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AGENCYAHMEDABAD, MAY 27

The COVID-19 pandemic and subse-quent lockdown has severely hit thewedding industry in Gujarat, whichhas witnessed approximately 30,000cancellations and postponements inthe last two months.

At least 30,000 weddingsplanned across the state have beencalled off or postponed in the last twomonths in light of the ongoing healthcrisis, said spokesperson of Hoteland Restaurant Association (Gujarat)Abhijit Deshmukh. March and Aprilare considered the peak season, when

maximum number of weddings takeplace in the state, he said. Giving theidea of a big fat Indian wedding amiss, some couples have chosen totie a knot in the presence of eight to10 close relatives, wedding plannerDevang Shah said. Although somerelaxations in the lockdown were an-nounced from May 18, hotels, restau-rants, party venues and temples aredirected to remain shut, making itdifficult for people to organise wed-dings and related functions, he said."People have been cancelling theirbookings and are waiting for the nextauspicious season in December andJanuary.

30,000 weddings cancelled in Gujarat

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Wheat procurementwill continue till May31 in Punjab CHANDIGARH: Punjab Food,Civil Supplies and ConsumerAffairs Minister Mr. BharatBhushan Ashu informed heretoday that the wheat procure-ment in the state will continue tillMay 31, 2020 as per orders ofGovernment of India.Mr. Ashu appealed to the farm-ers of the state whose wheatwas yet not reach the Mandisfor any reason that they couldbring their wheat crop for sale inthe mandi before 6 pm on May31, 2020. He said that variousrules were being implementedin the state in view of the in-structions of the Health Depart-ment regarding the procurementof wheat to protect the farmers,labour and government employ-ees from the risk of coronavirus.

Girl dies of snakebite at quarantinecentre in U'khandNAINITAL: A six-year-old girldied of snake bite at a quaran-tine centre in the district follow-ing which three persons havebeen booked, a senior officialsaid. The girl was sleepingalong with her family on thefloor at the quarantine centrefor want of beds when the inci-dent occurred in the early hoursof Monday, Nainital DistrictMagistrate, Savin Bansal, said.The girl was taken to the com-munity health centre at Betal-ghat where she was declareddead, he said.

Chandigarh sec 38,52 are no morecontainment zones ISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH: The numbersof the containment zones havebeen reduced in the Chandigarhas Governor of Punjab and Ad-ministrator, UT Chandigarh,. VPSingh Badnore approved end ofcontainment operations in Sector38 from May 27and Sector 52from May 28 . But the screen-ing, surveillance and strict moni-toring of the health of the resi-dents will be continued in thesesectors. Further, regular sanitiza-tion measures and IEC cam-paign in the area will be under-taken by Municipal authorities.Random samples of fresh sus-pect cases, if any, will be takenand reported to Administration.Social gathering in the area willcontinue to remain restricted asper the guidelines issued byGovernment of India and neces-sary social distancing, maskwearing and hygiene will bestrictly enforced.

Trump offers to mediatebetween India and China

AGENCYWASHINGTON, MAY 27

US President Donald Trump said on Wednes-day that he was "ready, willing and able" to"mediate or arbitrate" the raging border dis-pute between India and China, amid the con-tinuing standoff between the militaries of thetwo neighbours at the Line of Actual Control(LAC).

Trump previously offered to mediate be-tween India and Pakistan, a proposal rejectedby New Delhi which maintains that there is norole for any third party in bilateral issues.

"We have informed both India and Chinathat the United States is ready, willing andable to mediate or arbitrate their now ragingborder dispute. Thank you!" Trump said in anearly morning tweet.

The nearly 3,500-km-long LAC is the de-facto border between India and China.

Several areas along the LAC in Ladakhand North Sikkim have witnessed major mili-tary build-up by both the Indian and Chinesearmies recently, in a clear signal of escalatingtension and hardening of respective positionsby the two sides even two weeks after theywere engaged in two separate face-offs.

India has said the Chinese military washindering normal patrolling by its troopsalong the LAC in Ladakh and Sikkim andstrongly refuted Beijing's contention that theescalating tension between the two armies

was triggered by trespassing of Indian forcesacross the Chinese side.

The Ministry of External Affairs said allIndian activities were carried out on its side ofthe border, asserting that India has always tak-en a very responsible approach towards bor-der management. At the same time, it said, In-dia was deeply committed to protect its sover-eignty and security. "Any suggestion that In-dian troops had undertaken activity across theLAC in the Western sector or the Sikkim sec-tor is not accurate. Indian troops are fully fa-miliar with the alignment of the Line of Actu-al Control in the India-China border areas andabide by it scrupulously," MEA SpokespersonAnurag Srivastava said at an online mediabriefing last week.

Both countries should notlet differences overshadowrelations: Chinese EnvoyNEW DELHI: Amid the stand-off between thetwo countries in eastern Ladakh region, Chi-nese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong onWednesday said the two countries should re-solve their differences through communicationand not allow them to overshadow bilateral re-lations."We should never let differences overshadowour relations. We should resolve differencesthrough communication," said Weidong.The Chinese envoy said the two countries arefighting the COVID-19 pandemic and theyhave "important task" to consolidate relations."China and India are fighting togetheragainst COVID-19 and we have an impor-tant task to consolidate relations. Our youthshould realise the relation between Chinaand India, the two countries are opportuni-ties for each other and pose no threat," hesaid.The remarks have come at a time there isborder tension between the two countries inEastern Ladakh and efforts are on to defusethe situation. They are also being seen as anindication of de-escalation of tension in thecoming days.

Tension prevailing on Indo-China border since three weeks

COVID 19: SC asks Centre

Identify pvt hospitals totreat patients for free

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 27

The Supreme Court Wednesdayasked the Centre to identify privatehospitals where COVID-19 infectedpatients couldget treatment forfree or at a nomi-nal cost.

A benchheaded by ChiefJustice S ABobde, hearingthe matter viavideo-conferenc-ing, observedthat there are pri-vate hospitalswhich have been given land eitherfree of cost or at nominal rates andthey should treat coronavirus infect-ed patients for free.

"You identify all those hospitaland find out," the bench, also com-prising Justices A S Bopanna andHrishikesh Roy, told Solicitor Gen-eral Tushar Mehta.

"They have been given land ei-ther free of cost or at a very nominalrates. These charitable hospitalsshould treat patients for free," thebench observed and posted the mat-ter for hearing after one week.

Mehta, appearing for the Centre,told the top court that this being apolicy issue was required to be de-cided by the government.

Mehta said he would file a re-sponse on the issue.

The bench was hearing an appli-

cation filed in a plea which hassought a direction for regulating thecost of treatment of COVID-19 atprivate hospitals across the country.

The top court had on April 30 is-sued notice to the Centre and soughtits response on the plea, filed by ad-vocate Sachin Jain, which allegedthat private hospitals are "commer-cially exploiting" patients sufferingfrom coronavirus in this hour of cri-sis. The petition has said that thegovernment should mandate privatehospitals which are running on pub-lic land allotted at concessional ratesor running under the category ofcharitable institutions to at least forthe present, treat COVID-19 patientseither pro bono publico (for publicgood) or on no-profit basis.

India's tallycrosses 1.5 lakhNEW DELHI: With yet another sharpsingle-day spike of 6387 infections,the country's COVID tally reached151767 on Wednesday morning.Death toll across the country hasreached 4337, after 170 more pa-tients lost their battle against thepandemic since Tuesday.The recovery front has witnessed afresh improvement of 3935 cases,taking the cured and dischargedCOVID survivors to 64426 across In-dia so far.According to the Health ministry up-date this morning, 83004 cases wereunder active medical supervision atpresent.

Quarantine must forinternational

travellers in HaryanaBUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 27

Haryana Government has di-rected all the Deputy Com-missioners (DCs) of the stateto ensure that internationaltravellers arriving in thecountry remain in institution-al quarantine for the first sev-en days after which they willbe eligible for home quaran-tine for the next seven days.Apart from this, the DCs havealso been instructed to followthe guidelines issued by theMinistry of Health & FamilyWelfare (MoHF&W) in letterand spirit.

Giving further details, anofficial spokesperson saidthat an office memorandumhas been issued in this regardby the Chief Secretary cumChairperson Haryana StateExecutive Committee. Hesaid that if there is no ade-quate home quarantine facili-ty, the concerned DeputyCommissioner in consulta-tion with the Chief MedicalOfficer of his or her districtmay retain such a passengerfor a further period of sevendays at the designated institu-tional quarantine facility.

Special trains forBengal labourersfrom today CHANDIGARH: TheHaryana government has de-cided to initiate a special op-

eration tosend backstranded mi-grant workersfrom WestBengal bytrains fromThursday. Thespecial trains

for migrants will run on 28, 29May and June first. Aspokesman of govt said thatthey were not able to runtrains for west Bengal be-cause of cyclone Amphanand now clearance had re-ceived from Bengal govt andwithout wasting time Haryanagovt had took decision tosend back stranded peopleto their respective state .Similarly Roadways buseswill be sent to Nepal borderto pick the 72 stranded peo-ple from Haryana. Thesebuses will resume journey onThursday and reach Indo-Nepal border on Friday.

BUREAU SHIMLA, MAY 27

Chief Minister Jai RamThakur stressed upon theneed to ensure better facili-ties in institutional quaran-tine centres so that the peo-ple have comfortable stayin these centres. Hewas addressing theDeputy Commis-sioners, Superinten-dents of Police andChief Medical Offi-cers of the Statethrough video con-ferencing fromShimla today.

Chief Minister said thatthe sharp increase in num-ber of COVID-19 positivecases in the State was due topeople of HimachalPradesh coming from otherparts of the country. He saidthat most of the COVID-19positive found in the Statehave travel history fromMaharashtra and Delhi. Hesaid that it was the respon-sibility of the State to en-

sure safety and well beingof the Himachalis strandedin different parts of thecountry. Jai Ram Thakursaid that standard operationprocedure should be adoptedfor saloons and the samemust be adhered to strictly.He said that all the people ar-

riving from red zoneshave to be kept underinstitutional quaran-tine and must be shift-ed to home quarantineonly after their testsfor COVID-19 wasfound negative. Hesaid that same proce-

dure needs to be adopted forHimachalis coming fromother countries. Chief Minis-ter said that complete datashould also be compiled ofHimachalis coming fromother parts of the country. Hesaid that main focus shouldbe laid on tracing and screen-ing of all the contacts ofCOVID-19 positive patientsto ensure their timely treat-ment and check spread of thisvirus.

Jai Ram directs toensure better facilitiesin quarantine centres

Pb approves reforms for availing additional borrowingBUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 27:

With the state staring at 30%shortfall in revenue re-ceipts in FY 2020-21,the Council of Minis-ters on Wednesdaygave in-principle ap-proval to a slew of re-forms to make Punjabeligible to avail addi-tional borrowing of1.5% of Gross State DomesticProduct (GSDP) amid

COVID-19, as mandated bythe Government of India.

A committee will be set upcommittee to ensure proper

monitoring of the imple-mentation of the re-forms, of which the Ad-ministrative Depart-ments will ensure com-pletion within the timeframe stipulated by theCentre, since the addi-tional borrowing limit is

available only for FinancialYear 2020-21. The Cabinet, at a

meeting chaired by Chief Min-ister Captain Amarinder Singh,also accorded in-principle ap-proval to amend the PunjabFiscal Responsibility and Bud-get Management Act, 2003 ac-cordingly. It authorised theChief Minister to okay the finaldraft as approved by Legal Re-membrance (LR). Aspokesper-son of the Chief Minister’s Of-fice pointed out that the Gov-ernment of India (GoI), videletter dated May 17, 2020, haddecided to permit additional

borrowing limit of up to 2% ofGSDP by States in FY 2020-21. However, the relaxation inborrowing limits is partly un-

conditional to the extent of0.5% only, and partly condi-tional to the implementation ofreforms.

Fee for MBBS hiked in all colleges CHANDIGARH: To ensure better medical education and infrastruc-ture facilities for students, the Punjab Cabinet has decided to in-crease the fee for the MBBS course in Government and PrivateMedical Colleges of the state. According to a spokesperson of theChief Minister’s Office, the fee for the MBBS course in the state forGovernment Medical Colleges was last notified in 2015 and for Pri-vate Medical Colleges in 2014.

AGENCYSHIMLA, MAY 27

Bharatiya Janata Party State presidentRajeev Bindal on Wednesday tenderedhis resignation from the party's toppost citing high moral grounds afterhis alleged indirect involvement in therecent Directorate Health Services(DHS) bribe row in the state.

Mr Bindal, in a statement and avideo message, said that he tendered resigna-

tion on high moral grounds being the partychief of the state.

He further said that recent bribescam occurred in the DHS and subse-quently Director Health was arrested onthe basis of an audio clip and investiga-tion is still underway. Terming it unfor-tunate to drag the name of a BJP stateleader behind the corruption, by somepeople indirectly, he stated that he con-sidered it necessary to owe his responsi-

bility being the state president of the party.

Delhi Police filescharge sheets against292 foreigners NEW DELHI: The CrimeBranch of Delhi Police onWednesday filed 15 morecharge sheets against 292 for-eign nationals from 14 coun-tries in a Saket district court inconnection with the congrega-tion at Markaz Tablighi Jamaatin the Nizamuddin area of thenational capital. The charge-sheets were filed before the courtof Duty Metropolitan MagistrateJitendra Pratap Singh in connec-tion with the congregation, whichhad reportedly emerged as anepicentre for the spread of coron-avirus in the country. The matterwas listed for consideration ofcharge-sheets on June 17. Thecharge sheets run into around13,070 pages. Filing the chargesheets, the Crime Branch officialtold the court that there are morethan 900 accused in the case.Today 15 charge sheets werefiled against 292 foreign nation-als from 14 countries, the courtwas informed.

HP BJP chief Bindal quitsover DHS bribe row

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Vodafone Idea enables all bank account holders to recharge from safety of their home

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and

wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

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CHANDIGARH: D2H(previously known as Videocon D2H), a DTH brand of Dish TV India Limited, India's leading DTH Company has launched the ‘D2H Intelligent Assistant’ (DIA), chatbot using the latest AI technology, for its customers. D2H Intelligent Assistant (DIA) is a one-stop solution platform for customers to solve their service queries through an automated assistant in real-time. For seamlessly handling customer problems and issues, a conversation mode approach in a friendly live chat format is used. Catering to the evolving needs of the customers for better, faster and more accurate resolutions of service queries and issues, ‘D2H Intelligent Assistant’ (DIA) comes with an array of exciting features, DIA seeks to make it easier, faster and simpler for D2H customers to resolve their queries and issues. It is designed to process user requests and queries 24X7 through deep analytics and its Artificial Intelligence engine. DIA is enabled with a highly sophisticated machine learning system that enhances accurate, personalized customer service through a constant process of self-evolution and learning.

