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W hile face-off is still on at some friction points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and India is asking China to “sincerely” implement pacts to defuse ten- sion, Beijing on Tuesday claimed that the troops from both sides have completed dis- engagement and situation is “cooling down.” China made this assertion even though more than 40,000 of its troops are still deployed on the front and depth areas and its soldiers have not with- drawn from Pangong Tso (lake). The Chinese Foreign Ministry also said efforts are on to hold the fifth round of Corps Commander-level talks. It is likely to take place later this week. The last meeting took place on July 14. The Global Times , the Government mouthpiece of China, while reporting Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s observations, also said the disengagement on the frontline has completed in most locations following close communications between the two sides via military and diplomatic channels. “The situation is now con- tinuing to head in the direction of easing and cooling down,” the spokesperson said at a rou- tine press conference in Beijing on Tuesday. “A fifth round of com- mander-level talks is current- ly under preparations to resolve the remaining issues,” Wang said. Four rounds of comman- der-level talks and three meet- ings on border affair discus- sions and coordination have been held, he added. Wang said China hopes India can meet China halfway, implement the consensus both sides have reached and safe- guard peace and stability in the border region together. His statement came after apparently expressing concern over the Chinese reluctance to pull back its troops, India asked it last week to “sincerely implement” the agreement arrived between the two Corps Commanders on the last four rounds of parleys. Responding to a specific question on Tuesday in Beijing whether the Chinese had pulled back from friction points, including the Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, Wenbin said disengagement was completed in most areas. Last Friday, joint secretary level officers of the foreign ministries of two countries held talks under the aegis the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs. India then asked China to honour all the agreements and restore peace and tranquility. The External Affairs Ministry in a statement said after the meeting the two sides agreed “it was necessary for both sides to sincerely imple- ment the understandings reached between senior (mili- tary) commanders in their meetings till date.” India has throughout maintained since the face-offs began nearly nine weeks back that status quo ante has to be restored with the Chinese troops going back to their positions as in April last. Incidentally, the first stand- off was triggered in the Pangong Tso after the Chinese troops obstructed an Indian patrol leading to fisticuffs on May 5. The Chinese intruded more than five kms there and are yet to withdraw leading to tension in the area. In the next round of talks, the two Corps Commanders will focus on hastening the process of withdrawal of addi- tional troops from the front and depth areas, sources said here on Tuesday. India will also ask China to pull back from the Pangong Tso where the Chinese have now occupied some heights on mountain spurs. The Chinese have also built a temporary jetty in the Indian region of the lake for its fast interceptor boats. I ndia on Tuesday surpassed the 15 lakh count of Covid- 19 cases where the tally of the infected people reached 15,31,783 with addition of 49,280 new patients during the day. As many as 770 patients died during the day, stretching the tally of the dead to 34,224. The day saw major spikes in southern States while States like Maharashtra and Delhi have started to flatten the curve of the infection. Andhra Pradesh led the pack among the States with a daily count of 7,948. The over- all tally has reached 1,10,297 with 58 deaths during the day adding to the total casualties of 1,148 people. This is for the first time that a State has surpassed the daily case count of Maharashtra that reported 7,717 new cases on Tuesday. However, Maharashtra continues to be at the top in terms of number of people infected so far with a total case count of 3,91,440. The State alone reported 282 deaths due to Covid-19 during the day, taking the tally of deceased to 14,165. Tamil Nadu reported 6,972 new cases of infection, taking the tally to 2,27,688. The State registered 88 deaths during the day where the toll has now reached 3,659. Delhi reported 1,056 cases during the last 24 hours where the case count has reached 1,32,275. Delhi reported 28 deaths due to the pandemic during the day where 3,881 people have succumbed to the viral infection till now. Karnataka reported 5,536 cases during the last 24 hours, stretching the tally to 1,07,001. The State lost 102 persons to Covid-19 and the death count has now reached 2,057. Uttar Pradesh logged 3,458 new cases of Covid-19, taking the tally to 73,951. During the day, the State reported 41 deaths where the death toll has reached 1,497. Contined on Page 4 A lready trained to sniff out drugs, narcotics and explo- sive substances, dogs are like- ly to emerge as front-line Covid-19 warriors as they are capable of detecting signs of coronavirus infection in humans after a few days of training. Researchers from France, Lebanon and Germany have found that dogs are capable of identifying people infected with the coronavirus infec- tions. In Chile, police dogs are being trained to identify peo- ple who are infected, even in the earliest stages of the disease. A German veterinary uni- versity’s related study on dogs was conducted jointly with the German armed forces, the Hannover Medical School and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. According to the study, eight dogs from the German armed forces were trained for a week to study coronavirus cases. Among the 1,000 people presented before them, the dogs identified positive cases with 94 per cent accuracy. The researchers at the vet- erinary university made the dogs sniff the saliva of the peo- ple with some among them being samples of coronavirus positive patients. The dogs managed to accurately identi- fy the coronavirus cases from the bunch of samples. A professor behind the pilot project explained the findings saying the metabolism of a coronavirus patient is completely different and dogs are able to detect this difference through smell. Dogs have a smelling capacity 1,000-times stronger than humans. Continued on Page 4 R ajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has sent a revised proposal to Governor Kalraj Mishra for convening the Assembly session from July 31 after Mishra gave his nod for convening the Assembly but with certain conditions. In its Cabinet meeting, the Gehlot Government said it was its “right” to call for the session. Transport Minister Pratap Singh said a discussion was held for the reply to be sent regarding the three points raised by the Governor. “The Cabinet wants the Assembly session from July 31. The pro- posal which was sent earlier for calling the session is our legal right and we are sending it again to the Governor,” he told reporters. “The Governor’s questions are simple and we discussed their reply. He has no right to be raising queries yet we are giving the reply,” he said. Singh also said that the Government wants no con- frontation with the Governor and hoped Mishra will now accept the Cabinet proposal for calling the session. “We want permission to call the Assembly session which is our right. We do not want any confrontation with the Governor. If he does not accept this now, then it is clear that there is no Constitution in the country,” he said. On the issue of 21-day notice required for calling the session, the Minister said that 10 days have already passed and asked why the Governor did not give a date if he is talk- ing about the notice? He said that if the Governor rejects the proposals now, the further course of action will be decid- ed. “We have no competition with the Governor, he is the head of our family,” Singh said. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Madan Dilawar filed two writ petitions challenging the Assembly Speaker’s decision to reject his complaint against the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress. Continued on Page 4 Ambala: Authorities tightened security and imposed pro- hibitory orders near the Ambala Air Force Station in Haryana on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of five Rafale jets from France, banning shooting of videos and photography. The Ambala district administration also prohibited people from flying private drones within the three-km radius of the air base, an offi- cial said. Deputy Commissioner Ashok Sharma said in an order that Section 144, which pro- hibits assembly of four or more people, has been imposed in the villages adjoining the air base, including Dhulkot, Baldev Nagar, Garnala and Panjkhora. The jets took off from France on Monday and will arrive at the Air Force station on Wednesday B ollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajputs death case has taken a new turn with his father lodging an FIR against his rumoured actor girlfriend Rhea Chakaraborty and six others, including her family members, for abetment to sui- cide, police said on Tuesday. The late actor’s father KK Singh lodged an FIR with Rajiv Nagar police station under various sections of IPC includ- ing 306 (abetment of suicide) on July 25, Additional SHO Jogendra Kumar told PTI. A four-member team of Patna police is in Mumbai for investigation. Mumbai police is already probing the alleged suicide case, and has questioned sev- eral Bollywood bigwigs includ- ing filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Rhea Chakraborty has also recorded her statement. The case has been lodged under various sections of IPC, including 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (pun- ishment for wrongful confine- ment), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 306 (abetment of suicide). Continued on Page 4 O ut of the 50 tiger reserves in the country, Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reserve brims with 231 big cats — highest in the country — while three tiger habitats in Mizoram, West Bengal, and Jharkhand have no presence of the majestic animal anymore. These findings are part of the fourth All India Tiger Estimation 2018, which was released by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on the eve of Global Tiger Day, celebrated on July 29 every year. The over 600-page docu- ment — ‘Status of Tigers, Co- predators and Prey in India report for 2018 — which shows reserve-wise and State-wise tiger population, the distribu- tion reveals that three reserves — Mizoram’s Dampa reserve, West Bengal’s Buxa reserve and Jharkhand’s Palamau reserve — have no tigers left. Currently, the tiger popu- lation within the reserves is 1,923 (65 per cent of the total tiger population of India), the report said. According to the population estimation of tigers in reserves for 2018-19, Corbett has 231 tigers followed by Nagarhole and Bandipore reserves in Karnataka with 127 and 126 tigers respectively. Assam’s Kaziranga and Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh recorded 104 tigers each, the report said. It said some reserves like Similipal (Odisha), Amrabad and Kawal in Telangana, Nagarjunsagar Sri Sailam (Andhra Pradesh), Palamau (Jharkhand), Sanjay-Dubri (MP), Nameri and Manas in Assam, Buxa (West Bengal), Dampa (Mizoram), Anshi Dandeli (Karnataka) and Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh) are below their potential and require resources and targeted man- agement. “In areas where tigers have not been recorded or the pop- ulation has declined, restora- tion needs to proceed by improving protection, aug- mentation of prey, and rein- troduction of tigers from an appropriate source. “For reintroduction of tigers into Palamau, prey aug- mentation needs to be achieved coupled with the restoration of law and order,” it said. Continued on Page 4 Another 247 persons tested positive for coronavirus in the city on Tuesday taking the tally of reported cases in city to 6,867. Among those who tested positive pn Tuesday were 15 from Indiranagar, 14 from Gomtinagar, 10 each from Naka, Krishnanagar and Thakurganj, 9 from Hazratganj, 8 each from Talkatora and Jankipuram, 7 from Hussainganj, 6 each from Mahanagar, Chinhat and BKT, 5 each from Sadatganj, Chowk, and Daliganj, 3 each from Para, Mandiyaon, Kakori, and Malihabad, 2 each from Kaiserbagh, Alambagh, Vikasnagar and Nigoha and one from Manaknagar There were two corona-related deaths in SGPGI and three in KGMU on Tuesday. Across the state, 3,490 people test- ed positive which included 125 from Prayagraj, 191 from Jaunpur and 335 from Bareilly taking the total number of cases to 73,951 cases There were 41 deaths in the state on Tuesday. F or the first time on Monday, India recorded the highest death toll in a single day across the globe, ahead of the US and Brazil. India logged 637 deaths, a fraction ahead of Brazil, which recorded 627 deaths. While the USA recorded 570 deaths, Russia, which is placed fourth globally in terms of number of cases, was way behind at 85 deaths. India’s death rate was much higher than the USA, which is the worst-affected nation in the world. While the USA recorded 60,271 positive cases for 570 deaths on Monday, India clocked 47,000 cases for 637 deaths. In percentage terms, India death rate was 1.35 per cent on Monday whereas the USA clocked 0.95 per cent mortality rate. India’s overall mortality rate stands at 2.42 per cent and the USA’s around 3 per cent. This suggests that both the USA and India have brought down their mortal- ity rate. The same trend is visible in the case of the glob- al mortality rate, which stood around 2 per cent dur- ing the last one week. The global mortality rate could come down fur- ther once South American nations like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile check the numbers of people who are succumbing to the virus. During the last one month, Mexico has recorded a mortality rate of nearly 10 per Contined on Page 4

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While face-off is still on atsome friction points on

the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh and India isasking China to “sincerely”implement pacts to defuse ten-sion, Beijing on Tuesdayclaimed that the troops fromboth sides have completed dis-engagement and situation is“cooling down.”

China made this assertioneven though more than 40,000of its troops are still deployedon the front and depth areasand its soldiers have not with-drawn from Pangong Tso(lake).

The Chinese ForeignMinistry also said efforts are onto hold the fifth round ofCorps Commander-level talks.It is likely to take place later thisweek. The last meeting tookplace on July 14.

The Global Times, theGovernment mouthpiece ofChina, while reporting ChineseForeign Ministry spokespersonWang Wenbin’s observations,also said the disengagement onthe frontline has completed inmost locations following closecommunications between thetwo sides via military anddiplomatic channels.

“The situation is now con-tinuing to head in the directionof easing and cooling down,”the spokesperson said at a rou-tine press conference in Beijingon Tuesday.

“A fifth round of com-mander-level talks is current-ly under preparations to resolvethe remaining issues,” Wangsaid. Four rounds of comman-der-level talks and three meet-ings on border affair discus-sions and coordination havebeen held, he added.

Wang said China hopes

India can meet China halfway,implement the consensus bothsides have reached and safe-guard peace and stability in theborder region together.

His statement came afterapparently expressing concernover the Chinese reluctance topull back its troops, India

asked it last week to “sincerelyimplement” the agreementarrived between the two CorpsCommanders on the last fourrounds of parleys.

Responding to a specificquestion on Tuesday in Beijingwhether the Chinese hadpulled back from friction

points, including the GalwanValley, Hot Springs and Gogra,Wenbin said disengagementwas completed in most areas.

Last Friday, joint secretarylevel officers of the foreignministries of two countriesheld talks under the aegis theWorking Mechanism forConsultation and Coordination(WMCC) on border affairs.India then asked China tohonour all the agreements andrestore peace and tranquility.

The External AffairsMinistry in a statement saidafter the meeting the two sidesagreed “it was necessary forboth sides to sincerely imple-ment the understandingsreached between senior (mili-tary) commanders in theirmeetings till date.”

India has throughoutmaintained since the face-offsbegan nearly nine weeks backthat status quo ante has to be

restored with the Chinesetroops going back to theirpositions as in April last.

Incidentally, the first stand-off was triggered in thePangong Tso after the Chinesetroops obstructed an Indianpatrol leading to fisticuffs onMay 5. The Chinese intrudedmore than five kms there andare yet to withdraw leading totension in the area.

In the next round of talks,the two Corps Commanderswill focus on hastening theprocess of withdrawal of addi-tional troops from the frontand depth areas, sources saidhere on Tuesday. India will alsoask China to pull back from thePangong Tso where theChinese have now occupiedsome heights on mountainspurs. The Chinese have alsobuilt a temporary jetty in theIndian region of the lake for itsfast interceptor boats.

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India on Tuesday surpassedthe 15 lakh count of Covid-

19 cases where the tally of theinfected people reached15,31,783 with addition of49,280 new patients duringthe day. As many as 770patients died during the day,stretching the tally of the deadto 34,224.

The day saw major spikesin southern States while Stateslike Maharashtra and Delhihave started to flatten the curveof the infection.

Andhra Pradesh led thepack among the States with adaily count of 7,948. The over-all tally has reached 1,10,297with 58 deaths during the dayadding to the total casualties of1,148 people.

This is for the first timethat a State has surpassed thedaily case count of Maharashtrathat reported 7,717 new caseson Tuesday. However,Maharashtra continues to be atthe top in terms of number of

people infected so far with atotal case count of 3,91,440.The State alone reported 282deaths due to Covid-19 duringthe day, taking the tally ofdeceased to 14,165.

Tamil Nadu reported 6,972new cases of infection, takingthe tally to 2,27,688. The Stateregistered 88 deaths duringthe day where the toll has nowreached 3,659.

Delhi reported 1,056 casesduring the last 24 hours wherethe case count has reached1,32,275. Delhi reported 28deaths due to the pandemicduring the day where 3,881people have succumbed to theviral infection till now.

Karnataka reported 5,536cases during the last 24 hours,stretching the tally to 1,07,001.The State lost 102 persons toCovid-19 and the death counthas now reached 2,057.

Uttar Pradesh logged 3,458new cases of Covid-19, taking

the tally to 73,951. During theday, the State reported 41deaths where the death toll hasreached 1,497.

Contined on Page 4

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Already trained to sniff outdrugs, narcotics and explo-

sive substances, dogs are like-ly to emerge as front-lineCovid-19 warriors as they arecapable of detecting signs ofcoronavirus infection inhumans after a few days oftraining.

Researchers from France,Lebanon and Germany havefound that dogs are capable ofidentifying people infectedwith the coronavirus infec-tions. In Chile, police dogs arebeing trained to identify peo-ple who are infected, even inthe earliest stages of the disease.

A German veterinary uni-versity’s related study on dogswas conducted jointly with theGerman armed forces, theHannover Medical School andthe University Medical CenterHamburg-Eppendorf.

According to the study,eight dogs from the Germanarmed forces were trained fora week to study coronaviruscases. Among the 1,000 peoplepresented before them, thedogs identified positive caseswith 94 per cent accuracy.

The researchers at the vet-erinary university made thedogs sniff the saliva of the peo-ple with some among thembeing samples of coronaviruspositive patients. The dogsmanaged to accurately identi-fy the coronavirus cases fromthe bunch of samples.

A professor behind thepilot project explained thefindings saying the metabolismof a coronavirus patient iscompletely different and dogsare able to detect this differencethrough smell. Dogs have asmelling capacity 1,000-timesstronger than humans.

Continued on Page 4

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Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot has sent a

revised proposal to GovernorKalraj Mishra for conveningthe Assembly session from July31 after Mishra gave his nod forconvening the Assembly butwith certain conditions. In itsCabinet meeting, the GehlotGovernment said it was its“right” to call for the session.

Transport Minister PratapSingh said a discussion washeld for the reply to be sentregarding the three pointsraised by the Governor. “TheCabinet wants the Assemblysession from July 31. The pro-posal which was sent earlier forcalling the session is our legalright and we are sending itagain to the Governor,” he toldreporters.

“The Governor’s questionsare simple and we discussedtheir reply. He has no right tobe raising queries yet we aregiving the reply,” he said.

Singh also said that theGovernment wants no con-frontation with the Governorand hoped Mishra will nowaccept the Cabinet proposal forcalling the session.

“We want permission tocall the Assembly session whichis our right. We do not wantany confrontation with theGovernor. If he does not acceptthis now, then it is clear thatthere is no Constitution in thecountry,” he said.

On the issue of 21-daynotice required for calling thesession, the Minister said that10 days have already passedand asked why the Governordid not give a date if he is talk-ing about the notice? He saidthat if the Governor rejects theproposals now, the furthercourse of action will be decid-ed. “We have no competitionwith the Governor, he is thehead of our family,” Singh said.

Meanwhile, BJP MLAMadan Dilawar filed two writpetitions challenging theAssembly Speaker’s decisionto reject his complaint againstthe merger of six BSP MLAswith the Congress.

Continued on Page 4

Ambala: Authorities tightenedsecurity and imposed pro-hibitory orders near theAmbala Air Force Station inHaryana on Tuesday ahead ofthe arrival of five Rafale jetsfrom France, banning shootingof videos and photography.

The Ambala districtadministration also prohibitedpeople from flying privatedrones within the three-kmradius of the air base, an offi-cial said.

Deputy CommissionerAshok Sharma said in an orderthat Section 144, which pro-hibits assembly of four or morepeople, has been imposed inthe villages adjoining the airbase, including Dhulkot,Baldev Nagar, Garnala andPanjkhora.

The jets took off fromFrance on Monday and willarrive at the Air Force stationon Wednesday

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Bollywood actor SushantSingh Rajputs death case

has taken a new turn with hisfather lodging an FIR againsthis rumoured actor girlfriendRhea Chakaraborty and sixothers, including her familymembers, for abetment to sui-cide, police said on Tuesday.

The late actor’s father KKSingh lodged an FIR with RajivNagar police station undervarious sections of IPC includ-ing 306 (abetment of suicide)on July 25, Additional SHO

Jogendra Kumar told PTI.A four-member team of

Patna police is in Mumbai forinvestigation.

Mumbai police is alreadyprobing the alleged suicidecase, and has questioned sev-

eral Bollywood bigwigs includ-ing filmmakers Mahesh Bhattand Sanjay Leela Bhansali.Rhea Chakraborty has alsorecorded her statement.

The case has been lodgedunder various sections of IPC,including 341 (punishment forwrongful restraint), 342 (pun-ishment for wrongful confine-ment), 380 (theft in dwellinghouse), 406 (punishment forcriminal breach of trust), 420(Cheating and dishonestlyinducing delivery of property)and 306 (abetment of suicide).

Continued on Page 4

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Out of the 50 tiger reservesin the country,

Uttarakhand’s Corbett TigerReserve brims with 231 big cats— highest in the country —while three tiger habitats inMizoram, West Bengal, andJharkhand have no presence ofthe majestic animal anymore.

These findings are part ofthe fourth All India TigerEstimation 2018, which wasreleased by UnionEnvironment Minister PrakashJavadekar on the eve of GlobalTiger Day, celebrated on July 29every year.

The over 600-page docu-ment — ‘Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in Indiareport for 2018 — which showsreserve-wise and State-wisetiger population, the distribu-tion reveals that three reserves— Mizoram’s Dampa reserve,West Bengal’s Buxa reserveand Jharkhand’s Palamaureserve — have no tigers left.

Currently, the tiger popu-lation within the reserves is1,923 (65 per cent of the totaltiger population of India), thereport said. According to thepopulation estimation of tigersin reserves for 2018-19, Corbetthas 231 tigers followed byNagarhole and Bandiporereserves in Karnataka with 127and 126 tigers respectively.

Assam’s Kaziranga andMadhya Pradesh’sBandhavgarh recorded 104tigers each, the report said.

It said some reserves likeSimilipal (Odisha), Amrabadand Kawal in Telangana,Nagarjunsagar Sri Sailam(Andhra Pradesh), Palamau(Jharkhand), Sanjay-Dubri(MP), Nameri and Manas inAssam, Buxa (West Bengal),Dampa (Mizoram), AnshiDandeli (Karnataka) and Pakke

(Arunachal Pradesh) are belowtheir potential and requireresources and targeted man-agement.

“In areas where tigers havenot been recorded or the pop-

ulation has declined, restora-tion needs to proceed byimproving protection, aug-mentation of prey, and rein-troduction of tigers from anappropriate source.

“For reintroduction oftigers into Palamau, prey aug-mentation needs to be achievedcoupled with the restoration oflaw and order,” it said.

Continued on Page 4

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Another 247 persons tested positivefor coronavirus in the city on Tuesdaytaking the tally of reported cases in cityto 6,867.

Among those who tested positive pnTuesday were 15 from Indiranagar, 14from Gomtinagar, 10 each from Naka,Krishnanagar and Thakurganj, 9 fromHazratganj, 8 each from Talkatora andJankipuram, 7 from Hussainganj, 6each from Mahanagar, Chinhat and BKT,5 each from Sadatganj, Chowk, andDaliganj, 3 each from Para, Mandiyaon,Kakori, and Malihabad, 2 each fromKaiserbagh, Alambagh, Vikasnagar andNigoha and one from Manaknagar

There were two corona-relateddeaths in SGPGI and three in KGMU onTuesday.

Across the state, 3,490 people test-ed positive which included 125 fromPrayagraj, 191 from Jaunpur and 335from Bareilly taking the total number ofcases to 73,951 cases

There were 41 deaths in the state onTuesday.

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For the first time on Monday, India recorded thehighest death toll in a single day across the globe,

ahead of the US and Brazil. India logged 637 deaths,a fraction ahead of Brazil, which recorded 627 deaths.While the USA recorded 570 deaths, Russia, which isplaced fourth globally in terms of number of cases, wasway behind at 85 deaths.

India’s death rate was much higher than the USA,which is the worst-affected nation in the world. Whilethe USA recorded 60,271 positive cases for 570 deathson Monday, India clocked 47,000 cases for 637deaths. In percentage terms, India death rate was 1.35per cent on Monday whereas the USA clocked 0.95 percent mortality rate.

India’s overall mortality rate stands at 2.42 per centand the USA’s around 3 per cent. This suggests that boththe USA and India have brought down their mortal-ity rate. The same trend is visible in the case of the glob-al mortality rate, which stood around 2 per cent dur-ing the last one week.

The global mortality rate could come down fur-ther once South American nations like Brazil, Mexico,Colombia, and Chile check the numbers of people whoare succumbing to the virus. During the last one month,Mexico has recorded a mortality rate of nearly 10 per

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��� � ����� ���� ��� ��Lucknow (PNS): The UttarPradesh government, onTuesday, suspended a clerk in theaccounts department of theDistrict Cane office in Meerut forembezzlement of over ��2 crore.The accused, Naresh KumarSharma, has been arrested andsent to jail. Additional Chief sec-retary Cane Development SanjayBhoosreddy said that duringinvestigations it was found thatSharma had transferred morethan �� 2 crore of governmentmoney into his relatives’ accountsby using fraudulent means.

Bhoosreddy said that an FIRhas been lodged in the police sta-tion concerned under sections420, 120-B, 467, 468, 471 and477-A of Indian Penal Code1860 and Sharma has been sentto jail. The police have recovered�23 lakh from Sharma.

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The Uttar Pradesh government onTuesday hiked educational scholar-

ship for the children of ex-servicemen,financial assistance to the martyrs’family and doubled financial assis-tance for marriage of daughters ofdeceased ex-servicemen.

The decision was taken at a man-agement committee meeting of UttarPradesh Sainik Punarvas Nidhi here onTuesday which was chaired by stateGovernor Anandiben Patel.

According to the decision, theannual education scholarship for thechildren of ex-servicemen will now be��5,000, an increase of ��2,000 for stu-dents of standard 9th and 10th, ��6,000for students of standard 11th and 12th,which was earlier �� 4,000 and anincrease of � 2000 from � 5,000 to �7,000 for graduate students.

Similarly, scholarship for PG stu-dents has gone up to � 9,000 from �6,000.

Besides students doing technicalcourses up to intermediate level will get� 10,000 annually from the existing �7,000 while for the technical studentsof graduate and post graduate level itwill be � 25,000 from the existing �15,000.

The meeting further decided thatdependents of martyred soldiers wouldbe given � 50,000 for purchasing anyequipment and training for any techni-cal trade.

The financial assistance for mar-riage of daughters of expired ex-service-men has been doubled to � 1 lakh fromthe existing � 50,000.

The governor has also directed theagriculture department to identify1,342 acres of land in Atari area near thestate capital so that earning from farm-ing could be substantial increased. TheGovernor was not pleased with theearning of � 9.69 lakh from this agri-culture land of the ex-servicemen wel-fare fund.

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Asking officials to improvethe recovery rate of Covid-

19 patients, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said that sam-ple testing of elderly people,children, pregnant women, sickand weak persons be carriedout on a priority.

Chairing a meeting at hisofficial residence in Lucknowon Tuesday, Yogi said that inorder to control Corona spread,it was extremely important toramp up sample testing for theinfection. The Chief Ministerstressed that one lakh testsshould be done daily byRapid Antigen method, 40000-45000 by RTPCR method and2500 to 3000 by TruNATmachines.

Yogi said that DirectorGeneral of Medical Health andDG of Medical Educationshould ensure adequatearrangements in hospitals andmedical colleges as per Covidprotocol.

“For this, both officers arerequired to do micro-analysis.DGs of Medical Health andMedical Education shouldensure regular communica-tion with every CMO andPrincipal of Medical Collegesrespectively,” he said.

The Chief Minister saidthat Covid hospitals must haveadequate availability of oxygenwith 48-hour backup. He saidthat specialist doctors shouldbe available in L-2 hospitals andasked officials to ensure prop-er supply of medicines in Covidand Non-Covid hospitals so

that treatment was not affect-ed for want of medicines.

Yogi said that role of clean-liness, sanitisation and fog-ging was important to containCovid-19 and other communi-cable diseases and hence theseshould be undertaken effective-ly with constant monitoring.He also laid emphasized on dis-posal of wastes.

The Chief Minister reiter-ated that prevention was theonly remedy to Corona asthere were no medicine orvaccine for it yet and said thatit was crucial to study andresearch the history of patientstreated successfully. “Thisprocess will help evolve effec-tive treatment methods,” hesaid. Yogi further said that thestate government has carriedout skill mapping of all labour-ers and workers returning fromother states. He directed offi-cials to expedite the process ofproviding them jobs as per skillset.”Employment offices of thedistricts should be activated tohelp in this,” he said.

The CM said that effectiveaction should be ensured tobenefit street vendors througha special economic packageannounced by the PrimeMinister and emphasised onphased action towardsAtmanirbhar Uttar Pradesh.

