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Minister tests +veHHyyddeerraabbaadd:: A senior minis-ter in Telangana Minister KChandrashekhar Rao's cab-inet has tested positive forCOVID-19 and is currentlyundergoing treatment in aprivate hospital here, offi-cial sources said onMonday.A few days ago hisgunman had tested posi-tive for the infection.Theminister was admitted tothe hospital after he wassuffering from cough andcold on Sunday.He testedpositive, they said.

Reap benefitsAAnnaannttaappuurraammuu ((AAPP)):: Till thebeginning of this month,people in the parchedAnantapuram district weresuffering from 'pani karavu'(lack of work) but now morethan six lakh persons arehaving their hands full with'karavu pani' (drought reliefworks, so to say) and reap-ing the benefits of MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment GuaranteeScheme. In the process,they have set a new nationalrecord with the singlelargest manpower turnoutof over 6,30,618 people,each earning a record wageof Rs 234 per person on anaverage, per day.

Monkey hanged HHyyddeerraabbaadd:: In a case ofextreme brutality, a monkeywas hanged to death from atree by three people in abidto scare other simians inKhammam district ofTelangana, about 275 KMfrom here, forest departmentofficials said on Monday."Theperpetrators, who admittedtheir guilt, are being bookedunder the Wildlife ProtectionAct," Sathupalli Forest RangeOfficer A Venkateswarlu said.

3 militants killed SSrriinnaaggaarr:: Three unidenti-fied militants were killedin an encounter with thesecurity forces in Jammuand Kashmir's Anantnagdistrict on Monday, policesaid.Doda district inJammu and Kashmir hasbecome "militancy free"as the last of the surviv-ing militants in the areawas killed in an encounterwith security forces. Thesecurity forces launched acordon and search opera-tion at Khul Chohar in thesouth Kashmir district fol-lowing information aboutthe presence of militantsin the area, a police offi-cial said.

KPCC President D K Shivakumar,former CM Siddaramaiah, andother leaders stage a protestagainst rise in fuel price, in

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Jaipur, Jun 29 (PTI)

Rajasthan Congresspresident Sachin Pilot onMonday led a protestagainst the Centre overthe "unprecedented" hikein petrol and dieselprices and said it hashammered the people atthe time of economichardship imposed by theCOVID-19 pandemic.Maharashtra & Delhicongress staged protestsacross the state onMonday.Cong paty inother states also joinedthe hands.

Addressing the protest-ers, Pilot said, "Due tothe coronavirus crisis,demand for fuel has fall-en all over the world.Despite having full stockof fuel, the governmenthas burdened the com-mon people by increasingfuel prices continuouslyfor last 20 days."

Maharashtra Congressprotests : In Mumbai ,Maharashtra Congressstaged protests across thestate on Monday againstthe increase in fuel prices,and demanded roll back ofthe hike.A senior partyleader said people were al-ready hit hard by the coron-avirus-induced lockdown,hence at such a time theCentre should reduce thefuel prices. Back in MahaSeveral Congress minis-ters, including Balasaheb

Thorat, Ashok Chavan andNitin Raut, staged a protestat the party office inMumbai."The petrol anddiesel prices have been in-creased by the Centre inlast some days.

Delhi Cong chief, work-ers detained: DelhiCongress leaders onMonday staged a protestacross the city against hikein fuel prices, raising slo-gans against the BJP-ledcentral government andthe AAP dispensation in

the national capital. DelhiCongress president AnilKumar and party workers,however, were detainedlater by police at a petrolpump near Parmanandhospital.Kumar said policedetained him and partyworkers as they tried to goto Raj Niwas, which isDelhi Lieutenant GovernorAnil Baijal's official resi-dence, to lodge theirprotest against the risingprices of petrol and diesel.Police said they were de-

tained around 10 am andwould be releasedsoon.Protesting against thefuel price hike, the DelhiCongress chief, said,

Haryana Congressholds statewide protest:The Haryana unit of theCongress on Monday heldstatewide protests againstthe hike in fuel prices, withparty leaders saying it isbound to have a cascadingeffect and burden the com-mon people who are al-ready facing hardships dueto the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protests were heldacross the state, includingKarnal, Rohtak,Yamunanagar, Faridabad,Sirsa and other places.Haryana Congress presi-dent Kumari Selja led theprotest in Karnal, which isChief Minister ManoharLal Khattar's home con-stituency.

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Cong protests over fuel pricesOn the other handMaha, UP & DelhiCongress leaders onMonday staged aprotest across thecity, raising slogans

NNeeww DDeellhhii:: Members of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Monday rode a bullock cart to protestagainst the hike in diesel and petrol prices in the country. IYC president Srinivas BV, along with afew others, rode the bullock cart from the outfit's headquarters at Raisina Road to Shastri Bhawan,where police stopped them.Some protesters marched alongside the bullock cart, raising slogansagainst the fuel price hike."When the Congress-led UPA was in power, relief was given to peopleeven though international crude oil prices were soaring while the Modi government has been rais-ing petrol and diesel prices, causing problems to the people already facing hardships due to thepandemic," Srinivas said.

Youth Congress members ride bullock cart

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI)

A single-day spike of19,459 COVID-19 casestook India's tally to5,48,318 on Monday,while the death tollclimbed to 16,475 with380 new fatalities, ac-cording to the UnionHealth Ministry data

This is the sixth con-secutive day that coron-avirus infections haveincreased by more than15,000. The country has

seen a surge of 3,57,783infections from June 1till date

The number of activecases stands at 2,10,120,while 3,21,722 peoplehave recovered, and onepatient has migrated,according to the updat-ed data"Thus, around58.67 per cent of pa-tients have recovered sofar," an official saidThetotal number of con-firmed cases includesforeigners.

COVID-19 spread

Single-day spike of19,459 cases takes

India’s tally to 5,48,318

AAhhmmeeddaabbaadd:: Seven new micro-containment zones havebeen added to the 37 existing ones in Ahmedabad city inGujarat, taking the total number of people placed underrestriction in civic limits to 27,509, an official said. While sixof the new areas are in the western zone of the city, one isin the south-west, he added.The western part accounts for643 or 22 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in Gujarat's largestcity, the highest among all six zones here. The new microcontainment zones are in Chandlodia, Chandkheda,Bodakdev, Vasna, Sabarmati, Naranpura and Sarkhej locali-ties, covering 270 houses with 1,080 residents.Till Sundayevening, Ahmedabad city reported 19,681 COVID-19 cases,of which 15,358 patients have been discharged.The numberof new coronavirus cases being reported in Ahmedabad hasdropped over the last one week, with the daily rise remain-ing within the 250-mark, compared to over 300 in the earlydays of June.

Ahmedabad gets 7 new micro-containment areas

Former MP bookedfor assault after

‘abusing’ policemenSSaalleemm ((TTNN)):: A former MP wasbooked for assault and othercharges here on Monday afterhe allegedly abused police-men, a video of which hasgone viral on the social media,police said. Cases have beenfiled against K Arjunan underIPC Sections 294b (obsceneact at public act) and 353(assault to deter the publicservant to discharge hisduty).A video of the incidentpurportedly showed the for-mer MP arguing with police-men, who were on duty at thecheck post on Sunday night,for not having an e-pass.

Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI):

M a h a r a s h t r aChief Minister UddhavThackeray on Mondaylaunched convalescentplasma therapy-cum- trialproject for treatment ofcritical COVID-19 patientswith a state medical educa-tion department officialcalling it the largest initia-tive of its kind in theworld. Convalescent plas-

ma therapy, also called pas-sive antibody therapy,seeks to obtain plasmafrom the blood of peoplewho have recovered fromthe infection to inject intopatients undergoing treat-ment. "The project, titled'Platina', is the largest con-valescent plasma therapy-cum-trial project in theworld.With it, we intend to

save lives of some 500 criti-cal COVID-19 patients. Thetrial will be held in 17 med-ical colleges under the de-partment of medical edu-cation and drugs, and four

BMC- run colleges inMumbai," the officialsaid.All critical patientswill receive two doses of200 ml convalescent plasmafree of cost, he added.

Pune, Jun 29 (PTI)

A policeman sustainedminor injuries after a vehi-cle in NCP chief SharadPawar's convoy over-turned on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway onMonday, police said.

Pawar was on way toMumbai from Pune whenthe vehicle skidded off theroad near the spot wherethe British-eraAmrutanjan Bridge stood.The 190-year-old bridge

near Lonavla was demol-ished in April throughmultiple controlled blasts.

Pawar got down from hisvehicle and oversaw med-ical support for the injuredpoliceman, who was partof the Special ProtectionUnit of the Rajya Sabhamember, before proceedingto Mumbai, a party workersaid.Highway police saidthe vehicle was moved im-mediately and traffic onthe Expressway resumedsoon after.

Cop hurt as vehicle inPawar’s convoy overturns

on Expressway

A policeman sustained minor injuries after a vehicle in NCP chiefSharad Pawar's convoy overturned.

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The project is titled as-Platina’

NNeeww DDeellhhii:: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalon Monday announced setting up of a 'plasmabank' to save lives of serious COVID-19 patientsin the national capital.Addressing an onlinemedia briefing, the chief minister said the bankwill start working in the next two days, addingthat the AAP government will encourage those who have recov-ered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma.The chief ministersaid that a helpline will be set up by the government for queriesrelated to donation of plasma.

Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for treatment

SSrriinnaaggaarr:: Veteran separatist leader Syed Ali ShahGeelani on Monday announced his dissociation fromthe faction of the Hurriyat Conference that he float-ed in 2003 by enforcing a vertical split in the amal-gam. In a four-line letter and an audio message tothe media, a spokesperson for the 90-year-oldleader said, "Geelani has announced complete dis-sociation from Hurriyat Conference forum." Geelani has written adetailed letter to all constituent parts of the amalgam about thereasons behind his decision to leave the Hurriyat Conference, ofwhich he had been nominated as a lifetime chairman, he said.

Separatist Geelani quits HurriyatNew Delhi, June 29 (PTI)

Women and girls areunder-represented in schooltextbooks or when includedare depicted in traditionalroles in many countriesacross the globe, accordingto the Global EducationMonitoring Report by UN-ESCO.

The annual report'sfourth edition launched re-cently, points out that not

only the number of imagesof female characters includ-ed in the textbooks is veryless in comparison to im-ages of males, women arealso represented in "lessprestigious" occupationsand as introverts and pas-sive. While showing men asdoctors and women as nurs-

es, only portraying womenin subjects pertaining tofood, fashion or entertain-ment, showing women involuntary roles and men inpaid jobs, are among thegender stereotypes pointedout in the report, it alsotakes note of attempts byfew countries to revise the

textbook images to reflectmore gender balance. "InAfghanistan, women were al-most absent from grade 1textbooks published in the1990s. Since 2001, they havebeen more present but inpassive and domestic roles asmothers, caregivers, daugh-ters and sisters. They aremostly represented as de-pendent, with teaching beingthe only career open tothem," the report said.

"Similarly, a review of 95primary and secondary com-pulsory education textbooksin the Islamic Republic ofIran showed that women ac-

counted for 37 pc of images.About half the images show-ing women were related tofamily and education, whilework environments ap-peared in less than 7 pc.There were no images ofwomen in about 60 pc of text-books for Farsi and foreignlanguage, 63 pc for scienceand 74 pc for social science,"it added. The report alsotakes note of the revision ofmany textbook images to re-move gender stereotypes bythe Maharashtra StateBureau of TextbookProduction and CurriculumResearch in 2019.

Women under represented in school textbooksShown mostly intraditional roles:UNESCO report

Dehradun, June 29 (PTI)

The UttarakhandD e v a s t h a n a mManagement Board onMonday decided to openthe Chardham yatra' forpilgrims from within thestate from July 1.

The four famousHimalayan shrines ofBadrinath, Kedarnath,Gangotri and Yamunotriin Uttarakhand's Garhwalregion are known asChardham'.An order per-mitting Uttarakhand resi-dents to visit the four tem-ples from July 1 subject tovarious anti-COVID pre-cautionary measures andrestrictions was issued bythe Board's CEO RavinathRaman on Monday.

The number of pilgrimsvisiting the temples daily,however, will be limited

and they will not be al-lowed to enter the sanc-tum sanctorum and ad-joining wings of the tem-ples.The pilgrims will notbe allowed to make any of-ferings or touch deities'idols either at the temples,the order said.Pilgrimsfrom containment andbuffer zones cannot visitthe temples, it added.

The SOP for pilgrimsvisiting the temples makesit mandatory for them toapply online for e-passes tothe board on its website.

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Rajnarayan Dewangan establishes Shani templeKKaattggii:: In the ideal village panchayat Katgi on the bank of Jonkriver Shani temple was established by village Katgi residentRajnarayan Dewangan. Many devotees are reaching the templeon every Saturday to perform worship.

Area near Gram Kevantpallideclared containment zone

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Mahasamund, Jun 29:Efforts are being made onwar-footing to put a checkon coronavirus. DistrictCollector and DJMKartikey Goyal informedthat sample of the suspect-ed patients has been takenand sent for checking. Inthis sample of one patientfrom Gram Kevantapali ofBasna tehsil was found tobe positive and due towhich the houses in andaround this positive per-son has been declared ascontainment zone.

In this containmentzone, all the shops andcommercial institutions

will remain closed till fur-ther order and it isthrough office in-chargethat essential items will besupplied door-to-door at af-fordable rate.

In the same way move-ment of all the vehicleswill remain banned andexcept for medical emer-gency, no person fromnearby this house will beallowed to move out oftheir houses.

