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Boiler blastBBhhaarruucchh:: At least 40workers of a chemicalfac-tory were injured onWednesday in a huge firecaused by a blast in theboiler at Dahej in Bharuchdistrict of Gujarat, districtcollector said."Around 35-40 workers sustainedburn injuries after theboiler of an agro-chemi-cal company exploded inafternoon. All the injuredpersons have been shift-ed to hospitals inBharuch, and efforts areon to control the fire,"said Bharuch collectorMD Modia.

Centre approvesIIttaannaaggaarr:: The Centre hasapproved Rs 255 crore forArunachal Pradesh underthe Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM) in 2020-21 to pro-vide tap connections toall the households in thestate, official sourcessaid on Wednesday.Thestate proposes to providetap connections to allhouseholds by March2023, they said.Of the2.18 lakh rural house-holds, the state is plan-ning to provide 77,000 tapconnections in 2020-21,the sources said.

Lynched KKaarriimmggaannjj ((AAssssaamm))::A sus-pected Bangladeshi cattlesmuggler was lynched inKarimganj district ofAssam, while his accom-plice was arrested, policesaid on Wednesday.Karimganj Superintendentof Police Kumar SanjitKrishna said one of thepersons involved in themob lynching has beenarrested and efforts areon to nab the others.

InterventionNNeeww DDeellhhii:: The NationalCommission for Womenon Wednesday soughtintervention fromTelangana police overthreats of murder, gangrape and acid attackreceived by actressMeera Chopra.Chopraapproached the NCW onTwitter over the threatsshe has been receiving onsocial media."@NCWIndia @shar-marekha @hydcitypolice@Twitter please takeaction against theseaccount holders. They areopenly #slutshammingthreatening of #gan-grape, #acidattack ,#murder.

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Mumbai, Jun 03 (PTI):

C o r o n a v i r u s - h i tMumbai has escaped theworst of the severe cy-clonic storm Nisarga - thesecond to strike India intwo weeks - with rain stop-ping and wind speeds re-ducing drastically. Nodamage has been reportedfrom the financial capitalwhere movement of peo-ple was restricted in pub-lic places like beaches,parks and promenadesalong the coastline tillThursday afternoon.Flight operations, whichwere suspended at thecity's Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj InternationalAirport, have resumed.Cyclone Nisarga madelandfall on theMaharashtra coast nearAlibaugh at around 1 pm.Besides Maharashtra,Gujarat, Daman and Diu,and Dadra and NagarHaveli were put on highalert due to the cyclonethat developed over a lowpressure area over theArabian Sea.

Nisarga blew in fromthe Arabian Sea, makinglandfall at the coastaltown Alibaug at around12.30 pm and the processwill finish by 4 pm, offi-cials said. Already down

on its knees from the rag-ing COVID-19 pandemic,Mumabi will be hit by acyclone for the first timein 72 years, Adam Soebel,a professor of atmospher-ic science at ColumbiaUniversity in New York,tweeted.

Earlier, Soebel had saidthe last severe cyclone tohit Mumbai was 1891 buton Wednesday correctedto say the city was hit by acyclone in 1948."It is like-ly to cross with an inten-sity of a severe cyclonicstorm close to south ofAlibaug," IndiaM e t e o r o l o g i c a l

Department (IMD)Mumbai's deputy directorgeneral of meteorology KS Hosalikar said.

Over 40,000 evacuat-ed: Over 40,000 people liv-ing near the sea coast inMumbai were shifted tosafer places in view of thecyclone 'Nisarga' whichmade a landfall atAlibaug in neighbouringRaigad district ofMaharashtra onWednesday, officials said.

1,500 people shiftedfrom Alibaug: About1,500 citizens were evacu-ated and shifted to a safeand sturdy shelter in

Alibaug in Raigad districtof coastal Maharashtraearlier on Wednesday, asper Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray'sOffice.

Three hurt as cementblocks fall: Three mem-bers of a family were in-jured on Wednesday whencement blocks fell on theirshanty in a chawl from anadjacent under-construc-tion building in suburbanSantacruz here due togusty winds, police said.

10 sailors rescued offRatnagiri coast: At least10 sailors were rescuedfrom a ship, which was

stranded off the coast ofRatnagiri in Maharashtradue to high tide and heavyrains in the wake of cy-clonic storm Nisarga onWednesday, an officialsaid.

CM asks to ensure im-mediate relief: CMUddhav Thackeray onWednesday directed thestate administrationtomaintain operationalreadiness and ensure im-mediate rescue works ascyclone 'Nisarga movesfrom Mumbai and Thaneto North Maharashtra.

PM Modi assured: PMNarendra Modi spoke toMaharashtra and Gujaratchief ministers onTuesday and assured themall possible help from theCentre. Nearly 43,000 peo-ple living near the coast-line in Gujarat's Valsadand Navsari districts havebeen shifted.

Navy has kept 5 floodteams on stand-by: TheNavy has has kept fiveflood teams and three div-ing teams on stand-by inMumbai, the officialsaid.These teams, trainedand equipped for rescueoperations, are stationed atvarious naval areas acrossMumbai and can provideearly response over a larg-er area, he said.

Mumbai unscathed from ‘Nisarga’Trains rescheduled, Costal areas on edge as first cyclone in 72 years

Fishermen row their boats as they move to a safer place after Cyclone Nisarga madelandfall, at Uttam in Thane, Wednesday.

New Delhi, June 03 (PTI)

The Union Cabinet onWednesday approvedamendment to the six-a-and-half decade oldEssential CommoditiesAct to deregulate fooditems, including cereals,pulses and onion, a movethat will transform thefarm sector and helpraise farmers' income.

The Cabinet also ap-proved 'The FarmingProduce Trade andCommerce (Promotionand Facilitation)Ordinance, 2020' to ensurebarrier free trade in agri-culture produce.The gov-ernment also approved'The Farmers(Empowerment andProtection) Agreement onPrice Assurance andFarm ServicesOrdinance, 2020' to em-power farmers to engagewith processors, aggrega-tors, wholesalers, large

retailers and exporters.Announcing the

Cabinet decisions,Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomarsaid, "This will go a longway in helping India'sfarmers while also trans-forming the agriculturesector."The proposedamendment to theEssential CommoditiesAct will allay fears of pri-vate investors of exces-sive regulatory interfer-ence, he said.

Tomar said that 'TheFarming Produce Tradeand Commerce(Promotion andFacilitation) Ordinance,2020' will promote barri-er-free inter-state andintra-state trade and com-merce outside the physi-cal premises of marketsnotified under StateAgricultural ProduceM a r k e t i n glegislations."This is a his-toric-step in unlockingthe vastly regulated agri-cultural markets in thecountry," he said.

Essential Commodities Act

Cabinet nod for 2 ordinances to promote

barrier-free tradeA move that willtransform the farmsector and help raisefarmers income

Centre distortingfacts on Shramik

Special trains: CongNNeeww DDeellhhii:: The Congress onWednesday accused the Centreof distorting facts on paymentsfor Shramik Special train servic-es and demanded that RailwayMinister Piyush Goyal eitherresign or be removed from thepost. Congress spokespersonAbhishek Singhvi said. TheRailways has maintained that 85per cent of the expense ofShramik Special trains, ferryingmigrant workers stranded dueto the COVID-19-induced lock-down, was being borne by theCentre and the states were onlypaying 15 per cent in the formof fares.

Durg, Jun 03 (PTI)

A 55-year-old womanfrom Chhattisgarh's Durgdistrict, tested positive forCOVID-19 post her deathat the All India Institute ofMedical Sciences(Raipur), a health official

said on Wednesday.This is the second

COVID-19 death in thestate, which has recorded572 cases so far.The de-ceased, a native ofCharoda town, was re-ferred to AIIMS fromRamkrishna CareHospital here on Tuesdayafternoon, as she was sus-pected to have been infect-ed by coronavirus, a pub-lic relations officer fromAIIMS said.

However, she was de-clared dead on arrival atthe institute and her swabtest came out positive for

the deadly infection, hesaid.The deceased womanhad been admitted to arailway hospital inCharoda for the treatmentof a leg wound, chief med-ical and health officerDurg Dr Gambhir SinghThakur said.

However, in view of hercritical condition, she wasshifted to RamkrishnaCare hospital in Raipur,he said.The deceased'sfamily has been quaran-tined and the health de-partment has launched anactive surveillance in herarea, Dr Thakur said.With

the latest death, the statehas recorded two COVID-19 casualties so far, thestate's health secretaryNiharika Barik Singhsaid.

Earlier, a 37-year-oldman died of the disease inRaipur on May 29.Thehealth department has notincluded the deaths of amigrant worker who diedin transit to his homestate West Bengal on May24 and a nine-year-old girlfrom Bilaspur who testedpositive post her death onMay 30 in its COVID-19toll.

Srinagar, Jun 03 (PTI)

Security forces onWednesday killed terroroutfit Jaish-e-Mohammad's(JeM) top IED expert AbdulRehman alias 'Fauji Bhai',who was an Afghan war vet-eran, besides two local mili-tants during an encounterin Pulwama district ofSouth Kashmir, police said.

"The killing of AbdulRehman alias Fauji Bhaialias Fauji Baba, aPakistani national, is a bigsuccess for security forcesas he was a master in as-sembling improvised explo-sive devices for JeM,"Inspector General of PoliceVijay Kumar told reportershere.

Kumar said the slainJaish terrorist was active insouth Kashmir since 2017and had taken part inarmed action against the al-lied forces in violence-rid-den Afghanistan in thepast.The IGP claimed thatFauji Baba had managed toescape when security forces

intercepted the IED ladencar in Pulwama on May 28.

"We had promised youthat day we will get himsoon. Today we did.Whether he was involved in2019 car bombing attack onCRPF convoy, I cannot sayfor sure but he was active inPulwama at that time," hesaid in response to a ques-tion.Asked if Fauji Babawas the nephew of Jaishchief Masood Azhar, Kumarsaid, "There is no confirma-tion of that. You are onlyrunning it (on TV chan-nels)."

He said there were atleast two more IED expertsamong the Jaish ranks inKashmir, Walid Bhai andLambu Bhai, and the securi-ty forces were working toget them too."We have hadmajor successes this year aswe have eliminated top com-manders of HizbulMujahideen Reyaz Naikooand poster boy JunaidSehrai, Lashkar chiefHaider in Handwara andnow Fauji Baba," he added.

Security officials saidthat the real name of FaujiBhai was Ikram and he wasa close confidant of top JeMcommander Abdul RoufAsghar, wanted in connec-tion with the IC-814 hijack-ing case of an IndianAirlines plane in 1999.

3 Jaish militants killedin Pulwama encounter

Ranchi, Jun 03 (PTI)

A private company hasoffered to bring homeJharkhand's stranded mi-grant workers fromAndaman and NicobarIslands by a charter flight,two days after ChiefMinister Hemant Sorensought help from the in-dustry and corporatehouses.

Delhi Inter-Link FoodPrivate Limited offered tobring migrant workers

from Port Blair on June 4,a statement issued by thechief minister's office saidon Wednesday.

On June 1, Soren had ap-pealed to the industry andcorporate houses for coop-eration in bringingJharkhand migrantsstranded in far-off places.

Earlier, the Jharkhandgovernment had flown twobatches of migrant labour-ers from Leh andAndaman & NicobarIslands back home.OnSaturday, 180 migrantworkers, who faced hard-ships for over two monthsdue to lockdown, returnedto the state by a flight.

A day before that, 60 mi-grant workers engaged ina Border RoadsOrganisation's project inLeh reached Jharkhand ina flight.

Pvt company offers to flyJ’khand migrants home

from Andaman & NicobarEarlier, the J’khandgovt' had flown 2batches of migrantlabourers from Lehand Andaman &Nicobar Islandsback home

NNeeww DDeellhhii:: The government has initiated a consultationprocess for formulation of a new national Science, Technologyand Innovation Policy (STIP 2020), a statement said. TheOffice of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government ofIndia (Office of PSA) and the Department of Science andTechnology (DST) have jointly initiated a decentralised, bot-tom-up and inclusive process for the formulation of the newpolicy, it said.

Consultation process for new science, technology and innovation policy

MIGRANTS FROM CHATTISGARH

Migrants from Chattisgarh who are stranded due to lockdown, make a plea to the officials outside DistrictCollectors office to arrange transport for them to reach their native places, in Amritsar, Wednesday.

Mumbai, Jun 03 (PTI)

Bollywood celebri-ties includingAnushka Sharma,Shraddha Kapoor,Randeep Hooda de-manded strict actionagainst animal cruel-ty after the killing ofa pregnant wild ele-phant in Kerala led to

widespread condemnation.The pregnant pachyderm

in Silent Valley Forest hadfallen victim to an act ofhuman cruelty on May 27after a pineapple filled withpowerful crackers offered

by a man exploded in hermouth when she chompedon it.Tagging a news reportof the brutal incident,Anushka wrote, This is whywe need harsher LAWSagainst animal cruelty!!

How? How can some-

thing like this happen? Dopeople not have hearts? Myheart has shattered andbroken... The perpetratorsneed to be punished in theSTRICTEST way.@PetaIndia @CMOKerala,Shraddha wrote on Twitter.

Sharing a petition byPETA India, the actor fur-ther said, We need stricterlaws against animal cruelty.It's HIGH time. Please signthis petition.JohnAbraham shared a news re-port on Instagram and cap-tioned it: "Shame on us.Ashamed to behuman."Actor AthiyaShetty too demanded strictaction.

This is absolute barbaric.HOW can anyone have theheart to do this? absolutelydisgusting, I hope action istaken. @PetaIndia, shewrote on Twitter.Randeep

Hooda asked the concernedauthorities to take appro-priate action.An act most#inhumane to will fullyfeed a pineapple full of firecrackers to friendly wildpregnant #Elephant is justunacceptable...strict actionshould be taken against theculprits sir, Randeep wrote.

He tagged Kerala ChiefMinister, the official handleof Kerala CMO, PrakashJavdekar, Ministry ofEnvironment, Forest andClimate Change andNational TigerConservation Authority inhis post.

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from Durg districttested positive forCOVID-19 post herdeath572 cases so far

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Masks and santizers given to workersNandini-Ahiwara: Mask, soap and sanitizers were distributed to theworkers engaged in pond deepening work in village Kokri by zilla pan-chayat member Mrs Chandrakala Manhar, sarpanch Lakshmi Yadavand others.

Ishwari Lal Yadav

Bhilai: Former HealthOfficer of BhilaiMunicipal Corporation -Ishwari Lal Yadav left froheavenly adobe at the ageof 63 years on Wednesday.He breathed last at a pri-vate hospital in Raipur.Funeral procession wastaken out from his resi-dence situated at NehruNagar (East) and last ritesof the mortal remainswere performed atRamnagar Muktidham.BMC officers / employeeshave mourned his death.

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Bhilai, June 03: Thenew Housing BoardColony situated on DadarRoad in Charoda hasbeen sealed after thedeath of a 65-year-oldlady, who was later, test-ed Corona Positive.District Collector DrSarveshwar NarendraBhure accompanied withCommissioner of BhilaiCharoda MunicipalCorporation and otherofficials conducted in-spection at the colonyand gave necessary in-structions to groundstaff. Five members ofthe bereaved family havebeen quarantined.

