurance of being fit and importance of mental health.ones and repeatedly inquire about fine. It also throws light on the fact Padukone started voicing her their life struggles and mental that most people struggling opinion on the issue through her health issues. The 34-year-old through such issues do not come foundation The Live Love Laugh actor who is known for her mental out due to the stigma around the Foundation (TLLLF) in June 2015.health foundation - The Live Love issue. In the caption of the post, Through the program, the actor Laugh Foundation (TLLF) - took to Padukone is seen re-stressing on launches nationwide awareness as Instagram to post a video that the need to be more sensitive well as destigmatisation preaches checking up on close towards the emotional needs of the campaigns. The foundation raises ones suffering from depression close ones of an individual. awareness about mental and other ailments. The video "#DobaraPoocho Now more than adolescent mental health features four separate stories ever we need to be sensitive and disorders and organises wherein a close friend or a family support the emotional needs of training sessions, research, member of the person suffering those around us...#DobaraPoocho and lecture series that from depression is seen constantly #MentalHealthMatters," the feature some of the most asking the patient to speak up and 'Chhapaak' actor wrote. known thinkers and discuss their problems. The 34-year-old actor was earlier achievers.

Sia reveals she's a grandmother after her son 'had 2 babies'

ustralian singer-songwriter Sia recently revealed that she has become a grandmother. According to People Magazine, one month after revealing she Ahad adopted two teenagers who were "ageing out of the foster care system,"

the 44-year-old singer appeared on Zane Lowe's Apple Music show on Tuesday to share that she's become a grandmother after her youngest son welcomed

children of his own. The 'Cheap Thrills' songstress shared, "My youngest son just had two babies. I'm just immediately horrified. No, I'm cool. They call me Nana. I'm trying to get them to call me Lovey, like

Kris [Jenner]. I'm like, 'Call me Lovey.' " During the interview, the songstress also dished on

her decision to adopt, explaining that while her sons actually could have

remained in foster care until they were 21, she wanted to get them out of the system so they

could have a more stable life. She said, "I'm a little bit jaded now after investigating the foster system as much as I have done in the last year. It's failing us. Not in my experience, in my sons' experience. They've been in 18 different locations in their 18 years." The 'Alive' songstress also spoke of her sons' history in the system, "Started out as a pretty massive roller coaster. They told me one thing, I discovered

another. But I just stayed really like a kind of Al-Anon Ninja. I just kept really strong boundaries." "I

would say, 'You could do this, or you could go back to where you came from,' which is not a nice life," Sia added. "It's not a good life, and I'd say, 'I'm doing this because I'm your mother. I love you. I have no other agenda other than the fact that I love you. I don't want to see you in prison.' " The pop star went on to say that her sons both experienced "conditioning and complex trauma" in foster care, though she says she has enrolled them in trauma

programs. "One recently came out, and he's just blossoming and is the light of my life," she shared. "I love him so much."Sia added that her youngest son is still "processing" his own trauma, but she remains hopeful that "he can manage." "It took me until I was 41, I think, to deal with

my early developmental trauma," she said. "I don't want that for them, but you can't force

s Bollywood actors extend thanks to the doctors on National Doctor's Day, actor Preity AZinta suggested that the best way to thank

the doctors is wearing a face mask and keeping safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 'Kya Kehna' star put out a post on Instagram sporting a mask. Along with the post Zinta shared the message that one's actions speak louder than their words, and suggested to keep the face masks on for maintaining own safety. She noted, "Actions always speak louder than words. The best way to THANK and appreciate all the doctors and healthcare workers out there is by wearing Masks and keeping yourself and everyone around you safe. Spread love and not the virus #nationaldoctorsday #thankyou #Ting." (along with a folded hands emoji).With the post hitting Instagram, more than 20k likes were received .

Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 15 years of 'Sarkar', calls experience 'aamaran'

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JSW to cut down $400million import billfrom China to zeroNEW DELHI: Stating that theunprovoked attack by the Chinese onIndian soil and soldiers has been ahuge "wake up" call, JSW Group'sParth Jindal on Thursday announcedthat his company has pledged to bringdown $400 million import bill fromChina to zero in two years. "Theunprovoked attack by the Chinese onIndian soil on our brave jawaans hasbeen a huge wake up call and aclarion call for action - we JSW Grouphave a net import of $400mn fromChina annually and we pledge to bringthis down to zero in the next 24months #BoycottChina," Jindaltweeted. The announcement cameamid nationwide outrage againstChina after 20 Indian soldiers werekilled in a violent face-off in Ladakh'sGalwan valley with Chinese troopswhen they attempted to unilaterallychange the status quo during the de-escalation. Indian intercepts revealedthat the Chinese side suffered 43casualties including dead andseriously injured. JSW Group isamong the leading conglomerates inIndia. The group is a $14 billioncompany and its core sectors areSteel, Energy, Cement andInfrastructure. The company has itspresence across India, South America,South Africa and Europe.

Axis Bank to raise upto Rs 15,000 croreMUMBAI: The board of directors atprivate sector lender Axis Bank onThursday approved a proposal relatingto raising of funds up to Rs 15,000crore to beef up capital buffers. Thiswill be done through issue of equityshares or depository receipts or anyother instruments or securitiesrepresenting either equity shares andconvertible securities linked to equityshares. It will include through qualifiedinstitutions placement or Americandepository receipts or globaldepository receipts programme,preferential allotment or such otherpermissible mode or combinations.The proposal is subject to the approvalof shareholders at 26th annual generalmeeting of the bank to be held throughvideo conferencing on July 31, thebank said in a statement. Thedevelopment comes amid rapiddeterioration in the operatingenvironment for banks in Indiafollowing the coronavirus pandemicand measures to contain its spread.Rating agency Fitch has lowered theoperating environment score for Indianbanks to BB from BB-plus whilekeeping it on a negative outlook due tothe uncertainty surrounding theseverity and duration of the pandemicand the associated effects on India'sbanks from restrictions on economicactivity. This is despite relief measuresimplemented by the authorities tosupport the economy and protectborrowers, which indirectly benefit thebanks.

Bajaj Auto reports 31pc in June salesNEW DELHI: Bajaj Auto on Thursdayreported a 31 per cent decline in itstotal sales at 2,78,097 units in June asagainst 4,04,624 units in the samemonth last year. Domestic salesdeclined by 34 per cent at 1,51,189units last month as compared to2,29,225 units in June 2019, BajajAuto said in a regulatory filing. Thecompany further said its total two-wheeler sales were down 27 per centat 2,55,122 units as compared to3,51,291 units in the year-ago month.Domestic two-wheeler sales were at1,46,695 units last month against1,99,340 units in June 2019, a declineof 26 per cent, it added. Overallcommercial vehicles sales alsodropped by 57 per cent at 22,975 unitslast month compared to 53,333 unitsin the year-ago period with domesticsales falling 85 per cent to 4,494 unitsagainst 29,885 units in June 2019.Bajaj Auto said its total exports lastmonth were down 28 per cent at1,26,908 units as compared to1,75,399 units in June 2019. For thefirst quarter ended June 30, thecompany saw its total sales drop by 64per cent to 4,43,103 units ascompared with 12,47,174 units in April-June period of 2019-20.

NPCI to build Rs 500crore smart datacentre in HyderabadHYDERABAD: The National PaymentCorporation of India (NPCI), theumbrella organization for operatingretail payments and settlementsystems in the country, will develop itssmart data centre in Hyderabad at aninvestment of Rs 500 crore.Telangana''s Minister for Industry andInformation Technology K.T.RamaRao on Thursday laid the foundationstone of the smart data centre thatwould be recognised as the first TierIV data centre in Hyderabad. Thefacility, to be built as per theinternational standards, will house thenational critical set-up with highlysecured infrastructure. It will hostmajor services under the Digital Indiainitiatives. The smart data centrewould be located in Narsingi village inRanga Reddy district. With this datacentre, Hyderabad will be one of themajor hubs for processing paymentswith a value of almost Rs 15 lakhcrore per month and transactions ofabout 14,000 million per month,according to a statement from theminister''s office. The NPCI haschosen Telangana to set up the facilityas it is one of the strategic.