Dish TV- D2H launches DIA, an AI-enabled chatbot for customer service

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CHANDIGARH: Amazon.in today announced that it is providing a COVID-19 health insurance, completely free of cost for its sellers in India. The insurance will help cover the expenses related to COVID-19 hospitalization and treatment as well as ambulance assistance and ICU charges of up to INR 50,000, and it will be valid for one year after activation. Amazon will fully fund the premium for this health insurance and has partnered with Acko General Insurance (Acko) to manage the policy delivery and handling of claims and reimbursements. This will benefit lakhs of Amazon sellers - anyone who has had an active product listing on Amazon.in between January 2019 and 26 May 2020.Gopal Pillai, VP Seller Services, Amazon India said, “We are facing an unprecedented situation that has affected the lives of millions of people around the world. In these difficult times, the health and safety of our sellers is of utmost importance to us and we are completely committed to support them. Good health is the foundation for our sellers to run their business and are rolling out a group health insurance benefit to help them cover for medical expenses in case of hospitalization and treatment due to COVID-19.

Amazon provides free COVID-19health insurance for its sellers

HISSAR: India’s leading telecom services provider Vodafone Idea has introduced a unique service to empower feature phone users and non-digital savvy customers to recharge their Vodafone Idea numbers with just a valid UPI ID. Vodafone Idea has tied up with Paytm - India's leading financial services to launch this service across the country. The move will help millions of consumers who use feature phones to top up their numbers without having the need to visit physical retail touchpoints. The service doesn’t require mobile-internet facility to undertake such recharges and non-Paytm app users can also easily avail this service. This service is based on the innovative payment service *99# which works on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel.

'Court reserves order on bail plea of AAP MLA Jarwal

AGENCY Kapil Nagar, close aide of NEW DELHI, MAY 27 Jarwal is a co-accused in the

case.A Delhi Court will pronounce Special Judge Ajay Kumar on Thursday the order on the Kuhar reserved the order on the bail plea of AAP legislator bail plea of Jarwal Wednesday Prakash Jarwal, arrested in after hearing arguments from connection with a case of the lawyers appearing for the alleged suicide of a doctor in accused as well as the south Delhi last month. prosecution.

Rajendra Singh, 52, The hearing was held allegedly committed suicide in through video conferencing. Durga Vihar in south Delhi on While seeking the bail for the April 18. In his suicide note, the politician, advocate Ravi doctor held Jarwal responsible Drall told the court that the for his death. suicide note was in different

Like Jarwal, Singh was also writings and that no illegal involved in the business of property found in the name of water supply with the Delhi Jal Jarwal.Board since 2007, and police Victim was Tanker mafia alleged that the MLA and his who was blacklisted after sting associates were extorting operation by TV channel. money from other water-tanker Accused is a sitting MLA, hence owners, including the doctor. there is no apprehension that he

Jarwal, who represents the will abscond, he said.Deoli assembly constituency, While opposing the bail was arrested on May 9, after a application, Public Prosecutor case of extortion and abetment Manish Rawat submitted that to suicide was filed against him the allegations against the MLA and others based on a police was serious in nature and that complaint by the doctor's son -- the investigation was still Hemant. pending.

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AGENCY He also said that making in containing the coronavirus in NEW DELHI, MAY 27 unsubstantiated claims had the country is a result of Prime

become a trait of Rahul Gandhi. Minis ter Narendra Modi ' s Accusing Congress leader Rahul "Excluding China, the top 15 leadership and efforts to unite the Gandhi of trying to weaken the countries of the world most country in the fight against the resolve of the country in the fight affected by the coronavirus have a virus.against coronavirus, Union combined population of 142 crore He also accused Rahul Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on people. According to a WHO Gandhi of spreading negativity, Wednesday said that the leader report, as many as 3,43,562 people working against the nation in was running a campaign based on have died in these counties as on crisis, being hungry for false falsehood, misrepresentation and the evening of May 26," Prasad credit, saying one thing and doing deliberate twisting of facts. said. something else, and spreading

This comes a day after Rahul "Meanwhile, India alone has a misinformation and fake news.Gandhi said that the lockdown has population of 137 crore and only The Union Minister further failed to yield the expected results 4,345 people have died in the said that the Congress leader also in containing the spread of country due to the virus. The opposed the Prime Minister's coronavirus in the country. This campaign is based upon recovery rate in the country is appeal to encourage the doctors,

"Ever since the crisis started, falsehood, misrepresentation, and more than 41 per cent. While n u r s e s , a n d m e d i c a l Rahul Gandhi has been trying to deliberate twisting of facts," deaths are unfortunate, there is no professionals, who are at the weaken the resolve of the country Prasad said in a virtual press cure for coronavirus," he added. frontline of the fight against in the fight against coronavirus. conference. Prasad said that this success coronavirus.

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AMRITSAR-: Sikh Dharma International, a non-profit organization, initiates ‘Food 4 Kids’ volunteer program servinghungry children in need. When you confront the problem of hungry children, you rarely think of the United States. However, the fact is that poverty racks many communities and it is the children who suffer the most. In the state of New Mexico, where Sikh Dharma International is located, the child poverty rate is at 29.5 percent, one of the worst levels in the United States.‘Food 4 Kids’ was started in the year 2009 by Simran Kaur Khalsa of Sikh Dharma International. Volunteers at the Gurdwara pack bags of nutritious food for students in-need to take home over the weekend. The bags are filled with granola bars, fruit juice, nuts, and other items children can open and eat on their own. Following and keeping in mind Sikh dietary principles there are no“junk foods” or candy and everything is vegetarian. For some of these children, the food in those bags was all they had to eat until school-food was available on Monday.

‘Food 4 Kids’ an Initiative by Sikh Dharma International

CHANDIGARH, MAY 27: National Students' Union Sharma said adding mid-semester exams, assigments, of India (NSUI) Punjab has urged the state and projects could be considered while universities to consider promoting students of measuring performance and allocation all graduation courses with special one-time of grades. There is a perceived sense of exception of credit relaxation for final year anxiety and pressure amongst students students, in the wake of uncertainty prevailing as a result of continued uncertainty over students' future due to pandemic situation. over status of examinations all over the The promotion to next level and score could be country, Akshay Sharma further said. based on the work already done in the ongoing Citing instances of such decisions by semester or the average scores of their IIT Kanpur, Goa University, and preceding performances, State NSUI Amity University amongst others, President Akshay Sharma suggested Akshay said this would, taken now exhorting the state government to also facilitate would also ensure grading of their final final year students so they graduate on time. We have year courses is complete latest by June 30 or July 15 submitted a memorandum to honourable Vice- giving students some time to prepare for their next Chancellors of all state universities today, Akshay admission of their choice.

CHANDIGARH: In what is being seen as an example of the superior expertise of government-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, the high-quality reusable cloth masks they are producing will now be available on popular e-commerce platforms towards meeting the soaring demand. The ITIs are playing a critical role during this time of crisis through the provision of quality training and innovation. Till date, the ITIs have produced 14.15 lakh masks and will continue to do so in a bid to help fight the global pandemic while also raising entrepreneurial spirit and profile among stakeholders. The five-layered masks are made of breathable mask fabr ic with non-woven polypropylene which is cotton-knitted and skin-friendly. It also gives superior protection against bacteria, particles and droplets.

Bhatinda: With a gradual relaxation of the lockdown, salons in the city are reopening and welcoming customers back. In collaboration with experts and medical professionals, the Lakme Salon team has reengineered the customer experience journey across all touch points and developed stringent operating guidelines to ensure the highest levels of safety and hygiene for customers and staff. In response to this situation, Pushkaraj Shenai, CEO – Lakme Salon, said that as a Unilever company, rigorous hygiene protocols and high-quality products have always been top priorities for us at Lakme Salon. In the new normal, the safety of our team and customers is the key focus area. Rigorous and continuous screening of salon teams with the Aarogya Setu app and customers with the app and self-declaration forms. Clients in high risk groups will be advised not to get treatments. Strict social distancing through 50% staff strength and limited pre-booked appointments. Daily deep cleaning and regular disinfection of every touchpoint throughout the day with a biosurfactant cleaner. Protective gear – masks, gloves, visors, disposable aprons - for the team. Single-use kits for 90% of services. Revised processes for skin, hair and make-up services to reduce touch. Biodegradable disposables in all services.

Lakme Salon reopens post lockdown with 55 enhanced measures

CHANDIGARH, Bajaj Finance on the direction of Reserve Bank of India is offering moratorium to its customers with consistent loan payment track record. Customers who have not more than two EMIs due in any of their loans are eligible for moratorium for unpaid EMIs that are due in the month of March, April and May 2020. To avail moratorium, customer has to apply on company’s website with details of their loan account and reason for requesting moratorium. As a result of availing the moratorium, the loan tenure will be increased and interest on loan will be added to the interest payable and principal outstanding for the time period of moratorium.

Bajaj Finance offers moratorium

77 Govt. ITIs in Punjab have prepared 869,174 masks

CHANDIGARH: India’s largest luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz today strengthened its position in the luxury performance segment by adding two new models to its coveted high-performance AMG line-up. The Born Bold – AMG C 63 Coupé

and by the racers for the racers– AMG GT R Coupé are the latest additions tothe Mercedes-AMG portfolio in India.With the introduction of these two new AMGs, Mercedes-Benz India firmly underlines its strong presence in the performance car segment, which grew at a robust 54% in 2019. Mercedes- AMG has established its

position as a highly successful sports car and performance brand with numerous attainments from motorsports for developing unique road-going vehicles.

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Mercedes-Benz launches 2 new AMGs- AMG C 63 Coupé & AMG GT R Coupé

Rahul trying to weaken fight against COVID-19: Ravi Shankar

Refutes claims of Cong leader over lockdown

I Surjit Singh S/O Nachhatar Singh R/O Bhagat Kabir Nagar, Ward-4 , Mandi Ahmedgarh, Distt. Sangrur Disown My Son Jagdeep S i n g h A n d H i s Wi f e Gagandeep Kaur From My Moveable And Immoveable Properties. Anybody Deals With Them Will Do So At Their Own Risk.

63372I Harwinderpal Singh S/O Late Amarjit Singh R/O Gali Number 5, Sant Nagar, M e h l a n R o a d S a n g r u r Declare That. My Daughter Avneet Kaur W/O Kamalneet Singh R/O Sehaj Enclave Patiala Out Of My Control. I Disown Her From My Moveable And Immoveable Property. Anybody Dealing With Her His/Her Own Risk. Me And My Family Members Are Not Responsible.

63372I Baljit Singh S/O Sucha Singh R/O Village Badrukhan Distt Sangrur Declare That My Son Jagsir Singh And His Wife Sakshi Are Out Of My Control. I Disinherited Them From My Moveable And I m m o v e a b l e P r o p e r t y. Anybody Dealing With Them His/Her Own Risk. Me And My Family Members Are Not Responsible.

63372I, Mamo w/o Late Sh. Kalu Ram R/o #3229/1 Sector 38-D, Chandigarh declare that my son Late Sh. Anil Kumar (already expired) his Wife Anita and his Children's R/o #2202 Daddu Majra Colony Chandigarh are misbehaving and out of my control, so i Disown them from my m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e properties. Anybody deals with them at their own risk ans responsibility.

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MC union threatensstir from June 2KARNAL: Municipality Employees Unionsubmitted memorandum to SDM in thename of Chief Administrator Agricultureand Marketing Marketing Board. On thisoccasion, State Secretary Sharada, Ex-ecutive Member of the Union of All Work-ers Union, Krishna Sharma and S.K. K.SK District Secretary Indrajit Chanaliasaid that the members of the marketcommittee will sit at their respective firestations from 9 am to 5 pm from June 2to 4 at a gradual hunger strike. Employ-ees of municipalities, councils and corpo-rations and fire brigades will go to thepicket site and support the movement ofthese employees.On June 4, all 57 municipalities, 19 Mu-nicipal Councils, 10 Municipal Corpora-tions and 69 fire stations will demon-strate vigorously in support of the MarketCommittee's hunger-striking employeesto get the Market Committee employeeson the roll and support their movement.He said that the Deputy Commissionerhas also been given reminders to meetmany times, but that too, not taking it se-riously, the union has decided that if themunicipal administration officials did notsettle the matter before May 30, the em-ployees went on strike Will be forced togo. Sandeep Tyagi, Himanshu Sharma,Vinay Kumar, Satpal, Pankaj Rana andKailash Tyagi were present on this occa-sion.

ReadymadeGarmentsAssociationdistributes masks

VIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA: Readymade GarmentsAssociation today distributed masks,sanitisers and gloves on behalf of Gha-raunda to the shops of the city of gar-ments to make shoppers aware of theprecautions to be taken to prevent Coro-na epidemic. During this time, DevendraIshpuniyani, the head of ReadymadeGarments Association Gharaunda, saidthat the outbreak of Carona epidemic isfatal to humanity at this time. We all haveto do this together. He said that thebiggest defense for this should be tocater to the Government Guidelines. Allthe shopkeepers should also wearmasks themselves and give them to theirsalesmen and request all customers tocover their face. They must also weargloves and use a sanitiser. They mustuse social distancing in and outsidestores. They must open and close shopsas per the administration guidelines. Ifthey do this then it will be easy to escapefrom the deadly epidemic Corona. Onthis occasion, Sardar Sukhbir Singh,Amit Mehandiratta, Nandu, Ajit Patpatia,Raju, Pawan, Sonu and others distrib-uted masks, sanitisers and gloves bymaintaining social distancing.

Dalits seek justice KARNAL: The attack on Dalit Vikasand Arun of village Biradhana policestation Dujana was done by the team ofupper caste Amit, Sahil and Tannu onMay 25 at 7:30 pm due to which VikasValmiki and Arun Valmiki got hurt. Theywere also admitted in the PGI later. TheDalits today demanded justice from theState Farmer's President Dara Singhand National Guard Advocate KNSingh. To get the information to this ef-fect, ASI Mahavir of Thana Dujana, whois also the IO of the case, said thatstatements have been taken in the PGIfrom the development and the case hasbeen registered.The SHOs themselves are investigatingthe matter, but the Dalits of Birdhana vil-lage said that Amit Sahil and Tannu ofGunda Pravarti quarreled due to a loveaffair. There is anger in the area, and theDalits have also sent their requests tothe Chief Minister, DGP Haryana, andPolice of Jhajjar to demand speedy ac-tion and appeal for fair justice. Becausethey fear the attackers may be savedfrom the police.

