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Covid tallycrosses 4.25lakh in India:Death toll risesto 13,699, over14000 cases

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AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 22

India has one of the lowest COVID-19 cases per lakh population in theworld and continues to widen the gapbetween recovered and active cases,said the Union Health Ministry onMonday.

The health ministry said thatWorld Health Organisation (WHO)Situation Report- 153 presented onJune 21, showed that India has one ofthe lowest cases per lakh populationin spite of its high population densi-

ty. "India's cases per lakh populationare 30.04 while the global average ismore than its triple at 114.67. The UShas 671.24 cases per lakh populationwhile the metric for Germany, Spainand Brazil is 583.88, 526.22 and489.42 respectively," stated healthministry press statement.

This low figure is thus a testimo-ny to the graded, pre-emptive andpro-active approach of the govern-ment along with the States/UTs thattook extensive measures for the pre-vention, containment and manage-ment of COVID-19, it said.

India reports lowest cases per lakh population globally

177 more coronacases detected in PunjabCHANDIGARH: Punjab report-ed 177 new coronavirus casesin a span of 24 hours, the state’sCOVID bulletin showed on Mon-day---a development that takesthe state’s tally to 4,235.The state also revised its deathtoll to 101, Punjab’s COVID bul-letin showed on Mondayevening. Three districts---Ja-landhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana---continued to report an alarmingrising in coronavirus cases, to-gether reporting 61 per cent onMonday’s new cases. Two oth-er districts—Fazilka and San-grur---also reported double-digitinfections on Monday. Jalandhar(46), Ludhiana (34), Amritsar(28), Sangrur (15), Fazilka (13),SAS Nagar (2), Ferozepur (7),Pathankot (7), Patiala (5),Bathinda (4), Faridkot (3), Mukt-sar (3), Fatehgarh Sahib (2),SBS Nagar (2), Gurdaspur (2),Moga (1),Tarn Taran (2).

Rajnath Singh in Russia on 3-day visit NEW DELHI: Defence MinisterRajnath Singh on Monday leftfor a three-day visit to Russiaduring which he will hold talkswith top Russian military brassand attend a grand military pa-rade in Moscow to mark the75th anniversary of the Sovietvictory over Germany in theSecond World War.It is the first visit abroad by asenior union minister in fourmonths as foreign travels wererestricted in view of the coron-avirus pandemic.The last foreign trip abroad by asenior member of the union cab-inet was by Finance Minister Nir-mala Sitharaman when she visit-ed Riyadh from Feb 22-24 to at-tend a meeting of G-20 financeministers.

Soldier killed inceasefire violation RAJOURI: Indian Army soldierDipak Karki lost his life in unpro-voked ceasefire violation byPakistani troops here in theNowshera sector in Rajouri dis-trict along the Line of Control(LoC) on Monday, officials said."In the incident, Havildar DipakKarki was critically injured andlater succumbed to his injuries.He was a brave, highly motivat-ed and sincere soldier. The na-tion will always remain indebtedto him for his supreme sacrificeand devotion to duty," said De-fence PRO Lt Col DevenderAnand in a statement.Earlier in the day, Pakistan vio-lated ceasefire in Krishna Ghatiand Nowshera sectors at about3:30 am and 5:30 am.

COVID-19 testcharges cappedat Rs 2,000 in ChdCHANDIGARH: The Chandi-garh Administration has decidedto cap the charges for COVID-19 tests in the city at Rs 2,000.The decision was taken at ameeting held by Manoj Parida,Adviser to the Administrator, andArun Kumar Gupta, PrincipalSecretary, Health, with the pri-vate SRL Diagnostics Laborato-ry, which is authorized to testCOVID-19 cases in the city.A release said that the upperlimit of Rs 2,000 was fixed forevery test as compared to theexisting rate of Rs 4,500. Manystates are charging Rs 2, 400 forthe test.Chandigarh has reported a totalof 406 COVID-19 cases of whichthere are 84 active cases, 316patients have been cured/dis-charged and six persons havesuccumbed to the virus.

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SC allows annual Jagannath RathYatra with certain restrictions

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 22

The Supreme Court on Monday modified itsearlier order and allowed the annual Jagan-nath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri to be heldwith the coordination of the Temple commit-tee, State and Central government withoutcompromising with the health issue pertainingto COVID-19.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Jus-tice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde saidthat the apex court is only considering con-ducting the yatra in Puri and not anywhereelse in Odisha.

SC had earlier stayed the annual Rath Ya-tra at Jagannath Temple in Puri, which is slat-ed to be held on June 23, and all activities re-lated to the gathering in view of the coron-avirus pandemic this year.

The top court today pronounced the orderafter hearing a batch of intervention applica-tions seeking modification of its earlier orderof staying the annual Rath Yatra at JagannathTemple in Odisha's Puri in view of COVID-19pandemic.

The apex court, while disposing of thepleas filed in the matter, noted that the Statecan stop the yatra or festivities if they feel it isgoing out of hand and added that it was awareof the situation and has passed the order ac-cordingly. Petitioner's lawyer Pranay KumarMohapatra had earlier said that the pleassought directions to allows holding of Yatraonly at Puri, subject to some restrictions.

According to Mohapatra, the plea saidthat Rath Yatra should be allowed to be heldin Puri on its scheduled time and the entiredistrict should be shut down completely.

"People should not be allowed to partici-pate in the Rath Yatra and the temple area

should be barricaded around 3 kilometres.Odisha government has already conductedCOVID-19 tests on 1,172 sevayats, whichhave come negative," he added.

Mohapatra said that if the Rath Yatra isconducted by sevayats, there are fewerchances of coronavirus spread during the reli-gious programme.

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Compromise with health not allowed at any cost

Entire nation delighted by SC's decision : Amit ShahNEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court decision of allowing the annual Ja-gannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri to be held with the coordination of the Templecommittee, State and Central government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah onMonday said that the entire nation is delighted by the decision.In a series of tweets, he expressed his happiness over the Supreme Court's deci-sion. "Today is a special day for all of us, particularly our Odia sisters and brothersas well as devotees of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath Ji. The entire nation is delight-ed by the decision of the Supreme Court to ensure the Rath Yatra goes on," hetweeted. In another tweet, he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiatingconsultations.

Govt redirects focus onroad along LAC, talkswith China continue

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 22

As India and China held talks atMoldo on the Chinese side ofChushul to resume discussions ondisengagement, the homeministry reviewed theprogress of road constructionin border areas.

Sanjeeva Kumar, Secre-tary (Border Management)reviewed infrastructure alongthe Line of Actual Control(LAC), the de-facto borderdividing India and China, forthe second time in five days,underscoring the govern-ment's determination to pro-ceed with the plan after theLadakh face-off.

India's stress on developing theLadakh region by building roadsthrough the Galwan valley intoShyok is believed to be the main trig-ger for Chinese aggression in thearea.

On June 15, after weeks of ten-sion at various points along the LAC,a deadly brawl erupted between Indi-an and Chinese soldiers at Galwan

Valley in eastern Ladakh, in which20 Indian soldiers laid down theirlives. Army sources say 45 Chinesesoldiers were killed or injured.

Most experts watching the In-dia-China situation have said the

government building roads and air-fields to improve transport linksand narrow the gap with China's su-perior infrastructure on its side ofthe LAC is a big reason for the cur-rent escalation. India recently com-pleted a road from Darbuk toDaulat Beg Oldie, a feeder road toimprove its defence along the Gal-wan heights.

PM must be mindful of implicationsof his words: Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI, JUN 22

In his first remarks on the Ladakh face-off, former prime minister Man-mohan Singh on Monday said PM Narendra Modi must be mindful ofthe implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as avindication of its position.

Noting that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or deci-sive leadership, Singh called upon the prime minister to ensure justicefor soldiers who died defending India's territorial integrity.

Capt sanctions 300 posts to strengthen fight against covidBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 22:

Amid escalating Covid cases in thestate, Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Monday sanc-tioned 300 ad-hoc posts in the Med-ical Education Department, 100 ineach in the three government run Me-dial Colleges, to handle the critical pa-tients, while directing expeditious re-cruitment of medical and technicalstaff against all vacant and sanctionedposts.

The Chief Minister’s directives

came after Dr KK Talwar, the stategovernment’s health advi-sor and former PGI direc-tor, said 100 staff mem-bers, mainly senior resi-dent doctors and assistantprofessors, were requiredto be on-board by the Med-ical Education departmentin each Medical College onurgent basis to handle thecritical Covid patients.

Responding to Dr Talwar’s sub-mission on the staff requirement, theChief Minister immediately sanc-

tioned these 300 posts, directing thedepartment to make ad hocappointments by hiring grad-uating students as SeniorResidents. These appoint-ments could be subject totheir clearance of exams lat-er, he suggested, adding thatfor assistant professors,walk-in selections could beconsidered to overcome the

immediate shortfall.The Chief Minister issued the di-

rectives during a Video Conferencemeeting to review the Covid situation

in the state.

Extension of OTS policyfor PSIDC okayedCHANDIGARH: To provide further re-lief to entrepreneurs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Captain AmarinderSingh led Punjab Cabinet on Mondaydecided to extend the One-Time Settle-ment of their dues with the PunjabState Industrial Development Corpora-tion (PSIDC) and Punjab Financial Cor-poration till December 31, 2020.

Make home quarantinemechanism moreeffective: Jai Ram

BUREAU SHIMLA, JUNE 22

The people of the Statestranded in different partsof the country willing tocome back must apply on-line before the concernedDeputy Commissioners andafter complete scrutiny theywould be al-lowed to enterthe State. Thiswas stated byChief MinisterJai Ram Thakurwhile presidingover the videoconference withthe DeputyCommissioners, Superin-tendents of Police andChief Medical Officersfrom Shimla today.

Jai Ram Thakur saidthat Deputy Commissionershave been authorised to de-clare any institutions withintheir jurisdiction as COVIDCare Centre so as to facili-tate the COVID-19 patients

in their respective district.He said that about 100 newcases of Corona have beendetected in the State withinlast three days was a matterof concern. He said thatsince the State has alreadybrought back about two lakhpeople stranded in differentparts of the country who

desperately re-quired to bebrought back. Hesaid that e-passesmust be given toonly those peopleof the State whoare on medicalground and in caseof death. Jai Ram

Thakur said that the homequarantine mechanism mustbe made more effective andconstant vigil must be kepton the people, so that thepersons do not jump homequarantine. He said thatmore facilities of institutionquarantine must be createdso as to ensure that there wasno dearth of beds.

Haryana to set upfirst state run

mineral water plantBUREAUCHANDIGARH, JUNE 22-

Haryana Government has de-cided to set up a Mineral Wa-ter Plant for manufacturing ofbottled mineral drinking wa-ter under the brand name‘Haryana Fresh’through PublicHealth EngineeringDepartment. Fur-ther, the first ruralsewerage systemunder the Maha-gram Scheme willbe inaugurated invillage Sotai inFaridabad on August 15,2020.

These decisions were tak-en in the 53rd meeting of Wa-ter Supply and SewerageBoard of Public Health Engi-neering Department held un-der the Chairmanship ofChief Minister, Manohar Lalhere today.

Mahohar Lal directed theDepartment to chalk out themodalities for the setting up

of this plant. Initially, the bot-tled mineral water from theplant would be made avail-able to the government insti-tutions. Later, mineral waterReverse Osmosis (RO) plantswould be set up in the educa-tional institutions to provide

clean and freshdrinking water tothe students.

It was also de-cided in the meetingthat a comprehen-sive testing labora-tory would be set upin all districts of theState wherein apart

from the drinking water; qual-ity of other eatables wouldalso be checked. Manohar Lalsaid that to provide clean andadequate drinking water facil-ity to the people is among thetop priorities of the StateGovernment. Directing thedepartment to ensure thatthere is no shortage of drink-ing water supply in urban andrural areas especially duringthe summer season.

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 22

Due to favourable weather, Southwest monsoonlikely to reach North-Western region includingPunjab, Haryana on June 24-25, in its further ad-vancement from Delhi. Director of the Meteo-rological Center Surendra Pal told here todaythat the monsoon is coming ahead of time thistime with the knocking of which there is a pos-sibility of heavy rain in the area. According tothe Meteorological Center, there is a possibility

of light rain in the next twenty-four hours in theregion, rain in most places from tomorrow to 25June and heavy rain and thunderstorms else-where. In the last twenty four hours, there hasbeen rain in some places in Haryana includingChandigarh and elsewhere in Punjab. Chandi-garh has 10 mm, Ambala 40 mm, Hisar 12 mm,Karnal 47 mm, Narnaul eight mm, Rohtak sev-en mm, Amritsar two mm, Ludhiana 17 mm, Pa-tiala three mm, Adampur eight mm, Halwaratwo mm, Gurdaspur four mm and Delhi.

Southwest monsoon likely to hitPunjab, Haryana on June 24-25

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CHANDIGARH : Pearson has announced asecond wave of locations, including India and the UK,where people can now takePTE as a Secure English Language Test (SELT) for UK Visas& Immigration (UKVI) purposes.Today the UK Government approved Pearson to open bookings for SELTs in a further72 locations. This includes the first 8 centres in the UK and 15centres in India as well as centres in Japan, Egypt, Philippines, South Africa, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, amongst others.Bookings can be taken at all locations, with 57of these locations open now to deliver testing, and the remaining 15 to open once individual COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.The tests will be delivered through the Pearson VUE test centre network. Pearson VUE test centres follow health and safety guidance provided by global health organizations and local governments. Amid COVID-19, the test centres operate with increased disinfecting and hygienic procedures and additional social distancing measures to support the safety of testing candidates and staff.