US reports over 50,000 COVID-19 casesin single-dayWASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (local times) reportedover 50,000 coronavirus cases, the highest single-day rise, taking thecountry's coronavirus count to approximately 2.6 million. According toWashington Post, California reported 9,740 cases of the infectionbringing the official count of the national total to 52,788. Texas, Arizona,North Carolina, and Georgia also reported records for the new cases.More than 8,00,000 new cases were reported in June. According toJohns Hopkins University, 2,683,894 people have been diagnosed withCOVID-19 in the United States, with 1,28,044 fatalities and 7,29,994recoveries.

Global air passenger demand in May shows slight improvementAGENCYGENEWA, JULY 2

The International Air TransportAssociation (IATA) has said thatglobal air passenger demand inMay measured in revenuepassenger kilometres dropped91.3 per cent as compared to thesame period last year.

This was a mild uptick fromthe 94 per cent annual declinerecorded in April this year. Theimprovement was driven by arecovery in some domesticmarkets, most notably China.

"May was not quite asterrible as April. That is aboutthe best thing that can be said.As predicted, the firstimprovements in passenger

demand are occurring indomestic markets," said IATA'sDirector General and CEOAlexandre de Juniac.

"International trafficremained virtually stopped inMay. We are only at the verybeginning of a long and difficultrecovery. And there istremendous uncertainty aboutwhat impact a resurgence ofnew COVID-19 cases in keymarkets could have," he said in astatement.

May international passengerdemand fell 98.3 per centcompared to May 2019 whichwas virtually unchanged fromthe 98.4 per cent declinerecorded in April.

Capacity plummeted 95.3

per cent and load factor sank51.9 percentage points to 28.6per cent, meaning a bit more

than a quarter of seats werefilled on average.

European carriers' May

demand contracted 98.7 per centcompared to last year, virtuallyunchanged from a 98.9 per centdrop in April year-over-year andthe worst decline amongregions. Capacity dropped 97.5per cent and load factor fell by41.7 percentage points to 42.4per cent. Asia Pacific airlines'May traffic plunged 98 per centcompared to the year-agoperiod, also in line with a 98.2per cent recorded in April.Capacity fell 95.1 per cent andload factor shrank 46.6percentage points to 32.1 percent. Middle Eastern airlinesposted a 98 per cent trafficcontraction for May comparedwith a 97.3 per cent demanddrop in April. Capacity tumbled

93.9 per cent and load factorsagged to 23.9 per cent, down49.1 percentage pointscompared to the year-agoperiod. North American carriershad a 98.2 per cent trafficdecline in May, little changedfrom a 98.4 per cent decline inApril. Capacity fell 94.5 percent and load factor dropped56.7 percentage points to 27.2per cent.

Latin American airlinesexperienced a 98.1 per centdemand drop in May comparedto the same month last yearversus a 98.2 per cent drop inApril. Capacity fell 96.6 percent and load factor fell 38.1percentage points to 45.9 percent, best among the regions.

Sensex rallies 429 points;Nifty tops 10,550 level

AGENCYMUMBAI, JUL 2

Equity benchmark BSE Sensexrallied 429 points on Thursdayon widespread buying amid abroad upmove in globalmarkets following encouragingCOVID-19 vaccine trials.

After soaring 600 pointsduring the session, the 30-share index settled 429.25points, or 1.21 per cent, higher

at 35,843.70.The NSE Nifty surged

121.65 points, or 1.17 per cent,to close at 10,551.70.

M&M was the top gainerin the Sensex pack, jumpingaround 6 per cent, followed byTitan, HCL Tech, Tata Steel,Infosys and TCS.

On the other hand, AxisBank, HUL, Kotak Bank andBharti Airtel were among thelaggards.