According to informa-tion, the 65-year-old de-ceased was the wife of aretired RailwayEmployee. Being an enti-tled patient, she visitedRailway Hospital inCharoda with certainhealth problems.

Considering her condi-tion, she was referred toRam Krishna CareHospital in Raipur wherethe doctors found Coronasymptoms. Later, she wassent to AIIMS Raipurwhere she was pro-nounced brought dead.

Swab sample was col-lected and the body waspreserved at AIIMS. Lateevening on Tuesday, she

was tested CoronaPositive. The district ad-ministration and thelocal civic body immedi-ately swung into actionand reached the resi-dence of the deceased.Her family memberswere immediately quar-antined and the colonywas sealed. Later, thepeople who came in hercontact at Railway

Hospital and RamKrishna Care hospitalwere also sent in quaran-tine.

The deceased did nothave any travel history.Her son works in a pri-vate firm at Raipur andwas working from homeduring lockdown.Authorities are puzzledover the source of infec-tion.

Charoda Housing Board Colony sealed


Bilaspur/Raipur, Jun03: IR is running 200 spe-cial trains from June 01and from Bilaspur divi-sion three trains Raigarh-G o n d i a - R a i g a r hJanshatbdi Express,Howrah-CSMT-HowrahMail and Howrah-A h m e d a b a d - H ow r a hExpress. In addition NewDelhi-Bilaspur-New DelhiSpecial train is also run-ning.

After lockdown for thefirst time Howrah-CSMT-Mail and Howrah-Ahmedabad SpecialExpress passed fromBilaspur station on June02. From all the stationsunder SECR where thisHowrah-CSMT Mail hasa stoppage 177 passen-gers boarded the train fortheir respective destina-tions while 238 passen-

gers alighted from thetrain. In the same way byH ow r a h - A h m e d a b a dSpecial Express 431 pas-sengers set out for theirdestinations and 570 pas-

sengers alighted in dif-ferent stations. AtBilaspur station fromRaigarh-Gondia train 82passengers alightedwhile 72 passengers

boarded the train. In caseof Howrah-CSMT 56 pas-sengers alighted atBilaspur station and 46boarded the train whilefrom Howrah-

Ahmedabad Special 75passengers alighted and76 boarded the train.

At all the stations wherethese train stopped safetyparameters to arrest thespread of corona infectionhas been taken. Social dis-tancing rules were fol-lowed for the passengersalong with ticket check-ing, screening and heathcheck-up safe boardingand alighting from thetrain was done.

Special train services resume from June 01 Ward no 1 and 2 madecontainment zone


Kondagaon, Jun 03:Casting doubt of coronainfection, NagarPanchayat Farasgaon haveturned ward no 1 and 2 ascontainment zone. As in-formed, ward no 1 residentdied on Monday in courseof treatment in MPMHospital Jagdalpur.

Earlier formerJagdalpur girl who hadcome from other state didhis health check-up inMPM hospital and whileundergoing treatment inRaipur she was tested co-rona positive. Immediatelyafter the report of coronapositive came entire MPMhospital was turned into

containment zone. LaterFarasagon ward no 1 resi-dent’s treatment also con-tinued for one week in thishospital and family mem-bers of the patient alsocame in contact with MPMstaff.

It resulted in NagarPanchayat Farasgaon de-claring ward no 1 as a con-tainment zone and wardno 02 which come within100 m of the ward no 1hasalso been made contain-ment zone. The residents

of these wards have beenadvised to remain indoors.Further hospital is takingswab samples of the threemembers of the deceasedfamily. In addition infor-mation is being taken ofall those who were presentin the last rites of de-ceased and are in contactwith the family memberstoo. Nagar Panchayat havedone barricading of 100 marea and police depart-ment have placed staff onduty for security purpose.

Doubting spread ofcorona infection

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not to stop atTatanagar and CKP

02810/02809 Howarh-CSMT-Howrah Specialand 02834/02833Howrah-A h m e d a ba d - H ow ra hSpecial Express will notstop at Tatanagar andChakradharpur stations inJharkhand state.

St Thomas College organises national Webinar Central Chronicle News

Bhilai, Jun 03: TheDepartment ofEconomics, andJournalism & MassCommunication organ-ised National Webinar on“Changing EconomicPolicies in the Wake ofCovid 19 and the Role ofMedia”, prominent keynote speakers of theWebinar were Dr TapeshChandra Gupta, GovtJYCG College Raipur, DrNeeraj Karan Singh, SVSUniversity Meerut (UP),Dr Sahid Ali, KTUJMRaipur and YamajiMalKar, senior economistand Chief editor ofmonthly Economic maga-zine Pune. Organizingcommittee members ofthe webinar were ChiefPatron Dr Joseph MarDionysius (ManagerBishop), Patron Fr George

Mathew Ramban( A d m i n i s t r a t o r ) ,Convener Dr MG Roymon(Principal), Organisingsecretary and Moderatorof the National WebinarDr Aparna Ghosh(Assistant Professor,Economics and HODJournalism Dept) and DrAditi Namdeo (AssistantProfessor Journalism).

At the outset Dr MGRoymon welcomed thespeakers and participants.Dr Tapesh Chandra Guptaemphasized on Micro fi-nance and small scale sec-

tors. In his view govern-ment should provide fundsto poor people, vendorsand small businessmanwithout any security,which will definitely gen-erate income and employ-ment during this toughtime of covid 19. YamajiMalkar suggested thatworking hours for any eco-nomic activity shouldchange after covid 19, formanufacturing and dailywagers should be 5 hoursinstead of 8 hours, and ithas to be happen in twoshifts per day, by which we

can maintain social dis-tancing, increase incomeand provide employmentto youth, by this way eco-nomic rejuvenation can bedone. Dr Neeraj KaranSingh said about SaintThomas statements, teach-ing, preaching and learn-ing should reach to the endperson of our society bythat only we can make adeveloped society. He alsospoke about the role ofethical media and its sig-nificance. Dr Sahid Alithrew light upon the im-portance of media, its rolein spreading awarenessabout corona virus and itsimpact. At the end, DrMariam Jacob Head ofEconomics departmentpresented votes of thanks.The programme was verysuccessful and around 400participants throughoutIndia participated and ap-preciated the webinar.

SSP employees’ contribute One Day’s Salary


Bhilai, Jun 03:Employees of Salem SteelPlant, a unit of SteelAuthority of India Limited(SAIL) under Ministry ofSteel, Salem, Tamil Naduhas contributed an amountof Rs. 9,71,451 for the TamilNadu Chief Minister’sPublic relief fund. SanjeevTaneja, Executive Director,Salem Steel Plant handedover this contribution toSA Raman, DistrictCollector, Salem on June01, 2020, informed a presscommuniqué from thelocal unit of SAIL, theBhilai Steel Plant.

During this Pandemicperiod, SAIL, the largeststeel making Maharatna

Company joined handswith the nation to fightagainst COVID – 19 by con-tributing Rs 30 Crore toPM CARES fund. In addi-tion, to extend its lendinghands of support toGovernment’s initiative intaking precautionarymeasures, the employeesof SAIL had contributed aday’s salary amounting toapproximately Rs 9 Crore.

The peripheral villagesaround Salem steel plantin need of essentials wereidentified and providedwith ration kits under

Pradan Mandhri GaribKalyan Anna Yojna as anact of social responsibility.Disinfectant spraying wasdone in peripheral villagesto prevent the spread ofCOVID-19.

Now, the Salem SteelPlant fraternity voluntari-ly came forward in con-tributing One Day’s Salaryto Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister’s Public relieffund as a mark of supportand togetherness in thiscrisis situation to manoeu-vre essential and medicalfacilities in the state.

SAIL HQ employees testpositive, home quarantined


Bhilai, Jun 03: In thewake of rising COVID 19infections in the Country,few employees of SteelAuthority of IndiaLimited’s (SAIL’s)Corporate Office at LodiRoad, New Delhi have beentested Corona positive.This is first case of confir-mation at the Company HQsince the outbreak of thepandemic.

The infected employeeshave been immediatelyasked to home quarantinethemselves and Company’sSOP to handle the Covid in-fection has been put intoaction. A Government ap-pointed agency has beenengaged to do fumigation

at SAIL’s HQ at Lodi Roadwhich is being carried outextensively for two days.The office has been closedfor June 03 and June 04 andthe employees have beenasked to work from home.Parallelly, the Companyhas also tied up with tworenowned private hospitalsnamely Max and Apollo inDelhi to facilitate testing ofemployees who require thesame. Since the Companyrestarted its office in aphased manner, all the re-quired safety measures in-cluding sanitization, ther-mal checking, hand sanitiz-

ers at touch points and fu-migation as per require-ment were in place.

Nevertheless, with thedetection of Corona posi-tive cases the Company hastaken all actions withgreatest promptitude andis continuously monitor-ing the situation in consul-tation with theGovernment agencies. In avideo message to all em-ployees from Chairman,the Plants and Units ofSAIL have been advised toadhere stringently to allsafety measures at alltimes.

Sarpanch’s husband givencharge of panchayat secretary


Janakpur, Jun 03: In thefar off forest area of Koreadistrict is situatedBharatpur/Janakpurblock where CEO is al-legedly known for his one-man show and previously

many secretary’s has beentransferred and hisfavourite secretary givencharge of three panchay-ats to prove his ability.Many sarpanch’s have losttheir posts in three yearswithout any reason andare not getting salary too.One more act of CEOcame to fore in which addi-tional charge of Barhoripanchayat has been givento sarpanch’s husband.

One secretary holdscharge of threepanchayats

Grihe-Grihe Yagna by Gyatri Mission


Kharora, Jun 03: Underthe aegis of Gyatri MissoinShanti Kunj Haridwar or-ganised 'Grihe GriheYagna' programme organ-ised all over India. This hasbeen organised in view ofpurification of environ-

ment, one's soul and self inentire India and world.

In this context, formerSarpanch of Gram Maathand BJYM District Raipur(rural) district V-PSurendra Verma alongwith his family performed'Yagna' in his house andthat of others.


Kharora, Jun 03: SumitSen, R/o Bemetara (Saja)when contacted was in-formed that there is needfor 2 units of 'O' positiveblood group in Tilda andon this Sumit contactOmprakash Chouhan overtelephone and this Bloodgroup could not bearranged.

On this he posted thepost in Kharora Groupand when contacted it wasinformed that one residentof Bahesar in Navagarharea is in need of 'O' BloodGroup positive blood as heis suffering with somewould in the stomach.Aman Sharma andAbhijeet Chawla of

Kharora agreed to donateblood and left to donateblood in 'Khushi Hospital'in Tilda. Amidst lock-down for Covid-19, it hasbecome difficult for per-sons in need of blood to getthe blood group of theirchoice and need. But itwas amidst this lockdown,

both the youth showed in-terest and courage to goand donate blood and do-nated the same to an un-known person and helpedthe needy during toughtime, setting an wonderfulexample of exemplarywork of humanity. Boththe persons were praised

for this particular move oftheir by the society andfriends and have made anappeal to people to launchcampaign jointly withyouth from urban andrural areas, so that moreand more youth from ruralareas can come forward tohelp.

Two youths donate blood for needy patientWent to Tilda todonate during lockdown period

Plants & Unitsadvised to adherestringently to allsafety measures

To Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister’s PublicRelief Fund

BSP employees felicitated with Karm

Shiromani AwardBBhhiillaaii,, JJuunn 0033:: Employees be-longing to Utilities zone ofBhilai Steel Plant were award-ed with the ‘Karm ShiromaniPuraskar’ for the months ofFebruary and March 2020 fortheir exemplary work per-formance under the‘Shiromani Puraskar Yojana’ ofBhilai Steel Plant. DhansayRam, OCT, Acetylene Plantand Rakesh Singh, OCT, WMDwere felicitated for their ex-emplary work. The norms ofsocial distancing were fol-lowed in conducting and distri-bution of the prizes during thefunction in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. AK Mondal,CGM (Utilities) presented theaward winners with a certifi-cate of merit, memento andappreciation letter for thespouse of the employee. CKNarayanan, GM I/c (WMD) andMohd Nadeem Khan, GM(Acetylene Plant) talked aboutthe contribution and signifi-cant achievements of theaward winners. The pro-gramme was conducted byPersonnel Office of P&E Zone.

NITI Ayog appreciates ‘PiyoDoodh-Bano Mazboot’ campaign


Raipur, Jun 03: NITIAyog has praised the 'PiyoDoodh-Bano MazbootCampaign' being conduct-ed in the quarantine cen-ters of aspirational dis-tricts Dantewada on theoccasion of World MilkDay. NITI Ayog has tweet-ed photo of the quarantinecenter with caption that A-2 Golden Milk withturmeric is being providedin quarantine centers ofDantewada as per theguidelines of AyushMinistry, to boost immuni-ty of people.

It is noteworthy thatboosting immunity isbeing underlined as an im-portant way to prevent co-rona virus infection.

Keeping this in view,Ayurvedic potions, greenvegetables and other im-munity boosting foodproducts are being provid-ed in quarantine centersunder the guidance ofDantewada Collector Mr.Deepak Soni. Milk con-tains protein and other nu-trients important forhuman body. Every dayconsumption of milkboosts our immunity andsaves us from diseases.Besides, consumingturmeric milk, popularlyknown as golden milk fur-ther boosts immunity.Hence, A2 Golden Milkwas distributed in quaran-tine centers by LivestockDevelopment Departmenton the occasion of WorldMilk Day on June 1.

Industries should strictly follow the guidelinesfor Corona infection, says Bhupesh Baghel


Raipur, Jun 03: ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghelhas emphasized the need toseriously follow all the pre-cautionary measures in-cluding the Corona infec-tion guidelines for the in-dustries which has openedin the state after the lockdown. Mr. Baghel was dis-cussing with industrialistsat a meeting held at his res-idence office here onWedneday.

The Chief Minister saidthat industrial activitieshave started after 60 to 70days of the lock down, insuch a situation, it is neces-sary that the workers work-ing in industries should besafe from infection. Guidelines should be followed in-cluding health check of theworkers and people work-ing in local industriesshould be kept out of con-tact with those comingfrom outside.

During the discussion,

the Chief Minister in-quired about the problemsof the industries and as-sured the industrialists ofall possible cooperationfrom the state government.Forest Minister Mr.Mohammad Akbar wasalso present on the occa-sion. The Chief Ministersaid that it is the intentionof the state governmentthat Chhattisgarh becomean industrial hub, the localpeople get employment andthe state government

should also get revenuefrom industries, he added.

Industrialists said duringthe discussion that after theformation of the new gov-ernment, a good industrialenvironment has been cre-ated in the state. Officersare listening to the prob-lems of industries and arealso trying to solve them.The Chief Minister told theindustrialists local peopleshould be given priority inemployment in the indus-tries a lesson that is learned

from Corona crisis. Localworkers skills should be up-graded as per their require-ment of the industries.

Also get the services oflocal experts, he said. TheChief Minister informedthat instructions have beengiven to officers to do skillmapping of workers com-ing from outside. The list oflabourers prepared aftermapping will facilitate in-dustries to avail the servic-es of skilled workers as pertheir requirement.