AYUSH distributesmedicines duringCorona crisisKARNAL: District Ayurvedic Officer Dr.Satish Khatkar said that Corona is aglobal epidemic and the Department ofAYUSH has set an example of bestwork in the time of this epidemic.AYUSH Department, Karnal has dis-tributed medicines to increase immuni-ty to the Deputy Commissioner Office,all the Police Officers of the Districtand employees of all other Depart-ments. Apart from this, medicines havebeen distributed to about 13000 seniorcitizens of Karnal and this work is go-ing on. District Ayurvedic Officer saidthat we have constituted a specialteam of two doctors, a pharmacist andfour therapists, who are constantly en-gaged in the packing and distributionof these medicines.Till now the AYUSH department hasdistributed medicines regularly at allcontainment zones and all Quarantinecenters in district Karnal. He said thateven during the time of this epidemic,OPD has been continued continuouslyat all our AYUSH centers. So far, theDepartment of AYUSH has distributedmedicines to increase immunity to36839 people in district Karnal. On thisoccasion, Dr. Rajbir Langayan, Dr.Nitin Rohila, Naresh Kumar Pharma-cist, Ramesh, Jitendra, Bhanu, Monikaand Babalin packaged and distributedmedicines.

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3HARYANAFive held with over 1106 kg poppy husk CHANDIGARH: Haryana police has foiled an attempt to push a big drug consignment intothe state from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and seized a total of 1106 kg 340 gram poppyhusk (doda/chura post) concealed in trucks from Kaithal and Panchkula districts and arrestedfive persons in this connection. Stating this here on Wednesday, a Haryana Police spokesper-son informed that drug peddlers had made deadly preparations to push the people of thestate into drug addiction, but our brave police teams had dented their nefarious intentions withthe seizure of huge consignment of narcotic substance. In the first incident, a STF team whileconducting checking at a naka near Titram mor, Kaithal had intercepted a truck bearingHaryana registration number and seized 876 kg poppy husk (including 760 kg doda post and116 kg chura post) concealed under 41 plastic bags of Lemon.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

Congress will corner BJPgovt: Tarlochan Singh

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 27

The national leaders of the Congresswill interact with half a million peopleacross the country from 11 am to 2 pmtomorrow through social media and oth-er means. District Congress convenorTarlochan Singh in Karnal will beamong the people from Facebook to-morrow at 11 am. Haryana CongressPresident Kumari Selja, Haryana Con-gress Legislature Party leader Bhupen-dra Singh Hooda, former MP Deepender Hooda, Congress Na-tional Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and Congress leaderKiran Chaudhary spoke to all district convenors, MLAsBaristha leaders on the zoom app.

It was decided that during the Corona Transition period, theNDA Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's failurewill put the Government in the dock of questions. Congress dis-trict convenor Tarlochan Singh said that the rate of self-em-ployment in the state has increased by 42 per cent. He said thatthe Congress will surround the BJP government in the countryand the state. He said that the government demanded immedi-ate assistance of Rs 910 thousand for the non-income tax pay-ers and monthly assistance of Rs 7500 per month. He said thatthe condition of migrant laborers is bad. The Congress ynderSonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi arranged 1000 buses tosend home migrant workers.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 27

The 15 th blood donation camp was held to-day in civil hospital under the leadership ofPankaj Gaba. He said that in the last 25 daysthis is the 15th camp by him in which 500young companions have donated their bloodso far in this virtuous work.Gaba said thatthis cooperation of these blood-bearers willalways be remembered in the time of crisis.He said I salute those heroes who performedtheir duty.

On this occasion, Dr. Sanjay Verma, ablood bank officer, donated blood to theyouth. Explain the benefits of the youth andalso encourage the youth, Shubham Raver,Mukhtiar Singh Rinku Kumar, Vijay Kumar,Akash, Deepak Kataria, Sunny, HimanshuKalra, Chaman, Singh, Ashok Kumar,Vishal, Krishan, Ajay, Mohit Chanalia,Shubham Sharma, Sandeep Kumar, Ravi,Tarun Khurana, Mandeep, Sanjay, Ankush,Vinay, Deepak supported by donating theirblood. They were accompanied by SonuSharma, MC Dhiman, Piyush Sharma andAkash Shiriswal. .

Pankaj Gaba holds 15thblood donation camp

SHIV KUMAR SHAR-MAKARNAL, MAY 27

The great Guru ArjunDev Ji achieved martyr-dom because of the con-spiracy of some self-serving people at thattime. The fearless Sikhideology was considereda threat to those people.Jathedar Singh SahebGiani Harpreet Singh ofShri Akal Takht Sahebexpressed these views inKarnal. He was speakingyesterday in a livebroadcast from the DeraKar Seva at the Digital LiveKirtan Durbar organized inconnection with the martyrGurupurab of Guru ArjunDev ji. Guru Nanak Dev ji

spoke against this nexus ofpower, bonding and feath-ers. People all over thecountry had joined with thisvoice, which was consid-ered a threat to their throne

and so Guru Arjun Dev Jiwas martyred. Referring tothe role of Sikh society onCorona lockdown, he saidthat Sikhs always follow therules and they can never

stop celebrating thedays of their gurus.The guru pro-gramme was sharedby millions of San-gat with GurbaniKirtan and GuruHistory in the coun-try and abroadthrough Digital LiveKirtan Samagam byNIFAA, ShiromaniGatka Federation ofIndia, Guru NanakSevak Jatha andGuru Nanak SevaSociety from Sangatand Baba Sukha

Singh of Karnal praised theprogramme and described itas a worthwhile effort andthanked all the tele chennelswho showed this conferencelive.

Millions participate in digital live kirtan

Shopkeepers submit memo toMC regarding problems

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, MAY 27

Odd and even system was implemented by the municipal administration regarding coronavirusas per the government's instructions. This epidemic is spreading in the country, so some changeswere made in the rules of lockdown. Municipal Secretary Ravindra Kumar informed that shopswill be opened in a phased manner as per the instructions of the government. Number one shopswill be opened on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. While two number shops will be openedon Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This process was implemented so that the city is not over-crowded because the epidemic spreads rapidly due to congestion. Some shopkeepers, however,did not like this system. They have given application in writing in which it has been demandedthat permission be given to open all shops daily from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Municipal SecretaryRavindra Kumar said that their application has been sent to higher officials and they be informedas soon as a decision is taken by the government.

Govt officials must takeoath of integrity: AroraSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: National President of the Anti Corruption Founda-tion of India, Narendra Arora said that all government offi-

cials should act honestly byaccepting the online pledgeof integrity by the CentralVigilance Commission. Hesaid that the pledge of onlineintegrity of the Central Vigi-lance Commission can betaken by the civic and insti-tute whose online certificateis also issued. He said thatpeople are being madeaware of the online oath ofintegrity by the Anti Corrup-tion Foundation of India andthousands of people havebeen motivated for it.He said that now employeesof government offices willalso be motivated to do their

work with honesty and selflessness by taking pledge of in-tegrity of the Central Vigilance Commission. He said thatthis campaign will be carried out at the national level. Naren-dra Arora said that 97,48338 citizens and 1,32493 organisa-tionshave accepted the pledge of online integrity of the CentralVigilance Commission. He said that truth and honesty is be-ing propagated by the pledge of integrity of Central Vigi-lance.

Bal Sangam portal launchedKARNAL, MAY 27

Online portal called Bal Sangam has been launched by DistrictAdministration Karnal with an aim to keep children busy in cre-ative and artistic works in the event of school closure due to coro-navirus. Nishant Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner and Chair-man of the District Child Welfare Council launched the portal inthe auditorium of the Mini Secretariat.The DC said that it ismandatory to provide them various platforms to improve the tal-ent hidden in children. For this purpose, the district administra-tion has launched an online portal, so that children can displaytheir art while keeping themselves busy in lockdown. Throughthis portal, children of different age groups, from 5 to 9 years, 10to 14 and 15 to 18 years, will be able to participate in variouscompetitions in their respective age groups. Rangoli, painting andBest Out of West will be three categories in these competitions.Students wishing to participate in the competition and displaytheir art can submit photo entries of the work of art on the onlineportal - balasangam dot idishakaranal in between 27 May to 31May. Ayush Sinha and Neeraj Kadian, District Child Welfare Of-ficer Vishwas Malik, CMGGAApoorva, ADIO Parvinder Singh,Program Officer Divya Chhabra and others were present on theoccasion.

Private buses torun from Karnal

KARNAL, MAY 27

Private bus permits were discussed in a video conferenceheld between Roadways Coordination Committee andRTA Karnal. It was agreed to run private buses from Kar-nal to Garhbirbal, Karnal to Dhand via Nilokheri and Kar-nal Balla Salvan via Moonak Assandh, Karnal toRaitkhana Ladwa and Karnal to Dhand via Sitamai Route.It was also clarified that no government bus will run onthese routes. Private bus operators will have to handle the42 class passengers who will be traveling at free or con-cession rates. At the meeting, a demand was raised fromthe synergy committee that private buses should be sent onthe 452 routes on which consent was given to the privatecommittee. Private bus drivers are only driving buses onprofitable routes. Due to this, passengers are facing a lot oftrouble. Pradhan Sukhvindra Singh, Pradhan Kripal Singh,Pradhan Kala Ram, Pradhan Virendra Singh, Sahab Singh,Suresh Kumar, Ranbir Singh, Harish Kumar, Bhim Singhand Mukesh Kumar were present in the meeting.

Not wearing masks, spitting in publicplaces to invite Rs 500 fine: Vij

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 27

Haryana Home Minister Mr. Anil Vijhas said that curbing the spread ofCOVID-19 infection in Haryana is thepriority of the State Government. Sev-eral steps are being taken to ensurestrict adherence of all the guidelinesissued by the Union Home Ministry.He said that it would now be manda-tory for everyone to wear masks inpublic places to prevent the spread ofthis infection. Similarly, there wouldbe a ban on anyone spitting in a pub-lic place. Those who are found violat-ing these rules would have to face afine of Rs. 500 each for both the of-fences. The offender has to pay thisfine amount in cash, not through thecourt.

The Home Minister said thiswhile interacting with media personshere today. While responding to themedia queries regarding the situationof COVID-19 in the State, he saidmedical officers in hospitals, munici-pality engineers in municipalities,Block Development and PanchayatOfficers in village Panchayats andStation House Officers (SHOs) in theareas under their jurisdiction would beauthorized to impose fines against theviolators. He said that a notification inthis regard would be issued today.

The Home Minister said that ascompared to other states, the COVID-

19 situation in Haryana is largely un-der control. Most of the cases havebeen reported from four districts ad-joining Delhi namely, Sonipat, Farid-abad, Gurugram, and Jhajjar. Yester-day, 33 new cases were found in Gu-rugram and 22 in Faridabad. Similar-ly, in Haryana, the doubling rate of co-rona cases is 19 days, the recoveryrate is 66 percent and the testing rateis about 4,000 per million, he added.

“We have proved ourselves on allfronts. If we do a comparative studyof the entire country, and if we ex-clude the number of positive COVID-19 cases reported in the four districtsadjoining Delhi and the Tablighi Ja-maat cases, then certainly Haryanawould have been in a better positionin the country. We are still in a betterposition as compared to other States,”

he added. He said that yesterday 12 cases of

police personnel deployed at variouscheckpoints in Jhajjar have also beenreported. He said that the AdditionalChief Secretary, Home Departmenthas been directed to ensure the safetyof ‘Corona Warriors’. It would bemandatory for police personnel onduty to wear masks, gloves, and othersafety equipment, etc. All types ofequipment would be made availableby the department, the Home Ministerasserted.

Responding to a question regard-ing the protest staged by Congressparty leaders including Kumari Seljaand Randeep Singh Surjewala against‘Mera Pani Meri Virasat (MPMV)’scheme of the Haryana governmentappealing the farmers not to sow pad-dy, the of Home Minister said, “Asper the directions issued by the Min-istry of Home Affairs, no person canhold political, religious, and social ac-tivities collectively during the lock-down period. The government wouldconduct an inquiry in this matter andif rules are violated, action would betaken against them.” Answering to aquestion regarding Special EnquiryTeam (SET) investigating the Khark-hoda liquor case, Home Minister saidfor the investigation of this case hehad demanded to constitute SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) in place ofthe SET.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH MAY 27

Former Chief Minister andLeader of OppositionBhupinder Singh Hooda onWednesday given an ultima-tum to the state governmentto withdraw its decision toban paddy cultivation. Hesaid a state-wide agitationwould be launched after theCOVID-19 lockdown is liftedon May 31.

The former Chief Minis-ter said he and his partywould take the issue to everyfarmer in the state and theprogramme would be an-nounced at a press conferencein Kurukshetra. Hooda saidhe will meet farmers from allareas impacted by the paddy

ban, including Kurukshetraand Fatehabad.

Accusing the governmentof being stubborn on the is-sue, he said the governmentremained adamant despite re-peated pleas. “The govern-ment should factor in the con-dition of the farmer and the

seriousness of the situation.Instead of carrying out newexperiments with farming andfarmers in the time of a glob-al pandemic, they should fo-cus on providing maximumrelief,” the Leader of Opposi-tion said.

Hooda said the govern-ment’s decision to ban paddysowing in different parts ofthe state has been rejected bymost farmers in the state.“The farmer should feel freeto sow paddy or any othercrop and we want to tell thefarmers that we stand withthem in every struggle. Thegovernment has no right to re-fuse to buy the crop sown bythe farmer at MSP. If the gov-ernment does so, we will cer-tainly oppose it,” he said.

Hooda to go to farmers onban against paddy sowing

Power department introducestrust reading for consumers

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Power DISCOMs (Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and DakshinHaryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) have introduced the facility of trust reading for consumers. In caseof meter readings being wrong in electricity bill, consumers can get the bill fixed by providingcorrect meter reading online. Giving this information, a spokesperson of the DISCOMs said thatthe facility is for consumers in domestic, non-domestic and LT industrial categories (maximumload up to 20 kW). For this facility, the consumers will have to visit the Nigam's websitewww.uhbvn.org.in or www.dhbvn.org.in. All information about the use of this facility is alsoavailable on the websites of the DISCOMs.

4TIME AND MEMORYARE TRUE ARTISTS;

THEY REMOULD REALITY NEARER TOTHE HEART'S DESIRE.

JOHN DEWEY

I HAVE A MEMORY LIKE AN ELEPHANT. I RE-MEMBER EVERY ELEPHANT I'VE EVER MET.

HERB CAEN

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic

astrologer known forher accurate predic-

tions of winning BJP minis-ter Kirron Kher, as well win-

ning ofPunjab elec-tions byCongress .She hasmany lec-tures on as-trology in

India and Abroad. Followedby international conferencesand T.V. shows on variousChannels.ARIES :- Your cheerful stateof mind will help. You canachieve the impossible todayif you stay committed to-wards your goals.

Lucky Color :- Dark yel-

lowLucky No :- 9

TAURUS :- Certain impor-tant plans will be executedbringing you freshfinancial gains.Seniors col-leagues andrelatives willlend majorsupport.

Lucky Col-or:- Cream

Lucky No :- 7GEMINI :- Elderlypeople need to take care oftheir health. Speculation willbring in profits. Matrimonialalliances for some.

Lucky Color :- OrangeLucky No :- 2

CANCER :- Wishes will befulfilled as blessings and

good fortune comes yourway and as hard work of theprevious days brings results.

