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16 people killedin lightningstrikes in BiharPatna: As many as 16 peoplewere killed in lightning strikesduring a thunderstorm in tendistricts of Bihar on Sunday,state Disaster ManagementDepartment said on Monday.The meteorological depart-ment has issued an alert inthe State and warned peopleof venturing out into the openin Bihar during rainfall in thestate.According to data, three peo-ple died in Purnia district, twoin Begusarai, four in Gaya andone each in Patna, Saharsa,Purvi Champaran, Madhepu-ra, Darbhanga, Nawada andBanka.In the past few weeks, manypeople have lost their livesdue to lightning in Bihar inseparate incidents.

Singer Moosewalabooked againCHANDIGARH: The PunjabPolice is set to move the Pun-jab and Haryana High Courtfor cancelation of the anticipa-tory bail granted in an ArmsAct case to controversialsinger Sidhu Moosewala,against whom the CrimeBranch booked another caseon charges of promoting vio-lence and gun culture with hislatest song “Sanju”, releasedon the social media a coupleof days ago.Giving details of the case,Punjab ADGP and DirectorPunjab Bureau of Investiga-tions, Arpit Shukla, said thesinger had been booked atMohali on the basis of infor-mation received that his song“Sanju”, which is trending onvarious social media plat-forms, blatantly glorifies use ofweapons and boasts aboutthe various FIRs, including theone under the Arms Act, regis-tered against him.

T20 World Cup2020 postponedDUBAI: The InternationalCricket Council (ICC) on Mon-day announced the postpone-ment of this year's Men's T20World Cup in Australia due tothe ongoing coronavirus pan-demic.The T20 World Cup was slat-ed to be played in Australiafrom October 18 to November15 this year.ICC said that at Monday'smeeting of the IBC Board (thecommercial subsidiary of theICC), windows for the nextthree ICC men's events werealso agreed to bring clarity tothe calendar and give thesport the "best possible oppor-tunity" over the next three years to recover fromthe disruption caused byCOVID-19.

UPSC to holdinterviews fromJuly 20-30NEW DELHI: The Union Pub-lic Service Commission(UPSC) has decided to holdthe personality tests (PTs)/in-terviews for the remainingcandidates from July 20 toJuly 30, 2020."The UPSC was in the midstof conducting the PTs/inter-views for 2,304 candidatesfor the Civil Services Exami-nation, 2019 (CSE-2019)when the Centre Governmentimposed the COVID-19 lock-down," according to a UPSCrelease."The Commission reviewedthe position and decided todefer the remaining PTBoards for 623 candidates ofthe CSE-2019 from March 23onwards.

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Raj HC to resume hearing today Speaker’s counsel says, rebels petition prematureAGENCYJAIPUR, JUL 20

The Rajasthan High Court will onTuesday resume hearing the peti-tion filed by Sachin Pilot and 18other dissident Congress MLAs,challenging the disqualificationnotices issued to them by the as-sembly Speaker.

The hearing remained incon-clusive on Monday and ChiefJustice Indrajit Mahanty said itwill be concluded Tuesday. Theorder is also likely to be pro-nounced on Tuesday.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi,counsel for the Speaker, arguedthat the petition was premature asa decision was yet to be taken ondisqualifying the MLAs from theHouse.

He said there was no scopefor interference by a court overthe show cause notices issued bythe Speaker.

The disssident MLAs hadmoved court on Friday amid theinfighting in the state unit of theCongress, as Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot and his now sackeddeputy Sachin Pilot tussled forpower.

The petition was taken up aby a bench of Chief Justice Indra-jit Mahanty and Justice PrakashGupta.

The proceedings resumed onMonday morning and continuedtill the evening.

The notices to the MLAswere served after their party com-plained to the Speaker that theyhad defied a whip to attend two

Congress Legislature Party meet-ings last week.

The Pilot camp, however, ar-gues that a party whip appliesonly when the Assembly is in ses-sion. In its complaint to the

speaker, the Congress had soughtaction against Pilot and the otherdissidents under paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule of theConstitution.

Gehlot calls Sachin Pilot'Nikamma aur Nakaara'

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot on Monday termedhis former deputy Sachin Pilot as"nikamma" (useless) and "nakara"(incompetent) and accused him ofconspiring with the BJP for the pastsix months to topple the govern-ment in the state."Pichle saat salon me koi bhi aisanahi milega jisne maang ki ho ki Pi-lot sahab ko hatana chahie PradeshCongress Committee adhyaksh se.Hume pata tha vo Nikamma hai,Nakara hai. Kuch kaam nahi karraha hai. Khali logon ko ladwa raha

hai (In the past seven years, youwon't find anyone in the party whodemanded the removal of Pilot asPCC president even though weknew he was useless, good fornothing and that he wasn't doinganything except making people fightamong themselves)," Gehlot told re-porters here.The Chief Minister said Sachin Pilothas a 'masoom' (innocent) face andhas a strong command on Hindiand English language, with whichhe had impressed the media acrossthe country.

Sachin rubbishesallegations

JAIPUR: Rajasthan CongressMLA Giriraj Singh Malinga onMonday alleged that Sachin Pilotoffered him Rs 35 crore to notvote for Congress in the RajyaSabha polls.The allegation was rejected by Pi-lot who said it was done to malignhis image and he will take"strictest possible legal action"against the MLA. Malinga said thealleged offer was made before theRajya Sabha elections and he in-formed Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot. "I was offered Rs35 crores by Sachin Pilot tochange vote against the Congressin the Rajya Sabha elections. I in-formed Chief Minister AshokGehlot about the same," Malingasaid. Pilot said he was saddenedbut not surprised at the baselessallegations being levelled againsthim to stifle the legitimate con-cerns he has raised against thestate party leadership. "I am sad-dened but not surprised to be atthe receiving end of such base-less and vexatious allegations be-ing levelled against me.

Will make Haryanadrug free: Anil Vij

No community spread of corona in stateBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Haryana Home Minister, Mr. Anil Vijsaid that the Haryana Narcotics Con-trol Bureau will completely annihi-late the supply chain of narcotics inthe State, so that the problem of drugaddiction can be brought under con-trol.

While presiding over the reviewmeeting of Narcotic Control Bureau,Mr. Anil Vij said that its headquartershas been proposed to be set up inMadhuban. This will allow easy ac-cess to all parts of the state, he added.He said that bureau units will be setup at 17 places in the State that willpay special attention to the entrypoints of the state. He said that ap-propriate support will be taken fromother related departments in this re-gard. He said that Haryana is the firststate in the country to establish aNarcotics Control Bureau. Vij saidthat the recovery rate of COVID-19in the State is about 75 percent and ittakes 22-23 days for cases to double.Considering these figures, there is nosign of community transmission inthe State, he added.

To end the drug trade in the state,Mr. Anil Vij had announced the cre-ation of a Narcotic Bureau as soon ashe became the Home Minister. As aresult, the bureau has now beenformed. He said that all the officersand employees of the bureau will begiven necessary training, which willmake it easier for them to carry outthe tasks required of them. For this,they will be provided with equipmentincluding vehicles, weapons, bullet-proof jackets, night vision cameras,and other essentials, he added. He

said that along with this, additionalhonorarium will also be consideredfor the employees working in the bu-reau.

He said that 380 posts have beencreated for the smooth functioning ofthe bureau; directions have been giv-en for immediate recruitments. Hesaid that till the completion of the re-cruitment process, regular officersand employees have been assignedrespective duties.

Khattar to launch e-sachivalaya portal CHANDIGARH: For the last six years,Haryana Chief Minister Mr. ManoharLal, has envisioned for transparentand hassle-free citizen servicesthrough Information Technology (IT).Taking his vision a step ahead, ChiefMinister, Mr. Manohar Lal will launch'e-Sachivalaya Portal' on July 21,2020. Giving details in this regard, anofficial spokesperson said that on theoccasion of World Youth Skills Day,Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal hadlaunched the Rozgar Portal and CallCentre of Employment Department toprovide better employment opportuni-ties to the youth.

HC gives interimrelief to parents ofpvt school students

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY20:

No student will be struckoff the rolls of privateschools in Punjab on ac-count of non-payment offee, pending the final deci-sion of the High Court,which on Monday issuednotice on the appeals filedin the matter by the stategovernment.

The move comes as amajor relief for parents ofstudents of private unaidedschools who had expressedfinancial difficulty in pay-ing fee for the lockdownperiod, and whose wardswere consequently facingthreat of being removed fromthe schools.

The interim relief cameduring today’s hearing on theappealed filed by the stateAdvocate General’s office on

the directives of Chief Minis-ter Captain Amarinder Singh.

This relief will be appli-cable to all those students /parents who are unable topay school fees and who hadfiled an application beforethe school and the State Reg-ulator under the Punjab Reg-ulation of Fee of Un-aidedEducational Institutions Act,2016, showing financial dif-ficulty.

The High Court askedthe school authorities to de-cide on applications of suchparents expeditiously. TheState of Punjab had filed anappeal before the DivisionBench of the High Court ofPunjab and Haryana againstthe order of a single judge al-lowing the schools to chargefees irrespective of whetherthey were offering online ed-ucation or not, and to chargeactual expenses incurred, forthe lockdown period.

Amarinder urgesPaswan to restore

Arhtiyas commissionSP JAINCHANDIGARH, JULY 20:

Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh hasurged the Union Minister forConsumer Affairs, Food &Public Distribution Ram Vi-las Paswan to restore thecommission of thearhtiyas to thestatutory norm of2.5% of MSP,warning that anydeviation from theexisting policycould cause seri-ous disruptions tothe paddy procure-ment process.

Observing thatthe flat rate commission pro-vided for Rabi MarketingSeason (RMS) was contraryto the statutory norms of2.5% of MSP, CaptainAmarinder has urged theUnion Minister to according-ly amend the Provisional CostSheet for RMS 2020-21, is-sued by the Department of

Food & Public Distribution,GoI. As per the Sheet, thearhtiya commission has beenallowed at a flat rate of Rs.46per quintal, which appears tobe based on certain estimatesof the actual expenditure in-curred, he noted.

Unrest is already brewingamong thearhtiyas overthis issue,which, if left un-resolved, has thepotential of seri-ously disruptingthe smooth pro-curement ofpaddy duringKharif Market-ing Season

2020-21, the Chief Ministerhas said, in a letter to Paswan.

He pointed out that theexisting practice of commis-sion payable to the arhtiyas isgoverned by the statutoryprovisions of the PunjabAgriculture Produce Market-ing Act, 1961 and the Rulesframed thereunder.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH: The governments ofPunjab and Haryana have refused toChandigarh Administration proposal to im-pose weekend curfew in tricity here onMonday. Earlier, the UT administration was planningto impose weekend curfew in Chandigarhto contain spreading of corona virus. Ameeting presided by administrator,VP Bad-nore to review the situation was held inwhich various angles to curb Covid in tric-

ity discussed here on Monday. The PGI Di-rector, Jagat Ram and Deputy commission-ers of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohalialso attented the meeting and gave theirsuggestions on the sensitive issue. In thisregard Manoj Parida, Adviser has written toboth the Chief Secretaries of Punjab andHaryana to agree to UT’s proposal for cur-few in the tri-city during weekend, sinceweekend curfew only in Chandigarh willnot be effective, unless it is simultaneouslyimposed in Mohali and Panchkula.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUL 20

The Supreme Court Monday askedthe Uttar Pradesh government to con-sider adding a former apex court judgeand a retired police officer in the in-quiry committee which is probing theencounter of gangster Vikas Dubey.

The top court also said it was "ap-palled" that the gangster got bail de-spite so many cases against him.

A bench headed byChief Justice S A Bobde,hearing a batch of pleasseeking court-monitoredprobe into the encountersof Dubey and his allegedassociates, told the UttarPradesh government thatthey have to uphold rule oflaw . You as a state have touphold the rule of law. It isyour duty to do so, the top court said.

The bench said it cannotspare a sitting top courtjudge to become a part ofthe inquiry committee.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for UttarPradesh, sought some timeto take instruction and getback to the court on the is-sue. We are appalled to thefact that a person like Vikas

Vikas Dubey got the bail despite so

many cases, the bench said. This is thefailure of the institution and the per-son, who should have been behind thebars, got bail, the bench observed dur-ing the hearing which is going on.Eight policemen, including DSP De-vendra Mishra, were ambushed inBikru village in Chaubeypur area ofKanpur when they were going to ar-rest Dubey and fell to bullets firedfrom rooftops shortly after midnighton July 3.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 20

Certain areas of the national capitalhave hit their peak in COVID-19 cas-es while certain other areas in the cityare yet to reach the peak, said AIIMSDirector Dr Randeep Guleria onMonday. He further said that there isnot much evidence of communitytransmission happening at the nation-al level.

"Certain areas have hit their peakin COVID-19 cases. Delhi seems tohave done so because the cases havedeclined significantly. Certain areashave yet to reach the peak. Cases are

increasing in certain states. They willreach the peak a little later," Dr Gule-ria said here while addressing a pressconference here.

The national capital had wit-nessed a surge in the cases of novelcoronavirus cases over the past onemonth. However, the number of ac-tive cases has seen a dip over the pastfew weeks. "But there are hotspots,even in cities where there is spike ofcases and it very likely that localcommunity transmission in those ar-eas is happening," he said. The UnionHealth Ministry said there are a totalof 12,2793 COVID-19 cases in Delhiincluding 16031 active cases and

3628 deaths. Over one lakh peoplehave been cured/discharged/migratedin the national capital. On Monday

India's COVID-19 case tally crossedthe 11 lakh mark with the highest sin-gle-day spike of 40,425 new casesand 681 deaths reported in the last 24hours.

Further, the AIIMS director saidthat the mortality rate in South EastAsia, including India, is much lowerthan in European countries like Italyand Spain and even in the UnitedStates.

"If you look at the data fromSoutheast Asia, not just India, themortality rate is much lower thanwhat happened in Italy and Spain orwhat is happening in the UnitedStates," he said.

Covid cases now on decline in Delhi: AIIMS Director

Punjab, Hry decline forweekend curfew in tricity

Vikas Dubey encounter: SC asks UP tohave ex- judge in inquiry committee

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

NEWSPAGE2

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only

the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not,

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Henry David Thoreau

JALANDHAR, JUL 20 (UNI) Youth wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday asked the district administration to book the leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the congress for violating lockdown norms of maintaining social distancing, wearing masks and gathering of more than five people at a single place to check the spread of Covid-19.Mr. Taran Deep Sunny, President, youth wing of the party for Doaba zone alleged that the administration had been adopting double standards for taking action against the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party and those of Congress and the SAD.He said leaders of the SAD recently held a press conference at a hotel in which all the leaders of the SAD were seen addressing the mediapersons without masks and defying the norm of social distancing. Similarly an MLA of the congress party invited mediapersons to a hotel where packets of ration were stored, where more than fifty workers and leaders of the party were present but they were neither booked for violating the lockdown norms nor were they given any kind of warning.

AAP's youth wing asks admin to book SAD & Cong leaders for defying lockdown norms

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I, Satnam Singh S/o Sajan Singh R/o VPO Khojala, T e h s i l B a t a l a D i s t t . Gurdaspur declare that my son Jugraj Singh, Daughter-in-law Kanwaljit Kaur W/o Balraj Singh are out of my control. I disown them from all my movable/immovable properties. If anybody deals them do at his own risk.

10005I , S u r e s h K u m a r S / o Sampuran Singh R/o Patti Afgan Kaithal Declares That My Son Manish Kumar & His Wife Aarti Are Out Of My And My Family's Control. We Disown Them From Out M o v a b l e - I m m o v a b l e Properties. We Will Not Responsible For Any Work Of Them In Future.

84451I, Gulab Kanwar Is Legally W e d d e d S p o u s e O f No.15498893m Rank Ald Name Loon Singh R/o Vpo. Ransi Gaon Teh: Bi lara D i s t r i c t J o d h p u r, S t a t e Rajasthan Pin 342601, Have Changed My Name From Gulab Kanwar To Gulab Kanvar Vide Affidavit Dated 20 July 2020 Before At Notary Ferozepur.

900011(b)I, Leela Devi Is Legally Mother Of No.15498893m Rank Ald Name Loon Singh R/o Vpo. Ransi Gaon Teh: Bilara District Jodhpur State Rajasthan Pin 342601, Have Changed My Name From Leela Devi To Lila Devi Vide Affidavit Dated 20 July 2020 Before At Notary Ferozepur.

900011(b)I Usha Rani (Aadhar no. 0338637546573) W/o Late Shri Kaushal Kumar Singla R/o #322/2 Mishran Chowk, C h o t t a B a z a r Thanesar,Kurikshetra,Tehsil-T h a n e s a r , D i s t r i c t - Kurukshetra have declared t h a t m y S o n M a n d e e p Kumar(unmarried)are out of my control so I disown them f r o m m y m o v a b l e a n d immovable property. In future anybody deal with them, with their own risk in future.

100074I, Gursev Singh age 34 my permanent address is VPO C h o g a w a n D i s t t K e m a l Haryana - 132054 hereby deacre that my 10th and 12th exma marksheet has been spelled as Gursav Singh. The correct speling of my Name is Gursev Singh as in addhar card, Pan Card, Pasport, Driving Licence, and Degree. I am the same person referred to with these two differanent spellings

100046I, Tara Singh S/o Lal Singh R/o G. S. Farm. Sandholi Teh Pehowa Distt (kurukshetra) Declares That My Son Davinder S ingh And His Wife Sukhwinder Kaur Out Of My Control. ,i Disown Them From My Moveable/immoveable Properties.he Will Himself Be R e s p o n s i b l e F o r A n y Transaction And Good Bad Deeds And Fight Fights. I And Any Other Members Of My F a m i l y W i l l H a v e N o Connection With Them.

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I Anand kumar S/o Late Shri Shyam Lal Resident of House Number 622,Pooja Vihar ,Industrial Area,Ambala Cantt declare that my Son Gobind or Hunny and his wife are out of my control.So i disown him from my all M o v a b l e - i m m o v a b l e Properties .If any body deals with them , he /she / they fully responsidle himself..

100042(P)I, Army No. 1472755X Ex-Spr Amrit Pal Singh R/o Vpo. Machhike Teh-Nihal Singh Wala (Moga) Pin-142039 declare that I have changed the name of my daughter Amarjit Kaur to Ramanpreet Kaur, her Aadhar Card No. is 3826-4905-1217

63372I, Surinder Pal S/o Girdhari Lal R/o Vpo. Bhaironmunna (Ludhiana) declare that Surinder Varma and Surinder Pal both name is mine. I known by both names on School Certificate Surinder Verma Bank, Aadhar my name running Surinder Pal.

63372I Karanvir Singh @ Karanvir Sandhu S/O Harnek Singh R/O # 243, Surja Ram Markit, Ward No.18, Sacdeva Ges Ejansi Wali Gali, Malout (Sri M u k t s a r S a h i b ) H a v e Declared That I Am Known By, Both Above Said Names, Both Names Are Mine. Karanvir Singh And Karanvir Sandhu One And Same Person All Cocerned Note It.

63372I, Davinder Kaur @ Devinder Kaur W/o Harwinder Singh R/o Vill: Saidpur Po. Thana Te h - A n a n d p u r S a h i b (Rupnagar) Pb, India, declare that in some documents mine name is written as Davinder Kaur and in some documents mine name is written as Devinder Kaur. Davinder Kaur and Devinder Kaur both are mine names and some person.

63372I, Harwinder Singh @ Harvinder Singh S/o Bhagat Singh R/o Vill: Saidpur Po. Thana Teh-Anandpur Sahib (Rupnagar) Pb, India, declare that in some documents mine name is written as Harwinder Singh and in some documents mine name is written as Harvinder Singh. Harwinder Singh and Harvinder Singh both are mine names and some person.

63372I Seeta Rani W/O Late Surinder Kumar Village K o o p u r P O A d d a Kathar,District Jalandhar Declare That My Two Daughters Usha And Jyoti Are Out Of My Control So I Disinherited Them From My Moveable And Immoveable Property. I Shall Not Be Responsible If Anybody Dealing With Them.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI, Kehar Singh S/o Mansha Ram R/o Krah Sahib Tehsil Pehowa Distt Kurukshetra Declare That Mukhwinder Singh Alias Mukhi And His Wife Jaswinder Kaur Are Out Of My Control. So I Disown With Them From My Moveable/immoveable P rope r ty. I f Anybody Dealing With Them At His/her Own Risk.

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PUBLIC NOTICELOST & FOUNDI t i s not i f ied for the i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t m y O r i g i n a l Q u a l i f y i n g Examination Certificate of M a i n S e c o n d a r y , Examination of year 2018 and Roll No. 2216506 issued by CBSE has been a c t u a l l y lost/destroyed/mutilated. Name of the candidate Va n a l i k a M e h r a D / o Hemant Mehra R/o Old Jail Road Opp Ashoka Glass Synidacate Amritsar

900020I, Harnoor Singh Sodhi S/O Daljit Singh Sodhi R/O Bagha Purana (Moga) Declares That My Class 10 Examination Certificate Bearing ID No. 0396979, R e g i s t r a t i o n N o . C117/04535/0105, Roll No. 2253094 Passed From 04535-KV No. 1 Jalandhar Cantt, Punjab, Dated 03-06-2017 (CBSC Board, New D e l h i ) H a s B e e n I r r e t r i e v a b l y L o s t . Duplicate Certificate May Kindly Be Issued To Me.