According to NarendraSolanki, Head- EquityResearch (Fundamental),Anand Rathi, market ralliedtracking positive Asian peerson news that Germany'sBioNTech and USpharmaceutical giant Pfizerreported positive preliminaryresults from a joint project fora potential coronavirusvaccine. Further, positivefactory output data acrosseconomies too boosted global

investors' risk appetite, traderssaid. Bourses in Shanghai,Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoulended with significant gains.Stock exchanges in Europewere also trading around 1 percent higher in early deals.International oil benchmarkBrent crude futures rose 0.86per cent to USD 42.39 perbarrel. On the currency front,the rupee appreciated 56 paiseto settle at 75.04 against theUS dollar.

Rupee jumps 58paise against USD

MUMBAI: The Rupee onThursday surged threemonths high 58 paise to75.01 against the US Dollaron brisk demand for theAmerican currency bybankers and importers,

dealers at the Forex Marketsaid. The domestic unit thatincreased by nine paise to75.50 against USD inopening trade, spurted by 58paise to end strong at 75.01as compared to its last close.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

In order to provide relief to tax-payers, the Income Tax(I-T)Department on Thursday announcedthat the deadlines for making tax-saving payments/investments for2019-20 have been extended till July31, in wake of the COVID-19pandemic.

"Understanding and keeping inmind the times that we are in, wehave further extended deadlines.Now, tax-saving investments/payments for FY 2019-20 can bemade up to July 31, 2020. We dohope this helps you plan thingsbetter," the I-T Department tweeted.

Last week, the Centre extendedthe deadline for filing revisedincome-tax returns (ITR) for 2018-19 fiscal till July 31, 2020.

The date for linking Aadhaarwith PAN has also been extended toMarch 31, 2021.

"The time for filing of original aswell as revised income-tax returnsfor the FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20)has been extended to July 31, 2020.The due date for the income tax

return for the FY 2019-20 (AY 2020-21) has been extended to November30, 2020. Hence, the returns ofincome, which are required to befiled by July 31, 2020 and October31, 2020 can be filed up toNovember 30, 2020. Consequently,the date for furnishing tax auditreport has also been extended toOctober 31, 2020," a Central Boardof Direct Taxes (CBDT) release hadsaid.

I-T dept extendsdeadline for tax-savinginvestments till July 31

4 million US workers suffer pay cutdue to coronavirus pandemic

WASHINGTON, JULY 2

At least 4 million private-sector workers in the UnitedStates have had their pay cutduring the coronaviruspandemic, Washington Postreported. Workers are twiceas likely to get a pay cut nowthan they were during theGreat Recession, accordingto data provided to theWashington Post byeconomists who worked on alabour market analysis forthe University of Chicago'sBecker Friedman Institute.

Salary cuts are spreadingmost rapidly in white-collarindustries, which suggests adeep recession and slowrecovery since white-collarworkers are usually the lastto feel financial pain.

More than six millionworkers in the US have beenforced to work part-timeduring the pandemic eventhey want to full time,Labour Department datashowed. "I have Fridays offbut I would rather have themoney," said Denise Iezzi,who has seen her weeklypaycheck at a New Jersey air

conditioning business fallfrom USD 720 to USD 576.

The widespread pay cutis highly unusual. Firmstypically lay off workersrather than dealing with theadministrative challengesand morale effect to slashingpay across the board. But,according to the Post, assome business has tried tosave jobs by cutting paybetween 5 and 50 per cent.Economists are concernedthat the country, which hadseen some sizable wage gainslast year might be facing amajor backslide. "It took usso long to see even the

slightest acceleration in wagegrowth. Watching that getundermined is devastating,"said Martha Gimbel, a labormarket expert and managerof economic research atSchmidt Futures. Businessleaders are characterising thepay cuts as "sharedsacrifice," as Tesla's head ofhuman resources put it,during a global crisis. Bothsmall and large companieshave been cutting pay. In datashared with The Post, Gustofound almost a third of smallbusinesses had cut someworkers' pay or hours by atleast 10 per cent in May.

TVS Motor Companyregisters sales of 198,387

units in June 2020HOSUR, JULY 2

TVS Motor Companyregistered sales of 198,387units in June 2020 as against297,102 units registered in themonth of June 2019.