Lucknow (PNS): Trying to preventplaying loud music at a crowdedfunction during prohibitory hourslate into Monday evening, provedcostly for Gorakhpur Police person-nel, when frenzied revellersattacked them forcing the cops tolock themselves up in the outpost

8����������� ������� �Lucknow (PNS): Armed with the tragic incident of a14-year-old boy being kidnapped and murdered inGorakhpur, Opposition parties took on the Yogi gov-ernment over deteriorating law and order in the stateand alleged that criminals were ruling the state.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said that if thegovernment wanted to improve the situation, the CMshould take a cue from former regimes of the BSP with-out hesitation. She reminded that during her fourregimes as Chief Ministers, the law and order was stable.

Congress honcho Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweet-ed, “Has the UP CM stopped watching news ? Do thesereports not go before the people sitting in HomeDepartment? Every day new records of goondaraj arebeing set in UP. The kidnapping incident has occurredin CM’s hometown.”

Expressing concern over the alarming law and ordersituation, Priyanka shot off a letter to Yogi Adityanathon Tuesday asking him to look into the issue serious-ly. She stated that as the CM, Yogi must be knowingabout the incidents of Kanpur, Gonda and Gorakhpur.

“I would like to draw your attention to the pain ofa Ghaziabad family, to whom I have spoken,” she said.The Congress leader stated that Ghaziabad traderVikram Tyagi was missing for nearly a month and hisfamily feared that he has been kidnapped. Despiterepeated pleas, nothing concrete was being done by thepolice and district administration. She also wrote thattwo days back, a Congress delegation met his familywho were very upset. Through the letter, Priyankarequested the Chief Minister to help the family andasked him to instruct the police to extend all supportto the aggrieved family.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadavalso attacked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath througha tweet, “The news of the murder of kidnapped childfrom Gorakhpur is very painful and sad. Condolencesto the bereaved family. Despite constant kidnappingsand murders, the shameless silence and inaction of theBJP government are under question.”

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Notwithstanding the current economicslowdown, a large amount of cash, gold

and silver contributions for construction ofRam temple in Ayodhya are continuouslypouring in.

A senior trustee of the Shri RamjanmaBhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said that it has already received over �27 crorebesides a huge quantity of gold andsilver bricks for the foundation layingceremony of the temple to be presided byPrime Minister Narendra Modi on August5.

On Tuesday, Ram Kathavachak (storyteller) Murari Bapu donated �5 crore toTrust for Ram Temple construction. Thedonation was given by Vyas Peeth run byMurari Bapu.

On Tuesday the Shri RamjanmaBhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust issued anappeal asking devotees not to donate goldand silver, which they claim to have receivedin huge quantity.

“We need cash for construction of theRam temple and silver and gold will notserve the purpose,” Trust general secretaryChampat Rai said.

He said that people are donatingsilver bricks in large numbers with anappeal that it should be used in layingthe foundation stone. I appeal to thepeople to deposit cash in our bank accountinstead of donating silver bricks, " Raisaid.

Besides, there is a huge stock of gold andsilver jewellery of Ram Lalla which theTemple got in the last many years. The Trustalso received several kgs of gold and silverfrom the receiver and Rs 11 crore whichwere donated by the devotees sinceDecember 6, 1992.

According to available figures, even dur-ing lockdown the Trust received onlinedonations of �6 crore.

Trust chairman Mahant Nritya GopalDas too donated 5 silver shilas while UPchief minister Yogi Adityanath had donat-ed ��11 lakh on March 25 last when the idolswere shifted to a makeshift temple. Several

renowned saints and devotees have alsoannounced donations for the constructionof Ram Temple.

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Bahujan Samaj Party chiefMayawati and Congress gen-

eral secretary Priyanka Gandhilocked horns over the ongoingpower tussle in Rajasthan.

After issuing a whip to partyMLAs in Rajasthan two daysback, Mayawati threatened tomove Supreme Court if the whipwas not followed, and lashed outat CM Ashok Gehlot for his‘malicious intent’.

On her part, Priyanka firedback terming the former UP CMas an unofficial spokesperson ofthe BJP and her move as murderof democracy and Constitution.

Addressing the media onTuesday, Mayawati said that afterRajasthan election results, theBSP gave unconditional supportof all six MLAs to Congress butChief Minister Ashok Gehlotaiming to damage the BSP andmerged the legislators withCongress ‘unconstitutionally’. TheBSP chief said that her party waslooking for an opportune time togo to the court and to teachCongress a lesson.

‘Congress itself engaged in anact which they are now calling‘theft’. They had earlier takenaway six BSP MLAs. It’s unconsti-tutional, immoral and against thepeople’s mandate. They’re nowcrying foul when its ‘stolen assets’are being stolen. It is like ‘ulta chor

kotwal ko daante’,” she added.Mayawati warned the six BSP

MLAs in Rajasthan saying if theyvote for the Congress in any pro-ceedings during RajasthanAssembly session, their mem-bership would be cancelled. Thiscomes after Rajasthan’s BSP MLALakhan Singh said that he and hisfive party colleagues did not getany notice from the BSP over vot-ing against Congress and reiterat-ed their support to the rulingparty.

On Sunday, the BSP hadissued a whip to its six MLAsinstructing them to vote againstthe Congress in the event of a ‘NoConfidence Motion’ or any otherproceedings in RajasthanAssembly session. In September2019, all six BSP MLAs mergedwith the Congress, which has notbeen recognised by the BSP.

Reacting to Mayawati’s attack,Priyanka on Tuesday took a veileddig at the BSP, alleging that thewhip issued by it to its MLAs inRajasthan was a clean chit to thosewho ‘murdered’ democracy andIndian Constitution.

“Undeclared spokespersonsof the BJP have issued a whip insupport of the BJP. But, this is nota whip but a clean chit to thosewho murder democracy and theConstitution,” she said in a tweetin Hindi.

On several occasions earlier,Priyanka termed Mayawati theBJP’s spokesperson.

During the war of wordsbetween Congress and UP gov-ernment over issues during lock-down, especially on providingbuses for migrants, Mayawati hadsupported Yogi’s stand and criti-cised Congress.

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The special CBI court on Tuesday com-pleted recording of statements of the

accused in the trial over the demolition ofthe Babri mosque structure in Ayodhya onDecember 6, 1992.

A total of 31 out of the 32 accusedrecorded their statements, including for-mer Deputy PM Lal Krishna Advani, for-mer union minister Dr Murli ManoharJoshi and former UP Chief MinisterKalyan Singh .

On Tuesday, CBI special judge SKYadav recorded the statement of 31staccused Satish Pradhan through videoconferencing. However one of the accused,Om Prakash Pandey, is absconding , as hehas turned a sadhu and his whereaboutswere not known.

The court has given time till July 30to the defence counsels to submit theirwritten arguments in the court.

As per the Supreme court direction,the special court could give its verdict inthe 28- year-old case by August 31 next.

However, all the accused have plead-ed innocence and claimed they werepolitically implicated in the conspiracy.

All statements of the accused wererecorded under section 313 of theCrPC in the court of Special CBI judge SKYadav.

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to escape their wrath. Later,additional police force wasrushed to the area, the miscre-ants were chased and a dozentrouble makers were arrested.

As per reports, Kori policeoutpost in-charge, KK Singhwas on routine patrolling onMonday night when he founda DJ playing music in high vol-ume in the house of RamChander. On enquiry, the copwas informed that the revelrywas over a ‘mundan’ ceremony.

Singh reminded the fami-ly that playing DJ was notallowed after 10 pm and organ-ising night party sans permis-sion during prohibitory hourswithout social distancing pro-tocol was illegal and askedthem to wind up the function.

However, an hour later,Singh again noticed that high-decibel music was being played.He again called the organiserand took him to the police out-post to initiate legal action.

Soon, a dozen guests reachedthere, started abusing the copsdemanding his immediaterelease. When Singh refused, alarge crowd converged thereand forcibly released theaccused and stone pelted thepolice personnel, who lockedthemselves up in outpost frominside. Apprehending that theoutpost could by torched by theirate mob, the cops slippedthrough a rear door andinformed the SHO of Belghatpolice station, BB Rajbhar.Later, senior officers alongwith heavy police force reachedthe spot and nabbed a dozenmiscreants.

A case was lodged in thisconnection naming 12 per-sons and 50 unidentified per-sons and they were booked forattacking police officials, dam-aging government property,violation of lockdown, and 7Criminal Law AmendmentAct.

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Awoman was killed fordowry allegedly by her in-

laws in Mohanlalganj. Herfather lodged a case in this con-nection, accusing five of her in-laws but gave clean chit to hisson-in-law. According to com-plainant Samarjeet Singh ofMohanlalganj, his daughterAnnu Singh married ShivamSingh of Mau village in 2016.Shivam works at a factory inMohanlalganj.

Samarjeet said Annu andShivam were living happily butShivam’s parents (Laxmi andTejbhan Singh), sister PriyankaSingh, brother-in-law SonuSingh and maternal uncle ShivBahadur Singh were forcingAnnu to bring more dowry.“These persons used to tortureAnnu when Shivam was awayat his workplace. They used toforce her to bring Rs 2 lakh incash and a four-wheeler asdowry. On Monday, they tor-tured Annu over the samedemand. When Shivam was athis workplace on Tuesday, theykilled Annu and hanged her tomake it look like a case of sui-cide,” Samarjeet alleged. Thepolice said they registered a caseagainst the above-named per-sons and further investigationwas underway.

Meanwhile, a 24-year-oldelectrician, who was employedwith a private building con-struction company, was foundhanging from a tree in Banthraon Tuesday morning. Reportssaid the youth was identified asVikas Singh was staying in his

maternal uncle DharmendraSingh’s house in Banthra.Dharmendra said Vikas left thehouse for a morning walk in onTuesday but did not return.

“After waiting for hours, wewent out to search for him and

found him hanging from atree in a field,” Dharmendratold the police. The police saidthe body was sent for autopsyand further investigation wasunderway. Vikas was a native ofHardoi.

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The Hazratganj police onTuesday arrested a man on

the charges of duping people bypromising them jobs inSecretariat. The accused, iden-tified as Amit Kumar Shukla ofSushant Golf City, was arrest-ed following a tip-off. Thepolice recovered fake appoint-ment letters for clerical, Group-C and Class IV staff inSecretariat. The police alsorecovered entry passes forSecretariat from the accused’spossession.

ACP Abhay Kumar Mishra

said the accused and his gangmembers would trap gulliblejob-seekers. “They used tofleece innocents on the pretextof providing them jobs andwould give them fake appoint-ment letters after taking moneyfor the favour. The accusedwould then go into a hiding,”the ACP said.

He said one such victim,Rinku of Kannauj, contactedthe police a couple of days backand a team was formed to workout the case. “We tracked theaccused and nabbed him,” theACP said. The police suspect-ed that the gang might have

fleeced several people to thetune of crores.

Meanwhile, the Kakoripolice on Tuesday arrested athief who had stolen a high-endmobile phone from a womanwhen she was stuck in trafficjam at a crossing in Kakori onMonday. The accused wasidentified as Sarvesh Yadav ofMalihabad. The police alsorecovered the stolen phone.Rifat Shaheen of Green Cottagein Dubagga was going toHazratganj when she took ahalt at the crossing due totraffic jam when her phone wasstolen.

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In view of increased demandon the occasion of Raksha

Bandhan, the Uttar PradeshState Road TransportCorporation (UPSRTC) man-aging director has issuedinstructions to all regionalmanagers, service managersand assistant regional man-agers to ensure comfortabletravel for passengers and addi-tional arrangements. RakshaBandhan will be celebrated onAugust 3.

Managing director RajShekhar said as observed fromexperience in earlier years, the

movement of passengers onRaksha Bandhan increasesfrom 2-3 days before andafter the festival. “FromAugust 1 to 6, more and morebuses will be operated to pro-vide comfortable transportfacilities to the passengers,depending on the require-ment. UPSRTC is presentlyoperating around 6,000 busesper day. Arrangements for3,200 additional buses will bemade on Eid-ul-Azha(Bakrid) and RakshaBandhan. An action plan hasbeen prepared to operate 9200buses every day during thisfestive period,” he added.

He issued instructionsthat all buses would be oper-ating after proper sanitisa-tion. “No drivers, conductorsand passengers shal l beallowed to travel withoutwearing face masks. In addi-tion, all the personnel avail-able at the bus stations willalso have to use masks andhand sanitisers as per safetystandards. The passengers willbe permitted only up to theseating capacity of buses andin case of passenger demand,additional buses will be pro-vided as part of comfortabletravel arrangements,” Shekhar said.

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The Forest department com-pleted its attempt to enter

the Guinness Book of WorldRecords by planting the maxi-mum number of species ineight districts of the state withcomplete adherence to Covid-19 protocols on Tuesday.

Principal Chief Conservator(Forest) Rajiv Garg said apartfrom photographing and video-

graphing the record attempt, itwas also covered throughdrones. The plantation wasdone in an hour’s time. He said2,880 saplings of 460 specieswere planted in eight districts.

“All the witnesses were fromBotany background to authen-ticate that the saplings were ofdifferent species,” he said. Headded that the data had startedflowing to the Forest depart-ment’s command centre and

would be uploaded on the web-site. “It’s a voluminous datawhich will be verified by theGuinness Book of WorldRecords authorities. We will beable to upload this data byWednesday and then send it tothem,” he said. He said that theywere requesting the Guinnessauthorities to share the resultsat the earliest. “The results areexpected in a week’s time,” headded.

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District Magistrate AbhishekPrakash on Tuesday

appointed the ADM(Administration) as the nodalofficer and tasked him withinforming the DivisionalCommissioner and IntegratedControl and Command Centreabout the death of Covid-19patients in the district andtheir last rites on a daily basis.

The DM said in case ofdeaths due to Covid-19 at hos-pitals, the bodies must be hand-ed over to the bereaved fami-lies immediately and ensuredthat the last rites are held inaccordance with protocols. Hesaid action would be takenagainst officials, staff and hos-pitals not coordinating or pro-viding wrong information inthis regard. He also issueddirections for the posting ofone lekhpal at each Covid(level-2 and level-3) hospital.The DM appointed the ADM(Administration) as the nodalofficer for patients who haveopted for home isolation andtasked him with collectinginformation from them andsharing the same with theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre.

CMO Dr Rajendra PrasadSingh said the number of Covidhospitals in the city would beincreased and efforts werebeing made to rope in privatehospitals. “In addition, we arealso working to increase thenumber of beds in Covid level-2 hospitals,” he said.

The CMO, who carriedout an inspection in IndiraNagar on Tuesday morning,said he was making efforts torotate teams and see that themembers on Covid-19 dutywere getting proper rest. Heappealed to people going forCovid-19 testing to share cor-rect information like names,phone numbers and addresses.

District surveillance officerAjay Raja said people testingpositive for coronavirus in thecity were coming in clusters.About the containment strate-gy, he said the focus would con-tinue to be on intensive testing.

“The number of testingteams has been increased to 32.The teams are moving in thefield and with the help of test-ing, we will isolate and treatpatients more effectively.Initially, the screening willresult in the rise in the numberof cases because we are identi-fying the patients through this

exercise. Lucknow is carryingout the maximum number oftests and once we are done withisolated cases, there will besome kind of stability,” he said.

Meanwhile, CDRI directorTapas Kundu said they havealready carried out the sequenc-ing of 100 corona samples.“We have submitted 25 of thesamples and 75 are beinganalysed. Submitting 25 sam-ples means that they have beenuploaded on the portal and canbe seen and analysed by anyone.Till now, the samples which wehave analysed have shown thatthere was some unique muta-tion in the virus which we willconfirm after the analysis of theremaining samples. It is onlywhen we complete the analysisthat we will be able to say thatthis mutation in coronavirus isunique to Uttar Pradesh,” theCDRI director said.

He said they have beenreceiving coronavirus samplesfrom Lakhimpur Kheri andSitapur. He added that theprogress was also on for the set-ting up of a Centre ofAdvanced TherapeuticResearch with the help ofAKTU and KGMU, and will beone of its kind in the state. Itwill work on all kinds of

viruses. Meanwhile, SGPGIorganised a poster competitionon ‘Defeat Covid-19’. Theorganisers said keeping one’smind and body active and inshape was important, espe-cially in the current stressfultimes. “A creative outlet likepainting helps express our feel-ings and emotions withouttaking recourse to words,expands our visual horizons,enables our mind to remainyoung, dynamic and strongand gives a unique feeling ofaccomplishment,” the organis-ers said.

Director Dr RK Dhimanconceptualised the poster com-

petition for children of theSGPGI employees. The aim wasto encourage the children tocome up with novel pictorialideas about awareness and pre-vention related to Covid-19.The competition held from June26 to July 1 witnessed an over-whelming response by nearly250 participants. The prize dis-tribution ceremony was held atthe School of Telemedicine,SGPGIMS. The awardeesincluded Ritika Singh, MaureenMoriss, Anant Tripathi, SharonLawrence, Sakshi Verma,Aparna Singh, Amulya Singh,Pranav, Nikhil Garg and MonikaShreshth Praneel.

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The clinical trials for thedrug ‘Umifenovir’, devel-

oped by CDRI for treatment ofCovid-19, will begin nextmonth. CDRI director TapasKundu said the tablets wouldarrive at the institute in thefirst week of August andpatient recruitment wouldstart immediately. He said thatclinical trials would be carriedout at King George’s MedicalUniversity (KGMU), Dr RamManohar Lohia Institute ofMedical Sciences (RMLIMS)and ERA’s Lucknow MedicalCollege and Hospital.

He said their scientistshad synthesised the drug andtransferred the technology toa private company which isproducing the tablets on alarge scale. He said that thedrug would help both intreatment and prevention.

CDRI had alreadyreceived permission from theDrug Controller General ofIndia to conduct clinical trialsof the drug in the month ofJune itself. The clinical trialapplication was processed onhigh priority as per the DCGIsinitiative against Covid-19.

The CDRI director said itwould be one of the cheapestdrug for the treatment ofCovid-19 . CDRI has receivedpermission for carrying outcontrolled trials of efficacy,safety and tolerability of antivi-

ral drug Umifenovir. Kundusaid that this drug has a goodsafety profile and acts by pre-venting entry of virus intohuman cells and also by prim-ing the immune system. Hesaid CDRI came up with thisdrug by carrying out repur-posing of drugs and screeneda number of drugs. He saidthey have also developed aprocess technology for manu-facturing it.

“Umifenovir is mainly usedfor treatment of influenza andis available in China and Russia,and has recently come intoprominence due to its potentialuse for Covid-19 patients. Toevaluate its efficacy in Indianpatients, CDRI has taken up theclinical trials. Further, it hasdeveloped the process tech-nology for Umifenovir inrecord time and licenced theeconomical process technolo-gy for manufacturing and mar-keting the drug to M/sMedizest PharmaceuticalsPrivate Ltd (Goa), who hasalready received test licencefrom the DCGI,” the CDRIdirector said.

Kundu said all the rawmaterials for the drug areindigenously available and if the clinical trials weresuccessful, Umifenovir couldbe a safe, efficacious andaffordable drug against Covid-19 and could be a part of theNational Programme againstCovid-19.

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Wife of a property dealerended her life at her

house in Ashiyana on Tuesdaymorning. Police said thewoman committed suicide butno suicide note was recoveredduring investigation.

As per reports, the woman,identified as Diksha Bhardwaj(32) of LDA Colony, was foundhanging from the ceiling witha dupatta tied around her neckin the morning and her hus-band Abhishek informed thepolice. A police team reachedthe scene and sent the body forautopsy. The Ashiyana SHOsaid that Diksha committedsuicide and that the policewere trying to find out the rea-son. He said Diksha’s husbandAbhishek worked as a proper-ty dealer but was jobless of late.Diksha had married Abhishekin 2010 and the couple had twochildren.

A spokesman said since thepolice did not recover any sui-cide note, it was not clear why

the woman ended her life.Neighbours told the police thatthe couple were passingthrough hardships as Abhishekhad become jobless due to thecoronavirus pandemic.

In another case, a 21-year-old woman, identified asNeelam, ended her life at herhouse in Gomti Nagar policestation area. Neelam and herhusband Mintu (both of Bihar)stayed in Gwari locality.

The police said Neelamwas found hanging from awindow grill with a dupattatied around her neck. Her hus-band rushed her to RMLHospital where she wasdeclared dead. The police saidthe couple married only twoyears back and were staying inthe house for the last fewmonths. The police did notrecover any suicide note fromthe scene and it was not clearwhy the woman took theextreme step. Neighbours sus-pected the woman ended herlife as the couple were passingthrough a financial crisis.

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In view of the surge in coro-navirus positive cases

among jail inmates in thestate, the Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has made it manda-tory for new prisoners to gofor rapid antigen tests and stayin temporary jails for 14 days.In a directive issued byAdditional Chief Secretary(Home) Awanish Awasthi onTuesday, he said all the newprisoners would be kept intemporary jails for 14 daysbefore being shifted to themain jails. “Every new inmatewill be made to undergo rapidantigen test and if they testpositive for coronavirus, theywill be admitted to Covidlevel-1 hospital. Even if they

test negative for coronavirus,they will have to be kept intemporary jails for 14 days,”according to the new order.

However, in UttarPradesh, 16 districts do nothave temporary jails, and thegovernment has asked them toset up makeshift prisonsimmediately.

Of three of these 16 dis-tricts, temporary jails wereclosed recently, and now theywill have to be reopened. Inthe recent past, over 1,000inmates of different districtjails have been diagnosed withCovid-19. The district jailswhere large number ofinmates were detected withcoronavirus infection includ-ed Jhansi, Bareilly, Ballia,Meerut and Lucknow.

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woman’s body being removedfrom a pyre by upper caste men,minutes before her last rites inAgra recently, kicked up a stormafter a video of the act went viralon social media. Reacting to theincident, Bahujan Samaj Partychief president Mayawati hit outat the Yogi government anddemanded a high-level probe topunish the guilty.

In a tweet on Tuesday,Mayawati posted, “In UP nearAgra, the body of a Dalitwoman was removed from cre-mation ground by people ofupper castes with casteist mind-set as the cremation ghatbelonged to upper castes. Thisis shameful and condemnable.”

In another tweet, the BSPboss posted, “In this casteist anddisgusting incident, a high-level probe should be conduct-ed by UP government and cul-

prits be given harshest punish-ment so that such incidents arenot repeated in future.”

On July 20, the body of a26-year-old woman of Agdi(Nat) community was takenoff a funeral pyre after Thakursfrom Achnera village, nearAgra, objected citing ‘rules’. Thelocal police too intervened to‘settle’ the matter but with norespite to the aggrieved family.

Left with no options and toavoid a situation the deceased’sfamily was forced to cremate thebody in an area meant forDalits. The harried family didnot file a complaint, as such dis-crimination on caste lines wasrampant in the area. The victimhad died of an infection on June19. A couple of days later, avideo of the incident went viralon the social media after whichthe Agra administration waspulled by officials in Lucknow.

Subsequently, SSP of Agra,Bablu Kumar ordered a probeinto the incident.

Elsewhere, in Pratapgarh,members of Dalit communitywere assaulted and injured byMuslim youths in Maharajpurvillage of Baghrai police stationover a recent scuffle over awrestling event late on Mondaynight. A wrestling event wasorganised in Maharajpur villageon July 25 during which AshiqAli, Asgar Ali and some othersfrom Ahladganj started inter-fering and engaged in a scufflewith the organisers. Later, theelders intervened and pacifiedboth groups. But on Mondaynight, while Pintu Saroj wasstrolling in Maharajpur village,he was attacked by a dozenyouths from Ahladganj. Someothers who rushed to rescuehim were also assaulted andinjured by the assailants.

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dents of City MontessoriSchool, Gomti Nagar CampusI, have achieved first interna-tional rank by securing 100 percent marks in InternationalBenchmark Test (IBT). Allthese students will be given Rs50,000 each. IBT is organisedby the Australian Council forEducational Research (ACER)once a year in many countries.In India, thousands of stu-dents from several notedschools across the countryappeared for IBT in whichAnusha and Raman scored100 per cent marks marks inEnglish; Atharv Pratap Singh,Utkarsh Kumar Verma,Praharsh Chaturvedi andPranjal Verma scored 100 percent marks in Mathematics;Satyarth Pandey, KumarYashasvi and Vinayak Dalmiascored 100 per cent marks inScience; and Aditya Singh,Aryan Verma and AamishAhmad Beg scored 100 percent marks in Science andReasoning.

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Indian Railway TrafficService (IRTS) officer ShishirSomvanshi took charge asAdditional Divisional RailwayManager (Operations) in theLucknow division of North

Eastern Railway (NER) onTuesday. He was posted asGroup Manager at the IRCTCCorporate Office in New Delhi.Somvanshi is 2000-batch IRTSofficer and has served in dif-ferent capacities, including asDCM in Lucknow (NER),Deputy Chief OperationManager (Goods) inGorakhpur and AGM(Operations) in LucknowMetro Rail Corporation ondeputation.

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With the cases of coron-avirus on the rise in UP, doc-tors at Regency SuperspecialityHospital in Lucknow haveurged patients suffering fromhepatitis or any other advanced

liver diseases, including cir-rhosis, to continue the treat-ment as they are at greater riskof serious health complica-tions if they contract coron-avirus infection. Maintaining ahealthy lifestyle is importantfor people with liver diseases,Dr Praveen Jha(Gastroenterology) said.“People down with hepatitis Bor C and currently takingtreatment should not stop itunless advised by their doctors.These people may be at agreater risk of contractingcoronavirus infection. If theyare resultant to visit a hospital,they can opt for tele-consulta-tion. Hand hygiene, social dis-tancing are the cornerstones ofprevention from this disease,”he said.

Ghaziabad/Bulandshahr: Thepolice in Ghaziabad have iden-tified the woman whose bodywas found in a suitcase in thedistrict, unveiling a case ofmurder for dowry in which herhusband and his parents werearrested in Bulandshahr onTuesday, officials said.

The woman’s body, whichwas stuffed in a suitcase, wasspotted by locals in Sahibabadarea on Monday morning afterwhich the police launched aprobe to ascertain her identi-ty. The police had initiallysuspected that the woman waskilled elsewhere and her bodydumped in Sahibabad. Duringthe probe, the police wentthrough CCTV footage ofnearby areas and key roadjunctions to get any clue butthe breakthrough was achievedwith the help of WhatsApp in15 hours.

“As part of our efforts toascertain the woman’s identi-

ty, we had shared her photo in1,500 WhatsApp groups whilesenior police officers anddeputy commissioners ofpolice of bordering states werealso informed,” SeniorSuperintendent of PoliceKalanidhi Naithani told PTI.

One of the victim’s rela-tives staying in Delhi’s UttamNagar recognised her afterseeing her photo on WhatsAppand informed her family, whothen contacted the police, hesaid.

She was identified asBarisha, 25, daughter of ZafarAli, who lives in Aligarh.Barisha had got marriedrecently and was living at herin-laws’ house in Bulandshahrdistrict, the SSP said.

The woman’s parents hadlodged a case of dowry againsttheir daughter’s in-laws onJuly 25 in Bulandshahr, afterwhich she had gone missingand two days later her body

was found in Ghaziabad, headded.

After connecting the dots,police arrested Barisha’s hus-band and his parents onTuesday afternoon from theirhome in Bulandshahr.

“The accused husband,his father and mother havebeen arrested by the KotwaliNagar police. They killed thewoman over their demand forextra dowry. They stuffed herbody in a suitcase and dumpedit in the Sahibabad area ofGhaziabad,” the Bulandshahrpolice said.

The post-mortem was tobe conducted in Ghaziabad onTuesday and the process video-graphed. The body would thenbe handed over to her parents,SSP Naithani said.

Meanwhile, the policeteam investigating the casehas been given a reward of `15,000 for their good work,Naithani added.

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Lucknow (PNS): A womanand her 5-year-old son werefound hanging at their housein Hasanganj late on Tuesdaynight. Police claimed that thewoman committed suicide.

The deceased woman wasidentified as Azra Parveen ofHasanganj while her son asMohammed Zaid. Her hus-band had died just a weekback. As per reports, woman’sbrother-in-law Riaz reachedher house for some work andfound the doors bolted frominside. Riaz gave calls toParveen, but to no avail. He

sought the help of neighboursbut even that did not help. Riazthen called the police controlroom after which two consta-bles reached the scene.