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RENU AGGARWALAMBALA: Rotary Club Ambala Central has now started Gauseva drive after a tree plantation campaign of 1 thousand plants in 1 day. It started with Gaushala in Mokha Majra village. All the members of Rotary contributed their first to the cow service by distributing green fodder. Female members of the club also participated in it. During this time, posters of awareness about rescue from Corona were also put up in Gaushala. Club President Dr Surjit Angra said that this year the team of Ambala Central is going to do many big projects. This drive was run under this link, which started with auspicious work like fodder donation. He said that the cow is worshiped like a mother, and that is why it is our duty to serve them and this work is also necessary to explain its importance to the coming generations. Other club members were present on this occasion, including KS Walia, TS Bagga, Sunil Trikha, Punit Batra, Ashish Aggarwal, Raman Duggal, Tejinder Bajaj, Vineet Malik, Shubham Agarwal, Rajesh Chopra.

Rotary club launches tree plantation SHIV KUMAR SHARMA lockdown with departmental and exercise. Prior to this, CHANDIGARH, JULY 20 work responsibility, along while working in the post of

with practicing yoga and District Deputy Commissioner The 2008 batch of the exercising. She adopted the in Faridabad, she made flamboyant IAS Sonal Goyal, fitness mantra of Prime arrangements for indoor who is currently serving as Minister Narendra Modi in badminton for women there. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) life and inspired thousands of She has been conferred with of Gurugaon Metropolitan Bus women towards it. a w a r d s b y d o z e n s o f S e r v i c e a n d G u r u g r a m She gave a message of g o v e r n m e n t a n d n o n -Metropolitan Development fitness to women by making governmental institutions for Authority, along with the fitness videos of exercise and yoga quality administrative work mantra of Prime Minister while going viral through and bringing social awareness.Narendra Modi, is making social media and this effort IAS Sonal Goel said that women aware of good health. has been continued by her. during the crisis of Corona

They believe that only a Videos related to yoga and transition, women should healthy woman can give birth social awareness by Sonal adopt yoga as their lifestyle.operation has to be taken. This to a healthy baby. Women often Goyal can often be seen on He said that immunity is requires that women make face various difficulties during social media. Women and absolutely necessary to avoid exercise and yoga a part of the period of pregnancy due to ordinary citizens coming to corona infection and for this, their lives to improve their not keeping their health better. practice at Tau Devi Lal yoga is a medium through health. IAS Sonal Goel has There is also trouble during Stadium in Gurugram are also which immunity can be taken up the corona infection delivery and the medium of making awareness about yoga enhanced.a w a r e n e s s d u r i n g t h e

IAS Sonal making women health conscious BJP accuses Amarinder govt, AAP for misleading farmers

CHANDIGARH , JUL 20 (UNI) any proposal nor any clause in the ordinances to abolish the MSP.Chugh

The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday said Capt Amarinder by raising the non-said none of the three Ordinances issue was actually trying to hide the passed by Prime Minister Narendra failure of his government to provide Modi-led NDA government talks of relief to the farmers of the state by abolition of MSP but Capt Amarinder waiving their farm-debt. Singh-led Punjab Government and He said Capt Amarinder during AAP were misleading the people and 2017 polls had promised to waive the creating confusion.Defending the 90,000-crore loan of Punjab farmers, ordinances tooth and nail, Chugh a p r o m i s e w h i c h r e m a i n s challenged Capt Amarinder Singh for unfulfilled even after three and a an open debate on any platform.Tarun half years.He reminded Capt Chugh, the national secretary of the party Amarinder Singh the successive said the ordinances passed by the Modi Congress-led governments in the government at the Centre, were in fact Centre could do nothing in the farmer friendly and would give liberty to interest of farmers but Prime the farmers to sell their produce Minister Modi was committed for the anywhere across the country and get welfare of farming community. He better prices. said Capt Amarinder cannot

Chugh said the Union Agriculture technically point even a single word or Minister, addressing a virtual rally in the sentence in the ordinances which goes state, had reiterated that there was neither against the farmers of the country.

Police arrestsdrug addictKARNAL: Police continue to clampdown on illegal drug addicts. Policehave arrested an accused from vil-lage Kachhwa with around 100 kg ofdrugs. The estimated price of this isabout Rs 4 lakh. Police have ob-tained remand by presenting the ac-cused in court. The accused will beintensively questioned. Police re-ceived secret information that a per-son was hiding a lot of drugs in hisfarm. The police team raided thescene and arrested Manjit Singh. 100kg of drug from the spot.During interrogation, the accusedsaid that he has been in the businessof selling sawdust for the last one anda half years. He told that he used tobuy sawdust from a person namedButter Singh resident Singda FarmKarnal. After this, the accused usedto supply drugs to people in Haryanaand Punjab due to which he used toearn very well. The accused has pre-viously been sentenced to life for themurder of his wife. He was also dis-missed from the army's job due to hiswife’s murder after which, for sometime, the accused started the busi-ness of selling and buying narcotics.Police on Monday obtained remandby presenting the accused in court.

Gorsi thanks CM on behalf of Gadaria samajMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: Kisan Morcha leader Naren-dra Gorsi thanked the Chief MinisterManohar Lal while congratulating theManohar government on the inclu-sion of Pal Gadaria Samaj into theScheduled Castes, who have beenfighting for their rights for a long timeand thanked the children for their lostrights. The happiness and glow that isseen on the faces of parents is alsogiven by the Bharatiya Janata Party,he said.Gorsi said that the motto of the BJP isto bring the exploited, deprived andbackward into the mainstream by em-powering them through the Antyo-daya. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyayscheme is working for the benefit ofthe people.This is true human serv-ice. Rajendra Kumar Pal BrahmapalShubham Pal Rocky Naveen KumarCouncilor were present on this occa-sion.

Ban imposed onfiring in weddingsISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA: District Collectorand Deputy Commissioner DhirendraKhadgata has issued orders for com-plete ban on firing at wedding hallsand hotels in Kurukshetra district andin other places during weddings. Hehas said in the orders issued that ac-cording to the order of the AdditionalChief Secretary of the Haryana Gov-ernment Home Department to main-tain law and order in the district Ku-rukshetra and keeping in mind theloss of any life and property duringthe wedding ceremony at the Ban-quet Hall and hotels and other placesFor imposing a complete ban on fir-ing, Section 144 has been issued.It has also been clarified in these or-ders that the managers of the Ban-quet Hall and hotels will also take affi-davits from the booking people thatthey will not use any weapon duringthe ceremony. Not only this, all suchhalls and hotel operators will also putup warning boards and CCTV cam-eras in their institutes regarding thenecessary guidelines in this regard.The Superintendent of Police, Kuruk-shetra, Sub Divisional Magistrate,Municipal Councillor and the Execu-tive Officer of the Municipality will en-sure compliance of these orders.These orders will continue till 30 Sep-tember 2020.

Plantation doneduring 251stBicycle RallyKURUKSHETRA: Pranna SamitiHaryana has conducted 251st Bicy-cle Drive for Environment Protectionalong with Save Environment Aware-ness Rally. The plantation was doneat the Community Centre of Sector 5.The rally was concluded under thechairmanship of environment guardDr. Ashok Kumar Verma. He madethe people aware that plantingsaplings is very easy but it is equallydifficult to handle them. They shouldbe handled like small children.Rajkumari Panwar encouragedwomen power and said that she willcomplete this task very responsibly.Patron Karma Chand thanked every-one and said that today people havestarted cycling again. Provincial chair-man of the committee, Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma, District Head Raj KumariPanwar, Patron Karma Chand,Archana Arya and other WomenPower Figures participated.

Overcome fear intoday's time:SangeetaDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: BK Sangeeta Bahn,Chief Director of Prajapita Brahmaku-mari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya,NIokheri said that today human be-ings have everything to eat and drink,yet the mind is disturbed. Today manis eating good food but the mind doesnot like to eat man. Even thoughwearing good clothes, the mind is notlooking good because the fear of ill-ness is haunting the family at alltimes, yet there is fear in the mind,meaningless thoughts are going on inthe mind. The fear of a meaninglessthought going on one after Other. Lifeand death are two sides of a coin.Life and death are two sides of a riv-er. Life and death are two wings of abird that move together.

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3HARYANAPolice seizes a massive 619 kg marijuana in PalwalCHANDIGARH: In a major crackdown, Haryana Police have seized 619 kg 450 gram mari-juana (ganja) from a canter in district Palwal. Two persons were also arrested in this connec-tion. While stating this here today, a spokesperson of Haryana Police said that arrested ac-cused were identified as Deepak, a resident of village Silothi and Sukhdev of Mahrana in Ut-tar Pradesh. Initial investigations revealed that accused had brought seized contraband fromOrissa for supply in Palwal. They wanted to earn profit by selling it among drug addicts onhigher prices. Giving further details, he said that police team got secret information that five-six persons will smuggle drugs in a canter and pilot it in a Dzire car. Based on the input, po-lice team immediately swung into action and established a check-point at Rahimpur Bridge.After some time, a car appeared but the driver took away the vehicle. Subsequently, after 5minutes, a canter bearing Haryana registration number also appeared. YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

Govt gears up to use rainy waterto recharge ground level

300 shafts to be constructed in flood prone areasBUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 20:

With a view to utilising surplus Mon-soon runoff to recharge groundwaterlevels, the Haryana Government hasstarted work to construct 300 rechargeshafts in three water-stressed andflood-prone blocks on pilot basis un-der the ‘Mera Pani –Meri Virasat’scheme.

While stating this here today, Ad-ditional Chief Secretary, Agricultureand Farmers’ Welfare Department,Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that con-struction of 100 recharge shafts inblock Guhla was started on July 19,after allotment of work on July 14.

He said that tenders had been in-vited for undertaking construction of100 shafts each in blocks Ratia andShahabad, and agreements would befinalised today. The Irrigation andWater Resources Department, whichis implementing the project, wouldsoon float tenders for construction of700 recharge shafts in all eight blockscovered under the scheme.

He said that the farmer would payten per cent of the total cost or a max-imum of Rs. 10,000 as contributionfor construction of recharge structureat his field at the time of submissionof application, or he may give his con-

sent to maintain the structure, inwhich case, the total cost of the struc-ture would be borne by the Govern-ment.

Farmers in the selected eightblocks may construct recharge shaftson their flood-prone land at their ownexpense. However, this constructionhas to be undertaken in accordancewith guidelines and stipulations laidout by the Irrigation and Water Re-sources Department. The design ofstructure approved by the CCSHaryana Agricultural University andCentral Ground Water Board, Chandi-garh would be followed. Such farmersmay apply on the ‘Mera Pani – Meri

Virasat’ portal.The Committee already constitut-

ed would provide the design and tech-nical know-how to the farmers forconstruction of recharge shaft struc-ture, and would also ensure that thestructure has been constructed as perapproved design and feasibility ofsite. The Irrigation and Water Re-sources Department would providethe locations of recharge structures forsampling and testing of flooded andrecharge water to the CCSHAU,which would conduct study on quali-ty of the water.

Mr. Kaushal said that the HaryanaGovernment had decided to construct1,000 recharge shafts in eight water-stressed blocks, namely Ratia (districtFatehabad), Siwan and Guhla (districtKaithal), Pipli, Shahabad, Babain andIsmailabad (district Kurukshetra) andSirsa (district Sirsa), where thegroundwater level is below 40 metres,and had invited farmers in theseblocks to apply for the same on the‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’portal. Theproject would cost around Rs. 32.33crore.

As many as 1,177 farmers have sofar applied under the scheme, which isaimed at protecting the depletinggroundwater table through crop diver-sification.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMACHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Hearing a petition in the Pun-jab and Haryana High Courtdemanding the removal of theban imposed by the Haryanagovernment on social media,by Anil Lamba, Director ofNews Express of Karnal, thisban was lifted today. TheHigh Court also reprimandedthe Haryana government andsaid that the governmentshould not ban social media(facebook etc) nor suppressthe voice of the public. If thegovernment wants to makerules on social media, then itshould be made, but it is notconstitutional to ban beforethat. Earlier the Haryana gov-ernment had banned socialmedia in about six districts ofthe state and DC Nishant Ku-mar Yadav of Karnal hadbanned social media for 15days on 10 July 2020 in Kar-

nal. In protest against the ban,Anil Lamba, Director ofNews Express, challengedthe government orderthrough the High Courtthrough senior advocate Ak-shay Bhan, senior advocateVirendra Singh Rathore,National Secy AICC and in-charge Bihar and advocateAmandeep Talwar. Today,while hearing this case, theHigh Court reprimanded the

Haryana government by re-moving this ban. It is note-worthy that the case washeard through virtual hear-ing. Now after this historicdecision, journalists of alldistrict Karnal can resumetheir activities on social me-dia news channels. Senioradvocate Virendra SinghRathore said that DC Kar-nal's order to ban social me-dia is unconstitutional.

High Court lifts ban onsocial media in state

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, JULY 20

Pranna Samiti Haryana has also conduct-ed 251st Bicycle Drive for EnvironmentProtection along with Save Environment,Awareness Rally. The plantation was doneat the Community Center of Sector 5. Therally was concluded under the chairman-ship of environment guard Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma. He made the people awarethat planting saplings is very easy but it is

equally difficult to handle them. Theyshould be handled like small children.Ra-jkumari Panwar encouraged women pow-er and said that she will complete this taskvery responsibly. Patron Karma Chandthanked everyone and said that today peo-ple have started cycling again. Provincialchairman of the committee, Dr. AshokKumar Verma, District Head Raj KumariPanwar, Patron Karma Chand, ArchanaArya and other Women Power Figuresparticipated.

Handle the plant like smallchildren: Dr. Ashok

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JULY 20

MLA Ramkumar Kashyap or-ganised a public hearing pro-gramme at the rest house of theirrigation department and heardthe problems and complaints ofthe people of the assembly con-stituencies. He said that resolv-ing the problems and grievancesof the people is his first priorityand it is his endeavor to goamong the people and join thehappiness and sorrow of thepeople. Kashyap said that todaydue to the changing environ-ment, we are facing many diffi-culties, so to keep the environ-ment clean and clean, we shouldplant more and more trees so

that our environment is clean.He said that trees give us pureoxygen. And by getting pureoxygen we can avoid manykinds of deadly diseases.

He called upon the peoplethat we must plant at least oneplant in our life and also takecare of it. The tree is the proper-

ty of our nation. He said that wemust plant a tree on the birthdayof ourselves and ourchildren.Public hearing pro-gramme related to grant ofdrains, alleys, roads, dams, con-struction of pucca houses, yel-low ration cards, transfers, elec-tricity, water, grants for develop-

ment works and most employ-ment related and developmentworks before MLA. There werehundreds of complaints andproblems. Most of the problemsand grievances were resolved onthe spot and through phone, theofficials concerned were direct-ed to solve the problems imme-diately. MLA Kashyap congrat-ulated former Haryana Agricul-ture Minister Om PrakashDhankhar on being appointedBJP state president and said thatformer agriculture minister andBJP state president Om PrakashDhankar had been associatedwith the Rashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh, Kisan Morcha andAkhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad for a long time.

MLA Kashyap hears problems of people

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, JULY 20

Tree plantation was done by the Envi-ronmental Protection Committee, Karnaltoday in Sector-6, in which Ward-8,Councillor Megha Bhandari said thatplantation is very important for environ-mental balance. We hope for a good en-vironment but do not understand our re-sponsibility, so everyone has to under-stand their responsibility only then wecan play an important role in environ-mental protection.

She said that life on earth cannot beimagined at all without plants. Everyoneshould think that the breath we are takingtoday is getting due to plants planted bysomeone like us. He said that there is nogood way to prevent increasing pollutionfrom plantations. In all the diseases inwhich allopathy fails, tree plants are used

as medicines and give new life to hu-mans. In this rainy season, more and

more people should plant trees.

Tree plantation important: Bhandari

Unemployment is a gift by BJP: RanaROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, JULY 20

Former state secretary of Congress, Munish Pervez Ranasaid that unemployment and economic slowdown has in-creased only drastically under the BJP rule, but under thecover of the Corona epidemic, there has been a huge declinein the development of the state. He said that before January,the government of the state claimed that the Congress hadleft the treasury empty, which has been completely filled bythe BJP government and there is no shortage of money in thestate. Rana was talking to reporters at his office in TaraoriMunicipal Road. He said that the BJP government, which was formed with the sloganof 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas', is getting only big officials and leaders with it, becauseno work is done in the state without money, but the bribe has increased considerably.He said that now the Congress will soon go door- to- door and start the programme ofthe activities of this government after which the people of the state will themselves standup to remove this government.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 20

Unnat Bharat OrganizationTrust has started a horticul-ture mission in Rohtak districtof Haryana. An agreementwas made to plant trees be-tween Mata Mantari DeviCharitable Trust and farmerPradeep Kadayan. Todayabout one acre of horticultur-al plants were planted. In thisgarden, Ayurvedic and fruitplants were planted under theleadership of National Presi-

dent Bharat Prem, PradeepKadayan and some villagers

following social distanc-ing. Similarly in Sri DeviMandir Kalanaur, Presi-dent of BJP Mandal Gul-shan Dua, Pradeep Ka-dayan, and head of thetemple Mangeram planteda tree.

On this occasion, Divi-sional President Dua saidthat agriculture and horti-culture will play an impor-tant role in realising thedreams of the Prime Min-

ister of India. The DivisionalPresident of Kalanaur Block

also visited Kalanaur, Anwal,Garhi and Baniyani villagesalong with Bharat Prem, theNational President of Ad-vanced Bharat SangathanTrust. The impact of develop-ment oriented policies ofHaryana Government is nowvisible. Bharat Prem ex-pressed his gratitude to all thevillagers and Mandal Presi-dent Dua and his team. Onthis occasion, by planting onehundred fifty-one saplings,the block was geared towardsthe Green Revolution.

Horticulture Mission launched: Prem

Activists celebrate Dhankar’s appointmentKULDEEP SAINIRADAUR, JULY 20

Activists rejoiced over the appointment of former cabinet minister Om Prakash Dhankhad as BJP state president at the residenceof former MLA Shyam Singh Rana in the city. Activists congratulated former MLA Shyam Singh Rana by distributing sweets. Onthis occasion, former MLA Shyam Singh Rana said that the party has done commendable work by appointing former cabinet min-ister O P Prakash Dhankhar as BJP state president. This will increase the mass base of the party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi,National President of the party JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah were congratulated for his appointment. Shalu Mehta,Vineesh Rana, Gulshan Saini, Pushpendra Gujjar, Khushi Ram Sarpanch Daulatpur, Chetan Rana, Prince Saini, Gulsan Kumar,Mukesh Saini, Padam Sarpanch Jagudi, Kuldeep Saini, Praveen Saini, Pawan Kashyap Rajput, Ashok Gulabgarh, Chirag Saini,Shekhar Rana, Amit Gupta etc. were present on the occasion.

Karnal players dominate football gameKARNAL: Our sportspersons are highlighting the name of the district by showcasing their tal-ent at the national level in football, including both boys and girls. On Monday, more than a dozenfootball players led by Football Association District Head DS Kadian and Haryana Football As-sociation Joint Secretary Raman Singh greeted Deputy Commissioner Karnal Nishant Kumar Ya-dav at his office in the Small Secretariat. The deputy commissioner wished them all a bright fu-ture by getting group photos with all the players and always motivated them to move forward.He said that with his achievements, the district will continue to be the leader in sports and thiswill also motivate other players. Football coaches Punit and Amit Kumar were also present withthe players on this occasion.

Law must for purchasingcrops at 100 pc MSP

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: BKU on Monday held a demonstration in Indri city and handed overa memorandum to the SDM in the name of the President and Prime Minister.They arrived at the SDM office, wearing black on tractors. National General Sec-retary of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Ravinder Swamy, said that the governmenthas cheated the farmers by bringing three ordinances against the farmers by tak-ing the excuse of Corona, while the country's parliament was closed. He said thatthese three ordinances will bring farmers to the brink of starvation. Merchants havebeen given free exemption to loot farmers by bringing an e-tendering system. Thefarmers have no knowledge about it. The central government has implementedthese three ordinances with the approval of the President. According to them, thefarmer cannot knock the door of the court, it will be confined only to the SDM andDC office and there will be massive loot with the farmers. He informed that today,a memorandum has been submitted by the Farmers Union to the President, PrimeMinister in the whole country. He has appealed to the government to take backthese ordinances and stop the loot in the mandis. With the coming of the ordinance,the mandis of the state will end. On this occasion, Ravindra Swamy National Gen-eral Secretary Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rampal Chahal, Devi Dutt, Malkit Singh,Satpal Singh Mandi Pradhan Indri, Rishi Pal, Balkar Sheikhpura.

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Mondayasked Akali chief Sukhbir Badalto stop shedding crocodile tearsover the plight of the farmers,whose very existence was threat-ened by the farm ordinancespassed by the central governmentwith the support of his party.

Having given its full backingto the ordinances, which wereclearly the first step towardselimination of the MSP regime,the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)had lost all locus standii to evenpretend to care about the farm-ers, whose condition had deteri-orated to abysmal levels undertheir rule, said CaptainAmarinder.

Sukhbir should not forgetthat as Union Minister, his wifeand SAD leader Harsimrat KaurBadal, was part of the Cabinetmeeting that stamped its ap-proval on the ordinances thatwill totally destroy Punjab’sfarming community, he added.