Lucky Color :- IndigoLucky No :- 22

LEO :- You wouldget relief from thetensions andstrains of life, it isright time tochange your lifestyle to permanent-

ly keep them a bay.Lucky Color :- Par-

rot greenLucky No :- 17

VIRGO :- Today success isdefinitely your if you makecrucial changes. Your artisticand creative ability will at-tract lot of appreciations.

Lucky Color :- VioletLucky No :- 8

LIBRA :- Consult your ex-perts before making anycommitment. Be cautionswhile drinking and eating.Carelessness could make yousick.

Lucky Color :- LavenderLucky No :- 4

SCORPIO :- Motivate your-self to be more optimistic. Itwill make you more confi-dent and help you deal withnegative emotions.

Lucky Color :- MaroonLucky No :- 18

SAGITTARIUS :- Expendi-ture rises due to unforeseenexpenses. Household jobswill keep you busy. Con-struction work undertakenwill finish.

Lucky Color :- RedLucky No :- 15

CAPRICORN :- Use yourenergy to help someone indistress. Social activities willbe fun but you should avoidsharing your secrets withothers.

Lucky Color :- PinkLucky No :- 11

AQUARIUS :- Investmentin antiques and jewellerywill brings gains and pros-perity. Attend social func-tions. Not a very good dayfor travelling.

Lucky Color :- TurquoiseLucky No :- 5

PISCES :- Concentrate onimproving your position bothat home and amongst friends.This will be an upsetting dayif you jump to conclusions.

Lucky Color :- Peach Lucky No :- 6

The action of the Karnataka government on Mon-day granting exemption to ministers of the Uniongovernment or state governments or officers on

duty who are travelling across states from requirementsof quarantine after Union chemicals and fertilisers min-ister D.V. Sadananda Gowda broke the standard operat-ing procedure reflects the ad-hocism and lack of coor-dination that rule the Covid containment efforts in thecountry. Mr Gowda, who arrived in Bengaluru onMonday from Delhi on a scheduled flight when the do-mestic air traffic was opened after two months, al-legedly violated the SOP that required people whoreached the state by domestic flights from Delhi andfive other states to spend the first week in institutionalquarantine and the second week in home quarantine.The minister, who attended review meetings with offi-cials, later said he cannot be equated with ordinarypeople as he was responsible for ensuring the availabil-ity of medicines in every part of the country and thathis institutional quarantine would impede it. After thecontroversy erupted, the Karnataka government pub-lished an addendum to the SOP granting the exemp-tion. Only later did the minister place himself in homequarantine, that too after the government seemed to re-alise the enormity of the breach of regulations. Nobodyhas a case that a Union minister with such a critical re-sponsibility should be made to shut himself out fromthe world even for a single day when the whole nationis fighting the deadly virus. But a government cannotwork on knee-jerk reactions; it should follow the laiddown rules. Nobody would have complained if theminister was sent to Bengaluru on a special flight; thisnation can afford that luxury. Nobody would have re-gretted granting exemption to the important functionar-ies and then they follow it; but doing so to pardon vio-lations by important people with retrospective effect isunacceptable. One may wonder why nobody in theUnion government had objected to a senior ministertaking a regular scheduled flight and risking his healthbut anyone who closely watches the functioning ofsome of the ministries have little reason to do so. Apandemic would have ideally been fought by the stategovernments under the leadership and coordination ofthe Union government but the latter has been hardlysuccessful in carrying out its role effectively. The totalchaos witnessed across airports on Monday when airtraffic was opened after a long period showed the callousness with which the government approached the operation.

More elite than thou:Gowda impunity reeks

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

Editorial

Literature & CultureHistory is ignored: The march of follyHistorian Barbara Tuchman,

in her celebrated study ondecision-making failures by

governments, The March of Folly,chronicles several major events inhistory when despite the clarity ofthe situation and availability of op-tions, wrong choices were madeleading to catastrophic conse-quences. Her analysis starts withthe case of the Trojan horse, actu-ally a Greek horse laden withGreek soldiers with deadly intent,which was unthinkingly and hap-pily hauled into Troy. Tuchmantheorised that leaders are usuallydriven by base and sundry motiva-tions instead of being driven bygrand visions and noble impulses,and so make huge mistakes timeand again.

Why did Jawaharlal Nehruembark on the foolhardy “forwardpolicy” in 1961, which envisagedinserting Indian military posts be-hind Chinese forward posts, whenthe Indian Army just did not havethe military means then of sustain-ing these posts, let alone holdingthe resultant imaginary line?

In his seminal work on deci-sion-making in government, psy-chologist Irving Janis warns of thedangers of Groupthink. Group-think is a malady to which deci-sion-making groups are highlysusceptible unless the group’s dy-namics are carefully controlledand marshalled to advantage by

the leader, for groups often tend tobe dominated or manipulated byone or few individuals who havetheir own agendas. There are dan-gers when the system leaves alldecision-making to one individual.Others stop thinking. Worse, theystop warning the leader.

Spanish conquistador HernanCortez, with less than 200 soldiers,entered Tikal, the Aztec capital.Cortez boldly strode up to thewaiting Montezuma seated on thegreat pyramid and seized him. Thenumbed Aztecs capitulated, andSouth America soon became LatinAmerica. Coming to more recenttimes, there are two fateful deci-sions we must wonder about. Thefirst was the decision to “demone-tise” all `500 and `1,000 currencynotes. On that fateful day in No-vember 2016, the total banknotesin circulation valued `16.42 lakhcrores, of which nearly 86 percent, or around `14.18 lakh crores,derived from `500 and `1,000 ban-knotes. Did they consider the con-sequences of rendering the econo-my dangerously anemic by with-drawing 86 per cent of the cash?Did they not know that India wasstill mostly a cash economy, andthat the so-called “black money”which Prime Minister NarendraModi said he was after, is seldomkept in cash? In the end it onlyflushed out `10,720 crores. Wewere still counting the devastating

losses inflicted by demonetisationwhen the Covid-19 pandemicstruck. India saw an even morevirulent pandemic in 1957, whenthe influenza, again with a Chineseorigin, arrived in May that year ona ship from Singapore. By the endof June, it spread all over India, in-fecting over two million people.The H1N1 swine flu pandemics hitIndia in September 1968 and againin May 2009. The last visitation inIndia was from the United Statesand was brought by an air passen-ger returning to Hyderabad. Clear-ly, the only way to curb a pandem-ic is to stop it at the gates.

When reports of the new coro-navirus started coming in earlyJanuary, we should have beenwarned to screen all air passengersarriving into India. I returned toHyderabad from Bangkok on

January 23 and saw the ther-mal cameras, but they were notmanned. It was the similar situa-tion in all other airports with inter-national arrivals. By the timescreening began in late February,over 70 lakh passengers had ar-rived from all over the world,many carrying the virus.

Why were the lessons of theearlier flu pandemics not imbibed?Those viruses too were mostlydangerous for the older popula-tion, and we had dealt with themby isolating the infected and vul-nerable.

Little hope forreal estate

Real estate developers havewelcomed the economicmeasures announced by

the Union Finance Minister Nir-mala Sitharaman that are aimedat reviving the economy amidstthe slowdown induced byCOVID-19.

Announced in five tranches,the 20-lakh crore package has aseries of measures for real estate,MSME, agricul-ture, NBFC,health, and educa-tion sectors. Forreal estate, thegovernment hasgranted an exten-sion of the dead-line for projectsregistered on afterMarch 25, 2020 tocompensate forthe time lost onaccount of a lockdown.

Furthermore, the govern-ment has announced an Rs30,000 special package and Rs45,000 credit guarantee schemeto infuse liquidity into the Indianeconomy. Realtors shared theirviews on the government's deci-sion. "We welcome their deci-sion of extending the deadlinefor the completion of projects, asit will be a huge breather for thesector. Also, the other announce-ments made to improve liquidity

will ultimately support the real-tors. The sector was waiting forsuch a package and expects itwill help in putting the Indianeconomy on the path to recov-ery," said Ravish Kapoor, Man-aging Director, Elan Group,while appreciating the decisivesteps taken to bolster the real es-tate sector amidst the COVID-19pandemic.

"We ap-preciate thecentral govern-ment's an-nouncement ofbenefitting thereal estate sec-tor. Providinga force ma-jeure relief tothe real estatedevelopers is agreat comfort-

ing step in these grim hours. Be-sides, the suo moto extension ofsix months announced for allregistered projects expiring on orafter March 25, 2020 would en-able the project completions withthe revised timelines thus infus-ing the confidence back in thesector. We look forward to thecomplete guidelines to be issuedby the Urban Ministry for de-tailed information on severalstatutory compliances underRERA," said Ashish Arora.

Stop NotNot necessary one isat right frontPossibility of cobra-likeaggressive attack couldn't beruled outTherefore, do not sit idleGive impetus to your effortsrender some reason to sensitivity

Open your hands to embrace theskyKiss the forehead of lightSearch out fossil of divinityin the sands of timeStop not

because the meaning of stoppingis thatwhich I don't want to sayand you perhapswouldn't like to listen.

POEMS

In a study conducted by agroup of researchers, oneof the most promising

theories for the evolution ofhuman speech has finally re-ceived support from chim-panzee communication.

The evolution of speechis one of the longest-standingpuzzles of evolution. How-ever, inklings of a possiblesolution started emergingsome years ago when mon-key signals involving a quicksuccession of mouth open-close cycles were shown toexhibit the same pace of hu-man spoken language.

In the paper 'Chimpanzeelip-smacks confirm primatecontinuity for speech-rhythmevolution', published todayin the journal Biology Let-ters, a consortium of re-searchers, including St An-drews University and theUniversity of York, led bythe University of Warwick,have found that the rhythmof chimpanzee lip-smacksalso exhibit a speech-likesignature - a critical step to-wards a possible solution tothe puzzle of speech evolu-tion.

Just like each and everylanguage in the world, mon-key lip-smacks have previ-ously shown a rhythm ofabout 5 cycles/second (i.e.5Hz). This exact rhythm hadbeen identified in other pri-mate species, including gib-bon song and orangutan con-sonant-like and vowel-likecalls. However, there was no

evidence from African apes,such as gorillas, bonobos andchimpanzees - who areclosely related to humans,meaning the plausibility ofthis theory remained on hold.

Now, the team of re-searchers using data from 4chimpanzee populationshave confirmed that they tooproduce mouth signals at aspeech-like rhythm. Thefindings show there has beenmost likely a continuous pathin the evolution of primatemouth signals with a 5Hzrhythm. Proving that evolu-

tion recycled primate mouthsignals into the vocal systemthat one day was to becomespeech.

African great apes, theclosest species to humans,had never been studied forthe rhythm of their commu-nication signals. Researchersinvestigated the rhythm ofchimpanzee lip-smacks, pro-duce by individuals whilethey groom another andfound that chimpanzees pro-duce lip-smacks at an aver-age speech-like rhythm of4.15 Hz.

Researchers used dataacross two captives and twowild populations, usingvideo recordings collected atEdinburgh Zoo and LeipzigZoo, and recordings of wildcommunities including theKanyawara and the Waibiracommunity, both in Uganda.

Dr Adriano Lameira,from the Department of Psy-chology at the University ofWarwick comments: "Our re-sults prove that spoken lan-guage was pulled togetherwithin our ancestral lineageusing "ingredients" that were

already available and in useby other primates and ho-minids. This dispels much ofthe scientific enigma thatlanguage evolution has rep-resented so far. We can alsobe reassured that our igno-rance has been partly a con-sequence of our huge under-estimation of the vocal andcognitive capacities of ourgreat ape cousins.

"We found pronounceddifferences in rhythm be-tween chimpanzee popula-tions, suggesting that theseare not the automatic and

stereotypical signals so oftenattributed to our ape cousins.Instead, just like in humans,we should start seriouslyconsidering that individualdifferences, social conven-tions and environmental fac-tors may play a role in howchimpanzees engage "in con-versation" with one another.

"If we continue search-ing, new clues will certainlyunveil themselves. Now it's amatter of mastering the polit-ical and societal power topreserve these precious pop-ulations in the wild.

Chimpanzees help to traceevolution of human speech

Poem by: Madhav Kaushik

Gurudwara Sahib, Daftu Distt Kasur (now in Pakistan) It is said that this was the Gurdwara where Baba BullheShah took refuge when he was banished from the village by the Chaudhris (Leaders) of Pandoki.

Just like each and every language inthe world, monkey lip-smacks havepreviously shown a rhythm of about5 cycles/second (i.e. 5Hz). This exactrhythm had been identified in otherprimate species, including gibbonsong and orangutan consonant-likeand vowel-like calls. However, therewas no evidence from African apes,such as gorillas, bonobos andchimpanzees - who are closelyrelated to humans, meaning theplausibility of this theory remainedon hold.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

Uttarakhand reports 38 new COVID-19casesDEHRADUN: 38 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported inUttarakhand today, taking the state tally to 438. "79 persons haverecovered and four people have died due to coronavirus in the state sofar," the State Health Department said in a release. A total of 1,51,767confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India. 64,426persons have recovered or migrated, the Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare said on Wednesday. There are 83,004 active cases of COVID-19in the country at present. 4,337 people have lost their lives due to thecoronavirus.

271 Himachalisreturn from DelhiPANKAJ KATNAUNA: The train carrying 271Himachalis from Delhi reached Unarailway station at 5.30 am. DCSandeep Kumar told that 76 trainsfrom Kangra district, 41 from Hamirpur,42 from Mandi, 20 from Shimla, 16from Kumbu, 20 from Kinnaur, 24 fromBilaspur, 25 from Una, one fromSirmaur and 3 passengers from Solanhave reached.He informed that all thepassengers were taken off. Two exitswere made by the districtadministration Una to exit the platform,so that there is no inconveniencecaused to the passengers. Thepassengers of Kangra district were firstsanitized after landing on the platform.They were then thermal screened atthe health desk and information aboutflu-like symptoms was obtained fromthem. All passengers were providedwith food and water bottles andsanitizers before exiting the station.After this, they were boarded in HRTCbuses and sent to their destinations.During this time, all the passengersfollowed the rules of social distancingand followed the guidelines given. TheDeputy Commissioner said that 600food packets were prepared for all thepassengers returning from Delhi andthe staff on duty and the food wasarranged by Radha Swami SatsangGhar Bhadsali. He said that about 50volunteers had made arrangementsranging from cooking to packing, forwhich the district administration isgrateful to Una Satsang Ghar. Heespecially thanked the socialinstitutions for their support. ADCArindam Chaudhary, ASP VinodDhiman and other administrativeofficers were present.

J-K police greetDoctors with flowersat LD HospitalSRINAGAR: Jammu and KashmirPolice officers on Wednesday gaveflowers to the doctors arriving at LalDed Hospital to honour the front-lineworkers fighting the COVID-19pandemic. As a goodwill gesture, theofficials greeted the frontline workersof the hospital who are fighting thepandemic in the Union Territory. Asimilar initiative was taken by theIndian Air Force when they conducteda flypast over Dal Lake in Srinagar toexpress gratitude towards medicalprofessionals.