At the meeting, the in-dustrialists urged the ChiefMinister that the indus-tries established under theold industrial policy shouldget the benefit of the con-cessions given in the in-dustrial policy of that time.Industrialists also urgedfor amendment in the rulesfor free holding of plots.They informed that due tothe limit set for the plot forfree hold, industries are es-tablished on large sizedplots, so industries are not

getting the benefit of thisprovision. Industrialistsalso drew attention aboutthe difficulties faced inland acquisition and thewater tax rate for indus-tries. The Chief Ministerassured the industrialiststo consider these problemsseriously. In the meeting,Mr. Ravi Tiwari of M/sShree Cement Limited,Dinesh Agrawal of M/s RRIspat, Mr. Anil KumarAgarwal of M / s MaaKudargaddi AluminaRefinery Private Limited,Mr. Hariharan of SKS Ispat& Power Limited, Mr. AKChaturvedi of M/sPrakash IndustriesLimited, Vijay AnandJhawar of M/s GopalSponge & Power Limited,Sanjay Goyal of M/s RamaPower & Steel PrivateLimited, Narendra Goyal ofM/s Bajrang AlloysLimited, Virendra Goyal ofM/s. Goyal Zenith AgroPrivate Limited were alsopresent.

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Migrant labourers reach Raipur railway stationRaipur: The 'Shramik Special Train' with migrantlabourers from neighbouring states arrived here atthe railway station here on Wednesday.

Neha SahuRRaaiippuurr:: Neha Sahu (26), resident ofMowa and original resident of villageBhothli Dongergarh breathed her laston June 02, 11: 50 pm atShankaracharya Hospital. She was thedaughter of Vishnu Sahu and her uncleis Santosh sahu.

Obituary

CM discusses industrial problems with industrialists: Assures of all possible support

Central Chronicle NewsRRaaiippuurr,, JJuunn 0033:: Minister forPublic Works DepartmentTamradhwah Sahu onWednesday inspected theunder construction Railwayunder-bridge near TelghaniNaka from Agrasen Chowkhere. Raipur West MLAVikas Upadhayaya andPWD Secretary SiddharthKomal Pardeshi were alsopresent with him on the oc-casion.

After inspection, thePWD Minister Sahu direct-ed the officials to ensurequality construction andalso asked them to speed upthe construction works asper the scheduled duration.He also asked the officialsto pay special attention to-wards the security of thepeople in the region duringthe construction works. Onthe request of the MLAUpadhayaya, the MinisterSahu directed the officialsto carry out repairing of theRamnagar over-bridge andadded that the requiredamount for the repairingworks would be sanctionedimmediately. It is notable

that the construction workhad been stopped followinglockdown imposed due tocorona virus.

According to the infor-mation received, workorder for the above con-struction work was issuedon March 21 in the year2018 whereas targeted dateof the completion of thework is July 2021 at the ex-penditure of Rs 29.74 crore.With just 25% works so farcompleted, it is likely thatthe construction workwould take more time thanthe scheduled. Engineer inChief VK Bhatpahri andChief Engineer SK Sharmaand other officials were alsopresent on the occasion.


Raipur, Jun 03: Thenumber of coronavirus positive patientsin the country and stateare on the rise and atotal of 33 new COVID-19 positive patientswere found in one dis-trict here on Thursday.

As per figures fromthe health department,23 cases of Coronaviruspositive have come for-ward from Balodabazardistrict. Here a fiveyear old child has beenfound to be positivealong with a 12 year oldgirl as well. The otherpatients found are 8 inKorea, 1 in Bilaspurand 1 Balrampur. Thetest report of two otherlabourers from other

district too has come tobe positive. Among thelabourers include fewmigrant labourers anda regional officer ofhealth departmentfrom Dharashiv is alsoincluded.

All these new posi-tive cases are fromquarantine centresand only one of the pa-tient from Bhataparawas on home quaran-tine. The health de-partment of the regionis making prepara-tions to bring all theseCOVID-19 positive pa-tients to Raipur. So asof now the total num-ber of COVID-19 posi-tive patients in state is594 and number of ac-tive cases has goneupto 461.

23 new COVID-19 patientsfound from one district

Total 33 new cases detected on Wednesday

Tamradhwaj inspects under constructionTelghani Naka Rly under-bridge

RRaaiippuurr:: Minister forPublic Works TamradhwajSahu also inspected theCentral Quality &Research Laboratory situ-ated at Shirpur Bhawanpremises at Civil Lines. Itis notable that compre-hensive testing of rawmaterials for the con-struction works is beingcarried out at the lab.

Health Minister reviews testing and treatment arrangements of Covid-19


Raipur, Jun 03: HealthMinister T.S. Singhdeo onWednesday reviewed thescreening test and treatmentfacilities of Covid-19 in thestate. In a meeting of theState Control and CommandCenter, he directed to com-plete the work of specializedhospitals being constructedfor treatment of Covid-19 atthe earliest.

He called to speed up thesetting up of labs at Bilaspur,Ambikapur andRajnandgaon MedicalColleges to test more andmore suspected infections ofthe corona virus. Right now,RTPCR test of corona virus

is being done at AIIMS andDr. Bhimrao AmbedkarMemorial Hospital and atMedical College of Jagdalpurand Raigarh. Along with this,sample testing is being donein the lab at Lalpur in Raipurby using the Truenat tool.

For the treatment ofCovid-19, two thousand bedsare being arranged in tendedicated hospitals of thestate. 500 beds each in AIIMSand Dr. Bhimrao AmbedkarHospital, 200 beds each inJagdalpur and Rajnandgaon

Medical College Hospitals.Arrangements are beingmade for the treatment of co-rona virus infections in 100beds each at Mana CivilHospital, Bilaspur DistrictHospital, E.S.I.S Hospital,Korba, Raigarh andAmbikapur, GovernmentMedical College Hospital andShankaracharya MedicalCollege, Bhilai. There arealso 5515 beds in 115 isolationcenters in the state, whereCovid-19 patients can betreated.

Health Minister Mr.Singhdeo also reviewed theavailability and supply oftest kits, PPE kits, VTMs,ventilators, N-95 masks,triple layer masks and surgi-cal masks. He directed to pro-vide all necessary resourcesand personal protectivemeasures to the doctors treat-ing the Covid-19 and the med-ical staff engaged in the careof the infected.

In the meeting, Secretaryof the Health Department,Mrs. Niharika Barik Singh,OSD Mr. Rajesh SukumarToppo, Director HealthServices Mr. Neeraj Bansod,Director Medical EducationDr. S.L. Adile, Director ofNational Health Mission, Dr.Priyanka Shukla andController Food and DrugAdministration Mr. NileshKshirsagar were presentalong with senior officials ofHealth Department.

Instructs to complete thework of all specializedCovid hospitals soon

Power staff, police and cleanlinessworkers make us proud: CPCC


Raipur, Jun 03: CPCCstate spokesperson M AIqbal has appreciated thefunctioning of 11500power company officersand staff during the lock-down period.

Reviewing the life after70 days of lockdown whenUnlock 01 has been initi-ated from June 01, Iqbalsaid, even with half thesanctioned staff powercompanies has done acommendable work in thefield of generation, trans-mission and distributionof power.

He added, 1.81 lakhtransformers are estab-lished in state and out ofthem about 1000 reportedfailed during lockdownperiod, but staff of power

company immediately re-paired it and maintaineduninterrupted power sup-ply. The company staff as-sured the maintenance of1,92,325 km power trans-mission lines and powerhouses produced 2900MW power as per the de-mand.

CPCC spokesperson ap-preciated the functioningof health department staffwho without caring fortheir own life are workinground-the-clock to treatthe patients and take careof their wellbeing.

Further police depart-ment which have alwaysaccepted criticism of peo-ple are doing a tremen-dous job in this lockdownperiod to save people frominfection and also tomaintain law and order.

Road accident victim gets new lease of life after undergoing complex surgery


RRaaiippuurr,, JJuunn 0033:: The doctorsin the Department ofCardiothoracic and VascularSurgery functioning underthe Advanced CardiacInstitute of Dr BhimraoAmbedkar MemorialHospital, affiliated to PtJawaharlal Nehru MemorialMedical College, Raipur,performed a complex sur-gery on a 23- year-old youthwho was critically injured ina road accident. They per-formed rib fixation with thehelp of titanium plate in case

of RTA, giving a new life tothe patient.

The road accident was soheavy that it caused expo-sure of lung and heart of thevictim causing a big gap inhis chest. A team led byHead of Heart, Chest andVascular SurgeryDepartment in ACI DrKrishnakant

Sahu, Plastic Surgeonfrom DKS Hospial DrKrishnanand Dhruv treatedthe patient. Doctors createda new rib with the help of atitanium plate to replace ribdamaged due to the acci-dent in this state-of-the-artsurgery. The surgery was asuccess as the patient wasremoved from the ventilatorin a relatively short period oftime.

The road accident tookplace on the interveningnight of May 22 and 23 whena 23-year-old young manfrom Charoda, working in an

Oil Depot, was on his way tothe Arang on a motor cyclewith a friend. Meanwhile aspeeding truck hit the mo-torcycle, causing it to slideinside the truck. The youthgot stuck on a rod beneaththe truck and was draggedon the road by the movingtruck. This caused severedamage to his rib. A rib wasshattered and its pieceswere scattered on the road.The injury was so severethat his lung and heart came

out of his chest.The injured youth was

brought to the TraumaCenter in Medical CollegeHospital by Sanjeevani 108ambulance. Treatment wasdone by the doctors presentin the emergency care in thehospital. Due to profusebleeding, he was transfusedblood in the beginning.Seeing critical condition ofthe patient, the Heart andChest Surgeon KrishnakantSahu immediately planned a

high risk surgery with thesupport of plastic surgeon ofDKS Dr Krishnanand Dhruv.

According to Dr Sahu, theposterior part of left chestwall was extensively dam-aged and ribs were frag-mented and missed. Skinand tissue loss was man-aged by muscle flap rotationand mobilization, he said. Healso said that patient waswalking comfortably after5th day of operation.

According to him it's verydifficult to remove the pa-tient from ventilator in thistype of injury but after tita-nium plating surgery patientwas removed early fromventilator. He said that pa-tient was even walking with-out any support and oxygen.The team also included DrNishant Chandel, Dr AshwinJain (surgery resident),anesthetist Dr ArubhamMukherjee and nursing staffRajendra and Chowa Ram.

At ACI, Dr BhimraoAmbedkar MemorialHospitalDoctors perform rib fixation with help of titanium plate in case of RTA

Ch’garh ranks first with completion of 37 percent of MNREGA works


Raipur, Jun 03: Despite thelockdown, Chhattisgarh isperforming excellently onvarious parameters of MN-REGA. On instructions ofChief Minister Mr. BhupeshBaghel, 37% of the given tar-get has been completed in thestate within starting twomonths of current fiscal year2020-21.This year in themonth of April and May,

175% of the given monthlytarget has been achieved.Chhattisgarh is leading onboth these fronts.Chhattisgarh holds secondrank for providing 100 dayemployment to maximumnumber of families withintwo months. 1996 families inthe state have been providedemployment of 100 days. Tilldate in the current financialyear, employment of fivecrore three lakh 37 thousandhuman days has been createdfor nearly 25 lakh 97 thousandrural labourers. Meanwhile,Rs 114 crore 27 lakh has beenpaid as wages. Despite the na-tionwide lockdown for pre-vention of COVID-19 infec-tion, MNREGA works werestarted on a large scale,which played an importantrole in keeping up theprogress of rural economy.This decision has not only re-

lieved the economicallyweaker section from liveli-hood concerns but has alsostrengthened the rural econo-my.

Chief Minister Mr.Bhupesh Baghel andPanchayat and RuralDevelopment Minister Mr. TSSinghdeo has applauded theexcellent works of panchayatrepresentatives and field offi-cials during lockdown underMNREGA. They praised theactive approach of

sarpanchs, MNREGA stateunits and district-janpad pan-chayat teams and congratu-lated them for the achieve-ment. Chief Minister saidthat under the adverse cir-cumstances of global pan-demic, this is an extraordi-nary achievement. Their ded-ication has not only savedpeople from the pandemic buthas also created a large num-ber of livelihood-orientedcommunity and private as-sets. Union Rural

Development Ministry hadgiven the target of creating 2crore 88 lakh 14 thousandhuman days in the first twomonths of the current fiscalyear. Against this, employ-ment of 5 crore three lakh 37thousand human days hasbeen created in Chhattisgarh,which is 175% of the giventarget. In this way,Chhattisgarh has achieved37% of this year's target i.e.creating employment of 13.5crore human days, withinfirst two months of the year.In the current fiscal year, 1996families in Chhattisgarh havebeen provided employmentof100 days. In Chhattisgarh,employment of 23 days perfamily has been providedunder MNREGA, whereasnational average is 16 days.Chhattisgarh is leading atthis front. For time-boundwage payment to MNREGA

labourers in state, 98% fundtransfer orders were releasedwith dual signature withineight days of the muster rollclosure. In the month of Apriland May this year, total Rs1114 crore 27 lakh has beenpaid as wages in the bank ac-counts of labourers.

Fund transfer to labourersin this time of crisis has posi-tively impacted the ruraleconomy. Number of MNRE-GA labourers in the state hasreached to 25 lakh 27 thou-sand by the end of May. At theend of April month, numberof MNREGA labourers in thestate was 15 lakh 74 thousandand by the end of March itwas 57 thousand 536.Currently, total 44 thou-sand964 works are going on in10 thousand 155 gram pan-chayats of the state. This hasrevived the rural life fromstagnation due to lockdown.

Employment of 5.03 crorehuman days created in n thefirst two months of thefinancial year, 175 percentof the given targetChhattisgarh ranks secondin providing 100-dayemploymet to maximumnumber of families

State govt fails toimprove conditions in

quarantine centres: BJPCentral Chronicle News

Raipur, Jun 03: BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) onWednesday alleged that thestate government is neitherserious towards spread ofcorona virus nor is takingany measures to improvethe arrangements atQuarantine Centres estab-lished across Chhattisgarh.

In a statement issuedhere, the BJPSpokesperson andBhatapara MLA ShivratanSharma said that no con-crete arrangements arebeing made to check thespread of corona virushere which has resulted inincrease in number of

cases during the last fewdays. He further stated thatstate government is busy inplaying politics whereas ithas been repeatedly ignor-ing the demands beingmade by the opposition toimprove the scenario.

He also came down heav-ily on the death of two pa-tients due to corona viruswhereas unrest is brewingamong the migrant labour-ers as no care is beingtaken at the quarantinecentres established here.BJP MLA further reiterat-ed demand for increase intesting of the suspectedpeople which would checkthe further spread of coro-na virus here.