PTE centres approved to deliver secure English language testing

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CLASSIFIEDI, Baljinder Singh Alias I Inderjit Kaur Sidhu D/o Daljit I, Rajvir Kaur W/O Yadvinder I, hitherto Known as MANU Sukhjinder Singh S/O Surjit Singh R/o Vpo. Chuhar Chak Singh Grewal R/O Patti Balla Wife of MUKESH CHOPRA Singh R/O VPO Sura Pur (Moga) have changed my Nathana (Bathinda) Have residing at H.No.104, Gali District SBS Nagar ( Punjab ) name to Inderjit Kaur After Changed My Name To Rajveer No.3, Rishi Vihar, Majitha India Have Changed My Divorce. Kaur Grewal. Road,Disrtict Amritsar Punjab Name To Baljinder Singh. 63372 63372 143001 have changed my Please Note. I Shiv Prashad Gupta S/O Raj I Harkirat Singh S/o Balwinder name and Shall hereafter be

63372 Kumar R/O Hno. 323, Mohalla Singh Bhabra R/o Hari Nau known as MANU CHOPRA. I, Kuldip Singh S/o Labh Singh Bawian, Shahkot, Distt. Road, Kotkapura (Faridkot) 900020 R/o Vpo. Bhaini Jassa (Barnala) Jalandhar (Pb) Have Changed have changed my name to I, Kan Singh S/o Kashmir changed my minor son name My Name To Shiv Parsad Harkirat Singh Bhabra. Singh R/o Village Majupur from Ramandeep Singh Mahi to Gupta. 63372 Tehsil and Distt.Tarn Taran Ramandeep Singh. 63372 I, Kunal S/o Raj Kumar R/o have changed my son’s name

63372 I, Karamjit Singh S/O Mohalla Khosla Rahon from Haitanshdeep Singh to I Kamalkant S/o Omveer Mahinder Singh R/O Otalan Nawanshahr changed my Lakshjit SinghSingh R/o Lahosara Visavan (Ludhiana) Have Changed My name to Kunal Jhalli. 900020Lahosara Koil Aligarh Uttar Name Into Karamjeet Singh. 63372 I, Tarmanjit Singh alias Bablu Pradesh–202001 have 63372 I, Jeenat D/o Jagtar Raj R/o S / o m a n j i t S i n g h changed my name to Kamal I, Manraj Singh Otal S/O Vpo. Bhagoran (Nawanshahr R/o.H.No.546, Gali No.3 Jadaun. Karamjeet Singh R/O Otalan changed my name to Jeenat Krishna Nagar Amarkot P/o

63372 (Ludhiana) Have Changed My Rani. Khanna nagar Amritsar have Name Into Manraj Singh. 63372 changed my name to Singh

63372 I, Sanjogita D/O Shri Niwas Tarmanjit. Note it I, Paramjeet Kaur W/O Bhardwaj R/O H.No.188 Surjit 72737Gurpreet Singh R/O Lohgarh Enclave, Jassian, Haibowal I, Sarvamandeep Kaur Sahota Tehsil & District Barnala Have Kalan, Ludhiana Changed W/o Gagandeep Singh Changed My Name To Name Sanjogita Bhardwaj. R/o.H.No.103, Royal Estate Paramjit Kaur. 63372 B/S Swami Satyanand

63372 I, Sanjogita Bhardwaj D/O College, Amritsar Punjab Have C h a n g e d m y n a m e I, Gurpreet Singh Aulakh S/o Shri Niwas Bhardwaj R/O Sarvamandeep kaurBalwinder Singh R/o Vpo. H.No.188 Surjit Enclave,

Amargarh Kaler The: Jagraon Jassian, Haibowal Kalan, 72737(Ludhiana) changed my name Ludhiana Changed My Minor I, Astami Samanta is spouse of to Gurpreet Singh Kailey. Son's Name Abhinav To No.15500973L rank ALD

63372 Abhinav Bhardwaj. Mintu Shee residing at Atberia, purba medinipur west bangal-I, Manpreet Kaur W/o 63372721152 India declare that I Harmandeep Singh Dhaliwal I, Jatinder Pal Singh S/O have Changed my name from R/o Kussa (Moga) have Baldev Singh R/O H.No.782 Astami Samanta to Astami changed my name to Hakam Ka Agwar Moga, I, Shee vide affidavit no. AC Manpreet Kaur Dhaliwal. Jatinder Pal Singh Alias 054163 dated 22 June 202063372 Jatinder Singh Bothnames

72737I, Kanwaljeet Kaur Brar wife Aremine Andsame Person.I, Satosh Devi is spouse of of Pardeep Singh Brar Village 63372No.15483842F rank LD Durga Rajiana Distt Moga Declare that I Pinderdeep Kaur Dhaliwal Ram Bera residing at my parental sub Caste was Gill W/O Jashmandeep Singh R/O Jharabiyha, bera ki Dhani, & after marriage I have change Maharaja Ranjit Singh Nagar Bharnawa Nagaur, Bharnawa my name as Kanwaljeet Kaur ,Ward No 7 , Bypass Road , Rajasthan-341316 declare that Brar. Concerned note. Moga I Changed To My Name I have Changed my name from 63372 From Pinderdeep Kaur Santosh Devi to Santosh vide I Ranjot Singh S/O Jaspal Dhaliwal To Pinderdeep Kaur.affidavit no. AC 054160 dated Singh R/O Phul Road, 6337222 June 2020Rampura Phul Distt Bathinda I Isha D/O Ashok Kumar R/O

72737Have Changed My Name To H No.3839-D,Sarai Sadhu I, Army No.15493944L rank Ranjot Singh Bhullar. Ram Putlighar Amritsar Have LD Ameenasab Nadaf S/o 63372 Changed My Name To Isha Late Alisab Nadaf R/o 90 Arora.Armd Regt C/o 56 APO Khasa 63372Cantt Amritsar declare that in I, Jaspreet Kaur Kaler D/o my service record my daughter Jaswinder Singh R/o Vpo. name is mentioned as Aalia but R a t t o w a l Te h - R a i k o t her correct name is Aalia (Ludhiana) Pb, changed my Ameenasab Nadaf. Vide name to Jaspreet Kaur.affidavit No.AC 054159 dated 6337222 June 2020I, Reena Rani D/O Sh. Mohan

72737Lal After Marriage Change Of I, Army No.15493944L rank Name Meenakshi Kansal LD Ameenasab Nadaf S/o W/O Sh. Ajay Kumar # 78, Late Alisab Nadaf R/o 90 W.No.11, Back Side Police Armd Regt C/o 56 APO Khasa Station Patiala Mandi , Cantt Amritsar declare that in R a m p u r a P h u l D i s t t . my service record my son Bathinda.name is mentioned as Azaan 63372but his correct name is Azaan I Kritika W/O S. Sukhraj Ameenasab Nadaf. Vide Singh Virk R/O # 60-A, New affidavit No. AC 054158 dated Green Park Colony Patiala, 22 June 2020Punjab Have Changed My

72737Name To Kritika Virk.I, Reshma Begum spouse of 63372No.15493944L rank LD I, Sukhraj Singh S/O S. Faqir Ameenasab Nadaf residing at Singh R/O # 60-A, New Lakhamapur ,Lakhamapur, Green Park Colony Patiala, Bagalkot Karnataka-578201 Punjab Have Changed My India declare that I have Name To Sukhraj Singh Virk.Changed my name from 63372Reshma Begum to Reshma I, Swarnjeet Kaur Spouse Of Ameenasab Nadaf vide Ex Dfr Kulwinder Singh affidavit No.AC 054157 dated Resident Of Vpo: Khanpur, 22 june 2020Tehsil: Malerkotla, Dist:

72737Sangrur (Pb) Have Changed I, Umesh Sobti Alias Umesh My Name From Swarnjeet Kumar Sobti S/o Des Raj Kaur To Swaranjit Kaur.Sobti, H/o Rajni Sobti, R/o 63372416/6, Master Tara Singh I, Baljit Kour Spouse Of Ex Nagar, Jalandhar City Hav Amrik Singh Resident Of (Punjab) have changed my Hareri Road, Preet Nagar, name from Umesh Sobti Sangrur,Tehsil & Dist: Alias Umesh Kumar Sobti to Sangrur (Pb) Have Changed Umesh Kumar Sobti.My Name From Baljit Kour

72778To Baljeet Kaur.63372

I Gurmeet Singh S/o Chootu Singh R/o Village Makran Tehsil Kharar (Mohali) declare that I am known by both names that is Gurmeet Singh and Gurmit Singh. Hence both Gurmeet Singh and Gurmit Singh are names of the same person that is mine.

100071I, Ranjeet Singh S/o Iqbal Singh R/o H.No.57, Gali N o . 2 , K h a n d w a l a , Chheharta, Amritsar have changed my name to Ranjit Singh.

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CHANDIGARH: Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), country’s first smart mobility solutions provider and largest exporter since inception, announced its partnership withHDFC Bank offering industry first online auto retail financing solutions to the customers on India’s only end-to-end online automotive retail platform ‘Click to Buy’. Speaking on the alliance Mr. Arvind Kapil, Country Head for Retail Lending at HDFC Bank, "The partnership with Hyundai Motor India is in line with our belief that a digital eco-system needs to be created to enhance customer experience, particularly in the current environment. An eco-system that brings OEMs, dealerships and financiers together and enables a customer to purchase a new car sitting in the comfort of their homes.

Hyundai Motors Partners with HDFC bank

BRIEFNEWS

CHANDIGARH: Morepen Laboratories Ltd. has reported a 16.43 per cent rise in its Net Profit (Consolidated) at Rs. 33.58 crore. Net Consolidated Revenue during the year rose by 11.7 per cent at Rs. 862.55 crore.The company’s net profit was Rs. 28.84 crore on a net revenue of Rs. 772.21 crore in the previous fiscal. The EBIDTA (Consolidated) for FY 2019-20 rose by 9.6 per cent at Rs. 78 crore and the Cash Profit (Consolidated) by 10 per cent at Rs. 76.02 crore. Consolidated Profit before Tax (PBT) recorded extraordinary growth by 34 per cent at Rs. 39.11 crore, up from Rs. 29.18 crore in the previous fiscal. Domestic Sales Revenue in FY 2019-20 was up by 11.75 per cent at Rs. 496.36 crore and Export Sales Revenue up by 10 per cent at Rs. 343.24 crore.

Morepen Labs clocks double digitgrowth in its sales and net profit in FY 2019-20

CHANDIGARH:COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption and long-lasting implications on society and its people. To ensure continuity in skill training and helping people scale their abilities, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a public-private-partnership that is catalysing the skill development ecosystem in India,has partnered with upGrad, one of India’s largest online higher education companies to utilise its technology platform. Through this partnership,NSDC’s eLearning platform - eSkill Indiawill be using the key features of upGrad’s Live platform. The Live platform replicates a real-time classroom learning experience by providing much greater interactivity and helps with real-time doubt resolution, enabling skill seekers to have a complete command over the active session. Therefore, a strategic collaboration of knowledge and technology would minimise the learning breakdown, for one and all. Aligned with the ‘Skill India Mission’ to strengthen the skilling ecosystem in India, the allianceis a key step towards NSDC’s sustained efforts to continue the momentum on skill empowerment .

NSDC partners with upGrad to use its Live platform

CHANDIGARH: Tata Motors – India’s leading automobile brand, today released its FY2019-20 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. In line with the Tata Group’s vision of promoting community well-being, Tata Motors has actively implementedinitiatives under its key thrust areas of Health (Aarogya), Education (Vidyadhanam), Employability (Kaushalya) and Environment (Vasundhara) and the Rural Development.The scope and the depth of the CSR programmes of the company have consistently increased and has positively touched 8.3 lakh lives in FY19-20, out of which nearly 41% belong to the SC and ST communities. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Guenter Butschek, CEO & MD, Tata Motors said,“As we enter the 75th year of Tata Motors, I share with immense pride that our collective CSR efforts over the last decade have made a positive difference to the lives of 5 million people across India. Our role has progressively grown from being just a resource provider to a facilitator and now an enabler for driving positive change. This is a true testament to ‘innovating mobility solutions with passion to enhance quality of life’ philosophy rooted in our mission statement. We will continue our endeavor towards uplifting the unprivileged communities and improve their quality of life by making them aware and self-reliant.”

Tata Motors releases its Annual CSR Report

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I Kuldeep Kaur W/O Jatinder Singh R/O # 252, Phase -11, Sector -65, Mohali, My daughter's name is Kusal written in her Godnama (registered on 19-09-2014), her DOB is 28 August 2014, now changed her name to Ishveen Kaur. Convened note.

63372We Bachitar Singh S/o Munshi Ram and Chanchla Devi W/o Bachitar Singh R/o #280 St.No. 4 Neta Ji P a r k B a l l o k i R o a d (Ludhiana) declare that our elder daughter Anu is out of our control. now she has performed her marriage against our wishes and desires. So we disown her f r o m o u r m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e p r o p e r t y. I f a n y b o d y dealing with her at his/her own risk.

63372We Om Parkash S/O Pritam Singh And Manjeet Kaur W/O Om Parkash R/O H.No . 113 Sh iva l ik C o l o n y A m b a l a C i t y Declare That My Son Gurcharan Singh And His Wife Chandani Are Out Of My Control , So I Disown T h e m F r o m A l l M y Movable / Imomvable P r o p e r t i e s , A n y b o d y Dealing With Them At Their Own Risk. I & My Family Members Will Not Be Responsible For Their Any Act.

63372I, Gurmeet Singh S/o Paramjeet Singh R/o Vpo. Rodeke Kalan (Sangrur) Pb, declare I holder of Indian Passport No. N 0074186 issued on 26-06-2015 issued at Manila. In my passport my address is mentioned Vpo. Rodeke Kalan Distt. Sangrur. Now I have changed my address Vpo. Jalaldiwal Teh-Raikot Distt. Ludhiana Pb, India.

63372I, Gulwinder Kaur Spouse Of Ex Sub Jagrup Singh, R e s i d e n t O f V p o : G h a r a c h o n , T e h s i l : Bhawanigarh, Dist: Sangrur (Pb) Have Changed My Name From Gulwinder Kaur To Gulvinder Kaur And My Correct Date Of Birth Is 07-06-1967.

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KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL. June 22 : After new positive 3 cases of corona in mohalla raj nagar, Speaker Rana KP Singh visits the area. On the occasion along with them Health, civil and police administration’s officials which were SDM Kanu garg, DSP Raminder Singh Kahlon, And SMO Naresh Kumar were present. On the occasion Rana Appealed to the loca l s t o i n f o rm administration if any person came from outside. Talking to the journalists he said that he asked to SDM for setting up a 21 memberi committee for each ward to check the person who came from outside. On the occasion Yudhveer Singh, Toni Sehgal, vijay Kaushal, Deepak Nanda, SHO Pawan Kumar, Kuldeep Singh, Sadvanand maharaj, jagdish Chopra, Bhupinder Singh Tinka, e.t.c were present.

Speaker Rana KP Singh visit Mohalla Raj nagar

CHANDIGARH: To coincide with ‘International Yoga Day’ celebrations, the NSS units of Dev Samaj College of Education (DSCE), Sector 36-B, Chandigarh organised an online quiz on yoga awareness. Students were also asked to send in their own videos as well as pictures of performing yoga. The best pictures and videos, showing different yoga postures were recognized and suitably awarded. All the students were given away commendation certificates to mark the importance of yoga in one’s life. Meanwhile, DSCE in collaboration with Directorate Sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh and State NSS cell held a demonstration of yoga in virtual mode. Dr Agnese Dhillon, Principal, DSCE said, “The quiz and online yoga demo session were organised to enlighten the students about the life-long benefits of yoga and the need to master the art of aligning the body, mind and soul through it.” The virtual event saw Mr. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh being honoured as the Chief Guest. The event began with a welcome speech by Mr. Singla, D.U.I.

NANGAL. JUNE 22: Today, special arrangements have been made by health department and Nagar council Nangal under the guidelines of speaker Rana KP Singh to protect people from corona. Where Nagar council is sanitizing Adda market FF block also there health department workers surveying in containment zone, Health department also checking health of persons who were visiting from States at railway station. Despite that, even quarantine people were also be looked.

SHIMLA, JUNE 22 : ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has announced a bonus totaling `788 crorefor its bouquet of participating products. A bonus is the share of profits generated by the Company's participating policyholder's funds .All participating policies inforce as of March 31, 2020 are eligible to receive this bonus, which will be added to their guaranteed maturity or death benefit. This is the 14thconsecutive year the Company has declared a bonus and delivered long term value to policyholders. The bonus declared for FY2020 is 15% higher than the last fiscal enabling ~9 lakh policyholder to get one step closer to achieving their financial goals. Participating products offer safety of capital while helping build a savings pool to achieve one's financial goals. During the last fiscal, the Company had launched one such product, Lakshya, which preserves capital while facilitating creation of a savings pool.

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 22: “The fear of getting infected with Covid-19 is causing us an immense mental trauma. A certain level of anxiety always remains there and we keep on fearing on being infected by Covid-19. Due to this physiological pressure, our daily routines are being affected and so are our business and jobs. We should not unnecessary put our self under pressure as, it’s a phase that would be passed.”

Dr.Gurpreet Singh Babra, principal consultant of internal medicine at Ivy Hospital, Mohali stated this during a talk on ‘Covid-19 & Health Hygiene’ at Chandigarh Golf Club on Monday.