Woman killed,another injured inKashmirSRINAGAR: A woman was killed andanother was injured when a vehicle hitthem at Sutsoo Chattargam inBadgam district of central Kashmir onWednesday, official sources said. Theinjured were immediately rushed toBone and Joint hospital at Barzulla,they said. One of the injured latersuccumbed, they further said addingthe driver of the vehicle was arrestedand vehicle seized. Police hasregistered a case and initiated theproceedings, they added.

COVID-19: 13 withtravel history testpositive in JammuJAMMU: Thirteen people with travelhistory have tested positive for NovelCoronavirus in Jammu district, anofficial said here. An administrativeofficial here on Wednesday said thaton Tuesday, 10 train passengers andtoday, three air travellers have testedpositive. 'All in administrativequarantine,' they said, adding that theadministration's proactive move of 100per cent sampling and testing, seemsto be working fine in identifying cases.

Hatu Temple Committeecontributes Rs. 1,01,101towards HP SDMACOVID-19 SDRFSHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai RamThakur was presented a cheque of Rs.1,01,101 by Chairman, Hatu TempleCommittee, Narkanda, district ShimlaBhupender Kanwar towards ‘HPSDMA COVID-19 State DisasterResponse Fund’ here today. ChiefMinister thanked the contributors fortheir noble gesture. Vice Chairman,Prem Singh Khimta, Secretary GianDogra and Member of TempleCommittee Prem Thakur were alsopresent on the occasion.

91 new COVID-19 casesin J&K; death toll 24SRINAGAR: The number of novelcoronavirus cases in Jammu andKashmir rose to 1,759 after 91 morepeople tested positive, while the deathtoll due to the pandemic climbed to 24with another fatality in the Valley,officials said. There was no new caseof the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)in Anantnag, which has become theworst-hit district with 278 infections tillMonday. The district in south Kashmirhad zero COVID-19 cases till April 14.A 90-year-old man died at a hospital inKashmir early on Tuesday morning,taking the COVID-19 toll in the Unionterritory to 24. The man from Kulgamhad tested positive for coronavirus onMonday, and was suffering fromhypertension, pneumonia,breathlessness and fever. Ninety-onenew coronavirus cases -- 54 inJammu and 37 in Kashmir -- weredetected, taking the total confirmedcases to 1,759. There are 1,411infections so far in Kashmir and 348 inthe Jammu region, the officials said.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

COVID testing machine tobe installed in Hamirpur

AGENCYHAMIRPUR, MAY 27

A brand new ReverseTranscriptase-PolymeraseChain Reaction Machine (RT-PCR) for COVID testingwould be installed in firstweek of June at the Dr.Radhakrishnan GovernmentMedical College (RGMC)Hamirpur. This machine wasbadly needed in Hamirpur dueto sudden spurt in thecoronavirus cases in state ingeneral and hamirpur inparticulr. This machine is usedfor testing the samples andaccordingly results aredeclared in positive ornegatives. Dr. Anil Chauhan,the Principal of the MedicalCollege said that it would costa sum of about thirty-five lakhrupees and additional sum ofabout fifteen lakh would alsobe spent for installing otheraccessories needed to run themachine in an efficientmanner. Necessaryinfrastructure for the machinewas being laid these days andthe College authorities are surethat the new machine wouldstart its operation in the firstweek of the June positively,said Dr. Chauhan, the Principalof the Medical College heretoday. It is worth mentioning

here that the Real time RT-PCR is a nuclear-derivedmethod for detecting the

presence of specific geneticmaterial from any pathogen,including a virus. Originally,

the method used radioactiveisotope markers to detecttargeted genetic materials, butsubsequent refining has led tothe replacement of the isotopiclabeling with special markers,most frequently fluorescentdyes. With this technique,scientists can see the resultsalmost immediately while theprocess is still ongoing;conventional RT-PCR onlyprovides results at the end. Heis sure that with the installationof the RT-PCR machine, theCOVID tests will be conductedin a shortest span and theresults will be released on theday, the samples are receivedin the laboratory of the MedicalCollege. Congress MLA fromNadaun in Himachal Pradesh'sHamirpur Sukhvinder SinghSukhu had released a grant ofRs 35 lakh from his MLA localarea development fund forpurchase of a machine fortesting corona virus. Atpresent, tests for COVID-19 inthe hill-state are beingconducted at three laboratoriesin Indira Gandhi MedicalCollege (IGMC) Shimla,Tanda's Dr. Rajendra PrasadGovernment Medical College(RPGMC) in Kangra andKasauli's Central ResearchInstitute (CRI) in Solan districtand IHBT, Palampur.

Two new cases in HP,tally rises to 250

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday recorded twonew cases of novel Coronavirus taking the number ofinfected to 250. Additional Chief Secretary Health and NodalOfficer of COVID-19 R D Dhiman said that two new caseswere traced in Kangra district and report of 64 people , whosesamples were taken on Tuesday, were awaited. He said thatone of the patient was 29 yrs old man, resident of villageTalara of Nurpur subdivision and came to the district fromDelhi, four days ago. The other was 30 yrs old man residentof Khaniyara of Dharmshala. He stated that with this thenumber of positive cases increased to 250 including 177positive and 63 recovered. The state also experienced sixdeaths due to the infection, Dhiman added.

HP govt issuing inflatedpower bills amidst lockdown,

Congress hits backAGENCYSHIMLA, MAY 27

The state unit of IndianNational Congress onWednesday slammedChief Minister Jai RamThakur-led government inthe state for issuinginflated power bills andsheer mismanagement inhandling state economyduring the lockdown period. All IndiaCongress committee Member andformer Congress Minister SudhirSharma, in a statement, said thatrecently issued power bills todomestic and some small commercialentities are highly inflated as billscould not justify so high when powerconsumption have declined in thestate drastically during the lockdown.He alleged that bills were shockingsince these have been issued in the

month end and couple ofday before the last date ofpayment. Congress leaderdemanded thegovernment should notpress people to pay theinflated bills as theycannot be justified in thispandemic period. Sharmasaid that people arefighting with governmentunitedly to cope up with

the Pandemic however Governmentdid not announced any big reliefpackage to hail their efforts in return.Congress leader sought toimmediately withdraw the power billsissued recently to people in the stateand waive off the entire chargesconsumed by them during thelockdown. Himachal being powersurplus state should not burdencommon man and small traders byissuing them inflated bills, he added.

Meenakshi Rana becomes statesecretary of Mahila Morcha

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, MAY 27

Bharatiya Janata Party's YuvaMorcha's executive expandedtoday in which the workerswere appointed at the stateand district levels.KamalSaini is crowned as thepresident and gave goodwishes to Meenakshi Ranafor becoming state secretaryof Mahila Morcha. Youngand strong leader KamalSaini, who belongs to thedistrict's Haroli assemblyconstituency, has beenappointed as the districtpresident. For this, the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,National President JP Nadda,Union Minister of StateAnurag Thakur, HimachalPradesh Chief MinisterJairam Thakur, State

President Rajiv VindalOrganization Minister PawanRana, Cabinet MinisterVirendra Kanwar, formerState President Satpal SinghSati, Vice President ofGeneral IndustriesCorporation, Prof. RamKumar Vidyak, RajeshThakur were thanked. Newlyappointed state secretary of

Mahila Morcha, MeenakshiRana said that the party hasgiven us the responsibility.On the appointment of thesetwo leaders, RavinderJaswal, Rajat Rana, KailashRana, Rajiv Sharma, AmanBhardwaj, Narinder Rana,Arjun Singh, Satya Rana,Sanyogita Devi, ShakuntalaDevi, Deepika Rana, Saroj

Thakur, Neelam Saini,Neena Saini. Harsh KaushalJitendra Thakur Raj KumarKaku, Charanjit SinghAtwal Khamosh JetakLakhwinder Singh, AjayChaudhary, Rajiv Sharma,Ram Singh, SandeepSharma, Rahul Sharma,among others havecongratulated BJP leaders.

Dr. Subhash Dhiman is teachingchildren with help of social media

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, MAY 27

Educational institutions are closed toprevent corona from spreading. In such asituation, it is also natural for children tobe affected. It is difficult to say how longthe upcoming educational activities willstart in educational institutions, but thereare many such teachers, who are con-tributing in providing education to thestudents without any discrimination.Ever since the Department of Educationhas ordered that the students should con-duct online educational activities, sincethen the activities of sending education-al material to the students through socialmedia's WhatsApp group, YouTube,zoom app have started so that the stu-dents continue their studies at home.These efforts by teachers are commend-able. But in lockdown, a teacher is mak-ing social media his pen and teachingthousands of children through Facebook.Dr. Subhash Dhiman, a resident of vil-lage Maharal Tehsil Badsar of DistrictHamirpur, is currently serving as Politi-cal Science Spokesperson at Govern-

ment Senior Secondary School NangalJariyala District Una. About two and ahalf years ago, he was transferred fromthe district Hamirpur in this school. Dueto domestic problems, Subhash Dhimanreaches the school for 200 kilometersevery day. Dhiman told that he used toleave from Maharal everyday at 5 am. Atthat time, crossing the border of one dis-trict, he used to reach the school locatedat a great distance from the headquartersof the other district to teach the children.But ever since the lockdown has takenplace in the country, students' studies inschools have been affected. Spokesper-son PhD in political science SubhashDhiman started making notes related topolitical science from the day he got theorder of the Department of Education.These are uploaded daily so that all stu-dents of the state benefit. These notes areprepared after reading many books.Inkpen and sketch pen are used to makenotes. Also, using the internet, picturesof the relevant notes are printed with thehelp of the printer and pasted with thenotes so that students understand thesubject at the earliest.

Ladli Rakshak extends help to mentallyunsound Saroj Kumari: Rekha

JYOTI SYALAMB, MAY 27

The families of mentallyunsound Saroj Kumari ofNagar Nahariya comingunder Chintpurni area ofdistrict Una, pleaded withthe Ladli Rakshak Sanstha,the family of the victim'sdaughter reached RekhaJamwal for help.

While givinginformation about thismatter, the victim'sdaughter and her fatherheard the meeting ofRekha Jamwal, thePresident of Ladli RakshakSansthan, telling herselfthat mentally unsoundSaroj Kumari of the

Nehrians, who wasmarried to the physicallyincapable Naveen Kumarson of Roshan Lal inDecember 2019. A few

days after the wedding,Saroj Kumari was startedbeating up. Even when themembers of her father sidecame to see the daughter in

the middle, she was put ona long veil and covered infull covering so that herwounds could not be seen.Due to the absence of ahouse near the in-laws'house, the painful screamsof the woman were notheard from anyone.However someoneinformer her parents aboutthe woman’s brutality. Theinner parts of the womanare brutally bitten. One earhas been chewed withteeth. The woman is veryscared. Family members ofthe woman made contactwith the team of LadliRakshak Sanstha and toldwhat happened to thewoman today.

JOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA, MAY 27

Rural Development and Panchayati Raj,Fisheries and Animal Husbandry MinisterVirendra Kanwar held a meeting with theofficials of the Public Works Department onTuesday evening to review the progress of theongoing development works in the Kutleharassembly constituency and instructed them toexpedite the works. He said that specialattention is being paid by the state governmentto strengthen roads and upgrade them. He saidthat the new ISBT Una to Dhamandari viaTukka road is being widened. He informed thatat present this road is three meters wide and isbeing upgraded to 5.5 meters. He informed that40 percent repair work of Manohar Market toDhamandari Road has been completed and theremaining work will be completed soon. Heinformed that concrete will be laid on this roadin the area of Manohar Market, Dhamandari

Bazar and Sheetla Mata Temple and theremaining road will be made of coal tar. Duringthis, Block Development Officer Una YashpalSingh also gave information about a bigha landscheme. On this occasion, Janak Raj, head ofGram Panchayat Chalola, Ravindra Kumar,head of Jhambar, BJP Yuva Morcha presidentBalram Bablu and Zilla Parishad memberRajkumar along with SDO RK Sharma ofPublic Works Department, Rajesh Sharma,SDO of IPH, Aditya SDO of ElectricityDepartment Sood were present.

Kanwar reviews developmentworks in Kutlehar

Himcaps College of Law and NursingBadera starts online classes

PREETI RANAHAROLI, MAY 27

Himcaps College of Law and NursingBadera's classes are running online.As soon as the snowcaps managementdecided to continue studying online tokeep the education of children smooththrough the WhatsApp group app withaudio video facility. The entranceexamination of the girl students hasstarted. Chairman of the instituteDeshraj Rana said that for thefacilities of the girl students, thefacility of working online on the

college website has been provided,following the government orders toprotect against the corona epidemic.The institute along with 50% staff isworking for the convenience of thegirl students from 9:00 am to 1:00 pmand online registration is alsoavailable in nursing. For any otherinformation, contact can be made inthe college office of the currentcircumstances. In view of this, onlineeducation has to be provided in futurealso, the institute is also consideringto provide the facility ofcomprehensive online software.

Manju Jariyal becomes Secretaryof state BJP Mahila Morcha

SAVITA CHAUDHARYGAGRET, MAY 27

After detailed discussion with ChiefMinister Jairam Thakur, StatePresident Dr. Rajiv Bindal and StateOrganization Minister Pawan Rana,State President of BJP MahilaMorcha Rashmidhar Sood hasannounced the state office bearersand district heads of the Morcha. Fivevice presidents, two general

secretaries, five secretaries have beenappointed. T. Promila Thakur isgetting the opportunity to work as thePresident of the District Una BJPMahila Morcha and the other oneManju Jariyal has been given the jobof Secretary of State BJP MahilaMorcha on this occasion. Heexpressed his gratitude for all the topleadership and thanked RajeshThakur, MLA of Gagret assemblyconstituency for this.

NALAGARH, MAY 27

The team of BJP YuvaMorcha has been announcedyesterday. Nalagarh's youthleader Saurabh Dhiman hasbeen given the charge to Leadthe media team. Area's socialmedia accounts were full ofcongratulations and wishesfor Dhiman. It’s not the firsttime that BJP has given a bigresponsibility to Saurabh. Inthe past, he has served as

block president ofyuva morcha, state'smedia co-incharge,incharge of Sirmourand Shimla districtstoo. AshutoshVaidya, DisttPresident of BJPhas expressed happiness overthe appointment of Dhiman.He said, "Saurabh Dhimanhas always been a valuableasset to the party. Hepossesses deep knowledge of

o r g a n i z a t i o n a lworks and his newappointment willsurely help inparty's growth inNalagarh, as well asthe whole district."Saurabh Dhiman,

on his appointment says," Ithank the party leadership forputting trust on me again andagain. In the past, Partyleadership has given meimportant works that I tried to

fulfill by doing my best and Iwill continue doing so infuture too." He further said: "Iam thankful that party hasalways appreciated my worksand I specially want to thankChief Minister JairamThakur, State BJP Chief .Rajiv Bindal, OrganisingSecretary Pavan Rana, DisttBJP President AshutoshVaidya and Yuva MorchaPresident Amit Thakur formy appointment."