TVS Motor Companyresumed its operations inIndia in a graded manneracross all its factories inHosur, Mysuru, and Nalagarh.The market is opening upgradually post the lockdown,and witnessing a positiveuptake in both domestic retailas well as exports. Thecompany faced supply chainconstraints in June, however,the company has undertakenvarious countermeasures,some of which have startedyielding results in June itself.The company is expecting toovercome these in the monthof July. Two-wheeler: Totaltwo-wheelers registered salesof 191,076 units in June 2020as against 283,461 units inJune 2019. Domestic two-wheeler registered sales of144,817 units in June 2020 asagainst 226,279 units in June2019. Motorcycle registered

sales of 84,401 units in June2020 as against 131,331 unitsin June 2019. Scooter sales ofthe Company registered65,666 units in June 2020 asagainst 99,007 units in June2019. Exports: Thecompany's total exportsregistered sales of 53,123units in the month of June2020 as against 69,900 unitsin June 2019. Two-wheelerexports registered sales of46,259 units in June 2020 asagainst 57,182 units in June2019. Three-wheeler: Three-wheeler of the companyregistered sales of 7,311 unitsin June 2020 as against13,641 units in June 2019.

During the first quarter ofthe current financial year,two-wheelers posted sales of2.55 lakh units as againstsales of 8.84 lakh units in thefirst quarter FY 19-20.

GE T&D India posts 26 pc fallin Q4 sales at Rs 660 crore

NEW DELHI, JULY 2

GE T&D India Ltd on Thursday reported 26 percent fall in its sales revenue in the quarter endedMarch at Rs 660 crore as compared to Rs 890 crorein Q4 FY19. The operating loss was Rs 219 croreagainst an operating profit of Rs 63 crore in thesame period. The loss after tax totalled Rs 187 croreagainst Rs 26 crore.

Order bookings were down 32 per cent at Rs660 crore in Q4 FY20 as compared to Rs 970 crorein Q4 FY19. India's power market, as well as its op-erating environment, continued to be challenging inthe financial year 2019-20, said Managing Directorand CEO Pitamber Shivnani.

"But the company successfully achieved a bal-anced portfolio of orders, resulting in sustainedmarket leadership and improved overall perform-ance. As of March-end, we are well-positioned withan order backlog of over Rs 5,890 crore. Shivnanisaid the Indian energy landscape is currently un-dergoing a significant positive transformation.

"As a leader in the innovation of modern gridsolutions, we will continue to work closely with thegovernment and our customers to implement solu-tions that will help India accelerate in its energytransition journey," he said in a statement.

With over 100 years of presence in India, GET&D India is a leading player in the power trans-mission and distribution business with a productportfolio ranging from medium voltage to ultra-high voltage (1,200 kV) for power generation,transmission and distribution, industry and infra-structure markets.

Nepal govt decides toprorogue ongoing budgetsession amid political crisis

KATHMANDU, JULY 2

The Nepal government on Thursday decided toprorogue (discontinue without dissolving) theongoing budget session of the Parliament.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meetingheld at Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's officialresidence in Baluwatar. It comes amid reports of aninter-party dispute between Prime Minister KPSharma Oli and former Prime Minister PushpaKamal Dahal Prachanda. The Prachanda-ledfaction in the ruling Nepal Communist Party(NCP) has demanded the resignation of Oli fromthe post of the prime minister and party-co chair.Earlier in the day, Oli visited Sheetal Niwas tomeet President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

On Wednesday, the Standing Committeemeeting of the NCP was called, during which 17out of 18 Standing Committee members demandedOli's resignation. The senior leaders, including co-chair Prachanda, Madhav Nepal, Jhalanath Khanaland Bamdev Gautam asked the Prime Minister tostep down from the post citing his 'failure' overvarious issues.