The talk was organized by Ivy Hospital, Mohali. Among other senior officials and staff of club including caddies, Sandeep Sandhu and Col Arun Rohal, president and GM of Club respectively along with Col Iqbal Singh, chairman of Caddies Welfare were also presented during the occasion. Dr Babra said that one needs to be remained in a positive frame of mind by staying physiologically healthy. “We should avoid negativity especially corona related fake news that is circulated in social media’s different tools.

ICICI Prudential Life declares bonus of 788 crore

Nagar council Nangal sanitize Adda market and FF block

Dev Samaj College of Education holds online demonstration of yoga

Covid-19 is a phase that will be passed; expert

Anti-drug addiction weekobserved ISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA: District Police Kuruk-shetra is observing anti-Drug AddictionWeek. During this time, instructions havebeen given to all the police station in-charge of the district police that theyshould make people aware of the drugabuse in different ways in their area. So-cial organisations, operators at busstands, taxi stands should inform peopleabout staying away from intoxication andthe consequences of intoxication. On be-half of the Superintendent of Police, in-structions have been given to all DSPs,Thana Prabharia and Chaki Prabhariathat June 26 will be observed as WorldAnti Drug Day. Explain in detail the phys-ical and financial side effects of theyoung victim from intoxication.

Admin strict againstCSC centresKARNAL: The administration has be-come strict against the CSC center locat-ed in the district which is not functioningproperly and is not giving benefits of gov-ernment services to the people. Noticeshave been issued to all these 559 CSCoperators, most have not yet responded,due to which the work of closing all thesehas started from the CSC headquarters.District Manager Vinod Sharma said thata total of 1368 CSC IDs remained in thedistrict, out of which 559 IDs were thosewhich did not carry out any transaction inthe financial year.While CSC has made it mandatory toconduct at least 50 transactions everymonth at the village level, at least 100transactions by CSC of the city and ruralsecretariat and registration in all servicesoffered by each CSC, but 559 ID is such,Those who did not conduct the sched-uled transactions nor registered in allservices in the last financial year. In sucha situation, it has now been decided toclose all these 559 IDs, although noticeswere also issued to all these CSC opera-tors before closing CSC.

BJP holds virtualdialogueprogrammeRENU AGGARWALAMBALA: The BJP held a virtual dia-logue in Ambala to celebte completion of1 year of the Modi government at theCenter and to keep the activists active inwhich Ambala city BJP officials took part.The virtual dialogue was addressed byAmbala MP and Union Minister RatnaLal Kataria as keynote speakers. MLAfrom Ambala city Aseem Goyal also par-ticipated in the virtual dialogue. Speakingon the occasion, MLAAseem Goyal saidhe has organised a virtual dialogue tokeep workers updated about CKovid 19and China regarding virtual dialogue.MLAAseem Goyal said that this virtualdialogue was organized for the Ambalacity assembly. Amidst the tension creat-ed on the border of China and India, theopposition has also raised questionsabout the Chinese army occupying theland of India to which, MLAAsim Goyalsaid that there should not be politics onthis. The legislator said that the previousgovernments were afraid of China andhad succumbed to it but today China isnervous and ready for talks. After the vir-tual dialogue, MLAAseem Goyal gavethe BJP Yuva Morcha hand sanitisersand masks to distribute Ambala's logo.Goyal said that BJYM workers will workto deliver hand sanitisers and masks toevery house. He said as long as the fightwith Corona continues, this mission willalso continue.

Voluntary blooddonation camp todayKURUKSHETREA: A Voluntary blooddonation camp is being organised at LokNayak Jayaprakash Hospital Kuruk-shetra's Blood Fund from 9 am to 1 pmon Tuesday, 23 June. Any healthy per-son between 18 and 65 years of age candonate blood in the camp.

Yajna held in SanatanDharma temple

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Where the whole world issuffering from epidemic at this time, newcases are coming every day and thenumber of infected people is increasing.In this episode, Nilokheri is suffering frompandemic and this epidemic in SanatanDharma temple a nine-day yagna waslaunched for the liberation of the peopleduly chanted by Acharya Pandit JagdishSharma in this yagna. There was also asolar eclipse yesterday in which thesaints and Gita Manishi Sawami Gi-ananand ji had also put sacrifice for thewelfare of the world in Kurukshetra andto get rid of the corona epidemic. In thisyagna social distance will also be fullyfollowed in accordance with the instruc-tions given by the government. GeneralSecretary of Shivnath Kapur said thatthis yagna is being fought in India andthe world is suffering from the epidemicof infant welfare and crying, you are be-ing performed on this occasion.

Rural sanitationworkers protestKARNAL: The rural sanitation workersof the state have started a statewide agi-tation from today to demand implementa-tion of EPF, payment of outstanding uni-form allowance of 2020, and adequatesecurity equipment. Due to the non-reso-lution of the demands, in the form ofrage, employees wore black badges andstaged a sit-in at the BDPO office. BabuRam.V Block Secretary Rajiv, Principal ofRural Safai Karamchar Uniyya HaryanaBlock said that the State Government isnot paying any more attention to the ruralsanitation workers.

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3HARYANAPTI strike continues over demandsKARNAL: PTI agitation of sacke employees by the state government is going on in front ofthe District Secretariat for the last eight days. PTI is getting strong support from employee andpolitical organisations. On Monday, representatives from the Aam Aadmi Party, ATUC, MPHW,Ex-Servicemen Assembly, Haryana School Teachers Association, CITU and Haryana SchoolTeachers Association arrived to extend their support to PTI. Mahendra Rathi from Aam AadmiParty said that he will support him till PTI gets the job back. CITU District Secretary JagpalRana said that for eight days, teachers have been sitting on dharna. Government is not takingcare. Teachers are being forced to launch furious agitations. Sheeshpal, Anil Singh, Rajkumar,Ajmer Singh and Veena Rani were among the teachers who went on a gradual fast. SP Tyagi,Balbir Narwal, Lajwanti, Sonia Tanwar, Tekchand, Sukhbir Dahiya, Anil Saini, Vinod Gondar,Krishna Nirman, Ravindra Barani, Meena Bhardwaj, Neelam, Snehlata, Sudesh.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

CM urges teachers to makeeducation job oriented

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 22-

While highlighting the impor-tance of the role of teachers inself-reliant India, HaryanaChief Minister, Mr. ManoharLal today urged the teachersnot to limit education only tothree 'R' of basic school edu-cation ie reading, writing, andarithmetic, rather focus on theoverall development of thestudents. He urged the teach-ers to make education job ori-ented and instill values inthem so that students can be-come cultured and self-reliant.

The Chief Minister saidthis while addressing the vale-dictory session of ‘FacultyDevelopment Programme onMOOCs and MOODLE BasedLearning Management Sys-tem’ at Indira Gandhi Univer-sity, Meerpur, Rewari helddigitally here today.

The Chief Minister, whowas the Chief Guest of thefunction, shared his views onthe topic of ‘Role of teachersin Atamnirbhar Bharat'.

In his address, the ChiefMinister said, “Due toCOVID-19, the lifestyle, anddaily routine of everyone has

changed drastically. The stu-dents and teachers were alsoaffected by it. But it is a mat-ter of great pride that keepingaside the adverse effect of thiscrisis, the teachers, throughvarious online platforms, ef-fectively ensured that the stu-dents do not suffer academi-cally.”

He said that today theworld is witnessing unprece-dented and medical emer-gency times due to COVID-19Pandemic and now the teach-ers, while understanding theirresponsibility, have come onthe frontline and contributedin preparing the students as

nation builders in the future.He said that the main mot-

to behind the idea of Atam-nirbhar Bharat as given byPrime Minister, Mr. NarendraModi is that every citizenshould give their pivotal con-tribution in Nation building.Therefore, it is the role ofteachers to prepare patrioticcitizens who can give a valu-able contribution in the devel-opment of the Nation. “Weshould move forward with thisresolve that we have to takeour country and Nation aheadon the path of progress andmore we imbibe the spirit ofculture and value among stu-dents, the more speedily wewill move forward,” he added.

The Chief Minister saidthat the ‘Faculty DevelopmentProgramme on MOOCs andMOODLE Based LearningManagement System’ organ-ized by the university will def-initely prove to be very helpfulfor teachers in the onlinelearning process.

He said that in the time ofCorona crisis, along withlaunching various online sys-tems for education, the StateGovernment has also launchedonline platforms for making

government services accessi-ble to the people for their con-venience.

Portal launched toresolve complaintsof Safai karamcharisCHANDIGARH: While takingyet another step for the better-ment of Safai Karamcharis inthe State, Haryana Chief Minis-ter, Manohar Lal launched anew portal for resolving thegrievances and complaints ofSafai Karamcharis.Manohar Lal launched the por-tal while presiding over the 53rdmeeting of Water Supply andSewerage Board of PublicHealth Engineering Departmentheld under his Chairmanshiphere today. Vice Chairperson ofHaryana State Commission forSafai Karamcharis Mr KrishanKumar informed that new soft-ware has been designed anddeveloped by the department ofInformation Technology, Elec-tronics and Communication forregistering grievances andproblems online on thehttps://hscsk.org.in/ portal. Withthe help of this, the safai karam-charis will now be able to regis-ter their problems online.

STF busts gang of carlifters, 14 luxury

vehicles recoveredBUREAU CHANDIGARH JUNE 22

Unearthing a scam, Haryana’s STFhad put brakes on an interstate autolifter’s gang being operated in con-nivance with transport authority offi-cials after it arrested three accused, in-cluding two employees of MehamTransport Authority, in this connec-tion.

With their arrest, 14 high-endstolen luxurious cars worth crores ofrupees were also recovered.

Giving this information here to-day, the DIG STF, Mr Sateesh Balan,IPS had informed that STF, which hasbeen established to deal with organ-ized crime, had recovered six ToyotaFortuner, four Toyota Innova, threeMahindra Scorpio and one Breeza.

While one accused Parveen, a res-ident of Prem Nagar, Dadri has beenarrested with a car bearing registrationnumber HR-10-1616 stolen from Del-hi, the remaining 13 vehicles were re-covered from different locations bythe STF team. The other two arrestedaccused belonging to Meham Author-ity were identified as MRC Anil Ku-mar, Computer Operator Sombir.

The accused disclosed that the gangtampered the chassis and engine num-bers in connivance with transport au-thority officials and got the vehicle reg-

istered with the transport authorities inHaryana on the basis of forged docu-ments. During the course of investiga-tions, Mr Balan informed that recordsof Sonipat and Meham Authority hadbeen obtained with which the accusedconfessing to having involved in regis-tration of more than 500 vehicles fromdifferent authorities without any docu-ments. Raids are being conducted to ar-rest others involved in this organizedgang of vehicle theft as well as recoveryof stolen vehicles.

Police seize hugecache of prohibitedmedicines in KaithalCHANDIGARH: In yet anothercrackdown, Haryana Police haveseized a huge cache of prohibiteddrugs, including 88,260 tablets, 4200capsules and 100 intoxicant injectionsduring a raid at a house in Kaithal dis-trict. Police have also arrested twopersons on the charges of stockingand selling these drugs. While statingthis here today, a Haryana Policespokesperson informed that arrestedaccused were identified as SaleemKhan and Balwinder alias Ballu, bothresidents of Manas. The crackdownwas made by a team of Anti NarcoticCell following a secret input.

Blood donation campon Muni’s birthday

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: A blood donation camp was organised in the Aradhanatemple to commemorate the birthday of Acharya Shri Piyush JiMaharaj. On this occasion, a large number of blood donors fromthe Indri Vidhan Sabha participated in this pious work. On the oc-casion, Piyushji Maharaj started the programme by donatingblood. On this occasion, Piyushji Maharaj blessed the DistrictGeneral Secretary of the Kisan Morcha of the Bharatiya JanataParty, Master Narendra Gorsi. Master Narendra Gorsi said that Itoo had the good fortune to speak and received the prasad ofvirtue from the lotus feet of Guru ji, every worker on my small callreached this Pune-like work where the blood was sacrificed for it-self and I have done the work of boosting my morale, where thesoul gets the feeling from this type of work, while there is also theoffering of happiness. He said that donating blood can save life ofsomeone. Blood donation is a Mahadan, he said. He said that In-dri workers reached a large number on my small invitation andattended the blood donation camp. I am thankful to them. MastiNarendra Gorsi said that special donation of social distance hasbeen kept in the blood donation camp.

BJP workers honourJagmohan Anand

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: A meeting of BJP workers took place in Indri's New GrainMarket, in which a large number of BJP workers took part. Dis-trict BJP president Jagmohan Anand and MLA Ram KumarKashyap attended as the chief guest. The workers honoured himby offering him a saropea. Jagmohan Anand and MLA Ram Ku-mar Kashyap counted the achievements of the second term ofthe Modi government and gave a call to reach the public. He saidthat whether it is a matter of section 370 or triple talaq or thesafety of the country, the BJP government has taken firm deci-sions under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi whohas strengthened the credibility of the country. Speaking on theoccasion, Indri Mandal President Aman Virk said that the devel-opment of the country in the BJP government has not been doneby any government till date. Today, India is strong in every field,which is due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Today, recordbreaking development works are being done under the leader-ship of Manohar Lal government in the state. She was accompa-nied by Indri Mandal president Aman Virk, husband of block com-mittee chairperson Kusum Kamboj, Rishipal Kamboj, formerblock committee chairman Sumer Chand Kamboj Muradgarh,Sanjeev Badarpur, husband of municipal chaparsan Amit Goel,Shiv Kumar, Samay Singh, Mohan Saini Kunjpura Mandal Presi-dent, Narendra Gudha, Mukesh Mangla etc. all BJP workerswere present.

MC drive against people not wearing maskINDRI: The municipal administration carried out a checking oper-ation at various squares in the city against people who did not fol-low the lockdown rules.During checking, 9 peo-ple were challaned andfine was collected on thespot. Municipal SecretaryRavindra Kumar saidthat as per the order ofthe government, Rs 500fine is being chargedfrom people not weaingmask in public. He ap-pealed to the people tofollow the rules of lockdown, take care, wear a mask, washhands withsanitiser and take care of social distancing. Peoplewere asked to cooperate fully with the administration and govern-ment in controlling this epidemic. Only then can we win this war.To control this epidemic, the country was locked down by thegovernment, but in view of the needs of the people, some of thelockdown rules have been relaxed but not removed. Thereforepeople must follow all rules.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 22

Haryana Deputy Chief MinisterHaryana Dushyant Chautala saidthat necessary arrangements havebeen made to check the corona epi-demic in the state. No vaccine hasbeen made for this disease yet, de-spite all possible efforts are beingmade not to cause much harm to thedisease, testing has been increasedand medicines and oxygen are beingprovided to patients on time. Thedeath toll from the Corona epidem-ic in Haryana is also low, the recov-ery rate is high. If the people of thestate remain aware of this epidemic,then it can be won without any loss.The Deputy Chief Minister wasspeaking to reporters on Monday onthe occasion of the blood donationcamp organized on the 32nd convo-cation day of Saint Piyush Muni JiMaharaj at Shri Atma Manohar JainAradhana Mandir on Indri Road.

In this blood donation camp, healso donated blood and the workers

also donated blood with him.Around 135 blood donors donatedblood in today's camp. The institutewas awarded the highest number ofblood donors and other social work-ers. He started this programme bylighting the lamp.