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The fact that the US PresidentTrump has picked India among thepotential entrants to G7 shows thatIndia has a key role to play in thepost-pandemic world. Trump calledfor the expansion of the “very out-dated group”. He said that coun-tries like India, Australia, SouthKorea and Russia shall also get rep-resentation in the grouping and itshould be called “G-10 or G-11”.India is a less advanced economy incontrast with the other countriesthat Trump suggested. Inclusion inthe group of advanced economiesserves two things in Trump’s agen-da : the first being the sidelining ofChina and the second being to pro-mote India as a destination for in-vestment and a manufacturing hub.Trump’s wish to include Russia inthe group is an indication of his ac-knowledgment of Russia’s globalstrategic importance. India mustnot be carried away by Trump’ssuggestion. It cannot expect long-term gains if it is included in thegroup only for the purpose of isolat-ing China. India must be concernedmore with its own interests thanwith the interests of the USA. Itmust aim at a mutually beneficialand sustainable engagement. Itmust never dance to the tune of theUSA. It must be recognised as a sig-nificant force by all the G7 coun-tries.

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A negative outlookMoody’s downgraded India’s sover-eign rating by one notch to Baa3—the lowest investment grade—witha negative outlook. This was thefirst downgrade by the ratingagency for India in 22 years, whenit lowered India’s rating on June 19,1998in the aftermath of the coun-try’s nuclear tests. Though a ratingdowngrade does not directly affectthe government’s ability to repaydebt to its own citizens in its owncurrency. This is because the gov-ernment has the power to printmore currency if its finances deteri-orate. However, it can affect theflow of foreign investment intoIndia’s equity and debt markets asforeign institutions become wary ofthe overall economy. Within 24hours, through his oratory skillPrime Minister (PM) NarendraModi addressed the Confederationof Indian Industry’s (CII) AnnualSession 2020, where he assuredIndia Inc that the economy wouldsoon grow with the ‘Unlock 1’ al-ready in place. The PM said thatstrengthening the economy is oneof the top priorities alongside fight-ing coronavirus. But in the eyes ofthe aam aadmi the PM Modi lives ina world of delusions in which he isthe "greatest" at everything, a manwho could have been the greatest"this or that", be it a economist, ascientist, a surgeon, even any field.But, in reality, his utterance is inmajority "great" at failure.Interestingly, though the Indianeconomy was fragile even beforethe pandemic. Covid-19 just aggra-vated it. Naturally, when the PMModi said in CII, that strengtheningthe economy is one of the top prior-ities alongside fighting coronavirus,and for this five ‘Is’ are importantfor self-reliant India: Intent,Inclusion, Investment,Infrastructure, Innovation. Eventhat no sign of economy grow (likedestroyed economy, livelihoodsransacked, migrant labourers ru-ined, jobs devastated – are thesestartling facts illustrates Modi's giftto the nation in the last six years)as expected, Modi nothing to loss,because the overall situation is aboon to team Modi, who can nowput the blame on an inconspicuousorganism.BBiiddyyuutt KKuummaarr CChhaatttteerrjjeeee,, FFaarriiddaabbaadd

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To exorcise my worst fearsabout the coming decade, I choseto write a bleak chronicle of it. If,by December 2030, developmentshave invalidated it, I hope suchdreary prognoses will have playeda part by spurring us to appropri-ate action. Before our pandemic-induced lockdowns, politicsseemed to be a game. Politicalparties behaved like sports teamshaving good or bad days, scoringpoints that propelled them up aleague table that, at season's end,determined who would form agovernment and then do next tonothing.

Then, the Covid-19 pandemicstripped away the veneer of indif-ference to reveal the political real-ity: some people do have thepower to tell the rest of us what todo. Lenin's description of politicsas "who does what to whom"seemed more apt than ever.

By June 2020, as lockdownsbegan to ease, left-wing optimismthat the pandemic would revivestate power on behalf of the pow-erless remained, leading friendsto fantasise about a renaissanceof the commons and a capaciousdefinition of public goods.Margaret Thatcher, I would re-mind them, left the British statelarger, more powerful, and moreconcentrated than she had foundit. An authoritarian state was nec-essary to support markets con-

trolled by corporations and banks.Those in authority have neverhesitated to harness massive gov-ernment intervention to thepreservation of oligarchic power.Why should a pandemic changethat? As a result of Covid-19, thegrim reaper almost claimed boththe British prime minister and thePrince of Wales, and evenHollywood's nicest star. But itwas the poorer and the brownerthat the reaper actually did claim.They were easy pickings. It's nothard to understand why.Disempowerment breeds poverty,which ages people faster and, ul-timately, readies them for thecull. In the shadow of fallingprices, wages, and interest rates,it was never likely that the spiritof solidarity, which soothed oursouls during lockdowns, wouldtranslate into the use of statepower to strengthen the weakand vulnerable.

On the contrary, it wasmegafirms and the ultra-rich thatwere grateful socialism was aliveand well. Fearing that the mass-es, condemned to the savagearena of unfettered markets amida public-health disaster, would nolonger be able to afford to buytheir products, they reallocatedtheir spending to shares, yachts,and mansions. Thanks to thefreshly printed money centralbanks pumped into them via theusual financiers, stock marketsflourished as economies col-lapsed. Wall Street bankers as-suaged their guilt, lingering since2008, by letting middle-class cus-tomers fight over the scraps.Plans for the green transition,which young climate activists hadput on the agenda before 2020,were given only lip service asgovernments buckled under tow-ering mountains of debt.Precautionary saving by themany reinforced the economic

depression, yielding industrial-scale discontent on a browningplanet. The disconnect betweenthe financial world and the realworld, in which billions struggled,inevitably widened. And with itgrew the discontent that gave riseto the political monsters I waswarning my left-leaning friendsabout. As in the 1930s, in the soulsof many, the grapes of wrath weregrowing heavy for a new, bittervintage. In place of the 1930ssoapboxes from which dema-gogues promised to restore digni-ty to the disgruntled masses, BigTech provided apps and social net-works perfectly suited for the task.

Once communities surrenderedto the fear of infection, humanrights seemed an unaffordableluxury. Big Tech developed bio-metric bracelets to monitor ourvital data around the clock. In ca-hoots with governments, theycombined the output with geolo-cation data, fed it all into algo-rithms, and ensured that the pop-ulation received helpful text mes-sages informing them what to door where to go to stop new out-breaks in their tracks.

But a system that monitors ourcoughs could also monitor ourlaughs. It could know how ourblood pressure responds to theleader's speech, to the boss's peptalk, to the police announcementbanning a demonstration. TheKGB and Cambridge Analyticasuddenly seemed Neolithic.

With state power re-legit-imised by the pandemic, cynicalagitators took advantage. Insteadof strengthening voices callingfor international cooperation,China and the United States bol-stered nationalism. Elsewhere,too, nationalist leaders stokedxenophobia and offered demor-alised citizens a simple trade:personal pride and nationalgreatness in exchange for author-

itarian powers to protect themfrom lethal viruses, cunning for-eigners, and scheming dissidents.Just as cathedrals were theMiddle Ages' architectural lega-cy, the 2020s left us tall walls,electrified fences, and flocks ofsurveillance drones. The nation-state's revival made the worldless open, less prosperous, andless free precisely for those whohad always found it hard to travel,to make ends meet, and to speaktheir minds. For the oligarchs andfunctionaries of Big Tech, BigPharma, and other megafirms,who got on famously with thestrongmen in authority, globalisa-tion proceeded apace.

The myth of the global villagegave way to an equilibrium be-tween great-power blocs, eachsporting burgeoning militaries,separate supply chains, idiosyn-cratic autocracies, and class divi-sions reinforced by new forms ofnativism. The new socioeconomiccleavages threw the prevailingfeatures of each country's politicsinto sharp relief. Like people whobecome caricatures of themselvesin a crisis, whole countries fo-cused on their collective illusions,exaggerating and cementing pre-existing prejudices.

The great strength of the newfascists during the twenties wasthat, unlike their political fore-bears, they did not even have toenter government to gain power.Liberal and social-democratic par-ties began to fall over one anotherto embrace xenophobia-lite, thenauthoritarianism-lite, then totali-tarianism-lite.So, here we are, atthe end of the decade. Where arewe? Courtesy:https://www.khaleejtimes.com

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BLISSFUL SLEEP

U nless some ambiguity walls the understanding of legisla-tive, executive and the judiciary from one another, the

open-air theatre of the absurdity will not cease to misguide thepopular perceptive of the importance of being a citizen of a freecountry and also a part of the world citizenry which is empathet-ic to the victims of human rights violation. International rela-tions, so far going by the name diplomacies between a state andanother, seem to have reached a height from where a mercilesspleasure can be derived from arson and violence. In a civil socie-ty, it is easy to survive because herein there is no law with a defi-nition clear enough to make the committer understand the ob-jective of the law enforcement unless the culprit is taken to thecourt to hear from the judge. The social field is free for all untiltaken cognizance of the conduct of the fieldsmen in uniform orotherwise. However, it is difficult to survive mistakes in a junglebecause there is a law called ‘jungle law’ clearly understandableand explicit on the pain of security to life itself. It is not about sinand retribution because they are a matter of the soul, and thedifference it makes is as to whom do we give our souls –divinityor deviltry? Neither such demonic feature from the land whichproclaims: ‘In God, we trust’ was expected because the faith saysthat human beings are created in the image and likeness of God,nor such beastly pleasure from the land of Confucius who taughtnot to continue to remember the wrongs done to one lest it be-comes something to deviate from manly composure. Civil socie-ty cannot be made of the raw material that includes the idea ofracial discrimination, colour conscientiousness and domicile, nordoes law and order can be anything above the jungle raj if thecustodians of law are vindictive. Indian reaction to the happen-ings between China and the USA should not have been the way ittakes place. Likening Indian policing with reference to handlingthe road action of minorities with that of the USA in the Floydcase is a misplaced proposition, for a crime is a crime whether inIndia or anywhere else and it is the legal system to take cog-nizance and not roads and streets to break out into to vandalise.It will never happen in India –neither such throttlehold till deathnor such vandalism. Similarly, India is planning swadeshi but notto wreck some nation else’s economy. There is no logic in talkingabout the slowdown of the global economy and about a particu-lar country’s chances to thrive howsoever self-reliant may it be!Indian economists feel and rightly feel that the time is for globalcooperation to get out of the corona trouble and not for heavingthe blame on a particular country and hunting for opportunitiesin it. Major economies depend on China for finishing, what theycall, their ‘assembly lines’ in the construction and manufacturesector. America’s offer of its abilities to mediate between Indiaand Pakistan and India and China may be or may not be free ofthe spasms of the pain that Trump thinks he received from Chinaon account of the corona, but India should decide for itself as itspolicy of self-reliance if worked out without any animosity forChina and without susceptibility to any pressure tactics from theUSA, it will keep adding to its own strength and also to that ofthe twosome by corresponding to their goodwill time to time.

Floyd instance, no match for Indian policing

A mid the crisis precipitated by COVID-19, the good news isthat Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship 'One Nation

One Ration Card' scheme has been implemented across 20 Statesso far. The current situation has further prompted the Centralgovernment to resolve that this scheme cover the entire countryby March 31 next year. When the scheme was announced byUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the middle of May,she had particularly stated that this system will enable the mi-grant workers and their family members to access the PDS bene-fits from any Fair Price Shop in the country. According to her an-nouncement, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy subsi-dized foodgrain — rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg, andcoarse grains at Re 1 per kg — from their designated Fair PriceShops (FPS) of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS),under the National Food Security Act, 2013. In the present sys-tem, a ration cardholder can buy foodgrains only from an FPSthat has been assigned to her in the locality in which she lives.However, this is expected to change once the 'One Nation, OneRation Card' system becomes operational across the nation, forwhich the Government has already set March 31 as the target.The new system, based on a technological solution, identifies abeneficiary through biometric authentication on electronic Pointof Sale (ePoS) devices installed at the Fair Price Shops, and en-ables that person to purchase the quantity of foodgrains to whichhe or she is entitled to under the National Food Security Act.While the Integrated Management of Public Distribution System(IM-PDS) portal provides the technological platform for the inter-State portability of ration cards, enabling a migrant worker tobuy foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop across the country, theother portal (annavitran.nic.in) hosts the data of distribution offoodgrains through e-PoS devices within a State. The Annavitranportal enables a migrant worker or his family to avail the benefitsof PDS outside their district but within their state. While a personcan buy his or her share of foodgrains as per his or her entitle-ment under the NFSA, wherever he or she is based, the remainingmembers of the family members can purchase subsidised food-grains from their ration dealer back home. Moreover, while astandard format for ration card has been prepared after takinginto account the format used by different States, for nationalportability, the State governments have been asked to issue theration cards in a bi-lingual format, wherein besides the local lan-guage, the other language could be Hindi or English. The stategovernments should gear up to implement it as early as possiblebefore the new economic hardship does no push the rural massesto abject penury. They should also take in right earnest all stepsto make 'One Nation One Ration Card' a reality.

One Nation One Ration Card

YANIS VAROUFAKIS

“It’s time for a global effort to get out of the troubleand not for blaming a particular country and huntingfor opportunities out of it. A friend far away and aneighbour next door, both must correspond to ourpolicy of self-reliance.”

Towards self-reliance, not into isolation

CPCC welcomes no hikein power tariff : Iqbal


Raipur, Jun 03: CPCCspokesperson M A Iqbalwelcomed the decision ofthe Chhattisgarh StateElectricity RegulatoryCommission for keeping

the powertariff in-tact fordifferentcategoriesof con-s u m e r sfor the

Financial Year 2020-21.He said, while doing so,the Commission hastaken consideration theextra-ordinary situationsarising out of Coronapandemic and difficultiesbeing faced by the con-sumers. The Commissionhas also noted the factthat the commercial andindustrial establishmentsof the state have re-mained closed for morethan two months. In thelight of the aforesaid, noincrease in the existingtariff has been affected,he added.

Similarly, tariff appli-cable for agriculture, non-domestic and industrial

use has also been kept un-changed. Hospitals man-aged by charitable trustshave been given relief byincluding them in tariffcategory HV-6 instead ofpresent category HV-3.

CPCC spokespersonadded that surcharge ap-plicable on late paymentof electricity bill has beenreduced from 1.5% permonth to 1% per month,for the period from 1stApril 2020 to 30th June2020.

Teacher missing fromhospital found dead

BBaallrraammppuurr,, JJuunn 0033:: The body of ateacher who mysteriously disap-peared from the hospital has beenfound. The teacher was admitted tothe hospital two days ago, fromwhere the teacher suddenly disap-peared on the night of June 01. Afterabout 24 hours, the teacher's bodywas found about 2 km from the hos-pital. After this incident, people inthe area are in a panic. Now whetherit is murder or simple death, police isstill investigating in this regard.

The teacher's name is RamdhaniYadav, who was posted as HeadMaster in Primary School. Accordingto the information, Ramdhani, ateacher living in village Jaurahi underVadrafnagar development block ofBalrampur-Ramanujganj district,suddenly fell sick on May 30. The 57-year-old teacher was the principalreader at Tendupara Primary School.According to the information, he wasa patient of blood pressure. On May30, he suddenly became unconsciousin the house, after which the familyadmitted him to the hospital. Afterbeing admitted to the WadrafnagarHospital on the night of May 30, hewas treated in the hospital for 24hours, but on the night of June 01, hesuddenly disappeared from the hos-pital. Now the news has come thaton Tuesday evening, his dead bodywas found near the well located atRajkheta, about 2 km from the hospi-tal. The police have taken the body intheir possession and sent the bodyfor postmortem.

