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Ex-official heldNNeeww DDeellhhii:: The DelhiPolice has arrested a for-mer Indian EngineeringService (IES) officer forallegedly duping anayurvedic practitioner ofRs five crore on the pre-text of helping him opena TV channel. Theaccused has been identi-fied as Sunil Kumar Jha,they said. The ayurvedicpractitioner (vaidy-acharya), Laxman DasBhardwaj, came in con-tact with Jha during pro-motion of his ayurvedaitems. Jha introducedhimself as the head of adevotional TV channel.

Watery graveDDeehhrraadduunn:: Three womenwere swept away in anoverflowing Kosi river inUttarakhand's Nainitaldistrict on Sunday, withthe State DisasterResponse Force (SDRF)recovering the body ofone of the victims,sources said. Severalroads were damaged aswater overflowed fromrivers and canal in thestate that was lashed byheavy rains in the last 24hours. The sudden rise inwater levels of the Kosi inKhairna swept away threewomen, SDRF, thesources said here.

Building fire KKoollkkaattaa:: A fire broke outat a godown packed withplastic items on the sec-ond floor of a multi- storeybuilding in Burrabazararea of the city on Sunday.Eight fire tenders werepressed into service to putout the blaze, which erupt-ed around 10 am, an offi-cial said. It took the firetenders over 90 minutes todouse the flames, the firebrigade official said. Theblaze had spread to otherfloors of the dilapidatedbuilding, which also hous-es several other officesand godowns, most ofwhich were shut onSunday, he said.

IED blast SSrriinnaaggaarr:: A CRPF person-nel was injured in a low-intensity improvisedexplosive device (IED)blast in Pulwama districtof Jammu and Kashmir onSunday, police said.Security forces alsodetected and defusedanother IED in the districtlater, a police official said.The official said the IEDblast occurred at Gongooarea of Pulwama in SouthKashmir this morning assecurity forces were pass-ing through the area. Hesaid the CRPF personnelsuffered injuries in hishands due to the blast,but his condition is statedto be stable. The securityforces fired few shots inthe air after the blast, theofficial said.

A child wades through a waterlogged street during monsoon rain, at Sion in

Mumbai, Sunday.

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Mumbai, Jul 05:

Heavy rainfall drenchedMumbai and nearby areasin Maharashtra for threedays straight, leading towater-logging in low-lyingareas and traffic disrup-tions. About 298 mm ofrainfall was recorded inthe last 48 hours inMumbai while the sub-urbs recorded 357 mm ofrain.

Extremely heavy rain-fall and water-logginghave added to the con-cerns of the city already

grappling with a highnumber of coronaviruscases. Mumbai was bat-tered with rains onSunday morning resultingin waterlogging in severalparts of the city.According to the India

M e t e o r o l o g i c a lDepartment, as of 8.30 amon Sunday, Thane reported28 cm of rain, Santacruz20.1 cm, and Colaba 13cm.Workers of theBrihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) was

seen in the Hindmata areaof the city draining wateroff using water pumps.

The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) had is-sued a red alert for rainfallin Mumbai and nearbyareas for Friday andSaturday. However, thealert level was broughtdown to 'yellow' for Sunday.The weather departmentsaid it expects the rainfallintensity to reduce gradual-ly in the coming days.

The department has fore-cast intermittent rains inthe city and suburbs "withthe possibility of heavyfalls" at isolated places fortoday.

Since June, Mumbai hasreceived 915 mm of rainfallwhile the suburbs received780 mm of rainfall.

New Delhi, Jul 05 (PTI):

The Supreme Court hascome out with a fresh stan-dard operating procedure(SOP) for e-filing of cases,mentioning and listing ofmatters and also for hear-ing through video-confer-encing amid the COVID-19pandemic.

As per the SOP, hearingof matters by the benchesof the apex court shallcontinue through video-conferencing.

It said fresh matterslying in the pool, whichcould not be listed earlier,may be listed before thevirtual court in the weekcommencing July 6.

"In order to contain thespread of coronavirus(COVID-19), consideringthe prevailing situation,and taking into account

the suggestions receivedfrom various quarters andthe guidelines issued bythe Government of Indiaand Government of NCTof Delhi from time to time,the Chief Justice of Indiahas been pleased to directthe constitution of thebench(es) for hearing ofmatters through virtualcourts with effect fromJuly 6, 2020," the SOP up-loaded on the apex courtwebsite said.

It said that from July 13,subject to availability ofmatters and also the re-

quirement, the miscella-neous cases may be listedfor hearing on Mondayand Friday.

"On non-miscellaneousdays i.e. Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday,miscellaneous matters in-cluding final hearing mat-ters and regular mattersmay be listed, giving pref-erence to part heard mat-ters," it said.

"Parties may kindlynote that, for the present,the matters shall be heardby the bench through web-based video-conferencingsystem on the VIDYO plat-form hosted on the serversof National Data Centre ofNational InformaticsCentre, Govt of India andin case the video confer-encing is not functional,through tele-conferenc-ing," it said.


In a newly acquireddaily ritual, studentsin Haryana's Jhamrivillage open theirtextbooks at the sightof the cart that ar-rives near theirhomes, filling the vac-uum left by closure ofschools due to the

lockdown and lack of digi-tal infrastructure such asfeeble internet connectivity.

To maintain social dis-tancing, the students takenotes from their homes as ateacher imparts lessonsusing the loudspeaker at-tached to the cart.

The innovative way to en-sure that students catch upwith the syllabus they havemissed since classes were

suspended has been initiat-ed by SatyanarayanSharma, who runs a schoolin the village in the state'sJhajjar district.

"The bigger issue is notthe effect on students' learn-ing levels but that theyshould not drop out,Sharma told PTI.

I have arranged for aloudspeaker system on acart. The teachers are askedto turn-wise go with thecart and park it at a feasiblelocation and impart lessons

from there. It cannot matchup to classroom learningbut will ensure some learn-ing," he said. This strangenew way of educatingschool students is not un-common in the country'srural parts. The lockdowninduced by COVID-19 inMarch prompted schoolsand colleges to move to thevirtual world for teachingand learning activities. Butweak internet penetrationhas turned e-education intoa distant dream for manychildren in the rural areas.As per official statistics,there are over 35 crore stu-dents in the country. But itis not clear how many ofthem have access to digital

devices and the internet.Ghanshyambhai, a

teacher in Janan village,Gujarat, has started usingthe public announcementsystem of the village pan-chayat to share stories,songs, guidelines for par-ents on how to deal withchildren during the lock-down period, importance ofexercising and much more.

"During this challengingtime, we can't expect stu-dents to just grab their par-ents' smartphones and startattending classes, he toldPTI.

He said while it is notpossible to explain complexsubjects like mathematicalproblems through loud-speakers, the method is atleast ensuring that learningis not totally disrupted.

Lucknow, Jul 05 (PTI)

The main aide of gang-ster Vikas Dubey involvedin the attack in whicheight police personnelwere killed was arrested ina pre-dawn encounter inKanpur, a senior police of-ficial said on Sunday.

The officer also said thecash reward announced bythe police on Dubey's ar-rest has been increased toRs 1 lakh. "DayashankarAgnihotri alias Kallu, themain aide of Dubey, hasbeen arrested during an

encounter. Agnihotri al-ways used to accompanyDubey and was staying atDubey's house (which wasdemolished Saturday),"Inspector General, KanpurRange, Mohit Agarwal toldPTI. "Agnihotri was carry-ing a cash reward of Rs25,000. He was named ac-cused in the firing incidenton the policemen. In theencounter, he got bullet in-juries on his leg, Agarwalsaid.


Twenty-one states andUTs, including Delhi,Gujarat and UttarPradesh, have a COVID-19recovery rate higher thanthe national average of60.77 per cent, the UnionHealth Ministry said onSunday as India's casecount mounted to 6.73 lakhand the death toll rose to19,268.

Collective and focusedefforts for containmentand management ofCOVID-19 by the govern-

ment of India along withthe states and union terri-tories have led to the num-ber of recovered COVID-19patients to rise to 4,09,082so far, it said.

Presently, there are2,44,814 active cases ofcoronavirus infection inthe country, the ministry'sdata updated at 8 amshowed. The recoveredcases exceeded the activecases by 1,64,268 as of

Sunday, the ministry said.During the last 24 hours, atotal of 14,856 COVID-19patients have been cured.

"This takes the nationalrecovery rate amongstCOVID-19 patients to 60.77per cent," the ministrysaid. "There are 21 states

and UTs with a recoveryrate more than the nation-al average," it stated.

These 21 states and UTsare Chandigarh (85.9 percent), Ladakh (82.2 percent), Uttarakhand (80.9per cent) and Chhattisgarh(80.6 per cent).


A centenarian manfrom Delhi, who was fouryears old during the 1918Spanish Flu, has survivedCOVID-19 and recoveredfaster than his son, in his70s, at a dedicated coron-avirus facility here, doc-tors said.

The 106-year-old patientwas discharged from theRajiv Gandhi SuperSpeciality Hospital(RGSSH) recently after re-covering, where his wife,

son and another familymember also recuperatedafter contracting the novelcoronavirus infection,they said.

"Perhaps, he is the firstreported case of COVID-19in Delhi who also wentthrough the dreadedSpanish Flu pandemic of1918 which like COVID-19had also ravaged theworld. And, he not only re-covered from COVID-19, herecovered faster than hisson, who is also very old,"a senior doctor.

Spanish Flu was a pan-demic which hit the world102 years ago, and affectednearly one-third of the

global population at thattime.

"The 1918 influenza pan-demic was the most severepandemic in recent histo-ry. It was caused by anH1N1 virus with genes ofavian origin. Althoughthere is not universal con-sensus regarding wherethe virus originated, itspread worldwide during1918-1919," according to theCentre for DiseasesControl (CDC) in the US.

In the US, it was firstidentified in military per-sonnel in spring 1918. It isestimated that about6,75,000 deaths occurred inAmerica, it said.

New Delhi, Jul 05 (PTI)

The auction process ofcommercial coal miningwitnessed a "very goodstart" and the responsehas been the best in do-mestic coal history, CoalMinister Pralhad Joshihas said.

A total of 1,140 entities,including internationalplayers, participated in thetechnical session after thelaunch of sale of blocks,and 26 companies boughttender documents and 10firms - domestic and for-eign - evinced interest in

the visit of mines, headded. The statement as-sumes significance in thewake of apprehensions ofthe Jharkhand govern-ment that investors willnot come for the auction ofcommercial coal miningdue to coronavirus pan-demic.

"We launched commer-cial coal mining on June

18. Prime Minister hasblessed this occasion. Andafter that there was a tech-nical interaction session.Only interested peoplecome there. 1,140 peoplejoined (the technical ses-sion). And out of that(1,140 people) more than 50to 60 people were interna-tional players," Joshi said.

Within eight days of thelaunch of the auctionprocess, there were 329registrations and 26 tenderdocuments were sold forRs 5 lakh each, the minis-ter said.

Around 10 companies,including the foreign play-ers, have shown interest tovisit mines put on sale, henoted.

Heavy rain causes floodingin several areas of Mumbai

Records nearly 300mm rain in 2 daysWater-logging inmany areas

Vehicles ply on a waterlogged street during monsoonrain, at Chembur in Mumbai, Sunday.

SC issues directives

Fresh SOP for hearing throughvideo-conferencing, listing of cases

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106-year-old Delhi man survives COVID-19Was child duringSpanish Flu

Recovery rate higher in 21 states, UTs: GovtHigher thannational average of 60.77 %

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With a record single-day surge of 24,850 coronavirus infectionsand 613 fatalities, India's COVID-19 caseload zoomed to6,73,165, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to19,268 on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry. Withthis, the country has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infectionfor the third consecutive day. According to the Johns HopkinsUniversity in the United States, which has been compilingCOVID-19 data from all over the world, India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia and atthe eighth position in terms of the death toll due to the disease.

Record single-day spike of 24,850 Covid cases, 613 deaths

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Girls play on a swing ahead of sawan festival, in Patiala, Sunday.

Vikas Dubey’s chief aide heldSays he was tipped-offabout the raidWas present during firing at police when 8 cops were killed

Dayashankar Agnihotri(arrested)and accused Vikas Dubey(R).

The Gautam Buddh NagarPolice has attached illegalproperties, including landand luxury cars worth crores,of dreaded gangsters SundarBhati and Anil Dujana andtheir associates in a crack-down on regional mafia, offi-cials said on Sunday. Thecrackdown began in GreaterNoida on Saturday on theinstructions of Uttar PradeshChief Minister YogiAdityanath to reign in thegangsters, a day after eightpolicemen were killed inKanpur by henchmen of his-tory-sheeter Vikas Dubey.

Crackdown begins on mafia properties, carsworth crores attached

Delhi gets 10,000-bedCOVID care centre

New Delhi, July 05 (PTI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor AnilBaijal on Sunday inauguratedthe 10,000-bed Sardar PatelCOVID care centre, one of the"largest" such facilities in theworld, at the Radha SoamiSatsang Beas here, saying itwill play a crucial role in thefight against the pandemic.Baijal reviewed the availabilityof beds, oxygen cylinders,concentrators, ventilators,ICUs and medical staff at thecentre set up in Chhatarpur.He also congratulated theIndo-Tibetan Border Police ontaking over the facility.While the Delhi governmenthas provided administrativesupport, the ITBP is the nodalagency operating it under thename 'Operation CoronaWarriors'.