The policemen broke openthe doors, only to find Parveenand her son hanging from theceiling with a rope tied aroundtheir necks.

Neighbours told the policethat they did not see Parveenand her son coming out oftheir house on Tuesday. Theysaid they came to know of theincident after Riaz called themfor help.

A police team fromHasanganj police station laterreached the scene to carry outinvestigation.

A police spokesman saidthat the woman and her sonwere staying in the house nearAwadh Vatika in Khadra andher husband had died just aweek back. He was sufferingfrom some disease. He said thepolice were at the scene andinvestigating the case. Askedabout the reason, thespokesman said it was notclear as yet and further inves-tigation was underway.

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The first petition was filed on Tuesday morn-ing against a communication received from theAssembly Secretariat on Monday that the com-plaint has been decided and rejected by theSpeaker. “Today, we got a detailed order of theSpeaker (about the rejection of the complaint).Thereafter, we filed a second petition challengingthe detailed order,” counsel for the MLA said, asper an agency report.

Dilawar had filed his complaint to the Speakerin March, and on July 24, he moved the HighCourt alleging inaction by the Speaker on the issuehe raised. The Rajasthan High Court on Mondaydismissed his petition as “having become infruc-tuous” as the Speaker passed the order later on July24.

In the fresh petitions filed on Tuesday againstthe Speaker’s order, the MLA has challenged thevalidity, legality and correctness of the Speaker’sJuly 24 order on his complaint filed in March. Inhis complaint to the Speaker, he had prayed thatthe BSP MLAs be disqualified from the RajasthanVidhan Sabha under para 2 of the 10th Scheduleof the Constitution. Dilawar has alleged he wasnot heard by the Speaker before he decided hiscomplaint on July 24.

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where the tally of Covid-hit patients has reached43,591. Fourteen persons died due to the diseaseduring the day where the death count has reached269.

West Bengal reported 2,134 new cases, takingthe case count to 62,964. The death toll during theday stood at 38 in the State that has recorded 1,449casualties till now.

Telangana recorded 1,610 new cases where57,142 persons have been infected till now. Ninecasualties during the day took the death count inthe State to 480.

Gujarat added 1,108 fresh cases of infectionto stretch the tally to 57,982. The State has report-ed 2,368 casualties including 24 deaths during theday.

Rajasthan reported 406 cases, taking the tallyto 37,970. The death count has reached 640 withseven casualties during the day.

Madhya Pradesh reported 628 cases, taking thetally of infected persons to 29,217. Ten personssuccumbed to the disease during the day wherethe toll has touched 830.

Odisha reported 1,215 fresh cases of infectionwhere the case count has surged to 28,107. Eightpersons died during the day where the death tollreached 189.

Kerala reported 1167 new cases, taking thetally to 20,895. Four persons died during the day,taking the tally to 68.

Jammu & Kashmir reported 489 new casesduring the day, taking the case count to 18,879.The Union Territory has reported 333 deaths sofar including 12 during the day.

Punjab registered 609 new cases where thenumber of infected persons has reached 14,378.The State has reported 336 deaths including 18during the day.

Jharkhand reported 74 new cases, taking thetally to 8,877. Three deaths during the day addedto the total death count of 93 till so far.

Uttarakhand reported 259 new cases where6,587 people have been infected till now. Four per-sons died in the hill State that has lost 70 persons

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cent whereas Brazil has also clocked a highmortality rate of around 4 per cent during the lastone week. Both Chile and Colombia also have amortality rate of around 4 per cent.

Globally, the USA leads the death tally witha total of 1,50,418 cases on Monday followed byBrazil 87,000 cases, Mexico 43,680 deaths, UK45,000, and India 34,000.

When Europe and the USA were first hit bythe pandemic, the mortality rate was around 10per cent in many countries including Spain, Italy,UK, and the USA.

With a better understanding of the nature ofthe virus, the world has largely been able to con-tain the mortality rate except in South Americancountries where there has been blatant disregardto social distancing norms and other related pre-cautions.

In fact, the president of Brazil Jair Bolsanario,who has tested positive for the Covid-19, himselfled an anti-lockdown protest in the capital cityBrasilia. In Mexico, nearly 14 per cent of the pop-ulation does not even believe in the existence ofthe coronavirus.

Overall, while the virus continues to sweepacross the world, it is becoming clear that the med-ical science has been able to bring down mortal-ity rate to a level which seemed a far cry just twomonths ago.

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Researchers believe this finding can help usedogs to sniff out suspected coronavirus cases atairports, border crossings and stadiums andother busy areas quite easily, said the report.

“We think that this works because the meta-bolic processes in the body of a diseased patientare completely changed,” Maren von Koeckritz-Blickwede, a professor at the university, said in aYouTube video about the project. “We think thatthe dogs are able to detect a specific smell.” VonKoeckritz-Blickwede said the next step will be totrain dogs to differentiate Covid samples fromother diseases like influenza.

In another pilot study at the University ofHelsinki, dogs trained as medical diagnosticassistants were taught to recognise the previous-ly unknown odor signature of the Covid-19 dis-ease caused by the novel coronavirus. And theylearned with astonishing success: After only a fewweeks, the first dogs were able to accurately dis-tinguish urine samples from Covid-19 patientsfrom urine samples of healthy individuals.

According to researchers from the GermanAssistance Dogs Centre, dogs can also identify skincancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer or prostatecancer very reliably. Besides cancer, the dogs canalso detect Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers from France and Lebanon havealso been testing whether 20 Belgian malinois dogscan be trained to detect the coronavirus diseasein humans. The results have been 95 per cent pos-itive, with few errors, and he plans to publish themin a scientific journal. On one occasion, for exam-ple, the dogs identified as positive a sample froma person who had tested negative for the virus -but when the sample was sent for additional test-ing, it turned out the dogs were correct and thepatient was, indeed, infected.

In United Kingdom, the trial has been start-ed to find out whether dogs can detect coronavirusinfections. The Government has allocated a sumof over £500,000 to a specialist team of researchersfor this project.

In the first phase of the trial, researchers fromthe London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine (LSHTM) in collaboration with MedicalDetection Dogs and Durham University will deter-mine if dogs are able to detect the disease inhumans from their odour, even in cases where theinfection is asymptomatic.

Six dogs, a mixture of Labradors and cockerspaniels, will be trained to identify the infectionfrom samples collected from coronavirus patientsby NHS staff in London hospitals.

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“For tiger reintroduction or supplementationin Palamau and Similipal, tigers need to be sourcedfrom the closest source in the same genetic clus-ter. Buxa and Dampa can be repopulated throughreintroductions from Kaziranga, after prey restora-tion in Buxa and strengthening protection inDampa which has a good prey base,” it said.

According to the report, in the State-wise dis-tribution of tigers, Madhya Pradesh was foundwith maximum tigers at 526 followed by Karnatakaat 524 and 442 in Uttarakhand.

Last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi hadreleased the four-yearly tiger census reportaccording to which the tiger population in thecountry had grown from 1,400 in 2014 to 2,967in 2019. He said all of India’s 50 tiger reserves werenot poor quality.

Javadekar also announced that his Ministry isworking on a programme in which efforts wouldbe made to provide water and fodder to animalsin the forest itself to deal with the challenge ofhuman-animal conflict which is causing deaths ofanimals. For this LIDAR based survey technolo-gy will be used for the first time. Lidar is a methodfor measuring distances by illuminating the tar-get with laser light and measuring the reflectionwith a sensor.

Minister of State of Environment, BabulSupriyo said human- animal conflict can be avoid-ed but it cannot be ruled out in the country. Hesaid frontline officials have done commendable jobin raising the numbers of the tiger in the coun-try.

Javadekar pointed out that India is ready totake a leadership role and work with other tigerrange countries for the management of thereserves. There are currently 13 tiger range coun-tries -- India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The actor, aged 34, was found hanging fromthe ceiling of his apartment in suburban Bandrain Mumbai on June 14. Several political leadersand film personalities have demanded a CBI probeinto his death.

Rajput’s suspected death by suicide has alsotriggered a debate on alleged nepotism andfavouritism in the Hindi film industry. Several topproduction houses had allegedly boycotted thePatna-born actor, causing him distress and com-pelling him to end his life.

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The recovery rate of thedisease in the union territory is 82per cent, substantially higherthan the national average of 64.24per cent. While 1,067 have recov-ered, there are 254 active cases,according to the Directorate ofHealth Services on Tuesday. Allare under medical supervision inhospitals, corona care centres orin home isolation and none are onventilator. “The good news andthe most surprising finding wasthe timely recovery of all infect-ed patients despite the fact thatmajority of the patients belong toan area where environmental sil-icosis is prevalent which impairslung defence mechanism,” saidTsering Norboo, retired physicianand MD of the Ladakh Institute

of Prevention. This, he said, ledresearchers to look at the epi-demiology of COVID-19 inother high altitude regions suchas Lhasa in Tibet and Wuhan inChina. A recent study, ‘Does thepathogenesis of SAR-CoV-2virus decrease at high-altitude?’,by researchers at the UniversityInstitute of Cardiology andRespirology of Quebec, Canada,backed the finding.

“The finding of COVID-19 pandemic appears to indicatea decrease of prevalence andimpact of SARS-Cov -2 infectionin populations living at high alti-tude over 3000m. The result pos-sibly could relate to both phys-iological and environmental fac-tors,” it said.

High altitude environ-ment, it added, is characterisedby dry climate, drastic change intemperature between day andnight, and high ultraviolet radi-ation at heights may act as a sani-tiser. UV rays are capable of pro-ducing alterations in the mole-cular bonds of the DNA andRNA (the genetic material of theviruses). “All together, thesefactors may dramatically reduce‘survival’ capacity of the virus athigh altitude and its virulence.Furthermore, due to lower den-sity of the air and the greater dis-tance between molecules at highaltitude, the size of the airbornevirus inoculum must be small-er than at sea level," the studysaid. Norboo added that thefindings vindicated the beliefthat studies of high altitudenatives, its environment andhigh altitude adaptation processcan give clues to understandingthe disease and therefore itstreatment. PTI

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Identification certified) craftwood made rakhis which havebeen sent to the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, who is also alocal parliamentarian and thearmy personnel posted atGalwan Valley to keep watchon the Line of Actual Control(LAC) and foil all the nefariousdesigns of Chinese.

GI expert Padmashree DrRajnikant said that a group ofwomen started preparinghandmade rakhis with craftwood immediately after the callof Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) given by the PMand about a fortnight ago

national merit awardeeRameshwar Singh had sent thefirst consignment to New Delhifor its marketing so that in caseof further demands, the samecan be made accordingly.

On Tuesday, the womenhanded over the rakhis to the

local parliamentary office ofModi and requested it to makearrangements for sending thesame to the army personnelpost at Galwan Valley apartfrom Modi and Chief ofDefence Staff (CDS) Gen.Vipin Rawat. The women arti-

sans Shalini, Vandana, Rita,Pushpa and Sita along withRameshwar Singh, Virendraand Rajkumar handed overthe packets containing rakhis tothe Modi’s office.

In their letter to the PM,these women said that with hisblessings, they had decided tomake rakhis for the first timeunder GI registered local‘wooden lacquerware and toys’craft with the inspiration ofRameshar Singh. They saidthat during this corona pan-demic crisis, about 50,000 suchhandmade rakhis have beensupplied so far which also gaveemployment to several womenwith the encouragement givento them by the call of self-reliance.

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The District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma

informed that various teamsand cells have been constitut-ed under the senior adminis-trative officers to execute theworks related to COVID-19effectively and in well-plannedmanner. And, the districtadministration and Healthdepartment will launch a masssample collection drive fromJuly 30 to August 11 to collectsample of various communitiesin order to speed up the sam-pling, he added.

The DM informed that thevarious teams have been con-stituted under the guidance ofADMs, and SDMs to executemicro-planning related toCOVID-19 and added thatthese teams would dischargetheir duty in two shifts from 8am. Besides, the various cellssuch as sample collection cell,home isolation & hospital facil-ity treatment cell, ambulance

cell, surveillance cell and datereporting cell have also beenconstituted at IntegratedCOVID Command & ControlCentre for the same purpose,he informed

Reviewing the arrange-ments related COVID-19 at thecentre on Monday late evening,Sharma directed the officersconcerned to inform the PHCsabout corona patients immedi-ately after receiving at centre soas the rapid response teamscould give permission topatients of home isolation orrefer to shift them to the hos-pitals. In case, the patients arereferred for hospitals, the PHCswill inform the centre and thecentre will allot the category ofhospitals and also make avail-able ambulance to take thepatients to the hospitals; heinformed adding that as manyas 32 rapid response teamsincluding 24 for urban areasand 8 in rural areas have beenconstituted for the purpose. Hesaid that such a system is to be

developed in the district so thatthe corona patients could faceno inconvenience whether theyare either in home isolation orin hospitals.

The door-to-door surveil-lance drive will be launched inthe district from Wednesdaythrough 32 PHCs including 24in urban areas and 8 in ruralareas, informed the DM addingthat the patients suffering fromvarious diseases such as dia-betes, high blood pressure,cough, cancer, heart problems,high fever, etc would be iden-tified and their sampling wouldalso be made through PHCsduring the drive.

To strengthen the sam-pling system, the PHCs willalso collect samples besidesthe government hospitals, heinformed adding that as manyas 24 and 8 mobile teams inurban and rural areas respec-tively are currently engaged incollecting the samples. To col-lect the sampling of maximumpersons the district administra-

tion and Health departmentwill launch a mass samplingdrive from July 30 to August 11at various places, informed theDM.

The mass samples of auto-rickshaw drivers, e-rickshawdrivers, police personnel,home-guards, employees work-ing in the offices situated atVikash Bhawan and municipalcorporation, boatmen, tradersof Pahadia Mandi and employ-ees working here, drivers, con-ductors & cleaners of govern-ment and private buses, RPFpersonnel, mediapersons andpersons engaged in works relat-ed to cremation would be col-lected during this 13 daysdrive, informed the DM.

The DM directed the offi-cer concerned to ensure all thenecessary facilities at StMarry Hospital in Korounta soas the police personnelthat were found coronapositive recently could be keptthere in isolation with thefacility of L-1.

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After the instructions ofChief Minister Yogi

Adityanath during his recentvisit and in view of continuousdetection of cases in three fig-ures, the district administrationhas tightened its belt to searchmore and more hospital facil-ities to accommodate theincreasing number of COVID-19 patients. As the number ofactive patients has increasedsharply, the recovery rate hascontinued declining. Besides,with the continuous rising ofactive patients after reachingthe four figures mark, districtadministration has intensifiedits efforts to allow more andmore private hospitals to treatthe patients.

In the beginning, therewere just two hospitals wherethe COVID-19 patients wereadmitted and they were Sir

Sundarlal Hospital (SSH) inBanaras Hindu University (L-3) and Pt. Deen DayalUpadhyay (DDU) Hospital (L-2) while ESIC Hospital (L1)was used for just collectingsamples but since the numberof patients continued rising,more and more hospitals wereattached as of L1 categories. Inmore than a dozen such hospi-tals, the patients have alreadybeen admitted apart fromallowing many others for homeisolation.

Due to extension of suchhospital facilities, on Monday,as many as 66 patients were dis-charged. Though the figure isless than half of the newpatients detected, the gapbetween recovered and activepatients has increased contin-uously. Just a day ago, 146 newpatients were found while only66 recovered and by the daythere were 1266 active patients

against 931 recovered ones.After from SSH (L3), DDU

(L2) and ESIC (L1), the otherL1 or attached hospitals wherethe patients have already beenadmitted are DLW Hospital,Government Ayurvdic MedicalCollege, CHC Misirpur, CHCShivpur, Jawahar NavodayVidyalaya Gajokhar, PACHospital, Meridian NursingHome and Hospital (Sarnath),Medwin Hospital (Maidagin),Trimurti Hospital (Hotel GuptaInn), St, Mary’s Hospital(Karauta) and Heritage MedicalCollege (L2). Now the districtadministration has also allowedApex Hospital (Bhikharipur) toadmit COVID-19 patients. Thenumber may be extended fur-ther by providing the permis-sions to many other privatehospitals and nursing homes.Recently, the administrationhad taken action against someprivate hospitals for their fail-

ure to provide ambulances forcarrying corona patients.

Meanwhile, DistrictMagistrate (DM) Kaushal RajSharma has informed that thegovernment has finalised therates for treatment of asympto-matic patients in private nurs-ing homes under COVID-19guidelines. As Varanasi comesin A-category city, � 10,000 isfixed for treatment of patientswith moderate sickness inNational Accredited Board ofHospitals (NABH) hospitalsand �8,000 for non-NABHunits while �15,000 for severesickness patients need ICUwithout ventilator in NABHunits and Rs 13,000 in non-NABH units apart from �18,000 for very severe sicknesspatients need ventilator in ICUin NABH units and � 15,000 innon-NABH units. All theserates include PPE kit chargesalso.

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Prayagraj police have comeup with drones for aerial

surveillance ahead of festivalslike Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid) andRakshabandhan falling onAugust 1 and 3 respectively.

Apart from drones, specialpolice teams have also beenformed to keep an eye onsocial media and ensure a sternaction against those founduploading inflammatory orderogatory posts or indulgingin rumour-mongering.

Prayagraj range comprisesfour districts — Prayagraj,Kaushambi, Fatehpur andPratapgarh. Bakrid andRakshabandhan will be cele-brated on August 1 and 3respectively.

Sleuths from the LocalIntelligence Unit (LIU) havealso been pressed into service.They have been directed tocompile inputs and crackdownon instances of rumour-mon-gering and circulation of fakenews on social media.

IG (Prayagraj range) KPSingh told the mediapersonsthat apart from forming peacecommittees to ensure residentscelebrate festivals peacefully,

police are reaching out to reli-gious heads of communities soas to convince people to cele-brate at home in view of thenovel coronavirus outbreak.No public gatherings will beallowed during the festivals, theIG added.

The IG said that the citywould be divided into zonesand sectors and adequate policeforce would be deployed incommunally sensitive areas.Three drones would be used tokeep an eye in sensitive areas.Police teams would be keepingvigil via videography and a spe-cial network of CCTV camerastoo, Singh said.

Station House Officershave been directed to takeinstances of petty issues amongcommunities seriously and takerequired action accordingly,he added.

The police department hasalso constituted ‘MorningParties’ in thanas, who wouldgo to localities and removeobjectionable banners\ posters.Thanas would also be main-taining ‘festival registers’ andrecord details of communallysensitive areas under theirjurisdiction, he added.

A senior police official saidthat they have been taking a

view of previous disputes andadequate police forces would bedeployed at sensitive pocketsahead of the festival.

YOUTH DIES, 2 OTH-ERS HURT IN MISHAP: In atragic incident, a youth waskilled while two others weresustained grievous injurieswhen the bike on which theywere riding were hit by a anunidentified vehicle at Amolwatrifurcation in Phulpur Kotwaliarea late on Monday night.

On receipt of information,police reached the spot andwith the support of the passers-by took the three to CHCfrom where the doctorsreferred the trio to the SRNHospital. A youth was declareddead by doctors at SRNHospital. While two are beingtreated.

Michael, Shivam Pandeyand Suny Pandey residents ofRaniganj Pratapgarh weregoing somewhere on a bike.Meanwhile, an unknown vehi-cle hit them near Amolwa tri-section in Phulpur Kotwaliarea. All three were seriouslyinjured. Apart from thepassers-by, the people livingnearby awaken from sleep afterhearing a loud sound of colli-son.

People on the spotinformed the police. ThePhulpur Kotwali police reachedthere immediately and tookMichael, Shivam and Sunny tothe Community Health CentrePhulpur in a seriously injuredcondition from a governmentambulance. The doctors theresent the three to SRN Hospitalafter first aid. Michael wasdeclared dead by doctors there.Shivam and Sunny are beingtreated at the same time.

Meanwhile, Ashok KumarSingh (45) son of Surya BuxSingh resident of Khoozhikalavillage of Kandhai police sta-tion area in Pratapgarh districtwas a truck driver. He used todrive trucks in the KanjurMarg area of Mumbai. OnMonday night he was going tobuy goods from home. Whilecrossing the railway track nearthe Kanjur Marg railway sta-tion, he got hit by a train, whichled to his death. Mumbai policereached the spot on the infor-mation, after informing the rel-atives with the number writtenin the diary found in the pock-et, took the body into its cus-tody.

The family members areshocked over the news ofAshok's death.

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Increasing cases of coronainfects in the district late on

Monday night broke all previ-ous records. It is because thedistrict reported a total of 149new positive cases till lateMonday night. This number isthe highest in the district tilldate. The new positive patientsalso included a revenue inspec-tor posted at Handia and eightstaff at COVID Hospital Beli.While a railway engineer hasalso been found infected withcorona. Other patients are fromdifferent areas of the city. A 37-year-old corona-infectedpatient admitted to SRNCOVID Hospital died. He wasa resident of Shivkuti.

A total of 1,727 cases ofcoronavirus have been report-ed so far. Regarding the patientwho died, the doctor said thatthe patient was suffering fromobesity and also suffered fromdiabetes. He was admitted tothe hospital on July 25. Whenthe condition became critical,he was put on a ventilator butcould not be saved. The deathtoll due to corona has reached49 in the district.

A large number of patientsare also being discharged fromthe hospital ever since thecorona patients are being sentto the house without testingfurther. 86 corona patientswere sent home. So far 918corona patients have gonehome after being dischargedfrom hospitals. There are 760active cases undergoing treat-

ment in the different hospitalsof the district.

92 other corona patientswere allowed to remain inhome isolation from the Healthdepartment. While 110 peoplehad given online applicationsfor it. Permission has beengranted after physical verifica-tion while 18 applications werenot in compliance with thestandard and hence were notallowed.

Meanwhile, the coronareport of five police personnelincluding an inspector postedat Khuldabad police station inthe city came positive. Afterthis, the police personnel pan-icked. After sanitising thepolice station, the office and theentire premises were sealedwith barricading. At the sametime, 51 police personnel com-ing in contact with the infect-

ed have been quarantined. Thepolice station will be operatedfrom three police posts.

The corona report of theLukerganj outpost incharge ofKhuldabad police station camepositive. On this, 12 police per-sonnel posted in the outpostwere quarantined. Now thecorona report of a constableposted at Khuldabad policestation, Head Muharrir, afemale constable and a maleconstable and home guard alsocame positive. This made thepolice personnel perturbed.On the instructions of the highofficials, the fire departmentarrived at a hurry. After this,the police station, office and theentire campus were sanitised.Then 51 police personnelincluding the inspector werequarantined after taking thesample.

On the other hand, a coro-na test is being conducted forall roadways employees. 70personnel got their corona testconducted, while in the testconducted in the past, a reportof 60 personnel came in whichall were tested negatives. Thereare about 1200 employees inPrayagraj zone of Roadways, inwhich about 700 employeeshave been tested for corona sofar. Only two positives havebeen found so far.

Regional Manager ofRoadways Prayagraj TKS Bisensaid that all employees will betested. He further said he hadtalked to the CMO. It has beenagreed to set up a testing campwithin two-three days, in whichmaximum personnel will beexamined. After this those whoare left will be sent to the test-ing centres at various places.

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Safety, COVID-19 situation,punctuality, short-term

infrastructure improvement ingoods sheds reviewed on NorthCentral Railway by the GeneralManager Rajiv Chaudhry whochaired weekly review meetingthrough video-conference

In the beginning of themeeting safety position onthree divisions of NorthCentral Railway was reviewed.Rajiv Chaudhry emphasisedthat work site protection andsafety near the running linemust be ensured withoutexception. To minimise cases ofboom breakage and to identi-fy responsible vehicles etc.North Central Railway hasinstalled CCTV with a record-ing facility at 120 busy levelcrossing gates. These CCTVsystems with recording facili-ty not only helps in nabbingvehicle and errant drivers inevent of level crossing boombreakage cases but also helps inkeeping an eye on alertness ofgateman as well as to identifyroad traffic patterns on a par-ticular level crossing gate.Recently such a systeminstalled at level crossing gatesin Prayagraj division has helpedin identifying responsible vehi-cles for gate boom breakageand drivers could be arrestedalong with vehicles. GeneralManager advised to installmore CCTV systems on busylevel crossings and also toexplore the possibility ofinstalling a small solar panelwith the CCTV system to makeit self sufficient from power

supply point of view.Reviewing COVId-19

related items, the GeneralManager stressed on the needto further augment resources tomeet any unforeseen situationarising due to COVID-19. Heauthorised DRMs of Prayagraj,Jhansi and Agra divisions tomake sure that adequate infra-structure and resources areavailable to fight the pandem-ic effectively. Apart from otherefforts, 100 beds COVID-19level one hospitals set up atCentral Hospital Prayagraj andJhansi have been effectivelyaugmenting state governmentresources to treat Covid posi-tive patients. As on 27.07.20total 94 admissions are regis-tered in Covid HospitalPrayagraj of which 5 have beenreferred to other hospitals ,64discharged after treatment orfor home isolation and 25Covid patients are being treat-ed. Similarly at Jhansi totaladmissions so far are 82 ofwhich 30 are released aftertreatment or for home isolationand 52 positive patients areunder treatment.

While reviewing freightloading performance of NCRGM stressed upon that all pro-posals for bringing new trafficto different destinations fromstations over NCR should beapproved on top most priorityto increase freight loading.Status of short term infra-structure improvement ingoods sheds were also reviewedand GM emphasised that allidentified work on 15 goodssheds of NCR must be com-pleted within targeted time

frame. On the front of punctual-

ity North Central Railway ismaintaining excellent punctu-ality close to 98% in July-2020and has achieved 100 per centpunctuality on six days of July.Average punctuality in 2020-21is 92.38 per cent with improve-ment of 68.39 per cent over thepunctuality 54.86 per cent in2019-20.

WEBINAR ON APPAR-EL AND FASHION WORLDHELD : National webinar onApparel and Fashion World:Post Pandemic Perspectiveswas held at Sam HigginbottomUniversity of Agriculture,Technology & Sciences (SHU-ATS) which was organised byDr Ekta Sharma, Dr NargisFatima and Shivanjali Shukla.The convener of the pro-gramme was Prof RanuPrasad, Dean Ethelind Collegeof Home Science, SHUATS.This was held at theDepartment of Textiles andApparel Designing SHUATS.The webinar was attended bynearly 1,400 participants fromdifferent corners of India andother countries also.

The welcome address wasgiven by the organising secre-tary of the webinar, Dr EktaSharma, Assistant Professorand Incharge, Department ofTextiles and ApparelDesigning, Ethelind Collegeof Home Science, SHUATS.

The chief guest on theoccasion was Prof AKALawrence, Pro-Vice Chancellor(AAQA), SHUATS who gavean insight into Apparel andFashion World: Post Pandemic

Perspectives. The Registrar ofSHUATS, Prof Dr Robin LPrasad presented a brief sketchof the university. Organisingsecretary Dr Ekta Sharmaspoke about the importance ofnational webinar. She furthergave a short introduction of theprominent speakers of thewebinar. Dr Vivek AgarwalAssistant Director- Garmentdivision of Northern IndiaTextile Research Association(NITRA) Ghaziabad deliveredhis talk on ‘Post COVID-19:Emerging opportunities forIndian Apparel Businesses’. Hementioned the upcoming chal-lenges of the textile industryand further concluded with theways to overcome them.

Dr Geetika JaiswalAssistant Professor, FashionMerchandising and DesignDepartment of Family andConsumer Science College ofAgriculture and EnvironmentalSciences North Carolina A&TState University, USA deliveredher talk on ‘The ‘New Normal’of Fashion Industry’.

Georgy Sunny, AssistantProfessor VIT Fashion Instituteof Technology, delivered histalk on ‘Impact of COVID-19in High Fashion TrendForecasting Insights’.

Organising committee gavespecial thanks to DirectorAdministration Vinod B Lalfor giving administrative sup-port and guidance while JointRegistrar (Admin) Er CJWesley gave technical supportin organising the webinar.

Vote of thanks was given byDr Nargis Fatima, organisingsecretary of the webinar.