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Bilaspur: Collector Saransh Mittar on Wednesday conducted inspec-tion of quarantine centres in Bilha and Masturi. He got apprisedabout the arrangements and issued necessary instructions.

Collector inspects quarantine centres

NCC cadets of DP Vipra Collegeorganize awareness program


BBiillaassppuurr,, JJuunn 0033:: The NCCcadet of DP Vipra college arealready playing the role of co-rona warriors during this epi-demic in which they are mak-ing the public aware to main-tain social distancing and towear masks etc with policeofficers under the aegis of 7CG BN NCC and in directionof Colonel Rajneesh MehtaCommand Officer andLieutenant Colonel BharatChhetri .

On the occasion of NoTobacco Day 2020 thesebrave volunteers of DP Vipracollege managed an onlineprogramme on social mediaunder the direction of ANOofficer Lt. Ashish sharma .NCC officers and studentcadets, Subedar Major etc.all tried to make their ownposter and spread their mes-sage through DP on socialmedia WhatsApp Facebooketc. According to Dr. AshishSharma, tobacco productshelp in spreading coronavirusinfection even in the worst

disaster corona epidemic weare currently undergoing.Because it is very likely tospread through spit andsmoke and the use of tobac-co and products made from itgives rise to cancer and otherdiseases already . But atpresent, stopping its use willhelp in preventing coronavirus somewhere and peoplewill have to understand it.

It should be noted that inthe past, NCC student cadetsof DP Vipra College havebeen actively participating inthe implementation of theCotpa Act with the districtadministration, as well asfrom time to time, in theTobacco Prohibitory Program,

Awareness WorkshopProgram etc.

The NCC unit of the collegeis being appreciated byAnurag Shukla chairman ofthe college’s administrationcommittee for social servicework . Principal Dr. AnjuShukla with the ProfessorsDr. Manish Tiwari Dr. VivekAmbalkar Dr. MS Tamboli Dr.Abha Tiwari Dr. Ajay YadavDr. Sushma Sharma DrRashmi Sharma ProfessorKiran Dubey Professor VictorVishwas Professor RichaHanda Professor ReenaTamarkar Professor YupeshKumar Professor PradeepJaiswal SR ChandravanshiToran Yadav etc. Appreciatedand encouraged the cadets.

Ravi Shankar ShriwasVivek Verma Aditi PandeyNeelima Pankaj Kumar etc.brave cadets of NCC DP Vipracollege are constantly en-gaged in perseverance andindomitable courage in thesesocial works.

Nodal incharge of COTPADeputy Collecter Mrs AnshikaPandey has also praised theefforts being made by theNCC students for prohibitingTobacco on this World NoTobacco Day.

Webinar held on pandemicsand role of social workers


Amarkantak, Jun 03:Department of SocialWork Indira GandhiNational TribalUniversity, Amarkantakorganized a One DayWebinar titled 'Covid-19Pandemic and ReliefMeasures: Role of SocialWorkers andPhilanthropists in India'.Professor Prakash ManiTripathi, Vice- Chancellor,inaugurated the webinar;addressing the gatheringhe highlighted the role ofSocial Work during theCovid situation. Further,he also shared that the

strong civil society can en-sure the strong democracy.Professor Rakesh Singh,Head of the DepartmentSocial Work and DeanSocial Sciences give an in-augural speech and stress-es that the social workersplayed significant roleduring the Covid crisis.About 150 participantsfrom across 20 States and15 Universities took partin this webinar.

Villagers construct approachroad on own land


Lawan, Jun 03: As therewas no approach road tovillage panchayat Konari,villagers of village Sirsahiprepared road on theirown land as they need tovisit Konari for the educa-tion of children and othersmall works.

The children and oldpeople faced problem toreach Konari as there wasno road. In the monsoonseason for bringing PDSration they need to visit

Konari and while comingback their ration got wet.For pregnant women itwas a difficult task as dueto lack of road no vehiclecame to village Sirsahi.The newly electedsarpanch assured the vil-lagers of road before elec-tion but forgot his promiseafter being elected.

‘First priority to make available public welfare schemes to all’Central Chronicle News

Kawardha, Jun 03:Newly posted collectorRamesh Kumar Sharmasaid, his first prioritywould be to make availablepublic welfare schemes toeven the last person of thesociety. Addressing thescribes Sharma said,under Revenue and LokSeva Guarantee Act all theonline services are tostreamlined so that theproblems of beneficiariesand farmers get solved. Hesaid, under Bhuiya pro-gramme all the revenuework is now available on-line 23994 migrant workershave returned safely, 12infected under treat-mentSharma informed, 1124

quarantine centres havebeen established in thedistrict and at present in802 centres migrantworkers have been kept.23994 migrant workersstranded in differentstates during lockdownhave safely returned,

11507 are now in centresand 12487 have returnedto their homes after com-pleting quarantine peri-od. In these centres preg-nant women are alsostaying and special careis being taken. Collectoradded, 2591 samples were

sent and out of it 1564samples came negativewhile 1068 reports areawaited. Till date 24 coro-na positive cases are re-ported and 12 returnedhealthy after treatmentand 12 are still undertreatment.

Forest Deptt takes action on illegal traders


Katgi, Jun 03: The illegaltraders taking advantageof the current situationare busy in the illegaltrade of forest woods bysmuggling them out of theforest. But Range Officerof Arjuni Beat T R Vermawith his sharp skills raid-ed more than half-a-dozenplaces within a monthwhich became a challengefor the smugglers. In thisconnection forest depart-ment conducted raid at theresidence of BhagwatSahu in Bareli andSoncharan and from the

residence of Vijay Patel inGaniyari illegal teakwood. Ranger T R Vermapresent on the spot said,he got information aboutthe illegal teak wood

stacked at the residence ofVijay Patel. From the resi-dences of all the three ac-cused illegal wood smug-gled from the forest wasseized.

Locusts enter state forest area from MP


Korea, Jun 03: Swarmsof locusts have entered aforest area in Koriya dis-trict from the neighbour-ing Madhya Pradesh state,prompting authorities tointensify efforts to tacklethe menace, officials saidon Monday.

So far, no damage tocrops or trees has been re-ported due to these short-horned grasshoppers,which have been killed ordriven away by spraying ofpesticides, they said.

“On Sunday, locusts en-tered a forest area nearManiktarai and Jwaritolavillages under Bharatpurdevelopment block ofKoriya, from Sidhi districtof Madhya Pradesh. It wasa small group which en-tered only around 300 me-tres inside the jurisdictionof Chhattisgarh, state

agriculture department’sadditional director M SKerketta told PTI.

All the departments con-cerned, which were al-ready monitoring themovement of pests, imme-diately swung into actionand sprayed chemicalsthrough fire brigade vehi-cles following which mostof the insects died or flewaway, the official said.

“There has been nodamage to crops as it is aforest area. So far, eventrees in the forest area

have not been damaged,”he said.

Teams of officials fromagriculture, horticulture,forest and revenue depart-ments have been constitut-ed in every district to tack-le the attack of locusts, hesaid.

Routine monitoring isbeing carried out in dis-tricts which share borderswith Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh andUttar Pradesh, Kerkettasaid. This is the first suchinvasion by locusts in last

58 years in the area. In1962, locusts enteredSurguja area (in erstwhileMadhya Pardesh), locatedin northern part of thestate,” he said.

The Central IntegratedPest Management Centrelast week asked the stateagriculture department toalert officials and farmersabout these insects andtake precautionary meas-ures, another official said.

Farmers have been ad-vised to take steps to pro-tect their crops and trees.Tractor-mounted sprayershave been arranged in allbordering districts, hesaid.

Besides, villagers havealso been advised to formgroups and make noise bybeating ‘thalis’ (steelplates), tin boxes and loudsound-producing instru-ments to drive away the in-sects, the official added.

Water crisis loomslarge in Churikala


Churikala, Jun 03: Withthe advent of summerseason water crisis prob-lem has aggravated andNagar Panchayat is notbothered about this prob-lem. The problem in-creased after the areawas declared as NagarPanchayat, prior to thatwhen the area wasVillage Panchayat evenafter sanction of lessfunds WaterAugmentation Schemecontinued without anyproblem. After NagarPanchayat came into ex-istence water is suppliedfrom the boring but aftera gap of one day. Thereare some wards in thetown that do not haveeven a single hand-pumpand are dependent onNal-Jal scheme for water.Indira Chowk which is

the heart of town and aplace resided by politi-cians has two powerful

corporators but still theward residents suffer dueto water crisis. The handpumps installed at manyplaces are now out oforder and NagarPanchayat is not payingattention towards it.Even the tankers whichsupply water in wardsand restricted to selectedfew wards.

In the previous BJPregime three years backRs 11 crore was sanc-tioned for WaterAugmentation Schemeand PHE was handedover the responsibility tocomplete this project butthe contractor entrustedwith the work is workingat a snail’s pace and inthese three years onlytwo water tanks havebeen constructed where-as pipelines need to be ex-tended in the town forthis scheme.

Famous Sambalpur sareeartisans in dire straits


Katgi, Jun 03: The arti-sans who weave thefamour Sambalpur sareeare from Dewangan com-munity in easternChhattisgarh are in nowin dire straits followinglockdown as raw materialwhich is made availableto them by the traders arenot able to visit Odishafor procuring raw materi-als. Hence these artisans

have no work with themand are finding difficultto meet both ends. Asstate government is pro-moting Kosa silk these

Samablpur saree artisansexpect assistance fromthe government to makethem stand on their ownfeet.

Urgently requiregovernment assistance

Failing to getresponse fromadministration

At IGNTU

Gram Santpali declared as containment zone


MMaahhaassaammuunndd,, JJuunn 0033:: For preven-tion of global pandemic COVID-19on war-footing, Collector and DJMKartikey Goyal informed that thesamples of suspected patientsfrom the region have been fortesting to laboratory. Out of thesereport of one patient from GramSantpali has been found to be pos-itive and in view of likely spread-ing of the virus in the region, en-tire village Santpali has been de-clared as containment zone.

In the Eastern part of it there ishouse of Jaldilal Chouhan, houseof Thandaram Bhoi in the Westand Genuram Chouhan’s house inthe North and Dayanidhi Bhoi’s

house is in the South. In additionto this a total of 3 km area of thiscontainment zone has been de-clared as buffer zone.

In this containment zone, allthe shops, commercial places willremain closed till further orders.The officer in-charge will ensuresupply of food and other ration topersons. Set aside this there willbe complete ban on movement ofall types of vehicles from the re-gion. Except for the medical emer-gency, no other person will be al-lowed to move out of their houses.Required monitoring will be doneby the health department as perthe standards laid and police pa-trolling will also be done. As perinstructions from the health de-partment, necessary surveillance,contract tracing and samplechecking and other such workswill also be done.

On detection of onecorona positive patient

Kusum solves salarydeduction of cooks

Rajnandgaon, Jun 03:PCC secretary and

AdvocateK u s u mDubey in astatementexpressedgratitudet o w a r d sthe state

government over volun-tarily deduction in thesalary of Mid-day MealCooks Association(MMCA) as per their re-quest by the Directorate ofPublic Instructions datedMay 18, 2020. As per the or-ders, there will be deduc-tion of Rs 200 in the salaryof MMCA’s members andthis amount will be giventowards CM Relief Fund.

After issuing of this order,a particular section ofMMCA is satisfied with itand other is dissatisfied. TheCooks from group not satis-fied have put forth their woesbefore PCC spokesman RPSingh. On this Singh took thematter seriously and heldtalks with the responsible of-ficer of CM Secretariat andurged to find out amicable so-lution.

On TobaccoProhibition Day

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to theCentre to give one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 each to migrantworkers amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Mamata urges Centre to give Rs 10,000 each to migrant workers

Another jumbo suspected to havebeen killed with crackers

Kochi, Jun 03 (PTI):

As the brutal killing of apregnant wild elephant inKerala led to widespreadcondemnation, a similarincident has came to lightin Kollam district, where ayoung female elephantdied of injuries in hermouth, a month ago.

The pregnant wild ele-phant in Silent ValleyForest had fallen victim toan act of human crueltyon May 27 after a pineap-ple filled with powerfulcrackers offered by a manexploded in her mouthwhen she chomped on it.

A top forest officer toldPTI that another female

elephant had met withsimilar fate in April inPathanapuram forestrange area under Punalurdivision in Kollam dis-trict. The officer said theelephant was found in aserious condition from the

fringe areas of the forestsin Pathanapuram by for-est officials in the monthof April.

"The pachyderm wasfound alienated from theherd of elephants. Its jawwas broken and it was un-

able to eat," the senior offi-cer told PTI. "It was veryweak. When the forest offi-cials approached, the ele-phant ran into the forestand joined the herd of ele-phants waiting there. Butthe next day, the elephantwas again found alienatedfrom its herd. Propertreatment was given butunfortunately it suc-cumbed to its wounds," hesaid.

Another official said aninvestigation has beenlaunched into the inci-dent."It is suspected thatthe elephant bit a fooditem filled with crackersand it exploded in hermouth.

NGT has power to institutesuo-motu proceedings

New Delhi, Jun 03 (PTI):

The National GreenTribunal has said it haswide jurisdiction includ-ing the power to instituteproceedings suo motu (onits own) as it cannot keepits hands tied in cases ofdrastic environmentaldamage like the gas leak atLG Polymers India plantin Visakhapatnam inwhich at least 11 peoplehad died and 1,000 impact-ed.

A bench headed by NGTChairperson justiceAdarsh Kumar Goel saidthat NGT has the power toprovide relief and com-pensation to victims of en-vironment damage, resti-

tution of property, andrestoration.

"To effectuate this pur-pose, NGT has wide pow-ers to devise its own proce-dure. In appropriate cir-cumstances, this power in-cludes the power to insti-tute suo-motu proceedingsand not keep its hands tiedin the face of drastic envi-ronmental damage and se-

rious violation of right tolife, public health anddamage to property," itsaid.

This is especially sowhen the victims are mar-ginalized and/or by reasonof poverty or disability orsocially or economicallydisadvantaged positioncannot approach the tribu-nal. The power is coupledwith duty to exercise suchpowers for achieving theenumerated objects.Failure to exercise suomo-tu jurisdiction in such cir-cumstances would renderthese victims without rem-edy, causing irretrievableinjustice and breakdownof Rule of Law," the benchsaid.

HC stays appointment of69,000 UP Govt teachers

Lucknow, Jun 03 (PTI):

The Allahabad High Courton Wednesday stayed theappointment of 69,000 as-sistant basic teachers inUttar Pradesh.

A Lucknow bench of thehigh court fixed the next ofhearing on July 12.

Justice Alok Mathur'sorder comes days after theSupreme Court sought theUP government's reply onpleas challenging the highcourt verdict, which hadupheld the state's decisionto keep higher cut-offmarks for these appoint-ments.

The top court had onMay 21 asked the state gov-ernment to explain theprocess adopted for the ap-pointments through achart. A bench of JusticesUU Lalit, MMShantanagoudar andVineet Saran had initiallydeclined to interfere withthe high court verdict. Butit later modified its orderand issued notice to thestate government, posting

the matter for furtherhearing on July 6.