Similarly as per thehealth standards, disinfec-tants will be sprayed nearthe house and there will beregular police patrollingand surveillance and con-tract tracing will also bedone. As complete in-charge of this contain-ment zone, SDM Saraipaliblock Kunal Dudawat hasbeen appointed as in-

charge office and inde-pendent commander. It ishe who will ensure closureof shops and other estab-lishment in this area andto ensure smooth conduct,SDOP Vikas Patle hasbeen appointed as in-charge of it. For barricad-ing EE PWD SR Sinha hasbeen appointed and civilsurgeon Dr RK Parda forcontact tracing; CEOJanpad Panchayat BasnaGD Sonwani for sanitiza-tion and availability of es-sential items and blockmedical officer Dr JPradhan to ensure healthdepartment’s SOP viz.medicines, PPE Kits, anddisposal of bio-medicalwaste. Similarly other re-sponsibilities were alsohanded over to concerneddepartment.

RMC conducts stray cattle catching drive Central Chronicle News

Bhilai, Jun 29: Underthe state government’s“Roka Chheka” cam-paign, Risali MunicipalCorporation haslaunched a special driveto catch the stray cattle.As per the instructions ofDistrict Collector DrSarveshwar NarendraBhure and AdditionalCollector and RMCCommissioner PrakashKumar Sarwe, the staff ofRevenue Department andHealth Department underthe guidance of NodalOfficer Ramakant Sahutargeted the commercialareas of Risali includingDPS Square, Krishnatalkies Road, AzadMarket Risali and otherplaces and caught the

stray cattle which wereseen on the road. It needsto be mentioned here thatRoka Chheka Sankalpcampaign has beenlaunched on June 19.Under the RisaliMunicipal Corporation

area, gauthan is opera-tional near Kalyani tem-ple in Tanki Maroda area.The campaign waslaunched in the presenceof District Collector andtill date about 530 cattleowners have filled the“Sankalp Patra” for keep-ing their cattle at home.Additional Collector andRMC CommissionerPrakash Kumar Sarwehas appealed all the cattleowners of Risali for notleaving their animals inopen. Harcharan SinghArora, Rameshar Nishad,Omkar Yadav, TemanDilliwar, Chagan Sahu,Kulwant Deshmukh,Satish Dewangan,Bhikham Yadav and em-ployees of HealthDepartment conductedthe drive.

Chandrakanta performs bhoomi pujan


Bhilai, Jun 29: In contin-uation of the developmentworks being conducted

within the limits ofB h i l a i - C h a r o d aMunicipal Corporation,Mayor ChandrakantaMandaley, performed

bhoomi pujan of CC Roadconstruction work atHousing Board ColonyWard No 22 on Monday.The road is to be con-

structed at a cost of Rs 4lakhs. The Mayor hasbeen making efforts in thedirection of improvingbasic facilities for the resi-dents of the housingboard area and in thecoming days, develop-ment work and will con-tinue to do so with the co-operation of the wardcouncilor. Among thosepresent at the bhoomipujan programme wereWard councilor KishoreSahu, ChandraprakashPandey, Asha Yadav,Aparna Das Gupta andward residents MRamana, Pushpa Gendre,Krishnakant Sharma,Salim Khan, Rahul, DilipChandan, Amit Pillai,Ramesh and several others.

Negligence of public interest workswill not be tolerated: Mayor


Bhilai, Jun 29: BhilaiNagar MLA and MayorDevendra Yadav onMonday inspected theunder construction 66MLD water filter plant inNehru Nagar. This plant isbeing constructed underthe AMRUT Mission,Phase 2. During the inspec-tion, he made it clear to thecontractors and concernedofficials that any kind ofnegligence or irresponsi-bility over the works ofpublic interest will not betolerated. AMRUT MissionPhase 2 is a significantproject of public interestand a necessity for the peo-ple of Bhilai. Hence, thiswork should be completedas soon as possible. Mayorquestioned the contractors

and BMC engineers aboutthe works which are stillleft to commence opera-tions of 66 MLD filterplant. The engineers in-formed that all the works,which were to be donemanually, have been com-pleted. The plant is almost

ready for operations. Onlya few technical tasks areleft and will be completedsoon. Due to lockdown, theteam members those whohad come here for thisproject, have returnedback to their native places.The entire team is sched-

uled to return back toBhilai on July 01.Thereafter, all the left overworks will be completed onwar footing.

Mayor gave strict in-structions that the filterplant should be commis-sioned at the earliest.Further, any excuse willnot be entertained. He in-structed the concerned of-ficials to complete theworks of AMRUT missionand start operations of thewater treatment plant atits earliest. Filter Plant In-charge Sanjay Sharma, EEBrijesh Shrivastava, SubEngineer Harprit Banjare,Rajesh and Manoj Patrafrom PDMC, 6 MLD PlantIn-charge Nitesh Vermaand Supervisor of the con-tracting agency were present.

More buildings identified forquarantine of BSF jawans


Bhilai, Jun 29: OnMonday, a coordinationmeeting between the BSFofficers and district ad-ministration was conduct-ed at SSP Office in Durgduring which some morebuildings were identifiedfor facilitating the BSFjawans to stay in quaran-tine. In the coming days,many jawans of BSF willbe returning from holidayto join duty in Bhilai andother parts of the state.Before allowing them tojoin duty, they will be keptin 14-days quarantine.Anticipating the require-ments for the days tocome, a coordinationmeeting of DistrictAdministration and BSF

officials was held duringwhich the BSF officialsstated that they would re-quire more buildings forkeeping the jawans inquarantine. On behalf ofBSF, DIG Pardeep Katyalinformed that the soldiersare returning from holi-day to join duty.Additional quarantinebuildings will also be re-quired for them. Collector

Dr Sarveshwar NarendraBhure replied that thebuildings have been iden-tified with the view of ad-ditional requirements.The basic facilities herehave been inspected by theauthorities. Toilets in hos-tels are in sufficient num-bers. Apart from this bio-toilets will also be madeavailable. In the meeting,BSF officials said that

their doctors regularlycheck the jawans accord-ing to the prescribed pro-tocol. In addition to this,training has been given re-garding measures to avoidCorona infection.Discussions were alsomade in the meeting re-garding the food and otherfacilities of the jawans tobe accommodated in theQuarantine Center. Alongwith this, other topics re-lated to essential facilitiesin the BSF camp were alsodiscussed. Collector gavethe necessary instructionsto the officers in respect ofall these subjects.Additional CollectorPrakash Sarwe, CMHO DrGambhir Singh Thakurand SDM Khemlal Vermawere also present.

Two more cases detected in KhairagarhKKhhaaiirraaggaarrhh,, JJuunn 2288:: Two morecases of corona virus positivehas come to fore fromKhairagarh after the detectionof two earlier cases of Hotelowner in city and Lab techni-cian. In the new case, one of theemployees, a 42 year old super-visor looking after real estatebusiness of ex-MLA KhairagarhDevbrath Singh in the name ofJaidev Chamber has been foundcorona positive and a 27 year oldyouth working in Ansh Crusherin Gram Dapaka has been foundpositive. On confirmation thehealth department admitted thetwo to Medical College Pendriand the local health and admin-istrative department were busyin carrying out rest of the pro-cedure for sealing of areas and

forming of containment zone. As such Khairagarh city is

already comes under contain-ment zone and now with onemore active case from RaniRashmi Devi Nagar Civil Linesentire area has been sealed. Onthe other hand, Gram Tekapartoo has been sealed. It is

worthwhile to mention herethat the test of these two youth

was done in random testingand it is believed that both are

suffering due to communitytransmission.

Group of woman take up vegetable farmingCentral Chronicle News

Korba, Jun 29: At one placewhere the entire world is fac-ing challenges of global pan-demic COVID-19, on the otherthe woman members of JaiAmbe Self-Help Group (SHG)are earning livelihood fortheir families by taking upvegetables in their farms. It isamidst hot sun and fear ofcoronavirus, ten women fromthis SHG in Gram Nonbirrastarted joint vegetable pro-duction in their farms andsold vegetables worth Rs 1.20lakh in last three months.

So at one place where dueto this virus one was findingit difficult to earn income,these women developed asource of earning livelihood

by taking up vegetable pro-duction and taking care oftheir family.

President of this JaiAambe SHG from GramNonbirra Rajani Patel in-formed that during summerseason the farm land remainbarren and in such condi-tions they tried to take upvegetable farming. They tookabout 1.50 acre land in villageon lease for three months andused it for vegetable produc-tion. There is facility of

borewell in the farm andunder National RuralLivelihood Mission they tooka loan of Rs 1 lakh on easy re-payment procedure. Patel in-formed that a total of 10woman from this Group car-ried out farming jointly in thesummer season and took upvegetable farming of LadyFinger, Brinjal, Green Chilly,‘Karela’, ‘Louki’ and others.They sold it in the localmarked and in last threemonths they have earned in-come of Rs 1.25 lakh. As suchall other business, trade andworks remained shut duringlockdown period of 3 monthsand by taking this vegetablefarming they fulfilled theirday-to-day demands and madeit as source of their income.

MLA provides four water tankers in four villagesBijapur, Jun 29:

Water takers were pro-vided to four GramPanchayats ofBhairamgarh block ofMLA and Vice presidentBastar DevelopmentAuthority Vikram ShahMandavi. The four villagesinclude Gram PanchayatJangala, Bardela,

Jaivaram and Gudama.Here the MLA Mandaviprovided water tankersthrough MLA’s fund.

The villagers of thesefour villages were demand-ing water supply for lastmany years and this will

fulfilled by MLA VikramShah Mandavi. MLAgranted sanction for thewater tankers throughMLA’s fund and the samewere supplied here on timeand receiving which thereis lot of enthusiasmamong the villagers andthey have expressed grati-tude towards Mandavi forthe same.

Duringi this MLAVikram Shah inspectedthe Sub-health centre inGram Gudama. Returningfrom here he visitedBhairamgarh and felicitat-ed the students of Class10th and 12th Board ofCGBSE from Govt HSSchool Bhairamgarh withflower bouquet and wishedbright future for all of

them.During this tour of MLA

Vikram Shah Mandavi,District panchayat mem-ber Somaru Ram Nag,Santkumar Mandavi,MLA’s rep- BhairamgarhSeetaram Manjhi, repSukhdev Nag; BCCBhairamgarh PresidentLacchuram Mourya andothers were present.

One more corona positive in Rajim


Rajim, Jun 29: At a dis-tance of 12 km fromRajim in villageKaundkera one coronapositive patient has beenfound. One more hasbeen found in Rajim it-self. Swab sample andtest of both were taken onJune 26. Both are aged be-

tween 25-27. Kaundkerapatient’s report came onSunday evening and wassent to Gariabandh byambulance on Mondaymorning at 4 am. The re-port of Rajim patientcame on Monday at 11 amand at 5 pm he was alsosent to Gariabandh. Bothwere in contact with LabTechnician posted atGariabandh. Krishi UpajMandi colony of Rajimhas been declared con-tainment zone. BMO Dr

Y K Hinrodia said, Rajimyouth is working asPharmacist in HealthCentre Kochbay and dailytravels to posting placefrom his Rajim resident.On Monday tests weretaken of his parents andrelatives. Near to Rajimpatient’s residence a mar-riage ceremony tookplace on Sunday and thepatient is reported to haveattended this marriage.

While the Kaundkherayouth is a technician whois repairing the machinesby visiting hospitals. Forthe last few days he wasvisiting district hospitalGariabandh. It is saidthat he came in contactwith many people in hisvillage and some coloniesof Kaundkhera has beendeclared containmentzone.

Dheeraj, Haripriyaexcel in board exams


Churikala, Jun 29: In theboard examination resultsof CGBSE declared fewdays back, Dheeraj SinghRajput, Class XII studentof Government HigherSecondary School score73% marks to earn laurelsfor his school and town. In

the same way SSM studentHaripriya Rajput studyingin Class X scored 63%marks. Both are childrenof Nagar Panchayat Churiscribe Laxman SinghRajput. Both of them gavethe credit of their successto the principal, teachers,parents and relatives in-cluding late Shanu Rajputwho had guided both thechildren.

Corporator Maya congratulates Saijal


Daundilohara, Jun 29:Saijal Bhansali, resident ofward no 06 has securedfirst position in her schoolby scoring 85% marks inClass XII board examina-

tion. She was a student ofAnand Public School. Onthis occasion ward no 06corporator Maya JayeshThakur met Saijal at herresidence and congratulat-ed her for her success. Shealso wished for a bright fu-ture ahead. CorporatorMaya appealed to all thegirl power in the town forworking hard in all the ex-amination and earn lau-rels for the parents, schooland town. She added, theirsuccess will make the par-ents proud.

On detection of one case

Children of scribeLaxman SinghRajput

The patient by taken to the hospital under high security.

Another in villageKaundkera

Corona positive patient inTekapar(Dapka) beingtaken for treatment by thehealth department team.

KKhhaaiirraaggaarrhh:: A 21 year oldyouth from Gram Rengkathera,about 15 kms from Khairagarhblock headquarters, died all ofsudden after falling ill onSaturday. Suspecting him tohave died of Corona, the bodyof the youth has been kept inisolation in Medical College,Rajnandgaon. As per informa-tion in this regard,Dharmendra Banjare R/o GramRengakathare, S/o Anand RamBanjare (21) suffered severeheadache and high fever,about four days back. After his

illness, he was immediatelytaken to Government Hospitalin Jalbandha and by June 23 hiscondition worsened. It wasinformed that on June 23 theyouth’s body suffered fewshocks and then all of suddenhe turned unconscious andbefore this he even vomited. Itis worthwhile to mention herethat this youth had consumed‘samosas’ just few hoursbefore this and after which hewas taken in Sanjeevani 108 toCivil Hospital in Khairagarhand where he did not recov-

ered and he was finallyreferred to Medical CollegeRajnandgaon. Here his condi-tions worsened and facingbreathing problems he died ataround 11:00 pm in the night.Since he was having breathingproblem, therefore the youth’scorona test was done andreport is still awaited and hisbody has been kept in medicalcollege itself. BMO Dr VivekBisen informed that it is onlyafter receiving the coronareport of the youth that hisbody will be cremated.