Ridiculing the SAD presi-dent’s offer to lead a delegationof farmer organisations to seekclarification from the Centre onMSP, the Chief Minister said itwas evident that Sukhbir was to-tally disconnected from theground situation. The Chief Min-ister pointed out that the ordi-

nances, that were completelyagainst India’s federal structure,were in line with the recommen-dations of the Shanta Kumarcommittee, which had also sug-gested dismantling the MSPstructure. Having implementedthe recommendation on the ordi-nances, the inference was logicalthat the MSP elimination wouldsoon follow, he said, adding thatSukhbir was conveniently choos-ing to ignore that in order to pro-tect the interests of SAD, in par-ticular his own and his wife’s in-terests.

No purpose will be solvednow by Sukbir pretending con-cern about the farmers, whose in-terests his own party was instru-mental in damaging by being an

active supporter of the ordi-nances, said Captain Amarinder.Left with no defence for SAD’santi-farmer and anti-Punjab ac-tions, Sukhbir was not tryingdesperately to save face with hisoffer, said the Chief Minister.Having been repeatedly cheatedby the central government,which has failed to take a singleinitiative to protect the farmers’interests in the past six years,neither the farmers nor their rep-resentative organisations had anytrust now in their assurances,said Captain Amarinder.

Sukhbir does not even seemto know that Punjab’s farmer or-ganisations had already protestedopenly against the ordinances,which they also found to be com-

pletely anti-farmer and designedto pave the way for ending theMSP procurement regime, saidCaptain Amarinder.

In the circumstances, anypromise or clarification on thepart of the Union AgricultureMinistry would be meaninglessunless they withdraw the ordi-nances to show that they trulyhad the interests of the farmers atheart, he added. Flaying the SADfor their double standards, whichhad been manifest on many is-sues in recent months, includingthe CAA, the Chief Ministerasked why Sukhbir was not with-drawing his party’s support tothe BJP-led government at theCentre if the was really con-cerned about the farmers.

Stop shedding crocodile tears forfarmers', Capt to Sukhbir Badal

79 new cases reported in Ludhiana in a dayLUDHIANA:Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Pun-jab government, the number of COVID 19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passingday. He said that there are 592 active patients in the district at present. He said that sincere efforts are being made tokeep people safe from Covid 19. He said that 79 new patients have tested positive in last 24 hours time. He furthersaid that till date, a total of 51375 samples have been taken, out of which report of 50123 samples has been received,of 47887 samples is negative and report of 1252 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients re-lated to Ludhiana is 1918, while 318 patients are related to other districts/states. He said that unfortunately 48 peoplefrom Ludhiana and 34 from other districts have lost their lives.

SP JAINKHARAR/MOHALI,JULY 20

On the directive of PunjabChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh, RapidAntigen testing has initiatedin District Jalandhar, Amrit-sar, Patiala, Ludhiana andSAS Nagar. Disclosing thishere today, the Health Minis-ter Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhusaid that total of 2365 rapidantigen tests have been con-ducted in these districts sofar, out of which 197 foundpositive and 2168 tested neg-ative. He said that three moredistricts namely Kapurthala,Fatehgarh Sahib and Roparhave been instructed to com-mence this exercise to expe-dite the testing process.

Giving further details,the Minister said that thePunjab government has start-ed the Rapid Antigen Testingfor early detection and man-agement of COVID-19 infec-tions. He said that rapid anti-gen test kits is a rapid chro-matographic immunoassayfor qualitative detection ofspecific antigens to SARS-CoV-2. It has been developedby SD Biosensor and pro-vides test results within 30minutes. He said that thosewho are found to be positiveby Antigen Test will be taken

as confirmed positive whilethose who tested negative inthe antigen test will be re-tested by CB NAAT/True-Nat/RT PCR. Divulgingabout sample collection, Mr.Sidhu said that Nasopharyn-geal swabs will be collectedby the trained doctors orparamedic using PPE in thehospital setting or in thecommunity. He said that be-sides Antigen testing of cate-gories such as SARI patients,Symptomatic and high-riskcontacts of COVID-19 posi-tive patients and Sympto-matic individuals found inthe house-to-house screeningin containment areas, asymp-tomatic direct and high-riskcontacts of a confirmed caseto be tested once between day5 and day 10 of coming intocontact especially in contain-ment /Micro- containmentzones.

Rapid antigen testinginitiates in 5 districts :

Balbir Singh SidhuDr Thind elevatedRAJ SADOSHABOHAR: Dr. S. K. Thind, who hadserved at the Regional ResearchStation of Panjab Agricultural Universityin Abohar for 24 years, has beenelevated as additional Director ofCommunication of PAU. He was earlier

working asincharge of thePlant Clinic inDirectorate ofExtensionEducation. A PAUalumnus, DrThind is arecipient of GoldMedal in M.Sc.He has a vast

experience in the area of transfer ofimproved agriculture technology. Dr.Thind said he aims at fortifyinguniversity, journalism, brotherhood andfarming community in future. Notablythe PAU center here was previouslyknown as Regional Fruit ResearchStation which was instrumental indeveloping hybrid variety of Citrus andOrange fruit, popularly known asKinnow. About 67 percent of kinnowgrowing area in Punjab falls in Aboharsub division now.

Sukhdev Singh appointedVice President of Vigilance,Monitoring Cell of Congress

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU: An importantmeeting of the Vigilance andMonitoring Cell of the Punjab PradeshCongress Committee was held atvillage Ekalgadda today. Lakha SinghValtoha Vice Chairman was present inthe meeting who also appointedSukhdev Singh Ekalgadda as the VicePresident of the Vigilance andMonitoring Cell of the Tarn TaranDistrict of the Congress Committee.Valtoha said that Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh with publicsupport will win corona war. This canonly be possible if we follow the rulesof Covid 19. Punjab PradeshCongress, Private Secretary SuchaSingh, Dr. Gursewak Singh GeneralSecretary Tarn Taran, Punjab PradeshCongress Secretary Jas Sabharwal,Chinta Singh, Tehsil President (Blair)Sucha Singh, State Secretary TarnTaran were present.

IMA hospital in Shahkot isalone private facilitycentre in districtPRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR: Acceding to therequesting of Deputy CommissionerMr Ghanshyam Thori, 14 privatehospitals have offered 186 beds fortreating level-2 and 47 beds for level-3Covid patients in the Jalandhar takingthe total tally to 211-beds for level-2and 57-beds for level-3 in the privatehospitals for treatment of Covid-19patients. The private hospitals wouldcharge on the maximum rates as fixedby Punjab Government for thetreatment. At present, IMA facility inShahkot has already provided 25 bedsfor level-2 and 10 beds for level-3.Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences(PIMS) would start offering treatmentto the Covid-19 patients from July 23and has offered 110 beds for level-2and 10-beds for level-3 patients.Disclosing further information theDeputy Commissioner GhanshyamThori said that the step was aimed totackle the increasing number ofCOVID-19 far more efficaciously andprovide best possible care to theCOVID-19 patients.

Ridicules SAD offer to lead farmers delegation

Placement of more than2000 youth of district tobe done in job fair : DCDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Deputy CommissionerMrs. Apneet Riyait said that no stonewould be left unturned to make theSeptember Job Fair a success underthe flagship program of the PunjabGovernment's 'Employment from Doorto Door' campaign. He said thatplacement of more than 2000 youth ofthe district would be done in this jobfair. He was addressing an onlinemeeting of officials of variousdepartments regarding thepreparations for the job fair here today.Instructing the officers, he said thatvarious vacancies should be collectedfor this job fair so that more and moreneedy youth of the district could beprovided employment.Deputy Commissioner Instructed theDistrict Industries Center, DeputyDirector Factories to liaise with theindustries of the district to make theflagship program of PunjabGovernment 'Door to DoorEmployment' a success by providingemployment opportunities to maximumnumber of youth in the district.

LUDHIANA, JULY 20

Deputy CommissionerVarinder Sharma todaytook a round of the CivilHospital today and issuednecessary instructions tothe staff. He also interact-ed with the doctors onduty and urged them towork wholeheartedly inservice of patients so thatwe can collectively makeMission Fateh successful.

He informed that theDistrict Administration iscommitted for providingbest healthcare facilitiesto the residents. He saidthat even the bed capacityin Level-1 Covid ControlCentres have been in-creased to 1200, at level-2centres to 450 and the ca-pacity of isolation wardsin private hospitals is now84. He said that the gov-

ernment has tied up withgovernment hospitalssuch as DMCH, CMCH,Guru Teg Bahadur Chari-table Hospital, SPS Hos-pital, Deep Hospital. Heurged the residents to fol-low all government direc-tions in the interest of the

society and should notpanic. He assured that theDistrict Administration aswell as the Punjab gov-ernment is keeping closewatch on all cases andbest healthcare servicesare being provided to thepatients. He said that if

any person has Covid likesymptoms, they shouldget their tests done at gov-ernment hospitals totallyfree of cost. He said that ifany person is tested posi-tive and is asymptomatic,they can be sent for homeisolation if they have aseparate room attachedwith a bathroom in theirhouse.

He said that peopleshould not make Covid associal stigma as it is just aform of influenza. Sharmasaid that the only way onecan save themselves fromCovid is by wearingmasks, maintaining phys-ical distancing and main-taining hand hygiene. Heassured the residents thatmaximum number of testsare being conducted in thestate and that they shouldnot worry.

2365 tests conducted,197 found positive

Ludiana DC inspects civil hospitalKULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JULY 20

Om Prakash Soni, Minister forMedical Education and Re-search, Punjab visited Fatah-pur, an area under Ward No.71 to review the ongoing de-v e l o p m e n tworks. On thisoccasion Mr.Soni inaugu-rated the workof drinking wa-ter pipes underAmrit project.Mr. Soni saidthat quality drinking waterpipes would be installed in theentire village at a cost of croresof rupees. Earlier, Sir Soni in-augurated the construction ofnew tubewell at village Fatah-pur at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh. Hesaid that people had been de-manding for a new tubewell

for a long time. Mr. Soni saidthat more than 50% develop-ment work has been complet-ed in this village. He said thatstreets, drains, school buildingand a new dispensary havealso been constructed in thisvillage. Mr. Soni assured the

people that village Fatehpurwould be equipped with all thefacilities of a city. Mr. Sonisaid that places have beenidentified for the constructionof a new park in the villageand a new park would be setup at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh forthe children to play.

Soni launches water pipes underAmrit project in ward no. 71

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, JULY 20

On the instructions of Bhar-tiyaKisan Union (Rajwal) un-der the state level Ulika pro-gram, a tractor march of farm-ers from Block Raikot levelreached SDM office Raikotthrough various villages.

Tarlochan Singh Brahmi,President, Block Raikot saidthat Punjab and Haryana hadthe best infrastructure in theworld for the sale and pur-chase of agricultural com-modities by the farmers. TheAgriculture Ordinance 2020has been enacted, this law hasbeen amended to exclude

agricultural commodities.During this time corporatehouses will be allowed to buyfood grains, oilseeds, fruits,vegetables etc. from farmersat cheaper rates and storethem. It is misleading the

farmers that this lawwill be beneficial forthe farmers whereastoday's farmer has re-alized the malice ofthe government.Therefore everyclause of the lawframed by the centralgovernment is anti-farmer and pro-corpo-rate houses as thisblack law is different.

Is a failed model in variousdeveloped countries There-fore the farmers would nevertolerate these black laws sothat the marketing structure ofPunjab and Haryana wouldnot be disrupted.

Farmers hold protest against govton Ludhiana-Bathinda highway

Shopkeepers inPossi attacked ,

one killedKIRAN MAHILPUR, JULY 20 In Possi village, two brothershad to pay the price of placingthe evicted young man fromthe motorcycle shop lastevening. He attacked brothers.Both the injured were broughtto the Garhshankar Civil Hos-pital, where one of them wasreferred to PGI Chandigarh,where he succumbed. Ac-cording to the information re-ceived, Ram Lubhaya’s wifetold the Mahilpur police sta-tion that her two sons DeepakKumar and Shiva Shanta wererunning a welding shop neartheir sister Geeta's house out-side the village a month ago.She said she was going to hersister's house last eveningwhen a mob gathered near herson’s 'shop where it was dis-covered that half a dozen mo-torcyclists.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JULY 20

With the aim of apprising fe-male staff members and stu-dents, Baba Farid College ofManagement and Technolo-gy, Bathinda or-ganized a webinaron Polycysticovarian disease(PCOD) in associ-ation with MaxHealthcare viaMicrosoft Teams.

Around 315Faculty and stu-dents attended thewebinar. The expert for thewebinar was Dr. Ritu Garg,consultant (Gynaecologist),Max Super Specialty Hospi-tal, Bathinda. Dr. Garg is anexpert in her field and she hasbeen witnessing PCOD af-fected case studies on a regu-lar basis. Dr. Garg thorough-

ly explained about the dis-ease and its various condi-tions and types. She beganwith the reasons affecting theonset of the disease in the fe-male body followed by a dis-cussion on the various pre-

ventive measures atthe individual levelas well.

She laid specialemphasis on seek-ing expert opinion,if, any of the symp-toms appear in thebody because un-necessary delays inthe treatment can

cause serious problems in thefuture to the individual. Fur-thermore, she discussed vari-ous treatment methods thatcan be undertaken profes-sionally, if needed. Statisticssuggest that every 1 in 10 women suffers from thedisease.

Baba Farid College organizeswebinar on PCOD

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDARBAHA, JULY 20

A meeting of the RevenuePatwar Union District ShriMuktsar Sahib was held inGiddarbaha. During themeeting, Shamsher SinghKanungo district head,Sukhchain Singh formerdistrict head, Pawan Ku-mar Duggal former districtgeneral secretary, HarbansSingh former tehsil headand Manpreet Singh Ka-nungo district, based on afive-member selectioncommittee, has nominated

Narinder Kumar Duggal(Neeta) as district head tothe Patwar Union. DilbagSingh Sandhu was electedas the General Secretary,Rupinder Singh Brar asKashyir and Iqbal Singh asthe representative of theUnion's Punjab body. Onthis occasion, newly ap-pointed District President

Narinder Kumar DuggalNeeta said that the respon-sibility which has been en-trusted to him will be ful-filled with full devotion.On this occasion, SukhdevSingh Luhara, formerTehsil head and JagjitSingh Sandhu, formerdeputy head of Punjab,also attended.

Neeta Duggal becomes districthead of Patwar Union

Lucky Sharma appointeddivision president

NAWANSHAHAR (CHET RAM RATTAN):BJP District President Poonam Manik announced 7divisional presidents of district Shaheed BhagatSingh Nagar on the instructions of state presidentAshwini Sharma, zonal incharge Subhash Sharmaand district in-charge Umesh Shakar. She said that

Lucky Shar-ma fromNawansha-har Mandal,P a w a nL o m e s hfrom JadlaC i r c l e ,

Nandkishore from Balachaur Circle, Anil Dhamfrom Sahiba Circle, Ram Kishan Jakhu from BangaCircle, Ram Nand Barkot from Circle, PravishRampal from Mukandpur Circle included in the list.Manik said that the Rhodes and Kathgarh divisionswould be appointed soon.

VERMAQADIAN, JULY 20

To save the people from theoutbreak of covid-19 epidem-

ic and to mobilize its workersto help the needy families,Mona Jaiswal, the state presi-dent of the women's wing ofthe BJP, visited the residence

of Kulwinder Kaur, the dis-trict head of the women'swing. The workers were en-couraged to cooperate withthe needy people during

covid-19 and to make themaware about the guidelinesissued by the Central Gov-ernment from time to time.Giving information on thisoccasion, Mona Jaiswalsaid that covid-19 epidem-ic is a virus which has notgot any cure yet and it is

very necessary to take precau-tions to avoid it. She said thatthe entire country has beenstruggling with this problemfor the last 4 months.

BJP's workers standing at all times to dealwith covid-19 pandemic : Mona

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

Villagers irk over irregular drinking water supplyUNA: Some villagers of Lower Arniala have expressed their anger and irked overirregular drinking water supply in their village. While talking to this correspondentsome residents of village Lower Arniala said that they have been faced the problem ofirregular drinking water supply for the last one year. They added that they are notgetting the water supply in time in the morning every day. Drinking water comes in thetaps at 7:15 AM to 7:30 AM too late in the morning every day rather it should besupplied at least at 6: 00 AM every day. They urged to concerned authorities to takenecessary action regarding this matter. They appreciated the “YUGMARG” for solvingthe problem of electricity power cuts in this village; this is all happened possible due toimpact of YUGMARG news published on July 15 ‘Villagers expressed resentmentover undeclared electricity power cuts’. Villagers said that after that they are receivingelectricity power supply regularly without any too long cuts.

Ravi Zeldar hits backat Congress

PREETI RANAUNA: Una Mandal President of BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha Ravi Zaildar hasretaliated on the statement of thePresident of Una Sadar Block Congress.He said that the Congress which haddisappeared completely during the Coronaperiod, is now resorting to such issues tomake its presence known among thepublic. He said that the programmeorganized by former BJP President SatpalSingh Satti to distribute cheques to thebeneficiaries under the Prime MinisterHousing Scheme, condemning theCongress and demanding action, hashelped the needy people. He said that thechairman of the Block Congress shouldtell who and what he has helped duringthe epidemic. Ravi Zaildar said that in thisera of epidemic, BJP leaders and activistshave been busy helping people from thefirst day, but the Congressmen who havespent many months resting in their homesnow take such issues among the public forthemselves. He said that Congressleaders have done the work of politicsinstead of helping people. Congress hasbeen completely absent during this entirecorona period. As soon as the unlockstarts, the Congressmen come out like arainy frog and start tinkering. But the publicalso knows who has stood as a supportday and night to help them and who hasbeen sitting in the house making rhetoric.

Keep safe from scrubtyphus during rainydays: Doctors

JYOTI SYALUNA: Scrub typhus often spreads its feetduring rainy days. Scrub typhus is abacterial infection that causes manydeaths and has symptoms similar tochikungunya. Scrub typhus disease canbegin with headache and fever with cold.When the disease worsens, the fever ofthe patient increases and the headachealso becomes unbearable. The diseasecan also cause mild to moderatesymptoms of organ failure. In somepatients, itching or rash that starts from thestomach spreads to other organs.Sometimes it can also occur on the face.Symptoms like spasms and stiffness arealso seen in this disease. In case ofexcess infection, glands are formed underthe neck, arms and above the hips.Whileexamining the symptoms of scrub typhus,it is also compared to diseases likemalaria, dengue, leptospirosis. Thedisease lasts for 6 to 21 days. Initiallythere are fever, headache and coughrelated symptoms. Patients with mildinfections can recover without any othersymptoms. Scrub typhus fever is spreadby the bite of a dangerous bacteriumcalled rickettsiae (infected mites, fleas). Toavoid scrub typhus disease, go to thefields wearing full sleeve clothes, becausethe flea that spreads scrub typhus cutsonly the loose parts of the body. ChiefMedical Officer Dr. Raman Kumar Sharmasaid that this fever is also called asManipulative fever. It is not an infectiousdisease, not travel from one other and itstreatment is also very easy. Nowadays, ifyou have persistent fever, visit doctorimmediately and do not take fever lightly.He said that its treatment is available freeof cost in all government institutions.

Online admission forAtal Bihari GovernmentCollege beginsJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: Online Admission for BA,B.Sc, B.Com, First Second, Third YearStudents for the year 2020-21 started atAtal Bihari Government College,Bangana, without any late fee till 31 July2020. Students can log on to the collegewebsite Visit www.gcbangana.in oradmisssion.gcbangana.in. Thisinformation was given by Dr. Aarti Devi,Principal of the college.

HIMACHAL/JKHimachal govt hikes bus fare by 25 pc Cabinet okays replacement of 38 ambulancesAGENCYSHIMLA, JULY 20

The State Cabinet in its meetingheld here today under thechairmanship of Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur approvedreplacement of 38 ambulancesunder National AmbulanceService-108 in the State in lieu ofambulances which have outlivedtheir economical life as the 108ambulances have become thelifeline of health system in theState. The Cabinet decided toincrease the bus fare in the Statekeeping the fund crunch due toCovid-19 pandemic. The farewould be Rs. 7 for first threekilometers instead of Rs. 5. Therewould be increase of 25 percent inthe present per kilometer tariffs forall travel beyond three kilometersfor hilly and plain areas.

The Industries Departmentmade a presentation on ‘Ease ofdoing Business’ before theCabinet. It stressed ondevelopment of online system for46 services to facilitate theentrepreneurs and improve theease of doing business in the State.The Cabinet directed thedepartment to move on all points

of reforms in a time bound manner.Information and Technology

Department presented thehardware for e-Cabinet and theCabinet authorized the Departmentto go ahead for purchase of 16workstations. It was decided thatthe third party security auditshould be done for maintainingconfidentiality.