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NSUI stages protestBilaspur: NSUI activists led by district presidentTanmeet Chabra and secretary Lakki Mishra gheroedthe residence of MP Arun Sao in protest against non-inclusion of state under Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Yojnaand later burnt effigy of PM at Nehru Chowk.

Central Chronicle News

Rajnandgaon, Jul 05:Three teachers ofDongergaon EducationBlock -Kumkum Jha andLata Vaishnav ofTumribod and Rita Guptaof Charbhata has earnedthe distinction of takinghighest online classes andalso uploaded self-videoin CG website.

P a d h a i T u h a r D u a rNodal Officer RajeshSharma said, this is thebest ever initiative of thestate government in thiscorona pandemic periodfor imparting education

to the students. He added,teachers have till datetaken more than 2000 on-line classes and out ofthem Kumkum Jha andLata Vaishnav ofTumribod and Rita Guptaof Charbhata has earnedtheir name for taking thehighest number of class-es. For taking the maxi-mum and continuousclasses Sheela Sahu,

Rameshwari Patel andMrs ChintuDewanagan ofHS HardiTeka have alsorecorded their name inthis list.

DMC Bhupesh Sahu,BEO Rohit Lal Ratre andother officials have ex-tended their greetings tothese selected few teach-ers and expect more bet-ter performance in the fu-ture.

Lata, Rita and Kumkumearn laurels


Bhilai, Jul 05: Followingthe sensational incidentof robbery at ATM kioskand attack on the cashvan staff in Raigarh,Durg District Police re-viewed the securityarrangements of ATMKiosks and agencies in-volved in providing cashvan services and ATMcash refilling.

ASP (City) chaired ameeting of the representa-tives of such agencies andgave them necessary di-rections in this regard.Jha questioned themabout the securityarrangements in theirvans and the system theyfollow for refilling cash inATM kiosks and trans-portation of cash frombanks. He directed them to

get the character verifica-tion done of their staff in-cluding drivers and gun-men. ASP further directedthem to maintain recordabout the family membersand friends of their staff.He spoke about the pre-cautions to be taken whilecarrying cash, visiting

ATM kiosks for refill, incase of vehicle breakdown, and during move-ment on road. Police askedthe agencies to ensure thatthe CCTVs are in goodworking condition in allthe vehicles. He instructedthe agencies to provideproper training to their

staff including the gun-men, drivers and others.DSP (Crime) PraveerChandra Tiwari, CSP(Bhilai Nagar) Ajeet Yadav,Reserve Inspector NeeleshDwivedi, Cyber Cell I/cGaurav Tiwari and otherpolice officers were pres-ent in the meeting.

Police reviews security of ATMCash Management Agencies

Collector conducts surprise inspectionof Bhanupratappur tehsil


Bhanupratappur, Jul 05:Following the complaintreceived by the collectorthat extra premium isbeing charged for regular-ising nazaulpatta, collec-tor K L Chauhan alongwith team reachedBhanupratappur tehsiland conducted inspectionand also carrying outprobe on this matter.

Collector said, thisscheme was launched sixmonths back but due toCorona pandemic it gotdelayed. He added, com-plain came to him that no-

tice served to the benefici-aries for collecting premi-um varied from person toperson and about 600 per-sons have been earmarkedfor scrutiny of every sin-gle case. He was accompa-nied by AdditionalCollector M R Chelak,SDM PremlataMandaviand others,

Deposit premium don’tpay attention to rumours

Collector said, now bydepositing premium

amount patta holder canbecome the owner and fur-ther they will face noproblem. On the questionof paying premiumamount in instalments hereplied no such ordershave come from the gov-ernment. He added, bankofficials have been inti-mated that beneficiariesare eligible for loanagainst loan and houseand can pay back in instal-ments to the bank.

Drunk man uses abusive wordsagainst cleanliness workers


Lakhanpur, Jul 05: Thecleanliness workers ofNagar Panchayat whileperforming cleanlinesswork in the market facedan unusual situation whenthey experienced abusivewords thrown to them by adrunkard youth. The ac-cused also ran behindthem with a stick for beat-ing them.

After this incident allthe cleanliness workersran on strike and sat ondharna at bus stand. AfterNagar Panchayat attendedand consoled them theirdharna was called off.

As per information re-ceived, On July 01 at about11:00 pm cleanliness work-

ers Muneshwar Ram Jeet,Manu Deo Ram, VinodKumar and Vinod Khalkowas cleaning the dailymarket. During that time adrunkard youth YusufKhan came there are start-ed abusing them. He alsothreatened them of lifeand ran behind them with

a stick. Cleanliness work-ers lodged a written com-plain in Lakhanpur PS.The police are investigat-ing the matter but still thatdrunkard youth is at large.Cleanliness workers are inthreat as this drunkardyouth is antisocial and canharm them.


Daundi Lohara, Jul05: State Governmenthas given a sanction inits cabinet meeting forthe construction ofroads under ‘CMSugam Sadak Yojana’for making approach togovernment buildingsand public places easier.Giving information inthis regard Woman andChild DevelopmentMinister AnilaBhediasaid, Chief Ministerhas earmarked Rs 200crore to do about 1116works under this proj-ect. She added, con-struction of roadsunder this project has

already started androads will be completedwithin the stipulatedperiod. All these roadswill get connected topermanent roads forthe smooth approach toall government build-ings anywhere in thestate.

More than 30 people suffering from diarrhoea


Simga, Jul 05: At a dis-tance of 6 km from blockheadquarter Simga is situ-ated village panchayatBinaika where more than30 people are sufferingfrom diarrhoea and out ofthem 18 are undergoingtreatment in CHC here.The other victims are un-dergoing treatment in aprivate hospital Tilda.

As per information re-ceived, two days backsome people complained ofvomiting and villagerscontacted mitanins anddoctor to give them medi-cines. The villagers took itas a normal situation butfrom Thursday eveningnumber of cases startedincreasing. The patients

were admitted in the hos-pitals of Tilda and Simga.The villagers are sur-prised over sudden out-break of diarrhoea ascases are not from a partic-ularly but spread over indifferent localities. In be-tween janpad representa-tive Chandrasekhar

SahuGolu reached villageand informed BMO DrChandan and PHEBhatapara about the inci-dent. After getting infor-mation medical teamreached the village andstarted treating the pa-tients and also PHE de-partment staff started

sprinkling bleaching pow-der near public handpumps. SarpanchRamnivas Dhruv, con-sumption of pollutedwater may be the cause forspread of diarrhoea. Headded, PHE staff has col-lected water sample fortesting.

MGM group organises Webinar on Teaching of Hindi & Sanskrit Central Chronicle News

Bhilai, Jul 05: An onlineworkshop was organisedby MGM group ofInstitutions for the subjectteachers of Hindi andSanskrit. The chief re-source person and speakerof the workshop was Dr(Prof) Shailesh KumarShrivastava from AmityUniversity, Noida. DrJoseph mar DionysiusMetropolitan, theManager of MGM Group,greeted all the partici-pants.

The webinar was co-ordi-nated by Fr Dr JoshiVarghese, the DiocesanEducation Officer of MGMGroup. The resource per-son discussed about thenew techniques in the fieldof education. Dr Srivastavaelaborated the history ofdevelopment of Hindi lan-guage to its present. The

contributions of WilliamCarey, Fr Camille Bulke etcin the publication of earlyperiodicals, dictionary andbooks in Hindi was dis-cussed in detail.

Dr Shrivastava furtheremphasized that it is theduty of both teacher andstudent to make the class-room studies interestingand informative. He

stressed on the develop-ment of Hindi andSanskrit language forwhich we all have to worktogether. In today’s era stu-dents are lacking behindin learning their mothertongue for which it is theresponsibility of theteachers to mentor themand clarify the concept ofhow and why? In one word

he explained to give re-spect to each language andto learn new languages isthe only service towardsthe literature. Discussingthe strategies to teachgrammar he told the tech-niques by relating theword power introduced inthe past history of variouslanguages. ProfessorShailesh in a beautiful

way discussed about thephilosophy of GuruRabindranath Tagore whospecifically gave weigh-tage to teach students infour ways i.e., Language,Poetry, Song and Music.He further stressed on theperseverance and the prac-tical knowledge like thepictorial based debate, pic-torial based discussionand poetry reading whichcould be the best way toenhance the imaginationpower of the students andimprove their language.

In this workshopPrincipals and teachers ofvarious schools run byMGM group of institu-tions shared their experi-ences online. Vote ofthanks was proposed bySheila Mathew. The webi-nar was successfully at-tended by about 200 theteachers of MGM group ofschools.

Guru Purnima celebrated with religious fervour


Bhilai, Jul 05: On Sunday,devotees across the cityvisited various religiousplaces to celebrate the fes-tival of ‘Guru Purnima’and offered prayers totheir gurus. In the wake ofCorona Virus Pandemicand subsequent restric-tions, the number of devo-tees visiting the religiousplaces was comparativelylow. Celebrations with lim-ited people were held atGayatri Mandir, Sai BabaMandir, Ram Bhadra SewaMandal, Gayatri PragyaMandal Hudco, and at sev-eral other places.

According to Hindu be-liefs, a guru holds a digni-fied position, even higherthan that of the God. GuruPurnima was celebratedwith religious fervour andgaiety. Several pro-grammes were organized

at almost all the templesand religious organiza-tions on the day. AtGayatri Shaktipeeth,Sector 6 and GayatriPragya Mandal Hudco, themembers of ‘All WorldGayatri Pariwar’ organ-ised 12- hour long ‘AkhandJap’. On Sunday, GuruParva Pujan began at 07:30hrs followed by Yajna.About 20-25 devotees of-fered ‘aahuti’ to the YajnaDevta. Special aahutis

were offered to YajnaDevta with prayers forgood health and long life ofall.

The devotees visited thetemples and ashrams oftheir Gurus to celebratethe occasion. The fullmoon day in the Hindumonth of Aashad is ob-served as the auspiciousday of Guru Purnima, aday sacred to the memoryof the great sage Vyasa.On this day, all spiritual

aspirants and devoteesworship their respectivespiritual preceptor or'Gurudevs'. Hindus attachparamount importance tospiritual gurus. Gurus areoften equated with Godand always regarded as alink between the individ-ual and the Immortal. Justas the moon shines by re-flecting the light of thesun, and glorifies it, all dis-ciples can dazzle like themoon by gaining from

‘CM Sugam Sadak Yojana’

Approach to governmentbuildings and public places

will be easier

Collector suspends surveyoron finding irregularities


Doundilohara, Jul 05:The newly appointedCollector JanmajayMohabe has taken strictaction against below-qual-ity construction workbased upon the complaintlodged. In the same way ongetting news about wash-ing-away of the check-damunder construction inGram Ganjaidih of theblock just after first rains,the Collector conductedsite inspection and sus-pended the surveyor ofLand conservation depart-

ment SR Garg on findingirregularities in his workand dereliction of duty.

Newly appointedCollector said that care-lessness in any work willbe tolerated. Collector inits order has mentionedthat the Surveyor of theLand ConservationDepartment SR Garg washanded over the work ofpreparing lay-out, inspec-tion and valuation work of

development works underPM Krishi-Sichai Yojana-Jalgrahan Developmentunder Kharkhara 'nullah'Pariyojana blockDoundilohara.

It was under supervi-sion of SR Garg, the workof construction of check-dam No.2 in GramGanjaidih was in progressat the cost of Rs 3.99 lakhand it got damaged justafter the first rains.

In damage tocheck-dam beingconstructed underhis supervision

Make record of takinghighest online classes

Children too takinginterest

Threatens them of life

Cleanliness workers sitting in dharna.

PHE and HealthDeptt reach village Binaika

“ After receiving the infor-mation of spread of diar-rhoea in Binaika healthdepartment has been sentto the village and ifrequired camp will be con-ducted here. Urgent need isto stop the source of pollut-ed water. The situation ispresently under control.”Dr P L Chanda, BMO Simga

Following the com-plaint of charginghigher premium onnazulpatta

5 thousand labourers returnedto work in the capital

Raipur, Jul 05: Migrantlabourers are returningback to work amid Coronacrisis in Raipur. Due towhich the economy is backon track. So far, about 5thousand migrant labourershave come to Raipur, whoare being given employmentafter the end of the quaran-tine period. The workers aregetting employment oppor-tunities under many ambi-tious schemes of the govern-ment. During the lockdown,a large number of workersstayed here, due to whichthere is no shortage ofworkers in the state's facto-ry and industry. AssistantLabour Commissioner U.K.Kachhap said that duringthe Corona period, all de-partments have worked to-gether. All departmentshave their own roles. Rightnow around 5000 migrant la-borers have returned to thecapital and the arrival isstill continuing. People

whose quarantine time isover, they are being givenemployment.

For those who are com-ing, the work of providingemployment in the ambi-tious schemes of the govern-ment is going on continu-ously. He said that thou-sands of migrant labuorersfrom other states hadreached the capital andarrangements were done tosend them back to theirstate. Large number ofworkers preferred to stayhere. On the instruction ofthe state government, reliefmaterials were sent to theworkers in time and theypreferred to stay in Raipur.Due to which the industriesare now running smoothlyhere. A large number of mi-grant laborers have comefrom Jharkhand, Bihar,Uttar Pradesh and MadhyaPradesh.

What's the progress inemployment blueprint?


RRaaiippuurr,, JJuull 0055:: Taking a dig atBhupesh Government in thestate BJP national vice presi-dent and former chief ministerof Chhattisgarh Dr RamanSingh asked Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel about theprogress in blueprint for em-ployment, plan for liquor banand evidence of Jhiram inci-dent. According to Raman theblueprint for employment waschalked out before elections.