Another 21 year old youth also dies

Nine including twoBSF jawans foundCorona Positive

Bhilai, Jun 29: OnMonday, HealthDepartment of DurgDistrict received nineCorona Positive reports.Two of the victims arethe staff of ShriS h a n k a r a c h a r y aHospital, Junwani whiletwo others are theJawans of BSF. One pa-tient is the staff ofAIIMS Raipur. One staffof Hotel AmitInternational, Supelawas also found infected.Two patients are fromAzad Chowk, Borsi Bastiwhile one person is fromBMY Charoda. Thehealth department hastraced all the victims andthey are being sent tohospitals.

Congmen stage massiveprotest against fuel hike


RRaaiippuurr,, JJuunn 2299:: Huge protestwas held all over the state inthe nation-wide call byCongress party against dailyfuel hike by the Modi-led gov-ernment at the Centre. Therewas massive demonstrationheld right in capital city toMahasamund, Dhamtari,Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Raigarh,Rajnandgaon, Korba, Durg andother districts and block head-quarters of the state and thena memorandum was submittedin the name of the President ofIndia to the Governor. PCCPresident Mohan Markamstarted on bicycle and otherson bullock carts from dharnavenue and registered hugeprotest against Modi govern-ment.

In the protest here in capital,PCC Chief Mohan Markam andother senior Congress leadersand office bearers of PCC andheads of all wings of Congresstook part. Congmen chargedthat despite fall in the interna-tional market for raw fuel, theModi government is now daily

increasing the fuel prices andthis is the same Modi govern-ment whose minister viz.Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari,Smriti Irani and former CM ofChhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh,LS MP Sunil Soni, BrijmohanAgrawal and others who usedto stage huge protest duringhike in petrol during UPA'sregime and now all of themhave gone into oblivion.

There is great deal of re-sentment among the truckdriver over hike in prices ofpetrol and diesel and the Modi-led government at the Centreis unneecessarily trying topressurise upon the monthlybudget of common men, ashike in diesel prices will esca-late prices rise in other com-modities as well. Congmencharged that the way the farm-ers used to commit suicide dueto non-purchase of their crops,

in the same way transportersappear are finding themselvesincapacitated to bear dieselexpenditure and are being putindirectly into such situation byModi government.

Home Minister TamradhwajSahu, Food Minister AmarjeetBhagat, Excise Minister KawasiLakhma, Minister for UrbanAdministration Dr Shiv KumarDaharia, Minister for Womenand Child Development AnilaBhedia, LS MP Chhaya Verma,MLA Satyanarayan Sharma,senior Congress leaderDhanendra Sahu, PCC V-PGirish Dewangan, PCC generalsecretary in-ChargeChandrashekhar Shukla,Mahendra Chabda, SalamRizvi, MLA Raipur (West) VikasUpadhya, Mayor Ejaz Dhebar,Girish Dubey and other officebearers and leaders of PCCwere present in large number.

Guv, CM pays tribute to former CM Ajit JogiCentral Chronicle News

Raipur, Jun 29: StateGovernor Ms. AnusuiyaUikey attended an all-reli-gion prayer and tributemeeting for the peace ofsoul of former ChiefMinister Late Ajit Jogi atSaagon Bungalow here onMonday. She paid tributeto the late Mr Ajit Jogi.

The Governor said thatMr. Jogi has made his sig-nificant contribution insocial and political life,which Chhattisgarh willalways remember. He de-voted his entire life to thesociety. Let us pledge to re-alize his dreams on this oc-

casion, she added.

CM offers rich tributesto Ajit Jogi

Raipur: Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel offeredrich tributes to former CM

Late Ajit Jogi on occasionof 'All-religion' prayer andcondolence meeting heldat his official residencehere on Thursday. He alsooffered his condolences toDr Renu Jogi and Amit Jogi.


Raipur, Jun 29: StateMinister of Panchayat andRural Development, T.S.Singhdeo inspected theKalpataru Multi UtilityCenter in Serikheri nearRaipur. He observed vari-ous employment orientedactivities conducted by thewomen of Ujala VillageOrganisation here.

Mr. Singhdeo visited thecenter and inquired aboutthe manufacturing process,raw material supply, pack-aging and marketing of theproducts being prepared bythe women of self-helpgroups formed under the

National Rural LivelihoodMission. Mr. Singhdeo wit-nessed activities of soapmaking, sanitizer produc-tion, pencil making, sandalmaking, bamboo products,incense sticks, bakeryproducts, mask makingand flowerpot manufactur-ing here. He discussed with

the women of the centerand observed the manufac-turing process of LEDbulbs being prepared bythem and discussed thework with women. Mr.Singhdeo praised the face-shield being created by thewomen of the group to pro-tect against corona virus

infection. He visited thecenter by putting face-shield built here. ThePanchayat and RuralDevelopment Minister alsotasted the bakery productsprepared by the womenhere. He praised its qualityand taste. Mr. GauravDwivedi, PrincipalSecretary, Panchayat andRural DevelopmentDepartment, Dr. GauravKumar Singh, ChiefExecutive Officer ofRaipur District Panchayat,Sarpanch of Serikheri andSecretary of GramPanchayat also visited theMulti Utility Center alongwith Mr. Singhdeo.

CoV: 46 fresh cases reported in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Jun 29: As manyas 46 people have testedpositive for Coronavirusin Chhattisgarh onMonday. The freshCoronavirus cases includ-ed 23 in Rajnandgaon, 9 inDurg, 6 in Gariaband, 5 inRaipur, 3 in Mahasamundand 1 in Baloda Bazaar.Process is underway fortheir admission to hospi-tals.

The All India Institute ofMedical Sciences, Raipurhas discharged 23 patientsand admitted 11 newCOVID-19 positive patientson Monday. Prof. (Dr.)Nitin M. Nagarkar,Director, AIIMS informed

that presently 114 patientsare being treated inCOVID-19 ward. They in-clude 13 pregnant womenand 33 pediatric cases. Atthe screening zone in theAYUSH building, 160 sus-pected patients werescreened and 44 samplescollected.

With this, total 138Coronavirus cases havebeen reported inChhattisgarh during thelast two days. On SundayChhattisgarh registered 92cases including 29 inRajnandgaon, 12 inRaigarh, 10 in Durg, 9 inBilaspur, 8 in Kawardha, 6in Gariaband, 5 each in

Raipur and Baloda-Bazaar,3 in Janjgir, 2 in Kankerand 1 each in Balrampur,Dantewada andNarayanpur. At the sametime 118 patients were dis-charged from hospitalsafter recovery in the stateon Sunday.

According to media bul-letin of state health depart-ment, total 154526 suspect-ed Coronavirus patientswere identified in the statetill Sunday and their sam-ples were sent to labs fortesting. Of them 2694 sam-ples tested positive forCoronavirus. Coronavirushas so far claimed 13 livesin the state.

13 IPS, 2 SPS officers transferred inmajor reshuffle in police department


Raipur, Jun 29: Themuch anticipated reshuf-fle in state police depart-ment finally took place onMonday with the state gov-ernment transferring thir-teen IPS officers and 2State Police Service (SPS)officers. A notification inthis regard was issued byUnder Secretary (Home -Police) Manoj KumarShrivatava on behalf ofthe state Governor earlyon Monday.

According to the neworder, Ajay Kumar Yadav(IPS), who till now wasSSP Durg district, has

been made the new SP ofRaipur district and he re-places Shaikh ArifHussain (IPS) who hasnow been given independ-ent charge of DIG (EOW &ACB).

Similarly, PrashantKumar Thakur (IPS), whotill now was SP BalodaBazar-Bhatapara district,has been made the new SPof Durg district and he hasbeen replaced by IKElesela (IPS) who till nowwas SP (EOW).

Other transfers includeshifting of Commandant(CTJW College) KankerBS Dhruv (IPS) as AIG(anti-Naxal Operations) in

Police Head Quarters(PHQ); Ashutosh Singh(IPS), who till now was SPSarguja district, asCommandant 4thBattalion CAF (Mana) atRaipur; TR Kosima (IPS)from SP Balrampur dis-trict to SP Sarguja district;Ram Krishna Sahu (IPS)from Commandant 4thBattalion CAF (Mana) atRaipur to SP Balrampurdistrict; Balaji RaoSomwar (IPS) from SPKondagaon district to SPJashpur district; ShankarLal Baghel (IPS) from SPJashpur district asCommandant (CTJWCollege) Kanker;

Siddharth Tiwari (IPS)from ASP Sukma districtas SP Kondagaon district;U Udai Kiran (IPS) fromASP Korba district to SPDantewada district andSunil Sharma (IPS) fromCSP (Azad Chowk) Raipurto ASP Sukma district.

In the SPS cadre, PankajChandra who till now wasASP Raipur district hasbeen made SP (EOW &ACB) and AbhishekMaheshwari, who till nowwas CSP (Urla) in Raipurdistrict has been madeAIG (Intelligence) in thePHQ along with additionalcharge as ASP (Crime)Raipur district.

Chhattisgarh Rajya GraminBank handed over cheque

of Rs 20 lakh to CM


Raipur, Jun 29: TheChairman ofChhattisgarh RajyaGramin Bank, Mr. IKGohil, paid a courtesy callto Chief Minister Mr.Bhupesh Baghel at his res-idence office here. Mr. IKGohil, Chairman of theBank handed over acheque of Rs. 20 lakh tothe Chief Minister's ReliefFund during the meeting.

This amount has been col-lected by the staff ofChhattisgarh RajyaGramin Bank from theamount of one day'ssalary. Earlier, an amountof Rs 22 lakh 30 thousand788 has been deposited bythe bank staff in the ChiefMinister's Relief Fund.The Chief Ministerthanked the ChhattisgarhGramin Bank for provid-ing support to the needy inthe Corona crisis.

Jindal Group has done commendable work in indl, medical, education sectors : CM


RRaaiippuurr,, JJuunn 2299:: Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel did online bhu-mipujan and foundation layingof Phase-II expansion works ofFortis OP Jindal Hospital andResearch Center, Raigarh, fromhis residence office today. Newfacilities in this hospital arebeing development at the costof nearly 25 crore. 85 additionalbed-capacity will be developedin this hospital. On the occasion, JSPL ChairmanNaveen Jindal was present at CMHouse and members of JSPLfamily and group were present atthe program venue of Raigarh.CM was joined by JSPL ChairmanNaveen Jindal and JSPLFoundation Chairperson ShalluJindal in laying the foundation of

Phase-2 project of the hospitaland 'bhoomi-poojan'.

Chief Minister congratulatedNaveen Jindal and people ofJindal group. On the occasion,Naveen Jindal handed overcheque of Rs 2 crore for ChiefMinister Relief Fund to ChiefMinister. Baghel thanked him forthe contribution.

On the occasion, ChiefMinister said that Fortis-OPJindal Hospital is a well-equippedhealthcare facility for people ofRaigarh and surrounding areas.The hospital has experienceddoctors and international-levelmedical facilities are available.Baghel said that expansion of

this hospital will provide evenbetter health facilities to peopleof the area. People here will nothave to travel all the way to othercities for treatment of criticaldiseases including COVID-19.Baghel praised the works beingdone by Jindal group in industrialsector as well as in educationand medical sector. Baghelthanked Naveen Jindal's offer toprovide necessary support in allthe areas including medical sec-tor, on behalf of Jindal group,during this difficult situation ofglobal pandemic.

SPL Chairman Naveen Jindalsaid on the occasion that stepstaken in Chhattisgarh under the

leadership of Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel to prevent coro-na infection are being appreciat-ed across the country. He saidthat expansion of Fortis OPJindal Hospital will provide bet-ter medical facilities to people ofRaigarh area, especially poorpeople. He said that this hospitalexpansion work will be complet-ed in two years. After the con-struction work of the secondphase, the hospital will have155-bed capacity.

JSPL Foundation ChairpersonShallu Jindal said, "JSPLFoundation is committed to pro-vide world class health care fa-cilities to the Community.

Expanding OP Jindal Hospital atRaigarh is expression of our res-olution to enhance quality healthcare facility in the region and agiant step forward to defeatCOVID 19. Our deep gratitude toChief Minister Chhattisgarh toencourage us in this nationbuilding endeavour." CEO ofJSPL Chhattisgarh, D.K Saraogisaid that by staying healthy wecan truly contribute to the serv-ices of our nation. Fortis OPJindal Hospital is a bright exam-ple of service to the people.

Dr. (Major) Rajeshwar Bhati,COO- Fortis OP Jindal Hospitalinformed that in addition to theexisting facility, the phase-2 of

the hospital would be an en-hanced facility to cater moresections and specialties as innephrology, gastroenterology tothe communities of Raigarh andall adjoining cities. HealthDirector, Dr. Ajay Gupta saidthat isolation and dialysis willprove especially beneficial forinfected patients. PradeepTandon, President-JSPL, RaigarhDistrict Collector Bhim Singh, SPSantosh Kumar Singh, CMHODr. SN Kesari and SDM YugalKishore Urvasha were amongmain figures, were present onthe occasion.

In the second phase, Fortis OPJindal Hospital and ResearchCentre will have another build-ing constructed over 50 thou-sand sq ft at the cost of Rs 25crore and equip it with variousfacilities including 85 additionalbeds, isolation ward and ICU fa-cility as per ICMR guidelines.Besides, the Hospital will alsohave specialist physicians ofneuro-ICU, dialysis, radiology,endoscopy, gastro-antrology,urology, nephrology, heart sur-gery etc.

Youth attempts suicide by immolating self outside CM HouseCentral Chronicle News

Raipur, Jun 29: In abizarre turn of incidenton Monday afternoon, a27-year-old unemployedyouth attempted suicideoutside CM House in capi-tal Raipur by setting him-self afire after being de-nied a meeting with theChief Minister. Securityguards present at the CMHouse immediatelydoused the fire and rushedhim to Ambedkar hospitalfrom where he has sincebeen referred to KaldaBurn Centre for havingsuffered 30-40% burns.