The Cabinet gave its approvalto provide government landmeasuring 0-37-54 hectare onlease to HPSEBLtd. forconstruction of 33/11 KV 2X3.15MVA Sub Station Ukhali in districtHamirpur at a rate of 20 percent of

the present circle rate i.e.Rs.11,26,200 as lump sum and Rs.one per month lease for 99 yearsthereafter. It also gave its nod toprovide government landmeasuring eight Marala at a rateof 20 percent of the present circlerate i.e. Rs.34,008 as lump sumand Rs. one per month lease for 99years at Bamsan in Hamirpurdistrict in favour of HPSEB Ltd.for construction of office of JuniorEngineer and Complaint Room ofTikri Section. The Cabinet gave itsapproval to convert 34 EGSinstructors into Gramin VidyaUpasaks who have fulfilled the

eligibility conditions of suchconversion. It decided to open newGovernment Primary School atLower Tharedi in Gram PanchayatBakan in Education Block Mehla-I in Bharmour Vidhan Sabha areaof Chamba district to facilitate thechildren of the area. It decided tofill up three posts of Junior OfficeAssistant (IT) in ProsecutionDepartment on contract basis.

Free travel facility forMPs, MLAs withdrawnSHIMLA: The Cabinet gave its nodto withdraw the facility of free travelto Members of Parliament and MLAsin HRTC buses within and outsidethe State. However this facility wouldcontinue for all former MLAs andMPs. It decided to convert the 771vacant posts in the cadre of AssistantLibrarians in Education Departmentinto Junior Office Assistant (Library)for smooth functioning of libraries ofeducational institutions in the State.The Cabinet decided to take overLala Jagat Narain Himotkarsh KanyaMahavidyalaya Kotla Khurd in Unadistrict by the Government alongwithservices of eligible teaching and nonteaching staff of the college as perextant policy.

Jai Ram flags off vehiclecontaining 66,000 masks

SHIMLA, JULY 20

Chief Minister Jai RamThakur here today flaggedoff a vehicle containing66,000 masks donated byEklavya Verma son of formerMLA from Theog lateRakesh Verma for furtherdistribution among the needy

of the constituency. ChiefMinister appreciated thephilanthropic act of EklavyaVerma and said that suchtype of efforts go a long wayin providing help to theneedy people. Former DGPand grandfather of EklavyaVerma, R.R. Verma was alsopresent on the occasion.

Man booked for 'objectionablecomment' on Facebook in Kullu

SHIMLA: A Kullu resident was booked for allegedly posting acaste-biased post on social networking site Facebook, police saidon Monday. Superintendent of Police Shimla Om Patti Jamawalsaid that an FIR was filed under Section 162 of IPC and 20 & 3(1)of SC, ST act on the complaint of a Shimla resident. Thecomplainant alleged that the person posted the caste biased postcasting aspersions on the Dalit community. The FIR wasregistered against the accused at police station Sadar on Sunday.

Singers and artists meet formerBJP president Satpal Sati

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JULY 20

Singers and artists from Una district met former BJP presidentSatpal Singh Satti on Sunday. Artists have submitted amemorandum through Satti to CM Jairam Thakur. Singersand artists have raised the demand of the government to startsmall events, following the guidelines of Covid rules so thattheir families can be nurtured. The artists of the district Una,while expressing their pain, have asked for some timerelaxation on religious events, so that they can do smallprograms by following the rules. Artists representativesSanjeev Lovely and Gurpreet Guppi said that due to Corona,religious events are banned, due to which artists performingreligious programs are suffering. He said that if thegovernment fixes the time for religious events for some time,then the livelihood of the artists can also go on. Satti assuredthat a discussion will be held with CM Jairam Thakur.

Neelam Khullar elected asVice-President of Nalagarh

Municipal Council

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, JULY 20

In the election for the post of Vice President of Nala-garh Municipal Council, the Congress has capturedits position. Congress councilor Neelam Khullarwas unanimously elected vice-president. Electionsbegan at the scheduled time under the supervision ofReturning Officer Prashant Desta. Three Congressand two BJP members came in the election whilefour BJP members did not participate in the election.Congress-backed Manoj Verma named NeelamKhullar for the post of vice-president. On which thecity council president Dhamendra Rana supportedhim. All the members unanimously elected NeelamKhullar as vice-president.

Plantation drive organisedin Sai Primary School

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, JULY 20

The social organization Amit Singla SocialWelfare Society honoured Mandir Samiti Saifor its outstanding works. The Shiva TempleCommittee is also ahead in environmentalprotection and social upliftment along withvillage Sai religious works. In the presentCorona era also, to ensure their participationin the country and society, the templecommittee had sent an amount of Rs 11,000to the CM Relief Fund, while the ration wasalso provided to Seva Bharati. All theofficials of the committee and their teamwere honored with a memento by AmitSingla Social Welfare Society ChairmanSumit Singla and Hariom Yoga SocietyPresident Dr. Srikant Sharma. Dr. SrikantSharma, President of Hariom Yoga Societysaid that it is not the matter of money, smallor big but the way the Shiva TempleManagement Committee has done itsresponsibility towards the country. GopalGopal, President of Welfare Society, SumitSingla, Secretary Shanti Gautam and allothers planted saplings at Government

Primary School Sai. Jitendra Sharma,chairman of the temple committee,elaborated on the two-decade tenure of thecommittee. On this occasion, Zilla Parishadmembers Suman Lata, Balma Sharma,Patron of the temple committee RamlokThakur, Chairman Jitendra Sharma,Secretary Ravi Shankar Sharma, TreasurerAshok Kumar, Meher Chand Thakur,Rameshwar Das, Satish Kumar, RakeshKumar, Rajendra Kumar, Vikas, Vishal ,Krishna Swarup, Suraj Sharma, Aanchal andmany dignitaries were present.

Sri Guru Ravidas Mahasabha honours officialsJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, JULY 20

The officers and personnel of Bangana werefelicitated by Himachal Pradesh Shri GuruRavidas Mahasabha unit by giving acitation for outstanding work done indistrict Una during Covid-19 epidemic.Mahasabha Secretary Prakash ChandSahota, Deputy Secretary Harkesh KumarBanga, Pradhan Ramesh Chand Banga,Chief Advisor Mohind Ram Banga, NeerajBhardwaj and Arvind were present.

6 lakh people will be beneficiaries of PMGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana: Anurag ThakurPANKAJ KATNAUNA, JULY 20

In a virtual meeting ofDistrict Una BJP TribeMorcha here today, UnionMinister Anurag Thakur,while expressing gratitudefor providing free food to 80crore people of the country for thenext five months under PM GaribKalyan Anna Yojana, termed thismove as a human decision. He hasdescribed the government's decisionduring the pandemic as publicinterest and has expresseddispleasure over the irresponsibleattitude of the Congress in this

corona period, calling theCongress party insensitive.He told that the Modigovernment has donewelfare work by providingeconomic and socialsecurity to the migrant,labourers and poor peopleof the country under the

Pradhan Mantri Garib KalyanYojana and Self-Reliant IndiaCampaign. He said that during thisCorona period, Prime Minister Modihas taken a commendable step byproviding food to the financiallystrapped families due to loss ofemployment by extending thePradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna

Yojana for the next 5 months. Heinformed that with theimplementation of this scheme,people of the country will beprovided 5 kg rice and 1 kg gram dalper person for free. This scheme willalso benefit 6 lakh poor people of thestate from the month of November.Not only this, under the self-reliantIndia campaign in the past, Modigovernment had provided ration to80 crore people from April to June.The Modi government of the Centeris going to bear a total expenditure of1.5 lakh crores on this ambitiousscheme so far. Also, 50000 crore hasbeen spent to provide work to theworkers in rural areas.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

Webinar on "100 years of sad" by PU IsseerCHANDIGARH: Panjab University Institute of Social Sciences Education and Research(PU-ISSER) organised a webinar on “100 Years of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)” today inwhich Prof. Amarjit Singh Narang, former Registrar and a retired Professor of Political Sci-ence from IGNOU New Delhi and Professor Ashutosh Kumar, Chairperson Political ScienceDepartment Panjab University Chandigarh presented their views. Professor Swarnjit Kaur, Co-ordinator, PU ISSER initiated the proceedings by highlighting the role of PU authorities in fa-cilitating the webinar. She also welcomed the guests, introduced the speakers and also thetheme by contextualizing that in this journey of 100 years Akali Dal is not the lone player inthe field of regional politics. Professor Ashutosh Kumar gave a synoptic narrative of the hun-dred years of the chequered political career of the SAD and the pivotal role it played in shap-ing the politics of Punjab. He also covered the Punjab’s political and electoral dynamics in the process.

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RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Raj Bala Malik, Mayor,Chandigarh flagged off 13tractors here today formaintenance of parks androad berms in presence ofK.K. Yadav, IAS, Com-missioner, Municipal Cor-poration, Chandigarh.

While sharing infor-mation about the tractors,the Mayor briefed thatthese 13 tractors have beenpurchased under the land-scaping work at Rs. 50lacs. She said that thesetractors will be used forrunning shrubmaster,which is used for re-moval/cutting of grassfrom V-3 to V-6 roads andparks in the city.

She said that sometractors will be used to car-ry water tankers for irriga-tion in the city parks &green belts and for water-ing the plants in variousroad berms & centralverges etc. throughout city.

She further said thatfew tractors will be usedfor scientific disposal ofremoved grass, dry leavesand horticulture wastefrom the parks and otherareas. Other landscapingwork by leveling anddressing of earth work in

parks and road berms willalso be carried out with thesupport of these tractors,

she added. ShailenderSingh, Chief Engineer, Sh.K.P. Singh, Superintend-

ing Engineer, Sh. PritpalSingh, Executive Engi-neer, Horticulture wing,

MCC were also presentduring the flagging off cer-emony.

Mayor flags off 13 tractors formaintenance of parks, road berms

SP JAINKHARAR/ MOHALI,JULY 20

On the direction of the ChiefMinister Punjab, the Depart-ment Bureau of Employ-ment andEnterprises(DBEE), Punjabis organizing a State LevelWebinar on 24th July, 2020at 3 pm on the theme"Emerging EmploymentOpportunities and Challengeafter Covid-19", informedAashika Jain, AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(ADC), SAS Nagar.

ADC stated that webinaris aimed to create awarenessamong the youth of Punjababout the emerging employ-ment opportunities in theCOVID-19 shadowed envi-ronment and the skills re-quired for the same.

She informed that thewebinar would be inaugurat-ed by the Cabinet MinisterMr. Charanjit Singh Channiand Mr. Rahul Tewari Secre-tary Employment Genera-tion and Training.

Besides, during the we-binar at Mohali a panel ofrepresentatives of reputedorganizations like Mi-crosoft, Wal-Mart India,Pepsi-Co, Dell and Amazonwill participate Interestedyouth must register atwww.pgrkam.com to partic-

ipate in the webinar throughthe link provided onwww.pgrkam.com. Un-reg-istered youth can participatein the webinar by registeringthemselves atwww.pgrkam.com. The we-binar will also be aired onthe YouTube channel, thelink of which will be avail-able to the youth after regis-tering for the webinar.

For further informationon the webinar, ManjeshSharma, Deputy CEODBEE Mohali can be con-tacted on mobile number98151 62064 or on thehelpline number of the bu-reau 78142 59210.

State level webinar on emergingemployment opportunities on

July 24 : ADC Aashika Jain

March past of new policerecuits organised

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: An impressive MarchPast was held today at PRTC Japankhelan on the occasion of passing outparade of the new recruit constableof the state police. The chief guest onthe occasion was Rakesh KaushalPPS commandant PRTC JjahanKhelan said that in the passing outparade 289(256 Boys and 33 Girls)recruit constables took part and howwill form part their respective units inthe district police formations. TheMarch past of contingents were soarranged following guidelines onsocial distancing. The allround firstposition was held by lady constableAmisha Sharks no.845/HPR whilethe parade commander was Ladyconstable Harpreet Kaur. Thecommandent Rakesh Kaushal PPSstressed upon the fact that PRTCjahan khelan was one of the bestrecruit trainning centres in India andthe trainees passing out from itsportals are fully adept to perform theduties assigned of them in a thoroughprofessional manner .

Minor among fourdetected positive in FerozepurRAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR: One minor – aged 14years – has been reported as Corona+ve among the four news positivecases today in Ferozepur, making thetotal to 231. All four positive cases oftoday are of the age group of 54, 40, 20and 14. Two cases are reported to beconfirmed case of lab contact, one isdirect and one is forwarded case, in theareas of Johal Nagar, Zira, BhagwatiEnclave, Near Samundari Petrol Pumpand Basti Tankan Wali. The districtadministration and health departmenthave made an appeal to the people tofollow the guidelines to fight withCoronavirus by wearing masks,maintain social distancing and stay athome, to avoid coming in contact withthe positive case. People should moveout only in emergency circumstancesthat too by following strictly theinstructions to win over the coronavirus

550 Aakash students score90% in CBSE examsLUDHIANA/JALANDHAR: Astupendous 550 meritorious studentsfrom the various branches of AakashInstitute spread across the states ofHaryana and Punjab have scored animpressive 90% and abovepercentage in the CBSE (Class X)Examination 2020, results for whichwere announced recently. In Punjab,of note are Aditya Garg scoring 99%from Patiala followed by Anushka Jhafrom Ludhiana scoring 98.20% andNitish Chawla from Jalandhar whosecured 97.4%. Haryana too inkedremarkable results with Aakriti Arorascoring 99% from Panipat, NanditaMittal from Karnal and ShivanshSharma from Panchkula scoring98.6% followed by Nisha fromRohtak, Bhuvi Kansal from Panchkulaand Aastha Sanjay Bhore from Hisarwho have all secured 98.4%respectively in the CBSE Class XExamination 2020. Aryan Saini fromAmbala secured 97.6%.Congratulating the students on theirachievement, Mr Aakash Chaudhry,Director and CEO, AakashEducational Services Limited (AESL),said, “We are proud that around 550students have secured 90% andabove in the CBSE (Class X)Examination 2020.

CHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Operation Theatre Technologists ofPGIMER Chandigarh celebrated “Na-tional Anaesthesia and Operation The-atre Technologists day at Nehru Hospi-tal Extension, (Covid dedicated Hospi-tal) of PGIMER today.

National Anaesthesia & OperationTheatre Technologist’s day is celebrat-ed everyday on 20th July to highlightthe important role played by Anaesthe-sia & Operation Theatre Technologistsin the modern day healthcare deliverysystem. This day is being celebrated invarious healthcare Institutions at Na-tional Level today. This is pertinent tomention here that Operation TheatreTechnologist plays a very importantrole in the medical team. The theme ofthis year’s celebration is “Recognition

of Anaesthesia and Operation TheatreTechnologists as Frontline Warriors infight against covid-19” in view of theongoing pandemic of coronavirus. Thecelebration was done while followingall necessary precautions like socialdistancing, wearing masks by all andmaintaining hand hygiene in view ofcovid-19 guidelines in place. Prof.

G.D. Puri, Dean (Academics) wasChief Guest while Prof. Vipin KaushalAdditional Medical Superintendent andProf. Suman Arora Deptt of Anaesthe-sia were the guests of honours on thisoccasion. Mr. Jagjit Singh, Presidentand Mr. Manoj Kumar, General Secre-tary of O.T.Technical Staff Associationwelcomed all the guests.

NSUI seeks action against

Shwet MalikCHANDIGARH, JULY 20

Terming it as sickening andshameful, NSUI Punjabpresident Akshay Sharmaon Monday demandedstrictest action against for-mer BJP state presidentShwet Malik for hurtingsentiments of Punjabis bydemeaning our martyrs.What else can you expectfrom Malik whose partyBJP has always used sacri-fices of our martyrs for ad-vancing their political agen-da, Akshay Sharma said de-manding immediate re-moval of obscene imagesfrom Jallianwala Bagh. Ina hard hitting statement is-sued here this morning.

CHANDIGARH, JULY 20

The Punjab Police has arrestedan Army jawan and three moreaccused in connection with theillegal arms and drug smug-gling racket busted last weekwith the arrest of a BSF per-sonnel and three others.

The total number of per-sons arrested in the case so farnow stands at 8, said DGPPunjab Dinkar Gupta, addingthat the Punjab Police was ac-tively engaged in followingthe money trail to eradicate thedrug menace from the state, infulfillment of the promisemade by Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh to eradi-cate the drug menace from the

State. Giving details of the lat-est arrests, the DGP said thatRamandeep Singh, an IndianArmy soldier, was apprehend-ed from Bareilly (UttarPradesh), where he was cur-rently posted, on the basis ofdisclosures made by BSF Con-stable Sumit Kumar, who was

arrested alongwith three ac-complices by Jalandhar (Rur-al) police a week ago. Raman-deep’s three accomplices,Taranjot Singh @ Tanna, JagjitSingh @ Laddi and SatinderSingh @ Kaala, have also beenarrested and are being broughton production warrants. An-other Rs 10 lakh has been re-covered from Kala as drugmoney, taking the total amountof such money seized in thecase to Rs. 42.30 lacs. Sumit,who belonged to the same vil-lage- Magar Mudian PS Do-rangla District Gurdaspur, asRamandeep,, had disclosedduring questioning that he waslured by his village classmatethe Army jawan.

Woman suffering fromcovid delivers babyOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/MOHALI: The CivilHospital in Kharar was shaken todaywhen a woman from nearby villageMachhipur who had given birth to achild on July 17 in the Civil Hospitalwas found to be suffering from coronavirus today. SMO of Civil HospitalKharar Dr. Tarsem Singh said that thewoman came to the hospital on July15 and a sample was taken for hercorona test. She was admitted to thehospital on July 16 and on July 17she gave birth to a baby bycaesarean operation. He said thattoday his sample report has comewhich is positive. He said that afterthis the Health Department came intoaction and the doctors and staff whohad performed cesarean operationhave been home quarantined sectionor came in contact with him in solitaryconfinement and their samples havebeen taken.

CHANDIGARH, JULY 20

The State Prisons Departmenthas chalked out a threepronged strategy to effective-ly combat the COVID-19 sit-uation in the prisons acrossthe state. The strategy com-prises Prevention, Screening& Identification and Treat-ment & Mitigation.

A state level monitoringteam and district level moni-toring teams have alreadybeen constituted to monitorthe situation and address theproblems being faced by thestaff as well as prisoners inday-to-day functioning at theground level. Divulging de-

tails about the preventivesteps being taken under thestrategy, an officialspokesperson said that incompliance with the direc-tions of the Supreme Court,around 11,500 prisoners havebeen released on parole/inter-im bail since March, 2020 asper the recommendationsmade by the high poweredcommittee constituted by theApex Court. Besides, 6 spe-cial jails have been declared(Bathinda, Barnala, Patti,Pathankot, Ludhiana, WomenJail Ludhiana) to admit allnew admission prisoners,only after getting tested forCovid. After having been

quarantined in Special Jailsfor 14 days, they are re-test-ed, and then sent to regularjails in case their reportcomes to be negative. Thisnovel measure was well ap-preciated during a VideoConferencing of Heads ofPrisons of India organized byCommonwealth HumanRights Initiative (CHRI).

The spokesperson furthersaid that apart from these, inwake of maximum COVIDcases coming from Ludhiana,District Jail Sangrur has beenvacated to further quarantineall the prisoners of SpecialJail Ludhiana for 14 days, re-test them for 3rdtime, and

then send to regular jails. Aspart of creating awarenessamongst the prisoners,posters and banners depictingcauses, symptoms, preven-tion, screening and treatmenthave been circulated in jails.Prisons staff and medical of-ficers are being impartedproper training and the prem-ises of jail are regularly dis-infected to ensure safety ofprisoners. Adequate equip-ment/material has been madeavailable to deal withCOVID including 50,000masks made in jails andequivalent number providedby other institutions, NGOsetc.

Commissioner attends VC on PM Svanidhi yojnaCHANDIGARH: K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MunicipalCorporation, Chandigarh today attended a VC with Ms. SukritiLikhi, Joint Secretary, Govt. of India, who is also Nodal officer, PMSvanidhi Yojna (PM Street Vendor’s Atamnirbhar Nidhi) forChandigarh. During the VC, the Commissioner apprised about theawareness programme regarding PM Svanidhi yojna in Chandigarhand also briefed about the progress under this programme in city i.e.hoardings, banners, public announcements, pamphlets distributionand other modes of creating awareness besides information regard-ing online and offline submissions of applications in this field.Saurabh Arora, Joint Commissioner, Vivek Trivedi, Social Devel-opment Officer, DAY NULM, LDM Chandigarh, TVC members,presidents of city level federation and area level federations of citywere also present during the VC.

'National Anaesthesia & OT technologist'sday"celebrated at PGI

MK SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI,JULY 20

The village Nathupur hasbeen sealed after a femalepatient of Corona wasfound in Talwandi policestation area of ??Sultan-pur Lodhi. SMO Tibba Dr.Charanjit Singh said that47-year-old Corona posi-tive woman HarjinderKaur wife Suba Singh hasbeen admitted to PTU'sCovid Care Center, whilearound 23 people whocame in contact with herhave been identified andtaken for sample examina-tion. He said that theHealth Department hasstepped up the action.Necessary steps are beingtaken along with sealing

the village. Health offi-cials have reached the vil-lage and initiated preven-tive action.

According to the infor-mation received, about 15days ago, the victimwoman, has went to thedeath rituals of his brotherJasbir Singh, who wasposted in Ludhiana on the

post of ASI of Punjab Po-lice, and she came backafter 12 days later. Al-though the report of Covidtest of his ASI brother tak-en after his death was neg-ative, but Harjinder Kaurhis mother, his sister-in-law was found positive in-cluding four people of hisfamily.

Woman found infected inNathupur, village sealed

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, JULY 20

The Arhtiya Association Gid-derbaha today staged a peace-ful protest under the directionof Union's PunjabPresident VijayKalra against theFarmers ProduceTrade and Com-merce Ordinancebeing introducedby the Union Gov-ernment.