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Chasing Liverpool,Manchester City requireslot of hardwork: Frank LampardLEEDS: After suffering a surprise 2-3 defeat against West Ham in thePremier League, Chelsea managerFrank Lampard has admitted thatthe side needs to do a lot of hardwork to catch Liverpool and Man-chester City. In the match againstWest Ham, Willian scored a bracefor Chelsea but it was not enoughfor the side to win the match. Withthis loss, Chelsea's six-game un-beaten streak in all competitionscame to an end."It's something that has happened afew times this season. We have hadopportunities to close gaps andjump over teams because of otherresults or whatever situation,"Goal.com quoted Lampard as say-ing."But we haven't done it and that's asign of where we are. We know wehave a lot of hard work to do to getwhere we want to be and the rea-son the rest of us are chasing Liver-pool and Man City is because of theconsistency that develops over time.That's what we have to work to-wards," he added. Chelsea is cur-rently fourth in the Premier Leaguestandings, just two points clear ofManchester United and Wolves withsix matches remaining in the racefor Champions League qualification.Liverpool has already secured thePremier League title as Chelsea de-feated Manchester City 2-1 lastweek. Chelsea will now take onWatford in the Premier League onSaturday, July 4.

SLC optimistic goingahead with T20league in AugustCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) is optimistic about goingahead with the Lanka PremierLeague (LPL) in August, despite theSri Lankan government pushingback the August 1 reopening of thecountry's main airport in Katu-nayake.Last week, Sri Lanka's sports min-istry had given a go-ahead for thetourmament which is slated to beheld from Agusut 8-22, ESPNCricin-fo reported.These dates have been selected asthe country would be opening itsborders for foreign arrivals on Au-gust 1."We are hoping to speak to His Ex-cellency [president Gotabaya Ra-japaksa] and see if we can come toa decision. Sri Lanka has done verywell in containing the coronavirus asopposed to other countries in the re-gion, and as such we have had a lotof interest from foreign players intaking part in the tournament," ESP-NCricinfo quoted SLC CEO Ashleyde Silva as saying.In the T20 league, five teams will betaking part, with SLC still acceptingtenders regarding franchise owner-ships.Players will be selected through anauction process and each team willbe allowed a maximum of six for-eign players in a squad and four inthe playing XI.The length of the tournament mean-while depends not only on Sri Lankaopening its borders but it is also de-pendent on whether BCCI agrees totour Sri Lanka in August."At the moment we're looking at 23games, but if India agrees to playthen it will most probably comedown to 13," de Silva said.All international cricket has beensuspended since March due to thecoronavirus pandemic.England and West Indies will belocking horns in three-match Testseries from July 8 and this will markthe return of international cricket.

Cricket Australia to notuse Dukes ball in first-class cricket MELBOURNE: Cricket Australiahas decided to not use the Dukesball from this summer's SheffieldShield, having used it alongsideKookaburra for four seasons. CAhas confirmed that the Kookaburraball will be used for the entire 2020-21 first-class season.Australia has been using Dukes ballsince the 2016-17 season in Shieldmatches with an aim to help itscricketers prepare for the hostileEnglish conditions.CA's Head of Cricket Operations,Peter Roach, said the decision toaxe the Dukes was the right call."The introduction of the Dukes ballhas been a worthwhile exercise,particularly in the lead up to over-seas Ashes series where the Dukesis used so well by our English oppo-nents," Roach said."We have been happy with how theball has performed when used inAustralian conditions over the pastfour seasons.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020

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TALKS

Former West Indies cricketer Everton Weekes dies at 95AGENCYBRIDGETOWN, JUL 2

Everton Weekes, who formed oneof the famous three "Ws" of WestIndian cricket as part of a formi-dable batting lineup for more thana decade, has died. He was 95.

West Indies Cricket said theBarbados-born Weekes diedWednesday. He played alongsideFrank Worrell and Clyde Walcott,with all three players making theirTest debuts in 1948.

He was also a highly respectedcoach, analyst, team manager,match referee for the InternationalCricket Council, and a member ofthe ICC Hall of Fame.

Weekes made his Test debut atthe age of 22 against England atKensington Oval. His final matchwas against Pakistan in Trinidad adecade later.

In his career, Weekes played48 test matches and made 4,455 runsat an average of 58.61 per innings.That included a world-record fiveconsecutive centuries in 1948 scoresof 141 against England in Jamaica,

followed by scores of 128, 194, 162and 101 in India. In his next innings,

he made 90 when he was run out.Worrell died in 1967 and Wal-

cott in 2006.His average of 58.61 runs places

Weekes, along with George

Headley, in the top 10 Test averagesof all time.