S u b - D i v i s i o n a lMagistrate Dhamtari in-formed in the context thatHardev lives with his par-ents and three brothers.His wife works as labourerand he has two daughtersof 6 years and 3 years ofage. Hardev's youngerbrother has also been men-tally ill, because of whichhe is unmarried and staysat home. Elder brotherworks at a garage and his

father also stays at home.Hardev Sinha owns two-acres of agricultural landin his village and has stud-ied upto 9th. Hardev Sinhahas job card under MNRE-GA and last month, he wasgiven work of 11 days. Hisfamily members got 21days of employment.Hardev Sinha had also ap-plied for permission tomake youtube movide in

gram panchayat Telinsatti.On Monday, he suddenly

arrived at the CM Houseand demanded a meetingwith the Chief Minister.Since his visit was com-pletely unscheduled, secu-rity guards didn't allowedhim to go inside and fol-lowing a prolonged argu-ment with them, Hardevsuddenly drew out a bottlecontaining petrol and

poured it over his headand instantly set himselfafire.

Preliminary investiga-tion has revealed thatHardev had procuredpetrol worth Rs 30 from anearby petrol station inthe Civil Lines police sta-tion area before arrivingat the CM House. Furtherinvestigation in this re-gard is now underway.

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People near Sapre School register silent protest Raipur: The residents near Sapre School register protestagainst reduction in size of school's playground for somecommercial hub and sage silent protest here on Monday.

Youth is undergoing treatment, condition out of danger

No one should take such extreme steps

out of emotionaloverwhelm: CM

RRaaiippuurr:: The person fromDhamtari district, who triedto commit suicide by set-ting himself ablaze in civillines area of capital cityRaipur today afternoon,sustained burn injuries andis undergoing treatment ina hospital.

Chief Minister said thatno one should take such ex-treme step out of emotionaloverwhelm. StateGovernment has madearrangements to provideemployment across thestate, in this period of coro-na crisis.

Chief Minister has prayedfor speedy health recoveryof Hardev Sinha. Accordingto the information receivedfrom family of the person,27-year-old Hardev Sinha ofvillage Telinasatti ofDhamtari district has beenmentally ill for last 2 years.

JSPL is committed to pro-vide better healthcarefacility to people ofRaigarh: Naveen JindalCM lays stone online forFortis OP Jindal HospitalPhase-II in Raigarh

Two arrestedunder Arms Act

Raipur, Jun 29: Two per-sons were arrested underArms Act from separatepolice station areas dur-ing last 24-hours. The firstone, identified as HabibKhan, was arrested byGole Bazaar police fromnear Old Bus Stand afterhe was nabbed possessingtwo buttoned knives. Hewas later booked underSection 25 of Arms Act.The next one, identified asRavi Sona, was arrestedby Telibandha police fromnear Maulipara Chowkafter he was nabbed red-handed terrorising the lo-cals armed with a knife.He was later bookedunder Section 25, 27 ofArms Act.

Singhdeo inspects Serikhedi Multi Utility CenterGovernor, CM expresses griefon demise of Mohini Singh

RRaaiippuurr,, JJuunn 2299:: Governor MsAnusuiya Uikey and ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel hasexpressed grief on sad demiseof Mohini Singh Rana, elder sis-ter of Health Minister TSSinghdeo. Governor has em-pathized with the grief-strickenfamily members and hasprayed for the departed soul torest in peace. Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel has expresseddeep condolence on sad demiseof Mrs. Mohini Singh Rana,elder sister of State's HealthMinister TS Singhdeo. Baghelhas empathized with the grief-stricken family, wishing themstrength to sustain this difficulttime, and prayed for the depart-ed soul to rest in peace.

Rides on bicycle anddrive bullock cart toregister protest

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damp wetsuit, it became clearthat “glow-worm cave tubing”in New Zealand was not what Ihad expected; less a sparkly lazyriver float, more a challenginghike through a rocky, floodedcave with a huge rubber innertube. As we got off the bus atthe mouth of the cave, ourguide stopped me before Istepped into the frigid water.“Your rings,” she said, pointingto my left hand. “You shouldn’twear them into the cave.” Wewere a 20-minute drive fromwhere we had left all of our be-longings in lockers. Wetsuitslack pockets. I asked what sherecommended since I couldn’tthink of a good alternativeplace for my wedding and en-gagement rings to go. “Givethem to the bus driver, she’lltake them back to your locker.”

Hand my wedding ring overto a person I’ve barely met? Andif you’re the bus driver, wouldyou want that kind of responsi-bility? The suggestion seemedwild to me (perhaps even moreso because I had watched TheLord of the Rings trilogy filmson the flight over) but fazed nei-ther the guide nor the sweetyoung woman who graciouslytook my rings. “I’m locker four,the purple jacket, I guess justput it in the pocket?” After ourtrek ended, sure enough, thereinside my jacket was a baggiewith both rings and a note: “Tellyour hubby he has great taste!”

I am certain there are tons ofkindhearted Americans whowould have done the same hadthis happened in Wisconsinrather than Waitomo. What sur-prised me more was the casualnormalcy of it, the way thingslike this happened throughoutthe trip, the sense that in NewZealand, of course you’d trustsomeone to help you out. “Sure,you can hand a stranger your

valuables, why wouldn’t you!”This memory has kept comingback to me over the last fewweeks as New Zealand has beenin the news for beating COVID-19. While some countries rapid-ly shot from a handful of casesto thousands, New Zealand’s ini-tial cases stopped quickly intheir tracks. It didn’t just flattenthe curve, it crushed it.

There are plenty of thingsNew Zealand has going for itwhen it comes to tackling a pan-demic: large swathes of coun-tryside where people are spreadout, remote island geographywith an easy-to-seal border.American progressives point toPrime Minister Jacinda Ardernas a model leader. But a key fac-tor that makes New Zealanduniquely suited to tackle thepandemic is something it hasbuilt for decades: its deep reser-voirs of social trust.

The data confirms what I feltanecdotally during my briefvisit, that Kiwis are significant-ly more likely than Americans,and those in most other free na-tions around the world, to be-lieve that “most people can betrusted.” The Organization forEconomic Cooperation andDevelopment rankings of socialcapital consistently ranks NewZealand near the top of the liston social capital. This is, in part,due to the approach NewZealand has taken regarding itslegacy of Maori and Pakeha(those of European descent) re-lations. New Zealand’s versionof a constitution is the Treaty ofWaitangi, the compact betweenthe Crown and the Maori, un-derscoring the importance ofthat cooperation to NewZealand’s national identity.

While racism and disparitiesdo exist, Kiwis have created aninclusive society by confrontingthe past head-on, proving a di-verse nation can have high lev-els of social trust if there are

good faith efforts to redressgrievances, and if there is lead-ership eager to foster social har-mony. It isn’t hard to imaginehow high levels of social trustcan lead to greater adherence toguidelines and norms in pur-suit of social good. “If I believethat others are doing the rightthing, I will be more inclined toalso sacrifice so that we can suc-ceed together.” New Zealandclamped down early andclamped down hard on the coro-navirus, and widespread com-pliance with guidelines meantit was easy to stop the virus inits tracks early on.

Unfortunately, here in theUnited States, our levels of so-cial trust are lower. Decadeshave eroded many of the institu-tions that would bind us togeth-er or generate social capital.Our initial national coming-to-gether moment at the start ofthe coronavirus crisis was soonreplaced by our usual divisions,divisions that will make it hard-er to beat the virus until a vac-cine arrives. For instance,mask-wearing — an act that re-quires little sacrifice and isdone to protect others in orderto facilitate safer reopening andavoidance of further lockdowns— has turned into a proxy forpolitical views, with polls gener-ally showing Republicans lesslikely to wear masks thanDemocrats. The hard work ofbuilding a more closely knit so-ciety is not something that canbe done overnight. It takesdecades of work, of construct-ing resilient institutions, ofdeep listening and learning, ofaddressing injustices, and heal-ing divides. But when people in-herently trust one another, itmakes it much easier to con-front big challenges together.New Zealand is an example ofwhat happens when you weavetogether a social fabric that fos-ters mutual trust.

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The simple reason New Zealand beat COVID-19

T he Chinese, whose hegemonic designs are becoming in-creasingly clear to much of the world may well have bit-

ten more than they can conceivably chew. US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo’s statement on Thursday that the Chinesethreat to India in eastern Ladakh’s Galway Valley and toSoutheast Asian nations in the South China Sea as part of theChinese plan to control the seas to establish dominance overtrade is reason enough for America to reduce its troop presencein Europe and deploy them to other places. When asked whythe US had reduced the number of troops in Germany, Pompeosaid in a video interview that there were threats to India, toVietnam, to Malaysia, Indonesia (from China) and “we aregoing to make sure the US military is postured appropriately tomeet the challenges.” He described the ruling CommunistParty of China (CPC) as a “rogue actor”. Evidently, the Trumpadministration will not sit tight as the Chinese try to assert theirpresence as a new super power. Indeed, China’s covetous eyeson other lands and seas are being increasingly noticed and re-sented. It stands to reason that sea lanes around the worldmust remain free for navigation for all countries. It is with thatin mind that security cooperation between the US, Japan, India,and Australia is on the rise and it is China that is seen as thecountry to watch out for. Since 2014, Japan has invested inIndia’s strategic road project in the North-East region with long-term goals. While China works on Bangladesh to draw thatcountry into its fold, Bangladesh has already chosen Japan’sMartabali port project instead of China’s Sonadia port project.If the Trincomalee port project — involving Japanese assistance— in Sri Lanka succeeds, then the importance of China’sHambantota port will decline. Similarly, the Chabahar port proj-ect in Iran can mitigate the importance of the Chinese Gwadarport in Pakistan. The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), a re-sult of Indo-Japanese cooperation, will also counter China’sgrowing influence in Africa. Besides, Japan, India, the US andAustralia can collaborate to support South-East Asian countriesin the South China Sea. Clearly, if China persists in needlingIndia, New Delhi can depend on the powerful bloc that has de-veloped around it with shared interests and a strong desire tocounter the Chinese who are pushing their expansionist agendawith great gusto. On China’s part, it is slated to have the world’slargest naval and submarine fleets by the end of this year.Nearly two-thirds of the world’s major 50 ports are eitherowned by China or have received some Chinese investment.Indeed, China is continuing its base-buying spree to reinforceits offshore capabilities for commercial and strategic purposes,posting private security guards, non-combatant troops and pro-viding arms to strategically located countries along sea lanesand maritime chokepoints. The Chinese were assiduously work-ing to establish a stranglehold over India’s small and mediumscale sector, having driven the local manufacturers virtually outof business. For the first time in years, the Central governmentis realising the blunder of letting the Chinese manufacturersrule the roost. Steps are being taken to protect Indian small andmedium industry from the onslaught of unscrupulous Chinesetraders supported by a Chinese establishment that lays a lot ofstore on building a long-term base in India. The time is indeedpropitious for India to take measured steps to meet the Chinesechallenge to indigenous industry. Along with protecting India’sterritorial integrity, the Chinese economic imperialism needs tobe defeated squarely. That is a mission that India must set outto achieve.

China’s challenges

F uel prices in the last fourteen days have risen across India,with prices varying across states based on different VAT

rates, charged by different States. Petrol as on June 20, 2020,rose to Rs 78.88 a litre in the national capital, while dieselclimbed to Rs 77.67 per litre. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs85.72 per litre and diesel at Rs 75.54 per litre. Is the fuel pricehike justified and, why have prices domestically, risen? Yes, thehike is justified, as Brent crude oil price, the benchmark thatIndia primarily uses, has risen by about 162% from a low of $16per barrel in April 2020, to close at roughly $42, on June 19,2020. Since domestic fuel prices are largely market-driven, ledby demand and supply forces, domestic fuel prices rising byabout 10-11%, is par for the course, notwithstanding the "fuelpolitics", being played out by a clueless opposition, on thisissue. So gasoline and diesel cracks also play a role and it is notnecessary that lower global crude oil prices will lead to a fall inlocal prices, in the same ratio. Needless to mention here that,the oil economy of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,has become far more resilient than it has ever been and, India'sdependence on oil imports is slated to fall drastically due to thesharp thrust on gasification and converting India from a dollarguzzling oil economy, to a more planet-friendly, gas economy.India, under Modi, is planning to increase natural gas consump-tion by 2.5x, as part of the energy mix, to 15% by 2030, from thecurrent level of 6.2%. Estimates suggest that daily gas con-sumption should increase to 600 million metric standard cubicmeters per day (mmscmd) from the current levels of around160 mmscmd. In the next decade, investments of over $60 bil-lion are expected in the country’s gas infrastructure. The Modigovernment’s plan to come up with a gas hub is likely to happenafter the bifurcation of GAIL. The government is looking into aplan to unbundle the gas transmission and marketing businessof GAIL. Various measures in the last 6 years like, linking do-mestic gas prices to international markets, developing Indiangas exchange (IGX), slated to start operations from next weekand, implementation of the "Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana",among others, are steps that are transforming the country’s en-ergy ecosystem. Currently, the number of CNG stations acrossthe country is 1,470 (slated to go up to over 10,000 CNG stationsby 2030), and work for city gas distribution (CGD)is in progressacross 174 districts. The number of households with piped nat-ural gas (PNG) connections is expected to cross two croresafter the successful completion of the 10th CGD round. Thisround aims to extend CGD coverage to 70% of the populationacross 53% of the country’s geography.Undoubtedly, frombeing an oil economy to a gas economy, it fits in brilliantly withPrime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call of sustaining thefine balance between "people, planet, and profit".