Giving infor-mation about this protest Sec-retary of artia associationAshok Kumar Jain, AdvocateRavinder Tangri and RajivMittal Secretary Punjab Con-gress said that the centralGovernment through the saidordinance, wants to abolishthe MSP, eliminate artias,farmers and labors. They said

that the direct impact of thisordinance will be on the ar-tias, farmers and labors whilecorporate sectors will get thisfull benefits. They said thattill the ordinances were with-

drawn by the Central Govern-ment, the struggle of the ar-tias against them would con-tinue. On this occasion Ex-president Narinder Bhola,Adv. Ravinder Tangri, RajivMittal Secretary Punjab Con-gress, Nirmal Singh Gurusar,Munish Kaka, Kushal Singla,Rajesh Mittal.

Arhtiya Association protestsagainst central ordinance

VERMASRIHARGOBINDPUR,JULY 20

On the instructions of thepresident of the women'swing of the Shiromani AkaliDal, Bibi Jagir Kaur,the block presidentof Sri HargobindpurGurmeet kaur,reached the office ofShiromani Akali Dalyouth leader Am-rinder Singh aliasAmmu Cheema'scollege on Monday .Where block presidentGurmeet Kaur gave the mes-sage of keeping the environ-ment safe by plantingsaplings in the college cam-pus. Speaking on the occa-sion, she said that the focusof the entire world is now ondealing with a terrible dis-

ease like covid-19,becausemillions of people in theworld have been affected bythis disease and most ofthem are suffering from thisdisease now. While we needto be aware of social dis-

tance, wearing masks andfrequent hand washing, weneed to keep our environ-ment tidy to strengthen ourimmunity for which weshould plant as many plantsas possible and clean air.Shesaid that every person shouldplant at least 5 plants.

It essential to keep environment safeto strengthen immunity: Gurmeet

2 BSF jawans among 5corona +ve cases in Fazilka

FAZILKA (RAMESH KASHYAP): Two BorderSecurity Force – jawans have been reported as Coro-na positive among the five positive cases reported inFazika, making the total to 47 Corona active cases,said Civil Surgeon Dr.Chander Mohan Kataria. Hesaid, among the five new cases knocked in the dis-trict, one is female and four males. However, threepositive cases have recovered who are under treat-ment at Jalalabad Isolation Ward.

3 police officials among12 found positive

FEROZEPUR: Almost daily there is the addition ofCorona positive cases in Ferozepur and three are po-lice officials among the 12 new cases detected todayand the total positive cases in Ferozepur has nowgone to 227. As per the information, among the new12 cases, three are police officials, 2 are from Fer-ozepur City, 3 Zira and three from Ferozepur Canttin the age group of 62 and 22 years including moth-er and son of Zira.

Three pronged strategy to effectivelycombat covid situation in Punjab prisons

Army jawan among 4 more nabbed in drugs &weapons smuggling case busted last week

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

Asymptomatic COVID-19 patientsorganise flash mobBELLARY: Asymptomatic coronavirus patients organised a flash mob ata COVID-19 care centre in the Ballari district of Karnataka on Sunday.The coronavirus infected patients who have been admitted to theCOVID-19 care centre showcased flash mob on regional and Bollywoodmusic. Patients were seen wearing masks as they maintained socialdistancing. Doctors and patients encouraged the people to fight thecoronavirus pandemic. According to the Union Health Ministry, Karnatakahas reported 63,772 COVID-19 cases, including 39,376 active cases,23,065 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,331 deaths as of July 20.

7PCM SD Collegestudents shine inGNDU result

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: GNDU Result of B.Voc(Fashion Designing and Product)Semester –IV was incredibly well.Harpreet Kaur and Twinkle Sharma bothbagged first position in the university bysecuring 325/400 marks. Baljeet Kaurmade it to second position by securing317 marks and Gurcharan Kaur grabbedthird position in university be securing313 marks. Principal Dr. Kiran Aroralauded the endeavours of the studentsand the department.

Webinar on ‘CharteredAccountancy’organised by HMV

JALANDHAR: The PG department ofCommerce and Management of HansRaj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised awebinar on Chartered Accountancy- APromising Career Option under DigitalCounselling program in the guidance ofPrincipal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen. Tax GuruDr. (CA) Girish Ahuja, CA AshwaniJindal, Secretary CA Association and CASonia Arora were the speakers Dr.Seema Khanna Coordinator of thecourse presented vote of thanks to allthe speakers and participants. PrincipalProf. Dr. Ajay Sareen appreciated theefforts and congratulated HOD Dr.Kanwaldeep Kaur, Program CoordinatorMeenakshi Sayal, Dr. Anjana Bhatia,Moderator, associated team BinooGupta, Savita Mahendru, Shifali, MeenuKundra, Jaspreet and TechnicalCoordinator Jagjit Bhatia and his team.

Second plasma bankin Kerala set up inWayanadWAYANAD: Kerala's second plasmabank has been set up at the Wayanaddistrict hospital at nearby Mananthavady,close on the heels of a similar facilitybeing launched at Manjeri inMalappuram. The District Medical OfficerDrR Renuka, who inaugurated theplasma bank on Sunday, said theconvalescent plasma therapy has beenfound effectivefor treating the criticalCOVID-19 patients. Health authoritiessaid the donors of plasma should havetested negative for the virus twice andthe donation should be within 14-120days of the final test result. Thedonor should be between 14-50 years ofage, and be healthy with a minimumweight of 55 kgs.

Help flood-hit people,Priyanka tells Congressleaders, workersNEW DELHI: Congress GeneralSecretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra onMonday appealed to party leaders andworkers to do everything possible tohelp those affected by floods in severalparts of the country. In a tweet in Hindi,Priyanka Gandhi said, "Floods in manyareas of Assam, Bihar and UP havedisrupted life. The crisis has affectedlakhs of people. We are ready to helppeople affected by the floods.

Over 40000 corona infectionsreported in last 24 hours

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUL 20

India saw a record single-dayjump of 40,425 COVID-19cases, pushing its tally past the11-lakh mark on Monday, whilethe total number of recoveriescrossed 7 lakh, according to theUnion Health Ministry data.

The death toll due to thedisease rose to 27,497 with 681fatalities reported in one day.

The data updated at 8 am onMonday showed that the totalnumber of COVID-19 casesstands at 11,18,043. India'sCOVID-19 tally crossed the 11-lakh mark, just three days afterit crossed the ten-lakh mark.

There are 3,90,459 activecases in the country, while7,00,086 people have recoveredand one person has migrated.The recovery rate stands at62.61 per cent.

The total number ofconfirmed cases includesforeigners. This is the first timethat the single-day spike hascrossed the 40,000-mark.According to the ICMR, acumulative total of 1,40,47,908samples have been tested up toJuly 19 with 2,56,039 samplesbeing tested on Sunday.

Of the 681 deaths reported

in the last 24 hours, 258 werereported from Maharashtra, 91from Karnataka, 78 from TamilNadu, 56 from Andhra Pradesh,38 from Uttar Pradesh, 36 fromWest Bengal, 31 from Delhi, 20from Gujarat and 15 fromMadhya Pradesh.

The total fatalities in oneday include nine from Bihar,

eight each from Punjab andJammu and Kashmir, six eachfrom Rajasthan and Telangana,five each from Haryana andOdisha, four from Assam, threefrom Jharkhand, two fromKerala, and one each from Goaand Ladakh.

Of the total 27,497 deathsreported so far, Maharashtra

accounted for the highest11,854 fatalities followed byDelhi with 3,628 deaths, TamilNadu 2,481, Gujarat 2,142,Karnataka 1,331, Uttar Pradesh1,146, West Bengal 1,112,Madhya Pradesh 721 andAndhra Pradesh 642.

So far, 559 people have diedof COVID-19 in Rajasthan, 415in Telangana, 349 in Haryana,254 in Punjab, 244 in Jammuand Kashmir, 217 in Bihar, 91in Odisha, 57 in Assam, 52 inUttarakhand, 49 in Jharkhandand 42 in Kerala.

Puducherry has registered28 deaths, Chhattisgarh 24, Goa22, Chandigarh 12, HimachalPradesh 11, Tripura 5,Arunachal Pradesh 3, whileMeghalaya, Dadra and NagarHaveli and Daman and Diu, andLadakh have reported twofatalities each.

The Health Ministrystressed that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred dueto comorbidities.

Maharashtra has reportedthe highest number of cases at3,10,455 followed by TamilNadu at 1,70,693, Delhi at1,22,793, Karnataka at 63,772,Gujarat at 48,355, Uttar Pradeshat 49,247, Andhra Pradesh at49,650 and Telangana at 45,076.

Number of recoveries crosses 7 lakh

Tally crosses 50,000-mark in Pune districtPUNE: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Punedistrict crossed the 50,000-mark after 473 more people testedpositive for the disease, a health official said on Monday. Thedistrict now has total 51,885 COVID-19 cases, while the deathtoll due to the disease has reached 1,343, the official said. Out ofthe total cases, over 37,000 have been reported from Pune city,as per the figures.

Bringing down elected govtwith money is treachery: SenaAGENCYMUMBAI, JUL 20

Phone tapping is an "assault" onpersonal freedom and bringingdown a democratically-electedgovernment using money amountsto "treachery" with theConstitution, the Shiv Sena saidon Monday referring to theRajasthan political crisis. It needsto be decided which one of these isa bigger crime, an editorial in ShivSena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said,claiming the Rajasthan telephonetapping episode has "exposed"many. It said a lot of revelationwill come to the fore in casesomeone hears secretly theconversations among Congressleaders and those (conversations)reach party leader Rahul Gandhi'sears, and claimed some people arehell-bent to not let the WayanadMP work properly. This, in effect,hurts the entire opposition, theShiv Sena said. However, theMaharashtra BJP said the UddhavThackeray-led party, whichentered into an unholy alliancewith the NCP and Congressallegedly for power, has no right tospeak on these issues.

The Shiv Sena's comments in'Saamana' came in the wake of theCentre seeking a report fromRajasthan chief secretary onallegations of phone tapping aftertwo audio clips of conversationspurportedly regarding aconspiracy to topple the statesCongress government emerged.

The FIR registered byRajasthan Police's Anti-Corruption Bureau mentionsdetails of conversations of(Congress rebel MLA)

Bhanwarlal Sharma with GajendraSingh (Congress claims it is areference to Union ministerGajendra Singh Shekhawat) and athird man called Sanjay Jain.

The BJP on Saturday asked ifthe Congress government in thestate resorted to "unconstitutional"methods to tap the phones ofpoliticians, and demanded a CBIprobe into what it called a "saga ofillegalities and concocted lies".

Rajasthan plunged into apolitical crisis after Chief MinisterAshok Gehlots deputy SachinPilot rebelled.

The Congress later removedPilot as the deputy chief ministerand also as the party's state unithead. "Phone tapping is an offenceand assault on personal freedom. Itis treachery with the Constitutionto bring down a democratically-elected government using money.Hence, it needs to be decidedwhich one (of these) is a biggercrime," the Shiv Sena said.

"The deal which was onbetween the BJP and Sachin Pilotwas to the extreme of exchangingmoney. That means it was decidedthat the Rajasthan governmentwould be brought down byoffering money and purchasingmajority by engaging in horse-trading," it alleged.

Traffic resumes on highway,connecting Ladakh with KashmirAGENCYSRINAGAR, JUL 20

Traffic was resumed on thenational highway, linkingUnion Territory (UT) ofLadakh with Kashmirvalley on Monday afterremaining suspended sinceFriday due to massivelandslides in Kagan in thecentral Kashmir district ofGanderbal. Meanwhile, dueto COVID-19 pandemic,passenger traffic remainedbanned on the 270-km-longSrinagar-Jammu nationalhighway and historic 86-km-long Mughal road sinceMarch this year. However,only vehicles carryingessentials and fresh fruitsare being allowed to ply onboth the roads. A trafficpolice official told UNI thismorning that traffic wasresumed on the Srinagar-Leh national highway afterremaining suspended sinceFriday due to landslides atBonibagh, Kangan. Severalstructures were alsodamaged due to landslides.However, J&K trafficpolice on official twitteraccount said the highwaywas still closed on July 20

due to landslides.Spokesman vehiclescarrying essentialcommodities for Ladakh,including petrol, diesel,were allowed to move fromSrinagar towards Kargilafter the landslides werecleared. No passengervehicle will be allowed toply following ban due toCOVID pandemic, he said.However, he said, peoplehaving emergency are beingallowed to move on thehighway. He said onlyvehicles with essentialcommodities were allowedto ply from Jammu toSrinagar on Monday on thehighway, the only all-weather road connectingKashmir with the rest of thevalley. No public transport

will be allowed on thehighway, he added. Aspokesman said securityforces are advised toundertake journey on theSrinagar-Jammu nationalhighway only afterconfirming the status of theroad from SeniorSuperintendent of Police(SSP) National Highway JSJohar. About the Mughalroad, connecting Shopian insouth Kashmir with Rajouriand Poonch in Jammuregion was also through forone-way. However, onlyvehicles carrying fruit shellbe allowed from Herpora,Shopian from 1100 hrstowards Poonch till 1600hrs. No vehicle will beallowed after the deadline,he said.

Pawar's statement is against LordRam, not against PM, says Uma BhartiSEHORE, JULY 20

Reacting on NCP chiefSharad Pawar's statement thatsome people thinkcoronavirus can be eradicatedby building a temple, BJPleader Uma Bharti onMonday said that thisstatement is against LordRam, not against PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

"PM Modi never takes aday off, he sleeps for onlyfour hours. This statement isagainst Lord Ram, not againstPM Modi," Uma Bharti toldmedia. Recently, NationalistCongress Party (NCP) chiefSharad Pawar said that somepeople think that thecoronavirus would be

eradicated by building atemple. The NCP leader'scomment comes after the ShriRam Janmabhoomi TeerthaKshetra Trust proposed twodates in August for laying thefoundation stone of a Ram

Temple in Ayodhya. The Trusthad invited Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to lay thefoundation stone of thetemple either on August 3 or5. Addressing a pressconference here, Pawar said,"We are all thinking of how tofight the battle againstcoronavirus but some peoplethink that coronavirus will bemitigated by building atemple. But our priority is tosee how to improve theeconomy which has beenaffected due to lockdown."

"The lockdown hascreated an economic crisisand we want to request theState and Central governmentto pay attention to the issue,"added Pawar.Satyendar Jain to resume work after recovering from COVID-19

NEW DELHI, JUL 20

Delhi Health Minister SatyendarJain, who has recovered fromCOVID-19, will resume work fromMonday, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal said. Jain will beresuming work after a month.

The minister had testedpositive for the novel coronaviruson June 17. In his absence, DeputyChief Minister Manish Sisodia was

looking after health and homedepartments, and PWD headed byJain. "Our Health Minister SatinderJain has recovered. He will join

work from today. He was always onthe field visiting hospitals andmeeting health workers andpatients. "He contracted corona.After one month, he joins backtoday. Welcome back Satinder andbest wishes!."Kejriwal tweeted.The 55-year-old minister had beenadministered plasma therapy afterwhich his condition improved. Hewas discharged from hospital onJune 26.

Telangana: 4 held forillegally procuring, sellingCOVID-19 antiviral drugs

HYDERABAD: Four persons have been arrestedon Sunday for allegedly procuring and selling ofCOVID-19 antiviral drugs in an illegal manner inMalkajgiri, Telangana. According to the police, fouraccused persons for illegally procuring and sellingAntiviral Drugs including Covifor (Remdesivir) andFavipiravir tablets for a higher price than themaximum retail price. "A team including InspectorNaveen of SOT Malkajgiri Zone conducted a raid inthe limits of Kushaiguda and apprehended theaccused while they were procuring the genericversions of Remdesivir and Favipiravir, which arebeing used as Antiviral medicine for COVID-19patients. They were selling these medicines athigher rates. Seized (3) Remdesivir (Covifor) ofHetero and (1) Favipiravir tablets box from theirpossession," said the police.

Delhi: 40 nurses of govt-run hospitalprotest ending of contracts

NEW DELHI, JULY 20

At least 40 nurses, working on a contractual basis at thenational capital's government-run Janakpuri SuperSpeciality Hospital, staged a protest on Monday against theending of their contracts. Speaking to media, Priyanka, anursing officer said. "We have been working here sinceJanuary. When we were leaving for home after completingour work, suddenly we were told that our contract ended.How could they sack us at such times?" "Even PM NarendraModi and CM Arvind Kejriwal referred to health workers asCorona Warriors. They only give us respect in front oftelevision sets. But the real picture of Delhi hospitals is infront of you. Where will we get jobs now? The Delhigovernment must help us get our jobs back." Seconding herview, Deepali said, "Forty of us were staff members here forlast six-seven months, but were suddenly sacked now. Whathappened that our requirements ended suddenly? Everybodyhas contract jobs here. Why can't ours be renewed?"

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The Congress� charge reiterated Friday that the BJPwas conspiring with rebel Congress MLAs tobring down Ashok Gehlot�s government in Ra-

jasthan, the release of audiotapes to buttress its claim andthe naming of Union minister Gajendra SinghShekhawat for his role, unsurprisingly led not just to aBJP denial and Shekhawat�s claim it was not his voiceon the tapes, but also a demand from the BJP for a probeby the Central Bureau of Investigation into allegedphone tapping. Earlier, the Rajasthan police�s anti-cor-ruption bureau had registered FIRs over the audio tapesin which rebel MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma is heard talkingto two people, one allegedly Shekhawat and the otherone Sanjay Jain, who has since been arrested. (In anoth-er tape, MLA Vishvendra Singh, recently sacked as aminister, was also heard.) Given the circumstances of theongoing tussle in Rajasthan, it will be extremely inad-visable to inject the CBI into this matter, given its repu-tation as the handmaiden of the ruling party at the Cen-tre. In fact, given that this drama is essentially politicalin nature, it would be best to keep even the state policeout, and settle matters politically. One should rememberit was the notice sent to former deputy CM Sachin Pilotby the Rajasthan police�s special operations group, overits probe into the BJP �plot� against the Gehlot govern-ment, that triggered the young leader�s revolt earlier thismonth. Pilot and the MLAs supporting him, who wereissued disqualification notices by Assembly SpeakerC.P. Joshi, now have till Tuesday to submit their replies,on the orders of the Rajasthan high court. If the Speak-er, true to the bipartisan nature of his office, acts impar-tially, he should give both sides a fair hearing. The rebelMLAs say while they have complaints against theGehlot government, they had in no way indulged in any�anti-party� activity. If the accusation is that some or allof them were in touch with BJP leaders, the same chargecould be levelled against the chief minister himself, whosupposedly kept a back channel open to former CM Va-sundhara Raje Scindia.If Gehlot is correct to claim thathe has majority support, particularly after two MLAs ofthe Bharatiya Tribal Party, who were earlier sitting onthe fence, returned to his fold over the weekend, all heshould do is request the governor and Speaker to hold anAssembly session at the earliest, and prove his strengthon the floor of the House. For that to be credible and le-gitimate, it is important that all MLAs are allowed toparticipate and vote. It is easy to believe that the BJP andthe Centre � as they have so many times in so manystates earlier � went out of their way to bring down theAshok Gehlot government.

Raj crisis: Keep out CBI,police; settle politically

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

Editorial

Literature & HealthFlavoured cigarette ban to reduce

smoking among youths

Flavored cigarette ban was linkedto a significant reduction insmoking among youth and

young adults, according to recent re-search led by George Mason Univer-sity’s College of Health and HumanServices. Some of the earlier researchhas shed light on the fact thatflavoured cigarettes largely appeal toand are disproportionately used byunderage smokers.

Nearly 90 per cent of smokers be-gin smoking by age18, according to theU.S. Department ofHealth and HumanServices. To reducelong-term healthconsequences andimprove publichealth, preventingsmoking initiationis key as is reducingthe draw of flavoredtobacco products.

On September 22, 2009, the U.S.Food and Drug Administration’s na-tional ban on flavored cigarettes prod-ucts went into effect. This banned thesale of flavored cigarettes other thanmenthol, but there was little informa-tion about the potential impact of thisban on youth smoking. Dr. MatthewRossheim, assistant professor of glob-al and community health, led thestudy published in the Journal of Ado-lescent Health. Researchers foundthat the flavored cigarette ban re-duced smoking among youth (ages12-17 years) by 43 per cent andyoung adults (ages 18-25 years) by 27

per cent. "Our study suggests that theban of flavored cigarettes was ex-tremely effective at reducing smokingamong young people," explainsRossheim. "This shows incrediblepromise for future comprehensivebans of flavored tobacco products, in-cluding those in e-cigarettes, whichto-date have received significant ex-emptions. Policymakers should takenote of the evidence from this studyand pass legislation to extend flavor

bans to other to-bacco and nico-tine products,"Rossheim added.

R o s s h e i mand colleaguesexamined ciga-rette use amongyoung people andadults from the2002-2017 Na-tional Survey on

Drug Use and Health data. This in-cluded nationally representative datacollected every quarter each year,providing a more sensitive measure todetect changes in smoking behaviorsthan previous research, as well as anadult comparison group to testwhether there was an overall reduc-tion in smoking that could have beena result of other factors. Rossheimand colleagues did not see a similarreduction in smoking among oldersmokers, which suggests that this banwas effective at reducing smokingspecifically among young people andthat the reduction was caused by theban and not by other influences.