Saurabh Dhiman gets appointment asMedia Head of BJP Yuva Morcha

HMV offering skillbased courses incommerceHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The PG Department ofCommerce and Management of HansRaj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya is offeringa number of Professional andVocational Courses aimed at theholistic development of the students.These include B.Com (FinancialServices), BBA, B.Voc (Banking and

FinancialServices), andB.Voc (E-Commerce andDigital Marketing).B.Com (FinancialServices) is athree year degreecourse inCommerce

specially designed to impart detailedknowledge to the students in the fieldof financial services i.e. Banking,Insurance, Consumer finance, etc. andenhances their skills and preparesthem for employment in financialservices sector. Bachelor of BusinessAdministration (BBA) is open tostudents from all the streams i.e. Arts,Commerce and Science. The coursehones the management andleadership skills of the students andprepares them to perform managerialand entrepreneurial roles. There isplethora of job opportunities availableto student after doing BBA in the fieldof finance, marketing, sales, humanresource management etc. Besidesthese professional courses, thecollege is also offering vocationalcourses aimed at enhancing theemployability skills of students. B.Voc(Banking and Financial Services) is athree year degree programme whereinthe students are given hands onexperience in the field of banking andfinancial services through the methodof simulation labs and industrialtraining. The students of the saidcourse get certification from SectorSkill Council also i.e. BFSI (BankingFinancial Services and Insurance).B.Voc (E- Commerce and DigitalMarketing) is a job oriented vocationaltraining program which gives greatimportance to practical learning andknowledge.

Traffic snarls at Delhi-Ghaziabad borderGHAZIABAD: Commuters were stuckin a traffic jam at the Delhi-Ghaziabadborder near Gazipur after the UttarPradesh administration decided to sealthe borders in the wake of the risingcases of coronavirus. Police deployedat check posts stopped cars to checke-passes before allowing anyone topass, which led to traffic snarls at theborder. The decision to seal the bordercame after Ghaziabad witnessed anincrease of COVID-19 cases recently.

Apeejay Collegeorganises Webinar onCovid-19

JALANDHAR: The Department ofMathematics of Apeejay College of FineArts, Jalandhar organized a Webinar onStatistics and COVID- 19. Thedistinguished speaker of the webinarwas Dr. Amar Nath Gill, who is currentlyworking at IIT, Una, Himachal Pradesh.Along with this, the session was joinedby the alumna of college who hasestablished their careers at variousplaces in the field of Mathematics. Theproud alumna of the college are- SwatiBatra( Education Assistant BritishColumbia, Canada), Sana (FormerAsst. Prof at PCM SD College,Jalandhar), Shreya Jain (Asst. Prof atKamla Nehru College, Phagwara)Akanksha Mehta (Asst. Prof at PTU,Kapurthala) and Arkaza Sehajpal (Research Scholar in EducationDepartment at GNDU). Talking aboutthe role of Statistic on COVID-19, DrGill stated that it was never possible forthe government to test each and everysingle person of the country to see ifthey have been infected or not. Duringthis the statistics came as a helpfulelement. Through the statistics only, wereceive the information about thepercentage of increasing or decreasingcases of COVID- 19 and consideringthese stats only government has beenable to analyse the situation and thustakes the respective measures toprevent the number touching the skies.The entire alumni too supported thisidea put forth by Dr Gill. Principal DrSucharita Sharma too asked aquestion. She asked Dr Gill about therole of Statistics while teachinglanguages. Dr Gill replied that this fieldof study is termed as Stylistics in whichthe distinctive styles of individualwriters are studied and which canreflect the personality traits of theauthor as well.

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Karnataka to open temples, mosques and churchesafter May 31BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his governmentwill re-open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31. "We are going to opentemples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31, he said while speaking to media inBengaluru. The Chief Minister added that the "guidelines will be followed" as suggested byexperts for opening the worship places. "We have no objections to open malls and cinemahalls, but we are waiting for the guidelines of the central government, Prime Minister will takedecisions to allow malls and cinemas to open," he added. Yediyurappa has said that peoplefrom Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will not be allowed in the state till May 31.

IAF chief flies LCA Tejas, operationalises No. 18 SquadronAGENCYSULUR, MAY 27

The Chief of the Air Staff, AirChief Marshal RKS BhadauriaPVSM AVSM VM ADCoperationalise No. 18 Squadron'Flying Bullets' of the IndianAir Force on May 27, 2020.

This event be conducted atAir Force Station, Sulur nearCoimbatore. The Squadron willbe equipped with LCA Tejas

FOC Aircraft and will be thesecond IAF Squadron to flyLCA Tejas.

Eighteen Squadron wasformed on April 15, 1965 withthe motto 'Teevra aur Nirbhaya'meaning 'Swift and Fearless'.The Squadron was flying MiG27 aircraft before it got numberplated on April 15, 2016. TheSquadron was resurrected onApril 1 this year at Sulur.

The Squadron actively

participated in the 1971 Warwith Pakistan and wasdecorated with the highestgallantry award 'Param VirChakra' awarded to FlyingOfficer Nirmal Jit SinghSekhon posthumously.

It earned the sobriquet of'Defenders of Kashmir Valley'by being the first to land andoperate from Srinagar. TheSquadron was presented withPresident's Standard in

November 2015. Tejas is anindigenous fourth generationtailless compound delta-wingaircraft. The aircraft is equippedwith fly-by-wire flight controlsystem, integrated digitalavionics, multimode radar andits structure is made out ofcomposite material.

It is the lightest andsmallest in its group of fourth-generation supersonic combataircraft.

COVID-19: Agra, Lucknowreport 80 pc recovery rate

AGENCYLUCKNOW, MAY 27

Once the top hotspots ofNovel Coronavirus in UttarPradesh, the state capitalLucknow and Taj city Agra,were returning back tonormalcy after two months oflockdown and with positivecases coming under control.

While the recovery rate ofpositive COVID-19 cases inLucknow was 81 per cent, inAgra, it was 87 per cent.

Though the Agra modelcame in for sharp criticismfollowing a surge in cases,after the Tablighi episode, theinitiative of Uttar PradeshChief Minister YogiAdityanath to station a teamof six senior bureaucrats fromLucknow, for a week in Agra,had helped tone up the laxadministration and streamlinethe health services.

This has resulted in bettermanagement, andcontainment of the infectionin 44 hotspots. With six newCOVID-19 cases, the numberof positive cases in Agramounted to 870 till late

Tuesday night.The city is witnessing a

recovery rate of 87.47 percent, which has brought asense of relief to theadministration. With thesenew patients, the number ofactive cases now stands at 76,while 761 patients have so farrecovered from the infectionand returned home, DistrictMagistrate PN Singh claimedon Wednesday.

The number of deaths

from the deadly virus in Agrastands at 33. So far, 12,384samples had been collected.

The daily new cases ofCOVID-19 patients hasremained under 10 for overeleven days in a row.

On Monday, there wereseven new cases. The highestnumber of cases- 54, was onMay 3. And since then, therecovery rate in the city hasshown a consistentimprovement.

122 more casesin Karnataka

BENGALURU: 122 moreCOVID-19 cases and onedeath have been reportedfrom Karnataka, taking thetotal number of coronaviruscases in the state to 2,405on Wednesday, the stateHealth Department said."The total number of casesin the state is now at 2,405,including 1,596 activecases and 45 deaths (2 dueto 'non COVID-19' cause),"the state Health Departmentsaid. A total of 1,51,767confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 have beenreported in India. 64,426persons have recovered ormigrated, the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfaresaid on Wednesday. Thereare 83,004 active cases ofCOVID-19 in the countryat present. 4,337 peoplehave lost their lives due tothe coronavirus in thecountry to date.

93 trains ferry 1.35 lakhmigrants from Maha: Official

AGENCYMUMBAI, MAY 27

As many as 93 Shramik Special trainscarrying over 1.35 lakh migrantlabourers left from Maharashtra toferry them to their native states, anofficial said on Wednesday.

The trains were arranged fromvarious stations in Maharashtra fromTuesday evening for taking themigrant workers and other strandedpeople to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,Jharkhand, West Bengal and otherstates, a Government Railway Police(GRP) official said.

These included a train carrying1,547 migrants which left for Ajmerin Rajasthan from the LokmanyaTilak Terminus (LTT) in suburbanKurla at 9.10 am on Wednesday, hesaid. "So far, 93 trains have left sinceTuesday evening for Uttar Pradesh,Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, TamilNadu, Kerala, Rajasthan and otherstates. These trains carried more than1.35 lakh stranded people andmigrant labourers," he said.

On Wednesday morning, therewas a huge crowd of migrant workersand others stranded people at the SunCity ground in neighbouring Palghardistrict and at LTT in Mumbai.

Earlier, around midnight,hundreds of people gathered atNagpada junction in south Mumbai,demanding that trains be arranged totake them to their native places.

The crowd later dispersed

following appeals from police andlocal leaders, another official said.

On Tuesday night, huge crowdsof migrant labourers, includingwomen and children, were seenoutside major railway stations likeLTT, Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajTerminus in south Mumbai, Bandra,Borivali, and Panvel station inneighbouring Navi Mumbai, to boardthe Shramik Special trains scheduledto leave from there.

A police official admitted that itwas impossible to enforce socialdistancing in such situations.

Most of these people werebrought to the stations in civic, state-run buses and private vehicles, hesaid. Police were deployed in largenumbers at all these stations, theofficial said.

MP: Villagers of Patapur walk milesin rocky terrain to fetch water

AGENCYCHHATARPUR, MAY 27

Villagers of Patapur inChhatarpur District ofMadhya Pradesh areforced to walk longdistances along rockyterrain in intense heat tofetch water.

This is due to the factthat the village has onlyone tube well, which isnot able to meet the needsof its inhabitants.

This means that thereis no option for thewomen and elderly menbut to walk kilometersthrough difficult rockypaths in this scorchingheat to fetch water fromnearby natural streams.

"In order to fetchwater, we have to walkkilometers along rockyterrains to reach water

streams. There is no routeand it is very dangerous.We request theadministration to arrangewater facilities in ourvillage. Since this villagewas set up, people havebeen facing this problem.But, nothing has beendone," said Barelal, avillager. "We walk two tofour kilometers to fetch

water and it takes aroundtwo to three hours. Theentire family goes to fetchwater, and we spend mostof our time doing that,"said Maniram, anothervillager. "We have to godown to the trench to getwater. The water theregets infected by insectstoo. Even if bore wells aredug, they give insufficient

water which is a majorproblem for us all," saidParamlal, a villager.

"Our main concern issafety. We are scared thatsomeone might get hurtwhile crossing the rockyterrain. The entire daygoes in collecting water.The entire family has togo, and we have no choiceas we need water. Wehave received no helpfrom the administration sofar, and we hope that theissue is resolved so thatthe children don't facesimilar problems in thefuture," said Ramdulari,another villager.

The Zila PanchayatCEO said that theconcerned authoritieshave been directed tosubmit a report so that theissue can be resolved atthe earliest.

Actor Kiran Kumar testsnegative for COVID-19

MUMBAI, MAY 27

Veteran actor Kiran Kumar,who had revealed hiscoronavirus diagnosis lastweek, on Wednesdayannounced that he has nowtested negative for COVID-19. The actor said his thirdcoronavirus test has comenegative, but his family isstill under isolation. "Myfamily is still following stricthome isolation. I was totallyasymptomatic and apart fromthe boredom thataccompanies isolation had noother complaints. "I amcontinuing to take this forcedtime out as an opportunity tointrospect and focus on life'ssmaller pleasures," Kumarsaid in a statement. The 74-year-old actor earlier toldPTI that he had visited ahospital for a routine medicalcheck-up on May 14, wherethe COVID-19 test wasmandatory. While he testedpositive for the novel

coronavirus, he remained"asymptomatic", Kumar hadsaid. The actor had then selfquarantined, living on thethird floor of his house whilehis family members stayedon the second floor. Kumar,whose films credits include"Vishwatma", "Patthar KePhool", "Dhadkan", "MujhseDosti Karoge", also thankedthe doctors and support staffat the hospital for theirservice. "The amazingdoctors at Hinduja Khar andLilavati armed us withenough information to ensurepanic would not set in.

Farmers face financialburden as onion prices

slump in JodhpurJODHPUR, MAY 27

Putting a back-breaking financial burden on thefarmers in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, the prices of onionhave slumped due to low demand and reducedtransportation amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Sellers at Badwasiya Mandi in Jodhpur saidthat onion, which used to sell at Rs 20-22 per kgjust before the lockdown, are now going at Rs 4-7per kg now. A merchant who buys harvest fromfarmers and sells it at the Badwasiya Mandi saidthat the reduced transportation of onions to othercities is the biggest factor in the reduced prices."Onions are selling at Rs 4-7 now. Just before thelockdown, onion was selling at Rs 20-22. A lot ofthe produce is not able to be transported to othercities. The produce is sitting here but there is nodemand. That is why the prices of onion haveslumped in the area," the merchant, Naseem, toldhere on Wednesday. A seller at the market, HiralalGehlot, said that the farmers are facing a lot ofissues, including the impact of lockdown,scorching heat, lack of laborers, etc. "Thecombination of all these factors has put a financialburden on the farmers. They are not even able toget their investment in the harvest. The harvest isalso getting spoiled because there isn't enoughstorage capacity in Rajasthan," Gehlot said.

Does UP govt want to abolish constitutionalrights of labourers, asks Priyanka

LUCKNOW, MAY 27

Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Wednesdayasked whether the UttarPradesh government wants toabolish the constitutionalrights of labourers through itsrecent decision of forming the'Migration Commission'.

"Instead of helpinglabourers, the Uttar Pradeshgovernment has taken astrange decision wherebynobody will be able to employthe labourers without the stategovernment's permission.Does the government wantlabour to become bonded?Does the government want toabolish the constitutional

rights of labourers?" Priyankatweeted. "The labourers'issue needs to be solvedthrough an empatheticapproach. For this end, wewant to keep politics apartand help the government insolving the issue but we willsurely not let the governmentbe successful in augmenting

the labourers' problems," sheadded. Chief Minister YogiAdityanath had on May 25said that the stategovernment will providesocial security and insuranceto labourers and no state cantake manpower from UttarPradesh without hisgovernment's permission. "Ifany state wants manpower,they cannot take our peoplefrom the state without ourpermission as there werereports of misbehaviour withthem in other states. We aretaking full responsibility forlabourers' social security. Wewill provide every kind ofsecurity to them includinginsurance.

