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Agencies, New DelhiIndia is looking at the prospect of

establishing individual bilateral bub-bles, India-US, India-France, India-Germany, India-UK and the final deci-sions pursuant to negotiations are ex-pected to be taken soon.

In a statement the Civil AviationMinistry said,’’As we contemplate fur-ther opening up in response to de-mands, we are looking at the prospectof establishing individual bilateral bub-bles, India-US, India-France, India-Germany, India-UK. These are all desti-nations where demand for travel hasnot diminished. Final decisions pur-suant to negotiations are expected tobe taken soon.’’

The government said requests havebeen received from authorities con-cerned in several countries includingthe US, France, Germany among oth-ers requesting that their air carriers beallowed to participate in the trans-portation of passengers along the linebeing conducted by Air India under

Vande Bharat Mission.These requests are being examined,

the ministry said.‘’We have also had one round of ne-

gotiations with US on June 15 with rep-resentatives of US Department ofTransportation and US Embassy onthis issue. They were invited to submitprecise proposals in this respect. Acommunication has now been re-ceived on June 19 detailing these re-quests,’’ it said.

As India moves from controlled andmanaged aviation evacuation of its cit-izens in different parts of the world andforeign nationals from India, the gov-ernment was now looking at the possi-bility of establishing bilateral arrange-ments, according to the statement.

‘’These evacuation flights whichwere primarily meant for evacuation ofour citizens from all over the world arenow increasingly carrying Indians andcitizens of other countries out boundto countries where they are normallyresident,’’ it added.

India can start limited internationalflights with select countries

Agencies, DehradunPatanjali’s Ayurvedic medicine

launched! Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev’sPatanjali Ayurved has launched itsmedicine for COVID-19! As Indiacontinues to see a sharp increase incoronavirus cases every day, thequest for medicine and vaccineagainst the disease has picked uppace. All over the world, scientistsand health authorities have beenworking tirelessly to come up with atreatment for COVID-19, which haswreaked havoc globally. Amidst this,the ayurvedic consumer goods com-pany founded by Baba Ramdev hasalso been looking at alternative

medicinal measures to come upwith a cure, it seems. The medicine,being called Coronil, has beenlaunched on June 23, i.e. Tuesday, at12 noon. Patanjali Ayurved LimitedMD Acharya Balkrishna had an-nounced the launch on Twitter onMonday evening.

During the launch, Patanjali co-founder Baba Ramdev said that theirclinical trial found that 69% of thepatients tested recovered fromCOVID-19 within three days, while100% of the patients recovered with-in a week.

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launches Ayurvedicmedicine Coronil for coronavirus!

New Delhi (UNI)Deaths in India due to COVID-19

crossed the 14,000-mark, reaching14,030, as the total cases reached441,948 on Tuesday, Union HealthMinistry said on Tuesday.

The active cases stand at 1,78,014,whereas 2,48,190 patients have re-covered till Tuesday.

The recovery rate is rising andnow stands at around 56 per cent asabout 11,000 patients recovered inthe past 24 hours.

Globally, the total number ofcoronavirus cases has crossed 90lakh mark while the death toll hasrisen to 4.75 lakh, according to JohnsHopkins University.

The World Health Organizationhas warned that the pandemic wasaccelerating as economies reopen.The WHO has called for a rapid in-crease in production of the steroiddexamethasone, which has beenshown to have life-saving potential

for critically ill patients.Maharashtra remains the worst-

hit COVID state with 135,796 casesafter a spike of 3,721 fresh infectionswere recorded since Monday. Itsdeath toll has now reached 6,283.

Delhi, which surpassed TamilNadu earlier this week to becomethe second worst-hit by coronavirusamong various states and union ter-ritories, now houses 62,655 con-firmed cases and 2,233 fatalities, thehealth ministry data said.

Tamil Nadu, now on the thirdspot houses 62,087 cases with 794deaths.

India’s death toll crosses 14k-mark,infection tally surges past 4.4 lakhs

New Delhi (UNI)India on Tuesday summoned Pak-

istan High Commission’s Charge d’Affaires Syed Haidar Shah and in-formed him about the government’sdecision to reduce the strength ofstaff by 50 per cent here as the offi-cials have found to be involved inacts of espionage and maintaineddealings with terrorist organisations.

India will also reduce its presencein Islamabad to the same propor-tion. The decision will be imple-mented in seven days.