In a tweet today Dr Singhtagged the tweet of ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel on 20August 18 saying that beforeelections, Mr Baghel had evi-dence of the 2013 Naxalite at-tack in Jhiram, blue print foremployment, plan for liquorban, money for allowances tothe unemployed, and plan forprocurement of paddy fromfarmers at Rs 2500 per quintal.But no progress was made onany of these plans since forma-tion of Bhupesh government, DrSingh said.

Mr Baghel had said in thetagged tweet that…'Eradicatingunemployment should not justbe an election slogan and thereshould be no 'Jumla' at all.Chhattisgarh Congress is com-mitted to eradicating unem-ployment, and the entire blueprint is ready. Now a few daysof patience and...'

Dr Singh took a dig atCongress government in thestate two days ago over reportsof the early appointment of par-liamentary secretaries by theCongress Government of thestate, saying that Congresswhile being in opposition hadmoved High Court and evenSupreme Court challenging theconstitutional validity of deci-sion of previous BJP govern-ment to appoint parliamentarysecretaries. But within 18months after coming to power,Congress realized that BJP gov-ernment's decision was right.Charging Congress with retract-ing its own statement and DrSingh said that steps taken bythe BJP government were nowbeing followed by the Congress.How come the decisions thatseemed wrong to Congress nowturned right? he asked.

COVID-19: 46 persons test positive in Ch’garh


Raipur, Jul 05: With 46fresh COVID-19(Coronavirus) cases anddischarge of 52 patientsthe active COVID-19 casesin Chhattisgarh reachedto 615 on Sunday.

According to media bul-letin of state health de-partment 15 out of 52 freshCOVID-19 cases belong toRaipur district whereas 11patients were found inKorba, 6 in Koriya, 5 inBilaspur, 4 in Sarguja, 3 inJanjgir-Champa and 2 inRaigarh.

Process of their admis-

sion to hospitals ispresently underway.Earlier 28 new COVID-19positive cases were report-ed last night. These 28cases included 19 inBilaspur, 8 in Raipur and 1in Rajnandgaon.

Total 182636 suspectedCOVID-19 patients wereidentified in the state sofar and their samples weresent to labs for testing.Samples of 3207 of themtested positive whereas2578 COVID-19 patientswere discharged from var-ious hospitals ofChhattisgarh after recov-ery. COVID-19 also caused14 deaths in the state so far.

Two patients found inKatoratalab, Old

Rajendra Nagar areaRaipur: With two new

corona positive being de-tected from Katoratalabarea and Old RajendraNagar, the areas nearby

the two houses has beendeclared as containmentzone by RMC.

The new case of coronapositive was found inhouse near Little FlowerSchool, in Katoratalabthana, Civil Lines areaand due to which theUpper Collector SunilJohn has declared contain-ment zone with house ofSunil John in the East;Ajay John in the West;Anthony Dener's house inthe East and dead-ends on

both side of North andSouth.

In the other case fromOld Rajendra Nagar areaunder Civil Lines Thana,the house of Bhojraj in theWest and dead-ends in allthree other sides of North,South and East has beendeclared as containmentzone. All the guidelines ofthe health and local ad-ministration will remaineffective in these two con-tainment zones formed by RMC.

Two factory managers booked foremploying outstation workers


Raipur, Jul 05: Urla po-lice in last 24-hours havebooked two factory man-agers after it was revealedthat they had employedworkers from outside thestate in completely defi-ance of existing COVID-19protocols and standing or-ders of the district admin-istration.

According to police, thefist case was reportedfrom M/s. Sourabh RollingMills situated at KanheraRoad in Urla afterTehsildar Pramod Patelled a raid at the factorypremises and found 10workers from Bihar work-ing there and who have

been employed only a cou-ple of days ago. It was alsofound that the factorymanagement had neitherinformed the district ad-ministration about hiringthese workers nor had gotconducted their COVID-19tests. In the second inci-dent, wherein the raid wasagain led by TehsildarPramod Patel, 7 workersfrom various states out-side Chhattisgarh werefound hired only recentlyand working in M/s.Alankar Allied Pvt. Ltd.,situated in village Guma.This factory managementwas also found to havecommitted the same defi-ance of the governmentorder. Later in the day,

Urla police registered sep-arate offences underSection 188, 269 IPCagainst the respective fac-tory managements and isnow investigating the mat-ter further.

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Raipur, Jul 05: Heavyrains lashed the city for2nd consecutive day onSunday, causing water-log-ging on roads and otherlow lying areas.

The rains which lastedfor over 1 hours broughtthe temperature down sig-nificantly and providedmuch-needed respite forthe people from heat andhumid weather. The rainwas followed by lightningand thunderstorm.

According to IMD lightto medium rainshowersoccured in most places ofstate. Maximum tempera-ture dropped significantlyin Raipur division where-as it remained unchangedin other divisions.

Highest maximum tem-perature of 32.2 degreeCelsius was recorded inRajnandgaon. Meanwhile

the IMD has forecastheavy rainfall and thun-derstorm with lightning atisolated places overChhattisgarh during thenext three days.

In Raipur the sky is like-

ly to be partly cloudy withchances of rain or thun-dershower in the eveningand maximum tempera-ture is likely to be around32 degree Celsius, the IMDpredicted.

Ch’garh to restart 16 checkposts in 10 districts


Raipur, Jul 05: TheChhattisgarh governmenthas decided to restart 16border transport check-posts that were closed forthe last three years, an offi-cial said on Sunday.

These checkposts werescrapped in July, 2017 bythe previous BJP govern-ment which at the timeclaimed it wanted to makeChhattisgarh a "barrier-free state" after implemen-tation of GST.

"The state transport de-partment on Saturday is-sued an order to restart 16transport check posts lo-cated in border areas of 10

districts," a state public re-lations official said.

Barriers will be restart-ed in Patekohra, ChhoteManpur and Manpur inRajnandgaon, Chilfi inKabirdham, Khamharpaliand Bagbahara inMahasamund, Kevchi inBilaspur, Dhanvar andRamnujganj inBalrampur, Ghutritolaand Chanti in Koriya,Rengarpali in Raigarh,Shankh and Lavakera inJashpur, Konta in Sukmaand Dhanpunji in Bastar,the official informed.

"The flying squads ofthe transport departmentwill also start functioning.A separate order will be is-

sued for appointment ofofficials and employees at

these checkposts," headded.

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While closing them downin 2017, the BJP govern-ment at the time had said itwas receiving revenue ofaround Rs 100 crore annual-ly from these checkposts,but scrapping them wouldallow smooth movement ofvehicles which would savefuel costs and help the envi-ronment. The BJP, which isnow in the opposition in thestate, slammed the Baghelgovernment's decision.

"The transport barrier

system was abolished bythe Raman Singh govern-ment due to various factors,including complainants ofirregularities. Resumingthem will encourage cor-ruption," Leader ofOpposition DharamlalKaushik said.

"It will become a den ofillegal recovery in the nameof fine from transporters.The state government mustrevoke the decision," headded.

BJP hits back

Two arrestedunder Excise ActRaipur, Jul 05:Khamtarai police dur-ing last 24-hours arrest-ed two persons underExcise Act. The firstone, identified asSiddharth Tiwari, wasarrested from nearHanuman temple inKhamtarai after he wasnabbed possessing 96bottles of countryliquor.

The next one, identi-fied as ToranChandrakar, was ar-rested from nearChhatwa pond inBhanpuri after he wasnabbed possessing 48bottles of county and 48bottles of foreignliquor each. Both ofthem were later bookedseparately underSection 34-2 of ExciseAct.

Restaurants, hotel bars, clubs to remain closed till 12th

Raipur: Chhattisgarh government has issued an order tokeep all restaurants, hotel bars, bar rooms and stock rooms inall FL4/4 clubs and liquor collection centres closed till July 12.The order has been issued in an effort to protect common peo-ple from COVID-19 infection. The Commercial Tax (Excise)Department had earlier ordered to keep restaurants, hotel barsand clubs closed till July 5. But this period has been extendedto July 12. State government has instructed all district collec-tors to strictly comply with this order.

In defiance of COVID-19 protocols

Bike liftedRRaaiippuurr:: Unidentified lifter es-caped with a Hero HF-Deluxebike CG04-LK-2756 from out-side owner Digambar Das'house in Sanyasipara area. Thelifting was later complained inKhamtarai police station fol-lowing which police have regis-tered an offence under Section379 IPC against unidentifiedlifter and is now investigatingthe matter further.

Baghel writes to PMseeking permission

to operate gymRRaaiippuurr,, JJuull 0055:: Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel has writtena letter to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, seeking per-mission to operate gyms withthe condition of followingSOP. In his letter the ChiefMinister said that economicactivities are being resumedwith relaxation in differentphases of lockdown an-nounced for control ofCOVID-19 infection. Althoughthe Union Home Ministrygranted permission forrestaurants and hotels tofunction and other activitieson the condition of followingSOP, no permission wasgranted for gym operation,Baghel said adding that gymoperators were facing finan-cial difficulties. Baghel re-quested the Prime Ministerto allow gym operation onthe condition of followingSOP in line with restaurantsand hotels.

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status quoGiven China’s unrelenting stance onthe Line of Actual Control(LAC) inLadakh, India will have to consider amilitary pushback. India has no op-tion but to use some force. Bothsides have agreed for limited “de-escalation” from some of the fric-tion points. However, it was duringthis de-escalation process in theGalwan Valley that the clash oc-curred. India is now taking theChinese build-up along the LAC seri-ously. India has been consistently de-manding the restoration of status quoand de-induction of forces built up byChina along the LAC. However, de-ciding on a military action againstChina is not easy for India. Such anaction could escalate to a full scalewar that can result in not only mili-tary consequences, but also long-termpolitical, economic and diplomatic ef-fects. However, Modi government isnot worried about the consequencesof a military pushback. Inaction mayhave short-term benefits but it haslong-term consequences. True, it isnot advisable to consider war againsta stronger enemy. But India must beready to cope with the situation.Second, India’s weakness is advanta-geous to it because anything otherthan a victory will be a loss to China.Finally, avoidance of a war by Indiamay create an impression that it is ir-resolute and that may emboldenChina. If China is left unchallenged,it will push India again. Adequate mil-itary preparation is required for amilitary pushback. Indian militaryhas traditionally been oriented for de-fensive military action at the LAC, notoffensive. India must also considerthe scenario that China does notback down. If such a situation arises,it must follow through with its threat.If not, India will risk damage toits credibility. India must never yieldto China’s coercive diplomacy.China has baited India. A quick andemotional response would be astrategic folly. India must counter baitChina by the strategy of maintainingthe status quo.

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Well done EvertonWeekes

No they were not “Three Musketeers”,but Frank Worrell, Everton DeCourcyWeekes and Clyde Walcott were the fa-mous 'Three Ws' - a trio of West Indiesbatting legends whose lives and careersbecame irrevocably entwined all bornwithin 18 months, and within threemiles of each other in Barbados - andwere even delivered by the same mid-wife. Weekes was born in a poor familyon 26 February 1925, named after thefamous Merseyside football team ofwhich his father was an avid supporter.Weekes made his first-class debut at 19-year-old and his Test debut in 1948 at 22.It’s unfortunate for the cricket world,when Weekes was even controversiallyrun out for 90 in the fourth Test inMadras while chasing a sixth ton. He didpass 1,000 Test runs though, in only his12th innings, another record - jointlyheld with Herbert Sutcliffe - that stillstands. Not only centuries, Weekes runof seven consecutive Test scores of 50 ormore has only been matched by AndyFlower, Shivnarine Chanderpaul andKumar Sangakkara. His test careerspanned between 1948 to 1958, wherehe played 48 Tests & scored 4455 runs atan average of 58.62. He retired in 1958,after which he had served as a coach,administrator, and ICC match referee.Sir was inducted into the ICC Hall ofFame in 2009. He is the last member ofthe legendary Three Ws, the legendarytrio of cricketing knights. He was the 3rdoldest surviving men’s Test cricketer,after South African John Watkins andEngland’s Don Smith. Well done EvertonWeekes your name will always evokethe above memories.

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The Dalai Lama has beenan epitome and the proba-bly the most iconic figureof resistance against theChinese expansionism andauthoritarianism of theCommunist Party.May youstay with us for severalmore decades!

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UNTIL THE END.

AAaasshhiisshh CChhaannddoorrkkaarr@@cc__aaaasshhiisshhThis is not the first time that theCongress has been out of power.But unlike 1977-79 and 1998-2004,the period between 2014-2020 isseeing the worst phase of thegrand old party where its politicalinstincts seem to be getting rusted.

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China’s incrementalencroachments have col-lectively changed theSouth China Sea's geopo-litical map. It was onObama's watch that Chinabuilt artificial islands andmilitarized them. Now,China is broadening itsexpansionism—from Hong

Kong to India border.

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Thousands of people moved out ofBengaluru on Saturday fearing asurge in Covid +ve cases & anoth-er lockdown. The highways toTumakuru & Mysuru saw traffic

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Visited newly created, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel COVID Hospital in New Delhi today along with HM Amit Sha, DelhiCM ArvindKejriwal & Health Minister drharshvardhan. This facility has been created by @DRDO_Indiain collabora-tion with MHA & Tata Sons in a record time.