Decoding fuel price hike

REOPENED STORE

There are plenty of thingsNew Zealand has going forit when it comes to tackling apandemic: large swathes ofcountryside where people arespread out, remote island ge-ography with an easy-to-sealborder. American progres-sives point to PrimeMinister Jacinda Ardern asa model leader.But a key fac-tor that makes New Zealanduniquely suited to tackle thepandemic is something ithas built for decades: itsdeep reservoirs of socialtrust.This is, in part, due tothe approach New Zealandhas taken regarding its lega-cy of Maori and Pakeha(those of European descent)relations. New Zealand’sversion of a constitution isthe Treaty of Waitangi, thecompact between the Crownand the Maori, underscor-ing the importance of thatcooperation to NewZealand’s national identity.While racism and dispari-ties do exist, Kiwis have cre-ated an inclusive society byconfronting the past head-on, proving a diverse nationcan have high levels of so-cial trust if there are goodfaith efforts to redress griev-ances, and if there is leader-ship eager to foster socialharmony.

KRISTEN SOLTIS ANDERSON

0536GARHCENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

BBiillaassppuurr:: Collector Dr Saransh Mittar planted saplings of neem and Ashokaat the campus of Rural Road Management Unit. On this occasion MunicipalCommissioner Prabhakar Pandey and other officials were present.

Collector plants saplings

Counseling of gate man/pointsman at level crossing gate


Sambalpur, Jun 29: Inthe view of Monsoon,Safety Counsellers head-ed by Senior Divisional

Safety Officer, SanjayKumar Tripathy coun-seled theGatemen/Points Men toobey the safety rules &regulation.

Tripathy also coun-seled safety categorystaff to give special em-phasis while the railusers crossing theRailway line at Railwaymanned level crossingsfollowing safety rules inelectrified section.

As road users who arepassing LC Gates withumbrella during rain,they may not see themovement of train traf-fic and danger of OverHead Equipment (OHE).Therefore, they shouldbe counseled not to useumbrellas and iron rodand also not travel top ofthe truck or Bus whenusing LC Gates.

Points Men / Gatemenshould use gloves &shoes along with othersafety materials whenperforming duties.

Activists burn effigy of PM

Raipur, Jun 29: Led bytrade union leaderBhavani Singh Markamactivists burnt the effigyof Prime MinisterNarendra Modi near bud-dhatalab dharna venue toprotest steep increase inpetroleum prices. Markam

said, at a time when peopleare reeling under coronacrisis increase in fuelprices have broken theirback-bone. They criticizedthe hike in prices and de-manded rollback. Thosepresent during protestwere Manoj Nayak, VishalUke, Kishan Sonal, VikkiNayak, Akash Tandi andothers.

CPCC Secretary Ismail Khan appealsfarmers to send animals to ‘gauthan’


Ramanuj Nagar, Jun 29:CPCC Secretary IsmailKhan is visiting differentvillages of Prem Nagarblock and requesting thefarmers to send their ani-mals to gauthan for RokaCheka programme. In thisconnection he visitedKantaroli, Kanchanpur,Phoolkona and half-a-dozen other villages andapprised the farmers aboutthe Chief Minister’s ambi-tious programme RokaCheka being implementedhere under the guidance ofdistrict collector Ranveer

Sharma. Khan asked thevillagers no to leave the an-imals for roaming freelyand thereby crop loss canalso be reduced. In the pro-gramme WCD District

Programme OfficerMuktanand Khunte alsomade the villagers aware.The people were distrib-uted sanitizers and maskin the programe.

Stone laid for panchayat bhavan


Katgi, Jun 29: KasdolMLA Shakuntala Sahulaid stone for the construc-tion of panchayat buildingin new village panchayatSarvani. The programmewas attended by Zilla

Panchayat memberGorelal Sahu, NagarPanchayat presidentKasdol Mrs NeeluChandan Sahu, BCC pres-ident Kasdol Ashok Yadav,YC district presidentBalodabazar ManasPandey, BCC GS Kasdol

Narendra Chatria,sarpanch Mrs RamsheelaVerma, deputy sarpanchLakshmibai Bhagirathi,secretary Ramgopal Yaduand all panchs and vil-lagers.

ECoR taking measures for safetyof passengers and employees

Bhubaneswar, Jun 29:Despite lockdown andCovid-19 outbreak,Ministry of Railways hasmaintained essential serv-ices across the country.Apart from supply of es-sential commoditiesthroughout the country,Railways is runningShramik Special Trainsand some Special trainsincluding few intra-statetrain services so that es-sential travel needs of ourpassengers are fulfilled.

To protect its staff in-volved in operating thesetrain services, East CoastRailway has taken severalprecautionary safety

measures.On-board staff have

been provided and advisedto use Face Masks, FaceSeals, Hand Gloves, shoesto protect their body, apartfrom frequent hand wash-ing by sanitiser. They havealso been advised to main-tain distance as fas as pos-sible when performing du-ties and be alert all thetime.

During sanitisation ofthe coaches,Housekeeping staff areusing disinfectants toclean berths, floor, toiletetc thoroughly. CommonTouch points like doorhandle, Water tap etc are

being disinfected fre-quently. Loco cabins andGuard vans are also sani-tised completely beforecommencing of the jour-ney.

Apart from this, EastCoast Railway has provid-ed proper quarantine fa-cilities, includingQuarantine coaches for itsstaff who complete theirduty. They’re providedwith all the basic needs inthese quarantine facilitieswith proper hygiene andsanitation so that staffdon’t feel any difficultyduring their stay inQuarantine facilities.

If any on-board staff re-ports some symptoms, hisswab is collected and he isprovided with all the med-ical care. ECoR is continu-ously working in coordi-nation with the StateGovernment and follow-ing all the advisories sothat best of medical careis provided and spread ofinfection can be prevented.

Bridegroom flees inbetween marriage rituals


G a u r e l a - P e n d r a -Marwahi, Jun 29: Bride(36) and bridegroom (26)destined to get marriagebut bridegroom suddenlydisappeared in betweenthe marriage rituals tonever return and kept thebride waiting for thewhole night. The incidentis of Bhadoura villagewhere a girl Rukmaniwas to get married withBacharwar village youthDeepak. All the permis-sion in connection withthe marriage was takenfrom the administrationand accordingly mar-

riage was to solemnizedon Thursday. On that daybridegroom Deepakreached the place ofbride for marriage. Onthe marriage stage afterexchange of garlandsbridegroom Deepak sud-denly left from the placebefore anyone could no-tice him. The bride al-leged that bridegroom de-manded Rs 2 lakh cashand a bike right at themarriage venue whichwas not possible forbride’s family to fulfil atthat moment. When re-fused bridegroom sud-denly fled from the scene.The bridge lodged a re-port of demanding dowryby the bridegroom in be-tween the marriage.

Kharkhara reservoir falls prey toadministrative negligence

Daundi Lohara, Jun 29:At a distance of 10 kmfrom block headquarterand surrounded by thickforests is Kharkharareservoir which even afterdeclared a tourism spot bythe state government hasfallen prey to the negli-gence of administration.Even after the area has anatural beauty very fewtourists visit here and theimportant reason is lack ofproper road, electricityand other basic infrastruc-ture.The local representativestoo have not paid attentionto it and the administra-tion has also lend deafears to the requirement ofthis place.

Approach road in badshape, gravels came out

To reach the spot a dis-tance of 8 km from villageSambalpur ofDaundilohara needs to betravelled but from the vil-lage Kotera entrance gatewhere kuccha road startsno construction of theroad has been done formany years and the entirepatch of road is full grav-els and vehicles get punc-tured.

No divers, guards andsecurity of tourists at

god’s mercy

The security of the en-tire dam area is at God’smercy and a single check-post gate is also closed formany years. No diver hasbeen posted by the admin-istration in this big damand even after big acci-dents administration hasturned a nelson’s eye fromit.

Mineral and forestmafias active

The place commandsnatural beauty and is sur-rounded by dense forests.But as there is no securityarrangements many peo-ple are illegally extractingmurrum, sand and gravelsfrom this place. Furthermany costly trees are cutby wood smugglers andtransported safely outside.The government is losinglakhs as revenue everyyear.Incidents of loot, theft,

dacoity on increase

As the area is surround-ed by forests and due tolack of security in the damarea incidences of loot,theft and dacoity is in-creasing due to inactive-ness on the part of districtadministration. Furthergamblers reach here fromoutside as it is a safe havenfor them.

Only restaurant re-mains closed due todearth of tourists

Near to the dam govern-ment constructed ‘SonhaBihan’ named reastaurantwhich was started by somepeople on lease but due tonon-arrival of tourists isclosed and now totallylocked.

To protest fuel price hike

For ‘Roka Cheka’ programme

Bride keeps waiting

Now prominent centre of illegal andanti-social elements

Hirri HS board results excellentMMaassttuurrii,, JJuunn 2299:: Government High School in village Hirri has produced excellentresults in the board examination. In Class X Sandhya Sahu topped with 93.8%,Bharat Patel second with 89.8% and Vedanti Sahu came third with 88.1%. Inaddition Nisha Sahu scored 85%, Pragati Sahu 85% and Jyoti Banjare 82% alsoearned laurels for the school. All the successful students have dedicated theirsuccess to the school principal, teachers Mrs Vibha Daharia lecturer Science,Madhav Patel lecturer Sanskrit, Indrajit Banjare lecturer Hindi, Sharad Anchallecturer English, Abdul Hanif Khan lecturer Maths, Abhilasha Tirki andRamsawarup Sahu lecturer Social Science and other teaching staff.

Daundilohara, Jun 29:In connection with pre-venting devotees fromreaching JamdiPateshwar Dham on GuruPoorima day ( July 05) onthe wake of corona infec-tion, Saint Ram Balak DasMahatyagi met the newlyposted collector JanmejayMohabe and submitted

him memorandum inwhich he requested the ad-ministration to make nec-essary security arrange-ments on that day.Collector assured BalakDas that he will talk to SPand make necessaryarrangements. Balak Dasinformed the collector thata donation of Rs 11 lakhhas been given by theashram towards PM ReliefFund.

Sant Balak Das requests not tomake crowd on Guru Poornima Day

Requests collector tomake arrangements

06NATIONCENTRAL CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

Karnataka minister K Sudhakar on Monday said Bengaluru now consti-tutes 25.92 per cent of total cases in the state and state government wastrying to ensure treatment.

Bengaluru cases 25.92% of total in Karnataka

‘Cong unable to digest Govt whichcannot be remote-controlled’

New Delhi, June 29 (PTI):

Hitting out at theCongress for its criticism onissues of national securityand economy, Union minis-ter Mukhtar Abbas Naqvion Monday said the opposi-tion party is unable to digestthe fact that there is a stronggovernment at the Centrewhich cannot be remote-controlled. With theCongress attacking theModi government over theborder standoff with Chinain eastern Ladakh, the eco-nomic situation and thehandling of the COVID-19pandemic, Naqvi said theCongress leaders’ remarksremind him of the proverb“empty vessels make themost noise”. In an effort toprove themselves “greatly

learned”, the Congress lead-ers are “wrecking” theirown party, the minority af-fairs minister claimed. TheCongress is still sufferingfrom a “prejudiced feudalmindset and arrogance of

power”, Naqvi told re-porters after laying the foun-dation stone for “SanskritikSadbhav Mandap” (multi-purpose community centre)at the Numaish Ground inRampur, Uttar Pradesh.

“One cannot change one’snature, no matter how muchtime passes. They(Congress) try to give or-ders, directions on the is-sues of national security,economy, welfare of poor, in-terests of farmers based ontheir narrow minded knowl-edge,” Naqvi was quoted assaying in a statement fromhis office.

Police seek curfew in Pandharpurahead of ‘Ashadhi Ekadashi’

Pune, Jun 29 (PTI):

Solapur Police havesent a proposal to theirdistrict administrationto impose curfew in thePandharpur templetown from Tuesdayahead of the ‘AshadhiEkadashi’, in the wakeof the COVID-19 pan-demic.

Lakhs of devoteesthrong the temple ofLord Vitthal inPandharpur town ofSolapur in Maharashtraon the occasion of‘Ashadhi Ekadashi’,which falls on July 1 thisyear.

In view of the COVID-19 outbreak, authoritieshave decided that ‘wari’(pilgrimage) will be heldthis year with the

padukas (foot prints) ofSaint Dnyaneshwar,Sant Tukaram and oth-ers being taken toPandharpur by air orroad, and not on foot asis done traditionally.

Solapur AdditionalSuperintendent ofPolice Atul Zende toldPTI on Monday that theyhave done nakabandi(road blockades) to en-sure people from outside

do not gather at the tem-ple town.

“There are plans toimpose curfew inPandharpur to restrictthe movement of locals.Hence, a proposal hasbeen sent to the Solapurcollector to impose cur-few in and aroundPandharpur from June30 to July 2,” he said.

“Barring 10 ‘palkhis’(palanquins) and a limit-ed number of personswho have been allowedto accompany them, noone else will be allowedto come to the temple,”said Zende.

Only those who havebeen given passes by thetemple administrationwill be allowed to enterthe religious premises,he said.

They beat COVID-19, yet kinrefuse them into homes

Hyderabad, Jun 29 (PTI):

Family members or rela-tives of over 50 people whohave recovered fromCOVID-19 are not willing totake their loved ones homefearing getting infected,forcing the government tokeep them in state-run facil-ities, a senior official saidon Monday.

According to DrPrabhakar Rao, nodal offi-cer for COVID-19 at GandhiHospital here, about 50 suchpeople are being kept atNature Cure Hospital astheir kin did not come for-ward to take them home.

“We had 60 such caseswhere the relatives or fami-ly members refused to takethe recovered people homefearing that they and theirchildren would also get in-fected. We are trying to con-vince them. As of now 50

such people, both men andwomen, are being kept atthe Nature Cure Hospital,”Dr Prabhakar Rao told P T I.

Some of the recovered pa-tients are aged people, in-cluding a 93-year old womanand are still in GandhiHospital while the rest havebeen sent to different facili-ties.