‘Charge d’ Affaires of Pakistan wassummoned today to the Ministry ofExternal Affairs and informed thatIndia had repeatedly expressed con-cern about the activities of officialsof his High Commission,’ the Min-istry said in a statement here.

On May 31, two officials of Pak-istan High Commission were caughtred-handed and expelled in espi-onage case.

‘While their officials indulged inactions that are not in conformitywith their privileged status in theHigh Commission, Pakistan has inparallel engaged in a sustained cam-paign to intimidate the officials ofthe Indian High Commission in Is-lamabad from carrying on their legit-

imate diplomatic functions,’ itadded.

The Ministry also said that the re-cent abduction at gunpoint of twoIndian officials and their severe ill-treatment underlines the extent towhich Pakistan has gone in that di-rection.

These officials, who have re-turned to India on June 22, have pro-vided graphic details of the barbarictreatment that they experienced atthe hands of Pakistani agencies.

The behaviour of Pakistan and itsofficials is not in conformity with theVienna Convention and bilateralagreements on the treatment ofdiplomatic and consular officials. Onthe contrary, it is an intrinsic ele-ment of a larger policy of supportingcross-border violence and terrorism,it said.

Reduce 50 pc staff in HighCommission: India tells Pak

New Delhi (UNI)Attacking the NDA government at

the centre on the India-China borderstandoff in Ladakh, Congress presidentSonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that thegovernment has ‘gravely mishandledthe situation’.

Addressing an emergent meeting ofthe Congress Working committee(CWC), the highest decision makingbody of the Congress, on the situationon the India China border, Ms Gandhiexpressed the hope that ‘mature diplo-macy and decisive leadership will in-form the government’s actions in pro-tecting our territorial integrity’.

Terming the India-China borderstandoff in Ladakh a ‘full-blown’ crisis,Mrs Gandhi said that the government isin a denial.

‘Now, we have a full-blown crisis onthe LAC with China. The undeniablefact is that since April-May, 2020 till date,Chinese troops have committed brazentransgressions into our territory in Pan-gong Tso Lake area and the Galwan Val-ley, Ladakh. True to its character, the

government is in denial.The intrusion was detected and re-

ported on May 5, 2020. Instead of a res-olution, the situation deterioratedrapidly and there were violent clasheson June 15-16. Twenty Indian soldierswere martyred, 85 injured and 10 went‘missing’ until they were returned. ThePrime Minister was called out when heannounced that “no one had intrudedinto Indian territory in Ladakh”,’Mrs.Gandhi said.

Charging that the government has‘gravely mishandled the situation’, theCongress president said, ‘On matters ofnational security and territorial integri-

ty, the nation has always stood togetherand this time too, there is no secondopinion. The Congress Party was thefirst to offer its total support to theArmed Forces and the government.However, there is a growing feelingamong the people that the governmenthas gravely mishandled the situation.‘The future is yet to unfold but we hopethat mature diplomacy and decisiveleadership will inform the government’sactions in protecting our territorial in-tegrity. We urge upon the governmentthat peace, calm and the restoration ofthe status quo ante along the LAC be theonly guiding principles in our nationalinterest. We will continue to closelywatch the situation.’

Addressing the meeting, attended bysenior leaders of the Congress, includ-ing former Prime Minister ManmohanSingh, Ms Gandhi said that the econom-ic crisis caused by Covid pandemic andthe crisis on the borders with China wasattributable to the mismanagement ofthe BJP-led NDA government and thewrong policies pursued by it.

Govt has gravely mishandled situation on

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalOn Tuesday, 37 new patients of

corona infection have been found inBhopal. Eight people from the samefamily have been found infected inLambakheda. These include an 8-year-old girl. The number of patientsin Bhopal has now increased to 2534.So far 88 people from Corona havebeen confirmed dead in the district.At the same time, on Tuesday, 26 pa-tients returned home after beatingthe corona infection. So far, 1815 pa-tients have become healthy in thedistrict.

According to the Health Bulletinissued by the CMHO office, a newcase has been found again at RajBhavan on Tuesday. On Monday, 3security personnel were found in-fected. So far 16 people have been in-fected in Raj Bhavan. Along with this,four corona patients have beenfound in Aishbagh, Shahjahanabad3, and one each in Jahangirabad,

Acharya Nagar and Kalyan Nagar ar-eas.

New Covid hotspots couldemerge in Bhopal

The city’s Ayodhya Bypass, Kamla

Nagar and Bairagarh Chichli, SurajNagar, Bhoj University Campus canbecome hotspots of Corona. Theseareas have been included in the Or-ange Zone areas by the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare.