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The PLA is the Worlds biggest landgrab MAFIA. PM Modi gave a clearsignal yesterday that the India andthe world have had enough of itslandgrabs and Expansionism.Herein onnwards China will have tocome out of its Non- kineticComfort Zone and FIGHT

An order of the SupremeCourt in India cleared the wayfor the equal opportunity forwomen officers to rise to thelevel of permanent commis-sion and commanding officer,while the news of the firstwoman general in Pakistan isin the news. Today, women areadvancing in every field in theworld and achieving historicalachievements. Indian history isreplete with stories of women'ssacrifice and penance. In no erawere women inferior to men.Women also participated in thewar in the Vedic era. However,the medieval Puritan societyleft no stone unturned to keepwomen imprisoned in thename of dull dignities, but eventhen women, like Mata Jijabaiand Rani Durgavati, not onlyrecited the scriptures but alsothe nation. Protected unity andsovereignty. Currently, only theIndian Air Force joins womenin combat roles as fighter pi-lots. The Air Force has 13.09%female officers, the highestamong the three armies. TheArmy has 3.80%, female offi-cers, while the Navy has 6%, fe-male officers.

But women, generally con-sidered weaker than men dueto their specific physical con-figuration, were not so easilyaccepted into 'immune servic-es'. The recruitment of womenofficers began in India for a pe-riod of only five years in 1992,

eventually increasing to 10 andlater to 14 years. In 2016, threewomen were deployed as fire-fighters. She was appointed asa pilot project. Initially, in 2019,the government decided to givepermanent commission towomen in all the ten brancheswhere they are included forshort service commission -Signal, Engineer, ArmyAviation, for women officerswho were initially limited tomedical services only. ArmyAir Defense, Electronics andMechanical Engineer, ArmyService Corps, Army OrdnanceCorps, and Intelligence.

Today, women officers areproud and essential membersof the Indian Armed Forces.Avni Chaturvedi, BhavnaKanth, and Mohana Singh arenow part of the Indian AirForce's combat squadron.Somewhere in the Navy, as apilot and as an observer,women are on board a recon-naissance plane, sometimes asa fighter from the sky. TheGovernment of India is com-mitted to strengthening "StreeShakti" (female power) in theArmy. However, there are chal-lenges in bringing female offi-cers with their male colleagues.Female officers are now de-ployed on fighter jet pilots andwarships, but women officersare not included in the mili-tary's infantry and armored di-visions, for fear of being

caught by enemies and torture.Sends soldiers to the battle-front and they are also killedthere and war-making is alsomade. This worsens the respectof neither the country norAmerican women. The point tothink is that when the womenof the American army canfight in Iraq and Afghanistan,why not the Indian women? Ifwomen can participate in para-military forces and police, thenwhy not in the army? A big ar-gument for not sending womento the front in India is that whatwould happen if Indian womensoldiers were taken captive inthe enemy country? One fallacyis that male soldiers, who comemainly from rural back-grounds, are not ready to "ac-cept" a female commander.

Concerns are raised over thephysiology, maternity, andphysical characteristics of fe-male officers. The difference interms of service for female offi-cers and their male counter-parts is considered in theirfavor. There are concessions inphysical efficiency testing stan-dards during recruitment to fe-male officers. Issues of hy-giene, sensitivity, and privacyin female officer appointmentsrequire additional considera-tion. For this, behavior changewill be required at the sociallevel first. Women warriors arenamed proudly in the historyof the world and India. FromJohn of Arc to RaniLakshmibai, RaniChennamma of Chittoor,Chand Biwi, Gond RaniDurgavati, Jhalkari Bai,Udadevi Pasi, warriors haveearned their name more thanmale warriors. She never cameto the question of how she usedto change clothes in the warzone or that she would have be-come pregnant while being awarrior. After all, what couldhave happened earlier that is

not happening today?Somewhere our poor mentalityis not bent on weakening therole of women ?

There is a need to think bal-anced to study how the role ofwomen in the Indian Army canbe enhanced. There is no doubtthat women are doing a lot ofgood work in the army, but wealso need to see how their scopecan be increased. Some of theconcessions given to women of-ficers can be withdrawn, selec-tion for the command shouldbe made through confidentialreports of the officer andclosed promotion board, com-mon to both sexes, and profilenames and gender selection tobe hidden from the board need-ed. Gender equality is a socialnecessity of the time and ap-plies to both female and maleofficers and should be ensuredwith a sense of balanced judg-ment without compromisingthe effectiveness of the armedforces. The participation ofwomen can make the armymore effective.

Today women are makingsignificant contributions to themilitary sector all over theworld. If a woman comes intothe army on her own, knowingall the risks, then no one hasthe right to decide for her by be-coming her father. If womenjoin the army by understand-ing all the risks and beingready to face all the problems,then all the roles in the armyshould be opened to them. Themilitary and military work asan integrated organization andworking with women and menwill be easier. When the womenjoin at the level of the jawans,then only the men will havestrong confidence in thewomen officer and the armywill emerge strong.

Priyanka Saurabh,Independent journalists and

columnists

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Increasing steps of women on the front

A s a sequel to Indian references finding favours with the USelectoral trend with 44% per cent of the 41 lakh Indian ori-

gin voters, comes the observation of the former Vice Presidentof the USA and presidential candidate for November 2020 elec-tion for white house occupancy. Joe Biden’s suggestion to theGovernment of India to do all that is needed to restore civil rightsin Kashmir is wider in appeal on Indian issues with regards to thesovereignty of the law-making body of India. Of late, of the allthe Asian countries, India has been more frequent in terms of itsrelations with the United States of America, and the audiovisualsof the reciprocal pleasantries and behavioural prototype of thetopmost leaders of both the nations could not help castingshades on the Indian neighbourhood on trade, terrorism andtransaction of mutual concerns. If Trump to see his success inModi campaigning and the latter to do the needful, it is possiblethrough the increasing share of Indian-origin voters in the USAthough many do see foul in the Indian prime minister’s say in USelection campaign. Yet it went off through ‘Howdy, Modi’ and it isonly to see this year-end. Noticeably, the Indian reference, par-ticularly with regards to the sovereignty of the country to makelaws to break the stalemates, comes from Biden who not onlyconcentrates on Kashmir and CAA but also particularises hiscriticism of Indian government’s decision to do whatever inKashmir and with the citizenship rules. What is noticeable isthat despite India’s preference to keeping third parties awayfrom its relations strained or restrained with neighbouring coun-tries, Trump repeats his offer to help between India and itsneighbours and Bidden is outright with the issues within Indiansovereignty in spite of as many as 71% of the people of USAkeep Indians in the good list. Post increase of bilateral trade be-tween India and the US by 9.8, the year before last, US move toshift India to its list of less preferable (for concessions) nations,the warmth continued with corona around and the reported cul-pability of China for it. The Chinese attempt to grab Indian landand Indian ban on trade with China followed by western coun-tries allying in favour of India against China, hostilities on healthhazards have started stemming commercial possibilities whichIndia has to cope with, besides being energetic about its mantraof Atma Nirbhar Bharat. Now the policy and diplomacy of postcorona menace have to be fruit-bearing with well within themind the fact that country is fast resuming work and that ‘vocalfor local’ slogan is waiting for an assertion to make the countryself-reliant at the least in terms of what is possible in the countryby virtue of its qualitative productivity. After centuries of free-dom, there is a call to save the soul of America and India it is toply the talent and efficiency of India. This is to be done but not asfallout from others.

Wither war, morbidity;hail prosperity

L yon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux; Besançon, Poitiers andTours: the list of powerful cities that turned green, after

France’s municipal elections last weekend, was long and impres-sive. Marseille has been a conservative fiefdom for decades. Buta leftwing alliance propelled Michèle Rubirola, the candidate ofEurope Ecology – France’s Green party – to the mayoralty. Thesewere totemic victories, turning the once-peripheral Green partyinto a significant player in urban France. Sunday’s polls shouldhave taken place in March but were postponed as France lockeddown. Perhaps because of that delay, and the lingering presenceof Covid-19, turnout was low. That may have disproportionatelyhelped Green candidates, whose voters tend to loyally turn outfor local elections, and Europe Ecology is still well down thepecking order in national polls. But these caveats aside, the“green wave” in France offers heartening evidence that environ-mental priorities are truly beginning to shape and influence poli-tics in Europe. In Ireland, the new grand coalition of Fianna Fáiland Fine Gael depends on the support of the Green party, whichwill insist that a pledge to cut carbon emissions by 7% a year iskept. Austria is governed by an alliance of the populist rightPeople’s party and the Greens. Eco-targets are being fast-tracked and the Green minister for climate protection, environ-ment and energy is seeking to make Austria carbon neutral by2040. The Green-dominated bloc of MEPs in the European parlia-ment is also a force to be reckoned with. The biggest prize of allcould be won in next year’s general election in Germany, wherepolls suggest that Die Grünen may overtake the SocialDemocrats as the country’s leading progressive force . A “green-con” coalition is seen as a plausible future government, afterAngela Merkel stands down following a 15-year chancellorship.It seems certain that the politics of Covid-19 played a part ingenerating green momentum in France. The origins of the pan-demic, and its effect on globalised supply chains, has led to a re-newed focus across Europe on food security, local produce andenvironmental standards. A forced re-evaluation of urban livinghas led to new government money for greener forms of trans-port and a focus on home-working. Cities such as Bordeaux andLyon can now be expected to be at the forefront of innovationand experiment in designing greener, cleaner cities for the fu-ture. The French president, Emmanuel Macron – whose ownparty endured a poor election night – has quickly made new en-vironmental commitments in the wake of the results. Mr Macronhas promised to provide an extra €15bn to smooth a transition toa low-carbon economy and to implement some of the demandsof the citizens’ assembly he convened on the climate emer-gency. In negotiating bailouts with France’s stricken car and avi-ation industries, he has demanded stiffer electrification andemissions reduction targets. But a crucial aspect of a greatnight for the Greens in France should not be forgotten. InEurope’s fearful post-industrial heartlands, this is an argumentthat still needs to be won.We've never had a better chance ...

France’s green wave

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Sukma: In course of vehicle checking Tongpal police led by in-charge inspectorVinod Ekka arrested two smugglers while they were carrying 225 kg ganja in awhite bolero car. Car driver Deepak Nihal and Vipro Sarkar was arrested.

Ganja smuggler arrested

Chhaya Verma is ‘Maharatna’from Ch’garh’s soil


Raigarh, Jul 05: On dec-laration of coveted awardof 'Sansad Ratna' to RajyaSabha (RS) MP ChhayaVerma in the largestPanchayat of the countryin the Parliament and rep-resenting the entire state,the senior CongmenHareram Tiwari has ex-tended greetings on behalfof District CongressCommittee (DCC) Raigarhdistrict.

Congress spokesmanHareram Tiwari has heldthat particular decision ofAICC party HighCommand and PCC as ap-preciable and inspira-tional, due to which the fe-male RS representativefrom Chhattisgarh was se-lected from across the na-tion for this coveted awardof 'Sansad Ratna'.Hareram Tiwari said that

RS MP Chhaya Vermaand Phulo Devi Netam arethe two examples of suc-cess and women's empow-erment in the state. It is bygiving opportunity towoman from state rightfrom governance to the so-ciety, speaks of politics ofequality and women's rep-resentation in theParliament. Congressspokesman HareramTiwari had met RS MPChhaya Verma at her offi-

cial residence and hld heras 'Maha-ratna' and truedaughter of soil ofChhattisgarh. It is notablehere that being first fe-male MP fromChhattisgarh ChhayaVerma has also beenawarded with 'Best MP'award by the Parliamentearlier. In addition to thison getting the coveted'Sansad Maha-ratna' also,she is the first female MPfrom Chhattisgarh.

KMC catches 11 stray cattle on road


KKoorrbbaa,, JJuullyy 0055:: Korba MunicipalCorporation (KMC) has launchedits drive against stray cattle on theroad and fields under govern-ment's 'Roka-Chekka' campaignand putting them inside 'Gouthan'or 'Kanji House'. In this context, 11cattle were caught by KMC's teamon Monday- Tuesday interveningnight and with help of cow-catchervehicle, they were shifted to'Gouthan'.

It is notable here that the stategovernment launched 'Roka-Chekka' campaign last on June 19.Due to moving of stray cattle onthe road, there are chances of un-toward incident due to speedingvehicles and cattle on the road andpeople face lot of stress while driv-ing specially during night-hours. SoKMC team of cow-catcher arecatching the stray cattle on the

road and shifting them to'Gouthan' or local Kanji House.

On intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, from 9:30 pm to 2:00 am,this drive was launched fromStadium Chowk to CSEB Chowk;from Tansen Chowk to Kosabadiand Shasti Chowk. A total of 11cattle were caught through cow-catcher and from the road theywere shifted to 'Gouthan'.

The Mayor Rajkishore Yadav hasmade an appeal to persons in-

volved in dairy farming, owners of'Goushalas' and others rearing do-mestic cow not to leave their cattlefree on the road, main roads, mar-ket area or public places or elseKMC will be forced to take them to'Gouthan' or 'Kanji House' andthereafter they will have pay penal-ty to get their cattle released.Therefore KMC has appealed themto avoid any inconvenience or fac-ing extra financial burden at thesame time.

Mayor inspects venue for Govt English Medium School


Korba, July 05: MayorRajkishore Prasad con-ducted inspection of thevenue for new buildingconstruction for proposedGovernment EnglishMedium School nearPump House Colony anddirected the engineers toprepare reviesed estimateand proposal for the sameat the earliest.

On this occasionSpeaker KMCShyamsunder Soni,Commissioner SJaiswardhan, CEODistrict PanchayatKundan Kumar, DEO

Satish Kumar Pandey, MiCmember Santosh KumarRathore and others werepresent.