Indri MLA RamkumarKashyap, JJP National General Sec-retary Brij Sharma, Piyush MuniMaharaj, Virendra Jain, Sushil Jain,

Rahul Jain, Naveen Jain, GurudevRamba were also present on the oc-casion. The Deputy Chief Ministeralso laid the foundation stone of thefirst floor of Shri Atma ManoharJain Health Care Institute to be builton behalf of Atma Manohar Chari-table in the Atma Manohar JainAradhana Mandir.The Deputy CMsaid that the opposition talks aboutscams, former Chief Minister

Bhupinder Singh Hooda should seehis own scams. A recent scam is the1983 PTI teachers appointment. Itshould be inquired and FIR shouldbe filed.

JJP National General SecretaryBrij Sharma welcomed the guestson the occasion. Piyush Muni JiMaharaj gave his blessings toeveryone and said that the nature ofthe Deputy Chief Minister is publicwelfare, at an early age he gainedfame like his great grandfatherChaudhary Devi Lal. In this pro-gram Virendra Jain, Sushil Jain,Ashwani Jain, Naveen Jain, MohanLal Garg honoured the Chief Guest,Deputy Chief Minister and otherguests.

Panchayat PollDeputy Chief Minister DushyantChautala told reporters that if allgoes well, the Panchayati Raj elec-tions in Haryana will be held onschedule. Elections are due in Janu-ary 2021.

Corona fatality rate less in Haryana: Dushyant

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 22

Poets paid tributes to the 20 Indiansoldiers who were martyred in anattack by neighboring China in theGalvan Valley, by presenting theirgreat martyrdom with songs andsongs Kiya's audience got carriedaway. National Integrated Forum ofArtists and Activists (NIFAA) or-ganised the national DigitalMushaira/Kavi Sammelan pro-gramme in memory of these bravesoldiers of India in which Hindi,Punjabi and Urdu Language poetsparticipated and saluted them withtheir words. In this poet conferenceorganised in the name of `Shraddh-jani’, famous writer, litterateur, poetand former Deputy Director Gener-al of Police of Haryana RajbirDeswal, while remembering themartyrs, said, “Come remember us

all, those brave Balbirs. Those whowere martyred in Galvan, thoserebels to Baladhiras. "

Poet Prof. Dinesh Dadhichisaid of the soldiers who fought onthe outskirts, “Every resident of In-dia will always remember Galvan.The sacrifice of those brave soldierswill always be remembered. Whosecourage we are all safe at home. Youwill never forget that your favor willalways be remembered. "

In the programme, poet, writerand litterateur Kumar VishwajeetSapan, specially associated withHyderabad, also mentioned the Gal-van Valley. Vishwajit Sapan, an In-dian Police Service officer current-ly posted as Principal SecretaryHome in Andhra Pradesh, sang inTarannum, "The attack took placeon the country, deepening the oceanof sorrow." Mothers lost sons, aban-doned Mamata. " Poet Musavvir

Ferozpuri, through a share, paid hisrespects, saying, "There is a greatdeal of effort on the efforts of thehearts." The trap has flown alongwith the courage of the people. ”

Urdu poet Gurdeep Kaur Gulgave a slogan of Hindi bhai bhai,while satirising China who stabbedthe country in the back and said,every moment intensifies the stigmaof misdeeds. He thrives on that, hethrives on Hamasayat. " Punjabipoet Manjit Indira also paid homageto the martyrs and presented thePunjabi Kalam with the words,"Sade Naina vich bhakde roh dechingade". Asi Himmataan jaye,Saade parbata jehe zere. Famouspoet Shyam Vashisht also remem-bered and sang the heroes of Galvanthrough a muktaka in Tarannum,salutes the martyrs, apna se haivatan apna. The blood is the water,the martyrs have adopted their own.

" Shyam Sundar Gupta, while chal-lenging China, said, “Let the stormof the fury of the Hindus. Punjabipoet Ratan Singh Dhillon said,"Mother earth gave the rakhi whichblood dolde." Jai Hind Bolde ofVary Nu Mar Muka. Such bravepeople pay tribute to me. Veerjawana de dar te main ni sharne

At the end, the famous poetShams Tabreji, who played the pro-gramme and introduced the poetsalso remembered the martyrs byreading some of their poems. Hesaid, "It is also a duty to remember,to make them alive." Those whodied for the sake of the country,salute those martyrs. " Young poetManoj Gautam of Karnal sang in hisfamiliar style, giving blood to Dharain the Qurbaan Valley. Few but stillfought in the strong valley. Theyoung poet Jai Deep Tuli performedthe lyrical song.

Poets pay tribute to Galwan martyrs

Khurana Convenor ofBharat Vikas Parishad

BUREAUKARNAL, JUNE 22

Gaurav Khurana has been appointed as the ProvincialConvenor of the Bharat Vikas Parishad. He has beenappointed by Dr. Paramjit Pahwa, Provincial Presidentof the BVP. After his appointment, Gaurav Khuranahas thanked Dr. Paramjit Pahwa, Provincial Presidentof BVP and Amarnath Sharma, General Secretary.

He said that he will follow the responsibility as-signed to him by the council with full devotion andhard work. Priyanka Kathpal, Chairperson of ShriRadha Krishna Branch of the Council, Anil Arora,Vice President Anil Arora, Secretary Sandeep Kukre-ja, Secretary-General Jogindra Judd, TreasurerPramod Nagpal congratulated him on making GauravKhurana as the Provincial Convenor (Youth Sacra-ment) of the Council. Priyanka Kathpal said that it isa matter of pride for the branch that Gaurav Khurana,former chairman of our branch, has been appointed asthe provincial convenor in view of the work done byhim.

Police arrest 2 extortionistsRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL, JUNE 22

Kalayat police have arrested two persons, including a woman, for allegedly extortingRs.1.5 Lakh from a businessman after hatching a conspiracy to involve him in a criminalcase.The police also recovered Rs.10,000/- of the total extorted money. The woman wassent to judicial custody by a court here and the man was taken on a day’s remand for fur-ther interrogation and recovery of a mobile phone used by them in making a video of thevictim.

S.P Shashank Kumar Sawan said here today that the police have arrested Meena Devi(40) of Karnal and her accomplice Vinod of Sega Village in Karnal and recoveredRs.6,000 and Rs.4000, respectively from them. The woman and her accomplice were intothe profession of matchmaking. The businessman of Kalayat at town came in contact withthem as he was interested in finding a suitable match for his brother-in-law. On June 4,2019, he was asked by the duo to accompany them to Taraori, Karnal to meet the proposedbridge, the businessman alleged. While they were sitting in a room, a girl on some pre-text entered the room and all others – except the girl and the Kalayat businessman-rushedout. ‘Meanwhile, two armed men arrived and they forcibly asked both of them to disrobeand made their video, the businessman alleged. They asked the victim to arrange Rs. 10Lakh and threatened to kill his son if he revealed anything to anybody.The victim con-tacted his relative over the mobile phone and arranged Rs.1.5 lakh. The accused collect-ed this money from Kalayat.

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If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June 19 state-ment before an assembly of senior Opposition lead-ers on the subject of intensive Chinese military ac-

tivity in our border areas was a deep disappointment tothe country, its clarification the following day by thePrime Minister’s Office was worse. It was deeply dis-maying. It appeared to be saying the same thing as theChinese. In effect, it mocked the death of India’s 20soldiers who fell on June 15 trying to push the Chinesemilitary out from the Galwan River valley in easternLadakh, although this could not have been Mr Modi’sintention.

The PM spoke after his colleagues from the Oppo-sition parties had spoken and was gracious enough toacknowledge their sentiment in standing four squarebehind the country and its armed forces, but he deliv-ered a shock when he said categorically and explicitlythat the Chinese had not entered the Indian side of theLine of Actual Control or occupied any Indian posts.

If this was the case, then what’s been all the hulla-baloo about in India's military and political circles oflate? What was the need for the tensionfilled hourslong talk between the commander of India’s Ladakh-based 14 Corps and his Chinese counterpart on June 6?Why did the Indian readout of the conversation be-tween our external affairs minister and his Chinesecounterpart speak of Chinese intrusion without anyhedging? Indeed, why the need of the MEA to urge theChinese to return to “status quo ante” in Ladakh?

It is a no-brainer that Mr Modi’s remarks to Oppo-sition leaders are severely at odds with the MEA state-ment and the external affairs minister's observations. Inthat case, should heads roll in the MEA? More dramat-ically, should heads roll in the country’s higher militarycommand since the top brass too has been committedto facts on the ground and the pith of its observationsto the media have shown concern about China’s mili-tary incursion into the Galwan river valley as well as inthe Fingers area of Pangong Lake? If heads should rollin these precincts, what is the offence that should be at-tributed to them? Being at odds with the understandingof the PM? Did the national security advisor, who nowcarries a cabinet rank, and the newly-appointed Chiefof Defence Staff, shape the PM's appreciation, or didthey not?

These are subjects of critical importance for ournational life and are best thrashed out in Parliament atthe earliest, and not spun around and rung dry for crasspropaganda on friendly television channels, in supinesections of the media, and by the vicious battalions ofthe ruling party’s social media warriors.

Questions and doubtsafter PMO weighs in

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

Editorial

Literature & Culture'Corona cases in China were 37 times

higher than reported in January'Coronavirus cases in

China were likely 37times higher than that

reported by the country'sgovernment in January 2020,according to a US-basedthink tank RAND.

Since the outbreak of anovel coronavirus, severalgovernmental and non-gov-ernmental agencies aroundthe world have accused Chi-na of opacity regarding thevirus and for hiding informa-tion.

RAND has published areport after examining therole of commercial air travelin the coronavirus disease2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.The Think Tank has said thatthere is strong evidence toprove that China's reportedCOVID-19 caseload was un-dercounted by a factor ofnearly 40.

"Many people haveraised concerns about the ac-curacy of COVID-19 datafrom China. In this report, wepresent strong evidence thatChina's reported COVID-19caseload was undercountedby a factor of nearly 40," thethink tank wrote.

"Based on officially re-ported cases in China in Jan-uary 2020, the odds of thenovel coronavirus appearingby January 22, 2020, in

Japan, Thailand, South Ko-rea, the United States, andTaiwan--as it did--wouldhave been minuscule," it not-ed.

From December 31,2019, to January 22, 2020,China reported a daily aver-age of 172 cases of COVID-19 among its residents. Thisnumber of confirmed caseswas equivalent to just one per8.2 million residents in thecountry per day.

If one goes by this trend,five countries--Japan, Thai-land, South Korea, the UnitedStates, and Taiwan--whichwere most at risk of import-ing COVID-19 from Chinashould have reported veryfew or nil cases as far fewerthan 8.2 million passengersflew from China to the fivecountries over that 23-day pe-

riod.However, RAND said

that the COVID-19 caseswere already being reportedin all five countries duringthis time.

"Just more than 1 millionpassengers flew from Chinato Japan and Thailand each,while slightly more than750,000 flew to South Korea,500,000 flew to the UnitedStates, and fewer than400,000 flew to Taiwan.Thus, all of these passengersfrom China totalled fewerthan 3.7 million, for an ex-pected COVID-19 exporta-tion rate of less than one caseto all five of these countriescombined," it said.

"However, COVID-19cases were already being re-ported in all five countriesduring this time.

New treatment for'frozen shoulder'

Ateam of scientists has developed anew minimally-invasive treatmentthat decreases errant blood flow in

the shoulder to quickly reduce pain andimprove function in patients with adhe-sive capsulitis, also known as "frozenshoulder."

The research abstract was presentedduring a virtual session of the Society ofInterventional Radiology's 2020 AnnualScientific Meeting.

Frozen shoulder gradually causes sig-nificant pain and stiffness of the shoulderjoint in an estimated 200,000 people inthe U.S. each year. The symptoms are of-ten treated with physical therapy or painmedications until they resolve within oneto three years.

"Patients with frozen shoulder are es-sentially told to tough it out until theirsymptoms improve, but considering thesignificant pain and decreased functionmany experiences, we looked to deter-mine if this treatment model of emboliza-tion, already in use in other areas of thebody, could provide immediate anddurable relief," said Sandeep Bagla, MD,CEO of Vascular Interventional Partners,NOVA and lead author of the study.

"We were shocked at the profoundand dramatic improvement patients expe-rienced in pain and use of their shoulder,"Bagla added.

In this Phase II FDA-approved Inves-tigational Device Exemption clinical trialon arterial embolization of the shoulder(AES), interventional radiologists insert-ed a catheter through a pinhole-sized inci-sion in patients' wrists that was used to

feed microsphere particles into as manyas six arteries in the shoulder to reduceinflammation.

The treatment was conducted on anoutpatient basis and took approximatelyone hour. Each patient's pain, disability,and blood flow in the shoulder weremeasured before and after the treatmentusing three scales, in addition to MRI im-aging to visualize the shoulder joint.

The treatment was successfully com-pleted in 16 patients whose symptomshad not responded to conservative treat-ment over 30 days.

Minor adverse events such as tempo-rary skin discolouration were reported innine patients. One month later, re-searchers followed the progress of 11 pa-tients and found that pain significantlydecreased after AES (-57 mm on the Vi-sual Analog Scale) and improved physicalfunction in all patients (+28 mm on theSingle Assessment Numeric Evaluationand +30 mm on the American Shoulderand Elbow Surgeons Shoulder Score).Additional progress was reported at thethree-month follow-up.

"We are early in the investigation ofthis treatment but are inspired by its ef-fectiveness in reducing pain and range ofmotion in patients' shoulders," said Bagla.

The research was conducted as a col-laboration between interventional radiolo-gy and orthopaedic surgery to build on in-ternational studies of the procedure byadapting the treatment design and embol-ic agent to be more durable. The teamplans to expand the study to additionalpatients in 2020.

"Yoga is an invaluablegift of India's ancient tra-dition," said Prime Min-

ister Narendra Modi as hepitched for World Yoga Dayat United General Assemblyin 2014.

The age-old Indian prac-tice has since then beenslowly but surely flourishingin the modern minds and hasmade its mark at an interna-tional level.

Scores of people from allquarters of the world are en-thused to mark the sixth edi-tion of International YogaDay; observed on June 21.

Connected to the deeptraditional strings, the con-cept of Yoga is being widelyrecognised overseas, bindingpeople from different wakesof life to engage in the holis-tic approach of health andwellbeing, explained GrandMaster Akshar, an interna-tionally acclaimed Yogamaster, philanthropist, spiri-tual guru, lifestyle coach,and author.

Akshar, who has trainedmany renowned personalitiesincluding the multifacetedAustralian cricketer MatthewHayden, in interaction withANI noted that: "Yoga is avast concept, and the propos-al of a world yoga day froma high profile personalityfrom India, like that of PrimeMinister, has only con-tributed to its wider-recogni-tion. The number of Yoga en-thusiasts has only doubledover these years. "

Hailing from the Hi-malayas, Grand Master Ak-shar has also trained leg-

endary cricketer SunilGavaskar, wrestling champi-ons-sisters Geeta and BabitaPhogat, International athlete- Padma Shri Awardee Ba-jrang Puniya, to name a few.

"Yoga is like a sea; it isnever-ending. The more youexplore, the more you study.Now, the whole world isaware of the power of medi-tation. The only way to un-derstand the vast energy ouruniverse behold is throughproper meditation" says Ak-shar.

However, he stressed ontaking up proper guidance,or a detailed study about thestructure of meditation. Ide-ally, it should be learnedfrom someone who is prac-ticing, to grow, elevate, andunderstand energy.