"Everyone at MCC andLord's are saddened at thenews of Sir Everton Weekes'passing," the MaryleboneCricket Club said in a state-ment.

"He will forever be re-membered as one of theWest Indies' finest crick-eters."

Cricket West Indiespresident Ricky Skerritt saidWeekes was "a gentlemanand quite simply a wonder-ful human being."

"I got to spend a couplehours with him last year justsitting at his home and talk-ing with him, at a time whenhe was recovering from a se-rious illness," Skeritt said ofWeekes' heart attack in June2019.

"I grew to appreciate his senseof humour and his love of people,and witnessed the love and respectthat so many held for him in Barba-dos and across the entire region.

IPL likely to be held outsideIndia, announcement soon

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

The 13th edition of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) is, in all probability, headed toforeign shores with UAE and Sri Lanka inthe race to host the 2020 edition of the cash-rich T20 league.

The final announcement is expectedsoon as the Board of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) is still awaiting an official de-cision on the fate of the T20 World Cup

which was to be held in Australia in Octo-ber-November.

A news agency, quoting a BCCI official,reported that while the idea was to play theleague in the country, the coronavirus pan-demic might force the board to ultimatelytake the tournament to either UAE or SriLanka.

"We are yet to decide on the venue butin all probability it is going outside this year.

The condition in India doesn't look suited tohave so many teams come in at one or twovenues and then create an atmosphere whichwill be safe for the players as well as thegeneral public even though the games maybe played behind closed doors.

"The race is between UAE and Sri Lan-ka and we will need to decide on where wehost the league depending on the situationthere with regards to the coronavirus pan-demic. Logistics also need to be looked into,so we will decide soon," the official said.

While the mood was initially in favourof hosting the league in the country, the cur-rent situation has almost made it certain thatthe tournament will have to be taken outsideIndia.

The agency had earlier reported that the

decision-makers in the BCCI were dividedin 3:2 ratio with regards to deciding on thevenue of the league. "See, it is a case of thedecision makers being divided 3-2 if that ishow you wish to understand the current sce-nario.

"There are a couple of voices who feelthat having the tournament should be thepriority and if that means taking it out of thecountry, so be it. So, while we are workingon the overall plan, the venue is an areawhich will need further deliberation. Also,at the end of the day safety of the playersand everyone involved is priority," the offi-cial had explained. IPL Chairman BrijeshPatel has also been vocal that locationshouldn't be a concern if the league is beingplayed behind closed doors. "

WI board backsSimmons

as team coach AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

West Indies coach Phil Sim-mons is in no danger of losinghis job as he has the "full back-ing" of the country's cricketboard with its president RickySkerritt insisting that he hadtaken permission to attend hisfather-in-law's funeral.

Simmons found himself in asoup after Cricket West Indiesboard member Conde Riley,who also heads the BarbadosCricket Association (BCA), hadsought his "immediate removal"for moving out of the team'sbio-secure location in the UK toattend his father-in-law's funer-al ahead of the three-Test seriesagainst England beginning July8.

But CWI chief Skerritt madeit clear that Simmons job is "notin any way threatened".

"I want to assure West In-dies cricket fans that Phil Sim-mons still has the full backingof Cricket West Indies no matterwhat has been said. When all issaid and done, Phil's job is notin any way threatened by thatletter," Skerritt said during aconference call.

"He went through a veryvigorous recruitment processnine months ago and was thebest man we could have foundfor the job. He's still the bestman."

Simmons is currently inself-isolation at the team's on-site hotel at Old Trafford aheadof next week's first Test inSouthampton after being grant-ed a request for compassionateleave before the squad left forBritain.

Simmons, who is in his sec-ond stint as West Indies coach,said he had no second thoughtsabout attending the funeral.

"This has not been an easytime for my family. My wifewas very close to her father andhis passing has hurt us. Therewas no question of me not goingto the funeral," said the 57-year-old former cricketer.

"My wife, my daughters andmy son needed that support.Family is a huge thing for me.