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For the fifth day in succes-sion, the district has seen

finding of cases in three figureswhen 165 COVID-19 patientshave been detected here onTuesday. It was the secondhighest figure reported in a dayafter 179 on July 24. With this,the total number of cases hasincreased to 2,396. The day alsosaw one more death, increasingthe toll to 45. During the day,the follow-up reports of 80patients were found negativeand later on, they have beendischarged from the hospitals.With this, the total number ofrecovered patients hasincreased to 1,001, leaving1,350 active patients.

According to the ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) DrVB Singh, in the first reportreceived by 11 am during theday as many as 37 new coronapatients were found out of 271reports received fromMicrobiology department ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU). Till then, the total testreports received were 33,632and the results of 5,864 exclud-ing 1,041 RTPCR samples col-lected a day ago are awaited.Out of these, 31,364 were neg-ative reports while 2,268 pos-itive. The total number of sam-ples collected was 40,537.

Earlier, two COVID-19patients died. They were 65years old male from Ramapura(Luxa) and 55 years oldmale from Ramakant NagarColony.

Meanwhile, after three daysof closure including two week-end days, the local marketswere reopened with an extend-ed time period between 9 amand 7 pm on both sides ofroads. Earlier, ‘odd-and-even’system was implemented underwhich one side of shops wasopened till 4 p.m. five days aweek but according to newarrangements, now shops willopen for four days a week

without any odd-and-evenarrangement. In many markets,rush was seen but in view of therecent spike in corona cases, thepeople were seen trying toobey COVID-19 guidelines.However, at Benia Bagh wheregoats were being sold for theforthcoming festival of Bakrid,many were seen without wear-ing marks.

District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma said thatthe permissions of home isola-tion would be given only oncondition of health of positivepatients who have no symp-toms of cold, fever and breath-ing problems apart from no

history of diabetes, blood pres-sure, cancer and kidney andheart diseases. Besides, thepatient has a separate attendant,room and toilet and prior to getpermission for home isolation,the family should purchase amedical kit containing oxime-tre, general thermometer, sani-tiser, marks, gloves, one percent sodium hypo-chloridesolution and immunity increas-ing food and liquid items.Besides, he said that mass sam-pling campaign would belaunched from July 30 onfixed dates between 11 am and4 pm.

In this belt of Purvanchal(eastern UP), the finding ofnew cases continued as 29COVID-19 patients have beendetected from Sonbhadra,increasing the total number ofpatients in the district to 477with 175 active patients, while302 have been recovered.Meanwhile, one more deathhas been reported inAzamgarh. In all in 10 districtsof three divisions in this region,during the last 24 hours byMonday, 525 new patientsincluding 146 from Varanasi,68 from Jaunpur, 50 fromChandauli, 46 from Ballia, 45from Ghazipur, 44 fromMirzapur, 41 from Bhadohi, 35from Sonbhadra and two fromMau were found .

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No one should be sent to jailon fake charges. Those

who had committed crimeshould be kept behindbars. The culprit arrest-ed in case of a theftshould not be sent to jailfor recovery of ganja.This kind of work willdefame the Police depart-ment. Main focus shouldbe on perfect policing.These views wereexpressed by new IGChitrakootdham rangeK Satyanarayan whileaddressing police offi-cials after taking chargeat Police Lines onMonday. IG Satyanarayan saidthat if someone committed amistake it was our duty to cor-

rect them. IG said that even theaccused should also not be sentto jail under wrong sections. Hesaid that this kind of approachof police would leave a bad

impression on theminds of the people.IG/DIG said thatthe law had givenseveral powers topolice authoritieswhich should beused judiciously.Police should try toensure perfectpolicing. Thisapproach wouldkeep us free fromtension. IG directedofficials to issueinstructions to their

subordinates to behave in apolite manner with com-plainants coming to police sta-

tions. Their problems should besolved on top priority. Criminalcases should also be pursuedwell in courts. IG directed SPBanda Siddharth ShankarMeena and circle officers tocancel the arms licenses ofcriminals involved in seriouscrimes. The IG inspected CityKotwali and Balkhandi Nakapolice outpost on Mondayevening.

It may be pointed out herethat former DIG DeepakKumar has been transferred toAyodhya and K Satyanarayan anIPS officer of 1998 batch hasbeen sent here. He has beenposted as IG ChitrakootdhamRange. Earlier K Satyanarayanhad served as SP Meerut andDIG Agra. He was also postedas SP Banda in the year 2007 andhad remained here for 97 days.

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The Izzatnagar division ofNorth Eastern Railway

(NER) has sent 51 Tata Acemini-trucks to Bangladesh viarail transport. The first con-signment has been sent fromHaldi Road station ofIzzatnagar division to Benapolestation in Bangladesh.

This significant achieve-ment by the NER in trans-portation sector is the result ofefforts made by the newly-con-stituted Business DevelopmentUnit (BDU) team. Till now thework of sending Tata Ace cargoto Bangladesh was carried outby Tata Motors by road.Railways while on one handwas providing safe and fasttransport facilities and pro-moting exports on the other. Asa result of aggressive marketingefforts of the BDU team andthe integrated coordination ofNER headquarters and RailwayBoard, the Izzatnagar divisionhas been successful in bringingthis freight transport fromroad transport on the rail sys-tem. This trade will not onlystrengthen India’s economicrelations with Bangladesh butwill also strengthen its econo-

my. Indian Railways is notonly providing safe and fastspeed transportation systemto Tata Motors, but is also sup-porting the Green Economy

campaign of the Governmentof India, because rail transporthas much less carbon emissionthan road transport said ChiefPublic Relations Officer(CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh.

It may be pointed out herethat the Indian Railways inorder to achieve the goal ofdoubling the loading of goodsby the year 2024 has adopted anaggressive marking policy. Ahigh-level business develop-ment unit has been set up inthe headquarters and divisionsof zonal railways to maintainregular coordination with thetraders belonging to variousbusiness groups and indus-

tries and to make them awareof the facilities provided by therailway administration. Thehigh-level BusinessDevelopment Unit constituted

at executive director level in theRailway Board along with guid-ing the zonal railways is takingappropriate decisions on theproposals sent within a week.As a result of the implementa-tion of this marketing policy,while the loading of goods onIndian Railways is increasingand the industry is also gettingsubstantial benefits. The railtransport system has its owncredibility. Due to increase inthe speed of goods trains toensure smooth, accessible andfast transportation of goodsand concessions being given infreight it is proving useful fortraders.

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New SP Yashveer Singh saidthat action would be taken

against land mafia. Whileaddressing a press con-ference at Police Lines onMonday, Dr YashveerSingh, a 2013 batch IPSofficer who had earlierserved as SP of Ghazipurand Hapur, said that hisfirst priority would be tohave a safety committee in therural area. The crime record oftop 10 criminals would betracked and cases registeredagainst them in police stationswould be investigated, he said.He further said that specialattention would be paid tocases related to harassment ofwomen. Replying to a queryregarding violence againstwomen he said that strictaction would be taken againstthose who found guilty. He

stressed on winning the confi-dence of people. He said thataction would be taken againstthose found guilty of usingpressure horns and removing

silencers from vehicles.He said that if truckswithout number plateswere seen on the roadthen action would betaken against their own-ers. He also said that aplan would be made to

improve the traffic system inthe district. The SP said thatexcept for civil matters policewould take action in othercases with complete trans-parency. He said that authori-ties concerned at each policestation had been asked to pre-pare a list of culprits and takeaction against them. He saidthat they would start proceed-ings to extern those who wereaccused under the GoondaAct from the district.

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(SP) Satyendra Kumar whiletalking to mediapersons onMonday said that safety ofwomen would behis first priority.He said that if anycase related tocrime againstwomen wasreported at thepolice station then first of all itsreport should be registeredand effective action would betaken against the accused as perthe rules. On the occasion hesaid that SHOs showing negli-gence in cases related to crimeagainst women would not bespared. The SP said thatredressing grievances publicwould be among their priori-ties. He said that the list of top10 criminals would be madealong with their photographs.He said that the list of top-10criminals would be pasted atthe police station of the entiredistrict. It may be pointed outhere that IPS Satyendra Kumaris originally fromMuzaffarnagar district.

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Jewellery and cash were stolenfrom a house in Bagahaan

village under Chunar policestation. As per the reports, onSunday night when the entirefamily of Surendra Singh, anative of said village, a farmer,was asleep the thieves sneakedinto it and committed the th eft.On Monday morning the fam-ily members were shocked tofind the utensils scattered intwo rooms. Three boxes werefound were found lying in abroken state in a field about 300metres away from the house.On getting information aboutthe theft the police teamreached the spot along with adog squad but could not getany clue about the thieves.Later in the FIR lodged at thepolice station the house ownerstated that jewellery worthmore than �20 lakh along with�25,000 in cash had been stolenfrom his house. The authorities,including the incharge ofKhaira police outpost, SOChunar and CO Chunar visit-ed the spot.

APPEAL: In view of festi-val of Bakrid the meeting ofpeace committee was held atzila panchayat auditorium onMonday. Addressing it DMand SP jointly appealed to thegathering to celebrate the fes-tival from their homes. Theofficers said that it was in thelarger interest of the society that

we follow the norms of thesocial distancing and cooper-ate with the administration incombating Covid-19. The offi-cers urged the clerics toencourage people to desistfrom gathering even at theirresidences and come forwardagainst the pandemic and win

the fight against it. The gath-ering was of the view that todefeat the pandemic was theirtop priority. Prominent amongthose who attended the meet-ing were ASP city, CO city, COSadar besides MaulanaNaushad, Nazam Ali, SomavarKhan, Nemat Khan ‘Guddu’and Parvez Khan.

SUICIDE: Madeena (28),wife of Aslam, a resident ofSukhada village under theHalia police station, committedsuicide by hanging from theceiling of her house. Her fam-ily members saw her hangingon Monday in morning. Thedeceased was married nine yearsago and had two children. Ongetting information about it, thepolice reached the spot andtook her body into custody forcompleting the necessary legalformalities in this connection.

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Agang of unidentifiedthieves entered the

Hanuman temple underGhaghsara outpost underSahajanwa police station andtook away the donation boxcontaining around �70,000from there. Besides a donationbox containing around �5,000too was stolen from Ram Janakitemple situated in BhuleeshwarNath temple premises aroundthree kilometres away fromthe Hanuman temple.

On Monday morning thepriests of the temple informedthe men in khaki about thethefts. On getting informationpolice reached there and calledthe forensic team and got thenecessary investigation done inthe matter. The forensic teamfound that the donation boxwhich had been stolen from theHanuman temple was lying inan abandoned state at somedistance behind it. It wasempty. The police was investi-gating the matter.

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Around 4000 persons haveunauthorised possession

on the land of Irrigationdepartment in the city. Thiswas informed by the officials ofIrrigation department at themeeting of Land Sharks TaskForce Committee of the SadarTehsil level held late onMonday evening. During themeeting, most of the issuesraised were relating to unau-thorised possession on depart-mental land. Officials of thedepartment were directed tosubmit a list of 10-top default-ers and land grabbers to thedistrict administration andlodge FIR against them soon.SDM Abhishek Singh said themeeting of Land Sharks Task

Force Committee was heldafter two months. ExceptPWD, officers of Irrigationdepartment and Police depart-ment were present in the meet-ing. He directed the policeofficers to immediately disposeof all the complaints relating tounauthorised possession onthe lands of applicants and sub-mit full report within a week tohim. He said the Committeewould again hold a meetingafter 15 days to decide futurestrategy on the basis of thereport. He said the issues relat-ing to unauthorised possessionon the lands of Kanpur NagarNigam and KanpurDevelopment Authority wouldbe looked into at the level ofDistrict Magistrate. A meetingon this issue would also be held

soon, he informed. DRIVE TO RENOVATE

ANCIENT TEMPLES :Encouraged from the drivelaunched by the activists ofSanatan Mandir ChetnaSociety to carry out the reno-vation and upkeep of ancienttemples in Bithoor, CivilEngineer Vipin Dubey has alsoannounced to join the brigadefor this noble cause. On theappeal of Society activists, hepledged to carry out the reno-vation of dilapidated ancientShri Ram Laxman Janki tem-ple at Laxman Ghat, Bithoor,and facelift its idols. Dubey saidhe would organise the `PranPratishtha’ of detached feet ofLord Ram-Laxman-Janki byinstalling them before the newidols in the temple. It may be

recalled that during their visitto Bithoor on July 17 to inspectthe status of dilapidated ancienttemples there, activists ofSantan Mandir Chetna Societyhad appealed the local residentsto come up for the cause withthem.

Their appeal worked a lotand prompted the CivilEngineer Vipin Dubey toextend his cooperation in thedrive.

Society also appealed peo-ple who were capable to takecare of each temple in token oftheir participation in this nobledrive.

Activists Anil Pandey,Pravesh Chaturvedi, VipinDubey and Ajay Misra alongwith dozens of local residentswere present on the occasion.

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Finally the loud protest andthe demonstration of the

various vyapar mandals andassociations the district admin-istration has succumbed to thepressure and allowed all themarkets to remain open on July29, 30 and 31. The decisionallowing the opening of themarket for three consecutivedays was taken by the DistrictMagistrate, City, Dr BR Tiwari.He said this decision was takenin view of festival ofRakshabandhan and Eid-ul-Azaha. With this the marketsselling rakhis and sweets havesuddenly surfaced while quitea rush was also witnessed at thegoat market as well.

It may be mentioned here

that although there was adeclared lockdown in 10 PSareas but undeclared it wasnearly all over the city. Majorityof the lanes and bylanes havebeen blocked by wooden polesand barriers. The PrantiyaVyapar Mandal had been on awarpath demanding that thelockdown be lifted on accountof the festival approaching.The president AbhimanyuGupta lashed out at the districtadministration for closing allthe markets but allowing theliquor shops to remain open.He demanded that if theremaining market were closedin the 10 PS areas then all theliquor shops falling under themshould also be closed. Theassociation even sat on dharnasand protest.

BAR ASSOCIATIONPROTEST: The Kanpur BarAssociation has made anappeal to the Chief Minister,Yogi Adityanath, for new para-maters be set for the contain-ment zones. This was said inview of the court being closedunder lockdown. The lawyersprotested over the registryoffice being run at the DAVInter College although it fellundre the Kotwali police sta-tion which is an lockdownarea. The lawyers protested atthe dual standards of the gov-ernment. They also demandedthat the DM City, Dr BR Tiwariwas not able to work efficient-ly as he was looking after theadditional charge of KDA andthus demanded that he befreed of the charge and some

other officials be placed for thesmooth working of KDA.

The lawyers claimed thatthe courts have been adverse-ly affected since March 22 andthe lawyers, litigants and otherwere in great distress. They saidthus there was a need to rede-fine containment zones.Similarly the LawyersAssociation president, DKShukla, had made an appeal tothe Chief Justice demandingthat the courts be opened atonce. They questioned the CJthat can the courts be closedand justice put in cold storagejust because COVID-19. Theydemanded that if the districtadministration can work outways to smoothly run thenother can equally well do thesame.

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The lucky draw of MohiniTea Pvt Ltd for distributors

and retailers ‘Mohini TeaFestival Dhamaka’ was organ-ised on Monday where thefirst prize Santro car was wonby Parul Agencies, Puwayan.The second prize was motor-

cycles which was won by dis-tributors and retailers atKanpur, Jhansi, Gaderpur,Shamlia, Ramkala, Mirzapur,Hargoan. The third prize weremany which comprised of A/C,refrigerator, washing machinesand many more prizes whichwere won by the two sections.

The Managing Directors,

Dinesh Agarwal and SureshAgarwal after the lucky drawsaid the tea has become ahousehold name and the com-pany had made every effort tomaintain quality and keep itaffordable. He said in view ofthe big demand from its cus-tomers the company had decid-ed to launch a few more vari-

eties of tea for its valued cus-tomers. He said the companyhad launched Green Tea,Flavoured Tea, Ayurved Tea.He said Mohini was one tust-ed name and most of the topbrands of tea got its packingdone in Mohini plant. Manydistinguished guests were alsopresent on the occasion.

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After the kidnapping andmurder cases of Kanpur

and Gorakhpur, a similar caseof kidnapping and murder of aweighing scale manager inKanpur Dehat has come to foreon Tuesday. Surprisingly, allthese incidents took place dur-ing a period of about 15 days.The body of weighing scalemanager Brijesh Pal, abductedfrom Chaura village under theBhognipur police station ofKanpur Dehat on July 15 night,has been recovered from a drywell in Kanha Kheda village onTuesday evening. It was appre-hended that he was abductedby his friend who also demand-ed the ransom of �20 lakh andkilled him. Police have arrest-ed his friend who informedabout the killing of Brijesh Paland dumping of body into drywell. After recovery of body,kin of Brijesh Pal turned upsetand alleged the lackadaisicalattitude of police. They said due

to slackness of Kanpur Dehatpolice authorities, their sonwas killed.

Superintendent of Police(Kanpur Dehat) Anurag Vats

said Brijesh Pal of Chaura vil-lage was employed withNational Weighing Scale situ-ated on the highway. On July 15night, he was abducted from

there. Next day, kidnappersdemanded a ransom of Rs 20lakh from the mobile phone ofBrijesh Pal and allowed fivedays to his kin to fulfil theirdemand. Police carried out theinvestigations but failed totrace his location. Kin alsoalleged the police atrocities ontheir relatives. Suddenly, onTuesday evening, police tookone of his friends into custodywho informed about the killingof Brijesh and dumping thebody into a dry well of KanhaKheda village, about six kmaway from Chaura village.Police along with fire brigadeimmediately rushed to the spotand recovered decomposedbody of Brijesh from the well.Brother Rajesh alleged thatdue to lackadaisical attitude ofpolice, Brijesh was killed. Policewere still unaware about thecause of incident. SP (KanpurDehat) Anurag Vats said effortswere on to arrest all the accusedinvolved in the abduction andkilling of Brijesh.

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The Director of the NationalSugar Institute, Prof

Narendra Mohan, addressingan online training programmeon ‘Good Laboratory Practicesand Quality Control’ organisedon Monday at the NationalSugar Institute, Kanpur for theQuality Control personnelfrom sugar factories, stressedupon need for setting up qual-ity control laboratories in sugarfactories in order to analyse thesugar and sugar house productsas per standard protocols. Hesaid being an essential com-modity of use by industry anda common man, the matterneeded greater importance forproduct quality assurance.

He said NSI had standard-ised the protocols in this regardand soon on behalf of Bureauof Indian Standards, a standardlay out of laboratories shall bereleased. The delivering the lec-ture, Mahendra Pratap Singh,presented details of ‘QualityControl Mechanism’ requiredin a sugar factory with specialemphasis on laboratory analy-sis. He said the nation had tomove forward from the con-ventional approach adoptinglatest analytical techniques tohave better accuracy and repro-ducibility of results.

He said modern analysis ina sugar factory was not allabout determination of sugarcontent and purity but wasmuch more extended to analy-sis of input clarification agentsand determination of phos-phate, calcium, dextran, starch,invert sugar and colour ofjuices, syrups, sugar and otherprocess intermediates.

Dr Sudhanshu Mohan,highlighted the importance ofcalibration of glassware labo-ratory equipment and instru-ment for being a part of goodlaboratory practices. He saidsince most of the sugar facto-ries and even analytical labo-ratories lacked in this aspect,hence, for the same sample, dif-ferent results were obtainedfrom different laboratories.

Dr Vasudha Keskar,Managing Director, Maarc LabsPvt. Ltd., Pune and Referee,International Commission forUniform Methods of SugarAnalysis stressed upon colourbased quality control system aschange in colour value gives abetter indication of processingefficiency and ultimate productquality. She said for trade ofsugar across the globe, besidespurity, colour was the principleparameter.

The last session was con-ducted by Dr VP Srivastavawhere he described the stan-dard methods for determina-tion of purity, starch, colour,dextran and sulphur-dioxidecontent in sugar.

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The Chief Medical Officer,Dr Anil K Mishra,

informed that a total 222 newcases were identified betweenSunday evening and Mondayevening taking up the total to4,298 cases. He said a total of58 cases were discharged andthe cured persons figurereached 1,952. He said with 6more deaths reported the totaldeath stood at 185 on Mondayevening. He informed that nowthe total active cases were2,161. He said a total of 2,549samples were taken and thehighest were from CMO sam-ples totalling 2,116.

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The Vice-Chancellor of theChhatrapati Shahu Ji

Maharaj University, Kanpur,Dr Neelima Gupta while chair-ing a webinar on ‘COVID-19-Health aspects and life style’ onMonday said today the wholeworld was fighting against thepandemic and India was equal-ly affected. She said in the timesof this deadly coronavirus onehad to remain healthy whichmeant healthy in mind andbody. She said umpteen prob-lems have plagued the commonman but if we have to save our-self and the family one had tobring in changes in lifestyle. Shepraised the University Instituteof Health Sciences for con-ducting this internatinal webi-nar.

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The Election Commissionon Tuesday raised strong

objections to Jammu andKashmir Lieutenant-GovernorGC Murmu's statements indi-cating that Assembly polls inthe Union Territory (UT) couldbe held after the delimitationexercise is completed.

In a statement, the EC saidthat such statements “virtual-ly tantamount to interfering”with its “Constitutional man-date. It also said other author-ities should refrain from mak-ing such statements. It is rarefor the EC to issue a publicstatement against another con-stitutional functionary.

Tuesday’s statement cameafter Murmu again spoke onthe election timing in an inter-view. This time, he said theelections to the J&K Assemblywould be held after the delim-itation exercise. Murmu hadreportedly claimed that elec-tions in the Union Territorycan be held after the ongoingdelimitation exercise.

While taking note of var-ious statements of Murmu onelection timing in the UnionTerritory, the EC said it “takesexception to such statementsand would like to state that inthe constitutional scheme of

things, the timings etc. of elec-tions is the sole remit of theElection Commission of India”.

Before deciding the timingof any election, the EC said, it“takes into consideration all therelevant factors includingtopography, weather, and sen-sitivities, arising out of region-al and local festivities in thearea(s), where the election is totake place”.

The EC further said, “Itwould be proper for authoritiesother than the ElectionCommission to refrain frommaking such statements whichvirtually tantamount to inter-fering with the Constitutionalmandate of ElectionCommission.”

“For example, in the cur-rent times, COVID-19 hasintroduced a new dynamic,which has to be and shall betaken into consideration atthe due time. In the instantcase, the outcome of delimita-tion is also germane to thedecision. Similarly, availabili-ty of central forces and railwaycoaches, etc. for the trans-portation of CPFs are impor-

tant factors. All this is doneafter meticulous homeworkby the senior officials of theCommission and a detailedassessment in due consultationwith concerned authorities”,it stated.

The EC noted that it visit-ed the States concerned asrequired and consulted allstakeholders. “It would beproper for authorities otherthan the Election Commissionof India to refrain from mak-ing such statements, whichvirtually tantamount to inter-fering with the constitutionalmandate of the Commission”,the statement said.

The union territory of J&Kcame into being on October31, 2019 after the State wasreorganised and bifurcatedinto two Union Territories,Ladakh being the other. Thereis a provision of a state legis-lature in the union territory ofJ&K.

A DelimitationCommission set up by thegovernment earlier this yearhas started the exercise ofredrawing the assembly andparliamentary seats in J&Kand some northeastern states.Delimitation is the process offixing limits or boundaries ofassembly and parliamentaryconstituencies in the country.

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The Covid-19 pandemic hasalready started showing

adverse ripple effects on India’sAIDS response with a study bythe ICMR warning that theGovernment may miss thenational target to end the dead-ly disease by 2030. That targetwould be difficult to achieve asthe decline in annual new HIVinfections was only 27 per centfrom 2010 to 2017 against anational target of a 75% declineby 2020.

The warning comes in astudy by the ICMR-NationalInstitute of Medical Statistics,Division of Strategic information— Surveillance andEpidemiology, and the NationalAIDS Control Organizationunder the Union HealthMinistry.

As per the study publishedin the latest issue of the IndianJournal of Medical Research, thenational adult prevalence of HIVwas estimated to be 0.22 per centin 2017. Mizoram, Manipur andNagaland had the highest preva-lence of over 1 per cent.

The study found an esti-mated 2.1 million people were

living with the AIDS virus,HIV, in 2017, with Maharashtraestimated to have the highestnumber. Of the 88,000 annualnew HIV infections nationallyin 2017, Telangana accountedfor the largest share.

“HIV incidence was foundto be higher among key popu-lation groups, especially peoplewho inject drugs. The annualAIDS-related deaths were esti-mated to be 69,000 nationally,"the study said. “...At the sub-national level some states havemade better progress to reducenew HIV infection. It calls forreinforcement of HIV preven-tion, diagnosis and treatmentefforts by geographical regionsand population groups."

The States with the highestnumber of people living withHIV in 2017 were Maharashtra(0.33 million), Andhra Pradesh(0.27 million) and Karnataka(0.24 million). Telangana, WestBengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar

Pradesh and Bihar had between0.2 and 0.1 million suchpatients.

The study highlighted thatprevention of mother-to-childtransmission (PMTCT) of HIVis another critical target to beachieved by 2020. Of the 22,677such cases in India, 58.2 per centwere on treatment as ofDecember 2018. Bihar,Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh andTelangana had relatively high-er PMTCT need. However,treatment coverage was stillsignificantly lower than thenational average.

It also dwelled on 15 statesaccounting for 87 per cent of thetotal population of HIV-infect-ed persons in 2017. There weresigns of rising new HIV infec-tions in the low-burden states ofArunachal Pradesh, Assam,Mizoram, Meghalaya andUttarakhand in 2017 comparedwith 2010, the study pointedout.

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on

Tuesday conducted searchesagainst GVK Group andMumbai International AirportLtd. (MIAL) and others inconnection with alleged irreg-ularities to the tune of �705crore in operating the Mumbaiairport.

The multi-location search-es were carried out at ninepremises in Mumbai andHyderabad under the provisionof the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA), offi-cials said.

The agency’s search oper-ation covered the offices of theGVK group, MIAL and thepremises of GVK group pro-moters, they said.

The ED had filed anEnforcement Case InformationReport (FIR IN police par-lance) on July 7 under thePMLA after taking cognisanceof a recent CBI FIR filed againstthe same set of individualsand entities as money laun-dering is a predicate offence.

The ED is probing if gen-uine funds were laundered tocreate “proceeds of crime” andamass personal assets by illegalrouting of funds by theaccused.

The ED and CBI case per-tain to the alleged siphoning offRs 705 crore from the funds ofMIAL, a joint venture underpublic-private partnership(PPP) between the GVKAirport Holdings Limited andthe Airports Authority of India(AAI) besides other investors,

by showing inflated expendi-ture, under-reporting of rev-enues, fudging of recordsamong others.

Earlier, the Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) hadbooked Gunupati, a director inMIAL, his son GV SanjayReddy, managing director inMIAL, the companies—MIAL,GVK Airport HoldingsLimited (a GVK group com-pany) and nine other privatecompanies allegedly used tocamouflage the inflated figuresthrough sham deals andunidentified AAI officials (pub-lic servants).

On April 4, 2006, the AAIhad entered into an agreementwith MIAL for the modernisa-tion, upkeep, operation andmaintenance of the Mumbaiairport.

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An additional 6.7 millionkids under the age of five

across the world suffer fromwasting this year due to steepdeclines in household incomes,changes in the availability andaffordability of nutritious foodsamid Covid-19 pandemic, theUNICEF warned on Tuesday.

According to the worldbody, in India, there are stillaround 20 million childrenunder five years of age who aresuffering from wasting. Wastingis a life-threatening form ofmalnutrition, which makes chil-dren too thin and weak, and putsthem at greater risk of dying,poor growth, development andlearning.

“It’s been seven months sincethe first Covid-19 cases werereported and it is increasingly

clear that the repercussions of thepandemic are causing moreharm to children than the diseaseitself,” said UNICEF ExecutiveDirector Henrietta Fore.

“Household poverty andfood insecurity rates haveincreased. Essential nutritionservices and supply chains havebeen disrupted. Food priceshave soared. As a result, the qual-ity of children’s diets has gonedown and malnutrition rates willgo up.”

According to the UNICEF,even before the Covid-19 pan-demic, 47 million children werealready wasted in 2019. Withouturgent action, the global numberof children suffering from wast-ing could reach almost 54 mil-lion over the course of the year.This would bring global wastingto levels not seen this millenni-um.