It asked the UttarPradesh government to ex-plain why it changed theearlier criteria of 45 percent cut-off marks for thegeneral category and 40per cent for the reservedcategory. The apex courtsought a detailed reply be-fore July 6. The SC hadsaid the matter required adetailed hearing as there

were many parties and itwould be better if thepleas are adjourned tillopen court hearings re-sume.

Several petitions, in-cluding those by individu-als and Uttar PradeshPrathmik Shiksha MitraAssociation, had been filedchallenging the May 6 de-cision of the Lucknowbench of Allahabad HighCourt.

Murder-suicide Badaun: A man has

hanged himself inBisauli area hereafter shooting his sis-ter-in-law over somedispute, police saidon Wednesday.According to thewoman's husband,his brother Rahul (24)had returned to thevillage a few days agoand used to fight withhis wife on variouspretexts. Rahul shothis sister-in-law afterthey had some dis-pute and later com-mitted suicide byhanging himself, ASP(Rural) SurendraPratap Singh said.

Shanties gutted New Delhi: A fire

broke out in theslums of southeastDelhi's Tughlaqabadarea in the earlyhours on Wednesday,officials said.According to theDelhi Fire Services, acall about the blaze atValmiki Mohalla wasreceived at 1.30 amand 22 fire engineswere rushed to thespot. The fire wasbrought under con-trol by 3.30 am. Noone was injured inthe blaze that gutted120 huts. This is thesecond fire incidentin a week's time inthe area. Last week, amassive fire had gut-ted 250 shanties inTughlaqabad village.

Three held Guwahati: Three

persons were arrest-ed in centralAssam's KarbiAnglong district inconnection with in-cidents of firing,poaching and loot-ing, and a large num-ber of arms and am-munition wereseized from them.Seven people went tothe Habi Rongpharvillage in theDolamara police sta-tion area on May 16and beat up some vil-lagers with gunbutts and bamboosticks, they said.They also went to thevillage on March 27and opened fire, andforcefully took awayrice, pulses and live-stock from each ofthe houses there, po-lice said.

Robbery foiled New Delhi: Delhi

Police has foiled arobbery bid and ar-rested four men inDwarka. NakulChauhan (20), Sonu(19), Shivam (20) andImran (19) were on arecce to loot a petrolpump when the po-lice personnelnabbed them atBharat Vihar round-about near DwarkaSector-14 metro sta-tion, said DCP(Dwarka) AntoAlphonse. The foursuspects had comefrom Uttar Pradesh'sHapur to Delhi tocommit robbery atthe petrol pump inDwarka, officialssaid.

Bike lifter New Delhi: A 23-

year-old man hasbeen arrested herefor allegedly stealingtwo-wheelers andshipping them off toBihar, police said.The accused has beenidentified as SanjeevKumar Yadav, a resi-dent of Garhi villagein Amar Colony, theyadded. "Police laid atrap near OkhlaMandi and appre-hended the accusedwho was riding abike around 7.30 pm,"DeputyCommissioner ofPolice (southeast) RPMeena said.

BRIEF AWARENESS RALLY

Punjab police take part in awareness bicycle rally under banner Mission Fateh to create awareness about pre-vention of COVID-19, in Patiala, Wednesday.

Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Basic Education teach-ers attend a counseling session at a school inPrayagraj, Wednesday.

Cracking GDs and PIs in MBA AdmissionsG rowing up, I was often en-

couraged to read ‘How towin friends and influence people’.And then the 7 Habits (of highlyeffective people) happened “which was the next big thing. Inits wake spawned a new genre:self-help.

That’s when a strange kind ofmutation began. From being pre-scribed ‘Chicken soup for thesoul’ to being asked, ‘Who willcry when you die’ to being ad-vised on ‘fifty ways to get rich’,the focus changed to themalaise, moving farther and far-ther away from what caused it.

What the first two books primarily, albeit imperfectly, andat least now controversially (how to win…) address are com-munication issues. Great leaders are good communicators.Great negotiators are good communicators. A good, success-ful movie or an ad campaign is an exercise in communicatingsuccessfully. So is a story told so well it changes your life.The big word is communication.

Communication, that area which also encompasses oneof the greatest fears to plague mankind: Among the fear ofWMDs and the fear of death, is the fear of speaking in publicclaiming its pride of place. Also, as it happens to be, it is asubject near which engineers and accountants alike goweek-kneed. I have seen this fear at play, strike at the best intheir fields and leave them cowering. I find this especially un-fortunate when at the other end of the sword is a meritoriousstudent facing a CAT/GMAT/CMAT panel.

Communication is crucial to our success in any walk oflife, but particularly so in front of a CAT/GMAT/CMAT panel,and that too after near-perfect scores.

I hope the points I have detailed below will help aspirantsget through their GDs and PIs.

FFoorr GGDDss::TTiippss:: Usually institutes test you on your:1) Analytical ability: ability to understand the subject up

for discussion, your ability to justify your stand if necessary.2) Communication skills: Your ability to put across your

view in a coherent manner; your timing for tabling yourpoint, issuing clarifications, questioning or challenging someviewpoint, and finally, your presence of mind.

3) Ability to participate in a group: Your sense of civilitywhen dealing with a group of people, politeness in not cut-ting another’s words or statement, fairness in not hoggingthe limelight, your forthrightness in admitting to lack ofknowledge about certain weak areas, etc. Please bear inmind that the observers are observing not just the intellectu-al worth of your statements and analyses as well as the deliv-ery, but also about how your carry yourself through the GD,even whether your verbal input and non-verbal cues match.

WWhhaatt ttoo ddoo dduurriinngg aa GGDD::Take the head count and calculate your time based on av-

eragesTake a few deep breaths and a glass of water before you

sit down. Make yourself comfortable. Acknowledge yourmoderators/supervisors.

No special points are awarded for starting first if you donot have a solid viewpoint or a contribution to make thatwould steer the GD into the right direction. So, do lead butonly when you have something truly worthy to lead with.

Dissect the topic thoroughly in your mind, consider allpossible angles that come to your mind

If you don’t know much about the topic, wait till somepeople have spoken. If need be, admit to what you did not

know in case you have to ask questions. Also, thank the onewho offers a useful explanation.

In case you feel someone going on a tangent while re-sponding to something, especially because of having misun-derstood the subject, you could point out the differencewhile not being patronizing.

When you talk, try to stick to the most solid points; also,don’t try to put in several points simultaneously.

Look at everyone turn by turn, when you speakIf you differ with someone, express your differences po-

litely.Understand that it is a GD, not elocution. You are to under-

stand one another well, respond accordingly, and try to at-tain an outcome in a constructive manner. A GD is neither acontest, nor a showdown. Pay attention to what others aresaying.

If you find yourself leading the GD, don’t play the part tooactively that you end up crowding out genuine responses.Step in only if you see the quality of discussion deterioratingor if it is going wayward.

Do not prompt someone else to speak. Stick to your ownagenda.

Address people respectfully. If you know the names of co-participants, call them by their names but also make it clearwhom do you mean at the time.

Personal InterviewsPIs as these are referred to as, are a different ball game.

Here, the spotlight is solely on you -any apparent strengthmay be probed, any apparent weakness might be looked atclosely.

Interviewers will likely evaluate you on the following fourcriteria:

Academic and work career: The breadth and depth ofyour educational background and your fundamentals regard-ing your subjects, your accomplishments, evidence of claimsmade in resume, and leadership qualities to name a few.

Mental acuity: Your intelligence, presence of mind, abilityto gauge the tone of the interview, your understanding ofquestions and concepts being put on the table, creativity,and so on.

Manner and personal traits: Your poise, sense of humour,confidence, the way you relate to your interviewers in mo-ments that are not your strongest, how you handle stress,disbelief, your assertiveness, enthusiasm, ambition, motiva-tion, interests, hobbies, work philosophy, educational philos-ophy, including, your ability to maintain eye contact.

AAppppeeaarraannccee:: Grooming, dress, posture, cleanliness, andapparent health.

Tips for presentation (for both GDs and PIs):Dress formally: A lot of us truly miss the point here. This is

important because how your present yourself is a statementon how you wish to be seen. Your appearance too is part ofnon-verbal communication, however dystopian that maysound.

LLeett mmee eelluucciiddaattee ::FFoorr mmeenn:: Basic suits (wear ties, goes without saying) in

monochromes are best. Go for something simple, elegant,and practical. Focus on neatness and cleanliness. Match yoursocks, shine your shoes, settle your hair. Make sure you arewell-groomed “ no five o’clock shadow or spade-like nails.

BBeesstt aavvooiiddeedd:: Funky shirts of the party-casual type, opencollar, top shirt button left open, brown shoes with blackpants or vice versa, extra-strong fragrance, sparkly cufflinks,to name a few.

WWoommeenn:: Indian formals include saris and salwar kameezdresses, just that both should be extremely sober-looking.Western formals are considered on par with Indian formals.If going for western formals, do wear a blazer. Try to stick tomonochromes “ avoid sequinned, flamboyantly coloured mo-

tifs, too much jewellery or even make-up that stands out, ba-sically, stay away from all extremes. Your thumb rule shouldbe to err on the conservative side. The aim is to be well-dressed enough to not draw attention to the highs and lowsof your dressing and instead to focus on your person.

SSoommee ttyyppiiccaall qquueessttiioonnss aasskkeedd dduurriinngg PPIIss::Tell me about yourself.How would you describe yourself?Tell me something about yourself that I won’t find on your

resume.What do you take real pride in?Why would you like to study here?Why should we take you?What are your long “ term career objectives?Which accomplishment of yours would you say has given

you the greatest satisfaction?If you could go back into the past to change something,

what would it be?Sometimes, however, interviewers may pose more diffi-

cult questions- ones that seemingly have no right answer:What do you consider your major weakness?Sometimes, they even try to create a stressful situation by

asking pointed questions, interrupting, or feigning disbeliefin an attempt to gauge your behavior under stress.

The strategy to use in such a circumstance is to keep thedesired institute firmly in mind & to formulate each answer-no matter what the question so it highlights your ability to befit for the institute.

Also, politely and simply keep to your stand, if you reallybelieve in it. For example, you are asked to show how youdemonstrated your leadership skills in a particular situationand the interviewer presents a counterpoint, pointing a flawin your basic premise of believing that you contributed con-structively to the situation. You remain unflappable, hear theissue out completely. Then, politely assert that well, this iswhat you thought at the time was the right thing on accountof so and so reasons and motivations, and that the interview-er’s view, while having made you think about it, has alsomade it apparent to you why your approach worked towardsthe results you desired. Say that you will keep that point inmind and think some more about it but for now, you countthis experience as a positive one for yourself as well as thesituation “ and then go on to enumerate the positive out-comes.

You can ask the interviewer to be more specific or to re-phrase the question

Observe the organizational environment very carefullyTreat everyone you meet, including the receptionist & in-

terviewer’s staff, with scrupulous courtesyMaintain an air of formality “ understand that you are not

there to make friends or to apply for someone’s kindnessIn the interview room, greet the interviewers with a firm

handshake, direct eye contact & a smileShow interest in what the interviewer is sayingRecognize that you are expected to go beyond mere yes-

and-no answers.When you feel nervous tell yourself how much you need it

to go right and how far you have come. Don’t think of the re-sults, just be there in the moment, just give it your best.

Practice until you’re confident that you can face whateverthe interviewer throws your way

Follow the interviewer’s lead, letting him or her determinewhich question to ask, when to move to a new area of discus-sion, & when to end the interview

AAnnsswweerr wwiitthh hhoonneessttyyDDoonn’’tt ttrryy ttoo oovveerrsseellll yyoouurrsseellff

AAllwwaayyss rroouunndd uupp yyoouurr iinntteerrvviieeww oonn yyoouurr ssiiddee wwiitthh aatt lleeaasstt aappoolliittee tthhaannkk yyoouu.. YYoouu mmaayy aadddd aa ggoooodd bbyyee!!

Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM-Indore

Railway Humor – Anecdotesfrom the Raj era

I’m someone who can’t see a drooping face. It pains

me no end. If I come across one such face, I am hell-

bent on lighting it up. And I am told, I am at my best

doing this. I attribute this quality in myself to my innate

ability to laugh my cares away. Making people laugh

with jokes comes naturally to me. People say humor

runs in my blood.

I have three incidents to narrate – all of them from

the British Raj era Railways.

#1: During the pre-independence days, evensons of zamindars and nawabs would work for the

Railways. A landlord, who happened to be the station master at HowrahJunction in Bengal was on duty. It was a lean day for him, and he wasitching to while away his time. Suddenly, it struck to him that he hadn’thad a hair-cut for some time. So, he summoned the barber and went tothe anteroom, and the barber got down to his job. As is usual, a hair-cutin India is considered to be the most leisurely activity. It allows one tocatch up with gossips doing the rounds.

Suddenly, the divisional superintendent, an Englishman, hap-pened to enter the station master’s room. There was none. But his earscaught voices coming from the anteroom. He barged into it and wastaken aback by what he saw.

“How dare you have a hair-cut during office hours?” the furiousofficial said.

“Well! Sir, if my hair can grow during office hours, why can’t theybe cut during the office hours”, pat came the reply. The station masterwas a cool-headed guy and took the reprimand in jest. The Englishman,who had a penchant for humour, appreciated him for his wit.

#2: My friend’s grandfather, a Bengal-Nagpur Railway employee, was en-gaged in a heated argument with a colleague. He was being reprimand-ed for reporting late to work. Hearing the uproar, their boss, anEnglishman, came rushing to find out what the matter was.

One Mr. Ghosal, who he knew to be a thorough gentleman, wasat the receiving end.

“Mr. Ghosal, how come you are late to work? I always consideredyou to be a gentleman, who was still on time, sincere to his duty, had acordial relationship with colleagues…”

To this, my friend’s grandfather very innocently replied, “Sir, Iam late because I am not on time, and I am not a gentleman.”

The boss questioned, “Then please define who a gentleman is?”“Sir, suited, booted cane in hand, dog behind is a gentleman. I

have none of the characteristics. So how can I be a gentleman?” Mr.Ghosal had seen the official, an Englishman, well dressed and cane inhand walking along with his dog in the morning.

The bemused Englishman let Mr. Ghosal go.

#3: This is a letter (Courtesy: RailwayMuseum, Delhi) written in 1909, by oneOkhil Chandra Sen, a railway passenger,to the Sahibganj divisional office of therailways.

The impact of his letter led to theinstallation of toilets in the train car-riages for the very first time.

The moral of the story: No idea isstupid. You have to speak up; the man-ner of your expression hardly matters.

And, the next time you use alavatory on a train coach, don’t forget topay your tributes to OkhilBabu.

WWrriitteerr iiss MMeeddiiaa CCoonnssuullttaanntt,, IIIIMM IInnddoorree..

Ashok Tomar

07SPORTS/BUSINESSCENTRAL CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 2020

NNeeww DDeellhhii:: England skipper Joe Root might have to skip the opening Test against West Indiesin July if it coincides with the impending birth of his second child with vice-captain BenStokes taking over the mantle. "The due date complicates things slightly. In terms of thebubble and the pregnancy, it's always an evolving thing," Root said. "It's being discussedwith the medical team and we're always trying to stay updated with it.