The GovernmentEnglish Medium Schoolsare to be operated as perinstructions from thestate government. So forbuilding of new Schooland other arrangementsand facilities, the Mayor

Rajkishore Prasad con-ducted inspection ofSchool premises in wardNo. 14 of Pump HouseColony here on Monday.He instructed the KMCengineers to prepare esti-mate and DPR for schoolbuilding and other infra-structure required foropening of GovernmentEnglish Medium schools

in line with the D.P.S.Korba and BrilliantPublic School, so that thenext course of action canbe taken into account.Mayor informed that theMinister for Revenueand DisasterManagement JaisinghAgrawal has alreadygranted sanction of Rs 1crore for this work and

added that the RevenueMinister is committedfor unhindered function-ing of English MediumSchool. On this occasionSE KMC Gyas Ahmed,EE KMC RK Choubey, SMurty, former MayorRamgopal Yadav,Principal of SchoolAnita Ori and otherswere present.

Dr Bandhi points out irregularitiesin construction work


Masturi, Jul 05: OnFriday at the local janpadpanchayat meeting hall,meeting of general admin-istration samiti under thechairmanship of janpadpresident SavitriRamnarayan was organ-ised in which newly elect-ed janpad officials localMLA Dr KrishnamurtiBandhi was also present.

MLA instructed to com-plete the half constructedSarva Siksha Abhiyanbuildings in different pan-chayats and directed totake action against publicrepresentatives who havealleged to have misusedthis amount. He drew theattention of committee to

complete the under con-struction Rajiv GandhiSeva Kendra of the block.MLA pointed out that ma-terials under ready-to-eatprogramme designed formal-nutrition people areof inferior quality andadded that about 26,000persons in the area aremal-nourished and it is ashame to serve inferiorquality food.

Even after maximum

Corona infected personsin the block, assistance foronly 7 lakh persons byNTPC has been criticisedand a proposal condemn-ing this act was passed bythe samiti.

In this meeting CEOAjay Patel, RES in-chargeSDO Narendra Kaushik,Jitendra Pandey, GayatriBani, speaker NoorMohammed and otherswere present.

Couple killed by unidentified assailants


Jashpur, Jul 05: A 35-year-old businessman andhis wife were killed byunidentified assailants attheir house in Jashpurdistrict, police said onThursday.

The incident took placeon Wednesday night inAasta town, located onChhattisgarh-Jharkhandborder, they said.

Shailendra Singh, whoran a general store onAasta- Jashpur road, re-turned home after closinghis shop and was in hisvegetable garden behindthe house when nearly sixassailants attacked himwith sharp-edgedweapons, a local police of-ficial said. When he raisedan alarm, his wife

Sangeeta Sigh (32) came tohis rescue but she also suf-fered critical injuries inthe attack, he said.

On hearing theirscreams, some neighboursrushed to their house fol-lowing which the as-sailants fled from the spot,he said.

The victims were takento Jashpur's district hospi-tal where they were de-

clared dead, he said."The motive behind the

killing has not yet been es-tablished. It was not com-mitted with an intentionof robbery as nothing wasreported to be missingfrom the house, the offi-cial said.

A case has been regis-tered in this connectionand efforts are on to tracethe culprits, he added.

In Pump-House area ofward No. 14

Directs Engineers toprepare estimate forthe same


Bhanupratappur, Jul 05:The migrant workersstuck in UP due to lock-down were sent by bus toChhattisgarh but the busafter leaving nine passen-gers in Bhanupratappurwas returning back. Somepeople informed the mat-ter to the administrationand immediately adminis-tration stopped the busand workers once againboarded the bus for theirrespective destinations.

As informed, bus fromSonebhadra district of UPon Saturday at about 9 pmforcibly asked nine pas-sengers to get down atBhanupratappur and had

turned back for UP.Narendra Sharma of thetown witnessed this inci-dent. On informing socialworker Rajkumar Dubey,SDOP Amolak SinghDhillon and tehsildar

stopped the bus and calledit back toBhanupratappur. The mi-grant workers four fromKondagaon and threefrom Naryanpur againboarded the bus and left

for their native villages.Two other passengers whowere from BhainsakanharDu of Korar were sent totheir villages by bike andkept at quarantine centrein their village.

Bus carrying migrant workers fromUP leave passengers mid-way

Administrationcalls back bus

Money collected from workersWorkers said, UP government had sent them bybus to their respective villages at free-of- cost butthe driver and conductor collected Rs 2350 fromthem for fuel and Rs 100 from each as allowances.

“ The bus was forcibly leaving thepassengers mid-way and while return-ing back was called again and work-ers were sent to their native villages.”Anand Netam, Tehsildar

AWARENESS DRIVE

Bhubaneswar: Additional General Manager, East Coast Railway, Sudhir Kumar educating the employees andRail users during the week-long awareness drive by ECoR, on the precautions to be taken in fight againstCOVID 19. Demonstrations were also done by the Railway Doctors on proper ways to wear mask, wash handsand practice social distance.

Of Sarva SikshaAbhiyan buildings

About the incidentThe incident took place on Wednesday night in Aasta town,located on Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border. Shailendra Singh,who ran a general store on Aasta- Jashpur road, returnedhome after closing his shop and was in his vegetable gardenbehind the house when nearly six assailants attacked himwith sharp-edged weapons. On hearing their screams, someneighbours rushed to their house following which theassailants fled from the spot.The victims were taken toJashpur's district hospital where they were declared dead.

Shifts them to‘Gouthan’, ‘Kanji-House’

Govt to buy cow dungat Rs 1.5 per kg for

vermicompostRaipur, Jul 06: TheChhattisgarh govern-ment is planning to buycow dung at Rs 1.50 perkilogram from cattlerearers as part of its'Gaudhan Nyay Yojana'which will be launchedon July 20, coincidingwith the Hareli festival,officials said on Sunday.

The recommendationto buy cow dung wasmade on Saturday by astate cabinet sub-com-mittee under agricul-ture minister RavindraChoubey, said a govern-ment spokesperson.Chief Minister BhupeshBaghel had, on June 25,announced the schemeand said it would beused for large-scale pro-duction of vermicom-post (product of decom-position of organic mat-ter brought about byworms).

He had said it wouldbe launched on Harelifestival, which is cele-brated to mark the startof agricultural activi-ties. The scheme isaimed at promoting cat-tle rearing, ensuringsafety of livestock andstrengthening ruraleconomy. While the cab-inet sub committee de-liberated on the pro-curement price, anotherunder chief secretaryKP Mandal was formedto plan the procure-ment, financial manage-ment and production ofv e r m i c o m p o s t .Choubey in the meetingsaid the dung will be col-lected by 'gauthan' com-mittees and women ofself help groups door todoor and a procurementcard will be issued inwhich data of purchasewill be maintained. Theurban administrationdepartment and forestcommittees will overseethe scheme in their re-spective areas, the offi-cial added.

Tributes paid toLate KumariMohani Rana

Ramanujnagar, Jul 05:Congress workers paidrich tributes to LateKumari Mohani Rana,elder sister of HealthMinister T S Singhdeowho passed way in Bhopalon June 29 following can-cer. She was born onSeptember 06, 1949 and OnDecember 11, 1975 wasmarried to King JayShamsher Rana( Nepal).All Congress workers paidrich tributes to her. Thosepresent include districtmedia cell in-chargeRakesh Gupta,Ramlakhan Singh, NSUIdistrict president JakeshRajwade and others.

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Ignoring opposition's criticism of Maharashtra govern-ment's handling of COVID-19 crisis, state ministerAaditya Thackeray said it was top priority.

Maha Govt's priority is to tackle COVID-19 crisis

‘Big events can be held whileadhering to COVID-19 protocol’

Lucknow, Jul 05 (PTI):

Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanathon Sunday said big eventscan be held while adher-ing to the protocol pertain-ing to COVID-19 and the"Van Mahotsav" will be awitness to this.

"Pre-COVID, duringCOVID and post-COVIDare three categories,which the world will beable to clearly see. Thesewill say what was the situ-ation of the world beforethe COVID-19 outbreak,what was the conditionduring the outbreak andwhat will be the changesin the world after COVID,"he said at the commence-ment of the "VanMahotsav" here onSunday.

The Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has set a target ofplanting 25 crore saplingsduring the "VanMahotsav".

Adityanath said, "At thesame time, we have to fight

the global pandemic aswell. During this planta-tion programme, adher-ence to social distancingcan be clearly seen. This isa good effort and all of uscan organise big eventswhile adhering to socialdistancing. This event is awitness to this. By follow-ing the treatment and pre-

vention protocol duringthis global pandemic, wecan be a part of the VanMahotsav." He added thatso far, over 5.30 croresaplings have been plantedin the state and the num-ber is increasing. "TheVan Mahotsav has set atarget of planting 25 croresaplings in the state.

Woman PSI caughttaking Rs 20 lakh bribe

from rape accusedAhmedabad, Jul 05 (PTI):

A woman police sub-in-spector (PSI) has been ar-rested for allegedly accept-ing a bribe of Rs 20 lakhfrom a rape accused fornot charging him underthe Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, po-lice said on Sunday.

Shweta Jadeja, who wasthe in-charge of Mahilapolice station inAhmedabad-West, had al-legedly demanded Rs 35lakh from the brother ofKenal Shah, against whomshe was investigating arape case registered in2019, a police official said.

She demanded themoney for not bookingShah under provisions ofthe Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act(PASA) Act, where the po-lice can send an accused toa jail outside his nativedistrict, he said.

As per the FirstInformation Report (FIR)

lodged by the city crimebranch, Jadeja acceptedRs 20 lakh through a mid-dleman and demanded anadditional Rs 15 lakh fromthe rape case accused.

The complainant gaveRs 20 lakh to Jadeja inFebruary, and she wasforcing him to pay the re-maining amount, the FIRsaid. She was arrested onFriday and a case was reg-istered against her underthe Prevention ofCorruption Act, the offi-cial said.

Nalbari sets example with women as key administratorsNalbari, Jul 05 (PTI):

Breaking the proverbialglass ceiling has becomecommonplace in Assam'sNalbari as women rule theroost in the district by oc-cupying all the key postsincluding the head of civiladministration, police andjudiciary.

The already strong num-bers of women in authori-tative positions will be en-hanced with DeputyCommissioner (DC)Purabi Konwar takingcharge on Monday.

At least two dozen otherkey posts including thedistrict's inspector ofschools, food, the socialwelfare, and informationofficer too are held bywomen. Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Amanjeet Kauris already heading the dis-

trict police for about anyear and a half.

Nalbari is located about60 km west of Guwahation the northern bank ofBrahmaputra. Accordingto 2011 census, Nalbari'spopulation was 7,71,639 ofwhich 3,96,006 were male

and 375,633 female.Krishna Baruah is anoth-er key officer, who is hold-ing the charge of chief ex-ecutive officer of the 'zilaparishad' and district de-velopment commissioner.Nalbari's five judges arewomen. A Deputy

Superintendent of Policeunder Kaur, Jupi Bordoloi,and in-charge of theKamarkuchi PoliceStation, RajashreeBuragohain, too arewomen. Revenue officersof four out of the sevencircles of Nalbari district

are women.Nalbari's sub registrar

(revenue) is MadhaviKalita, district school in-spector is Jyotshna RaniBarman, district socialwelfare officer isPadmeshwari Saikia, dis-trict food inspector isNabanita Haloi, district fi-nance and accounts officeris Daisy Nath, districtlabour officer is KavitaBarman and district infor-mation and public rela-tions officer is BinuraniRajbongshi.

Sub divisional agricul-ture officer is Lakhi Dutta,soil scientist at the agri-cultural research centre isManashi Chakraborty anddistrict child welfare offi-cer is Dipti Phukan.Among the seven child de-velopment project officers(CDPO), four are women.

Four Maoists killed inKandhamal district

Bhubaneswar, Jul 05 (PTI):

At least four Maoists weregunned down during anexchange of fire with secu-rity forces in a dense forestin Odisha's Kandhamaldistrict on Sunday, a toppolice officer said.

Some rebels have alsosuffered injuries in the op-eration, Director Generalof Police (DGP) Abhaysaid.

Acting on a tip-off, ateam of SpecialOperations Group (SOG)personnel and DistrictVoluntary Force (DVF) of-ficers had launched a raidin the forest inTumudibandha area of

Kandhamal district earlyin the day, he said.

As the security person-nel approached their hide-out, the Maoists openedfire and a gun battle en-sued, leading to the deathof the four rebels.

A huge cache of armsand ammunition has beenseized from the area, theDGP said.

All four of them are sus-pected to be members ofthe Bansadhara-Nagavali-Ghumusar division of thebanned CPI (Maoist), hesaid, adding that a massivecombing operation is un-derway in the area.

Kandhamal SP PrateekSingh, who rushed to the

site along with other sen-ior police officers, said awoman cadre was amongthe slain Maoists.

Congratulating the secu-rity forces, ChiefSecretary AK Tripathysaid the operation hasstrengthened Odisha's re-solve to fight extremism.

"Congrats to Officers &Jawans of Odisha Policeon successful ops inKandhamal. Their braveaction is much appreciat-ed. Death of 4 Maoist con-firmed. This strengthensour resolve to free ourstate from extremism andspur all round develop-ment in the state," hetweeted.

MP BJP MLA expresses dissent overturncoats becoming ministers

Bhopal, Jul 05 (PTI):

Resentment overThursday's expansion ofthe BJP government inMadhya Pradesh contin-ued with ruling partyMLA Ajay Vishnoi shoot-ing off a letter to ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan.