A report published in theLancet finds that the prevalenceof wasting among children underthe age of five could increase by14.3 per cent in low- and mid-dle-income countries this year,due to the socio-economicimpacts of Covid-19. Such anincrease in child malnutritionwould translate into over 10,000additional child deaths permonth with over 50 per cent ofthese deaths in sub-SaharanAfrica.

The estimated increase inchild wasting is only the tip ofthe iceberg, UN agencies warn.Covid-19 will also increaseother forms of malnutrition inchildren and women, includingstunting, micronutrient defi-ciencies and overweight andobesity as a result of poorerdiets and the disruption ofnutrition services.

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Calling hepatitis a seriouschallenge, Lok Sabha

Speaker Om Birla on Tuesdayurged Members of Parliament tospread awareness about liver dis-ease amid the Covid-19 pan-demic. Hepatitis is a conditionof severe inflammation of theliver tissues that could evenresult in fatality.

Observing that liver careduring the difficult times ofCovid-19 is important, Birlasaid it was the lawmakers’ dutyto sensitise people and make thefight against the pandemic amass movement.

“Hepatitis is a serious chal-lenge that can be overcomeonly with collective effort andresolve. For this, the role of pub-lic representatives, especiallyMPs, becomes crucial,” Birlasaid on the occasion of WorldHepatitis Day on Tuesday.

He was chairing the‘Empathy Conclave 2020’, organ-ised by the Institute of Liver andBiliary Sciences (ILBS) and the

Airports Authority of India(AAI) at the Parliament House.

The theme of this year’sevent was ‘Keep your liver safein times of Covid-19.’ He hopeda vaccine for it would be dis-covered soon while UnionHealth Minister HarshVardhansaid the government hadannounced a � 15,000 crorepackage to deal with the coro-navirus crisis.

Earlier, Dr Sarin said thathealth of the live was directlylinked to many diseases, like dia-betes, hypertension and heart

ailments, thus it was extremelyimportant to take care of theliver.

“If one is on medications forchronic hepatitis during thistime, they must ensure that theyhave adequate stock for anextended period of time. Thestocking up is important duringuncertain times of lockdown asskipping a day's medicine canflare up the virus and increaseliver damage risk,” said DrDinesh Kini K Director -Gastroenterology & Hepatology,Sakra World Hospital.

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The Congress onTuesday alleged that

despite the Governmentclaiming that it hasbarred Chinese compa-nies from working in India, themeter installation project inJammu and Kashmir is beingindirectly handled by a Chinesecompany which has worked inPakistan also.

Congress spokespersonPawan Khera alleged, "TheGovernment has facilitatedback-door entry of the Chinesecompany for such a sensitivework in Jammu and Kashmir."

The party at a Press con-ference further alleged thatDongfang company is active invarious countries and has spe-cial relations with Pakistan.The company has worked inPakistan's Nandipur powerproject and is known for mak-ing software and hardware forRadio Frequency Technology.

"The company which hasgot the work in J&K to installsmart electric metres has givenits work to Dongfang which isChinese company and reportsto the Chinese Army and theGovernment. The tender has

been given by the PowerMinistry under rural electrifi-cation program," Kheraalleged.

According to the docu-ments shared by Congress, thecompany has to install onelakh smart metres in Jammuand another one lakh inSrinagar. "But in the smartmeter the important compo-nent like RadioCommunication System, thenature of work and the geo-graphical region make it asensitive issue, and when it isdone in Kashmir, it a nationalsecurity issue," alleged Khera.

"There is a threat that withall the data with the Chinesecompany, this may create ablackout," said Khera.

In a statement, theCongress said that when theentire world has a threat ofcyber attack then we should becautious in handing over suchsensitive work to Chinese com-panies.

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The Supreme Court Tuesdaydismissed the pleas seeking

removal of former DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) ofUttar Pradesh KL Gupta fromthe 3-member inquiry com-mission set up to probe thekilling of gangster Vikas Dubeyin police encounter.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice S A Bobde said it wouldnot allow the petitioners, whohad referred to statements givenby Gupta to the media for seek-ing his removal, to cast asper-sions on the member of inquirycommission.

The commission will alsoprobe the killing of eight police-men allegedly by Dubey’s gangand the subsequent encounter ofthe gangster and five of his pur-ported associates by the cops.

“We are satisfied that thesestatements (given by Gupta)were made by him as an ordi-nary citizen. In our view, it can-not be assumed that Gupta hasmade up his mind one way orthe other. We, therefore, see nomerits in the instant applicationswhich are accordingly, dis-missed,” said the bench, alsocomprising Justices A SBopanna and VRamasubramanian.

The top court was hearingtwo applications filed by advo-cates Ghanshyam Upadhyayand Anoop Prakash Awasthiseeking removal of Gupta fromthe commission.

Besides Gupta, one of thetwo applications had also soughtremoval of former high courtjudge Justice (retd) Shashi KantAgarwal as an member of theinquiry commission.

“We are satisfied that theobjection arises because of an

incomplete reading and under-standing of KL Gupta’s state-ment, who is a former DGP,Uttar Pradesh, made to themedia,” the bench said in itsorder. “It is very clear that Guptahas in the same interview stat-ed that ‘we should not be judg-mental. This is not the end buta start’,” the bench said.

One of the petitionersalleged in the apex court thatstatements given by Guptareflected his bias as it suggestedthat he was giving a clean chit tothe police for encounter.

“Why are you casting asper-sions on him? Don’t do this. Wewill not allow you to do this,” thebench said, while observingthat Gupta’s statement was bal-anced and the petitioners shouldlook into the whole statement.

The bench, after perusingthe media reports pertaining tointerviews by Gupta, said theinquiry would not be vitiated asformer judges of the apex courtand the high court are part of thecommission.

The apex court had on July22 approved the Uttar Pradeshgovernment’s draft notificationfor appointing former top courtjudge Justice (retd) BS Chauhanas the chairman of the three-member inquiry commission.

Eight policemen, includingDSP Devendra Mishra, whowere ambushed in Bikru villagein Chaubeypur area of Kanpurwhen they were going to arrestDubey and fell to bullets firedfrom rooftops shortly after mid-night on July 3.

Dubey was killed in anencounter in the morning of July10 when a police vehicle carry-ing him from Ujjain to Kanpurmet with an accident and hetried to escape from the spot inBhauti area, the police had said.

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Technology, (DIAT) a“deemed-to-be” University,Pune has developed a low costreusable Medical Bed IsolationSystem to combat COVID-19by stopping or minimizing thespread of virus/ infectionreleased by the patient.

“This (Aashray) is a lowcost, reusable solution to main-tain proper isolation of Covid-19 patients by creating suction/negative pressure near exhale,and further filtering and dis-infecting the aerosol,” a Pune-based defence spokespersonsaid. Bed Isolation Systemenvelopes are made up of spe-cialized material and manu-facturing process with eachtransparent and translucentenvelope measuring 7.5 feet inlength, seven feet in width and6.5 ft height supported onmedical grade materials struc-ture.

The product is modularand portable in design and canbe suitable for different require-ments such as institutional,

hospitals and home/ individualquarantine. The envelope isreusable as it is antibacterial-antifungal and can be sanitized.

“Apart from serving as abed, each envelope is capable ofhousing one set of bed, tableand chair along with somewalking space. The width of theenvelope can be adjusted as perthe availability of space.Envelope is opaque up to 3 ftfrom bottom to maintain pri-vacy of the patient,” thespokesperson said.

The entire envelope ismaintained at a low pressure(suction) with adjustable flowrate to restrain spread of virus/infection inside the hall/ ICU.

“Each envelope is con-nected to the main duct

equipped withUV light andfilter circuit ofPre, fine andHEPA filter(recommend-ed for medicalapplication)and suctionblower. Thecross flow ofair from top of

the envelope towards the mainduct is regulated (with a flapvalve) as per the comfort con-ditions of the patient,” thespokesperson said.

“The virus / contaminantsare continuously suckedthrough the duct and accumu-lated at the filters which areprojected with UV light. Thesuction blower throws the fil-tered and contamination freeair to the outside environ-ment.” the spokesperson said

As per prototype manu-facturer (M/s CleancoreSolutions Pvt Ltd. Bhosari,Pune), the cost of the setup fora unit of 10 beds is Rs 1 Lakhapproximately and for homequarantine will be 15,000(approx) for a single bed.

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In a clear evidence of theflattening Covid-19 curve in

the country’s commercialCapital, the daily tally ofinfected cases came down toa low of 700 new cases onTuesday, while the number ofdeaths remained relatively lowat 55.

From 1021 new casesreported on Monday, the totalnumber of infections inMumbai – which has been theCovid-19 affected city in theentire country --dropped to700 on Tuesday -- which inci-dentally during the last threemonths.

Till Monday, the number

of deaths in Mumbai hadranged from 39 (July 27) to 65(July 18) during the past tendays, the number of infectedcases ranged from 992 (July21) and 1310 (July 22) duringthe past 10 days.

With 700 fresh infections,the total number of infectionsin the metropolis rose to110,882 in Mumbai, while thetotal number of deathsincreased by 55 from to touch6,187.

The BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation(BMC), which has been wag-ing a grim battle against coro-navirus for the past three anda half months, was in forpleasant surprise, as the num-

ber of new infections droppedto as low as 700 cases onTuesday -- which incidental-ly was the day when highest8776 Covid-19 tests were con-ducted in the metropolis.

“The good news: Only700 cases today in Mumbai &that too with highest testingtill date in Mumbai in a sin-gle day(8776).This is to chasethe virus in full capacity. Amajor relief after 3 months.Caution: don’t let the guarddown! Don’t let your maskdown! Only get numbersdown!,” a happy MaharashtraMinister Aaditya Thackeraytweeted.

“Mumbai will see moretesting with chase the virus

initiative of the @mybmc . Itis also the only city to have lib-eralised testing and allowedcitizens to “test at will”,Aaditya tweeted.”Chase theVirus model of Mumbai isbeing implemented in MMRregion actively that has seen aramping up of facilities in thepast few weeks. Along withMMR, rest of Maharashtra toois taking all efforts to tacklecovid pandemic effectively,”Aaditya added.

In another good piece ofnews, the recovery rate inMumbai has increased to 73percent, while the case dou-bling rate is 68 days in themetropolis.

In Mumbai, over 4.85 lakh

Covid-19 tests have been doneso far, while the overall growth from 20-26 July is1.03 per cent.

In Mumbai, the BMC hasreplicated the “chase the virus”which it had successfullyadopted “chase the virus” atDharavi slum in north-centralMumbaiBeing densely popu-lated (2,27,136 persons/ sq.km), Dharavi had 491 cases inApril 2020 with a 12% growthrate and a case doubling peri-od of 18 days. The proactivemeasures adopted by BMCreduced the COVID-19growth rate to 4.3 per cent inMay 2020 and further to1.02% in June. These mea-sures also ensured an

improved case doubling timeto 43 days in May 2020 and 78days in June 2020.

Several challenges pre-sented themselves to BMC inDharavi where 80% popula-tion depends on communitytoilets. BMC adopted a modelof actively following four T’s– Tracing, Tracking, Testingand Treating. This approachincluded activities like proac-tive screening. While 47,500people were covered by doc-tors and private clinics inhouse-to-house screening,about 14,970 people werescreened with the help ofMobile Vans, and 4,76,775were surveyed by BMC healthworkers.

9���������������� �����������Gorakhpur (PTI): A localcourt on Tuesday awarded lifeimprisonment in a gang rapecase to two men, including anactivist who had accused UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath of hate speech overa decade back.

District and Sessions Courtjudge Govind Ballabh Sharmaalso imposed a fine of Rs25,000 each on the convicts,Pervez Pravaz and Mahmoodaka Jumman Baba, an occultist.

The judge said the amountwill be used for the rehabilita-tion of the rape survivor.

A case was registeredagainst the two men on June 4,2018, at the Rajghat police sta-tion after the woman allegedthat both of them raped her onthe pretext of treatment. Pervezand Jumman were jailed in

September that year.In 2007, Pervez had filed a

petition against Adityanath,who was then a Gorakhpur MP,alleging that he gave hatespeech on January 27 atMaharana Pratap chaurahanear the Gorakhpur railwaystation after a clash betweentwo communities during amoharram procession.

The co-petitioner in thealleged hate speech case, AsadHyat, in a Facebook post onTuesday claimed that the rapecharges against Pervez werefalse. He said an appeal will bemade at the high court againstthe Gorakhpur session courtdecision.

The sessions court judgewho pronounced the order inthe rape case is to retire on July31.

Page 8: The Global Times ˚ ˜ ˙€¦ · stretching the tally to 1,07,001. The State lost 102 persons to Covid-19 and the death count has now reached 2,057. Uttar Pradesh logged 3,458 new

Twelve weeks after the intru-sions in Ladakh, Lt Gen YKJoshi, in charge of managingthe Line of Control (LoC)and the Line of Actual

Control (LAC) in Jammu & Kashmirand Ladakh, said, “We shall continueall efforts to restore the status quo antealong the LAC,” confirming the doubtsexpressed by Defence Minister RajnathSingh about a positive outcome on dis-engagement. After three rounds of dia-logue of the working mechanism(fourth round is due on Friday) andfour rounds of talks between the mil-itary commanders (next round isexpected this week), the disengagementand de-escalation process (DDP)remains stalled with a disadvantageddisengagement at Galwan — LACshifted one km on the Indian side —and partial disengagement atHotsprings, Gogra region and Finger4. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)is stubbornly resisting disengagementat Depsang, where it has intruded 18km on the Indian side of the LAC.

At most places, the PLA has donea Doklam: Dug down and construct-ed fortifications. The Chinese have uni-laterally altered status quo by shiftingthe LAC further west, attempting tosurpass their 1960 claim line andcushioning the G-219 strategic high-way from Kashgar to Lhasa through theAksai Chin. The ball has been in India’scourt since April 19, when intelligencereports about PLA intrusions wereignored. By default, India has accept-ed a China-dictated DDP model: Thecreation of buffer zones while India hasbeen withdrawing from its own terri-tory and forfeiting legitimate rights ofpatrolling. A July 22 Stratfor report bySim Tack notes that 26 new Chineseencampments, 22 new support basesand two new helipads have mush-roomed behind the intrusion points onthe Chinese side of the LAC.

In its negotiating strategy, India hasput the cart before the horse: Allowingmilitary commanders to determine theDDP whereas a high-level politicalengagement should have establishedthe parameters for withdrawal, factor-ing in lessons from earlier intrusions,especially front-loading restoration ofstatus quo ante, followed by theChinese golden rule of “those whoadvance first must withdraw first”and “mutual and equal security.”Instead, India accepted buffer zonesand attendant restrictions, which couldtransform LAC into LoC, given inorder to match the PLA’s deploymentof four to five combined arms brigades,India had to post three additional divi-sions ahead of its main defences toblock the intrusion points.

Interestingly, while Indiahas stressed on complete disen-gagement along the LAC andfull restoration of peace andtranquility for the smooth andoverall development of bilater-al relations, China has consis-tently avoided using the LAC(instead uses border areas) andis focussing on complete with-drawal from “friction points.”Restoration of status quo hasbeen replaced with completedisengagement and full restora-tion of peace and tranquility.Even the blind should see this.

Till date, the Governmenthas not clarified the actualground situation, except GenJoshi’s comforting but embar-rassing statement about thereinstatement of status quo.Compounding the problem isthe Government peddling afake narrative that the PLA hasnot encroached across the LACduring the Galwan clash.According to Lt Gen SLNarasimhan from the NationalSecurity Advisory Board(NSAB), Indian soldiers mayhave crossed the Chinese sideof the LAC in the melee.

Prime Minister NarendraModi and Rajnath Singh cankeep delivering veiled threats ofgiving a befitting reply whenthe intention is clearly to de-escalate. Under the muscularModi Government, two sets ofresponses have evolved againstthe adversary’s depredations— a Balakot airstrike againstPakistan and a banners-battle

of containment against China. Emboldened by India’s

familiar weakness to meet coer-cion with counter-coercion,China has begun bullyingBhutan. Though Thimphu hasmaintained silence overLadakh, it has rejected Chineseclaims to territory in easternBhutan. Until now, Bhutan hasbeen guided by India on its 24rounds of border talks withChina. But if India fails tovacate Chinese aggression,Bhutan may slip out of its con-trol and treaty obligations in itsown national interest. Popularsentiment in Bhutan is not tomess with China. K5 — KingJigme Khesar NamgyelWangchuck, unlike K4 (JigmeSingye Wangchuck, his father)may not have put all his eggs inIndia’s basket.

India’s military options arecircumscribed by the threeNos: No escalation, no shoot-ing, no war despite threats of abefitting reply. As always, Chinais the satisfied power after hav-ing annexed approximately 60sq km of the territory. It hasalready imposed heavy costs onIndia by sucking in three addi-tional divisions towards theLAC. New Delhi must containand push back intrusionsthrough dialogue, secure thestrategic highway to DaulatBeg Oldie, seize Galwan heightsand defend airfield at DBO.

An infantry brigade backedby T90 tanks and light andheavy artillery has reportedly

ring-fenced DBO. Indian forcesare currently deployed 50 to 60km ahead of its main defencesin the high mountainous ter-rain defending Leh. Any futureconflict will be in the 15,000feet high plains area fromGalwan to Depsang.

This is the first time that30,000 troops might have toweather it out in a harsh win-ter, in hostile habitat.Previously, there were not morethan 2,000-3,000 troops nearthe LAC, that, too, mainlyITBP. Further, there have beenno joint exercises between theIndian Air Force (IAF) and theArmy along the LAC due torestrictions of border protocols.

India’s best bet is leveragingits partnership with the USagainst China — Washington isin an unprecedented Cold Warwith Beijing — both militarilyand economically. DefenceSecretary Mark Esper andSecretary of State Mike Pompeohave supported India in itsresistance to Chinese bullyingand aggression. Maritime sol-idarity has been demonstratedthrough Malabar Naval exer-cises, feelers have been thrownabout upgrading the QUAD inthe Indo-Pacific region andthe building of a coalition of democracies to containChina.

But India’s ForeignMinister, S Jaishankar, is loud-thinking: About incongruenceof non-alignment, the need tomake choices and taking risks.

Still, a reset in India-China rela-tions must wait till the outcomeof DDP and restoration of sta-tus quo. Till then, India hold-ing out the threats to decouplefrom China economically willneither be easy nor bereft ofcost, so intricately entwined arethe two economies and supplychains. Although New Delhiwill wait for Beijing to undo theintrusions, some preliminarypunitive steps have been takenand signals for more have beensent out.

Punditry about China’smotives in shedding fig leaf of“hide your strength; bide yourtime” abounds: Varying fromaggression being the diver-sionary strategy for mishan-dling of the COVID-19 pan-demic to realising ChinesePresident Xi Jinping’s Chinesedream of reasserting suzerain-ty issues that are not India-spe-cific but part of reclaiming theterritory lost through historicalinjustices and unequal treaties.Putting the genie back into thebottle will not be easy forChina. Equally, an altered sta-tus quo along the LAC will beunacceptable to India. AsRajnath Singh said in Leh onJuly 17: “India will respondwith force to attempts to hurtIndia’s self-esteem.”

(The writer, a retired MajorGeneral, was Commander IPKFSouth, Sri Lanka and foundermember of the Defence PlanningStaff, currently the IntegratedDefence Staff.)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Sinking under loans” (July27). The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) and the commercial banksunder it must be made indepen-dent. They need to be grantedtotal autonomy if the menace ofnon-performing assets (NPAs) isto be rooted out. The RBI mustenjoy as much independence asthe judiciary does. Interference bythe Government and politiciansholding high positions is one ofthe main reasons for NPA gener-ation. If adequate collateral secu-rity is obtained before lending,NPAs will not arise at all. Banksmust be allowed to take lendingdecisions based on merit and theprescribed norms.

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Sir — When in power at theCentre, both the Congress andthe BJP have been accused of mis-using the office of the Governorfor political purposes. And whenin Opposition, both have allegedmurder of democracy and the

Constitution. But the Congress’idea to capture the imagination ofthe country by holding “savedemocracy” protests in theParliament failed to impress evensome of its own leaders, leavealone those in political and pub-lic circles because of the party’s

notorious past of stifling democ-racy. Starting with the thenCongress-led Government’s deci-sion to dismiss the EMSNamboodiripad-led Governmentin Kerala in 1959 to the dismissalof the Ajoy Mukherjee-ledGovernment in West Bengal in

1967, such acts of topplingGovernments are endless in theCongress’ history.

P Venkatasubbaiah’s action todismiss the SR BommaiGovernment had led to a legalbattle, which ended up in thelandmark Bommai judgement

of the Supreme Court of 1994.Many Chief Ministers have fall-en a victim to the Congress’conspiracy of dismissingGovernments despite them com-manding a majority in respectiveAssemblies. It is necessary for theCongress, especially SoniaGandhi and Rahul Gandhi, to gothrough the party’s past beforeleading any movement for thesake of democracy.

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SrinivasVia email

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Soon after the 2008 global financial crisis, 63countries prepared a National DevelopmentFramework or National Employment Policy

(NEP) to create a road map for employment gen-eration, says the International Labour Organisation(ILO). There is evidence that other nations, too, aremoving away from tackling employment issues sole-ly through the use of active labour market policies.They are moving towards development and areadopting comprehensive NEPs, bringing togethervarious sectoral measures, programmes and insti-tutions that influence the dynamic demand and sup-ply of labour and the functioning of the labour mar-ket, responding to the short, medium and long-termprospects and priorities.

The proposal to bring the NEP in India wasintroduced in 2008 during the first tenure of theUPA. An inter-ministerial group had examined theproposal but nothing concrete had emerged fromit. In UPA-II, the then Minister of Labour andEmployment Mallikarjun Kharge had said in theRajya Sabha in 2010 that the NEP was under con-sideration. In 2016, the idea of the NEP took shapeat the first meeting of the BRICS employment work-ing group, after which the NDA Government start-ed to work on it. Since then, the Government, pol-icy makers, industry bodies, media and other stake-holders are continuously debating and rooting fora comprehensive NEP policy document.

The country needs one more than ever now asit is facing the dual challenge of the highest unem-ployment rate in the last 45 years and the oneroustask of generating jobs for around 10 million entrantsin the labour force every year. Other important issuesare jobless growth, structural transformation,underemployment, informal employment, skilledworkforce, high levels of educational enrolment andaspiration of the youth, sectoral issues, decent jobsand so on. In addition, the participation of womenin the workforce is not only low but also decliningsince the 2000s. In this context, a NEP with a prac-tical vision and a comprehensive macro-economicand sectoral policy roadmap for achieving the coun-try’s employment goal is urgently required.

COVID-19, employment and livelihood: TheIndian economy had slowed down before the out-break but the ongoing pandemic has pushed it fur-ther into a recession. As per the data from the Centrefor Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), theemployment rate skyrocketed to 23.5 per cent in themonths of April and May, owing to the hard lock-down. Apart from this, the CMIE has also estimat-ed that 27 million youths in the age bracket of 20-30 years lost their jobs in April because of the lock-down. This will have a greater impact on livelihoodsin the future.

Further, these problems differ across regions andsectors of employment. Therefore, recognisingthese challenges and putting in place appropriate pol-icy responses to tackle them are a priority. As mul-tiple forces ranging from technological advances, cli-mate change to demographic changes transform theworld of work, the absence of a decisive policy actionwill further disrupt livelihoods and exacerbateinequalities. The Government needs to take appro-priate steps urgently to assess the current employ-ment situation in the country, including the macro-economic environment, demographic context andsectoral challenges in employment generation, fol-lowing which it will set targets and monitor them.

NEP amid the pandemic: Given the huge joblosses due to the contagion’s socio-economicimpact, assisting the labour force is important dur-

ing this crisis. Since numerous social pro-tection programmes are already in placefor workers, a NEP would be importantfor understanding the dynamics of ben-efits for workers, employers and theUnion and State Governments.

The recent push for a NEP on a fasttrack basis by the Minister of Labour andEmployment is a welcome move. TheLabour Minister has asked officials to lookat the employment policy while keepingin mind the challenges and disruptionsthat have occurred because of COVID-19.India has ample intellectual and practicalknowledge to formulate a policy that takesinto consideration gender, caste and eco-logical concerns. The lack of such a pol-icy could result in a warped economictransformation, resulting in avoidablestress on employment, social and genderharmony.

Labour empowerment: It is veryimportant to have an inclusive policy,which caters to the challenges and needsof the marginalised, women, divyangs(physically challenged) and so on. Theaspirational districts and the prioritysectors needing more attention must beidentified. This will go a long way inachieving the principles of ‘Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwas (togetherwith all, for the development of all andwith the trust of all)’. The NEP will havean immense advisory role and create roadmaps for clarity. Moral persuasion andappropriate signalling are important toensure consistency, predictability, stabil-ity and a strong future outlook for ensur-ing confidence at par with India competi-tors. This would detail the direction of theeconomy in a holistic manner.

New investment areas, entrepreneur-ship, innovative initiatives, start-up ecosys-tems, gig economy, conventional sectors,

studies and projects would identify thenew and emerging focus areas for contin-uous feedback into the system.

Research and development is the coreof the NEP. The policies and schemes ofrelevant Ministries and committees needto be streamlined and studied to collectevidence and provide essential inputs forpolicy-making since it is an ongoingprocess.

The NEP will also be crucial forimplementation, monitoring and evalu-ation. This is important for Digital India’sobjectives and outcome-based decision-making as per the Ministry of Statisticsand Programme Implementation andNITI Aayog’s recent efforts for data andplanning. For this, the maintenance of areal-time database and repository andmonitoring of the employment status ofthe labour force is important. It wouldrequire enormous efforts in the beginningbut would yield more than proportionateresults in the immediate future.

In times of disasters and State andnational emergencies, the NEP would pro-vide a backbone and architecture tocomplement the efforts of theGovernment and maximise relief to theaffected families and enterprises. Thiswould minimise economic losses andoptimise the use of limited resources. Thiswould complement the Prime Minister’svision of a New India and help in achiev-ing the $5 trillion economy with specialemphasis on “labour respect and empow-erment.”

Atma Nirbhar Bharat and NewIndia: The NEP can provide a compre-hensive framework, with inclusive andsustainable planning, an enabling environ-ment and a holistic, impactful approachtowards decent employment and thevision of a New India. The Sustainable

Development Goal (SDG) eight focusseson promoting sustained, inclusive and sus-tainable economic growth, full and pro-ductive employment and decent work forall. The consultation paper for the draftNational Urban Policy Framework, 2018is an important document template for theNEP to start taking shape. In the past,most policy documents pertaining to theNEP, by and large, have been suggestivein nature.

There is an urgent need for a compre-hensive NEP, based on responsive real-time data analysis, integrating sectors thatwill help emerging sectoral employmentpolicies and programmes amid theCOVID-19 pandemic. The preparation ofthe NEP warrants a broad-based nation-al consensus among various stakeholders.This can be ensured through a consulta-tive process by taking various stakehold-ers’ views and the constituents’ demandsinto consideration during the policy for-mulation process.

The most important part of the NEPis to formulate a link between policyoptions, budgetary allocations and/orfinancial mechanisms, considering theconvergence among various departmentsor sectors. Further, an institutional frame-work detailing roles and responsibilitiesfor the implementation and monitoringof progress should also be part of the pol-icy document.

Such a policy document will effective-ly help in formulating appropriate employ-ment strategies which ensure decentwork, empowerment and sustainabilitytowards an ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ andcontribute significantly towards achievingthe goals of the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development.

(Mehta is Research Director andKumar is Director, IMPRI)

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Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibaltweeted on July 12: “Worriedabout our party. Will we wake up

only after the horses have bolted fromour stables?” Sibal’s statement depictsthe despondent mood in the CongressParty.

Indeed, this is the question manysenior Congress leaders are asking, asthey helplessly watch the dramaunfolding in Rajasthan. Even thoughit looks as if Chief Minister AshokGehlot might manage to avert the pre-sent crisis but there is a big questionmark on the survival of the CongressParty itself. With such a fragile major-ity, Gehlot will not find it easy to keep

the flock together for long, even if hemanages to win the trust vote for now.