SUSHIL PANDIT

The dream of a self-reliant In-dia is seen by every commonand special person who is re-

ally waiting for a long time in hismind to strengthen himself and thenation. Economic, social and edu-cational situation of the country hasbecome weak due to the adverse cir-cumstances of Corona, due to thechange in the system due toCovid19, financially and mentallyaffected every section of the coun-try.

The announcement of an eco-nomic package of Rs 20 lakh croreshad only led to the introduction ofnew energy within the people work-ing in every field, but this an-nouncement, which does not appearto be very effective on the surface ofthe land, gave rise to negativethoughts towards the government.Talking of self-reliance without ful-filling the means is beginning toseem like a departure from themoral responsibility of the govern-ment, if all these points are high-lighted, then there is an atmosphereof despair in all sections.

Every day the demon in theform of unemployment stands be-fore the middle class and people liv-ing below the poverty line. The sub-jects of any nation hold an impor-tant place for the ruler and gover-nance of the country. It is consideredRajdharma to fulfill the basic facili-

ties of the people, but if every part ofthe government through which thepeople keep many expectations af-ter voting and they can claim theirown supremacy If you are distract-ed by your responsibilities in search,then the people will be strugglingevery day to save their existence,except for struggle and expectation,the people have no other option.

In the present scenario, almostall the workers have left their liveli-hood from the cities and gone to thevillages, the situation of the villageis also not very good for the work-ers in agriculture. Each section ofthe country is dependent on eachother in strengthening the economicsystem. Working like a livelihood,they directly help each other indi-rectly in providing bread, but thelock-down broke the chain itself,whatever it is, it happened under a

natural disaster, in which a govern-ment it will not be fair to blame, butit is also an important responsibilityof any current government to pro-vide a favorable environment to thecountry after adverse conditions. Abig part of the country is strugglingwith unemployment today, even af-ter being unlocked, the small busi-nessmen are financially and mental-ly disturbed due to lack of cus-tomers in the markets. Regardless ofthe announcements, if you talkabout reality, then due to the coronaepidemic, today almost all the smalland big industries, city markets,traffic and all the employment relat-ed to production employment arenot in a very good condition.

The matter of restoring the em-ployment of 1.25 billion people bythe Prime Minister of India showsthat in future the situation of eco-nomic and social system May cor-respond. It is also of great impor-tance here that due to the lockdown,a large part of the total population ofthe country is currently fighting forits existence alone due to unem-ployment. Ruling party is facing ad-verse conditions. While the opposi-tion is engaged in establishing itssupremacy, which is a matter ofconcern for the general public. It isnot wrong to establish the suprema-cy of any party or organization, butat the same time it is a very chal-lenging task to save the existence ofthe people who expect them.

The Singapore Ministryof Trade and Industryrecently released ad-

vanced estimates of the city-state’s GDP numbers for thesecond quarter of 2020. Thedata confirmed the brutal im-pact of the COVID-19 pan-demic on the economy.

On a seasonally adjustedannualised basis, quarter-on-quarter GDP was down some41.2 per cent compared withthe same quarter a year ago. Itis significantly worse thaneconomists’ expectation of a37.4 per cent contraction.

In the second quarter cov-ering the April 7 to June 1 pe-riod, Singapore was on a lock-down to prevent the spread ofthe virus resulting in econom-ic activity going into hiberna-tion with workplaces closedexcept for essential services.

Singapore’s advance GDPestimates are intended as anearly indication of the GDPgrowth in the quarter and arecomputed based on data fromthe first two months of thequarter. Adjustments will bemade when comprehensivedata becomes available buthistorically, the advance esti-mates have been reasonablyaccurate.

Singapore’s economy istrade-dependent and the se-vere decline in global con-sumption and trade is reflect-ed in how its economy hasperformed. As the first Asiancountry to report its GDPnumbers for the second quar-ter of this year, this may givea hint of the devastating effect

the COVID-19 pandemic mayhave had on similareconomies in the rest of Asia.

Due to the worseninghealth crisis, the InternationalMonetary Fund warned lastmonth of a steeper contractionin global economic activitythan it had earlier forecasted.In its revised estimate, worldoutput is expected to weakenby 4.9 per cent, comparedwith a 3.0 per cent contractionit had predicted in April.

On a quarterly basis, Sin-gapore’s overall GDP fell 12.6per cent compared within thesame period a year ago withmanufacturing being thebright spark boosted by stronggrowth in the biomedical sec-tor. The manufacturing indus-try output rose 2.5 per cent inthe second quarter, but it was

still lower than the 8.2 percentrise in the earlier quarter. On aquarter-on-quarter seasonallyadjusted annualised basis, themanufacturing sector shrank23.1 per cent, a sharp reversalfrom the 45.5 percent growthin the preceding quarter.

Apart from biomedicalmanufacturing, the economyin the wealthy island republicshrank across all sectors in-cluding chemicals, transport,engineering, and other manu-facturing clusters. Construc-tion, where the virus has beenrampaging through dormito-ries most workers are housed,saw the steepest plunge in ac-tivity with a staggering 95.7percent fall on a quarter-on-quarter annualised basis. Thistranslate to a deterioration of54.7 percent when compared

with Q1.The once-in-a-lifetime

pandemic has so far infectedover 14 million people world-wide and claimed more than600,000 lives globally as atthe end of last week. Singa-pore has reported nearly48,000 cases with about 95percent of the cases impactingmigrant workers, and a totalof 27 fatalities as a direct re-sult of the virus.

The services sector con-tracted 13.6 percent for thequarter on a year-on-year ba-sis with related industries likeretail, food and beverage(F&B), hospitality, and airtransport the most gravely af-fected. Among those particu-larly badly battered by thepandemic are small and medi-um sized Indian businesses in

Singapore especially those inthe retail, tourism and theF&B industries.

A task force was set-up bythe Singapore Indian Cham-ber of Commerce and Indus-try (SICCI) to help them. It ischaired by prominent lawyerChandra Mohan Rethnamwho is a partner at one of thebest-known law firms in Sin-gapore.

Among the first things theSICCI has done is to tie upwith Enterprise Singapore toset up the SG Together En-hancing Enterprise Resilience(STEER) Programme whoseobjective is to help businessestide over the challenges aris-ing from COVID-19.

Enterprise Singapore isthe government agency cham-pioning enterprise develop-ment especially among SMEs(Small and Medium sized En-terprises) helping them up-grade their capabilities, inno-vate, transform, and interna-tionalise. It also supports thegrowth of Singapore as a trad-ing hub.

As reported by Connect-ed To India, the SICCI taskforce went about providingsupport to Indian SMEs to ac-cess various Singapore gov-ernment funding and supportpackages for small business-es. They set-up a call centreand trained a group of peopleto be familiar with the variousgovernment schemes so thatthey can provide advise toSMEs who were unclearabout how best to go aboutgetting help.

As business slowed to atrickle and with cashflow andfinancial management top-most in the minds of theseSMEs, the task force tied upwith major banks and finan-cial institutions to provide di-rect and dedicated teams toprovide financial supportwith special interest rates, re-bates and fee waivers forSICCI members and Indianbusinesses that needed help.

Recognising that the lullin business activity offers anexcellent opportunity to up-grade skills and knowledge,the SICCI is collaboratingwith Skillsfuture Singaporeto curate a full range of rele-vant training courses usinggovernment grants for mem-bers and for Indian business-es so that once business re-sumes, they will be in a betterposition, with better qualifiedworkers, to grow their busi-nesses.

During this period, withsocial distancing at the fore,and where online shoppingand food deliveries are thekey to survival, digital com-petencies are critical for thesesmall businesses who needhelp to go online. To enablethis, the SICCI is reachingout to Singapore InfocommMedia Development Authori-ty (IMDA) to help IndianSMEs digitise their business-es using the many grants theSingapore government havemade available to SMEs whodigitalise and adopt e-pay-ment and e-commerce sys-tems.

Indian businesses struggle to surviveas Singapore sinks into recession

Struggle for political supremacy-public in search of survival

Researchers at the Universityof Arkansas have developeda new nano-drug candidate

that kills triple-negative breast can-cer cells.

Triple-negative breast cancer isone of the most aggressive and fataltypes of breast cancer. The researchwill help clinicians target breastcancer cells directly while avoidingthe adverse and toxic side effects ofchemotherapy. The study was pub-lished in the latest issue of the jour-nal -- Advanced Therapeutics. Re-searchers led by Hassan Beyzavi,assistant professor in the Depart-ment of Chemistry and Biochem-istry, linked a new class of nanoma-terials, called metal-organic frame-works, with the ligands of an al-

ready-developed photodynamictherapy drug to create a nano-porous material that targets and killstumor cells without creating toxici-ty for normal cells. Metal-organicframeworks are an emerging classof nanomaterials designed for tar-geted drug delivery. Ligands aremolecules that bind to other mole-cules. "With the exception of can-cer">skin cancers, breast cancer isthe most common form of cancer inAmerican women. As we know,thousands of women die frombreast cancer each year. Patientswith triple-negative cells are espe-cially vulnerable, because of thetoxic side effects of the only ap-proved treatment for this type ofcancer," said Beyzavi. "We’ve ad-

dressed this problem by developinga co-formulation that targets cancercells and has no effect on healthycells," Beyzavi added.

Researchers in Beyzavi’s labo-ratory focus on developing new, tar-geted photodynamic therapy drugs.As an alternative to chemotherapy -- and with significantly fewer sideeffects -- targeted photodynamictherapy, or PDT, is a non-invasiveapproach that relies on a photosen-sitizer that, upon irradiation bylight, generates so-called toxic reac-tive oxygen species, which kill can-cer cells.

In recent years, PDT has gar-nered attention because of its abili-ty to treat tumors without surgery,chemotherapy or radiation.

New nano drug candidate killsaggressive breast cancer cells

'Mortal saga'Globe burst out 4.5 billionyears ago,That's one third, the age ofcosmos or soGerm of life on earth, 3.48Byr predates,Bacterium - first soul, inPilbara emanates:

Early man rise, betwixt 6 - 2 Myr antedates,That 15-20 lots at odds, experts diagnosticateGreat apes and forebear of man, alike go on,Who lived amid 8 and 6 Myr, way back from:Max of mans' rise chanced in Africa, we find,Rife early hominids, left no offspring behindInitial manlike, through Africa drifted,Into Asia, amid 2-1.8 million years ago first,Entered Europe a bit, mid 1.5 - 1Mya next:Mortal species in parts else, broke up more,Checked in Australia first, 60,000 yrs before,And thence America, ere 30,000 yrs or more'Agronomy dawn' and rise of 'civility first',In 12,000 years gone, accomplished just:Bipedalism - a phenomenon, 4 M years old,Large complex brain, use of tools ahold,And language development capacity behold,In mortal's utterly recent, not at all old:Alike traits - complex symbolic expression, Art and cultural diversity- posh attraction,Rose over past 1 lac years, in supersession,To hit obsession of Homosapiens sapiens.

POEMS

Ashwani Principal, Govt Degree College, Dhaneta,

Dist. Hamirpur, H.P.

Ashwani

handigarh : Games24x7, one of India's leading online gaming companies, unveiled a new positioning — C'Apna Game Dikhao' for its rummy platform,

RummyCircle. The new marketing campaign aims to bring out light-hearted competitiveness of the game among the players and invites players from all over India to join the platform and show off their rummy skills.RummyCircle is the flagship product of Games24x7's full-stack gaming portfolio of skill games (RummyCircle and fantasy sports platform My11Circle) and casual games. Launched in 2009, RummyCircle is currently the most popular online skill gaming platform in India.The new positioning campaign portrays a myriad of emotions that goes on in the mind of a rummy player while playing the game online. Through a slice-of-life format, the brand film perfectly captures the fun, entertainment, and immersive game playing experience that RummyCircle offers.The marketing campaign includes a high-decibel television campaign that will air across genres on all leading television channels. Apart from Hindi Speaking Market, customised versions of the TVC will run across major regional channels in West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The campaign will also run across all major OTT platforms and YouTube and the new positioning will be further amplified through high-frequency campaigns on social media and other digital platforms.

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Realme 6i is set to launch in India on Friday (July 24) at 12pm. A dedicated page for the upcoming phone has already gone live on Flipkart, suggesting that Chinese brand's latest offering would be powered by the Mediatek Helio G90T SoC. This new development comes a day after Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth tweeted that the Realme 6 series will be updated with a “powerful addition.” It was earlier expected that the upcoming phone may be launched alongside the Realme C11 on July 14. Several launch details had popped up on Realme 6i's listing on Flipkart. However, the listing was reportedly taken down by the e-commerce app.

Realme 6i to Launch in India on July 24, Gets Listed on Flipkart

contributing to swollen feet and ankles. Steering clear from common culprits such as canned, packaged, and processed foods, sauces, beverages and fast foods can significantly help bring down the swelling.STOCK UP ON MAGNESIUMLow levels of magnesium, an essential nutrient, can also contribute to the swelling. It’s therefore important that you include magnesium-rich foods such as green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, fish, soybeans, avocados, bananas, and even dark chocolate.MASSAGE HEALS ALLMassaging your feet with coconut, tea tree, neem or almond oil can help your sore feet relax, improve the circulation of blood in that area, and help get rid of excess fluid. After applying some warm oil, massage in an upward direction using

hile swelling in the feet is quite remedies to stop those swollen feet and firm pressure. It’s best to do this every a common problem, factors ankles from slowing you down. night, before taking a bath. Wsuch as - an unhealthy lifestyle, GIVE YOUR FEET SOME TLC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (ACV) TO

nutritional deficiencies, lack of physical Give your pedicure an upgrade simply by THE RESCUEactivity and being overweight are to be adding Epsom salt, which is known to ACV is known to have a high potassium blamed for it. Additionally, standing or help reduce swelling, improve content, which in turn can help reduce sitting for long periods of time, ageing, circulation, thereby bringing immediate fluid retention. Soak a clean cotton towel pregnancy, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), relief. Add half-a-cup of this salt to a tub in a tub filled with equal parts of ACV and poor blood circulation are equally of warm water and soak your feet in it for and warm water. After squeezing out the guilty. The pain, inflammation, redness a good 20 minutes. Do this at least thrice excess, wrap your feet in the towel, sit and discomfort while walking can get a week. back and relax for about 15 to 20 minutes. quite unbearable and it is, therefore, LIMIT THE INTAKE OF SALT You can also drink two tablespoons of important that you don’t ignore the issue. An overdose of salt increases the fluid unfiltered ACV along with a glass of warm Here are some safe and natural home retention in your body, thereby water twice a day for better results.

irtel is offering the Xstream Box to its broadband customers at a refundable security deposit of Rs. 1,500. The new development Acomes just a couple of months after the telco provided its Android-

based set-top box (STB) to One Airtel plan subscribers under a complimentary offer. In addition to broadband users, the regular Airtel

Thanks app users have also been provided the Xs t ream Box a t a discounted price of Rs. 2,249. This is down from the existing price of Rs. 3 , 6 3 9 . T h e l a t e s t p romot iona l o ff e r s would help Airtel expand the user base of its Xstream Box that runs on Android 9 Pie and

offers features such as built-in Chromecast and Google Assistant support.Airtel Xstream Fiber broadband users are receiving a notification about the Xstream Box offer through the Airtel Thanks app. The offer brings the Xstream Box at a refundable deposit of Rs. 1,500. This means that if you have an Airtel broadband, you'll be able to get the smart STB at a not just at a discounted price but can also get its complete refund once you place its return.Direct-to-home (DTH) focussed blog DreamDTH was first to report about the new offer. However, Gadgets 360 was able to independently confirm its existence for existing Airtel Xstream Fibre users.

Chingari app launches "Chingari Star - Talent ka Mahasangram"

Oppo K7 5G Tipped to Come With Snapdragon 765G SoC, 30W Charging Support

Almonds are a preferred snack amongst vegetarians and non-vegetariansacross India, as per recent surveyCHANDIGARH:In today's fast-paced world, snackinghas become an integral part of many Indians daily diet and routine. This is especially true in the current context, as people across several parts of the country are practicing social distancing. With family members working from home, and children as well as the youth attending school and colleges virtuallythe opportunity and tendency to snackhas also increased. While the idea of snacking encompasses a variety of foods, it’s interesting to note that over the past few years, there has been a consciouschange inpeople’s preferences and habits, and a stronger inclination is seen towards healthier snacking items. According to a recent survey conducted between 3rd to 24th March by IPSOS, a research consulting firm, 91% of the participants tryand opt for healthieralternatives whilst snacking.The survey results point out that the Indian consumer’s preferences are skewed towards mindful and healthy snacking. The quantitative survey by IPSOS aimed to identify the snacking habits and preferences amongst a group of people whose dietary preferences were divided into two categories - ‘vegetarian and non- vegetarian’.

Airtel Xstream Broadband Users Can Get Xstream Box at a Refundable Security Deposit of Rs. 1,500

CHANDIGARH :Short video-sharing app Chingari has announced the launch of - Chingari Stars: Talent Ka Mahasangram - the country's first digital talent hunt show where the best content creator will be awarded with whooping prize money of Rs 1 crore. Besides, the best content creators from each state will win Rs 5 lakh for their select video uploaded on the Made in India app. Not to forget, the shortlisted contestants and the winner will also earn recognition and fame through the contest. Mr Sumit Ghosh, Cofounder of the Chingari App, said, "The contest - Chingari stars: Talent Ka MahaSangram - will be India's first digital reality show. Chingari users will vote for the best content uploaded on the app and the all-India winner will be given Rs 1 crore. The competition is aimed at promoting desi talents and helping them fulfill their dream of becoming famous and rich. We are confident that people in large numbers will join Chingari to showcase their talent."The state level and national level contests will be held in a span of 15-20 days each and the content creators can make videos in any category of their preference - be it dance, songs, act, mimic, stand-up, or innovation.

ikTok has come under scrutiny in Australia, as the Chinese-owned social media platform is Tbeing investigated for any risks it may pose to

users from potential foreign interference and data privacy issues, government sources told Reuters.

Owned by Bytedance, TikTok opened an office in Australia in recent weeks. Offices of both the Home Affairs and Attorney-General are discussing TikTok's operations, the sources said.Prime Minister Scott M o r r i s o n s a i d h i s government was "having a good look" at TikTok,

which has also fallen under US scrutiny for "national security risks". "If we consider there is a need to take further action than we are taking now, then I can tell you we won't be shy about it," Morrison told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Friday.

ppo K7 5G specifications have been reportedly leaked online. The phone is said to come with a Snapdragon 765G SoC with 5G support. The Ospecifications were leaked by a known Chinese tipster on Weibo, as well as

on Twitter. The Oppo K7 5G, rumoured to be the successor to the Oppo K5, is also said to come with a quad rear camera setup and a full-HD+ screen. The phone may not feature a high refresh rate screen and is said to come with a standard 60Hz display.As per the now removed Weibo post and still visible tweet, known tipster Digital Chat Station (translated) stated that the long-awaited K7 5G will come with a 6.4-inch full-HD+ OLED display. While the tipster did not reveal the manufacturer of this phone, it is rumoured to be the Oppo K7 5G. The other specifications mentioned by the tipster include a 60Hz refresh rate screen, a quad rear camera setup in a vertical orientation with a 48-megapixel primary sensor, the Snapdragon 765G SoC (SM7250), a 4,025mAh battery, and 30W fast charging support. If this does turn out to be the Oppo K7 and pack these

specifications, it will be the first 5G phone in Oppo's K series. The Oppo K7 5G is expected to be the successor to the Oppo K5 that was launched in October last year with the Snapdragon 730G, quad rear camera setup, and a 3,920mAh battery. It also has a 6.4-inch screen with 60Hz refresh rate.

alandhar/Amritsar,20 July --: In-line with its commitment to the Kirana fraternity and Small and Medium Enterprises, JMETRO Cash & Carry, India’s largestwholesaler has further

intensified its safety measures along-with rolling out a one- of- a kind sale for its 3million customer base in India.Through its 17 years

j o u r n e y i n I n d i a , METRO has been at the forefront of enriching independent businesses and the launch of its E-commerce app is a step further in this effort. The app which was launched during the first phase of the lockdown helped customers with a safe and seamless shopping

experience. METRO Cash & Carry Indiaprides itself inempowering theKirana ecosystem through its Smart Kirana program which is a first of its kind program that helps Kirana stores to survive and sustain competition through digitalization and modernization solutions. Furthermore, the E-commerce app reaffirms this vision of the company and has resulted in an increase in the frequency of orders by the Kirana customers, who are now looking for anOmni channel shopping experience.

handigarh : The Haryana Early literacy Outcomes Development Impact Bond (DIB), a CSR funded CDevelopment Impact Bond project aimed at improving

foundational language learning is underway in Haryana. The program is led by Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad (HSSPP) in partnership with IndusInd Bank and SBI Capital Markets implemented by Language and Learning Foundation. HSSPP has built a robust programme to help strengthen the academic support provided by the state resource personnel (including the BRPs, ABRPs and others to Hindi teachers) to develop a state specific early literacy and learning package to help improve students’ language learning outcomes.The project is working to bring Language and Learning Foundation’s evidence-based program to 115,000 children in 3,330 schools across 7 districts in Haryana till March 2022, a significant increase over the current successful intervention covering 3,500 students across 175 Schools. The program is a significant step in India’s quest to break the poverty cycle and meet Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Roopa Satish (Country Head – Corporate & Investment Banking, CSR & Sustainability) of IndusInd Bank said: “School education interventions have been identified as an important vertical under our CSR focus area of education.