Govt's priority is to drive away locusts,not loser: Naqvi takes dig at Congress

NEW DELHI, MAY 27

Taking a dig at Congress for playing politicsover the current COVID-19 situation in thecountry, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvion Wednesday stated that the government'spriority is to "drive away locusts, not a loser"."Our primary responsibility is to fight againstCoronavirus, not Congress. Our priority is tosend away locusts, not losers (Hamariprathmikta tiddi ko bhagana hai, fissadi konahi)," Naqvi said while speaking to . Hectaresof cropland have been destroyed so far as thecountry is witnessing a severe locust outbreakin Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh and Maharashtra. India has proposed a

coordinated response to tackle Desert Locustalong the border to Pakistan and also offered tofacilitate the supply of insecticide Malathion toIslamabad for the same. Naqvi stated that it is"unfortunate" that some people are notunderstanding that free ration is being providedto people and the government is working for thewelfare of women, labourers and farmers. "Thecountry is in a critical situation due to COVID-19 outbreak and everyone is together in thisfight. But some are using it as a politicalopportunity and questioning the government,knowing that Prime Minister Narendra Modihas taken major decisions to tackle thesituation. This is why COVID recovery rate isover 50 per cent," he said.

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Kotla branch canal to remain closed from May 29 to June 11CHANDIGARH:Punjab Water Resources Department informed that Kotla Branch Canal off-tak-ing from Patiala Feeder-1 will remain closed for 14 days to complete the remaining work of MicroHydel Project at the Head of Bhikhi Distributary.

Keeping in view of weather conditions and crops status, an official spokesperson of the depart-ment said that Water Resources Department has decided to close the Kotla Branch from May 29 toJune 11, 2020 (Both days inclusive) for the completion of remaining work of Micro Hydel Projectat the Head of Bhikhi Distributary. He said that a notification has been issued in this regard underRule 63 of Rules framed under the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873.

CHANDIGARH, MAY 27

Amid mounting economic woes, thePunjab Government has decided toseek a fiscal stimulus of Rs.51,102crore from the Government of India,to help the state tide over the finan-cial crisis triggered by the Covidpandemic and the prolonged lock-down.

A draft memorandum to this ef-fect was approved on Wednesday bythe Council of Ministers, at a meet-ing chaired by Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh. The Cabinetalso authorised the Chief Minister tomake necessary amendments to thedraft memorandum before submit-ting it to the Government of India.

In addition to direct fiscal stim-

ulus of Rs. 21,500 crore, the stategovernment plans to seek waiver ofthe long-term CCL debt as impera-tive for the fiscal recovery of theState Government. Additionally, allcentral schemes should be 100%funded by the Government of Indiain FY 2020-21, as per the draft mem-orandum. According to an officialspokesperson, listing Health Infra-structure as a key priority in the post-Covid scenario, the state proposes to

ask for Rs 6603 crore for improve-ment of the public health infrastruc-ture from a long-term perspective.This also included sanction for set-ting up of Advanced Centre of Virol-ogy at a cost of Rs. 650 crore in thestate, for which the Punjab govern-ment has already offered requiredland free of charge. To contain theCovid-19 contagion in the rural ar-eas, assistance of Rs 5,068 Crore hasbeen sought in the draft memoran-

dum for liquid and solid waste man-agement in the villages, in additionto upward revision of capital outlayand targets under MGNREGA.

The memorandum further seeksRs 12560 crore for the Agricultureand Farming sector, mainly for up-gradation of farm gate infrastructure,providing income support, interestsubvention, etc., with an additionalamount of Rs 1161 crore identifiedas assistance needed for the AnimalHusbandry and Dairy sector. For Ur-ban Development, the state govern-ment is proposing a National UrbanEmployment Guarantee Act (NUE-GA) to guarantee employment in ur-ban areas, along with an additionalcapital outlay of ?2,302 Crore underSchemes like AMRUT, Smart City,PMAY etc., with certain relaxations.This is in addition to a grant of Rs1,137 Crore on account of revenueloss. In the new post-Covid normalscenario, Human Resource Develop-ment also finds a prominent place inthe memorandum and the state gov-ernment is seeking assistance of Rs3,073 Crore for online education foruninterrupted learning, post-Covidpreparedness of educational institu-tions, and to meet other require-ments of school education and skilldevelopment.

Punjab seeks fiscal stimulus fromGoI to overcome economic crisisNGO objects to BJP leaders

violating advisories

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: The All India ScheduledCastes Yuvjan Samaj has stronglyobjected to the BJP MLA Arun Narangnot adhering to the government'ssocial distancing rules during thedistribution of masks in the grainmarket on Wednesday. The state'shead of the organization GopichandSander said that while distributingmasks in the grain market, MLA ArunNarang and other party leaders havethrown away the social distancing andput the safety of the workers workingthere at stake. On the one hand, thegovernment and institutions across thestate are working towards makingPunjab free of taxation, but MLANarang has taken a step like invitingthe Corona epidemic by adoptingirresponsible attitude.

Panchhi honouredby SSPCHANDIGARH: Kamaljit SinghPanchhi, President Chandigarh

TradersAssociationSector-17Chandigarh wasHonoured with aLetter ofAppreciation (Social Activists )for hiscontributiontowards coronawarriors by SSP

Chandigarh at Police Headquartershere on Wednesday.

Sarbat Da Bhala Trust comesto aid of pathis' families

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR: Amid the lockdown,the Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trusthas come to the rescue of 'pathis' atJalandhar on Wednesday. AmarjotSIngh, the Doaba zone in-charge ofthe Trust, Senior Member AtamParkash Singh and Kunwar Singh saidunder the leadership of Trust'sFounder Dr. SP Singh Oberoi, trusthad given ration to 1200 pathis inpunjab and now 25 families of 'pathis',living in Jalandhar District who wererendered jobless due to this epidemic,were given ration kits. A team of theTrust, being managed by Dubai-basedbusinessman Dr. SP Singh Oberoi,distributed grocery items and essentialitems that could last for one month.Atam Parkash Singh, Senior Memberof Trust, said these families had beenidentified and would be providedessential services continuously till thesituation got normal.

LUDHIANA, MAY 27

After the way has been pavedfor the construction of the in-ternational civil terminal atHalwara Airport, Ludhiana MPRavneet Singh Bittu hasthanked Punjab governmentand Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh for this pres-tigious project. He assured thatthe international flights fromHalwara Airport are expectedto take off soon and it wouldgive a new direction to the de-velopment of Ludhiana andother adjoining areas.

He informed that the161.2703-acre land requiredfor the construction of this thecivil terminal has already beenacquired and Greater LudhianaArea Development Authority(GLADA) has taken posses-sion of the said land. He saidthat they would try to get theconstruction of runway com-pleted on priority basis alongwith the construction of the ter-minal building so that the inter-national flights can start oper-ating from here soon. Bittu in-formed that in lieu of the ac-quired land, the farmers havebeen paid a compensation ofRs 20,61,314 per acre (includ-ing 100% solatium, 12% AP

and 1.25 multiplier factor). Be-sides, each eligible familywould also be paid Rs 5,50,000as rehabilitation and resettle-ment amount. After completingall the formalities, GLADAhad announced award number13, dated February 7, 2020,and the land was acquired inthe presence of landowners andvillage residents in a peacefulmanner and with their consenton May 22, 2020. The Govern-ment of Punjab and the AirportAuthority of India had signedthe Agreement for a Joint Ven-ture for setting up New Civiland Cargo International AirTerminal at the land of Aitianavillage in Tehsil Raikot at IAFStation Halwara, Ludhiana.The coming up of this Interna-tional Airport would boost eco-nomic development.

International flights fromHalwara airport expected

to take off soon: Bittu

No scheme for 50 %subsidy for newtractors: CAOKULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU : Chief AgricultureOfficer Dr. Gurdial Singh Bal said thatthere was no scheme available underthe Prime Minister's Schemes for

providing 50 percent subsidyand newtractors. Givingmore details inthis regard Dr.Gurdial saidthat SecretaryAgricultureKahan SinghPannu hadalready clarified

this in the newspapers. Farmers areconstantly asking about this scheme byvisiting the agriculture office andcontacting the agriculture officials bytelephone. All the farmers are informedthat no guideline has been received bythe department regarding this schemeofficially. Farmers are urged not to befooled by any mischievous miscreantsand not to fill up any form by visitingany online portal. Prevent economiclooting by mischievous elements by notgiving false propaganda of subsidy andtractor to the farmers, he added.

8 Year old completes30 fasts of Ramzan MAMOON RASHID MALERKOTLA: Mohd UzairPichewala a child who is just 8 yearsold has done fasting for all 30 daysduring the holy month of Ramzan,

Uzair is a studentof 3rd class whosaid that his fatherAkbar Pichewalamotivated him forthis; he is veryhappy and thankfulto the God.Akbar pichewalawhile speaking tomedia said that his

entire family is happy that a child whois too young could do fasting for all 30days during the holy month.

CHANDIGARH: The PunjabGovernment has extended thelast date for transfer of teachers,computer faculty and educationproviders, EGS / AIE / STR /Volunteers till June 2nd, 2020.

Disclosing here today aspokesperson of the educationdepartment said that the previousdate for online applications fortransfers was fixed on May 27th,2020 but on the request of teach-ers, computer faculty and educa-tion providers, EGS / AIE / STR

/ volunteers, it has been extend-ed. This decision has been takento avoid any inconveniance ofthe teachers due to the unavaili-bility of required data.

The Punjab Government hasinvited the application for trans-fers of teachers and ComputerFaculty working under PunjabICT Education Society(PICTCE) on 18th May 2020 andfrom education Providers, EGS /AIE / STR / Volunteers on May23rd, 2020.

Last date of applications fortransfers of teachers extended

KULJEET SINGH JANDIALA GURU,MAY 27

Declaring a massive strikein front of SDO Powercomoffices across Punjab onJune 1, by calling the Elec-tricity Amendment Bill2020 a death strike forfarmers and common peo-ple of the country by theKisan Mazdoor Jatbandhi.It will be celebrated asBlack Day.

Kisan Mazdoor Sang-harsh Committee, againstthe decision taken by theCentral Government onApril 17 against the 1.5million electricity workersof the country, by the Elec-tricity Amendment Act,2020, is rapidly advancingthe imperial policy of lib-eralization and privatiza-tion under the guise ofCovid 19. The State Com-

mittee meeting waschaired by the PrincipalSatnam Singh Pannu.While informing about thedecisions taken in themeeting, Sarwan SinghPandher said that to stopthe policy of ElectricityAmendment Bill 2020,farm laborers will protestagainst the call of the En-gineer Synergy Committeeto celebrate Black Day.Farmer workers said thattoday electricity has be-come an important part ofevery man's life. At this

time the country has 50million tons of rice. And27 million tonnes of wheatis present. But by the Cen-tral Government, the Elec-tricity Act 2003, dissolvedthe State Electricity Boardand opened the way for theprivatization and contrac-tualisation of electricity.Due to which the powercompany has the power togenerate and sell electrici-ty to the country. The aver-age rate has been increasedfrom 1.50 paise per unit toabout Rs. 7 per unit.

Farmers to demonstrate againstPower Amendment Bill on June 1

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, MAY 27

Deputy Commissioner Ap-neet Riyait said that the gov-ernment would provide max-imum employment underMaganrega during the lock-down to prevent the spread ofCovid-19. He was meetingheads of various departmentstoday. Additional DeputyCommissioner (Develop-ment) Harbir Singh was alsopresent on the occasion.

Instructing the concerneddepartments, Apneet Riyait

said that a list of works to beundertaken under Maganregashould be prepared and hand-ed over immediately so thatemployment could be provid-ed to the needy by initiatingthese works.

He said that the work tobe done after 15 days of everymonth would also be re-viewed. He said that PunjabChief Minister Capt.Amarinder Singh was person-ally monitoring the matterand hence serious workshould be started under Mag-anrega as soon as possible.

Employment will be providedthrough MGNREGA: DC

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, MAY 27

The Society of Materials andMechanical Engineers(SOMME) organised a webi-nar under the title “On-line Teaching & Effec-tive Learning: Bridg-ing the Gap” to helpthe teachers and thestudents in this phaseof COVID 19 andlockdown. The webi-nar has attracted morethan 200 teachers tolearn contemporarytechniques about online teach-ing. The event started with theopening remarks by Dr. SatyaPrakash, retired Emeritus Pro-fessor from Materials and Met-allurgical Engineering Depart-ment, IIT Roorkee, who is alsothe patron of the society. Hestressed upon the conduct ofsuch kind of events and mak-

ing the teaching fraternity ex-pert in online teaching as theneed of hour. He laid stress onthe use of advance tools andtechniques in online teachingby teachers to result into effec-

tive learningamong the stu-dents. President ofSOMME and Ma-haraja RanjitSingh PunjabTechnical Univer-sity, Dean, Plan-ning and Develop-ment Dr. ButaSingh Sidhu re-

called all the earlier pandemicsdiseases faced by humans inpast and compared the situationwith present scenario. He ex-pressed that presently we are ata better position to encompassonline techniques within ourarray and same can be used inpoint of fact to lessen the lossof education these days.

Webinar organised on 'Onlineteaching, effective learning

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHAR, MAY 27

Illegal transportation andsand mining by sand mafiashas long been taking advan-tage of lakhs of rupees assand mining contracts on Sut-lej River and this news isspreading in the media. Alarge number of police per-sonnel led by Bhagat Singhcity Police Chief Alka Meenaraided the Sutlej River andseized 29 tippers and 2 PopeLines and registered a caseagainst them.

District Planning PresidentSatveer Singh Palli Jhikkisaid this. In Nawanshahr, hepraised the efforts of the po-lice in tackling the sandmafia and the efforts of thePunjab government to savecrores of rupees. Chief Min-ister Captain AmarinderSingh should take strict ac-

tion against the sand mafia byconducting aerial survey. Po-lice are being asked to revealthe face of the sand mafiachief during the police raidslate in the night. ChairmanPalli Jhikki listened to thepeople of the district come tohis office for various prob-lems and assured them to re-solve their issues. SarpanchBimal Kishore and Rana

Gurdeep Singh Nambardar ofvillage Bakhalore were pres-ent.

He also assured that workin the interest of the peoplewould be resolved on prioritybasis at the earliest. On thisoccasion, Chaudhary SokhiRam Bajajo, Darbjit SinghPresident Market CommitteeBanga, Kulvir Singh Fojiwere present.

Police party raids illegal sandmining, 29 tipper impounded

ICFPL donatesventilator to SSP,

SangrurSUMER GARGSANGRUR, MAY 27

Dr. Sandeep Garg, IPS, SSP Sangrur in a press notereleased to press said that the Industrial Chamber Fo-cal Point, Ludhiana(ICFPL) for the good health of theresidents of Sangrur has handed over a ventilator to

him for it's donationto the local civilhospital.

The SSP, SMO,Baljit Singh & histeam while handingover this ventilatorto the Civil Surgeonsaid that with it'sdonation, the Civilhospital would beupdated with thelatest technologyequipments & itwould be prooved

as a boon for the emergency patients at the time ofCOVID-19. Dr. Baljit Singh & Vinod Mittal thankedthe SSP for this gesture.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, MAY 27

Centre for Nuclear Medicinejointly with Centre for Med-ical Physics, Panjab Universi-ty, Chandigarh organised awebinar on the theme “Radi-ation Safety in DiagnosticNuclear Medicine”.