“We cannot use policeforce on the kin and askthem to take them backhome. We are counsellingthem saying there is noharm due to the recoveredpersons.

Lockdown norms go for toss in rally against price riseBengaluru, June 29 (PTI):

Social distancing and allthe norms to contain coro-navirus allegedly went fora toss when a large num-ber of Congress workersstaged a demonstrationagainst the fuel price hikehere on Monday.

Following a nationwidecall for the protest againstthe hike, the Congressleaders, led by Karnatakastate president DKShivakumar and formerchief ministerSiddaramaiah, took out abicycle rally upto theCongress office.

The rally converged onthe party office where asit-in demonstration wason.

There was no social dis-tancing as leaders sat side-by- side. There was no ad-herence to the rule pro-hibiting the congregation

of more than five peopleand majority of them didnot bother to put onmasks.

The demonstrators

raised slogans against thecentral government hold-ing placards and posters.

Later addressing thegathering, Siddaramaiah

said there is a rise in theprices of all commodities.

“When ManmohanSingh was the PrimeMinister, fuel prices

never went up beyond Rs75. Not just fuel but alsothere is a steep rise inprices of all the commodi-ties. It is becoming hardfor the common man tosurvive at present times,”Siddaramaiah told thegathering.

The administrationfound itself helpless tocontrol the crowd thatthrew all the norms to thewind to contain coron-avirus.

The demonstrationtook place at a time whenBengaluru is witnessingan unprecedented rise incoronavirus cases. OnSunday evening, 1,267coronavirus cases wereconfirmed in the state ofwhich 783 were in the cityalone whereas onSaturday there were 918cases in the state ofwhich about 400 were inthe city.

‘Asha’ workers frontline ‘coronawarriors’ in hinterlandMeerut, Jun 29 (AFP):

Unprotected and poorlypaid, an all-women armyof health workers con-front suspicion, anger andthe threat of infection asthey go door to doorsearching for coronavirussufferers in India’s poorcommunities.

About a million accred-ited social health activists,or ASHAs, are deployed incities and villages to ad-minister basic medicalcare such as vaccinationsand delivering babies.

But as the number ofconfirmed infections inIndia soars past 500,000,the women find them-selves on the front line ofthe battle against the con-tagion, identifying poten-tial cases and educatinglocals in the hope of slow-

ing its spread.ASHA workers told AFP

they had nothing excepttheir headscarves to pro-tect them from the virusand were often abused bypeople angry about the

government’s handling ofthe outbreak, which is oneof the worst in the world.

“I have been an ASHAfor 14 years now and neverhave I been as scared toknock on a door with my

bare hands. We don’t havegloves, not even masks,”said Alka, who asked AFPnot to use her surname.

Alka and her colleaguesvisit households and askthe occupants to fill out aquestionnaire on anyvirus symptoms theymight have and their re-cent travel histories.

If someone looks like apotential case, the ASHAsreport them to authori-ties.

Some ASHAS have beenphysically attacked by vil-lagers who fear they arecarrying the virus or aregovernment spies.

Given the lack of con-tact tracing in India, theASHAs were “critical ele-ments” in India’s fightagainst COVID-19, saidAnant Bhan, a leadingpublic health expert.

Returnee quarantined New Delhi: A 72-

year-old man, whowent missing fromthe Indira GandhiInternational (IGI)airport here upon hisarrival fromKazakhstan, wastraced to Ghaziabadand sent to homequarantine for 14days. Harjeet Singh, aresident of DilshadGarden, arrived inDelhi on flight num-ber AI 1916 fromAlmaty inKazakhstan and wentmissing from theentry gate of thescreening hall atTerminal-3 of the IGIairport, they said.

Special sandesh Kolkata: Sweet-lov-

ing Bengalis havesomething to cheerabout in COVID-19time as the WestBengal governmentdecided to come outwith a ‘sandesh’which will containhoney fromSundarbans and in-crease immunity.Cotton cheese madefrom cow milk will bemixed with purehoney from theSunderbans to pre-pare the ‘ArogyaSandesh’ which willalso have extracts oftulsi leaves, an offi-cial of the AnimalResourcesDevelopmentDepartment told PTI.No artificial flavourswould be added to thesweetmeat which willbe available in the de-partment’s outlets inthe city and neigh-bouring districts, hesaid.

ATM lifters Noida: Four men al-

legedly trying to up-root an ATM to cart itaway with all thecash in it were arrest-ed by Noida policeafter a hot chase andshootout in whichtwo of the accusedwere injured, said of-ficials. The arrestedaccused were identi-fied as Rahul, 27,Parvez, 24, Mukesh,23, and Arun, 21, allnatives of Hapur dis-trict, the police said.In the shootout thatfollowed police’s bidto arrest the accused,Rahul and Parvezwere injured andwere admitted to ahospital, they said.

Low-cost test New Delhi: The

Guru Gobind SinghIndraprasthaUniversity will lead aproject to develop alow-cost test for rapiddetection of COVID-19 antibodies. Thetranslational projectof Rs 98 lakh was sub-mitted to BIRAC-DBTby Dr Gaurav Pandeyof the UniversitySchool ofBiotechnology(USBT). It has beenselected for fundingin response to a re-search consortiumcall on COVID -19, thestatement added.

Hikes fee New Delhi: The

New DelhiMunicipal Council(NDMC) has an-nounced a marginalhike in license feefor operation ofvarious trades,ranging from drycleaning shops tocinema halls, in itsareas. “The licensefee for regulation ofvarious trades inNDMC area undervarious sections ofNDMC Act hasbeen revised for fi-nancial year 2020-21in accordance withcouncil resolution,”an official ordersaid.

BRIEF

1. Which of these was a musical effects device invented by Godley and Creme? (a) The Bobbit (b) The Gizmo (c) The Doodah (d) The Whatsit

2. What did the engineer George Stephenson call his first locomotive?(a) Rocket (b) The Salamanca (c) Puffing Billy (d) Blucher

4. Who graduated from Oxford University at the tender age of thirteen in 1985? (a) Naomi Stevens (b) Ruth Lawrence (c) Mirian Thierens (d) Deborah Witchell

5. Which 20th century designer used a moulding machine nicknamed the ‘Kazami’?(a) Christopher Dresser (b) Charles Rennie Mackintosh (c) Charles Eames (d) Robin Day

6. The Bellingshausan Sea is part of which ocean?

(a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Arctic

(1) The Gizmo (2) Blucher (3) Dr. Vajira Chitrasenaand She is the first Sri Lankan woman to practicethe traditional Kandyan dance which was tradition-ally performed only by men (4) Ruth Lawrence (5)Charles Eames (6) Pacific

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Kolkata, Jun 29 (PTI):

Transport woes of com-muters compounded onMonday with a large num-ber of private buses re-maining off the roads inthe city, demanding a farehike in the wake of risingfuel prices and COVID-19restrictions on the num-ber of passengers allowedto board.

Travellers complainedof inordinate delays ingetting to their destina-tions as fewer privatebuses are in operation inthe metropolis and itssuburbs compared to lastweek.

Commuters have beenfacing hardships owing tolack of public transportsince the beginning ofUnlock-1 on June 8, whenmost government and pri-vate offices and establish-ments reopened.

Joint Council of BusSyndicates, one of thelargest associations of

private bus operators inthe city and the districts,said the current farestructure is not viable.

“High diesel prices, cou-pled with the state govern-ment’s directive to allow

only sitting capacity pas-sengers, have crippledservices. Ticket sales arenot enough to even pay forthe fuel cost, leave aloneother expenses,” its gener-al secretary Tapan

Banerjee said. Fuel priceswere hiked for the 22ndtime on Monday in justover three weeks.According to All BengalBus Minibus SammanoySamity (coordination

committee) general secre-tary Rahul Chatterjee,there are around 27,000private buses in the state.

Around 25 per cent ofthe total number were inoperation last week, offi-cials said.

“The state governmentoffering to pay a monthlydole of Rs 15,000 each for6,000 private buses forthree months will createconfusion and divisionamong the owners,”Chatterjee said, adding, afare hike is the only solu-tion to the current im-broglio. He said the coor-dination committee hasnot called for any stop-page of services, butgiven the losses being in-curred daily, owners arewithdrawing vehiclesfrom the routes.

State transport under-taking, WBTC, however, isrunning buses at fullstrength, its managing di-rector Rajanvir SinghKapur said.

Commuter hassles aggravate in Kolkata due to transporters

MAGNIFICANT LEH

Sunlight illuminates a mountain range overlooking Leh, capital for union territory of Ladakhbordering China, on Monday.

Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers talk to a woman duringa door-to-door survey at Bahadarpur village in Meerut district, UP.

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar at rally against price hike of fuel in Bengaluru on Monday.

Lord Vitthal temple.

Buses in Kolkata.

HC declines to entertain plea

seeking SOP for arrestsNew Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI):The Delhi High Court onMonday declined to enter-tain a plea seeking devel-opment of a “uniformstandard procedure for ar-rests”, saying there wereenough judicial pro-nouncements and officeorders to deal with theissue. A bench of ChiefJustice DN Patel andJustice Prateek Jalan saidthere was no need to com-pile all the judgements, byvarious courts, and officeorders issued by the au-thorities into one singledocument and disposed ofthe petition.

“Enough lengthy proce-dure has been prescribed(with regard to arrests).Enough work has beendone. We are not going toorder summarising ofit all.

3. Identify this lady and why she is famous?

View of meal provided torecovered patients.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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Kingston: Former Cricket West Indies (CWI) boss Dave Cameron has thrown his hat in thering to succeed India's Shashank Manohar as the next ICC chairman. "I believe we needto find a sustainable financial model where teams can earn through merit," Cameron, wasquoted.

Former WIndies boss joins race for ICC chairman's post

Dubai, Jun 29 (PTI)

India's Nitin Menon onMonday became theyoungest member of theInternational CricketCouncil's Elite Panel ofUmpires, replacingEngland's Nigel Llong forthe upcoming 2020-21 sea-son after an annual review.

The 36-year-old, who hasofficiated in three Tests, 24ODIs and 16 T20Is, is onlythe third from India tomake it to the prestigiousgroup after former captainSrinivas Venkatraghavanand Sundaram Ravi. Raviwas axed last year.

"To be officiating regu-larly along with the leadingumpires and referees ofthe world is something thatI always dreamt of and thefeeling has yet to sink in,"Menon was quoted as say-ing in an ICC statement.

England's Michael Gough,40, was the youngest in thecurrent panel beforeMenon's elevation.

Menon quit playing com-petitive cricket at 22 and by23, he had become a seniorumpire, officiating in BCCIaccredited matches. A se-lection panel comprising

ICC General Manager(Cricket) Geoff Allardice(Chairman), former playerand commentator SanjayManjrekar, and match ref-erees Ranjan Madugalleand David Boon, pickedMenon, who was earlierpart of the Emirates ICCInternational Panel ofUmpires.

While standard ofIndian umpiring hascopped a lot of criticismglobally, performance ofMenon over the past fewyears has been a silver lin-ing.

Menon is well aware ofhis responsibilities.

"We did not have any rep-resentation in the ElitePanel for a while. I nowwant to keep the Indianflag flying high. I hope tosee more umpires fromIndia at the top level,"Menon told BCCI.TV.

"I see this as an opportu-nity and a big responsibili-ty to take Indian Umpiresforward and guide them inevery possible way by shar-ing my experiences."

He also thanked ICC'sUmpire Coach DenisBurns

"I am very grateful to Mr.Denis Burns for all hisguidance and support inmy career as anInternational Umpire."

The elevation to the ElitePanel makes Menon eligi-ble to officiate in nextyear's Ashes in Australiain case ICC revokes thelocal umpires for home se-ries policy which has beenapproved owing to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Menon also becomes eli-gible to stand for all fiveTest matches that Indiawill play against Englandat home early next year.

India’s Nitin Menon becomes youngestumpire to enter ICC Elite Panel


Indian junior men'shockey team defenderMandeep Mor on Mondaysaid he draws inspirationfrom former skipperSandeep Singh while cred-iting experienced drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singhfor teaching him the nu-ances of the sport.

Mor, who captained theteam at the Sultan ofJohor Cup last year, waspart of the ChandigarhHockey Academy whichwas home to several topplayers including Sandeepand Rupinder.

"I used to be thrilled tomeet Sandeep bhai in theChandigarh Stadium. He ismy hero, my biggest inspi-ration and I loved the wayhe scored through drag-flicks. He would come touse the gym and trainthere. His words 'focus onyour drag-flicks, work hardand you will find glory' con-tinues to motivate me,"Mor said. "Gurjinder bhai

and Bob paaji (Rupinder)would help me a lot andteach me basics and alwaysmotivated me to do well. Ieven got to train with Bobpaaji which was a greathigh for me back in thosedays," he added.

Mor said his coach iden-tified him as having the po-tential to become a gooddrag-flicker.

"When I joined theChandigarh Academy, mycoach Alpinder Singh toldme I have the potential tobecome a good dragflickerand he helped me hone my

skills." Selected to train inSports Authority of India,Sonipat, in 2014 after no-table performances in U-14and U-17 national champi-onships, Mor made quickstrides and received a call-up for the junior nationalcamp in 2017.

The following year, Moralso got to debut for thesenior national team in theSultan Azlan Shah Cupand was also part of thesenior core probable for the2018 men's World Cup."When I got to play inSultan Azlan Shah Cup, Iwas under pressure be-cause it was my first tour-nament with the seniorteam which also hadSardar Singh. But he wasvery reassuring and toldme to focus on my basicsand not to feel burdened bythe pressure of playing forIndia on a big stage."

The experience definite-ly helped me a lot and I willcontinue to work hard toearn senior team jerseyagain," he said.