Taking cues from hispersonal experience, Aksharwho has trained more than10,00,000 practitioners glob-ally through online and of-fline platforms, says manypractitioners who have beendoing yoga for 30 years but

still approach him to gettheir training started rightfrom the beginning. The rea-son he says is "abrupt start"to the practice in the firstplace due to the immediatesatisfaction Yoga provides.

Akshar whose missionand vision are to aid peoplewith the tools and learningsto 'live their best potentiallife' has lately trained onelakh students under his socialservice campaign 'Yoga isfor All'. "From kids togrown-ups, to unhealthy and

the fit, yoga is for everyone.Practice yoga by nourishingwhat your body and minddemands," she said.

"We design postures andstructures of yoga per whatthe practitioner's concern is.For children, it will be betterif they do yoga that involvesmore moving postures. Thesame would not apply to oldage people who find difficul-ty in doing so. Hence thereare different types of yogafor different people, but thebeauty is, yoga is for every-

one," he added.The initial step that any

form of yoga demands is tomake oneself 'shaant' (calm),then enrich the knowledge tomake the practice more "de-fined and refined".

A whole transformationof the individual is possibleonly after attaining the com-plete knowledge, which canbe done only through properguidance from an expert.

Akshar explained:"There is a vital need tospread a strong awareness ofyoga, as it nourishes, enrich-es the whole being, physical-ly and mentally. However, itis of no doubt that the con-cept and brilliance of yogahave reached globally withmany filled with zeal topractice Yoga and reap itsmaximum benefits."

The sixth edition of theInternational Yoga Daycomes with a theme of "Yogaat Home and Yoga with Fam-ily," which only adds to thefact that Yoga is for everyoneand can be done anywhere.

"Once you find the har-mony, and understand whothe "self" is, the place doesn'tmatter. One can do Yogaanywhere, it is all about cre-ating and understanding theenergy around," said Akshar,who has also written thebook 'Yoga Namaskar,' adocumented reveal of theseven namaskars.

So, on this InternationalYoga Day, do not hesitate toroll out your yoga mat, in thecomfort of your home, andempower the energy withinyou.

'Yoga is endless like sea

A Cooking EggPIPIT sate upright in herchairSome distance from

where I was sitting;Views of the OxfordCollegesLay on the table, with

the knitting.Daguerreotypes and silhouettes,Her grandfather and great great aunts,

Supported on the mantelpieceAn Invitation to the Dance.

I shall not want Honour in HeavenFor I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney

And have talk with CoriolanusAnd other heroes of that kidney.I shall not want Capital in HeavenFor I shall meet Sir Alfred Mond:

We two shall lie together, laptIn a five per cent Exchequer Bond.I shall not want Society in Heaven,Lucretia Borgia shall be my Bride;

Her anecdotes will be more amusingThan Pipit’s experience could provide.

I shall not want Pipit in Heaven:Madame Blavatsky will instruct me

In the Seven Sacred Trances;Piccarda de Donati will conduct me…. . . . .

POEMS

T. S. ELIOT

(BY T. S. ELIOT )

So is London inchingtowards becoming“Carona free”? The

virus seems to be fadinggently. For the first timein months there are no“surplus deaths”: that is,deaths above the five-year average beforeCovid struck.

If that continues,more of us can come outonto the streets with allshops and restaurantsopen and maybe morepubs as well. Theatreswill have to redesign theirseats at least a metre apart(if and when the PrimeMinister Boris Johnson

makes up his mind). Butthere are reports that thegovernment might relaxthe social distancing ruleas the economy needs topick up, and hotels andother establishments needto open their doors.

Many Britons will de-cide to stay in the UKthese summer holidays,since travelling may wellbecome a nightmare solocal travel and “stayca-tions” will be popular.

Already as the insideof pubs and restaurantsare difficult to maintaindue to social distancingrules, crowds are spilling

onto the streets over thislast lovely warm week-end, beer mugs in hand.

Open air drinking andeating is now the norm.The virus is making us allsunshine addicts. Perhapsfood delivery in the parksaround London will bethe next Big Idea forcatering.

There is also hopethat perhaps the Oxfordvaccine will be ready tobe manufactured by Sep-tember but in the mean-time an age old, out-of-patent drug has alsoproved effective for seri-ous patients on ventila-

tors. Things are finallylooking up. Hope is amuch loved four-letterword! It is the economythat is in ICU now, whilepeople are becoming cau-tiously optimistic. Unem-ployment is high andwhile the main benefitUniversal Credit hascoped with two millionextra claimants, it is tightfisted. The grant is low soit encourages you to seekwork. But there is nowork to seek! It is diffi-cult for bureaucrats tochange their own rules astheir jobs are never atrisk.

UK cautiously looks ahead, tolocal travel and ‘staycations’

NEWS AT AGLANCE

Anil Minhas serves people from EnglandJYOTI SYALGAGRET: In this era of crisis, some people are refusing to recognize theirloved ones, while there are some people whose heart is beating for theirloved ones from abroad. In this era of Corona virus crisis, Anil Minhas, sittingin England, has set a new example of humanity. Due to the cancellation of airflights around the world, he could not come himself to help the needy peoplein this hour of crisis, but in this era of crisis, no one should sleep hungry, forthat help is coming uninterrupted. Social activist Anil Minhas Sonu, sitting inEngland, has so far sent the help of about one and a half lakh rupees todistribute ration to the needy people and with his efforts, Bajrang Dal is ableto provide ration to the needy people in Gagret. Originally, he belongs toBadoh of Gagret.

Volunteers givemessage to stay cleanthrough yoga JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: A one-day online yogacamp was organized under the FitHimachali Hit Himachali programmeunder the National Service Scheme atAtal Bihari Vajpayee GovernmentCollege, Bangana during InternationalYoga Week. NSS volunteers took partvigorously. Programme Officer Dr. AartiDevi while addressing the volunteersduring the online message said thathuman existence is through physical,mental and spiritual fitness. Therefore,yoga helps in the balanceddevelopment of these three. At thesame time, volunteer Akshay Sharmasaid that yoga has great importance inour life. Therefore, we should do yogaevery day. Volunteers including Shalu,Sulekha, Akansha, Indu, Kirti, Nisha,Mehak, Nitish, Vishal, Abhishek andLakshya participated in this onlineyoga camp.

Forest Departmenthonours CoronaWarrior forest guardswith citationSHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: During the Corona epidemic,health department and policedepartment employees are giving dutyday and night as Kotona Yodhas, butalong with them 10 forest guardsworking under Nalagarh forest divisiongot shoulder to shoulder with Baddipolice for the last two and a halfmonths. They played an important rolein the fight against Corona. ForestBoard Officer Yashudeep Singhhonored them with a citation. Forestguards who received the honor includeJoginder Pal, Pankaj Sharma, Anshul,Harpal Singh, Kartavya Thakur,Sameer Hussain, Balbir Singh, GurdevSingh, Parvesh Kumar and KaranKumar. On this occasion, YashudeepSingh said that while the wholecountry is fighting this epidemic, he isproud that these 10 forest guards ofhis department have also broughtglory to their department by working asCorona warriors.

Petroleum peoduct priceswill not be reducedVISHAL RANAHAMIRPUR: General public is notgetting any relief from the increase inpetroleum prices. Union Minister ofState for Finance Anurag Singh Thakurhas said that for the last 2 months, theconsumption of petrol across thecountry has come down drastically,causing a lot of damage to thecountry's economy. Anurag Thakursaid that a lot of money is required torun government welfare schemes, insuch a situation, the prices ofpetroleum products cannot bereduced. Anurag Singh Thakur wasaddressing a virtual press conferencewith the journalists of Hamirpur today.

Shops at Kangra busstand remain closedKANGRA: All shops and businessestablishments remained closed at theNew general bus stand here Monday withshopkeepers demanding that they be notcharged the monthly rent of the shops bythe bus stand management as businesshas slashed down to zero in the area. Theshop keepers kept their shutters down andprotested at the bus stand in support oftheir demands. A few shopkeepers toldUNI that as there was no interstate busservice due to COVID 19 here and privatebuses were off the roads a little number ofHRTC buses were plying but with lessnumber of passengers leaving theirbusinesses in lurch. They said theirbusiness was adversely affected and itwas difficult even to pay the monthly rent oftheir shops. The bus stand wasconstructed under Build Operate andTransfer (BOT) scheme and the protestingshopkeepers met the contractor who onhumanitarian grounds gave them relief oftwo-and-half month rent. The shopkeepersdecided to meet the SDM Kangra in thisconnection so that government comes outwith financial package as a relief for theseshopkeepers.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

Govt committed for the welfare,empowerment of women: CM

Jai Ram addresses virtual rally of BJP Mahila MorchaAGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 22

While addressing the Virtual Rallyof BJP Mahila Morcha fromShimla today, Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur said that the StateGovernment was committed forwelfare and empowerment of thewomen in the State. He said thatseveral schemes have beenlaunched for the economicupliftment and socialempowerment of the women.Chief Minister said that the StateMahila Morcha has done acommendable work in preparingand distributing face masks andface covers to the people of theState. He said that the MahilaMorcha has also played a key rolein providing ration and cookedfood to the needy at the time ofcurfew in the State. Chief Ministersaid that the able leadership inform of Prime Minister NarendraModi has taken timely steps tocheck spread of the virus. He saidthat the decision of lockdown bythe Prime Minister has helped inchecking the spread of this virus.He said that due to the timelydecision taken by the PrimeMinister death rate in India due toCorona was very less as comparedto most of the developed nations ofthe country. As many as 4.75 lakhpeople have lost their lives due toCovid-19 in fifteen mostdeveloped countries with a totalpopulation of 142 crore whereas inIndia with a population of 135crore have reported over 13,000deaths due to corona till date.

Jai Ram Thakur said that thesituation in the State was quiteunder control as out of the total

701 cases of Corona virus, 420have been cured. He said that atone stage there was only oneCovid-19 case in the State, but thenumber rose due to about two lakhpeople of the State stranded indifferent parts of the country whowere brought back by the StateGovernment. Chief Minister saidthat Himachal Pradesh was thefirst State in the country to providefifty percent reservation in thePanchayati Raj Institutions andUrban Local Bodies. He said thatthis has not only ensuredparticipation of women indevelopment and policy making,but also ensured theirempowerment. Jai Ram Thakursaid that one cannot even imagineof development of the societywithout the development of thewomenfolk. He said that thus theState Government has launchedseveral schemes for the womenempowerment. He said that freegas connections have beenprovided to 2.76 lakh familiesunder State Scheme GrihniSuvidha Yojna and 1.36 lakhconnections under Ujjawala Yojna.He said that Rs 500 each havebeen deposited in the accounts of5.90 lakh eligible women underthe Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojna during the months of April,May and June. Two minute silencewas also observed on the occasionin honour of the Galwan martyrs.Member of Parliament andNational General Secretary BJPSaroj Pandey said that whenNarendra Modi became PrimeMinister of the country in the year2014, the economy of the countrywas grim and the nation waswitnessing scam almost daily.

Planning to cultivateHeeng and saffron

SHIMLA: The StateGovernment is planning tocultivate first plantation ofHeeng and saffron in highaltitude areas of Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts underthe Krishi Se Sampannta Yojanato boost economy of the farmersof these areas. This was stated byChief Minister Jai Ram Thakurwhile presiding over reviewmeeting of Budget Assurancesfor 2020-21 here today. ChiefMinister said that efforts werealso being made to cover aboutone lakh farmers of the State foradopting natural farming in theState under the Prakritik KhetiKhushal Kissan Yojna. He saidthat as many as 20,000 hectaresland would be brought under thenatural farming by the end of thisyear. He said that this would notonly boost the economy of the

farmers by fetching them betterprices of their produces but alsoprovide the people fertilizer freeproducts. He said that the StateGovernment has also enhancedthe honorarium of part timeworkers engaged in revenuedepartment from existing Rs.3500 to Rs. 3800 per month.Similarly the honorarium ofNumberdars has been increasedfrom Rs. 1500 to Rs. 2000, headded. Jai Ram Thakur said thatthe State Government was alsotrying to register atleast fiveGeographical Indications (GIs)for Karsog Kulth, Thangi ofPangi, metal craft of Chamba,Chukh of Chamba and Rajmah ofBharmour. He said that thiswould not only provide bettermarket to these products but alsostrengthen the economy of thepeople of the areas.

AGENCYSHIMLA, JUN 22

A total of 44 people, includingsix of the same family, testedpositive for the virus taking thetotal infections in the state to701, Additional Chief SecretaryHealth and Nodal Officer ofCOVID R D Dhiman said onMonday.

While 16 tested positive inHamipur district, 14 in Kangra,9 in Una, two each Sirmaur andSolan districts, he said. With 44fresh infections, the tally rose to701 which included 265 activecases. As many as 22 patientsrecovered in the state duringlast 24 hours. Chief MedicalOfficer of Hamipur ArchanaSoni confirmed that 16 newcases of Corona surfaced inHamirpur district as five caseseach were reported in Nadaunmedical block and Tauni Deviand three each in Bhoranj andBarsar. With the reporting of 16new cases, the total number ofCorona positive cases in

Hamipur district has risen to182. This includes 70 activecases, 111 cured and two dead.Deputy Commissioner KangraRakesh Prajapati said that withthree fresh cases in the district,the total increased to 184.

He said that a 41-yr-oldman having a travel history ofDelhi tested positive today. Hiswife and daughter had alreadytested positive . Similarly, a 38-yr-old man also returned fromDelhi tested positive. He was ininstitution quarantine in Talwar.A 51-yr-old resident of Rakhvillage and Nagri post officetested positive. His son, withtravel history of Delhi, hadalready tested positive.

nCoV cases in HP mount to701; 44 fresh infections

Two new containmentzones created in Una: DC

PAKANJ KATNAUNA, JUNE 22

Orders have been issued to declare this area as aContainment Zone after a positive case of Covid-19infection found in Adarsh Nagar, Ward No. 6 ofGram Panchayat Amb. Giving this information,Deputy Commissioner Una Sandeep Kumar said thatthese orders have been issued for prevention ofcorona virus infection. He said that the portion ofAdarsh Nagar in Ward No. 6 of Gram Panchayat Ambwhich comes right from the Mahafil Restaurant onthe Amb-Mubarikpur Road of National Highways503-A to Waheguru Flex Shop, has been declared asContainment Zone whereas areas of ward number 5,7, 8, 9, 11 and ward number 6 of Adarsh Nagar ofAmb have been declared as buffer zones. DC said thatarea of village panchayat Tukka ward number 3 ofUna subdivision (from Ram Swaroop's house in JattMohalla to Ram Das's house) has also been declaredas a container zone, while the remaining of wardnumber 1 and ward number 3 of Tukka The zone hasbeen declared as a buffer zone. He said that theseorders will remain in force with immediate effectfrom June 21. There will be no relaxation in curfew inthese container zones. He told that on June 22, AgyaRam complex and Amb market is going to reopen. Hesaid that orders have also been issued to exclude AmbBazar and Agya Ram Complex from the list ofContainment Zone. He informed that the shopkeepersand their helpers would be screened through the ChiefMedical Officer to identify the possible infected andprevent the corona virus from spreading.

BJYM burns effigy of Chinesepremier, ready to go to borders

PREETI RANAUNA, JUNE 22

Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) UnaMandal led by President Ravi Zaldar burnt effigy ofChinese premier and shouted slogans against China. Hesaid that China cheated our soldiers by deception , Thisshows that now the central government should not trustChina and teach it a lesson. He said that some people inIndia are Chinese butterer, such black sheep should leavefor China to citizenship there.