Vishnoi's letterclaimed there was re-sentment among the peo-ple of Jabalpur andRewa divisions. Vishnoi(68) is a former state min-ister and four time MLA,currently representingJabalpur's Patan seat. "Ican understand your dif-ficulties but peoplecan't," he said in the let-ter to the CM, apparentlya reference toCongressman-turned-BJP Rajya Sabha MPJyotiraditya Scindiawhose loyalists managed

to corner a sizable shareof the berths. "I requestyou (Chouhan) to takecharge (as guardian min-ister) of the two divi-sions to calm down thepeople. For your infor-mation, (Congressleader) Digvijay Singh,while he was MP chiefminister, acted as incharge (guardian) minis-ter of Jabalpur. Hope youwill accept my request,"

he said in the letter.Vishnoi is an old partyloyalist and, in 1983, wasMadhya PradeshBharatiya Janata YuvaMorcha (BJYM) presi-dent, and Chouhanserved as the wing's statesecretary. When contact-ed, Vishnoi refused tocomment. People in theVindh area are upsetover the non-inclusion ofMLA Rajendra Shukla,whose clout in the regionensured the Congresscould not open its ac-count in Rewa, Singrauliand Shahdol districts. Asupporter of Indore BJPMLA Ramesh Mendolatried to immolate him-self after the cabinet ex-pansion. Mendola, a loy-alist of BJP general sec-retary KailashVijayvargiya, was notgiven a ministerial berthin the expansion.

Car stolen New Delhi: The car

of Delhi BJP's JJ Cellin-charge NeerajTiwari was stolenfrom outside hishouse in south Delhi'sJor Bagh area. The in-cident was capturedin a CCTV camera,they added. Tiwarisaid his car wasstolen from outsidehis residence. In theCCTV footage, twopeople can be seen ap-proaching the four-wheeler and later,fleeing with it. A sen-ior police officer saida case was registeredand an investigationunderway.

Allow acting Mumbai: Cine and

TV ArtistsAssociation seniorvice president andactor Manoj Joshi metMaharashtraGovernor BhagatSingh Koshyari to dis-cuss the issue of ac-tors above the age of65 not being allowed toshoot due to the coron-avirus outbreak. Thegovernment assurednecessary coopera-tion, a CINTAA re-lease said. Joshi wasaccompanied by stateBJP secretary andvice chairman ofMaharashtra Film,Stage and CulturalDevelopmentCorporation Ltd (MF-SCDCL) AmarjeetMishra.

Activists assaulted New Delhi:

Members of an NGO,'NeighbourhoodWoof', were allegedlyassaulted by someresidents of RaniBagh while they werecatching stray dogsin the area. FourNGO members, in-cluding a woman,had come to the areato catch stray dogswhen a heated argu-ment broke out be-tween them and thelocals, leading to ascuffle, they said.Three locals sus-tained minor injuriesafter being hit by thecar of the NGO mem-bers while they weretrying to leave thearea, police said.

Couple suicide Ghaziabad: A couple

allegedly committedsuicide a few daysafter getting marriedin Uttar Pradesh'sGhaziabad district,police said. VishalPrajapati and NishaGautam had a love af-fair and they got mar-ried, with the consentof their families, a po-lice official said.However, Prajapati al-legedly ended his lifeby jumping in front ofa moving train atMehrauli railwaycrossing, he said.Next day, Gautam'sparents took her totheir house inKailash Puri colonyin Kavi Nagar fromher in-laws' residencealso in the same area,the official said.

Seeks ban Kochi: Taking serious

note of incidents of menusing naval uniforms orbadges for allegedly pos-ing as Navy officers inKerala,the Indian Navysaid it will approach thestate government seek-ing a ban on unautho-rised sale of Armedforces uniforms in thestate. Impersonation ofservice personnel by oth-ers is a cognizable of-fence and those indulgingin such activities wouldbe subject to stringentmeasures in order toavoid anti-national ele-ments from utilizing thismethod for ulterior mo-tives, which pose a poten-tially grave threat to na-tional security.

BRIEF

5. Identify thistemple.

1. Who was the first recipient of NationalGallantry award for saving the life of PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru?

2. In 1995, which car company introduced the F50super cars: Mercedes or Ferrari?

3. Which ancient country had eleven kings calledRamses?

4. Our mouth producers 1 litre of what every day?

6. Who is the Param Vir Chakra winner to havebeen awarded when alive?

(1) Harish Chandra Mehra (2) Ferrari (3) Egypt (4) Saliva(5) Kalaram Temple, Nasik (6) Lance Naik Karam Singh

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MANGO SEASON CONTINUES

A farmer sorts mangoes during its harvest season, on the outskirts of Jammu, Sunday.

Ajay Vishnoi

Chennai, Jul 05 (PTI):

An intense lockdown,without any relaxations,was imposed acrossTamil Nadu on Sunday aspart of the state govern-ment's efforts to curb thespread of coronavirus,with roads remaining de-serted and shops downingshutters.

The state governmenthad earlier announcedthat on all the fourSundays in July, intenselockdown will be in forceacross Tamil Nadu andonly health care services,including pharmaciesand hospitals, will befunctional.

People remained in-doors in different cities in

the state, even as no com-mercial activities werewitnessed, reports reach-ing here said.

Shops, including thoseselling vegetables andgroceries were closed inmany parts and there was

no movement of vehicu-lar traffic on key roads indifferent parts of thestate.

Police personnel wereposted in various junc-tions as part of total im-plementation of the lock-

down.Earlier, the government

had announced imple-menting intense lock-down from June 19 to July5 in Chennai and itsneighbouring districts--K a n c h e e p u r a m ,Tiruvallur andChengalpet.

The said districts willhowever, see relaxationsin the curbs startingMonday, with the govern-ment allowing extensionof business hours of veg-etable shops, provisionstores and restaurants,which can only servetakeaways.

IT firms and privateunits can also resume ac-tivity with various safetyprecautions in place.

Intense lockdown in TN to curb spread of COVID-19

View of empty street and closed market during lock-down in Salem on Sunday.

A woman policeconstable provid-ing help to seniorcitizens in Nalbari.

Chandrodaya Templereopens for devotees after

more than 3 monthsKolkata, Jul 05 (PTI):

The gates of ChandrodayaTemple, Mayapur, world head-quarters of the ISKCON, re-opened for devotees onSunday, more than threemonths after they were shut inthe wake of the COVID-19 out-break.

The 'darshan' of the deitiesbegan from 9 am and around100 devotees came inside thepremises through sanitisertunnel, ISKCON (InternationalSociety For KrishnaConsciousness) Mayapurspokesman Subrata Das toldPTI. The temple will be openfrom 9 am to 7 pm every day."We expected 200 visitors. Weexpect the numbers to go upnext week onwards," he said.All the visitors were enteringfrom the main gate and'Gammon gate' and not al-lowed without masks. Thetemple premises, restaurants,toilets were being sanitised atfrequent interval every day.The temple was closed since

March 23. "Since the safety ofour devotees and visitors is ofparamount importance to uswe took a little more time toopen the temple for devo-tees," Sri Madhava GaurangaDas, Vice Chairman ofMayapur AdministrativeCouncil said explaining thereason why the ISKCON,Mayapur authorities openedthe gates for devotees onemonth after the West Bengalgovernment allowed places ofworship to open. However, au-thorities of ISKCON, Kolkatadon't have any immediateplans to open the Albert Roadtemple premises in the city,ISKCON Kolkata spokesmanRadha Raman Das said when

Chandrodaya Temple

Shweta Jadeja

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath watering a plantduring commencement of 'Van Mahotsav' 2020 atLucknow on Sunday.

07SPORTS/BUSINESSCENTRAL CHRONICLE, MONDAY, JULY 06, 2020

CCoolloommbboo:: Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis was arrested on Sunday after the vehicle he was driving hit and killeda 64-year-old cyclist. The accident took place at 5am on the Old Galle Road in the Colombo suburb of Panadura.According to police, Mendis' car crashed into the bicycle of the deceased who has been identified as a residentof Gokarella. The victim suffered serious injuries and died as he was being admitted to the hospital.

Kusal Mendis arrested after fatal road accident


BCCI ethics officer D KJain on Sunday said he isexamining a conflict of in-terest complaint againstIndia captain Virat Kohlifrom Madhya PradeshCricket Association lifemember Sanjeev Gupta,who has levelled similarcharges against otherplayers in the past whichwere deemed "infructu-ous".

In his latest complaint,Gupta has alleged thatKohli is conflicted as he oc-cupies two posts -- captainof the Indian team and di-rector of a venture whichhas co-directors linked to atalent management com-pany that has on board,several of his teammates.

Gupta has alleged that itis a violation of the BCCIconstitution which barsone individual from hold-ing multiple positions.

"I have received a com-plaint. I will examine it

and then see if the case ismade out or not. If yes,then I have to afford an op-portunity to him (Kohli) torespond," Jain told PTI.

Gupta claims that Kohli,who is one of the directorsat Cornerstone VenturePartners LLP and ViratKohli Sports LLP, is con-flicted as his co-directors --Amit Arun Sajdeh (betterknown as Bunty Sajdeh inIndian cricket circle) andBinoy Bharat Khimji --,are also a part of the talentmanagement company

Cornerstone Sport andEntertainment PrivateLimited.

Kohli does not have arole in Cornerstone Sportand EntertainmentPrivate Limited.

The company managesthe commercial interestsof the India skipper andhis many other teammatesincluding K L Rahul,Rishabh Pant, RavindraJadeja, Umesh Yadav andKuldeep Yadav.

"In view of the above,Shri Virat Kohli is occupy-

ing two posts at a time inblatant violation to BCCIRule 38 (4) approved bySupreme Court Of India.As such, he must relin-quish his one post at oncein compliance...," wroteGupta in his complaint.

It is the first high profilecomplaint Jain has re-ceived since he got a one-year extension last month.

In the first year of hisjob, Jain had dealt withthe conflict of interestcomplaints against Indiancricketing greats RahulDravid, Sourav Ganguly,VVS Laxman and KapilDev.

All of these came fromGupta and the iconic for-mer players had to resignfrom one position beforethe complaints were ren-dered "infructuous"

BCCI President SouravGanguly has already stat-ed that the conflict of in-terest norms as prescribedby the Lodha Committeeare unrealistic.

Examining conflict of interest complaintagainst Kohli: BCCI ethics officer Manchester, Jul 05 (PTI):

Pacer Kemar Roachfeels the upcoming seriesagainst England is equiva-lent to the Ashes for theWest Indies team whichwill look to defend the tro-phy it won at home lastyear.

The opening Test at theAgeas Bowl inSouthampton, startingWednesday, will be thefirst international cricketcontest since March whenthe coronavirus outbreakhalted all sporting action.

West Indies had handedJoe Root's men a 2-1 defeatwhen England travelled tothe Caribbeans last yearand Roach said the visit-ing team wants to emulatethat result.

"We were relentless andit set the tone. Everyoneput in and we're looking toemulate that here. Takingthe trophy back home tothe Caribbean is the num-ber one goal," Roach wasquoted as saying by 'TheGuardian'. "Winning in

England would be perfectbut it's about defendingthe trophy. This is ourbiggest series, like theAshes for us, so it's aboutgetting into that zone," headded.

Roach ended as the lead-ing wicket-taker with 18scalps in the last series be-tween the two sides. He ranthrough the English bat-ting line-up in the first in-nings of the opening Testin Barbados, and wasawarded the Man of Series

for his consistent perform-ance. "That day inBarbados is top for me,"Roach recalled.

"It was the best I haveever felt; my body washealthy, the ball was com-ing out perfectly, I was ex-pressing myself. There wasno added pressure, justtotal comfort. That's how Igot the best out of myself,"he added.

The ICC has banned theuse of saliva on the ball asan interim measure tocounter the coronavirusthreat but it did so withoutallowing the use of artifi-cial substances.

The 31-year-old, who hasclaimed 193 Test wickets sofar, feels it will be hard toshine the ball now that sali-va is banned, but thebowlers will "find a way"out."Yes, that's the toughpart, but hopefully, we canget some hot days and theguys can work up somesweat. Although it has to bea pretty warm day for us tosweat. But whatever theweather, we'll find a way."

England tour our biggest series,it’s like the Ashes for us: Roach

Quinton de Kock named men’s Cricketer

of the Year in CSA’s virtual awards

Johannesburg, Jul 05 (PTI):White-ball skipper Quinton deKock was named the men's'cricketer of the year' atCricket South Africa's (CSA)annual awards ceremony, heldvirtually due to the COVID-19pandemic. The 27-year-oldalso bagged the Test cricketerof the year while young open-er Laura Wolvaardt took homethe women's cricketer of theyear and ODI cricketer of theyear awards. Pacer LungiNgidi was named ODI and T20player of the year while DavidMiller was voted the fans'favourite player. Anrich Nortje,who made his Test debut inIndia and took a five-for in theTest series against England,was adjudged theInternational men's 'newcom-er' of the year. Shabnim Ismailtook home the women's T20player of the year with left-arm spinner NonkululekoMlaba was recognised as thewomen's 'newcomer' of theYear. This is the second timede Kock has won the men'sCricketer of the Year, havingclaimed the accolade in 2017.


Indian football headcoach Igor Stimac feelsthat talismanic captainSunil Chhetri is motivatedenough to keep going andremains "very valuable"for guiding the nationalteam youngsters.

During a recent inter-view, the 35-year-oldChhetri had said that he isfitter than ever and is notgoing away anytime soon,putting to rest specula-tions around his retire-ment.