‘Sandeep Singh is my biggest inspiration’Batra calls for end tofighting within IOA

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian Olympic Association(IOA) President Narinder Batraon Sunday appealed for an endto infighting within the sportsbody which even reached theupper echelons of theInternational OlympicCommittee. It started with a turfwar between Batra and IOA sec-retary general Rajeev Mehta andreached a point where questionswere raised about the validity ofthe former's election to the toppost."I appeal to all officials andmembers of the IOA to shuninfighting, and work collabora-tively towards the best interestsof athletes and development oftheir respective sports," Batrasaid in a statement. The publicspats between IOA officialsreached the doorsteps of theIOC and the world hockey body -- the FIH -- with a few officialsquestioning Batra's election aspresident of both the IOA andthe FIH. The power tusslebetween the key officials of theIOA began when Batra toldMehta that he wants to takeover a few responsibilities fromhim to "share his burden".

London, Jun 29 (AP)

Holder ManchesterCity reached the FA Cupsemifinals after goalsfrom Kevin De Bruyneand Raheem Sterling se-cured an untroubled 2-0win at Newcastle.

City conceded thePremier League title torunaway championLiverpool this week, andmust beat 13-time FA Cupwinner Arsenal to reachanother cup final.

In Sunday's draw,Chelsea will face 12-timewinner ManchesterUnited in the other semi-final. Games will be heldJuly 18-19 at Wembleywith no fans present.Earlier Sunday, Chelseawon 1-0 at Leicester and

Arsenal needed an injury-time winner to edge a 2-1win at Sheffield United.

City's win was far morecomfortable. De Bruyne

put City ahead from thepenalty spot in the 37thminute of a dominantfirst half. Dwight Gaylemissed a great chance to

equalize for Newcastlemidway through the sec-ond half, blazing AllanSaint-Maximin's pinpointcross over from closerange.

It was a rare opportuni-ty for Steve Bruce's sideand a costly miss asSterling scored momentslater, curling a shot infrom the edge of the boxfollowing a quick counter-attack in the 68th.

Chelsea midfielderRoss Barkley turned in across from Willian in the63rd.

Spanish midfielderDani Ceballos netted inthe 91st for Arsenal witha low shot, just four min-utes after DavidMcGoldrick had equal-ized from close range.

Man City joins Arsenal, Chelsea,Man U in FA Cup semifinals

Manchester Citys Raheem Sterling is challenged by Newcastlesgoalkeeper Karl Darlow during the FA Cup sixth round soccermatch at St. James Park in Newcastle.


Former Indiapacer Irfan Pathanreckons that the rea-son behind ShikharDhawan and RohitSharma's extremelysuccessful openingpartnership is theirability to play toeach other'sstrengths. The de-structive Indian openingpairing of Rohit andDhawan has ruled worldcricket in limited-overssince they started battingtogether in 2013. "We knowShikhar plays very freely.He gives time to RohitSharma. We all know howRohit Sharma is able tochange gears very quickly,but he takes time early on,"Pathan said on Star Sports'

'Cricket Connected'. Pathansaid both the players areaware of the each other'sgame and abilities and thatmakes a huge difference.

"In cricket you needsomeone at the other end tounderstand your strengthsand weakness. Shikhar un-derstands when RohitSharma needs time, for atleast the few overs to gethimself going," he added.

‘Rohit and Shikhar are successfulas pair because they play to each

other’s strengths’ Southampton, Jun 29 (PTI)

Stuart Broad has askedEngland team's sports psy-chologist to "create a mind-set" best suited for playingbehind closed doors as inter-national cricket prepares toreturn with a host of radicalchanges brought about bythe COVID-19 pandemic.

The upcoming three-match Test series betweenEngland and West Indies,starting here on July 8, willmark the resumption of in-ternational cricket after thecoronavirus-forced hiatus.The matches will be held ina bio-secure environmentwith no spectators. "I thinkthe games will feel a bit dif-ferent with no crowds.International cricket cer-tainly will be more of a men-tal test to make sure eachplayer is right up for the bat-tle, and I'm very aware of

that. "I've already spoken toour sports psychologistabout creating a bit of amindset around makingsure I can get my emotionsup to where they need to befor me to be at my best,"Broad said in a video confer-ence. The seasoned fastbower added, "If you put mein an Ashes game or a pre-season friendly, I knowwhich one I'll perform betterin. So I've got to make suremy emotions are where theyneed to be for an interna-tional Test match, and that'ssomething I started workingon in early June."

Create a mindset to help us performin absence of crowds: Broad

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI):

Food ProcessingMinister Harsimrat KaurBadal said a 'one district,one product' cluster ap-proach will be adoptedwhile providing credit-linked subsidy for settingup 2 lakh micro processingunits across the countryunder a Rs 10,000 crorecentral scheme launchedon Monday.

The 'PM Formalizationof Micro Food ProcessingEnterprises (PM-FME)'scheme aims to take "localbrand to global" by ad-dressing the challenges ofcredit, technology and re-tail market access, shesaid.

Strengthening of microfood processing units willlead to reduction inwastage, creation of off-farm job opportunitiesand help in achieving the

overarching governmentobjective of doublingfarmers' income, sheadded.

This was announced aspart of the Rs 20 lakhcrore package to tackle theeconomic slump resultingfrom COVID-19 pandemic.

"It is a historic day. Wehave launched the scheme.We will adopt a cluster ap-proach of 'one district, oneproduct (ODOP)' in termsof procurement of inputs,availing common servicesand marketing of prod-

ucts. States will have flexi-bility to decide," Badalsaid after the launch.

The government, in aseparate statement, saidthe scheme would gener-ate a total investment ofRs 35,000 crore and create 9lakh skilled and semi-skilled employment. It willbenefit 8 lakh unitsthrough access to informa-tion, training, better expo-sure and formalization inthe next five years.

Elaborating on theODOP approach, the min-ister said states wouldidentify food products fora district keeping in viewthe existing clusters andavailability of raw materi-als.

The ODOP productcould be a perishable prod-uct, cereal-based or a foodproduct widely producedin a district and their al-lied sectors.

Centre launches micro foodprocessing scheme

Mandeep Mor

Harsimrat Kaur


Equity benchmarkSensex on Monday dropped210 points on selling mainlyin banking and IT stocks asmounting coronaviruscases kept investors global-ly on edge.

After plunging 509 pointsduring the day, the 30-shareBSE index pared some loss-es to end 209.75 points, or0.60 per cent, lower at34,961.52.

Likewise, the NSE Niftysettled 70.60 points, or 0.68per cent, down at 10,312.40.

Axis Bank was the toploser in the Sensex pack,dropping around 5 per cent,followed by Tech Mahindra,SBI, L&T, IndusInd Bank,Infosys and NTPC.

On the other hand, HDFCBank, HUL, Kotak Bankand Bharti Airtel wereamong the gainers.

According to NarendraSolanki, Head- EquityResearch (Fundamental),Anand Rathi, market

opened on a negative notetracking subdued trades inAsian markets as globalcoronavirus death tollcrosses 5,00,000 as investorscontinued to monitor devel-opments amid concernsthat a surge in cases couldimpact the reopening ofeconomies. During after-noon session, market recov-ered marginally but failedto sustain the gains asEuropean markets opened

lacklustre which furtherweighed on already nega-tive sentiments, he added.

Further, geopolitical ten-sions like India-China bor-der issue and US-Chinatrade tiff also kept partici-pants on edge, traders said.

Bourses in Shanghai,Hong Kong, Japan andSeoul ended with signifi-cant losses, while those inEurope opened with mildgains.

Sensex drops 210 pts on weak global cues


The gross state domesticproduct (GSDP) of allstates is likely to contractup to 14.3 per cent in thecurrent financial year dueto the impact of COVID-19-induced lockdown on eco-nomic activities, says a re-port.

States such as Assam,Goa, Gujarat and Sikkimare likely to witness a dou-ble-digit contraction inFY2021, India Ratings andResearch said in a reporton Monday.

"We expect the grossstate domestic product(GSDP) of all states inIndia to contract in FY21.The contraction will be inthe range of 1.4 per cent-14.3 per cent, the reportsaid. The top five major

states where the impact oflockdown was the mostpronounced areKarnataka, Jharkhand,Tamil Nadu, Kerala andOdisha.

The five major stateswhere the impact of lock-down was the least pro-nounced are MadhyaPradesh, Punjab, Bihar,Andhra Pradesh and UttarPradesh, the report said.

Despite the nation-widelockdown enforced onMarch 25, 2020, several eco-

nomic activities defined asessentials remained opera-tional. The impact of thelockdown on sectors name-ly agriculture, industryand services was different-ly, it said.

"Since agricultural activ-ities were less impacted,the states having a highershare of agriculture are ex-pected to have suffered lesscompared to the one wherethe share of agriculture islow," the report said.

Some sub-sectors espe-cially in the services suchas banking and financialservices, IT and IT-enabledservices were less impact-ed, because they were ableto readjust their operationsremotely owing to the highpenetration of digital plat-form in their business op-erations, the report said.

States’ GDSP to contract1.4-14.3 per cent in FY21


Telecom regulator TRAIon Monday strongly advo-cated domestic manufactur-ing of telecom equipmentand "digital sovereignty", asit stressed on the impor-tance of providing opportu-nities for local players in thesector and called for sharpfocus on digital infrastruc-ture investments.

Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (TRAI)Chairman R S Sharma saidgovernment policies relat-ing to electronics and localhandset manufacturinghave "paid rich dividends",and added that more needsto be done, particularly topush domestic manufactur-ing of telecom equipmentand ensure value addition.

He warned against dump-ing strategies resorted bycountries to kill domestic in-dustry before raising prices,and added that such "tactics"

need to be countered withpreferential market accesspolicy. "Ultimately countrieshave strategies where theyactually dump things andthey try to kill the domesticindustry and then they raisethe prices...essentially weneed to realise this tacticsand we need to appropriate-ly give preferential marketaccess policy which has beenthere...need to ensure we im-plement them", he said.

Addressing a PHDChamber of Commerce andIndustry (PHDCCI) webinaron 'Telecom sector inCOVID-19', the TRAI chiefstressed on the need to pro-mote domestic manufactur-ers of hardware, signallingequipment, fibre and otherequipment.

TRAI advocates domestic makingof telecom equipment


Economic AdvisoryCouncil to the PrimeMinister (EAC-PM) chair-man Bibek Debroy onMonday said the COVID-19pandemic has flagged theissue of health expenditureand reprioritisation of pub-lic expenditure is requiredkeeping in view the paucityof resources.

Debroy also said that oneof the lessons from the ongo-ing crisis is that a lot de-pends on decentralisation ofgovernance as there is het-erogeneity of governance inIndia. Speaking at the virtu-al 'Statistics Day' event ofthe Ministry of Statistics &P r o g r a m m eImplementation (MoSPI), hesaid, "What COVID-19 hasdone is to flag the expendi-ture on health and efficiencyof expenditure on health.Given the paucity of re-

sources, a switching of andreprioritisation of publicexpenditure is required notonly on health but down todecentralisation."

Debroy said it is also im-portant to get data as decen-tralised as possible. The gov-ernment has been celebrat-ing the Statistics Day onJune 29 every year, on thebirth anniversary of Prof PC Mahalanobi, to popularisethe use of statistics in every-day life and sensitise thepublic as to how statisticshelps in shaping and fram-ing policies.

Reprioritisation of spends onhealth, decentralisation required

Bibek Debroy

Rupee settles 7 paisehigher at 75.58

against US dollarMumbai, Jun 29 (PTI):The rupee settled 7 paise high-er at 75.58 (provisional) againstthe US dollar on Monday sup-ported by weak American cur-rency and easing crude priceseven as the equity market wastrading in the negative territo-ry. Forex traders said weakdomestic equities, foreign fundoutflows and rising COVID-19cases weighed on investor sen-timents. However, weakAmerican dollar supported thelocal unit and restricted thedecline. The rupee opened on aflat note at the interbank forexmarket at 75.64 against the USdollar, then gained ground andfinally settled for the day at75.58 against the US dollar, up7 paise over its last close.It had settled at 75.65 againstthe US dollar on Friday.During the four-hour tradingsession the domestic unittouched an intra-day high of75.52 and a low of 75.64 againstthe US dollar.


Markets regulator Sebion Monday extended thedeadline till July 15 for pub-lic comments on a report re-garding social stock ex-change and allowing directlisting of non-profit organi-sations.

A Sebi-appointed panelon social stock exchangeshad submitted its report tothe watchdog.

"In view of the requestsseeking extension of time-line for submission of com-ments due to COVID-19 pan-demic, it has been decidedto extend the timeline forseeking public comments toJuly 15, 2020," Sebi said innotice.

The initial deadline forpublic comments was June30.

Social Stock Exchange(SSE) is a novel concept inthe country and such a

bourse is meant to serveprivate and non-profit sec-tor providers by chan-nelling greater capital tothem.

The working group wasset up by Sebi in September2019 under the chairman-ship of Ishaat Hussain,Director at SBI Foundationand former FinanceDirector at Tata Sons. Thegroup suggested possiblestructures and regulationsfor creating SSE to facilitatelisting and fund-raising bysocial enterprises as well asvoluntary organisations.

Direct listing of non-prof-it organisations throughthe issuance of bonds and arange of funding mecha-nisms, which include someof the existing mechanismssuch as Social VentureFunds (SVFs) under theAlternative InvestmentFunds, have been recom-mended by the panel.

Social stock exchange report: Sebiextends deadline for comments

Iran issues arrest warrant forTrump, asks Interpol to help

Tehran, Jun 29 (AP):

Iran has issued an arrestwarrant and asked Interpolfor help in detainingPresident Donald Trumpand dozens of others it be-lieves carried out the dronestrike that killed a topIranian general inBaghdad, a local prosecu-tor reportedly said onMonday.

While Trump faces nodanger of arrest, thecharges underscore theheightened tensions be-tween Iran and the UnitedStates since Trump unilat-erally withdrew America

from Tehran's nuclear dealwith world powers. Tehranprosecutor Ali Alqasimehrsaid Trump and more than30 others whom Iran accus-es of involvement in theJanuary 3 strike that killedGen. Qassem Soleimani inBaghdad face murder andterrorism charges," thesemiofficial ISNA newsagency reported.