Rummy Circle Invites India to Play Online Rummy With its 'Apna

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Natural fixes for swollen feet and ankles

vivo expands X50 series in IndiaCHANDIGARH: Innovative global smartphone brand vivo unveiled the X50 and X50 Pro, the all-new vivo X50 series of premium smartphones, which feature professional photography capabilities, stunning design, and smooth performance. The X50 series aims to push the camera and design capabilities of high-end premium smartphones. Both devices have been "Made in India" at vivo's Greater Noida factory that provides employment to more than 10,000 Indians.The X50 Pro will be available in Alpha Grey color whereas X50 will be available in two stunning color options- Glaze Black and Frost Blue. Priced at INR 49,990 (X50 Pro 8+256GB), INR 34,990 (X50 8+128GB) and INR 37,990 (X50 8+256GB), both devices will be available starting 24 July, 2020, on vivo India E-store,Amazon.in, Flipkart and other major e-commerce websites along with offline partner retail stores across India. In addition, vivo has also launched the all-new high quality TWS Earphone Neo to provide superior audio experience. The newly launched earphones from vivo are powered by Qualcomm's 4th-Generation TWS platform, QCC3046 and will be available in two colors- Moonlight White and Starry Blue for INR 5,990. Commenting on the launch of X50 series, NipunMarya, Director Brand Strategy, vivo India, said," The new X50 series is a game-changing breakthrough innovation, it is not just a new device, it is a whole new experience. With the launch of these two exceptional products, we are confident that vivo X50 series will redefine the smartphone experience.

haramshala: Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Micro, Small Dand Medium Enterprises, Government of India unveiled

the Amazon India ‘Exports Digest 2020’, strongly reinforcing that boosting exports is the key to the quick revival of the MSME sector.At the launch, Amazon announced thatcumulative exports

t h r o u g h I n d i a n sellers on the Amazon Global Selling program have crossedthe $2 billion milestone. In January 2020, A m a z o n h a d pledged to enable $10 billion in

cumulative exports by 2025 helping Indian businesses grow by selling online worldwide.Speaking on the occasion, Shri Nitin Gadkari said, “I would like to congratulate all the MSMEs who have been working with Amazon to take their locally manufactured products, global. It is a testament of the skill and entrepreneurial spirit of Indian MSMEs. The MSMEsectoris amajor job creator and the backbone of the Indian economy, contributing over 28% to India’s GDP and about 48% to the country’s exports.

HANDIGARH: Amazon Prime Video today released the trailer of the highly awaited all-new Amazon Original Series Bandish Bandits which will be available to stream from C4th August, 2020. Produced and created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and directed by

Anand Tiwari, the all-new Amazon Original Series is set in Jodhpur and tells the story of two young musicians, hailing from contrasting backgrounds. Bandish Bandits also features an exciting original soundtrack, composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who are also making their

digital debut with this show. Ritwik Bhowmik, lead actor: “Bandish Bandits has been a dream in the making. Working with stalwarts such as Naseeruddin Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Sheeba Chaddha and Atul Kulkarni for my debut was one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. Bandish Bandits is a blend of Indian traditions seeped in music that beautifully describes young love, ambition, passion and family values in a simple, yet powerful manner.” Shreya Chaudhry, lead actress: “Working with Anand Tiwari has always bee n something I had wanted to do, so being part of Bandish

Bandits is nothing short of serendipitous. I could not have asked for a better setting to work and learn more about acting, that too from some of the most talented and respected actors in India! I believe the show is a heart-warming journey of music and love and think it is something the audience would very much enjoy watching.“

Amazon Prime Video Anticipated Amazon Original Bandis Bandits

mazon's total exports from small and medium sellers in AIndia, part of a company

programme to export products to global markets, have crossed the $2 billion (roughly Rs. 14,973 crores) mark, two company executives said on Monday.Amazon's "Global Selling" programme was launched in India, a key growth market for the company, in 2015. The programme, also operational in other markets, has helped more than 60,000 Indian sellers export products to 15 Amazon websites, the company said.During a visit to India in January, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the US e-commerce company would invest $1 billion (rpughly Rs. 7,487 crores) in digitising small- and medium-businesses in India and expected to export Indian-made goods worth $10 billion (roughly Rs. 74,872 crores) by 2025.

Amazon Says Exports From India-Based Sellers

Cross $2 Billion

Government of Haryana’s landmark “Pay for Success” program to improve students’ foundational

learning outcomes

Vodafone Idea Launches eSIM Support in India, Initially Limited for iPhone Users

odafone Idea today launched eSIM support for its postpaid customers in VDelhi, Gujarat, and Mumbai circles.

With the new addition, eligible Vodafone and Idea customers will no longer be required to put in a physical SIM card to access their cellular network on their mobile phones. They will, instead, be able to access the network through the integrated SIM chip. The new support is initially available to the recent iPhone models, though it will be available expanded to other phones at a later stage.The list of iPhone models that have received eSIM support by Vodafone Idea include the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2020), iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone XR. The service will also soon be available on the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Fold, the telco said in a statement.

TikTok Under Scrutiny in Australia Over Security, Data Concernsisar Faculty and students of BML Munjal University

(BMU), a Hero Group initiative, headed by Prof. A.K. HPrasada Rao and Prof. Kalluri Vinayak, donated over 1,000 face shields, to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), in an event held on Saturday, July 11, 2020. A team from the University comprising the Registrar, Mr. Abhay Sharma; Dean of School of Engineering and Technology, Prof. Maneek Kumar; the Head of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Kalluri Vinayak; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. A.K. Prasada Rao and Mr. Vinod Prakash - Administrative Officer met Shri. Amit Khatri, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, and handed-over the face-shields for the frontline COVID-19 warriors on behalf of the University. The initiative was well received by Mr. Khatri’s office in supporting the efforts and activities of the district administration in their fight against the pandemic. Manufactured using 3-D printing and injection molding technique on campus, this face shield provides a convenient and effective way of controlling the spread of this deadly virus. Produced in various labs of BML Munjal University, these face-shields were designed by the team of students of the Engineering School, comprising of Kanav Mittal, Bhavya Tuteja, P Narasimha Chandra, Chittapragada Vishnu and Aman Singh, under the supervision of the faculty coordinators Prof. A.K. Prasada Rao and Prof. Kalluri Vinayak. The facilities at the University are now capable of mass producing these shields.

BMU donates over 1,000 face shields

ohali, : A man suffering from life-threatening large popliteal artery aneurysm has treated successfully with a newly introduced stent at Ivy MHospital, Mohali recently. The stent known as ‘covera plus vascular

covered’ has been used for the first time in the world for such an indication, claimed Dr Harinder Singh Bedi, director of cardio vascular & endovascular sciences who along with a team including Dr Rakesh Kumar , Dr Jiten Singh and Dr Vikram

Arora performed the surgery. Dr Bedi said further that the stent is specific for the use around knee joint and it is made of a special metal, nitinol which is very flexible and does not fracture even on repeated bending. Few days back, Gurjit Singh (name changed) a sewadar at a Gurudwara in Ambala City was rushed to Ivy to with sudden pain in his right thigh. Itwas found that there was an abnormal ballooning of his popliteal artery (a large artery behind the knee). This had blown out (ruptured) with a loss of over 2.5-litre of blood into the tissues . Dr Bedi

said that there was an imminent risk that the circulation below the lesion could be compromised with a potential loss of limb and life. The patient was very sick and anemic because of the blood loss, he pointed out. As the patient was at a high risk for conventional treatment thus an alternate plan was made to use a stent to block off the rent in the artery from inside, informed Dr Bedi. This has an inherent problem also since there was always movements at the knee joint and the stent which was made of metal could be fractured due to the repeated movements, he pointed out. It was a delicate procedure as the stent had to be placed precisely.

Mohali surgeon uses new stent to treat ruptured aneurysm

Best Price Jalandhar steps up safety practices for customersJALANDHAR:Walmart India operated Best Price store in Jalandhar, which opened for walk-in customers last month, has stepped up cleaning of high-touch surfaces inside the store premises for the safety of customers.” “Best Price is allowing only 30 persons to shop inside the store at any given time by putting in place a token-entry system and has also created a safe waiting area for other customers. The store has also stepped up sanitation practices at its premises by deep cleaning the aisles and trolleys at frequent intervals. Customers will be able to shop in the store from 7 am to 8 pm and can buy all health and sanitation essentials at a designated corner. The store is also stocked up with adequate inventory of mops and floor cleaning products which are seeing traction.Best Price has already taken adequate sanitation and safety measures. All associates who work at the stores have been given masks, gloves and face shields,” said Walmart India spokesperson.“The floors of Best Price stores are marked with yellow stripes and boxes to designate enough space for each member to maintain safe distance from each other. The store has deployed hand washing stations at the entry of stores as well as multiple hand sanitizer stations across each store. The stores are also equipped with contactless thermometers for conducting temperature checks,” the spokesperson added.

Hon’ble Union Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari unveils Amazon’s Exports Digest 2020

METRO Cash and Carry India reinforces its commitment Kiranas and (SMEs) with its 17th Anniversary celebration

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Katrina teams up with Siddhant, Ishaan for horror-comedy

Phone Bhootctors Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi on Monday announced that they are all set to team up for an upcoming horror-comedy Afilm 'Phone Booth'. The trio took to Instagram to share the first look of the

film with their fans and announced that the film will release in 2021. In the picture, Katrina, Siddhant and Ishaan were seen dressed in black coloured suits with

white coloured shirts underneath them. "The one-stop-shop for all bhoot related problems, #PhoneBhoot ringing in cinemas in 2021," Katrina wrote in the caption. While

Ishaan, on the other hand, revealed in his caption that the first look of the cast of the film has been "locked" since March due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and shutdown of the

entertainment industry. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh further revealed that the film will be directed by Gurmmeet Singh and bankrolled by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar. "IT'S OFFICIAL...

#KatrinaKaif, #SiddhantChaturvedi and #IshaanKhatter to head the cast of #PhoneBhoot, a horror-comedy... Directed by Gurmmeet Singh... Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar... Filming will begin later this

year... 2021 release," tweeted Adarsh. The horror-comedy that hosts the trio of Katrina, Siddhant and Ishaan for the first time will go on the floors later this year. Salman Khan, who has been at his Panvel farmhouse ever since the imposition of the coronavirus induced lockdown, spent his Sunday ploughing the land. The 'Sultan' actor, during early hours on Monday, took to Instagram to post a video that shows him driving a tractor through a water-filled field at his farmhouse amidst a downpour. Keeping the caption of the Instagram post short, Khan wrote, "Farminggg." Later in the video, the 54-year-old actor can be seen checking if the field has been evenly ploughed. The 'Ek Tha Tiger' actor keeps his fans well posted as he shares pictures and videos from Panvel where he has been staying since March.

Deepika, Prabhas to star in multilingual sci-fi film

ctors Deepika Padukone and Prabhas are set to collaborate for the first time for a multilingual sci-fi film, to be directed by Nag Ashwin. Vyjayanthi Movies, which completes 50 years in the industry, announced the project Aon on Sunday to mark the golden jubilee of the banner. Deepika took to Instagram and wrote she was

"beyond thrilled" to be a part of the project. "Cannot wait for what we believe is going to be an incredible journey ahead," the 34-year-old actor said. Sharing the announcement video on his Instagram page, Prabhas, 40, said the team is excited to have Deepika on board. The actor was last seen in the 2019 action thriller "Saaho" co-starring Shraddha Kapoor, while Deepika's latest release was Meghna Gulzar's"Chhapaak". Ashwin, who helmed the National Award winning "Mahanati", said the pairing of Deepika and the "Baahubali" star will be the highlight of the film. "I'm very excited to see Deepika play this character. It is something no mainstream lead has done before and will be quite a surprise for everyone. "The pairing of Deepika and Prabhas will be one of the main highlights of the film and the story between them, I believe will be something audiences will carry in their hearts for years to come," Ashwin said in a statement. C Aswini Dutt, producer and founder of Vyjayanthi Movies, said the film is a "golden opportunity" for the production house to cement its place in the "annals of Indian Cinema history." "It is also an incredible opportunity to enthrall the Indian audiences like never before, through the coming together of such extraordinary cinematic talents," Aswini said. Co-producers Swapna Dutt and Priyanka Dutt said getting the "Padmaavat" star on board for the film was thrilling. "What better way to mark our golden jubilee than welcoming the marvellous Deepika Padukone on board, to create some extraordinary magic on screen with Prabhas, in a Nag Ashwin film," Swapna and Priyanka added.

Beyonce drops trailer of visualAlbum on Disney Plus

'Black Is King'

eeks after the grand announcement of her song 'Black is King,' 24-time Grammy award winner WBeyonce' on Sunday (local time) dropped the

trailer of the song on online video streaming platform Disney Plus. The new album, which is based on the soundtrack of Disney's 'The Lion King: The Gift' has been curated and executive produced by Beyonce'. The trailer of the video song features the musician's daughter Blue Ivy Carter and several other celebrities like Jay-Z, Childish Gambino, Pharrell Williams, Kendrick Lamar, Tierra Whack, 070 Shake and Jessie Reyez. According to a press release cited by Variety, 'Black Is King,' promises to reimagine the lessons from 'The Lion King' for "today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns." The trailer further features the 38-year-old musician narrating in the background of the trailer. "You, who were formed by the heat of the galaxy, what a thing to be. Both unique and familiar. To be one and the same. And still unlike any other. Life is a set of choices. Lead or be led astray. Follow your light or lose it," Beyonce says as she narrates in the background. The trailer comes with a vibrant cinematography borrowing imagery from 'The Lion King,' with quotes from the movie appearing at several moments throughout the video. According to Variety, the visual album has been filmed in South Africa, Los Angeles, New York, London, West Africa and Belgium.The visual album has a brief appearance of Oscar-winning Kenyan-Mexican actor Lupita Nyong'o. The visual album 'Black Is King' pays tribute to voyages of Black families throughout.

Shanghai Film Festival reveals first titles

Aftab, Nin announce production housector Aftab Shivdasani and wife Nin Dusanj in 2009. Aftab said both he and Nin were looking forward Shivdasani on Monday launched their production to getting into full-fledged production for a quite some Acompany Mount Zen Media which aims to create time. "Having produced before I am familiar with the

wide-ranging content, including films, online shows and business of cinema. These are exciting times to develop documentaries. Aftab, who started out as a child actor content that is cutting edge, contemporary and appealing.with sci-fi film "Mr India" (1987), eventually made his "Being in the industry for over 20 years has given me a debut as a lead with Ram Gopal Varma's musical great deal of experience in front of the camera and romance "Mast" in 1999, followed it up with Vikram valuable insight in filmmaking," the 42-year-old actor said Bhatt's acclaimed suspense thriller "Kasoor". in a statement. Nin said coming from a background of art, The actor went on to star in several multi-starrers, design, advertising and branding, it would be interesting including comedies "Awara Paagal Deewana", "Masti", to be involved in production where her experience will be "Hungama" and turned producer with "Aao Wish Karein" put to use.

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Steel Strips Wheels bagsfresh orders worthabout Rs 11.25 croreNEW DELHI: Auto component makerSteel Strips Wheels on Monday said ithas received orders worth USD 1.5million (about Rs 11.25 crore) for over1.45 lakh wheels for the US caravantrailer market. With this, the company'sorder wins for this month stand at overRs 21 crore. In a regulatory filing onMonday, Steel Strips Wheels Ltd(SSWL) said it "has bagged firmexport orders for over 1,45,000 wheelsfor the US caravan trailer market, tobe executed in the month ofSeptember with a value of over USD1.5 million, from its Chennai plant".SSWL said this repetitive orderconfirms the market comeback afterquite a period of slowdown. "Recurringinflow of similar orders are expected inmonths to come. With this order ourChennai plant will aim to run itspassenger car wheel business at itshighest monthly run rate," thecompany added. Last week, SSWLhad received orders worth 1,78,000euros (Rs 1.51 crore) from theEuropean Union and the US. Thecompany also secured orders worthUSD 1,40,000 (around Rs 1.05 crore)along with maiden order for alloywheels from the EU market. Earlierthis month, it had bagged orders worthUSD 1 million (about Rs 7.5 crore) forover 1.19 lakh wheels for the UScaravan trailer market.

Pompeo starts trip toUK, Denmark todiscuss China's 'threat'WASHINGTON: US Secretary of StateMichael Pompeo is set to start hisshort trip to the United Kingdom andDenmark on Monday (local time) todiscuss China's global communist"threat," Hong Kong, and bilateralissues. Announcing his trip last week,the state secretary said that theChinese Communist Party's "threat tofree peoples around the world will behigh on top of that agenda." InLondon, his first stop, he will meet withPrime Minister Boris Johnson andForeign Secretary Dominic Raab. TheCOVID-19 economic recovery andpost-Brexit US-UK free trade talks willbe also in focus. In Copenhagen onWednesday, the secretary of state willmeet with Prime Minister MetteFrederiksen, as well as foreign andeducation ministers and theGreenlandic minister of foreign affairsand energy to discuss coronavirus,China, the Arctic and ways to boostbilateral cooperation. In August,President Donald Trump announcedthat he was interested in buyingGreenland and canceled a visit toDenmark after Frederiksen called hisidea "absurd."

With 5,940 new cases,Russia's coronaviruscount crosses 7.77 lakhMOSCOW: Russia has registered5,940 COVID-19 cases in the past 24hours, bringing the cumulative total to7,77, 486, the country's coronavirusresponse center said on Monday. Thedaily spike of coronavirus cases isbelow 6,000 for the first time sinceApril 29, when 5,841 cases wererecorded. "Over the past 24 hours,Russia has confirmed 5,940 COVID-19 cases in 85 regions, of which 1,556(26.2 percent) have been detectedactively, with people showing noclinical symptoms," the responsecenter said in a statement, adding thatthe total count has now reached777,486 cases, with the daily increasestanding at 0.8 per cent. Moscow hasregistered 578 cases in the past 24hours, which is more than any otherregion in Russia, followed by theKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Regionwith 236 new cases and theSverdlovsk Region with 234 newcases (compared to 591, 237 and 245yesterday, respectively). As many as85 COVID-19 patients died in Russiaover the past 24 hours (95 on Sunday)taking the death toll to 12,427.

GOP leaders, Trumpto discuss virus aid ascrisis deepensWASHINGTON: Top Republicans inCongress were expecting to meetMonday with President Donald Trumpon the next COVID-19 aid package asthe administration panned more virustesting money and interjected otherpriorities that could complicate quickpassage.

Indonesia to finally conduct exercises inSouth China SeaJAKARTA: Indonesia has finally decided to conduct exercises in the vicinity ofthe Riau Islands, the Foreign Brief reported. Over the years there has been anincrease in China's incursions into the 200-mile exclusive economic zonesurrounding the Natunas group of islands. Though the US has time and againchallenged China over its expansionist policies, the ASEAN countries havebeen scared to follow the lead for the fear of possible economic and militaryretaliation. The Foreign Brief opined that if the US continues to adopt a hawkishforeign policy and provide more concrete support against China's expansionisttactics, the ASEAN members could be more receptive to hardline deterrencemeasures and even military confrontation.

AGENCYBRUSSELS, JULY 20

India is among the 10 worstcountries for working people,according to the seventh editionof the International TradeUnion Confederation (ITUC)Global Rights Index that ranks144 countries on the degree ofrespect for workers' rights.

The others includeBangladesh, Brazil, Colombia,Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan,the Philippines, Turkey andZimbabwe.

The Middle East and NorthAfrica is the worst region in theworld for working people forseven years running due to theongoing insecurity and conflictin Palestine, Syria, Yemen and

Libya coupled with the mostregressive region for workers'representation and union rights.

The ITUC report concludesthat 85 per cent of countriesviolated the right to strike and80 per cent of countries violatedthe right to collectively bargain.

The number of countriesthat impeded the registration ofunions has increased. Threenew countries -- India, Egyptand Honduras -- have enteredthe list of ten worst countriesfor workers.

The number of countriesthat denied or constrainedfreedom of speech increasedfrom 54 in 2019 to 56 in 2020.Workers were exposed toviolence in 51 countries.Workers had no or restricted

access to justice in 72 per centof countries.

At the same time, workers

experienced arbitrary arrestsand detention in 61 countries.

"These threats to workers,

our economies and democracywere endemic in workplacesand countries before theCOVID-19 pandemic disruptedlives and livelihoods," saidITUC General Secretary SharanBurrow.

In many countries, theexisting repression of unionsand the refusal of governmentsto respect rights and engage insocial dialogue has exposedworkers to illness and death andleft countries unable to fight thepandemic effectively.

"As we look towards therecovery and build resilienteconomies, the 2020 ITUCGlobal Rights Index is abenchmark against which wewill hold governments andemployers to account," he said

in a statement."If the findings of the Rights

Index are not shocking enough,we are already seeing somecountries take things further.Under the cover of measures totackle the coronaviruspandemic, they are advancingtheir anti-workers'-rightsagenda. This has got to stop andbe reversed," said Burrow.

The Global Rights Indexexposes a breakdown in thesocial contract thatgovernments and employershave with working people."There is a trend to restrictworking rights throughviolations of collectivebargaining, withholding theright to strike and excludingworkers from unions."