Asked if Chhetri canplay for another three-fouryears, Stimac told PTI: "Heis motivated enough tokeep going and very valu-

able to our youngsterswith his attitude, profes-sionalism and a positivemindset.

"We (coaches) are thereto provide best possibleservice to all our playersand do justice at the end by

choosing the best 11 or 23for a game. We are happyto have Sunil with us andwe will help him stay fo-cused and motivated onhis game as long as possi-ble," Stimac said from hishome in Croatia.

Chhetri motivated enough to keep going,very valuable to youngsters: Stimac

Melbourne, Jul 05 (PTI):

Australia coach JustinLanger on Sunday likenedDavid Warner to unbeatenboxing great FloydMayweather, calling him an"absolute ripper" who willnever get to be a leaderthanks to the 2018 ball-tam-pering scandal.

The then skipper SteveSmith and Warner, who washis deputy, were handedone-year bans for their in-volvement in the infamousincident in the Test matchagainst South Africa inMarch 2018. "Look, I supporthim. Having David Warnerin the team is like havingFloyd Mayweather in theteam," Langer told ChannelNine television's 'Sports

Sunday', referring to theAmerican icon who re-mained undefeated in his 50-bout professional career andowned 15 major world titlesin five weight divisions.Warner, who was identifiedas the instigator of the 2018incident which prompted areview of the "win-at-all-cost" Australian cricket cul-ture, was slapped with a life-time captaincy ban. Smith,however, is now eligible for aleadership role.

Having Warner in team is like havingFloyd Mayweather: Justin Langer

Mumbai, Jul 05 (PTI):

Former England skipperNasser Hussain has com-pared Ben Stokes' leader-ship abilities with ViratKohli, saying the all-round-er will turn out to be an "ex-cellent captain" when hedons the hat in Joe Root'sabsence during the firstTest against the West Indiesin Southampton, startingJuly 8.

England's World Cuphero Stokes was on lastTuesday named captain forthe opening Test againstthe West Indies in place ofRoot, who has taken leave tobe with his wife for thebirth of their second child.England will take on the

West Indies in a three-match Test in a "bio-secureenvironment", which willmark the resumption of ofinternational cricketamidst the COVID-19 pan-demic.

"Generally, what Ben(Stokes) does is a bit likeVirat (Kohli). Everythinghe does, he does it at 100mile an hour. So, I think hewill be an excellent cap-

tain, although he's only astand-in captain,"Hussain, a respected voicein world cricket, said onStar Sports show 'CricketConnected'.

"Joe Root is off with thatbaby, his second child. Ithink as a stand-in captain,I am absolutely behind it,absolutely great choice,very loyal as well to JoeRoot. He won't have anykind of grandeur thinkingthat this is my job for life,"added Hussain, who played96 Tests for England.

However, the 52-year-oldright-handed batsman wasnot in favour of handingStokes full time captaincyat the moment, saying hisplatter is already full.

Stokes is a bit like Kohli, he will turn outto be an excellent captain: Hussain


The income tax depart-ment has amended theTDS form, making itmore comprehensive andmandating deductors tostate reasons for non-de-duction of tax.

As per the amendedform, banks will alsohave to report TaxDeducted at Source (TDS)for cash withdrawalsabove Rs 1 crore.

Through a notification,the Central Board ofDirect Taxes (CBDT) hasamended Income TaxRules to include TDS one-commerce operators,dividend distributed by

mutual funds and busi-ness trusts, cash with-drawals, professional feesand interest.

Nangia & Co LLPPartner Shailesh Kumarsaid with this notifica-tion, the government hasrevised the format offorms 26Q and 27Q,where details of TDSamount deducted and de-posited on various resi-dent and non-resident

payments are required tobe filled.

Form 26Q is used forquarterly filing of TDSreturns on any paymentother than salary toIndian residents by thegovernment or corpo-rates operating in India.

Form 27Q is used forquarterly filing of TDSreturns electronically onany payment other thansalary to non- residents,including NRIs and for-eigners. Except for gov-ernment deductors, it ismandatory for all otherdeductors to mentiontheir PAN in the form.

Kumar said "the newforms are more compre-

hensive and require pay-ers to report not onlythose cases where TDS isdeducted, but also caseswhere TDS is not deduct-ed for any reason.Separate codes have beenprovided to cover differ-ent situations of deduc-tion of TDS at lower rate/non-deduction of TDS."

The revised forms andrules also seek to incor-porate reporting for newsections of TDS insertedin the Income Tax Act,such as Section 194N forcash withdrawals,Section 197A permittingnon-deduction of TDS invarious situations,among others.

I-T dept amends TDS form,makes it more comprehensive


The finance ministrymay assess the capital re-quirement of public sectorbanks after the Septemberquarter as there would begreater clarity about a spikein bad loans by that time,sources said.

There is widespread fearthat non-performing assets(NPAs) of the banks willwitness a surge due to theeconomic slowdown trig-gered by the COVID-19 out-break and resultant lock-downs. This will need high-er provisioning by banks asper the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) guidelines.

However, there could be asilver lining if RBI accepts

request of loan restructur-ing for sectors hit badly bythe coronavirus pandemic,sources said. The pain ofNPA will surface only afterthe extended moratoriumends in August, the sourcessaid, adding it will be appro-priate to assess capital re-quirement only after thesecond quarter numbersare finalised. Veteran

banker and CII PresidentUday Kotak had said thepublic sector banks wouldneed financial support fromthe government to drive theeconomy, while private sec-tor banks need to raise capi-tal from various sources tomeet the future challenges.

"The COVID-19 outbreakand resulting lockdown hasimpacted adversely the realeconomy, businesses, indi-viduals, government and fi-nancial sector.

"While the government isfacing the risk of higher fis-cal deficit, the banking sec-tor urgently needs the re-capitalisation to the tune ofRs 3-4 lakh crore to meet thelending requirements," hehad said last month.

Finmin may review capital requirement of PSU banks after Q2

Top-10 firms add Rs 1.37 lakh cr in m-cap

New Delhi, Jul 05 (PTI): The 10 most valued Indian com-panies together added a whop-ping Rs 1,37,508.61 crore in mar-ket valuation last week, with TCSand RIL emerging as the biggestgainers. During the past week,the 30-share BSE Sensexadvanced 850.15 points or 2.41per cent. The market valuationof Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) jumped Rs 31,294.89 croreto Rs 8,25,149.40 crore. RelianceIndustries Limited (RIL) addedRs 28,464.11 crore to take itsmarket valuation to Rs11,33,168.55 crore. HDFC's mar-ket capitalisation zoomed Rs20,519.86 crore to Rs 3,27,120.52crore and that of ITC rose by Rs15,057.98 crore to reach Rs2,54,879.41 crore. The valuationof Bharti Airtel moved higher byRs 11,347.56 crore to Rs3,17,022.44 crore and that ofHDFC Bank advanced Rs10,211.92 crore to Rs 5,89,765.72crore.


Promoters of stressedcompanies will get moreflexibility in attracting in-vestors and the process ofdetermining the right pricefor assets would get easierfollowing a new set ofamendments introduced bycapital market regulatorSebi in its preferential shareissuance norms.

Market experts said thenew guidelines provide flex-ibility to the promoters andpromoter group entities toattract investors for theircompanies rather than be-coming completely dispos-sessed as under the IBCframework.

The amendments can alsohelp promoters get financialinvestors on board withoutlosing control of the compa-ny. Even if they get in-vestors who wish to takecontrol, they could end upwith a continuing role in thecompany which may be di-luted but not completely re-moved. Therefore, due tosuch flexibility, promotersmay prefer restructuring

through these guidelines asa better and faster alterna-tive than going through IBC,the experts added.

Sebi, on June 22, intro-duced guidelines relaxingpricing and open offer re-quirements to enable easierfund raising through prefer-ential allotment by stressedlisted companies.

In order to ensure that therelaxations can be availedby genuinely stressed com-panies, clear criteria for acompany to qualify as astressed company' havebeen laid down.

Adequate safeguards havealso been put in place interms of restricting personswho are eligible to partici-pate, end-use disclosures, re-strictions and monitoring,lock-in requirements, certi-fication by audit committee& statutory auditor etc.

New Sebi norms to raise fund-raisingflexibility of stressed firms

Chennai, July 05 (PTI):

'Work From Home' due toCOVID-19 enforced lock-down norms is seeing atrend of buyers tighteningtheir purse strings and opt-ing for budget friendly resi-dences rather than luxuryofferings, city realtors said.

Those who earlier pre-ferred 'paying guest' accom-modation were increasinglylooking at owning an apart-ment to suit their budget.

"What has happened isthat the pandemic hasopened up a lot of opportu-nities for developers and thepeople. Customers have un-derstood the necessity of ahome and for developers ithas opened up, if not luxury,budget segment resi-dences", Akshaya HomesLtd founder T Chitty Babutold PTI. He said peoplehave accepted that they livein challenging times andthat they need to savemoney. "Earlier they werestretching their budget forbigger apartments, but arenow going in for properties

within their budget", hesaid. The younger genera-tion was moving towardsurban locations and givingup the 'paying guest' con-cept of sharing living spacewith others he said.

"They do not want to livewith strangers and this hasopened up a lot of opportu-nities for home buyers.They look at k at makingpurchases of houses if itsuits their budget."

Chitty Babu said workfrom home could have ashort-term impact on com-mercial properties and thatcompanies located locatedin big complexes may moveto smaller places.

COVID-19 impact: Realtors look atnew trends among home buyers


Power demand slumphas narrowed to 2.6 percent in the beginning ofJuly from 9.6 per cent inJune, showing improve-ment in commercial andindustrial activities in thecountry.

The peak power demandhad declined by about 25per cent in April and 8.82per cent in May this yeardue to lower commercialand industrial demandduring the COVID-19 in-duced lockdown.

The government hadimposed the lockdownfrom March 25.

Experts have expressedhope that power demandwould reach normal levelsby August this year.Unlock 2.0 is expected tobring economic activitiesto almost normal levels,which would be reflectedin power demand data.

The government hadstarted easing the lock-down from April 20, 2020.

According to powerministry data, peak powerdemand met was recordedat 170.54 GW on July 2,which is just 2.61 per centlower than 175.12 GW inJuly 2019.

The peak power demandmet was 166.78GW on July1, 168.34GW on July 3 and160.83 GW on July 4.

The peak power demandmet in June dipped 9.6 percent at 164.94GW com-pared to 182.45 GW in June2019.

Peak power demand metis defined as the highestenergy supply during theday across the country.

Power demand slump narrowsto 2.6% in July beginning

FPIs pull out Rs 3,741 cr in threetrading sessions

New Delhi, Jul 05 (PTI): Foreign portfolio investors(FPIs) have pulled out Rs 3,741crore from the Indian markets injust three trading sessions ofJuly, which market analystsattributed to profit booking andappreciation in the rupee overthe last few weeks. The deposi-tories data showed that FPIswithdrew a net sum of Rs 3,959crore from the equities butinvested a net Rs 218 crore indebt segment between July 1-3.This translated into a total netwithdrawal of Rs 3,741 croreduring the period under review.The latest withdrawal has comeafter investment of Rs 24,053crore by FPIs in domestic mar-kets in June. FPIs turned netbuyers after remaining net sell-ers for three consecutivemonths. "Markets performingwell in the recent times, andsome appreciation in rupee overthe last few weeks, have provid-ed a good profit booking oppor-tunity to foreign investors,which they decided to capitaliseon," Himanshu Srivastava, asso-ciate director-manager researchat Morningstar India said.

Global cues, TCS earnings major driversfor markets this week

New Delhi, Jul 05 (PTI):Trading sentiment in the equi-ty markets this week will beguided by global cues, COVID-19 trends and quarterly earn-ings by market heavyweightTCS, analysts said.Investors will also monitormovement of rupee and crudeoil as well as progress of mon-soon, they added."Participants will be eyeingkey macro indicators like IIPdata. Besides, the progress ofmonsoon and developmentson COVID front will also be infocus."On the earnings front, ITmajor TCS, will announce itsresults on July 9," said AjitMishra, VP Research, ReligareBroking.Industrial production data isscheduled to be announcedpost-market hours on Friday."Q1 result season would kickstart from this week with TCSreporting on 9th July, whichwould be keenly tracked," saidSiddhartha Khemka, Head -Retail Research, Motilal OswalFinancial Services.

Patna, Jul 05 (PTI):

Lalu Prasad Yadav'sRashtriya Janata Dal, oncethe numero uno politicalforce in Bihar, observed its24th foundation day onSunday as Yadav's sons ledparty workers in a bicyclerally aimed at targeting theruling NDA over spirallingpetroleum prices. TheRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)was floated on this date in1997.

The party came intobeing as a result of a splitcaused in the Janata Dal byYadav, who was then its act-ing president and feared adefeat at the hands of chal-lenger Sharad Yadav in or-ganisational polls. Themove helped the wily for-mer chief minister to passthe baton to his wife RabriDevi -- a demure homemak-

er who had till then stayedaway from politics -- whenhe faced imminent arreston account of a chargesheet filed against him inthe infamous fodder scam.

The party celebrated itsfoundation day in the ab-sence of its charismatic

founding president for thethird consecutive year, asYadav has been away inRanchi serving sentencesin a number of cases relat-ed to the scam. "I was tooyoung back then, so I do notremember much of thosedays. Lalu is not an individ-

ual but an ideology. He ismissed not only by us, butthe people at large," Yadav'syounger son and heir ap-parent Tejashwi Yadav toldreporters before embark-ing on the cycle rally.