"It won't disrupt us, it willjust make us a little stronger go-ing into the Test series. Our fo-cus is still on the series," addedSimmons, who first took up theposition of West Indies coach inMarch 2015.

AGENCYIMPHAL, JULY 2

Like other sports, hockey has also beenaffected by coronavirus. Indian juniorwomen's team captain Suman DeviThoudam said that team's preparationsfor the 2020 Junior Asia Cup were halt-ed due to the pandemic and later thetournament was also suspended.

The 2020 Junior Asia Cup inKakamigahara, Japan was scheduled tobegin on April 6, which could haveserved as a chance to secure a berth forthe Junior Women's World Cup 2021 bywinning the continental championship.

"We were in the national coachingcamp since first week of March and wewere very focused on performing wellat the Junior Asia Cup which wouldhave got us direct qualification into theFIH Junior World Cup 2021 to be heldin South Africa. But the Covid-19 pan-demic and subsequent lockdown haltedour preparations," said Suman.

Suman has successfully led the jun-ior side in the Cantor Fitzgerald U21International 4-Nations Tournamentand the Belarus Tour last year. She wasalso instrumental in the team's winning

performance at the 3-Nations Tourna-ment in Australia held in December lastyear.

"We had shaped up well as a teamand with some good performances lastyear, we were quite confident of a goodshow in the Junior Asia Cup in Japan,"Suman added. With the national campfor junior women ending on March 19,Suman's compatriots left for the homehowever she decided to stay back inSAI, Bengaluru where the senior coreprobables group were housed. "Mytickets were booked for March 22 butdue to the Janta Curfew, I couldn't trav-el. Though my tickets were rebookedfor 24 March, I decided to stay back inSAI because I felt it was safer there andthere was a lot of uncertainty at thetime," she said.

COVID-19 halted ourpreparations for JuniorAsia Cup: Suman Devi

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

The government of India'sflagship program Fit India islaunching a series of interac-tive sessions with some of thetop sportspersons of the coun-try, with an aim to inspire theschool children.

The sessions, titled Fit In-dia Talks, will be premiered onFriday in the presence of UnionMinister of Human ResourceDevelopment RameshPokhriyal Nishank, UnionSports Minister Kiren Rijiju aswell as badminton star PV

Sindhu and Indian footballteam skipper Sunil Chhetri.The Fit India Talks sessions arebeing organized in associationwith the Sports Authority of In-dia (SAI) and the Ministry ofHuman Resource Develop-

ment (MHRD). "I requestedKiren Rijiju to speak to ourschool children directlythrough a platform and not onlydid he completely oblige butalso decided on bringingaboard the likes of PV Sindhu

and Sunil Chhetri on board forour first session. All of us willbe present on July 3. Please askwhatever you want and we'llanswer you during the sessionat 5 pm," Nishank said in as t a t e m e n t .Ahost of leading sports celebri-ties will be sharing their expe-riences of childhood, stories onhow they got inspired, theirfailures, struggles, and theirsuccess which will present theaudience a very inspirationalyet interesting account of theirjourneys - from commonschool students to world-classchampions.

Sindhu, Chhetri to launch Fit India Talks

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 2

Spinner Piyush Chawla on Thursdayrecalled about dismissing Sachin Ten-dulkar during a Challenger Trophymatch in 2005.

Chawla, who was just 16-year-oldduring that time, had clean bowledTendulkar by bowling a googly and it

had made headlines at the point oftime.

"When I got to the bowling creaseto deliver the ball to Sachin Tendulkar,initially I was like wow! I will bowl toPaaji, there are just two things that canhappen when you bowl to such a bigplayer, either you get nervous or youget completely relaxed," Chawla toldAakash Chopra on the former India

batsman's official YouTube channel."I was completely relaxed while

bowling to Sachin Paaji as I thoughteven if I get hammered for runs, itwould be Sachin Tendulkar who is hit-ting me for runs, and if I got him out, itwould make headlines and this is whatexactly happened. I was enjoying themoment as I had nothing to lose at thatpoint," he added.

Was relaxed while bowling to SachinTendulkar: Piyush Chawla