India ranks among 10 worst countries for working people: ITUC

Sensex soars 399 points;Nifty tops 11,000-level

AGENCYMUMBAI, JUL 20

Equity benchmark Sensex surged399 points to settle at 37,419 onMonday, driven by gains in financialand IT counters, shrugging offconcerns over mounting COVID-19cases. Starting the session on apositive note, the BSE gauge markedthe day's high at 37,479, beforeclosing at 37,418.99, up 398.85points or 1.08 per cent.

Likewise, the broader NSE Niftyrose 120.50 points or 1.11 per cent toend at 11,022.20.

On the Sensex chart, BajajFinance, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech,Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HDFCBank and ICICI Bank were amongthe prominent gainers.

On the other hand, Sun Pharma,NTPC, Maruti Suzuki, KotakMahindra Bank and L&T closed inthe red.

Asian markets closed lower as asurge in COVID-19 cases weighedon investor sentiment globally.

The number of cases around theworld linked to COVID-19 hascrossed 1.45 crore and the death tollhas topped 6.06 lakh.

In India, the death toll due to thedisease rose to 27,497 and thenumber of infections crossed the 11-lakh mark on Monday, according tothe health ministry.

Rupee settles 11 paise higherat 74.91 against US dollar

MUMBAI: The rupee appreciatedby 11 paise to settle at 74.91(provisional) against the US dollaron Monday, tracking positivedomestic equities and weakAmerican currency. At the interbankforex market, the rupee opened at74.92 against the greenback, andtouched a high of 74.89 and low of75.03 during the session. It finallyclosed for the day at 74.91 against

the American currency, up 11paise over its previous close. Thedomestic currency had settled at75.02 against the US dollar onFriday. Forex traders said positiveopening in domestic equities,weak American currency andforeign fund inflows supported therupee. However, rising COVID-19cases weighed on the local unit,they added.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 20

Pharmaceutical companyMylan on Mondayannounced the commerciallaunch of its Remdesivirunder the brand nameDESREMTM in India toaddress urgent, unmet needsamid COVID-19 pandemic.

"Mylan, a globalpharmaceutical company,today announced thecommercial launch of itsRemdesivir under the brandname DESREMTM in Indiato address urgent, unmetneeds amid the evolvingcoronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The drug isapproved for the treatment ofsuspected or laboratory-

confirmed incidences ofCOVID-19 in adults andchildren hospitalised withsevere presentations of the

disease," said a press releasefrom Mylan. The companyalso launched a 24/7 helplinewhere patients and healthcare

practitioners can accessinformation about Mylan'sRemdesivir and itsavailability, it said.

"Mylan released the firstbatch of its genericRemdesivir (DESREMTM)and will continue to increaseits supply across the countryin the wake of the risingdemand for the drug. Patientsand healthcare practitionerscan access information aboutthe availability ofDESREMTM in Indiathrough Mylan's 24/7national helpline number,+91.78299.80066," it said.

Mylan will manufactureDESREMTM in its state-of-the-art injectable facility inBangalore, which will workto service the demand in

India and other exportmarkets where Mylan hasreceived a license fromGilead for thecommercialisation ofRemdesivir, it added.

"In the wake ofincreasing cases of COVID-19 across India, Mylanremains committed tocontinuing its efforts in thefight against the pandemic.With the launch ofDESREMTM and ournational 24/7 COVID-19helpline, we aim to enhanceaccess to this criticalmedicine, used for treatingadults and children withsevere presentations ofCOVID-19," said President,India and Emerging Markets,Rakesh Bamzai.

Mylan announces launch of its Remdesivir in India

India's debt to GDP ratio mayrise to 87.6 pc: SBI Ecowrap

AGENCYMUMBAI, JULY 20

India's debt to gross domestic product (GDP)ratio could climb to 87.6 per cent this fiscal,up from 72.2 per cent last year, due to acollapsing GDP and consequently higherborrowings, according to a research note bySBI Ecowrap released on Monday.

The country's gross debt is likely to bearound Rs 170 lakh crore in FY21 ascompared to Rs 146.9 lakh crore in FY20,said the research publication of State Bank ofIndia (SBI). "Interestingly, the GDP collapseis pushing up the debt to GDP ratio by at least4 per cent, implying that growth rather thancontinued fiscal conservatism is the onlymantra to get us back on track." The reportwarned that the higher debt amount will alsolead to shifting of the Fiscal Responsibilityand Budget Management (FRBM) target ofcombined debt (of the Centre and states) to 60per cent of GDP by FY23 by seven years. Thetarget is now expected to be achievable onlyin FY30.

Fiscal estimates have gone awry acrossthe globe amid higher pandemic-relatedexpenditures. Together with declining GDP

growth, the debt-to-GDP ratio has also beenadversely affected in all countries. "We againreiterate that the current thinking of ratingdowngrade in policy circles is a false negativeas India's rating is likely to face a litmus testof a downgrade in FY21, depending on whatwe have done to bring growth back to track,"said Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group ChiefEconomic Adviser at SBI.

The report said that the current level offoreign exchange reserves is sufficient tomeet any external debt obligations. On theinternal debt, since most of the debt isdomestically owned, the debt servicing of thesame is not an issue.

UK likely to suspend extradition treaty withHong Kong over China's security law

LONDON, JULY 20

The United Kingdom is planning tosuspend or revoke its extradition treaty withHong Kong, weeks after China imposed theNational Security law in the semi-autonomous territory. UK Foreign MinisterDominic Raab is expected to make theannouncement in the regard during hisaddresses to Parliament on Monday, South

China Morning Post reported. This movecomes weeks after the UK banned the useof Chinese Huawei-produced equipment for5G networks from the end of the year citingsecurity threat. The moves to suspend theExtradition treaty will further deteriorateBeijing and London relations. The Post wasbriefed about Raab's move by a source thatan imminent change to the extraditiontreaty could be underway.

In Arab world's first, UAE successfullylaunches its spacecraft towards Mars

DUBAI, JUL 20

Emiratis brimmed with joyand pride as the UAE madehistory on Monday bysuccessfully launching itsspacecraft "Al Amal"towards Mars from aJapanese launch centre,marking the Arab world'sfirst interplanetary mission,according to media reports.

Al Amal, or Hope Probe,weighing 1.3 tonnes waslaunched from the H-2Arocket from Japan's remoteTanegashima spaceport at1.58 am local time.

The probe's telecomsystem was set up and ittransmitted its first signalafter it successfully separatedfrom the launch vehicle andits solar panels weredeployed with clockworkprecision an hour after thelaunch, Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries Launch Services,which is the launch operator,

confirmed. The signals werereceived by the MissionControl team in Dubai's AlKhawaneej, the KhaleejTimes reported. The solarpanels will charge thebatteries of the spacecraft forits 495,000,000 kms journeyto Mars, it said. Omar SultanAl Olama, Minister of Statefor Digital Economy,Artificial Intelligence andRemote Working System,said COVID-19 was the"biggest" hurdle that theEmirates Mars Mission teamhad to overcome.

Infosys signs long-termpact with German

specialty major LanxessBENGALURU, JULY 20

IT software major Infosys on Monday announced along-term partnership with German specialtychemicals company Lanxess to enable its globalworkforce spread across 33 countries with a secureand fully managed modern workplace.

Lanxess manufactures chemical intermediates,additives and specialty chemicals. Its workforcewill be supported by a multi-lingual artificialintelligence-powered service desk operating fromIndia and Europe.

Infosys did not give the value of the contractbut said it will transform Lanxess with a future-ready end-user IT landscape over the course of thepartnership. "In today's world, digital workplace asa service is becoming increasingly relevant for allour clients'

transformation journeys and we are glad to bepartnering with Lanxess to enable its transition to amodern digital workplace," said Jasmeet Singh,Infosys Executive Vice President and Global Headof Manufacturing.

"This partnership will deliver next-gen serviceoperations with self-heal, self-help andautomation-driven solutions," he said in astatement.

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Jack Nicklaus sayshe tested positivefor coronavirusDUBLIN: Jack Nicklaus has re-vealed during the CBS telecast of theMemorial that he and his wife testedpositive for the coronavirus at the on-set of the pandemic.Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara,turned 80 a month apart at the startof the year.He said his wife had no COVID-19symptoms, while Nicklaus had asore throat and a cough. Nicklaussaid they were home in North PalmBeach, Florida, from March 13 "untilwe were done with it" on about April20."It didn't last very long, and we werevery, very fortunate, very lucky,"Nicklaus said on Sunday."Barbara and I are both of the age,both of us 80 years old, that is an at-risk age. Our hearts go out to thepeople who did lose their lives andtheir families. We were just a coupleof the lucky ones."The Memorial has no spectators,and Nicklaus sightings have beenrare this week because of protocolsin the PGA Tour's return to golf amidthe pandemic.Nicklaus shared the news when theMemorial was coming out of aweather delay in the final round. Thefew times he has been seen, hewas wearing a mask and keepinghis distance.

Unwell Trent Boultskips training campat Bay OvalTAURANGA : New Zealand pacerTrent Boult on Monday skipped thetraining on the second day of thecamp at Bay Oval.Boult was feeling unwell and stayedaway as a precaution. BatsmanRoss Taylor said he is hopeful thatpacer would be fit to go on the thirdday of the camp, which is scheduledto end on July 24."I think he's just tired from his eightovers bowling at us yesterday. Obvi-ously, with what's going around,you've got to be a bit smart aroundthings like that. Hopefully, he's fineand raring to go tomorrow," ESPN-cricinfo quoted Taylor as saying.New Zealand Cricket is currentlyrunning a camp for cricketers fromthe national men's and women'steams based in the North Island.Taylor and Boult were two of eightmen's players to attend the first halfof the North camp, alongside Colinde Grandhomme, Jeet Raval,Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, TimSouthee and Neil Wagner.The second half of the six-day campwill have Lockie Ferguson, MartinGuptill, Kyle Jamieson, Jimmy Nee-sham, Will Somerville and WillYoung taking part.The camp will give the two groupsof men's players, as well as sevenwomen's players - Anna Peterson,Katie Perkins, Lauren Down, HollyHuddleston, Hannah Rowe, Rose-mary Mair and Natalie Dodd - thechance to get a feel of the turfagain, even while being protectedfrom the elements in the NewZealand winter.

'It's a boon for Indianfootball that FSDLcame in at the righttime': AIFF gen secNEW DELHI: All India Football Fed-eration (AIFF) General SecretaryKusal Das acknowledging the sup-port of Football Sports DevelopmentLimited (FSDL) said it acted as aboon for the Indian football andplayed a significant part in helpingstructure lot more youth develop-ment activities and youth leaguesamongst others."Honestly speaking, had FSDL notcome in I don't know what wouldhave happened to Indian Football.There were no takers left after Zee(Sports). AIFF may have had no op-tion but to curtail activities drastical-ly," Das said in a live chat on AIFFTV."It's a boon for Indian Football thatFSDL came in at the right time. Theway things are going now in termsof top-level football competitions is100 times better than what it was in2010-11," he added.Taking a trip down memory lane,Das stated "the foremost priority" forhim when he joined as the GeneralSecretary in 2010 was to get the "fi-nances in order.""At that time, the foremost prioritywas to get the finances of AIFF inorder. Simply because Zee (Sports)had decided to move on and wedidn't have a new marketing partner.The contract was going up anddown for quite some time and wehad no money. The finances were ina big mess," he informed."We were in a situation when thenational team was preparing in Por-tugal and Spain for their preparationfor the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

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TALKS

AGENCYVITORIA (SPAIN), JUL 20

Lionel Messi won a record seventh topscoring title in the Spanish league afternetting twice in Barcelona's 5-0 rout ofAlav s in the final round. Messi endedwith 25 goals, four more than KarimBenzema, who did not score in RealMadrid's 2-2 draw at Legan s.

Messi is the first player to finish asthe league's top scorer in seven differentseasons. He reached the milestone de-spite missing games because of an injuryearly in the season. The Argentine's 25goals came in 33 matches.

Messi was tied with Telmo Zarrawith six scoring titles. He has also nowequaled Hugo Sanchez's feat of fourstraight top-scorer trophies.

"Individual achievements are al-

ways secondary," Messi said on Sunday."I wished it could have come along

with the league title."This is also the third successive sea-

son that Messi finished with the most as-sists 21 in the league.

Ansu Fati, Luis Su rez and NelsonSemedo also scored Sunday forBarcelona, which had already securedsecond place behind Madrid. Fatiopened the scoring in the 24th minute,Messi added to the lead 10 minutes laterand Su rez closed the first-half scoring inthe 44th. Semedo got on the board in the57th and Messi in the 75th to helpBarcelona rebound from a 2-1 home lossto Osasuna. "Today things were differ-ent," Messi said. "The team showed bet-ter attitude and commitment. It was animportant step forward for us ahead ofwhat's left in the season." Barcelona

now turns its focus to its Aug. 8 homegame against Napoli in the round of 16of the Champions League. The first eg,played before the break, ended 1-1.Barcelona coach Quique Seti n finishedunder pressure after the team relin-quished a two-point lead over Madridwhen the league resumed following thepandemic break. It was four points backbefore Madrid's match at Legan s.Barcelona defender Cl ment Lenglet hadto be substituted early in the second halfbecause of an apparent muscle injury.Alav s, sitting in 15th, had already doneenough to stay up. American wingerKonrad de la Fuente scored twice asBarcelona's "B" team beat Valladolid Bto keep alive its hopes of reaching thesecond division next season. The victo-ry put Barcelona in the second round ofthe promotion playoffs.

Messi wins record 7th scoring title in Spanish league

AGENCYLONDON, JULY 20

New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santnersaid that the Indian Premier League(IPL) is the pinnacle of all T20 tourna-ments while talking about his stint withChennai Super Kings (CSK).

Santner was picked by CSK in theIPL 2018 auction, but he was injuredand missed playing in the tournamentthat year. However, the spinner did playa few games for the team in the 2019edition.

"Yeah, the IPL, I guess, is the pin-nacle of all T20 tournaments and I waspretty excited when I was picked up in2018. There are some world-class spin-ners in Chennai to talk to and play with- guys like Harbhajan Singh, who I'vewatched a lot of, Ravindra Jadeja andImran Tahir as well," ESPNCricinfoquoted Santner as saying.

"When I got injured the first year, Iwas pretty disappointed, but I was giv-en the opportunity last time around togo and experience it. It's an unbeliev-able tournament and definitely the bestcricket going around in terms of T20leagues," he added.

The Kiwi spinner also said that hegained a lot of experience after his stintin the Indian T20 tournament and play-ing under MS Dhoni.

"I've played against Dhoni a lot, so

to share a dressing room with him andtalk to him about how he goes aboutthings was awesome. Even guys likeSuresh Raina - you watched him fromother teams you go with," Santner said.

"The IPL last year was a cool expe-rience as well. It was the first time forme playing at a ground where it spinsmore, in Chennai, which is nice be-cause you don't have to do too much.You try and fire it into the wicket andlet the wicket do the rest. I guess, forme, it's about trying to adapt to the con-ditions as early as possible and findwhat will be the most attacking ball oneach surface," he added.

Santner played a total of fourmatches in the 2019 edition for CSKand took four wickets.

IPL is pinnacle of allT20 tournaments, says

Mitchell Santner

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 20

Former India batsman Mohammad Kaifon Monday said Indian women's crickethas seen a phenomenal rise afterHarmapreet Kaur played a match-win-ning knock of 171 runs in the semi-finalof the 50-over Women's World Cup in2017.

On this day three years ago, Kaur hadscored 171 runs off just 115 balls againstAustralia at the County Ground in Derbyand guided the side to final of the tour-nament. "Three years back, on this day,Harmanpreet Kaur hit 171*(115) v Aus-

tralia in World Cup semi-final. Qualityinnings under pressure. The rise of Indi-

an women's cricket in the past three yearshas been phenomenal @ImHarman-preet," Kaif tweeted.

The match was reduced to 42 oversper side due to rain. India had won thetoss and the Mithali Raj-led side electedto bat first.

India was reduced to 35/2 in the 10thover as Smriti Mandhana (6) and PunamRaut (14) were sent back to the pavilion.

It was then, that Harmanpreet joinedMithali Raj in the middle and the duowent on to form a 66-run stand. Mithali(36) was sent back to the pavilion in the25th over, but Harmanpreet continued tomarch on for India.

Rise of Indian women's cricket in past threeyears has been phenomenal: Kaif

AGENCYVILLARREAL, JULY 20

Midfielder Santi Cazorla said Villarrealwill "always be his home" after the play-er ended his stint with the club on Sun-day. Cazorla and long-serving captainBruno Soriano played their final matchfor Villarreal in which side trouncedEibar 4-0 in the final-round clash of theseason.

Cazorla thanked everyone at the clubfor giving the opportunity and extendingtheir love to him. "I'm eternally gratefulto this club and the fans for havingopened the doors to me and for all thelove they've shown me for so long," Ca-zorla told the club's official website."I've had a great time, but it's time to endthis stage of my career. It's a decision I'vethought about a lot. Every game I find it

harder to give 100 per cent and I had tobe honest with myself and the club. I feelthat this club is inside me. It isn't a good-bye, it's a 'we'll meet again' because Vil-larreal CF will always be my home," headded. Cazorla has made a big impact inhis third spell with the Yellow Subma-

rine since returning in 2018 after a seri-ous Achilles injury. The 35-year-oldplaymaker, who did not play for 636days prior to his comeback two yearsago, has scored 11 goals and providednine assists in the Spanish top flight thisseason. On the other hand, long-servingskipper Soriano also made an emotionalswansong on the final day of the seasonat El Madrigal after more than 300 ap-pearances for Villarreal. The 36-year-oldplayed only for one club after making hisdebut 14 years ago for Villarreal. He saidthe club is "part of his life" and he willcontinue to cheer the side alongside fans."I've thought about it a lot and I've takenthis tough decision. I've realised that mybody is no longer able to give 100 percent and play 90 minutes week in, weekout, which is what I've always wanted todo.

Villarreal will always be my home: Santi Cazorla

WI struggle to save Manchester Test

AGENCYMANCHESTER, JULY 20

West Indies were struggling to save sec-ond Test as it lost its four top batsmenwhile chasing a target of 312 on the finalday of test being played here. Broadclaimed three prominent wickets ofWindies whereas one wicket went into theaccount of Woakes. West Indies were 137for five at tea when news last came in.

Earlier a blistering knock by BenStokes in the morning session on the finalday of the second Test helped England setWest Indies a steep target of 312 in 85overs. Stokes struck an unbeaten 78 off 57deliveries, which included four fours andthree sixes, as England declared their sec-ond innings having managed 129 for 3 inonly 19 overs -- with 92 of those runs

coming in 11 overs on Day 5. Stuart Broadand Chris Woakes then levied early blowsto reduce West Indies to 25 for 3 at Lunch,leaving England with just seven wickets toget for levelling the three-match series.

Stokes's intentions were clear from thevery first over as he slapped a Roach de-livery past cover for a four before skippingdown the track for a maximum over thelong-off fence. He also got a lucky breakwhen he was put down by John Campbellat deep extra cover, leaving the bowlerShannon Gabriel howling in anger. Stokescontinued unperturbed, extending the leadpast 250 while the partnership with JoeRoot crossed fifty, all these happeningwithin the first four overs of the day.

A six over long-off off Gabriel helpedthe left-hander bring up a 36-ball fifty asStokes raised his second-fastest fifty, in

complete contrast to his knock in the firstinnings when he registered his slowesthundred. Another six over long-off, offHolder, followed by a four to fine-leg, pro-pelled England further even as Root endedup being run-out with Stokes eager to getback on strike.

The innings was not all about bound-ary-hitting, as Stokes also ran well be-tween the wickets collecting singles andtwos regularly, extending the lead past 300before England's declaration.

England tasted success in their firstover as Broad, who was clipped for threeby Kraigg Brathwaite and driven for a fourby John Campbell, struck off his fifth de-livery. Campbell got a faint nick throughto Jos Buttler, who wasn't convinced butBroad was as he coaxed Root to opt for thereview and was proved right.

Australia's 'bio-secure'tour of England to

begin on September 4AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 20

Australia's "bio-secure" tour ofEngland comprising three T20sand as many ODIs will begin onSeptember 4, according to a re-port.

The Daily Telegraph report-ed that the tour will start withthe T20s to be played on Sep-tember 4, 6 and 8, followed bythe ODIs on September 10, 12and 15.

As per the report, the Aus-tralian team will fly in a privatejet to the UK and all the sixmatches are expected to beplayed in Southampton and OldTrafford in Manchester.

Both Southampton andManchester have hotels at-tached to the venues to housetwo sides, match officials andbroadcasters.

These two grounds are cur-rently playing host to the Eng-land-West Indies series, which

has marked resumption of inter-national cricket, and will alsobe the venues for the subse-quent series against Pakistan.

The Australian selectorsnamed a 26-man preliminarylist of players last week, fromwhich the final squad for thetour will be picked.

Cricket Australia's chief ofnational teams Ben Oliver hadmade it clear that the tour willbe decided based on the restric-tions the Australian playerswould face in UK and aftertheir return back home.

"Obviously the health andsafety of players and staff andpublic health component is crit-ical. The quarantine arrange-ments aren't in place, they'renot confirmed.

"They obviously exist interms of general internationaltravel at the moment so that'ssomething we're workingthrough but it is a considera-tion," Oliver had said.