The party should have expectedthe blow from Sachin Pilot. The cri-sis — three months after the Congresslost a charismatic leader likeJyotiraditya Scindia and also the hard-won State of Madhya Pradesh to theBJP — was not unexpected. In fact,insiders say that Pilot was planning todo a Scindia in March itself. Butbecause of the outbreak of theCoronavirus, he deferred his depar-ture.

The fact is that the party loses aState even after winning it because ofthe internal power struggle betweenthe “old guard” and the “young Turks.”It has not been able to nip thisunhealthy rivalry in its camps nor hasit been able to strike a balance betweenthe experience of the older generationand the aspirations of the younger lot,who want to make their mark andcome out of the shadows of thesenior leadership.

No doubt, this “head in the sand”approach is not going to help as the

party had missed many wake-up callsin the last six years, after it lost boththe 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls, aswell as some Congress-ruled States likeKarnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

A big party like the Congress,which ruled most of the States in thepast, must learn lessons from theongoing crisis and use them to preventsuch situations from recurring in thefuture. The Congress leadershipshould introspect about what is goingwrong within the party and how to fixit.

The party must also address theleadership vacuum at the top. SinceAugust 2019, Sonia Gandhi has beenin the saddle and she had weatheredmany crises earlier. But today, she isunable to assert herself. ThoughRahul Gandhi has quit his presiden-cy, the Congress scion continues totake most of the decisions, be it onappointments, transfers or policymatters. Hence, there is a difference ofopinion on almost every issue betweenthe “old guard” loyal to Sonia and the“young Turks” who are in Rahul’s

team. This situation is not good foreither camp as nothing gets done inthe party.

Even in the present crisis, it isRahul’s team members like RandeepSurjewala who are camping in Jaipur.The party leadership knew that Pilotwas working to split the Congress butdid nothing to mollify him. After all,Pilot is said to be close to Rahul, sothey could have worked somethingout. But nothing was done to bridgethe growing chasm. This smacks ofarrogance or a lack of understandingof the growing frustration of theyoung leaders within the party, forcedto take a back seat despite their obvi-ous talents.

The Congress leadership shouldset its house right and run a tight ship.Right now there is factionalism, indis-cipline and nepotism. All sorts of illsare dogging the party. The workers areconfused and fear that the presentstrategy of letting status quo prevail isspelling doom for them all. The partylacks direction, idealism, strategy anda new narrative. Unless these issues are

settled and shortcomings are rectified,the desertions will continue.

One might ask how Sonia man-aged to arrest the erosion when sheentered politics in 1998. She not onlyprovided leadership but also broughtthe party to power not once but twicein 2004 and 2009. But now, after morethan a decade things have changed.She brought her son to head theCongress but the mother and son didnot concentrate on building up theparty or nurturing bright, youngleaders.

No doubt the Congress was ableto win Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarhand Rajasthan but the party was notable to hold on to these States. Withthe result it has already lost MadhyaPradesh and is in the process of los-ing Rajasthan — all mainly due tointernal indiscipline and an unendingpower struggle. There is a power strug-gle going on in Punjab, Chhattisgarhand Maharashtra, too. If this is notchecked, more States like Chhattisgarhmight follow Madhya Pradesh andRajasthan. There is likely to be more

erosion as other younger leaders likeMilind Deora and Jitin Prasada mightdo a Scindia.

Rahul is expected to come back asparty chief soon and if he fails tounderstand the aspirations of theyounger leaders and apprehensions ofthe “old guard”, the present crisis in theparty will exacerbate further.

The Congress should also intro-spect why it is not able to unite theOpposition. None of the other partieshave come out in its support duringthe present crisis in Rajasthan.

On the contrary, Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) supremo Mayawati haslashed out at Gehlot and the party forweaning away six BSP MLAs fromRajasthan and merging them with theCongress. She has threatened to takethe fight against the party to theSupreme Court.

Notwithstanding all these set-backs, there is still hope for theCongress if its leadership learnslessons from the crisis and sets itshouse in order before it is too late.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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MRF 62250 63000 62067.3 62135.65RALLIS 303.2 315.5 300.85 313.1PNB 32 32.65 31.75 32.15SIEMENS 1158 1158 1123.65 1142.35ICICIPRULI 460 463.85 449.4 452.05SUNTV 382 390.4 372.35 387.9CANBK 100 101.25 99.65 100.3FINOLEXIND 455 458.2 447 450BANKINDIA 45.95 46.6 45.4 45.75IDBI 36.9 38.7 36.5 38.25ITI 136.65 139.2 135.05 135.95UPL 447.85 451.9 441.75 448.8DEEPAKNI 613.8 622 605 615.65GAIL 97.8 98.6 96.5 97.6DEEPAKFERT 148.2 149.95 145.5 147.75HINDZINC 208 216 208 210.65ISEC 488 517.65 487.05 503.4WELSPUNIND 39 39.5 37.05 39.3TATAELXSI 905 928.6 905 922.65BHARATFORG 383 394.4 379.65 393.3COALINDIA 130.9 130.95 128.6 130.6ADANIPORTS 311.65 319.85 308.75 318.55CHAMBLFERT 164 165.3 159 164.15JUBLFOOD 1692 1701.6 1665.85 1694.95MGL 1001 1008.55 992 999.9BALKRISIND 1252 1265.5 1236.85 1242.05PERSISTENT 863 897.9 840.85 884.25AARTIIND 960.2 974 955.3 970.3CONCOR 443 458.75 443 453.4APOLLOTYRE 106.7 111.25 106.7 110.75TATACONSUM 410 416.3 409.45 412.85PFIZER 4444 4444 4299.25 4312.45TATAPOWER 49.75 50.45 48.6 49.2SHREECEM 20998 22000 20998 21898.45BAJAJELEC 417.5 440 413.55 437.8HDFCAMC 2419.8 2437.15 2392.05 2406.55IGL 405 405.1 398.25 401.15RELAXO 613 615 597.1 599.3ONGC 81.3 81.3 79.35 79.95AUBANK 788 804.9 767 784.95INOXLEISUR 258.1 259.15 246.05 255.7IDFCFIRSTB 27.35 28 27.35 27.85PCJEWELLER 15 15.6 14.9 15.2LUPIN 845.3 854 838.7 841.75DIXON 7448.55 7500 7011 7073.1CANFINHOME 388 394.2 374 375.6INDIACEM 116.55 116.95 114.1 115NAVINFLUOR 1888 1914.2 1829 1842.35ICICIGI 1310.1 1328.2 1301.5 1319GMM 4250 4380 4200.05 4268.65CEATLTD 859.95 883.25 859.95 877.15TVSMOTOR 397.5 409 395.05 406.1CUMMINSIND 394.05 405 390.8 401.05TATACOMM 684 696.4 665.75 696.4EQUITAS 52.2 54.6 51.95 54.2GODREJPROP 884 884 868.9 879.85LICHSGFIN 268 270 263.5 268.45BIRLACORPN 570.05 613.45 570 606.45NAUKRI 3135 3180.7 3109.3 3131.75SBILIFE 864.25 888.9 864.25 883.55RECLTD 101.2 102.3 99.8 100.3MOTHERSUMI 93.1 94.7 92.95 93.85DCAL 155.05 169.85 154.05 169.85NAM-INDIA 276.9 286.45 275 276.85PFC 81.6 82.3 80.35 81.35RAYMOND 252 254 243 245.2TORNTPHARM 2286.1 2328 2282.1 2290.9PTC 50.25 53.15 50.25 52.4INDIAMART 2454.4 2454.4 2391.35 2405.25SPARC 169 173.7 167.85 168.85ADANIGREEN 346 346 336.25 337.75SOUTHBANK 6.96 6.97 6.7 6.83NTPC 88.45 88.75 86.9 88.55TV18BRDCST 34.7 35.3 34 34.35BDL 375 390.55 375 387.4NCC 30 30.55 29.6 30.1BLISSGVS 106 106.55 104.35 105.3SRF 3799 3808 3760.05 3770.4STRTECH* 128.9 133.25 126.6 129.1TATAMTRDVR 39.4 39.4 38.05 38.85GODFRYPHLP 923.55 934.2 912.3 917NOCIL 104.05 107.95 104.05 107.05KEC 260 288 258.25 281.5

BOSCHLTD 13090 13250 13021.15 13200.65GODREJAGRO 464 464.25 454.2 459.5NBCC 25.35 25.35 24.05 24.1CASTROLIND 113.4 114.2 109.9 112.95CYIENT 324.7 337.6 324.7 329.9NATIONALUM 33.3 33.9 33.25 33.6GODREJCP 666 679.5 665 677.35NMDC 83 85.3 82.35 85ADVENZYMES 160 173.9 158.95 171.95HEG 780 808.75 775.65 779.55JKLAKSHMI 282.8 297 282.1 292.25SUZLON 4.28 4.44 4.28 4.33VOLTAS 586.15 587.3 574.05 580.7SWANENERGY 138.65 140.4 131 131.95AFFLE 1651.15 1753.35 1651.15 1696.8INTELLECT 142.05 149.6 136.5 149.6ATUL 5050 5149.95 4872.5 5101.7IRCON 95.5 95.8 92.7 93.35WOCKPHARMA 255.8 261 254.65 257.3APLLTD 967 982.75 963.6 976.45ABBOTINDIA 14962 15150 14870 14897.4SONATSOFTW 240.05 249.95 240.05 248.5MIDHANI 204.8 207.05 202 202.7RAMCOCEM 690.45 721.4 688.3 715.7UBL 983 988.85 967.65 970.4LTTS 1445.8 1470.1 1434.85 1453.85ADANIPOWER 35.05 35.65 35.05 35.5METROPOLIS 1544 1605 1539.8 1596.5COROMANDEL 790.05 804.55 772.5 775.45ZYDUSWELL 1570 1650 1555.55 1630.45UNIONBANK 29.65 29.85 28.95 29.2ADANIGAS 144.5 147.8 143.2 146.15AJANTPHARM 1484 1485.85 1429.85 1440.85POLYCAB 810 818.45 801 804.85WABAG 124.5 130.55 124.5 126.35SUNTECK 178.65 181.5 170.95 175.2SWSOLAR 241.9 243.5 230.6 234.8IDFC 18.7 19.25 18.5 19.2FRETAIL 105.35 105.35 105.35 105.35KAJARIACER 430 436.2 418.9 423.8TATACHEM 299.75 302.5 298.35 299.65WELCORP 79.5 84.25 79.5 82.9SKFINDIA 1544.35 1544.35 1485.4 1494.65JUSTDIAL 373 374.35 367 371.85JAICORPLTD 91.4 92.25 90.5 91.05MAHSEAMLES 211 214 194 207.55ENGINERSIN 67.95 67.95 65.8 65.95ASTRAZEN 3407 3407 3290 3305.9BAJAJCON 161.55 169.7 161.55 166.85ASTERDM 134.75 138.6 128.95 136.35EIDPARRY 283 288.55 276.3 282.65TRIDENT 6.6 6.65 6.39 6.42LALPATHLAB 1981 2007.55 1928.8 1946.4PNBHOUSING 211 218.65 210.5 212.1NH 301.8 316.6 294 298.7ADANITRANS 232 235.75 221 235.4ARVINDFASN 126.95 132.75 126.95 126.95CHENNPETRO 87.1 88 85.65 86.05GNFC 159 161 158.75 160.1OMAXE 72.5 72.5 72.5 72.5NATCOPHARM 727.8 737.45 711 717.55IRB 122.5 123.75 120.8 121.95MRPL 36.25 37.8 35.8 36.9QUESS 341.9 354.4 341 347.8PHILIPCARB 97.1 101.6 97.1 100.95SUMICHEM 268.55 278 268.55 272.75GUJGAS 292.9 292.9 285.5 286.55VIPIND 277 281.8 271.2 275.8IPCALAB 1750.55 1758 1715.45 1732.75HAL 872 913.4 872 902.05HINDCOPPER 35.5 38.7 35.5 37.4SHK 74.2 75.25 72.35 74.2BBTC 1188.15 1227.3 1188.15 1220.15ASHOKA 55.5 55.5 51.65 51.95SPICEJET 48.95 48.95 47.6 47.95FSL 45.5 45.9 45.05 45.25IBREALEST 54 55 51.4 51.85GSFC 59.95 60.3 58.55 59.95KEI 340.6 353.9 340.6 350.2BEML 655.95 661.85 651.7 652.75MAHABANK 11.85 11.85 10.11 11.53FDC 267.4 272.95 263.5 267.6EDELWEISS 77.8 77.8 73.95 74.15KTKBANK 43 43.45 42.2 42.45AMARAJABAT 685 695.15 680 692.65OIL 98.95 99.25 96.7 96.95ABCAPITAL 57.35 57.95 56.3 56.6RADICO 380.6 388 375.85 382.35EXIDEIND 153.8 155.25 153.15 154BOMDYEING 64.7 64.7 61.9 62.25DISHTV 6.92 7.16 6.92 7JKTYRE 64 68.7 64 67.25SIS 366.65 377 348.9 352.9JKPAPER* 96.1 98.1 96.1 97.1AEGISLOG 188.9 197.9 186.85 196.9RAJESHEXPO 470 474.9 461.2 463.4AVANTI 441.25 443.7 434 435.15CSBBANK 195.8 199.85 187.9 190JUBILANT 735 742.3 733.05 734.75INDHOTEL 78.25 79.3 78 78.8RAIN 95.45 98.65 95 98.2ALKYLAMINE 2268 2309.95 2260 2282.65TATACOFFEE 83 84 82.1 83.25INFIBEAM 77.85 77.85 76 76.75CENTURYPLY 128.5 131.85 126.1 128.95ZENSARTECH 149 153 148.1 151.05JMFINANCIL 80.4 81.85 79.5 79.8GMDCLTD 40.5 41.2 40.25 40.7VGUARD 165 166.75 163.05 164.7

WESTLIFE 331.35 354 325.8 352.2FCONSUMER 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.7GPPL 79.5 80.25 76.4 78.5ALKEM 2458.55 2486.75 2415 2453.6SANOFI 7752.95 7752.95 7573.1 7581.45HFCL 11.85 11.85 11.3 11.4MEGH 57.05 58.6 57.05 57.55BALRAMCHIN 128.2 130.2 127.95 128.9MOIL 138.35 148.8 138 146.45FORTIS 132 137.2 132 136.3ERIS 429 434 411 429.8RCF 48.65 49 48.1 48.3RVNL 19.4 19.4 18.95 19.05HAWKINCOOK 4110.25 4150 4064 4103.05SUPREMEIND 1175 1228.3 1175 1221.1TNPL 111.35 117.7 110.65 113.6HEIDELBERG 174.4 179.8 173.1 177.05SCI 60.05 60.55 59.3 59.5DBL 289.8 293.55 284.6 292.25UJJIVANSFB 34.3 34.8 33.5 34.6VINATIORGA 985 986.5 978.85 984.05PARAGMILK 88 89.75 86.9 87.4RITES 244.55 244.6 240.75 241.65CROMPTON 249.8 253.45 243.35 251.9GODREJIND 355 366.15 354.05 356.4INDIANB 58.95 58.95 57.2 58.3IIFL 72 72 69.5 70.45J&KBANK 15.85 16.1 15.4 15.5NIACL 117.8 118.8 116.3 116.8LEMONTREE 22.9 23.85 22.9 23.4KALPATPOWR* 243.65 245 240.05 242.45LAXMIMACH 2906.05 3049.9 2891 2931.2DELTACORP* 86.7 88.1 85.55 86VBL 689.95 707 685.8 702.2AMBER 1498 1498 1465.55 1478.4PIIND 1782 1782 1752.4 1758.3BASF 1304.2 1349 1304.2 1323.5GICRE 152.45 152.45 146.5 146.8MOTILALOFS* 688.1 712 684.15 692.2TRENT 559 559 540 549.9SYNGENE 461.95 462 448.45 455.55DALBHARAT* 720.6 729.65 699 722.1DCBBANK 78 80 78 78.5UCOBANK 13.02 13.3 13.02 13.19PAGEIND 19224.4 19335.15 19058 19235.7GLAXO 1455.55 1470 1450.3 1462.25

BAJAJHLDNG 2688.9 2743.95 2688.9 2720.15GHCL 143.8 144.6 140.4 141.05CARBORUNIV 242.3 243 238 240.2GRSE 198.1 204.45 195.45 196.95CAPPL 400 400 391 394.35PGHL 4068.1 4198.95 4065 4192.3HONAUT 27382 27480 27200 27398.25CGCL 156 161 153.3 159.1HUDCO 34 35 33.9 34.75DCMSHRIRAM 340.3 349.95 337.8 339.65NHPC 20.25 20.35 20.15 20.25MAHSCOOTER 3042.95 3085 3040 3073.85IFCI 6.45 6.45 6.24 6.27CESC 561.05 585.45 558.25 575.8GRAPHITE 169 173.25 166.85 169.5COCHINSHIP 331.05 334.7 328.2 333.5GALAXYSURF 1629 1630.75 1607.55 1609.4FINEORG 2093.05 2105.85 2041.75 2052.05MINDAIND 288.3 294.25 279.7 281.6ORIENTELEC 176 179.15 172.5 178.3BALMLAWRIE 111.9 113.8 111 111.2IOB 10.3 10.5 10.24 10.43PGHH 10697 10710 10468.65 10490.35CARERATING 423.05 454.35 423.05 441REDINGTON 90 92.4 89.15 89.7ASTRAL 944.5 944.5 916.5 920.05HSCL 44.7 45.3 44.35 44.6AAVAS 1352 1367 1317.35 1324.75CCL 239.9 242.05 234.5 235.75DHANUKA 848 849 820 825.05WHIRLPOOL 2200.7 2200.75 2178 2187.2GEPIL 483 511 477.7 502.45SUNDRMFAST 401.55 407 399.75 405.1IEX 175 176.5 173.4 175.15OBEROIRLTY 381.6 387.15 369.3 372.3APLAPOLLO 1887.5 1887.5 1835 1855.65JSWENERGY 44.7 45.4 44.7 45.05CUB 123.1 123.7 121 121.4VENKYS 1070.3 1076.75 1050.1 1053.9JKCEMENT 1500 1506.45 1488.5 1493.05VARROC 189 192.95 187.5 189.85JAMNAAUTO 30.4 30.8 29.15 29.25TATAMETALI 498 508.7 484.25 492.45ALLCARGO 95.2 95.5 93.85 94.15JYOTHYLAB 121.55 123.5 120.2 120.95FLUOROCHEM 396 402 371.6 399.55

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Global forecasting firmOxford Economics on

Tuesday said it expects India’sGDP growth to lose momen-tum from late third quarter(October-December) of thecurrent fiscal as the push fromthe initial reopening fades.

It further said India faresthe worst in its Asia recoveryscorecard, implying that thecountry will likely take thelongest among majoreconomies to converge to itspre-coronavirus growth level.

Oxford Economics, in areport titled ‘India: A reopen-ing gone wrong’, said the cen-tral government’s attempts torestart the economy are alreadyrunning aground.

“In our baseline, we expectGDP growth to lose momen-tum from late Q3 on, once the

push from the initial reopeningfades and, likely compoundedby the ongoing pandemic andinadequate policy support,legacy economic headwindsre-assert themselves.

“The risk clearly is thatproactive steps by regionalGovernments, especially thericher ones, to stem the spreadof the virus bring the tippingpoint forward,” it said.

According to OxfordEconomics, early data sug-gests that the positive eco-nomic impact of the acceler-ated lockdown exit will be feltin June, with the effect rein-forced by a global growth pick-up that has aided a recovery inexports.

“The outlook beyond that,however, has turned more wor-risome.

The reopening drive isalready beginning to hit road-

blocks, amid the surge inCOVID-19 cases,” it observed.

It pointed out that newvirus hotspots have emergedacross the country since lateJune and, barring Delhi, nomajor region has had notablesuccess in containing the virus.“First, while we do see a highprobability of restrictions beingtightened anew, we do notexpect them to match the strin-gency of the phase one of thenationwide lockdown thatcaused the maximum eco-nomic damage.

“Second, the rural econo-my, which is leading the recov-ery so far, seems at a muchlower risk of shutting downagain compared to cities, andshould help cushion the down-side to domestic demand,” itnoted. India’s eco-nomic growth stood at 4.2 percent in 2019-20.

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Reversing two sessions ofdeclines, the Sensex surged

over 558 points while the Niftyrecaptured the 11,300-markon Tuesday as investorssnapped up IT, auto and finan-cial stocks amid firm globalcues. After opening above thekey 38,000-level, the 30-shareBSE Sensex went on to touch

the day’s high of 38,555 in late-afternoon trade. It finallyclosed at 38,492.95, up 558.22points or 1.47 per cent.

Likewise, the broader NSENifty vaulted 168.75 points or1.52 per cent to end at11,300.55. UltraTech Cementwas the top gainer in the Sensexpack, leaping 7.17 per cent, fol-lowing better-than-expectedresults. The Aditya BirlaGroup firm reported a 38 percent decline in consolidated netprofit at �796.31 crore for theJune quarter, but managed tobeat Street estimates.

TCS, Kotak Mahindra

Bank, M&M, Maruti, IndusIndBank and Bajaj Auto were theother prominent gainers, risingas much as 4.69 per cent.

Only five index con-stituents finished in the red --ICICI Bank, Nestle, AsianPaints, ONGC and ITC, shed-ding up to 1.84 per cent.

Asian markets posted sig-nificant gains following upbeatUS stocks in anticipation ofmore growth-supportive mea-sures by the US Federal Reservelater this week. “Indian bench-mark indices closed up byaround 1.4 per cent, with Autoand IT constituents contribut-

ing the most to the gains. Some of the stocks rallied

on the basis of their earningsresults, with operating marginsand earnings visibility being thekey notables.

“Globally, there was anexpectation that the US Fedwould continue with its dovishpolicy stance, which wouldensure liquidity, especially intoemerging markets like India.Liquidity has been a key driverfor the market performance,and the Fed decision is likely tobe greeted positively. Theadvice to remain cautiousremains and investors must

accumulate only quality stocks,”said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch at Geojit FinancialServices. All BSE sectoralindices closed with gains, led byauto (3.26 per cent), IT (2.54per cent), basic materials (2.41per cent), metal (2.32 per cent)and teck (2.18 per cent).

However, the BSE small-cap, mid-cap and large-capindices under-performed thebenchmark, with 0.61 per cent,0.76 per cent and 1.46 per centgains, respectively.

Global oil benchmarkBrent crude slipped 0.07 percent to USD 43.87 per barrel.

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Mumbai: The rupee closed almost flat at74.84 against the US currency on Tuesdaydespite steller gains in equity markets and sta-ble oil prices.Analysts said month-end dol-lar demand from gold importers and forexoutflows restricted gains in the local unit.Investors are also awaiting the outcome of thetwo-day policy meeting of the Federal Reservethat will conclude on Wed, they said. At theinterbank forex market, the rupee witnessedhigh volatility and touched an intra-dayhigh of 74.71 and a low of 74.90 against theUS dollar. The rupee finally closed at 74.84

against the US dollar, down by just 1 paisaover its last close of 74.83.Meanwhile, the dol-lar index, which gauges the greenback’sstrength against a basket of six currencies,rose by 0.25 % to 93.90. “Rupee is notresponding to the dollar weakness since lastcouple of days amid month-end dollardemand from gold importers ahead of festiveseason,”HDFC Securities Deputy Head RetailResearch Devarsh Vakil said adding that sofar this month, dollar index has declined 3.5%while the rupee has appreciated only 0.9%.PTI

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At least in the oil sector, theglobal health emergency

caused by coronavirus is com-ing to India’s advantage. Whilethe severe demand squeezedue to the pandemic helpedIndia save on oil imports, lowglobal crude prices could helpit further in reducing sharplythe import bill. Declining con-sistently since April, India’s oilimports fell about 29 per cent(YoY) to around 13.44 milliontonnes in June, the lowest sinceOctober 2011.

In value terms, the June oilimports stood at $4.93 billion(�37,341.70 crore), down 55.29

per cent in the dollar termsfrom $11.03 billion (�76,586.73 crore) in June 2019.

In April, it fell to 16.55 mil-lion tonnes, a 16 per cent YoYdecline, from 17.28 milliontonnes reported earlier. In May,crude oil imports fell 22.6 percent, the biggest drop since atleast 2005, to 14.61 milliontonnes against the year-agomonth.If the trend continues,crude oil imports in FY21 mayfall to 180 million tonnes, 50million tonnes lower than 227million tonnes imported inFY20. At current prices, thevalue of this 50 million tonneswill be around $20 billion.

Moreover, India may fur-

ther reduce its oil import billwith crude oil prices remaininglow or range-bound around$35-45 a barrel in FY21.

Assuming $40 a barrelaverage crude oil price and therupee-dollar rate holding clos-er to current levels, and month-ly imports remaining low at 15million tonnes (average), forFY21, the import bill could slipto 60 per cent of the last year’s$60-65 billion. Similar level ofimport bill was witnessed inFY16 when crude had fallen to$26 a barrel for some time.

India has already reducedoil import bill by over 60 percent in the first quarter (April-June) of FY21.

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The Government has notifiedchanges in Foreign Direct

Investment (FDI) norms on civilaviation, which will permit non-resident Indian nationals to own100 per cent stake of Air India.The gazette notification comesamid the ongoing process ofstrategic disinvestment of AirIndia. Last month, theGovernment for the third timeextended the deadline to bid forAir India as the Covid-19 fallouthas disrupted economic activitiesglobally.

The deadline was extendedby two months till August 31.The divestment process for the

national carrier was initiated onJanuary 27. “These rules may becalled the Foreign ExchangeManagement (Non-debtInstruments) (ThirdAmendment) Rules, 2020,” theofficial notification dated July 27,2020 said. They shall come intoforce on the date of their publi-cation in the Official Gazette, itsaid. “Foreign investments inM/s Air India Limited, includingthat of foreign airlines shall notexceed 49 per cent either direct-ly or indirectly except in case ofthose NRIs, who are IndianNationals, where foreign invest-ments is permitted up to 100 percent under automatic route,” itsaid.

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Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysiancourt sentenced former PrimeMinister Najib Razak to serveup to 12 years in prison onTuesday after finding him guiltyof crimes involving the multi-billion-dollar looting of the1MDB state investment fundthat brought down his govern-ment in a shocking electionouster two years ago.

Najib was calm and stone-faced as he became the firstMalaysian leader to be con-victed. He has vowed to appealthe verdict and took an oath inbrief remarks from the dockbefore the sentencing that hewas unaware of the graft.

Judge Mohamad NazlanGhazali sentenced Najib to 12years in jail on one count ofabuse of power, 10 years eachfor three counts of criminalbreach of trust, and 10 yearseach for three counts of moneylaundering, as well as a fine of210 million ringgit (USD 49.4million). But he ordered thesentences to run concurrently,meaning that Najib will face upto 12 years in jail.

The judge said the sentencewas “appropriate and propor-tionate” taking into account thatNajib had committed the crimefrom a “position of trust” asprime minister, his final pleaand the need to deter othersfrom committing the samecrime.

The ruling in the first of hisfive corruption trials came fivemonths after Najib’s Malayparty returned to governmentas the biggest bloc in an alliancethat took power from thereformist government that oust-ed Najib’s in 2018.

Analysts said the rulingwould bolster the prosecution’scase in Najib’s other trials andwould signal to the businesscommunity the Malaysia’s legalsystem has strength in tacklinginternational financial crimes.But others cautioned the rulingcould be overturned and hispolitical party remains in office.

“I find the accused guiltyand convict the accused of allseven charges,” the judge saidafter spending two hours read-ing out an elaborate ruling. AP

Portland (US): The mayors ofPortland, Oregon, and five othermajor US cities appealedMonday to Congress to make itillegal for the federal govern-ment to deploy militarisedagents to cities that don’t wantthem.

“This administration’s egre-gious use of federal force oncities over the objections of localauthorities should never hap-pen,” the mayors of Portland;Seattle; Chicago; Kansas City;Albuquerque, New Mexico; andWashington wrote to leaders ofthe US House and Senate.