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8 of same family test positive in Lambakheda

New Delhi (UNI)India and China have mutually

agreed to disengage from all frictionareas in Eastern Ladakh that includeGalwan Valley, Hot Spring and Pan-gong Tso, sources in the defence es-tablishment said here on Tuesday.

To defuse tension at Line of Actu-al Control (LAC), the Corps Com-mander level talks between Indiaand China were held at Moldo in acordial, positive and constructive at-mosphere on June 22, the sourcesadded.

There was a mutual consensus todisengage from all friction areas inEastern Ladakh and the modalitiesfor the same were discussed. It willbe taken forward by both the sides,they said.

The military level talks betweenIndia and China at the Corps Com-mander-level ended on Monday, af-ter almost 11 hours of marathonmeeting, to resolve the border stand-off in Eastern Ladakh.

The meeting began at 1130 hrsand ended at 2230 hrs.

“There would be gradual de-esca-lation that would take place. Theforces will move back a particular

distance in all areas of friction. Thiswould be different for each loca-tion,” a source said.

During the meeting, India has al-so raised the issue of the violent face-offs in the Galwan Valley on June 15that led to killing of 20 Indian sol-diers and injuries to several others.Steps will be taken by both sides toensure such an incident is not re-peated. From Indian side, Leh-based14 Corps Commander Lieutenant

General Harinder Singh attended themeet, while South Xinjiang MilitaryDistrict Commander Major GeneralLin Liu represented the Chinese side.The meeting was held at Moldo Bor-der Personnel Meeting point on theChinese side of the LAC.

This was the second meet at LtGen-level since border tensionserupted in May. The last meeting washeld on June 6 at the same meetingpoint.

India, China agree for ‘mutual consensusto disengage’ in Eastern Ladakh

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World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 9,228,339 475,119USA 2,389,816 122,659Brazil 1,113,606 51,407Russia 599,705 8,359India 441,948 14,030UK 305,289 42,647Spain 293,584 28,324Peru 257,447 8,223Chile 246,963 4,502Italy 238,720 34,657Iran 209,970 9,863Germany 192,336 8,970Turkey 188,897 4,974Mexico 185,122 22,584Pakistan 185,034 3,695Saudi Arabia 164,144 1,346France 160,750 29,663Bangladesh 119,198 1,545Canada 101,637 8,436

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Puri (UNI)History was written as for the first time the annual

grand Rath Yatra of lord Jagannath organised withoutparticipation of public and devotees, reached theGundicha temple, the final destination without any unto-ward incident.

Crores of devotees across the country and abroad wit-nessed the festival proceedings in live telecasts.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also watched the festi-val telecast live on television sitting at his home inNaveen Nivas.

“Haribol and Jai Jagannath rented the air as the threechariots carrying the presiding deities of the Sri Jagan-nath temple, rolled down on the three km long GrandRoad from Lions gate to Sri Gundicha temple, one afteranother pulled by hundreds of servitors who have testedCovid negative.

The Supreme court had allowed the Puri Rath Yatraand directed that about 500 servitors who have testedCovid negative will pull each of the three chariots.

The festival was organised adhering strictly to theCovid 19 guidelines and the servitors were seen pullingthe chariots using masks and maintaining the social dis-tancing.

First the Taladhwaja chariot carrying Lord Balavadrareached the Gundich temple followed by Darpadalan ofdevi Subhadra and lastly the Nandighosh chariot of LordJagannath reached the destination at 1710 hours.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released the Rathyatraissue of Utkal Prasanga and Odisha review at Lok SevaBhawan when the chariot of Lord Balavadra rolled out onthe Badadanda.

The Chief minister thanked the servitors, the districtadministration, the temple administration, the Healthdepartment and the police administration besides theresidents of Puri for the successful and peaceful Rath Ya-tra of the Lords.

Earlier, on Monday night Daita servitors prepared thedeities for pahandi by fashioning Chhenapatta lagi (bodyarmour) to all three deities to bear the stress in Pahandi.

All the three chariots pulled by servitors reach Gundicha temple

Govt tells Patanjali to stop advertisingCovid-19 "cure"drugNew Delhi: Acting swiftly afterPatanjali Ayurved Ltd launched anAyurvedic drug that purportedly"cures" Coronavirus, the Ministry ofAYUSH on Tuesday denied anyknowledge of the drug, and askedthe firm to stop advertising "theproduct until the issue is examined".