Tejashwi, who underthe wings of his fathermade a spectacular debutin 2015 assembly polls andwent on to become thedeputy chief minister atthe tender age of 25, is setto face the hustings laterthis year as his party'schief ministerial candi-date and the principalchallenger to his formerboss Nitish Kumar. "Biharowes a lot to Lalu ji interms of social justice andjob creation. Three rail-way workshops came upin the state when he heldthe portfolio at the Centrefor just five years.

APCC receives prestigiousInt’l JCI accreditation

Chennai, Jul 05:

Apollo Proton CancerCentre (APCC), the firstProton Therapy Centre inSouth Asia and The MiddleEast, announced its accred-itation by JointCommission International(JCI), the recognized globalleader in health care ac-creditation. This makesAPCC, India’s first dedicat-ed advanced cancer centreto receive this internation-al accreditation, and the8th hospital in the ApolloHospitals Group to join theportfolio of JCI accreditedhospitals.

Since its commencementin June 2019, APCC hasbeen the preferred cancercentre across the globe forProton Therapy andCancer Care Management.JCI accreditation is a pres-tigious achievement andbenchmark in the health-

care industry for followingthe best global practicesand offering exceptionalpatient care and safety. Dr.Prathap C Reddy,Chairman, ApolloHospitals said, “More than25 years ago, we noted thegrowing prevalence of can-cer in India, the lack ofOncology centres in thecountry and this was thegenesis of Apollo embark-ing on advanced cancercare. From the very begin-ning, we brought in themost advanced technolo-gies in cancer care andeven the recent launch ofSouth Asia and the MiddleEast’s first Proton Therapyat Apollo Proton CancerCentre, reiterates our com-mitment to investing in thebest available care for ourpatients. I am pleased thatApollo Proton CancerCentre(APCC) has been ac-corded a special honour, it

is now the first advancedcancer centre in India to beaccredited by JCI. Thisrecognition of our qualitystandards will furtherstrengthen our resolve tokeep raising the bar inOncology!”

“The APCC was con-ceived to be among the bestin the world and in keep-ing with this vision; wehave the latest state-of-the-art Proton Therapy ma-chine with the best team ofdoctors handling variousdisciplines in Oncology tomanage the centre. It is amatter of pride that the top10 leading Cancer care spe-cialists are working withus and to ensure they candeliver the best of care toour patients, we haveequipped them with ad-vanced ultramodern med-ical technology to ensureour centre is a world classproton care centre!”

UK clothing unit faces modern slavery probeLondon, Jul 05 (PTI):

A clothing factorynamed Jaswal Fashionsbased in the easternEngland city of Leicesterfaces a modern slavery in-vestigation after an under-cover reporter allegedsweatshop-like conditionsand below minimum wagepayments to its workers,many of them from India.

According to TheSunday Times', its under-cover reporter found thatworkers were being paidas little as 3.50 pounds anhour as against the UK'slegal minimum wage of8.72 pounds an hour andwas also operating lastweek during the localisedcoronavirus lockdown im-posed on the city.

UK Home SecretaryPriti Patel described theallegations as truly ap-palling and commended

the undercover investiga-tion for its role in uncover-ing such abhorrent prac-tices .

I will not tolerate sickcriminals forcing inno-cent people into slavelabour and a life of ex-

ploitation, said Patel.Let this be a warning to

those who are exploitingpeople in sweatshops likethese for their own com-mercial gain. This is justthe start. What you aredoing is illegal, it will not

be tolerated and we arecoming after you, she said.

Last week, the seniorCabinet minister had di-rected the UK's NationalCrime Agency (NCA) toinvestigate modern slav-ery allegations inLeicester's clothing facto-ries after alarm wasraised that they were akey source of the spike incoronavirus infections inthe region, which led toEngland's first localisedCOVID-19 lockdown forthe city.

Within the last few daysNCA officers, along withLeicestershire police andother partner agencies, at-tended a number of busi-ness premises in theLeicester area to assessconcerns of modern slav-ery and human traffick-ing, the NCA said, whichis looking into the under-cover reports.

Kathmandu, Jul 05 (PTI):

Facing growing demandfor his resignation, Nepal'sembattled Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli has saidthat the ruling communistparty is facing a grave cri-sis, indicating that it maysplit soon, according to amedia report on Sunday.

Oli, at an emergencymeeting of the Cabinet athis official residence, toldthe Cabinet ministers thatsome of our party mem-bers are also trying to re-move President BidyaDevi Bhandari from thepower, My Republicanewspaper quoted a seniorleader as saying.

"Now, conspiracies arebeing hatched to removeme from the post of primeminister and party chair-

man, the prime ministersaid on Saturday, addingthat he will not let it hap-pen. The ruling party isfacing a grave crisis, Olisaid. After Oli's remarksabout the conspiracy toimpeach the president,three former prime minis-ters -- Pushpa KamalDahal Prachanda',

Madhav Nepal andJhanalanth Khanal -- metBhandari and clarifiedthat the rumour about theNepal Communist Party(NCP) leaders trying to re-move her from office wereuntrue, The KathmanduPost reported.

On Saturday, a crucialmeeting of the NCP's 45-member powerfulStanding Committee to de-cide the political future ofOli was postponed untilMonday to allow moretime for the top leadershipto iron out their differ-ences over his style offunctioning and anti-Indiastatements. During theCabinet meeting, a defiantOli said that he will not beforced to accept the party'sStanding Committee decision.

Virus-hit Doc accuses positive hospital of fleecing, detaining her

Hyderabad, Jul 05 (PTI):

A middle-aged womandoctor, who had testedCOVID-19 positive, has al-leged that she was de-tained by a private hospi-tal management here overnon-payment of the med-ical bill. In a selfie-videowhich has gone viral inthe social media, the civilassistant surgeon of astate-run Fever Hospital ispurportedly seen accusingthe private hospital ofovercharging by making abill of Rs 1.15 lakh for aday's treatment.

Besides, she claimedthat she was not givenproper medication and notdischarging her. In thevideo, the doctor said aftertesting positive for coron-avirus she has been treat-

ing herself at her houseand was under home quar-antine. On the midnight ofJuly 1, she said she experi-enced shortness of breathand got herself admittedto the private hospital.

"I am a COVID-19 war-rior. For one day, theycharged me Rs 1.15 lakh.Icould not pay so much. Iam a diabetic and I'm notgetting proper medicationhere. They are makingbaseless allegations. I amin trouble. I paid Rs 40,000,but they detained me," thewoman claimed in thevideo.

She further said she hadalso filed a police com-plaint against the privatehospital in connectionwith the incident.However, it was not clearwhether the woman shot

the selfie-video at the pri-vate hospital, which hasdenied her allegations.

Reacting to the video,Fever HospitalSuperintendent Dr KShankar said the womandoctor had tested positivefor the virus four days agoand has been under homequarantine.

"She was told that thegovernment has made allarrangements for propertreatment of frontlineCOVID-19 warriors, butwithout informing higherofficials she herself got ad-mitted to the private hospi-tal," Shankar told PTI.

It was only after localTV channels aired the self-video of the woman onSunday that Shanker saidhe came to know about thematter.

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Greece won't accept EU conditions on COVID-19 aid

KP Sharma Oli

Greece will not accept strict European Union conditionson use of coronavirus emergency aid, Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis told on Sunday.

Trump blames China’s ‘secrecy,cover-up’ for spread of COVID-19

Washington, Jul 05 (PTI):

China must be held fullyaccountable for its "secre-cy, deception and cover-up"that allowed it to spreadthe coronavirus all overthe world, US PresidentDonald Trump has said,upping the ante on Beijing

over its handling of theCOVID-19 outbreak.

Addressing the nationfor a second time in asmany days on the occasionof 244th IndependenceDay on Saturday,President Trump toutedthe country's "progress"against the COVID-19 dis-

ease despite a nationwidespike in the number ofcoronavirus cases.

"We have the manufac-turing record for ventila-tors. We have the most andthe finest testing any-where in the world. We areproducing gowns, masks,and surgical equipment inour country It was almostexclusively made in for-eign lands, in particular,China, where ironicallythis virus and others camefrom," he said in his ad-dress from the lawns ofthe White House.

"China's secrecy, decep-tion, and cover-up allowedit to spread all over theworld, 189 countries andChina must be held fullyaccountable," he said, onceagain accusing Beijing ofcovering up the outbreakof the pandemic.

COMPLETE LOCKDOWN

Buses parked at a depot during a complete lockdown in Agartala, Tripura.

BRIEFCouncillor dies

PPaannaajjii:: A 72-year-oldcouncillor of theMormugao MunicipalCouncil in Goa died dueto COVID-19 in the weehours on Sunday, a statehealth department offi-cial said. PascoalDSouza, who did notbelong to any politicalparty, tested positive forcoronavirus last monthfollowing which he wasadmitted to Margao-based ESI Hospital, aspecially designatedfacility for COVID-19patients. He succumbedto the viral infection onSunday, the official said.D'Souza represented award in Mangor Hillarea, which has beendeclared as a contain-ment zone after morethan 200 people theretested positive for coro-navirus.

Charges auditTThhaannee:: In a bid to checkovercharging by privatehospitals, the ThaneMunicipal Corporation(TMC) has ordered anaudit of charges leviedby hospitals treatingCOVID-19 patients here,a civic official said onSunday. Four teams ofauditors have beenformed to audit bills of15 hospitals here inMaharashtra, the officialsaid. The order wasissued by TMCCommissioner Dr VipinSharma after complaintsthat some hospitalswere charging exorbi-tant amounts frompatients, he said. If anyhospital is found to becharging more than thepermitted charges, thenthe TMC will issue ashow-cause notice tothe medical facility.

Rocket firedBBaagghhddaadd:: The Iraqi mili-tary said Sunday that arocket aimed atBaghdad's fortifiedGreen Zone, home of theUS Embassy, struck aresidential house andinjured a child. Iraqi offi-cials said the embassy'srecently installed C-RAM air defense systemmay have attempted tointercept the rocket asthe system was opera-tional. A recent spate ofrocket attacks havestruck close to the USEmbassy and targetedAmerican troops in Iraqibases. The officialsspoke on condition ofanonymity in line withregulations.

New restrictionsTTeell AAvviivv:: Israel orderedthousands of people intoquarantine after a con-tentious phone surveil-lance program resumedas Palestinians in theWest Bank returned tolife under lockdown afterboth areas saw surges incoronavirus cases. Astatement Sunday fromIsrael's Health Ministrysaid many messages hadbeen sent to Israelis fol-lowing the renewedinvolvement of the ShinBet domestic securityagency. The Israeli dailyHaaretz reported thatmore than 30,000 peoplewere notified they mustenter quarantine sinceThursday.

Dubai gurdwaraDubai: The Guru NanakDarbar Gurdwara inDubai re-opened after110 days, adhering tosafety rules with restrict-ed timings for devoteesto visit the shrine follow-ing lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions on placesof worship in the UAE. Itreopened after gettingclearance from Dubai'sCommunityDevelopment Authority,Surender SinghKandhari, chairman ofthe gurdwara, was quot-ed as saying by the GulfNews. We had a verynice re-opening in themorning, it was a beautiful feeling.

WW aa ss hh ii nn gg tt oo nn ::President DonaldTrump has said thatAmerica loves India,as he thanked PrimeMinister NarendraModi for greetinghim and the peopleof the country onthe occasion of the244th IndependenceDay of the UnitedStates.

America loves India, says US President

Donald Trump

Nepal’s ruling party in gravecrisis: PM Oli to ministers

Kanye WestLos Angeles, Jul 05:Rapper Kanye West has an-nounced that he is runningfor the office of Presidentthis year. The multipleGrammy winner took to so-cial media on country's244th Independence Day toshare the news. "We mustnow realize the promise ofAmerica by trusting God,unifying our vision andbuilding our future. I amrunning for president ofthe United States!" Westwrote on Twitter using ahashtag #2020VISION.

If he were to launch acampaign for the upcomingelections on November 3,West will go up againstPresident Donald Trump, ofwhom he has been a vocalsupporter, and Democratpresidential candidate JoeBiden. According to NBC,during a speech at the MTVVideo Music Awards in2015, West said he was plan-ning on running for presi-dent in 2020.

Jaswal Fashions

Small proteins may reduce inflammation caused by COVID-19Toronto, Jul 05 (PTI):

Scientists have discov-ered a new drug whichthey claim could be usefulto combat inflammation ofall varieties, an advancethat may help in fightingaggravated immune re-sponse in respiratory ill-nesses such as COVID-19.The therapeutic, de-scribed in the journal CellReports, is called TATCARMIL1, and is actuallya combination of two nat-urally occurring smallproteins, or peptides.

According to the re-searchers, including thosefrom the University ofToronto in Canada, whenthe two peptides are com-bined, they work togetherto penetrate a cell's mem-

brane in order to dampenan acute inflammatory re-sponse. In the currentstudy, they said the pep-tide reduced degradationof the protein called colla-gen by up to 43 per cent. Ifdeployed early enough,the scientists said, thepeptide could reduce someof the worst damage

caused by acute inflam-matory responses. Theysaid acute infections, suchas those caused by thenovel coronavirus, cancause inflammatory re-sponses known as "cy-tokine storms," -- a termthat has gained in popu-larity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Illustration shows TAT CARMIL1 proteins working.

RJD celebrates foundation daysans Lalu with bicycle rally

RJD leaders Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Partap Yadav with partyworkers ride cycles during protest against price hike ofpetrol and diesel, in Patna, Sunday.

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