Video from early Tuesdayshowed law enforcement offi-cers filling a street with gas todisperse protesters. Several loud

booms could be heard.Portland Mayor Ted

Wheeler and CityCommissioner Jo Ann Hardestylate called for a meeting withActing Homeland SecuritySecretary Chad Wolf to discussa cease-fire and removal ofheightened federal forces fromPortland. Earlier in the day, a USofficial said militarised officerswould remain in Portland untilattacks on a federal courthousecease — and more officers maysoon be on the way.

“It is not a solution to tellfederal officers to leave whenthere continues to be attacks onfederal property and personnel,”US Attorney Billy Williamssaid. AP

Kathmandu: Nepal’s rulingcommunist party leaders onTuesday once again failed tonegotiate a power-sharing dealbetween Prime Minister KPSharma Oli and executivechairperson Pushpa KamalDahal ‘Prachanda’, who con-vened a meeting of the power-ful Standing Committee despiteOli’s decision to postpone it.

Prachanda and some seniorleaders reached the PrimeMinister’s official residence atBaluwatar at around 11 am forthe scheduled meeting of the45-member StandingCommittee of the NepalCommunist Party (NCP) toiron out the differences betweenthe two warring factions.

However, Prime Minister’spress advisor Surya Thapa saidthe meeting was postponed.

But Matrika Yadav, a StandingCommittee member, said themeeting would be held at anycost, even if Prime Minister Olirefused to attend, theKathmandu Post reported.

Prachanda and seniorparty leader Jhalanath Khanalthen went to meet Oli only toreturn to the meeting hall afterthe latter told them to dowhatever they wished to, thepaper said. At the meetinghall, Prachanda briefed theStanding Committee membersabout his talks with Oli.

The Standing Committeemembers close to Oli did notattend the unilateral meetingconvened by Prachanda.However, 29 StandingCommittee members and twoinvitees were present at themeeting, which started ataround 3:00 pm and lasted forone hour, party sources said.

Standing Committeemember Ganesh Shah said themeeting was postponed as thetwo leaders need more time forinformal consultations to sortout their differences. The

Standing Committee meetingshave been postponed for ninetimes since June 24.

“It was against the partystatute and inappropriate forPM Oli to postpone the meet-ing unilaterally,” Partyspokesperson NarayankajiShrestha told reporters.

“Today’s meeting did notdiscuss the party’s agenda butit decided to hand over theresponsibility of conveninganother Standing Committeemeeting to party chairmanPrachanda,” he said.

Those who spoke on theoccasion criticised PrimeMinister Oli. On Wednesdaylast, a Standing Committeemeeting was briefly held at thePM’s official residence.However, the prime ministerdid not attend the meeting.

Then, the party decided toconvene another meeting onJuly 28 to review government’sperformance, finalising divisionof work among party’s cadresand leaders, and proposed gen-eral convention among otherissues. PTI

Jerusalem: Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu’seldest son Yair has apologised toHindus after he faced flak fromsome Indians who found one ofhis tweets to be “quite offensive”.

On Sunday, the 29-year-oldYair, who is very active onsocial media and often defendshis father’s policies, posted a pic-ture of the Hindu goddessDurga, with the face of Liat BenAri, the prosecutor in hisfather’s corruption cases, super-imposed over the goddess’ face.

Her many arms were alsoraised giving the middle finger.

“I’ve tweeted a meme froma satirical page, criticising polit-ical figures in Israel. I didn’trealise the meme also portrayedan image connected to themajestic Hindu faith. As soon asI realised it from comments ofour Indian friends, I haveremoved the tweet. I apologise,”Yair said in a tweet.

Attorney General AvichaiMandelbit’s face was superim-

posed over that of a tigeraccompanying the goddessunder a caption that said, “knowyour place you despicable peo-ple”.

The Twitter users were splitin their reaction over the postwith some Indians harshly crit-icising him for the offensivetweet while others giving himthe benefit of doubt andattributing it to general igno-rance about the Hindu faith inthe West.

Yair, who has been at thecentre of several controversies,was appreciated by some Israelisfor “showing courage in apolo-gising for his mistake”, but wasalso condemned in equal mea-sure by others for “being irre-sponsible”.

Earlier this month, Yairissued an apology to journalistDana Weiss for appearing tosuggest the top news anchor hadattained her position throughsexual favours, according to alocal media report. PTI

Harare: Zimbabwe’s ruling partyhas threatened the United Statesambassador with expulsion, call-ing him a “thug” and accusinghim of funding organisers ofanti-government protestsplanned for Friday.

Zimbabwe’s government inrecent weeks has increasinglyaccused the US Embassy ofsupporting anti-governmentactivists who are piling pressureon President EmmersonMnangagwa as the economycollapses amid new allegationsof corruption and human rightsabuses.

The embassy denies theaccusations of meddling in localpolitics in the southern Africancountry. Ruling ZANU-PF partyspokesman Patrick Chinamasa

on Monday said USAmbassador Brian Nichols anda “coterie of gangsters” shouldstop “mobilising and fundingdisturbances, coordinating vio-lence and training insurgency.

Our leadership will not hes-itate to give him marchingorders.” He added: “Diplomatsshould not behave like thugs,and Brian Nichols is a thug.” Theembassy did not immediatelycomment on that.

In the past week, informa-tion minister MonicaMutsvangwa and foreign affairsminister Sibusiso Moyo haveaccused Western countries ofsponsoring Hopewell Chin’ono,a prominent journalist knownfor exposing alleged governmentcorruption. AP

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Western nations haveangered Beijing over theirresponses to the law imposedon Hong Kong which they seeas an erosion of the civil lib-erties and human rights thecity has enjoyed since its han-dover from Britain in 1997.

The United States hasdecided to rescind HongKong’s special trading privi-leges while Washington’s “FiveEyes” intelligence partners havesuspended their extraditiontreaties with the city, with NewZealand on Tuesday joiningCanada, Britain and Australia.

The United States has sig-nalled it was preparing to dothe same.

China has accused thecountries of interfering in itsinternal affairs and defendedthe security law as crucial to

restore order in Hong Kongfollowing a wave of pro-democracy protests marred byviolence.

“The wrong action ofCanada, Australia and the UKin politicising judicial cooper-ation with Hong Kong hasseriously hurt the basis ofjudicial cooperation,” said for-eign ministry spokesmanWang Wenbin at a regularpress briefing.

“China has decided to sus-pend extradition treatiesbetween Hong Kong andCanada, Australia and UK, as

well as criminal justice coop-eration agreements.”

Wang accused the coun-tries of having used the nation-al security law as “an excuse tounilaterally announce the sus-pension of extradition treaties”with Hong Kong.

Britain suspended itsextradition treaty last week,following moves by Australiaand Canada, saying the secu-rity law had “significantlychanged key assumptions”including a provision to trycertain cases in mainlandChina. AFP

Wellington: New Zealand onTuesday announced that itwill follow the lead of its intel-ligence allies by suspending itsextradition treaty with HongKong.

The move comes inresponse to China passing asweeping new security law forthe semi-autonomous terri-tory.

New Zealand is the finalmember of the “Five Eyes”intelligence-sharing allianceto take such action after theUS, Australia, Canada and theUK previously announcedsimilar measures.

New Zealand relies onChina as its largest tradingpartner and in the past hasoften tried to avoid directpolitical confrontation.

China each year buys bil-lions of dollars worth of NewZealand’s agricultural goods,including its lucrative milkpowder which is used in infantformula. But Foreign MinisterWinston Peters said the newlaw went against commitmentsChina had made to the inter-national community.

“New Zealand can no

longer trust that Hong Kong’scriminal justice system is suf-ficiently independent fromChina,” Peters said.

He said there would beother changes to the relation-ship. New Zealand would nowtreat military and technologyexports to Hong Kong in thesame way as it treats suchexports to China, he said, andhad updated its travel advice towarn New Zealanders aboutthe risks they faced under thenew law.

Prime Minister JacindaArdern said New Zealand wasfollowing its principles.

“We do have a maturerelationship with China,”Ardern said. “There have beenoccasions where we have takendifferent positions. This obvi-ously will be one of them.”

China says the new secu-rity law is needed to combatterrorism and separatism andprevent Hong Kong frombecoming a base for under-mining Chinese state power. Ingeneral, cases would be tried inHong Kong, but the law allowsfor mainland jurisdiction insome circumstances. AP

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Tehran: Iran’s RevolutionaryGuards blasted a mock-up of aUS aircraft carrier with missileson Tuesday during militaryexercises in sensitive Gulfwaters, state television said.

The exercises — dubbed“Prophet Mohammed 14th” —were held near the Strait ofHormuz, a vital shipping lanefor a fifth of global oil output.

They were staged at a timeof heightened tensions betweenIran and its decades-old archenemy the United States.

Footage of the war gamesbroadcast on state televisionshowed the Guards’ air andnaval forces readying for anattack off the country’s south-

west coast. Speedboatsskimmed across the water information before ground forcesfired cannons and a missile waslaunched from a helicopter.

The mock-up of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier came intoview with rows of dummyfighter jets on either side of itslanding strip.

The television then cut torockets being fired out to seafrom the backs of trucks, beforeshowing damage to the hull ofthe mock-up aircraft carrier.

Another missile fired froma helicopter left a trail of smokebefore appearing to smash intothe side of the fake warship.

Armed forces were then

seen rappelling onto the deckof the vessel, before around a

dozen speedboats circlearound it. AFP

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“We are aware of theIranian exercise involvingattacking a mock-up of a ves-sel similar to a motionless air-craft carrier,” US Fifth Fleetspokeswoman Rebecca

Rebarich told AFP. “While we are always

watchful of this type of irre-sponsible and reckless behav-iour by Iran in the vicinity ofbusy international waterways,this exercise has not disruptedcoalition operations in the areanor had any impacts to the freeflow of commerce in the Straitof Hormuz and surroundingwaters.” AFP

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and Prevention says he hasbeen injected with an experi-mental coronavirus vaccine inan attempt to persuade thepublic to follow suit when oneis approved.

“I’m going to reveal something undercover : I am injected with one of the vaccines,” Gao Fu said in a webinar Sunday hosted by Alibaba Health, an arm of the Chinese e-commercegiant, and Cell Press, anAmerican publisher of scien-tific journals.

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Many Republicans reactedwith outrage, filling socialmedia with cries of “censor-ship,” after Donald Trump Jr.’saccount was put on a timeoutfor sharing the video, whichwas viewed millions of timesonline in a matter of hours,reaching the president himself,before Facebook, Twitter andYouTube banned it.

These social media plat-forms have zero-tolerance poli-cies on posts that peddle poten-tially harmful untruths aboutthe coronavirus.

Conservative media out-lets, pundits and personalitiespromoted the video acrossFacebook and Twitter onMonday.

It features pro-Trump doc-tors telling Americans they donot need to wear masks to pre-vent coronavirus while alsopitching hydroxychloroquine,

an anti-malaria drug the pres-ident has previously toutedhimself, as a sure-fire way totreat coronavirus.

The video directly refutesadvice from Trump’s own med-ical experts, who have urgedpeople to slow the virus’ spreadby wearing masks and cau-tioned against using hydroxy-chloroquine to treat coron-avirus.

The US Food and DrugAdministration recently with-drew an order that enabledhydroxychloroquine to be usedas an emergency treatment forCOVID-19.

Trump’s son took to TwitterMonday night to share themisleading video with his 5million followers, calling it a“must watch!!!”

Because it spread misin-formation about treating thecoronavirus, Twitter requiredTrump Jr. take down the videoand put his account on a 12-hour timeout, a Twitterspokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Trump Jr.’s profile is stillvisible, but he cannot tweet,retweet or like other posts dur-ing that time.

?�����1���������������@-��������������������%����$���United Nations (PTI) ArchanaSoreng, a climate activist fromIndia, has been named by UNSecretary-General AntonioGuterres to his new advisorygroup comprising young lead-ers who will provide perspec-tives and solutions to tackle theworsening climate crisis, asthe global body mobilisesaction as part of the COVID-19 recovery efforts.

Soreng joins six otheryoung climate leaders, agedbetween 18 and 28 years, whohave been named by Guterresto his new Youth AdvisoryGroup on Climate Change.

Soreng is “experienced inadvocacy and research, and sheis working to document, pre-serve, and promote tradition-al knowledge and cultural prac-

tices of indigenous communi-ties,” the UN said in a statementon Monday.

“Our ancestors have beenprotecting the forest and natureover the ages through their tra-ditional knowledge and prac-tices. Now it is on us to be thefront runners in combatingthe climate crisis,” said 24-year-old Soreng, who has stud-ied regulatory governance fromthe Tata Institute of SocialSciences (TISS) Mumbai and isthe former TISS StudentsUnion President.

The young activists willadvise the UN chief regularlyon accelerating global actionand ambition to tackle theworsening climate crisis.

The announcement marksa new effort by the United

Nations to bring more youngleaders into decision-makingand planning processes, as theUN works to mobilise climateaction as part of the COVID-19 recovery efforts.

“We are in a climate emer-gency. We do not have the lux-ury of time,” Guterres said in avideo announcing the estab-lishment of the advisory group.

“We need urgent actionnow – to recover better fromCOVID-19, to confront injus-tice and inequality and addressclimate disruption,” he said.

Guterres said young peopleare on the front lines of climateaction, showing nations andleaders what bold leadershiplooks like.

“That is why I am launch-ing my Youth Advisory Group

on climate change today – toprovide perspectives, ideas andsolutions that will help us scaleup climate action,” the UNchief said.

The members of theSecretary-General’s YouthAdvisory Group on ClimateChange represent the diversevoices of young people from allregions as well as small islandstates. They will offer perspec-tives and solutions on climatechange, from science to com-munity mobilsation, fromentrepreneurship to politics,and from industry to conser-vation, the UN said.

The initial seven membersof the group have been chosento give frank and fearless adviceto the Secretary-General, at atime of growing urgency to

hold government and corpo-rate leaders to account on cli-mate action.

The other selected mem-bers of the group are climateactivist Nisreen Elsaim ofSudan, Fiji’s Ernest Gibson,the co-coordinator for 350 Fiji,a regional youth-led climatechange network, young econ-omist Vladislav Kaim ofMoldova who is committed toensuring green and decent jobsfor youth.

Sophia Kianni of theUnited States who has helpedorganise nationwide strikesand is the founder of interna-tional nonprofit ClimateCardinals, founder and coor-dinator of Generation ClimateEurope and spokesperson forYouth and Environment

Europe, Nathan Metenier ofFrance and lawyer and humanrights defender Paloma Costaof Brazil.

The establishment of thegroup builds on last year’s suc-cessful Youth Climate Summit– the first time a Secretary-General has convened a sum-mit for young people entirelydevoted to climate action.

The summit brought over1,000 young climate championstogether from more than 140countries to share their solu-tions on the global stage anddeliver a clear message to worldleaders: we must act now toconfront the climate crisis. Theinitiative is also aligned withthe Secretary-General’s visionfor the UN Youth Strategy,launched in September 2018.

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In a move that reflects thecontinent’s piecemeal approach tokeeping the virus at bay, theBritish government has recom-mended against all but essentialtravel to the whole of Spain fol-lowing an upswing in new infec-tions.

As part of the new stricterapproach to travel to the coun-

try, all travellers arriving inBritain from that country willhave to undergo a 14-day quar-antine.

“I’m afraid you are starting tosee in some places the signs of asecond wave of the pandemic,”British Prime Minister BorisJohnson said Tuesday in defend-ing his government’s new traveladvice.

“I’m afraid if we do see signsof a second wave in other coun-tries, it is really our job, our duty,to act swiftly and decisively,” headded.

The move has not onlydashed the hopes of many British

holidaymakers for a getaway thissummer, but also fannedrenewed uncertainty withinEurope’s tourism industry overhow to plan ahead amid author-ities’ responses to new COVID-19 outbreaks.

Johnson indicated that therecould be further changes to thegovernment’s travel advice forother holiday destinations inEurope.

Germany also tightened itstravel advice for Spain, but didnot go as far as the UK. Instead,it is advising against travel to thenortheastern regions ofCatalonia, Aragón, and Navarra.

The head of Germany’snational disease control centeralso warned of “really, reallyworrying” developments overthe last two weeks amid a resur-gence of virus outbreaks.

Robert Koch Institute chiefLothar Wieler pointed to “a lot ofsmall outbreaks in various placesat the same time” that are becom-ing more frequent.

Wieler urged his country’scitizens not to let their guarddown and to stick to social dis-tancing, hygiene and mask-wear-ing rules that “must never bequestioned,” after new studiesshowed that people have become

more complacent about COVID-19. “We don’t know if this is thebeginning of a second wave, butof course it could be. It wouldbegin with rising figures,” Wielersaid. “If we all keep to these rules,I am still optimistic that we canprevent this.”

Britain’s new travel adviceprompted holiday companiesTUI UK and Jet2 to suspendflights to Spain, which is tradi-tionally the most popular sum-mer destination for British vaca-tioners.

“The UK government mustwork closely with the travelindustry as this level of uncer-

tainty and confusion is damag-ing for business and disappoint-ing for those looking forward toa well-deserved break,” TUI UKsaid in a statement.

The UK has the highest offi-cial coronavirus death toll inEurope, with nearly 46,000deaths. One of the reasons citedfor that is that many travellersbrought the virus back during theFebruary school break after ski-ing trips in France, Italy andSpain.

Professor Keith Neal, an epi-demiologist at the University ofNottingham said it makes senseto advise against travel to Spain

during the summer holiday sea-son. “Some people have criticisedthe lack of notice, but with casesrising any delay would onlyincrease cases in the UK,” headded.

Spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez called the newrecommendation “a mistake,”saying that the upsurge in newCOVID-19 cases is only focusedin the regions of Catalonia andAragón, and is much less severethan the number of cases report-ed in the UK.

Sanchez spoke as figureswere released showing that hiscountry lost more than a million

jobs in the second quarter of thisyear. Spain’s official statisticsagency INE said that most of the1.07 million lost jobs were in theservice sector, with the worst-hitareas being Catalonia, Andalusiaand Madrid.

Spanish Foreign MinisterArancha Gonzalez Ayala tried tostrike a conciliatory tone, sayingthat Madrid is trying to get theBritish government to concen-trate on the scientific data, sincethe outbreaks are contained inspecific areas within Spain, whilecoronavirus infection rates on thecountry’s vacation islands aremuch lower than in the U.K.

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The St Xavier’s High School,Ghaziabad, NH 24, organised

Mandala Workshop and AngerManagement webinar sessions viatheir Facebook page on Saturday andSunday, respectively. Jayashree Arora,a motivational speaker and film, TVand theatre actress, conducted theanger management session.

Around 500 students explorednew realms of their artistic bent in theMandala Workshop & Competitionwhich was open to the age group offive-15. The participants learnt aboutthe brief history of Mandala art formand created different patterns fromgeometrical designs during the work-

shop conducted by Karishma, an artteacher.

Arora addressed parents andstudents by suggesting tips on howto manage frustration & anxiety andcreate stronger base for communi-cation in the family. She also said:“Anger has become a common emo-tion in this lockdown, amongst par-ents, children and teachers. It can bevery well managed if we understandthe origin of this emotion scientifi-cally — our brain has two hemi-spheres- right and left. Right partbecomes active in frustration, but leftpart lets the logic sink in. In order tomanage our anger, we must give our-selves some time and let the left brainactivate the logical side.”

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The Vedica ScholarProgramme for

Women on July 27,2020 announces thecommencement of itslatest cohort for itsManagement Practiceand LeadershipProgramme onSeptember 1, 2020.

In light of theongoing pandemic,the batch will com-mence in Septemberwith an online induc-tion model followedby a hybrid model

from October tillDecember, and in-person classesJanuary 2021onwards. Vedica hasissued detailedCOVID guidelines toensure safety of stu-dents on campus andhostel.

The programmewill start with anonline induction. It isintended to introducestudents to the strongculture, new normaland learning method-ologies of the pro-gramme.

Aerospace is a branch of engineer-ing that never ceases to kindle a

curious mind. Even in the current timesof struggles and negativity around usthat has got the entire world in a tur-moil, we can cheer as Space X becomesthe first private entity to launch humansto the International Space Station.Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon to theISS with NASA astronauts BobBehnken and Doug Hurley on board.

The Indian Space ResearchOrganisation — ISRO continues tomarch forward with the same strongspirit in announcing opportunity forDevelopment of Technologies for sus-tained Indian Human Space ProgramedSpace Exploration in April 2020. ISRO’sHuman Space Program will endeavorto send humans to destinations fromlow earth orbits and beyond.

Human Space Mission requiresinnovations and creative technologiesfor space explorations which will leadto widening of scientific knowledge,economic growth, value addition to thequality of life of a common man andthus national development. There isneed to build capabilities to derive sci-entific benefits from ISRO’s HumanSpaceflight Program. Initiatives likethese help us to understand that thereis no limit and hurdles we cannot over-come. The courses that students canexplore in Aerospace world: BTechAerospace Engineering:

�Major subjects cover: FlightMechanics, Aerodynamics, AircraftStructures, Aerospace Propulsion,Rocket Propulsion, Aircraft Design,Helicopter Engineering, Space

Dynamics and Space Science andSpace Environment,

BTech Aerospace withSpecialisation in Avionics:

�Major subjects cover: FlightMechanics, Aircraft Structures,Aerospace Propulsion, Signal andSystem, Digital Avionics, Digital SignalProcessing, Digital Signal Processing,Aircraft Electrical System, RADARTechnology, Embedded System,Avionics System and Design

For pursing a degree in AerospaceEngineering students must have agood knowledge in physics and math-ematics at school level. Coding has alsobecome an integral part of the cur-riculum. Students should be providedwith projects and assignments thatinvolve partially or completely the dig-ital system.

An aerospace engineer shouldhave a never stop learning attitude,strong sense of responsibility, a goodsense of time management. The stu-dents should keep themselves updatedto the current happenings in the field,

read a lot and subscribe to the maga-zines and articles and build a mind setfor research by accessing the latest pub-lications and targeting good quality pro-jects.

Here is a look at the career oppor-tunities Aerospace Engineering offersstudents:

Aerospace Engineers have the jobto involve in Design, System integration,Structural Analysis, Trouble Shooting.The field opens up other plethora ofcareer avenues in engineering servicesprovider organisations. The students ofAerospace Engineering have opportu-nities to become either:� Aircraft Design & Analysis Engineer � Aircraft Production Engineer � Aerospace Modelling & Simulation

Engineer� Air Defense Systems Engineer � Scientist in Defense Research and

Development Organisations � Scientist in National Aerospace

Laboratories � Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

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The coronavirus pandemic is thegreatest public health crisis theworld has faced in over a 100

years. It has forced educators and stu-dents to move from physical to onlineteaching spaces. The most pronouncedaspect of this immediate transition isthat a majority of students don't haveaccess to devices and high speed inter-net connectivity needed for distancelearning. When it comes to access, wefail to address something moreinequitable than access to technology— access to critical thinking resources.

The gap needs to be addressedAsk any expert about how tech-

nology is going to shape the future ofwork, and one they will all tell you thatknowledge and skills are not the onlythings you need. The ability to unlearnand relearn is essential. If we want toprepare students to solve problems wehave not yet seen, making use of tech-nologies that are yet to be created, infields that don’t exist, educators shouldmake teaching critical thinking theirpriority.

Unfortunately, critical thinkingcontinues to remain a unattended incurriculum. The core set of skills,including the ability to reason, analysemultiple perspectives, display healthyskepticism, and seek evidence in orderto support or refute claims, are hard toteach. What complicates this is the factthat it gets even harder to teach criti-cal thinking across disciplines. Forinstance, the critical thinking skillsneeded to ponder complex questionsin the field of medicine requires a greatdeal of insight into expertise that is sub-ject specific. It is vastly different fromwhat a social media marketer or a factchecker would need. Moreover, diffi-culty alone does not help us address thegap in reality. Most educators swear bythe importance of future-readiness forstudents, but only a small portion ofthem make it a point to teach criticalthinking.

The gap in critical thinking ped-agogy is one of the most significant andoverlooked challenges across all levelsof education today. Education leadersare trying to solve distance learningrelated access challenges at a time whenschools are cancelling standardisedtests till everything gets back to nor-mal. For the point of view of equity, itmeans we will return to a system wherethe underprivileged students will endup failing these exams disproportion-

ately. For teachers who make it a pointto talk about the absurdity of teachingfor tests, understanding that thesetests require a lot of critical thinkinghelps. The question is — if it is so essen-tial, why is it still not a core to teach-ing pedagogy?

The pandemic and critical think-ing

With the pandemic upending dayto day lives, teaching critical thinkingis more essential than ever before. Withthe lockdowns across the country, thecurrent situation presents a greatopportunity to teach young people tonavigate their way through the uncer-tainties when they come of age. Thepandemic and our reaction to the cri-sis have driven home the necessity toequip our students with necessarycritical thinking skills and mindset.

Adopting the willingness to incor-porate critical thinking also requires ashift in our leadership values. Decisiveand bold actions conform with thestereotypes of what is expected from a

strong leader. In complex and rapidlyshifting situations where the risk is highand the information is limited, the rigidstyle is inferior compared to the one thatis based on making thoughtful deci-sions with humility and an awarenessof the unknown. Students will benefitimmensely from instructional materi-al that can help them develop inquisi-tiveness and equip them with the abil-ity to collect and make sense of avail-able information. Even though tech-nology has made it possible to have allthe information at your fingertips, it ismeaningless unless you have the abil-ity to ask the right questions, recogniseconflicting information, evaluate theaccuracy and credibility of the infor-mation, and determine the actions thatneed to be taken in response.

For instance, in January, the direc-tor of the National Health Commissionin China noted that asymptomaticcoronavirus patients can still infect oth-ers. This makes it more challenging tocontrol. However, the CDC (Centre for

Disease Control) maintained that it didnot have clear evidence of patients beinginfectious before the onset of symp-toms, but was investigating the possi-bility. Now, faced with the prospect ofa staggering death toll, would you acton the research that says asymptomaticpatients can infect others? Or wouldyou rely on the finding that says thereis no clear evidence? Would you ratherbe right or do right? If it is the former,you will rely on information that playsto your bias. If it is the latter, then youranalysis will go towards the consider-ation of conflicting information andevaluating the costs of getting thingswrong. At a time like this, when criti-cal thinking is a matter of life and death,there is no option but to put in everyeffort to inculcate critical thinking asa habit and we need to integrate it acrossall levels of education. It is the only wayforward.

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Living in an era of changes,where anticipating ‘what next’ is

difficult, resilience and agility aretwo very important life skills. MBAcourses are designed to shape lead-ers who are resilient and have theability to evolve through adversity.When students step into theirmanagerial or entrepreneurialcareers, building resilience in theirteam and modelling their behaviourbecomes the key to accept thechange process in the organisation.

The current pandemic and theensuing uncertainty is exactly thekind of challenge that future man-agers and professionals should betrained for and sensitised to.

Role transitions are commonfor a fresher. When students enteran organisation, they tend to workon mundane and repetitive tasks.With time and experience, they arepromoted as managers or teamleaders, managing a larger team ofpeople. Through these transitions,young managers learn how torealign their priorities. Duringsuch kind of transitions, MBAgraduates learn about leadershippractices in a complex scenario.

While such learnings comewithin the organisational context,an MBA should prepare you for fac-ing the real world. Building per-sonal resilience, the ability to copewith stress and change, dealing withethical dilemmas, developing newskills, all of it come as a bundle oflearnings to build personal

resilience, thereby building organ-isational resilience.

Let us see what are the pillarsof building a resilient organisationthrough the skills learnt during anMBA programme:

Accepting and adapting to thechange: The first step to buildingresilience in an organisation is toaccept the change. Understandinghow a disruption or change can beadapted to one’s advantage paves theway towards organisationaladvancement. Adaption will alwayshelp an organisation to foreseeand reduce negative consequences.An MBA helps you to develop thenecessary skills to deal with andmanage ambiguity. Courses likeChange Management will enableyou to create lasting improvementsand transform the organisation.

Being cognizant of changes inthe market: At times of crisis, anx-iety and stress might turn employ-ees away from the external oppor-tunities and changing market

dynamics. During such times,stakeholder communication is cru-cial in order to strengthen rela-tionships. Strategic communicationas a part of your MBA course willteach you how to eliminate confu-sion during tough times, and ensurepeople are being heard. You will alsolearn how to empower people, andmaintain successful relationshipsinside and outside of the workplace.