Root likely to miss first Test against WI

St. John's, Jun 03 (PTI):

Three West Indies play-ers -- Darren Bravo,Shimron Hetmyer andKeemo Paul -- onWednesday refused to tourEngland for next month'sproposed three-Test series,which will be conducted ina bio-secure environment tocombat the COVID-19threat.

Cricket West Indies(CWI) announced a 14-mansquad for the series, whichis expected to mark re-sumption of internationalcricket if it gets the final ap-proval from the UK govern-ment.

"Darren Bravo, ShimronHetmyer and Keemo Paulall declined the invitation totravel to England for thetour and CWI fully respectstheir decision to choose todo so," Cricket West Indies

said in a statement. "As pre-viously stated, CWI will nothold this decision againstthese players when consid-ering future selection," itadded. The specific reasonsfor their withdrawal werenot given by CWI.

The West Indies squadwill live, train and play in a"bio-secure" environmentduring the seven weeks of

the tour, as part of the"comprehensive" medicaland operations plans to en-sure player and staff safety.

"The bio-secure protocolswill restrict movement inand out of the venues, sothe selection panel has alsonamed a list of reserveplayers who will travel totrain and help prepare theTest squad and ensure re-

placements are available incase of any injury," saidCWI.

The touring party, whichwill be tested for COVID-19this week, is scheduled to

fly to England on a char-tered flight on June 8.

The series starting July 8will be held at Hampshire'sAgeas Bowl andLancashire's Old Traffordas both these venues haveon-site hotels.

The first Test will be heldfrom July 8-12 while the re-maining two at OldTrafford (July 16-20 andJuly 24-28).

The two newcomers tothe Test squad are middle-order batsman NkrumahBonner and fast bowlerChemar Holder.

The 22-year-old Holder,who is not related to WestIndies captain JasonHolder, was the leading fastbowler in the nationalchampionship with 36wickets in eight matches at18.91 each, and was part ofthe ICC Under-19 World Cupwinning side in 2016.

Three West Indies players refuse to tourEngland as squad announced for Test series

Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul

Jason Holder, KraiggBrathwaite, Shai Hope,Shane Dowrich, RostonChase, Shemarh Brooks,Rahkeem Cornwall,Nkrumah Bonner, AlzarriJoseph, Chemar Holder,John Campbell, RaymonReifer, Kemar Roach,Jermaine Blackwood .

RReesseerrvveess:: Sunil Ambris,Joshua Da Silva, ShannonGabriel, Keon Harding, KyleMayers, Preston McSween,Marquino Mindley, ShaneMoseley, Anderson Phillip,Oshane Thomas, JomelWarrican.

The Squad


The Athletics Federationof India on Wednesday con-firmed recommending starjavelin thrower NeerajChopra for the RajivGandhi Khel Ratna Award,country's highest sportinghonour.

PTI had already reportedthat Chopra was AFI's pickfor the Khel Ratna for thethird year in a row andIndia's fastest woman DuteeChand for the ArjunaAward. Asian Games goldmedallists Arpinder Singh(triple jump) and ManjitSingh (800m) and reigningAsian champion middledistance runner P U Chitrawere recommended for theArjuna Award, besidesDutee.

A panel formed by theSports Ministry will short-list the nominations re-ceived from various nation-al federations with theawards to be presented on

National Sports Day,August 29. "We are sure thatNeeraj will get the nod thistime around after hemissed out on being pickedfor the award whenweightlifter Mirabai Chanuedged him out in 2018 andwrestler Bajrang Punia waschosen ahead of him lastyear," AFI president AdileSumariwalla said.

"The immensely popular

athlete deserves the awardfor his performances aheadof the 2021 Olympics and itwill motivate him to doeven better," he said in anAFI release. The 22-year-oldChopra has already beingconferred with the ArjunaAward in 2018 after win-ning a gold at the 2018Commonwealth. In thatyear, he was also recom-mended for the Khel Ratna.

AFI confirms Khel Ratna recommendation for Neeraj Chopra

London, Jun 03 (PTI):

Former England cap-tain Michael Vaughan hasslammed English teammanagement for their lackof communication withLiam Plunkett, saying itwas a "disgrace" that thefast bowler came to knowabout his omissionthrough social media.

Plunkett, 35, has notplayed for England sincehelping the team win theWorld Cup last year. Hewas also didn't find hisname in the list of 55 play-ers who were asked to re-sume training last weekfollowing the coronavirushiatus. "Do you knowwhat, Phil? The most dis-

appointing thing that Iheard in that interviewwas that after the WorldCup final, he won Englanda World Cup with a groupof players and manage-ment, and not one personrang him up. Not one per-son," Vaughan said in apodcast with former left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell.

"He had to find that(news of omission) out

through Twitter I'm sorry,that's back in your day,Phil. That doesn't happenin this era of cricket, that'sa disgrace."

Plunkett, whose wife isan American, said he isopen to playing for US ifthere is an opportunity.

"It would be nice be in-volved in some sort ofcricket over there. My kidsmight be American, so itwould be quite cool to sayto them that I played forEngland and the US," hetold BBC Radio 5 Live'sTuffers and VaughanShow. However, the pacerwill have to serve a three-year residency period inorder to be eligible to playfor US.

It's a disgrace: Vaughan slamsEngland’s handling of Plunkett


Livid at not being nomi-nated for the Arjunaaward for the second con-secutive year, Indian shut-tler H S Prannoy said play-ers less accomplished thanhim have been recom-mended by the BadmintonAssociation of India.

The BadmintonAssociation of India (BAI)on Tuesday recommendedtop doubles pair ofSatwiksairaj Rankireddyand Chirag Shetty andmen's singles playerSameer Verma for the cov-eted award.

Prannoy took to twitterto express his displeasure.

"#arjunaawards Same

old story. Guy who hasMedals in Cwg and AsianChampionships not evenrecommended byAssociation. And guy whowas not there on any ofthese major events recom-mended #waah #thiscoun-tryisajoke," Prannoy

wrote.Out of the three recom-

mendations, Satwik-Chirag won the silver at2018 CWG, but Sameer hasnever played at the presti-gious tournament. The 25-year-old from Dhar didn'thave a good run last year.

Prannoy fumes after being ignored forArjuna award for second successive year


Flamboyant Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya iswary of risking his injury-ravaged back for Test cricketright now and says it's be-cause he understands his"importance" in the white-ball formats. Pandya hasn'tplayed a Test sinceSeptember 2018, appearing ina total of 11 five-day matches,but has cemented his place asa big-hitting all-rounder inthe limited overs formats. Heis currently on road to recov-ery from the back injurywhich needed a surgery lastyear. "I see myself as a back-up seamer for sure. After my

back surgery, I don't know,playing Test cricket rightnow will be a challenge," the26-year-old told 'Cricbuzz inConversation'. "If I was a Testplayer and didn't have thegame in white-ball cricket, Icould go now and risk myback in Tests but I know myimportance in white ballcricket.

Test cricket right now will be achallenge, know my importance

in white-ball formats: Pandya


India's service sector ac-tivities declined sharply inMay as the coronaviruspandemic continued to im-pair business operations,restrict consumer footfallat shops and resulted injob losses, a monthly sur-vey said on Wednesday.

Reflecting a fall in out-put at an "extreme rateonce again", the IHSMarkit India ServicesBusiness Activity Indexstood at 12.6 in May.

Although the headlinefigure rose from April'sunprecedented low of 5.4,the score remained at alevel, which prior to thecoronavirus pandemicwas unparalleled in over14 years of data collectionand pointed to an extremedrop in services activityacross India, the survey

noted. A print above 50means expansion and ascore below that denotescontraction, as per the IHSMarkit India ServicesPurchasing Managers'Index (PMI).

According to the survey,output sank sharply due to

extended business shut-downs and very weak de-mand conditions.

"Service sector activityin India is still effectivelyon hold, latest PMI datasuggest, as output fell at anextreme rate once againduring May," Joe Hayes,Economist at IHS Markitsaid. Hayes noted that de-mand for services, both do-mestically and overseas,continued to plummet inMay as clients' businessesremained closed and foot-fall was drastically belownormal levels.

Employment continuedto fall in response to weakdemand and expectationsof further challengingconditions, the surveysaid. The Composite PMIOutput Index, whichmeasures combined serv-ices and manufacturingoutput, also signalled a se-

vere contraction in privatesector business activity inMay. The score, which wasat 14.8 compared to 7.2 inApril, was consistent witha decline in output whichwas unparalleled prior tothe COVID-19 outbreak,the survey said.

Hayes said that with eco-nomic output set to fallenormously in the firsthalf of 2020, it is clear thatthe recovery to pre-COVID-19 levels of grossdomestic product (GDP) isgoing to be very slow.

India was already in themidst of a protracted eco-nomic slowdown beforethe virus hit due to a fes-tering crisis among shad-ow lenders and decliningconsumer demand andprivate investment. ItsGDP grew by 4.2 per centin 2019-20, the slowest pacein 11 years.

Services sector activities contract sharply in May

Mumbai, Jun 03 (PTI):

Extending its winningstreak to the sixth session,equity benchmark Sensexsurged 284 points onWednesday, led by gains inHDFC twins, ICICI Bankand Kotak Mahindra Bankamid positive cues fromglobal markets.

After hitting a peak of34,488.69, the 30-shareindex ended 284.01 pointsor 0.84 per cent higher at34,109.54.

Similarly, the NSE Niftyjumped 82.45 points or 0.83per cent to 10,061.55.

M&M was the top gainerin the Sensex pack, risingaround 5 per cent, followedby Kotak Bank, Bajaj

Finance, Nestle India, SBI,ICICI Bank, HDFC Bankand ONGC. On the otherhand, NTPC, IndusIndBank, Bharti Airtel andMaruti were among the

laggards. The bulls main-tained their grip on themarket as stocks surgedled by massive foreignfund inflows and positiveglobal cues, analysts said.

Sensex jumps 284 pts;Nifty tops 10,000-mark


The rupee surrenderedall intra-day gains to pro-visionally settle 11 paiselower at 75.47 against theUS dollar on Wednesday,even as domestic equitieswere trading in positiveterritory.

Forex traders said posi-tive domestic equities, sus-tained foreign fund flows,revival of business activi-ties and weak US dollarsupported the local unit,but there are still a slew ofrisks, including US-Chinatrade tiff and concernsthat it may jeopardise thePhase-1 deal.

At the interbank forexmarket, the rupee openedstrong at 75.04, but paredthe gains and finallyclosed at 75.47 against theUS dollar, down 11 paiseover its last close.

It had settled at 75.36against the US dollar onTuesday.

During the session, thelocal unit witnessed anintra-day high of 75.04 anda low of 75.52.

Meanwhile, the dollarindex, which gauges thegreenback's strengthagainst a basket of six cur-rencies, fell by 0.23 percent to 97.44.

"Now investors havestarted focusing on theprospect that economiesare re-opening all over theworld from the pandemic.Thus, the risk sentimenthas turned positive andthe dollar index is sub-dued amongst majoremerging market curren-cies," said Rahul Gupta,Head of Research-Currency, Emkay GlobalFinancial Services.

Rupee settles 11 paise lowerat 75.47 against US dollar

Hyderabad, Jun 03:

Being a responsibleCorporate Citizen, it hasbeen a pioneer in address-ing its responsibility to-wards society. Keeping inview the prevalence ofCovid-19 and the guidelinesissued by the Governmentof India, NMDC is imple-menting various preventivemeasures at the headquar-ters, plants and offices toprotect the employees andtheir families against thespread of CORONA virus(COVID-19). We are focusedon disinfecting and sanitiz-ing the work stations, wash-rooms and pantry spaces atregular intervals.Prolonged chronic treat-ment employees, pregnantladies and those employeesvulnerable to contagiousdiseases have been givenwork from home permis-sion.

NMDC has implementedthe preventive measures inoffice premises like ther-mal scanning of tempera-ture of all employees at the

entrance, provided masksto sanitation and securitypersonnel & usage of sani-tizers, restriction on entryof visitors, massive aware-ness campaigns using visu-al communications like dis-play of banners, posters,hoardings, electronicboards etc. at offices andplants premises in head-quarters, Bailadila iron oremines, Steel Plant atNagarnar (Chhattisgarh),Donimalai iron ore minesand plant (Karnataka) andDiamond Mining Project(Panna in MadhyaPradesh).

NMDC is also promotingsocial distancing amongemployees at the headquar-

ters, plants and offices. Asinstructed by theGovernment of India, theworking hours of all em-ployees are being staggered,so that to avoid mass gath-erings at the time of report-ing and closing of duty.NMDC has also drafteddaily & weekly roaster foremployees. All meetings arebeing avoided and if re-quired, meetings are con-ducted by web or video con-ference.

NMDC has given Rs 1thousand each to all con-tractual, daily salariedworkers and trainees in-cluding their regular em-ployees to meet expensesfor preventing COVID 19.

NMDC’s initiatives & contributionsfor prevention of COVID-19 New Delhi, Jun 03 (PTI):

From July, over six croremicro, small and mediumenterprises across thecountry will be classifiedon the basis of the new cri-teria approved by the gov-ernment.

As per the revised crite-ria, a unit with Rs 50 croreof investment and Rs 250crore of turnover will fallunder the 'medium' enter-prise category.

Besides, a manufactur-ing and services unit withRs 1 crore of investmentand Rs 5 crore of turnoverwill be classified as 'micro'whereas a unit involvingRs 10 crore of investmentand Rs 50 crore ofturnover will be cate-gorised as a 'small' enter-prise. Also, a new compos-ite formula of classifica-tion for manufacturingand services units hasbeen notified. Now, therewill be no difference be-tween the manufacturingand service sectors.

Ministry officials saidthat the new definition willpave way for strengthen-

ing and growth of MSMEs.Particularly, the provisionof excluding the exportsfrom counting of turnoverwill encourage the MSMEsto export more and morewithout fearing to lose thebenefits of a MSME unit.This is expected to expo-nentially add to exportsfrom the country leadingto more growth and eco-nomic activity and cre-ation of jobs.

The existing criterion ofdefinition of MSMEs isbased on the MSMED Act,2006. It was different formanufacturing and servic-es units. It was also verylow in terms of financiallimits. MSMEs contribute29 per cent to India's grossdomestic product and com-prise almost half of its ex-ports. These units employover 11 crore workers.

MSMEs to be classified basedon new criteria from July

PSBs disburse Rs 3,893-cr loans to

MSMEs under ECLGSNew Delhi, Jun 03 (PTI):

The Finance Ministryon Wednesday said thatpublic sector banks (PSBs)have disbursed Rs 3,892.78crore in the first two daysof the month under the Rs3-lakh crore EmergencyCredit Line GuaranteeScheme (ECLGS) for theMSME sector hit hard bythe coronavirus-inducedlockdown. Meanwhile,PSBs have sanctionedloans worth Rs 10,361.75crore under the 100 percent ECLGS starting June1. The scheme is thebiggest fiscal componentof the Rs 20-lakh croreAatmanirbhar BharatAbhiyan package an-nounced by FinanceMinister NirmalaSitharaman last month.