Professor Raj Kumar,Vice-Chancellor, PU in hisopening remarks laid stresson the importance of interdis-ciplinary approach in re-search which will give greatimpetus for drug develop-ment particularly to combatpresent day challenges likeCOVID-19 and other suchailments, a statement saidhere on Wednesday.

He also emphasized onthe significance of presentwebinar since nuclear medi-cine procedures make use ofradioactive substances that

can have serious health ef-fects on radiation workersand general public if safepractices are not adopted.Therefore, when workingwith radiation, diminishingexposure should be the toppriority and radiation safetyprocedures is pertinent to beadopted and practiced.

Dr. Vijayta D Chadha,Chairperson of Centre forNuclear Medicine welcomedthe participants and intro-duced the speaker Dr. Sub-hash Chand Kheruka fromSanjay Gandhi Post Graduateinstitute for Medical Sci-ences, Lucknow.

While addressing the par-ticipants, she shared thatthough the whole world is un-der the clutches of a pandem-ic but we must stay intercon-nected to our community andacademics through the webinars.

Youth Cong Presidentdistributes ration

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR, MAY 27

Rajvir Singh Raji President of Youth Congress Khararsupervised the distribution of Ration to the residentsof W.No. 12, 13 and 14 on Tuesday. He said that eachfamily of blue card holder was given 3 Kg Dal andeach member of the family was given 15 Kg wheat.

PU holds webinar onradiation safety in diagnostic

nuclear medicine

R N KHERACHANDIGARH, MAY 27

Raj Bala Malik, Mayor,Chandigarh today called anemergency meeting of ChiefEngineer and Chairman, Wa-ter Supply & Sewerage dis-posal committee in her officeregarding supply of low waterpressure in city. The meetingwas attended by Anil KumarDubey, Chairman, Water Sup-ply & Sewerage disposalcommittee and ShailenderSingh, Chief Engineer, MCC.During the meeting she askedthe chief engineer to take nec-essary steps on the water sup-

ply issue in this summer sea-son and maintain sufficientwater supply to the city resi-dents. The chief engineer in-formed the Mayor and theChairman that the entire teamof engineers monitoring thisissue very closely. He in-formed that 18 teams have

been constituted and theseteams would daily visit theirrespective areas early in themorning from 1st June, 2020to 15th July, 2020. Theseteams would check that thereis no wastage of water, over-flow of water tank, leakage ofwater supply line.

Mayor calls meeting to discusslow water supply in city

NEW DELHI: Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif has revealed why John Wright was respected by everyone whereas Greg Chappell failed to be a good coach. Kaif played under the stewardship of both Wright and Chappell in early 2000s. The arrival of New Zealand's John Wright in 2000 introduced Indian cricket to a different style - coaches could actually be friendly rather than authoritarian, they were mentors rather than leaders.Whereas Greg Chappell was coach of the Indian team for two controversy-riddled years between 2005 and 2007 in which he clashed with several senior members of the team. Kaif said Chappell would have been a good batting coach for India and that his inability to understand the Indian culture did not work in the best interests of the team."Chappell could have been a good batting coach. But he spoilt his name, as he could not run the team properly, he couldn't understand the Indian culture and lacked good man-management skills and hence didn't prove to be a good coach," Kaif told news agency.

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Serie A likely to resume mid-June after Covid-19 shutdownROME: After weeks of wrangling, with several U-turns on the way, Italy is due to decide on Thursday if and when its top-flight Serie A soccer league can resume after the coronavirus stoppage. Possibly encouraged by seeing how Germany's Bundesliga has restarted without problems so far, the Italian government appears to have relaxed its position recently. Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora, who is due to meet the head of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Gabriele Gravina ahead of the announcement, says the most likely outcome is a restart on June 13 or 20. But only last month, he had warned that Serie A could go the same way as its French counterpart Ligue 1 and be called off -- a comment that he said led him to be painted as "the enemy of football". "France's decision would have been the easiest one to make. I didn't want to do it, I just found it shameful that I was being asked to decide on Serie A's resumption at a time.

AGENCY high considering I bowled to him," Australian women's team shook hands MELBOURNE, MAY 27 Sutherland said in a video posted by with the Master Blaster.

cricket.com.au on its website. In the Bushfire relief match, Australia women's all-rounder "I bowled a half volley to him, but Ponting XI scored 104 runs and they A n n a b e l S u t h e r l a n d o n Sachin was very kind that he hit it had managed to win the game by one Wednesday said that she will straight down the pitch, it was an run.a l w a y s r e m e m b e r t h e exciting moment for all of us to be out Tendulkar has the most number of moment when she bowled there, it was awesome," she added. runs in the longest format of the game, t h e b a l l t o S a c h i n During the innings break in the amassing 15,921 runs. Along the way, Tendulkar. Earlier this Bushfire relief match between Tendulkar scored 51 Test centuries, year, Sutherland had Ponting XI and Gilchrist XI, most by any player.bowled two balls to Tendulkar came out of retirement for Things are no different in ODI Sachin Tendulkar during one over to face Australia's Ellyse cricket as Tendulkar atop the list of the Bushfire Bash relief Perry. most runs in this format as well. He match. Ellyse Perry had bowled four balls has accumulated 18,426 runs in ODI

"I was fielding at to Tendulkar, and the Master Blaster which includes 49 tons.mid-off, I think Ellyse managed to score a boundary on the Tendulkar represented the country Perry bowled three or first ball of the over. in six World Cups during his career

four balls and then she And then Annabel Sutherland that lasted for 24 years. He was the bowling to Sachin Tendulkar for the threw the ball to me, it was took the ball in her own hands, and part of the 2011 World Cup-winning rest of my life, the nerves were very

very kind of her, I'll remember after the six balls concluded, the entire squad.

NEW DELHI: As Ravi Shastri celebrates his 58th birthday today, skipper Virat Kohli extended his wishes to the current coach of the senior men's team. Kohli also went on to say that while many people seem confident only some are brave. "Many seem confident but only a few are brave. Happy birthday Ravi Bhai. God bless," Kohli tweeted. India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane also took to Twitter to wish Shastri on his 58th birthday."Wishing you lots of happiness and a very happy birthday, Ravi Bhai. Have a good one and see you soon! @RaviShastriOfc," Rahane tweeted.Shastri played 80 Tests and 150 ODIs for India.He managed to score 6,938 runs across both the formats and he also took 280 wickets in his international career. Shastri was also a part of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad.

People respected John Wright because he coordinated well: Kaif

Royal Rajasthan Foundation to hostthree-part series on mental healthJAIPUR: The Royal Rajasthan Foundation, in association with NS Vahia Foundation and McLean Hospital will bring a three-part series 'Mind, Body & Soul' - a platform to discuss positivity, mental health, and happiness. The platform will bring together medical experts and personalities, who bring their knowledge and experience to the fore. The first session will see cricket legend Rahul Dravid join Royals' Head Physio John Gloster, Dr Ipsit Vahia & Dr Lisa Coyne, in a freewheeling conversation about mental health and how it correlates to future success.The importance of mental illnesses in these times has been brought to the forefront with many people across various sectors in the country facing issues and challenges in this current lockdown situation. Through the three-part series, Royal Rajasthan Foundation wishes to encourage discussions around mental health and remove barriers by disseminating vital information that will help people around the world learn and address the issues that impact their mental being. Dravid has addressed how mental health can be an issue at a very young age too and needs to be dealt with utmost professional care. Through his work at the National Cricket Academy, Dravid has outlined a structure focussed on grassroots cricket development wherein discussions over mental health occur from time to time and players.

'Only few are brave': Kohli wishes Ravi Shastri

SPORTSYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

ICC likely to postpone T20 World Cup 2020

AGENCY NEW DELHI, MAY 27

The ICC T20 World Cup 2020 is likely to be postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, the final decision will be taken in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket Committee meeting on May 28.

The Cricket Committee will be holding a video conference on Thursday and the future of the T20 World Cup in Australia could be decided. The sources within the apex cricketing body confirmed about the T20 World Cup being the topmost agenda i n t h e v i d e o c o n f e r e n c e meeting.

The Board of Control for C r i c k e t i n I n d i a ( B C C I ) president Sourav Ganguly will also attend the meeting via postponed till 2022," the source video conferencing. added.

"ICC board meeting is Earlier, Australia's Sports scheduled for tomorrow at 12 Minister Richard Colbeck had pm in which all board members said that managing crowds will will be attending the meeting be the biggest hurdle in the T20 via video conference. The World Cup later this year. The chances are very high of T20 T20 World Cup is slated to be World Cup getting postponed held in Australia later this year.but as of now, no official Currently, all the cricketing announcement has been made action across the world has come regarding it. From BCCI, Sourav to a halt due to the pandemic, G a n g u l y w i l l a t t e n d t h e and the future of the Men's T20 meeting," the source within the World Cup also hangs in the ICC told a news agency. balance. The T20 World Cup is

"There are some options slated to be played from October given on which discussions will 18- November 15 at seven be held. Probably it will get venues across Australia.

BCCI, ICC working on tax issueNew delhi: Ahead of hosting T20 World Cup in 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are collectively working on resolving the tax issue to deliver a world-class event. Both ICC and BCCI are in touch with each other and the matter is being discussed between the two boards. According to the ICC's host agreement signed by the members in 2015, tax exemption is must to host an ICC tournament. "The ICC and BCCI have been working in partnership to address the issue of tax exemptions for ICC events that is a requirement of the host agreement signed by all parties at the beginning of the cycle in 2015 and this work is ongoing," the ICC spokesperson told ANI. "There are certain timelines within the agreements that we collectively work towards to ensure we can deliver successful world-class events and continue to invest in the sport of cricket. In addition to this the ICC Board agreed to clear timelines for the resolution of the tax issues which we are guided by," the spokesperson added.

I can become successful commentator: Dhawan

AGENCY could charm people with all NEW DELHI, MAY 27 the tools at my disposal,"

Dhawan told Ashwin during Opening batsman Shikhar the chat. Dhawan would have Dhawan has said that he can been in action for the Delhi become a good commentator Capitals if the Indian Premier because of the sharp sense of L e a g u e ( I P L ) h a d humour he possesses. The left- commenced from March 29. handed batsman said that he However, the tournament has could also become a good been postponed indefinitely motivational speaker once he due to the coronavirus retires from the game. Dhawan pandemic.was doing an Instagram live Dhawan played 16 s e s s i o n w i t h s p i n n e r matches for the Delhi Ravichandran Ashwin and it Capitals in the 2019 edition of was then that the Indian the IPL and he went on to score batsman opened up on his 521 runs at an average of 33.42. post-retirement plans. The left-handed batsman last

"See my strength is my played a match for India in sense of humour so I will be January this year. After that, he very good in commentary picked up an injury which when I choose to do it. I will resulted in him being ruled out be good especially in Hindi of the series against New because my sense of humour Zealand. The 34-year-old is very sharp, I can also Dhawan has so far played 34 become a motivational Tests, 136 ODIs and 61 T20Is speaker, I could take my flute for India. Dhawan has along for motivational managed to score 9,591 runs speeches, this is my charm, I across all formats of the game.

Will remember bowling to Sachin for rest of my life: Annabel"I was fielding at mid-off, I think Ellyse Perry bowled three or four balls and then she threw the ball to me, it was very kind of her, I'll remember bowling to Sachin Tendulkar for the rest of my life, the nerves were very high considering I bowled to him," Sutherland said in a video posted by cricket.com.au on its website."

Inexperience of local umpires reason behind proposal of

extra review: KumbleAGENCYMUMBAI, MAY 27

The ICC Cricket Committee Chairman Anil Kumble has explained the reason behind recommending the use of an extra DRS for each team as the cricket looks to restart after a forced break due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Kumble-led panel had proposed several measures to be introduced in international cricket for the resumption of the game post the COVID-19 crisis.

One of them was also the use of local umpires in matches and introduction of an extra DRS for each team across formats in international cricket. Reasoning the ICC Cricket Committee's recommendations, the all three formats. Currently, each team is former India captain said the suggestion to allowed two DRS per innings in Tests and use of local umpires was made because of one per innings in ODIs and T20Is.travel restrictions around the world in the "I think the need of hour was to start wake of the pandemic. cricket. We also felt that because of travel

The legendary spinner said that it will be restrictions, there could be quarantine difficult for ICC to arrange neutral umpires measures. You don't have too many elite in different countries during these tough umpires in the panel. So, we felt that for times. In order to deal with the inexperience cricket to kickstart, its best to use local of local umpires and help the teams, the umpires," Kumble said on Star Sports show committee recommended an extra review in Cricket Connected.

India is like my second home: NarineAGENCY feel comfortable. I feel everything is KOLKATA, MAY 27 normal here, it's the closest thing to

feeling at home playing in the CPL is the West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has IPL, it's like family. I am missing the said that India is like a second home to excitement of the IPL," he added. him and added that he would like to The owners of KKR also have represent any team which is owned by stakes in the Caribbean Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). (CPL) team Trinbago Knight Riders and

The spinner also said that the Narine is a part of that side as well. management and owners of KKR try to Narine has so far played 110 matches for make players comfortable and feel at the KKR, taking 122 wickets at an home. "Any tournament where KKR is average of 23.31.carrying a team in, I would like to be a He has been one of the most part of that team. The money does not economical spinners in the history of matter, I would just like to be a part of the tournament as he has an ecomony

Narine said in a video posted by the that team. The way they welcome you in rate of just 6.67. He would have been in official handle of KKR. "When I am India with arms wide open like they action for the KKR in the IPL if the leaving for India, it's like I am leaving for already know you as a human being, tournament had commenced from my second home, from the day I reach, I they try to make you comfortable," March 29.

Was never able to dismiss Inzamam: AkhtarBENGALU was never able to dismiss Inzamam-ul- Manjrekar in a videocast hosted by R U : Haq in the nets. The Rawalpindi Express ESPNCricinfo. "I couldn't get him out in Pakistan praised the former Pakistan skipper and the nets, I think he could see the ball a p a c e r said Inzamam could see the ball one second before anyone else," he added. Shoaib second earlier than the rest of the batsmen Inzamam played 120 Tests and 378 ODIs Akhtar could. for Pakistan. He finished his career with h a s "Honestly, I don't think I could ever 20,569 runs across all formats. reveal get him (Inzamam) out, he had the time The right-handed batsman called e d and I always felt he saw the ball a second time on his career in 2007 and he played his that earlier than the rest of the batsmen last Test against South Africa in Lahore. On h e because I had a complicated action unlike the other hand, Akhtar played 224 matches

Brett Lee, I felt I could never dismiss for Pakistan in international cricket and Inzamam-ul-Haq," Akhtar told Sanjay took 444 wickets across all formats.