He said that we are standing shoulder to shoulderwith the Army of the country, if this is too much, thecentral government should send us to the border to teachChina a lesson. They paid tribute to the martyred soldierson this occasion and 2 minute silence was observed.. Onthis occasion, dozens of workers including VinaySharma, Lalit Rehal, Vishal Kanwar, Ajay, RupinderDehal, Udayvir Thakur, Akash Puri, were present.

HAMIRPUR, JUN 22

Union Minister of statefor Finance and corporateaffairs Anurag Thakur onMonday said that the firstyear of the NDA-2government at center was full ofachievements and highlights.This government did such thingsthat no past government couldperform, he told media personalsof his parliamentary constituencythrough virtual pressconferencing held from Delhi.Former Chief Minister PremKumar Dhumal, local MLA’sNarendra Thakur , Kamlesh

Kumari and district BJPchief Baldev Sharmawere also present in thepress conference atHamirpur. A two minutessilence was observed inmemory of Shaheed

Ankush Thakur of Hamirpurwho had laid down his life whilefighting against Chinese lastMonday. For this, AnuragThakur made an appeal to allthose present in the pressconference. He said that creditfor bringing India into limelighton all fronts goes to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah.

First year of NDA-2 full ofachievements: Anurag

HMV Collegiate Sr. Sec.School celebratesFathers’ Day

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: HMV Collegiate Sr.Sec. School organized ‘Daddy andMe’ selfie contest. The studentsclicked their selfies with their fathers,expressing their explicable love andsentiments. The selfie of DaminiSharma of SSC-1 (Comm) wasselected as one of the best selfies.Principal Dr. Ajay Sareen and Schoolcoordinator Mrs. Meenakshi Sayalappreciated the efforts of students andmotivated them to acknowledge theunconditional love and efforts of theirfathers. Rama Sharma (HOD, MassCommunication Deptt.) judged thecontest. Richa (Commerce Deptt.) wasthe incharge of the event.

Apeejay College organiseswebinar on ‘IntellectualProperty Rights’

JALANDHAR: The IntellectualProperty Rights Cell of ApeejayCollege of Fine Arts, Jalandharorganised a Webinar on IntellectualProperty Rights and Education Sectorin which Srividya Vutha was theResource Person from Mumbai. TheIncharge of Intellectual Property RightsCell and convener of the webinarSupreet S J Talwar shared with theaudience that there is a hugeimprovement in India’s rank in theGlobal Innovation Index. Dr. SucharitaSharma, Principal of the college whileexpressing gratitude to the resourceperson and commending the work ofthe Intellectual Property Cell underSupreet S J Talwar stated that it isimportant for the students and facultyto be aware of the various facets ofIntellectual Property Rights in thehighly digital world of today.

Innocent Heartshospital bestowed lifeto injured by putting inhis broken arm

JALANDHAR: S. Satnam SinghMemorial Innocent HeartsMultispeciality Hospital providesoutstanding patient care to servehumanity. Recently, Dr. ManavdeepSingh, an orthopaedic specialistprovided his expertise to a patient whohad got injured in a road accident.SomNath reached the hospital in a verybad state. His right arm got non-functioning and skin was drooping. Dr.Manavdeep Singh started theprocedure immediately, joined all thebones and veins also. In two days, theimprovement could be seen in thepatient. He began moving his arm.Hence, the patient is healthy.

Strict vigil in Delhifollowing terror threatNEW DELHI: The National CapitalRegion (NCR), including Delhi, hasbeen put on alert after an intelligenceagencies' input with regard to thepossibility of a terror attack in the citythis week emerged. According to a tip-off, a group of terrorists from Jammuand Kashmir might have headedtowards Delhi for carrying out theattacks in the capital or thesurrounding areas. Security has beenstrengthened in and around marketsand transport hubs here on Monday inrespect of any suspicious activities ofpeople, sources said. Vigil has alsobeen stepped up near importantinstallations, at railway stations andbus stands in the city. There has beena spurt in terrorist activities in Jammuand Kashmir recently amid theongoing 'Unlock-1'.

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Monsoon will enter Uttarakhand, UP tomorrow: IMDNEW DELHI: Monsoon will enter parts of Uttarakhand and nearby areas of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday,said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Speaking on Monday, Anand Sharma, IMD DeputyDirector, said that monsoon will cover Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan from June 24-25."Monsoon will enter parts of Uttarakhand and nearby areas of Uttar Pradesh on June 23. From June24-25, the monsoon will cover, UP, Haryana, Punjab and parts of Rajasthan," Anand told. Heavy rainaccompanied by strong winds lashed parts of the national capital early morning on Monday. Thenational capital has been witnessing thunderstorms, accompanied by rains for the past two daysbringing relief to all, after temperature soared above 40 degrees Celsius.

Covid tally crosses 4.25 lakh in IndiaAGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 22

India on Monday added 14,821new COVID-19 cases pushingthe infection tally to 4,25,282,while the death toll rose to13,699 with 445 new fatalities,according to Union HealthMinistry data. The countrycrossed the four lakh-mark onSunday eight days afterrecording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed asurge of 2,34,747 infectionsfrom June 1 till 22. Indiaregistered over 10,000 casesfor the 11th day in a row.

The number of recoveriesalso continued to surge with2,37,195 patients cured so far,while there were 1,74,387active cases, according to theupdated official figures at 8am. One patient has migrated.In the last 24 hours, a total of9,440 COVID-19 patients haverecovered, taking the recoveryrate to 55.77 per cent, officialssaid. According to the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR), a cumulative total of69,50,493 samples have beentested up to 21 June with1,43,267 samples being testedon Sunday. Of the 445 freshfatalities reported till Mondaymorning, 186 were fromMaharashtra, 63 from Delhi,53 from Tamil Nadu, 43 fromUttar Pradesh, 25 fromGujarat, 15 from West Bengal,14 from Madhya Pradesh, 12from Rajasthan, 11 fromHaryana, seven fromTelangana, five each fromAndhra Pradesh and

Karnataka, two from Odisha,one each from Bihar, Jammuand Kashmir, Puducherry andPunjab. India is the fourthworst-hit nation by thepandemic after the US, Braziland Russia.

According to the JohnsHopkins University, which hasbeen compiling COVID-19data from all over the world,India is at the eighth position in

terms of the death toll.Of the total 13,699 deaths

reported so far, Maharashtraaccounted for the highest 6,170fatalities, followed by Delhiwith 2,175 deaths, Gujarat with1,663, Tamil Nadu with 757,West Bengal with 555, UttarPradesh with 550, MadhyaPradesh with 515, Rajasthanwith 349 and Telangana with210 deaths. The COVID-19

death toll reached 160 inHaryana, 137 in Karnataka,106 in Andhra Pradesh, 99 inPunjab, 82 in Jammu andKashmir, 53 in Bihar, 27 inUttarakhand, 21 in Kerala and14 in Odisha. Jharkhand andChhattisgarh have registered11 deaths each, Assam nine,Himachal Pradesh andPuducherry eight each,Chandigarh six, whileMeghalaya, Tripura andLadakh have reported onefatality each, according to thehealth ministry. More than 70per cent deaths took place dueto comorbidities, it said.Maharashtra has reported thehighest number of cases at1,32,075, followed by Delhi at59,746, Tamil Nadu at 59,377,Gujarat at 27,260, UttarPradesh at 17,731, Rajasthan at14,930 and West Bengal at13,945, according to ministrydata. The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 11,903in Madhya Pradesh, 10,635 inHaryana, 9,150 in Karnataka,8,999 in Andhra Pradesh and7,802 in Telangana.

It has risen to 7,612 inBihar, 5,956 in Jammu andKashmir, 5,388 in Assam and5,160 in Odisha. Punjab hasreported 4,074 novelcoronavirus infections so far,while Kerala has 3,172 cases.

A total of 2,344 peoplehave been infected by the virusin Uttarakhand, 2,275 inChhattisgarh, 2,073 inJharkhand, 1,221 in Tripura,841 in Manipur,? 837 inLadakh, 754 in Goa and 673 inHimachal Pradesh.

Death toll rises to 13,699, over 14000 new cases in a day

JAIPUR: Rajasthan reported67 fresh coronavirus cases onMonday, taking the state'svirus tally to 14,997,officials said. Of the freshcases, 28 were from Jaipur,followed by 10 fromDholpur, six each fromAjmer, Jhunjhunu and Kota,five from Dausa, two fromTonk, one from Sirohibesides three patients from

other states, according to anofficial report here. Jaipurhas reported 149 deaths and2,885 positive cases in thestate followed by Jodhpurwhere 30 deaths occurredand 2,414 people testedpositive. A total of 11,421COVID-19 patients havebeen discharged, and thestate now has 2,987 activecases.

COVID-19: Rajasthanrecords 67 fresh cases

Ladakh face-off: BJP hitsback at Manmohan Singh

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUN 22

In a scathing counter-attack onManmohan Singh, BJP president J PNadda said on Monday that he asprime minister "abjectlysurrendered" hundreds of squarekilometres of India's land to Chinaand presided over 600 incursionsmade by the neighbouring countrybetween 2010 and 2013.

In a series of tweets after Singhtook aim at Prime Minister NarendraModi over his handling of theongoing stand-off with China,Nadda said the senior Congressleader and his party should stop"insulting" our forces repeatedly andquestioning their valour.

They did this post the air strikesand surgical strikes, the BJPpresident said, asking the Congressto understand the true meaning ofnational unity, especially in suchtimes. "Dr Manmohan Singh belongsto the same party which: Helplesslysurrendered over 43,000 KM ofIndian territory to the Chinese!During the UPA years saw abjectstrategic and territorial surrenderwithout a fight. Time and againbelittles our forces. "One onlywishes that Dr. Singh was as worried

about Chinese designs when, as PM,he abjectly surrendered hundreds ofsquare kilometres of India's land toChina. He presided over 600incursions made by China between2010 to 2013!" Nadda tweeted.

In his first remarks on theLadakh face-off, the former primeminister said Modi must be mindfulof the implications of his words andcannot allow China to use them as avindication of its position. Notingthat disinformation is no substitutefor diplomacy or decisive leadership,Singh called upon the prime ministerto ensure justice for soldiers whodied defending India's territorialintegrity. Hitting back, Nadda saidSingh's statement is mere"wordplay". Sadly, the conduct andactions of top leaders of theCongress party will not make anyIndian believe such statements, headded. Remember, this is the sameCongress that always questions anddemoralises our armed forces, hesaid. "India fully trusts and supportsPM Narendra Modi. 130 croreIndians have seen his administrativeexperience in some of the mosttesting times, particularly how he hasalways put the well-being of thenation over and above everythingelse," he said.

Babbu pays obeisancein Gopal Gowdham

M K SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI, JUNE 22

New elected President of the press club SultanpurLodhi Surinder Singh Babbu went to "GopalGowdham Mahatirath", a research center forconservation and promotion of cows of Indianorigin, on the occasion Parmodh Kumar Gupta, thehead of them, gave the information about theimproved breed of cows, along with he explainedabout the ongoing work in Gowshalla. ParmodhGupta gave information about the charitable test labwhich is inside the Gowshalla. The patron officerof Press Club Narinder Singh Sonia, Pre. SurinderBabbu appreciated the arrangements made by GopalDham for the cow dynasty. Varun Sharma, AshwiniKumar Joshi and others were present on theoccasion. Manoj Sharma Sultanpur Lodhi.

PHD donates 56000 bottlesof apple juice to DSA

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, JUNE 22

PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industryunder the able guidence of it's CharmanKaran Gilhotra and district President ofSDIC, Sangrur, Ghanshyam Kansal inthe presence of DC, Sangrur, Ramvir,IAS and SSP Sangrur, Dr. Sandeep Garg,IPS had donated two trucks, containing56000 bottles of apple Juice to the dis-trict Sangrur administration(DSA). DC& SSP Sangrur while expressing theirgratitude towards the Industrialists saidthat for the great success of 'MissionFateh' the Industrial organizations al-ways come forward to support theDSA". To help to COVID-19 patients,the SDIC, Sangrur had already handed

over ventilators & PPE Kits to the DSA,which had been proved as a boon for theneedy persons. DC further said that thejuice bottles would be distributed amongthe COVID-19 patients, on duty doctors,staff of health & family welfare andcleanliness workers.

Naturopathy organization celebrates Yoga Day

CHET RAM RATANNAWANSHAHAR, JUNE 22

Under the guidance of Ministry ofAYUSH, Dr. Anant Biradar, Chairman ofthe International NaturopathyOrganization (INU) and Member

Finance Committee celebratedInternational Yoga Day. Newlyappointed Pradeep Kumar Sharda,District Coordinator of InternationalNaturopathy Organization said that YogaDay was celebrated all over the world.He said that they celebrated 6thInternational Yoga Day through an onlineplatform under the banner ofInternational Natural MedicineOrganization (INO) in collaboration withthe Ministry of AYUSH. He said that thetheme of Yoga Day is the upliftment ofour body through yoga and pranayama.More than 100 families of Nawanshahrattended this morning. Certificates aredistributed to other families.

BJP workers burn Chineseflag, President's poster

CHARANJIT SINGH SARNAJAGRAON, JUNE 22

BJP workers led by BJP district (rural) president Gaurav Khullarand Mandal president Honey Goyal today set fire to the Chineseflag and President's posters on the railway road. Protests eruptedand a ban on Chinese goods was demanded. Speaking on theoccasion, President Gaurav Khullar and President Honey Goyalsaid that in Ladakh, the Chinese army attacked the Indian troopswithout any reason and killed 20 soldiers. He said that this wasdone by China under a well thought out conspiracy to whichPrime Minister Narendra Modi would give a blunt answer. Hesaid that China was more dependent on India and if Chinaimposed a complete ban on Chinese goods then the Chineseeconomy could collapse. He appealed to the people of thecountry to stop buying Chinese goods from today. He warnedChina to refrain from its actions or face retaliation. He also paida two minute tribute to the martyrs of Ladakh. FormerCouncilors Davinderjit Singh Sidhu, Deepak, Abhishek Garg,Davinder Singh, Johnson, Manjit Singh, Inderjit Singh andAmarjit Singh were present.

IMA decides to close hospitals,nursing homes, clinics today

CHET RAM RATANNAWANSHAHAR, JUNE 22

Punjab unit of IndianMedical Association (IMA)teams held a meeting with allthe private hospitals, nursinghomes, clinic administratorsof Punjab in protest againstthe Clinical EstablishmentAct of the PunjabGovernment from 6 am on23 June 2020. It has beendecided to shut down all

medical services across thestate by 8 pm. This was saidby the State Secretary Dr.Paramjit Singh Mann andDistrict President Dr. Ranjiv

Kumar told media heretoday. They said that doctorsshould not be available in thehospital. Dr. Ranjiv Pradhansaid that wherever possible,public information should besealed outside with bannersand notices. He said that thedecision of the bandh shouldbe strictly followed. Thedefaulters opposing thebandh were called upon toboycott the entire medicalcommunity.

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JUNE 22

Halka Sham Chaurasi MLAPawan Kumar Adia presenteda grant for development worksin village Bassi Umar Khanand village Chak Raju andassured the villagers that noeffort would be spared in thedevelopment of villages onurban lines and lack of grantfor this. Will not be allowed tocome. Meanwhile, MLA Adiapresented checks of Rs 5 lakhto village Bassi Umar Khanfor Bhagwan ValmikiDharamsala and Rs 16 lakh

for making village firni invillage Chak Raju. On thisoccasion, MLA Adia said thatno effort will be spared to fillevery village in Halka ShamChaurasi which is a very

ancient and historical Halkawith city-like facilities. Hesaid that the Punjabgovernment is fully committedto complete the facilities likevillage firni, dharamshala in

the village, school, dispensary,drinking water facility as wellas sewerage. MLA Adia askedthe villagers to take specialcare of cleanliness in thevillage and follow theinstructions of the governmentdue to Covid-19. By doing so,we will be able to defeatCorona as soon as possible andfor this we have to contributeto the Mission Fateh started bythe Chief Minister of Punjab,Capt. Amarinder Singh. This ispossible only when we co-operate with the governmentwholeheartedly and insolidarity.