US probe into India’sdigital tax not a

move of aggressionNew Delhi, Jun 03 (Reuters):

The US government'smove to launch a trade in-vestigation into a digitalservices tax adopted byseveral countries includ-ing India should not beconstrued as a move of ag-gression against NewDelhi, a senior Indian gov-ernment source said onWednesday.

The US TradeRepresentative's Office isinvestigating digital serv-ices taxes being adopted orconsidered by India andother countries such asItaly and Brazil, it said, amove that could lead tonew punitive tariffs andheighten trade tensions.

A number of US alliessuch as the EU and the UKare mentioned in this list... this USTR action ismeant to address the issueof digital taxation andshould not be treated as amove of aggressionagainst India,” said thegovernment source, de-clining to be identified dueto the sensitivity of thematter.

Indian-American bizman hailedas hero for sheltering protesters

Washington, Jun 03 (PTI):

An Indian-Americanbusinessman, who openedthe doors of his home hereto over 70 people demon-strating against the custo-dial killing of GeorgeFlyod, has emerged as ahero after he rescued thestrangers from the clutch-es of the police, fed themand made sure they weresafe in his house, accord-ing to US media reports.

The death of 46-year-oldAfrican-American Floydlast week in Minneapolishas led to one of thebiggest civic unrest in thehistory of America.

Rahul Dubey, who hasbeen living in WashingtonDC for the last 17 years, ac-commodated the largenumber of people in hishouse with some adjustingon the couch, some findingspace in the rooms, while

some were gratified to getrest even on the ledges ofthe bathtub.

There's about 75 peoplein my house. Some havegot couch space. There's afamily, a mother anddaughter here, that I gavemy son's room to so theyget some peace and quiet.Yeah, even the ledges ofthe bathtub, and no one'sbitching. They're happy-no, they're not happy.They're safe. They'recheering.

India’s health, sanitation campaigns could combat COVID-19

Melbourne, Jun 03 (PTI):

India's flagship health andsanitation campaigns can bebuilt up to combat the coron-avirus as they have led to agreater awareness about per-sonal hygiene and sanitationamong the people in the coun-try, a leading Indian-origin sci-entist in Australia has said.

SS Vasan, who is leading ateam to create a vaccineagainst COVID-19 at theCommonwealth Scientific and

Industrial ResearchOrganisation (CSIRO), sug-gested building up the SwacchBharat Abhiyan and AyushmanBharat Yojana along with handwashing and personal hygieneto manage the COVID-19 crisis.

He said that there is now agreater awareness in India onmatters such as hand washing,personal hygiene and sanita-tion. "If we build this on top ofexcellent foundations such asSwacch Bharat Abhiyan andAyushman Bharat Yojana,

Deep rooted conspiracy behindkilling of IB officer: Police


There was a deep rootedconspiracy behind theriots and murder of IB of-ficer Ankit Sharma dur-ing northeast Delhi vio-lence as he was specifical-ly targeted by a mob led bysuspended AAP councillorTahir Hussain,the policetold a Delhi court in itscharge sheet onWednesday. The CrimeBranch of Delhi policefiled the charge sheet be-fore MetropolitanMagistrate Richa Parihar,who fixed the matter forconsideration on June 16.

After killing Sharma,the mob had thrown hisbody in a nearby drain andwas fished out the nextday, police said. A witnessstanding on a terrace hadcaptured a video on hismobile phone, in which a

group of persons are seendumping the dead body inthe drain. During postmortem, the doctors found51 sharp and blunt in-juries on Ankit's body, thecharge sheet said.

The charge sheet wasfiled under various sec-tions of the IPC for the of-fences including murder(302), kidnapping (365), ri-oting (147 and 148),

Promoting enmity be-tween different groups ongrounds of religion, raceetc. (153-A), criminal con-spiracy (120-B) and de-struction of evidence(201). Ten persons, includ-ing Tahir Hussain, werearrested in this case.

Investigation has re-vealed that there was adeep rooted conspiracy be-hind the riot and murderof Ankit Sharma, whowas a familiar face in thearea. He was specificallytargeted by a mob led byTahir Hussain, a politi-cian of Aam Aadmi Partyand sitting councilor inEDMC, Delhi. It has beenfound that Tahir Hussainis the main person whohad been instigating themob, both on February 24and 25, in the Chand Bagharea, the charge sheet said.

‘Can Govt confirm no Chinesesoldier has entered India’


Amid a border standoffwith China, Congressleader Rahul Gandhi onWednesday asked the gov-ernment to make it clearwhether or not Chinesesoldiers have enteredIndia.

Defence MinisterRajnath Singh had onTuesday said that a "size-able number" of Chinesetroops have moved intoeastern Ladakh and Indiatoo has taken all necessarysteps to deal with the situ-ation.Rahul Gandhi onWednesday took to Twitterto ask, "Can GOI(Government of India)please confirm that noChinese soldiers have en-tered India (sic)."

He also shared a reportabout India and Chinaholding a top-level mili-tary meet on June 6 in a

bid to resolve the troopsstandoff in easternLadakh.

Gandhi asked the gov-ernment to come clean onthe border standoff withChina and tell the countrywhat exactly is happening"as its silence is fuellingspeculation and uncer-tainty".

"The government's si-lence about the border sit-uation with China is fu-

elling massive speculationand uncertainty at a timeof crisis," he said earlier.

The Congress has askedthe government to comeclean on the border stand-off and take all politicalparties and the countryinto confidence overrestoration of the statusquo ante on the borderwith China.

Troops of India andChina were engaged in amajor standoff for overthree weeks in PangongTso, Galwan Valley,Demchok and Daulat BegOldie in eastern Ladakh,in what is turning out tobe the biggest confronta-tion between the two coun-tries after the Doklamepisode in 2017.

The government hasbeen maintaining thattalks at military and diplo-matic levels are on to re-solve the row.

PROTEST AGAINST ARRESTS

Protestors display placards during a protest against alleged inhumane arrests of anti CAA activists, in Bengaluru, Wednesday.

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Dissidence to continue in Karnataka BJP: Siddaramaiah

Ankit Sharma

Rahul Dubey

Rahul Gandhi

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Wednesday claimed thatdissidence within BJP would continue as several legislators havemet him and shared their discontent.

BRIEFGenetic code

TTookkyyoo:: Researchers haveidentified specific por-tions of the geneticcodes of the the novelcoronavirus which pro-motes its lifecycle, find-ings that may lead to thedevelopment of noveldrug treatments againstCOVID-19. The scientists,including NobuyoshiAkimitsu from theUniversity of Tokyo inJapan, said many fami-lies of viruses, includinginfluenza viruses andcoronaviruses, store theirgenetic sequence asRNA, which sneaks intohuman cells and tricksthem into making moreviruses. They said virus-es need their RNA toremain stable so thatthey can resist effortsfrom the host's immunesystem to degrade theirgenetic material.

Bus bombKKaabbuull:: A roadside bomb-ing in southernAfghanistan onWednesday killed ninepassengers travelling ona bus through Kandaharprovince, a spokesmanfor the provincial gover-nor said. Another fivepassengers were wound-ed in the explosion, saidthe spokesman, BashirAhmadi. The passengerswere all civilians travel-ling from one district toanother when the bus hitthe bomb. He said thiswas the third roadsidebombing since a briefcease-fire declared bythe Taliban for a majorMuslim holiday hadended last month.

Dual-purpose PPEJJhhaannssii:: The police inUttar Pradesh's Jhansidistrict has designed atransparent personalprotection equipment(PPE) kit for its person-nel that will serve thedual purpose of preven-tion against the novelcoronavirus and the rainduring the monsoonseason. The policeordered 1,000 piecesfrom a local vendor andit has been delivered.The kits will distributedto various units of theforce in the first phaseand more will be madedepending on therequirement, an officersaid. "I got this idea afortnight back and got afew pieces made,"Additional Superin-ten-dent of Police RahulSrivastava told PTI.

Rejects comparisonCCaannbbeerrrraa:: Australianpolice on Wednesdayrejected comparisons tothe US after an indige-nous boy was injuredwhile being arrested inSydney, though a gov-ernment official said itraised questions aboutAustralian race rela-tions. A New SouthWales state police con-stable is under internalinvestigation after hepinned the 16-year-old'sarms behind his backthen kicked the boy'slegs out from under him.A video had circulatedon social media of theboy falling face-first tothe ground.

Defers reopeningPPaannaajjii:: The Goa govern-ment on Wednesdaydeferred its scheduledreopening of schools inthe first week of June inkeeping with the freshguidelines issued by theUnion Ministry of HomeAffairs, an official said. Ina circular issued onWednesday, director ofeducation Vandana Raosaid the department hadearlier informed schoolsabout reopening for theacademic year. As per thestate government's previ-ous circular on the matter,schools were supposed toreopen in the first week ofJune. However, due to theMHA's guidelines issuedon May 30 in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

LLoonnddoonn:: Changes in land-use patternsalter the behaviour of animals, and maylead to the emergence of new diseaseslike COVID-19 from mammals likerodents, livestock, bats, and primates.Citing an example, the scientists, includ-ing those from the University of Exeter inthe UK, said in Indian dairy farms, aban-doning infected cattle, lack of educationabout bovine tuberculosis, and only con-sulting veterinarians as a last resortworsens the problem.

Land-use changes may lead to spread of new diseases

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AAP MP to send migrants inflights with tickets from MP quotaNew Delhi, Jun 03 (PTI):

AAP leader Sanjay Singhsaid on Wednesday he woulduse the air tickets he is enti-tled to as an MP to helpstranded migrant workersreach Patna from Delhi byflights. He would take mi-grant workers on two flightsto Patna on Thursday.

In a tweet, Singh said thathe will use 34 flight ticketsreceived by an MP duringthe year to send migrants toPatna with the help of col-leagues and voluntary or-ganisations. An MP is enti-tled to 34 business class tick-ets in domestic flights annu-ally. The decision waspraised by Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal,who said it would be an in-

spiration for everyone."Everyone will be inspiredby this unique initiative ofSanjay ji. Those whom Godhas given means, it is theirresponsibility to put theirresources in the service ofothers. Sanjay ji deserves tobe congratulated," Kejriwalsaid in a tweet.

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board beginsdrills to put in place SoPs

Jammu, Jun 03 (PTI):

The Shri Mata Vaishno DeviShrine Board (SMVDSB) hasbegun drills for putting in placeSoPs that will be followed oncepilgrimage to the cave shrinein Trikuta hills of Jammu andKashmir resumes.

The pilgrimage to the shrinein Reasi district was stoppedon March 18 in view of thespread of coronavirus. It willresume only after a directionto that effect is issued by theUnion Home Ministry. "Drills inconnection with standard op-erating procedures (SoPs)have begun at cave shrinesand en route as a process of

guidelines. The pilgrimage willstart only when directionsfrom the Home Ministry are is-sued," an official of the shrineboard said. The markers of so-cial distancing are being paint-ed, horse owners and their ani-mals are undergoing medicalcheck ups and other safetymeasures are being put inplaces en route to and at thecave shrine, officials said.

They said the board is con-sidering online registration ofdevotees, while GPS-enabledsystems are also under consid-eration for real-time trackingof pilgrims to ensure that theyadhere to social distancingmeasures.

Some Karnataka Govtoffices will shift to Belagavi

Bengaluru, Jun 03 (PTI):

Karnataka Chief MinisterBS Yediyurappa onWednesday directed au-thorities to identify statelevel government offices tobe shifted from the city toSuvarna Vidhana Soudhain Belagavi within amonth and execute it, withan aim to address regionalimbalance.

He also "warned" that hewould personally reviewfunctioning of offices fromthere before the next meet-ing, CMO said in a state-ment.

Yediyurappa held ameeting to review thefunctioning of PublicWorks, Ports and InlandWater Transport depart-ments. Suvarna VidhanaSoudha, modelled onVidhana Soudha, the statesecretariat in Bengaluru,where legislature sessionis held once a year, wasbuilt as an assertion thatBelagavi is an integral

part of Karnataka.Maharashtra claimsBelagavi should belong toit. Other than the sessionheld once a year for abouttwo weeks, the building re-mains mostly unutilised.

It has been long stand-ing demand of the peopleof north Karnataka toshift some government of-fices to Suvarna VidhanaSoudha in Belagavi, aimedat addressing regional im-balance, and for the bene-fit of citizens of the re-gions, who otherwise have

to travel to Bengaluru.In 2018, then Congress-

JDS coalition governmentin the state had given inprinciple approval to shiftsome government depart-ments, boards and com-missions to the northKarnataka region to ad-dress the alleged discrimi-nation.

At the meeting, theChief Minister also direct-ed officials to complete thework on roads and bridgesthat was damaged duringthe floods last year.

Security guards feed starving monkeys at Daulatabad FortAurangabad, Jun 03 (PTI):

Amid the coronavirus-in-duced lockdown, some se-curity guards of theDaulatabad Fort here inMaharashtra have takenthe initiative of providingfood to nearly 150 monkeysstarving in the fort prem-ises.

The Daulatabad Fort, apopular tourist placespread in an area of 300acres in Aurangabad, inhome to nearly 150 pri-mates.

On normal days, themonkeys used to surviveon the food left over by vis-itors, but since the lock-down was enforced in

March, the fort has re-mained shut and notourists are allowed there,leaving the apes deprivedof food.

Seeing their plight, agroup of men guardingthe fort decided to feed thestarving animals.

"After a couple of days

of the lockdown, while wewere having lunch in thefort premises, a number ofmonkeys came near usand tried to snatch ourfood. I then decided to dosomething for them," thefort's security guard,Mahendra Joshi, told PTI.

Joshi, a resident ofnearby Khultabad town,discussed the issue withhis neighbours and theyall found a solution.

"A grocer, MurlidharPawar, from my townarranged some cartons ofbiscuits and kilos ofgroundnuts which we of-fered to the monkeys," hesaid.

Later, a tehsildar (rev-

enue officer) also sentsome biscuit boxes, hesaid.

Besides, one BhartiSaoji, a resident ofKhutlabad, supplied 200chapatis for 20 days, whilesome other localsarranged hundreds of ba-nanas, he said.

While going for duty,Joshi every day happilycarries food for the mon-keys.

Talking to PTI,Archaeological Survey ofIndia monument in-charge Sanjay Rohankarappreciated the gesture ofJoshi and other securityguards deployed at thefort.

3. Identify this person and forwhich he appointed as am-bassador?

1. Which place or board is called as batting capitalof India?

2. Who was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award forhis contribution to the promotion of Indian litera-ture in English?

4. Who is the first and only person in the world to re-ceive a valuable doctorate degree named "DoctorAll Science" from the London School ofEconomics?

5. National Sweet : Jalebi :: National Treatise : ?

6. Where is the National Snake Farm?(a) Manali (b) Surat (c) Vadodara (d) Chennai

(1) Delhi (2) Amitav Ghosh (3) Dr. Bindeshwari Pathakand Swach Mission Railway (4) Babasaheb Ambedkar(5) Geeta (6) Chennai

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