Alqasimehr did not iden-tify anyone else soughtother than Trump, butstressed that Iran wouldcontinue to pursue hisprosecution even after hispresidency ends. Interpol,based in Lyon, France, didnot immediately respond toa request for comment.Alqasimehr also was quot-ed as saying that Iran re-quested a red notice be putout for Trump and the oth-ers, which represents thehighest level arrest requestissued by Interpol.

Beijing, Jun 29 (AP):

The Chinese governmentis taking draconian meas-ures to slash birth ratesamong Uighurs and otherminorities as part of asweeping campaign to curb

its Muslim population,even as it encourages someof the country's Han major-ity to have more children.

While individual womenhave spoken out beforeabout forced birth control,the practice is far morewidespread and systematicthan previously known, ac-cording to an AP investiga-tion based on governmentstatistics, state documentsand interviews with 30 ex-detainees, family membersand a former detention

camp instructor.The campaign over the

past four years in the farwest region of Xinjiang isleading to what some ex-perts are calling a form ofdemographic genocide."The state regularly sub-jects minority women topregnancy checks, andforces intrauterine devices,sterilization and even abor-tion on hundreds of thou-sands, the interviews anddata show.

Even while the use of

IUDs and sterilization hasfallen nationwide, it is ris-ing sharply in Xinjiang.The population controlmeasures are backed bymass detention both as athreat and as a punishmentfor failure tocomply.Having too manychildren is a major reasonpeople are sent to detentioncamps, the AP found, withthe parents of three ormore ripped away fromtheir families unless theycan pay huge fines.

Police raid homes, terri-fying parents as theysearch for hidden children.After Gulnar Omirzakh, aChinese-born Kazakh, hadher third child, the govern-ment ordered her to get anIUD inserted.

Two years later, inJanuary 2018, four officialsin military camouflagecame knocking at her dooranyway. They gaveOmirzakh, the penniless

wife of a detained veg-etable trader, three days topay a 2,685 fine for havingmore than two children.

If she didn't, theywarned, she would join herhusband and a millionother ethnic minoritieslocked up in internmentcamps often for having toomany children. God be-queaths children on you. Toprevent people from havingchildren is wrong, saidOmirzakh, who tears upeven now thinking back tothat day. They want to de-stroy us as a people.

The result of the birthcontrol campaign is a cli-mate of terror around hav-ing children, as seen in in-terview after interview.Birth rates in the mostlyUighur regions of Hotanand Kashgar plunged bymore than 60% from 2015to 2018, the latest yearavailable in governmentstatistics.

New Delhi, Jun 29:

The Ministry ofStatistics and ProgrammeImplementation (MoSPI)is working on an umbrellainformation portal NIIP tocollate all real-time offi-cial data including on theIndian economy, Unionminister Rao InderjitSingh on Monday.

The project, NationalIntegrated InformationPortal (NIIP), assumes sig-nificance as data related tomacro-economy and othersectors are released after alag of weeks and evenmonths in some cases.

"In order to revamp andstrengthen the existingstatistical system, the min-istry has come up with aproject called NIIP, whichwould imbibe new infor-mation technology solu-tions in the field of data

acquisition, processingand dissemination," statis-tics and programme im-plementation ministerSingh said while address-ing a virtual conference onthe Statistics Day event.

The minister informedthat this portal will be aone-stop platform for allofficial statistics using ad-vanced technology to inte-grate existing and futuredatabases of administra-tive statistics and surveydata across governmentoffices, sectors, geogra-phies and time.

Once fully operationalat the national level, it willfacilitate real-time moni-toring of the Indian econ-omy, he added. In the pres-ent scenario, there is atime lag of many weeksand in some cases monthsfor release of data. For in-stance the index of indus-

trial production datameasuring factory outputin the country comes outwith a lag of six weeks.Similarly, the national ac-counts data measuringIndian economy comeswith a lag of two months.

Singh also said the min-istry is also working to-wards development ofComputer Application forGeneral SurveyInstrument (CAGSI)which may be interpretedas framing a general solu-tion for conducting all sur-veys under NSO (NationalStatistical Office) andtheir processing.

The ultimate goal ofthis project is to become aone stop platform for allsurveys embedded withreal time validation sys-tem and self-assistance/learning videomodules.

India to use Israeli biowarfare techfor disinfecting public places

Jerusalem, Jun 29 (PTI):

India is to use an innova-tive antiseptic disinfectant,which was originally devel-oped for the Israeli DefenceForces to deal with biologi-cal warfare, to protect itspublic places in its fightagainst the highly conta-gious coronavirus, a mediareport here. The solutiondeveloped by the IsraelInstitute for BiologicalResearch (IIBR), an organi-sation that works under thesupervision of the PrimeMinister's Office and theDefence Ministry and is atthe forefront of efforts todevelop a vaccine againstthe Coronavirus pandemic,is distributed by an Israelicompany Tera Novell.

Tera Novell will transferthe solution, under a confi-dentiality agreement as tothe unique compound ex-

pected to aid in cardinaldisinfection of airports,hospitals, the public trans-port system and more, to itsIndian distributor ZhivaInnovations Biotech.

The new solution hasbeen found to disinfect sur-faces off 100 per cent ofbacteria, viruses (includ-ing coronavirus), moldsand fungi, and remains ac-

tive for a long time afterbeing sprayed in a mannerwhich is safe for the public,the report claimed. Prior tosigning the cooperationagreement with India, thetechnology went throughsuccessful trials at severalpublic places in Israel, es-pecially those runninghigh risk of getting infect-ed, it added.

Chinese soldiers to get COVID-19vaccine before civilians

Beijing, Jun 29 (Reuters):

China's military has re-ceived the greenlight touse a COVID-19 vaccinecandidate developed by itsresearch unit and CanSinoBiologics after clinical tri-als proved it was safe andsomewhat efficient, thecompany said on Monday.

The Ad5-nCoV is one ofthe eight vaccine candi-dates being developed byChinese companies and re-searchers approved to bemoved into human trials

for the respiratory diseasecaused by the new coron-avirus. The shot also wonapproval for human test-ing in Canada.

China's Central MilitaryCommission approved theuse of the vaccine by themilitary on June 25 for aperiod of one year,CanSino said in a filing.The vaccine candidate wasdeveloped jointly byCanSino and the BeijingInstitute of Biotechnologyin the Academy ofMilitary Medical Sciences.

‘Return donations in PM-CARESFund from Chinese firms’

Chandigarh, Jun 29 (PTI):

Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh onMonday asked the BJP-ledCentre to return donationsreceived from Chinese com-panies in the PM-CARESFund, amid the India-China border tensions.Addressing a press confer-ence here, Singh allegedthat the PM-CARES Fund,set up to strengthen India'sfight against coronavirus,received donations fromsome Chinese companies.

"I think we must take atough stand on China," saidthe Congress leader. "I don'tthink we can afford to takeChinese money when ourboys are being killed," hesaid. Twenty Indian sol-diers were killed in a vio-lent clash with the Chinesearmy in Galwan Valley ofLadakh during the night of

June 15-16. Singh alsonamed some Chinese com-panies which have madedonation to the PM-CARES(Prime Minister's CitizenAssistance and Relief inEmergency Situations)Fund "This is not a ques-tion of how much moneyhas come, even if one rupeehas been received fromChinese companies at atime when they (China) areresponsible for COVID andsecondly they are responsi-ble for aggression againstmy country.


Around 95 per cent ofconsumer electronics andappliances sold in India areproduced locally, althoughdependence on China forcomponents still ranges be-tween 25-70 per cent whichwill be difficult to reduceovernight, according to in-dustry body CEAMA.

Consumer Electronicsand AppliancesManufacturers Association(CEAMA) said even beforethe call to boycott Chineseproducts, various compa-nies had already started tolook for alternative sourcesdue to disruptions of sup-plies following the coron-avirus-induced lockdownin China. "We as an indus-try have done a lot of work(all brands) in creating ca-

pacity in the last two-threeyears by putting new plantsto start manufacturing offinished products acrosscategories. We are now in avery good position acrossall categories in the fin-ished goods segment,"CEAMA President KamalNandi told PTI.

In air conditioner seg-ment, around 30 per cent isstill imported but thiswould have come down fur-ther had there been no lock-down as on streaming ofnew capacities which werebeing created got delayed,he said adding that "in thenext season.”

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UK PM sets out fit-for-future schools rebuilding plan

Amarinder Singh

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out radicalplans for a transformative 10-year rebuilding programme forschools across England.

Give info on sound level ofvehicles at time of sale: NGT


The National GreenTribunal has directed au-tomobile manufacturers toprovide information toconsumers about soundlevel of vehicles at the timeof sale as noise pollution isposing a serious threat tothe health of the people. Italso directed MaharashtraPollution Control Board(MPCB) to notify the noiseemission standards for ve-

hicles at the manufactur-ing stage and thereafterissue necessary directionsunder Section 20 of the Air(Prevention and Control ofPollution) Act, 1981, to theconcerned authorities forenforcement of such stan-dards.

The NGT said that infor-mation about sound emis-sions due to the automo-bile to consumers and pub-lic authorities has the po-tential to influence pur-

chasing decisions and ac-celerate the transition to aquieter vehicle fleet.

"Accordingly, we holdthat the automobile manu-facturers should provideinformation on sound lev-els of vehicles at the pointof sale and in technical pro-motional material, provid-ing information to the con-sumers about the soundemissions of a vehicle andalso the horns based onPrecautionary Principle,"the tribunal said.

A bench comprisingJustice Sheo Kumar Singhand Siddhanta Das alsosaid that only those vehi-cles that carry validPollution Under ControlCertificate (PUC) issuedby the authorised agencyare permitted to ply inMaharashtra so as to pre-vent air pollution due tovehicles.

‘WAIT & WATCH’

A watchmaker waits for customers at his open shop amid lockdown in Chennai on Monday.

BRIEFExport hit

Mumbai: Nearly 36 lakhtonne sugar has beenexported fromMaharashtra betweenJanuary and June thisyear as against the tar-get of 60 lakh tonne dur-ing the period. TheCOVID-19 pandemic andthe subsequent lock-down has slowed downthe export process,Maharashtra StateCooperative SugarFactories FederationChairman JayprakashDandegaonkar said.Nearly 570 lakh tonnesugarcane was crushedby 144 sugar mills in thestate from November2019 to June this yearand 63 lakh tonne sugarwas produced so far, hesaid. The export of 36lakh tonne is completed.

Sailors missingManila: The Philippinecoast guard was search-ing on Monday for 14people missing since afishing boat and cargovessel collided in choppywaters two nights earli-er. The fishing boat wasdamaged and over-turned and the searchfor its occupants wasbeing hampered bystrong waves, accordingto officials and coastguard pictures. ThePhilippine coast guardsaid the cargo vessel MVVienna Wood collidedwith the FV Liberty 5 forunclear reasons about27 kilometers (17 miles)off Mamburao town inMindoro Occidentalprovince south of thecapital, Manila.

Pushed aheadMelbourne: The IndianFilm Festival ofMelbourne (IFFM) hasannounced that the 2020edition has been pushedahead, with datesrescheduled from Augustto October due to theongoing coronavirus pan-demic. IFFM 2020's pro-gram will be devised inline with public healthguidance, with plans for acompact schedule takingplace over a week fromOctober 30 to November7. "The festival is retain-ing the Short FilmCompetition and the pop-ular dance competition(to be held on October31, pending easing ofrestrictions) but themuch anticipated IFFMAwards Gala will be post-poned till 2021," theorganisers said in a statement.

Andrzej aheadWarsaw: Nearly com-plete results in the firstround of Poland's week-end presidential electionshow that the conserva-tive incumbent, AndrzejDuda, won nearly 44%of the votes, putting himsignificantly ahead of allothers but short of out-right victory. The resultsfrom Sunday's electionalso show that Duda'smain rival, the centristWarsaw Mayor RafalTrzaskowski finishedsecond with slightlyover 30%. The two willnext face each other ina runoff on July 12 inwhat is shaping up as asuspenseful and com-petitive race.

Trade talksBrussels: EuropeanUnion and UK negotia-tors resumed in-persontalks on a post-Brexittrade deal on Monday,with both sides insistingthat the process mustaccelerate markedly ifthey're to reach anagreement by the end ofthe year. The UK left theworld's biggest tradingbloc on January 31.Earlier this month,Prime Minister BorisJohnson decided forgood that the transitionperiod meant to easethe country out of thebloc would not beextended beyondDecember 31.

95% appliances assembled in Indiawith 25-70% Chinese components

CanSino vaccine.

Electronic appliance assembling in India.

Govt working on one-stop platform for all official data: Statistics minister

SC asks visa statusof foreigners

blacklisted forTablighi Jamaat

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI):The Supreme Court onMonday asked Ministry ofHome Affairs to clarify itsstand about the status ofvisa of around 2,500 citi-zens from 35 countries,who were blacklisted forten years for their allegedinvolvement in TablighiJamaat activities. The topcourt asked the Centre toplace on record whetherindividual notices were is-sued with regard to cancel-lation of visas of the for-eign nationals. A bench ofJustices AM Khanwilkar,Dinesh Maheshwari andSanjiv Khanna, whichtook up a batch of pleasfiled by foreign nationalsagainst their blacklistingfor hearing through videoconferencing, posted thematter for further hearingon July 2.

Disinfection technology.

Iran wants to see DonaldTrump behind bars.

China forces birth control to suppress populationOn Uighurs, someexperts are calling aform of demographicgenocideGovernment is takingdraconian measuresto slash birth rates The population control measures arebacked by massdetention both as athreat and as a pun-ishment for failure tocomply

Forces birth control to curb monority population.

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