Priest found dead inwell of church in Kerala

KOTTAYAM: A 51-yearold Catholic priest was founddead in a well in the premisesof his church in Kottayamdistrict on Monday, policesaid here. Fr GeorgeEttuparayil, serving as vicarof St Thomas Church,Punnathura near here, wasfound dead in the well.

Villages will be developed onthe lines of cities: MLA Adia

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Faridkot, Mukatsar Sahib : 4 more found carrying coronaFARIDKOT: Two more people tested positive for novel Coronavirus in the Faridkot district tak-ing the tally of such cases to nine . One of them is a migrant labourer aged about 31 years and oth-er 45 years old , both residents of Run Singh Wala village of the district. According to a senior doc-tor, the labourer arrived in the village for paddy plantation and after examination was found posi-tive on Friday.He had been admitted to the isolation ward of the civil hospital.

In another case of Mukatsar Sahib, there are reports of two more people contracting the infec-tion with one of them from Malout and the other from Giddarbaha taking the tally to eight. Bothwere kept in the isolation ward of Thehri corona hospital of the district after their reports were re-ceived on Sunday.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JUNE 22

To strengthen its fightagainst Covid, the Punjabgovernment has decided toset up four new testing lab-oratories, with priority ap-pointment of the 131 essen-tial staff needed for theselabs. The Cabinet alsocleared the proposal ofMedical Education & Re-search Department to createand fill up four posts of As-sistant Professor (Microbi-ology) on adhoc basis inthese four viral testing lab-oratories.

The state cabinet, at itsmeeting today under ChiefMinister CaptainAmarinder Singh, gave thego-ahead to setting up thenew labs in Ludhiana, Ja-landhar and Mohali, to helpscale up the testing capacityfrom the current 9000 a day,in the three GovernmentMedical Colleges at Patiala,Amritsar and Faridkot, to13000 tests per day. Thenew laboratories would beestablished in Guru AngadDev Veterinary and AnimalSciences University, Ludhi-ana; Punjab State ForensicSciences Laboratory, Mo-hali; Northern RegionalDiseases Diagnostic Labo-ratory, Jalandhar; and Pun-jab Biotechnology Incuba-tor, Mohali. All the appoint-ments will be made through

outsourcing from BabaFarid University of HealthSciences, Faridkot, said anofficial spokesperson. Theexpenditure of Rs 17.46lakh per month to be in-curred against the 131 staffappointments and Rs 3.06

lakh per month against thead-hoc Assistant Professorposts would be met fromthe State Disaster ResponseFund. The 131 staff posi-tions positions would in-clude Research Scientists(Non-Medical), Research

Assistants, Lab Techni-cians, Data Entry Opera-tors, Lab Attendants andSweepers.

Meanwhile, the Cabinethas also given the nod to re-employment of the medical,ayurvedic and dental facul-

ty at the Government Med-ical Colleges and the Gov-ernment Dental Colleges inPatiala and Amritsar , aswell as the GovernmentAyurvedic College, Patiala,after their retirement at 62 years.

Punjab to set up 4 newcovid-19 testing labs

Brookfield InternationalSchool celebrates Intl YogaDay virtuallyOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: International Yoga Day wascelebrated by the students, parents ,teachers and staff of BrookfieldInternational School, New Chandigarh,Kharar with great enthusiasm. The

Principal hadinvited Acharya CV Rabindranathfor teaching yogathrough a virtualplatform. Studentsweredemonstratedvarious asanasfollowed by Omkar

chanting from their homes, henceobserving the theme this year , ‘Yogaat Home and Yoga with Family’. Warmup exercises were taken and all thestudents performed sitting andstanding asanas, the importance ofthese asanas were explainedsimultaneously. The celebrationconcluded with synchronized recitationof shlokas. Director of the SchoolManav Singla encouraged students topractice regular yoga to remain fit andimprove concentration. He furtherstressed that regular practice of yogawill surely help our students achieve abetter life, physically, mentally andspiritually as well. According to himyoga is an invaluable gift of India’sancient tradition. It embodies unity ofmind and body; thought and action;restraint and fulfillment; harmonybetween man and nature; a holisticapproach to health and well-being.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/ MOHALI,JUNE 22

The Health and Family Wel-fare Minister, Punjab, Mr.Balbir Singh Sidhu todayhanded over a grant of Rs. 5lakh for the purpose of carry-ing out the repairs of streetsand drains of village kam-bala. While handing over thecheque to the village pan-chayat, the minister said thatthis grant has been given outof the discretionary quota ofthe Lok Sabhs MP from SriAnandpur Sahib Mr. ManishTewari. He further said thatthe focus of the CongressGovernment under the lead-ership of the Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh ison the overall development ofthe villages.

He further reiterated thatdespite the corona virus pan-demic, no dearth of grantswould be allowed to hamperthe development centricworks in the state. He de-scribed the sound conditionof the streets and drains as theforemost condition for theoverall progress so as to en-sure the easy movement and

transportation of people andgoods. He also added thatwhen the people of villagekambala brought the matterof bad condition of the streetsand the drains to his notice,he immidiately got the grantsanctioned from MP ManishTewari. He also reiterated thathe is fully committed to thedevelopment of Mohali con-stituency.

Coming to the healthcarefacilities, the minister saidthat the State Government isdutybound to provide topnotch healthcare amenities tothe people of the State and isfocussing on the strengthen-ing of the healthcare infra-structure. In another impor-tant announcement, the min-ister said that providing majorrelief to the patients sufferingfrom haemophilia, the gov-ernment has started the treat-ment of the haemophilia pa-tients in the 18 integrated carecentres. Earlier, the patientssuffering from it had to shellout Rs. 18-80 lakh annuallyfor the treatment. Now, thisentire cost would be borne bythe State Government and the registration of the patientshas begun.

No dearth of finances fordevelopment projects despite

pandemic: Balbir Sidhu

Three suspects arrested inconnection with theft in twokaryana shopOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: Kharar City Police havearrested three suspects in connectionwith the theft of two karyana shops inKharar. Bhagwant Singh, SHO KharaCity Police said that Pramod Kumar, aresident of Khanpur, had lodged a

complaint with thepolice that hisgrocery shop hadbeen burgled .Similarly, RavinderSingh, a residentof RandhawaRoad, had alsocomplained to thepolice that a theft

has been committed in his groceryshop. Police had registered casesunder sections 380 and 457 IPC inboth the cases. Police now havearrested three suspects Satbir Singh,Gurcharan Singh and Sajan Khanna inconnection with these thefts. Accordingto police, the accused have confessedto committing thefts. Police haverecovered the stolen money and otheritems from them.

75 units of bloodcollected at camp

HARPREET SNIGH GILLRAIKOT: Office-bearers and activistsof local units of the Press Club andthe JCI organised a blood donationcamp at the Municipal Office on theoccasion of the Father’s day. Teamsof doctors from the blood bank at theCivil Hospital, Ludhiana, collected 75units of blood on the occasion.Convener of the project Sushil Kumarsaid enthusiasts led by BalwinderSingh Littar and Sandeep Soni haddonated blood keeping in view thescarcity of blood at majority of banksdue to decline in voluntary donationamid Covid scare. Doctors led by DrGurinderjit Singh Grewal called uponthe office-bearers and activists ofsocial organizations to come forwardto organize events where voluntarydonors could donate blood for theneedy patients._ OC Sanjiv Bhallasen.vice president, Harpreet Singh Gillvice president, Jaswant Singh Sidhuvice president, Navdeep Singh vicepresident, RG Raikoti, Hakam singhDhaliwal, Parveen Agarwal, SushilKumar, Mahesh Sharma discipalinarycommittee, Raghveer singh jagga gen.secretory, Amit passi Cashier, SunilAgrawal joint secrotry , Atma Singhpress secretory , Amrjit SinghDhanjal,Naampreet Singh,MohammadImran, Gurbhinder Guri and IqbalSingh Gulab.

Policy to bring grievancemechanisms of all depts

under one umbrellaCHANDIGARH: ThePunjab Cabinet on Mon-day approved a compre-hensive Public GrievanceRedressal Policy, pavingthe way for the creationand management of a Pub-lic Grievance RedressalSystem (PGRS) to bringthe grievance mechanismsof all departments underone umbrella, within theambit of `Digital Punjab’.Led by Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh,the Cabinet decided to putin place a uniform systemfor redressal of the griev-ances of citizens in a time-bound, accessible andtransparent manner.

There is currently nosingle interface for citi-zens to register their griev-ances with the Govern-ment, which necessitatedthe formulation of a com-prehensive policy in this

regard, according to an of-ficial spokesperson.

Aimed at further im-provements in service de-livery of citizen griev-ances redres-sal, the poli-cy providesfor establish-ment of aclear stan-d a r d i s e dw o r k f l o wfor griev-ance redres-sal, assignstimelines toeach officerin the workflow for resolu-tion of grievance, enablescitizens to submit theirfeedback on the resolutionprovided, escalates griev-ances to higher authorities,and allows for analysis ofthe collected data for evi-dence-based decisionmaking.

Govt gives nod for redeve-lopment of 1764 acres of

closed Bathinda plant landCHANDIGARH: ThePunjab cabinet on Mondaygave the nod for the rede-velopment of the 1764acres of land of the now-

closed GuruNanak DevThermal PowerPlant in Bathin-da.

Followingthe cabinet deci-sion, the land,belonging to thePunjab StatePower Corpora-tion Limited(PSPCL), will

now be acquired by PunjabUrban Development Au-thority (PUDA), under theDepartment of Housingand Urban Development,through a 80:20 revenuesharing scheme. PUDAhasalso been allowed by theCabinet, which met hereunder the chairmanship of

Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh, to raiseloan upto Rs.100 crore fordevelopment and sale of thesite with state guarantee.The plant was shut down in2018 as per the modalitiesworked out by a sub-com-mittee set up on August 24,2017, for the closure of thestate-owned thermal plantsin view of the Central Elec-tricity Agency (CEA)guidelines to retire non-vi-able Thermal Power Plants(TPPS) that have exceeded25-year life span. Subse-quently, another Cabinetsub-committee was set upon May 18, 2020, withHousing & Urban Devel-opment Minister, and In-dustries & Commerce Min-ister and Local Govern-ment Minister as members,to work out the modalitiesof the redevelopment of theBathinda plant land.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 22

The continuous rise in oilprices by the oil compa-nies under the Modigovernment is anti-peo-ple and the policies ofthe government are alsoanti-national which hascompletely wiped outthe economy of thecountry.

Punjab PradeshCongress Seva DalGeneral SecretaryBalveer Singh said thatunder the leadership ofPunjab President NirmalSingh Kaira the Seva Dal hasbeen strengthened at the boothlevel. Meetings are being heldunder his leadership, appoint-ments are also being made but

surprisingly some mischie-vous elements involved inanti-party activities are mak-ing false statements. Every fa-

cility is being provided to theunemployed by providing em-ployment to them and espe-cially the dalits and the poorare benefiting from theschemes of the government.

Seva Dal workers deliver govt’s publicinterest schemes every door: Balveer

Case of abuse of women byInspector of food supply

dept caught fireKULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JUNE 22

On one hand, while the government is making claimsfor the safety of women, only some officials andworkers of the government are flouting this claim.

This is the caseof Inspector Jas-dev Singh, post-ed in the FoodSupply Depart-ment of JandialaGuru Center,who has been inthe discussionbefore. It is im-portant to men-tion here that

some women had gone warehouse no 5, office ofFood Supply Department, o Jandiala Guru GehriMandi Road, for not getting wheat under BPL cardand cutting ration card, where Inspector Jasdev Singhand his guard misbehaved with women.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR, JUNE 22

Rotary Club Kharar andBharat Vikas Prishad todayjointly distributed Tulsiplants to the people in KhararGrain Market.

Shiromani Akali Dalconstituency in-charge Ran-jit Singh Gill was the chiefguest on the occasion. He ap-prised the people about theimportance of Tulsi plant onthis occasion and said thatwe should plant more tulsiplants in our homes as theseplants are very helpful intreating many ailments. Healso distributed water bowlsfor birds on this occasion.Among others present on the

occasion were former Dis-trict Governor of RotaryClub Manmohan Singh,Harinder Pal Singh PresidentRotary Club, Tarlok Chand,Ashok Sharma, RajinderArora, Darshan Singh Shiv-

jot, Vishnu Mittal PresidentBharat Bikas Parshid,Kuldeep Singh Hira, Bhupin-der Singh Kala, AdvocateNarinder Singh. Leaders ofother organizations werepresent on the occasion.

Tulsi plants distributed by RotaryClub, Bharat Vikas Prishad

Young man drownsin canal, dies

VERMAGURDASPUR, JUNE 22

A case has come to light of a 30-year-old youth of vil-lage Rajada drowning in the canal of nearby villageTattala on Monday afternoon. Giving information inthis regard, Palwinder Singh, Sarpanch of the villageRajada and Amritpal Singh, brother of the said youth,told that Simranjit Singh had gone to take bathe in thecanal and when he stepped in the canal, his footslipped, and he drowned . Gurpreet Singh, an old manfrom nearby village Tatle, saw him drowning, so hejumped into the water behind him, as the weight ofSimranjit Singh was so heavy that even GurpreetSingh could not get him out of the canal. Later, somelocals tried to find him but after searching for a fewhours, Simranjit Singh's body was recovered fromThind Dhariwal canal at around 5 pm. The youthstrying to find him in the canal said that the flow ofwater had intensified due to which Simranjit mayhave drowned and it also took them a long time tofind his body.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/ MOHALI,JUNE 22

Government PolytechnicCollege, Khunimajra hasbeen actively engagedwith local administrationin ensuring supply of rawfood packets as well ascooked meals and to sendback stranded labourerssince third week ofMarch.

Institute organized var-ious competitions underthe able guidance ofTechnical Education andIndustrial Training Minis-

ter, Punjab Mr CharanjitSingh Channi to promoteMission Fateh launchedby the Honourable PunjabC.M. Captain Amarinder

Singh. Institute organizedonline poster making, slo-gan writing and quiz com-petition on the theme Mis-sion Fateh in which morethan 200 students partici-pated. Dr. Ravinder suc-cessfully conducted quizon covid 19. The competi-tion was held under theguidance of College Prin-cipal, Rajiv Puri and su-pervision of Ms Parveenkaur, HOD MOP and MsRavinder kaur, HODECE. The competitionwas judged by Dr. AnshuSharma, Dr. Ravinder andMs Shivani.

GPC Khunimajra organizesMission Fateh contests

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDARBAHA, JUNE 22

Farmers of Gurusar villagein Gidderbaha constituencyhave expressed their dissatis-faction over the ongoingcleaning work of Gurusar-Ghagga-Theri link drainpassing near village Gurusar.

Talking to reporters inthis regard, farmers SukhdevSingh, Gurnam Singh, Sim-ratpal Singh, Baljit Singh,Harcharan Singh, GurmeetSingh Ghagga and GursewakSingh of village Gurusar saidthat the drainage departmentused to clean the drainageevery year but the farmersdid not get the benefit as ma-

chine operator is cleaning asper his wish and in someplaces the weeds remainstanding in the drain as be-fore, which does not drainthe water and their crops arebeing damaged.