Creative problem solving: AnMBA curriculum will alwaysencourage you to be innovative inyour thinking and foster creativeproblem solving skills. Linear orconventional thinking may nothelp to build organisationalresilience. Adversity often bringsabout innovation, and is the timeto think out of the box. An MBAgraduate is trained to think strate-gically yet in a creative manner, toassess what is missing in a businessin their field of expertise. Basis theassessment, through relevant tools,they are able to provide solutions.

Accountability: While learningleadership skills during MBA, per-sonal accountability is also anequally important skill which goesa long way. When faced with diffi-cult situations, your own resilienceas an individual in order to devel-op strategies plays an importantrole. Similarly executing and own-ership of a particular task by theentire team helps in deliveringdesired results even during times ofcrisis.

Managing business processes:Business critical processes in certainareas must be robust and compli-ant. This ensures that the internaloperations are efficient, incur lowercosts and deliver quality. This inturn also builds the trust of stake-holders and customers.Management graduates pursue adiscipline that enables them tomeasure performance and uncov-er opportunities for cost savings.This is achieved through differenttools including analysis of existingprocesses, process optimisationand aligning the business functions.

These are some of the ways thatwill help you build a resilientorganisation. With this, a lot ofmoving, changing, transformingwill take place. Bouncing back, get-ting up and fighting strong will bethe way out during crisis situations.Armed with the right skills andtools will ensure that you will be infor the long haul.

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Vidyamandir Classes, a name synonymouswith IITJEE and NEET preparation is all

set to initiate online classes for XII pass students,Rapid Success Programme from August, 2020across India. This would be the most rigorous,success-oriented programme for studentspreparing for JEE/NEET 2021 in the country.Students of this course will be entitled to a 50per cent COVID Support scholarship.

Due to the prevailing uncertainty triggeredby COVID–19 crises this course has a flexibleformat which allows a smooth exit of the stu-dents who will crack NEET/IITJEE exams inSeptember-2020 with a refund of the balancecourse fee and rest can continue the prepara-

tion for entrance exams of 2021. With an aimto provide an extra edge to the training of thestudents, VMC has conceptualised this nine-month course to emphasise on a focusedapproach of propelling students to score high-er grades within the reduced time frame. Theprogramme would also follow the VMCPedagogy for best learning outcomes that hashelped VMC students achieve the highest selec-tion rate both for engineering & medicalentrance exams. This also happens to be theonly program that gives students flexibility tokeep their options for both JEE and NEET 2020& 2021.

During the entire period of this course, 20+hours of course delivery every week from bestteachers in India (including VMC Founders)

who have a good track record of excellent resultsin the past three decades. Students also receivespecially designed study material with highfocus on the most important concepts and prac-tice questions. These courses have beendesigned for helping droppers to preparestrategically within a short period of time.

There is a strong focus on methodicallearning which brushes up the conceptualunderstanding of the students and improvedapplication to solve toughest of problems. Theprogramme design will also help them in com-prehending their weak areas and work uponthem in a short time. Students who are part ofVMC’s Fast Track Success program can alsotake admission in Rapid Success Program forthe September batch.

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EduVantage Pvt Ltd, Ed-tech,assessment and certifica-

tion organisation, has launchedits learning app —EduVantageLearning App for kindergartento Class XII (K-12) students.The app is aimed at increasingengagement in student learningactivities, improving digital lit-eracy skills and providing anentertainment-centric effectivelearning solution while keepingthe affordability quotient inmind. It can be downloadedfrom Google Play Store and caneasily be activated using acoupon code.

The app has preloadedlearning content with classesfrom India’s best educators andfacilitators. The comprehensive

modules have been made avail-able in both English and Hindiso that more people can be ben-efitted. Ease of access has beenensured and the app provides astep-by-step guide that can helplearners navigate easily. Theactivity-based learning app canbe accessed anytime, anywhereusing mobile or web-enableddevices.

The syllabus and contentprovided on the app is suitablefor CBSE Board as well as otherState Boards and the content hasalso been mapped with NCERT.The learning modules havebeen structured for a more per-sonalised experience and expe-riential learning. Each lessonand course intuitively adjustsitself to suit the learning patternand aptitude of the child.

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The Sanskriti University, Mathura invites application foradmission to different diploma, under graduate, post

Graduate and Doctoral programmes for its 2020-21 batch. The university is invitingonline application for admission to

diploma, under graduate, and post graduate programmes inManagement & Commerce, Education, Special education,Humanities & Social Science, Pharmacy, Agriculture, FashionDesign & Fine Arts, Law and Legal Studies, Yoga andNaturopathy, Tourism & Hotel Management, Medical & AlliedSciences, Basic & Applied Sciences, Ayurveda, Unani,Rehabilitation, and Engineering.

Applicants seeking admission are required to fill a separateapplication form for the same. The submission of the form canbe done online or in person at the university. For online sub-mission, use the link given on the Website.

Eligibility: Applicants who have passed or will appear forthe qualifying examinations under the higher secondary (10+2)from any recognised Board such as AISSCE/IB/ICSE, or equiv-alents.

Last date to apply: September 30, 2020.How to apply: Log on to https://www.sanskriti.edu.in/admis-

sions/admission-procedure.php.

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When we talk about educationin the post COVID world it isimperative one understands

how each one of us got here. The edu-cation timeline can be broken downinto pre-lockdown, during lockdownand post-lockdown period.

In the pre-lockdown era, we wereliving in a world where each one of usbelieved that education only existed inthe physical world where childrenwent to a physical school, be taught bya teacher who is present in the class-room and that was the de facto formof learning for years for almost all stu-dents and schools in India. Then thereis supplementary education, which istuitions and test preparations that pri-marily took place in coaching centersand tuition classes and a bit of it tookplace digitally.

However, did we imagine such adrastic change where all of us are lockedinto our houses and the physical formof education is replaced by online learn-ing suddenly? It was so quick that mostof us did not even get time to processthis change that was taking place.

Effective online learning can con-tribute to good screen time and here aresome parameters that can help any par-ent or school achieve that. First, onlinelearning should be age-appropriate,which means that when you teachsomeone between the age of three tofive years, you cannot have an longonline session because children thatsmall have very little attention span.Engaging the child through an activi-ty and play will definitely improvelearning and that too in a much short-er span of time and limited screen time.

Second, online learning has to bemulti-modal, where children areengaged through slide decks, worksheets, demonstrations and activities.The online session should be created ina way that allows children to pause orreplay a lecture according to their levelof understanding. Simply expectingchildren, of any age, to group stare ata monotonous online session is notgoing to help the learner and will ren-der the exercise futile.

Therefore online learning has to be

delivered in a way that it contributes togood screen time instead of becominga disconnected method of teaching thatdoesn't help the child and leads to poorlearning.

Online learning is here to stay butnot in isolation. When schools reopenthey will have to take care of two things,one being safety and hygiene at utmostpriority and second ensuring seamlesshybrid online-offline learning modelbecause all children will not be inschool on all days. This hybrid methodof learning will in turn provide a goodand higher quality of education.Government intervention through apolicy that supports creating the rightkind of online learning will definitelyabate the current worries of parents andalso help in providing the right kind oflearning to our children.

Hopefully, it works out for every-one since we can adopt good things outof offline learning and adapt to the newthings being taught by online learning.It therefore makes sense to worktowards creating online learning morerobust and mindful so that it adds togood screen time and not poor screentime.

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The Victoria University ofWellington invitesapplications for its

Master of Fine Arts interna-tional scholarship.

Eligibility: Scholarshipholders must have an offer tostudy in Master of Fine Arts(Creative Practice) at theUniversity of Wellington.Supporting Documents:Applicants can provide the fol-lowing materials as part of theapplication: Pre-qualificationdegree, copies of academictranscripts, certificates ofEnglish language proficiency, astatement, and a copy of pass-port. Admission require-ments: The minimum require-ment for admission is a bach-elor’s degree in a relevant sub-ject or extensive experience.

Language requirement:IELTS overall band of 6.5, nosub-score below 6, or 90 on theinternet-based test with a min-imum of 20 in writing, or aminimum of two ratings of 5and two ratings of 4 in theVictoria University ofWellington Certificate ofProficiency in English test, orPearson Test of English, with ascore of 58 (with a commu-nicative score of not less than50).

How to apply: There is noseparate application processfor this application . You will beassessed when you apply for an

approved course at VictoriaUniversity of Wellington by

December 1, 2020.Application deadline: It is

December 1, 2020.

The University ofIndianapolis invites applica-tions for InternationalStudent Grant by providingthe 30% tuition fee annually,this grant will assist students toachieve their educational goalswithout any hurdles. Only stu-dents applying for admission atthis institution can benefitfrom this opportunity.

Eligibility: You should bean international student. Youshould have minimum GPA: Bor above. You must be accept-ed into any UG degree pro-gramme at the University ofIndianapolis. Aspirants mustsubmit the following docu-ments: Pre-qualification degree,copies of academic transcripts,certificates of English languageproficiency, a statement, and acopy of passport.

Language requirement:Applicants must have suffi-cient knowledge of English iftheir first language is notEnglish. The minimumrequirement of the university isTOEFL 70, IELTS 6.0, or PTEA54.

How to apply: Applicantsdon’t need to make a formalapplication. They will auto-matically be identified oncethey are admitted into an eli-gible course at the university.

Application deadline: It isNovember 1, 2020.

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what to pursue. Here are a fewsought after courses vis-à-vis rightcareer options. Talking ofHumanities, Aristotle said:“Educating the mind without edu-cating the heart is no education atall.”

Educating the heart is feasibleonly when we enter the faculty ofArts. Unlike yesteryears that echoedone’s fascination for Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics(STEM) courses,today, a paradigm shift can be seenfrom STEM to Arts and Humanitiesnot just because Humanities toooffers an array of bright careeroptions but more becauseHumanities teaches us how to liveas well as how to make a living.

Pertinently, a few days beforehis death, Steve Jobs had said: “It istechnology married with LiberalArts and Humanities that yields theresults that makes our hearts sing”.Although, one can have more than100 career options by pursuingBachelor and Master degrees in ahost of Humanities subjects likeAnthropology, Archaeology,

Economics, Education, English,Geography, History, Indian andForeign languages, Linguistics,Philosophy, Political Science,Psychology, Rural Studies, SocialWork and Sociology.

English and ForeignLanguages: A bachelor’s degree fol-lowed by a Master’s will help youpursue a career of blogger, colum-nist, editor, lexicographer (dictio-nary builder), teacher (Nursery toTertiary Level), proofreader, nov-elist, translator, interpreter inembassies and international organ-isations like UNESCO andUNICEF.

Political Science &International Relations: A bache-lor’s degree followed by a masterdegree will help one pursue acareer of political analyst/scientist,diplomat, intelligence specialist,lawyer, PR in MNCs, Civil Servicesand World Bank.

Mass Communication andJournalism: A degree in Journalismand Mass Communication willhelp one pursue a career of adver-tising officer, content writer, editor,interviewer, journalist, event man-ager, news analyst, news anchor andreader.

Law: A degree in law, which isone of the most sought after cours-es in Humanities, will help one pur-sue a career as a lawyer, lecturer inlaw colleges, legal advisor, legaljournalist and taxation officer.

History: A bachelor’s degreefollowed by a master’s will help onepursue a career of an archivist,archaeologist, Civil Services, histo-rian, heritage conservator, librarian,and museum curatorand or man-ager.

Sociology: A bachelor’s degreefollowed by a master’s will help onepursue a career of a correctionalcounselor, public health educator,social activist, social researcher andurban planner.

Geography: A bachelor’s degreefollowed by a master’swill help onepursue a career of a cartographer,environmentalist, geologist, GISanalyst, weather scientist andresearcher.

Fine Arts and PerformingArts: A degree in Fine Arts orPerforming Arts will help one pur-sue a career of painter, sculpturer,graphic designer, cartoonist, musi-cian, actor, dancer and photogra-pher.

Design: This degree will help

one pursue a career of costumedesigner, writer for fashion maga-zine, fashion designer for textilecompanies, boutiques, garmentexport houses, marketing and mediadepartment of fashion brands.

Hotel Management: A bache-lor’ s degree followed by a Master’swill help one pursue a career as achef, food service manager, frontoffice manager, housekeepingsupervisor in hotels, restaurants,cruise ships, railways, resorts andairlines.

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India’s premier spinnerRavichandran Ashwin

wants technology to beused to track the batsmanat the non-striker’s endwho is backing up too far,which he believes is anunfair advantage for thebatting side.

He has always beenconsistent about his standand suggested that thetechnology used to checkfront foot no balls can bealso used to keep a tab onnon-strikers backing upeven before the bowlerreaches the popping crease.

“Just hope that tech-nology will see if a bats-men is backing up beforethe bowler bowls a balland disallow the runs ofthat ball every time thebatter does so!!Thus, parity willbe restored asfar as the frontline is con-c e r n e d , ”Ashwin putforth hisview pointon a series

of tweets.Ashwin has been one

of the big advocates of“Mankading” and his dis-missal of Jos Buttler duringKings XI Punkab's IPLencounter againstRajasthan Royals grabbedheadlines last year.

“Many of you will notbe able to see the grave dis-aparity here, so let me takesome time out to clarify tothe best of my abilities.

“If the non-striker

backs up 2 feet and man-ages to come back for a 2,he will put the same bats-men on strike for the nextball,” he said.

“Putting the same bats-men on strike might costme a 4 or a 6 from the nextball and eventually costme 7 more runs instead ofmay be a 1 and a dot ballpossibility at a differentbatsmen. The same willmean massively for a bat-ter wanting to get off strikeeven in a Test match,” heexplained elaborately.

For Ashwin, its allabout restoring the bal-ance between bat and ballin a game that is loadedheavily in favour of willowwielders.

“It is time to restore thebalance in what is anincreasingly tough envi-ronment for the bowlers,”he said.

Technology won't be ahindrance, feels Ashwin.

“We can use thesame tech that we areproposing for a no ballcheck 120 balls in aT20 game,” saidAshwin.

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All-rounder Curtis Campherreceived his maiden interna-

tional call up as Irelandannounced a 14-man squad forthe opening match of the three-ODI series against Englandstarting at the Ageas Bowl onThursday.

Andrew Balbirnie will cap-tain the side, while Paul Stirlingwill be his deputy.

The 21-year-old Campher,a South Africa-born cricketer,had scored two fifties for IrelandA.

Harry Tector will also hopeto make his ODI debut havingplayed 20 T20I for Ireland.

“One notable inclusion forIrish fans is Curtis Campher,who has been called up to theIreland senior squad for the firsttime,” Andrew White, Chair ofnational men's selectors, said.

“Curtis has impressed selec-tors and coaches with both hisbatting and bowling, playedvery well for the Ireland Wolvesagainst Namibia in February, hastrained well in recent weeks andprovides a great balance to theside.”

Talking about Tector, Whitesaid: “Harry has already featuredin 20 T20 Internationals forIreland, and has demonstratedduring warm-up games and intraining that he is ready for thisformat of the game.

“His half-century on Sundaywas against an excellent attack,and demonstrated a maturity inhis batting for a player so earlyin their career.”

Mark Adair, who hademerged as the leading ODIwicket-taker in 2019, has not yetrecovered completely from anankle injury suffered earlier thisyear and remains the mostnotable player missing in thesquad.

George Dockrell and GaryWilson have been placed amongthe reserves for the series whichwill also launch the ICC ODISuper League, the qualificationsystem for the 2023 World Cupin India.

“These ODIs are not only agreat opportunity for our squadto test themselves against theWorld Champions, but areextremely important in the con-text of qualification for the 2023Cricket World Cup,” White said.

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Australia cricketer DavidWarner on Tuesday said he

felt honoured when he wasnamed as Sunrisers Hyderabadcaptain again earlier this year.New Zealand skipper KaneWilliamson returned Warnerthe armband after leading theside in the 2018 and 2019 sea-sons respectively.

Warner, who led SRH totheir only Indian PremierLeague title in 2016, was bannedfrom participating in the 2018edition of the cash-rich leaguefor his part in the infamous CapeTown ball-tampering scandal.

After participating in the2019 season under the leader-ship of Williamson, Warner washanded over the reigns of theteam once again in February, justone month prior to the actualdate of start of the 13th edition

of the IPL. "I don't see it as aredemption tale, I just see it asan honour to captain theSunrisers in an IPL franchise.I've got a great relationship withthe players and the staff andmost importantly with the own-ers, and I've expressed my grat-itude and I thank them forthat," Warner was quoted as say-ing by Cricbuzz.

“I’ll put my thinking cap onand try my best to move us for-ward to another IPL title.Obviously Kane and Bhuvi(Bhuvaneshwar Kumar) did afantastic job without me there.

“It’s great to be back andleading. Having Kane there addsso much value and knowledge ofthe way the game is played aswell. Similarly, we rebound offeach other with our ideas quitewell and obviously playingagainst him — it helps when youare leading a team.

“But from where I sit, noth-ing different. I still consideredmyself a leader when I wasthere last year, as I said it does-n't matter if you have a ‘c’ nextto your name or not,” he added.

Warner will now get achance to lead his team to gloryin the UAE as IPL chairmanBrijesh Patel had last weekconfirmed to IANS that thisyear's league will be playedaround the September 19 toNovember 8 window and thesame has been communicatedto the franchises.

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The Swimming Federation ofIndia on Tuesday said it will

look to organise a training campfor its Olympic hopefuls outsidethe country if pools are not per-mitted to reopen in the thirdphase of relaxations to end theCOVID-19 lockdown.

The third phase of 'Unlock'starts on August 3 and SFISecretary General MonalChokshi told PTI that the fed-eration is hopeful of gettingpermission to restart training atleast for those six swimmers,who have achieved the ‘B’ qual-ification mark for next year’sTokyo Olympics.

“There is some move togive a bit of relaxation for theOlympic hopeful swimmers (inthe next phase of unlock guide-lines). They are looking at it,”Chokshi said.

“If they don't relax it in thisround then we are also lookingat the possibility of training out-side India. Dubai is one optionas it has opened up and flightsare operational,” he added.

Although the SFI has notpresented a proposal like this inwriting yet, the federation hasbeen in talks with the SportsAuthority of India (SAI) andhopes the government will bear

the cost of the camp.“We are in touch with SAI at

the DG level. We haven’t givenanything in writing yet but wehave spoken about it as one ofalternative options.”

The federation has conduct-ed preliminarily talks with theprospective training venues andcalculated the cost of the camp.

“We have looked at the fea-sibility, we have discussed withthe training venues and we havethe costs involved. We are awareof what it would take to gothrough it,” Chokshi said.

Swimming has been one ofthe worst affected sports as faras training is concerned.

While sports complexes andstadia were allowed to openwithout spectators, clearing thepath for the resumption of halt-ed training camps in May, swim-mers have not entered the poolsince late March.

Frustrated at not being ableto resume training, last month,Asian Games Bronze-medallistVirdhawal Khade said he wascontemplating retiring.

Six swimmers, includingKhade, Sajan Prakash andSrihari Natraj, have achieved the'B' qualification in their respec-tive events for the Olympics andare hoping to make the ‘A’ stan-dard.

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India skipper Virat Kohli was athis candid best when teammate

Mayank Agarwal quizzed himabout things both on and off thefield in a freewheeling chat on thelatter's show 'Open Nets withMayank'.

In the second installment ofthe video, uploaded on BCCI.tv,Mayank asked Kohli as to why theskipper picked him during the cru-cial Australia tour of 2018. Hebecame the 295th man to representIndia in the longest format and thattoo in the Boxing Day Test.

“Abe tu mujhe apne tareef keliye bulaya hai kya yahan pe?Show pe bulaunga and apni tareefkarwaunga (Have you called me totalk about you only. It's like I'll callhim on my show and make himspeak good things about me),”Kohli laughed when Mayank askedhim why he was picked for theAustralia tour.

“For me the biggest marker ishow a person approaches a game.So for example when you openedand we made (Hanuma) Vihariopen with you...we had seen Viharithe way he played. He wouldcome towards the ball, he wasbrave, he was sure of himself,”Kohli said.

“And the first opportunity waspresented to him he said ‘I amgoing to do it'. That to me matters

more than anything else because Iopened in my first series for Indiaand I hadn't opened before. I saidyes to an opportunity and thingsworked out fine for me.

“So a guy who wants to getinto the difficult stuff will come outeither with his head high or learn-ing, there is no loss in that. So thatis what stood out.

“I had seen you play at RCBand I knew you would play inter-national bowlers with absoluteconviction. You were performingwell in first-class cricket for awhile and in a dominating way,” headded. Mayank then asked himabout the famous photograph inwhich Kohli is seen lifting SachinTendulkar on his shoulders after

India won the 2011 World Cupfinal against Sri Lanka at theWankhede stadium.

“Feeling was firstly of gratitudethat we have won the World Cup.Invariably, everyone's feeling wascentered around Paaji (Tendulkar)because we knew this was his lastchance to win a World Cup,” Kohlisaid.

“Whatever he had done for thecountry for so many years, nnumber of games he won forIndia and gave us motivation andinspiration.

“This was I guess a gift fromall of us. Prior to this moment, healways kept giving, but at thismoment it all came to a fulfilment,”he added.

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England won the first cricketseries in four months when itdefeated the West Indies in the

deciding third test by 269 runs onthe last day Tuesday at Old Trafford.

England snatched the bio-secure series 2-1 after losing the firsttest by 113 runs in Southampton.

The West Indies, resuming thefifth and last day on 10-2, had a tallorder to bat out the day to force aseries-saving draw, any hope ofmaking 399 to win long gone. The weather wasn’t going to save thetourists, either, though they stoppedfor showers three times.

The visitors lost three wicketsin the morning session, and the restwithin 90 minutes after lunch to beall out for 129.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad’s firstwicket of the day made him the sev-enth man in test history to claim500 test wickets.

The series-winning last wicketgave Broad 4-36 in the innings and10 for the match, his first 10-forsince 2013.

In between the milestones,Chris Woakes bowled for 11 straightovers and took 5-50.

A run out bagged the otherWest Indies wicket.

It was a bad end for the WestIndies, but the team deserved kudosfor agreeing to travel to one of theworld's worst hotspots in the pan-demic, following the health proto-cols, and contributing to a grippingcontest. Cricket’s first internation-al action since March saw the WestIndies win the first test, and Englandthe second. Both went down to thelast day. For this third test, England

chose a four-man pace attack andthe West Indies couldn’t resist,falling for 197 and 129 againstEngland's 369 and 226 declared.

It was the first time since 1912that England pacers took 50 wick-ets in a three-match series.

Broad, angry at being droppedfor the first test, proved his point bysetting up this victory on Sunday.He took four wickets to finish off theWest Indies first innings, then thefirst two of the second innings in theevening to end West Indies’ slimhopes of batting to win. Instead, thetourists were made to bat to survive.

The washout on Monday mere-ly delayed England’s march to vic-tory, and the last day had an air ofinevitability.

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India captain Virat Kohli and his deputyRohit Sharma continue to occupy the

top two batting spots in the ICC ODIrankings while pacer Jasprit Bumrahstayed put in second place among bowlersin the latest list issued on Tuesday.

With 871 rating points, Kohli is at thetop followed by Rohit (855) and Pakistan'sBabar Azam (829).

In the bowlers list, Bumrah (719) isbehind New Zealand pacer Trent Boult(722), while Afghanistan’s Mujeeb UrRahman (701) occupies the third spot.

Ravindra Jadeja is the lone Indian tofeature in the top 10 all-rounders rank-ings at the eight spot. Afghanistan'sMohammad Nabi is leading pack inthis category, closely followed byEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes.

Meanwhile, England’s JasonRoy and Jonny Bairstow will be infocus from the rankings perspectiveas the reigning World Cup champi-ons kick off the ICC Men's CricketWorld Cup Super League with theirthree-match home series againstIreland on Thursday.

Opener Roy and wicket-keeper-batsman Bairstow, whoare currently ranked 11th and14th, respectively, in the ICCODI player rankings for bats-man, could work their way backinto the top 10, having both enjoyed per-sonal best rankings of ninth positionin the past. Roy was in ninth placein July last year and Bairstow inOctober 2018.

World Cup-win-ning captain EoinMorgan, who is thethird best-ranked bats-man from his side in23rd position, will be lead-

ing against a side for whom he scored 99on ODI debut against Scotland 14 yearsago.

With none of the England players fea-turing in their Test series against the WestIndies named for the ODIs, England willbe missing their premier fast bowlers andwill be led by spin twins Adil Rashid(29th) and vice-captain Moeen Ali (44th).

For Ireland, skipper AndyBalbirnie, who took over fromlong-time skipper William

Porterfield last Novemberand has only led in a three-ODI series in theCaribbean in January, is

ranked 46th among bats-men.

Paul Stirling remains theirtop-ranked batsman in 27th

position, having held a career-highposition of seventh in 2013.

Off-spinner Andy McBrine(31st) and paceman Boyd

Rankin (joint-40th) aretheir leading bowlers

according to the rank-ings.

The England-Ireland series marksthe start of the

much-awaited SuperLeague that will see 13

teams vie for direct qualifyingplaces in the next ICC Men'sCricket World Cup in India in

2023.India and seven other

teams will make it directlyfrom the league with theremaining teams getting a sec-ond chance through a qualifer.

Teams will be awarded 10points for a win, five for a tie, no-result or abandoned match and

none for a loss.

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Batsman Fawad Alam couldmake a comeback to

Pakistan’s Test team after 11years after been named in the20-member squad along withtwo specialist spinners, for theupcoming Test series againstEngland.

The tour selection com-mittee headed by head coachand chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq left out batsmen IfthikarAhmed, Khushdil Shah, FakharZaman and uncapped HaiderAli, handing Fawad with a goodchance to make a comeback.

The left-hander played thelast of his three Tests way backin 2009 in New Zealand.

The selectors also includedtwo specialist spinners, KashifBhatti and the experienced YasirShah apart from two all-rounders in Faheem Ashrafand Shadab Khan.

The squad has beenfinalised from a list of 29 play-ers who were sent to Englandin different batches due tothe COVID-19 pandemic.

The selectors short-listed the 20 players afterthe two four-day intrasquad matches inDerbyshire.

The selectors have alsoretained former captain andwicketkeeper-batsman, SarfarazAhmed in the Test squad, giv-ing an indication that a come-back might be awaiting him.

The Test series will begin inManchester from August 5.

Test Squad: Azhar Ali (C),Babar Azam (vice-captain), AbidAli, Asad Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf,Fawad Alam, Imam ul Haq,Imran Khan(Sr), Kashif Bhatti,Mohammad Abbas,Mohammad Rizwan, NaseemShah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, ShadabKhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi,Shan Masood, Sohail Khan,U s m a nS h i n w a r i ,Wahab Riazand Yasir

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Pakistan batting coachYounis Khan has urged

talisman Babar Azam toconvert starts into big hun-dreds in their upcomingTest series against England.The two teams are scheduledto play three Tests and asmany T20Is after England’sseries against West Indies.

For all his talent,Azam hasn’t gone pastthe three-figure markin the longest formatas often he has donein ODIs. He hasscored just five cen-turies in 26 Tests incomparison to 11tons in 74 ODIs.Moreover, he has-n't hit a singlescore in excess of

150 in Test cricket,with his highest being

143.“I have tried to work

with everyone in the sideincluding Babar Azam.These players are our future.I have no doubts about theskills of Babar,” Younis toldreporters via videoconfer-

ence as per Cricket Pakistan.“I want him to keep per-

forming better and better.He should strive for a 150when he makes a 100 andthen go on to even 200,” headded.

Younis feels tailendersare going to play a big rolein the challenging conditionsof England. He pointedtowards fast bowlerMohammad Abbas to makeimportant contributionswith the bat in the upcom-ing series.

“We are trying to makeMohammad Abbas theleader of the tailenders. Youneed to fight till the lastwicket in a Test match,”Younis said.

The first Test betweenthe two teams will be playedin Manchester startingAugust 5 while the final twoTests are scheduled to beplayed in Southampton fromAugust 13 and August 21respectively.

The three T20Is, mean-while, will be played at a sin-gle venue in Manchester onAugust 28, August 30 andSeptember 1 respectively.

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