They said that they givea letter to Xen of DrainageDepartment in this regard butno action was taken againsthim. They said that neither

the officer of the concerneddepartment nor the contrac-tor was present during thecleaning work. They de-manded that the said clean-ing work should be doneproperly so that their cropswould not be damaged. Onthe other hand when trying totalk with the contractorfirm's representative he didnot pick the phone.

Farmers show dissatisfactionover cleaning work of drain

VERMAQADIAN, JUNE 22

Dr. Mohpreet singh postedat Government HospitalBham is no less than aboon for the poor andcommon people, the con-ditions witnessed duringBham's visit and aftermeeting with patients andpublic leaders, expresseddistrict leader of CPM. Hesaid that Dr. MohpreetSingh is a Class One Med-ical Officer and due to hisability people from far flungvillages come for treatment.

The labor leader saidthat the country is proud ofyoungsters like Dr. Moh-

preet who have given 24hours public service in mod-ern times. Leaders of vari-

ous alliances in the regionhave strongly welcomed Dr.Mohpreet Singh. He saidthat for the last 10 years hehas been impressed by thesympathetic attitude to-wards his people, the man-ner of speaking.

Wave of happiness amongpeople of area with return of Dr.

Mohpreet to the hospital

JAITU DHARAM PALJAITU, JUNE 22

Youth leader's of congressParty Suraj Bhardwaj , Ra-jdeep Singh Aoulakh andSukhpal Singh Pali kothe Ke-har Singh Wale cele-brated Rahul Gandhi'sbirthday by plantingsaplings at Nehru Parkand other various placesof Jaitu town under theleadership of MemberParliament of Congressparty Janab Mohammad Sadiqfrom Faridkot. Member Par-liament congratulated RahulGandhi and said that Rahul

Gandhi is belonging to a sacri-fices family and he is alsovoice of our country's youths.People want to see to RahulGandhi as PM, Said MP Mo-hammad Sadiq.On this occa-sion Biba Javed Akhtar , Suraj

Bhardwaj and Sukpal SinghPali Kothe Kehar Singh Waleplanted saplings with theirown hands.

Rahul Gandhi's birthdaycelebrated by planting saplings

GURDARSHAN PRINCEBEAS, JUNE 22

Police station in-chargeDhilwan Sub Inspec-tor Harjinder Singhalong with his policeteam reachedDhilwan toll plazatoday to keep an eyeon the persons whohave committed anycriminal activities inthe state. Here, he issued a di-rective to the group securitypersonnel of the toll, sayingthat if there is any vehicle inthe vicinity of the toll or inthe toll area which is not iden-tified and you find it suspi-

cious, then the police of Dhi-lawan police station shouldbe informed immediately.Apart from this, he also told

the toll officers to keep agroup camera of their tolls tokeep a sharp eye on vehilescoming to the toll plaza. ASIKripal Singh, Toll OfficerKuldeep Singh and Toll em-ployees were present.

Dhilwan takes stock of securityarrangements at toll plaza

Journalists burn Chineseeffigy at Valmiki Chowk

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU : A Chinese effigywas burnt at Valmiki Chowk byJandiala Pace Club Raji and otherjournalist community at around 1 pmtoday in the scorching sun in protestagainst martyrdom of Indian Armypersonnel by China. And the Chineseeffigy was blown up in protest.Journalists also chanted slogansagainst China. President VirenderSingh Malhotra said that India hasbeen campaigning for a month toboycott Chinese goods.

AGENCY important to maintain a strong i m p o r t a n t t o f o l l o w t h e recommend everybody to do NEW DELHI, JUN 22 immune system and since there recommendations of the World some sort of exercise. Being a

are yet no vaccine or treatment, health Organisation (WHO) and sports person, I can say just 45 Asserting that sports can help win sports can help win this battle," spend some time for physical mins of exercise is important for the battle against coronavirus S i n d h u s a i d d u r i n g t h e activity. everyone." Top Indian shuttlers, pandemic in the absence of a i n a u g u r a t i o n o f ' ' Vi r t u a l "The WHO recommends including Sindhu, have been vaccine, Olympic and World Healthcare and Hygiene Expo adult should do at least 300 confined to their homes for more Championships silver medallist 2020'', a virtual exhibition and minutes of moderate aerobic than three months due to the shuttler P V Sindhu on Monday conference organised by FICCI activity each week to combat lockdown, enforced to contain the urged everyone to make physical from June 22-26. In India, the threat of heart disease, diabetics, spread of the disease.activity an integral part of their count of infected has crossed high blood pressure, cancer and While a few sports persons lives. The virus has infected over 4.25 lakh and nearly 13,700 depression and it is more have resumed training in some 8.5 million people globally with people have died. relevant during this pandemic," parts of the country, Hyderabad-more than 450,000 people losing Sindhu, a front-runner to she said. based shuttlers are waiting for the their lives. "Sports and other qualify for the now-postponed "It is the ideal time to try a Talengana government to lift the physical activities are very Tokyo Olympics, said it is n e w a c t i v i t y . I w o u l d lockdown in the state.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced that nineteen of its U19 women cricketers will undergo online fitness assessment."The assessment is designed to keep the up and coming cricketers focused and motivated during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has put a halt on outdoor physical activities," read a PCB release. The players will take tests from June 22-26 in which their hand-eye coordination, body balance, core muscle and lower body strength along with upper body endurance will be gauged. The investment into this group of emerging players is in line with the PCB's strategy of enhancing the pool of women cricketers by creating a U19 pathway programme. These players were picked on the basis of their performances in the Skills2Shine U18 Women T20 Championship, a four-team tournament, which was held in Lahore in November last year. Following the tournament, the players underwent a 14-day-long training camp at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre in Karachi.

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MANCHESTER : Ahead of the three-match Test series, West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich said that playing in England will always be challenging but he is ready and wants a Test hundred on the tour."I consider myself a different player to what I was three years ago. The last time I was here, it was very tough for me - it was a series that really changed around my career," ESPNcricinfo quoted Dowrich as saying."I was young, I was in unfamiliar territory - to be honest, I really didn't cope well with it. Since then, I've been able to go away and I've learned a lot from my experience over here last time. Playing in England will always be a challenge, but I think I'm ready for it," he added.With Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer both absent from this squad, having opted not to travel to the UK, Dowrich will play down in the batting order.

Pakistan U19 women cricketers toundergo fitness assessment

Better coaching system ishelping us scout good players: Bibiano FernandesNEW DELHI: India U-16 head coach Bibiano Fernandes attributed to the batch-wise improvement of his team to the fact that there are more educated coaches at the grassroots level in the country at the moment."The change of coach education has revolutionised how coaches operate in this country," Fernandes said during a live chat with AIFF TV."There are better and more educated coaches at every level -- be it at the state level, or in schools, or even at the grassroots levels. And this is all down to the work put in by AIFF on the Coach Education system in the country. Savio (Medeira) is doing a great job for coach education," he explained. Under Fernandes, the previous batch of U-16 boys managed to make it to the quarterfinals of the AFC U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018 (just one step away from direct qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup). However, he feels that the current batch has been an improvement over the previous one."It is because of the Coach Education system that we will get better players every year.

Playing in England will always be a challenge: Shane Dowrich

AGENCY saluted his craft in his message. "RIP and years of hard work and I salute his Sanjay Manjrekar said he is amazed by NEW DELHI, JUN 22 Rajinder Goel ji. Master of his craft. efforts . I extend my heartfel t Goel's bowling record, calling it

Killer line & length in our terrain. condolences to his family," he added. "bradmanesque".India's cricket fraternity mourned the Humility personified. Condolences to Goel was unlucky to have played in "Have always been staggered by the demise of legendary first-class spinner the entire family," he wrote on his twitter the era of the legendary Bishan Singh records of Shivalkar & Rajinder Goel. Rajinder Goel, calling him a "master of page. Bedi as he could never play for India. He Here's Goel's FC record for you - 157 his craft" whose "bradmanesque" record Goel, a left-arm spinner, had 750 was picked for a Test match in matches, 750 wickets! 59 five wicket made him a stalwart in domestic cricket. first-class wickets from 157 games, Bengaluru during the 1974-75 series hauls & 18 times 10 wkts in a match. Avg Goel died on Sunday owing to age- representing Haryana and North Zone in against the West Indies when Bedi was -18.58. That's bradmanesque in bowling related illnesses. He was 77 and is domestic cricket. He played 26 seasons axed but Goel was the 12th man in that - 5 wkts every 2.6 matches. RIP Goel survived by his wife and son Nitin Goel, of first-class cricket from 1958-59 and match. Sir," he tweeted. India opener Shikhar who has also played first-class cricket 1984-85. Despite not playing for the country, Dhawan also took to twitter to express and is a domestic match-referee. Former India captain and current Goel was never bitter about it and his condolences.

Paying a glowing tribute to Goel, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly accepted his fate with grace.Offering his "Rest in peace Rajinder Goel Sir. iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar condoled his death, describing him a tribute, Bedi said he envied Goel's sense My thoughts and prayers with the tweeted: "Saddened to hear about the "giant" of domestic cricket, whose long of 'contentment'. "Rajinder Goel was family. God bless your soul," Dhawan passing away of Rajinder Goel ji! He career is a testimony of his craft. easily the most contented' human being tweeted.was a stalwart of Indian Domestic "The Indian cricketing community I've known. I used to envy his sense of Former Indian batsman Laxman Cricket picking up more than 600 has lost a giant of domestic cricket today. contentment' in my moments of wrote: "Deeply saddened by the passing wickets in the Ranji Trophy. May his His staggering record tells you about his turmoil..RIP Goely'..You bowled yur away of Rajinder Goel, the highest than 25 years and still be able to perform soul Rest in Peace and my heartfelt craft and the control he had over it," heart out to keep Ranji Trophy alive..!!," wicket-taker in the history of Ranji consistently speaks about his dedication condolences to his near and dear ones." Ganguly said in a BCCI statement. he tweeted. Trophy. My heartfelt condolences to his and commitment towards the game. To

India head coach Ravi Shastri also "To have a career that lasts more Cricketer-turned-commentator family and loved ones.be able to pick 750 wickets needs years

India's cricket fraternity mourns demise of Goel, 'of his craft'

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

SPORTS

NEW DELHI: Claiming to be saddled with faulty equipment from China, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) on Monday called for a boycott of sports apparatus made in that country after the violent face-off in eastern Ladakh killed 20 Army personnel last week.The IWLF ordered four weightlifting sets, comprising barbells and weight plates, from Chinese company 'ZKC' last year. The body said that the equipment turned out to be faulty and the weightlifters are no longer using them."We should boycott all Chinese equipment. The Indian Weightlifting Federation has taken the decision that it will not use any equipment made in China," IWLF secretary general Sahdev Yadav.The IWLF, in a letter, has informed the Sports Authority of India (SAI) about its decision to stop using any equipment made in China.

We will not use any equipmentmade in China: Indianweightlifting federation

'I can't play for Bengal again': Ashok Dinda

AGENCY been one of Bengal's most KOLKATA, JUNE 22 successful bowlers, with

420 wickets in first-class India pacer Ashok Dinda on cricket and 151 and 146 in Sunday said his stint with List A and T20s respectively.Bengal team is over and the He played 13 ODIs and veteran bowler is exploring nine T20Is between 2009 other options to play and 2013 for Men in Blue, domestic cricket in the next played Bengal 's f irst season. game of the last Ranji

Dinda was dropped season, in Thumba against from the Bengal side after Kerala, and picked up playing just one game in the three wickets. Soon after 2019-20 Ranji Trophy after that, he got into a scrap a spat with Bengal bowling with Bose on the sidelines coach Ranadeb Bose. of a training session in

"I have been associated Kolkata, following which with Bengal cricket for he was left out. He was given many years, and it has been a chance to apologise to my life, I have the best Bose but Dinda refused.memories of my time with The speedster is being the team. I will not stop linked with Puducherry, loving Bengal, but I can't Chhattisgarh and Goa for play for them again. It's the 2020-21 domestic finished. I wanted to end my season. However, he hasn't career with Bengal, but I yet applied to the Cricket don't have a choice now," Association of Bengal for ESPNcricinfo quoted Dinda a NOC; if and when he as saying. does, the association will

The 36-year old has let him go.

No date fixed for IPL's GC meetingNEW DELHI: No date has been troops in eastern Ladakh. 440 crore annually from the five-finalised for the meeting of Indian "As of now no date has been year deal ending in 2022. The Premier League's (IPL) governing decided for the governing council tensions have been flaring up at the council, sources within the Board of meeting, BCCI is awaiting a report Line of Actual Control (LAC) Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) from the internal marketing team on between Indian and Chinese troops said on Monday. overall financial aspects of IPL," and the calls for boycotting Chinese

The IPL's governing council is sources within the BCCI told . products are increasing by the slated to hold a meeting this week in Currently, Chinese mobile minute. 20 Indian Army personnel, order to review various sponsorship manufacturer Vivo is the title including a Colonel, were killed in deals as 20 Indian soldiers lost their sponsor of the IPL and the Board of the violent face-off between Indian lives in a violent clash with Chinese Control for Cricket (BCCI) gets Rs and Chinese troops.

Sports can help win battle against COVID-19 pandemic: P V Sindhu

Dimitrov positive for COVID-19,exhibition event canceled

AGENCY past days gets tested."WASHINGTON, JUN 22 "I am so sorry for any

harm I might have caused," he Grigor Dimitrov has tested wrote. The Bulgarian positive for COVID-19, featured last week in the leading to the cancellation of an Serbia leg of the Adria Tour exhibition event in Croatia exhibition event organized by where top-ranked Novak Djokovic.Djokovic was due to play in the There was criticism that final. Dimitrov, ranked No. 19 there was no social distancing and a three-time Grand Slam at the exhibition, which took semifinalist, is the highest- place before packed stands in profile current player to say he Belgrade, the Serbian capital.h a s t h e v i r u s . H i s The Serbian government announcement Sunday on his lifted most virus restrictions Instagram page comes at the last month despite dozens of end of a week when the U.S. new cases being registered.Open said it would go forward. Dimitrov also played a

"shocking" and that "now The professional tennis match against Borna Coric in everyone will have to be tested."tours have been suspended since Croatia, at the Adriatic resort of

Dimitrov said he was March and are planning to Zadar, on Saturday in the second making his condition public resume in August. leg of the exhibition series. After because he wanted to "make Goran Ivanisevic, one of the match, he complained about sure anyone who has been in Djokovic's coaches, said the fatigue. He said in his post that contact with me during these news from Dimitrov was he was tested in Monaco.

What a feeling it was when skipper lifted trophy: Richards recalls WC titleNEW DELHI, JUNE 22: Former legendary West Indies batsman Vivian Richards, recalling maiden World Cup victory in 1975, said, "what a feeling it was when the skipper lifted that trophy". Taking to Twitter Richards wrote, "45 Years to this iconic moment at the @HomeOfCricket. What a moment, what a feeling it was when the skipper lifted that trophy. First ever Men's World Champions! Though I couldn't contribute with the bat, my fielding did recoup it I guess @windiescricket."On June 21 in 1975, West Indies won the first edition of the Cricket World Cup. The Clive Lloyd-side became champion after defeating Australia in the final. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. The Windies put on 291/8 in the allotted sixty overs, owing to Lloyd's knock of 102 runs from just 85 balls.